Whoops. I've moved them now. The appropriate place is https://www.not606.com/threads/city-board-betting-thread.397721/page-7
Haha Only just seen this. Not sure my standard of living will be dramatically increased by last nights winnings, although it might mean I can buy an extra half pint somewhere! Given it’s taken me this long to read the thread posts I probably don’t need a gambling thread
Which is why I don't gamble much. Addictive personality (the excuse for no self control). When I smoked I got through 50-60 a day but stopped overnight. Go 2 or 3 months without a drink then go out and have 8 or 9 pints and half a dozen rums in less than 3 hours. I have a feeling that I would end up chasing bad money with good to recoup losses if I got into it seriously.
I was in the first 'cohort' to play online poker, when most of the online companies were based in Malta and Gibraltar and the legality/funds security was a grey area. I played through the night to avoid going to bed during a bad first marriage and at one stage had over quarter of million sterling in my account (from around a £150 starting pot) - it was the wild west times in the 1990s, before it professionalised, i wasn't that good. I even had a hands odds program up alongside, helping me play, it was that basic. Over a destructive 3 months, I pissed it all away, doubling down on pot sizes continuously. It was almost as if something inside me wanted to lose it all to punish myself - I always think I got addicted to losing and the anguish/ depression from it that filled an emotional void, rather than addicted to gambling. I emptied the account, got divorced and have never gambled again. What I could have done with that money now, but that's life. It's easy to say that I lost nothing really, in comparison to other gamblers and this is true, but it was idiotic of me. Some can drink a few whiskies every day with no problem but then a traumatic experience pushes them over the edge. Not really sure what my point is.
