diary of an idiot

[pinkfloyd]

the other day the sun is shining , get out do the lawns
sit down to a poker torni finish top 20 and collect $70 yes !
make some lunch and put $32 into 32 red
bang centre court freebies a nice $40 hit
bang treasure ireland boosts me $30
jump on pedal power freebies yay $60
jump onto ( that american game stars and stripes i think ) betting 50c
feature $25 feature $50 followed by 5 scatters !!!!!
account balance $270 $270 pounds = $400 aus what a day

go out to get some lunch , grab a few beers sit in the sun what a wonderful day

do i hit the withdraw button no
do i up my bet to 5 times what i would normaly play YES
do i withdraw at 200 ? no
do i up my bet again yes
do i withdraw at 120 ? 90 pounds profit NO
do i remember how i got down to 20 pounds ? no
do i remember the feeling seeing my balance hit 0 YES

well i guess i only lost 32 pound for the day lol

[felicie]

Why is it I can smile when you are the 'idiot' but when I was the idiot a few times, my street wasn't long enough to kick my own butt down.

[takethemoney]

I sat down at a BJ table at an Indian casino once. I bought $200 worth of chips, all green. I start betting 25-50 per hand and notice I am not losing any hands. I ran the shoe and got my balance up to $2400. Cards turned ugly and I kept raising my bet while losing and lost it all. This whole process took under 45 minutes.

You are not alone.

[chayton]

been there oh yeah.....

[klara1968]

EXCITEMENT has its price and the adrenalin in your blood circle costs much more than 32$...

[chayton]

A few weeks ago I deposited either $20 or $25 into Red Flush. Somehow I hit something and then something else and played and played and got my balance up to about $900. I played it down to $750 and cashed out. They have a pending period. I went back and took $50 to play with....lost it. Took $100, lost that...another $100.....and so on until there was no WD left.

The problem is that I think "oh I'm only out $25 if I lose it all back" but really, if I cashed that $750 out and then played it back, I'm really out $750 right? Just because it's in my casino account and not my bank, doesn't make it NOT my money. I'm trying to teach myself that lesson lately - well especially since that Red Flush incident...I'm still licking my wounds a bit about that.

[KasinoKing]

The problem is that I think "oh I'm only out $25 if I lose it all back" but really, if I cashed that $750 out and then played it back, I'm really out $750 right?
Just because it's in my casino account and not my bank, doesn't make it NOT my money. I'm trying to teach myself that lesson lately - well especially since that Red Flush incident...I'm still licking my wounds a bit about that.

A very good point you make there. What people have to stop and think about is that $750 would be another 30 deposits of $25 - each with a small chance of getting to $750 (or something similar) again!
Or in my case, $750 would be worth at least $1,500 because I always play with bonuses.

No-one is saying it's easy, but if you can find the will power to hit that cash-out button at the right time you can have a much longer & more enjoyable time in online casinos.

KK

[bernynhel]

...well i guess i only lost 32 pound for the day lol

No, you lost $200 - your max balance of $270 - $70 you won at poker (unless there was a buy in for poker, then add that to the $200). IMO, any cashable balance is my (or your) money. Otherwise, why feel anything at all about your 0 balance? If I kicked myself everytime I felt like you did my tongue would be wearing my a-hole for a ring!

[weplant]

Boy, I can relate...Won a random jackpot about 2 months ago at Aladdins Gold. A pretty sizeable one. Well it took forever to get my paperwork ok'd so I just kept playing, I gave them back well over 3,000.00 ..I finally did cash out 2,000.00...But, when you hit something big, you just think, well I might do it again..Of course I know better..Hopefully I have learned my lesson..

[dominique]

Been there, done that. Justified it by telling myself I got my money's worth of entertainment.

What gets me is when I get nothing - when I can't even say I got hours of entertainment but the money disappears in minutes and there is no justification at all for having spent it in the first place.