How Can Anyone Bet Less Than A Nickle A Game?

[jjgold]

How?? I tried it numerous times and got nothing out of it, $500 is nothing these days and like betting $100 10 years ago. How do you guys enjoy it when you bet $10, $20, $50, $100, $200 per game??

I bet my standard $500 last night and felt I did 2 lines of coke, I love the feel it gives me.

[gordon gekko]

I don't understand it either JJ, I need to feel a win.

[pico]

300 is my standard bet

[jjgold]

$300 is not that bad Picoman, your young yet

[RageWizard]

Come on JJ it is all relative. Sure this year I will be betting about a dime and a half on football per game, but even if I was only betting maybe $10, I would still get the high from atleast having some action on a game. It is more of a thrill for me to handicap and get it right or wrong. The money part is just a side show for me.

[youngsc]

Well I can tell you I'm one of those low ballers. I would love to be up to $250+ per game but not enough disposable income at the moment and I don't want to risk my mortgage, car payment, etc. The other reason I don't mind being a low baller right now is that it allows me to hone my capping skills and not lose my shirt in the process. So far I've broke even the last two nights then I go back to what I wrote down for the games and see if I can spot anything that may have swayed me in a diff direction. One day I will be up there, it's just a matter of time. Any tips tips or advice on capping you want to throw my way I'd gladly take.

[Nicky Santoro]

jj, what are you doing man? this thread is going to ruin alot of kids. there's a lot of kids here that dont have 500 dollars to their name, and you want them to bet 500 a game? JJ, i see it now, kids here are going to agree with you and try to be you because they look up to you and your gambling opinions and will bet 500 on a game and lose it and be broke.


JJ, for every kid out there, sometimes betting 10 a game is like you betting 500 a game.. it depends on how much money you can afford to lose. look at my friend, he's broke as hell. he has 223 dollars in the bank, and he loves to bet also. he bets 5-10 dollars a game and he gets higher than a kite. he loves it and when he loses a game, he swears like crazy. go figure.

people bet what they can afford.

[thejrichshow85]

Not everyone got that kind of bread

[ms61853]

How?? How do you guys enjoy it when you bet $10, $20, $50, $100, $200 per game??

Ever been down to your last $10 and the difference between and losing means whether or not you get to eat for the next 2 days?

[youngsc]

Ever been down to your last $10 and the difference between and losing means whether or not you get to eat for the next 2 days?

Been there and it was before I started gambling. Rolling coins to pay a utility bill, pawning all my shit to eat and get to work. That was enough reinforcement to ensure I never ended up there again.

[ms61853]

Been there and it was before I started gambling. Rolling coins to pay a utility bill, pawning all my shit to eat and get to work.

Ahh yes, I remember it well. Pawn shops, floating checks, juggling bills, plasma donations, pay day loans, living on 19 cent cans of potted meat,...etc, etc.

[blackbart]

how big is your gambling bankroll?
cause to wager $500 per game you should have a minimum of $10,000 or 20 units
to be more conservative and assure you wont go bankrupt you should have 100 units or $50,000. 1 unit = 1% of bankroll
anything less and you run a real good risk of ruin. but i am sure you know this just trying to help any novices.

[louisvillekid]

Ahh yes, I remember it well. Pawn shops, floating checks, juggling bills, plasma donations, pay day loans, living on 19 cent cans of potted meat,...etc, etc.

plasma donating sucks, i've done it before, the people at the one i went to a few times treat you like they could give 2 shits less about whether you're there or not.

[Nicky Santoro]

how big is your gambling bankroll?
cause to wager $500 per game you should have a minimum of $10,000 or 20 units
to be more conservative and assure you wont go bankrupt you should have 100 units or $50,000. 1 unit = 1% of bankroll
anything less and you run a real good risk of ruin. but i am sure you know this just trying to help any novices.

blacky,


if i had only 10,000 to play with, no way i'd be betting 500 a game. that's 5% per game, too much. 2 bad days and you are cleaned out. if i had a bankroll of 10k, i'd be betting only 200 a game, max.. and when you build it up to 25k, then you can go to 400 a game..


JJ bets between 500-3k a game.. I don't know how much now, but last i know for sure back in 2003, JJ was worth 800,000.. i think today, he's worth close to 1 million.

[fiveteamer]

How were you guys so barreled in? Child Support or what? If you're single and childfree its impossible to be broke.

[RageWizard]

plasma donating sucks, i've done it before, the people at the one i went to a few times treat you like they could give 2 shits less about whether you're there or not.

My wife convinced me to donate some plasma about a year ago and when I went to the donation place it was like crack town. It was like they don't care who is doing it or where they come from. I stopped because they gave me a bunch of shit and only like $100 for doing it twice a week. So in closing they gave me alot of shit like I was a loser and $100 for my troubles and then turned around and sold it for like $3000. Fvck them.

[louisvillekid]

How were you guys so barreled in? Child Support or what? If you're single and childfree its impossible to be broke.

it's called having shitty jobs and no college education and partying too much and buying shit you don't really need and many other things.

[louisvillekid]

My wife convinced me to donate some plasma about a year ago and when I went to the donation place it was like crack town. It was like they don't care who is doing it or where they come from. I stopped because they gave me a bunch of shit and only like $100 for doing it twice a week. So in closing they gave me alot of shit like I was a loser and $100 for my troubles and then turned around and sold it for like $3000. Fvck them.

exactly it's the same here, only you don't even get close to 100 for a twice weekly donation, unless it's went way up since the last time i went, i think i went about this time last year, maybe july, i can't remember.

