The first type of betting system that exists in the sport hockey is called the money line and one will already be able to participate with it by deciding which of the two teams you think will win and then placing your bet on it. The only thing that you need to remember when participating in this type of system is that you must always have a plan to backup your strategy.

Another type of betting system in NHL hockey is known as the betting puck line; it is basically the same as the first type of system where you will be asked to pick which team you think will win in the match. The only difference that this has with the first is that you will only be able to bring home some money if you bet on the right team and your team was able to win by making at least 2 goals in the entire game. Since the odds of you winning is not totally in your favor, the best thing that you can do is to come up with a better strategy that you can hold on to so that you will be smarter in risking your money.

The last type of system that is existing in the NHL hockey scene is called the betting over/under; as the name suggests, you will not only be required to place your bet on a particular team that you think will win in the match. More than determining which team will be the winner, it will also be asked from you to predict by how much points the loser will lose and the winner will win against the opponent. As you have already realized, this is the hardest system involved because you need to be very accurate with your guess; your money will be put at a greater risk. Because of this fact, you will really be asked to come up with an effective strategy that will help you through the system. Simply put, beginners on betting should not be joining in this particular system too much because experience is one of the things needed for it. The only advantage that one will be able to get from this last and difficult system is that the winner will be able to bring home a huge amount of money compared to the other systems available.

How much do you bet pre-flop? What factors does this depend on? How would you feel if you found out you were betting far too much before the flop and it was seriously affecting your game and actually costing you a massive amount of real money in your pocket. These NL Hold Em tips are going to reveal to you the secrets of pre-flop betting.

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The first thing to do is compare your pre-flop bet to the size of the blind. Instead of working from a certain number work from a ratio to the blind size.

Three times the big blind is 3xbb, four times the big blind is 4xbb, five times the big blind is 5xbb, and so it goes. If you are betting over 5xbb this is considered a large bet.

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But, another important factor is the table average. By watching how much other players bet before the flop you can take a table bet average.

If the tables average pre-flop bet is 6xbb well than a 5xbb raise from you is no longer too much. A normal table average is about 2.5xbb so usually a 5xbb raise is quite a lot.

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However a third and even more important factor is the type of image your want to create. If you want to be known as an aggressive player you constantly want to bet over the average.

If the table average is 3xbb, you’ll constantly want to be betting 4xbb or 5xbb at a minimum, and 7xbb or 8xbb might not be that uncommon for you. However, 15xbb or 20xbb could be a bit too much.

When betting on the goals I actually prefer to bet on Over 2.5 goals as opposed to Under 2.5, this is not to say that when I see good value in the Under 2.5 goals I wont have a dabble its just to say that I feel more comfortable finding and backing matches to go over 2.5 goals. The reason for this is that there are more ‘luck’ factors that can result in there being a goal than there is in there not being a goal, such as offside when onside, not over the line, own goals, major goalkeeping errors etc.

I also like to bet on the Over 2.5 markets because it is much better if you are watching the game, it is much better to be hoping for an extra goal at 1-1 than it is to see that 3rd goal go in. Also when you are watching games you really do not want to be hoping for no goals! On the other hand if you have no intention of watching the game or can truly distance your betting behaviour from your entertainment fix from football then Under 2.5 goals is a nice bet to place.

However this article is about backing the Over 2.5 goals market and how to win on the inplay markets.

We are going with the In-play markets because we can get a much higher odds for our money if we bet in play. What we are going to do is look for matches were both teams have been involved in matches were 4 or more goals have been scored in at least 2 of their last 3 games.

Now what we do is watch this game and if there is only 1 goal at half time we back the Over 2.5 goals. This is because if there is only 1 goal the odds will be higher than what they were at the start of the game.

You can also using your own judgement back the Over 2.5 goals if there haven’t been any goals. This will depend on your own judgement of how the game is going, you can also decide not to bet because you have been watching the game. If you see that even though there has been a goal the game is dead then you can go the opposite way, remember systems shouldn’t be set in stone, they should bend to accomodate the actualities of the game and so this system should as well.

The first thing you should know is that the books don’t control the games. They put out spreads in effort to sway betting, but that is all they can do. And some of those spreads can present an advantage for you to bet on. And advantages can be found outside of the spreads by looking at the game situation.

The point is, there are many opportunities to bet at an advantage in sports betting. You will never find these at the casino, where the house does control the game. Most people never realize they can gain a legitimate advantage, thus they never find it.

