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Posted: #177
This is insanity. Ok now I am officially done. Thank you.
 
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Posted: #178
$2700 now I owe him.
 
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I am going to give him half tomorrow then half next month. I am going to have to take numerous loans out but whatever.

 
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Posted: #180
do u have a full time job? If u make decent , u can work off the $2,700. Is he still taking your action?
 
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Well of course I can work it off. Just that money was supposed to be going to pay off credit cards and hopefully a vacation this summer but now I will be working just basically for nothing. Just to give the money to this guy. This is not the first time I have made this mistake. I just have this weird notion that I will win someday but I am just convinced now that I am a born loser.
 
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Noone heard about the round of golf I played where this guy wants to bet me $500 for a round of golf. The guy is like a 10 handicap and I am a 3. I give him  2 strokes aside. I shoot 3 over and the guy shoots even par. Guy never shot par in his life. He had 3 chips in during the round. Made like 4 30 foot putts. It was unreal. The whole round i am just like wtf is going on. I swear to God there is something going on in my life where its like some bizarre curse or something. I know it sounds crazy but i could go on and on with strange coincidences that have happened to me with jobs and women and all kinds of things that just are too weird to just be coincidences. Its like everything that happens to me just is to make me miserable. its really strange. this goes all the way back to my childhood.
 
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Posted: #183
Why the fuck are you trying to make money back by betting Parlays? Parlays LOSE! Let me repeat: "PARLAYS LOSE"!
Especially when you are counting on them to take you out of a hole!
HERE IS A VERY STRONG PLAY:
TAKE THE OVER 194-195 in the SPURS/LAKERS GAME AND PUT $3K ON THAT!
YOU WILL BE SIPPING SOUP AND THIS WILL ALL BE A MEMORY OF THE PAST!
 
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whatever you do don't!, i repeat DONT ...listen to diver ron.......money management like that will get you in the hole 5 grand...he is giving you some stupid advice if ive ever seen some...the guy is a clown telling you to do something like that....win or lose its STUPID.
 
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No I am done for good now. Watching Villanova blow the lead like that just totally destroyed any will to put another bet in. I dont think I am even physically capable of doing it. That is it for me. I am never placing another bet as long as I live.
 
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That was my last hoorah there. Its fitting to go out this way.
 
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I am sure that over will hit because I am not betting on it so that can just be another thing for me to be pissed off about.
 
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Posted: #190
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this guy taking your action wont let u make a huge bet right? Max $200?
 
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Posted: #191
He would probably let me make a $500 bet but I am pretty nervous about doing that. I start doing that next thing I know I owe him $5,000.
 
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Posted: #192
What I could do is pay him half then keep betting so it doesnt seem so overwhelming. Then just try to win the other half during the tournament.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by legwand:

No I am done for good now. Watching Villanova blow the lead like that just totally destroyed any will to put another bet in. I dont think I am even physically capable of doing it. That is it for me. I am never placing another bet as long as I live.

LEG:
MY PLAY WILL HIT BUT IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO TAKE IT THEN DO NOT. ANYWAY, HERE IS THE THING:
"I'LL SEE YOU BACK TOMMORROW FOR ANOTHER PARLAY, RIGHT?"

Anyway, seriously you need to only bet by bankroll if you bet. You say you have a matchbook account. You can deposit like 2K in there and bet 2% per bet without exception. Make each bet $40 and for every $100 your bankroll increases increase your bet size to always be 2% of BR. This really is the only way in the longrun you will hang in there!

If you do not want to bet anymore I can respect that; get into your local chapter of GA and get a buddy/sponsor or whatever. I have not been through but from what I hear you call your buddy/sponsor when you are feeling weak, meet for coffee, etc.. Then you go to meetings. Guy near me had a huge problem with casinos and he went there and turned his life around not gambling anymore from the last thing I heard. That is the only way you will be able to stop
I believe. You sound like you are a compulsive gambler and this has affected your life and thoughts BIGTIME and technically this is a mental illness and you have it! Sorry brother if this hurts, but you have a mental illness here! Your posts here are really sad. "No reason to live, etc." That is how the medical industry classifies it anyway. I would go for counseling as well if I were you. I am sure the GA people can hook you up for that and maybe even via public assistance or a reduced rate?!
Anyway, this is what you really need. I was being a bit silly maybe with my OVER play in the Lakers game (although i really think it is an exceptional play), but then again this whole post has been somewhat silly. Get yourself out of gambling and get yourself help!

 
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Posted: #194
The Lakers +2.5 is a more solid play than the over 194.

GL with your plays.
 
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Yea you are right Diver. I do have an illness. I used to be addicted to drugs too and never got help for that. Maybe I do need to get counseling. I have quit doing drugs but never did it with help and gambling is a problem. I have an addictive personality and its always one addiction or another with me. I think you are right I should get help.
 
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Lewand.... i think you should start writing a book.. seriously!  Start with you bad losing streak, (add money to the amount so it will sound more serious) and then make up a story to go along with it..
 
 
Your life and thought process sounds like me. im your age as well.  Just the other day someone on facebook that i havent talked to since college jumped on there and asked me if i still had a black cloud following me around.  
 
I try to tell myself, its not that im cursed, just make bad decisions..  i shouldnt gamble, shouldnt really drink and shouldnt get around ugly women (they seem to like me for some reason) but then Im bored so..
 
I dont know..   just telling you you are not the only one.  I lost 4 games today which i had chalked them up as wins.  Incredible comebacks!!!  
 
I would say pay your bills first!!!  Bookie can wait!  I put $100 or $200 in a drawer when ever i get extra money so if he calls i can give him 4 or 500 and hopefully he will leave it alone.
 
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I will play both of your plays. The lakers and the over on my matchbook account for $1 a piece.  As far as betting with the bookie I am calling him tonight and telling him I am done.
 
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Thanks Rich. You are in Georgia? And play golf? We should get together and play sometime. Two unlucky bastards. lol. I am in Alabama.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Rockdog:

The Lakers +2.5 is a more solid play than the over 194.

GL with your plays.

Rock:
I think this guy may disagree with you:
https://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/showmessage.aspx?spt=22&sub=100403108

 
 
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leg-

u may as well play the lottery instead of $1 bets on mb. Sometimes, bad losing streaks turn into hot streaks.

 

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