There’s a new betting blog out there, and from what I’ve seen of it so far, it’s very good. Written by an SBC member it follows a portfolio of tipsters, most of which will be very familiar to you. It’s well written and the content is interesting. I’ve already bookmarked it for my own daily reading, and you can find it here.
Reading the first couple of posts it struck me that I really do suffer from an acute form of Betting OCD.
The author of the blog has clearly done some research into his tipsters and found methods of following some of his services that deviate from the instructions provided by the tipsters themselves. I can’t do that – my betting OCD doesn’t allow it. Goodness knows I’ve tried over the years, but every time I do I immediately feel uncomfortable and it’s not long until I go back to doing what the tipster says.
The most common manifestation is around the issue of staking. It’s frequently possible to make a higher ROI from following a certain tipster by backing all selections to win as opposed to each way. I’m pretty certain most tipsters know this but those that do employ the place terms as part of their advice are doing so to smooth out the ride. But if a tipster tells me to back a horse each way, I’ll back it each way. I’m like a natural born soldier who will only ever follow orders, without question and without grumbling.
I think my initial logic when I started betting was that if I’m paying for an expert’s advice, then it would be pretty daft not to listen to instruction. You wouldn’t pay a solicitor for legal advice and then do the opposite of what they tell you, would you? I appreciate now though that betting is a little more nuanced than that. Not everything is black and white, there are various shades of grey too. That said, by merely following instructions, I’ve not done too badly over the years. I think I’ll just carry on as I am…until someone tells me to do otherwise.
Portfolio performance for June, to Sunday 16th
A very quiet week, and one in which the weather continued to be wet. Very wet.
The racing was pretty standard fare, with last week being the week before Royal Ascot. As such, there wasn’t a great deal of betting action at all. From what there was, MVS had a decent enough time of it, Racing Service 3 did not. The others either made a little or lost a little. Not a week that is going to stay in the memory for very long at all.
‘Main’ portfolio: ROI 2.71%, ROC 0.58%.
‘Broxchange’ portfolio (Football Lay Profits, Football Service 1, Golf Insider): ROI 54.84%, ROC 1.9%
Individual Service Performance
Bet Alchemist: Staked 17pts, +2.975pts.
Racing Service 1: Staked 20pts, +45.325pts.
Football Lay Profits: n/a
Football Service 1: n/a
Golf Insider: Staked 33.5pts, +18.262pts.
MVS: Staked 33pts, +4.13pts.
Northern Monkey: Staked 33.125pts, -17.503pts.
Football Service 2: Staked 9pts, -1.241pts.
Racing Service 2: n/a
Racing Service 3: Staked 41.25pts, -12.688pts.
