FootballWinners
EOG Senior Member
Re: Football Winners - Turning 25,000$ into 100,000$
sounds good ballerhanz, lets go Minnesota's.
sounds good ballerhanz, lets go Minnesota's.
haha its 4:20 am, I don't blame you. Been up way too long, goodnight brother.oops, i messed up..
i meant tuesday hahahaha... i was lookin at ur minny play in baseball and was thinking the 1game playoff was monday, since it usually is, lol
no it definately isn't indy.tell me it's indy -3
go twinkies today
Thankyou for your post, it actually did help. Exactly, three of my losses were under 500$ (moneyline underdogs). I have explained what I have done, and how, in PM with a couple members but basically my story is that I once started betting small and in my final year of college began taking this serious. I started with a bankroll of 8,000$ with one unit equaling 1% of my bankroll, so 80$ and 2 units being 2%, so 160$.
I divided the year into four quarters. January-March, April-June, July-September, October-December. My goal was to win 25% of my bankroll each quarter, but was happy with anything above 12.5%. 12.5% of 8,000$ = 1,000$ so my goal was to win 1,000$ minimum with reaching my top goal of 25% by profiting 2,000$.
Divide 25% or 12.5% by three = 8.33% or 4.66%. These were my goals per month with 8.33% of my bankroll being on the high end, and 4.17% being on the low end.
So I would try and win between 250$ and 500$. Divide a month into four weeks, my goal was to profit between 1.04% and 2.08%. Meaning my goal each week was to win between 1 and 2 units, with winning 2 units being a good week.
I was comfortable with my handicapping, shared my selections with nobody so did not feel pressure from others to do well and slowly but surely kept building my bankroll. The first four years I was working still and did as a dream hobby, with the hopes to turn my hobby into a dream career (but didn't expect much). I kept reading and learning about handicapping and sports news even when I felt it was pointless, sort of like in University when you're reading something and asking yourself what the hell is this going to teach me. What it did was make me smarter in my field, being sports betting, and help me to develop methods to look at games without needing to spend hours on every game. I honestly spend more time reading about each sport.
Back to what I was saying. I started with 8,000$ and continue until I profited 8,000$ or 100% of my bankroll. It didn't take too long because I was betting alot of games early and was getting lucky. In fact it took under six months. Once I was up 8,000$, I doubled my unit size. My bankroll became 16,000$ and my unit was now 160$. ALL OF MY SELECTIONS WERE EITHER ONE, OR TWO UNITS. Anyways, I could go on and on about each year, and how It took me 15 months to complete my bankroll the second time around, due to a rough baseball season, but I won't bore you. Send me a PM if you want the full story. Anyways, in six years (end of this December) . I have doubled my bankroll using this method of money management almost four times. I needed to reach 128,000$ and was at 124,000$ going into week one of the NFL season, where I won 1,000$. At that point I decided to do what I am doing now. If I can turn this 25,000$ into 100,000$ then I will have 200,000$ saved up. Enough to move to Las Vegas and begin wagering "professionally". I now treat this like a career. Luckily, I was in an above average situation to begin financially (no not rich). I do not recommend this lifestyle for everyone, as people always criticize and say that what you are doing is not a job, its a hobby. Or they say you're a degenerate, or trash your picks and say you won't win forever. All that nonsense. If you do your homework, which I do 5-10 hours a day now, and take this on with the correct mentality then you are able to accomplish this. I have! I also do not recommend quitting your job. You still have to win, and if you consistantly lose your wagers then you are not looking at the right factors when deciding on your selections and if you are a smart bettor; stick to your job until you are at a comfortable enough situation to quit.
THINK ABOUT IT. YOU NEED TO WIN BETWEEN ONE AND TWO SELECTIONS PER WEEK. WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, YOU'RE OFF TO A GOOD START. Although you may say to me that my method of betting right now is not smart. I know, this is a chance for me to live my dream and I cannot pass it up. If I lose this 25,000$ I have set aside then I will have 100,000$ remaining and will go back to my plan, where I will only need to double my bankroll once more before I can move to Las Vegas. I don't want to wait another year to year in a half. Once you get this much money you have an added pressure, which makes going to sleep very difficult. Another downside to this lifestyle. Anybody can do it, you just need to have the right mindset.
Another good idea is reading newspapers from outside of your city. Online you can find the sports section from almost any newspaper in America. Read both the home teams, road teams and a neutral area's sports section of the paper and you'll see what I mean. Just by reading and seeing homer views of each game can give you a GREAT read on how each team, and its fans view the game; sometimes even leading to enough information to place a solid wager.
You got this down strategically perfect. You understand the game, "the profession" on how to succeed in it. With the exception on a few minor traits, what I read above is basically how I have done well for myself and it is nice to see someone else with a very similar style, and to have done well over time. I wish you the only the only remaining factor... luck.
Like the strategy of swinging for the fences with house money, but not sure I like the Rams as the team to do it with. Good luck. Later this week I will run a system in my database to see how +7 favorites do on a short week. Will post the results.
Very nice thread! I love to see it, keep us updated my friend and best of luck! I think you are playing very aggressive tho.... be careful
Mate, if you are at 139k, you over reached your goal!! what's your next goal then? why you are not updating your total bank-roll in your posts? Keep up the awesome job!@James, with the money made this weekend my bankroll is up to 139 thousand. All of my wagers are 1-5% of my bankroll.
Playing more aggressive than usual, have had more 3-5% wagers then usual, typically I bet 1% on 75% of wagers, but no I am not being STUPID aggressive. A good kind of agressive to reach my goal by january, so I can move to Las Vegas in the new year.
Thanks and gl