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Have anyone ever had confidence in any match that he was willing to be huge amounts to back up the confidence in a match that features his club. A friend of mine recently shocked me with how much passion and confidence he had in his club, man u vs liverpool  that happened on Sunday I guess was a very hard match cause Liverpool was already stomping 0:2 to man United but my friend was telling that man United won't lose the match, so I told him that if he has much confidence that he should stake life, shocking to me he went on and staked 5k on man United win to qualify which was about 7 odds at that time, and yeah it turned out right for him. Can any one do this or was it a foolish move?

You friend was just lucky. But what I can deduce from this is that he is an amateur gambler and if he continues in this part he is going to lose a lot of money in the long run.

It looks like he gambles on the whim. No proper analysis, no risk management strategies and all. I am not happy that he won because if he had lost he would have lost a valuable lesson. There is no lesson in winning rather it is going to motivate him to do it again. And lead him eventually to chasing losses.

Tell him to gamble responsibly.

It wasn't over confidence it was reckless.

He did not tell us if he is a core glmaber but he said he staked on his club because they argue who is going to be a winner. Also know that the 5000 may not be $5000 but in local currency that may not have high price like the United States dollar. He can just use the amount of money that he can afford to lose to gamble and which will make him not to be an amateur gambler. Any match can be won. The professional gamblers will go for the best team to win and yet even lose in some matches.

Nah he isn't an armature gambler and I think  I well explained the situation very well, he was just trying to prove his confidence to me which in a way if he continues to do so in many occasions I would say immature but it was a one time thign and 5k isn't any thing to him, besides we used the money to have fun that same day.

Yeah he showed some kind of recklessness in his action to bet because if over confidence, gambling is risky and its based on luck, so he was luck this time.

Whoa, your friend is a true believer! Staking an amount like that on a comeback win is some high-level and serious confidence. But here's the thing... It wasn't the safest bet. While confidence in your club is awesome, that kind of high-stakes wager can be risky. One bad call and things could've gotten rough. Maybe a middle ground? Next time, your friend could put a smaller amount on a crazy high-odds bet and keep the rest on a safer wager. That way, he can enjoy the thrill while also being responsible.

Perhaps he did it just because he could afford to lose the amount, do you think?

Thats what gambling is on which you should really be having that fun and this is something that would really be the main thing on why we do gamble or make bets on having the thrill. When it comes on supporting on a particular team then it is really that something that will depend on a certain individual on which not all would really be the same when it comes to someones insight and belief. Just let him be on which its his money
not yours and if he does believe that his club would be winning then its a normal approach. We do have our own choices and this is why we do make a bet.

It would really be just only having two possible outcomes which it would neither be that a win or lose. Its impossible that they arent aware about on the amount that they've been betting into.
If it loses then move on and if it wins then that would really be putting up a smile in your face.

Yes, many gamblers do that because of the pure love and trust on their team but that's a pure sign of foolishness to me. If that 5k was $5k USD then your friend took a huge risk because there was chance of loosing those $5k altogether. If I was on your friend's place then I would never do something like that.

         -    Honestly, I can't do what your friend referred to, but I can't deny that he has the guts to do it, and it's amazing, to be honest. But I won't really do that. For me, punching the moon is
like jumping into a sea with deep water, and yet I don't know how to swim. It's like if I did what he did.

The way he did it seems very reckless; I just don't know if this is what they noticed in accordance with OP's story or narrative on the subject he did.
Because my heart is weak when it comes to such things, honestly speaking.

I agree with you, gambling should be done for fun so that undesirable things don't happen, such as emotional outbursts or loss of self-control when gambling. It's true what you said when it comes to supporting it, it depends on each individual, and if we really idolize a team and have full confidence in that team then there's no harm in placing a bet because I think maybe that includes self-appreciation, as long as we're ready to lose. because if you are not prepared to lose then the possibility of something bad happening will happen.

Even though I have a team that I believe in and am a champion for, I don't dare to risk it all, maybe that will be done by those who really have complete trust and because of their love for the team they are champions for, I hope they can take the risk. what will happen when you risk everything and what happens is defeat. I don't dare to take risks myself.

I can not place such bet in such unexcited period when the match has already started and if by means of referee decides to blow the final whistle then it is assumed game over that that just seems my loosing.

I would neither not say that your friend is a foolish one. Gambling is risky game and it is usually said that no risk no rewards and do away with your fears now and face the dividend of the joy tomorrow.
If you realizes the lucky guesture in gambling then you OP would under that just 5 minutes especially in a sport game is enough to do wonders that 1 hour can not perform.
So I will say your guy was just a risk bearer, not that he believed his team will win but he believed that nothing is impossible to achieve if only you understand your potential capacities.

I think we have all seen that it also cannot be separated from luck, don't be too confident that the team we love will win, especially against a strong team, don't bet all the money just because of love for the team itself, I also have a team that I like Even other people too, but you have to see which team they play against and how strong their strength is, Liverpool is not an easy opponent, so even though Manchester United won yesterday, they also won narrowly and this cannot be separated from their luck and enthusiasm.

So your friend was just lucky to get it, even though if on the other hand Manchester United didn't play that hard, maybe they wouldn't have succeeded in winning it. You need to work hard until the end of the match so that Manchester United deserves to win it, but that doesn't mean we have to be confident that the team we love will win, especially in important quarter-final or semi-final round, I prefer to bet safely rather than looking for risks just because I love the team I like, don't like the football club team too much, the main thing is that as long as we are still gamblers, look at the opportunities, not just love the team. I personally wouldn't do something stupid like that

It is a blind trust for some supporters of some teams, while to some others it is from the success rate of their club and from the results that they have delivered before, that is what has borne that believe. If the team I support has had a series of successful games, winning many and not losing, I'll be very confident to stake lots of money on them to win the next game to play because I believe that the players have the mentality to win and are serious about it and even when they are losing they can turn things around and still end up either winning the game or worst case scenario ending the game in a draw. If the team I support has shown performance that is not consistent, I will not take such a risk on them.

When it comes to gambling, you have to have mind if not, you won't be able to survive a lot of things. you need to believe in yourself, and any decision you are making concerning any game, you have to have positive attitude towards it and understand what you are saying There are some clubs that you will have so much confidence to bet on, and that happens to me, especially when Manchester City is playing. I am also full of confidence that they will win. And that is when you will get tempted to stake and most times it works because some clubs like Manchester City are good and I can attest to how Manchester City has given me a lot of wins. and there are games I don't even try because predicting them will be difficult. especially Manchester United vs. Liverpool. I was surprised to have seen Manchester United win. I don't enjoy staking games like this. I don't recommend people move while gambling.

There could be more to him than meets the eye, some people are gifted and they can sometimes predict very right, I am not a huge fan of gambling but outside of gambling my beliefs have gotten me to the state that I am in right now.

I have people around me that are now scared of my will and beliefs, because everything I turned out to be was something I used to tell them when I had nothing, I mean I ended up doing it like I said I would.

It's hard for things to go your way when you have nothing to show for it, even people around you won't believe it until you prove them wrong.

I just happen to believe that gambling will never go the way I wanted, because I see gambling as a way of the fools, its easy to be an idiot in gambling than anything else, I like real things and outcome than something that relies on total luck.

Yeah! your friend just did it and there are still a few who'd do it. We've seen a lot of crazy news about gambling addictions and stuff like this in the internet, so this is nothing new though and again anyone can do it. Regardless of the outcome this kind of move is a foolish one. I mean, who would want to get broke in an instant just because he got provoked by someone to go ahead and put his life savings if he really trust the team he's betting with.
Your friend might gonna do it again and on the next or a couple of try guaranteed he'd get broke in an instant. So, if you really care for your friend, don't provoke his confidence again.

I won’t consider this a foolish move if he confident that his bet will win despite the odds and the result becomes in favor of him. It only shows that he made the right decision on trusting his money to his team due to his analysis skills towards the club he made.

The only thing I find it foolish is the amount he bet on a gambling. No one should be all-in especially if the amount involved is life savings. On gambling like this which is analysis is involved I’m not surprised that people will usually have a solid confidence on their bet because they their own reason that backed it.

Every gambler, especially those who like sports betting, definitely has favorite team that they really rely on and no matter who the match will take place with, the belief in winning on the team they like will always be there.
But not many can really have success with full confidence like that because many strong and big teams fail to win matches and many draws occur which makes gamblers lose their bets.
I also have favorite team that I always believe will win in every match, but betting doesn't always mean winning because draw is also often an option when betting money.
Bet if only rely on faith and trust, then in the end defeat cannot be avoided.

From what you said regarding you friend, I think he was really lucky because it is clear that Manchester United won only because they were lucky and this is the surprise in football match.
I sure there will be many football fans who are shocked and can't believe the victory that Manchester United got over Liverpool.

First off. That thing you friend did was quite reckless, in my opinion.
I would never be that reckless or trust that much on a football team, never.
One must be a bettor who has some logic behind the bets and also keeping in mind one cannot bet only based on the raw feelings of passion one could have for an specific team.
If your friend continues a long that path, I am afraid it could be just matter of time before he starts to lose important amounts of money to the sport book and other gamblers with a better common sense than his.
Also, my national team does not have as much cache and good curriculum as many otherd around the world, so I would not trust them with much money if I decided to bet on their favor. All of thst goes against my common sense.

I cannot stake my on my club because I bet from a place of knowledge and informed decision. If I know that my club has been preforming poorly lately in the league and have been on a losing streak it would be foolishness to bet on them when I know that their opponents are better and are most likely to win.

Your friend made a very wrong decision even though the outcome was in his favour. It was just a chance occurrence that whose probability of repetition is 1 in a 100 cases.

OP, confidence in the bet because "it's your club" doesn't change the probability of winning towards the gambler's favor. I'm very confident that if your friend makes the same "confident" bet everytime his club has a game, he would lose all the betting capital he has because the odds are already made to give the edge towards the sports betting service/casino. There might be some mistakes sometimes, but that doesn't happen often. Why do casinos and sports betting services continue to exist? Because they make money from plebs like us. It's a good business.

A lot of gamblers more especially the football lovers have so much passion for the team they support that is why no matter the team they have as opponents, such gambler can never bet against his team though I see it as just passion for the club they support so being too confident about your club is still accompanied with luck because until the final whistle a team cannot be declared winner yet, so it's not a bad thing to stand strong with the team you support to the extent of betting on their behalf so it's normal but what is always advised is responsible gambling so that if it turns the other way round it will not affect your psychological well-being as a result from the shock of loss.

It happened sometimes. A situation where I get too excited or over confident and place a bet because I have favorite team playing or player in the match. But what I've come to notice is that most times it just doesn't play out well. I fell most times that it's better to calculate the upper hand than just betting on whom you like the most or favorite as some will say. I've lost some couple of bet due to this and I learnt not to always play favorite out of confidence because it's still gamble and gamble is about luck.
When your luck runs out, your game cuts but if you have enough luck, you get to win. Still your friend was so lucky. Because I too had placed a bet on that match and lost. It nice to hear that someone got to play for his favorite team and got lucky.

There's nothing wrong with that as long as he is comfortable with the outcome and his loss did an analysis and he is not betting out of blind loyalty.
In my case I would not bet a huge amount of money out of pure loyalty, I prefer to lose making an effort on my analysis at least I put an effort and that effort will convert to experience in analysis rather than blind loyalty, there should be a line dividing loyalty and betting the right way.

It's definitely not a good idea to take such risk on your team not minding how confident you are in their ability you still have to be cautious and apply caution because if you don't, you are definitely going to loose more than you can afford to loose. Just like the case of drake recently, although he's very wealthy and would recover I'm days but then it was actually such a huge amount to just stake on a team just like that even if you happen to be too confident, make sure to still apply caution a d gamble responsibly so you don't end up in regrets.

