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Old December 7th, 2008, 05:17 AM
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I'm just curious, for a typical game, what min/max bets do you professionals have and what kind of win rates you expect doing what you do?
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Old December 7th, 2008, 07:19 PM
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I'm just curious, for a typical game, what min/max bets do you professionals have and what kind of win rates you expect doing what you do?
I'm not a pro. Never will be. Don't want to be.

I hope the actual pros around here answer your question since your question already disqualifies me from answering it.

But, if I were a pro, I'd worry most about the risk to my roll and let win rate fall where it may.

If I were a pro, I'd probably actually want to maximize my win per hour. In other words play the game, of all the games available to you to play, with the highest SCORE.

You can bet $5-$50 or $50-$500 in the same game at the same point with a $2k roll. Your unit win rate will be the same. Your dollar win rate will be 10 times greater with the 2nd spread.

With $2K, you have a 400 unit roll. With the same $2k, you have a 40 unit roll and much higher risk with the second spread. Same unit win rate.

I guess I imagine a pro always makes a bet at a risk he is willing to play to.
Risk first. EV will be whatever it is.

Why make some bets at 20% risk and some at 2%?

My personal risk level, if I ever committed to this stuff, would be 2% or less.
Emphasis on the less

Maybe I'm a goofball lol. Everyone always seems to worry about win rate. Never about the risk associated with that win rate lol.

Win-rate and risk are like Lazarus fighting each other for all eternity in Star Trek. You can't have one without the other. It's a half of a football score.

Final score Steelers 20 Dallas and tape ends......... How the hell do I know who won the dam game?

Yeah - more or less just happened to me

Just my thoughts.
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