Betting Strategies
betting strategies
Betting on Horses?
I have a question about betting on horses. If you bet on a horse to win with 3/1 odds at the time you bet, I understand that these odds can change up until the race as money is coming in. My question is, can you change/refund your ticket if you see the odds wildly change out of your favor/strategy (say all the way to 1/3)? If not, this would seem to make executing betting strategies very difficult. Please let me know how this works, thanks!
Most American Track are now fitted with Auto-Betting machines (a sophisticated computer) where you do your one handling of the machine.
Many of the "heavy players" at the track now a day wait about 2 minutes before "post-time" to enter their bet.
The problem is that if every "Tote-Watcher" waits for the latest odds just before post time the auto machines are busy just like the windows manned by "live people".
I have been "left out" after I cancel an early bet to
make a different bet and by the time I got my new
voucher (within seconds) back with a refund for my cancelled bet) the machine "cut-off" any further bets on the race and I was left with no bets
You can assume that waiting for the last minute - particularly in big-named races- may not always be the best plan.
I have learned that if I like a horse at decent odds
-nothing below 3-1, at the time I place the bet
about 4 to 5 minutes before post-time I won't
worry about "late money" coming in.
Be aware that I only had "Winning" days when I
picked no more than 2 races from a full racing card.
After 6 months of trial I gave up "full cards" plays
When I selected "playable races", races where the "morning odds favorite" had a good chance of being beaten I was able to make a net profit.
After that ,Never played every race in the card.
My own adivice to Horse Players:
The old saying:
You can beat a race but you cannot beat the races
Still holds true now as it did 50 years ago.
Never go to the races with more money than what you are willing to spend for an outing of entertainment elsewhere.
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Poker Games : How to Play Poker: For Beginners
Looking for some personal insight on betting in Texas Hold em?
I fully understand the mechanics of the game, where I struggle is knowing how/when to bet. I would appreciate any thoughts on the following questions as well as any other info you care to provide.
What kind of hand is worth staying in to see the flop? Roughly what percentage of hands would you fold before the flop? I realize sometimes you have to stay in with bad hole cards so other players don't fold if you start betting.
When you stay in, how often would you just check on the blinds, how often would you call, how often would you raise? To what extent is this dictated by your cards?
After the flop, what kind of hand should you have to stay in? Would you ever stay in with nothing after the flop? Only with a made hand? What about betting strategies?
Same questions for the turn and the river.
Thanks in advance for any insight.
Poker is a game of situations and that's the great thing about poker, is that you may see the same cards over and over, but you will never have the same situation. And there are so many ways to play your hand it gives hundreds of ways to win the hand, so the advice i will give you is just in terms of generality's. Now pre-flop with big hands likeA-A, K-K, Q-Q, A-K, J-J, AND 10-10, i will make a raise of around 3-4 times the big blind, and if i get a re-raise here it will depend on the player who made the re-raise, my chip stcks vs his chips stack, my position, weather it's a cash game or tourney, and weather or not i am playing loose or tight. But with A-A, K-K, and A-K, i will come over the top if i think he has any kind of hand. You should never slow play any big hand in poker, unless the other player is a maniac and you think he will bet the hand for you. Now as far as betting these hands after the flop depends on if the board is safe to do so, and also if it is a heads up pot, or a multi-way pot. If I have two kings and the flop comes out K-Q-J with two hearts, then even heads up you want to make a big enough bet to give bad odds to the other players in the hand, now on a flop of K-7-4 all rainbow i would not mind giveing a free card here. Anyways big hands will play themselfs for the most-part, it's hands like J-9, Q-10, A-9, AND Q-9 that will make or break you in the end. I myself hate playing any small ace rag (A-2, A-3, A-4) in a raised multi-way pot. If i play any weak hand i do it in position for the most part, and i play it for a raise if i am first to enter the pot, if you play a weak hand in a weak way, you will be punished for it. Now if it has been called around and i am on the button or i am getting a good price, then i have no issue at all, with taking a flop here. As far as how many hands you should play, depends on your style at the table, and how loose or tight the game is at the time. In a loose game i play on the tight side and will only play good hands, but if the table is on the tight side i might play every hand is see. But for the most-part you should only be playing around 25-30% of the hands you see. Now blind vs blind play, or even playing a hand from the button i would suggest that you play very aggresive in un-raised pots here. If i am on the button and i see a limper in from of me, i will 40-50% of the time make a play at the pot, no matter what my hand is. Now if it gets re-raised back at you then of course you dump the hand. Also if it's just me and the blind i will raise from the small blind, and if im in the big blind i will make a raise here as well to take the pot down. As far as how i play i like to make raises and re-raises with big hands like A-A, K-K, A-K,-Q-Q, and J-J. With hands like K-Q, K-J, Q-J, and K-10 i like to see the flop for either just a call or a small raise, most top pros don't like putting in a tons of chips with these hands until they have seen the flop. How i bet my hands is hard to explain, because a ton of it depends on the other players, but i will bet my hand if i think i have the best hand, if i think the other player will fold, if i am on a draw i will bet to semi-bluff, or to set-up a steal on the turn. With tight players i am more likely to bluff them, but with a loose player i have to have a hand to take them on. You have to know when others are on a draw so you can price them out of the pot, if i think a player is on a flush draw i will always bet enough to make it a bad play to chase, by underbetting the pot you are making a huge mistake by giving odds to other players to call your bet. Now weather or not you should stay in a hand is more knowing other players then anything else, i will give more credit to a tight player then to a maniac at the table. You can't wait for aces and kings all day, so at some point you will have to go with your gut, i like to make small prob bets with meddium hands. If the flop is A-7-Q and i have Q-10 here i will make a bet of around 1/4 of the pot to see where my hand is at, or if i have a big draw like a striaght and flush draw, i will play very aggresvie, i would even think about re-raiseing all-in in a spot like this. Knowing how others play, and from what position they play the hand is key to playing good poker. good luck.
