Losing your job lets you know that you are not "walking around lucky and just dont know it."

I work in areospace manufacturing and the backlog is gone. Its catching up to everybody, be careful.

Hmmmm, quite a dilemma indeed. Would be helpful to know more details about what led to this downturn in your life and if there are other players still in your life.

In a nutshell, I am guessing that blowing a couple grand at the track isn't the answer to your problems. Win or lose you will eventually run out of your original stake and the only thing you will have accomplished is having $2000 less for the judge to divide between you and the ex-wife or soon to be ex-wife. (I am guessing there is an ex-wife or soon to be ex-wife because no wife would give her hubby the ok to play the horses for a living after losing his job.)

Invest the money in finding a new job. As boring as this sounds everyone knows it is the smart thing to do.

(Or buy 2000 Powerball tickets. The jackpot is $150 million. If you win....remember who gave you the advice that changed your life.....)

for beyer the more exotic the better

Curt dont do it. Save the money, keep saving, find a new job, keep saving, become ceo of grocer company, keep saving, Retire from said job and play ponies full time.

that is excellent advice!

the best advice you will ever get for free, take this man's gift and concentrate on finding a job. the horseracing will still be here on-line when you are ready to play after a hard week's work. good advice Fats

If you dont die young.

I agree wholeheartedly and scanned this entire thread purposely to determine if anyone else had made this realization.

You lost your job, you have a couple thousand bucks to your name and you want to take a run as a professional gambler?........ What, you're forced into this drastic step because NASA's dragging their feet on your application to be an astronaut?

Based on your comment that "their are planty of other to work for down their", it would seem that corporate training for a position of this magnitude pretty much ends after mastering that challenging customer service hurdle of "paper or plastic?"

Life is short. Go for the glory, Spartacus. And do keep us posted about life at the campground.

and odds are you won't. probably better odds than taking a couple grand and making a run at being a pro horse player.

Lets be realistic here...

Buy an entry into a high-dollar handicapping tournament. You might get lucky and take down the top prize, or one of the lesser prizes. You have a better chance doing that than trying to make a living handicapping on two hundred bucks a day.

Preach it,Brother!

But seriously....if I'd followed Steve's and Hooves plays I'd have money in the bank....probably!

The word is CAUTION,Curt.........get your UI first....then use maybe 400 of your stake to see if you can make up some big money. It's way better to have a "cushion" than living week to week! Take care.

Hopefully, you just played Herks pk4 at LS....if you did you would already be up a grand.

Awwww, c'mon...share the details. Please......

That is cold. I would suggest, though, that you buy as many tomatoes as you can haul and sell them on the road leading into your home-track. You will, in a way, be making money off the ponies, and you also will be gaining valuable life experience.

Live poker would be a superior option if you had the requisite skills - much more beatable - very few people are capable of making a profit from horseplaying - basically you have to be a superior handicapper who can find hidden value and a creative bettor who can exploit those valuable opinions in a way that overcomes take-out and the efficiency of the pools. To be honest, if you were capable of doing this at this point, you wouldn't need to ask questions like "what kind of bets should I play?"

Your logic is impeccable, Captain.

You're right, but "NO guts No glory".
The odds to go from part time player to making a living at this ,,,,,,,,,,,1000000 to 1. I'll do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:zz:

:tro:

I guess the only things that matter are: 1) Do you have something you can fall back on if you go broke? 2)How confident are you in your skills at handicapping & ticket construction? For example, with my skills at this game, I would be better off becoming a professional lottery player.

So it looks like you will be going green, because you cant afford a car, car insurance, air conditioning or heating at home, ho yea the home is out ,,,,,,

OR

Holy Mother of Mary I just hit the jack pot! I'M doing the Cha Cha Cha!!!:$:

Not quite sure what you meant here, but I hope you realize my posting of the picture from the Richard Dreyfuss movie was obviously tongue in cheek.

i've been there. when i got sick. it took two years for my lawyer to settle with disability and the union. i had to get good and fast. the win ,place angle is good and like conway said take a couple shots a day. to bet all the time and make money, YOU MUST SPOT PLAY. go through the card and find some horses you like that are at least 3 to 1. i look for some that will pay at least 10 bucks on the win. i bet ny alot and they are there every day, logical horses that pay good. if you are sharp and disiplined you can make money. once you get ahead start playing pic 3's, keying the type horses i mentioned. its worked for me and i have not worked a real job in almost 5 years. the problem is most people can't bet all the time without getting overboard, thats why most lose at this. i have friends that bet whatever is 2 minutes till post. i'll sit there for 3 races before i even wager a dime if i'm waiting for my "go to" horse. use your money like a snipers rifle, not a shotgun.

