If anyone needs gambling counseling, let me know

[jjgold]

I am a pro
Free

 

[slickfazzer]

JJ is this the same as handicapping advice?

 

[BMR Genie]

Give us some new advice, JJ.

 

[pipe]

The real phone number for help is 1-800-GAMBLER.

 

[slickfazzer]

JJ we need more winners and counseling is not needed.

 

[BobbyFK]

What's your top piece of advice JJ?

 

[Pimike]

So it’s like

Do as I say not what I do?

 

[pipe]

What's your top piece of advice JJ?

Waits for this.

 

[BMR Genie]

Is this going to be the case?

 

[Tanko]

What's your top piece of advice JJ?

 

[KVB]

I am a pro
Free

 

[jjgold]

First of all, you have to look at your finances so you make 50,000 a year gross the most you should be betting a game is five dollars

 

[KVB]

First of all, you have to look at your finances so you make 50,000 a year gross the most you should be betting a game is five dollars

Relax, Gold.

You can start betting at small amounts, the keys are to define a bankroll, make good bets, and shed all the bad habits and pitfalls that bettors get hurt with.

1) A bankroll is that which you can afford to lose. It can budgeted discretionary money or entertainment. Discipline is necessary here as a floating bankroll definition can be bad for the bettor.

2) Make good bets by knowing your markets and understanding margin. You can follow smaller segments, like teams, divisions, and conferences (but always maintain some of the big picture). You can even, if betting smaller, get the off markets and prop markets and actually cap those yourself. Set up a spreadsheet and get started. Those markets can have, as @slickfazzer loves to say, soft numbers to pound.

Patience is key here. Stay disciplined with patience to only pull the trigger on good bets.

3) If you just manage the money and don't make so many foolish mistakes that bettors make, too many to list, you can get closer and closer to even money betting. Once you are there, it doesn't take much push you over the edge.

Patience and discipline are not just buzzwords, they are essential with this third part.

Overall, some will have to realize that they simply don't have what it takes to get to even money or profit and that is good realization to have. Hopefully the reasons they can't get there aren't those of addiction problems. If it's just a little issue with patience and discipline, then betting small, and staying at least there, won't hurt them too bad. It's entertainment, just a casino game, at that point.

You see, Gold, there can be real counseling here and not whatever it is you're trying to pull.

 

[JDS]

Relax, Gold.

You can start betting at small amounts, the keys are to define a bankroll, make good bets, and shed all the bad habits and pitfalls that bettors get hurt with.

1) A bankroll is that which you can afford to lose. It can budgeted discretionary money or entertainment. Discipline is necessary here as a floating bankroll definition can be bad for the bettor.

2) Make good bets by knowing your markets and understanding margin. You can follow smaller segments, like teams, divisions, and conferences (but always maintain some of the big picture). You can even, if betting smaller, get the off markets and prop markets and actually cap those yourself. Set up a spreadsheet and get started. Those markets can have, as @slickfazzer loves to say, soft numbers to pound.

Patience is key here. Stay disciplined with patience to only pull the trigger on good bets.

3) If you just manage the money and don't make so many foolish mistakes that bettors make, too many to list, you can get closer and closer to even money betting. Once you are there, it doesn't take much push you over the edge.

Patience and discipline are not just buzzwords, they are essential with this third part.

Overall, some will have to realize that they simply don't have what it takes to get to even money or profit and that is good realization to have. Hopefully the reasons they can't get there aren't those of addiction problems. If it's just a little issue with patience and discipline, then betting small, and staying at least there, won't hurt them too bad. It's entertainment, just a casino game, at that point.

You see, Gold, there can be real counseling here and not whatever it is you're trying to pull.

KVB when was the last time you chased a loss on a 2X or larger wager regarding your next bet. Has it been a decade or more for you ? I’m still doing this at times & it has hurt my bottom line. My bankroll would be 2.5K larger if I didn’t do that this football season.

 

[KVB]

Haven't made a chase like that in a long time but I did something close in the nba a while back.

 

[JDS]

Haven't made a chase like that in a long time but I did something close in the nba a while back.

That’s what separates the amateurs from the professionals good job.

 

[jjgold]

JDS … KVB will strip you of everything

 

[lekidecincinnati]

everybody should stop sports betting

then i could stop seeing all the god damn sportsbook commercials every single commercial break of a game

 

[KVB]

Make good bets by knowing your markets and understanding margin

A bettor should be able to decide between these options...

If you're a Tennessee bettor, which line would you take?

Tenn +14.5 (-124)
or
Tenn +14 (-113)

As Miami bettor, which would you take?

Miami -14 (+102)
or
Miami -14.5 (+112)

These are the types of questions and calculation that will help you make the bettor bet and also help you "Know Your Markets" at a deeper, more professional, level.

 

[flyingillini]

JJ , Christ will take your soul and have you go to the deep depths and you will meet a fiery fire when your time is up. Never forget that. You have sinned and never repented and continued to mock Christ on WhatsApp.