The SP Buster is a rather exciting tipster service which is being offered by the Premium Sports Tipsters stable. Selections come courtesy of Dean Ryder and importantly, they carry some strong long term profits.
Introduction to The SP Buster
There are plenty of tipsters out there who are capable of producing a profit in the short term. In fact, I think if you asked almost any of them, they would have their 100 point plus month. That one period of time where they were on fine form and everything that they backed turned to gold. What I can tell you from experience however is that this kind of thing doesn’t happen often, and it is rarely sustained past about 3 months. As such, when a service comes along that has shown a decent profit for coming on 4 years, it’s hard not to pay attention.
Which of course brings me to today’s review, The SP Buster. And the long term profit isn’t the only reason to get excited about this. The approach that Dean Ryder takes is something that I believe is quite unique and carries a number of advantages that other tipster services don’t. Firstly, you don’t have to worry about any account closures, and if you’re tech savvy, you don’t even really have to worry about placing bets. Because you can pretty much automate everything.
Of course, it isn’t all roses. I refuse to use the term criticisms for a lot of the elements of The SP Buster, because they aren’t. The fact is that the approach that Dean Ryder takes just inherently comes with some things that are worth considering. Do I think that Premium Sports Tipsters skip over these? A little bit, yes. But there isn’t a single thing here that I would say is a “deal breaker”. So, let’s get right down to brass tacks and have a good look at this.
What Does The SP Buster Offer?
There is quite a lot to talk about with The SP Buster. In no small part, I believe that this is because it isn’t really a typical tipster service. I also speculate (and hope) that Dean Ryder is taking the right kind of approach to betting as well (which honestly, I believe that he is). So, with so much ground to cover, let’s get right into talking about one of the few things that I think are probably a bit more typical.
Logistically, much of what Premium Sports Tipsters do is very typical of a modern tipster management stable. Selections are sent out to subscribers directly via email. Said email contains about all of the information that you need (which is actually pretty minimal), and because of how the service works, it doesn’t really matter when selections are sent out because you don’t have to worry about value.
This all boils down to the fact that The SP Buster is exclusively concerned with betting on Betfair’s exchange to BSP. Whilst this isn’t necessarily unique, it comes with a massive number of strong positives that can make all the difference to bettors. Namely, it simply takes away a massive amount of the stress and work involved with finding the best odds etc.
On top of this, if you know how, you can also easily set up the selections through a betting bot to place those bets for you at the off. This takes away one of the biggest issues that you can have, namely being there at the off in order to place bets. This isn’t a difficult process (so long as you are technologically literate) and there are plenty of free options out there, so I don’t consider this to be a massive negative.
In terms of the bets, everything is nice and straightforward. Given that this involves the Betfair exchange, you are somewhat restricted when it comes to betting markets. All of the bets that Dean Ryder advises you should be backing to win. With that said, whilst it isn’t recommended, there is potentially some scope to use The SP Buster as a place betting service. This is entirely speculative however and would take some testing, but the odds potential is there.
Here’s the thing, the average odds for The SP Buster come in at 20.09. That is bloody high. Unfortunately, it isn’t entirely reflective of what you can expect from the service. A horse can be backed at 111.82 (which placed last) and a few days later, you can be taking odds at 1.71. All of this is perfectly compounded way back in 2017 which saw a 2.91 shot lose, only for a 379.57 outsider come in just a few days later.
One of the things that I really like about The SP Buster is that this isn’t your typical “daily affair”. What I mean by this is that where some tipsters will happily send out selections every single day, Dean Ryder doesn’t. This suggests to me that you aren’t being sent tips purely for the sake of it. It also has an impact on the volume of bets. Whilst you might receive multiple bets on a betting day, November has had just 22 selections advised.
In terms of stakes, The SP Buster simply uses a straight forward level plan. When this is combined with that relatively low volume approach, it somewhat mitigates the risk involved. And that is something that you should be very pleased to see here. Because the results for this are all… Well, they’re a bit over the place (but I’ll talk about this in more detail shortly).
But for those who are seeking some immediate context on this, the strike rate according to Premium Sports Tipsters’ proofing comes in at 13.5%. Considering those average odds, that might sound pretty good. But, as I’ve discussed already, the range of odds mean that that average isn’t really reflective of the results. The fact of the matter is that the eclectic nature of The SP Buster is a very important factor in a number of elements.
How Does The SP Buster Work?
In the sales material for The SP Buster, we are told that Dean Ryder has been a professional tipster for “around 7 years with huge success”. We are also told that he has created a “powerful algorithm which has a very strict criteria”. And… Well, that’s about it if I’m honest. There is a frustrating and disappointing lack of insight into what the selection process entails.
