For example, if I risk $100 in total for the day with just 2 bets, going 1-1 would still bother me. But if I spread that $100 over more bets, like $10 per bet, I feel more at ease watching the games. From my experience, this approach has even made me more profitable. What about you? Do you feel the same way, or am I just imagining it?
You're right with your pattern as long as it makes you money. It's a way of playing safe unlike going all out, risking so much that makes the adrenaline pump in anxiety. The only shortcoming this strategy has is whenever a bet wins, you would wish you had placed a higher stake on it rather than placing any bet at all on those losing bet. Whichever way, you should find out if there's a pattern to how you win the ones you win and see if there's a way you can maximize it and sharpen your eagle eyes on picking games, henceforth. No one loves losses.