Yeah it may seem to be better than bank interest but it is only a matter of time before one of those rolls over.
Agree with CCL not the best thing to do
It's more bad math than a bad bet. The gaps on these massive MLs are so the house can beat the gambler laying the chalk over time.
We've all heard/seen/experienced chalk horror stories, so here is mine:
Back in 2003 (when I got in to online gambling), I talked a buddy of mine in to doing the same thing. He got on a nice roll, turned around his initial deposit a few times, then got too fearless. I'm over at his house one day.....we're drinking.....his old lady is at the grocery store. The Miami Tennis tourney is going on, and he wants to get money down on Lindsay Davenport at -3000 playing Marion Bartoli. I tried to talk him out of it, but he put laid over 3 grand to win a little over 100. Needless to say, Davenport jelled, lost first set 6 nil, then quit, and Bartoli won, and my buddy's account read $0.00. When his old lady got home, he told her what happened, and then she went completely postal. "That was our vacation money, yadda, yadda, yadda!!!!!!!!!!!!" Then she turned on me, blaming me for getting her husband in to gambling when I was the one who tried to talk him out of the bet. She was crying, screaming, threatening all at once. I just got the hell out of Dodge and swore that I'd never forget what just happened.
Long story, but the moral is.......don't give up those huge gaps.
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Quote Originally Posted by rod_steel:
Yeah it may seem to be better than bank interest but it is only a matter of time before one of those rolls over.
Agree with CCL not the best thing to do
It's more bad math than a bad bet. The gaps on these massive MLs are so the house can beat the gambler laying the chalk over time.
We've all heard/seen/experienced chalk horror stories, so here is mine:
Back in 2003 (when I got in to online gambling), I talked a buddy of mine in to doing the same thing. He got on a nice roll, turned around his initial deposit a few times, then got too fearless. I'm over at his house one day.....we're drinking.....his old lady is at the grocery store. The Miami Tennis tourney is going on, and he wants to get money down on Lindsay Davenport at -3000 playing Marion Bartoli. I tried to talk him out of it, but he put laid over 3 grand to win a little over 100. Needless to say, Davenport jelled, lost first set 6 nil, then quit, and Bartoli won, and my buddy's account read $0.00. When his old lady got home, he told her what happened, and then she went completely postal. "That was our vacation money, yadda, yadda, yadda!!!!!!!!!!!!" Then she turned on me, blaming me for getting her husband in to gambling when I was the one who tried to talk him out of the bet. She was crying, screaming, threatening all at once. I just got the hell out of Dodge and swore that I'd never forget what just happened.
Long story, but the moral is.......don't give up those huge gaps.
Massive chalk on tennis is ridiculous. You are betting all that one one individual.
Bad hair day, nightmares, poor breakfast, twist knee in shower, call for bf/gf before the match, buying new car/house/watch after the match, etc. all could change the normal playing perspective of the player. If they have an off-day, who else is there on the court? NO ONE!
At least in team betting, one bloke has a bad day, there are others who hopefully pick it up. Not in tennis...(don't do doubles betting...)
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Massive chalk on tennis is ridiculous. You are betting all that one one individual.
Bad hair day, nightmares, poor breakfast, twist knee in shower, call for bf/gf before the match, buying new car/house/watch after the match, etc. all could change the normal playing perspective of the player. If they have an off-day, who else is there on the court? NO ONE!
At least in team betting, one bloke has a bad day, there are others who hopefully pick it up. Not in tennis...(don't do doubles betting...)
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