Gambling responsibly is very important and that includes not keeping any bias for your team or another trying to exercise too much confidence because just at the verg of victory you could still loose and then you may be crying because you had expected another out come and not that which you got.

You are wrong. Gambling responsibly does not mean you should not gamble on your team to win. Gambling responsibly is about using the money that you can afford to lose to gamble. If you are gambling and you see a odd that you think can not be won and you gamble with it with just small amount of money and you are thinking that you will lose it but not affecting your emotion, financial life and other things, you are gambling responsibly. If you can not control yourself, gambling with huge amount and also gambling taking your time than necessary is when you do not gamble responsibly.

Betting based up on blind loyalty then even if this bet would really be turning out to be a loss then this one would really be easily that be moving on because they would really be having in mind that they are betting for showing up on the support for the team and not for the money on which we cant be able to tell whether this one would really be true or not, because usually these kind of excuses are really just that covering up their extreme disappointment when it comes to that condition on which you would really be having those reasons on which you would really be telling into yourself if you are ready on what are the things that you would really be able to encounter.

When it comes betting on your club on which you've been supporting then its up to your choice because each one of us would really be having that own perspective
when it comes to the teams that we are betting into. Some for pure support and some do really just stick into whose the favorite.

Foolish move in most cases but in the case of your friend is one of the rare cases with that saying that goes fortune favors the bold.By the way the game was never 0-2,was 1-2 for a long time and Manchester United only equalized near the end of the game so that was truly a fortune favors the bold thing.

In most other cases though people lose a lot of money and that damage their life rather than improving it like in the case of your friend.So it is a foolish move in 99% of the cases and I have never done that.

I would only do it if it's a sure win. That kind of bet by your friend is not 90 percent of a win but he was lucky it went his way. It's foolish and that's because he is using his emotion to gamble. But it turned out fine for him and who knows, he might repeat it and make a mistake next time.
Never gamble with your emotion. That's one of the rules of gambling because most of the time it goes the other way.
He is a big fan so he would do that, I am a fan of a team too but will not be fool enough to put a huge sum of money just for it. I'd rather watch the game and cheer for them than be stressed while watching the game because a lot of money is in the line.

Exactly, there's nothing wrong with staking a huge amount in betting as long as you are sure or you have confidence in your decision or betting, because staking a very huge amount of money in one bet or stake is unavoidable and it is sometimes unavoidable, but if you will let your loyalty take over then expect that you might stumble a big loss, that's why I don't believe in loyalty bet, wherein you will bet in your favourite team even you know that they have a least chances of winning against their opponent, I have a team that I fandom in NBA, but I don't always bet on them especially if it is clear that they are disadvantage against the other team, yes money is money, so why would I bet if I know I will lose right? So yeah, I'm willing to bet a huge amount as long as I know that the team I will stake on has a greater chance of winning.

A foolish bet is when you bet without doing an analysis and the money you're using comes from your allowance or savings, whether it is a small amount or a big amount of money as long as you are comfortable with the outcome, it is ok to trust your favorite club and hope that they win in every game but it's not right in my opinion to bet money if your favorite has no chance to beat the other team.
It's ok if the chance is 50/50 with prayer and luck your team can win the game and multiply your earnings, I consider it throwing money if your favorite team has a slim chance to win, we should be practical when betting you're an average income earner, you can only do so if you're like Drake or Bruno Mars it's ok to guys like them to throw money because they have a way to recover money that they've loss.

Gambling is like that and experienced gamblers understand it that way so they can take risk that you don't believe at any time and that could appear foolish in the eyes of non gamblers or doesn't gamblers that can't take such risk. Usually to gamble that way in a losing position, the gambler sees the money he is about to stake as a sacrifice that he has made.

Therefore it takes courage to gamble and to know that you already have slim chance to win is something not every gambler can do. So regards to your friend, I don't think it is just about his team Manchester united but either because he has studied the game and sees that the losing team is making good efforts at the game but only has not gotten there, so he had to bet on it. And as we know in football, they say it is not over until the final whistle from the referee is blown. He carried the day because he bet as sacrificing his money and that is the spirit some use to win unexpected bets.

Your friend is a loyal fan of Manchester United and he proved it by supporting the club even when it seems they will lose the game. For me, gambling is not an avenue show my loyalty or support to my club because money is involved. My prediction will be based on my analysis and not loyalty. If I suspect that my club will not perform well in a game I will not stake on them. Your friend was just fortunate to win the game because everyone had already concluded that Liverpool would win the game.

His action is not recklessness but he just had fun by taking a risk that is within his capacity. There are times when your analysis will fail because gambling is unpredictable. The guy simply took a risk and don't also forget that he won the game. OP didn't also tell us that he gambled with what he cannot afford to lose which means he is not an irresponsible gambler.

That particular game between Manchester United and Liverpool result was so unpredictable, if you're friend had placed a bet in favour of Manchester United to win that game then he must be a genius to come to that conclusion. When people become too emotionally attached to the club they are fanning, they do things without emotional intelligence and that they say is the beauty of the game. For me that was not too much of a wise decision your friend took, but however this is gambling, the higher the risk the higher the reward, and so far he has benefited from the risk he took.

It depends if you're a risk-taker and it doesn't bother you betting a huge amount of money out of fun and in support of your favorite team, but if you're gambling based on your allocation, it's not a good idea, it's blind loyalty and blind loyalty is not good if you're not a VIP or do not have enough money to throw away.

It's fun betting out of loyalty and challenging yourself if your favorite club can do an upset, you should be ready for the outcome if that's your choice.

It will only be a foolish move if he cannot afford what he is about to lose. I guess your friend also knows what he is doing and he ain't just a fan. He won! Just be happy about it and don't question him. ;)
There are gamblers who just like to be praised whenever they win, maybe that's all he needs for now.
Look, there are also gamblers who bet higher than those amounts, will we also call them foolish? He took the risk, I think that's a courageous thing to do and he probably has more money because he is confident with his bet.

In sports, it's okay to do that rather than wasting the same amount in casino games where your chances to win are very low. Even if you divide that number by 1000 and play casino games that long, you won't get as much as double your capital in just a short span of time, or worse you will never. It's not easy. And, you cannot bet just once going for all in because the chances to hit a low multiplier or a zero is damn high.

I'm a Liverpool fan, and it was very painful for me to see this result in the end:

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2024/03/20/JrjiP.png

However, your post has truly brought joy to my heart. Seeing firsthand how someone has benefited greatly from it has been immensely uplifting.

Was it a foolish move? Maybe. But it's especially satisfying when we win due our foolish moves, innit? :)

We won't agree to see anything wrong about his action and that's because the outcome was a favourable one, he won and that's what every gambler what to hear. Justifying a stupid action because the results out of luck turned out to be fine is not proper. We should also look at the other side of it, how probably he lost it on staking that amount the story here would have been a different one but instead a lot of persons are praising him for taking an uncalculated risk

Both you and your friend made a wrong move in this situation. If anything negative had happened, you are responsible for it because you push him to prove his confidence on his team and he prove his confidence in the wrong way. Responsible gambling is everyone's responsibility and if your close relatives or friends engage in reckless gambling, you can do all you can to help them but you did the opposite here. The amount is not too much to lose even if he lost the bet but the manner in which he gamble with the 5k is very inappropriate. There is nothing you can tell me to convince me, that's obviously a blind risk with no calculation and would be definitely regreted if he lost the bet. There's no fun in proving someone wrong in gambling.

Your friend was pretty lucky to have won, if not he took a big risk. Although I feel he was just trying to prove to you how much he love Manchester United his club. I guest he didn't mind losing the money for love of his club. but if it where to be me I would not try such a thing, what if Liverpool continues beating them maybe 0.4, in the end he would have lost it all and still become ashamed of his club for disgracing him, while he was the one that took the betting to another level.

Actually there are people who love staking on a game like that, however your friend had already seen the determination of Manchester United and chances of wining that's why he was that confidence to bet on them and also I don't think betting on them was because of the passion he has for Manchester United but was because of the possibility he saw on that match that was actually what propelled him to stake the bet, also perhaps the money was not much of a good use to him that's why he decided to take the bet but I don't think passion was his motivator because is very difficult for someone to use there hard earned money to stake on a club they knows that will lose, however in terms of having confident on a particular match sometimes could work out because irrespective of how difficult it is to be certain about a particular club but there are some matches that we can say wining is certain so most people use it as an opportunity to stake all they have in other to have a good return.

I believe he believes on the team that it will really win despite the setback on score. Loving a team and believing that it will win is a different thing. Believing to the team means you are assured to their potential that they will win the game due to their player skills is better than the opponent.

Loving a team is just like tossing a money just for self satisfaction of imaginary supporting them through the bets which on this case the friend really believe on the bet since he place bets on a low chance of winning scenario on this match.

This is the difference of having a good skills on analyzing to just being a fan boy.

You have to ask a community about this bad decision, this type of wrong decision has already been discussed before in other threads, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, it's a wrong decision,

In fact, I saw that entire match, It's as always with LP matchs, you have to wait for the final whistle

Regardless of what he believes and the actions he takes if it is based on personal analysis and uses the money he can afford to lose in one match in my opinion it doesn't matter, however the decision he makes is in accordance with his wishes and his ability to bet. but yes the amount of 5k for most people is not a small amount, but if for him it is ready to lose it in one session of the favorite team's match, in my opinion it doesn't matter what, even if $100k you bet, as long as it is with personal readiness and the money is a small portion of his money per month from what he earns.

The question would be if your friend would do that for another team, for the sake of gambling. However, that's patriotism and passion for his team. Personally, I wouldn't do that considering the analysis of Liverpool players, it'll be hard to accept that they'll lose out on the game. And Man-U his team has been performing under average recently, which isn't the right decision for anybody. His instinct was quite right and accurate, thereby, igniting the feeling in him to do that next time. Gambling is fun when supporting our team, regardless of how down bad for scores they are on the pitch. But we all need to do that sparingly so, as not to end up losing all our funds. One may have seen that and would want to try it out. Which is a bad idea.

I could remember friends being laughed at for betting against their team. That's wrong from the perspective of other gamblers. Yet, if one feels his team wouldn't win, he can stake against them and win. Instead of ending up feeling sad about the game, entirely. The team lost and his money was gone. So, players shouldn't be blinded to wager only in favor of their team. They also need to check the strength of the other team before wagering lots of money. That doesn't change the fact we are a fan of the team. It's just what people around us would say and laugh over it, but what matters is our emotions and money. Being real to the game, and not just picking sides, even when they're losing.

Having much confidence in a particular team iss not the best , because football is unpredictable and if you are to stake on the best team to win, it is better to stake with the amount that you can afford to lose because nothing is certain.  Sport, gambling are unpredictable and sometimes winning happens as a result of luck.  Their is nothing wrong staking your for your favourite team to win but it is important for one to play with a lower amount, because you are staking on the best team to win it doesn't mean you game will end up to win which will make one to play with an excessive amount that you can't afford to lose.

Your friend is a die hard fan of his club, and he has confidence in them, that was why when Liverpool was winning he still had the gut to stake against them. He is lucky enough to have won the bet, because nobody believed that United will turn the game around to their favor.

This is one thing with gambling, no one knows when our luck will shine and that is why we should not be overconfident in our bets, and use the amount of money that we can afford to lose, so that whatever is the outcome of our bet, we will be just fine. Your friend never expected that Manchester united would win the game, but it worked out for him because of the passion that he has for his club.

I have been placing bets/gambles on sports betting for quite a long time, of course I have a favorite club/team that I aspire to, but in my understanding, favorite clubs and betting are two different factors, they cannot be combined, Gambling with idols is a different matter, you can idolize one or two clubs, but it cannot be used as a basis for betting, it could have fatal consequences.

