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Date: September 12th, 2007 12:48 AM Author: Diverse goal in life Subject: updated 9/22/07
Highest Total: $1011.69 on 09/20.
Lowest Total (after all open bets decided): $162.27 on 9/08.
______________________
9/07 Deposit: $150.00
Added first-deposit bonus: $15.00
Total initial amount for betting: $165.00
9/15 deposit*: $30
Total money deposited into account: $180.00
*I used this to dick off and play blackjack while I was waiting on the outcome of open bets which I had all my money frozen into. Not something I regularly do.
no, b/c you won the Texas game but lost the Michigan game. if you win 1 and lose 1 gambling, you lose. this is how the house wins you goddman fucking moron.
Date: September 14th, 2007 12:37 AM Author: red startled site people who are hurt
I'm not bothering to read through the next 200 posts or however many are below. I assume that someone called b/s on you a long time ago. But you should never have gotten past this post without being called out.
You "know enough about basketball to successfully bet on it from time to time." Yet you don't know to include the vig in your experiment. Hell, you don't even know what the word means. And you bet successfully from time to time but you don't know how a push works? I'm sorry I wasted my time reading your thread the other day. I'm even more sorry I started to read it again. Shame on me.
Also, dude, if you're going to make it look realistic, you can't give points and continue to win. I know a lot of NFL teams covered this past weekend, but it looks ridiculous when you lay points every game - football, baseball, WNBA, whatever.
Date: September 14th, 2007 10:49 AM Author: Diverse goal in life
What exactly have I written that constitutes the label "b/s"? Have I lied about anything? No.
So, maybe I didn't know the word for the cut the sites take from your winnings. That doesn't mean I didn't know what the vig is conceptually. I didn't know your stupid little word. I apologize.
BTW, I knew what a push was, I just had a momentary lapse. As I said in later posts which you probably didn't read, I've never had a push before. I had researched what happens to bets who get the exact spread once and learned what it was, but forgot about it. K? Jesus christ dood.
Just because I'm not an expert on gambling lingo and forgot for a moment about pushes doesn't mean I can't turn 165 into 10K. All I need is sports knowledge to pick winners and a little luck.
Date: September 12th, 2007 7:10 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
I'm going to wait until friday (or saturday in some cases) to post my college picks, so be on the look out.
PS: I don't know if you read this in the other thread, but baseball's not my forte. I'm just kind of trying my luck at it this week. I'm researching the hell out of my picks, but I dont even watch baseball, so take the picks with a grain of salt.
Date: September 12th, 2007 7:32 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
Register at sportsbook.com and make a deposit. Making the bets is easy. When you're ready to cash out, they will send you a check via courier. It takes about 2-3 weeks to receive from what I understand.
Date: September 13th, 2007 4:26 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
I knew what the vig was conceptually, just didn't know the name for it. I also knew about the push rule, I just had a momentary lapse. It's been awhile since I bet on sports and when I did I never had a push.
so, you are the same faggot who made up the story about the bookie and the UF/OSU national title game right? are you using your imaginary shoe box full of money to fund this fabrication?
Date: September 13th, 2007 11:42 AM Author: Diverse goal in life
I actually did. I honestly have no idea what yall are talking about. I had no problems whatsoever. And I also had no problems loading $ from my debit when I played Bodog poker this summer.
Orioles lose 90% of their remaining games by 10 runs or more and break modern MLB record, previously set by them, of most runs allowed in one nine inning game when they give up 33 runs to the Royals on the 24th.
Date: September 13th, 2007 8:59 AM Author: Diverse goal in life
As long as you continue to bet with me consistently and proportionately you should be fine. I don't promise a perfect string of bets, but in the end I'll come out ahead.
Date: September 13th, 2007 8:46 AM Author: Diverse goal in life
So what are you guys thinking about USC at -10? Nebraska looked like absolute shit against Wake Forest and their starting QB is a transfer from ASU who threw 5 picks in his last outting against the Trojans. I'm thinking of betting heavy on this one, depending on my success earlier in the week (with TCU and whoever I bet on Friday).
Also, what about OSU at -4? Washington beating Boise St. isn't all that big of a feat if you ask me. And OSU uncharacteristically turned the ball over 5 times last week, which coaches usually correct the following week.
Date: September 13th, 2007 1:27 PM Author: Vivacious rehab old irish cottage
OSU at -4 is solid.
I would avoid USC with a double digit spread. I think that game has trap written all over it. Nebraska has had this game circled for a calendar year and sees it as their chance to return to the bigtime. Clear talent disparity, obviously, but it's a road game and NE will be much more fired up.
