View Poll Results: Did You Have a Winning year in 2018?
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I had a winning year in 2018
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22.54% |
I came close to breaking even in 2018
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29 |
13.62% |
I had a losing year in 2018
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115 |
53.99% |
I don't want to know how I did in 2018 / I don't keep records
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21 |
9.86% |
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02-27-2019, 12:46 PM
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#31
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Seattle
Posts: 3,943
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HAHAHAHA!!
That would mean....NO.
Worst year since I started keeping reliable records in 2008.
Have no idea what happened. I just stunk up the place.
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02-27-2019, 06:03 PM
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#32
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 8,798
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ultracapper
HAHAHAHA!!
That would mean....NO.
Worst year since I started keeping reliable records in 2008.
Have no idea what happened. I just stunk up the place.
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Well if it can happen to Arrogate it can happen to anyone!
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02-27-2019, 11:05 PM
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#33
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Beat up 💪
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Beach life in Fort Lauderdale
Posts: 11,938
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Quote:
Originally Posted by v j stauffer
I played a lot less brick & mortar tournaments. Did have a good 2nd in one at Santa Anita which made my overall tournament play end up in the plus.
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I listened to an interview you did pre-NHC19. You sounded realistic about your chances but also as if you did put a TON of work into it.
You fall from a higher floor than most so poor timing , it sucks you had one of them bad days.. You can only bet what you see. Paraphrasing Bill Belichek, I have no magic horses at this point, you have to execute with the horses that you have
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02-28-2019, 10:56 PM
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#34
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Sunny Daytona Beach
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Daytona Beach
Posts: 2,302
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Winner Winner
Yes I Did
Bet 200 on Derby Day, still no Super win, but cashed out with 525.00 and no other bets in 2018.
This will be my year, ya gotta believe.
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03-01-2019, 03:55 PM
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#35
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 2,176
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert Fischer
2018 was a brutal year outside of racing.
Racing was not 'great' per se (6%ROI before rebates), but I started the year betting very small and scarce, and was not embracing the game.
Instead of saying "this is what your daddy taught you, you have some rare natural talent and an equally rare path of 'nurture' to reaching this point, you are one of maybe ten in the world fit to sit at this 'table' thus you have 'value', you have five-to-ten years of half-decent health left on this planet, time to capitalize and land an agent and some clients, etc.. etc..." I was more like "I think my family and/or total strangers may respect me more if I were a 'Database Administrator' , I think I'll ignore the fact that I'm an expert in the horse racing industry, and instead focus 100% of my energy on getting a mediocre community college degree through a rehabilitative services program for the disabled, yadda, yadda, yadda...".
So now I'm healthy enough to walk the dog, for the first consistent stretch since 2017. I just turned 40 this month. Going to be a lot of fun. As far as actually betting I was able get hot a couple times at Saratoga, but the highlight was to finish the year while really working out the kinks of angle that I had previously only done in a thought experiment. It's a little funny, because I had misremembered some the existing searchable info on the topic. I thought that it had been layed out and defined in clear terms, by a previous active member of this very own board, but it hadn't, and my angle was actually me having (correctly) built in a direction from something that didn't quite happen the way I remembered it.
Having more fun than ever. And learning. I actually LEARNED something the other day. Friend whom I would never hold a technical horse racing discussion with, but I was open-minded, and her observation was simply brilliant. Just a nugget of common sense that, provided it has a bunch of particularly suited models moving in the same direction; is yet another fruitful angle.
Abundance of wealth in this game. Abundance. Results and money does not matter to me. Instead of excitement and fear and dopamine-release in a results-oriented manner, what I am getting is a process-oriented satisfaction.
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Sounds to me like you're already a winner at this Life game. Quite a few of my OTB acquaintances(friends?) have dropped permanently out of the game this past year. Good luck in both of your endeavors this year.
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03-02-2019, 09:38 AM
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#36
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 10
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This is the first time I've ever participated in this poll. (Long time reader, only recent poster). I don't keep records now but I did back in the early 2000's. I do remember two 100 - race sequences wherein I did BREAK EVEN!
I took a break after that until about 2008 and now just bet for fun when I get the chance to get to the track. A few wins, lots of losses and I still wonder why I do this if all I am doing is losing money. Isn't there some saying about doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results each time?
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03-02-2019, 09:51 AM
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#37
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Registered Wacko
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Belmont-ish
Posts: 2,242
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I definitely lost last year, but my biggest longshot scores were all at the trotters. For some reason I can pick live bombs at the trotters (largest win on a single race was on a $222 horse at Freehold and a $900 exacta), but trying to find a live 10-1 shot at the flats for me is like finding a needle in a haystack.
