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The Road to Riches: Weekend 18th-19th July
Coming Up this weekend
- Golf, the Open at St Andrews with the final two rounds over the Weekend. See Neil's coverage Free HERE
- Cricket, The second Ashes Test between England and Australia at Lords continues, concluding on Monday.
- Cycling, the third weekend of the 2015 Tour de France taking in stages 14 and 15 on Saturday and Sunday as the race heads from the Pyrenees towards the Alps with Team Sky leading the team classification and Chris Froome in the yellow jersey.
- Racing, Saturday meetings at Chester, Newbury, Newmarket, Ripon, Haydock Park and Lingfield Park on the flat and Cartmel and Market Rasen over the jumps
- Tennis, Davis Cup World Group Quarter Finals including: Great Britain v France at The Queens Club, London.
- Rugby Union, Australia v South Africa on Saturday in the Southern Hemisphere's Rugby Championship
Free Tip of the Week :
The Rugby Championship is the annual tournament played between the four major Southern Hemisphere rugby nations: New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Argentina. It began today with New Zealand having played Argentina this morning and winning 39-18.
Compared to other years, this year's Championship, with each team playing each other once rather than twice at home and away, is truncated. It is designed to avoid too many hard-hitting encounters ahead of the World Cup in September and October.
Outright prices for the competition before the first game were as follows:
New Zealand 10/11
South Africa 9/4
Australia 5/1
Argentina 100/1
New Zealand, in this shorter tournament have to play both South Africa and Australia away, having played Argentina at home. The world number one ranked team and winners of this for the last three years, three New Zealand franchises made the playoffs of the Super 15 including both finalists and the team has a conveyor belt of talent reaping the benefits of an excellent rugby foundation from grassroots level up.
Even the two away fixtures from three shouldn't be enough to prevent them emerging with a perfect record.
Australia, now reduced to number six in the world, will at least not have to start their campaign with back-to-back tests against New Zealand, as they have in the last three years. Saturday's clash with the Springboks in Brisbane offers them more realistic hope of an opening victory, something they have not enjoyed since they won the final Tri-Nations championship ahead of the 2011 World Cup.
A tweak to the eligibility rules means new coach Michael Cheika has experienced backs Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell of European champions Toulon back in the fold. Giteau is a hugely experienced and valuable utility player capable of starting in the No. 10 or No. 12 jersey, while Mitchell brings depth out wide.
South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer has a lengthy list of players unavailable to him through injury. No less than 450 caps feature in an injury / conditioning squad not available for this game
The last two Rugby Championships have seen New Zealand and South Africa claim the top two places by some distance, with the Springboks 10 points clear of the Wallabies in 2013, before ending up nine points clear in 2014. In the Autumn Internationals in the Northern Hemisphere Australia struggled particularly with their traditional recent failing, competitiveness in the front five forwards. Now in the run up to the world cup there is a new coach, the new eligibility rules and optimism is rising once again
It is certainly true that for this weekend's game they have some advantages
- A good record in Brisbane, including beating South Africa 7 out of the last 8 times there for what its worth (not a lot, South Africa won there 38-12 in 2013)
- the restoration of the Genia/Cooper half back partnership with Giteau outside should make the team a more potent attacking threat
- the South Africa injuries
but does it justify them being 8/13 favourites for this weekend and South Africa up to 6/4? I suspect it might not. I would expect the game to be very close. South Africa looked impressive playing with plenty of ambition in their warm up game, albeit only against a World XV, last weekend and are likely to be in the ascendancy up-front. They lack experience out wide but themselves have plenty of flair for hard ground rugby.
6 points South Africa to beat Australia at 2.58* Matchbook (would take 6/4 with sportingbet )
*pre-commission
The match is 11.05am Saturday morning, live on Sky Sports
Betting Expectations and Reality
If we thought that successful sports betting was all about going for the 'big score', then we're in the wrong game. It would be time to reassess expectations.
