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10-31-2005, 01:50 AM
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Betting against \"your team\"
Tonight I did something stupid. I bet against the team that I have been rooting for my entire life. This was my first ever sports bet, but I felt strongly that the line was off.
Of course, my team lost AND covered(to make it worse). Watching the game was a sickening experience. I've heard that you shouldn't bet if you are emotionally involved with one of the teams, and now I know why. Does anyone regularly bet on or against their team? 
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#2
10-31-2005, 01:58 AM
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Re: Betting against \"your team\"
you'll probably hear this a lot, but let me be the first to say it:
its a bad idea to let your emotion get in the way of making a logical decision, be it poker or capping or anywhere else in life. now you can certainly put a value on your own emotions, and sometimes it can be worthwhile to hedge an emotional situation, but if I'm ever doing something like that (betting against a team I really want to win) I really try to ensure that I can't get disappointed with both. I.e. a moneyline bet on the Patriots here for the amount you felt would hedge your emotional involvement... but thats easy to say in hindsight. More than anything, i just try to keep emotion out of it - if I can't stay emotionally uninvolved, I'll just try to stay away from the game entirely.
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#3
10-31-2005, 02:09 AM
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Re: Betting against \"your team\"
Yep it sucks, but fortunately I am 4-2 betting Bills games this year, missing on this one and the Atlanta game. Didn't really have a strong feeling about the Jets or Raiders games so I stayed away from those.
The plus side is that it's somewhat predictable when they're going to show up and when they're going to lay an egg when you've been following them for so long...tonight's effort really surprised me; althought the fact that they choked away the game did not. Might as well get JP some reps for the rest of the year.
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#5
11-05-2005, 01:45 AM
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Re: Betting against \"your team\"
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I was thinking...if I bet against my team on the ML all the time, I wouldn't feel bad if we won or lost [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] I guess you could call this an "emotional hedge". Kinda interesting thinking about emotions in terms of dollars and cents. I'm betting against my Indianapolis Colts on the moneyline this Monday. I'll gladly kiss my money away if the Colts can win. I'm just trying to decide how much I want to pay to "buy" a Colts victory. I've got 10 units on the Pats, which is twice as much as I've put on any other game this season, so far. Maybe I am getting too emotionally involved.
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#6
11-05-2005, 09:53 PM
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Re: Betting against \"your team\"
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I guess you could call this an "emotional hedge". Kinda interesting thinking about emotions in terms of dollars and cents. [/ QUOTE ] i wish i had "emo-hedged" ucla today... [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
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#7
11-06-2005, 01:33 AM
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Re: Betting against \"your team\"
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[ QUOTE ] I guess you could call this an "emotional hedge". Kinda interesting thinking about emotions in terms of dollars and cents. [/ QUOTE ] i wish i had "emo-hedged" ucla today... [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] And FSU for me.... [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
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#8
11-06-2005, 01:55 AM
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Re: Betting against \"your team\"
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I guess you could call this an "emotional hedge". Kinda interesting thinking about emotions in terms of dollars and cents. [/ QUOTE ] i wish i had "emo-hedged" ucla today... [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] And FSU for me.... [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] I recommended to my father-in-law this morning that he take South Carolina over my alma mater, Arkansas. I found out after the game that he bet a nice chunk for me, as well as the dime he bet himself. So I'll feel bad as I count my money. Not.
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#9
10-31-2005, 05:40 AM
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Re: Betting against \"your team\"
If I didn't bet against Illini football for the better part of the last decade, I don't think I'd be in the black.
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#10
10-31-2005, 07:49 AM
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Re: Betting against \"your team\"
i bet against the eagles this week when the line opened at denver -3
i bleed eagle green, but i also enjoy money in the playoffs however, different story
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