Gambling Thread

I’d be fascinated to know how much action Draft Kings or Fan Duel takes one of of those lesser soccer leagues. Presumably there are people who are from those countries or are fans of certain players, but I can’t think that the Czech or Danish league get more than a handful of bettors.

 

For those hitting rock bottom

 

That was a great skit.

Cause you're not a loser. Your friend is.
They say the house always wins. Well now YOU'RE the house. And your friend is probably gonna lose his.

 

When Kenan Thompson says “bets on random wnba game”, you can substitute "bets adjusted Syracuse line"

 

POINDEXTER. We are here to support @Cosmo. We should focus our mocking efforts on @TheSportsPredictor for not only placing a wager on a spring training opener, but accidentally betting on the wrong team!

 

At least I predicted it right!

 

On some of the smaller sites, my action on Friendlies, WC qualifiers, African Cup, English championship, Belgian, Danish, Swedish WOULD move lines. A $400 in one direction would often bump up a -125 to a -140.

 

We have a family friend who played in the Austrian soccer league. I never bet on his game, but others who did say that after they won a couple, they were capped out at something like $20 per soccer bet.

 

Then I’ll split them and draw to two 16s.

 

That's always a fun feeling, isn't it?
Split 8s, get another 8. Split that and get a 5 and another 8. Now you're committed, so you hit the 13 and get a 4; split the second set of 8s and get a 9 and a 10.
Last 8 you get a 2, double down and get a 4.
So now you're sitting there with four shitty hands including a double down, and about half your bankroll is riding on this one hand after you'd decided to press your bet a little bit.
But, hey, at least the dealer has a 5 and you had to have taken all the low cards that would help them make a hand, right? Oh, you sure did. Which is why it sucks when the dealer's hole card is a 6 and you don't even need to see them pull the queen to know you are totally and utterly fucked.
Been almost 20 years since I've played blackjack with any regularity, and I can still remember that disaster scenario playing out once when I'd pressed my bet from the usual $5 to $25 because the shoe was hot. Could have made it a hell of a night and instead it damn near made me want to cry.

 

That's why you play. You don't want to spend your night standing on 17 with the dealer showing 5.