Losing by half a point or one basket, should we just treat it like a normal loss

[freedomgo]

Ever had that feeling when your team loses the spread by just half a point or one basket?
That kind of near-miss actually hurts more than a regular loss.. It feels like you were so close, but in reality, it’s still the same result - a loss.

I think this is something we bettors should train ourselves on mentally. Whether you lose by 0.5 or by 20 points, the ticket still ends the same. If we keep letting those close ones get into our heads, frustration builds up, and that’s usually when bad decisions follow.. chasing, doubling down, emotional betting.

What do you guys think, how do you personally handle those “almost” covers? Do you just shrug it off, or does it still mess with your mood for a while?

[rbynxx]

What do you guys think, how do you personally handle those “almost” covers? Do you just shrug it off, or does it still mess with your mood for a while?

I think by tapping my chest and saying "you can do it next time" lol. I think just shrug it off, you can't control or reverse the outcome anyways. It really got me sometimes like regretting it like I should have get that other spread or the low odds or should have bet on the other team/player, but that's just gambling.

[Ziskinberg]

I think it’s just normal, we’re humans after all. It’s hard not to feel bad when your bet was that close but still ends up a loss. Most of us aren’t pro gamblers anyway, we’re just learning as we go. Some people already learned their lessons, but me? Not yet. It still hits me when I lose just because the team didn’t cover the spread.

And yeah, sometimes it’s just greed. Like when the line’s at -3.5, I still take -5.5 for the bigger payout, then boom, they win by 4.
Could’ve won, but I got greedy. Happens a lot, lol.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

To be honest, that is the most painful loss you will have in a bet. Specially when you are watching the game .
Imaging that intense? a pin in the heart and a pocket aching. I just want the game with 10+ deficit and accept the game than watching it intensely and ended up nothing

[Maslate]

To be honest, that is the most painful loss you will have in a bet. Specially when you are watching the game .
Imaging that intense? a pin in the heart and a pocket aching. I just want the game with 10+ deficit and accept the game than watching it intensely and ended up nothing

I feel you, bro. That’s why sometimes I’d rather not watch the game, especially if I have a big bet riding on it. I don’t wanna waste my emotions if it goes the other way. It’s easier to accept losses on moneyline bets since it’s just about who wins, but with spreads? Man, it’s tough. Imagine your team wins, but just one point short of covering the spread, that really sucks. I’ve experienced that so many times, both in the NBA and even in the PBA.

[bitbollo]

I am not seeing "almost". It is just wrong and that's all. The half point, is just a convention to avoid "X" so equlities on over and under outcome gambling.
If you look also the odds very close, you can see that each time they haven't "clear" difference between under and over (1.80 vs 1.80)
Also a single/half point it could be enough to make discriminiation. There is also a well known bias in gambling when you think to be "close" to a victory...

[cryptoaddictchie]

That’s a great point and valid opinion and those narrow losses can sting the most, but staying emotionally neutral is what separates disciplined bettors from impulsive ones. Theres no such thing as perfect accurate betting so it means that we just simply consider it as factor as well as these are precedent situation where we can simply gauges loses and wins from small difference. Its hurt but it is what it is.

[joeperry]

What do you guys think, how do you personally handle those “almost” covers? Do you just shrug it off, or does it still mess with your mood for a while?

At first of course, it affects me throughout my next bet and I usually do high risk bets to cover the losses and ended up losing more or all my bankroll. As the time goes by, I realize that no matter what I do, if I already lose the bet, it's already a lose bet and if it affects me, then I will just end up losing it all. Right now, when I do place a bet, I usually say to myself "This is a lose bet" so I wouldn't expect much, but if it wins then it's a good feeling.

[Charles-Tim]

I do not bet on basketball but I understand what you mean, I also experienced it very well while betting in football in single bet and in parlay in a way that only what will remain will be little to achieve winning but at last, it is still a loss. Mentally, it will affect people that are betting with high amount of money, unlike me that is betting with low amount of money which makes me easily forget my loss.

[aoluain]

Ah this scenario happens a lot to me, I bet a lot on Tennis matches and regularly
go over or under on games and so often get beaten by 0.5 of a point.

