SH CBB Action Friday Nov. 30th

uncynd · 11-30-12, 02:44 AM

Georgia +4

uncynd · 11-30-12, 12:00 PM

A little background about myself; I live in the province of Alberta in Canada and I've never been to an NCAA basketball game, but it's my favorite sport to wager on. I started back in 2003/2004 on theRX forum under the screen name "unconscious", I was still learning the odds system, EV, how to bet and all that; following my favorite cappers and learning how to develop my own ideas and find value for myself. Suffice to say that when I started posting my own plays the following year things did not start well. By February I was consistently losing and had a win rate under 40%. BUT I managed to finish strong and after having a lucky tourney run I turned a tiny overall profit on the year....I was hooked.

The following year I posted again; my success was abundant, my future was bright, the money was getting good and all was well...but then right before tourney time...disaster; a major life event outside of my control ripped my head away from the games I loved so much; the hobby I had become so engrossed in was not something I could even think about anymore. It was like a complete exodus for four years not one wager was placed not one sweat drop was beaded.

Anxiety is a funny thing; I was 28 when this happened and I had no idea what anxiety was I thought I was immune. I mean I had heard people talk about it but my ignorance towards who is affected by it and how it works ultimately screwed me. Type-A personalities are not meant to have anxiety I swear. I pretty much refused to take pills after the first rx, the feeling the pills give you is not pleasant (at least to me) sheepish and disconnected from my brain, as a self employed person this was/is not doable I realized I'd rather have the anxiety - at least I could still think; this went on for years!

Shaking it was tough and I don't know the formula, I know what worked for me doesn't always work for others...I got myself together physically, mentally and spiritually and that really helps. Spirituality can be whatever you want it to be maybe you go to church or pray or take nature walks, mountain bike, hiking, meditate...WHATEVER. Maybe you don't believe in God or anything (it doesn't matter)...Being spiritual and religious are two completely separate ideas, I do not advocate one become religious but to each his own.

When I came back to therx the turn around was unreal, none of my old friends were still posting they had all moved on, the forum seemed stale and it was not as good, I found SBR by virtue of their live odds page and started lurking. The live odds here are something SBR does extremely well IMO I still use it everyday. I've been posting my action on twitter for the last couple years but I wanted more interaction with other cappers so I finally started posting my ncaa plays here.

If ANYONE new has ANY questions or needs ANY advice on any above topic; hit me up, PM me if you'd rather remain off-the-record I'm here to help you and ultimately learn myself. Good luck Ladies and gents let's get that paper.

Scott (unc)

uncynd · 11-30-12, 12:47 PM

Adding...

Arkansas +4 (1H)

Kira · 11-30-12, 12:58 PM

Originally posted by uncynd

A little background about myself; I live in the province of Alberta in Canada and I've never been to an NCAA basketball game, but it's my favorite sport to wager on. I started back in 2003/2004 on theRX forum under the screen name "unconscious", I was still learning the odds system, EV, how to bet and all that; following my favorite cappers and learning how to develop my own ideas and find value for myself. Suffice to say that when I started posting my own plays the following year things did not start well. By February I was consistently losing and had a win rate under 40%. BUT I managed to finish strong and after having a lucky tourney run I turned a tiny overall profit on the year....I was hooked.

The following year I posted again; my success was abundant, my future was bright, the money was getting good and all was well...but then right before tourney time...disaster; a major life event outside of my control ripped my head away from the games I loved so much; the hobby I had become so engrossed in was not something I could even think about anymore. It was like a complete exodus for four years not one wager was placed not one sweat drop was beaded.

Anxiety is a funny thing; I was 28 when this happened and I had no idea what anxiety was I thought I was immune. I mean I had heard people talk about it but my ignorance towards who is affected by it and how it works ultimately screwed me. Type-A personalities are not meant to have anxiety I swear. I pretty much refused to take pills after the first rx, the feeling the pills give you is not pleasant (at least to me) sheepish and disconnected from my brain, as a self employed person this was/is not doable I realized I'd rather have the anxiety - at least I could still think; this went on for years!

Shaking it was tough and I don't know the formula, I know what worked for me doesn't always work for others...I got myself together physically, mentally and spiritually and that really helps. Spirituality can be whatever you want it to be maybe you go to church or pray or take nature walks, mountain bike, hiking, meditate...WHATEVER. Maybe you don't believe in God or anything (it doesn't matter)...Being spiritual and religious are two completely separate ideas, I do not advocate one become religious but to each his own.

When I came back to therx the turn around was unreal, none of my old friends were still posting they had all moved on, the forum seemed stale and it was not as good, I found SBR by virtue of their live odds page and started lurking. The live odds here are something SBR does extremely well IMO I still use it everyday. I've been posting my action on twitter for the last couple years but I wanted more interaction with other cappers so I finally started posting my ncaa plays here.

If ANYONE new has ANY questions or needs ANY advice on any above topic; hit me up, PM me if you'd rather remain off-the-record I'm here to help you and ultimately learn myself. Good luck Ladies and gents let's get that paper.

Scott (unc)

bro I truly appreciate that you're sharing your story here. Anxiety is indeed evil, one of my friends also has anxiety, he takes Xanax everyday, yet he's still suffering as far as i know.

best of luck

uncynd · 11-30-12, 01:10 PM

Yea, I didn't like lorazepam lol so they never did try me on Xanax, those drugs aren't for me but everyone is different. Some people need them and that's is fine I don't judge anyone sick with anxiety or depression anymore. It is a real ILLNESS and often there is no way to predict or avoid it. Weed and exercise seemed to help me a bit but there's no cure in any one thing. I firmly believe that it's ridiculous cycle to break and for me it took an almost perfect storm of luck and routine for me to finally get level and live day to day. I'm lucky to have friends and family who listened really.

Best of luck to you too! YOLO!

uncynd · 11-30-12, 03:52 PM

Looks like everyone on this forum decided to tail my CS fullerton play...I really hoping I can go for a middle at halftime cause I'm scared now.

uncynd · 11-30-12, 07:18 PM

Wow if you made a bet on Tenn are you ever getting the chance of a lifetime to get -3.5 on gtown.

They are SO LUCKY to be up 2 @ half LOLOLOLOL

Adding...

Gtown -5.5 (2nd Half)

uncynd · 11-30-12, 07:53 PM

I lost count of how many easy layups Gtown has missed now, up 4, TO 9 mins left.

uncynd · 11-30-12, 07:58 PM

LOL looks like We lose all Gtown action because Tenn can't miss a shot...they are honestly taking the worst shots imaginable late in every clock but hitting.

Gratz if you took Tenn but def the wrong side.

edit: I can't even watch it, it's like having pocket aces and losing to 72 all in pre flop every time

uncynd · 11-30-12, 09:59 PM

Don't follow this middle it is not a good one. Simply protection from a goose-egg

E. Washington +1 (2H)