How frustrating can this be?
Posted in Betfair Forum by StefanBelo
BlackBelt say on betfair forum:
I'm new to Betfair (I didn't need to say that given the title of the topic! ;)) and I can say that so far my experience has been really frustrating!
My frustration is not because of money....I am not losing money so far. I made an initial deposit of £50 and my balance is currently £67 after 3 or 4 weeks....but it seems to me that I would be far better on the bookies than on Betfair...
I mainly bet on football. I'm a football addict since forever...so I think I can pick winners sometimes. I've handpicked 22 football matches to bet so far and on 17 of them my original selection ended up being the winning selection. However I lost money on quite a few of those bets (13 of 22 precisely)...football is difficult to predict and because this is a betting exchange I wanted to try and use this feature...as a consequence I exited a lot of winning selections before they materialized as I was afraid of odds moving dramatically in the wrong direction late in the match and losing all my stake.
On Betfair everybody talks about that magical word...the edge...."you have to find your edge". It's really annoying to read that honestly :) I don't know my edge...I don't even know how to look for an edge....and if I have an edge I don't know how to use it. So saying that is really useless for a newcomer like me...lol
Well, I just wanted to share my frustration...and I am open to any advice! (Apart from: find your edge...ehehe)
Nice to meet you all and I do really hope this will not be my last post! :)
Cheers!
