Running good but running away?

There is no better feeling in the world than running good at the table or being on a hot streak in sports betting.  When you have that feeling you usually can't wait to hit the tables again or look at the daily lines.  I kind of have that feeling right now.  For the week I am up 5.8 units in baseball and basketball combined and I have posted at least a $100 win three straight days at the poker table and I have won 7 of the the 8 sessions at the cardroom (though I did lose $400 on Monday).  Yet despite this, I won't be at the cardroom today and I only placed one bet for one unit in sports.  The reason being is that I am headed out of town to visit friends.

I think it is important to have balance in life and today I am getting some balance.  I have placed at least one sports bet 11 of the last 12 days and played poker 12 of the last 14 days.  Today I will experience a little bit of normal life.  I have a friend who lives in the Bay Area and I am driving there to spend a few hours with him this afternoon and see how his business venture is going and then I will spend the night with a girl that I have been seeing off and on the past two years.  It has really been off lately as I have not seen her since early February.  She moved away to the Bay area last summer and we have fallen off a little bit but she is a sweet girl and we always have fun and drama free time.  Tonight we are going out to a movie and then tomorrow we will be taking in the A's-Indians game.  You can bet I will have action on that game!

But I think it will be a good time and I will be back and ready to play poker all next week.  The sick thing is when I am running like I am now I want to play as much as I can.  I have a lot of confidence and feel like I will win each time I play.  The crazy, sick degenerate in me last night actually considered how bad it would be if I cancelled the trip so I could play poker all weekend.  But I am not going to do that.  It will refresh me.  It will be good to see my friends and it is always healthy for me to get out of town for a day or two at least once a month.

I do have a little action though tonight.  I made the ever so dangerous but fun teaser bet in the NBA.  I have only bet two teasers all season and I lost both.  But I like getting a few extra points on these leans tonight.  So tonight I have Golden State +17.5 and Indiana PK in a teaser (1.1/1.0).  By the way for future reference, 1.1/1.0 means I am risking 1.1 units to win 1.  If I win this bet I will actually be ahead 0.6 units for the basketball season (over 170 bets made)!  Not bad for my first year ever handicapping the game.

So I am off to the Bay.  Not gonna say I won't hit a Casino on the way there or back but I won't likely be in too much action this weekend, other than a few sports bets.  But when I get back Sunday night I will update this blog in full detail on my first two weeks of the 365 day quest.  And I plan to put in some real hours at the poker table next week!

Disciplined Degenerate