Now when a tipster uses bookies, you can usually figure out something about what their strategy entails. Win often at lower odds. Bring together bets to find value. Out and out back those long shots that have been mispriced. But when it comes to betting to BSP, it honestly, is a bit of a crapshoot. Favourites can drift to double figures in those last few minutes before the off, and vice versa.
This means it’s difficult to really extrapolate any insight into The SP Buster and that is a bit of an issue for me. Simply stating that you have an algorithm isn’t really good enough in my opinion. God knows, I’ve seen plenty of dodgy tipsters use this kind of vague statement. But I do think that Dean Ryder comes out the other side of this by virtue of the extensive proofing Premium Sports Tipsters provide.
Whilst you don’t necessarily get the information to show that Dean Ryder knows his stuff, the datum provided does a bloody good job of making up for it. 4 years of proofing is a hell of a lot and it ensures that you can, at the very least, get an idea of what to expect. Especially because Premium Sports Tipsters present everything in quite a user friendly fashion. This means that at the very least, you aren’t buying The SP Buster based on blind trust.
What is the Initial Investment?
There are three options available if you want to sign up to The SP Buster, each of which comes with massively differing outlays and value. The first of these is a monthly subscription which is priced at £36. However, if you sign up for a quarterly subscription, your first 3 months will also cost you £36, rising to £72 for subsequent quarterly periods.
The best value comes from a 6 monthly subscription which is priced at £73 for your first 6 months. Once this has elapsed, the cost rises to £99 every 6 months. Obviously, this is the better value, however, it does mean paying out twice the outlay compared to those shorter subscriptions.
In my opinion, this is quite a big factor as Premium Sports Tipsters don’t offer any sort of refund period or money back guarantee on their products. As such, you are very much committed if you choose to sign up.
What is the Rate of Return?
In 4 years, The SP Buster has attained a profit of 688 points to level stakes. This means an annual profit of 172 points of profit. Admittedly, that number doesn’t sound as good as some options, but off an average of 300 bets per year, it starts to look pretty impressive. For context, it makes for an ROI of 57.37% over that period of time.
And that last statement is incredibly important. Because one of the big factors in Dean Ryder’s profitability was that bet I mentioned earlier that won at 379.57. It amounts to more than half of all of the profits that The SP Buster has made. As such, those past results really aren’t necessarily indicative of future results.
Conclusion for The SP Buster
Looking at something like The SP Buster can be a difficult thing to do. Especially when it comes to measuring the success. Sure, that big win was probably very anomalous, but you can’t deny that it happened. And in theory, it could happen again. Just last month, a horse was tipped that closed at odds of 294.83. Admittedly, it finished last. But that doesn’t change that the possibility remains.
For my money, I think that the best way of judging The SP Buster is looking back over the last year. This has seen a very respectable profit of 254.65 points which, over 222 bets is a hugely impressive ROI of more than 100%. Again, this was helped along by a big win (120 points), but there have been a few of them, so I am inclined to consider those as being more of a factor than 2 years of average profit in one bet.
Honestly, I feel like in many respects, The SP Buster is a hugely impressive tipster service. It is everything that I would want to see from a tipster. There is a focus on long term profit, the staking plan is sensible, and it really seems to me that whatever approach Dean Ryder is using, he clearly isn’t just throwing “it” against the wall and seeing what sticks. If he was, they’d be tips every day for the sake of it.
So, why do I feel a bit conflicted about this? Well, if I’m honest, it’s the past results. Between January 2018 and Jun 2019 (18 months) Dean Ryder had 14 losing months. And the thought does sort of stick around that this might happen again. Over the whole of 2018/19, The SP Buster made a profit of just 107.84 points.
This begs the question of which “The SP Buster” you are going to get in the future. Personally, I will generally back form. The fact is that the last 18 months have been pretty good to Dean Ryder and I believe that more likely than not, these results will continue. And even if they do turn, it isn’t like this is prohibitively expensive (with that first quarterly subscription looking by far and away the most attractive package in my eyes).
Here’s the thing. Whenever you take on any tipster, you are taking a risk. There just isn’t any real way of ignoring any of that. The balance lies in whether or not the risk is worth it. And here, I just about think that it is. However you want to dress it up, The SP Buster is a long way from perfect. The past results leave a lot to be desired, and it is hard to ignore that point about half of the profit coming from one bet. Those are all quite serious considerations to make.
With all of that in mind though, The SP Buster warrants some pretty serious consideration in my opinion. The single most important element for me is that more recent form. Dean Ryder has pretty much smashed those results for 18 months, and whilst there have undeniably been lower points, they really do seem to be in the past… Well, I just don’t see them as being concerning enough to be a deal breaker.
