Betting on favorites or upsets?

[Phu Juck]

In betting, we always need to want to make a profit, i.e. to win our bets.
To do so, we need a good analysis about odds and teams to bet on. If we are not doing our research, we won’t be able to generate as much profits as we want because we can fail. We always need to make a good analysis about odds and teams to bet on.

We have a few strategies available when it comes to 1x2 bets.

1x2 bets are generally very popular because it’s a very easy bet to bet on.
1 means home team will win
x means a draw will happen
2 means aways team will win

Now, we just need to find a game, when a favorite is playing or where possibly an upset can happen.

We can bet on favorites and make a profit from when favorites are winning. Odds are usually always lower when we will bet on favorites but we will make more often a profit when betting on favorites because favorite teams will win more often. A strategy to bet on favorites is generally less volatile for our bet balance.  

We can bet on upsets and make a profit from when upsets are happening. Odds are usually always higher when we will bet on upsets but we will make less often a profit when betting on upsets because upsets will happen less often. A strategy to bet on upsets is generally more volatile for our bet balance.  

Bets on favorites or upsets need to be considered carefully for which teams are playing and odds difference is also playing an important role. High odds for a favorite playing or high odds for an upset happening need to be evaluated carefully as well as when odds are just not good enough to go for a favorite winning or an upset happening.

We also need to consider aways or home games because it can make a big difference if a team plays at home or away. Usually, home teams have a considerable advantage and will win more often compared to away teams. But also, odds are lower if a team plays at home and odds will be higher, when a team plays away.  
Home advantage needs to be considered as well because some teams are stronger at home compared to competitors.

When we square now favorites and upsets and away and home teams winning, we have plenty of opportunities to go for a bet and to make a profit. Bookmakers are offering a wide range on opportunities to bet on.
It is up to us now how we want to make a profit from a good strategy for our bets.
So, share your best strategies to bet on favorites or upsets.

[Solosanz]

Incorrect, profit isn't the main reason in gambling, the adrenaline is.

And your thread has only one point, but you're just expand your words to make it long and repeat it.

I'd choose to bet on underdog, even though the favorite team has a higher chance to win, but gambling is gambling, so it will be 50/50 game. Why I need to take the same risk to win small amount money, when there's an option to bet with the same risk and higher reward.

[btc78]

Incorrect, profit isn't the main reason in gambling, the adrenaline is.

I think it depends on the person. But to be fair I don’t think we should be gambling for profit because it takes away the fun and you are most likely to lose some money.

And your thread has only one point, but you're just expand your words to make it long and repeat it.

We also need to consider aways or home games because it can make a big difference if a team plays at home or away. Usually, home teams have a considerable advantage and will win more often compared to away teams. But also, odds are lower if a team plays at home and odds will be higher, when a team plays away. 
Home advantage needs to be considered as well because some teams are stronger at home compared to competitors.

I mean seriously this entire paragraph can be shortened to just one sentence.

I'd choose to bet on underdog, even though the favorite team has a higher chance to win, but gambling is gambling, so it will be 50/50 game. Why I need to take the same risk to win small amount money, when there's an option to bet with the same risk and higher reward.

If it’s profit you are in for then it’s better to study the odds and bet on what seems to be a safer bet but if you are loyal and want your own personal favorite team then you can forget about the stats and just bet on it. It does indeed feel better if your favorite team wins especially after a series of losses

[Lida93]

Incorrect, profit isn't the main reason in gambling, the adrenaline is.

The op didn't say profit is the main reason we gamble but that we will always want to make profit by winning our games. And this is true even for those that paly for fun winning can't be taken away from the fun as nobody want to be known as a constant loser.

We can bet on upsets and make a profit from when upsets are happening. Odds are usually always higher when we will bet on upsets but we will make less often a profit when betting on upsets because upsets will happen less often. A strategy to bet on upsets is generally more volatile for our bet balance.  

I do bet on the favourite team's in a game after my analysis are done. But for upsets I mainly bet on live games that are ongoing and the few times I have tried that I have been in more profit than have lost. Sometimes, even when my favourite team are losing by a goal to nothing and there's still much time left to play, I just take the risk of betting still in favour of my favourite team  with most of them getting a comeback to win the game eventually. But it's really risky so I bet with a very small amount the odds become high at that time.

[stadus]

I think it should be betting on huge favorites or upsets.

Normally, when a team that is heavily favored to win loses, it's called an upset. But when a slightly favored team loses, they are called overvalued. Anyway, when it comes to betting, you don't just use one pattern like betting on the favorite or underdog all the time. That's why there are odds to use when analyzing the game. Sometimes you bet on the underdog, and sometimes on the favorites, but what's more important is to try to bet on the right side most of the time so you'll end up profitable.

