This doesn’t rank as high on my “bad beat” list as Catholic Boy’s second win against Analyze It (not sure i’ll Ever fully get over that loss, I literally smelled the money as they were pulling into the stretch. Ughh), but Stilts getting beaten for 2nd today in this race totally blew me up. I went from looking like a SURE THING as Stilts (6) was making his run into the far turn, to ripping my hair out like Larry from The 3 Stooges once I realized the 2 came back and got way the best on the bob at the wire.
Big exacta = busted
Sizable (enough) tri = rip the proverbial ticket up
Super = likewise, although im an IDIOT for not keying 3 slots, esp knowing Erlich would fade away like Hakeem The Dream but was likely to still hang on for a slice.
In summation, i STINK as a bettor. Couldn’t have handicapped the race any better, but have bupkus to show for it. It’s almost as if I watched the race before I was allowed to bet on it, but STILL managed to screw it up bigtime!
Even if you don’t earn, you learn! Today, well, it was a learning experience. A big one! And I’m betting big money moving forward, as I’m seeing things more clearly. I’m in my zone, with or without my $50 bet yesterday on Dealer Queen High at Pai Gow! My favorite bet in the casino! 50-1 odds. Walked into Sugarhouse with $295, after Tacconelli’s and a smoothie next door I had about $270+ to play with but only put $250 on the table. Won the first hand for $80 bc I lost $20 on Queen high. Pushed the second hand. Won the third with a flush ($20 on dynasty bonus too), THEN on the fourth hand is when I struck hard. Would’ve won the hand outright too but they don’t pay out winners when someone hits Queen high on the dealer. I hit for $2500. Gave the dealer John a nice buck and a half, played $200 on the next hand and lost bc my dumbass don’t split pairs. Called it a DAY! That was up until I walked past the new “sportsbook”. Placed $30 worth of bets just to say that I bet sports legally in Philly and headed back to the office! Not a bad hour between settlements!
STRIKE OFTEN AND STRIKE BIG! We only have one life to live! LIVE THAT $HIT!
P.S. sorry for the rant! Just an example of how you can ride the high wave one day, only to lose a nice portion of it back after being nosed out of another great
day the next! The life we’ve chose !!