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    lolguy999
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    (Serious) What do you guys do while your bets are pending?

    Im a weak person kinda on my nights except for some homework i can browse around on the web and if i have a bet placed i would refresh the covers score page every 1-5 minutes to get an update on the scores... and we know how a lot of the ball games hover around the spread for the good part of the last 10 minutes of the game and its fukkin sickening to my stomach not gonna lie. Like tonight i won a bet on milwaukee while refreshing my bets page every fukkin minute of the last 5 minutes of OT between the tampa vs phoex nhl game... and i felt a crushing stab to my chest when tampa lost for -150$.

    i dont wanna check it i wanna fukkin go to sleep and wake up the next morning knowing the virtual coin flip result so no suffering but i cant... because i cant sleep comfy knowing that my 11:30 game is losing the cover by 5 points after first half... made me not want to bet 11:30 games.

    sorry if this is a rant... but how do you guys cope with this???
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    never scoreboard watch. I don't watch a minute of 90% of the games I bet not counting NFL. When its a multiple unit play I usually won't even check the score until I am certain the game has ended.

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    I usually sit naked in a beanbag chair eating cheese puffs. That usually takes my mind off the game

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    lolguy999
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    because its so readily available the score... like on my smartphone... how the fuk do u resist the urge... and even knowing the game is live on the back of my head gives me so much fukkin pressure... im trying to thinking of this as an investment instead of gambling but its taking a toll on my tummy

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    I usually look at internet porn and stroke it check the scores after i release

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    Quote Originally Posted by lolguy999 View Post
    Im a weak person
    stopped reading there

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    fuk hawks just blew a 15 pt lead in the 3rd and now losing... how the fuk do u guys cope with seeing the teams u bet on doing such shit

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    Quote Originally Posted by easyliving View Post
    never scoreboard watch. I don't watch a minute of 90% of the games I bet not counting NFL. When its a multiple unit play I usually won't even check the score until I am certain the game has ended.
    ill try

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    I gamble for the action, not the money. I watch the game.

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    spend more time on your homework....

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    Quote Originally Posted by easyliving View Post
    never scoreboard watch. I don't watch a minute of 90% of the games I bet not counting NFL. When its a multiple unit play I usually won't even check the score until I am certain the game has ended.
    nfl the worst major spectator sport there is

    college hoops is infinitely more entertaining to watch with a play on it

    and to answer the OP I drink
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    Quote Originally Posted by Smoke View Post
    I usually look at internet porn and stroke it check the scores after i release

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    I watch scores day and night

    At times I might fall asleep late and see scores in AM but most of time monitor everything as that is half the fun

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    Quote Originally Posted by InTheDrink View Post
    nfl the worst major spectator sport there is

    college hoops is infinitely more entertaining to watch with a play on it

    and to answer the OP I drink
    only a small number of games on the season and with multiple games on I live for Sundays during football season. I don't watch the games cuz I have action on it I watch the games cuz I love the NFL in general. Soccer is probably the sport I watch the most and very rarely will have action on a game I watch unless I have a good angle on it to bet.

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    if you stress out your games you are obviously betting too much

    put aside some money you can afford as your bankroll, bet only 1-2% of your roll per game

    dont include any gambling winnings on your monthly budget, if you are counting on gambling winnings to make ends meet you have already lost, stress is gonna eat at you and make you take desperate bets. just like with any investment, you dont put your money in and take it out again on a weekly basis, you let the investment mature over time

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    Betting is a disease... U get hooked.. When u place a bet every minute feels like a eternity.. U can't wait for it to end. I usually try to socialize to get my mind off it.. But like anything u have that thought lingering in the back of your head telling you to check the score.. And finally when u see ur down.. Ur heart feels like it stops.. Palms get sweaty and ur mind gets clouded.. Then the chasing begins.. And what else can I say.. The rest is history..no one has proper management.. Anyone that tells u that is a liar.. Cause at some point u know they have lost big themselves they just don't want to come clean.. At the very end we look for it not to win.. But for the rush...

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    I usually bet the minimum on the other team for psychological comfort and confidence that I can say I had money on the winning team. It actually works to boost confidence
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    Watch the game.

    And if I'm not at home either check scores every 5 seconds or force myself not to check scores to watch the game on replay.

    I don't think I've just looked at the result of an NBA game after it's over without doing any prior checking in ages. I hate having the result just thrown at my face. I need a little build up.

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    Some of these guys make it sound so easy but their on sbr 20 hours a day so I don't know how much you can believe them. I'm been betting for awhile. I scoreboard watch but that's because I like the action and adrenaline of it. Best bet if you want to sleep early just bet the 7pm games or bet small enough money that you don't care of the outcome. I don't do either lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by easyliving View Post
    never scoreboard watch. I don't watch a minute of 90% of the games I bet not counting NFL. When its a multiple unit play I usually won't even check the score until I am certain the game has ended.
    Ha. You're like my opposite lol.

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    Watch the game I bet on. Normally it's just a single game.. NHL or NBA . NFL Sunday.. Is completely different tho

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    Quote Originally Posted by SportsMushroom View Post
    if you stress out your games you are obviously betting too much

    put aside some money you can afford as your bankroll, bet only 1-2% of your roll per game

    dont include any gambling winnings on your monthly budget, if you are counting on gambling winnings to make ends meet you have already lost, stress is gonna eat at you and make you take desperate bets. just like with any investment, you dont put your money in and take it out again on a weekly basis, you let the investment mature over time
    Yep this is my problem..going for too much , no discipline. Getting there, slowly.

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    good point about stress, if your sweating probably better to cut back on bet sizes but many like the rush of a bigger bet. Men its just a drug.

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    Go for a round of golf and leave the phone in the car, for a day game. For a night game, take some sleeping pills.

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    Nothing is better than the rush of watching a game you have money on.

    i got the MLB package so that i can watch every single game i bet on.

    i have 2 tvs in my living room so i can watch 2 games at once and if its a parlay i do the
    split screen thing where you can watch like 6 games at once.

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    you have to learn to embrace it.

    Bring on that nervousness and anxiety. it reminds you that you are alive!

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    I've been known to grab my rooster..

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    Stand on the fukkin ladder outside until game is over

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    Go to sleep, find out next day

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    Quote Originally Posted by Louisvillekid1 View Post
    Stand on the fukkin ladder outside until game is over
    that shit was crazy.

    anybody got a link to that video?

    it was a rare JJ Gold spot play.

    Eagles kicked the Redskins ass at Washington.

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    Drink heavily and grab ass broads..seriously

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    I try to watch the games, like a few people mentioned before me ITT, I bet for action if I don't watch there is no action. Sometimes I really like a game and bet it even if I am unable to watch it. However If I am home and two random teams like Mt st. Mary's and Robert Morris are playing I may look at the game find a side I can bet and then I will watch it. If I am not betting that game there is zero chance I am watching it.

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    Dont follow the scoreboard

    Pick out a poster you dont like and have a bitch fight - time will fly



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    Watch gay porn

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    The only reasons you would stress something you can no longer affect is because you were not thorough in your approach or are overextended.

    Using sound and proven methodology coupled with good money management eliminates the stress 100%.

    The only thing certain win or lose is that they all gonna play again tomorrow. The quicker you get the jump on that and the less time you waste worrying about shit out of your control, the better off you will be.

    Once you hit submit the shit is ancient history. 2.5 to 4% of your roll shouldn't keep you up at night.

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