The less said about my poor bet, the better. Worst thing is even if United did win, I'd have lost thanks to Liverpool's leaky defence.
But Champions League is back, and I'm putting some bets over the next 2 days, but let's start with tomorrow night. Today, Viktoria are over 63/1 to win against Bayern, but as much as I'm tempted, Mane and co will win. So...
100 units at Fairlay on
Shakhtar Donetsk to WIN vs Real Madrid @15.1. Other odds: 14.5
100 units at Fairlay on
Copenhagen to WIN vs Man City @43.55. Other odds: 40.0
Units advantage: 60+145 =205
Running advantage after 23 bets: +2169 (+205)
All-time cumulative: +85,933
Running units after 22 bets (4W|18L): +934 (-100)
Yes, this is a vague explanation - in theory, whenever we bet we think it's value. Otherwise, what's the point of betting if we don't think it's profitable. But apparently you can say that you add your picks to this thread if you think they have much higher than average value.
Liverpool have lost points again and it really looks like this is a pattern and not a "temporary" difficulty.
Sorry I couldn't be more descriptive, but believe me, in practice I bet quite a lot on low value (I'm think of Liverpool v League 1/2 cup ties at only 1.2x when they're playing their B team, shockingly poor value). It's the nature of the sports supporter to place bets on someone or a team they like, completely swallowed by bias.
I won't for example bet on Liverpool tonight at 1.35, sounds good but Rangers is a tough physical team, while Reds players are half struggling for form... 1.35 in simple terms is them winning 3 out of 4 games on the same lineup, just to break even. Something I can't even really calculate as the last competitive match against Scottish opponents was 20 years ago. Can't see value (but on the other hand I'd bet on Rangers if I were able to bet against my own team!).
But yes, I definitely add picks here I think are much, much higher than average value. The biggest clue to me (but I have no science for this) is comparing on oddschecker, which uses fiat bookie odds. You can see the best odds from about 20 bookies there, and if you find something on P2P or with a price boost that's even 10% more than that, I'd call that value. Note that highest odds on oddschecker are usually promos with very small max bet usually so the average is a better sample.
Anyway, my odds comparison is the best among all crypto bookies I have, including price boosts, if any. They more or less take the same odds provider (Pinnacle) anyway, so it's really just juice that affects it.