Why I handicap sports
I received an interesting question from a reader and though I'd take the time to post a response publicly:
You should do what you love, everywhere in life.
I'd say 90% of serious sports bettors love sports and love sports betting. The fact that some of us can make money doing this is just a great benefit. There's nothing better for me than a weekend that includes a UFC or Pride card on Saturday and a full lineup of NFL games on Sunday, as I can usually expect to profit 50% - 100% of my income from the work week on those two weekend days, and its something I enjoy as a fan to boot. For UFC cards I've got a house full of people watching the fight, most following my picks so we're all cheering or jeering at the same fighters, screaming, drinking, having a blast. And getting paid for it.
I don't get to have that much fun on the other projects I work on... eCommerce, affiliate programs, stock market are all for the most part going to be easier and more reliable income than sports betting. Even poker is generally more rewarding and easier. But none will have the adrenaline rush you get when your side scores a late come-from-behind TD to cover the spread - including poker in my opinion, with the exception of some of my largest MTT final tables - and none of those bring out the same passion in me when I handicap sports. Even - no, especially - poker. Poker is work. I sit at the tables, I grind out a small edge, I don't really enjoy it. I enjoy the income and its better than a lot of other "jobs", but its not something I'm passionate about doing: I enjoy playing live occasionally and I enjoy discussing poker and such, (i'm on twoplustwo.com after all) but I'm not excited and energized every time I sit down to multitable my nightly batch of tournaments. But I am excited every time i get to sit down and watch one of my picks... or research them... or write about them, for that matter.
Its all about passion and enjoying what you do, and being good at what you do. If those stars align for you in the arena of sports betting, then you too are fortunate.
There's a reason I use the term "passionate pursuit" in my tagline, and its not just the alliteration...
...Im just confused about how realistic getting into handicapping really is, looking at it now it seems like it would take a huge amount of time each day/week to stay ahead of things. Hearing that professional handicappers can lose money after a full year of betting seems disheartening. would it be wiser to invest my time into other areas ( Ecommerce, Affliate, stock market, poker etc etc etc. from here atleast it seems that these are better and more secure ROIMy $0.02:
You should do what you love, everywhere in life.
I'd say 90% of serious sports bettors love sports and love sports betting. The fact that some of us can make money doing this is just a great benefit. There's nothing better for me than a weekend that includes a UFC or Pride card on Saturday and a full lineup of NFL games on Sunday, as I can usually expect to profit 50% - 100% of my income from the work week on those two weekend days, and its something I enjoy as a fan to boot. For UFC cards I've got a house full of people watching the fight, most following my picks so we're all cheering or jeering at the same fighters, screaming, drinking, having a blast. And getting paid for it.
I don't get to have that much fun on the other projects I work on... eCommerce, affiliate programs, stock market are all for the most part going to be easier and more reliable income than sports betting. Even poker is generally more rewarding and easier. But none will have the adrenaline rush you get when your side scores a late come-from-behind TD to cover the spread - including poker in my opinion, with the exception of some of my largest MTT final tables - and none of those bring out the same passion in me when I handicap sports. Even - no, especially - poker. Poker is work. I sit at the tables, I grind out a small edge, I don't really enjoy it. I enjoy the income and its better than a lot of other "jobs", but its not something I'm passionate about doing: I enjoy playing live occasionally and I enjoy discussing poker and such, (i'm on twoplustwo.com after all) but I'm not excited and energized every time I sit down to multitable my nightly batch of tournaments. But I am excited every time i get to sit down and watch one of my picks... or research them... or write about them, for that matter.
Its all about passion and enjoying what you do, and being good at what you do. If those stars align for you in the arena of sports betting, then you too are fortunate.
There's a reason I use the term "passionate pursuit" in my tagline, and its not just the alliteration...
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