Well, neither of us is going to make a living gambling on football anytime soon, but … one of us keeps going slowly in the right direction while the other one keeps swirling in the drain.
Tony keeps inching upward and, despite just a 10-10 record, he’s hit enough of the right bets to be approaching a 20 percent return on his bankroll. Andy is … taking on water after another 1-3 week.
Here’s where we stand.
Last week
Last week $
Overall
Overall $
Bankroll
Tony
2-2
+$438
10-10
+$1,745
$11,745
Andy
1-3
-$870
7-12-1
-$2,437
$7,563
No sense wallowing, however. After all, it’s a mythical bankroll. So, as always, here we go again.
This has started out as one of the more difficult seasons to figure out in recent memory. Even Vegas seems a bit more confused than normal – one week the street cleans up on them and the next they get everything back.
The confusion is coming out in our bets too. Not that we’re professional gamblers or anything, but other than one 3-1 week by Tony, we’ve failed to get more than two correct in any given week so far. Tony split his four bets again last week, hitting on two bigger bets that provided enough for a small profit. I am struggling big time. I got a push on one over/under bet, but only hit one of my other three. At least my losses are coming in small enough doses where I should be able to ride this out a while.
After we each alternated 1-3 and 2-2 weeks, Tony finally caught a good wave in week three, hitting three $1,000 bets and narrowly missing his upset.
I went 2-2, but lost my bigger bet when the Colts comeback was almost come back against by Tennessee – needed the Titans to make the two-point conversion and lose by a TD in OT… but so it goes.
So, anyway, Tony’s a bit up for the year. I’m a bit down for the year. Here are the standings: (more…)
Tony and I flipped our results from week one last week – which was not good for Tony. He went big – and lost big, taking a $2,050 hit to his bankroll after hitting just one of four bets. I backed off on my bets and went 2-2, going plus-$425 for the week.
In standing with tradition, we were very mediocre in week one. Tony got off to a positive start, albeit winning barely enough for a drink and dinner at a decent Vegas restaurant.
I had a little harder time, as most of the games I thought I felt certain about ended up being less than sure things.
Here are the standings after week one.
Last week
Last Week $
Overall
Overall $
Bankroll
Tony
2-2
+$87
2-2
+$87
$10,087
Andy
1-3
-$900
1-3
-$900
$9,100
And here are our attempts at redemption in week two.
but … one of us keeps going slowly in the right direction while the other one keeps swirling in the drain.
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