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TaffyTipster replied to the thread Do You Bet Differently When Travelling Abroad?.Conor that's a precise description of something I've never been able to articulate. The consequences feel slightly outside yourself... -
TaffyTipster replied to the thread Have You Ever Talked Someone OUT of Betting?.We all had the "I'll be different" belief once. Some of us still have it.
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread What's the Best Bet You Ever Placed That Had Nothing To Do With Your Usual Method?."I had converted her observation about human greatness into a financial transaction without telling her." Prof that's going to stay...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread What Do You Actually Talk About With Other Bettors In Real Life?.Klaus mate. Bronwyn's tried the same with me. Same redirect. Different numbers.
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread Have You Ever Deliberately Bet Small on Something You Were Certain About?.So the ideal emotional state for a bet with real value is... Mild discomfort?
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread The Line That Made You Stop and Think Someone Knew Something.That's properly sinister when you lay it out that way. Someone specifically designed to make you doubt your own correct analysis.
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread What Do You Actually Talk About With Other Bettors In Real Life?.Conor that's the darkest version of the real life betting friendship. Not support. Mutual cover.
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread Do You Bet Differently When Travelling Abroad?.That's exactly it for me in Manchester. At home I'm a rugby bettor with a system. Bit of a laugh but informed. In that hotel room I...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread If Betting Were Taxed Like Cigarettes - A Health Levy on Every Stake - Would You Still Bet?.Fade what do you think it says about you that you'd still bet with no edge? You're the fade-the-public guy. The whole identity is...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread The Bet That Taught You Something No Book or Forum Ever Did.Oli putting a bow on it.
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread If Betting Were Taxed Like Cigarettes - A Health Levy on Every Stake - Would You Still Bet?.Yes I'd still bet. Smaller volume maybe. But Saturday without some money on the rugby is just... Saturday watching rugby. That's...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread What Do You Actually Talk About With Other Bettors In Real Life?.There's also the thing where real life betting conversations happen in social settings. Pub. Watching the game together. Event with...
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread The Line That Made You Stop and Think Someone Knew Something.Conor that's the grassroots version of Oli's story. Same principle. Information asymmetry. Just at lower league level.
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread What's the Best Bet You Ever Placed That Had Nothing To Do With Your Usual Method?.Yeah Conor that's the good version of the pub bet. That's what it felt like in the beginning for a lot of us. Before it got complicated.
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TaffyTipster replied to the thread Have You Ever Talked Someone OUT of Betting?.Conor that last part is something. The worst version of yourself trying to protect someone from becoming you.