Fairmount1 Wrote:
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> One thing that really works
> for me is once I have arrived to a potentially
> large horizontal score, as soon as the penultimate
> race has ended I start talking it out to all of my
> friends expressing what I have, the possible worst
> case scenarios, the potential upsetters, the
> potential decision of hedge to break even versus
> hedge to make a small profit albeit small versus
> let it ride b/c of confidence in that decision. I
> do not have an absolute rule here. I've found
> that the best option is make the best decision at
> that particular time based on all the information
> and opinions I respect available to me at that
> particular moment. I'm a curious person by nature
> so at that point I like to gather as much info as
> possible until about 6 to 7 minutes to post, then
> pull my thoughts together on my own, make a
> decision, speak it outloud to my friends one last
> time to see if there is any strong last minute
> thoughts that might sway me and then make the very
> best decision for me and live with it. I've found
> that has worked out best more times than not for
> me since I adopted that approach.

Get all the information you can, consider the variables carefully, ask smart people for good advice, double-check for anything you missed, and accept whatever results come.

This seems like a good approach to life in general, nevermind gambling! :-)