There are things you do differently today than you did on your first day. If you could go back and tell yourself something beyond "Don't bet on the Lakers in the finals vs the Pistons", what would it be? What have you learned? What should we teach n00bs just coming into this area if our intent is for them to have fun?
-Learned to analyzed what are those things and reasons why you lose.
-Don't be a greed. Play with the fair odds which you think will give you more chances of winning. It's fine to take the high odds with high risk but be responsible when doing it and you must also know that you are adding some risk here.
-If people see the game will be a closed one, then try different betting options.
-Care for other's analyzation and references alongside with their backups claims but not you will just follow it. Make way to have your own analyzation too.