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Gambling: Are you up or down?

COMMUNITY said:
$38'000.00 down in a 9 month span.
$40'000.00 life time loss.
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I would just forget that money and just consider it a big mistake. Hopefully you've quit and have let it all go.
 
Jkaylor said:
I can't tell you how many people who have told me "I usually win" at black jack or some other table game. Just...no. They are in denial.
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Yup...for a while, Blackjack and Spanish 21 were my games...like many, I thought I had the game figured out and thought I had a "system."

well, it worked (or I thought it worked) for about a month and a half...and then I had 2 really bad consecutive nights. I still remember when I flushed my entire bank roll down the 2nd night. It was the same night Zoolander 1 came out. I was so disgusted with myself I couldn't laugh at all during the film.
 
I'd probably be up this year. I would have bet a little on Holly because of the odds, and then a parlay for Nate/Tate sub at UFC 196 because of well odds. But I don't bet on mma usually, I get too many predictions wrong. Those 2 were no brainers due to the odds though.
 
indo80 said:
When you recognize your weakness and overcome it than you've accomplished something. Its funny i dont have a addictive personality and its very difficult for me to let loose as even when im drunk i'm never as drunk as other people. Never gambled frequently in my life but if i was taken to a casino than there went my self control. I remembered not wanting to walk away with a loss from the casino tables even when i knew that i was digging myself a deeper hole. What made me finally quit was when i had a bad night where i lost 600 bucks after promising myself to first have a 200 limit than 400 limit and finally a 600 limit. Felt really bad for not having control over myself and I never wanted to feel like that again. Over the past 5 years i've gambled once at a casino and promised myself a 20 bucks limit. I put 4 different bets on a $ 5.00 roulette table and lost all 4 bets ha ha. However, i felt amazing as i stuck to my guns and havent gone to a casino in 2 years.
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Bro, believe me ...I understand.

When I first started gambling, I was in full degen mode...little to no self control at all.

Here's a quick story..I was playing 4-8 poker.. I was hitting flush after flush, getting great flops, everything...I was up 400. (playing 4-8!!) I decided to go play 20-40. And again, I'm getting lucky as hell, and setting great traps etc...I was up 1600.

I told myself...once I get up to 2000 I'm leaving.

well...I ended up losing it all....chasing stupid straights, bluffing like a dipshit, I ended up only walking away with +100. I was still "up" for that night but I felt like a fucking loser.
 
Jim said:
I'm a pro handicapper that constantly wins on small parlays or money line single game NFL or UFC bets. I'm disciplined and have a system that virtually guarantees profit over a extended period.
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Could you expand on this please? provide some examples?

thanks.
 
LogicalInsanity said:
Bro, believe me ...I understand.

When I first started gambling, I was in full degen mode...little to no self control at all.

Here's a quick story..I was playing 4-8 poker.. I was hitting flush after flush, getting great flops, everything...I was up 400. (playing 4-8!!) I decided to go play 20-40. And again, I'm getting lucky as hell, and setting great traps etc...I was up 1600.

I told myself...once I get up to 2000 I'm leaving.

well...I ended up losing it all....chasing stupid straights, bluffing like a dipshit, I ended up only walking away with +100. I was still "up" for that night but I felt like a fucking loser.
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That's the hook with gambling isnt it, when the money comes in it comes in easily. I would put that feeling at the same level to drug pushers hooking newbies with cheap drugs and than after giving them the high the hook is in. If someone is up 2k the vast majority would not stop when they lose it all because they still believe it can all be gained back. They will have to lose a further 2k to finally stop and realize this isnt worth it.
 
I'm probably even, or down a little bit. I've only been to Vegas one time, and I think my wife and I probably broke even during our trip, and if we were down at the slots then we got enough "free" drinks to make up for it.

I started betting on MMA in December. I've gone from $50 to $85, so that's nice.

I'm probably going to do a little day trading which is also gambling.
 
My vcash is up but I've wasted some money on stupid bets.
 
I never calculated it all but I've had ups and downs. Don't really gamble anymore though.
 
I don't bet on sports but I've played a lot of cards for money. I'm in the profit zone, but I still don't really do it...because I don't really like gambling.
 
Damn, I don't know the exact amount I'm down but I know I'm down for sure. My guess is that I'm down at least $5000 lifetime. In my mid-twenties I was a gambling addict. I try not to gamble very much now and haven't done so in at least a year, which is good considering there's a casino about 30 minutes away. Hahaha.
 
I am up around $30,000 lifetime playing poker. With a mix of vegas tournaments, online back in the day, home games (cash and tourneys), local casino limit games etc.

Down $500 at blackjack
Down $300 at slots
Down $50 on lottery
Even at sports betting

I played low level online games .25/.50 or .50/100 limit and $5 buy ins (omaha is my speciality, and very good at holdem as well). I have documented wins of $6,000 in one year on one site playing low level. Have won mtts on pokerstars and absolute. I played smart and cashed out frequently. I used to win so much playing with friends that i would have to lose on purpose just to get invited back.
Some family members were concerned i was playing too much until they "audited" me then were ok with it. Havent played much online since black friday and the casino games have got noticeably tighter.
 
Up about $2700. For me it's just fun, and I don't really up the stakes. There is no way that I'll end up in the negative long term as I've cashed out most of it. I don't have the gambling itch like others to where I always want to up the stakes or try to make a lot of money.
 
I go to vegas once a year and really enjoy the tables and football/baseball.

No idea if i'm up over the last 6 years, but my last trip was up nicely. Won on the jays twice and one big night a 3 card poker table. Lost my $100 daily stake every other day.
 
Jim said:
So you weren't up 16,000? That money is yours when it's been won but the houses.
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I never cashed out so it wasn't mine. Of course it feels like it's mine when I have it sitting at the table and when I win. Actually it sorta doesn't though because when I started hitting and playing $500 a hand for several hours straight, it felt like I was playing with someone else's money the whole time. When I started losing hand after hand, sometimes it felt like I wasn't losing my own money and at other times it didn't feel too nice lol. At the end of the night I was like wtf just happened. It's a crazy story and honestly I can't say that it won't happen again. Now using 16,000 of my own money from my bank account? lol that could never happen. I've lost over 2,000 of my own money before in 1 night and that didn't feel too nice. A few times I've lost 1,000 and a few times I've won 1,000. A bunch of losing and winning 500 and a lot of breaking even. I've been up 2,000 quite a few times and lost it. That's part of gambling and having fun.
 
indo80 said:
I would just forget that money and just consider it a big mistake. Hopefully you've quit and have let it all go.
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Leading up to that, I had a belief that gambling was for idiots, and that I would always create my own wealth rather than to play long shot odds for thrills, or dreamed for wealth. Then, a massive depression took me, and I lost my way in life. Didn't help that I had a Fairmont Hotel Casino attached to my building via a sky corridor. I was 20 years old, I am now 40.
 
I know it's a bit long but it shows how quickly these guys get wrapped up in gambling and start selling shit at pawn shops just to get their money back

And this guy plays slots smh

 
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