Trust in the club, cannot guarantee that they will win the game, this is caused by many factors, therefore betting is based on field conditions, analysis, as well as against the club's opponents, It could be that the club we trust can be defeated by the opposing club, this often happens, look at the condition of our club and the opposing club, don't rely on that club as a trust so that you ignore the opposing club.

There's nothing like me having overconfidence in a team because they are my supported club, i will definitely loose and that does not make sense when i know their current strength and weakness and yet still go fir the weakness in them, in  other way, i will first sit to analyze their current form, see how they made up the team and also give assessment to their previous performances, then take my bet on them as accordingly to how i see the outcome could be.

it's obvious that it is a foolish move and I am pretty sure there are diehard fans who are also an avid sportsbettors who will do this.

anyway, there is no way that I'll do it, I'm glad that the result was in your friend's favor but doing what he did is just pure stupidity, I get that someone can be extremely confident with the team they love but betting a huge amount just because of it is just pure foolishness.

Actually in this case my opinion will be that overconfidence is never be good for anyone. I have also lost my bets many time for only my overconfidence on that match. And it is obviously a foolish work if anyone stake all put of our confidence in any club. But here we may also be wrong that what we think is over confidence may not be over confidence because people place their bets from a prediction of their own.

Yes, there are really people whose like this on which it would really be that something totally stupidity but well its their own money and their own beliefs and perceptions then just let them be.
It would be better that there would really be no kind of discussions on how he do make out those kind of consideration when making out some bets. It is really just that there are indeed people
who do shows up that extreme support or love into its favorite team that even if its obvious that it is already that an underdog or disadvantage but still they do decide to put up all in
on making such bet on which i could say that its never been wise.

Me myself on now  matter how to do i like a certain team or player then i dont really have this kind of consideration on making some forceful bet even if my feelings
and insights would really be that totally against with them.There's no point that you would really be able to make yourself having this kind of considerations.

It is good when we check our decisions because we don't always make a better decision always. Whw we recheck our confidence about a particular game or bet can help us reduce loses that could keep coming when we don't test and recheck every decisions we take. I am seen many people bragging about there club of winning a particular match when it was obvious that such a win was gonna be difficult or the result is never certain. Emotions is one of the things that had been making us to keep being confident about our decisions even when we know that we could fail or lose. We need to always check and see if what we are having confidence about us going to fail us or not.

Is it a single bet with winning odds of 1X2? It ended up in a 2-2 draw and should have lost, right? If your friend bets on his favorite team winning. But I don't know if your friend bet for Manchester United to qualify.

Back to your main topic.
It's crazy to bet everything just for the favorite team, I also have a favorite team that will definitely win but I never dare to do this stupid act, what if the team loses, it could be that the favorite team loses especially in the Premier League match it is difficult to guess.

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.

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

 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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...

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've been into that point but even if you get the best analysis with confidence for that club you are betting and supporting on, you have no control over the situation that has full of twists.

Dude, you've just triggered your friend. I know that it's like a joke to you but you poked him and put the best of him to prove you that he's right. Anyway, there are gamblers that can really bet everything that they have but I won't be into that state anymore. I'm older and have got other things to think of, so it doesn't matter if someone calls me not a real supporter and fan of the club or team that I am supporting. What matters to me is that you didn't worked for my money, I've worked hard for it. And that's why I am the one to decide where I'll be placing it and how much I am going to bet with it. And for that reason, I won't be foolish enough to make mistakes that I am going to regret later on.

I would assume it must have been a reflex decision for him because it could happen to anyone where you see a gambler suddenly takes a rash decision to stake on a game and such decision will even make you think they are going crazy. If he had lost that money, he would have packaged his shame and lose home  ;D, because it was really a huge risk he took to stake his money on a live game which the opposite team are already wining with two goals. I can take such a risk but will totally get upset if the game go against me.

Nope, I like to support my local clubs and sadly the best local club I have has never even come close to a title. We're glad to see them in the first league but honestly they're not that good. Their results are unreliable at best and usually just disappointing. I can't count on my local club too much when it comes to bets but I'd still support them in other ways. To be honest I know betting in crypto doesn't earn them anything extra so I do it guilt free. But to put money in bets towards them would be not that wise financially. I'd rather buy some tickets to see their matches. ;D

Did your friend stake $5000 or was it in another currency? I think it’s a bad idea to gamble with emotions involved. He got lucky but betting on your football team because you support them will cause you to lose money. We have had this discussion before and my opinion on betting on and against your football club remains the same.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5488718.msg63801572#msg63801572.

Even though your friend got away with a big win through Man United's comeback, it's always a bad idea to put too much trust in a team based on your feelings because comebacks mostly depend on luck and more factors could be involved behind their win.

You don't simply go all in on the team you follow, if you do go that route you'll later learn the reality and fade your favorite team when it matters.

The team is an important factor, not all teams are worth such risk. But as you said he did that out of love for his team, he didn't analyze the game. Yet he won. That's a shocking part of the story, he'd feel better and happier. I think that's what gambling is about, doing what others won't think of trying. People who gambled on Man U to win before the game started may have lost hope after conceiving two goals. Another factor is that he had to prove it to his friend. I've made such a statement in the past, but didn't wager on the prediction, but the player scored as I said to a friend.

Most times when watching a football match, the settings and performances of some players, a viewer will easily detect who will score or not. Maybe the same thing happened to the Op's friend, he has observed some moves from his team and had the trust they'll win, regardless of the scores. Gamblers need to follow their instincts, not all the time. Most times we feel like a complete failure after appearing fully sure of a specific prediction, which ends up returning void. It's a win-or-lose thing, but some mistake ends up getting annoying. Imagine after telling your friends, a particular player will score, and he didn't. They wouldn't listen when next we want to talk to them on a game. However, gambling is a risk, and we must accept it.

Your friend is brave enough to bet that amount in one match. But even though I love my favorite team, I'm not careless enough to be able to bet so big on just that one match. I will think about what the worst impact is and how best to minimize the chance of a significant loss by not gambling more than the bankroll limit that I have previously set. Because only careless and naive people want to bet very big on their favorite team in one match and not think about the impact of the bet, and I don't want to be that kind of gambler.

As we would say in poker, he made a bad move that worked out well. Gambling everything on his team for emotional reasons when the odds were against him by 7 to 1 is clearly a bad play. Also, from what the OP describes I imagine that that 5k he bet was money he needed, probably all he had in savings, not extra money you can afford to lose, which is how it should be done.

I tell you how those kinds of stories end up, with the OP's friend repeating the play and losing it all. And the next time probably borrowing to lose it all. Badly, they usually end very badly.

It simply matters to be on the winning sides this season. Currently, my favorite team doesn't have the strong balance of enabling winnings but it becomes obvious to place wager on them once they're not having weaknesses and unable to humbled their opponents. Everyone wants winnings for their clubs because most of them have pushed the trigger to place wager on them due to the love and support they have for the club. Over confidence in a club, probably the pointed club is having their best performance and they don't relent from making the long good moves.

I can tell if this that yes alot of people usually do this and it's not like they aren't matured or responsible enough to do so but they did that because,they had so much passion and love for their Fans and also they do that cause they can as well afford to loose that said amount.
But this is the reality of life that you should be discipline in your dealings so it's not advisable to put over confidence to this as most times it might results in something not confidential anymore.By the way ,me I don't see it as a foolish move,but hehad so much faith in his Fans which has led him stake such amount .

I bet for my favorite club but not too big I bet as much as I can afford to lose because I can never guarantee which team will win I like a club but there is no guarantee that the team will win. so we should always be sensitive when it comes to gambling so that we can accept losses very easily otherwise they keep giving us mental pressure. so i wll tell that it is really foolish to bet big amount for fan club with confidence

I mean a lot of people lost money on that game for sure, there is no doubt that people did not expected United to win, and yet they did and that's a great thing to see, I feel like that's important for a lot of people. I believe that we are going to see a lot of results similar to that, and in the meantime we should be probably expecting to not have that type of games all that commonly.

I do not really put it all in, never have, not going to do it for any game at all, doesn't matter how big or small the chances are. Just this season, we have seen Bayern lose to a third division team, and beat a bundesliga team 8-1, no idea how they could do it on the same season but it happens and we should be not really all that interested in how that works.

Yes, I believe that their are many gamblers out there that can do that, as long as they have confidence in the team they are supporting to win the game, but the major problem attached to taking such risk is that, mostly, when you stake such huge amount of money like that, it's always a money you can't afford to lose, so if it goes wrong, like the results doesn't goes your way, it's affect you as a person psychologically, so it's very important you stake with an amount you can afford to lose, so that psychologically, even though it doesn't goes your way it wouldn't affect you.

Not really, I am not a big fan of placing large bets on a single game. Betting 5k is a lot of money and there is no certainty that our bet is actually going to pay off. In this position I would always prefer to bet 1k each on 5 different matches instead of putting it all on one game. Spreading out my bets helps me a lot to reduce my overall risk and I think that it made me more money in the long run. I can understand your friend that has a strong conviction about a game and wants to profit from it. But when it comes to my hometown, I always feel a bit biased and don't know if I fully evaluate all the risks correctly. When placing most of our money on one single bet, it only takes one failed match to wipe out our bankroll. In the end this is something everybody needs to decide for himself, you are either comfortable taking these high risks or not. For me, the risks are bit too high and I prefer to accept lower returns with also lower chances of losing my bankroll.

Your friend is lucky because he is not ashamed in front of you and many people, as you can see? just because he wants to prove to other people what team will going to win, He's going to bet such a huge amount? Imagine the risk of what he did, one wrong move could have lost his money in just a seconds but it looks like he's lucky because he won, he's proven to you that the team he's proud of is right,
But if the team he is proud of loses, your friend will face a big problem, because of his overconfident, he will lose a lot of money and he will be ashamed of you and the other people who are waiting for him to win or not.

Betting on your team just cuz you love 'em? Ok, gutsy move, but let's be real - that's more like walking into a hurricane hoping for sunshine.  Your buddy dropping 5k on Man U down 0:2 to Liverpool? Was that a smart gamble, or just blind luck?

Look, we all love a good underdog story. Believing in your team is part of being a fan. But betting the house on it? That's not strategy, that's chasing a thrill. That rush when an insane bet actually somehow pays out...it's addictive. It's NOT about being some tactical genius

Of course, some folks have money to burn, and if they get that high from the risk, power to 'em. In the bigger picture, betting is all about that unpredictable chaos we crave as fans, just concentrated into a ridiculously risky moment. Was it foolish? Probably, but hey, sometimes football (and life) makes zero sense, right?

I have a message for your friend, let him know that is is lucky this time around, if he try to use this same strategy again he will lose his money, people tend to get used to a strategy that worked for them once, they always believe that it could work again.

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In fact, there is no such thing as strategy in gambling, if you can believe this then you will be a smart gambler, what are you strategizing on? Luck? Who can? There is no man that has total control on luck, such power never exists.

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All you have to do is your best and leave the rest, and thats by risking what you can afford to lose, do not rely on any strategy because none existed in this gambling space, all you have to count on is your luck and you can lose, thats why you need to risk very small amount.

Personally I will say that the only reason that will make me to stake very high for my team to win is their performance in their previous games, your friend was lucky not to have lost his bet because the performance of Manchester United isn't good at the moment and the top three teams in the EPL is very ready to beat any team they come across because none of the teams want to drop points nor lose out of the title race. I am a Manchester United fan but I would rather bet on Liverpool to win if it was a league match than Manchester United because they have a better squad and a better performance this season than Manchester United. Just a moment op, did your friend actually place a bet on Manchester United to win the game or his bet was for Manchester United to qualify to the next round because the game ended in a 2:2 draw before they went for extra time.

