Without a doubt, when I first start gambling I was playing $1 football cards and than $5 cards and than $10 3 team parlays. I can remember when I use to mow lawns to play football cards. I start going to the racetrack when I was 14yrs old. almost everybody I know increases over the years including books. I can remember when 500 was a big bet for a bookie to book. I am talking about when a dollar was a dollar. 100 players to 300 to 500 to 5000. I dont know anybody that it doesnt increase over the years.
I learned to play Blackjack long before I started wagering on sports. When I play blackjack, it is for a few hours of entertainment only, so I keep the bets small ($5 -$20) until I'm ahead so my $$ and entertainment last longer.
When I first began wagering on sports, I had this same small-time mentality. I played too many games but with very small wagers on each one ($10-$20). I am still a recreational gambler on sports, not a pro by any means.
Over time I realized that, unlike Blackjack where the player is playing entirely on probability, sports can be handicapped for line value, situtations, match-ups, etc., and that there are strong plays and weak plays that should be bet accordingly. I now play fewer games at $50 - $500 a pop. Small potatoes compared to many in the Rx, but I have increased my wagers with time.
When I first began wagering on sports, I had this same small-time mentality. I played too many games but with very small wagers on each one ($10-$20). I am still a recreational gambler on sports, not a pro by any means.
Over time I realized that, unlike Blackjack where the player is playing entirely on probability, sports can be handicapped for line value, situtations, match-ups, etc., and that there are strong plays and weak plays that should be bet accordingly. I now play fewer games at $50 - $500 a pop. Small potatoes compared to many in the Rx, but I have increased my wagers with time.
The first real bet I made was for 100 and that was the only bet I placed that year. Oddly, the next year I was betting like 10-20 a game and parlays and actually built that up to a decent chunk. Today, I'm still betting with that same original deposit. I have moved money between books but never actually taken any back from offshore. I bet usually 100 a game and up to 300. But I only had 300 on a bet 3 times this year.
my bet size has actually went down alot...alot ...alot....when i was single and stupid money meant absolutely nothing....so 500 to 1000 per game...when living in south texas....got married and burnt by a book for 8800 and thought about it long and hard...now 50 to 100 per game tops....a foolish type of behavior...don't you agree... but now i've got more money than i ever thought about having and this is all in perspective and fun....life's too short for the stress...make it fun or don't do it at all....thanks jeffksu.....
