July 25th – July 31st -$6,248.33
Back from my holiday and this weeks loss would have been much less if I had stayed home. I missed some tennis bets because I was on a plane, which cost $3,000 in profit and by having to take Betfair prices for my horse racing bets, I cost myself at least another $3,000. A real shame, and there is another 11 day holiday to Vegas at the end of August, so will really need to work out what I am going to do. If I want to enjoy myself I just need to accept that whenever I travel, it is going to make it hard to get the bets on at the time they need to be placed. The whole reason I am hoping to make a living from this is so I can travel the world to my hearts content, so these losses are just something I need to accept. Reading that back, I doubt I’ll get any sympathy at all, it sounds like I’m complaining because I get to go on holidays.
AFL has now had 3 terrible weeks, just have to keep placing those bets and hope for a turnaround, still well up for the year, but a shame this losing run started when I increased my bank by 50%.
Tennis has also had a terrible start to the Olympics tournament. A few big bets on favs losing.
Horse Racing did well and total profit is not far off $40,000. I have upped my stakes from 200 to 250 per unit.
The new bank amounts are below.
AFL H2H: $77395
AFL Line: $75000
ATP: $79363
WTA: $76088
Total loss for the week was $6,248.33
AFL H2H – SP $8,223.00 $2,395.72 29.1%
week profit/loss: 45
AFL Line – SP $58,663.00 $(10,158.92) -17.3%
week profit/loss: -5167
ATP – SP $51,982.00 $4,363.21 8.4%
week profit/loss: -3449.94
WTA -SP $53,573.00 $1,088.49 2.0%
week profit/loss: -1046.39
New Horses $36,842.00 $7,318.00 19.9%
week profit/loss: 3370
Stats Year 3
Total bet amount: $209,283.00
Profit/Loss: $5,006.50
POT: 2.39%
Bets Placed: 281
Won: 127
Lost: 153
Half Payout: 0
Refunded: 1
Winning %: 45.4%
Profit per day: $121,090.22 / 762 = $158.91
It’s the main reason I don’t miss sports betting at all.
I used to beat myself up for weeks if I missed out on things because I was away.
Have you exhausted all ways of getting other accs with bookmakers to get the horse bets on BTW? I’m really concerned about you taking under the advised odds as you are losing all the value.
I am limited at UK books but one still allows smaller bets, right now I can get within 50cent of the recorded odds on most bets which is very good. The issue will be once I’m betting $500 on each horse.
It’s a never ending battle with these bookies, but I still have many things that I can try.
Right now the bigger issue is time. Spending 3 hours in front of the comp just waiting for bets is very annoying (sure I do other stuff, but it means I can’t be out). But the fact that by doing it this way I will make an extra 75k a year compared to using the bot means there is no real choice.
To be honest, I’m not too fussed if I miss a few winning bets here and there, yes it seems that it’s every single time, but I’m sure these things go both ways.
I feel like the portfolio I have is going to be profitable for a very long time, so a missed bet once in a blue moon is no big deal. As long as I don’t make a habit of it.