Date: September 13th, 2007 10:19 AM Author: Shaky tan hall
You seem a good man and I have great respect for yur system and your disciplined approach. I just wanted to tell you that you "clench" your fist in triumph.
Date: September 13th, 2007 11:34 AM Author: Diverse goal in life
Very excited about that line and will bet heavily, although I do have a glimmer of doubt about the Saints' shoddy receiving corps stagnating the offense against a decent Tampa D (although brooks is yet another year older).
Date: September 13th, 2007 4:19 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
Same shit happened with the Red Sox yesterday. fucking baseball... I shouldn't bet on it. not my area of expertise at all. Why can't they just play football every day?
Date: September 13th, 2007 12:52 PM Author: Rusted Aphrodisiac Mother
I will trust your NFL picks ABD, NCAAF is my forte. Take a look at BYU (-6.5, last time I checked) v Tulsa. BYU dismantled UCLA's defense. They nearly doubled them in offensive yards even though they lost by 10. Tulsa doesn't look so strong. I'm thinking of betting big on this one.
Date: September 13th, 2007 4:22 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
*bets $75.00 to win $55.56 on Angels (-1.5)*
If I don't win this, I'm done with baseball until I eclipse my high mark.
Note: I made this bet when the Reds were up 4 runs earlier. If I had known they were gonna lose, I wouldn't have betted on baseball again. Oh well. Go Angels-- they didn't let me down last time.
Date: September 13th, 2007 7:21 PM Author: grizzly cuckold
i think the okla st line may be the best of the 4...the 4pt line in the ohio st game confuses me as well...apparently the bookies think they are pretenders
Date: September 13th, 2007 11:01 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
Dear teh ABD fans,
I apologize for this dark, dark day. I lost two spreads by one point today, and got fucked by a 4th quarter TCU meltdown. I lost one game convincingly (Angels). My account is down to $500 even. I'm too dejected to update the current profit percentage and all that now.
It is times like these where I need your moral support. I need to regroup so that I can reclaim my momentum this weekend.
So are you doods still with me or what? (Hey, at least I've picked 16 winning teams (assuming TCU wins, but I stopped watching once it went to OT)--point spreads notwithstanding--to only 2 losing teams.)
MD had 16th best rushing D going into the game, but Slaton still tore them up. He had an extremely weak 1st and 3rd quarter - if not for that he would have had more than 151 easy.
Date: September 14th, 2007 12:06 AM Author: Bistre philosopher-king
We're in this for the long haul. If it makes you feel any better, I haven't bet any serious money on your picks yet.
There are no statistically significant conclusions to be drawn on the basis of a few picks. IMHO, betting 1/5th of your bankroll on any game is too much.
Date: September 14th, 2007 9:17 AM Author: Shaky tan hall
It's caled killing time until the weekend gambling and it happens to the best of us. Just think of some of the beautiful NFL money lines this weekend, you'll be right back in this thing.
*executes compliicated multi-step handshake/chestbump combo like latino baseball players do*
Date: September 14th, 2007 1:03 PM Author: Rusted Aphrodisiac Mother
I got in on abd's picks when he hit a string of bad luck and my account is still at $140 (started at 165). American bettingdood will make us all rich this weekend!!!
Date: September 14th, 2007 2:03 PM Author: unhinged razzle-dazzle water buffalo kitchen
I am following you on this d00der, but 10.5 is a little high for my liking. Troy can play you tough on occasion. I am thinking this may be a break out game for OKie state though.
Date: September 14th, 2007 6:50 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
Yes! This line was my big secret I was going to unleash on y'all later tonight, but since you mention it... This is one of the best lines of the weekend. I might drop up to $200 on it.
Date: September 14th, 2007 7:26 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
nah man, it's all good.... it wasn't really a matter of keeping it a secret, more a matter of me putting off sharing my excitement about it until I had more time later
Date: September 14th, 2007 9:23 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
nevermind.. it was very very complicated (i had to run VLC simultaneously with sopcast, each tuned to a specfic IP address) but I finally figured it out
Date: September 14th, 2007 10:38 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
*grasps aching heart*
I make no excuses. Not only am I going to lose this Okie St. game, but I lost about $40 in the sportsbook.com poker room. Assuming Okie St. lost, I have $339.48 left.
Here's my plan to return to contention: Bet all my money on two 12 o'clock games on Saturday and then build from that Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
Here are my bets:
$139.48 to win 132.84 on UNC (-3)
$200.00 to win 190.48 on Cincinnati (-7)
All my chips are in. Am I on tilt? Yes. And I don't care.
