Re: The Gamblin part (807 Views)
Posted by:
Topcat (IP Logged)
Date: August 10, 2016 12:20AM
moosepalm Wrote:
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> 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.
Yes, yes . . . a thousand times, yes.