Do you track closing line value, or ONLY WINS AND LOSSES?

[Agbe]

As for me, as the Op said I only checked the outcome of the results and left and once I loss the bet (the team that I am supporting loss the match), there is nothing for me to go and track any bet again and I will walk away. You have loss, and check the track record will not guaranteed you to win the next bet. At that time men are angry.

[rachael9385]

I prefer to bet on matches that are very close to the playtime, but if I bet on those that are few days away, I do not check the betting odd. This has not come my mind before.

Many people are discussing about valued bet on this forum, but this is not easy to achieve. Even the odds that you are talking about, is most likely going to reduce after the match is getting closer, unless some good players in the strong team are not playing.

Betting on a match when it's days away can be very risky because some times the close line value becomes negative, meaning that the odds you bet on increases, this is why I prefer to bet on a game when it is just few hours or minutes away from starting so I would notice if there are any changes in odds before making my decisions. There are some changes that might happen few hours before the match.

[Charles-Tim]

Betting on a match when it's days away can be very risky because some times the close line value becomes negative, meaning that the odds you bet on increases, this is why I prefer to bet on a game when it is just few hours or minutes away from starting so I would notice if there are any changes in odds before making my decisions. There are some changes that might happen few hours before the match.

It is not a problem for me, gambling is not what I do with the main interest of making it an income. I can either win or lose, but if I win it, it is still a good amount of money that I can spend on beer during weekend and nothing more. If I lose, I still always have the money that I can spend on beer during weekends.

[Merit.s]

I am not a professional gambler neither, is gambling my source of income. Going this far aboyt your bet value and the rest isn't my thing because I bet based on my analysis or sometimes, I follow my instincts.

I am too busy to start doing all that stuff because I don't even half enough time for my work. I gamble to entertain myself and enjoy the profit if I'm lucky.

[lombok]

Betting on a match when it's days away can be very risky because some times the close line value becomes negative, meaning that the odds you bet on increases, this is why I prefer to bet on a game when it is just few hours or minutes away from starting so I would notice if there are any changes in odds before making my decisions. There are some changes that might happen few hours before the match.

It is not a problem for me, gambling is not what I do with the main interest of making it an income. I can either win or lose, but if I win it, it is still a good amount of money that I can spend on beer during weekend and nothing more. If I lose, I still always have the money that I can spend on beer during weekends.

This line of segmenting the income earning capital and seasonal pleasure budgets helps break the cycle of addiction before it can run out of control. Betting results which are not related to everyday survival are an indicator of good personal financial management. Such controlled state is due to the fact that fulfillment of inner pleasure does not depend on the uncertainty of manipulative random variables anymore.

[TopT3ns]

As for me, as the Op said I only checked the outcome of the results and left and once I loss the bet (the team that I am supporting loss the match), there is nothing for me to go and track any bet again and I will walk away. You have loss, and check the track record will not guaranteed you to win the next bet. At that time men are angry.

The move to get out of the stadium once a poor performance has taken place has been seen to be strong tool of breaking the mental trap that can ruin a calm demeanor. Hoping that our past shows some random patterns as a certainty of success is a fallacy fatal logic. The decision not to give in to anger claims the rational as dominant over the impulses of a hurt ego occasioned by an interim failure.

[Slow death]

In my case, I analyze the game before it starts, then I bet on it, and when the game starts, I just watch it and don't look at the odds anymore. For me, it becomes irrelevant to keep looking at the odds after I place a bet. I know that many things can happen that would affect the value of the odds. For example, a few days ago I bet on a certain game that had odds of @1.80 for the favorite.

Five minutes after the game started, one of the players on the team I bet on received a red card, so the team I bet on had odds of @2.90. I only saw these odds because I was watching the game on the betting site. But if I were watching the game somewhere else, I wouldn't waste my time checking the odds after I'd already placed my bet.

[Bluedrem]

Losing a bet means losing, in that case, I do not consider the distance by which I lost the bet as important. Because I think if I give importance to that matter, the possibility of becoming addicted will increase because the closer the odds are, the more the probability will be awakened. In that case, the higher the probability, the more people will be interested in playing the bet. So, it is better to consider the loss or win rather than considering how close the odds are. Otherwise, a person may become addicted to that matter.

[Onyeeze]

So for those who track their bets, do you also check if you beat the closing line?

Or do you only look at win/loss record and profit, without checking if your bets were actually +EV long term?

I don't really understand what you mean by tracking of bet I have no experience of bet tracking, I don't know if we are talking of checking your bet regularly if you stake, if actually is something that you are saying most of us like me I do check if my bet is on good side like today when I bet in the morning I checked immediately the bet started playing but the my first game cut on the way so I decide to rebet the game..

[suzanne5223]

Thank you for pointing this out, and what you stated here is one of the reasons why I always said gambling is not for everyone. Because bettors that's not checking his/her closing line value (CLV), and bankroll management should not expect value, because they are one of the best ways for sports bettor to do things right if when his/her strategy not working.
Yes, professional sports bettors use CLV, bankroll management, and check EV, but it is not only applicable to the professional alone because it is for all bettors who want to thrive.

[Rabata]

In betting lose and win is a common factors, professional gamblers always track the odds. But I don't track the odds much. I try to be happy when I see the results of a win or loss and make a little money. In sports betting, a gambler's knowledge of the sport becomes the main tool. It is not possible to win in sports betting by leaving it to luck alone. If you think too much about betting, there is a high possibility of getting addicted in the long run. I usually bet for entertainment. I bet based on the performance of my favorite team. And I think about the bet amount only after winning or losing. If I lose, I leave it to luck without recovering. Because if you think too much about betting, there is a high possibility of getting addicted in the long run. Odds tracking worries me a lot. So I try to avoid it by not tracking the odds and saying it is completely a matter of luck.

[Agbamoni]

I always thought to myself, nothing is better than winning and then every loses should be let go because even if you track the closing line value, I don't think it's gonna make any different from what your next bet outcome would be, so I'm just excited if I win and don't bother to check for this, when I lose, I also move on and then hope that next bet would be successful. I'm more focused on the outcome and then my next bet.

One main reason why I sometimes track the closing line value is that the offer by the bookmakers before the game begins can reduce or increase. If it increases our take my chances on the underdog. Eventually I win after betting on the favorite side and later the underdog. There is no way I wont recover the money for the bet, or be in profit. That is, if the underdog with the high odds wins. However, if the outcome results in a draw, that will be a total loss for me on that day.

[Wakate]

I always thought to myself, nothing is better than winning and then every loses should be let go because even if you track the closing line value, I don't think it's gonna make any different from what your next bet outcome would be, so I'm just excited if I win and don't bother to check for this, when I lose, I also move on and then hope that next bet would be successful. I'm more focused on the outcome and then my next bet.

One main reason why I sometimes track the closing line value is that the offer by the bookmakers before the game begins can reduce or increase. If it increases our take my chances on the underdog. Eventually I win after betting on the favorite side and later the underdog. There is no way I wont recover the money for the bet, or be in profit. That is, if the underdog with the high odds wins. However, if the outcome results in a draw, that will be a total loss for me on that day.

This is why gambling is unpredictable and when you are trying to recover your money, that is when you might be losing money than you have gained so far from gambling. I am the kind of gambler that don't force luck on myself. I know that it is either I lose money to gambling or I make money from gambling. Either of the two can happen to any gambler and trying to recover loses will not be a good idea.