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Today i decided to try one of my sweet predictions in the EPL games. So, i predicted in 4 matches and placed my net. However, during this time i watched my games played so well but two games were holding it and i felt i would lose this game. It was already 83 minutes and i needed these games to play at 87 minutes i gave up and decided to cashout the amount i used to stake since it was the amount that was showing there. I thought it was clear and instead of losing i should rather just get my money back. Just in 15 minutes after i checked the live score and found out that the game played. I felt so angry and unhappy because i have not trusted my instincts if not i wouldn't have cashed out at that time.

What if you make a wrong decision because of your instincts? Do you really believe that your "instincts" are right 100% of the time?
Some gamblers call it "luck", other gamblers call it "instincts" or "intuition". Maybe I should call it "having confidence in your luck".
You didn't have confidence in your luck so you have decided to play it safe and not have a loss instead of taking the risk and winning.
That's a pretty rational behavior. Maybe you have to be less rational as a gambler, in order to make a big win.

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If you gamble with money you can afford to lose and have this mindset that any money used for gambling is gone then you will not be too troubled about the progress of your prediction. A lot of gamblers especially those into sports betting are fond of following their predictions as they progress and one thing about this sports betting I have observed over time is that a second is enough to either make you lose or win. For instance, I have placed a bet and at the start of the match till even 90mins the game will be in my favour but surprisingly I see the other team equalize the game and then ruin my ticket. Similarly, there are times I will just conclude that I have lost the ticket only for the game to change in my favour and then I will win.

Since it is difficult to predict the outcome of a game, I stopped cashing out games because I have cashed out games in the past and then it played and when I decided not to cashout it will not play and so I took I decision to allow my games play till the end and to avoid temptations of cashing out and to maintain my cool, I don`t check my games till the end.

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Quote from: Agbamoni on March 02, 2024, 03:39:03 PM

Today i decided to try one of my sweet predictions in the EPL games. So, i predicted in 4 matches and placed my net. However, during this time i watched my games played so well but two games were holding it and i felt i would lose this game. It was already 83 minutes and i needed these games to play at 87 minutes i gave up and decided to cashout the amount i used to stake since it was the amount that was showing there. I thought it was clear and instead of losing i should rather just get my money back. Just in 15 minutes after i checked the live score and found out that the game played. I felt so angry and unhappy because i have not trusted my instincts if not i wouldn't have cashed out at that time.

lol!
This is just a one sided issue about cashing out because some people had the opportunity of cashing out in cases as this but refused because of greed and ended up loosing at the end of the game.

This is gambling, there is no guarantee that you were going to win anyways so whenever you have the opportu of winning don't allow greed to convince you that if you had been patient you would have won the jackpot. Truth is that in this particular scinario it could have been to your advantage but you only realised this after the game ended but it is possible that your instinct was right or that it was wrong mbut the God thing is that you r gambling pair off this time around. don't be surprised that next time you will find yourself in situation as this you might want to allow the game play to the end and end up seeing the reverse of what happened now.

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You cashed out, that's all that matters, don't be a greedy fellow, the opposite could have happened, you instincts you say? Tell me how many times that your instinct have always proven to be right? I dare you, it's because instinct are not always right too, that's why you have doubt.

So instead of losing everything you still cash some money out, meaning you already made some money, and after, you are hitting yourself hard for not risking it all? You are not a good gambler, to be a good gambler is to be appreciative of whatever gains you made out of gambling, not winning at all vs winning some money but not enough, which should be ok by you?

They say that half bread is always better than none, why not try to limit your unsatisfactory? Because this will get you ruined in gambling, if it's other things I am fine by it but not in gambling, you will find yourself wrecked in the end.

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Trusting your instincts is important but it's also important to remember that gambling always involves risk and uncertainty, even best predictions or instincts may not always result in a win. I understand how it can be frustrating to missed a potential winning, although, it's natural to feel disappointed, try not to dwell on missed opportunities, instead, use that experience as a learning opportunity for future bets.

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Quote from: Casdinyard on March 03, 2024, 04:49:40 PM

Nope. I’d rather stick with logics and actual thinking rather than rely on my biased insticts and gut feeling and hope for the best.

I also prefer reason over instincts when gambling. By relying on instincts, gamblers are not exactly going to follow responsible gambling guidelines, as their instincts can say anything at anytime of the game. To be driven by instincts sounds like being motivated by impulses in my opinion, what is a very dangerous practice in gambling. As we have already read lots of time on this sub-section of the forum, many people faced several and harsh losses due to this kind of behavior.

Quote from: Casdinyard on March 03, 2024, 04:49:40 PM

I’d argue that you actually do the opposite of what you just told us lol. Cause how can you trust yourself when the only thing uou can reliably do when you gamble is make the bets as the way you wanted? You can’t control the outcome, hell, the outcome will even control you at times due to gambler’s fallacy, and you’re out here telling people to trust their instincts? C’mon man.

