1. 02-03-14 05:19 PM #1
    jjgold
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    How Do You Handle Big Loses??

    Are you depressed??

    Dont give a fuk??

    If you do not have money to pay a bookie then thats different...

    I get more angry and want it back which is DANGEROUS
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  2. 02-03-14 05:20 PM #2
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    I'm so used to big swings it doesn't affect me at all. I gamble within my means so i just say "oh well i lost" and move on

    Older times I may have punched a hole in the wall or inflicted pain on myself or someone else, but it's just not wise
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  3. 02-03-14 05:22 PM #3
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    get stoned

    eat a good meal

    toss off

    pass out
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  4. 02-03-14 05:24 PM #4
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  5. 02-03-14 05:25 PM #5
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    sleep and sulk for a day and then get back at it telling myself it wasnt the first and it wont be the last
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  6. 02-03-14 05:25 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by JAKEPEAVY21 View Post
    get stoned

    eat a good meal

    toss off

    pass out
    you handle It well
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  7. 02-03-14 05:25 PM #7
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    A couple days or week off from betting will clear the mind, help you refocus on the primary objective of capping games and beating the books
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  8. 02-03-14 05:27 PM #8
    Big Bear
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    JJ,

    i will be honest i dont handle it very well. This is something
    i am getting a little better at i guess but i am ultra competitive
    and hate losing more than i enjoy winning.
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  9. 02-03-14 05:27 PM #9
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    The toughest part for me is waiting. I hate losing my last bet of the day and then not having anything legitimate to bet until the next night.
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  10. 02-03-14 05:30 PM #10
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    you know what is almost as bad as losing???

    when you have a strong lean and you don't pull the trigger

    and then your lean cashes easily.....


    that shit is almost worst than a big loss to me.
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  11. 02-03-14 05:32 PM #11
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    I even got banged up in market the little money I had in it

    My overall position is angry although I do get depressed when real bad and cry a lot
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  12. 02-03-14 05:35 PM #12
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  13. 02-03-14 05:40 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    I even got banged up in market the little money I had in it

    My overall position is angry although I do get depressed when real bad and cry a lot
    i have already stated i dont believe you really bet 20k

    but whatever you lost...

    let it go .You can't change the past.

    Money is not everything. In fact money changes people for the worst in many cases.
    The more money you make the more you want. It makes people greedy.

    And often times people don't appreciate the little things in life until they are humbled.
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  14. 02-03-14 05:42 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by No coincidences View Post

    The toughest part for me is waiting. I hate losing my last bet of the day and then not having anything legitimate to bet until the next night.

    Not j/k here boys


    Billy Walters told me that was the hardest thing for him to learn... Excepting some days (weeks) are losers
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  15. 02-03-14 05:47 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by No coincidences View Post
    The toughest part for me is waiting. I hate losing my last bet of the day and then not having anything legitimate to bet until the next night.
    I try and think of it as an endless session where each day is a battle in the overall war..you can't win every day and you can't always win the last bet of the day so no point chasing..there's always tomorrow.
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  16. 02-03-14 05:59 PM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by JAKEPEAVY21 View Post
    I try and think of it as an endless session where each day is a battle in the overall war..you can't win every day and you can't always win the last bet of the day so no point chasing..there's always tomorrow.
    It's a great theory to adopt, but it doesn't scratch the itch when you've just lost a big play. So hard not to chase. And if it's the last play of the night, the next day can't arrive soon enough.

    If we were more disciplined and better spot bettors, we'd all be better off. I truly believe that.
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  17. 02-03-14 06:01 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by JAKEPEAVY21 View Post
    I try and think of it as an endless session where each day is a battle in the overall war..you can't win every day and you can't always win the last bet of the day so no point chasing..there's always tomorrow.
    thats a very health state of mind. I will try to apply that to my gameplan.
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  18. 02-03-14 06:02 PM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by No coincidences View Post
    It's a great theory to adopt, but it doesn't scratch the itch when you've just lost a big play. So hard not to chase. And if it's the last play of the night, the next day can't arrive soon enough.

