Sometimes a couple beers is needed, but 30 miniutes would be the maximum 99.9% of the time.THE SHRINK said:
PS- I am 100% the opposite with women bad beats. In fact, I think the women bad beats make the gambling bad beats MUCH more easier for me to tolerate and get over.
So on that note, thank you gals!
I have a suggestion. increase your capping power so you lose less often. if you are following someone ditch them for someone better. if youre doing this all on your own fix a nice drink and mull it over and examine what you did wrong and adjust accordingly.
the shrink is not supposed to lose damn it!
the shrink is not supposed to lose damn it!
Shrink, I totally feel your pain. Sometimes after a tough loss, I just can't help but be ticked off, unable to let go. I think these tough losses can cause us to almost lose touch with reality sometimes. To put things in perspective, I work in auto claims, and just talked to an insd this morning. Her son has been in a coma since Oct 30, and she has been in his hospital room the whole time, with everything in limbo. I think if something truly tragic happened to someone close to you, your bets would be irrelevant, and you wouldn't even care. Just let go, and enjoy the fact that you can bet tomorrow. And hug your wife.
Laughter is the best medicine. My suggestion is to stop whatever you're doing, go to the bathroom and splash some cold water on your face then look into the mirror and say At least i'm not JJ and giving my local a BJ to settle this weeks tab" reality sets in, you have a good laugh and move on.
Losing NBA Unders in O.T. or double O.T. are about as difficult a bad beat as there is...Bad beats are the hardest thing emotionally to overcome as a gambler for me personally...I feel my ears literally getting hot when I have one or two back to back , who knows what the stress in these times does to ones insides or longterm health..
By far the bad beats are remembered more than the good beats, I was lucky enough to be on the good side much more than the bad this year...Last year every bad beat went my way, I can't tell you how many times I swore I was done gambling because ever ball bounced the wrong way last year...This year its been the opposite, I have dodged my fair share.. I think posting about them is therapeutic actually, unless your a gambler who's lived thru these damn things for many years you won't understand, relatives or friends think I'm nuts when I sit there trying to explain a bad beat, I go into great detail, setting up what just happen....I don't even think they listen, but for some reason it feels better afterwards when i try to explain the unbelievable ending that just made me ill...
They say over time they even out, but 95% of gamblers swear they don't.
By far the bad beats are remembered more than the good beats, I was lucky enough to be on the good side much more than the bad this year...Last year every bad beat went my way, I can't tell you how many times I swore I was done gambling because ever ball bounced the wrong way last year...This year its been the opposite, I have dodged my fair share.. I think posting about them is therapeutic actually, unless your a gambler who's lived thru these damn things for many years you won't understand, relatives or friends think I'm nuts when I sit there trying to explain a bad beat, I go into great detail, setting up what just happen....I don't even think they listen, but for some reason it feels better afterwards when i try to explain the unbelievable ending that just made me ill...
They say over time they even out, but 95% of gamblers swear they don't.
I've bet really big on two NBA totals this week both of which I lost in overtime.
#1) was a TWO overtime game. They didn't cover until later in the 2nd overtime
#2) was last night phoenix/cleveland.
I'm trying not to get discouraged but it's hard when the two biggest bets I make in a while both lose in overtime as under bets.
#1) was a TWO overtime game. They didn't cover until later in the 2nd overtime
#2) was last night phoenix/cleveland.
I'm trying not to get discouraged but it's hard when the two biggest bets I make in a while both lose in overtime as under bets.
BTW Shrink , that OHio State game saturday was a very good beat...even though OSU won by two TD's that game had FG ending written all over it....It wasn't abuzzeer beater ending but, with just minutes left OSU was lucky to even get in FG range they way they were moving it all day...The slant pattern sprung the world class sprinter/WR Gint, who was off to the races down the middle of the field...90% of the time that game ends with a FG, which would have lost for OSU bettors...
I honestly think a gambler is better suited to hear they have a terminal illness ,because some of these sudden death bad beats feel just like that to me...
"What is it Doc ? Do I have cancer, just tell me...I can take it...I have suffered 405 bad beats in my gambling career, this isn't so bad "....
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"What is it Doc ? Do I have cancer, just tell me...I can take it...I have suffered 405 bad beats in my gambling career, this isn't so bad "....
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Been in those shoes. Back to back on Sunday NFL, in fact had one in NFL almost every week now. I could put them in my book 1001 Bad Beats. I am on the second edition already. It is like when you are running the marathon, and you are the only one to step in the gopher hole, and fall promptly on your face. You get up, dust yourself off and keep running. Or you lay on the ground for sympathy. Depends on your mental makeup. To be honest, most bad beats do not bother me too much, or very long, even in bunches, because I feel I did the best I could, was in position to win, and crapped out. Much more bothersome to me is when I go icy, losing by 4 td's, or 20+ points in hoops. That will get you to wonder if you are due for some time off.
Eastern cultures believe in balance, harmony. When things are going badly, I try to do a act of benevolence. Maybe a stranger, an associate. I will donate to a charity, children's home, or my favorite, teenage pregnancies. Help two for one there. To me, it lifts me up, reenergizes my spirits and I get back in the marathon, with renewed vigor. It balances the negativity from the bad beats. You know...I may have got jobbed with 4 bad beats in 48 hours, but I just helped out some kids in need. And that was warm and fuzzy. The only time that has not worked was a nasty DFish shot with .2 seconds left. But that was due to many extraordinary factors.
Things will change, the worm will turn, it always does. Have to get back to the screen, I am sure you will have a gem or two in the NFL.
Best Wishes...OF:howdy:
Eastern cultures believe in balance, harmony. When things are going badly, I try to do a act of benevolence. Maybe a stranger, an associate. I will donate to a charity, children's home, or my favorite, teenage pregnancies. Help two for one there. To me, it lifts me up, reenergizes my spirits and I get back in the marathon, with renewed vigor. It balances the negativity from the bad beats. You know...I may have got jobbed with 4 bad beats in 48 hours, but I just helped out some kids in need. And that was warm and fuzzy. The only time that has not worked was a nasty DFish shot with .2 seconds left. But that was due to many extraordinary factors.
Things will change, the worm will turn, it always does. Have to get back to the screen, I am sure you will have a gem or two in the NFL.
Best Wishes...OF:howdy:
lurker,
I never said that they had significant EFFECTS in my bankroll, just CHANGES and there is a BIG DIFFERENCE between the two....
Anyways, thank you guys for the responses...
I bet on both GMU in Hoops and Fla State minus 6.5 in Foots tonight and again experienced some significant CHANGES in my bankroll....
Oh, what a difference a day makes...
THE SHRINK
I never said that they had significant EFFECTS in my bankroll, just CHANGES and there is a BIG DIFFERENCE between the two....
Anyways, thank you guys for the responses...
I bet on both GMU in Hoops and Fla State minus 6.5 in Foots tonight and again experienced some significant CHANGES in my bankroll....
Oh, what a difference a day makes...
THE SHRINK
