Aloha hansen bros., I have to say thanks for sharing your experience with us. Took alot of courage and honesty to share something like that. I am one, as well who can definately understand this dilema you are facing. I can honestly say that I still have alot to learn in this game. Discipline is definately one of them. Compared to the many awesome cappers here, I am just a youngster at this, with just roughly 14 years under my belt. I think that my experience of being a coach and player myself in sports like football, basketball, and some baseball. Along with a good majority of my family as well having this experience is what helped me acquired and use my handicapping skills towards achieving some success in sports investing. Still, it wasnt until others here at this forum, who shared the importance of money management with me, that I began to be able to realize its importance in this game longivity wise. Sometimes I still kick myself for falling into those bad habits of the past which I am constantly trying to break. For me, I think it is because of the fear of missing the opportunities, as I was thought that it is never lost, only past to the person who is willing to take advantage of it. Funny thing is that with all the knowledgeable cappers here, there is a whole lot of opportunities being presented to you every single weekend. Hell, in basketball and baseball, those opportunities seem to appear on a daily basis. Talk about going nuts. LOL.
Anyways, believe it or not. But from the day I came here till now, you are on my list of cappers who I must view to see who your playing. For me, I was thought to learn and to believe in my ablilities and use my experiences and knowledge to my benefit. So often in the past, I'd used others pay services because I felt that they knew something I didn't, etc. That, sadly to say after many losses and alot of $$$$ dished out, is not so true. They just like, some mentioned, knew how to promoted it to look like they knew more. It wasnt until a successful capper shared with me an insight to how I could be successful at this because of my first hand experiences I had. But he also, made it a point to remind me that,"everything I know is just the beginning". This is why I look forward to others sharing their insights and opinions on games and I enjoy seeing the differences in the angles they use or the reasons they give that makes them confident in their plays. This is just a benefit for me and provides me a way to strengthen my abilities. hansen bros., I believe that it is this ability not to get caught up in the belief that you know it all, which will allow you to become a bigger success than you already are at this.
If I may, I just want to share how I been dealing with the abundance of awesome cappers here at this forum. For me, before I looked at anothers plays, I always cap out the game first on my own. Then and only then would I view those posts, from those that I respect here, and like I mentioned your one of them. When viewing the others posts, I look to get feedback on my capping, and also as a way, like you mentioned, to see if I missed something. But still though, I would almost never let it change my selection on the game. The differences or similarities of opinions, would lead me to either raise my plays, lower them, or do nothing at all. I have found in the past that by changing my selection because others have it differently, had resulted in two negative effects on me. One, it caused me to question my abilities, which then affected my confidence alittle. And as we know confidence in yourself is important to succeeding in any game we play in life. The second was the awful feeling I had after I capped out a winner, only to change my selection because others were on the opposite side. This probably gave me the worst feeling of all, and one which lasted the longest. To have a winner in your hands, only to turn it away. Perfect example of my stupidity was taking Tulsa over GTech. Had GT, but was swayed to jump ship to Tulsa, cause I failed to do my work completely. I am still kicking myself for that loss, as just looking at the last 5 opponents Tulsa played should have shouted GT, and it did, but I failed to listen.
Well, before I keep going on and on. Which is another problem I seem to have as I can get a little long winded. I just would like to again share with you that I myself go through these same dilenmas at times. I also like to relay to you my honest vote of confidence and respect I have in your abilities. I have no advice to give you, as I know that you are quite equiped with the tools necessary to continue the success you already achieved. I just wanted to share with someone I respected, a friendly path of understanding and a helpful reminder of their qualities that they may have forgotten are instilled within themselves. hansen bros., you are right when you said that you have more than proven yourself a cappable handicapper. This I believed since coming here, and nothing not even a time of cloudiness which we all experience, could possibly sway me from that belief. Not to fear, as you see you are not alone here. But it is here that we together can find a way back to success for all to enjoy. Aloha and Good Luck My Friend. Co-Captain.
[This message was edited by Co-Captain on January 07, 2004 at 07:54 AM.]
