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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread Do You Have a Number That Would Make You Quit Gambling Forever?.The horizon moved again for me while reading this thread. At least now I know why I keep walking toward it.
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread Do You Have a Number That Would Make You Quit Gambling Forever?."A wall with a number written on it." Prof that's going to stay with me. The number needs a picture behind it to function as an exit...
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread Do You Have a Number That Would Make You Quit Gambling Forever?.The picture being less appealing than expected is the one I don't hear discussed. Everyone assumes quitting is the desirable outcome...
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread Do You Have a Number That Would Make You Quit Gambling Forever?.Had a number. Reached it. Kept going. Told myself the new number was the real one. I've done this three times now. The number isn't a...
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread What's the Most Money You've Ever Won and Why Didn't It Make Things Better?.The machine needs feeding whether you're winning or losing. The win just means you can feed it longer. That's not better. That's just...
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread What's the Most Money You've Ever Won and Why Didn't It Make Things Better?."She saw the win as a door to something and I saw it as more capital." That's the whole thread. That's probably the whole problem.
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread What's the Most Money You've Ever Won and Why Didn't It Make Things Better?.What strikes me about everyone's answers is that nobody spent the money. Eddie updated a spreadsheet. I looked at Sunday's lines. Taffy...
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread What's the Most Money You've Ever Won and Why Didn't It Make Things Better?.2019. Six-game parlay I built not as a parlay but as six correlated positions that happened to combine. Won more in one afternoon than...
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread Have You Ever Abandoned a Profitable System Because It Was Boring?.Klaus has just removed his own floor. "My discipline may be easier circumstances not superior character."
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread Have You Ever Abandoned a Profitable System Because It Was Boring?.The boring system as a grief response. The expansion wasn't about betting at all. The gaps were the problem. The betting filled them...
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread Have You Ever Abandoned a Profitable System Because It Was Boring?.Princess that's the thing that should concern you more than the parlay question. Not which system you use. Whether the sport exists...
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread Have You Ever Abandoned a Profitable System Because It Was Boring?.The novel reader Oli described. He'd solved the psychological problem somehow. Detached the waiting from the feeling of wasted time...
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread Have You Ever Abandoned a Profitable System Because It Was Boring?.Yes. And the version I did is arguably worse because I knew exactly what I was doing while I was doing it. 2018. Had a very specific...
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.Which is why the forum exists. We need somewhere to put the story. The bet without the telling is only half of what we actually wanted.
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FFadeThePublic replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.The asymmetry is interesting. We underreport losses. We overreport wins. Both distortions serve the same function: maintaining the...