5 Different Guides For Wherever You Are In Your Betting
Mindful of the fact that each of us are entirely unique when it comes to our individual betting circumstances and requirements, we have put together this guide on how to best use SBC tipsters and services.
Whether you are a total beginner, an experienced bettor or even an established full-time winner, what you look for in a tipster or service will be unique.
This is because the services that suit you will differ based on things like:
- Budget
- Experience
- Time
- Schedule
- Bookmakers available
- Exchanges/brokers available
- Risk preferences
- Patience levels
- Expectations
- Sporting preferences
We have therefore split this guide into 5 stages designed for distinct groups, namely:
- Beginners: for if you are brand new to betting and want to get started following tipsters and other SBC services.
- Builders: for if you have set up all of your accounts, have got started with some profitable betting and you want to expand your portfolio to build a larger healthy bank.
- Bankers: for if your banks are working well and you have expanded your portfolio, this stage is ideal if betting account restrictions are starting to bite and you are looking to maximise value from them.
- Exchange/Sharp Players: for if you have lost (or are close to losing) all of your bookmaker accounts and you want to start using sharper bookmakers or exchanges to make your profits instead.
- Big Bankroll Players: for if you have built a considerable bank and are looking for ways to grow it using exchanges, sharp bookmakers and shops. This stage is for more advanced and experienced bettors.
Hopefully, you will progress through these stages as time moves on. Revisiting this page for the most relevant resources is ideal for when your circumstances change – our bank of tipsters and services will also be regularly updated if you are looking for something new!
If you have any questions about which resources suit your needs best, please get in touch via email at pete@smartbettingclub.com and we will see how we can help you.
ALSO – Download The Accompanying Interview PDF
To help provide further insight and inspiration into how to get started with tipsters, you can now download our special PDF, featuring interviews with 4 very different (and successful!) punters on just how they got going.
Available in PDF format, you can download it directly via this link
Applicable To All
Before we get into the 5 different stages, there are some recommendations that apply to everyone, which in brief are:
- Get setup properly and explore as much content as possible – particularly the educational materials found within the SBC Fundamentals & Betting Insight sections.
- As part of the above point – it is vital to make sure you understand key concepts like betting banks and how to handle losing runs. Betting profitably is just like anything else in this world – the more you put in to educating yourself, the more you will get out. This is also important as working out what type of bettor you are will influence which services are best for you.
- Open as many bookmaker, exchange or broker accounts as possible. Simply put – the more accounts you have open, the better the odds you will be able to take and the greater profits you will make when you win. Multiple accounts are also a great way to build your bank as introductory offers can be extremely lucrative and provide low-risk ways to grow your starting pot.
- Familiarise yourself with the best odds comparison websites (check out the SBC Recommends section) to make sure you can find the best value odds as quickly as possible before striking your bets.
- Make sure you have a way of recording your bets as without this, you have no way of knowing how you are faring – good or bad. This is also useful for analysing the services you are following and how their performances compare against each other.
Where Are The Best Tipsters?
A quick note here as well on one key question many of you have: Where you can find the SBC’s best rated tipsters?
There are two places to find the very best betting tipsters:
- You can find out those services currently given a ‘Hall of Fame’ rating by reading the very latest Tipster Profit Report PDF. These Reports are updated every few months and contain full details on each of the tipsters we fully recommend and where each tipster stands in our tables. Every tipster also has a designated page in the Tipster Ratings Index – simply find them via the A to Z menu on the left hand side of that page.
- You can also find a rundown of high quality tipsters within the SBC Premium Section. A tipster is deemed as ‘Premium’ if they have teamed up with us at SBC to offer their service – either exclusively or with a significant discount or offer.
5 Different Betting Scenarios
SCENARIO #1 – IF YOU ARE:
Brand new to betting for profit.
Look for easier, lower risk tipsters that will help ease you in on your journey.
How: Check out those with good risk scores in SBC’s Tipster Reviews. You can also see the latest risk score for every service via the Tipster Ratings Index
Look to add a handful of tipsters that are either free to follow or affordable to get you used to betting this way without breaking the bank.
How: Follow some of SBC’s Free Tipsters and the check out the latest Tipster Profit Report with particular focus on the best low cost tipsters table.
Avoid ‘volatile’ tipsters who might have excellent profitability but set against the chance of greater risks and losing runs at times. These are generally only for more experienced of punters used to a higher risk/higher reward approach.
How: Avoid those with poor risk scores and long-term patience ratings in SBC’s Tipster Reviews. You can also see the latest risk score and patience rating for every service via the Tipster Ratings Index
Work out which type of tipster(s) appeal to you based on your circumstances. I.e. when and how often you like to bet.If you follow a tipster that puts up too many bets for your liking or at a time you can’t get on, then you will be frustrated no matter how good they are.
How: Read the detailed SBC Tipster Reviews on each tipster and exactly who they are suitable for including when they advise tips, how often and which bookmakers you need access to. You might also wish to focus on those who feature highly in the Low Workload Tipster Profit Report tables.
Avoid expensive tipsters or those that require a certain level of expertise and more likely betting experience to maximise your time.
How: Check out the cost of each tipster via the low cost tables as found in each Tipster Profit Report. Focus on those at affordable rates – i.e. lower than £30 a month.
Build up your betting knowledge base and understand key concepts like losing runs, value betting and winning the battle of the betting mind.
How: Read the SBC Insight articles and Pro Betting Fundamentals section guides to increase your understanding of what it takes to win long-term.