What successful sports betting is about is applying the fundamentals with repetition. Yes, it would be great if we could discover a betting system that would win 80% of our bets. This isn't the reality.
The reality is that the margins between success and failure are very small and which side of the margin you end up on depends on how you maintain your commitment to sound betting principles.
You will win some bets. You will lose some bets. You will have winning runs. And you will have losing runs. This will happen.
Nobody likes losing, but losing in this way is something that all successful sports bettors must learn to deal with. It is a fact of life for a long term sports bettor. The reality is that those who are successful in sports betting are so because they have earned hard fought experience. If you can't learn to lose, then the perils of inconsistent betting strategy await you.
You must be persistent. Yes, there will be setbacks. Yes, you will have frequent moments of doubt.
Like everything in life, success in sports betting is largely determined by hard work.You must be persistent. You can never stop learning, keeping an open mind
So, in a losing run, what to do?
“Never risk money you can't afford to lose” As everyone in the betting business knows, losing runs come without warning.The second golden rule is discipline. If you feel that the danger for another losing run is too high, just take a break until you regain your confidence. It doesn’t matter how long or short such a break lasts.
The better option of self-discipline is to see the bigger picture. Long-term is the crucial word in betting.
To sum up, money management, discipline, persistence, sensible expectations and remaining on an even keel are golden rules for successful betting in the long term.Losing runs included..
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The Road to Riches: Weekend 11th-12th July
Coming Up this weekend
- Tennis, The final weekend of Wimbledon. Serena Williams v Garbine Muguruza in the Womens Singles final on Saturday and Jamie Murray in the Mens doubles final
- Cricket, The conclusion of the first Ashes Test between England and Australia in Cardiff.
- Cycling, the second weekend of the 2015 Tour de France taking in stages 8 and 9. Stage 9 is the team time trial.
- Racing, Saturday meetings at Ascot, Chester, Newmarket, York, Salisbury and Hamilton
- Golf, in the run up to the Open at St Andrews, on the European Tour the Scottish Open at Gullane, East Lothian. On the USPGA Tour the John Deere Classic in Illinois.
Free Tip of the Week :
Ahead of Neil's coverage of the St Andrews Open championship next week, an early selection.
While big-priced outsiders have been winning regularly on the PGA Tour they are rare in recent major championships. The last four have gone to either the favourite, Rory McIlroy at the last Open and USPGA, or Jordan Spieth, who was second favourite at the US Open and among the leading four in the market before the Masters.
Opens played at St Andrews have been fruitful for leading plaers. Nicklaus in 1978, Ballesteros in 1984, Faldo in 1990 and Woods in 2000 and 2005 were all world number ones who won at St Andrews. Winner John Daly was an outsider due to erratic form, but did already have a major title. 2010 winner Louis Oosthuizen has since gone close in both the Masters and US Open.
As well as top ranked golfers winning at St Andrews the last four Opens held there produced three big-hitting winners in Oosthuizen, Woods and Daly.
Driveable par-fours on this old links course and long complicated putts will again be the staple of the Open. The fairways are so wide that the big-hitters enjoy an enormous advantage especially on the the par-fours while, on the longer holes, their power enables a conservative approach with irons to avoid the hazards and still reach the green with long second shots. Woods famously won in 2000 without finding a single bunker.
Big hitting well fancied golfers for St Andrews for the short-list then? That would certainly have included 2014 Open champion Rory McIlroy, but the news that he will miss the Open with ankle ligament damage meant a market shake up as he was 9/2 favourite prior to the injury.
In his likely absence clearly you have to take a long look at the new favourite, Jordan Spieth, available at the time of writing at 6/1. In fact he probably should have been favourite before, after winning both the Masters and US Open.
Looking at the importance of driving distance, that must point towards Dustin Johnson, whose unfortunate three-putt on the 72nd hole at Chambers Bay blew a chance to win his first major. Nevertheless, after personal bests in the Masters and US Open, finishing sixth and second, he is very close to a major title. Johnson could overpower the Old Course and is available at 14-1 if you think he has overcome his dramas in the US Open.