Yes, taking such risk that can't be accepted by many gamblers because some of them aren't managed the risk and place a bet for a big money. They thinks that if that is their team, they should gives a big portion to bets so that's why some of them place a higher bet than before. That will be okay if they can accepts the risk and not complain to anyone if their team lost but most of them can't do that and will be angry seeing their team lost. It's all about how you can prevent the big lose by always limiting your money to place bet and only use the money you can afford. That's what you must do if you want to playing gambling, especially in the sports betting because the tempting to win big will always be there. If you can be careful, you will lose much money that you can't imagine.

0:2 and putting up 5k on that point? Thats suicide for sure and even if you do say that you are really that a fan of Man U but it wouldnt really be ideal that you would really be making out such kind of bets. Its never been worth and its never been wise unless if you are really that having an intent on burning that 5k in thin air without worrying then its just fine but if you are expecting something
a win and you do go all in because of soo much trust then this would really be a problem. If it turns out for you to win then thats lucky but if not then you would really be ended up on great disappointment and frustration on which these emotions will really be the main thing that you would really be able to feel out instantly.

Risking it all or staking it all in gambling is a bad idea.

I don't want to know what you are risking all your money on, either on yoit favourite club or sports, its a bad idea to risk everything you have, most importantly on something you dont have total control over.

Gambling is all about luck, I dont know why anyone will risk all they have on such thing, its obvious that losing is going to be way more easier in this than winning, all the signs are written over gambling but stupid people still think otherwise.

I will never do such a thing for the love of any sports or team, I crave for gambling entertainment and that shouldn't cost me or anyone too much money, I don't gamble to have a life changing opportunity, I gamble to make few bucks and also have some great time.

May be your friend was just lucky and won the round. It doesn't always happen like that.
May be your friend knew something about the match that others didn't know.
May be your friend is an expert when it comes to sports betting.
It can be anything but one thing that is firm is that the odds are not in our favor all the time.

Your friend is a crazy man; no sane person will do that unless he is really that confident that his favorite team will win. Personally, I would not do that since it is very risky. Even if the opponent of my favorite team or club is the lowest seed, I still wouldn't do that. Maybe for a lower bet, I would, but with that amount of money? I would probably just keep the money. I think that is the essence of gambling; you do not know what the outcome of your bet will be; you just need to keep faith and hope that your bet will hit. This gives us the thrill and nervousness since a lot of money is on the line, and that is how some of the gamblers view gambling as fun. 

Anyway, congrats to your friend for winning. I hope that he won't be greedy and do it again  ;D. Just be careful next time. If that bet did not hit, he might be depressed right now. Lucky for him, the team won.

Always gamble by utilising your head, not your heart. Your club doesn’t give a damn about you so don’t risk your finances betting on them to win.

Sure, support your team, be passionate but don’t regularly bet on them to win just because of your love for them, it’s a guaranteed way to lose money.

No buddy, actually this has never happened to me, but it has happened many times in which I have full confidence in the matches, even though I won the betting with very small odds. Because most of those results can be predicted in advance, like an weak team against with a best team. Moreover, I have never given such a big risk due to my overconfidence, due to overconfidence I took risks but it was with small funds, and lost them.
Now let's talk about your friend. Even then your friend was win that bet I will not gonna say it is a good Idea, Overconfidence is never be good things and of course, in the sector of gambling, its becomes more dangerous.

There is something that I want to let us know especially way that is into gambling because when you are a gambler you will know that gambling is unpredictable that is why there is no Club that you can betfully that they will win their match with the confidence without having that fear of losing because you know that you may have the full confidence that this particular Club will win the match at the end of the match another club who you think that we lose win the match that is why it is called prediction because nobody knows what the match will result out at the ending

It seems to me that almost every gambler from time to time risks more than he can afford and of course from the outside it looks very reckless, but such winnings perfectly demonstrate that in gambling a lot depends on luck.

Lately I try not to take such risks, because for me $5k is quite a lot of money, which can bring a good profit with less risk than betting on sports. I satisfy my gambling needs even with $50-100 bets.

Well I don't know, but the impression I got when I read the thread was what's the definition of staking it all? Because I know I can stake some fraction of cash for any team that I love despite even if they are losing besides that's why it's called fun gambling but if it's the other way round by risking a huge amount or something I know will affect me when the loses come then you can definitely count me out

You might be having those favorites or teams that you would really be betting on but doesnt mean that you would really be sticking in betting into them specially if they are underdogs or someone whose really that at disadvantage. It would really be just that too impossible that you wont really be able to determine on which one would really be that worth to bet on and which one should be left behind. If you do still bet into your
team despite of that disadvantage then you would really be definitely still betting then this is something that do talks about being a die hard fan or having that loyalty but this is something that would really be just that depending on you on where you would be betting.

Going all in for your club? This isnt something that i dont do because once i have seen that disadvantage then it would be just common sense
on where you would really be placing your bet on.

Gamblers that bets on their favorite team might not feel bad even if their team loses the game that makes their bets to lose. What I understand about people that bet in their favorite team is even if the team loses they will not be too angry on it because they are their favorite and they will always support them even when they didn't perform so well on the game..
Betting on your favorite team might not be bad even when they are losing your the games for you, as you are keeping they team as your favorite you can always be the one to support them even if they are losing for you.

Exactly you said something right and in accordance with the facts, basically the team you favor will not care about anything you experience there, so all decisions are in your hands which means all the impacts you experience on the decisions you have made are all purely risks that you must take responsibility for yourself and no one else or even your favorite club will care about anything you experience. Therefore, of course, calculate everything well and consider carefully.

Simply put, if you are not able to take responsibility when it turns out that at the end of the session you lose, then it is clearly better to just watch your favorite team compete without betting at all because this way you will clearly not lose unnecessary money if it turns out that you really lose. Basically, it is not a problem to bet because after all it is purely your own money but the most important thing is to bet something that has a high probability only, or in the sense that if for example you believe that your team of pride can win against the opposing team based on the track record of a team then it does not matter.

You're absolutely right. Gambling should only be about fun and recreational purpose and nothing else, that's why it's advised for people to always have this at the back of their mind, because it is only when people view gambling as a means of multiplying their fortune that you see them taking unimaginable risks all in the name of trying to win big or trying to recover the money they have lost. i like the instance you sighted about yourself betting on the team you love whether they are winning or losing because at the end you've still had your own share of fun without taking any risk or breaking your bank. this just reminds me of something i saw online about a person who said right now the only sport he bets on is boxing, because if he wins he gains and if he loses, he still gains because he will be satisfied knowing that they beat the hell out of the person that made lose money.  ;D ;D :D

Basically, everyone is free to use the money they have as they wish. do you want to use it to place bets or something else. However, this is very important to pay attention to, is this a good thing to do or not? And have we considered the risks involved?

And for me, placing a bet of 5k on a football match would be a very risky action, especially if most of the money being bet is someone else's wealth. Even though your friend feels quite confident in his prediction, he must remember that the outcome of a match is never certain, so there is a big possibility that he will lose the money he bet. And if someone makes such a bet, it is quite important to ensure that they do so wisely and with wise consideration.

Placing large bets on football clubs, this may seem fun at first glance, but if this becomes a detrimental habit, then this could be a danger sign for something even worse. Betting with an amount of money that we are ready to lose is a necessity that we must apply every time we place a bet.

I was just like that when I was new in gambling, whenever I am confident with the match up I would stake it all or bet a huge amount.
I guess I stop doing it after losing on match that I had high hopes on, and learned to control or limit my bets even if I know that the chance of winning is high.

Wait, are you going to say betting as much $3.65 (5k Naira) was the craziest thing your friend did on the Manchester United vs Liverpool match? This may be a large amount for your country's currency, but if you discuss this globally where the USD is the dominant currency, it is not worth it.

Some gamblers bet tens of thousands of dollars on the game, some even hundreds of thousands. I can't imagine it's a big danger to your friend especially since it's only 5K Naira, let alone the conversion value to USD is very small. It wasn't anything crazy or stupid, unless it was something that kept him from eating for a week.

I think that is a typical example of gambling for fun. I also think even though we want to gamble for fun, we need to be wise and gamble with caution. Not everytime we need to keep taking decision that would tag us as a fun gamblers but rather keep taking steps that would prove we know what we are doing and ready to make money from betting. Whatever we are doing doing for our team as a gambler and also a sport fan, we should do it for fun not taking things too seriously.
 If we can be patient enough to student the match we want to bet on, we could make profits even if we are betting on club we supports, there are so many ways we could do this without losing money.

When you say 5,000, is it in his local currency or is it $5K? You need to be specific so that we can know what the amount you are talking about is worth. For example, the money you taught is big for the person but might actually be a little money to him depending on his worth and earnings. 
 
To answer your question, there is no amount of confidence that I will have in my club or any team that is playing against another that will make me place a bet very high above my wager limit. I don't take that risk, and it's not a good gambling tactic.
 
Even if the game plays in his favour, that's good for him, but what will happen if the game oesn't? You just need to set a rule to stay within your limits in order to still be in control of the game, as there is no sure bet on gambling.

At times when we predict a match to win in our favor and it happened the way we predict it to be, we can saying that we were over confident that they match will end that way, not knowing we were only lucky about our prediction.

Your friend won't say he was 100% confident that Manchester United would win against Liverpool at initial. He only tried his luck and was lucky the match ended in his favor for Manchester United to win Liverpool.

It is normal for someone to feel the way your friend is feeling right away because if I had a bet with friend towards a match bet and happened the way I predicted it, I will be feeling on top about my prediction I got correct

High expectations can sometimes cloud our judgment that leads us to believe what we want to believe rather than objectively considering the facts or probabilities. Our predictions may happen to align with the outcome, it's natural to feel a sense of confidence and even pride in our foresight. But there is always the role of luck in predictions. His experience with predicting the outcome of the match between Manchester United and Liverpool is a classic example. While he may have placed his bet based on his assessment of the teams, winning the bet doesn't necessarily mean he had absolute certainty in Manchester United's win from the beginning, rather, it signifies a fortunate alignment between his prediction and the actual result.

Feeling on top of the world after a successful prediction is understandable, because it validates our analysis and understanding of the situation. Betting needs to maintain a level-headed perspective and recognize that luck can play a significant role in such outcomes. This awareness helps us approach future predictions with humility and a realistic understanding of the inherent uncertainty involved.

Certainly right. We have this beginner’s luck that made us win in the start, and when it’s gone, we all end up with losses. Probably that’s how your friend was able to win that time but if he keeps believing that confidence will make him win from gambling, that’s a very wrong mindset for any gambler. To be honest, it’s always the house that has the biggest advantage in gambling, and if ever we start seeing winning, it’s not because we are good and lucky, but because they made us win so we can bet more and finally put us into the losing end, that’s how deceptive the casino is.

I have only done that with the cash I am carrying for the day. I bet everything except the money I reserved for my bus fare hehe.
I am guessing that your friend has enough money on his hands that he could risk 5K just like that. I don't think any sane person would do such a thing on a normal match if the amount involved is worth 80% to 90% of his entire life savings.

Haven't tried that yet but I do support some teams that I like the most but I don't go out of my way to put an all in bet when I'm confident that they're winning, there's a difference with calculated risk and an uncalculated one and you don't want to do any of that in the case that you lose, you're losing big time and you don't want that to happen to you, maybe if you're favorite team is really strong, you wouldn't mind using betting as much as you can but the possibility of losing will always be there, not mentioning that the odds of the team you might be betting on is really low that you're probably going to make nothing even if they win.

Your friend really got the luck on his side and it would've gone either way and I'd assume that he'd blame you for your mischief since you're the one that told him to do that kind of bet but this didn't happen, it seems to me that your friend owes you a pint of beer and some food, he probably wouldn't mind with all that win.

