On Saturday, I bet a small 50 cent PK 5 ticket for $15.
I was 4 out of 4, and alive to Jackson Bend. They showed the Wii Pays with about 8 minutes to post. It was paying $30,000 for 50 cents.
I felt hopeless, knowing if the 5-2 favorite wins, it pays me $30K, and then kept thinking..maybe Jackson Bend was better at 7 furlongs, he just ran a lifetime top figure in the slop, would he regress, would be be too far back with the way the track was playing, etc.. etc...
Obviously, Jackson Bend was a non-threatening 3rd, but Amazombie and Big Drama were the only other horses I considered including.
The "woulda coulda shouldas" that haunted me the rest of the night (I was in Vegas at the time, so imagine the night I could have had in that town with that kind of money), knowing how investing another $30 could have made such a difference on that small ticket.
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