joeyspicks
06-07-2005, 07:42 AM
I haven't actually gone to the track in while, but the other thread about insane players got me to thinking.
Like the guy at my track (Suffolk Downs) ...who always sits in the same place down from me. After nearly every race at either Pimlico or Belmont he will begain a little mantra...."den of thieves" "its a den of thieves" as he rips up more tickets. He usually has a particulary bad reaction when a 3/5 shot in the 7th or 8th race goes down in flames. It nearly the SAME PATTERN every time I see the guy. Now I have no idea how much he plays but I submit that this guy has NO CHANCE to win any kind of long term profit. ZERO. The sad thing is one time I got talking to him and he was pretty knowledgable about horse racing, but when I asked him why he always seems to play short priced horses...he said "well when I dont THATS when they win" :bang:
Or some have insane expectations of how much they can expect to profit, with there "sheets" and tips, etc.... I mean...like the guy sitting down from me last time I was there. In the second race he gets "lucky" with a DQ and hits a $48 double. He spent 80 bucks and is now up $400. I remember because I was particularly upset about the DQ. Now the guys up $400.
I forget about him during the day, but I hear him screaming and yelling for this horse or that and celibrating occasionally. Im thinking this guy is having the day of his life.....good for him. However I hear him tell his buddy before the 9th at Belmont that if he hits this double he will JUST ABOUT BE EVEN FOR THE DAY!
Now dont get me wrong I did the same thing for years (why I lost)....but this is a particularly "insane" behavior. Unrealistic expectations and no awareness of what you are doing moment by moment!
Like the guy at my track (Suffolk Downs) ...who always sits in the same place down from me. After nearly every race at either Pimlico or Belmont he will begain a little mantra...."den of thieves" "its a den of thieves" as he rips up more tickets. He usually has a particulary bad reaction when a 3/5 shot in the 7th or 8th race goes down in flames. It nearly the SAME PATTERN every time I see the guy. Now I have no idea how much he plays but I submit that this guy has NO CHANCE to win any kind of long term profit. ZERO. The sad thing is one time I got talking to him and he was pretty knowledgable about horse racing, but when I asked him why he always seems to play short priced horses...he said "well when I dont THATS when they win" :bang:
Or some have insane expectations of how much they can expect to profit, with there "sheets" and tips, etc.... I mean...like the guy sitting down from me last time I was there. In the second race he gets "lucky" with a DQ and hits a $48 double. He spent 80 bucks and is now up $400. I remember because I was particularly upset about the DQ. Now the guys up $400.
I forget about him during the day, but I hear him screaming and yelling for this horse or that and celibrating occasionally. Im thinking this guy is having the day of his life.....good for him. However I hear him tell his buddy before the 9th at Belmont that if he hits this double he will JUST ABOUT BE EVEN FOR THE DAY!
Now dont get me wrong I did the same thing for years (why I lost)....but this is a particularly "insane" behavior. Unrealistic expectations and no awareness of what you are doing moment by moment!