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Backing a Loser Essay |
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But I’m a poet first and a bettor second, I shouldn’t forget that. I need to get my bets on quickly, in the morning, then leave them there until the morning after so I can get on with my writing. It doesn’t matter what the result is because I know my system will deal with it. In the scenario above for instance I wouldn’t have gone with that final bet, I’d have cut my losses while I still had half my bank. I’d have had a good, stiff drink or two, taken a break for a week, and then begun the painstaking task of building it all up again.
Whatever you do, stay away from that edge, that’s where the fools and the romantics hang out, pushing themselves to the limit, feeding off the adrenalin. Be composed, have patience, go slowly, and never waver from the system.