curt get a job..play when you can..its tough for anyone who can take the losses over a period of time..you will have a cold streak everyone does.and when that happens and your short on cash you will not think clearly then go bust..if you must.find 2 prime plays of the day. if you make money.shut it down. play the next time you have a few prime plays..be happy with any forward movement of your bankroll.dont think im hot.. just be happy with your return.. this is the way you can build a bankroll and not get busted.betting action bets on a bad track..ie mountianer ect will kill you

take the dark days off..study hard watch alot of races /get a w list of horses
on drf. good luck

I'm just foolin around and hope you do well at what ever you do. I wish everyone the best.

two words----giant eagle

Well, my only advice is to use people's fear to your own advantage. People don't generally want to be out of a p4 after the 1st leg. So, they tend to use like 3 horses in the 1st leg(often the most likely 3 horses.)They won't try to lean up there. That will often turn a $20 late pick 3 ticket into a $60 late pick 4 ticket. The other thing they will do is avoid the pick 4, and just bet a late pick 3. This is due to fear of that 1st leg pick 4 loss. So, my advice is to look for pick 4 plays where you like a single in the 1st leg. That's important. There a lot of people who's preferred horse in that late pick 4 yesterday at HWD was the 2nd fav that won the first leg. They didn't trust it(cuz scared of being out after one leg.) So, they put $20 into the late pick 3, and hit for $134. They know they should of had over $600 for that late p4, and they know they could of done it for $20. Right? The most obvious horses won the last 2 races. The winner of the 2nd leg was like the 5th deep horse for most people. If you liked the Talamo horse in the 1st leg, then it's a $20 p4 bet. So, look for p4 bets where the 1st leg has a horse you can single. Then you can go 5x2x2 etc. the rest of the way.

this is very true. the first leg of any multileg wager is the most critical for this psychological reason.

Curt, my "non-gambling" advice on your thoughts is to keep your living expense overhead low.

I lived off of Calder and Gulfstream and the dogs for about a year with a little barely above minimum wage 20 hour/week job on the side while I was taking a couple grad classes. I had a roommate and a "paid for" car and only split utilities and rent and food to pay for, and made a pretty nice life during that time.

I also took advantage of a junket out of Fort Lauderdale that flew to the Playboy Club casino in The Bahamas each afternoon for $20 round trip with a before sunrise return.

Of course I watched the race recaps on Miami TV each afternoon immediately following my viewing of "The Rockford Files" and "Hogan's Heroes."

And I had lots of time for my share of women. Since I barely worked, I found a couple of especially good ladies who loved to fish, and I would take them for cheap night trips to fish the Gulfstream for kingfish, or the reefs of Key Largo for red snapper and yellow tail. I always ate what I caught......

In retrospect, I guess I might have wasted that year, or so.

Not!

:-)

This is the first time I've seen this is writing but you are so right. I don't know how many times I've had some big hits and followed it with long dry spells as I think " I'm Hot". That old saying of playing with house money is one of the biggest lies that makes a fool of me.

Very good point made here!

$2k to win on Big Drama.

Well, that would solve his dilemma one way or the other....:D

You really should not consider this. There may be some attractive odds on different horses out there but the bottom line is NONE of those odds are in your favor to be successful in the scenario you described.

Despite a tough economy, and challenging job market, there is still always room for talented employees. It's out there for you, just go find it.

Don't you only bet like 4 times a year? Maybe not the best source of advice. . .

Regardless....in this case it is sound advice.

Baloney!


Drink, gamble and chase women, Curt!

Listen to some good music, and maybe buy some more music along the way.

I'm not prescribing or recommending anything I haven't done before.

Any other pursuits besides drinking, gambling, listening to music and/or chasing women will just be a waste of time.


Go for the glory while you've got the time, opportunity and motive.

Those stars don't align often in the lifetime of most.

Take a taste, and chew it well.

If it doesn't work out, just say "f-it" and come back again with a new plan.

At least you will always be able to say you had the nads to take the chance.

To bring it back to current relevance, I wish I would have chased the girl in The Preakness today.

I didn't cash a ticket.

No problem. I'm gonna watch my recording of the telecast in a few and enjoy it well.

Maybe in a few...and more.....I'll re-tell the story of today's Preakness as if I cashed BIG on Rachel Alexander....

:-)

This board is wearing thin.

Narcissists, many who post here, happen to be.

Myself not included, of course.

:-)


Seriously, the lame arse "tit for tat" that is a regular occurrence on most threads here day to day is becoming a huge reason not to even bother visiting here.

But perhaps....that's just my opinion.

It's bee that way for a long while.