Why is it that you can be going along quite nicely, some sources of bets making a profit and some a loss most days, but then a day comes along when everything loses?
That’s how it feels, and yesterday was one of those days. Yesterday saw a drawdown bigger than the deepest there had been in August to date. It’s a psychological trick, of course. There are days when each service wins well, but the days when each lose hits harder mentally. I seem to remember reading somewhere that this is all part of the way the human brain is wired. That for the purposes of survival, the brain evolved to register harmful things to a greater extent than good things so that we are more wary of that which may do us damage, and subsequently we proactively avoid them. Or something like that. Got to admit, if I was mauled by a woolly mammoth or a sabre tooth tiger and somehow managed to survive, the next time I saw one, I’d likely run a mile. Bit like I do now when I see a spider.
I digress.
Yesterday was a blank day from eight bets struck for The Value Machine Exchange Profit, and this service for me, is now sitting on something of a drawdown (just less than 30% of the bank assigned to it). This comes with a massive caveat, however, and other users may be enjoying a far better experience. During the summer, I literally don’t place any of the bets released over the weekends due to not being around to do so. With Saturday commonly being the busiest racing day of the week by far, it’s possible that my abstinence on this day is having a significant impact. So now is not the time to be judging.
It feels like Sharp Betting Football has been treading water for a bit now. Last month was profitable but I’ve been below the profit high for around nine weeks now. The situation was a little brighter earlier this week when, having introduced some multiple bets to run alongside singles (in an attempt to a. help boost the ROI, and b. look more like a mug punter for the sake of the books) a nice 4/4 was lander in a Yankee. Just need to be patient. I’ve seen what the service can do.
Two consecutive losing days for me with WinnerOdds Tennis means I’m on the deepest drawdown yet, albeit one that is very small. Actually, strictly speaking, that last bit isn’t strictly true. WOT has introduced the ability to see a break down of maximum and current drawdowns to its user statistics page. What a professional service this is! Seriously, it would be great to see other services incorporate this sort of tool for their users. It provides context and with that comes an understanding that perhaps your current drawdown isn’t your worst. Anyway, I work out my drawdowns on a daily basis, but of course worse can be hit – easily if using a high volume service like WOT – during a day or night but subsequent wins means that when I tot up my figures, I’m out of it. That’s the case here. WOT tells me my worst drawdown hit 246.96pts, whereas my “daily” records has it down at -115.1pts.
Finally, not much by way of Bookie Bashing Each Way Golf Doubles action this week. Just not much value to pair up from the Tracker on Wednesday afternoon. I imagine this has something to do with the US event this week being a reduced field? Not to worry – managed to get a couple of doubles down and there’ll be plenty of opportunity moving forward.
Have a great weekend!
August 2025 (stakes normalised)…
Bookie Bashing Golf Tracker/WGV: Staked 558pts, +110.88pts, ROI 19.87%, ROC 7.39%
BB Tracker Each Way Golf Doubles: Staked 142pts, +176pts, ROI 123.94pts, ROC 17.6%.
The Value Machine Exchange Profit: Staked 820pts, -189.8pts, ROI -23.14%, ROC -12.65%
Tilt The Odds: Staked 302.6pts, +154.32pts, ROI 50.99%, ROC 10.28%.
SharpBetting Football: Staked 2,884pts, +5.02pts, ROI 0.17%, ROC 0.33%.
WinnerOdds Tennis: Staked 9,163pts, +470.29pts, ROI 5.13%, ROC 23.51%.
TOTAL: Staked 13,869.6pts, +726.71pts, ROI 5.23%, ROC 8.07%
