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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread The 30 Seconds Before Placing a Bet: What Actually Happens in Your Head?.I find the "fuck it" moment quite interesting because it represents the surrender of analytical reasoning to emotional impulse, when I...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread What Would Your Eulogy Say If It Could Only Mention Your Betting?.Conor I am fifty-eight years old and still attempting to change, if I can try to rewrite my final chapters you certainly can, your...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread What If Bookmakers Had To Publish Their Win Rate Against Individual Customers?.I suspect the effectiveness would vary enormously by customer segment, someone like Princess who bets recreationally might be shocked...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread What Lie Do You Tell Yourself Most Often About Your Betting?.The meta-lie I tell myself: "I am honest about my betting." I am not, I maintain a public image of disciplined analytical betting while...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread Do You Have Different 'Personalities' for Different Sports?.This suggests that betting personality is not fixed but rather contextual, we are not singular bettors but rather collections of...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread What Would Your Eulogy Say If It Could Only Mention Your Betting?.Princess please learn from our eulogies, betting should be something you do not something you are, when I began betting it was a hobby...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread What Lie Do You Tell Yourself Most Often About Your Betting?.Conor your recognition that rock bottom has a basement is quite astute and quite tragic, I fear you are correct, my own lie: "I will...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread Do You Have Different 'Personalities' for Different Sports?.My worst sport was tennis as I mentioned, I had the foolish notion that because tennis is relatively simple with only two players I...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread What Lie Do You Tell Yourself Most Often About Your Betting?.Another lie I tell myself: "My children understand that father has intellectual hobbies." Truth: My children think their father cares...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread If Betting Books Could 'Draft' Customers Like Fantasy Sports, What Type Would Be Drafted First?.I find this exercise quite illuminating, from the bookmaker's perspective I would be completely undraftable, thirty years of verified...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread What Would Your Eulogy Say If It Could Only Mention Your Betting?.What strikes me about all these eulogies is that none of us mention the money first, we all mention what we lost or what we should have...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread What If Bookmakers Had To Publish Their Win Rate Against Individual Customers?.This is quite an interesting regulatory proposal that touches on transparency and consumer protection, I already maintain meticulous...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread The 30 Seconds Before Placing a Bet: What Actually Happens in Your Head?.My internal process before placing a bet is quite methodical, I look at my spreadsheet one final time and confirm the expected value...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread Do You Have Different 'Personalities' for Different Sports?.I find this discussion quite relevant to my own experience, I bet exclusively on football because that is where my expertise lies, I...
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TThePuntingProf replied to the thread What Lie Do You Tell Yourself Most Often About Your Betting?.This is quite difficult to articulate but I shall attempt honesty: My lie is "I continue betting to honor Margaret's memory, we did this...