I know it\'s unfair, but it makes me feel good to calculate the average gain or loss of all the NHC participants. I took a couple of shortcuts, so my numbers may have some give in them. My quick calculation is that the average final bankroll was $83.64, representing a loss just over 30%.
What was the average for the TG players?
I\'ve never looked closely at this tourney. 15 two buck win/place bets over two days equates to 120 dollars bet. So that must be the starting \"bankroll\"? Final funds of 240 for the winner equates to a return of a dollar for every dollar bet. Thats very good without exotics. These guys were smoking. However, the only guy I\'ve ever seen come close to repeating was Kent Meyer. He\'d be an interesting guy to talk with.
Ctc,
Interesting comment about Kent Meyer. I would like to sit next to that guy for a few days to see where he is coming from. I am a Big M regular and there is nobody I know of there I can learn from. I am always looking to sharpen my skills is there any required reading you would recommend?
Tony, I dont have much I can remember to refer you to, other than to say I read everything I could. I think you\'re a TGraph user and honestly, almost everything I\'ve ever learned dovetails very well with what Tgraph is putting into their product now. If you can work your sheets fully, you\'re probably there. I think what I\'d like to ask Jerry is:
What material provided the basis for where he is now with TGraph.
Of everything I\'ve read I think I got most out of Tom Ainsles book. I think it was called the \"The complete digest of thoroughbred handicapping\". (I would just state that I did not rely upon him to feed me. I used his book as an appetizer.) I\'m not sure where you are, but I read every book on handicapping I could find in the library. The only book I\'ve heard mentioned that I never found was the one TGJB referred to that predated Beyers work on speed figs. So my advice to those new to the game would be the library. Read all they have and request from other libraries those they can transfer. Libraries are all wired now. I enjoyed Beyer\'s \"My 50K year at the races and His making figures book as well. Beyer is great story teller and theres a few anecdotes in my 50k year.
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