Let me talk about this Bears loss from another angle… the betting angle. Yeah, I had the Bears, a few different ways in that game. Betting on your team is a risky proposition; I know this. I haven’t bet on the Bears blindly this year, but in DC, I liked them; in fact, I liked them a lot. Watching them shit the bed for most of the game was frustrating, yet it didn’t stop me from putting more on them in-game. They’ll wake up… they’ll wake up. Well, they woke up, and I was as happy as can be; then IT happened. So, tear my heart out, and steal my wallet at the same time; this is the risk we take. Yeah, double-tap wound to the dome. I’m not going to stop watching the Bears; nothing can stop that. Yet, after a loss like that, from the gambling perspective… it makes you never want to gamble again.
It makes sense though; I’m on one of those streaks again. Losing a game on a Hail Mary is only the cherry on top; where do I begin? The UCF loss against BYU was the start, I think, although I really hadn’t been doing that great up to that point. I dabbled on FIU Sam Houston; FIU covered the spread, but lost straight up. Guess I shouldn’t have taken the ML. Wisconsin points and ML… loser after leading at the half and getting outscored 21-3 in the 2nd half. I tried a prop “ladder” with Chubb; that was a loser. Giants on Sunday night… how many chances do they need to win and at the very least, cover the spread? Started into the NBA, and lost by a half point when Phoenix beat the Lakers by 4… needed 5. I’ve been sliding… maybe I should have stopped after the Hail Mary loss…
No. Just like I expect the Bears to bounce back, I will bounce back; I need to stay the course… whatever that is. In betting, there will be losses… many of them; there will be tough losses, some may refer to them as “bad beats”. I’ve had my share; I remember those. No, I want to take this opportunity to recalibrate. I ended up placing a couple more season long NFL bets, shifting a bigger percentage of my bankroll to long term plays, while I continue to stumble in the short term. Yes, I need to get back to working on a system; I need to try to zone in on the handicapping aspect of this thing, instead of just relying on my instincts. My instincts have improved over time, no doubt; these instincts have kept me afloat these past almost 2 years, but now what?
If I can walk through this bullet, like Michael Myers, and keep coming… that shows something. You have to take these big losses in stride, in whatever aspect you want to talk about; God knows I’ve been trying this year in the big picture. I need to focus on staying the course; fine tuning how to proceed. It’s a work in progress; it always is.
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