What is the most stressful sport to bet on?

onthewhat · 03-21-09, 03:49 PM

Horse Racing...so quick and if you got big $$ on it, its an intense high

SlickFazzer · 03-21-09, 03:50 PM

I love MLB, but it is also a bastard to sweat out for this reason.

Things can be going great for 7 or 8 innings...then of course
comes in the relief pitcher - occasionally some clown you
have never heard of?...and he gives up anywhere from 1-3 runs
in a matter of minutes and blows the game....

So things were going great for 2+ hours, but this jackass
comes in and squanders my winnings in less than 5 minutes.....

Nicky Santoro · 03-21-09, 03:53 PM

good call, onner. but i had no idea you bet horses..

slicker, helluva call, i hear you.. but try betting hockey.. omg.. especially when it goes to OT.. your heart is pumping. always 1 shot away from a loss..

another real stressful one must be Tennis.. imagine 5th set, and it's 6-6 in sets and now it's up to 7 to decide it.. and you are sweating out each time they return it.. no way you can sit down for that.

Casperwaits · 03-21-09, 03:53 PM

Originally posted by onthewhat

Horse Racing...so quick and if you got big $$ on it, its an intense high

Indeed Onner, Indeed.

onthewhat · 03-21-09, 03:54 PM

I do not bet horses, I've been to the track maybe 20 times or so but more as a hobby type thing, not a serious bettor

Lets_Get_Money · 03-21-09, 03:54 PM

Soccer

TPowell · 03-21-09, 03:57 PM

What about betting unders?

Nicky Santoro · 03-21-09, 03:59 PM

Originally posted by Lets_Get_Money

Soccer

soccer has to be the least stressful. it's so slow paced. and you nver get edgy cause there are 4 scoring chances per game.

powers, unders are not that stressful if you are un 44.5 in NFL and it is 0-0 with 2 min to go in the 1st half. or it's 2-0 in the 9th inning and you have un 10.5. but overall, it is stressful.

TPowell · 03-21-09, 04:03 PM

yeah but watching the game, its just stressful to watch the ****ers scoring.

onlooker · 03-21-09, 04:04 PM

Hockey.

onthewhat · 03-21-09, 04:04 PM

i say if you have under 244 in suns/warriors...and they score 80 in 1st quarter....and 150 in first half...then its stressful

The General · 03-21-09, 04:04 PM

Soccer comes to mind

Tsoprano · 03-21-09, 04:05 PM

They're all fukking stressful

pavyracer · 03-21-09, 04:05 PM

Basketball when you have the under and it looks good by 20 pts but they start fouling and scoring layups and three's left and right in the final 50 seconds and you get screwed.

jjgold · 03-21-09, 04:06 PM

Basketball by far because of all the lead changes and quick scoring

pavyracer · 03-21-09, 04:07 PM

Not to mention you get ****ed up in OT more than any other sport.

Nicky Santoro · 03-21-09, 04:12 PM

paver and jj are right on here. basketball is soooooooooooo stressful.. the fouling, the 3's with 23 secs to go, then they foul again. and a game you thought you'd won the under on cause they needed 19 pts in the last 1 min 12, you just lost.. and if not from fouls, you lose on fukkin OT, and sometimes you won easily and you need 2 ot's to beat you, and you get 2 ot's.

and you are up big, turn channel, you are now down big not 5 min later.. other team went on 19-2 run..

i still say soccer is by far the least stressful to watch. no one ever comes close to scoring..

Lets_Get_Money · 03-21-09, 04:19 PM

Originally posted by Nicky Santoro

i still say soccer is by far the least stressful to watch. no one ever comes close to scoring..

