Bankroll Killers

**BIGDAY** · 08-20-15, 08:16 AM

Yeah, but there's no bigger rush like a rooster grabbing, extra inning ball game to close out a 5 teamer!!!!

Feel the RUSH!

**Aiko** · 08-20-15, 08:20 AM

I beg to differ,j.j.I have done very well with if-bets.In fact that is my bread & butter.

**Iwinyourmoney** · 08-20-15, 09:22 AM

I had the Dodgers with kershaw 2 nights ago to close a 6 game 20-1 parlay.
Bullpen killed it

**teaserpleaser** · 08-20-15, 09:27 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

Parlays
Teasers
If Bets

the last two I agree with despite my handle...

**Snowball** · 08-20-15, 09:46 AM

4. Betting every day regardless of the card.

**hugh_jorgan** · 08-20-15, 09:53 AM

Originally posted by Aiko

I beg to differ,j.j.I have done very well with if-bets.In fact that is my bread & butter.

If those are your bread and butter, be prepared to be eating nothing but that soon enough.

JJ speaks the truth.

**Big Bear** · 08-20-15, 10:30 AM

Originally posted by BIGDAY

Yeah, but there's no bigger rush like a rooster grabbing, extra inning ball game to close out a 5 teamer!!!!

Feel the RUSH!

its actually a very uncomfortable feeling

**MoMoneyMoVaughn** · 08-20-15, 10:37 AM

Originally posted by Big Bear

its actually a very uncomfortable feeling

You're squeezing too hard bear.

**stevenash** · 08-20-15, 10:46 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

Parlays

Betting two team fave parlays in baseball can reduce the books bite a bit, however as always you need to pick your spot, Kershaw as some of you have learned at -230 or whatever is not always an auto play, most times a solid -160 fave is a better option.
If you are betting two teamers it'll behoove you to only play at a shop that allows you the open ended parlay option, many a time I have opned a two teamer on a Monday and waited until Thursday to close it out.

**jjgold** · 08-20-15, 11:39 AM

Originally posted by stevenash

Betting two team fave parlays in baseball can reduce the books bite a bit, however as always you need to pick your spot, Kershaw as some of you have learned at -230 or whatever is not always an auto play, most times a solid -160 fave is a better option.
If you are betting two teamers it'll behoove you to only play at a shop that allows you the open ended parlay option, many a time I have opned a two teamer on a Monday and waited until Thursday to close it out.

Yes but that is the hard part

**Ra77er** · 08-20-15, 11:49 AM

Discipline is the worst part, you guys that have it just naturally I want to beat and the ones that had to work at it how did you do it?

Maybe I should call and ask for my lifetime figures and that will motivate me to stop being horrible.

Chasing late games, Japanese baseball, cycling, probably handball with someone on here before, ugh so frigging hard.

**MoMoneyMoVaughn** · 08-20-15, 11:59 AM

Discipline came for me when I accepted that that there were sports I could make money betting and other than I couldn't beat.

Not every game is bettable. Pick your spots Look for angles.

I have no desire to bet a game that I don't think I have a good angle / shot to win.

**vividjohn45** · 08-20-15, 12:04 PM

As the odds grow longer in late season mlb. Just bettng the ats is a better alternative then two team parlays

**Big Bear** · 08-20-15, 12:44 PM

Originally posted by Ra77er

Discipline is the worst part, you guys that have it just naturally I want to beat and the ones that had to work at it how did you do it?

Maybe I should call and ask for my lifetime figures and that will motivate me to stop being horrible.

Chasing late games, Japanese baseball, cycling, probably handball with someone on here before, ugh so frigging hard.

Good post man. I have been there done that. It's a constant struggle.

I think the key is to have another job on the side so that you don't have to rely 100% on your winnings from gambling.

If you are relying on you sports investing to pay all your bills then it is really easy to fall in to the trap of "gambling b/c you need to win, instead of gambling b/c you see an easy winner"

A wise man once told me " You don't look for winners.... winners come to you. "

**Big Bear** · 08-20-15, 12:45 PM

Originally posted by vividjohn45

As the odds grow longer in late season mlb. Just bettng the ats is a better alternative then two team parlays

anyone noticed that baseball has become a lot more predictable lately?

The good teams are starting to do what good teams do (win) and the bad teams or the teams who have already given up on the season are just going to thru the motions and finding a way to lose.

**Ra77er** · 08-20-15, 12:49 PM

Bear I do not gamble to live, it is a hobby. The ones that do this for a living I don't know how they are still alive. Same with poker grinding etc. Having said that, I still want to be better even if it is just a hobby, I like to make spreadsheets and crunch numbers, look through boxscores etc. The problem for me is I get distracted way too easily and I am highly prone to a tilt run. I wish I could throw that in the garbage somehow and turn into a robot.

**Big Bear** · 08-20-15, 01:08 PM

Originally posted by Ra77er

Bear I do not gamble to live, it is a hobby. The ones that do this for a living I don't know how they are still alive. Same with poker grinding etc. Having said that, I still want to be better even if it is just a hobby, I like to make spreadsheets and crunch numbers, look through boxscores etc. The problem for me is I get distracted way too easily and I am highly prone to a tilt run. I wish I could throw that in the garbage somehow and turn into a robot.

oh okay well in that case it should be relatively stress free.

If i did it as a hobby i would probably just bet pizza points and take all risk out of the equation.

**Ra77er** · 08-20-15, 01:14 PM

Risk is what makes things fun though, I have used a public restroom before and have consumed milk 3 days after the expiration date. I also jumped out of planes and I have a fear of heights. I would probably also gamble on one night in Alexis Texas. I may have a problem or you could be right I need to stick to pizza points.