It is not good to bet with too much confidence as it carries risk most of the time. This happened to a friend of mine who spent all his life's savings on gambling with a lot of confidence in the hope of winning and then suffered a defeat and was mentally broken. We should learn from such mistakes that no matter how strong a team is there is no absolute guarantee of victory on the betting stage. It is foolish to spend life's savings. A sane person would never take such a wrong step knowing the odds of betting. Even if the team is strong, there will be a chance of losing.

It's not uncommon for sports fans to have strong confidence in their favorite team. But betting huge money by just basing only on confidence can be risky. Luckily for your friend, it paid off this time, but it could easily gone wrong the other way. Always bet with caution and not let emotions cloud judgment. Always consider factors such as team performance, odds and potential outcomes.

It would be a stupid act if he lost but because his confidence gave him a big win of course it was a smart move and very risky, but actually it wouldn't be a problem as long as the money he bet was an amount he could afford to lose because that means losing wouldn't affect his finances at all.
And I will not do that and will stick to the budget that has been set, how much value will be bet on each bet, even though there is quite a lot of confidence in the match that will take place because it can still just be emotions, for example, like the match you mentioned, I am quite believe that Liverpool will win and that belief appeared twice when Liverpool took the lead in normal time and also when they scored the first goal in extra time but see everything changed in just a short time, so the belief that emerged could just be emotion because we liked the club too much and trusted the statistics, while unexpected things can still happen as long as the match is not finished.

Yes, you are right, self-confidence is fine as long as we don't overdo it which will waste all our money. Even though we really believe in a club being able to win, that is not a good thing to do, because in gambling there is always a risk, so it is better to keep betting on the minimum bet or a little bigger, as long as we don't put all our assets in the bet. the.

However, we have to keep thinking about what is good for us in the future, and risking all the money we have is not a good idea. Gambling must remain within certain limits, lest because of excessive self-confidence we do stupid things that we shouldn't do.

Don't think about the wins we will get when we bet, but we should also think about the losses we might get when betting. It's my way of staying on track when it comes to gambling. We must always be conscious and full of logic when we want to do something so that we don't regret it in the end.

Okay, look. You're talkin' about self-confidence like it's some magic bullet against losing your shirt gambling, but that ain't how it works, man. Yeah, confidence is good, but too much and it makes you stupid. Betting the minimum? Man, come on...that's like thinking you won't drown because you dip a toe in the ocean

You're talking about all this caution, trying to control things, but the whole damn game is about the opposite of that. Your future ain't coming from some lucky roll; it's about the choices you make right now. Gambling, that ain't a choice, it's a trap. It runs on that feeling like you're hot, or that you're about to get your money back if you keep playing...

Thing is, those losses? They ain't a maybe, they're baked into the whole thing. The game is designed so you lose long-term. You think you're staying on track, but that track is just leading you towards jumping off. It's more than the money, dude. You're gambling with your headspace, your whole outlook on things

To be frank this is a gambling addiction sugarcoat as over-confidence in gambling.
As a gambler having confidence in your prediction is important but this prediction shouldn't be made base on  luck instead with a proper analysis.
Regarding every prediction, risk should be calculated and gambling with life savings should never ever be an option.
Gamble with what you can afford to lose even if the win is small don't ever be tempted to increase it beyond anything that will affect you financially

There is nothing spectacular about your friend winning that bet he was just lucky to win his bet his club Man Utd he was supporting has been very inconsistent in their performances and it's very obvious the team was lucky to win against Liverpool because I watched the match, Liverpool squandered all their opportunities to seal the match in the first half unfortunately luck ran against them consequently lost that match and luckily for him he won his bet  I am Arsenal fan I can only place a bet on the team based on their form and how formidable their opponent is and as it now I can place a bet on Arsenal if they are playing mid table or relegation battling teams to win but against clubs like Liverpool, Man City and Tottenham (derby match) my betting option is over 1.5 for those matches.

In gambling you don't allow yourself to be controlled by favouritism, in gambling there no preferred team, you don't bring your team in because you might lose if you bet in your preferred club side, over confidence does not play in gambling, the whole process is based on your luck level, I have seen teams with a very small odd losing to teams with Tinny odd, so if you select your club you should have an open mind to expect two different events, either you lose or you win, no matter how good a club is, you can only predict their encounter with other clubs but you can't be very sure of their winning or losing, in gambling dont be too sure.

It's not a stupid thing to do, but your friend deserves to do it.
I don't know whether your friend is rich or not, but what is certain is that looking at your story, it seems like your friend is a rich person who is able to bet 5k in one match and for his favorite team.
If your friend has the ability to bet an amount that I think is large, it is only a few percent of his income because it is impossible for a football fan and bettor to be able to spend that amount in just a short time and this time I say that your friend is lucky.

I have never bet that recklessly, even though I am a fan of a certain football team, I still look at the opponent I will face and if the opponent is only a lower class team, of course I will bet a larger amount, but if I am playing against an equal team, I will use small amount.

When it comes to gambling, it is essential to remain impartial and not let personal preferences or prejudices affect the decisions you make. It is true that anything may happen in a sporting game, and even the most favoured side may lose.
While being objective and not allowing emotions to affect your decision making is a skill that can be learned, it's also something that some people are naturally better at than others. But one should always see that skill as an important component and a stepping stone towards ensuring one has a successful and healthy Gambling life

I don't think you should bet big on a match just because you have a lot of confidence in the outcome of that match. This confidence may be false. As a rule, we all know stories about people who won large sums, relying only on their intuition or confidence based on personal preferences or beliefs. This is very far from the correct game system. The game should be based on clear patterns, and not on faith. Over the long haul, overconfidence will most likely bankrupt you. I would say that we must first consider the facts that contradict our belief. When we carefully study these facts, we will be forced to come to a more balanced point of view.

I believe the game you are talking about is the Fa cup quarter final game between United and Liverpool, however, take note that Liverpool were never leading that game 2-0. United took the lead at 1-0, Liverpool equalized and then later took the lead, making it 2-1, United made it 2-2 through a goal from Anthony, Harvey Elliott scored and gave Liverpool a 3-2 lead in extra time, Rashford equalized to make it 3-3 and Amad Diallo won the game for United in the last minute and it ended 4-3.
No, i do not gamble with huge amounts of money, i am responsible in gambling, so even if i am betting on my favorite team and i have the confidence that they are going to win, i still bet responsibly.

In my opinion, OP's story is the definition of gambling. You are sure of your choice then place a bet.

In gambling, winning or losing is normal and is only limited to these 2 choices. If you win then it is luck, which is sometimes very difficult to repeat.

As gamblers, we should be wise in using betting money because if we lose, we might lose that money.

It seems you have misunderstood what I am saying here, I am not saying self-confidence is like medicine that we can take when we are sick, but there is another meaning I want to convey. When you gamble, do you not have the confidence to bet? don't we all have the same feelings when gambling? Even though I feel it a little, I'm sure most of us also hope to win at gambling, I wouldn't be a hypocrite to say I don't expect to win when I gamble.

Controlling the situation does not mean that we control the game, but it is more about self-control so that we are still within limits when gambling. Don't we want to be responsible gamblers? even though we know that our chances of losing are greater than winning.

But I agree with what you say with the future not coming luck, I have no problem with that, because we have the same thoughts. Once again, gambling is full of risks, and we must understand these risks before gambling. We do all of this so that we don't overdo it and become an addict.

While their wealth allows for faster recovery, the principle remains - large wagers can lead to significant losses.  Imagine putting a vast sum on a single outcome, regardless of the potential returns.

The connection you draw between fan bias and responsible gambling is insightful.  Passion for a team shouldn't cloud your judgment.  Just because you favor a team doesn't mean they're guaranteed to win.  Imagine basing your entire bet on loyalty rather than a neutral assessment of the game's dynamics.

The potential for heartbreak in the face of unexpected losses is another crucial point.  Letting confidence in a team overshadow responsible gambling practices can lead to disappointment and financial strain.  Imagine the emotional toll of losing a large sum due to misplaced faith in a specific outcome.

Where I live there is a very wise saying, "It sure killed trust", so when it comes to doing things better 'because you have a lot of trust, that is not a sure thing, because any event can change the history of any sport. or event, so I'm not one to do things or bets like that, even if they tell me that winning is certain, I can't accept that kind of thing.

I know that there are people in the world who only need to be told that they have confidence that it is something safe, and there are people who throw themselves into that, but I am not one of those people because basically things do not work that way, I think that security does not work. It can be either a casino or a bet because nothing is certain.

I think that when it comes to being in a casino or sports betting one should not be so trusting, there should always be reasons to distrust even one's own shadow.

This is true. I've always avoided Liverpool in my bet slips simply because I wouldn't be objective about my selections because when it comes to Liverpool, my bias is and will always be one sided. But it's not all bad. As a matter of fact, I have had some nice run of luck with Liverpool this season as they win most of their games and so few losses or draws.

As a side note, I tend to make such bets only on high conviction games though. For  instance, I avoided Liverpool in their most recent defeat to Man Utd in the FA cup quarter final.

Don't seem bothered because they're already woke up but work, I'm just trying my best to be in bed while my money do the whole workings for me, easy life going magnificent and everyone will shout. We can start a conversation about the present stages of our life and also how to temporarily limits our golden opportunities as gambling. Gambling is not for everyone, the earlier most of the students understand this quote, the better.

I know we like our teams and all, but I have a friend that does exactly opposite of this instead :D. He is a LFC fan, and he wagers on City win a lot of money. His thought is that either City will lose and make him happy, or they will win and make him richer :D. That's not half a bad idea, if he bets on Liverpool to win then it would mean that if Liverpool wins, he is double happy because both his team won and he earned money, but if LFC loses then he is double sad, makes no sense to him.

With him betting on City, and most recently Arsenal, to win that means he will most likely win money since those teams win majority of their games, and when they do end up losing or drawing time to time, that makes him a lose money but at least he is still happy.

Betting all would be foolish. A game is a game and anything could happen regardless of how much Team A is at advantage; as long as the buzzer is not being heard, things are still not assured. Cliché as it sounds but never bet with confidence 'coz that's subjective. Perhaps you invested a small amount; you could get high rewards from profit but if it came out as a losing bet, and if you have bet a huge amount, then that would also be a huge loss. If you are about the consequences the be careful of the amount you engage. If you can't imagine yourself being in huge regret after a losing bet, then at least be preventive of such situation. Play it safe as much as possible. It would be better to settle with smaller profit than to settle with loss alone. Keep in mind how gambling works wherein many people regret putting their 'all' and eventually be needing of help from people around them.

Yes every gambler will only end up with one of two possibilities at the end of the session that is between winning or losing, all of which can never be known unless you have completed the session by seeing the results. Gambling is always random in terms of determining who the winner is and this is the reason why gambling can never be predicted because after all it is a gambling activity that bets your money on increasing or losing.

Of course a rational mindset is the recommended action in gambling, because with this then obviously you will be able to really consider everything from various sides to be able to make a truly wise decision and this benefit can minimize the possibility of regret at the end of the session. As I said above, gambling is always random which means that you or anyone can never know the outcome, and this means that gambling should not be taken too seriously and also should not put any expectations because in many cases they will usually only end up with disappointment due to putting their hopes in a place that is always about uncertainty and this confirms that gambling is an activity for profit, so be careful before you regret it.

Your friend obviously has a free spirit where sports betting is concerned.  He is just having fun, so losing still doesn't cause him much pain. If only many other gamblers will understand too that gambling (specially sports betting) is not something they should kill themselves over, then everyone will be safe. I avoid any form of emotional attachment to betting. Betting is suppose to show my ability to make accurate analysis, my joy at the end of every game will be in the fact that I am good in analysing sports base on both past and present records and winning only validates my claims. I will never bet in favour of a weak team no matter the love I have for that team. Sport bettors who are having challenges should try to be rational in their sense of judgement and analysis and they will see good changes

Don't do that, you don't know if these friends of yours are really going for it. But because of your words, he has to show you that he's a real fan and a gambler. I wouldn't dare to do or say that to my friends and I'll just tell them that they can support their favorite clubs in anyway that they can. And please don't move to the point that they have to stake away their lives or life savings or an amount that's too much to them and they are forced to do it because they think it's fine for them to do so just to show them they can do your dare to them.

