Something I would advise anyone who is either looking to get into betting in a way that is seriously aimed at delivering a profit, or who is looking to ramp up their betting, is to seriously consider their unique personal circumstances and how they impact the decision making process around which services and/or strategies are used.
The Smart Betting Club provide real detail on the practicalities involved in following a tipster or service that they place under their review microscope. At the risk of speaking out of turn and putting words into the mouths of others, I think a big reason for this is that each of us have at some point or other, probably joined a service that wasn’t a comfortable fit. I know I certainly have in the past.
Three months or so ago my circumstances changed which meant that for a limited time, I was able to get a lot of bets down. I was time rich, and this is why I signed up to The Value Machine. A high turnover service run by a real stalwart of the tipping industry who has a tremendous reputation built up over many years of providing profitable betting advice.
A couple of weeks ago, my circumstances changed again, which I knew they would. In short, I’ve started a new business and that means that much more of my time is now accounted for and I have much less time for betting. Regular readers of the Bet Diary will know that I do ‘outsource’ a lot of my betting to my son which is a really useful resource to have available, not least for the access to certain books! But I do still very much want to remain involved – it’s just I don’t have so much time to get to shops as I did not so long ago.
So when The Value Machine announced that it was looking at the possibility of launching a new, Exchange-friendly service and required some Beta testers to get involved, I jumped at the chance. I still had free time during the trial period so getting on would be no problem, but with it being Exchange friendly – and in fact lucrative to Betfair SP – I saw an opportunity to not only make my betting easier to fit around what I knew was a schedule that was going to become time restricted, it also offered potential to move towards future proofing my betting.
The more I can build towards being able to rely on the Exchanges and – when time allows – shops, the better. I love WinnerOdds Football, and the Bookie Bashing Early Pay Out Tracker, but the fact is that there will come a time when I will no longer have access to the online books I need to make them work. And then what? I’ve been through this scenario before of course, and it does have an impact. There’s no escaping that.
What makes the new TVM service so attractive to me though, is that if using Betfair SP, placing bets is going to take no time at all. A real set and forget option. The figures so far suggest very strongly that more profit can be made by using the immediate pre-race markets, and when I can I will. But I won’t for large parts of each week, and so the BFSP option is manna from heaven.
We’ll see how it all goes. It’s week 1 this week. The service has been split into two – a Midweek Service covering selections from Monday to Thursday (higher turnover, lower ROI) and a Weekend Service running from Friday to Sunday (lower turnover, higher ROI). I’ve signed up to both, and of course will keep you up to date on how they’re performing right here.
Have a great weekend!
