Do You Gamble?

Im a poker player.

I don't enjoy gambling which is why I play poker.

Lots of my friends bet on sports and they only seem to remember the wins. While I remember all of their horror story losses. Watching them blows my mind. Why keep doing it?

TradeKing

I go to Facebook and a friend of mine from the industry is posting about sports betting. I come to GFY and a fake nick is talking about the same thing.

When I apply rule 39 ("There is no such thing as coincidence") and put two and two together... I know who you are.

the only game that is worth gambling on IMO is blackjack. Without a strategy you have 15.5/1 odds. If you use a progressive betting strategy (which can be found on B78NY.com) you can reduce the houses odds to under one percent. Nevertheless, the best way to win money is not to gamble IMO.

whenever i gamble, its on sports. i get a win or 3 in the bag & think i can grow rich with my bright ideas. Problem is, i convert into an action junkie & i start being on anything. When i lose i chase, & it does not end until there is zero in the bank. So i cant gamble anymore.

but there are winning strategies if you have brains & balls.

My most solid winning angle is in the NBA, betting against playoff quality teams on the tail end of a weeklong road trip. The NBA rigs the schedule so the best teams sometimes face the worst teams after playing 3 games in 4 nights. This is why terrible teams sometimes beat the playoff teams, cause the better team is exhausted. the playoff team is always laying points despite the fatigue. the tell is when the oddsmaker makes that favorite unusually small. Thats a sucker bet & you should be on the dog. Its a rock solid money maker but you have to wait until the spot happens.

another good angle is betting the much better defense in the NFL. The superbowl was an extremely public example of this strategy at work. When the best offense faces the best defense, & the best offense has crappy D, bet the better D.

in college football its a good idea to lay the heavy favorites, because the september games are mostly non conference & the big chalks cover. once the schedule turns to conference play, gotta reverse course & find the good dogs. the late season is where the casual bettor, who killed it in september, gets killed.

in baseball, nothing else matters except pitching. & nothing is as sweet as winning money on a CG shutout. When the team you bet against cant get past 2nd base, its like free money.

& the best advice i can give is to learn from your mistakes & avoid repeating them. this advice is easy to say & so hard to do.

Only real gambling I?ve done over the years is horse betting and craps when I visit a casino which is very rare but I thank you all for some interesting responses.

Except perhaps for this one,

What a moron!