Losing personal streaks are tough, eh?

CalvinTy · Oct 5, 2007

I have been on a 52-80-4 losing streak (39.39% winning percentage) over 11 separate days since September 16th.

I first mentioned it in this post of my MM thread:

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16-Sep-07: 10-14-1
17-Sep-07: 1-1
20-Sep-07: 4-12-1
21-Sep-07: 3-6
24-Sep-07: 6-12-1
25-Sep-07: 3-6

27-51-3 (34.6% winning percentage)
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then I whined about it again a couple of days ago during an in-game thread:

30-Sep-07: 7-8-1
1-Oct-07: 1-3
2-Oct-07: 3-5

38-67-4 (36.2% winning percentage)
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I finally had a WINNING DAY on October 3rd (since September 15th!!). Yesterday, I started the evening with several straight wins then collected many losses by the end of the night so I didn't have 2 straight days of winning yet.

3-Oct-07: 6-4
4-Oct-07: 8-9

52-80-4 (39.39% winning percentage)
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Frustrating. Good thing I have a MM system, because I can't believe how I have *NOT* wiped out any of my 6 books yet.

I arrived home late tonight, and first bet I make is L'ville -14 -110. They spot Utah a 21-0 lead, go figure (yea yea, I see L'ville finally getting a TD right now).

This made me wonder-- what long streaks do any of you recall that really tested your patience & how did you go through those? I'm kinda lucky that I'm just going through "the usual motions" and hoping to get a winning streak going soon.

* CalvinTy

royboy_3831 · Oct 5, 2007

Streaks are tough and if you play long enough you'll go thru one, no matter how good a handicapper you are. Personally, my longest dry spell was from 2001-2006. :drink:

Keep your head up and don't chase, it'll turn around.

RupertPupkin · Oct 5, 2007

I once lost 18 straight bets

royboy_3831 · Oct 5, 2007

That is damn impressive RP.

onemwtheone · Oct 5, 2007

Went 154-217-12 over the first half of May this year.

whalewager · Oct 5, 2007

I went 26-0 before losing a game in the 2005 nfl season...

i have a gift

royboy_3831 · Oct 5, 2007

whalewager said:
I went 26-0 before losing a game in the 2005 nfl season...

i have a gift

hahaha That's awesome.

Btw, love the Tampa Bay pick this weekend... you're fucked

Timetopay · Oct 5, 2007

onemwtheone said:
Went 154-217-12 over the first half of May this year.

You bet 400 games in half a month.

Thats a lot of plays

onemwtheone · Oct 5, 2007

Timetopay said:
You bet 400 games in half a month.

Thats a lot of plays

I hope to some day grow up to become Ice.

WVU · Oct 5, 2007

one of my bread and butter casino deals was at Intercasino. Deposit 100 bonus 100 wager 2500. I was doing roughly 125-150 of these deals every month. Time was an issue so I did these by wagering my entire $200 bank on one hand of blackjack. If I won I wagered on and if I lost I moved on to the next deal. Each deal was worth about $88 in expected profits.

During one particular month in May of 2005 I lost on my all or none hand on the first 22 deals. After 50 deals I had lost on 44 of them. My final results on 132 deals that day I had lost 107 of them. So all in all on one hand sessions (not counting pushes) I went 25-107.

:nopityA:

bulldogboogers · Oct 5, 2007

1999 state line, jean, nevada. wiskie peets casino..... the wife and i had rooms at ballys in las vegas that night...... just had to stop off at state line to play alittle. playing a 1.00 slot machine for just about 5 pulls and hit for 2,400 bucks !!! got in the car drove to vegas. got to ballys and did not even check in ...went to the black jack table and lost 12 hands in a row at 200.00 bucks a hand !! still to this day... i don't think i could lose 12 in a row if i tryed !!!:nopityA:

bulldogboogers · Oct 5, 2007

o-yes one more that my wife just reminded me about !! 1984-85 we think "hell it's been so long ago we forgot !! sat night had been talking about this fight for weeks.... larry holmes vs. miciahal spinks " the rematch" larry was the 2 to 1 fav.... we took 3,000 to bet on holmes... made the bet, and bought 50.00 doller tickets at the las vegas hilton.... holmes kicked his ass and they gave it to spinks !!! this is one of the fights ya don't see on e.s.p.n because they fucked larry in this one !!!:lolBIG:

Kornholio · Oct 5, 2007

WVU said:
one of my bread and butter casino deals was at Intercasino. Deposit 100 bonus 100 wager 2500. I was doing roughly 125-150 of these deals every month. Time was an issue so I did these by wagering my entire $200 bank on one hand of blackjack. If I won I wagered on and if I lost I moved on to the next deal. Each deal was worth about $88 in expected profits.

During one particular month in May of 2005 I lost on my all or none hand on the first 22 deals. After 50 deals I had lost on 44 of them. My final results on 132 deals that day I had lost 107 of them. So all in all on one hand sessions (not counting pushes) I went 25-107.

:nopityA:

rigged

WVU · Oct 5, 2007

Kornholio said:
rigged

Nah. My overall results over a huge sample size are right in line. My cryptologic results are right around -.4% lifetime. I have almost 6 million hands logged.

quantumleap · Oct 5, 2007

Times like these is why I limit myself to $20 bets. If I'm tailing someone it will be higher though. I've just learned that I'm just not good at finding winners on my own.

fhmesq44 · Oct 5, 2007

it will turn around Calvin, everyone has streaks like that. take a week off, nice to recharge at times.

lifexpired · Oct 6, 2007

shdw01 · Oct 6, 2007

most i can remember winning was 15 or 16 in a row....

....losses, probably about the same....but a 2-20 feels just as bad as 0-18....losing in bunches is not fun

punter · Oct 6, 2007

whalewager said:
I went 26-0 before losing a game in the 2005 nfl season...

i have a gift

In 2005 NFL I had a lot of guys like that.

They all also thought it was a gift.

CalvinTy · Oct 6, 2007

I enjoyed reading some of the stories in this thread, and seeing many numbers being thrown around in a believable way.

RupertPupkin said:
I once lost 18 straight bets

onemwtheone said:
Went 154-217-12 over the first half of May this year.

whalewager said:
I went 26-0 before losing a game in the 2005 nfl season...

WVU said:
During one particular month in May of 2005 I lost on my all or none hand on the first 22 deals. After 50 deals I had lost on 44 of them. My final results on 132 deals that day I had lost 107 of them. So all in all on one hand sessions (not counting pushes) I went 25-107.
:nopityA:

shdw01 said:
most i can remember winning was 15 or 16 in a row....

....losses, probably about the same....but a 2-20 feels just as bad as 0-18....losing in bunches is not fun

All interesting to read-- especially onewtheone (383 plays in 2 weeks, that beats Iceman, not the other way around, LOL). Also, shdw01, yeah, it's not the actual mini-streaks in itself but when bunching up over a period of time, it can be a pain in the arse.

Great stories, bulldogboggers.

Thanks to everyone else commenting... QL, yeah, my bets are not even $100 "to win" ($25 as my unit so I haven't made 4+ units yet; highest amount would be 4+ units risked like $105-$110 on 2 plays to win like $90 that I can recall; they split). I already anticipated some kind of losing streak based on experience, but with this detailed tracking, it didn't hit me about this kind of pace.

Though, to comment on what FHM said, I had taken a lot of time off on many important things going on-- that's why I have only made bets on some days only. I have felt refreshed already & was looking forward to getting back on the grind, just finding it funny that I'm doing so through a lousy streak. I intend to play daily from now on no matter if I was up or down.

When I really look at my own numbers, it's only 11 betting days so all of that could have been done over in less than a 2-week period; it just felt longer becuz of all those days I was off, starting more than 3 weeks ago.

* CalvinTy