Last Friday I posted on Facebook; “I made a 6-7-10 split bowling last night, we crushed on our Halloween sales and tonight I take my wife to her very first concert; The Band Perry. Life is good.”
And while driving to see The Band Perry I hit a trifecta bet thanks to our local talk show host ‘Mark Belling’; a horse racing enthusiast. I am hardly in the black in my betting on the horses. I had over a $50 profit on the trifecta bet amongst my other bets. Saturday was a different story. I hit nothing on the Belling picks. I still came out ahead overall for the weekend. I missed some ‘to show’ bets on recommended high odds horses that would have made the whole investment much more worthwhile. Two I missed in photo finishes.
The adventure into the world of equestrian risk and reward ventures made possible by fore mentioned owner of respective four legged beasts has been worthwhile despite the meager losses. Meeting the people, sharing in verbal exchange with those of the OTB world and even more so sharing in risk on a communal level is a valuable life experience in my book. Hoping and dreaming of success and fortune that comes, unlike poker, not with the emphasis of winning it personally from another but from ones knowledge and insight where one is happy with any who shared the same fortune. All this is made possible by going on on the passions of someone who is truly knowledgeable.
My poker excursions have proven not nearly as productive. Hopefully I will make the final table in smaller tournaments and work may way back to black this Winter. As far as the horses I will continue with small bets on high return wagers based on knowledgeable analysis.
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