[ms61853]

How were you guys so barreled in? Child Support or what? If you're single and childfree its impossible to be broke.

- Not if you live in Reno and are hitting the casinos everyday betting down to your last dollar

- Or living in South Florida and become addicted to the jai lai frontons

- Or living in Baton Rouge and hitting the riverboats

And I was always very compulsive in my play. I've walked in a casino just to play a quarter in a video black jack machine and lost and couldn't stand to walk out even a quarter down. Chased losses and ended up losing everything I had.

Now that I am married, I let my wife handle most of the money. Works out better.

[ms61853]

exactly it's the same here, only you don't even get close to 100 for a twice weekly donation, unless it's went way up since the last time i went, i think i went about this time last year, maybe july, i can't remember.

When I lived in Reno, you only $20 for two donations a week (8 the first time, 12 the second time). But that was back in 1990.

[Nicky Santoro]

- Not if you live in Reno and are hitting the casinos everyday betting down to your last dollar

- Or living in South Florida and become addicted to the jai lai frontons

- Or living in Baton Rouge and hitting the riverboats

And I was always very compulsive in my play. I've walked in a casino just to play a quarter in a video black jack machine and lost and couldn't stand to walk out even a quarter down. Chased losses and ended up losing everything I had.

Now that I am married, I let my wife handle most of the money. Works out better.

this is the perfect example of the severity of the addiction. alot of posters here are like this. i too was once like this, and in a way, i still am, but i am smarter about it. I have much more self control, but when i was young, i was exactly like you were, x 100..


gambling is a much more severe addiction than alcoholism, or smoking, and probably tied with crack, NO JOKE..

[youngsc]

Yeah my thing is decent job and no degree, tons of classes though just got bored with it. I make a good amount but having the mortgage, car payment, etc., etc. takes it up to the limit. Plenty on credit but i'd like to avoid those.

[onthewhat]

i bet 100 a game, but im a 21 year old college kid.

[SlickFazzer]

If you don't have at least a couple of grand to work with, you might as well stop gambling - your going to bust out.

If you only have a couple hundred to play with, most guys bet too much, to many games, and are busted out in no time.

Then they repeat the process again, depositing a couple hundred...losing it with the same bad habits...

[youngsc]

JJ, for every kid out there, sometimes betting 10 a game is like you betting 500 a game.. it depends on how much money you can afford to lose. look at my friend, he's broke as hell. he has 223 dollars in the bank, and he loves to bet also. he bets 5-10 dollars a game and he gets higher than a kite. he loves it and when he loses a game, he swears like crazy. go figure.

people bet what they can afford.

So he's betting 1/2 of 1% per game of what his net worth is? He'll I'm doing that already percentage wise so I feel pretty good.

[Nicky Santoro]

slicker,

i know a bunch of guys like this.. their worth nothing, they make their 400 a week, cash the check, go bet 200 on game, lose it, and now they have only 200 left.. they struggle to pay their rent, bills and food now with the remaining money. once they are out of a hole, they wait till their next check of 400, cash it, put 200 on a game, if they win, they bet 300 next game, and eventually lose it in a few days,, and repeat process for the last 15 yrs..


no money and no self control.. very sick people.

[ms61853]

gambling is a much more severe addiction than alcoholism, or smoking, and probably tied with crack, NO JOKE..

For me, I could not imagine heroine being more addictive than gambling COMBINED with alcohol.

[Kellen]

JJ, you brokedik fuk, you havent had 500 in months.

[blackbart]

blacky,


if i had only 10,000 to play with, no way i'd be betting 500 a game. that's 5% per game, too much. 2 bad days and you are cleaned out. if i had a bankroll of 10k, i'd be betting only 200 a game, max.. and when you build it up to 25k, then you can go to 400 a game..


JJ bets between 500-3k a game.. I don't know how much now, but last i know for sure back in 2003, JJ was worth 800,000.. i think today, he's worth close to 1 million.

that is fine if your bankroll is at those levels congrats.
however isnt JJ the one threatening shrink over $300 ? that would be silly for someone with a bank of $1million, dont forget that is $ that you can afford to lose not total worth.

[rm18]

easy when you never have hard to once you have bet nickel and more

[flyingillini]

I bet 500 per game but sometimes I will cut it in half and bet 2 games at 250 a piece. I just find it more interesting and I get more out of it at that figure. I will bet small on prop bets though just to have some extra action.

[SBR_John]

SBR always questions the average bet size at sportsbooks visited. The higher the bet average the riskier the book with a couple of exceptions (Grande, Cris, Pinnacle).

The average bet size at a good book, an A book like 5Dimes is about $105. At Bodog it would be about $54.

Dont let these high rollers get over on you average players. I'd say 90% of all sports bets made offshore are less than $101.

[SlickFazzer]

SBR always questions the average bet size at sportsbooks visited. The higher the bet average the riskier the book with a couple of exceptions (Grande, Cris, Pinnacle).

The average bet size at a good book, an A book like 5Dimes is about $105. At Bodog it would be about $54.

Dont let these high rollers get over on you average players. I'd say 90% of all sports bets made offshore are less than $101.

Interesting information.

[Tsoprano]

that is fine if your bankroll is at those levels congrats.
however isnt JJ the one threatening shrink over $300 ? that would be silly for someone with a bank of $1million, dont forget that is $ that you can afford to lose not total worth.

Sometimes its principal.

[darrell74]

Going back to what JJgold said about $500 being too low. My take is that when you start increasing your minimum wagers, it feels useless to go under that minimum wager that you set for yourself. You get that feeling like your being a cheap-o by not wagering that elevated minimum that you've set for yourself. Does that make any sense?