handicapping mentors

[Scav]

This is such an interesting INTERESTING topic. I have been gambling since I was 13, going to the track with my dad. I learned how to unload from him. I didn't start to learn how to handicap until I went to college and started going to the local Carbondale OTB. There was this older man named Roy that sat isolated from everyone else, two programs, and maybe made 4 wagers a day. I sat and talked to him for hours on end about all things. He was a WW2 vet and I am privelidged enough to hear those stories. While he didn't teach me ONE specific thing about handicapping, it was 5 years of absorbing everything he had to say about the game that I started to figure out how to handicap.

I also have learned a ton from the people around here, and I have also learned alot from hearing some people talk on TVG.

Here is the one thing that I feel is important. You don't jump into this game as a handicapper and win right away. It is one of the only sports where you can't do that. You have to take your lumps, bruises, and the pain of getting DQed or nosed before you can really RESPECT this game.