I am generally a $50 bettor with an occasional $100 bet tossed in. (maybe 1-2 a week). I had spent a TON of time researching and picking my games, planning out everything, etc. Very well prepared and felt very confident (don't we all).
Yesterday I had 8 bets placed:
NCAA:
Miami/Vandy Under ($100 - this was a sure thing - Oops)
SC/NC State Under
SC -14
Stanford ML
NFL:
Houston ML
St. Louis +4.5/Over (Parlay)
NYG -2.5
MLB:
Chicago Cubs RL -1.5
So at one point I am watching all the games.. Cubs are down 4-1, SC is up 3-0 at the half, Miami/Vandy hit 37 in the first half alone, Rams are down 21-3 and I panick.... I had had a good run this week up over $350 in 3 days and saw it all going away in a hurry. So what did I do? I grabbed Miami OH in the 2nd Half for $50 at -3 and $110 on LAA/TEX under 10
So what happens? Rams score 2 TD's and cover the Parlay by half a point, Cubs hit a grand slam to cover the RL in the bottom of the 8th, South Carolina scores 31 in the 2nd half to blow out the spread. If I had stood pat and done nothing.. I was up $190.
Instead I "fixed" it and watched Miami OH score 3 pts TOTAL in the 2nd half and give up the late TD to Vandy to lose it, and LAA come back and score 5 in the bottom of the 8th to blow the under and turn a nice almost 4 unit win into a $30 profit.
The moral of the story... gut plays and panick plays bad... smart betting... good.
Yesterday I had 8 bets placed:
NCAA:
Miami/Vandy Under ($100 - this was a sure thing - Oops)
SC/NC State Under
SC -14
Stanford ML
NFL:
Houston ML
St. Louis +4.5/Over (Parlay)
NYG -2.5
MLB:
Chicago Cubs RL -1.5
So at one point I am watching all the games.. Cubs are down 4-1, SC is up 3-0 at the half, Miami/Vandy hit 37 in the first half alone, Rams are down 21-3 and I panick.... I had had a good run this week up over $350 in 3 days and saw it all going away in a hurry. So what did I do? I grabbed Miami OH in the 2nd Half for $50 at -3 and $110 on LAA/TEX under 10
So what happens? Rams score 2 TD's and cover the Parlay by half a point, Cubs hit a grand slam to cover the RL in the bottom of the 8th, South Carolina scores 31 in the 2nd half to blow out the spread. If I had stood pat and done nothing.. I was up $190.
Instead I "fixed" it and watched Miami OH score 3 pts TOTAL in the 2nd half and give up the late TD to Vandy to lose it, and LAA come back and score 5 in the bottom of the 8th to blow the under and turn a nice almost 4 unit win into a $30 profit.
The moral of the story... gut plays and panick plays bad... smart betting... good.