Topic: Can you stake it all put of over confidence in your club - page 8. (Read 1500 times)

I don't think that I will have that much confidence in any club that I will be able to invest a huge amount of money in. When I know football is unpredictable sometimes and anything can happen, there seem to be many surprises, like when weak teams have beaten strong teams. How can I develop that strong confidence for any team, whether my club  I supports it or not? 
 
In this situation where your friend staked in Manchester United to win and qualify with 5k and he won the bet, I will just say that your friend was just lucky. It is not that he had much confidence that Manchester United would win Liverpool and qualify for the next round; if he had much confidence that Manchester United would qualify, he should have staked more than the amount he staked.

I was one of the bettors (I think others on the NBA thread also did this) who risked betting on the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the NBA Championship way back in the 2016 NBA Finals after the team was down 3-1. It's nearly impossible to bounce back from that situation especially in the NBA Finals and against the prime Golden State Warriors which has the biggest record they did on that season, 73 wins and 9 losses only. But in the end, they won and I won't forget that moment.

Isn't it a foolish move? Isn't it because I'm a fan of that team? No. As a bettor, I just want to take advantage of the odds since betting on the Warriors doesn't give you any more profits and everyone was betting for the Warriors then I have no choice but to take on the Cavaliers. Aside from that, I know the Cavaliers can still pull the win and won't give up. I also added some bets for them after they won Game 5 and were downed by 3-2.

And the rest is history...

Things doesn't always turn out the way he think let me just say he is lucky to have such winning otherwise is not possible even after 0:2 against them and yet they equalized the match was like a miracle and he won. Normally I can't even try shit to bet a game that was already 2 against my favorite team, okay what if the game didn't go as planned what could be his aim or benefits betting the game qualify. Or was there any change in player that made him to have taken such decision to bet with huge amount and what if the game didn't play meaning he could have lost 5k.

I am a die-hard Arsenal fan and always play Arsenal on my ticket. This is because of the passion for the team. To me, this is a way to show my support for the team. Even when Arsenal don’t win, I am not worried about my stake. My concern is that my team lost and that forms the basis for my worry and not the money I lost.

In my opinion, this is not a foolish move. If it is then gambling itself is foolish because you don’t know what the outcome would be. It is very common to see the uncommon happen in gambling. I always tell my friends to follow their minds because statistics don’t work in gambling. Every game comes with its risk so relying on previous games to make decisions might be misleading. For instance, maybe the previous game was influenced by an injury or red card and the current game might not have an injury, penalty or even red card so the outcome might be different.

I would say with all honesty that that move was not just a foolish move, it was absolutely and extra foolish move, but thank goodness it turned out well for him.
I think many a times, many people out of showing support for their favorite football club or any sports team, take really nasty and uncalculated risk which if lost, the person might end up landing him or her self in the hospital out of shock, disappointed and depression.

The last time I showed over confidence in a football team and stake $3000, my business money as well as my entire savings, I landed myself in the hospital, I would have died because the trauma of that lost was so heavy on me, I never did expected that there could be any possibility that I would lose that money, I believed it to be a very easy win for me, and the most painful part is that, its even with a very low odds, but sure luck wasn't on my side, the team I showed full confidence in lost the match, and that was how I lost a whopping $3000, I didn't gambling for over 11 months after I got discharged from the hospital, and I promised myself never to make such silly mistake again, as to allowing my confidence in any team or club; drive me into betting more than what I can afford to lose.

It was a foolish move, regardless of the skill of the players on a team or their chemistry, the risk always exist they can lose even against a team that on paper will seem to be many times inferior to it, and those upsets are not that rare since this happens in all sports, so betting such an amount of money out of an impulse just because you trust your favorite team, cannot be described in any other way as an irresponsible decision, since 5k is quite a lot of money to risk in a single bet.

This is also my thought and you are betting based on your guts and not based on supported facts. He got lucky to have that win but don’t expect that to happen every time with your favorite team. I don’t bet that much especially if the odds is not that convincing even if its my favorite team. The risk you are taking is very high, make sure that you are ready for the possible result and know how to handle it if the result is negative.

I had that at a time when I used to be a fan of my national team, but they were so bad over the years that I no longer bet on them. So there was this one time, I don't remember if it was Euro or World cup but it was like 15 years ago and we all knew our team was going to suck, but we bet on it anyway because it felt weird not to and they lost 3 out of 4 matches in the league, so all of my friends lost money, but it was fun we will remember it forever. Congratulations to your friend he showed dedication and got rewarded for it. I wouldn't bet 5k though, that's too much.

I think am also a gambler who loves trying out something like this and I have done this one or two times and the latest I could remember would be the game between Leipzig and Real Madrid in the champions league which Madrid a very big due to the fact that belenham was injured and couldn't play and the bookmakers actually gave Madrid 2.0 to win that game so I decided to play it because I was certain with ma research that they would definitely win the game despite belenham not featuring in the game.

Usually this happens because bettors often get profits when betting on their favorite club and it is natural for them to trust that club again. There is nothing wrong with that, but sometimes the results can be beyond predictions and even cause losses. There should be no need to put all your stakes on one match because who knows, the previous win was just luck. So while you can, you have to stay alert and don't use up all the existing stake.

Staking all on your club as a result of the confidence will be a terrible thing to do because you are clearly allowing your emotions to affect your judgement. Emotions is also not too good for gambling just as it is not good for trading. If the love and support you have for a club is affecting your decision making on them when gambling, then avoid it. Make selections with other clubs, exclude your team.

