poker, sports bets, gambling etc

[Magic731]

Sports betting is great. If you bet too much though then yes, you spend more time worrying about your money instead of enjoying the game. I'll often have a small bet on neutral games, makes watching it that much more exciting when you have a team to cheer for. I never bet on the teams I follow though, too much emotion comes into my choice.

[NugzFan]

anyone have a good recommendation for a reliable online sportsbook?

something with easy deposits (with no fees) and withdrawals?

[ace23]

I never understood why ppl gambled. Ultimately you will lose everything

That's not how gambling works.

[Thorpesaurous]

I've talked about this before, but my friend and I ran a small sports book back in the day for about 8 years or so. Mainly pro and college football. We'd take some basketball, mostly college, and a little baseball, but the action was so spotty outside of the NCAA tournament we really didn't take very much.

We wound up getting burnt by a few people, and in spite of other forms of retribution, there was no making up for the money. We had a few excellent seasons. Never really lost. But didn't make enough to make it worth it when three or four people burnt us that last season.

We also wound up having one guy who went so heavy that he just skewed the whole board. And over the years he got better and better. So it sort of just became us with a ten percent advantage while he got to pick the games.

And collecting got harder and harder over the years as our clientelle kept getting referred from referrals until we realized we hardly knew a lot of these guys.

It is a weird world to be in. We wound up friendly with a lot of larger local guys. One guy just killed himself last year. We both still play. We both joined up to online sites, but neither of us liked it much. We wound up hooking up with a local guy. I don't play often anymore, but when I do it's usually pretty heavy. I've been in Vegas a few times to do futures. I like team win over unders. Odds to win divisions and the such. I'd do baseball and basketball and particularly pro football.


Cards I also like. Especially poker. Again, I like the social aspect of it too much to have ever gotten heavily into online play. There's a handfull of local games that I used to play in regualarly, but now only occasionally. I also play at the casino every couple of months. We're actually doing a big poker tournament for my friend's brother's bachelor party.


Overall, with a pretty long life gambling, I'm definitely up. But I know that puts me in the minority. And I know from the long lines of people I watched lose while taking action myself.

[ihatetimthomas]

Started playing poker in 08'. I started off playing both cash game and tournaments. I was awful and lost a lot of money. Took me some time, but I have become a substantial winning player in live cash games. I have made 30k of supplemental cash per year for the last 3 years playing cash games at local casinos. Its been awesome bc players still suck at poker and pay out money. And I still have a job and I dont rely on this for income so its all extra. I also still play some tournaments, I won 70k in a live tourney in 2012 but those take so long so i play them less.

[Stuckey]

Started playing poker in 08'. I started off playing both cash game and tournaments. I was awful and lost a lot of money. Took me some time, but I have become a substantial winning player in live cash games. I have made 30k of supplemental cash per year for the last 3 years playing cash games at local casinos. Its been awesome bc players still suck at poker and pay out money. And I still have a job and I dont rely on this for income so its all extra. I also still play some tournaments, I won 70k in a live tourney in 2012 but those take so long so i play them less.

damn, how many hours are you logging per year?

[enayes]

I use 5dimes for sports betting. I've had two big wins in my career.

I put $50 on Rafael Nadal to win Wimbledon in 2008, it paid $250.

I put $40 on the Giants to win the Super Bowl in 2012 mid-season when they were 5-5, paid $700.

[ihatetimthomas]

damn, how many hours are you logging per year?

About 700-800 per year. It varies from month to month. Put in a lot of hours in Vegas during WSOP

[ihatetimthomas]

anyone have a good recommendation for a reliable online sportsbook?

something with easy deposits (with no fees) and withdrawals?

I dont really gamble online, but from Bovada seems to be the most credible site out there. You can play poker, sports bet and play table games. Many people I talk to have had withdrawals come through without a hitch. There are fees for depositing, not sure if you can get around this on a credible site

[ZenMaster]

Played poker professionally for about half a decade playing both live and online, did some betting in various fields when the timing was right as well.
Definitely one of the most unique lifestyles not going to work but competing every day against others, always being up or down for the day, the month, the year etc.

I work for a very big online gambling company now, funny where life takes you sometimes.

[NugzFan]

I dont really gamble online, but from Bovada seems to be the most credible site out there. You can play poker, sports bet and play table games. Many people I talk to have had withdrawals come through without a hitch. There are fees for depositing, not sure if you can get around this on a credible site

i actually have an account there, and have withdrawn in the past without problems.

the reason i ask is because they charge 5% to deposit money. im looking for a good sportsbook where i can deposit for free. that has to exist somewhere, right?

[enayes]

i actually have an account there, and have withdrawn in the past without problems.

the reason i ask is because they charge 5% to deposit money. im looking for a good sportsbook where i can deposit for free. that has to exist somewhere, right?

5dimes accepts US players and does not charge a deposit fee

[NugzFan]

5dimes accepts US players and does not charge a deposit fee

excellent! how easy/safe are the withdrawals?

do you remember what info is needed to open an account? can i deposit via credit card?

[enayes]

excellent! how easy/safe are the withdrawals?

do you remember what info is needed to open an account? can i deposit via credit card?

Can't remember what info is needed, I believe any VISA card will work, not sure if they accept Mastercard. Last time I withdrew I had to do initiate the withdrawal on a Monday between 9am and 1pm to avoid any fees, not sure if they have the same policy. But they have an online chat so it's easy to get answers to any questions you have.

And sometimes they charge a very small amount on a deposit, for example you deposit $80 and you are charged $80.53. Check to see if your debit/credit card has a foreign transaction fee as well, they aren't usually too bad maybe $3-5 but some credit cards don't have any.

[NugzFan]

Can't remember what info is needed, I believe any VISA card will work, not sure if they accept Mastercard. Last time I withdrew I had to do initiate the withdrawal on a Monday between 9am and 1pm to avoid any fees, not sure if they have the same policy. But they have an online chat so it's easy to get answers to any questions you have.

And sometimes they charge a very small amount on a deposit, for example you deposit $80 and you are charged $80.53. Check to see if your debit/credit card has a foreign transaction fee as well, they aren't usually too bad maybe $3-5 but some credit cards don't have any.