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#276 Posted: 1/28/2013 4:52:58 AM
For me, as of right now, I know the gambling gods are gonna want some back.. so I may take a couple days off, go on a hike, get laid... whatever....
Down turns go down only of you let them... gambling for me is mostly mental... knowing when to loosen up and when to hold back...Thats all that matters...
Just like these women out here, they know I could take em or leave em....so they will always keep calling...
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#277 Posted: 1/29/2013 7:33:41 PM QUOTE Originally Posted by golfkat:
I have lived "the dream" for the last fifty years. It is a pure nightmare. Sure I have made the big scores. Plenty of them, but
the downturns are something else. I am in one now lose at
everything. Poker I can't win a hand. Just lost a big pot with
AK vs AQ. I had no chance flop come A Q rag. I was winning
$250 wind up losing a hundred for the night. I lost about four
photos in a row. One was for a $400 pick four. Yes, the
dream is a nightmare with no way out.
Betting on horses and playing poker is not the same as betting on the major sports. With a good system and proper money management you can do well on sports. |
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#278 Posted: 2/1/2013 8:42:58 PM QUOTE Originally Posted by Danrules24:
Betting on horses and playing poker is not the same as betting on the major sports. With a good system and proper money management you can do well on sports.
I have bet my share of sports. Bet on games every day for years on end. How about losing a huge bet on baseball when
the umpire makes the strike zone as big as the stadium when you
have the over. A J Burnett threw a two hitter when he was pitching for the Yankees and could not get anyone out. After about ten years of constant betting, sports will drive you crazy. I
am calling that one right now. |
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#279 Posted: 2/1/2013 8:45:06 PM After fifty something years, I have still not given up. Have a pretty good bet on Ravins plus the points. Am still playing poker,
the wins are still nice after fifty years. |
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#280 Posted: 2/2/2013 1:51:59 PM QUOTE Originally Posted by golfkat: I have bet my share of sports. Bet on games every day for years on end. How about losing a huge bet on baseball when
the umpire makes the strike zone as big as the stadium when you
have the over. A J Burnett threw a two hitter when he was pitching for the Yankees and could not get anyone out. After about ten years of constant betting, sports will drive you crazy. I
am calling that one right now.
The term "huge bet" is the key. If you use proper money management you should never have anything considered a huge bet as a % of bankroll. Say maybe 2% max of bankroll on any single bet. If I have a $50k bankroll, I'm never risking more than $1k on a game. |
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#281 Posted: 2/4/2013 5:54:29 PM |
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#282 Posted: 2/7/2013 8:14:57 AM The dream is still great after 50 something years. It is so nice to
be able to fire everyday. Yesterday, I was betting horses from
home. Loved this six to one shot at Gulfstream in the 8 th race.
I made a pretty good bet on the horse and it ran second. Had
a clear lead in the stretch for an instant. Oh, well I am not going
to let another loss bother me. I am going to tee it up today
and try to make a score. Still have plenty of bullets to fire. |
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#283 Posted: 2/8/2013 3:22:49 AM
I wise man once told me "take what you need and it will be there forever, try to take it all and all will be gone"...
Been doing great, had a big night (for me now) ...have a mobile account with Red rock and william Hilll now....
then got a $25 dollar foot massage...God I love this town....
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#284 Posted: 2/8/2013 3:31:46 AM QUOTE Originally Posted by Phodacbiet: Living in Vegas and gamble for a living is a shallow dream. You will be lonely and bore to death. This is a better dream:
1. find a sport betting system, it does exist. I can't tell you but it's there. 2.play 2-4% bank roll each play. 55% sure return each day.
2.find a good wife (non materialistic and make-up free type) 3.start a small business, involve the wife. 4.have some kids 5.vacation 4-5 times a year. 6.Life is now beautiful. Enjoy
 I did all that within 5 years. Finding a good wife part is hella hard (even that i needed a system). hahaha
Is there really a system pho?? I've been having bad days I the MBA lately.. |
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#285 Posted: 2/8/2013 4:52:26 AM
All that % of bank roll garbage and this and that ....is a joke.