He actually used his instincts to cashout his money before the bet was over. So, indeed, his statement is a bit contradictory. If his bet was logically calculated, he would have taken it till the end. In the same manner he wouldn't be doubtful about cashing out earlier if it was also pre-determined by him before placing the bet. In the end his instincts lead him to become unsatisfied over his final decision, anyway.

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Quote from: Yogee on March 03, 2024, 05:28:07 PM

Your post would have been that you're glad you didn't follow your instincts and that you're glad you got your money back if the team actually lost. It's just one of those things that you either ride it out or you pull the trigger. Try to stick to whatever decisions you made as a gambler.

Yeah, his decision wasn't wrong, he made the right choice, and being sad over the right step isn't right. The thoughts may stay on his head for few more days, which can affect his gambling initiatives. Players need to focus more on the next games, not about what happened previously on a game. Many people lost same game, and didn't have a dime to recover, but he took his money with some profit. But wanted some more, that's the life of humans. However, nothing is so serious enough to be able to make a gambler get sad over such incidents. At some point we could be wondering over not listening to our self consciousness, but that's not a trouble to worry about.

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I think you're just too emotional with your bets. You've made that bet in the first place because you think your team will win.

There were only a handful of times in my entire sports betting experience when I used the cash-out option. I usually go all the way with my bets whether my team appears to be winning or losing. I stick to my predictions. I even bet more and take advantage of the high odds in the middle of the game when my team is behind in score.

Anyway, to each his own. Cashing out is always an option. It's there for bettors to make use of, at least while it is still available. Bookies normally disable that function as soon as the game is about to end or when it is already clear that one team is certain of victory.

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Quote from: Agbamoni on March 02, 2024, 03:39:03 PM

[...] It was already 83 minutes and i needed these games to play at 87 minutes i gave up and decided to cashout the amount i used to stake since it was the amount that was showing there. I thought it was clear and instead of losing i should rather just get my money back. Just in 15 minutes after i checked the live score and found out that the game played. I felt so angry and unhappy because i have not trusted my instincts if not i wouldn't have cashed out at that time.

Your post would have been that you're glad you didn't follow your instincts and that you're glad you got your money back if the team actually lost. It's just one of those things that you either ride it out or you pull the trigger. Try to stick to whatever decisions you made as a gambler.

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Quote from: Agbamoni on March 02, 2024, 03:39:03 PM

Today i decided to try one of my sweet predictions in the EPL games. So, i predicted in 4 matches and placed my net. However, during this time i watched my games played so well but two games were holding it and i felt i would lose this game. It was already 83 minutes and i needed these games to play at 87 minutes i gave up and decided to cashout the amount i used to stake since it was the amount that was showing there. I thought it was clear and instead of losing i should rather just get my money back. Just in 15 minutes after i checked the live score and found out that the game played. I felt so angry and unhappy because i have not trusted my instincts if not i wouldn't have cashed out at that time.

Sometimes cashing out is good and will favor you but sometimes it will no go in your favor. The cash out feature is useful to stop loss but in gambling it is not over until the the final whistle has been blown.

If you ask me i would say the cash out button is really not that helpful since when betting you already assume the money you staked to be gone and to me it is worth taking the risk so there is no need to try getting your money back. It is painful when you cashed out and in the end your predicted games becomes a success so that’s why I don’t consider the cash out feature.

I don’t make the mistake of cashing out my games again ever since i made a mistake and cashout a potential win of close go 150k NGN and got a little amount not knowing that the game will come through. When i stake a game and i feel pressured about it win i just stop following up the game and if i eventually lose i will accept it as my fate.

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Nope. I’d rather stick with logics and actual thinking rather than rely on my biased insticts and gut feeling and hope for the best. I’d argue that you actually do the opposite of what you just told us lol. Cause how can you trust yourself when the only thing uou can reliably do when you gamble is make the bets as the way you wanted? You can’t control the outcome, hell, the outcome will even control you at times due to gambler’s fallacy, and you’re out here telling people to trust their instincts? C’mon man.

For cashouts I guess you make a very sound point but that in itself isn’t really something you can attribute towards instinct, it’s a completely logical move you make after weighing your situations against your decisions and it’s not something you can simply pull out of a gut feeling.

Do not trust your “instincts” when you gamble, always think and make sure that you’re making the right decisions, you don’t wanna be the guy who loses all his shit just cause he thought red hasn’t come up in a while so it’s gonna come up in the next turn.

