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So I broke my rule.

I bet the Jazz -4 (-110)
I bet the under on pts 189 (-110)
I bet the over on Hayward 17pts (-115)

All small bets. I hate the idea that the Jazz could win tonight and I could be upset because I lost all my bets.
 
Gameface said:
So I broke my rule

All small bets. I hate the idea that the Jazz could win tonight and I could be upset because I lost all my bets.
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Haha that's why I don't like betting on my own teams, sucks being upset over a win....small bets are understandable though
 
Gameface said:
So I broke my rule.

I bet the Jazz -4 (-110)
I bet the under on pts 189 (-110)
I bet the over on Hayward 17pts (-115)

All small bets. I hate the idea that the Jazz could win tonight and I could be upset because I lost all my bets.
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I have no problem betting on my own team but in this case I think the spread is too high (I think it should be a pick em or maybe the jazz by 1), and I think the over under should be a few points higher.
I think the Hayward bet is about right (coin toss)

I hope you win each of those bets though obviously. And I find myself enjoying the game more when I bet on it. Especially doing specific player bets. I love those.

In football I have won player bets on shady mccoy receptions, shady mccoy yards, giovanni Bernard receptions and yards, Philip rivers under 309 yards in a game and a few others.
Those player bets are the most fun imo.

I might have to go see if they have a Rudy Gobert # of blocks bet available
 
Gameface said:
So I broke my rule.

I bet the Jazz -4 (-110)
I bet the under on pts 189 (-110)
I bet the over on Hayward 17pts (-115)

All small bets. I hate the idea that the Jazz could win tonight and I could be upset because I lost all my bets.
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I just went and put 5 bucks on the jazz. The line was -3.5 (-110)
They didn't have a Rudy block shots bet though.

I thought about betting the over on favors rebounds (8.5) but didn't pull the trigger
 
I was thinking that with Toronto's game last night, the jazz returning home after a long road trip and Hayward being a little cold lately that those bets might work out. But I worry because Toronto has lost two in a row and they aren't a bad team so they might really bring it. Or, if the jazz come out on fire they might beat the pts over. We'll see. I took several rough beats in poker so I decided to take a look at the sports stuff.
 
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May need to just go ahead and start a bad beat thread, but I've taken some tough losses but this is a bad beat.

$.25/.$50 "zone" poker cash game

I'm in the small blind with T9

Bad guy is UTG+2 he has TJ (but of course I do not know this at the time)

Fold to him, he raises pre-flop to $1.19 (remind me to make a pet peeve entry about people who bet odd amounts, like $1.19)

I take a flyer and call.

Big blind calls.

Flop -- 8QJ (suits aren't going to be important)

I check...

Big blind bets $2.57

Bad guy calls $2.57

Me -- Raise to $6 (<-- this guy makes raises in chip sized increments)

Big Blind folds

Bad guy calls for $3.43

Turn -- J

So a full house is possible, but I'm willing to take my chances.

Me -- All in for $16.56 more

Bad guy calls

Now I see his three Jacks. I'm pretty pumped!

Flop -- J

Mother ****er made four of a kind jacks!!!

Okay. :rolleyes:

As I typed this out I saw that my issue was not betting enough on the flop for my check raise. But I had the current nuts so I wanted action. I was even pretty ****ing happy getting the call on the turn, so I can't say I'd do it all that differently, but had I raised to $10 on the flop maybe he folds his pair of Jacks with an inside straight draw.
 
I think I'm finding my groove. Been playing "zone poker" (*see spoiler) at the measly $.10/$.25 level and I'm up on my initial deposit of $50 to $171 (that includes the $4.55 I won on the total pts under I bet yesterday on the Jazz game). There are so many horrible horrible horrible players in that game. It can suck playing against such ****, but with a little patience and a willingness to accept the bad beats I've been cleaning up. My biggest adjustment is to NOT keep firing bets when I have a good but not best hand. These guys will just call, call, call even when they have a monster. So I'm trying to keep the pots smaller and give them a chance to bet for fear that I'm not going to build the pot for their nuts flushes and full houses. So I can't take their passiveness for an indication that they don't have the best hand and if they spring their "trap" on the river with a big reraise I'm out with almost anything less than the nuts.

zone poker is a 6 handed cash poker game where you do not stay on the same table with the same players. Any time you fold your hand you're immediately taken to a new table where they are dealing a new hand right away. So, no waiting around while other people play poker while you hold tight for a premium hand. Just keep folding until you've got something playable.
 
Would love to hear what kinds of sports bets you guys are making. I'm interested in riding some coattails.
 
Gameface said:
Would love to hear what kinds of sports bets you guys are making. I'm interested in riding some coattails.
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My favorite bet is in nfl games they always have the option to bet on whether the shortest td play will come from within 1.5 yards.
I always bet that it will be longer than 1.5
Have not lost yet.

I also like the one that says "Will either team score 3 times consecutively" I like to bet on No in that case, though I don't like that one as much as the other
 
I bet that the first score in tonight's nfl game would be a field goal.
Already won that.
I bet that the two teams would combine for at least 4 field goals..... They are already at 3 and the second quarter just started
I bet that no one would score a td from within 1.5 yards... So far so good
And I bet that no team would score 3 times unanswered.... So far so good
 
fishonjazz said:
I bet that the first score in tonight's nfl game would be a field goal.
Already won that.
I bet that the two teams would combine for at least 4 field goals..... They are already at 3 and the second quarter just started
I bet that no one would score a td from within 1.5 yards... So far so good
And I bet that no team would score 3 times unanswered.... So far so good
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So already won the first score would be a field goal.
already won the bet that the two teams would combine for 4 field goals or more. (they already kicked 4 in the first half)
Still looking good for the other two bets as well.
 
I just checked my bet slip and I had forgot that I also bet that Tennessee would be the first team to score (they kicked the first field goal)

I might go 5 for 5 tonight.

Too bad all 5 bets were only 5 dollars each. Oh well, still be pretty nice to win them all. Bet 25 dollars and looking to win 28



Hell ya, got all five right. Would have been a sweet parlay
 
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