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For me it is having $500 on Baylor +3.5, another $300 on the ML as well as a couple of teasers and an 11pt half time lead. Then thinking I need to put another $200 on Baylor in the 2nd half.

A sane person would have enjoyed the 2nd half with a drink, feet up, and smiling.

Oh hell, I knew long before tonight!
 
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For me I know when each day.

When I wake up.

 
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Quote Originally Posted by GOPHERNATION12:

For me it is having $500 on Baylor +3.5, another $300 on the ML as well as a couple of teasers and an 11pt half time lead. Then thinking I need to put another $200 on Baylor in the 2nd half.

A sane person would have enjoyed the 2nd half with a drink, feet up, and smiling.

Oh hell, I knew long before tonight!

Identify your long term objectives/goals and stick to them.

 
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ran to the bathroom to put in a bet so my gf (at the time) wouldn't get upset.

running to a pay phone when my phone died to put in a bet with my bookie (remembering his phone # was probably the most pathetic)


 
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Quote Originally Posted by GOPHERNATION12:

For me it is having $500 on Baylor +3.5, another $300 on the ML as well as a couple of teasers and an 11pt half time lead. Then thinking I need to put another $200 on Baylor in the 2nd half.

A sane person would have enjoyed the 2nd half with a drink, feet up, and smiling.

Oh hell, I knew long before tonight!

That is pretty sick (degenerate) for one day's action.

Have you ever thought of going to meetings for degenerates?

 
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When you're checking scores and placing wagers during weddings, hospital visits, family gatherings, funerals etc.... 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by SirJohnDrake:

That is pretty sick (degenerate) for one day's action.

Have you ever thought of going to meetings for degenerates?

Dude..... whats your malfunction?

 

you were bashing the guys getting free green in the other thread. Now your bashing the degenerate gamblers  Why you browsing covers then, you pansy? Here i got a better forum for you    www.scrapbooking.com

 
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lol, anyone remember that time everyone invaded that scrapbooking forum?

 

I remember one guy made a name Scrappille O' Neal

 
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ya sirjohndrake is the biggest box i've seen on this site
 
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When you have to borrow money to continue betting, or absolutly need a bet to win or your booky will literally kill you. Also if you bet your whole entire BR on one game.

Like the dude from the movie Hardball

 
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Quote Originally Posted by HoldEm00:

lol, anyone remember that time everyone invaded that scrapbooking forum?

 

I remember one guy made a name Scrappille O' Neal

 
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Quote Originally Posted by earthWake:

When you have to borrow money to continue betting, or absolutly need a bet to win or your booky will literally kill you. Also if you bet your whole entire BR on one game.

Like the dude from the movie Hardball


i guess im guilty then
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Messier-11:


i guess im guilty then

Ha! just my opinion. If you have to borrow more than 500 to keep gamling, you are a degenerate though.

 
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When I was in college I bet over my head with the local frat bookie a couple times. It's tough being down 2gs when you have 200 to your name. If I lost more than 200 I was in chase mode big time and got into trouble a few times. I couldn't pay 400 so I didn't see much of a difference in not being able to pay 2000. Either way I was fucked and going to make the bookie steamed so I chased big time in parlays and what not bc he had a max bet of 200. I got lucky a few times and escaped, but shit eventually hit the fan
 
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when you are betting on college football, the most boring shit ever

NFL cant get here soon enough
 
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This was a very long time ago. I got a DUI so I used to ride my bike about 4 miles in the pouring rain to play cards.
 
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When you tell your wife the Over/Under on diapers for your kid is 8-1/2..............................
 
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you have $1.62 in your bank account

wrap up 50 pennies to deposit in your account

and then take out $2 to make a bet

 
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when its not enjoyable anymore
 
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Quote Originally Posted by NJDevils:

when you are betting on college football, the most boring shit ever

NFL cant get here soon enough

Damn that is a pretty big statement when there is hockey and soccer.

 
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Quote Originally Posted by nc1capper:

when its not enjoyable anymore


good point ... so true
 
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[Quote: Originally Posted by nc1capper] when its not enjoyable anymore [/Quote

 
 
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when you've been betting all day and all the games are finished, but you can't go to sleep... you need more action at 1 am

so you bet on japanese soccer, women's volleyball tourney in asia, rugby, aussie football, cricket, challenger tour tennis, etc...
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