Hello everyone,
I appreciate that last night was an extremely bad beat for many people here. I sympathize with anyone who got burned by the Bucs collapse. And for those of you (like me) who were on Indy, don't ever say again that you never get one of these wacked games to go your way, because you definitely got one last night. Remember this game the next time you take a bad beat, because it all evens out. I have lost many games I should not have lost, but I have also won many games that I shouldn't have won. We always seem to forget the good ones.
Anyways, I am not going to go into the specifics of the game in this thread. There are many threads out there to rehash every controversial play. What I do want to talk about here is all the people who are saying they are giving up.
Now I realize, around week 5 this is the norm. A lot of people bail about this time every year when they chase and go down in flames. Lots of people out there never learned proper money management. If this is you, then don't blame anyone...not the officials, or the lousy cornerback, or the stupid coach...no one but yourself is to blame if you can't manage your funds. I don't care how crappy the outcome was and if you think the "fix" was on. If you are betting everything you have on it, YOU are at fault. In particular I could really see it happening this year. We had 3 weeks of favorites covering like they very rarely do. People who don't normally win at football betting were cleaning up, and probably getting over-confident. Then you get a couple weeks like this where the dogs bark and it's all gone. This game always turns, always changes.
Anyways, if last night's game took you out of the running for the season, I am sorry. But use this opportunity to learn money management before you get back into it again, because this will always be the result if you have no plan. When you play this handicapping game long enough you learn to expect the unexpected. You lose when you shouldn't. A lot of BS happens. You've got to be responsible to get through it to the good times. You should NEVER be in a position where losing one game (or a weekend of games) will put you in a position where you can't pay your bills, feed your family, etc.
This may sound overly harsh, like I am kicking sand in the face of the people who are already down. But it's the truth. Money management is more important than any handicapping you will ever do. And if you can't handle a bad beat, or a bad call, then this really isn't the hobby for you.
I am sure I'll catch hell for this, but so be it.
Cheers.
I appreciate that last night was an extremely bad beat for many people here. I sympathize with anyone who got burned by the Bucs collapse. And for those of you (like me) who were on Indy, don't ever say again that you never get one of these wacked games to go your way, because you definitely got one last night. Remember this game the next time you take a bad beat, because it all evens out. I have lost many games I should not have lost, but I have also won many games that I shouldn't have won. We always seem to forget the good ones.
Anyways, I am not going to go into the specifics of the game in this thread. There are many threads out there to rehash every controversial play. What I do want to talk about here is all the people who are saying they are giving up.
Now I realize, around week 5 this is the norm. A lot of people bail about this time every year when they chase and go down in flames. Lots of people out there never learned proper money management. If this is you, then don't blame anyone...not the officials, or the lousy cornerback, or the stupid coach...no one but yourself is to blame if you can't manage your funds. I don't care how crappy the outcome was and if you think the "fix" was on. If you are betting everything you have on it, YOU are at fault. In particular I could really see it happening this year. We had 3 weeks of favorites covering like they very rarely do. People who don't normally win at football betting were cleaning up, and probably getting over-confident. Then you get a couple weeks like this where the dogs bark and it's all gone. This game always turns, always changes.
Anyways, if last night's game took you out of the running for the season, I am sorry. But use this opportunity to learn money management before you get back into it again, because this will always be the result if you have no plan. When you play this handicapping game long enough you learn to expect the unexpected. You lose when you shouldn't. A lot of BS happens. You've got to be responsible to get through it to the good times. You should NEVER be in a position where losing one game (or a weekend of games) will put you in a position where you can't pay your bills, feed your family, etc.
This may sound overly harsh, like I am kicking sand in the face of the people who are already down. But it's the truth. Money management is more important than any handicapping you will ever do. And if you can't handle a bad beat, or a bad call, then this really isn't the hobby for you.
I am sure I'll catch hell for this, but so be it.
Cheers.