    If we were more disciplined and better spot bettors, we'd all be better off. I truly believe that.
    It took me a long time to get to this point mentally regarding gambling..a lot of learning from mistakes(many times more than once)..I still have a blowup now and again but for the most part I'm pretty disciplined.
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  19. 02-03-14 06:18 PM #19
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  20. 02-03-14 06:25 PM #20
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    I usually stay with mmachicka after a big loss

    I have her hold me in her arms till I fall asleep
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  21. 02-03-14 06:25 PM #21
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    i reload and fire entire balance..... if i hit i feel like a champ
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  22. 02-03-14 06:29 PM #22
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    I usually make a video and I scream and cry at my bad luck and then post it on a gambling forum asking for pity from strangers. Works all the time.
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  23. 02-03-14 06:30 PM #23
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    Last big loss I had I took two days off from sbr...and gambling.
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  24. 02-03-14 06:30 PM #24
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    Money management is how you prevent yourself into this situation.
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  25. 02-03-14 06:31 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by broadway6 View Post
    Last big loss I had I took two days off from sbr...and gambling.
    helps to clear head
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  26. 02-03-14 06:32 PM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vegas39 View Post
    helps to clear head
    No doubt. Everyone wants to try and get it back in 1 bet. Taking time off helps take away some of the sting.
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  27. 02-03-14 07:18 PM #27
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    Seriously you need to go on a vacation somewhere remote where there is no internet for like 6 months.
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  28. 02-03-14 07:24 PM #28
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    Obscene amounts of alcohol...which ends in doubling up on some random game seconds before passing out
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  29. 02-03-14 07:28 PM #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Are you depressed??

    Dont give a fuk??

    If you do not have money to pay a bookie then thats different...

    I get more angry and want it back which is DANGEROUS
    If you stick to money management there will be no big losses unless you go on a big losing streak. But with patience and discipline you can get through any swings. If you let the outcome of one game affect your emotions or if it happens then you are clearly betting what you cannot afford to lose or over betting.
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  30. 02-03-14 07:32 PM #30
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gonz312 View Post
    Obscene amounts of alcohol...which ends in doubling up on some random game seconds before passing out

    bad idea. booze does NOT get you in a good mood. it increases an already good mood, but cant reverse a big loss
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  31. 02-03-14 07:42 PM #31
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  32. 02-04-14 12:32 AM #32
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    anyone who doesn't get mad is not normal.

    learning not to chase is something that comes with time if at all. we all learn the hard way.
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  33. 02-04-14 12:40 AM #33
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  34. 02-04-14 12:43 AM #34
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    Take time off. Only solution. It's hard but must be done.
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  35. 02-04-14 12:46 AM #35
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    The funny thing is that I have gambled for the better part of 25 years.....billiards, golf, sports, fantasy sports, darts, tennis....just about anything and everything. I was one of the first guys to ship money off to the books down in the Caribbean in the early 90's, I worked with local books and played our government 'rape them in the ass' super parlay lotteries....PLUS I played a TON of poker, both live and online.

    It took me until one year ago.....to stop going to bed angry, upset, firing darts in the dark in something I didn't know about, etc. That means I was 40.....

    Now, why did I change? I guess part of it is age.....part of it may be that I have just gambled so much that I have become immune or that I accept it.....but frankly, and you may all think I am crazy, but I believe that SBR has made me a better bettor.

    I have posted 2200 plays on SBR in the past 12 months.....all prior to game time and all tracked. Doing this, while VERY hard on the bad days, keeps me HONEST with myself.....which is soooo damn hard to do for the average gambler. I never bet outside of myself, and if I start to feel tilty I take a step back because I don't want people to think I am an idiot. I have only not posted 4 plays on the board in this whole time.....and those 4 were all bigger, tilty bets.....but I figure over that time frame.....I can consider it a victory.

    I know a lot of people do not want to know how they do.....so that they can hide their issues from themselves.....but if you ever want to become an all-round better gambler and somebody that has more control....I suggest starting a thread and tracking all of your picks. Like I said....2200 wagers and counting, and I cannot tell you how much it has helped me. It will be hard....let me tell you, it is sooo hard to login the day after you get your ass kicked....but there is a certain type of power that it gives up too.....a power over your fears, a power over what used to make me feel weak.

    Honesty is the best policy guys.

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