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Quote from: Oshosondy on March 02, 2024, 04:01:15 PM

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We cant say that cash out feature do really sucks on which this feature had saved up my ass on how many times on which on the time that you do feel that your bet is really that on 50.50 winninga

I am not new to gambling and I have use cash out before and I later decided not to use it anymore because of unexpected outcomes of the matches that later become won but money still lost due to cash out. One thing that I notice about cash out is that the gambling sites are favoring themselves than the gamblers.

I hard a very ugly experience with cash out last week that made me to lose huge amount and that further increases and confirm my suspension about cash out features and how best the gambler can use it to their own advantage sometimes cash out is most favourable when the games is going in your favour and you overall balance return have moved above 80% of your total rewards if bet win.

Most times when we take the wrong cash out decision is when the game goes slightly against our predictions let say with a goal diffenrece and we rush to make a cash out and few minutes later our favourite team equalize the goal there by returning us to winning position when we already cashed out on a lose.

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Quote from: Natsuu on March 02, 2024, 05:54:27 PM

Predicting sports outcomes is tricky, and the frustration of cashing out too early is real. Maybe next time consider giving your instincts a bit more time before making decisions. It's all part of the game like learn from it and adapt for better results in the future

I think we should happily accept the decision, this will give us peace of mind as there is no loss due to cashout so it is not worth thinking about. Because the opposite result could have happened here, so that the loss would have been bigger and then again the frustration would have worked that why I had not cashed out at that time, then I would not have seen so much loss. So losing, winning is part of the game, when a chance is missed we should move on and prepare for the next opportunity.

The opposite would have certainly become the case, but how does a bettor know if cashing out is the best idea or not?
You did what was thought best at the time OP and even traders of cryptocurrency do same when they feel the market may come into some volatilities soon.
It's good to follow our instincts if we intend to get the best from our endeavors and that's why keeping an open mind is advised all time, but also, one has to have trained him/herself to be able to clearly hear their instincts voice when it calls from the subconscious.

Am sure the next time OP decides to play, he would not panic to cash out but wait till all matches have been confirmed

It's really hard, no one can say for sure when to cashout. It all depends on whether to cashout when the situation demands instant decision making. So I think if the result is positive after cashout, then there is no point in regretting that decision, because even if you regret it, there will be no change in the result. I have been in this situation myself, I know it hurts, but move on with a fresh mind and focus on the next game.

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Quote from: Agbamoni on March 02, 2024, 03:39:03 PM

Today i decided to try one of my sweet predictions in the EPL games. So, i predicted in 4 matches and placed my net. However, during this time i watched my games played so well but two games were holding it and i felt i would lose this game. It was already 83 minutes and i needed these games to play at 87 minutes i gave up and decided to cashout the amount i used to stake since it was the amount that was showing there. I thought it was clear and instead of losing i should rather just get my money back. Just in 15 minutes after i checked the live score and found out that the game played. I felt so angry and unhappy because i have not trusted my instincts if not i wouldn't have cashed out at that time.

If you start something, see it through to the end!

It's due to events like the one you reported that I don't like, for example, betting on online games. I always place my bets in advance of the start of the game and keep them there until they are all gone.
Regardless of the result, even if my bet turns out to be very bad right at the beginning of the game, I never change it or give up early, as I would rather lose money knowing that I made a wrong choice and try to learn from it than losing money knowing that I rushed into it. a decision that was right and all that needed to be done was to be more patient... that would certainly make me very angry.

Anyway, not everything is so bad... you can still take it as an experience!

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Quote from: Belarge on March 02, 2024, 06:58:14 PM

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That's why it's called gambling, as there is no certainty to what might happen in the game and that's why the hard choice and call to take is always meant to be decided by you. Gambling is a game of luck and sometimes a game of mind because it's that risk that you take will show how gamble minder you are. And again if I were you I wouldn't be surprised at all because even the times that we might decide to go strong like a gambler and leave the game we still find out that the result ended in a loss.

Don't be scared with the game results because there's more coming our way. I'm sticking to my instincts and gambling techniques because they will safe me in my bad and losing days as a gambler, I know how difficult it will become for most of to cope with the system. There are always pin down losses in the space but there's always a path to follow, we're in for the tremendous winnings and won't hesitate to grab any significant opportunities to win. Some gamblers exists in the space simply because they see their colleagues placing wagers, they just want to feel among and this is weigh out of the question.

Winning and losing is normal, because it is also called a game, if for example you don't want to lose then don't ever place a bet. Because whether in gambling or betting, there is no such thing as a guarantee of winning every time you place a bet, and that is regardless of how good and thorough the analysis is. So we must remain relaxed and accept the results of a bet we place, regardless of whether the final result is a win or loss.