This is what makes gambling interesting,  sometimes you can never predict rightly because events can take a different turn. Whenever I place bets, I try as much as possible to be objective.  My confidence should be base on the facts I have on ground which will help me make good analysis irrespective of the club I love the most.  I am a Manchester United fan too but most times,  I bet in favour of other clubs to win because I already know about the strengths and weaknesses of these teams, except I am just gambling for fun then I'll ignore all facts in front of me and still bet in favour of my favourite team to win.

There is nothing wrong in being over confident,  being less confident doesn't guarantee your winning either. If you are convinced that your favourite team will deliver the job, then you are free to stake any amount on them, but just be certain you are not gambling out of sentiments.

Seriously i will never take that kind of risk, even if am Manchester United fans. Seriously I lost money on the bet because even before the match started, I had confidence that Liverpool will win the match, so I placed bet that Liverpool was going to win, I never expected Manchester United to play incredibly well in the match. Whenever am gambling even when am confident about the bet, I don’t gamble on it beyond my limit, I can’t risk the amount which if I lose it’s going to affect me, your friend was lucky things went well for him, but he should know that he won’t be lucky always, and the risk which he took was just too much, no one believed Manchester United will win the match.

I don't care about any confidence of the team, it's their current form that I care about and that's what I'm going to bet onto. All I can say about your prediction is just pure luck which often happen to gamblers and it doesn't happen all the time, if you try it next time you might not be lucky because most of the time, what determines the outcome of a match is stats, I bet you can't try that when they have match with Manchester City because you think they have confidence, they will tear them into pieces with their current form.

Another factor could also be the mistake of players such as unplanned events, we have seen a player do a own goal which is usually the least thing people believe it will happen in matches, sometimes injury also contribute but betting before this matches, real gamblers don't put these into consider.

This is a temptation that many strong supporters of clubs face and sometimes they pay heavily for it. I have been a strong supporter of a club before and I know how strong the feeling to go all in on your club can be especially when they are playing a weaker team. Many people do go through with such urge but I found a way of managing it so that I will not suffer some emotional damage assuming my team loses because it will be like double punishment losing my money as well as my team losing the match. Just as a way of support, I might just playing my team with small amount of money just to show support or like a donation. 

I once had confidence in the favorite team will win by betting in the amount of $100 that is the maximum limit but will not make me become bankrupt or lose everything just that as the biggest bet ever do it, this is not often just a belief although in the next match no longer give myself again.

But I can say this is an unreasonable action and more leads to greed with a capital bet of $5000 especially with high odds your friend will definitely be tempted but it's a silly act let alone spend all his money.

Anyway, don't do this stupid act, okay now your friend might be lucky because Man United won beyond prediction then what about the next match is not necessarily the favorite team will win, especially Man United is in bad form.

There are people who wait for the game to start and after a team scores a goal, then they bet on the team that is losing, so if they get it right, they make a lot of profit. This type of strategy has been widely used by some people, by which I mean that what your friend did is nothing new. Now looking at the emotional side, which consists of analyzing the fact that your friend placed a bet on his favorite team, in my opinion, when your friend placed a bet he tested his luck in betting on the team with the highest odds, and not necessarily on the team that he likes. because in my opinion if your friend is a manchester united fan and was interested in betting on manchester united, then your friend would have bet on manchester united before the game starts, but your friend didn't do that. This is probably because he was not interested in the low value of the odds

That's why your friend chose to wait for the odds to increase a lot on Manchester United's side and then he placed a bet on Manchester United looking at the profit he could get if he got the bet right. In other words, your friend is not someone moved by emotion, he is moved by profit. Even though he is a Manchester United fan, he also thinks about profit and used the strategy of betting on the underdog. Now this strategy that he used and that has been used by some other people, in my opinion is something in which the person will have many more losses than successes. Your friend may have been lucky enough to bet on that game and made a good profit

But if he continues with this strategy he will only have many more losses ahead. I'm talking about betting on the underdog when during the game the underdog is losing. If your friend is betting on Manchester United in all the games because he likes Manchester United then he will have a lot of loss at the end of the season because Manchester United is a very weak and inconsistent team, the best thing is for your friend to bet with amounts lows and with money you can afford to lose and always bet on teams that perform well

 I feel that gambling is a game of luck and if happens that you stake with that kind of amount, you have reasoned within yourself that it's ansm amount you are willing to part with whatever the outcome and I'm glad it came out favorably well for him. You will call it confidence but I guess deep down he was keeping his fingers crossed and hoping it will turn out well.
 There are times when I gamble confidently and I most times get positive results but in betting, there are surprises and instead of feeling sorry later, I use an amount I can easily part with.

Your friend's move was definitely gutsy! It's not every day someone bets big on their team like that. But hey sometimes passion and confidence pay off like it did for him with Man U's win. But it's still a gamble and not everyone might be comfortable risking that much. It worked out this time but it's important to remember that betting always comes with risks. So while it might seem like a bold move, it's also good to approach it with caution and not bet more than you can afford to lose

Being careful in making decisions will of course minimize losses in the bets we play and if we make the wrong decision on the bets we place of course we will lose and it will be better in making decisions we have to re-analyze the team we are betting on. When we see people saying something about a club winning a match and they don't know for sure how the match will go which can result in victory or defeat for the team they are predicting.
Controlling emotions in betting is of course very important, because if we cannot control our emotions of course we will not be able to make the right decisions and will not be able to properly analyze the team we will place a bet on.