The most successful strategy in sports betting is to never place a bet where you do not know for a fact you have at least a 53% chance of a winning outcome. Whether it is based on a point spread, or some other situation, if you follow that rule you will win. Not every bet, but every season you will win more than you lose and that means making money.

Doing that requires knowledge that must come from an investment of your time, or you can bypass that by purchasing a betting system that has the information in it already. Betting without the right information at your fingertips can often leave you at a big disadvantage that is easy enough to avoid.

The winning mentality or mindset of the Betting Pro is one of the hardest things to adopt day in and day out, but it is critical if you are to achieve any level of success and, more importantly, make a consistent income from your betting on horse racing.

I truly believe that this is the one thing that sets the top 1% of elite betting pro’s apart from the rest of the “punter” and “gamblers” who aspire to make money from betting on horses.

What is our “mindset”?

The fact is that you can teach people the skills required to be successful at betting, how to set up their betting bank, how to set their stakes, how to read form and make selections. All this can be learnt.

However, each one of us naturally has different levels of risk we are willing to take, a different level of loss we are comfortable with, different levels of patience and of course discipline to stick to our rules. We are all naturally different in our character and this makes up what I call our “mindset”.

We can all learn the same skills but each of us will apply them slightly differently. I know this from personal experience with my members and subscribers. I can teach 30 people the same fundamental skills and even supply them all with the same selections and yet each one will come back with different results.

So how do we change our mindset?

What is the mindset of the Pro vs The Punter

The first thing we must do is look at what characteristics the Betting Pro has as his mindset.

Decisive – I think the first thing I always notice about the Bettors who are successful, is how decisive they are, they make decisions and stick to them, whereas the average punter is unsure about things and constantly flitting from one system to the next.

Patient – They are also very patient and realise that they make profits month by month and season by season – not necessarily day by day or race by race. Most punters are quite the opposite, always trying to push things and chase their losses if they have a losing bet – they have a very short term approach.

Emotionally Detached – by managing his money correctly the Betting Pro does not worry about the outcome of each bet, he is quietly confident that month after month he will make money. The punter who has little money management skills will always be worried about every bet, he will be staking more and more to try to make a profit and lose more and more.

Disciplined – the Betting Pro always bets logically and rationally, each bet is well researched and will give him every chance of success. He knows that over time his selections will make him a profit. The punter will always be gambling making uniformed selections based on nothing more than irrational hunches or hearsay.

Bets within Means – back to money management again, the Pro always knows exactly what stake he is placing and why. He will always bet within the confines of his betting bank. The punter will be betting with money that is needed for other things, so becomes emotionally attached to it and the importance of the result.

Accepts Results With Equanimity – the Pro will not be the one jumping up and down at the side of the race track when his horse wins or crying his way home if it loses – he will leave that to the punters and gambler who take everything personally. The Pro knows tomorrow is another day and the profits will come.

TIP: Now sit down for a few minutes and be honest with yourself – what are your strengths and what areas do you need to work on. You need to start forming the habits of success and create yourself a winning character when you bet.

Patience And Discipline

Above all else you must develop superb levels of patience and discipline – to stick to your “betting strategy”. This is so easy when you are on a winning streak and the profits are pouring in to your betting bank but what do you do when you are going through that long “losing run”? The run that lasts a week without any winning selections, when you know you have read the form and picked the best horse in the race and it still does not perform. This is when the true Pro is disciplined and has the faith in his own ability.

It is true that the longer you bet for the easier it gets, not just from what you learn, but more importantly because you have experienced the highs and the lows in your career. You have had the good runs to see you through the bad runs, you know that you can weather the storm when it comes, and enjoy the sun too.

In Summary

I am sure you are now realising that the life of a true Pro Bettor is not the “jet set” lifestyle that you would imagine, yes it will have some of that throughout the year and at the big meetings. But day to day, week after week the Pro is out there working hard, perfecting his betting strategy and making slow consistent profits – building his betting bank, increasing his stakes and giving himself a great income.

He will spend many days breaking even or making a loss before his profits come in on the big days, sometimes you may only have 4 / 5 of these days all month, that bring in 90% of your profits – but it is how you approach the remaining days that will set you apart as a winner or make you quit as another disillusioned punter.

The most exciting thing is that it is all in your hands