Change...

Ok, poker is going to take a backseat. I just dont have the time or desire to play right now. It helped me pay off all my debt so I am grateful for it, but I am going to make a small deposit into a sportsbook and track my progress here.

My plan is to grind out a small %age every month. I am going to post my picks here, my wager and return. I wasnt able to fund my account yesterday, but I had a nice bet that would have come in. a 3 team money line parlay which would have yielded me about 36%. That would have been a great way to start my project. I figure if I havef success I can deposit more cash.

Today, I am going to try to get some cash into my account and i will be taking the moneyline on the dallas mavericks and the denver nuggets. I like the western conference contenders right now because they are playing for the playoffs and the teams that are out of the picture dont really care anymore. If anything, they are packing it in because they are positioning themselves for the lottery.

tonight i think I will parlay the two teams and bet another unit on the mavericks money line as well.

AFter much runnign around, i deposited 69 bucks into an account and got a 21% bonus. So, i bet it all tonight on a 2 teamer...i bet 1/3 of my account on a 2 teamer and the 2/3 on dallas's money line..here are how the bets shake out:

Wager Description Wager Amounts Result

Mar 16 4:53pm 2 Team Parlay - Pending 27.83 to win 1.71
1. Basketball - Dallas Mavericks - moneyline (-3400)
for the entire game held on Mar 16 at 5:05pm [pending]
2. Basketball - Denver Nuggets - moneyline (-3200)
for the entire game held on Mar 16 at 8:05pm [pending]

Mar 16 4:54pm Basketball - Pending 55.66 to win 1.64
1. Basketball - Dallas Mavericks - moneyline (-3400)
for the entire game held on Mar 16 at 5:05pm [pending]

Both my picks came in. My return for today is 4.01%. Not quite the return I was looking for, but I would have added Federer in tennis and bumped up my return a bit. Over the past few days, I have made 2 other bets that I was not able to make because I couldnt fund my account. I would have a nice return on those as well. I normally would not have bet my entire account today, but I was a little frustrated that I wasnt able to make those bets the other night and I was so confident in the games tonight. I could have parlayed them both for my whole account, and probably should have, but i felt that it was a bit too much.

Come tourney time on thrusday, I will probably do a 4 teamer for about half my bankroll with all the number 1 seeds. then i will probably do an 8 teamer with all the #1 and #2 seeds and i will see how that pays...and then bet accordingly. this will be fun.