Steady As She Goes Betting Strategy

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:33:00 -0400

George Clooney was in a memorable movie called The Perfect Storm. In it, Clooney plays a fisherman who just hauled in a fantastic catch and was poised to return home with tremendous riches. However, he and his crew are notified of an immense storm blocking their passage home. The crew has to decide to wait out the storm and risk losing their catch, or go ahead and risk it through the storm. They go ahead and blindly sail through the worst storm in history and perish. There is something to be said about being conservative and safe. Betting can be an emotional enterprise, especially for those novices. It can also be addictive. But being the smart captain of your betting ship can keep your head above water.

There is great risk in betting the exotics: point spreads, over/unders, parlays, etc. There can be great reward, but the perils of playing those bets as your bread and butter can be extremely risky. I espouse a conservative approach to betting. There are plenty of games out there for you to play that have W’s written all over them. Take this weekend for example:

Florida was a big favorite this weekend against a mediocre Arkansas team. Historically, Florida has a tendency to obliterate over/under numbers as well as point spreads. But this is a team struggling to get receivers open and their quarterback is not quite 100% healthy. Many folks went with the heavily favored Gators to cover the spread. Those people were out some hard earned coin, while I sat back comfortably on my couch with a W.

College is usually the easiest place to find large point spreads and tilted matchups. Take your easy catches and bag a bunch of easy wins. With those winnings, you can come up with some three game parlays to boost your winnings. 10+ point spreads can be found fairly easily each weekend. Pick three big favorite winners and parlay them and bank your easy money.

Building some consistency in what you do will help gain you some much needed confidence as well as coin. This will give you the ability to speculate later and try some dogs and exotics to really boost your winnings. But getting home to port is the key. If you keep taking those chances with longshots and dogs, you will run into the perfect storm and find yourself at the bottom of the ocean.

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Steady As She Goes Betting Strategy