Build up your betting bank by taking advantage of matched betting opportunities and bookmaker bonuses
How: Explore the Oddshero website and read the information, including the guide on the SBC matched betting page.
SCENARIO #2 – IF YOU ARE:
Working to a budget
Look to add a handful of tipsters that are either free to follow or affordable to get you used to betting this way without going bust.
How: Follow some of SBC’s Free Tipsters and the check out the latest Tipster Profit Report – in particular the best low cost tipsters table.
Only follow a handful of tipsters that will enable you to make a good profit. If you follow too many whilst working to a tight budget, it might mean your staking is so low as to not make an overall profit.
How: Build a shortlist of suitable tipsters and choose just 2-3 that suit you and your individual requirements such as budget, time, expertise.
Consider adding extra profit in various ways such as via techniques such as a service like Matchday Profits that is designed to help you build profits from a low base.
How: Read our recent review on Matchday Profits (from SBC 112)
Be realistic about what you will be able to make. If you have £500 to start with, you shouldn’t expect to turn that into £2,500 in 1 year.
How: Read the SBC Insight articles and Pro Betting Fundamentals section guides to increase your understanding of what it takes to win long-term.
SCENARIO #3 – IF YOU ARE:
A more experienced punter with some prior success
Look to start following some of the very best tipsters we recommend and not just those that are either free or come at the lowest cost. Focusing on those in the Hall of Fame or Premium Section that offer high betting bank turnover.
How: Build a shortlist of suitable tipsters by reading SBC’s reviews and reports – choosing those that suit you and your individual requirements such as budget, time and expertise.
Consider a mix of services across sports with different approaches to risk – so as not to put all your eggs in one basket and ensure a smooth diversified approach
How: Try to pick tipsters advising bets in different sports and markets rather than just focusing on one area only. Also make sure you pick up tipsters with a mix of risk and patience ratings as can be found in SBC’s reviews and the Tipster Ratings Index.
Consider working towards building your portfolio to focus on sports or markets that will enable you to profit long-term and avoiding sports or markets that ensure restriction of bookmaker accounts.
How: Look at those tipsters highlighted in the Exchange & Sharp Bookmaker Section as those that will allow winning bettors to use them.
Educate yourself on restrictions – how they work and how best to circumnavigate them for as long as possible.
How: Read the material available via the SBC Betting Restrictions section and start to apply some of the guidance given
SCENARIO #4 – IF YOU ARE:
A profitable punter experiencing bookmaker restrictions
Focus on those tipsters providing advice in markets or sports that enable to you bet with betting exchanges and/or bet brokers. For example, golf, football & tennis
How: Look at those tipsters highlighted in the Exchange & Sharp Bookmaker Section as those that will allow winning bettors to use them.
Prioritise those services with high betting bank turnover – likely as the sports you increasingly focus on return a lower ROI, you need to up your turnover.
How: Look at those with higher betting bank growth as witnessed in the All Time and Past 12 months table in the Tipster Profit Reports.
Limit your exposure to services or markets which will see restrictions bite further – for example early horse racing markets.
How: Focus on those services with high odds availability ratings – these can be found in each Tipster Profit Report and/or via the Tipster Ratings Index
Explore those racing tipsters with a good edge at Betfair SP or where you can follow and obtain good prices in the Betfair pre-race markets. Additionally, those racing tipsters advising bets in feature race meetings (e.g. Saturday handicaps or festivals) will also offer good options.
How: Focus on those tipsters highlighted via the growing Exchange & Sharp Bookmaker Section as to offering the chance to make a profit outside of traditional bookmakers
Start to apply our advice on restrictions and the tactics to prevent them taking place and how to fool bookmakers that you are a ‘mug’ punter
How: Read the material available via the SBC Betting Restrictions section.
Explore the usage of VPN’s and other software to limit the tracking and profiling that bookmakers apply to their customers.
How: Sign-up with a VPN such as Express VPN to help cover your betting tracks and limit the level of profiling a bookmaker will apply to you.
SCENARIO #5 – IF YOU ARE:
A full time or experienced winning punter looking to build on profits
Focus on those tipsters providing advice in markets or sports that enable to you bet with betting exchanges and/or bet brokers. For example, golf, football & tennis.
How: Look at those tipsters highlighted in the Exchange & Sharp Bookmaker Section as those that will allow winning bettors to use them.
Develop a wide ranging set of tipsters and a diversified portfolio across a range of sports and markets available to you. Constantly track your performance and analyse this for areas of weakness or strength.
How: Run regular analysis on the performance of the tipsters you follow both individually and as a portfolio. Using tracking services like bettin.gs to help evaluate performance.
Prioritise those services with high betting bank turnover – likely as the sports and markets you increasingly focus on return a lower ROI, you need to up your turnover.
How: Use the tables in each Tipster Profit Report and SBC’s reviews to identify those services with high betting bank growth that suit you.
Use a VPN at all times and consider utilizing software like Ghostery and other tools that prevent bookmaker tracking.
How: Sign-up with a VPN such as Express VPN to help cover your betting tracks and follow advice available online such as the software on how to hide further aspects of your betting activity.
Although it’s important to focus on racing tipsters with a good edge at metrics like Betfair SP – instead of placing bets at Betfair SP, instead place them in the pre-race markets. Increasingly you will find you obtain better value prices this way
How: Monitor the racing betting markets and try and find patterns on when the best time to take a price will be. Usually you can beat Betfair SP simply by taking a price in the pre-race market – this all takes time, but it is do-able. Read the SBC reviews which include extensive odds analysis and suitability information on when and where to take Betfair SP or a live Betfair market price.