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Old 09-25-2006, 10:17 PM
7_toolz 7_toolz is offline
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Default Good books, beside the ones in the FAQ?

Hi,

I am a COMPLETE newb, and when i mean complete, i am a really really complete newbie in sports betting.

I am looking to get into it, and what books would you suggest to teach me bout sports betting? Even good links?

- Thanks!!!
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Old 09-25-2006, 10:20 PM
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Default Re: Good books, beside the ones in the FAQ?

Look in the FAQ for the sites they list that list this exact sort of thing.
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Old 09-26-2006, 12:09 AM
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Default Re: Good books, beside the ones in the FAQ?

There really aren't any other sports betting books not listed in the FAQ. Sharp Sports Betting is the Super System of Sports Betting. No one has written a Sklansky-level follow up to it.

Best bet is Sharp Sports Betting, the linked sites and resources in the FAQ, and online forums such as this one.

I updated the FAQ to address this question more directly. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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Old 09-26-2006, 06:54 AM
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Default Re: Good books, beside the ones in the FAQ?

For a good overall book check out Education of a Sports Bettor by Bob McCune. It's older, so you'll have to get past some editing mistakes, but it's very good.

For football I'd also suggest How Professional Gamblers Beat the Pro Football Point Spread JR Miller and Beat the Sports Books by Dan Gordon.

There aren't that many books out there, but I can say that each of those books will definately cut your learning curve in some form or another, and that's priceless.
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Old 09-26-2006, 10:36 AM
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Default Re: Good books, beside the ones in the FAQ?

One note about those books is that you should ignore the advice about Kelly betting in the Miller book, and ignore the advice about parlays, teasers etc. in the Gordon book. Dan Gordon is a reasonably decent handicapper but pretty clueless about optimal betting.
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Old 09-26-2006, 11:28 AM
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Default Re: Good books, beside the ones in the FAQ?

Added to the FAQ, thanks guys.
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Old 09-26-2006, 04:57 PM
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Default Re: Good books, beside the ones in the FAQ?

You should ignore the advice to ignore the Kelly advice in the Miller book. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] If you can maximize your sports wagers using Kelly then my hats are off to you, and I'd like to know the secret.

The highlight of the Gordon book is really the subjective type of factors.
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Old 09-26-2006, 05:01 PM
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Default Re: Good books, beside the ones in the FAQ?

when it comes to good links:

like Thremp said, read anything and everything in the FAQ

spend some time browsing on here and figure out who the 'sharps' are

go back in time and look at all their posts

I won't name all of them, since I would likely forget someone and hurt their feelings

I will say that starting with the moderator is a very good place to start
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Old 09-26-2006, 06:53 PM
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Default Re: Good books, beside the ones in the FAQ?

Listen to the Beet Man. What Miller says about Kelly is just plain wrong. I like an awful lot of what's in the book, and I applaud the author for tyring to instill a sense of conservatism in bankroll management into his readers, but he clearly just does not understand this particular topic.

I don't know anyone who bets "strict Kelly" since I don't see a whole lot of people making $1173.47 bets out there, and it's easy to misunderstand Kelly and hurt your bankroll badly, but it has been mathematically proven that if you *know* your winning percentage, Kelly betting is the best betting method for bankroll growth.

If Kelly isn't working, then either one doesn't understand it or one doesn't really know their edge on each bet. In sports betting it's VERY tough to know what your real edge is, and many, perhaps most, winning sports bettors overestimate it. But if you have a firm grasp on what you're doing, you can't expect to grow your bankroll faster by using a method other than Kelly.
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Old 09-26-2006, 07:17 PM
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Default Re: Good books, beside the ones in the FAQ?

How about the free book that Perf posted a link for.

That was a good one.

Search back a few pages and you will see it.
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