Man, hard work for little money

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

You are so right about gambling being a thrill. People like to boost about having the 50-1 shot. Which I guess they should. I cant believe the $2 tri in the Travers paid $35.20. If you think that Bernardini and BC runs 1-2 then do a tri with all in the bottom. A $2 tri would have cost $8. So you quadruple your money. That was the play of the weekend in my mind.

And that's exactly what I did in the G1 contest whortman was running! I was so pleased with myself. (still being a novice handicapper, I'm trying to stick to theoretical bets as much as possible so the contest was the ideal place-- I could practice stupid bets and smart ones without penalty...)

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

And that's exactly what I did in the G1 contest whortman was running! I was so pleased with myself. (still being a novice handicapper, I'm trying to stick to theoretical bets as much as possible so the contest was the ideal place-- I could practice stupid bets and smart ones without penalty...)

Well congrats in the contest. I sort of miss being a novice handicapper. I would get so excited to learn something and then put it to work and then see the results. In my opinion, you have to make bets that make sense. Betting anyone other than BC and Bernardini to win didnt make sense.

[2MinsToPost]

that is where i went wrong on saturday. went too deep, too wide on my pick 4 and 3 at toga and lost money. should have known better, even though i hit the 4 and 3 i lost.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

Well congrats in the contest. I sort of miss being a novice handicapper. I would get so excited to learn something and then put it to work and then see the results. In my opinion, you have to make bets that make sense. Betting anyone other than BC and Bernardini to win didnt make sense.

Of course, I sucked big weinies every other week, with the exception of Gorella/Film Maker... ergo the "novice." You're right about the thrill of learning something new and then putting it all together-- I love that, too.

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Of course, I sucked big weinies every other week, with the exception of Gorella/Film Maker... ergo the "novice." You're right about the thrill of learning something new and then putting it all together-- I love that, too.

Again, there are certain phrases a woman should never say. "sucking big weenies every other week" is one of those. Kev will be visiting every other week. And plus, it is offensive to those of us who only have small weenies.

But there is nothing like the thrill of winning when you are a novice. I will never forget my first big score. I acutally made a wrong dollar amount bet and I was too embarrassed to correct myself. It was a long time ago at Turfway. Patty Cooksey was on the 1 horse and she was 14-1. I really liked the horse and I liked the 4 horse as well to win. The 4 was the fav at 2-1. I put those two over each other and 2 other horses who were 3-1 (2 horse) and 6-1 (the 8 horse). So my ticket was this
1-4
with
1-2-4-8

I meant to do a $20 exacta wheel for a cost of $120. But I said $40 wheel. The cost was $240.00. The exacta was 1-8. The exacta paid $150.00. I was like a kid in a candy shop when I saw $3000 come back at the teller.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

Again, there are certain phrases a woman should never say. "sucking big weenies every other week" is one of those. Kev will be visiting every other week. And plus, it is offensive to those of us who only have small weenies.

But there is nothing like the thrill of winning when you are a novice. I will never forget my first big score. I acutally made a wrong dollar amount bet and I was too embarrassed to correct myself. It was a long time ago at Turfway. Patty Cooksey was on the 1 horse and she was 14-1. I really liked the horse and I liked the 4 horse as well to win. The 4 was the fav at 2-1. I put those two over each other and 2 other horses who were 3-1 (2 horse) and 6-1 (the 8 horse). So my ticket was this
1-4
with
1-2-4-8

I meant to do a $20 exacta wheel for a cost of $120. But I said $40 wheel. The cost was $240.00. The exacta was 1-8. The exacta paid $150.00. I was like a kid in a candy shop when I saw $3000 come back at the teller.

some one call my name????

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Of course, I sucked big weinies every other week, with the exception of Gorella/Film Maker... ergo the "novice." You're right about the thrill of learning something new and then putting it all together-- I love that, too.

You don't like sucking big weinies?

[GenuineRisk]

Not when those particular weinies are the very bad bets I make with $120 of hypothetical money, I don't... as for other weinies... I'll just leave that one to everyone's filthy imaginations. Hee hee hee. See "smelly little giblets" on the "misunderestimated" thread on the OT board.

In all seriousness, that was a great story, Euro!

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Not when those particular weinies are the very bad bets I make with $120 of hypothetical money, I don't... as for other weinies... I'll just leave that one to everyone's filthy imaginations. Hee hee hee. See "smelly little giblets" on the "misunderestimated" thread on the OT board.

In all seriousness, that was a great story, Euro!

Hoosier Park used to have free novice handicapping seminars that I would go to. They were actually pretty good. I learned more stuff there from anywhere. But I think playing with hypothetical money and handicapping is a great approach. I used to do that all the time. Then I kept a total of my losses--i never won much. For a one year period I would have lost $2,461.00. This is by betting $2 a race.