Sunday, August 11, 2013

Betting On Sports Requires Solid Money Management

By Travis Blanton


Money management is important for almost anything in the world, however this stands particularly true for the online sports betting world. You could bet that if you don't have good sports betting money management, that you simply won't be betting on your favorite sports for too much time. While money management is something that merely comes easy to quite a few people, and not so easy others, it is definitely something that you can learn as you progress within your time as an online sports bettor. My main aim is to make you better overall in regards to online sports betting money management by giving some pointers and suggestions that can help you extend the length of your bankroll, and also size your bets properly as well!

Bet Sizing/What are Units?

This is one of the more crucial aspects of online sports betting, as you never would like to OVER bet. All of this would depend on the size of your bankroll of course, but it is typically recommended by most professional bettors to stick with about 1% of one's bankroll for each and every bet (i.e.: $1000 roll, $10 units). A"unit" for most professional sports bettors is $100, but it could be anything so adjust according to the strategy stated earlier and you'll be fine. Obviously there does exist definitely a bit of wiggle room, as some individuals will feel a little stronger about specific bets over others. I'd say a safe bet is to keep with between 2-5% of your bankroll for straight bets, but you should definitely rank your picks based on your favorites to avoid betting larger amounts on bets you aren't incredibly confident about.

Ranking Picks

The majority of the best online sports bettors out there will rank their picks on a scale from one star to five stars (or one to five units if you wish). Just because someone says they bet higher units doesn't mean it represents a stronger game. So I suggest just keeping it simple and keeping the units low for record-keeping. I recommend you come up with something similar. What this does is make sure you avoid betting on games that you only have a slight feeling on. The ideal way to make money sports betting is usually to bet on the games that you feel the most confident in right? So start by focusing on only your five star bets and see how it affects your bankroll while you move forward over time. When you hit a hard stretch (it has happened to us all) then drop down your unit size to make sure you keep an acceptable bankroll.

When you ought to Withdraw Money

Withdrawing is one of the main reasons we do sports betting. We want to get that big payday or have an extra consistent income. One of the tougher concerns that most sports bettors generally have is deciding when and how much money they should withdraw from all of their sports betting sites. Most bettors like to raise how big each bet after winning some, and that is certainly really a decision that just you can make. But, should you think that you want to continue to bet the same size for the foreseeable future after winning a reasonable amount, then you could definitely examine withdrawing back to around your starting bankroll. Many sports bettors will wait until they've doubled, or even tripled their account in order to do this, however the best way to do this should be to formulate an approach and stick with it. So if you decide you are going to take the $500 bankroll and play it until you get it as much as $1000 and thereafter cash off $500 to return to the starting bankroll, then just consistently do that. On the other side of things though, should you decide that you want to up your bet sizing when it gets to that $1000, then make sure you remain with that plan!




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