Another losing weekend but.....

Morning All,

The headline is a little wrong, my losses actually started on Thursday night and then continued on Saturday - same old same old. Sunday should've been a day out and about (and will be next week) but I decided to punt away instead for a small profit.

I did something different yesterday though, something I should've been doing all along - I kept records. Now I can sense people thinking "are you serious, you talk about becoming professional but don't keep records!!!" and you would be right. Whenever I have kept records in the past it felt like a distraction and I seemed to lose more but in hindsight it probably just showed what was actually happening - i.e. that I was losing. Note I kept more detailed records while I was working with ratings but that was a bit different.

So, after yesterday the decision has been made to keep records now and review my days betting to see where my edge is. One thing I do need to work out is what to do about races I don't bet on - do I keep a record to see if that choice was the right one or not - for now I'll leave them out but that might need to change.

I won't comment on what the records are revealing until I have a bigger sample but they did make interesting reading.

The World Cup is progressing well and after a few small losing bets up until now I bet a little more confidently last night with two collects on Germany and Argentina - everyone is playing to stay alive now and I think the form will stand up.

Aussie Rules was quiet this weekend, I had a loss with Geelong getting rolled - and the Swans lost to the Pies AGAIN - I didn't bet on that or any other games though. Rugby League, no bets yet but I will back the Raiders to beat the Bulldogs tonight.

After last nights little win on the soccer I've decided to roll onto the baseball today, don't really now much about it but on what I read before making my bets I feel a little confident - so it's Texas -1.5 and a total match score of over 8.5 - gives me something to cheer for while I'm at work :)

Poker - 2 * 3rds and a win last night from my last 4 starts in the Australian Online Poker League, so have found a little form - dropped a few Euro in tournaments outside that though but still in front :)

Well there's the update - I'll stay in touch a bit more frequently now I've got new approaches up and running.

Have a great day :)