**pavyracer** · 08-20-15, 01:17 PM

Originally posted by Iwinyourmoney

I had the Dodgers with kershaw 2 nights ago to close a 6 game 20-1 parlay.
Bullpen killed it

Pros hedge in this situation especially with +200.

**pavyracer** · 08-20-15, 01:19 PM

Originally posted by Ra77er

Risk is what makes things fun though, I have used a public restroom before and have consumed milk 3 days after the expiration date. I also jumped out of planes and I have a fear of heights. I would probably also gamble on one night in Alexis Texas. I may have a problem or you could be right I need to stick to pizza points.

Milk expiration date is for the store sale. Always drink expired milk if is not spoiled.

**Big Bear** · 08-20-15, 01:22 PM

Originally posted by Ra77er

Risk is what makes things fun though, I have used a public restroom before and have consumed milk 3 days after the expiration date. I also jumped out of planes and I have a fear of heights. I would probably also gamble on one night in Alexis Texas. I may have a problem or you could be right I need to stick to pizza points.

nah man i ain't saying that is what you "should do"

i think just gambling can be really stressful sometimes. I guess even more so when I post my picks and i gotta deal with all these ghost/troll accounts like Vegas39 and convick. I am pretty sure it's Opie and Russian Rocket.

my ex boss was an adrenaline junkie like that too . He jumps out of planes so much that he has his own personal parachute.

**Ra77er** · 08-20-15, 01:22 PM

Pavy you sound like my wife, she would still drink it as long as she doesn't see fur. I swear she is Jewish. I do the smell test and then calculate my odds of death vs reward and proceed that way. Sometimes a bowl of fruity pebbles is just too good.

**Da Manster!** · 08-20-15, 01:24 PM

Well as most of you know, I have no problems with teasers...have crushed the books doing them in all sports including football, basketball, and MLB totals!...

...and have posted countless winning tickets and real money wagers on this forum...of'course I'm the exception and not the rule...

...but what also helps me is the fact that I do indeed have discipline and don't get greedy...I'm just happy to be to the + side of the ledger and in the black and not in the red when the wagers are graded!...

**vividjohn45** · 08-20-15, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by pavyracer

Pros hedge in this situation especially with +200.

Yep. If was a clean hedge.

**jjgold** · 08-20-15, 02:22 PM

Yes you have been doing a good job it is probably just random this year you might lose 75 units I hope not

Originally posted by Da Manster!

Well as most of you know, I have no problems with teasers...have crushed the books doing them in all sports including football, basketball, and MLB totals!...

...and have posted countless winning tickets and real money wagers on this forum...of'course I'm the exception and not the rule...

...but what also helps me is the fact that I do indeed have discipline and don't get greedy...I'm just happy to be to the + side of the ledger and in the black and not in the red when the wagers are graded!...

**Aiko** · 08-21-15, 08:22 AM

Lol @ Hugh jorgan.Kid,I've been gambling hereabouts for 25 solid years.All the while,primarily using if-bets to fuel the fire.Thanks for your laughable response though.

**El Nino** · 08-21-15, 08:35 AM

I'd listen to an argument for a 2 team Wong teaser, other than that they are for suckers.

Brock Landers did If bets...enough said.

**KiDBaZkiT** · 08-21-15, 08:41 AM

"Next time ya take ya shirt off bitch get some tats." - Lil Flip

**Aiko** · 08-21-15, 08:42 AM

Guess I am just a lucky sucker........Wait,that doesn't sound right.

**jjgold** · 08-21-15, 09:23 AM

Teasers are so addicting also

We will play them also at the compound

**vividjohn45** · 08-22-15, 01:49 AM

you can always buy points on a straight spread bet anyway. proly best choice,. shop around for best line.

**astro61200** · 08-22-15, 03:11 AM

When I first started betting online I turned my initial deposit of $50 into $3000+ within 3 or 4 months taking solely teasers for CFB and CBB on Bodog.. I'd only mess with the useful ones though, usually only the 13 FB/10 BB ones where it was either 3 or 4 teams to make it -110 or -120. I had a rule that I only bet on sides with the teasers, as giving a team an extra 13 or 10 points seemed a lot more useful than taking/adding those points to a total instead. Due to both teams being able to add to the total, but with a side only the team with the ball could effect it.

Any teaser where you just add a couple points, especially for basketball, is just a waste tho.

I've gotten away from them now as seeing spreads with the teased amount made betting straight games difficult but teasers can be profitable if played correctly.

**jjgold** · 08-22-15, 07:44 AM

Originally posted by astro61200

When I first started betting online I turned my initial deposit of $50 into $3000+ within 3 or 4 months taking solely teasers for CFB and CBB on Bodog.. I'd only mess with the useful ones though, usually only the 13 FB/10 BB ones where it was either 3 or 4 teams to make it -110 or -120. I had a rule that I only bet on sides with the teasers, as giving a team an extra 13 or 10 points seemed a lot more useful than taking/adding those points to a total instead. Due to both teams being able to add to the total, but with a side only the team with the ball could effect it.

Any teaser where you just add a couple points, especially for basketball, is just a waste tho.

I've gotten away from them now as seeing spreads with the teased amount made betting straight games difficult but teasers can be profitable if played correctly.

most do not play them correctly

also books smartened up with teasers and juiced the odds so they do not lose

**grease lightnin** · 08-22-15, 08:45 AM

How about two team -120 ties lose, underdog wong teasers. Would you still have an edge?