2% max recommended unless otherwise noted. 1% max recommended for soccer.
NCAAM:
#8 Creighton V IA.
The reason I'm picking this is because IA is a 12.5 point dog but in my opinion the only thing Creighton has going for them in these first two games are the field goal %, being 2nd in the nation with 58.7 field goals %. 1st in the nation in 3pt field goals % at 15.0 shooting 45% from the 3. I see IA controlling everything else as far as team stats. So I think IA will cover and think it will go under.
not official picks
Betting Psychology and Risk Management
This post is partially motivated by the incoming surge in official picks we are going to have as well as the dismay here some have experienced with the downturn we've had over the past few weeks. Risk-based moneymaking is not an easy pursuit and the vast majority of people who try their hand at it fail. It is important that you arm yourselves with as may tools as possible so that you will be in the profitable minority. Most people find it difficult enough to look at their investment portfolios during a relatively mild downturn, and that's with professional hedge fund managers doing insulating them from the very real challenges of risking our money and making a profit from it. Anyone who is active here is choosing to take that risk into their own hands. There are big rewards for this but also very big risks. This post is about preventing you from being taken out by those risk.
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