Zaumlab – My Heads Up Poker Blog

I know this isn’t really a heads up post but betting and poker is something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently. Lets face it a large percentage of online poker players bet on sports as well as play poker but how many do it profitably? I bet not many. It’s like it’s ok to be a sports betting fish but it’s not ok to be a poker fish. It’s a leak on anyones bankroll but betting on sports is almost an acceptable leak for many players.

I’ve been looking into backing and laying and match betting recently. Match betting is basically where you use the free bet offers from certain bookmakers, like the coral bookmakers for instance (more info), and you cash in on the equity of the free bet bonus. Backing and laying is a little different, you try to predict which way the market is going to move and then secure yourself a profitable situation by backing and then laying off a bet of laying a bet then backing it back (this can only be done on betting exchanges).

Anyway I’d be interested to know how many poker players who bet on sport do so with a winning record. Is it harder to bet on sport profitably than it is to play poker profitably. Poker is certianly easier for me. Over the next few weeks I’m planning on looking into sports betting a bit more, especially the betting exchanges.