Originally Posted by
terrortwylight
Sun 6/21
SD @ ARI Under 8.5, -110, 3u (L)
St. Louis Cardinals -1.5, -120, 2u (L)
DAILY:
0-2-0 (-5.70u)
YTD:
87-116-9 (-38.78u)
At first I was super bummed that I forgot to go back in and buy the San Fran ML, I just completely forgot about it. I was going to try and get back $100 or $150 bucks on that game. Even my lean was wrong. What a shit day after such a great Saturday.
For the next few weeks (maybe the rest of the season), I'm going to get away from flat betting. In MLB seasons past (this one is my 11th), I've always bet the games flat. Then in October/November, I walk away with between $1k-$4k profit (there are exceptions obviously, I've lost money a couple times and made way more once). I realize that may not be a big deal for a lot of you guys, but for me that's excellent.
Today I figured out that I'm not enjoying the grind this year. Sure, it's always more fun when you're winning games and making money and it's always shitty when you're losing games and losing money, that's to be expected.. The thing is in both cases I still enjoyed the whole process and the grind of it all. I used to LOVE capping MLB games. If I'm no longer enjoying the process, why in the hell am I doing this with my money in the first place? I could get in my car, drive 5 minutes and invest my remaining $3k and make a few bucks that way. But obviously I'm not going to do that because I'm a degenerate on a gambling forum.
It's actually a relatively simple problem to solve. Instead of just sitting back and watching the same thing play out ad nauseam, I'm going to try some different approaches. It can't possibly get much worse. If I do end up blowing the rest of my BR, I'd much rather do it enjoying myself than hating every minute of it. It's happened before and I know for sure it'll happen again. That's gambling.
Here's to a new week..