Back In Black
No, not AC/DC (good song though), but for the first time this year I am in profit. Thank you Mr Warne - even though I rate your life skills on a par with my 12 y.o. stepson, there is no question you can weave magic with that red cherry. Bless you, although that last LBW was dodgy, but that's not your fault.
Now that I have recovered from a horror start to the year, I can tell the story. 2005 was a reasonably good year on the punt, and upon entering 2006 felt reasonably bulletproof and ready to press on to make some serious dosh. I should have recognised the warning signs. Pride comes before a fall they say, and within 2 weeks I was 8,000 pounds down (yes, the money - as opposed to the weight - variety) through one panicked decision and a couple of instances of breaking self-made rules.
That's the trouble with betting through the internet - it's just a number on the screen. If someone had brought that amount of money around to the abode and shown it to me and pointed out that's what you've just blown, I think I would still be having some serious issues. But (now I know this will come as a surprise to those who know me), I do have a feminine side and before deep depression set in, I did what any normal female would do - I went shopping. After a day of buying some fancy threads, shades for the poker table and some books (not to mention a night of getting completely pissed) I was ready to face the world again.
Seriously, anyone who gambles - follow the three rules. Discipline, discipline and discipline. Most punters cannot stick to their rules 100% of the time, some get away with it, some don't. I've probably only broken my limits 3 or 4 times over the last year and a bit, and finally got caught. Probably a good thing, I went back to the tried and true, and after 10 weeks of slog I'm back to where I was at the beginning of the year. And it has been a slog - out of 60 sporting events I've bet so far this year, I've only made money on 28 of them which as a percentage is way down on last year.
A pessimistic punter is an unsuccessful one. So I take the glass half full aproach - on a strike rate of less than 50% I'm square for the year and if I ignore the first two weeks of 2006, I'm 8,000 quid up. Life ain't so bad after all.
Now that I have recovered from a horror start to the year, I can tell the story. 2005 was a reasonably good year on the punt, and upon entering 2006 felt reasonably bulletproof and ready to press on to make some serious dosh. I should have recognised the warning signs. Pride comes before a fall they say, and within 2 weeks I was 8,000 pounds down (yes, the money - as opposed to the weight - variety) through one panicked decision and a couple of instances of breaking self-made rules.
That's the trouble with betting through the internet - it's just a number on the screen. If someone had brought that amount of money around to the abode and shown it to me and pointed out that's what you've just blown, I think I would still be having some serious issues. But (now I know this will come as a surprise to those who know me), I do have a feminine side and before deep depression set in, I did what any normal female would do - I went shopping. After a day of buying some fancy threads, shades for the poker table and some books (not to mention a night of getting completely pissed) I was ready to face the world again.
Seriously, anyone who gambles - follow the three rules. Discipline, discipline and discipline. Most punters cannot stick to their rules 100% of the time, some get away with it, some don't. I've probably only broken my limits 3 or 4 times over the last year and a bit, and finally got caught. Probably a good thing, I went back to the tried and true, and after 10 weeks of slog I'm back to where I was at the beginning of the year. And it has been a slog - out of 60 sporting events I've bet so far this year, I've only made money on 28 of them which as a percentage is way down on last year.
A pessimistic punter is an unsuccessful one. So I take the glass half full aproach - on a strike rate of less than 50% I'm square for the year and if I ignore the first two weeks of 2006, I'm 8,000 quid up. Life ain't so bad after all.
posted by Rob Crawford at 7:52 PM
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