Nobody shot anything close to Louis Oosthuizen over the final three rounds at Chambers Bay. The St Andrews winner from 2010 has since proved he's a frontline major contender with near-misses in both the Masters and US Open. After opening with a disastrous 77 at the US Open he went round in 66-66-67 (His 199 total over the final 54 holes was the lowest in U.S. Open history), including birdies on six of his final seven holes, tying the lowest nine-hole score in U.S. Open history, and finishing a shot behind Spieth. This was Oosthuizen's fifth top ten finish of this season
He is available at 25-1 (Ladbrokes/Coral) to repeat at St Andrews which understandably perhaps places him behind the likes of Rose, Scott and Stenson in the market but is interesting for a player with both recent and course form. Not only the winner of the Open here but last October he finished tied 6th in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews. Included in that result was a third-round 62 that included five front-nine and five back-nine birdies.
Of course the run up to the championship will see lots of bookmaker offers, and no doubt Neil will talk more about these and the value they might offer next week. Already Betfair Sportsbook are each-way EIGHT places (maximum bet £25 per player) and PaddyPower and Skybet are SEVEN places, with plenty of six place books around
I'm going to use the 25-1 price for the "official" selection in the column this week but I would take the 22-1 Betfair Sportsbook eight places first for Oosthuizen if you are eligible for the enhanced terms
3 points each way Louis Oosthuizen at 25-1 (1/4 1,2,3,4,5) with Ladbrokes or Corals
What is value?
One of the hardest things to explain to people with only a casual understanding of betting is the concept of value.
Understanding value is a key to long term betting success. It might seem like common sense to a seasoned betting veteran but to the inexperienced, it can be a difficult concept to adjust to. Learning to bet on teams that nobody thinks have a chance to win can be tough.
The following may help to develop an intuitive sense of value you can have confidence in.
You don't need to be a maths wizard to be successful betting value long-term. However an understanding of probability is necessary.. Betting odds represent the probability of a particular outcome and I often see on sicial media people talking about their bets in point-blank black and white terms. For example you read that a team has no chance of winning or that there is no way another team is going to lose. The fact is, as far as professional sport is concerned, every team has a chance of winning and every team has a chance of losing. Identifying value is understanding what chance that is.
Pricing
This is key to developing an intuitive sense for value. You're not composing the odds you would like to see the bookmakers post, you are composing odds that you would not feel comfortable taking yourself. Doing this gets your head thinking in terms of probabilities and by checking the results of your own prices, it allows you to pit yourself against the bookmakers.
The Market
The pull and sway of general opinion is going to set the odds. Making this a habitual way of thinking is not only hard to do, but can at times reduce the sport you love so much,to a matter of mere economics.
You might perhaps watch a football match and wonder about how the outcome may impact next week's odds or how the overwhelming number of casual punters might back a side in for an upcoming match based on what they have seen in this match. Will that offer value in the opposite direction? Will the market over-react?
Review and analyse
Much of the work in developing a mindset for value is in reviewing how your previous assessments have performed. Where did you get it right? Where did you get it wrong? When you start out pricing up matches, you're prone to exhibit pre-conceived biases. Some may be accurate. Many will not.
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The Road to Riches: Weekend 4th-5th July
- Football, the Copa America final between hosts Chile and Argentina and Women's World Cup Final between the USA and Japan.
- Tennis, The middle weekend of Wimbledon.
- Formula One, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
This weekend sees the 2015 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, one of the fastest tracks on the circuit. The Mercedes drivers Hamilton and Rosberg are in a real battle for the Drivers Championship
Mercedes have won seven out of the eight races so far this season, following on from winning 16 races after the introduction of new regulations at the beginning of 2014. Only Ferrari, apart from Mercedes, have won a race in 2015 and that in very hot conditions in Malaysia which gave then a tyre advantage over Mercedes.