I'm not updating the OP. I hurt too much right now.
*takes a bunch of Vicodin and passes out, with one palm sticking up*
One day, ABD, after you turn your 10K into 10 mil. and we are all drinking martinis in a luxury box at an NFL game, we will look back on these days and chuckle, heartily.
*lightly gives you a high five, so as not to wake you*
Date: September 14th, 2007 10:55 PM Author: yellow volcanic crater
PS: Don't feel bad about losing on these TTT games. Everyone knows you were just trying to entertain us and keep our spirits lively with continued wins during this shitty sports business week.
Date: September 15th, 2007 12:32 AM Author: Rusted Aphrodisiac Mother
Don't worry abd, I will always believe in you. I have my money on Mich, UCLA, Louisville, and BYU to cover the spread. Tomorrow is my do or die day. *Drinks beer, forgets last two days of bets, goes to bed with hopes of a profitable Saturday*
Date: September 15th, 2007 5:45 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
told yall Auburn sucks... I just could never in good conscience pick a team that lost to UCF in the previous week who going against a conferernce rival.
Date: September 15th, 2007 12:03 PM Author: electric shivering shrine
You are like Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV: This thread started with everyone wanting you to lose, but your pluck and determination has won over the hostile crowd.
Date: September 15th, 2007 5:40 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
*bets 445.53 to win 387.42 on USC at -9.5*
Hefty, I know. But what I saw of Nebraska against Wake Forest, this shouldn't even be close.
PS: I won another 50ish playing blackjack, bringing my grand winnings total on the tables today somewhere around 150. (the other 100 is currently invested in the Florida/Ohio St. games)
Date: September 15th, 2007 6:00 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
I know. I don't recommend anyone following my lead on this one. I'm just trying to get some serious money for betting on NFL games tomorrow. If I fail, I fail. If I succeed, I could potentially have over 2K at the end of the weekend.
If Ohio St (have $60 on em) and Florida (on $50 bucks on em) both win I'll split the remaining 200 on BYU (+7) and something else (maybe the under on the kentucky/louisville game, which is like 75 points).
Date: September 15th, 2007 7:36 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
luls I just lost all the extra cash I had from the Florida/Ohio St. games playing "switch" blackjack. I'm a fucking TTT idiot. I officially quit betting on anything other than sports. God damn it. *punches self*
Date: September 16th, 2007 1:39 AM Author: Canary vigorous whorehouse
abd - you caked on that usc game...i wish i had the balls to put some money into this.
- indy shut down the run last week, but titans have 3 options to run the ball with..cin is the only safe bet right now that there is, no way they won't cover that with the browns
going to sleep maybe i'll do this tomorrow morning
Date: September 16th, 2007 10:40 AM Author: Canary vigorous whorehouse
I know what Indy did last week. Last year they could not stop the run at all, and they did last week, but Titans ran the shit out of Jags. Also, last year, Indy did not beat Titans by more than 7 when they did, all the games were decided by under 7.
Date: September 16th, 2007 12:38 PM Author: Canary vigorous whorehouse
everyone should get in on the saints now, they were -4 when i bet them, it moved up to -5 like 30minutes later...they must know something we don't about the bucs
edit: now saints are up to -5.5, looks like whoever bet at -3 and -4 got a good deal, before kickoff this one is at -7
I have all my $$$ tied up in Pats and Redskins. Granted, I didn't start off with much to begin with (two weeks ago, I mean) so it's all sort of a wash. Still, I like the patriots tonight - they'll be playing at home, and Chargers have trouble covering explosive pass teams (Brady - Moss). Also, LT didn't seem like he was in top form last week . . .
Date: September 16th, 2007 6:07 PM Author: Deranged orange home cumskin
You're kidding yourself if you think this game wont be extremely close. LT will be in top form and the chargers D will be ready. This isn't gonna be the lock everyone is talking about.
Date: September 16th, 2007 8:05 PM Author: unhinged razzle-dazzle water buffalo kitchen
I should have taken my profitable Saturday and waited until next Saturday, instead of jumping in and getting f-ing pwn3d by your horrible Sunday picks.
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Date: September 16th, 2007 11:51 PM Author: Magenta Concupiscible Property
Monday, September 17
Yankee Stadium | 7:05 PM ET
BAL Daniel Cabrera, RHP (9-16, 5.37)
Orioles (64-84)
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NYY Phil Hughes, RHP (3-3, 4.91)
Yankees (84-64)
Scouting Report:
Orioles: Cabrera allowed eight runs on 10 hits while walking four batters over 4 1/3 innings in his last start against the Angels. The 26-year-old hasn't won since Aug. 14 and is 0-4 with an 8.28 ERA over that span. He is 3-4 with a 3.90 ERA in his career against the Yankees.
