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26 Apr 10
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My aim today was to pick a horse to lay to the tune of £50.
My bank at the start of the day was £441, I backed the first winner at Newcastle, the gambled on alston horse but only had pennies on, mistake number one, as I usually like to follow his yard, so should have had a decent bet onI then proceeded to do a stupid lay and lost to the tune of £245, I made the mistake of not backing to lay, and covering the loss, I then went against all my instincts and had £100 on the nose trying to chase and get the money back.
I then backed another few losers and ended up on the day with £39 in the bank, a harsh lesson earned, I am a total newbie at laying and I paid the price today.
I expect no sympathy
My bank at the start of the day was £441, I backed the first winner at Newcastle, the gambled on alston horse but only had pennies on, mistake number one, as I usually like to follow his yard, so should have had a decent bet onI then proceeded to do a stupid lay and lost to the tune of £245, I made the mistake of not backing to lay, and covering the loss, I then went against all my instincts and had £100 on the nose trying to chase and get the money back.
I then backed another few losers and ended up on the day with £39 in the bank, a harsh lesson earned, I am a total newbie at laying and I paid the price today.
I expect no sympathy
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and you won't get any on here!
but have a hug anyway :-) |
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I do sympathise - had a shocker as well today, got everything wrong
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why not bet the £39?
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you learn by your mistakes....it's priceless!
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Oh and I ddn't back the second alston winner
I am still shaking with shock |
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edwin you fishing again? total newbie at laying..here since 2003?
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we have all done it mate. learn from it (says me who still does it :( )
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You shouldn't be laying one to lose 60% of your bank. Get a grip.
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The Optician, I know thats what you feel like, you feel like just throwing the lot on a total ranker to try and win it all back, its a surreal feeling
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The Optician 26 Apr 20:56
why not bet the £39? HAHA |
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exactly johnn, you should lay it to lose 100% ffs. no point messing around.
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thats the issue, bank management..regroup..build the bank and keep to within 5-10% of bank when playing..GL
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Here since 2003? Blimey as long as that? just normally bet to win, only just started laying as I know fook all about it, and still don't I'm a small time £5 win and place merchant, not a big player normally. like I said totally lost it today
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its all about learning from your mistakes, everyone has made the sort of errors you did today. its up you you if you learn from it and not chase and lose your discipline like this again.
thats what i think sets the good trader and the losssers on here. good luck for the future. |
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I wish I'd only loosed 400 quid :_|
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hover above peoples username tells you when you joined edwinchester.
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ok fair enough mate, and dont do anything rash, just take it steady and rebuild slowly using 2/3 pound lays
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The Optician, just noticed that, but I'm not hiding anything mate, just wanted to get it off my chest, I even missed the cat when I went home to kick it
Do I need www.gambleaware.com? |
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because of one bad day? no..unless this is just the latest in a series of debacles
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has anyone ever contacted gamble aware?? u see all the leaflets in the bookies with dust gathering on them , i dont know anyone who has!
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try and relax....regroup and build slowly....I have dropped 40K since xmas, so try and not be down...
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i have been on their site hearts, didnt grab my attention tho and left
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chin up ed. EVERYONE has a day like this. If they say they haven't, they have a foot long nose!!!
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Cezman 26 Apr 21:05
i have been on their site hearts, didnt grab my attention tho and left lol good day today cezman? |
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OVERSEAS yes thats the plan I'm determined to build that 39.20 back up, I will never do that again
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I've had two big losing days this month laying, it happens. Learn from it, and come back stronger. gl
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edwin the fact you still have 39 pounds in your account is your saving grace...a real compulsive would have a zero balance having chased his self into oblivion
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If you have built up a reasonable bank over a period of time since last deposit/ withdraw then in one day because of one early mistake lose a significant chunk of it, the gut reaction is to chase and get that period of work time profit back. You can lose a weeks profit with a single mistake on a big liability hence try to keeps low liability i.e. 3/1 and under with only max 10% outlay on any one bet.
Think youll find most of us have done it and try to learn from it. |
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Hi, I'm Ed Winchester !
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another shocker here
the chasing demons appear to have grabbed me again from nowere |
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would reload and play Penn and Mountaineer............then you can say completely lost your discipline - sound quite sensible in reality
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snap tony
seem quite cool to me well done for not doing the lot |
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lay to lose 1% of bank or 3% at the most - you are a reckless monkey
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make it back on the virtuals.
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Deal or no Deal imo
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Edwin - tbh mate , you will always have terrible days with that kamikaze approach - what you are doing is IMPOSSIBLE long term
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I lost £20 last week,Ive only just about got over it.
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Orchardist 26 Apr 20:56
I do sympathise - had a shocker as well today, got everything wrong infomaniac 26 Apr 21:01 I wish I'd only loosed 400 quid :_| :^0 Mug Punters :^0 |