I wouldn't do like your friend, because it's widely said to not put all your eggs on the same basket. And in your friend's case, he did it with most chances against him, just to place a bet on the club he is a fan. Luckly this time it ended well for him, and he made big profit from his bet, however it could have happened the opposite, and if he continues placing similar bets futurely, at some point he will start facing losses on long run.

On the scenario he is sticking to his gambling budget exclusively, it's not really a big issue if he is losing money or not. Although it can be a better idea to diversify the portfolio among more different bets, while adopting another criteria of which teams and players to pick besides betting only on the club of his heart.

His money His rules and there's nothing we can do about that and this is where some people do really have those kind of support when it comes into their teams that they do come up into such state
that they would really be going all in with their bets despite its pretty obvious that they are at disadvantage or in verge of losing. Also going all in without having that kind of consideration and analysis is never been that ideal.Making betting should be wise because we arent here on just trying out to show some support into the team/club. We are here on making up bets to make profits of course at
the same time you are really that having some fund.

Overconfidence is something a behavior on which it would really be something that could put up in trouble and this is something that you should really be that
trying out to lessen or minimize because if you wont really be able to put up some analysis then most likely your bets would be on lesser winning chance.

True, those are words that can make your friend or anyone feel supported or encouraged to continue his actions to bet even very large money which is where such words might make them even more convinced that they really have to "do it", whereas on the other hand high confidence will usually only lead you to disappointment at the end of the session when everything does not go according to what you want.

Therefore, as you said, it is better to be neutral in terms of giving advice to others about betting issues, especially to your friends, where the more appropriate ideas and suggestions are as you said above, namely telling him that he doesn't have to push too hard because after all, supporting a club doesn't always have to mean risking money and also yes, it is definitely better to suggest something more reasonable, such as trying to advise them to bet an amount that they can afford if for example they have the mind to bet a large amount because they are driven by their beliefs, Because obviously this action will be able to prevent something that is not wanted such as results that do not match expectations that can make them end up with disappointment and regret.

Obviously, when you gamble with club sentiment you will lose. Know when winning is not in your team's favour and then avoid gambling. Gambling involves money and so a gambler shouldn't be by sentiment. No matter how informed a team is, there are days such team will lose and so it will be in the interest of a gambler to gamble reasonably. Don't gamble because you support a team and you believe in the team and so you exceed your gambling limit. Gambling should be approached with caution because it is an adventure capable of taking everything you have. I am an Arsenal fan and I am so unfortunate that each time I add Arsenal to my selection, I always lose the bet.

Since this is my reality, I cannot stake my all in my club. In fact, it is risky to place your all during a gambling session due to the fact that nothing is certain in gambling. Gambling is a game of risk and so it is very unpredictable making it very easy to lose than to win.

Even though I agree that one can have that much confidence in a team sometimes if they have done enough research and understand the game very well, however, it isn't wise to stake a lot of money on a single bet because you never know, even in sports betting, sometimes luck can influence the results and a team that might be the favourite in a contest can lose against a team that hasn't been performing very well lately.

So, I would say that your friend was lucky that he managed to win that bet, but if he had lost it, he would have regretted his decision a lot and there is no fun and point in doing things that can make you restless afterwards. After all, it's not a full-time source of income that one should focus on this much.

Confidence in a match is limited to anything that can happen that is beyond prediction. Regarding other beliefs such as winning large amounts of money on bets is unthinkable.
The Manchester United vs Liverpool match which took place in the last week before the international break is part of what I believe. For me, Manchester United were just lucky despite the fact that they were able to beat Liverpool in extra time.

And for me, my friend, you are very lucky because many observers didn't believe Manchester United won before the match started because of Man United's inconsistent factors.
Just look at how euphoric they were over the victory, as if they had won a match that made them lift the trophy.

I know there are clubs that you have confidence in but somtimes over confidence will disappoint you one day.  But the clubs you don't even trust are the once that will deliver. When it comes to gambling you don't trust. Just play your game and expect to win. And don't put to much expectations in winning. There actually games you know that they can win but if you playing games like that you have to be very careful when staking. Before you go and give  Manchester City a straight win and the next thing you are disappointed Because don't be surprised that they will play draw or even lose to that club. Everything about gambling is based on luck. Don't follow other people's win or you might just lose money. Just do your thing your self.

It's really better to become neutral in terms of giving advise for someone that's already addicted or going onto that point. You don't have to trigger them just because they're a fan or not because if you do, what if they bet with their life savings and they eventually lose? you might even be blamed for that because you're the one who dared them to do it.
That's why, I'd avoid this kind of argument with my friends just to prove that they're a real bettor or fan of a club or sports.

I have favorite teams like many players, but I understand that betting and favorite team are absolutely incompatible things and there is no need to connect them. If we bet on our favorite team and know that it will lose, then this is called donating our money. If there is anyone ready to take such a step, then for what exactly, there must be a solid reason for such a losing event. This is a rather blind act that almost no one will appreciate except the one who bets, and if he does it constantly, then nothing good will happen to his wallet.

I agree, I think betting big amounts is always a bad idea, regardless of your confidence or whatever. I would never bet such money even if I thought the of me winning was 99%. However, the OP's friend won his bet and now we have nothing else to do but congratulate him. Good job! As we usually say when some wins his risky bet, good job!

Truly a lucky day for OP's friend, tho what he did is super risky and it's rare that someone will do that just to prove to their friends that the team he choose is the right one. it's a good thing he won because otherwise, he'll run out of money, his ego will be trampled. Just like you, I would never bet a huge amount even though I have instincts that I will win if I let this team go. First of all, it is difficult to bet all in because it is risky and secondly, I am not an impulsive type of gambler that I can drop any amount if I want to, my allocated gambling money is limited and I am not yet in point that I can afford to spend a large amount because I don't have that much and if I have, I will put it in my savings and not spend it on my vice.

This is another mistake some gamblers make by playing gamble in working hours, and one of the simplest truth to this matter is that, those who can't resist but to play gamble on working hours are actually addicted. It might not be severe but they are addicted because they no longer have control over their emotions, hence gamble can even make them do certain things that they ought not to do and they just concur just because of the desperation they have in satisfying that inner thought. However I have never tried it before because I know how gamble could change your emotion if you experience too much loss irrespective of using a specific amount for gambling only. My work is currently the only steady source of income and I wouldn't like to mess things for my self by letting gamble change my emotion and action around my working environment.

Yes because the problem is that they have entered the addiction phase which is the worst phase in gambling because there are a lot of problems that they will experience when the level of interest in gambling is quite high, but I think giving advice that is suggested or that is neutral depends on the person too, or the point is that maybe the person who will give the advice does not know about the dangers of the bad effects of treating gambling in the wrong way.

I think if for example the situation is that the person giving the advice is someone who doesn't really understand the dangers of gambling if done in an excessive way then of course there is a possibility for them to still advise their friend to bet a high amount and we can conclude that these are two typical people who are too focused on winning and don't have a true understanding of what gambling really is, the impact is that maybe the person who gets the advice will feel like he is fully supported to really bet a large amount. On the other hand I can't really blame his friend because after all their ignorance about the dangers of gambling is the problem, but if the opposite in the sense that you know about the various bad effects that exist in gambling but you advise others to act aggressively then yes clearly you are someone who supports others to get into big trouble.

I see no reason why i should act being overconfidence for noting all because of my team is hate one playing, i should be able to tell of their strength and weakness before gambling, i cant just intentionally for no reason act being foolish to gamble in support of them even when i know that its not their luck for wining, if any thing should happen to us, none of these supported clubs will pay a visit to us or our family members or even compensate us for something, any action taken by us is at our own risk.

Let's suppose your friend had lost his bet on that day. Would be coming here and asking whether it was a sensible or a foolish move. For sure, you would have said that it was a foolish move and even your friend would have been regretting on his decision. But since he was lucky to win this one, he must be very confident telling everyone that he has accomplished something extraordinary. So you are also confused on this surprise win and asking if this is a good move.

Remember do not fall for these wins as they come rarely. In most cases, people will just lose these insane bets which can ruin their life on the loss. If you want not to be hurt by gambling and betting, it's important to gamble with the risk management plan and avoid these emotional decisions of going "all in" will make you poorer one day.

When it comes to reconciling energy with prudent financial decisions in the gambling industry, I believe there are a few things to consider. First and foremost, create and adhere to a schedule. Determine how much money you are willing to lose and do not exceed that amount. Second, do not allow your emotions guide your decisions. It's easy to get caught up in the anticipation of a game and risk more than you are capable of losing. Third, make sure you understand the chances and don't place bets based just on emotional impulses. While emotion and enthusiasm are vital components of sports betting, they should not be the only variables you should consider. You should also utilize logic and reason when making judgments regarding how to bet. If you find yourself becoming overly focused on the money component of betting, it may be time to take a step back and reconsider your objectives.

When evaluating a decision we must always take into account all the possible scenarios that can occur, sometimes when we see someone doing something crazy and getting away with it, we may be compelled to try to do the same, but once you begin to think about it and you realize how unlikely it was for that person to get that possible outcome, then it is easy to realize that such an action was a mistake and we must not imitate that person as it is unlikely we will be that luckily.

Analysis should really be applied and dont make yourself that having that involvement on having such attaching those emotions of yours on the time that you would really be doing some betting.
We do know that we do have our own favorites but doesnt mean that you would really be just making those blind bets or simply trying out to keep it straight into them just because you are a fan.
If you are really that betting on them to show up some support then its up to you but most bettors wouldnt really be attaching any emotions on which betting up blindly even if its
obvious that their team that they do like is really at disadvantage but well when it comes to betting then it would really be something that will be depending on you.
Its none others business on which one you would be betting into or which one you would really be liking on to choose.

Gambling that involves emotions is riskier than normal gambling, you have the will to gamble on something that you know will not get results as expected but the emotional factor has forced you to gamble with high stakes, all gamblers have a list of favorite clubs but they also consider the bets to get a win by analyzing the history of the last few matches to ensure their favorite club can win the next match.

However, I am happy that he won that bet but that gambling behavior is not to be imitated because he ignores control in gambling, someone should remind him to keep the winnings and he should gamble carefully before he loses all the winnings he has earned.

Once you do lose that control then it would something that will in result into loses or something that might go ahead further on which it would really be depending up on how well you do really make yourself do handle
when it comes to this aspect. There would really be a couple of factors on which could affect your decision making and just like on what lanatsa said above that if you are getting involvement with your emotions
on which you are ignoring those basic information or facts in between teams then you are just basically doing bets basing up with your emotion and this is something not that ideal.

When betting on sports then we do really have indeed our favorites but just like you said that if you are really that going after for making profits then you wont really be that
making yourself that basically blind on who do have the upperhand and who do have that disadvantage. So it would be always your call at the end.

Personally, I see any ganbler that bet on his club because of favourism even when his team is weak, as a biased gambler. He is not gambling to enjoy the fun, but gambling to show that he does not bother to throw his money away on his club just tje show that he loves his club. Or maybe he is doing it to deceive people that he is a die hard fan of his club. The rea8why I said so is that even though, we are gambling for fun, we decided to gamble to see if we can win the casino's money  and not gambling to enrich them. No true gambler would bet on a weak club, because he wants to win and be happy with his bet. Winning brings out the best fun.

