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If you want to become successful bettor, then it will not be simply enough to randomly pick teams or teams you think will win and bet on them. You need to do more than that. So how does professional sports bettor is different from simple punter? I’ll write some basic but very important tips which will help you to be more profitable at sports betting.

Analyze

First of all analyze both teams, horses, players. Professional bettors doesn’t put their bets on some team only because they think that team will win. Find out everything you can about your chosen teams – previous meetings, what players will play, injuries, how good your chosen team is at offense and defense, motivation, etc. Betting only on intuition is not very smart thing to do, however, with sports analysis (먹튀), we can make our intuition strong.

Value

Always think in possibilities, what chances for team is to win and check that with offered odds. Think before what odds should be for teams. If they are too low don’t place a bet. If odds are much higher than you excepted than double check your analysis maybe you missed something, for example, injury. If everything is fine you can place a bet. Bookies work exactly like this they are putting odds accordingly to possibilities of each team to win(in their opinion), try to outsmart them and in a long term you’ll be a winner not they!

Stakes

Never bet more than you can afford to lose! This is very important! Sooner or later you will have loosing runs and it’s important to be able to withstand them and not lose your bank. Put your stakes accordingly to your staking plan.

Discipline and Self-Control

This is one of the most important factors if not the most important one. Always be disciplined and don’t lose self-control. Don’t put larger bets if you experienced loses. Don’t try to win them back by putting larger bets than you can afford to lose. Take a day off if you need and start the next day with fresh head. If you have difficulties with discipline write your betting rules on a paper and NEVER violate them.

Long Term Target

Set yourself a target in a long term and count your winnings and loses. You can lose in short-term, but you need to stay in profit in a long term. If your winnings aren’t what you excepted, then consider to make changes in your betting strategy. Don’t try to win in short term, always aim for long term profit.

Tips mentioned above are basics for every bettor who does want to win something. Remember that you can’t beat a bookmaker just by simply putting bets on your intuition.