Do You Keep A Gambling Log?
Whether you are a fan of sports betting, online gambling, poker or any type of game at all, it is very important to keep a gambling log. By recording your daily results whether you are winning or losing, you will be able to track the likely elements that made you make either a correct decision or incorrect decision. Should you have bet on the team that although lost to a tough team in the previous week but went into the next game as underdog to a team that has a missing star player?
What about at a poker table? All the little tells and reads that can only be accumulated with experience. What about your mistakes? It is very difficult to consistently play perfectly, making correct decisions. The most important thing is to learn from you bad reads, bad calls or bad bluffs! So how can you remember all the little things that occur six months ago? The best way to do it is through a gambling log. Call it a diary, call it a results tracker whatever you like, you have to record why you win and why you lose and why you win.
Some gamblers tend to make better decisions in the morning when they are fresh or after they have walked the dog and consumed a hearty meal. Other gamblers make good decisions at the end of the day when all the work has finished and have time to sit and read through the form guides. Sometimes you have to give yourself a clear 30 minutes to write down why you are going to make a decision or maybe five minutes when you are standing in line at the betting booth.
For all the gamblers who aspire to quit their day jobs or use their gambling winnings to pay for their next holiday, all professional gamblers recommend keeping a diary, especially during the period of playing with higher bets and stakes. This change in betting amounts is the most testing time for all amateur gamblers and is a very high hurdle to cross. For some, betting high stakes is like betting their house away, and can not make the same rational decisions compared to when they are just betting their spare change.
Disciplined recording keeping will ensure you maintain consistent performances with your own gambling. Whether it be online for everybody’s discretion or your own private diary, it will definitely be worth more than the time it takes keeping it updated.
