plasticman Wrote:
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> There's a lot of psychological hurdles to
> overcome, ask yourself if you have no problem
> calling out a 50 cent pick 4 part wheel that cost
> 200 bucks but have trepidation calling out a 200
> win bet. I can single one horse in a pick
> something and have the ticket cost 100 or 2, but
> when it comes time to call out 200 to win, i
> *feel* like i'm spending too much money on the win
> bet even though the win bet has more chance to win
> than the pick something singling the same horse.
>
> Why is that?

> Maybe saying the words "two hundred" is a lot
> tougher than saying "50 cent..." even though that
> 50 cent bet adds up to 200 itself.
>
> Greatest game in the world, so many ways to get
> beat, only one way to win.


There's another element involved in that -- the $200 horizontal bet involves uncertainty of payout, and the possibility of that elusive big score, while the $200 win bet is a known commodity, and unless it's on Laoban or the Delgado horse in the Test, it's not going to provide that adrenaline rush of the high four- or five-figure pick-4. There's a certain psychology involved that, for me, gets in the way of sound money management, and makes me, along with Chad Brown, one of my own worst enemies.