[MAAManda]

Incorrect, profit isn't the main reason in gambling, the adrenaline is.

Depending on financial conditions, if this is done by someone who needs money, then it is no longer adrenaline that is sought, but to double the bankroll that she/he has. Indeed, gambling should not be the main way to earn money, but that's the reality these days, the majority of gamblers are only looking for money, not entertainment (adrenaline).

I'd choose to bet on underdog, even though the favorite team has a higher chance to win, but gambling is gambling, so it will be 50/50 game. Why I need to take the same risk to win small amount money, when there's an option to bet with the same risk and higher reward.

Really? what if the match was San Marino - Italy, or Gibraltar - Spain? do you still choose the underdog team and let the bookie take your money easily?

[bitbollo]

there is no strategy that can be adopted without know the matches/teams and so on.
it would be waste of time and high risk try to adopt some fixed solution because these are not working in a real world solution.
Each match is a different story since there are tons of aspects that need to be evaluated each time.

[stompix]

We can bet on favorites and make a profit from when favorites are winning. Odds are usually always lower when we will bet on favorites but we will make more often a profit when betting on favorites because favorite teams will win more often. A strategy to bet on favorites is generally less volatile for our bet balance.  

We can bet on upsets and make a profit from when upsets are happening. Odds are usually always higher when we will bet on upsets but we will make less often a profit when betting on upsets because upsets will happen less often. A strategy to bet on upsets is generally more volatile for our bet balance.  

What a wall of text for something so simple:
- low odds means more frequent wins but lower returns when winning, higher odds mean less frequent wins but higher returns if winning

And your strategy is:
- Find a bet in which you win!

Who could have thought of this one? 
Let me have a bet on something since this is about betting anyhow, you don't actually gamble, do you?

And your thread has only one point, but you're just expand your words to make it long and repeat it.

He's betting on getting merits, a new strategy as old as the forum 

[Spaceman1000$]

In betting, we always need to want to make a profit, i.e. to win our bets.
To do so, we need a good analysis about odds and teams to bet on. If we are not doing our research, we won’t be able to generate as much profits as we want because we can fail. We always need to make a good analysis about odds and teams to bet on.

We have a few strategies available when it comes to 1x2 bets.

1x2 bets are generally very popular because it’s a very easy bet to bet on.
1 means home team will win
x means a draw will happen
2 means aways team will win

Now, we just need to find a game, when a favorite is playing or where possibly an upset can happen.

We can bet on favorites and make a profit from when favorites are winning. Odds are usually always lower when we will bet on favorites but we will make more often a profit when betting on favorites because favorite teams will win more often. A strategy to bet on favorites is generally less volatile for our bet balance.  

We can bet on upsets and make a profit from when upsets are happening. Odds are usually always higher when we will bet on upsets but we will make less often a profit when betting on upsets because upsets will happen less often. A strategy to bet on upsets is generally more volatile for our bet balance.  

Bets on favorites or upsets need to be considered carefully for which teams are playing and odds difference is also playing an important role. High odds for a favorite playing or high odds for an upset happening need to be evaluated carefully as well as when odds are just not good enough to go for a favorite winning or an upset happening.

We also need to consider aways or home games because it can make a big difference if a team plays at home or away. Usually, home teams have a considerable advantage and will win more often compared to away teams. But also, odds are lower if a team plays at home and odds will be higher, when a team plays away.  
Home advantage needs to be considered as well because some teams are stronger at home compared to competitors.

When we square now favorites and upsets and away and home teams winning, we have plenty of opportunities to go for a bet and to make a profit. Bookmakers are offering a wide range on opportunities to bet on.
It is up to us now how we want to make a profit from a good strategy for our bets.
So, share your best strategies to bet on favorites or upsets.

OP this is more like a lecture for football betting. The thing with football betting is your ability to see beyond the ordinarily eyes, most analyst use their minds eyes to give out possible result that might come out from a game, even betting against the favorite team they support. High odds in every game are mostly a trap, because is likely that it might not go in favour of that high odd, so is better to avoid it and look for a more balanced odd and place your bet, sometimes a win or draw for the home team can go, since we recognize the advantage of the team.

However this home and away advantage doesn't really count for most games. A team with more tactical technique will win an opponent team that lacks those tactics wether home or away, those that watch football will agree with me on that.

[noormcs5]

I'd choose to bet on underdog, even though the favorite team has a higher chance to win, but gambling is gambling, so it will be 50/50 game. Why I need to take the same risk to win small amount money, when there's an option to bet with the same risk and higher reward.

Every gambler has different strategies and we cannot say that one strategy is wrong and the other one is right. Yes, betting on the underdog is a good thinking however, most of the time we will lose in this bet. So it is suggested to bet with less capital, however when we win such bets that we get a handsome amount because the odds for the underdog teams are usually lower.

