Chalk players are players or users whose
forecasts are based on always betting on the favorites. This is a type of user
who is usually very conservative, always likes to play it safe and does
not want surprises. Usually, it is for fear of losing and because, deep down,
he does not like to put his own money at stake.
They hate underdogs and are users who always
base their bets on the bookies' own forecasts, which always take into account
the favorites. They always rely on the bookmakers' odds and always systematically
go for the team that has every chance of winning.
Conservative sports betting fans enjoy betting
"as is": they go to the bookmaker, trust the odds, always make
their predictions on the basis of the favorites and always bet on the winner.
And that's as far as they go. We are therefore
talking about users who are not very prone to surprises, who would never use
p2p bookmakers, for example, and who will always bet on the top players.
The main criticism that these players receive
is that they miss out on part of the sport's spice, which is precisely the
uncertainty as to who will win. We are facing a type of users who do not
know how to bet if they are not looking to win.
The good part of all this is that their bets
have a high probability of winning, since the favorites are usually the ones
who will win at some point. It is enough to hit a prediction to be right. But
the handicap is precisely that this conservatism leads them to win little
with their bets, since the odds of the favorites are always the lowest, and
they always rely on them without considering alternatives.
This makes it necessary to always keep an eye
on the pick and the stake. We understand by pick the bet or forecast that we
make in a bookmaker. Therefore, our pick will be horrible being a chalk player,
because we will always go for the favorites and we will have the lowest odds.
This also compromises the stake, since its growth
potential will be very low and a bad bet can compromise it, inhibiting the
player's ability to recover.
Hence the question of whether it is really good
to be a chalk player is logical. For some it is, for others it is not. What
counts is that the user feels comfortable with the type of bets he places
and the predictions he makes. There is no manual that tells you how to make a
good or bad bet, but each user must choose the type of bet in which he/she
moves better and make his/her predictions based on the type of market he/she
dominates.
A chalk player will never resort to bookmakers,
will avoid p2p, handicap markets and any alternative that goes beyond betting
on a win. That is to say, they dominate the 1X2, 1 2 or win only market
(in horse racing this type of bet is predominant). So, we are talking about a
user who does not go outside the norm and who is not given to experiments.
This is not at odds with his eagerness to
learn. There are those who interpret this immobility as a sign of
someone who does not want to open the doors to new horizons and who avoids
learning something new. Nothing could be further from the truth. But it is true
that we are talking about a user who tends to make his forecasts always
following the same pattern, with no room for change. He is extremely
conservative and likes to be so.
Be careful here, because the critical
capacity is crucial for this type of player. Because relying on the
bookmakers' odds is usually a good option (conservative, but correct), but on
the other hand it is important to leave a margin of error in case the bookie has
left some important information in the air.
It should not be forgotten that bookmakers make
their own predictions based on trends and the state of the competition, but they
may omit some important information that is noticeable in the odds.
Therefore, if you are a chalk player, you should try to keep your eyes open and
check that the odds correspond not with the actual odds, but with the winning
potential even of alternative players outside the top 3 pools.
The turf is the name by which horse racing is
known in some countries. This sport is extraordinarily difficult to read, and getting
it right is tricky. As always, the chalk player will always play it safe
and bet on the winner.
It is a sport that gives the punter several
options on each race. When betting on the winner, the user chooses one of the
riders to make his prediction, each of which has a certain stake. It is
therefore important to take a look at what the bookie says.
Any source of information on horse racing makes
it possible to know who the favorite is. This makes it easy to identify the
runner to bet on, but be careful: it is important to be critical and to
establish margins of error that allow you to place a different bet.
Because, within the conservatism of a chalk player, there are several levels.
The less rigid can opt for an alternative option, but always basing their
choice.
So, what you need to know is:
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