Memphis

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Scav

So lets revisit. Obviously we know the outcome and what happened, but should I have hedged. Reason I ask is that yesterday I was very confident, I liked my position and honestly, I went against what I normally do.

When I am at the track, and lets say I played a $10 P3 and I am alive to two horses in the final leg, both favorites, and I am collecting $800 and $1000 on those two live horses, I have $60 invested into the ticket. I will take another $40 or $90 and spread it in the race that will improve my odds of making money, say be positive at least $100.

I guess it really depends on where you are at in a multitude of situations(financially, mentally), but I could have gotten +110 last night, with $200 invested, and invested another $500, and been guaranteed either $1600 (900 profit) or $1050(350 profit)

Just the other side of the coin, but looking at these numbers, I still think I did the right thing....

I know how you feel dude. Was in the same situation Sunday at Aqueduct. Played a $2 pick 3 singling the 5 in the 8th, felt like the 7th was wide open and anybody could win so hit the all button, and used 5 of 8 in the last. Total cost = $60. The 7th race complies, with a $31 winner, the single wins at 5/2, and I'm left with willpays of $500-$4,000. The three uncovered horses were 5-1, 20-1, and 20-1. I said to Holly "the right thing to do would be bet $80 on the 5-1, and $25 each on the 20-1's but i'm stupid so i won't"... of course, the 20-1's run 1-2 and I missed a nice score on the P3 and felt like a bigger idiot for not hedging a bit, even though i felt the race was wide open. But, like Bid said... let the b*tch ride. None of these scores were big enough to change your life in any way, and you can wake up today and not be too upset with yourself.