I try now to stay away from those bets if I estimate that its going to be an evenly
paired up match.

The main thing is to try not let the loss affect you negatively because there is
nothing you can do only try and learn from that.

[Justbillywitt]

Even though we are going to accept it's a loss eventually, but it will hurt at that initial time. Unless it's a robot that doesn't have feeling that won't feel the pain and reflect on it for a while. We are humans and we have feelings. At that point all what will be going through your head will be what you would have done with the money you were so close to winning. If I lose a bet by a higher margin I don't feel it, but if it's a close margin like one game cutting it, I feel terrible for a moment and that's it.

[Oshosondy]

Even though we are going to accept it's a loss eventually, but it will hurt at that initial time. Unless it's a robot that doesn't have feeling that won't feel the pain and reflect on it for a while. We are humans and we have feelings. At that point all what will be going through your head will be what you would have done with the money you were so close to winning. If I lose a bet by a higher margin I don't feel it, but if it's a close margin like one game cutting it, I feel terrible for a moment and that's it.

I do not like to lose at all while gambling but if I lose, so be it. I can not feel terrible or unhappy because I lose, that is because I use little amount of money to gamble. In few hours, I will forget about it. In few days I may not remember the day that I lost the money and the amount that I lost, just because I prefer not to gamble with high amount of money. It does not matter if I am close to win or not close to win.

[Yaunfitda]

Ever had that feeling when your team loses the spread by just half a point or one basket?
That kind of near-miss actually hurts more than a regular loss.. It feels like you were so close, but in reality, it’s still the same result - a loss.

I think this is something we bettors should train ourselves on mentally. Whether you lose by 0.5 or by 20 points, the ticket still ends the same. If we keep letting those close ones get into our heads, frustration builds up, and that’s usually when bad decisions follow.. chasing, doubling down, emotional betting.

What do you guys think, how do you personally handle those “almost” covers? Do you just shrug it off, or does it still mess with your mood for a while?

Yes, many times, in the sports game that I bet, which is the NBA. Of course, it's going to sting a lot as compare to regular loses. As you are so close in winning, specially like the player committed a foul in the dying seconds and then allowing the other party to hit those 2 free throws to make the game closer, with 0.5 only. But you can't do anything it though, so just take it at another L and then just don't overthink about it. Bet on the next game and again, just hope that it won't happen again and win your next bet so that you will totally forget that bad experience.

[Agbamoni]

Points difference like this is mostly found in MMA fighters, basketball and so on. Where a team can lose against a spread by 0.5.
Honestly, it hurts so bad because the prediction was almost perfect. At the end of the day you dont get anything, not even a small percent of your potential win, the sportsbooks automatically takes your money. It might feel a bit better when you lose by a huge margin.

[ralle14]

I used to be annoyed with those losses, but i've eventually learned to quickly move on and look forward to hitting another winning bet. It's best to get it off your mind instead of thinking too much about it, since it could disrupt your decision-making skills for your next bet.

The bookies tend to be on point with some of the handicaps they set for the upcoming matches, and we might as well accept the fate of our bet because there are also times when we could be on the winning side.

[ultrloa]

What do you guys think, how do you personally handle those “almost” covers? Do you just shrug it off, or does it still mess with your mood for a while?

I think by tapping my chest and saying "you can do it next time" lol. I think just shrug it off, you can't control or reverse the outcome anyways. It really got me sometimes like regretting it like I should have get that other spread or the low odds or should have bet on the other team/player, but that's just gambling.

Right and there's no use for us to mess around then be in bad mood since it will not change anything. But rather saying those things what you have said will provably relieve some stress that we gotten from those losses we experience at the time we are gambling.

But even you do those things still we don't know what will be the result would come up. But maybe we should learn from past mistake then think about being more so technical next time to check what are those good thing to consider before placing our bets, so that we won't have those regrets that we should do more better when we place some money on team or a player.

[Dunamisx]

What do you guys think, how do you personally handle those “almost” covers? Do you just shrug it off, or does it still mess with your mood for a while?