Mercedes started the year with a time advantage of a full second a lap and whilst Ferrari (with the help of engine token upgrades) have cut that deficit by around a third over the first part of this season it is still difficult to see past a Mercedes pole position (Hamilton has been on pole seven out of eight races this season), double front row lock out and ultimate win at Silverstone which is one of the fastest tracks on the circuit and will really suit the Mercedes power unit. Since 2010, 51% of all race wins have been scored by the man on pole, and 79% of all race wins from 1st or 2nd n the grid. This season, every race has been won from either first or second.
Out of eight races both Mercedes drivers have been on the podium every time, so that has only left eight places on the podium and Ferrari have taken six of those, with Vettel taking five of the six. In the last two Grand Prix though Williams have begun to challenge Ferrari more consistently. Poor qualifying by Vettel and a spin by Raikkonen in Canada allowed Williams' Valtteri Bottas to capitalise, and then Felipe Massa held off Vettel for third in Austria.
Simply, the front end of the F1 grid in 2015 is not that competitive. Prices for the outright win at Silverstone are Hamilton 4/6 Rosberg 7/4 and 16/1 bar including Vettel. After Mercedes and Ferrrari in the pecking order the three other Mercedes powered teams (Williams, Force India and Lotus) have an advantage on high speed tracks compared to Red Bull (power deficit with the Renault engine), McLaren (Honda severely under-powered), Sauber (improved in 2015 but under-funded) and Manor (uncompetitive) and whilst the new configuration of Silverstone mixes in some slower sections it is still a quick circuit on the F1 calendar. Daniel Ricciardo has even this week called on Red Bull and Renault to write off 2015 and focus on 2016. The battle in midfield between the Mercedes-powered teams though is a good close one.
Over the last few races Force India has been the most consistent midfield team improving their average qualifying position over the first four races from 13th to 9th over the last four races, and both cars scored points for the first time this year in Austria to move ahead of Lotus into fifth place in the Constructors Championship. Now they have an upgraded car for the rest of the season their results should improve still further. They suffered delays with the development of the B-Spec upgraded car following a switch of wind tunnels over the winter and missed much of pre-season testing. Nevertheless they have been adding parts for its B-spec package since Monaco, with the final evaluation of the package-taking place in Austria.
Prices for points finishes at Silverstone are Hulkenberg 4/6 and Perez Evens. I like the Perez price for the top ten a lot.
We're looking for slightly more bang for our buck in the free tips in this column though and Hulkenberg is 100/30 to repeat his top six finish at Spielberg. In 2014, Hulkenberg qualified fourth on the grid and came home eighth here. To achieve top six this weekend there will have to be some modest attrition in finishers from the top three teams and the Force Indias will need to win their battle with the Lotuses and potentially the Toro Rosso for whom their aerodynamic package suits Silverstone and will help them overcome some of the power deficit. Generally though this season Lotus have flattered to deceive in races, their points finishes not reflecting their overall package. Force India have overachieved and now have the full upgrades as they look to take the next step up the grid.
6 points Nico Hulkenberg top six finish at 100-30 Bet365 or BetVictor, 3-1 generally
Bankroll Management
There's an assumption that all that's required to be a successful sports bettor is the ability to pick winners with a degree of frequency. It's of course true that you will win money if you only ever pick winners, but the reality is that no-one can accurately predict the outcome of sports events all of the time. Even the very best lose a good percentage of their bets, and most will experience bad runs.
The risk of a bad run is a major reason why bankroll management is important. It should be a consideration even if you are just betting for fun, while it's absolutely vital if you're serious about betting for profit. The basic concept of bankroll management is straightforward, that you allocate a certain sum of money to bet with, separate from any other money you have. This sum of money is your bankroll, and should be used solely for the purposes of betting at any given time you should have a fixed bankroll in place.
