Feeling a lot better today with the card I have so far. Focusing on beating closing lines and it looks like I am off to a decent start.
So far I have stuff like Cleveland St +13.5, Cal Riverside -3.5, under 132 USC, under 126.5 la lafayeete. NBA I have Milwaukee +5, under 221.5 Golden St, over 199 sacremento, Charlotte +9 -105, Ny Knicks +9, New jersy +4.5, Orlando -2.5 in nfl I have philly (from middle of last week) -14.
I have at least 15-20 more bets either still too make or I think will beat closing line that hasnt moved yet. I have UC davis -1, under 177 loyola marymount (will drop i think), under 224.5 phoenix.
Would you take a look at this thread from earlier today. Talk about a reverse jinx. WOW, LOL!!! This is too funny. I went 13-2 on those above plays and the 2 I lost were games I didn't really beat the closing line so I didnt like as much.
I wasnt able to sleep last night as I put my plan down on paper and felt like I had such a clear head coming into today. Everything felt just right. This is why I was so mad I lost this wekend. I have felt really in tune with all the hoops lines of late. My numbers have finally looked right when compared to the real lines. Like I said I was dead on a lot of the games the past few days and things were really starting too click and then BAM comes yesterdays debacle. I felt like I was so close to having a huge wekend and then some of my NFL stuff collapsed in the afternoon and some of the guys I followed really had a bad day hoops wise. It has been just really frustrating as I feel I am working very hard and very smart and dont really have much to show for it this month. I was really anxious to get back out there today and hit it hard. I just wanted to get off to a good start with this updated version of how I was going to bet with focusing on beating closing lines.
Sad but funny thing is I knocked down my betting a half a notch tonight and didnt win maybe as much is what I usually would have. I was trying to get a feel for this all tonight and some of the new things I was including into my betting. I bet a few openers and did some different things I wasnt use to and it all came together. Feel like I should have won a lot more (dont we always, LOL). Won in the $2,500 range for the night so I cant complain and am very happy.
Here is where the story gets even better. First off let me say I have not beat the NBA this year as a whole. I know I still have LONG LONG way to go with it. Though I have done fairly well with NBA totals, sides have kicked my ass up and down. I really focused on some different things today and with some luck (like every night) and some close wins I honest to god went 14-0 tonight in the NBA. Now I dont get me wrong I played some other stuff also (and didnt do much with those sports). I know I am pulling a tout type statement by just looking at certain sports results and disregarding others but I just thought this was very interesting after I added everything up. I am still probably only a 52% NBA bettor going forward so nothing has changed on that end to be honest with you, who knows maybe I am onto something. I surely hope so but it is going to take a lot more then 14 bets too find out. Like i said I just really felt comfortable with my approach today and thanfully it traslated into winning. Now these NBA plays were only in the $100-200 range (most nights are in the $150-250 range) at that irks me a little bit. I can say I never recall a night like this in one sport with that many bets going and I have did this every night for 2.5 years. I guess I have had nights where I won more units, etc but I mean a perfect night in one sport over 10 games bet is a first that I recall. The saddest part is there is a part of me upset I dropped my average bet down an average of $50 less per play tonite, probably cost myself close to another 1k. Not sure if this is sad I feel this way or sickening I feel this way. Better yet maybe it means I have a killer instinct, LOL.
Just funny how things can change from one day to the next with all this. The famous quote holds so true "they sing the national anthem everyday". It basically means dont get too up or too down as there are always more games tomorrow. Dont panic. That is something I have read a lot in some of the stock psychology books I love. They talk about how preserving your capital is of the utmost importance. Dont do anything stupid. Stay level headed. That can go both ways with this. Dont get too excited or too upset. Take everything in stride. Handle the results with little too no emotion. So with that said, we move onto tomorrow night (but to tell you the truth I am really pumped up right now, LOL). Good night!!!