I count my money everyday. Exactly how much I got, how much i want and how much I need.
I'll bet what I can emotionally handle. If I lose, I don't care (not always successful with that). the wins feel good.
Try not to chase...or be on Tilt, never goes well...
and when you count your money after a big loss, always be happy what what you got.
conquer that, and you already won. |
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#286 Posted: 2/10/2013 7:31:45 AM QUOTE Originally Posted by Phodacbiet:
Living in Vegas and gamble for a living is a shallow dream. You will be lonely and bore to death. This is a better dream:
1. find a sport betting system, it does exist. I can't tell you but it's there. 2.play 2-4% bank roll each play. 55% sure return each day.
2.find a good wife (non materialistic and make-up free type) 3.start a small business, involve the wife. 4.have some kids 5.vacation 4-5 times a year. 6.Life is now beautiful. Enjoy
I did all that within 5 years. Finding a good wife part is hella hard (even that i needed a system). hahaha
This is extortionately close minded? Married and working with my wife would be my idea of a nightmare! |
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#287 Posted: 2/11/2013 7:35:14 PM You are better off starting with nothing. This way, if you are wrong you don't lose anything. Go out there with a few thousand
you will know if you are good enough or not. I have been living the life for fifty years, there is nothing like it. I gamble everyday
sports, poker, horses and golf. |
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#288 Posted: 2/12/2013 12:01:26 AM
Don't close down the shop after a couple of bad month, learn for your mistakes and don't make em again.
I just bet sports. Had three great nights, then a bad night tonight...
Overall, wouldn't change where I live and what I do for anything...
and if enroff is in net for the sabers tomorrow at ottawa,
big play on the over, Miller has kept the sabers in games,
Loving every minute of it...
Hey Golfcat...15 dollar nassau on a par 3 course?,...1 down automatic press?
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#289 Posted: 2/12/2013 11:22:15 PM |
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#290 Posted: 2/14/2013 3:59:46 AM
Play for fun ..... seem like a good cat |
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#291 Posted: 2/14/2013 7:28:26 AM I use to live out there. Lived there from the early 80's through the
mid 90's. I am in NY now. I remember when they started building Summerlin. Had some great golf matches out there. I miss those days. |
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#292 Posted: 2/15/2013 1:53:25 PM |
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#294 Posted: 3/1/2013 12:25:00 AM I have a condo for a month and the blessing of my wife. I plan to mainly bet sports and play some poker.
This I my answer to " living the dream ". |
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#295 Posted: 3/1/2013 12:02:13 PM |
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#297 Posted: 3/1/2013 4:20:27 PM Hope all is well Slim I have been following this thread for a while now. I live in Las Vegas and I am by no means a professional capper, but with that being said I can hover around 54% on a regular basis. I recently started using a system of betting that has won me $100 everyday for the past 2 weeks and I wanted to suggest it to you. I really enjoy hearing stories about people bold enough to live off of gambling along and I wish I had the financial means to do it myself. |
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#298 Posted: 3/2/2013 12:10:27 AM QUOTE Originally Posted by SinCityTwist: Hope all is well Slim I have been following this thread for a while now. I live in Las Vegas and I am by no means a professional capper, but with that being said I can hover around 54% on a regular basis. I recently started using a system of betting that has won me $100 everyday for the past 2 weeks and I wanted to suggest it to you. I really enjoy hearing stories about people bold enough to live off of gambling along and I wish I had the financial means to do it myself.
Can you suggest this system to the Forum by posting it in this thread? I'm curious now as well.  |
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#300 Posted: 3/3/2013 3:38:57 PM
I retired in 2008 and have been coming to Vegas for the opening round of March Madness every year since with a couple of friends. This year I had the opportunity to come to Vegas for a month and with my wife's blessing I jumped at the chance.
First though I am leaving tomorrow and driving to Goodyear Arizona to take in a few days in the Arizona sunshine at the training camp of the the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds.
For now I am "living the dream".
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