Can some serious posters please chime in on this subject so I can understand the reason that people rank their plays in such ranging "units".
The first thing I don't understand is why someone's lowest play of the year is 10 units. Isn't the definition of a "unit" supposed to encompass how much you bet on average per game. So many guys have their lowest play at 5-10 (or more) units...It makes no legitimate sense except for the fact that he/she is trying to look almost "tout-ish" and advertise that they are up a HUGE amount of units. This community is the only one on the internet that I find should be above that sort of self-promotion.
Secondly...even more crazy is the range of units you will see people betting. How can someone make one play for 1x and another for 10x. In my opinion, unless you feel a 10x unit game has 10 times the chance of winning...which statistically I would argue against 99.9999% of the time, what is the point? If you really believe that, shouldn't you be eliminating any game in the 1x area and tightening up your strategy?
I find that people are finding themselves breaking about .500 or less in their plays (which is what will happen to 95% of gamblers), and to try to play catch up/add some color to their record, they are going for these larger plays to make up for the losses. In reality, they should be decreasing their bet size when they are cold, and increasing it when they are showing great results (some may argue that they should try to stay very balanced throughout).
If you are serious about betting, you should have a plan, as many who have been doing this for a long time or for a substantial source of income know that MONEY MANAGEMENT is the key to success.
You start with $X bankroll, you wager 1-3% of it/game, and you slowly increase/decrease your bet size with the total bankroll available. That is the most vanilla of ideas.
Maybe there are a lot of people in here who are just having fun, not wagering real money, and are in the boat of wanting to create a crowd and get hits to their posts with these outrageous unit plays...but I think we should all start to think more about making $ and not worrying so much about looking like we have an unlimited bankroll and posting records that are like 5-3 +29 units.
I for one will take a very business-like approcah with my plays/posts and I hope some of you can learn from it.
I am not trying to call anyone out...jut think we could make this a VERY VERY prodcutive place if EVERYONE is on the same page and we have a uniform concept. Just think how much easier it would be to track/compare people if there weren't guys making 100 unit GOY's to boost up their record.
Just my $0.02...any input is appreciated.
Good luck to all.
Totalitarian
The first thing I don't understand is why someone's lowest play of the year is 10 units. Isn't the definition of a "unit" supposed to encompass how much you bet on average per game. So many guys have their lowest play at 5-10 (or more) units...It makes no legitimate sense except for the fact that he/she is trying to look almost "tout-ish" and advertise that they are up a HUGE amount of units. This community is the only one on the internet that I find should be above that sort of self-promotion.
Secondly...even more crazy is the range of units you will see people betting. How can someone make one play for 1x and another for 10x. In my opinion, unless you feel a 10x unit game has 10 times the chance of winning...which statistically I would argue against 99.9999% of the time, what is the point? If you really believe that, shouldn't you be eliminating any game in the 1x area and tightening up your strategy?
I find that people are finding themselves breaking about .500 or less in their plays (which is what will happen to 95% of gamblers), and to try to play catch up/add some color to their record, they are going for these larger plays to make up for the losses. In reality, they should be decreasing their bet size when they are cold, and increasing it when they are showing great results (some may argue that they should try to stay very balanced throughout).
If you are serious about betting, you should have a plan, as many who have been doing this for a long time or for a substantial source of income know that MONEY MANAGEMENT is the key to success.
You start with $X bankroll, you wager 1-3% of it/game, and you slowly increase/decrease your bet size with the total bankroll available. That is the most vanilla of ideas.
Maybe there are a lot of people in here who are just having fun, not wagering real money, and are in the boat of wanting to create a crowd and get hits to their posts with these outrageous unit plays...but I think we should all start to think more about making $ and not worrying so much about looking like we have an unlimited bankroll and posting records that are like 5-3 +29 units.
I for one will take a very business-like approcah with my plays/posts and I hope some of you can learn from it.
I am not trying to call anyone out...jut think we could make this a VERY VERY prodcutive place if EVERYONE is on the same page and we have a uniform concept. Just think how much easier it would be to track/compare people if there weren't guys making 100 unit GOY's to boost up their record.
Just my $0.02...any input is appreciated.
Good luck to all.
Totalitarian
