Since my last blog entry almost 2 months ago, I have been playing poker a lot and also started a new website with a friend of mine. I have lost interest in publishing my poker results apart from the tournament ones, because I don't see how that would be beneficial for my blog's readers. I'd rather post informative articles which would be useful for anyone who wants to improve his poker skills or for any newbie discovering this game nowadays.

I also met a couple of Betfair employees who happen to have become good friends of mine and we get to meet now and then. This time we didn't discuss something specific but we more or so talked about the latest happenings in the gambling area. Maybe it's because I have stopped trading the UK Horse racing markets in Betfair and I have also abandoned all my betting activities, since poker consumes the vast majority of my time. That may come as a surprise for most of my blog's visitors, who keep on emailing me asking for betting or trading advice. Certainly I haven't forgotten the gains or pitfalls of sports betting or trading and I believe I can be of some help to anyone who tries them. However, playing poker for so many hours and having read a lot of forum topics while watching innumerous coaching videos mean that I have fresher knowledge and information about poker than trading.

So your betting system performs pretty well, you are completely satisfied by your winnings but you are worried about the common losing runs you experience from time to time. Should you worry? What is the maximum expected losing run you would encounter in the future? How many bets should you be happy to lose in a row? It is always better to be prepared for the expected events, since the unexpected ones are rare after all.

Today we'll talk about the capital someone needs in gambling and how much money should risk in a single bet. The following questions are 3 of the most common ones, although it is relatively easy to be answered.