Thursday, August 15, 2013

How Money Management Can Help Sports Betters

By Greg Williams


Money management is critical for almost anything in the world, however this stands especially true for the online sports betting world. You might bet that if you don't have good sports betting money management, that you won't be betting on your favorite sports for too much time. While money management is something that merely comes easy to some people, and not so easy others, it's really something that you can learn as you progress with your time as an online sports bettor. My main goal is to help you become better overall when it comes to online sports betting money management by giving some pointers and suggestions to help you extend the length of your bankroll, and also size your bets properly as well!

Bet Sizing/What are Best Units?

This is one of the most crucial parts of online sports betting, as you never would like to OVER bet. All of this relies on the size of your bankroll of course, however it's typically recommended by most professional bettors to stick with about 1% of your bankroll for each 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 already stated and you'll be fine. Obviously there is definitely a little wiggle room, as quite a few people will feel a lttle bit stronger about specific bets over others. I'd say a safe bet is to stick with between 2-5% of your own bankroll for straight bets, but you should definitely rank your picks based on your favorites to protect yourself from betting larger amounts on bets you aren't incredibly confident about.

Pick Rankings

Most 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). I suggest 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 best way to make money sports betting would be to bet on the games that you simply feel the most certain about right? So start by focusing on only your five star bets and find out how it affects your bankroll as you move forward over time. For those who hit a bad stretch (it will happen to us all) then drop down your unit size to make sure you keep an adequate bankroll.

When you should Withdraw Money

Among the tougher concerns that most sports bettors usually have is deciding when and how much money they should withdraw from each of their sports betting sites. Most bettors always like to raise the size of each bet after winning some, and that is certainly really a decision that only you can make. But, should you think that you want to carry on and bet the same size for the foreseeable future after winning a reasonable amount, then you could definitely take a look at withdrawing back to around your starting bankroll. Many sports bettors will hold off until they've doubled, or perhaps even tripled their account in order to do this, although the best way to get it done is to formulate a plan and stick to it. So in case you decide that you are going to take your $500 bankroll and play it until you get it as much as $1000 and after that cash off $500 to return to the beginning bankroll, then just consistently accomplish that. On the other side of things though, should you decide that you ought to up your bet sizing when it gets to that $1000, make sure you stay with that plan!




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