Questions for Zenyatta Fans. . .

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by tiggerv

DMR WPS Combined Pool

7/24 - $4,234,464
7/31 - $4,658,515
8/7 - $5,577,436

cool - they probably bet about a million dollars to place on Zenyatta - and the track was stuck with a negative place pool.

[tiggerv]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

cool - they probably bet about a million dollars to place on Zenyatta - and the track was stuck with a negative place pool.

I don't doubt that. $1033223 on her race in the WP pool.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

You're just drooling at the thought of all those easy pickings.

We will see if they prove to be easy pickings.

I was playing as many as 50 or more races a day - seven days a week - on Ehorse's exchange before it went away the first turn .. and in total I had about 11 accounts there - most in my own name and a few for other people.

After about a few months of that - my new nickname became "Auschwitz" because I had lost weight and looked different.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

We will see if they prove to be easy pickings.

I was playing as many as 50 or more races a day - seven days a week - on Ehorse's exchange before it went away the first turn .. and in total I had about 11 accounts there - most in my own name and a few for other people.

After about a few months of that - my new nickname became "Auschwitz" because I had lost weight and looked different.

This was probably against seasoned competition. You don't expect novices to pick up the game as quickly as poker, do you?

The reason I've significantly increased the number of plays I make a day is to see if I can find 'value' playing different tracks. The result is that I find quite of bit of value, some real easy plays. With this, however, comes significantly more pressure in terms of decision making. It's real easy to bet a race incorrectly when you have a few seconds to figure out what you're doing. There's thus a lot of money left on the table. Of course, the pie is larger, balancing things out.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

This was probably against seasoned competition. You don't expect novices to pick up the game as quickly as poker, do you?

There's always like a market setting person or machine in there - it's tough to explain, but he/they set the tone and act like a big fish trying to gobble up all the little minnows. It's frustrating sometimes - but they ensure liquidity and once you get a feel - you can figure out which offers they'll likely match or ignore.

I'd almost always have some action both ways on almost every race.

I've had so many emo meltdowns it wasn't even funny. You could be having a great day - and step into one huge trap and lose 2K on a race.

The worst day I ever had in my entire life betting was opening day of Belmont Spring in 2004. I went zero for the card and had 3 or 4 horses I made significant play against win. I had to lose about 8K or so that one day alone - most of it was my own money. I remember running to KMart to Western Union them money and it was in just in time to get buried some more. I had quite a few awesome runs - but when you get hit, you get hit hard.