The classic "it's who you know" as I've got no qualifications or experience. The gambling background was actually where the interest came about, as that's what the person was looking for. My impression is that he's looking for someone with a certain-type of thought process, one he feels successful bettors are more likely to have.
I was pretty surprised with his view on gambling, so I think the history could certainly help if the right person is reading the resume, but I'm guessing it could hurt you just as much.
As for getting a job in this line of work, apart from knowing someone I'm guessing you'd have to enter a program, or start trading yourself and keep an online record.
I was pretty surprised with his view on gambling, so I think the history could certainly help if the right person is reading the resume, but I'm guessing it could hurt you just as much.
As for getting a job in this line of work, apart from knowing someone I'm guessing you'd have to enter a program, or start trading yourself and keep an online record.
Nice. Unfortunately I don't know anyone. I've heard (I believe on here actually) that guys have mentioned their experience gambling in interviews to get jobs in commodity trading or the like.
From what I remember you do (or did) the same type of thing as Iceman correct? And did it for a living?
Sean - Sydney. What are you up to these days?
If this hadn't fallen into my lap I'd continue to sportsbet and just trade with my own capital. There's bound to be people who know people on the more popular trading forums, and there's bound to be opportunities for profitable traders.
Still the same key concepts, although my approach is a little different these days. And yes it's been my living. You do something similar don't you? It's been a while since we've had one of those Iceman threads that give you an idea of who is doing what.
If this hadn't fallen into my lap I'd continue to sportsbet and just trade with my own capital. There's bound to be people who know people on the more popular trading forums, and there's bound to be opportunities for profitable traders.
Still the same key concepts, although my approach is a little different these days. And yes it's been my living. You do something similar don't you? It's been a while since we've had one of those Iceman threads that give you an idea of who is doing what.
What forums are these? You mean for stock or commodity traders or
are there actually forums for what I often refer to as "the Ice approach"?
I basically do the same thing as Ice, but not nearly as extensively as I don't have the time. Decided to focus on the one area I feel is most effective (highest win % and ROI): college hoops totals. This approach works in pretty much all sports but I think college hoops totals tend to give the best results in terms of ROI and the like (maybe your records disagree?) How does your approach differ from Ice's? Do you fade the late moves at sharp books rather than follow them at slow ones?
Yes.
Ice (at the time of his posts) emphasised beating the close line, while my emphasis is on getting the best price. Similar, but also very different. The goal is the same - getting in a good position relative to the market, but it can lead to very different bets.
It depends on how you define a late move, but generally no. I do fade a lot of moves, but they're generally during the day or evening.
What forums are those?
Yeah, I do what Ice does then, as I'm not able to bet during the day while at work. I just try being on from around 6-8pm Eastern time every night (starting about an hour before the first games go off).
What sport do you find to be most profitable for this approach? Do you have stats for each sport with a separate ROI for each? I know most people (with Ice as an exception) don't love to dole out too much information on a public forum, but I'd love to see a list of sports with an ROI for each.
No idea of the best ones, I haven't really done much research on internet forums.
I've only done it in volume for mlb and basketball, and they can't really be compared. MLB I was usually speculating about line moves, while basketball I was usually betting at a slow-moving book after a line move.
CBB by a mile due to the number of games and the market volatility. Totals were more likely to be off but betting limits were a problem, so sides were my biggest earner. NBA was still worth a look, although I mostly ignored whole game totals. Overall, the majority of my bets were sides as I paid more attention to them due to betting limits.
If the new line of work doesn't work out, there's a number of new things I'd like to try. I didn't do nearly as much work as I should have last winter.
Questions are good, but me being a little vague doesn't help. I'm a littel guarded as my mlb '08 strategy is delicate (I'd be insane to post it in public) and I might have to come back to it if things don't work out.
Yeah, if I had to rank them, it would be as follows (not taking betting limits into account, which isn't a problem for me):
NCAA totals
NCAA sides
NBA sides
NBA totals
Never totally got into MLB betting other than occasionally taking leads and then scalping back later, unlike NCAA hoops, where I stick with the off line obviously.
