My biggest, and maybe last bet ever

[Reel Deal]

Ummm... wow.

[Talking Poker]

Yeah, wow. I thought one of the main rules for handicapping was to bet in even units all the time and so on. So why are you going for an all or nothing coinflip???

[Talking Poker]

BTW - I am seeing Kent +2.5. Am I looking at the right game?

I got Purdue at +14.5 and as karma tempting as it would be to bet AGAINST Mizzou (for like 5% of what you have riding on them), I bet a second unit on them -15.5.

Serious question: If you win today, then what? Back to normal or are you going to keep doing this all or nothing stuff until you inevitably go broke?

[Penguinfan]

See Bold +

You mentioned karma earlier, so I will probably lose and yes I will quit, I will not regret it. I said before this was a means to an end, I never did it for fun and certainlly don't enjoy it now. I easily put in 30 hours a week handicapping and playing poker, I've got about -6K to show for it recently, thats not a slump, that is things passing you by.

What if I win, I honestly don't know, part of me kinda hopes I lose to be honest.

[Penguinfan]

Game is about to kickoff, I'm leaving the house for at least a bit.

If you don't hear from me again, well it's been fun, for the most part.

Good luck, take care and hope the cards treat you better than they have me, that's for sure!

[Talking Poker]

Good attitude.

Anyway, after you "double up" today, I have a request - In the future, can you please list te full game (both opponents) when making picks? That should help prevent getting the U ofs mixed up with the States, not to mention typos like Kansas vs. Kent, etc.

Anyway, GL on the Mizzou game.

[JDMcNugent7]

yeah seriously wow.
this is crazy, im about to head down and tailgate, kinda cool i get to see all this action live.
i dn how much I like this bet (Coloroda is 0-4 but a good team, and they are gonna come out with somethingto prove) , but it will def. keep the game alot more interesting - I'm rooting for ya man.

[GTDawg]

After suffering bad beats and taking risky bets that don't pan out etc etc...the best thing you can come up with is to put your entire roll on one game?

I mean, if you lose them...it's just going to convince you that you are awful at poker and life and you're going to get pissed off and mad that you lost all that money and that's not really the right way to go about it, right?

Why not take a few weeks off and go do something else you love and leave the poker and betting for another day. Half a dozen people have done that on this site and they have all said they realized it wasn't as bad as they thought and that when they came back they had a clearer head and did better in the long run because they knew they didn't need poker (or betting as the case may be).

For the record, Joey Porter isn't going to be there all the time to intercept a pass and run it back for a TD after a missed FG to help you cover the spread. It's called gambling. It doesn't run good all the time.

If you think about how completely awful you are running now, you have got to run just that good at some point in the future.

[Talking Poker]

I agree. And it's not too late to "hedge" at least part of this bet, and just eat the vig. I hope you win, but anything can happen, and it just seems so needlessly risky to me.