SPA Day XXXIV, Sunday, 8/24/25

[JT]

Gulfstream Park pick 6
2,4,6,8/2,4,5,6/1,5/2/1,3,4,5,7/3,7,8
$96 bucks.

$715 total investment.. no problem..all I gotta do is hit a couple pick 6's

I love it when a plan comes together
$715 bet
$4,038 won
Nice tidy profit of $3,323
Not to mention three pick 5's where I had 4 of 5 that had payouts over 12 grand that could have turned a GREAT day to epic status. I think from now on I should just wager on
"Handicapping while Hungover Sunday" Hell maybe I could quit my job .. Kidding of course 

[Trigger]

I love it when a plan comes together
$715 bet
$4,038 won
Nice tidy profit of $3,323
Not to mention three pick 5's where I had 4 of 5 that had payouts over 12 grand that could have turned a GREAT day to epic status. I think from now on I should just wager on
"Handicapping while Hungover Sunday" Hell maybe I could quit my job .. Kidding of course 

Hungover always works for U, I don't think I'd ever say that to anyone ever again! and restrained yesterday, hope it was fun, not for me here at day 19, but today you came in both barrels on full auto.   

That's an interesting alternate future. 

Be totally debt free if you're not and put a half mil in the bank from this shit and it will be something definitely to mull over.

As is, you're keeping it in control, you don't really chase, you have a serious vengeance behind those 4/5's that's for sure, some high octane handicapping brain fuel! 

I think the NC trip and the LBJ looks pretty well flush with beans!   

[JT]

You're not even working off a virtual stable its seems like, that's how damn good you are.

I use these:

https://www.trackmaster.com/products/harness/virtual_stable (Harness)

https://www.equibase.com/premium/eebCustomerLogon.cfm?TMP=%2Fvirtualstable%2Fhorse%2Ecfm (T-Bred)

You are correct.. no virtual stable for me.. and I am NOT knocking them, but for me it is unnecessary. I got a memory like an elephant, which is surprising considering all of the fermented hops, paint fumes and bong resin over the years  In all seriousness I am an old school player. Look at the program, watch a few replays and go with my first instinct. I learned a ton from my Dad RIP.. he was a great handicapper. I think when my parents taught me to read, it was with a racing form. Before I was married, I was a total rail bird, at the track damn near every night. I would watch and wager Scioto's live card, and then go into the clubhouse and bet on all the tracks they simulcast until the wee hours of the night. I certainly do better now with more experience.

[JT]

I threw that super bet in at the last minute, but it paid $408.95 with the 1/9 on top, because of my 8, but only $18 exacta payout for a buck.

I had a dream about 20 years ago about a 6783 super come in, track looked like Harrah's small track, I figured what the fuck I only do something stupid like that every once or twice a year.

The rest of the time I do other stupid shit!   

On a rare occasion if I see a superfecta that is my Dad's or wife's last 4 on there Social security #...and I think it has any kind of chance I will box or key those 4 numbers. Unfortunately I can't play my own because it has a duplicate number 

[Trigger]

You are correct.. no virtual stable for me.. and I am NOT knocking them, but for me it is unnecessary. I got a memory like an elephant, which is surprising considering all of the fermented hops, paint fumes and bong resin over the years  In all seriousness I am an old school player. Look at the program, watch a few replays and go with my first instinct. I learned a ton from my Dad RIP.. he was a great handicapper. I think when my parents taught me to read, it was with a racing form. Before I was married, I was a total rail bird, at the track damn near every night. I would watch and wager Scioto's live card, and then go into the clubhouse and bet on all the tracks they simulcast until the wee hours of the night. I certainly do better now with more experience.

Your very first words were Pick 3 and the family went wild and then they said wtf did he say?   .  My grandfather was my conduit to racing too, sad, he was my favorite person and a real studier, newspaper clippings and all, sorry man, your Dad is proud of his boy, probably hanging with my grandfather too!

I have a solid memory, photogenic too when it comes to somethings, but all the elephants won't tell you the date, time, racetrack, race, horse # and odds when they're going to run on this planet. The alternate is you scan over every t-bred and harness race that day first, and that's just too much for me. 

You have to delete horses from it too, they almost never last. 

[JT]

Hungover always works for U, I don't think I'd ever say that to anyone ever again! and restrained yesterday, hope it was fun, not for me here at day 19, but today you came in both barrels on full auto.   

That's an interesting alternate future. 

Be totally debt free if you're not and put a half mil in the bank from this shit and it will be something definitely to mull over.

As is, you're keeping it in control, you don't really chase, you have a serious vengeance behind those 4/5's that's for sure, some high octane handicapping brain fuel! 

I think the NC trip and the LBJ looks pretty well flush with beans!   