Once you establish the size of the bankroll you can then manage that money appropriately. Bankroll management is effectively about defining and following rules about what percentage of your bankroll you are prepared to risk for any wager you place. There's no single correct way to define these rules, as that depends on a number of factors. The point is just that the amount you stake should always be directly influenced by the size of your bankroll in some way.
There are four key reasons why good bankroll management is essential for your sports betting success. These are as follows:
- It will help you to remain disciplined.
- It will stop you from going bust.
- It will enable you to manage your exposure to risk.
- It will help you to determine your true success rate.
Remaining disciplined gives you a big advantage in sports betting. There have been countless bettors throughout time who have been very good at picking winners, but failed to find consistent success due to a lack of discipline. As discussed recently common mistakes caused by a lack of discipline include chasing losses during bad runs, staking too much, and taking unnecessary risks.
Good bankroll management won't necessarily stop you from making these mistakes yourself, but it will certainly make it easier to avoid them. With a defined set of rules in place about how much you can bet and when, you are much less likely to do something crazy. You should also be able to avoid going bust, as you'll only ever be betting a percentage of your total bankroll.
You can also manage your bankroll in a way that will be familiar to regular readers of Betting Emporium columns with staking plans, risking smaller amounts of money on more speculative bets, and larger amounts on wagers that are more likely to win. This is a great way to manage your exposure to risk, which is important regardless of your overall betting style.
Bankroll management helps you to determine your true success rate because keeping your stake levels consistent means you can accurately analyse how well you are doing. If you are betting all kinds of different amounts on a random basis, then this is much harder to do, as your results can be skewed by one big win or one big loss.
The best piece of advice regarding bankroll management is simply to make sure you use it. There's not one particularly right way to go about it, it's just important that you do think about it. With that being said, there are a couple of basic principles that you should try to stick to.
For one thing, your bankroll should only consist of money you are prepared to lose. If you're betting with "scared" money that you can't afford to lose, you'll almost certainly make bad decisions. This is really the main point of having a bankroll in the first place, and you should think of your bankroll as a tool with which to make money rather than as money itself.
You should also very clearly define the rules about how much you're going to stake on any given wager, and then make absolutely sure that you follow them. The exact rules are ultimately up to you, you just need to consider what level of risk you are comfortable with and what goals you are trying to achieve. A good guideline is that you should always stake somewhere between 1% and 5% of your total bankroll on a single wager.
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- Football, the Copa America and Women's World Cup Quarter finals
For Northants top bowler in recent games the "death bowler" Mohammed Azarullah has come to form and leads the overseas pro Rory Kleinveldt in wicket-taking. Azharullah has 9 wickets in 6 games, Kleinveldt 7 in 7. Willey is back of course and will be expected to take the new ball.
For Notts their top batsman so far in the competition is Samit Patel with 233 runs off 178 balls in 7 games with 4 scores of 30 or above. Batting from as high as number 4 that he has had the opportunity to face 178 balls speaks to the poor batting form of the team up top (for example James Taylor, Brendan Taylor and Steven Mullaney have little more than 100 runs each in seven games). Meanwhile in 4 games Alex Hales has 148 runs off 94 balls. Hales is the obvious pick here, because if he gets in he'll generally go on. His four scores in the competition this season are 1, 54, 86*, 7. His presence though as short as 9/4 does create some value elsewhere if the likes of Willey and Kleinveldt can get him early. Patel, as long as 6-1 in a top order short of runs is an appealing value alternative.
In terms of Notts top bowler the experienced seamer Luke Fletcher is a T20 specialist (best yorkers in the game) and has 9 wickets in 7 games. The remainder of the bowling attack, Jake Ball with 7 wickets and the spin of Samit Patel with a useful 5 wickets aside, has underperformed.
