DAMION A. is a professional gambler who has used theswami.com for a majority of his NFL insights since 2005. After some discussion Donn Wagner (The Swami) talked DA (nickname) into answering a few questions that may help give some of our newer visitors to the site, some insight on how to utilize and get the most from the handicapper's selections.
QUESTION (1): As you approach the coming 2016 NFL season will you have any strategies that you will implement ?
DA's RESPONSE (1): This season I have picked out five handicappers for the NFL. I will follow each handicapper and set up an account for each one independent from the other four. I will only play play each handicapper's Top Plays and I will play three of them for 1 unit and two of them for 3 units. I will follow each individually throughout the entire season and play each and every Top Play they release.
QUESTION (2): Why do you play three times your normal amount on two of the handicapper's Top Plays?
DA RESPONSE (2): Two of the five handicappers have exceptional histories on their Top Plays. I consider 60% an excellent value but when cappers average 65% and 67% respectively you must take advantage of that. I failed to mention earlier that out of the five handicappers I selected they generally have zero to two Top Plays per week. Occasionally one may have three but that would be extremely rare. So in most situations I'll be playing 5 to 7 plays per week.
QUESTION (3): What happens if all five have the same play? What if they are occasionally on opposite sides?
DA's RESPONSE (2): If all five had the same play I would play it accordingly. 1 + 1+ 1+ 3 +3 = 9 units. In doing this now for 11 years I have never had a situation develop that had me play more than 5 units on any one pick. To be honest, I most likely would not play all 9 units, even if they all released it. Too much to risk on just one game. If I get conflicting plays I do not try to guess I simply eliminate the game completely.
QUESTION (3) How did you determine the five handicappers that comprise your group?
DA's REPONSE (3): I simply reviewed the records in theswami.com's archives. I add the last five year records up and took the best five. If there are a few close decisions to make between a few cappers, I always go with the one that shows the most consistency.
QUESTION (4) Do you have any built in stops? I
RESPONSE (4): I try not to have knee jerk reactions. If a handicapper gets below 5 net winners plus "vig" (-5.5 net) I drop him. I will then operate with four handicappers. I will not add a new fifth. Over my betting history I have made some dumb mistakes so I try not to repeat them. I am always evolving. That said I stay with a plan once I feel confident about it. These choices are not made overnight.
QUESTION (5): What kind of money (unit) management do you use?
RESPONSE (5): You can never have enough money in your bankroll. Realistically though what ever your total risk on a weekend is, you should have 10 times that amount set aside for your bankroll.
QUESTION (6): How many sets of numbers do you use?
RESONSE (6) Not enough? My biggest problem with theswami.com site is that plays are not posted far enough in advance. If I had the plays 3 hours before the first game started I could utilize maybe 10 sets of numbers. But because of time limitations I am forced to use only 3 to 4 that have the largest limits.
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