Antonio,
there were some 4's out there all day
I got a little better fwiw living near Dallas
I think the main thing I'm dealing with at this moment in the NBA is I remember last year so well, the teams, the totals, the angles...
I am trying to clear all that out, each year is different, and hopefully I will get a much firmer grasp on these teams as the numbers come in. I can claim a small moral victory for wagering small, and I'm also trying to learn hockey. Last year home teams covered at a very high percentage right up until the all=star break in baskets, and looking back thus far that is why I am struggling, it's the way I'm leaning and it's not working out so far. One of the problems is that I switch my lean to away teams then the home faves will start covering. I hope more numbers will solve this dilemma and a clearer picture will develop. HEAD GAMES... One of the things that I've gotten better at is handicapping myself, getting a feel for when I'm not going to do well. After the MLB run and last week's NFL I instinctively cut wager size. Just venting, and I dont just throw games out there, I spend all day thinking and turning them over, so losing really pisses me off. But I think long term, and there are so many streaks involved in my large amount of wagers that there are many bad times to deal with. But the bottom line is that I have made a much greater return with high volume so far, and if that changes then I can always go back to picking spots and putting a little more on them. Two advantages one has over the oddsmaker is the ability to not only decide which games to wager on, but also HOW MUCH. In the back of my mind I know that if I lose over 5% of my BR with many small wagers, I can always try and get it back with just a couple of high +EV wagers. The difference between that and chasing is actually recognizing the large amount of value (several things lining up etc) and wagering accordingly. These wagers dont appear all the time, in other words after a bad day you dont double up or more on a next day's game just b/c it is there, sometimes you have to wait for a while or tread water. It's correlated to the oddsmakers booking action, the books dont win every week, but they get it in the end, b/c they have the ability to wait around until the public gets hammered on bad numbers. A lot of times those same games are the same ones that I am against the public on. Just some thoughts.