So summing up, my shortlist here across the markets on offer is as follows
Northants outright at 13/8 Ladbrokes
Richard Levi Top Northants batsman at 11/4 Ladbrokes
Azarullah Top Northants Bowler at 3/1 Coral
Samit Patel Top Notts Batsman at 6/1 Ladbrokes or Corals
Luke Fletcher Top Notts Bowler at 100/30 Corals
I think all of these look reasonable at the prices if you wanted a range of positions. The one bet for this column though is as below, taking on a short-priced favourite in Hales that offers bags of talent but priced at little value:
5 points Samit Patel Top Nottinghamshire batsman 6/1 Ladbrokes or Corals
(wouldn't take lower than 5/1)
Moore's the Merrier?
Last week at Royal Ascot Ryan Moore rode nine winners (Gleneagles, Clondaw Warrior,Washington DC, Acapulco,Gm Hopkins,Waterloo Bridge,Curvy,War Envoy,Aloft) and could have had more. He beat the mark set by Lester Piggott in 1965 and 1975 and Pat Eddery in 1989. Moore remains some way behind Fred Archer's all-time record of 12 wins which he achieved at Royal Ascot in 1878. These are rare achievements though. Six winners was enough to be top jockey for the whole meeting in 24 of the last 25 years
Understandably given his excellence, plaudits were many "Ryan was superb he's a marvellous jockey, the greatest I've ever seen" said winning trainer Aidan O'Brien. Another trainer "Ryan Moore - what can I say? He's probably the greatest jockey I've ever seen." and a commentator "Slowly but surely, Moore and O'Brien are getting like Vincent O'Brien and Piggott in the old days."
Of course purely as sports fans, Moore is brilliant to watch. The best jockey, and often on the best horses accentuated this season by his official arrangement with Ballydoyle. For the bettor though, it represents a challenge as prices often have a "Moore discount" removing value, and notionally at least creating it elsewhere in the field. Time after time at Ascot, particularly earlier in the week in the day's later races, the odds on Moore horses would plunge in part of course because "momentum" punters on course were attracted to what they were seeing and in part the firms taking avoiding action with potential liabilities on multiples etc
As Neil described in one of his Royal Ascot pieces (specifically about Dashing Star who had gone from 9/1 to 6/1 that morning )"While I love having him on my horses, I don't want to pay a big premium for that." Other punters appeared to be far less disciplined, of course and until Saturday at least, this was rewarded as daily doubles and trebles flew in.
It's a long term game though. Ryan Moore is the best jockey often on the best horses but the weight of money and increasingly artificial pricing that results is going to be a feature of future big meetings because of the experience of this Royal Ascot just as it was for Dettori after Fujiyama Crest completed the Ascot 7-timer. Therein might lie the opportunity elsewhere
With Neil's help I investigated some stats* to attempt to find corroboration for the contention that a great jockey does not necessarily equal great betting value
Moore has 48 winners from 230 rides in 2015. That is 21%, one of the highest of the top 40 jockeys. On favourites he is 29-89 for 29% (only seven of the top 40 are lower). If you had bet every one of his horses at SP for £1 you'd be down £3.69. Just as a (less fashionable) comparison George Baker with 25-107 is a jockey who is much more under the radar ( currently +£40.53 in 2015 on a reasonable sample.) and who is consistently well rated by jockey ratings services.
The only real way to measure jockeys is to looks at A/E (actual/expected), that is to measure the prices (%chance) of their rides against result and to see who gets 'more winners than expected' (an enhanced impact value type stat which can also be used instead of the ROI stat.). Moore's A/E value stat is just above average at 0.89 but it is low so you certainly have to carry on being selective if trying to find value bets from his rides.
Going back through 2011-2014 the figures are as follows
Win percentage and Profit/(Loss) to a £1 stake
2011 18% (-143)
2012 18% (-56)
2013 19% (-113)
2014 20% (-132)
2015 21% (-3)
So we can tentatively suggest that a bumper Royal Ascot and the Ballydoyle rides are increasing win percentage and reducing losses to a level stake so far in 2015 but we can better making the case that Moore horses might be priced without value than we are to suggesting that backing him blind, even with a 1 in 5 win rate, is a route to guaranteed profit.
