The gambling feeling

I def agree wreckedem, I started out with delusions of winning more then I make in my day job and being happy with all the free money, but now that I have done well, I realize money def doesn't buy happiness.  I used to see the true life lottery stories and hear about how high it raises your liklihood for divorce, suicide, or crime and say "yeah right if I won the lottery Id be the happiest guy on earth", and don't get me wrong I know 4thousand in a month is no Megabux grandprize but its a similar concept.

Honestly, if you don't the rush from gambling anymore, you could be in the zone. I remember making just over $96,000 during my senior year in college, and when I started to hit the hot streak that eventually led to the biggest payout of my life -- I was with Pinny, when they were still open to US clients, at the time and thankfully didn't have today's payout issues -- and I can remember watching the bankroll go up and it not phasing me.

It became more of a job than a pastime, and that's what you really want if you're serious about making money. Cap the games; check the outcomes; do it all over again the next day. I ended up cashing out and putting it away in savings account that now has over six-figures and will be used as a college fund for my kids.

But that's neither here nor there. What I'm trying to say is this can be a good thing. Taking the emotion out of gambling is one of the best things in the world. Good luck!

yeah, its a slippery slope.  I've probably been using a book for about a dozen years.  After a few years of dealing with shitty local books, I finally hooked up with a decent one for the past 8 or so.  I am seriously thinking about making the SB being my last bet.  I'm a degenerate gambler and make no bones about it.  I bet $300 EVERY bet. That's my books limit. I only bet football and some basketball. While I do enjoy it somewhat, it's never really panned out for me.  It's not a problem. I do not have to sell stuff or mortgage my house. I just never do more than break even after a season.  I had one of my best runs this year in the fall and followed it up with my absolute worst run of all time.   I went from smoking hot to dead cold.  Even if I won a shit ton of money, I'm not sure how satisfying it would be knowing that I would probably end up giving most, if not all, of it back.  Don't get me wrong, it would be nice to have the "problem", but I almost think it would be more satisfying to put that money in my 401(k) or towards buying a new house.  The most I have had to pay my book this year in one week was $2000 with him letting me ride the balance.   Betting has become a rather isolated activity for me.  My general procedure is to pull the trigger and then go sit at my local for a few hours, knocking back a few and yelling at the tv.  Not really yelling, but you know what I mean.  If I look at a line and don't pull the trigger and then find out I would have hit it, I get a little bummed.  Maybe I should just go back to black jack

I should also add that I followed up that dead cold run with another hot run that got me out of the hole...hot...cold....hot