Yankees: Hughes won his first game since Aug. 10 in his last start, pitching six innings of one-run ball to best the Toronto Blue Jays. The right-hander said he benefited from realizing that he didn't have his best swing-and-miss stuff, an impressive on-field adjustment from a 21-year-old still getting his feet wet in the big leagues. Pitching aggressively but relying more on changing speeds, Hughes let his defense do the work and continued to prove he deserves to work in a pennant race. He faced the Orioles on Aug. 15 at Yankee Stadium, yielding three runs (two earned) over five innings in a 6-3 loss.
Date: September 18th, 2007 2:47 PM Author: Rusted Aphrodisiac Mother
Don't know about the others. I'm staying away from utah though. Last week might be a fluke and UNLV could come to play (like they did against Wisconsin). Plus I got burned by Utah last week (bet on UCLA to cover the spread).
The value in this game's bets is not in offense-versus-defense; it's in fucking TAMU-versus-Miami, and TAMU wins on paper, hardcore. Miami's defense is top-10 in the nation, except we always, always blow it out our ass against running QBs.
I never put money on anything involving Miami because I'm biased. It's impossible for me to objectively evaluate, and I inevitably think Miami has a better chance than we actually do, but strictly on paper, this is a no-brainer. The line was bet up by Miami homers.
The game's about to start, so I'm not going to rifle through it, but it's true.
However, I now no longer have the confidence in TAMU +3 I had before. I'm telling you, I can't look at it objectively. I now think Miami can pull it off if only Wright does his job well enough to let Kenny Phillips, Willie Cooper, and Calais stuff TAMU's run. I don't know anymore. Bah.
The score could easily be 23-20. In fact, it could easily be 17-13. The over-under line is pretty good. I feel low-20s on either side is about as high as it's likely to go.
Date: September 21st, 2007 12:26 AM Author: Cruel-hearted marvelous mental disorder
It really all was Kyle Wright succeeding at the passing game. If he gave another 9-21, 65 yards, we'd have lost something like 20-13, the type of score I was afraid of.
Date: September 22nd, 2007 8:20 PM Author: beady-eyed office clown
I'm just having fun playing along with the thread. I don't know anything about most of the sports abd is betting on. It would be foolish of me to blindly bet decent sized amounts of money. I don't mind tooling around with $5 though.
Plus, if I could get a big enough stack, I could consistently bet 10% of whatever abd bets and turn $16 into $1k (assuming he succeeds).
Date: September 23rd, 2007 11:55 AM Author: beady-eyed office clown
*bets $9.63 to win $8.37*
That's my whole stack. So far I'm only 4-5 following your bets (just getting unlucky in following the vast majority of your losing bets and missing out on your winning ones).
Date: September 23rd, 2007 1:05 PM Author: beady-eyed office clown
As unwieldy as this thread is (and I have slow internet, so it is double-bad for me) I kind of like the idea of having the entire journey tracked in a single thread.
Date: September 23rd, 2007 9:11 PM Author: Diverse goal in life
Dear ABD fans,
First of all, thank you for your friendship.
Secondly, I apologize for letting you down. (Especially to those of you who bet with me--I'm sorry.) It was a wild ride. Just yesterday morning, before any of the NCAA kickoffs, I had reached the account record of $1011. How quickly things can change!
Looking on the bright side of things, it's probably for the best that my endeavor failed. I am, after all, a law student and I need to be studying instead of constantly researching on ESPN.com and watching games. If someone wants to donate some re-starter cash I might reconsider retirement, but I'm pretty sure this is the end of the road for me. I'm a poor and, as I said, I have other things I should be doing.
The very best to all you doods in your future betting endeavors.
Date: September 23rd, 2007 10:28 PM Author: Bistre philosopher-king
You had a good overall record. What did you end up with, around 60% correct on straight wagers? If you could deliver that kind of long run performance, there is a sports hedge fund with your name on it. The problem was your risk management, or lack thereof. I recommend reading up on the Kelly Criterion, which is the mathematical formula for maximizing long run growth rate on your investment. If you are able to pick 60% of winners on straight wagers, you should risk no more than 15-20% of your bankroll on any event, depending on the vig.
Date: September 24th, 2007 8:38 PM Author: Rusted Aphrodisiac Mother
Coming next month: The POKER thread! I'm going to try my hand at online poker, seems like a viable option to make so dough. (I have to wait though because I blew $150 on sports betting, no worries...it was worth the fun)