I took a couple of days away from betting over the weekend. Initially because I had my first cricket match of the season – a pre-season friendly match played in warm sunshine? What is that all about?!? – and with this year definitely being my last as a player, I’ve decided I’m not going to take time away from enjoying myself by worrying about getting bets on. And then yesterday, I took some time out to think of the way forward, to take stock as it were, and re-focus.
Truth be told, I’ve not been totally happy with what I’ve been doing recently. I’ve felt for a while I’ve started to overcomplicate things a bit with staking, have been acutely aware of what resources I’m NOT utilizing, my personal time organisation, and a few other small things too. The time had come for a bit of a re-boot. I decided I needed to turn myself off and then on again, much like your ageing PC when it freezes.
So, time to get back to basics, and perhaps utilize opportunities in a way that looks to squeeze the max out of available resources (ie. bookmaker accounts) instead of worrying too much about those resources being taken away. A shift in mentality required here. A bolder approach that means crossing bridges when coming to them, as opposed to trying always to plot a route that means never coming to a bridge.
What does this all mean in effect?
That, my friends, I am going to keep to this week’s Post no.2 – which I’ll write on Thursday.
In the meantime, what’s been going down?
Well, we had The Masters of course, and what a finish to that we saw! Got to admit I went to bed when Rory played an unbelievable shot to within a few short feet of the pin on the 17th, thinking that had sealed for it. Woke up this morning to find that he had indeed won, abut only after a play-off after missing a short putt to win at the last. Top level, exciting sport.
The tournament provided a nice profit too, with two full return placed golfers supported – Patrick Read with stakes split at 50/1 and 80/1, And Sung Jae Im at 125/1. These returns mean that Weekly Golf Value is leading the way in terms of profit made this month to date, running at 60%+ ROI despite not actually having a winner.
Close up in second place is eSoccer Edge and profit continues to accumulate. From the live bet tracker, it looks like I missed a good day on Saturday, but the beauty of the service is that there are always plenty of bets coming.
Not much else to report, to be honest, so I’ll leave you with the figures.
See you Thursday.
April 2025 (stakes normalised)…
Bookie Bashing Golf Tracker/WGV: Staked 461pts, +278.11pts, ROI 60.3%, ROC 18.5%
eSoccer Edge: Staked 2,715pts, +213.55pts, ROI 7.8%, ROC 14.2%
The Value Machine: Staked 980pts, -154.41pts, ROI -15.7%, ROC -10.2%
WinnerOdds Football: Staked 1,570pts, -10.9pts, ROI -0.7%, ROC -0.7%
TOTAL: Staked 5,773pts, +326.35pts, ROI 5.65%, ROC 5.43%
