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DDublinDegen replied to the thread The Match You Can Never Watch Again - The Ongoing Avoidance Years Later.the before protected from the knowledge of the after... ireland versus france in that pub... emma beside me when the robbie brady...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread The Partner Who Found Out - The Conversation Nobody Was Ready For.what oli said... the external reality check... emma finding out was painful for both of us in the immediate term... also the most...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread The Night Before a Big Bet - What Happens in the Hours Between Placing and Knowing.the night before as the place where the full cost of the position becomes visible... not the financial cost... the psychological cost...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread When the Money Stopped Being Money - The Abstraction Nobody Warns You About.the real-money reference point that someone outside the system holds and cannot be moved... that's the thing... the abstraction that's...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread When the Money Stopped Being Money - The Abstraction Nobody Warns You About.the system that can only explain itself to itself... yes... the conversation i tried to have with my parents once about how the...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread The Night Before a Big Bet - What Happens in the Hours Between Placing and Knowing.the rule that exists because you know which version of you makes certain decisions... yes... the pre-commitment to the overnight rule...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread The Partner Who Found Out - The Conversation Nobody Was Ready For.emma found out gradually rather than all at once... which might have been worse... the gradual finding out as a series of small...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread The Match You Can Never Watch Again - The Ongoing Avoidance Years Later.lads this thread is one i've been thinking about since taffy posted it... the match i can never watch again isn't one i had money on...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread When the Money Stopped Being Money - The Abstraction Nobody Warns You About.the withdrawal that makes it real-money again... i made a significant withdrawal once during the bad years... not because i was...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread The Night Before a Big Bet - What Happens in the Hours Between Placing and Knowing.the night before was the best part for a long time... that sounds strange writing it out... but the bet that was live and...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread When the Money Stopped Being Money - The Abstraction Nobody Warns You About.the moment for me was specific and i remember it clearly... first year of serious betting... had opened an account with €200... lost...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread Do You Gamble Differently When You're Drunk? The Question Everyone Knows the Answer To.betting against the decisions of your own compromised state from a later sober state... yes... there were periods where the monday...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread Do You Gamble Differently When You're Drunk? The Question Everyone Knows the Answer To.princess describing the solution that requires the sober version to protect the drunk version from itself... pre-committing before the...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread Do You Lie to Yourself About Your Losses Before You Lie to Anyone Else?.the result that you're not sure you'll post... the accounting you've committed to in public that might stay private... the space...
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DDublinDegen replied to the thread Do You Gamble Differently When You're Drunk? The Question Everyone Knows the Answer To.the cooling off that the physical distance provided without anyone intending it to... the betting shop that was a different place from...