Just following on, in a way, from the previous post and the experience of Bookie Basher Tom in being subject to completely unnecessary personal abuse after posting his Vlog.
This isn’t concerning Tom directly, but I couldn’t help but think of what happened there whilst in the Discord channel of a service that I’m currently trialling. The strategy they use is very definitely high variance. The sort where you see and expect a lot of losing bets before hitting a big win that wipes out the losses and then some.
There were a number of messages on different threads from one chap, bemoaning that having set aside a not inconsiderable set of money for this service, after two days he had staked a pretty significant proportion of his bank and had suffered losses. His displeasure was clear, as he cast doubt on the efficacy of the strategy and – to my mind at least – just staying the right line of calling it a con. The use of the word “beware”, aimed at others in the channel who are also trialling the service, is what gave me this impression. Maybe I’m reading too much into it, maybe I’m not.
The replies from “Admin” were consistent, incredibly polite, and showed admirable patience. Far more patience than I’d have been minded to provide, I don’t mind saying, so credit to them for that! And look, who knows? Maybe there isn’t an edge (although I’m pretty darned sure there is), which is why I’m trialling to seriously small stakes (not much more than paper trading, if I’m honest), but to give it two days? It was the line, “winning in the long run….I’ve heard that before”, that finally did me in and I had switch off the laptop.
On a serious note, I do worry about the thinking with which some people go into betting. This chap professed to have decades of betting experience. Got to admit I was struggling to see much evidence of it based on his comments, approach and attitude.
In other news, this week so far has been about stopping the rot and starting to claw back the losses that hit last week. The Value Machine, after a couple of very solid days has clambered just about into green territory for the month, and a couple of winning bets at World Grand Prix of Darts sourced from the Bookie Bashing x180s Tool have provided a little relief too. What would really do the trick is a big win on the golf come Sunday. Oh how sweet that would be!
What has been frustrating has been the inevitable impact of this latest international football break (yaaaaawn!!) has had on turnover. But what can I do about that, eh? Nothing, nothing at all.
Have a good weekend, folks.