I have learned over the years to never chase losses. My wife and I used to go to Vegas twice a year for years and years..before there were casinos and racinos in Ohio.We've been there at least 20 times, but haven't gone there in 10 years. No need with casinos and racinos here now. We actually ended up winning alot of money there over those years. Mostly on baccarat and black jack. But I learned the hard way about chasing.. sometimes in life ya gotta get knocked down and dust yourself off, learn lessons the hard way, and come back better then ever And yes I do have vengeance for those near misses.. that is human nature. If it's just a few hundred bucks, no biggy. When it's over 4 figures that is a tough pill to swallow

[Trigger]

I have learned over the years to never chase losses. My wife and I used to go to Vegas twice a year for years and years..before there were casinos and racinos in Ohio.We've been there at least 20 times, but haven't gone there in 10 years. No need with casinos and racinos here now. We actually ended up winning alot of money there over those years. Mostly on baccarat and black jack. But I learned the hard way about chasing.. sometimes in life ya gotta get knocked down and dust yourself off, learn lessons the hard way, and come back better then ever

I used to do poker and horses, Bally's in AC and Wynn in LV was the main one, but I lost my stamina for poker.

Now I'd do food and shows, and drinks!   

But it doesn't interest me either anymore, and I'm surrounded by that shit here too.

I think you and your wife are gambling savants, no one wins that often in Vegas, big score yeh, but something is going on with you two.  Gambling science might need her brain too! 

We're doing a study!   

[JT]

I used to do poker and horses, Bally's in AC and Wynn in LV was the main one, but I lost my stamina for poker.

Now I'd do food and shows, and drinks!   

But it doesn't interest me either anymore, and I'm surrounded by that shit here too.

I think you and your wife are gambling savants, no one wins that often in Vegas, big score yeh, but something is going on with you two.  Gambling science might need her brain too! 

We're doing a study!   

She is an excellent black jack player. Not so much with Baccarat or the ponies. Bally's is where we stayed in Vegas.. it is now the Horseshoe. Excellent location. You could walk to everything. Right across the street from Bellagio. I kept track of all our trips there, and if memory serves we ended up roughly 15 to 20 grand on the positive. We definitely had some losing trips, but way more winning ones. We would go in May and September and stay for a week. Everyone would always say to us how can you go there for a week? We had a phenomenal casino host. Room and meals never cost us a dime. Lots of good stories. Way to much to type lol

[bello]

Cant I take off a day without you guys cleaning the bank.

Great job!

[JT]

Cant I take off a day without you guys cleaning the bank.

Great job!

Thanks bello!! and Trigger finally popped the cherry on his losing streak. That pick 6 I hit at Ellis was epic. Gulfstream low payout.. but still nice to hit. The early Pick 5 at the SPA was a bummer.. it paid 9 grand... my single got 4th in leg 4... but the Ellis Pick 6 made it an OUTSTANDING day. I hope you had a great day with the grandkids.. that is priceless

[Trigger]

She is an excellent black jack player. Not so much with Baccarat or the ponies. Bally's is where we stayed in Vegas.. it is now the Horseshoe. Excellent location. You could walk to everything. Right across the street from Bellagio. I kept track of all our trips there, and if memory serves we ended up roughly 15 to 20 grand on the positive. We definitely had some losing trips, but way more winning ones. We would go in May and September and stay for a week. Everyone would always say to us how can you go there for a week? We had a phenomenal casino host. Room and meals never cost us a dime. Lots of good stories. Way to much to type lol

You're blessed, great ol' lady and gambles too, and is very good at it!

I get the how do you play it  , will you show me  , or don't lose more than that  , or you won, how much that's great you don't have to play anymore

Here, take this $, go to the spa please and enjoy 

[bello]

Always a great time. I have three nearby ( 2 Irish Twin babies a year apart) and their 7 year old brother who will be playing Soccer every Sunday, So guess where I will be every Sunday afternoon.

I also have 2 in Ga and 2 in NY. All under 9 years old.

[Papillon]

I love it when a plan comes together
$715 bet
$4,038 won
Nice tidy profit of $3,323
Not to mention three pick 5's where I had 4 of 5 that had payouts over 12 grand that could have turned a GREAT day to epic status. I think from now on I should just wager on
"Handicapping while Hungover Sunday" Hell maybe I could quit my job .. Kidding of course 

just seeing this now

that is great JT

I would book a lot of bets on this site--but it not yours

[Trigger]

just seeing this now

that is great JT

I would book a lot of bets on this site--but it not yours

You'd have a jet on 24 hour standby, hot chicks licking caviar off your balls, if you booked mine the last few weeks!   

[JT]

Always a great time. I have three nearby ( 2 Irish Twin babies a year apart) and their 7 year old brother who will be playing Soccer every Sunday, So guess where I will be every Sunday afternoon.

I also have 2 in Ga and 2 in NY. All under 9 years old.

That's awesome bello.. cherish those times..and I know you will. My wife and I could not have children, in fact we lost 3.. all a long time ago. The last child was our daughter,  a stillborn in 2007.Not only does that suck.. I know total understatement.. but no kids = no grandkids. Don't be sad for me because I will see them all one day. Anyway I can tell by all of your posts that you are a proud Grandpa.. Relish in it my friend.