Why is being a professional gambler so difficult?

The starter of this thread must be a novice.

Haha! I'll admit... I do sound like one, but I'm not. I stay away from roulette. I've learned my lesson, and I love blackjack too much.

I believe patience and money management are key. you say 3 or 4 winners per week. I say if one could have the mentality of waiting for maybe 2 or 3 games per month and drop large on them. that would be the best way. There are always a game or two per month where you have a 90 plus percent chance of winning. But not many can wait 7 days or even 14 for that perfect bet. For example if today is the 1st and you had 5000 to play and someone gave you an inside on a winner for the 13th. Most of us would play that 5000 and be at zero or down to 1000 dollars come the 13th. You put 5000 on the game and you're at 10,000, but the degenerate gamblers that squandered off most of their money in the previous 12 days leading to the 13th can only capatilize on the game for a 1000. Then you slowly smoke that off. I strongly believe if you could discipline yourself to maybe 2 or 3 wagers per month. Your percentages of winning would go thru the roof. But what happens is what the gentleman said earlier, you make play on something for action and it loses, then you make the 1pm football game wager that you had no intentions on betting and next thing you know you're 0-2 and making more out of the norm plays. less plays is best. Another thing the more you play, the harder it is to curb that action itch. Can't tell you how many times I wanna play one game and I wake up and force a 10 am game followed by a 1pm game and straight chasing to get even on the game I really liked in the evening. Good luck, I've tried my crack at it on many of occasions and have lost way too much money with sports gambling. UGH. I'm 42 and wish I had never started 20 years ago.

TyDarius--I hope this person is not seriously thinking about doing this, and I think it is irresponsible to say that there is always a game or two per month where you have a 90 plus percent chance of winning. That is not true.

Nothing is "90% chance of winning." I think the gentleman was making a point regarding minimizing your exposure and the figure of 90% should not be taken literal. 

No bookie wants a player who is only making 4 or 5 plays a months so u must live n Vegas to b able to play that little and make $ 

[Quote: If you're betting with $100 units, you'll have $200 on the table. Chasing, you'll lay $600, $1,800, $5,400, $16,200, $48,600... I've used this method before and it's very effective. Very difficult to lose four consecutive spins.

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So you're advocating betting $48k to win back that $100 stake, why would a sane person do that?

I've seen 8 consecutive spins where the ball landed in the 3rd dozen, you're forgetting that little plastic ball doesn't have a built-in memory chip

i read somewhere that the highest steak for consecutive red or black is 37 or something....

I dont even understand why people waste time in the casino, unless youre going there to place a wager on sports or play poker perhaps its a waste of time. No edge in the casino in any of their games. The house has all the edge. Who wants to play blackjack with multiple decks, I stay away from anything dealing with luck or chance, theres no skill involved in that.