Did I lose $50 or $1150?

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  • betplom
    SBR Posting Legend
    • 09-20-06
    • 13444

    #1
    Did I lose $50 or $1150?
    I made a $100 deposit a few weeks ago into one of my accounts and turned it into $1200. I have since lost $1150 of it and my balance is now $50.

    Did I lose $50 or $1150?
  • SBR Lou
    BARRELED IN @ SBR!
    • 08-02-07
    • 37863

    #2
    Well, that depends on if you value the virtual # in your account as real currency. In all reality, you did 'lose' $1150, included in that is the $100 you deposited.
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    • FreeFall
      SBR MVP
      • 02-20-08
      • 3365

      #3
      in my eyes you lost $50.
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      • Shark79
        SBR Posting Legend
        • 11-19-07
        • 11211

        #4
        Originally posted by betplom
        I made a $100 deposit a few weeks ago into one of my accounts and turned it into $1200. I have since lost $1150 of it and my balance is now $50.

        Did I lose $100 or $1150?
        The thread title says : Did I lose $50 or $1150?

        and now you say: Did I lose $100 or $1150?


        Which one is it?
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        • SBR Lou
          BARRELED IN @ SBR!
          • 08-02-07
          • 37863

          #5
          If you believe the book would have paid you the $1150, you most certainly lost more than your deposit, though it only cost you $100 or whatever to do so.

          It's not like you deposited that amount and lost, you deposited much less and lost the right to physically touch that money.
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          • onlooker
            BARRELED IN @ SBR!
            • 08-10-05
            • 36572

            #6
            This brings me to the parlay players in the books here. They say so and so team lost them the parlay amount, because they covered the other 6 games, but in my eyes they only lost them the 20 bucks they had on the parlay. I like to call those tickets, grocery receipts.

            But if you had built your deposit up to 1200, then you lost 1150.
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            • purecarnagge
              SBR MVP
              • 10-05-07
              • 4843

              #7
              you lost 1150...stop trying to make yoursel feel better.

              You need to hit some plays. Get the roll going back on the up and up
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              • tony73
                SBR High Roller
                • 10-24-07
                • 101

                #8
                Hm.....
                Good question
                Been there b4
                But if u wanna lie 2 yourself 2 feel better,in that case u lost 50.
                That's what I do.
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                • Shark79
                  SBR Posting Legend
                  • 11-19-07
                  • 11211

                  #9
                  Originally posted by purecarnagge
                  you lost 1150...stop trying to make yoursel feel better.

                  You need to hit some plays. Get the roll going back on the up and up
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                  • robmpink
                    SBR Posting Legend
                    • 01-09-07
                    • 13205

                    #10
                    You lost the $1,150. It is like when people are at the casino and say, "I'm playing w/ their money." No, you won the money and it is your money.
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                    • mofome
                      SBR Posting Legend
                      • 12-19-07
                      • 13003

                      #11
                      barreled in.
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                      • twtb19
                        SBR Wise Guy
                        • 12-08-07
                        • 553

                        #12
                        Originally posted by robmpink
                        You lost the $1,150. It is like when people are at the casino and say, "I'm playing w/ their money." No, you won the money and it is your money.
                        Come on, we all know you never leave the table when you are playing with their money

                        I once was playing poker at the casino and a guy must have gone to the cage to refill his chips 3 times...and he kept raising every hand and losing. He then said, "what the hell, they are only chips" which I find funny because he kept going to the cage to pay for more chips.
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                        • HedgeHog
                          SBR Posting Legend
                          • 09-11-07
                          • 10128

                          #13
                          Overall you're -$50, and down $1150 from your high.

                          Now if you got a 100% bonus on your $100, then you're +$50

                          Why is -$100 an option, Betplom?
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                          • betplom
                            SBR Posting Legend
                            • 09-20-06
                            • 13444

                            #14
                            Originally posted by HedgeHog
                            Overall you're -$50, and down $1150 from your high.

                            Now if you got a 100% bonus on your $100, then you're +$50

                            Why is -$100 an option, Betplom?
                            I corrected my mistake. Obviously I'm rattled from losing -

                            An $1150 high, that sounds about right, and they say drugs are an expensive high.
                            For me the most expensive drug is adreinaline.
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                            • mathdotcom
                              SBR Posting Legend
                              • 03-24-08
                              • 11689

                              #15
                              I guess the following will summarize the above, but:

                              While you still have the 1150 you can't treat it as not your money. Once you've lost it, you can make yourself feel better by saying you only lost $50. But don't let that blind you to the fact that maybe when you turn a big profit you have a tendency to lose your cool or go wild (or alternative explanations)
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                              • AgainstAllOdds
                                SBR Hall of Famer
                                • 02-24-08
                                • 6053

                                #16
                                what did you do to get it to 1150? and then what did you do to lose it all?
                                Originally posted by SBR_John
                                AAO = good dude. Buying you a drink in Vegas buddy.
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                                • betplom
                                  SBR Posting Legend
                                  • 09-20-06
                                  • 13444

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by AgainstAllOdds
                                  what did you do to get it to 1150? and then what did you do to lose it all?
                                  The short version - bet the whole hunnered and then parlayed the winnings a couple of times - then went 0-3 on three NHL games last night for the majority of my balance, I kept $50 to try and start over again.

                                  Which is exactly where I'm at.
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                                  • Poker_Beast
                                    SBR Hall of Famer
                                    • 09-14-06
                                    • 6545

                                    #18
                                    Dude, you lost $1150 - good news is you still have $50 and can get it back!
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                                    • Arnold
                                      SBR Wise Guy
                                      • 12-17-07
                                      • 906

                                      #19
                                      It depends what's your starting point is. If $100, then only $50. If $1200, then $1150. It is relative. I would go by the amount you deposited, since this is your real money.
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                                      • dodif
                                        SBR MVP
                                        • 12-24-06
                                        • 2037

                                        #20
                                        if u need to ask u shouldnt gamble
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                                        • RescueMe
                                          SBR High Roller
                                          • 03-06-08
                                          • 249

                                          #21
                                          I'll say $50, lets say u deposit just $50 and start wining back!
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                                          • purecarnagge
                                            SBR MVP
                                            • 10-05-07
                                            • 4843

                                            #22
                                            Wisconsin flopped and killed my teaser to win 250.00

                                            Oh well still up 2gs
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                                            • HAPPY BOY
                                              SBR Hall of Famer
                                              • 08-10-05
                                              • 7109

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by AgainstAllOdds
                                              what did you do to get it to 1150? and then what did you do to lose it all?
                                              Dude what the hell is that avatar. Its like a cross between that kid from A Christmas Story and Howard Stern! LMFAO
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