You are right, because good research will make your chances of winning closer and if your friend wins, maybe luck is on his side. However, it is not recommended to continue betting large amounts every time your favorite team plays because it is very risky because anything can happen due to many factors, even if you do very good analysis and research there is no guarantee that you will win again.
I have a favorite team and when my team is going to play against a much better team or my team is in bad form, I will not bet. Because in my opinion we have to know more about the condition of our favorite team, which means we have to think further about betting if the situation is different and not possible, and we also shouldn't force it just because it's our favorite team because that's very risky.

No matter how confident I am about a match, I can never back the confidence with a huge amount of money, which I know is going to affect me if I lose it. I will rather back my confidence with a little amount, which I know in case things go wrong, it’s not really going to affect me. We can't always be right, sometimes we will be wrong, and sometimes gambling is luck. A club that you never expected to win or lose might end up surprising someone. When you are confident about a match, then we should also be smart, don’t gamble blindly.

Nobody expected Manchester United to win the match, the result of the match was just shocking, but you should caution your friend. Next time, he shouldn’t be too confident about a match, luck won’t always happen, he shouldn’t get himself into trouble just because he has confidence in his club. If he loses the bet, I don’t really know what condition your friend will currently be in.

You said something that many people should listen to and memorize, because during a football game, for example, we have seen fans of football teams fighting each other and even managing to get seriously injured, all because they can't accept that their teams lost. in the game, and those same fans who were fighting among themselves and were seriously injured are trapped for many months, while the fans who fought are trapped for months, the football players of those teams they are fans of, are in their homes winning a lot of money and they continue to travel and stay in luxury hotels, continue to eat the best food, continue to buy the best luxury cars while the fans who fought are in jail, eating poorly, sleeping poorly without being able to go out and without being able to see their relatives. and people still don't realize this, that the only ones who will suffer when things go wrong are them and not the football players

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2024/03/27/Vw1Vv.jpeg

This is an image that shows how people keep expressing excessive feelings during games and end up doing crazy things because they are fans of the teams and don't think that everything needs to have limits, what did they gain from going to fight on the field? They didn't get anything good. on the contrary, they were arrested, while the football players are free and living their lives well because they were not violent towards anyone. This is the same thing that happens in sports betting, it doesn't make any sense for a person to keep betting money on their team's victory even though they see that this team will lose because they don't play well. It is unacceptable for someone to do this. There are already cases where people have reached an extreme level, something very sad. cases like these:

https://guardian.ng/news/25-year-old-football-fan-commits-suicide-over-betting/

Manchester United Fan Commits Suicide After Weekend Defeat, Says Report (https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/manchester-united-fan-commits-suicide-after-weekend-defeat-says-report-20131209-CMS-90332.html)


source: https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/manchester-united-fan-commits-suicide-after-weekend-defeat-says-report-20131209-CMS-90332.html

Nigerian Soccer Fan Commits Suicide After Losing Bet On FC Barcelona (https://dailysportsng.com/news/10274-Nigerian-soccer-fan-commits-suicide-after-losing-bet-on-FC-Barcelona)

I'm shocked to hear that someone keeps betting money on their team that they're a fan of instead of placing sports bets for fun and on teams that have a greater chance of winning, without putting any feelings into it. people should think about themselves

Most gamblers don't just know what they want in gambling; staking to win and playing for fun is different from fans love and support for their team.
 
Because I like a particular team, that should also be the reason why I should know more about them and be able to determine if they can win or not. Knowing fully well that they can't win in that match, I will either leave to place a bet on them or I will boldly place a bet on them to lose.
 
It's as simple as that: placing a bet against my fan team does not mean that I do not support them again. I just don't know to what level some people take this fan of a thing to which they can even decide to lose money just to show their support for their team.

Oh, I wouldn't say it's rare, actually. I think something like this happens every day on this planet. There are so many people that engage in gambling activity, millions each day, so, I bet some of them doing something similar to OP's friend.


That's very wise of you, mate. I hope this habit of yours will not change even when you'll be able to afford huge stakes. Don't spend on gambling more than you usually spend on going to a movie theatre or a concert.

Yeah he is not a core gambler, he just did that out of pure support and confidence in his team which normally would be against professional gambling ethics that would say you shouldn't gamble with over confidence cause you can as well lose your funds and over confidence can cause you to stake higher than you are normally supposed to, but yeah in his case its just a matter of little cash 5000 in my currency woidl just be around 5$ or close to that. So I think think he wasn't notorious at all just over confident and sraked to prove himself.

Yes I have realized that so many persons are so much confident on the match they have already stake, they always believe that they will win and sometimes it turns out the best for them, it really happens and they do take the action of taking all the risk to wait even some do see cash out in their game and they will because of the faith they have with the club and the energy they put into the club and they always make sure it turns out for good, sometimes it is really good to work with your mind and don’t put hope in other people.

Though I can't really call it foolish move because gambling is a risk which you either win or lose. Whosoever that is not a risk taker can never gamble, though it was a more risky game because from your explanation man united was already losing 0:2 to Liverpool that is why it was possible for the man united odd to have increased to 7odd otherwise it will have reduced to maybe 1.10 odd if man united was wining. So the higher the risk the higher the amount in return.

I completely agree with all that you have said, at most times people tend to become over confident of club without considering the fact that there is possibilities of player to have fatigue, making him to have low psychology in terms of being 80 percent and above fit for the current game. However confident or over confident should never be a reason for backing up a game with huge amount, because a lot can be happening in the pitch that we don't understand, in as much as we needed to have certain believe of possibilities in terms of our club winning a game we shouldn't bet with an amount we can't afford to lose as gambling gives no guarantee.

That's normal if they feels confident on the match they have already stake because they believe that the team will wins in the match. But we don't have to risks too big money to place our bet to that club because we must understand that everything can happens, even in the last minute of the match. If that happens, our confidents will ruins along that the lose from our team and we will lose our money. We can only place a bet with money we can afford to lose so we don't risks all of the money for that match. We can confident with our club but we don't have to be over confident as in gambling, we don't knows when we can wins but we will have a big chance to lose. We must becomes a wise gamblers that understand with the situation and condition so we can adapt with what happens.

Well, although he was lucky this time, I find his move extremely reckless. I'm not saying to not support your team, but to bet large amounts of money when the odds aren't in your favor and you're asking to get screwed over. I also support OFI; it's a local Greek team. I'd go ahead and bet on quite a few of their games; however, if I deemed that the match was too risky, I'd avoid it. That doesn't necessarily mean that I'm "betraying" them; I'm just protecting my money.

How much you support a team isn't determined by the amount of money you bet on it.

When there are fixtures where a particular team has a whole lot at stake, you can be sure to a very great extent that they are goin to make sure they win that game especially if its a determining game to qualify for a league or other reasons then you have a better assurance in the fact that a particular team is most definitely goin to try all their possible best to make sure they are able to win that particular fixture even if its by a single goal and in such case you can express such confidence an go all in because you have a good assurance that a particular team is going to win but then there are still chances it doesn't turn out the way you have expected it and that's how the game of football works.

In the case of your friend he was just lucky and then Manchester united was actually going to put on that fight back sprit because like i mentioned earlier there was something at risk which was their qualification so they are definitely going to make sure they try to win or draw if that will get them to qualify, that wasn't foolishness on the side of your friend as he only risked an opportunity moreover gambling is risk in it self but taking wise risk and not foolish risk. Another considerable reason we can see from your friends risk would be that he was watching the game and seeing the performance of his team he was assured they were going to be able to get something of the game so he went ahead to risk it.

Trusting your team is great. That has nothing to do with sensible betting. Remember that die-hard fans don't always win.  The beauty of games is that anything can happen. Being a "wise gambler," as you say, goes beyond identifying winners. Risk management, like a smart investor. You wouldn't invest your life money in one stock, right? Same with betting. Bet on numerous games and sorts of bets. That way, if one fails, you're not completely out.

Everyone's human. The thrill consumes us. Thus, setting boundaries before betting is essential. Treat it like an entertainment budget; determine your loss tolerance. Gamble for fun, not retirement.

Nope.

Your friend is not a responsible gambler, but luckily he won his very risky bet, I believe he will try do same in the future and hope he will be lucky like this time. However, if your friend can't control himself to bet on team just because he's a fan on that team, he will not going anywhere. If someone want to focus in gambling, he should learn how to control his emotion and focus on his analysis.

Another contributions is that some people are very emotional in their better because of the love they have for their club, sometimes is not that the clubs will do well or not is just they have made a lot of announcements that they value the club they are supporting so they can place any bet blindly even if they they already know that their club won’t won the match they will always want to try and see if their will be a little positive result and also sometimes the result are positive

There are games in which you will have confidence in some particular club and those clubs would have given you one or two wins from that experience, you have they have earned your trust and you will always want to bet on them any day you are selecting your games and is something everyone do they always have some set of clubs they believe.  there is a limit that clubs like Manchester City will go to that they will lose they hardly lose but they can draw the same thing goes for Arsenal they lose on rare occasions. clubs like that will always be part of the clubs you select when trying to make a win. and it is exciting. when you have faith in them and they can deliver. so because of their continuous win, they have earned people's trust. when they have games they must be included in people's tickets and also like today's game a lot of people are going to go for Real Madrid rather than Dortmund that is the level of trust a club can give you.  the risk might be there but you know the capability of those clubs so taking a risk on picking them is not a bad idea, and everyone will be hoping for Madrid to win because the trust people have in Madrid to win is much.

when people become very confident in gambling, even if the person is making bets with a very low value and thinks that since they are making a bet with a very low value, that is why they will have no problem being very confident and placing all little their money, yet as time goes by that person will begin to increase the amount of money they will be betting because they will be fearful as time passes while playing. example if in the first month your bet puts a maximum of $5 on each bet and arrives in the second month and he sees that last month he had a lot of hits and ended up with more money compared to the money he had deposited in the casino

so in the following month he will feel too confident and will increase the bet value in each game, he could go from 5$ to 10$ and if he wins and makes a profit, then he will become more confident and increase the bet value even more 10$ to 15$ or more, and when he loses and the cycle of losses begins and when he goes into despair and loses everything, then he starts playing to recover his losses and he will not be able to achieve that goal, and the situation will tend to get worse for he. Unfortunately, the downfall of many players always starts in the same ways. I hope everything goes well with your friend

Yes this is true on what you have said on which if the amount is something not that significant then you wont really be stressing up yourself on where you would be putting up your bets which is unlike if we do speak about all-in bet then this is where things do really changed up even if you do have that 100% belief and confidence towards your club/team or whatever it is but still since we are really that putting up that huge money then you would really be having that kind of thrill on which this is something that we are really that looking for but on the sense that you are already making that all in bet then this is where things to be that different.
If you do have that kind of fan treatment and doesnt mind about on the money that you would really be staking or betting then its your choice.

If you are someone whose really that playing or dealing up with betting then giving your 100% trust with your club or team then its not something that will really be my genre or my path on doing it.
Of course i would really be sticking always with that having that analysis on which you would really be applying. We do know that this cant really be that always depending
if you do support or liking them on which you would really be basing up your choices into that kind of consideration.

i will never bet more than i can afford to lose even when i know that the team i bet on will win the match. because i think it is quite stupid for me if i bet a lot of money on a match that i am confident will win, since i do not know what the result of the match will be, because the team i bet on could lose and then i lose all the money and i don't want that. i don't want to regret my bet and only want to gamble according to my ability, even when i am confident in the team i bet on.

Yes, gambling is just a game of winning or losing at your favorite club. For some people, there are still a lot of people who are confident about betting on their favorite team, especially if they have a match or their opponent is below them in the standings. Who statistically perform far above their team, of course they are very optimistic and confident enough to bet their money that their team will win against their opponent. The opportunity to win will always be there for anyone, but in a football game anything can happen and no one can predict who the winner will be.

