Sport Betting

Being involved in gambling and poker like I have been for the past twenty or so years then I have met and talked to an awful lot of people in that time from the world of gambling included many people who do it for a living. In this article I want to tell you about one such person who operates on betting exchanges. His method is unlike most other punters and he focuses on certain types of horse races and watches them closely. He is trying to ascertain how certain horses perform in running and what sort of race they like. It is this attention to detail that separates the serious operators from the amateurs. I once sat and watched him operate and he records the days racing and watches it in the evening and he can watch the same race half a dozen times and so his working day can be quite long. What he is basically looking for are situations where a certain horse has been placed into situations that it doesn’t find comfortable or will not allow it to achieve its maximum performance level. This can only be achieved by close and persistent observation. It also takes a lightening fast appreciation of the in running odds as well because these move very quickly. He uses advanced software that links in with the API of the betting exchange which also allows him a several second response advantage over other traditional exchange users. He knows for example if a certain horse prefers a fast or a slow pace and not getting the pace that it wants will undoubtedly lead to a less than optimal performance. If the race is in its early stages then he will lay the horse if he feels that the price is wrong based on how he thinks the race is being run. At the end of the day, you can really only make money in Horse Racing by being in possession of information that no one else or few others have. If the information is too widely disseminated in the market then it is of very little use. In fact it can have a severe negative effect if you are using common knowledge as this will undoubtedly be factored in to the odds and your edge will not even exist. In play markets offer opportunities for shrewd well prepared punters due to the lightening fast moving markets. It is always highly instructive to watch a professional at work for numerous reasons. Firstly it gives you an idea of just how much work and dedication are involved. Secondly it shows how these guys think outside the box so to speak and they know that conventional thinking that is being employed and used by the masses cannot and will not get them an edge. Analysing and studying races in this way will allow this person to see a horse race in a far more uncluttered way and even the bookmakers themselves will not know what this guy knows because they simply will not have had the time or the inclination to analyse a race repeatedly like he does.