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03-03-2019, 12:42 PM
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#38
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dark Side of the Moon
Posts: 5,879
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Since stating I was not playing much anymore I have bet three races and won all three......I hate this game.
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03-03-2019, 01:05 PM
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#39
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 28,624
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GMB@BP
Since stating I was not playing much anymore I have bet three races and won all three......I hate this game.
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Three bets in 5 days? I think you should be a little more dedicated to your work. Idle hands do not often scoop up racetrack profits.
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"Theory is knowledge that doesn't work. Practice is when everything works and you don't know why."
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03-03-2019, 08:44 PM
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#40
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Buckle Up
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 10,614
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Looks like the stats in 2018 best resemble 2014, with 2015 as an outlier in the win hole:
View Poll Results: Did You Have a Winning Year in 2018
I had a winning 2018.................27 27.00%
I came close to even in 2018.......12 12.00%
I had a losing year in 2018..........53 53.00%
I don't want to know how I did.....8 8.00%
Voters: 100
Here are the poll results, at the same juncture, for the last 3 years:
No Poll in 2017- Absent
View Poll Results: Did You Have a Winning Year in 2016
I had a winning 2016.................33 29.46%
I came close to even in 2016.......12 10.71%
I had a losing year in 2016..........63 56.25%
I don't want to know how I did.....4 3.57%
Voters: 112
View Poll Results: Did You Have a Winning Year in 2015
I had a winning 2015.................32 32.32%
I came close to even in 2015.......11 11.11%
I had a losing year in 2015..........50 50.51%
I don't want to know how I did.....6 6.06%
Voters: 99
View Poll Results: How did you do in 2014 ?
I had a winning 2014 !!!.............29 27.36%
I was close to even in 2014.........10 9.43%
I had a losing year in 2014..........61 57.55%
I don't want to know how I did.....6 5.66%
Voters: 106.
Last edited by ReplayRandall; 03-03-2019 at 08:50 PM.
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03-04-2019, 10:27 AM
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#41
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 8,798
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ReplayRandall
Looks like the stats in 2018 best resemble 2014, with 2015 as an outlier in the win hole:
View Poll Results: Did You Have a Winning Year in 2018
I had a winning 2018.................27 27.00%
I came close to even in 2018.......12 12.00%
I had a losing year in 2018..........53 53.00%
I don't want to know how I did.....8 8.00%
Voters: 100
Here are the poll results, at the same juncture, for the last 3 years:
No Poll in 2017- Absent
View Poll Results: Did You Have a Winning Year in 2016
I had a winning 2016.................33 29.46%
I came close to even in 2016.......12 10.71%
I had a losing year in 2016..........63 56.25%
I don't want to know how I did.....4 3.57%
Voters: 112
View Poll Results: Did You Have a Winning Year in 2015
I had a winning 2015.................32 32.32%
I came close to even in 2015.......11 11.11%
I had a losing year in 2015..........50 50.51%
I don't want to know how I did.....6 6.06%
Voters: 99
View Poll Results: How did you do in 2014 ?
I had a winning 2014 !!!.............29 27.36%
I was close to even in 2014.........10 9.43%
I had a losing year in 2014..........61 57.55%
I don't want to know how I did.....6 5.66%
Voters: 106.
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"I don't want to know" is picking up steam on the backstretch!
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03-08-2019, 06:04 AM
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#42
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Authorized Advertiser
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Oakland, Ca
Posts: 7,953
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I had a fantastic year, and I can prove it.
All I need is my ADW statement...and someone who's good with Photo-shop.
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03-08-2019, 11:06 PM
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#43
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Seattle
Posts: 3,943
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NorCalGreg
I had a fantastic year, and I can prove it.
All I need is my ADW statement...and someone who's good with Photo-shop.
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HA!!!
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03-12-2019, 08:13 PM
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#44
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Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 510
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ReplayRandall
It's that time again to stare in the mirror and fess up, asking yourself, "How did I do in 2018?" Personally, I could do no wrong, having one of my best years through Tourneys specifically, ending with a robust winning year. I again took 4 week long breaks, to recharge my batteries and travel with my wife, who is my life. Anyway, How did you actually do in 2018?
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Hey Sport. What site do you prefer to play tourneys on?
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03-12-2019, 08:14 PM
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#45
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Buckle Up
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 10,614
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dahossdaboss
Hey Sport. What site do you prefer to play tourneys on?
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Horsetourneys.com.... And you, Pal?
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