When I first started this test drive, I was in a very awkward postition, right from the get go....
Thru the years, I had formulated a wagering plan that has allowed me to extract wagering profits on a steady and on going basis.....This plan is simply to maintain my bankroll with enough of money, regardless of the amount, to allow me a minimum of "25 bets"......The amount of the wagers is commensurate with the status of the current bankroll....That is simply it....Always the 25-bets minimum... (altho I really like it around 30-bets for comforts sake)....Sometimes I would have to draw it down so low that the BR would go down to $250, which equates to $10 bets...But $55 now, wow, this is some challenge to me...Still, no matter the amount bet, when I have the leeway of the 25-bets, I should do just as well as always, as it is all relative anyhow..
Now, when I first started this thread with the $53 bucks, I had the audacity to make $4 wagers, which really equates to only "10-bets" @$5 each.....Risky business
Since this adventures inception, I have left a whole lot of kash on the table, and this 10 bet limitation has, in psychological reality, left me very anxious, about this particular test drive....Or, to put it another way, not having enough of leeway in the amount of plays as I am normally used to on a steady basis, I have had to make some distressing decisions in regards to what plays I would make each nite....As in, what are the best and safest bets.....Or to put it another way, normally I maintain a BR of between $500 and $1,000...and this allows me to make anywhere from $20 to $40 wagers, and with a leeway of 25 bets, I never have a problem making as many as 10 or more plays a day....But, with a bankroll of only $53 and only a 10-12 max of plays in total, well, that is where all the pressure is coming from....I could go bust in one nite...Wheras, it would take me 2-1/2 days of nothing-winning, to do the same thing with a healthier bankroll...
If I make 10 plays, and they all lose (which in reality they could, and has occured from time to time), I would be out.....Now, my economic situation isn't such or so bad, that it isn't out of the question for me to to find a way to make and replenish my bankroll, but that would mean that I would have to do without some other amenities that I have grown accustomed to....So, not having this 25 -Bet leeway had severely curtailed my stlys as it currently was, and forced me to leave a lot of "gettable-kash" on the table as a result, which was due to me having to, with great anxiety, decide which bets to leave in and which to leave out.....And, most times you can't tell ahead of time which bets will win and which ones will lose....These past few weeks, I have missed a lot of really solid plays, paying really good odds, in lieu of making the plays of which I thought were more safe and secure to the BR....
The bottom line is, after the fiasco the other nite, which the BR couldn't in reality suport, I have decided to change the amount of the wager down to a more doable $2 Win bets, and $1 2way Exacta plays, and $1 Pick bets....The bankroll can now better support this amount and will allow a healthier 22-some odd bet leeway, will allow me now to get possibley some of that lost money I had been missing out on....Or to put it another way, if I had the luxury of making "all or most" of the other plays that I picked and didn't play since I started the thread, I believe that this BR would be much, much healthier by now..
These past few years, I have not been allergic to making riskier plays, as my handicapping is good enough that my more reliable wagers make up for the "Gamble" part of my handicapping....Hey, that is how you get to cruise ! .....
As it stands now I ain't cruisin nowhere.....
Still, this is an experimental work....And, I would feel much more comfortable with a headroom of a minimum of 30-bets...That is the immediate goal, and once up to $100-BR, I will up it back up to $4...
Every so many years, I always take stock and try to add some new things into my way of going, and that is simply what is going on here with this little adventure....But when you are changing and revamping your methodology, especially when it has worked so well for so long, it certainly keeps you on your toes and in a steady state of flux ....I love it all tho...I can't tell anyone how many times that I thought that I had learned all there is to know about winning and losing...haha...
So far I am making good strides towards creating a simple formula to make this "spot play method" go even better.....By paying special attention to only 1-factor in particular, and then adding into my mix of an already decent handicapping analysis, in actuality, in has really simplified my first screening process, all the more, and as a result it has allowed me to save a bunch of time and has allowed me to better tackle the other track or two that I normally wouldn't have the time to do....Being a P&P capper, n'all....
Still, 1-factor aside ( the SMBX), nothing replaces good handicapping, as there are numerous bogus illusions & perceptions to contend with when trying to use a 1-factor methodology as a guide....All I can do is add that 1-factor into my mix and hopefully it will only serve to bolster all the more, all the good things that I know and believe to be true and profit generating...
Stay tuned, if you like, it will only get better....sure...!
