02-07-08, 10:53 PM
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No way - I look at it as entertainment and only play what I can afford. It creates gret rushes and the wins are priceless.
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02-08-08, 01:11 AM
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I would walk away in a new york minute. My first bet was on a horse race and the horse was sunday silence in I think the derby. If he had lost I probably woulda walked away. damn
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02-08-08, 01:25 AM
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I wish I would have started betting smarter when I was younger like I do now,but I have always gambled.My freinds,and I bet on just about everything we do:golf,pool,bowling,We go watch my kids play Jr. high football,baseball,and basketball and we bet on who's gonna get a hit,or miss a free throw,just whatever we can come up with.We will make our bets with the bookies,or sportsbooks,and then watch the game,and 2-3 hundred dollars will pass hands between us just on situational betting.
I don't drink anymore at all,never used drugs,but I LOVE GAMBLING.
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02-08-08, 01:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Willie Bee
No. That would be real close to 46 years ago when I made a 5¢ futures bet -- Literally, a nickel -- on baseball and as far as I'm concerned my life has been pretty damn good ever since then.
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Yep that's the thing, some of us were never introduced into it, we were born into it. |
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02-08-08, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by diogee
A few months ago I would have said yes...got down big early and kept gambling trying to get back to even using all of my paychecks...basically scared money so I just got deeper and deeper. Would just pick a game instead of researching ...started playing smarter at the end of Nov and have worked my way back to near even. I enjoy it a lot more now.
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Originally Posted by diogee
Very good advice...I am glad that I got control of myself before I destroyed my life.
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Sounds to me you are in a good streak, but it is much to dangerous to start believing that it's under control. |
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02-08-08, 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by DaveRabbit
Sounds to me you are in a good streak, but it is much to dangerous to start believing that it's under control.
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True...I guess time will tell
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Panic
Thats it. I'm out. Fvck this gambling shit.
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Today is just one day among many.
On to Tomorrow.
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02-08-08, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by charlie64
I wish I would have started betting smarter when I was younger like I do now,but I have always gambled.My freinds,and I bet on just about everything we do:golf,pool,bowling,We go watch my kids play Jr. high football,baseball,and basketball and we bet on who's gonna get a hit,or miss a free throw,just whatever we can come up with.We will make our bets with the bookies,or sportsbooks,and then watch the game,and 2-3 hundred dollars will pass hands between us just on situational betting.
I don't drink anymore at all,never used drugs,but I LOVE GAMBLING.
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02-08-08, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Justin7
I wish I'd started 10 years earlier...
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Dittos.
I would also change that I was introduced to gambling by a degenerate who has no comprehension of bankroll management. He was running well at that time, so in my noobishness I thought he knew what he was doing. It took a while to disabuse myself of that notion.
Last time I saw him I made the mistake of mentioning that I was running hot, so he quickly hit me up for $500. I gave it over knowing I'd never see it again (unless he got lucky and ran it up in a short amount of time. Then he'd have paid me back + some magnanimous vig I never asked for.) If I had to guess, I'd say that $500 went $100/hand to the blackjack dealer. 
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02-08-08, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Bullajami
Dittos.
I would also change that I was introduced to gambling by a degenerate who has no comprehension of bankroll management. He was running well at that time, so in my noobishness I thought he knew what he was doing. It took a while to disabuse myself of that notion.
Last time I saw him I made the mistake of mentioning that I was running hot, so he quickly hit me up for $500. I gave it over knowing I'd never see it again (unless he got lucky and ran it up in a short amount of time. Then he'd have paid me back + some magnanimous vig I never asked for.) If I had to guess, I'd say that $500 went $100/hand to the blackjack dealer. |
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02-08-08, 01:22 PM
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Stupid people probably shouldn't be gambling.
Smart people probably should be doing something more constructive with their time.
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02-08-08, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by MadCapper
Whyd you give him money knowing hed blow it like that?
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Path of least resistance.
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02-09-08, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Bullajami
Path of least resistance.
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profound! 
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02-09-08, 09:50 PM
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I started sports gambling in the 1970s. I remember my first $20 bet, which was huge to me at that time.
I soon bought into a sports service - "Vegas One". It was operated by a friendly old guy who answered each call himself. The old boy hit a hot streak that year in the NFL, winning something like 65% of his plays. I think he finished second in the big Castaways contest that they used to have then.
Naturally, I was raking in the dough and living the high life.
I couldn't wait for the next football season, figuring I was going to make a killing. I was betting $200-500 a game, this in a time when the average annual wage was about $10K/yr. Of course, my tout had a bad year, and it was a season of cash advances on my credit cards and floating checks.
But I was hooked. I floundered for many years with my sports betting until about five years ago when I finally discovered the meaning of "money management".
I've shown a decent profit in recent years...but I doubt that I will ever recover the money I lost prior to then.
To go back...I wish I wouldn't have begun betting on sports. Besides the money I lost years ago, it just takes up way too much time. Looking back, I realize how much I've missed out on in life.
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02-10-08, 03:12 AM
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Would have told myself to stick to Poker...
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02-10-08, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by rob
I started sports gambling in the 1970s. I remember my first $20 bet, which was huge to me at that time.
I soon bought into a sports service - "Vegas One". It was operated by a friendly old guy who answered each call himself. The old boy hit a hot streak that year in the NFL, winning something like 65% of his plays. I think he finished second in the big Castaways contest that they used to have then.
Naturally, I was raking in the dough and living the high life.
I couldn't wait for the next football season, figuring I was going to make a killing. I was betting $200-500 a game, this in a time when the average annual wage was about $10K/yr. Of course, my tout had a bad year, and it was a season of cash advances on my credit cards and floating checks.
But I was hooked. I floundered for many years with my sports betting until about five years ago when I finally discovered the meaning of "money management".
I've shown a decent profit in recent years...but I doubt that I will ever recover the money I lost prior to then.
To go back...I wish I wouldn't have begun betting on sports. Besides the money I lost years ago, it just takes up way too much time. Looking back, I realize how much I've missed out on in life.
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good read. thanx! |
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