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i lost $10,480 by the last team in soccer last sunday ...

i lost a chance for 10,780 last sunday cause of mets and marlins lost ...

i lose a major parlay every day and every night in sports ...

today i lost a tennis parlay 24 to win 718 by the favorite losing in straight sets, i hit 7 of 8

 

 
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live and learn i guess, always that last game to. sorry to disapoint you boom, lol 

 
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i hear you joe, i knew i was in trouble when i couldnt even find a link to the game haha

 
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No matter what your initial bet, if you are guaranteed a large sum of money from a $20 bet, take it. Greed isn't a deadly sin for nothin'!

I bet Da Bears to ride/die with ya at least.
 
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skitn, you said it and im sure im not the only one thats been bitten by the greed bug before
hey we might get another field goal here 
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Quote Originally Posted by joemw74:

i lost $10,480 by the last team in soccer last sunday ...

i lost a chance for 10,780 last sunday cause of mets and marlins lost ...

i lose a major parlay every day and every night in sports ...

today i lost a tennis parlay 24 to win 718 by the favorite losing in straight sets, i hit 7 of 8

 


Sounds like hedging would have made you a lot wealthier. 
 
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Posted: #82
hell to the yeah!!! but oh well, ive been doing good lately so ill live too fight another day 
 
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Parlays are a waste of time...Only Joes play Parlays...If you want to survive in this industry BET STRAIGHT BETS...Gd luck on your future plays...
 
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Posted: #84
thanks guys great advice but didnt take it. no regrets
these bears are looking horrible right now
its my fault too for picking 2 teams that are struggling as my 7th leg

hey, we will get em next time! 
 
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dude u lost
 
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You should always hedge, always. No questions, thoughts or any reason NOT TOO whatsoever, ALWAYS. I would have told you this sooner, but didn't see this until now. ALWAYS HEDGE. I bet you will next time
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Mike C.:

You have to let it ride or you're cheating yourself. You knew with the start times that the Bears game would be the last leg and be by itself. You could have just done a 6 teamer, took your profit, and then bet whatever on the Bears game. If you hedge now you are just throwing away juice to the book for no reason.
I agree that he shouldn't have bothered with the Bears game (as well as the CFL game last night) but that last statement is just plain wrong. If he'd thrown down 4000 on the Cardinals, would that have been a waste as well? All he ended up doing in the end was cheat himself out of a guaranteed pay day and let the books off the hook.

Just think for a minute how absurd the following statement is: "Well, I won 3000 but, damn, it could have been 4000". So instead of hedging for 1000, now he has nothing. Does that really make it any better? He could have paid his rent for a month, paid off some bills, gone on a shopping spree, etc... Now he's going to be spending the next few weeks chasing what could have been...

We're all in this to make money so to just leave money on the table like that is just plain foolish. Live and learn.


 
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Never listen to a guy like Mike C again. Dude is an idiot.

QUOTE Originally Posted by Mike C.:

You have to let it ride or you're cheating yourself. You knew with the start times that the Bears game would be the last leg and be by itself. You could have just done a 6 teamer, took your profit, and then bet whatever on the Bears game. If you hedge now you are just throwing away juice to the book for no reason.
 
What does he mean by throwing away juice to the book for no reason. There is a reason, and that was guaranteed money.
 
I hope you get another opportunity next time, this was a bummer.
 
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Sorry, I don't know how to quote so I just copied huge613's quote. and it made my last 2 response look like quotes.
 
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yeah there is no question about it YOU MUST HEDGE when your talking about a profit of either 2k or 4k you take the 2,  its no quesiton...   i know you only lost $20, but you lost $2000 period.   YOU JUST HAD $2000 guarunteed and you didnt take it.  that is absolutely unacceptable.
 
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ok and for anyone in here who says they consistently go 7 for 8 or always miss parlay by 1...

STOP FUCKING PARLAYING YOU ABSOLUTE MORON!!!

7 for 8 is like the ability to retire in sportbetting...  

even if you're overexaggerating and you're going 6 for 8 every night then you need to bet straight because even that is fucking making a very good living if you bet $1000.00 a game...   jesus...

 
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Quote Originally Posted by DiamondNthaRuff:

Parlays are a waste of time...Only Joes play Parlays...If you want to survive in this industry BET STRAIGHT BETS...Gd luck on your future plays...

I disagree I have been killing my book on 250 two way parlays in MLB.  Why 250 you ask?  Well I got really hot at end of NBA playoffs and then very hot in mlb and book cut all my max lines to 250 in NBA and MLB.  But I just dont bet on any action I wait till I see lines I really like and I have about 5 teams I like to bet on and usually take overs in that parlay.  Im up a ton this year by max bet of 250... Anyways back to topic of this thread I have been in his same position and have always hedged.... stupid not too but always easy to say that in hindsight... 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by BBBOOOOOOMMM:

STOP FUCKING PARLAYING YOU ABSOLUTE MORON!!!

7 for 8 is like the ability to retire in sportbetting...  

even if you're overexaggerating and you're going 6 for 8 every night then you need to bet straight



No one in this forum is going 6 for 8 every night.  You've seen some of these posts .  I doubt I've ever gone 6 for 8 .

To the original poster, you've simply got to hedge here.  Especially when the game in question is something as unpredictable as a preseason NFL game where the 2 QBs are Derek Anderson and Jay Cutler. 
This sick thing we all do called betting sports is tough enough.  When you get the chance for some guaranteed coin, you can't pass it up. 
I know the thrill is part of it.  And if you had hedged, for even $1,000 we'll say, and the Bears covered, you'd be mad at yourself because you cut into your profit.  Understandable.  But I bet it feels a LOT worse to walk away with nothing when you could have had $1,500 guaranteed. 
These posters here (myself included) aren't always the most tactful bunch, but sometimes their advice should be heeded.  We're all pulling for each other.  Mostly.
 
 
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Funny how the dicks who told him not to hedge never bothered to come back to offer their condolences.


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