* as at 22nd June (sources: Racing Post and FlatStats)
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One of the major things that sets successful bettors apart from others is their ability to maintain discipline and control their emotions.
Here are some of the emotions that can get in the way of making good betting decisions.
Fear.
There are two effective ways to avoid the fear of losing money. The first is simply to make sure that you only ever bet with money that you can afford to lose, and are fully prepared to lose. This is one of the main reasons for having a proper bankroll. By allocating a sum of money that's purely for betting purposes, you don't have to worry about losing money that you need for something else.
Secondly, you should try and ignore the monetary value of your bankroll. If you view your bankroll as a tool of the trade, you'll remove your emotional attachment to it. If you then also practice good bankroll management, you'll have no reason to fear even a string of losses.
Impatience
An important part of betting is knowing when to bet. Online especially it's very easy to bet in high volume. Placing a lot of bets can potentially bring some success, with an appropriate strategy, but it's generally much better to be selective and only bet when there's a very good reason to do so.
Many bettors suffer with impatience. The urge to place a bet, even if there's no real reason to do so, can be overwhelming. This can lead to placing speculative bets that aren't properly thought out.
Dealing with impatience can be a challenge. Before you place a bet, ask yourself why you are placing it. If you can't provide a solid answer, it's probably not a wager you should be placing.
Desperation and Greed
Most, if not all, sports bettors will have a particularly bad run of results at some point, and many will have a particularly good run of results. Sustained periods of losing can be very emotionally damaging, for obvious reasons, but sustained periods of winning can actually be just as bad.
A long streak of losses can easily lead to desperation. Desperation, in turn, can lead to betting at higher and higher stakes in an attempt to chase those losses. Chasing losses can be so tempting to try and recover some of the money that has been lost
A long streak of wins, on the other hand, can lead to greed. It's easy to feel like you can do nothing wrong when you are winning all the time, and the urge to try and win more can be overwhelming. Just like desperation, greed can also lead to betting at higher stakes..
Controlling your emotions in either of these circumstances largely comes down to discipline.
Confidence
It's not easy to develop winning betting strategies and it can be hard to stick with something that isn't generating an immediate return though, which is why confidence is so important in betting, helping to avoid second guessing every decision you make.
Getting the right balance of confidence is difficult. You have to be able to deal with a few losses without losing faith in yourself, but you equally have to be prepared to accept that you are capable of making mistakes.
Passion
Sports bettors are also of course sports fans, and this can present a problem. There's a lot of emotion involved in being a sports fan, particularly if you are passionate about a particular team or individual. This passion is part of what makes being a sports fan so much fun, but it's not so good when it comes to sports betting.
If you are an optimist, you may be tempted to bet on your team winning simply because you want them to, even if their chances aren't that great. If you are a pessimist, you might bet against your team, because you can't believe your team will get the victory you hope for. You may even decide to bet against your team so that you are happy either way
The point here is that you are making bets for the wrong reasons, which is always a mistake. It's very, very difficult to take the emotion out of things when betting on a sports event you really care about so it's best to simply avoid doing so. You'll surely find plenty of betting opportunities on events that you have no emotional involvement with.
Strong discipline will help you deal with all the potential problems that the emotions discussed above can cause.
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bet365's fantastic Tennis accumulator offer includes matches from all the top tournaments and events. You can earn a bonus of up to 50% if you place accumulators on To Win Match, First Set Winner and Set Betting markets for Singles and Doubles matches from any Grand Slam, ATP, WTA or Challenger Tour event, as well as Singles and Doubles matches from the Davis Cup, Fed Cup and Hopman Cup. Place a pre-match accumulator with bet365 of 2 or more selections combining matches from any of these competitions and, if successful, the relevant bonus will be added to your winnings.
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