And if we feel quite doubtful about a betting decision, it would be better if we withdrew from the bet, because instinct plays an important role in the betting or gambling that we do. And if someone plays their instincts every time they place a bet or gamble, sharp instincts can help someone make quick decisions based on strong instincts. However, it would be better if someone were able to combine sharp instincts and a good understanding of opportunities and risks, so that apart from being able to make decisions quickly, this could also help him minimize losses and increase opportunities for success.

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Quote from: Agbamoni on March 02, 2024, 03:39:03 PM

Today i decided to try one of my sweet predictions in the EPL games. So, i predicted in 4 matches and placed my net. However, during this time i watched my games played so well but two games were holding it and i felt i would lose this game. It was already 83 minutes and i needed these games to play at 87 minutes i gave up and decided to cashout the amount i used to stake since it was the amount that was showing there. I thought it was clear and instead of losing i should rather just get my money back. Just in 15 minutes after i checked the live score and found out that the game played. I felt so angry and unhappy because i have not trusted my instincts if not i wouldn't have cashed out at that time.

It is a shame that you didn't stick with you gut! I too just had this same feeling when I took the cashout option on the Chiefs Superbowl game. I didn't think they were going to win and the clock was winding down, had I just left my bet that the chiefs were going to win I would have won a nice little sum but instead I made it out completely even. Honeslty you can't be mad about that but in this case as well as many there is that FOMO factor and the regrets from not doing what you thought in the first place. Consider yourself lucky, you could have easily been wrong and lost it all!

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Quote from: Natsuu on March 02, 2024, 05:54:27 PM

Predicting sports outcomes is tricky, and the frustration of cashing out too early is real. Maybe next time consider giving your instincts a bit more time before making decisions. It's all part of the game like learn from it and adapt for better results in the future

I think we should happily accept the decision, this will give us peace of mind as there is no loss due to cashout so it is not worth thinking about. Because the opposite result could have happened here, so that the loss would have been bigger and then again the frustration would have worked that why I had not cashed out at that time, then I would not have seen so much loss. So losing, winning is part of the game, when a chance is missed we should move on and prepare for the next opportunity.

The opposite would have certainly become the case, but how does a bettor know if cashing out is the best idea or not?
You did what was thought best at the time OP and even traders of cryptocurrency do same when they feel the market may come into some volatilities soon.
It's good to follow our instincts if we intend to get the best from our endeavors and that's why keeping an open mind is advised all time, but also, one has to have trained him/herself to be able to clearly hear their instincts voice when it calls from the subconscious.

Am sure the next time OP decides to play, he would not panic to cash out but wait till all matches have been confirmed

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You are not tricking yourself or casino, you just got lucky that day. I think everytime we try to trick someone our ourselves in gambling, it is going to end bad. Today you tricked yourself and call it success, you share it with us. The day you do the same and fail, and we would call it reckless gambling. Trust me Grin

Better gamble and have fun.

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You won't have the same reaction if it turned out to be a losing bet. That's how gambling works and you should accept it. Sometimes it will save you from huge loss so just embrace it or don't bet next time if it makes you anxious and uncomfortable. What we expect most of the time is to just tick with what you believed before you make the bet or place it but it is just normal to be worried of it given that no one wants to lose anyway. If you are aiming to avoid these instances, never bet if you are not confident with the match. Sometimes it is just us who pushes ourselves too much to bet on almost every match or game we would encounter wherein we have a choice in the first place, not to. So at least if you're confident then you won't be this nervous and it would help you avoid regrets as well if ever the outcome will not be in favor with your expectancy.

Quote from: darkangel11 on March 03, 2024, 03:43:31 PM

It's normal, you chickened out, just like many people do with their investments. Don't be too hard on yourself and think of all those who held bitcoin in 2022, but got scared and sold during the bear market instead of trusting their instincts. When you're in, you're in, tell that to yourself. When you bet you usually have everything planned out and then often get second thoughts. Learn to ignore it and have no regrets. Doing so will only make you feel better, even if you lose.

There's also no reason to continue if you, yourself, cannot bear with the possible negative outcome. You will not be thinking of pulling your bet if you had no enough sign or reason to do so. On my end, it is just okay as long as you won't regret it, as I've said already. We will either lose or win. These are the only possibilities.

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Quote from: Natsuu on March 02, 2024, 05:54:27 PM

Predicting sports outcomes is tricky, and the frustration of cashing out too early is real. Maybe next time consider giving your instincts a bit more time before making decisions. It's all part of the game like learn from it and adapt for better results in the future

I think we should happily accept the decision, this will give us peace of mind as there is no loss due to cashout so it is not worth thinking about. Because the opposite result could have happened here, so that the loss would have been bigger and then again the frustration would have worked that why I had not cashed out at that time, then I would not have seen so much loss. So losing, winning is part of the game, when a chance is missed we should move on and prepare for the next opportunity.

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