It has been a busy few days. I spent all day Friday and Saturday moving into a newer, nicer, bigger apartment in my apartment complex. I am all moved in and set up and I am very happy with the place.
I have managed to stay in action everyday and keep the 365 day quest going, but it has been pretty minimal. On Friday I wanted to bet Atlanta +8 against Boston and in the chaos of moving I did not get my bet placed in time. I needed to get a bet down on someone since I would not be playing poker so I bet one unit on the Lakers +3 against the Nuggets and of course I lost. The night before I was planning on betting Atlanta and I am so mad at myself for not locking the bet in. The Hawks covered and the Lakers did not. That is a 2.1 unit swing due to my forgetfulness.
On Saturday I made a small bet on Union Rags in the Kentucky Derby (and managed to forget to watch the race, caught up in the move) and then made a bet on the Spurs -5.5 against the Jazz which I won.
On Sunday I finally had some time to get to the poker room and played three hours of live poker and broke about even after three hours of play.
And then yesterday I bet the Spurs again against the Jazz, trying to ride the San Antonio wave of covering spreads. Going into last night they are 37-10 ATS in their last 47. Runs like that against the spread just don't happen often. Of course the Jazz made a layup with 2 seconds left to make the final score a 6 point deficit and I was laying 8. Not a great couple of days for basketball. I am down a couple of units the last few days and back to even on the year. Still plenty of games left, and hopefully the Spurs keep up the hot streak because I plan on backing them some more.
Last night I did something that I have not done in over a year. I played online poker...for real money. It was pretty damn cool. I signed up on a website that has a sportsbook that I have been wanting to join for a while. They have real good juice and they have real small minimum wager requirements. What I like about this is what you can do with parlays. I normally don't like to bet parlays. They are impossible to beat as the odds you are paid are not true or close to it. However, they can be fun. And they can be low risk. This site that I signed up for allows 50 cent parlays. So today I have a 50 cent parlay on all 15 favorites in MLB and if they all win I collect $2100. Not bad for risking nothing more than you might find in your car ashtray or sofa cushions!
The sportsbook and online poker accounts are linked and so last night I played my first online poker for real money since Black Friday. Due to the instability and uncertainty of these websites that are allowing Americans to play poker I will never risk having big money in one of these accounts. This sign up is simply for me to make some fun, cheap exotic bets in sports and to play some low stakes poker in the comfort of my home when I don't want to go out or have time to go to the poker room. Last night I played about 200 hands of No Limit Poker and after getting stuck one buy in, I got just shy of even before bed. It felt good to play online. I prefer live poker and with the nature of the industry right now I won't make any real significant money online (outside of a large field tourney score perhaps) but it is a nice option. There is nothing like sitting on your couch and watching a game or a movie and playing a couple of tables on your laptop. Or if you wake up and 2:00 am and can't sleep it is always nice to know there is a game going online and you can jump on and play a few hands. It is also a great way for me to practice elements of poker that I don't play much of such as short handed No Limit or other poker games like Omaha and Stud. And there is nothing quite so fun as the heads up Sit and Go. And you won't find that in many live poker rooms. It is just one more way for me to keep my game sharp and have a little fun.
Tonight I will head back to the poker room and get back to the grind. April was a good month and I am ready to get the month of May cranking!
Disciplined Degenerate
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