You don;t know how many times I was counting my money and than in the 85th minute or in Stoppage Time I get burned

Thor4140 · 03-21-09, 05:01 PM

Try betting MMA. You have a 3 to one favorite and all the sudden he is caught in an arm bar. Betting +1.5 in hockey is no picnic either when you are down 1 with a minute and 30 seconds to go

Nicky Santoro · 03-21-09, 05:10 PM

thorry, i can tell you bet hockey cause you know about the +1.5.. if you dont know about the EN goals, then you dont know hockey..the heart beats like nuts in the final 1.5 min because of the empty net.. but the reason why it's so bad is because usually in hockey, a +1.5 is not -110. it's usually -220 to -260.. so when they score the EN goal, you lose 2.5 units, not 1 unit, so the swing is like 3.5 units..

that fukkin empty net goal. i fear it.. the heart can never take it. i have to always stand up, i swear. i cannot sit down when net is empty..

dwaechte · 03-21-09, 05:18 PM

Tough to pick one ahead of another, the really intense/close games are almost equal when it comes to betting IMO.

seaborneq · 03-21-09, 05:21 PM

NFL football most definitely. Teams of pros can mail it in quicker than any other sport. You know pretty early that you are not going to win. Lines are super tight.

blittydeuce · 03-21-09, 05:25 PM

Originally posted by Nicky Santoro

thorry, i can tell you bet hockey cause you know about the +1.5.. if you dont know about the EN goals, then you dont know hockey..the heart beats like nuts in the final 1.5 min because of the empty net.. but the reason why it's so bad is because usually in hockey, a +1.5 is not -110. it's usually -220 to -260.. so when they score the EN goal, you lose 2.5 units, not 1 unit, so the swing is like 3.5 units..

that fukkin empty net goal. i fear it.. the heart can never take it. i have to always stand up, i swear. i cannot sit down when net is empty..

Nicky I bet a lot of overs in hockey , so I love that empty netter

Nicky Santoro · 03-21-09, 05:36 PM

Originally posted by blittydeuce

Nicky I bet a lot of overs in hockey , so I love that empty netter

blitter, if you are lucky, you can sometimes get an over win with 2 EN goals.. it happens quite often.. you have ov 6 and it's 3-2 late.. you get the EN goal, then with 53 secs to go, they leave the goalie out of the net again down 2 goals, and they score another EN goal and win 5-2. if thats not sweet, then i dont know what is.

i've had under 6.5 that i've lost like that many times in my career, where it was 2-2 with 2 min to go, then 3-2 with 1 min to go, then EN goal to make it 4-2, then another EN goal and 5-2 final, man, do they hurt, but when you have over and you win like that, it is sweet.

blackNgoldjuice · 03-21-09, 05:40 PM

the last minute in an NBA game...it is a joke

BeatTheJerk · 03-21-09, 05:43 PM

definitely baskets .........

durito · 03-21-09, 06:18 PM

lost a prop on zetterberg not to score a goal on an empty netter the other night. i hate that shit

2daBank · 03-21-09, 06:42 PM

at the momonet col bb is the most stressful for example fla st garbage asses last night blowing big lead or right now purdue up big in 1st doing there best to f##k my day up right now is you dont hedge and try to middle at half col can rip your heart out

Thor4140 · 03-21-09, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by Nicky Santoro

thorry, i can tell you bet hockey cause you know about the +1.5.. if you dont know about the EN goals, then you dont know hockey..the heart beats like nuts in the final 1.5 min because of the empty net.. but the reason why it's so bad is because usually in hockey, a +1.5 is not -110. it's usually -220 to -260.. so when they score the EN goal, you lose 2.5 units, not 1 unit, so the swing is like 3.5 units..

that fukkin empty net goal. i fear it.. the heart can never take it. i have to always stand up, i swear. i cannot sit down when net is empty..

Nikki i bet that +1.5 a lot and i rarely bet favorites but those suckers come in a lot more then they don't. If ya don't have balls betting them then guys need to get another hobby and i aint a rich man. Last one i had was the blackhawks over the Devils. 3-1 and then chic finally puts it in. Now we get to the 115 mark and off the goalie goes. Brutal to deal with that

By the way i hit everything today and now i have that awful delimma where my best bet today is now which is Gonzaga. Did i just create the cardinal sin and load up on this one and watch a days worth of work get wiped out? I thought i was done doing that kind of silly shit. I also hate betting favorites. uggh ill check back at the half when im down three and then hope for the blowout later.

tullamore · 03-21-09, 07:20 PM

Last 2 minutes of a basketball game, when you are on the total. Foul shots are so unpredictable, especially with the college kids.

I lost a over last week in college by a half point, 7 FT's were missed in the last minute.

Vonnegut · 03-21-09, 07:35 PM

darts