Thursday, October 30, 2008

Week 09 - Back From The Grave!!!

So, I've been a combination of a.) very busy, and b.) totally demoralized. Right up until Week 8's results.

After a big goose egg in Week 6, followed by a virtual goose egg in Week 7, Week 8 was a week of love. 100% victory. Still way down on the year, but there's a nice upside.

I had some serious tweaking to do on the moneyline side of the box, it just wasn't working as I wanted. However, it seems to have paid off. Here are the week 6 - 8 bets and results:

Week 0666:
Rank Pick Vs Spd Bet % Bet Amt W/L Payout
1 BAL @ IND +4 52% $35.10 L $0.00
2 CAR @ TB +1 48% $32.78 L $0.00

Rank Pick Vs ML Bet % Bet Amt W/L Payout
1 WAS v. STL -650 34% $9.37 L $0.00
2 NYG @ CLE -340 26% $7.20 L $0.00
3 BAL @ IND +170 21% $5.72 L $0.00
4 MIA @ HOU +130 18% $5.00 L $0.00

Not so good. Here's Week 7, the follow up to not so good:
Rank Pick Vs Spd Bet % Bet Amt W/L Payout
1 SD @ BUF 0 34% $11.19 L $0.00
2 NO @ CAR +3 33% $11.10 L $0.00
3 DEN @ NE +3 33% $11.08 L $0.00

Rank Pick Vs ML Bet % Bet Amt W/L Payout
1 TEN @ KC -350 42% $7.53 W $9.68
2 DEN @ NE +140 30% $5.42 L $0.00
3 NO @ CAR +130 28% $5.00 L $0.00

Ridiculous. I watched my bank go from @ $200 to @ $65 in 2 weeks. But, there's a small upside in Week 8:
Rank Pick Vs Spd Bet % Bet Amt W/L Payout
1 NO v. SD +3 51% $10.84 W $20.70
2 NYG @ PIT +2.5 49% $10.58 W $20.66

Rank Pick Vs ML Bet % Bet Amt W/L Payout
1 NYG @ PIT +120 50% $5.01 W $11.01
2 TEN v. IND -200 50% $5.00 W $7.50

Tough few weeks, to say the least. Apparently, the box is highly correlated to the S&P 500 (if you can figure that one out, I'd love to know). Here's where we stand today:

Start Value
$120.00
$s Add $s Sub
$100.00 $0.00
Total Bank
$220.00
Bets Placed
$692.66
Bet Income
-$122.90
Ending Bank
$97.10
Total Return
-55.87%

But this week, we're back in scary territory. Lots of money, very few bets. Sigh. But the bets are placed, and here they are:

Rank Pick Vs Spd Bet % Bet Amt
1 BAL @ CLE +1.5 100% $22.46
2 MIA @ DEN +3

3 ARI @ STL -3

4 HOU @ MIN +4.5

5 ATL @ OAK -3

6 TB @ KC -9

7 PHI v. SEA -7

8 PIT @ WAS +1.5

9 NYJ @ BUF +5.5

10 GB @ TEN +5.5

11 NE @ IND +5.5

12 DET @ CHI +13

13 NYG v. DAL -9

14 JAC @ CIN -8


and...

Rank Pick Vs ML Bet % Bet Amt
1 TB @ KC -420 30% $8.62
2 PHI v. SEA -300 27% $7.92
3 CHI v. DET -650 25% $7.32
4 MIA @ DEN +160 17% $5.00
5 ARI @ STL -150

6 NYG v. DAL -400

7 ATL @ OAK -145

8 BUF v. NYJ -230

9 TEN v. GB -240

10 IND v. NE -250

11 MIN v. HOU -210

12 JAC @ CIN -360


The moneylines now focus on winners more than payouts, which was part of the problem. I had it focusing on payouts equally, which meant some dicey games. It was a big hit or miss method, instead of this way which is low risk, low return hedge to spread betting. Low risk makes more sense as a hedge.

I have to get back to work, but it's good to be back Capper.

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