New Posts For Thread: A new chapter begins ...https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30197175/a-new-chapter-beginsWell a new year deserves a fresh attempt at my £100K challenge .... so here goes. I have certainly toned down my wild ways of past challenges although I am still susceptible to betting on too many sports and going in too heavy occasionally but willhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30197175/a-new-chapter-begins?post_id=538163933#538163933Wed, 26 Feb 2014 06:23:15 -0600It was over on the 23rd when you lost £1300. Your mind completely went and you became a chaseaholic. Ironically if you had taken a step back and said hey look i've made 50% of my bank in 2 weeks you should have been pretty pleased with yourself, buthttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30197175/a-new-chapter-begins?post_id=538160055#538160055It was over on the 23rd when you lost £1300. Your mind completely went and you became a chaseaholic. Ironically if you had taken a step back and said hey look i've made 50% of my bank in 2 weeks you should have been pretty pleased with yourself, butTue, 25 Feb 2014 18:56:28 -0600Challenge Update: I think the p&l report speaks volumes .... perhaps one day I will be able to find the self-control needed to pursue this type of challenge .... This challenge is officially finished !!! .... Look out for a new one starting shortly Shttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30197175/a-new-chapter-begins?post_id=538159231#538159231Challenge Update: I think the p&l report speaks volumes .... perhaps one day I will be able to find the self-control needed to pursue this type of challenge .... This challenge is officially finished !!! .... Look out for a new one starting shortly STue, 25 Feb 2014 17:36:55 -0600One thing is for sure .... is while I can certainly do okay and make some money on here I can lose it much much quicker .... ffs.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30197175/a-new-chapter-begins?post_id=538151675#538151675One thing is for sure .... is while I can certainly do okay and make some money on here I can lose it much much quicker .... ffs.Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:38:28 -0600DFC - while some of the betting I do in certain sports is certainly lets just say "sensible" guessing other sports I do look at very specific things ..... certainly my downfall is betting on selections outside these specific things (like many of us dhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30197175/a-new-chapter-begins?post_id=538149773#538149773DFC - while some of the betting I do in certain sports is certainly lets just say "sensible" guessing other sports I do look at very specific things ..... certainly my downfall is betting on selections outside these specific things (like many of us dTue, 25 Feb 2014 08:54:56 -0600Yep I agree to some extent with what Shapeshifter & DFC have mentioned .... apart from my natural tendency to push a bit too hard sometimes and on too many sports .... the main thing which triggered some of the heavy-hitting was when I was perhaps tohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30197175/a-new-chapter-begins?post_id=538149509#538149509Yep I agree to some extent with what Shapeshifter & DFC have mentioned .... apart from my natural tendency to push a bit too hard sometimes and on too many sports .... the main thing which triggered some of the heavy-hitting was when I was perhaps toTue, 25 Feb 2014 08:41:16 -0600SHAPESHIFTER has made a good point U........but I would also suggest that late night/early morning FOOTBALL matches should also be binned.Main reason being that after betting all day, you are more likely to get it "wrong" on such matches ( I speak frhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30197175/a-new-chapter-begins?post_id=538147737#538147737SHAPESHIFTER has made a good point U........but I would also suggest that late night/early morning FOOTBALL matches should also be binned.Main reason being that after betting all day, you are more likely to get it "wrong" on such matches ( I speak frTue, 25 Feb 2014 07:02:39 -0600you did try shapeshifterhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30197175/a-new-chapter-begins?post_id=538142497#538142497you did try shapeshifterMon, 24 Feb 2014 17:57:20 -0600Challenge Update: Lets just say I continued the back-ward step when I bet too big on another goal in the Boac Juniors football match last night (after doing the update).... yep it certainly lost and hence I found myself nearly back at the beginning ohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30197175/a-new-chapter-begins?post_id=538140615#538140615Challenge Update: Lets just say I continued the back-ward step when I bet too big on another goal in the Boac Juniors football match last night (after doing the update).... yep it certainly lost and hence I found myself nearly back at the beginning oMon, 24 Feb 2014 15:09:02 -0600I tried ever-so hard to get some backits called chasing your loses, and is never a winning strategy long termhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30197175/a-new-chapter-begins?post_id=538137283#538137283I tried ever-so hard to get some backits called chasing your loses, and is never a winning strategy long termMon, 24 Feb 2014 10:51:31 -0600