16th March 2005, 09:28 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Originally Posted by Raw Instinct
Hey atleast you guys backed the horse I decided to not even back it would have fixed up what was a crap day for me. I have done that far to many times made my bet smaller when the odds are bigger mainly because when I usually do put the same sort of bet as normal on they usually give me nothing at all.
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Yes, that's what gives me the jitters...
An article I read once in a magarzine (might have been Turf Monthly) said theres value in setting a target and dividing that by the price you can get... i.e. for River To The Sea at $40 to win $100 you'd bet $2.50 (or $5.00) to round things up, similarly if you had Toulouse Latrec at $2.50 you'd bet $40.00 to get back $100 (your target)
The logic is that you bet small when the odds are long and you bet long when the odds are small.. Perhaps that might fix my jitters a bit...
I normally bet a fixed amount ($50) straight up and try to get the best price then I have savers to try to get my money back or soften the blow if it don't work the way I want.. The Trifecta incidently paid >$6000 wouln't that be nice.
Regards
OzPunter
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