You are right, there are some things we mistake to be over confidence while it was reckless, as for me, I can use because it's my club and took a risk of staking all my money, what if they didn't win? Even if I'm quite sure, they win but I'm not God, anything can happen, it's good and it also has its side effects, just like you said, if I win, I will want to gamble more for more winning which eventually will lead to addiction likewise if I fail too, it's the same thing, I will want to recover the ones I have lose and I can't take the risks of staking all when I'm also it's not guarantee although gambling it's all about risks taking but not in this case.

I think I can, under certain circumstances that is.

The thing is It's easy to be so confident to your team that you're just willing to bet on them even when you know they are going to lose, to me that's not how things go and matter of fact, a loser's way of dealing with things. A true fan knows his team's strengths and weaknesses, including which teams' his club is stronger, or which ones they are more likely to kick the dirt and weep. I can make a bet with them in full confidence if I know just how strong they are, similar to how your friend right there made the bet, he knew that there's no way his team is going to lose despite the overwhelming odds, he made bank on this information and he profited off of it. Similarly, if I have sufficient knowledge of what my team is capable of, I might be able to do something similar as well.

I have made bets on certain eSports games where the situations are dire, last year I made a bet on T1 winning the League of Legends Championship series despite the fact that they started from the bottom of the ladder, and every other team is losing against this one Chinese powerhouse. Since I know this year's been their strongest, and they never lose against Chinese teams, at least during the competition proper, I made a solid bet.

Every football fan will definitely do the same thing, especially if they are fans of strong team and always dominate the competition, of course courage will always appear in betting on their proud team.
It just that for me personally I won't bet everything I have on the favorite team, there will be lot of consideration and also looking at the chances of getting the right odds because not everything will go as expected.
Moreover, betting on clear favorite team with superior performance can give full confidence in achieving victory, this can give you confidence in the courage to bet more.

But unfortunately for this season there have been some very annoying incidents where for certain competitions there were team that were favorites and clearly had much better performance getting results that were not suitable, they suffered defeats to team with lower performance.

If there is any other words I would have used than this your recklessness I won't hesitate, the guy is gambling on ignorance and such gambler is always a failure, this games is not one which over confidence on its foolishness and unwise taken such risk show high level of immature, those who runs into addiction is not far from this lifestyle of gambling this is the root of it when your playing without calculating or managing risk to the exist of life very unfortunate. What courses many losses of gamblers is so much confidence they one focus on wining and forget about the losses involved the guy need adjustment on such confidence because it can backfired.

To me I won't encourage such act , because that's sign of gambling irresponsibly,  going all in with your money is a really high risk and big sign of gambling irresponsibly. Is not bad to have confidence on your team , but still follow the principles of gambling what you can afford because anything can happen .

What if for instance he endup losing that money , that will be a huge set back for him now he will be thinking on how to get that amount back, but still he was lucky that the game actually went his way . The reason why gambling with what you can afford to lose is really important, is because no matter the way the gamble turn out to be , it won't be a big deal or it won't bother you much because if you endup losing, the money you lose is something you can afford to lose.

I'm not really a big fan of many clubs so I can't really say if I would be able to put an all in my bets on one of them because most of the time, not all fans make it big if they blindly bet on their favorite team or club if the opposing them is a real powerhouse. Maybe if I'm a diehard fan, I would probably put an all in bet on my favorite team knowing that there's a possibility that I might lose, it's just my way of supporting them after all, I think that it will be a form of betrayal to the team that I'm supporting. I really can't say much what I'd do, that stuff that I've just said is something that I've observed from my friends that are a big fan of a certain basketball team, even when the current standing is in favor with the opposing team, they're still putting in bets in the hopes that their favorite team will win.

That's why we don't have to bet with too much money because we knows that the results will not always wins. Even if we believes that our favorite team is one of the strong teams, we don't have to uses much money when placing the bet because the outcomes will be uncertainties. Becomes a wise gambler is something that we must do to avoids the problems that can occurs in gambling so we knows what we must do in gambling. When we can manages the risks behind of gambling, we will trying to prevents the big lose because once our money is lose, that will not be easy to gets it back. We must prevents the temptations from gambling so we don't gets deeper in gambling and we can only enjoy the gambling games as it was. We must considers to use gambling as an entertainment and not for a place to makes money.

I think your friend was having good luck that day, even though as we know, if we want to bet on sports betting, we have to pay attention to the odds and also the match statistics, whether they are good or not, indeed if someone loves their club too much they become blind and it is as if they are convinced that the club can win without looking at the match history so far, this is indeed an attitude of loyalty towards your favorite club. But if you risk everything, in my opinion, it is not a good thing because you can lose the money you have by just betting on a club that does not provide any benefits even if you win or lose because it is the one who loses also the club itself while we have to bear the losses caused by betting on them.

I think your friend's luck will not keep repeating itself and luck comes only at the right time and we don't expect it, so it's better if we just bet enough on our favorite club and don't need to risk everything even though you believe in your beliefs because we also we need to think about the risks we will bear if we risk it all.

Going all in is also a part of gambling, but a risky one. It doesn't happen always and we don't see players who do it all the time. But, that's not the best form of gambling. Because, as you said a gambler can lose out lots of money in the process. Hence, doing it all the times is very risky. The few moments I've gone all in, wasn't as I expected. Yet, I could recall winning big out of spending all my bankroll on a single prediction. Still, I would point out that going all in is not all that right.

As it's a very addictive type of gambling. Most players who have gotten addicted to wagering all their bank roll always find themselves in a very critical type of gambling addiction. Players are supposed to be careful about this, not just because of their best club. I see gamblers make similar mistakes of picking their clubs despite knowing they'll lose the game and wager on them. Op's friend made a risky move, especially gambling on a losing team. On the long run, he was lucky, but I don't think he should make such moves next time. He could lose on the game.

 I personally don't have the guts to stake huge amount of money into gambling just because I feel lucky that day. That is way too risky given that his friend might be just pressured and need to try to prove it and luckily he got lucky. That was actually a one time luck and I don't think he can do that again one tap.

I absolutely agree with you. I am not that rich to bet even $1000 on one match, even if I am 70-80% sure that my bet will play. For me personally, $5000 is a lot of money, for which I need to work hard for more than one month. Therefore, no matter how big the probability of winning is, losing such money in one day seems very risky to me. $100-200 is enough for me to tickle my nerves in betting. Sometimes even after losing $100 I have doubts about the correctness of my decisions, but fortunately bad things are quickly forgotten.

Your narration is not clear to me, was it Liverpool that was leading or Man U, to have warranted it to be deemed a tough bet since the Liverpool 0:2 Man U narration doesn't seem to be in coherence with what you later explained? I can't also recall watching this particular match with the way you explained it to have bailed myself out. Notwithstanding, I think I have the idea of the gist from the topic and some of what you wrote so let me reply to it directly. No one knows it all and my experience in risky activities has wisely hinted to me that we are never perfect, so even as confidence is good "Over"confidence is very bad, and we should steer clear of it.

Good, your friend made it this time, congratulations to him, but I tell you, he will fail many more times if he continues like this. Gambling has to be reasonably risked, and if at all he has so much confidence in his team or due to the love and support for the team, he could still gamble if he wanted, but it should have been with a very small amount of money to lessen the possible negative effect of the unreasonable risk. In my gambling escapades, I have never reached for the odd that is more than 3.0 to increase my chance of winning, and even seeing the odds that is 7.00 should speak volumes that Man U is at a disadvantage condition and would have automatically discouraged me.

Above all, let us gamble reasonably and responsibly, we should never allow our emotions or gut feelings to rule us whatsoever.

You know one thing, luck makes people feel as of they made the right decision, and it was because of the confidence that they had that made the bet to favor them, unknown to them that they were just lucky.

Like you said, I don't see gambling as something anyone need to have confidence on because it is not by our doings or skills but only luck, and this is why I don't gamble with huge amount of money so that I don't upset when I cannot control my emotions. If my club is weak and playing against a stronger club, I will bet against my club because I want to be a winner. Nobody will see something bad and go for it.

I completely disagree with you about the fact that the skills of a gambler do not affect the outcome of gambling. Of course, if we talk about slots, it is enough to know only the principle of the game and rely on luck, but when playing poker or betting on sporting events depends on the skill of the gambler.

If this were not the case, then we would never have lists of the best gamblers of various tournaments. Instead, there would be lists of lucky gamblers who managed to win through luck. I think no one needs to explain that to get on such a list twice would be an almost impossible task.

For the fact that he staked on his team to win even though the opposition was leading with 2 goals is wild, but that isn't a guarantee that he had too much trust. Atleast 60% of wins from sport games aren't always expected; that means you shouldn't base off your speculations on how well you understand the team's performance, but you should always try to play outside the box

I wouldn't also call it a foolish move as it delivered 100%. He just had the nerves to that most gamblers wouldn't have, and it worked for him. Personally, I would have played on the handicap/over goals options in that situation..

Yes some persons are very confident when they make stakes or place bets. However the fact is that as long as it's gambling there is always a chance of winning or losing and that now depends on the things like the gambler's ability to analyze, his level of experience and even. How much luck he has on his side . I have come across some gamblers that can't bet against their team. They will rather wait for the time the feel their team will win before they place a bet rather than them to bet that their team will lose a bet.
The fact is that every gambler has their individual principles and level of discipline they put in concerning gambling activities. I t should not be much of a big deal as long as the gambler is not doing things that could drive him into addiction.

It is clear that gambling will never escape defeat or the possibility of losing, but when we have good enough skills and knowledge, especially about the world of sports, then yes we can increase our chances of winning, but there is still no certainty that you will be right. - really win because no matter what the possibility of losing is always there, or simply put, when you have skill the odds are 70: 30, and the 30$ is part of luck, in the sense that if luck doesn't help you in carrying out the betting session then of course the possibility of losing is still attached there, meaning that skill is something that can increase opportunities but cannot be used as a benchmark to ensure victory.

Basically anything can happen on the field, even though you are very sure that your favorite team has a greater chance of winning, and these unexpected things often happen in several ongoing competitions, especially football. In conclusion, even though for example you feel that you have good skills and also even though you feel that your favorite team is far superior to the opposing team, there are still issues regarding betting limits and also limiting expectations of winning that must still be applied during the session, because This is useful for minimizing the loss of significant amounts of money and also minimizing the possibility of regret.

Sticking with your club or not, chance of losing would really be there. Sometimes there are really that bettors who are really that attaching their emotions and this is why they would really be that ending up on betting into their favorites despite of that disadvantage because they are really that wanting on doing so. Well, its not bad to choose up on what you do like but when it comes to gambling then
analysis and knowledge would really be always relevant. If you are willing to lose up money without minding it as long you do bet with your favorite club then it would really be your choice but if you are really that aiming for making profits or wanting to have money then you should really be wise on taking up a bet which is really that according into your analysis.

That doesn't make much sense to me. How would your betting on your favourite team support them in any way? Do you think that clubs, their players, and their representatives go and check stats in sportsbooks whether their team has been picked by fans or not? The only support you can show to your team is the physical support that you show either by going to the stadium or doing it wherever you are, making bets on them wouldn't give them any support.

I have seen a lot of people saying and doing this but I don't understand why. It's not wise to make bets with unreasonable amounts of money on your favourite club only because you want to support them when you know that the chances of them winning are very low. If you can't bet against them, don't do it, but don't waste your money like that.

Well said. Exactly what I do say, I cannot support my team to the point of risking money on them when I know that they are underperforming and the possibility of them winning is very low, wether I win or loss it does not affect them because the players, team managers and officials will still get paid neither are they aware I placed a bet on them, I see it as a dumb attitude. My point though, everyone is entitled to there opinion.

I think that your friend must be a good focaster, that is why is always necessary as a gambler you are supposed to do some research before you placing a bet because if not that he do research on that game he would have not take that Risk even me self I also won with the game because he was among in My forecast that day so I single it with 2k so that's why always good as a gambler always do your research very well before you conclude.