However betting blindly on underdog teams is also not good, we need to be selective in choosing the matches where the underdog team has such capability that they can do upsets. No need to bet where everyone is sure that a match will be one-sided one.

[boyptc]

Betting on favorites is one way to go with the better chance of winning but rewards aren't that much and that makes you to bet more.

Compared to the underdogs, your odds are way higher than the favorites and you can bet small with them with a possible multiplier due to the odds that it possess.

I'm for both and it varies from the game and matches that are coming ahead. You don't need to be picky and it depends really on your strategy as well and analysis.

[cabron]

Favorites are always best to bet on when it's a team game like basketball or soccer but it may be different when it comes to combat sports because an upset can sometimes happen in the most unexpected pair.

Everyone has his own strategy to win, we always have different ways of winning a bet.  I have mine though it's a great strategy, it may not work if someone uses it. If you care to know I wrote it here. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5494593.0

[freedomgo]

I suggest that you convert that into figures and show us if that is really profitable. Saying favorites will win is easy, and though they win most of the time, the odds are very low. So let me put an example with figures. Say you keep betting on the favorites with odds like 1.20. With a $100 bet using flat betting (i.e., $100 per bet), you would need to win five times in order to get a profit of 100% of your bet. That's really challenging, as there's no guarantee you'll be able to hit five straight wins with those 1.20 odds. Because if simply doing that worked, then most of us wouldn't be saying that it's hard to win in gambling, or in sports betting, for that matter.

[danherbias07]

Situational for me.

It depends on the team, the weather (for those who are traveling by bus in the NBA case), the status of road games or home games, or if the season is near its end and they don't even need a win (stars resting).
I think this had been asked before in a different thread like a month or 2 months ago and that's also my answer to the OP.
Having knowledge about the game is crucial here because upsets could win sometimes and I even had the chance to win x3 - x5 or sometimes I take the handicap of +8 to +10.
Because I know a team can win it by using the records, that's when I jump in and take the underdogs sometimes.

[Phu Juck]

Incorrect, profit isn't the main reason in gambling, the adrenaline is.

Incorrect because for some players it is indeed to make a profit because wasting our money is not a goal of a good gambler, he always wants to score a profit and win his bets.

What a wall of text for something so simple:

Well, when writing our posts, we should always be insightful and evaluate our statements to make a point and to describe it as good as possible.

[stompix]

Well, when writing our posts, we should always be insightful and evaluate our statements to make a point and to describe it as good as possible.

Bullshit!
Your post has no insight, no head or tails, it has nothing, just a useless wall of text you purposely made as big as possible just to farm some merits. When you have ten people in the topic telling you all you said is useless garbage maybe it's time for you to talk about things you actually know! Also, again, stop talking about gambling because it's so obvious you have no idea even how ods work!

[Phu Juck]

Well, when writing our posts, we should always be insightful and evaluate our statements to make a point and to describe it as good as possible.

Bullshit!

No bullshit

Your post has no insight

Wrong, my post has insights and it's all I need in my OP. If you are a better writer, go ahed and write a better post, we are all eager to see it.

Also, again, stop talking about gambling because it's so obvious you have no idea even how ods work!

You are completely wrong because it's gambling here and I'm allowed to talk about gambling and write a good and insightful text about it.

In addition, You are clueless about my gambling expertise because I'm as good in gambling, I'm limited at many sport betting sites because of my good betting track record.
I'm sure in a head to head duel how to accumulate more profits in gambling in 1 year, I would totaly destroy you from my good betting records.  

And why is is your last online time prohibited to view, it's again a shitty trick to obfuscate online times.

[bananaunana]

Betting on favorites once and securing profits after it will be most profitable because a favorite is much more likely to win.
It can be a good strategy for us to select a favorite once and pay out our profits after it.

[yahoo62278]

The bookies love people who bet on favorites only, those are the people who will make a huge bet and lose their ass at some point when a big favorite let's them down. WHen I bet I like to look at how the team has performed for the last few weeks, how they performed vs their opponent the last couple times, and who's the home team. Believe it or not, it can make a difference if a team is at home.

[Coin_trader]

1x2 bets are generally very popular because it’s a very easy bet to bet on.
1 means home team will win
x means a draw will happen
2 means aways team will win

Now, we just need to find a game, when a favorite is playing or where possibly an upset can happen.

This wrong, As a gambler myself and do casual bets. 1x2 is not easy to win compared to the typical straight bets with 2 choices available. The existence of draw in the choices makes it harder to win.

Winning a bet with 2 choices is already hard to do unless you betting on games with a very low odds.



I always bet on favorites, I mean my favorite not by the odds favorites since this makes me enjoy gambling. So I do bet on both upset and favorites depending on the team I’m supporting.