[jjgold]

Most of us would quit betting, yeh its sick but true

Most here like the competiveness of trying to beat the game

We are more happy when we lose

[sjelveh]

I am definitely happier when I win, but you do have a point I don’t think most of us do it for the money, that’s why most of us are squares bad money management and betting for the rush not for profit. The problem is to keep getting that rush you need to bet an amount that will hurt if you lose, and that’s usually more then we can afford to lose. I pretty much look at gambling as an expensive hobby. I hope someday I can have a set amount that I bet on each game, and only bet a few games a week and find the best line with the best vig and all that other stuff, but for now I gamble for the rush.

[HAPPY BOY]

True for some I quess. I look at gambling to make doe. I get a rush on $25 bet or $500 bet although most my bets are around 100 to 200 . I gamble to win the same as when I buy stocks or real estate. Thats why Im a seasonal gambler. After a long ncaa/nfl season im drained and need a summer vacation. So far its worked like a charm!

[MrX]

Don't you guys remember the Twilight Zone about the gambler that died and went to heaven. He was winning every single bet, every hand of poker, every roll of the dice. He was loving it for awhile, but quickly grew frustrated and eventually realized that heaven was not exactly where he was at.

[bigboydan]

Don't you guys remember the Twilight Zone about the gambler that died and went heaven. He was winning every single bet, every hand of poker, every roll of the dice. He was loving it for awhile, but quickly grew frustrated and eventually realized that heaven was not exactly where he was at.

is that the one with Jack Klugman?

[joe blow]

is that the one with Jack Klugman?

Yes...That's the 1st thing i thought of,after seeing the title of this thread.Good memory BBD

[bubba]

jj, i feel this is my problem. great point

[jjgold]

The feeling of being down and trying to get even is the greatest feeling in the world. I love when I am down like $880 going into Sunday nights and think of all combos to try and get out. The hour from 7:00 to 8:15PM is unreal and the rush is great especially being in the hole. I get my pad out and go over what if scenarios and will pays scenarios with round robins, reverses and parlays.

[HAPPY BOY]

U got to be kiddin.... I get no rush from that only acid indigestion. f\*\*k that JJ I do this for the cash and the cash only.

[jjgold]

Happy Boy its all about the rush for me, if your tense there are ways to relieve it. I at times taking something called mushrooms and it relaxes me, also drink tea and on occassion to change it up a little I watch porn and get off.

[HAPPY BOY]

Yeah the rush does feel great but to me I like the rush of my team driving the ball trailing by 6 ball inside the other teams say 35 to 40 yard line 2 time outs and 1:41 left in the game ...THUMP THUMP THUMP thats awesome especially when you kick the extra point with 2 seconds left to cover. By the way JJ never tryed mushrooms. My brother-n-law did some at a PHISH concert and was tripping.

[pags11]

I wouldn't mind winning all of the time...

[jjgold]

Pags you would quit gambling if you won all the time and start feeling depressed and come to the realization that your not gambling any more but only winning. If you win all the time it is not gambling. I bet you might become a drinker then and feel depressed because you beat the game.

[Mudcat]

We are more happy when we lose

Very silly.

[jjgold]

Mudder I swear it is true, I got to find in the theory books where it says it. I did not make it up. Let me look around for a day or too and report back.

Mudder there is some sick sense of feeling good when most gamblers lose and when it happens you cannot wait to make your next play.

Mudder when you win many bets in a row it is not the same feeling and most do not have the urgency to make the next bet.

[dirtyjock]

i wouldnt stop gambling on sports thats for sure. I am not getting rich off of it but make a nice second income at it well it makes more than my job so maybe it should be my first income lol but. I think i look at it in a diff way more like investing not gambling. So i always expect to win so when i lose i get to have a blow up and be pisted.

[dirtyjock]

by the way i hope i have that problem about winning 1 day

[Dark Horse]

If we only won, we would all be stinking rich. It is true that we wouldn't bet anymore, but that is because the books would be out of business.

[HAPPY BOY]

I wouldn't mind winning all of the time...

i know people have night jobs yes and I know some folks are retired and yes there are many different time zones on planet earth, but I still when i see a 4am post. I love u round the clock degernerates it lets me know someone out there is as sick as me

[onlooker]

Funny, I dont feel happy when I lose a bet. Winning at a greater rate would just make me more money, and that in reture would make me happy.

Losing....your sick JJ.

[pags11]

jjgold,

I say that because I know it would never happen...lol...

happy boy,

you bet your ass I'm a degenerate...

[Cougar Bait]

Mudder I swear it is true, I got to find in the theory books where it says it. I did not make it up. Let me look around for a day or too and report back. Mudder there is some sick sense of feeling good when most gamblers lose and when it happens you cannot wait to make your next play. Mudder when you win many bets in a row it is not the same feeling and most do not have the urgency to make the next bet.

I knew this posting style looked familiar

Thought The Lock started it

Amazing what you find when you go digging

[Bigmikesm]

Why bump 4 year old threads? That bored?

[Sunde91]

Down, down, down the rabbit hole we go..

[Cougar Bait]

Why bump 4 year old threads? That bored?

No, this place is boring lately

Trying to entertain myself here

[Bigmikesm]

Point made. It has been pretty boring lately. Many guys are out enjoying the summer and not posting as much.

[gryfyn1]

If we won all the time it wouldn't be gambling;

We would get less satisfaction out of winning, of course, simply by the way the chemical reaction in your brain treats winning gambling.

Trying to "solve" the pattern trigger release of dopamine to "train" neurons in the reward-prediction. The more trained the brain is to connect the prediction-reward the less it needs the "incentive" of dopamine.

[Cougar Bait]

its a 50/50 thing. if i started winning everything i would have the money and no rush . if i started losing everything i would have the rush but no money. what i would prefer is winning everything and then indulge myself in drugs for the rush

[MC PICKS]

If that was the case we would be biff from back to the future.

[jjgold]

I wish I did win sometimes, been losing almost every day.

[Cougar Bait]

Most of us would quit betting, yeh its sick but true Most here like the competiveness of trying to beat the game We are more happy when we lose

when you win many bets in a row it is not the same feeling and most do not have the urgency to make the next bet.

I wish I did win sometimes

[chilidog]

if you won every time, you'd be like biff tanner in the alternate reality of back to the future 2 with the sports almanac that we'd love to have, and you'd end up owning vegas.

[Jaug]

More happy when you lose? No fukking way. Unchanged when I win, depressed when I lose. I don't know why I do it.

[JohnGalt2341]

Ever heard of the game Hexversi? It's a variation of the game Othello/Reversi. Anyway, when the game first came out a few years ago my goal was to become the best at it. And I did. I acquired a TOURNAMENT record of 349-11 in a span of a couple of years. Moral of the story, I NEVER got tired of winning. If anyone wants to challenge me to a game of Hexversi go to ItsYourTurn.com and invite Holden from Atlanta. If you beat me I will give you 50 SBR points. If I beat you, all you have to do is give me 1 SBR point. That's +5000, not a bad deal. I'll make the deal even sweeter. You can use a computer program(good luck finding a program for this game) or get your moves from anyone on the planet. I don't care. If you win, I give you 50 SBR points. If you lose, you give me 1 SBR point. I look forward to the challenges... if any.

I should tell you... Hexversi is an EXTREMELY easy game to learn. It's not much harder to learn than Tic-Tac Toe. However, mastering it is another story.