This kind of near misses opportunity can be heart broken on us, because that slightly point could be the only reason to missed the entire winning opportunity and that alone can't be overlooked, but there's nothing we can do to prevent such from happening, in life, we all live to gamble with either the expectation of winning or losing and once it comes, we take it as it is, but at a close range like this could be more perplexed to us.

[Justbillywitt]

Even though we are going to accept it's a loss eventually, but it will hurt at that initial time. Unless it's a robot that doesn't have feeling that won't feel the pain and reflect on it for a while. We are humans and we have feelings. At that point all what will be going through your head will be what you would have done with the money you were so close to winning. If I lose a bet by a higher margin I don't feel it, but if it's a close margin like one game cutting it, I feel terrible for a moment and that's it.

I do not like to lose at all while gambling but if I lose, so be it. I can not feel terrible or unhappy because I lose, that is because I use little amount of money to gamble. In few hours, I will forget about it. In few days I may not remember the day that I lost the money and the amount that I lost, just because I prefer not to gamble with high amount of money. It does not matter if I am close to win or not close to win.

I understand what you are saying, and I believe there is no gambler here that will kill him/her self because of a loss. Gamblers have no option than to forget their loss. it's just a matter of days the gambler will be fine especially if we continue to gamble with the money we can afford to lose. I was only speaking about the scenario that was painted by the op when we lose a bet by a little margin. Let's assume you had a pick of 5 games in football betteing and 4 of it has played and you are waiting for the last one to play. The last one was going in your favour till the last minute of the regulation time and suddenly the game cut. Believe me for the next few hours you will be moody even though you will later brighten up and accept your loss. But at that initial time it happened, you won't be all smiley. I am a gambler I know these things too.

[dunfida]

Even though we are going to accept it's a loss eventually, but it will hurt at that initial time. Unless it's a robot that doesn't have feeling that won't feel the pain and reflect on it for a while. We are humans and we have feelings. At that point all what will be going through your head will be what you would have done with the money you were so close to winning. If I lose a bet by a higher margin I don't feel it, but if it's a close margin like one game cutting it, I feel terrible for a moment and that's it.

I do not like to lose at all while gambling but if I lose, so be it. I can not feel terrible or unhappy because I lose, that is because I use little amount of money to gamble. In few hours, I will forget about it. In few days I may not remember the day that I lost the money and the amount that I lost, just because I prefer not to gamble with high amount of money. It does not matter if I am close to win or not close to win.

I understand what you are saying, and I believe there is no gambler here that will kill him/her self because of a loss. Gamblers have no option than to forget their loss. it's just a matter of days the gambler will be fine especially if we continue to gamble with the money we can afford to lose. I was only speaking about the scenario that was painted by the op when we lose a bet by a little margin. Let's assume you had a pick of 5 games in football betteing and 4 of it has played and you are waiting for the last one to play. The last one was going in your favour till the last minute of the regulation time and suddenly the game cut. Believe me for the next few hours you will be moody even though you will later brighten up and accept your loss. But at that initial time it happened, you won't be all smiley. I am a gambler I know these things too.

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These types of events usually start with a trigger like the Trump tariff news but they get worse because so many traders use high leverage once the market dips even slightly it sets off automatic liquidations which push the price down even more that’s why it feels so sudden and dramatic. As for whether it’s time to sell or buy it depends on your mindset if you’re here for the short term and can’t handle more drops maybe it’s better to stay out until things stabilize but if you’re holding long term this kind of dip has always been an opportunity historically after every big crash Bitcoin has bounced back stronger it’s just a matter of patience.

[ashmodeus]

I feel you, bro. That’s why sometimes I’d rather not watch the game, especially if I have a big bet riding on it. I don’t wanna waste my emotions if it goes the other way. It’s easier to accept losses on moneyline bets since it’s just about who wins, but with spreads? Man, it’s tough. Imagine your team wins, but just one point short of covering the spread, that really sucks. I’ve experienced that so many times, both in the NBA and even in the PBA.

Exactly like what I'm doing now, sometimes I don't watch the games I bet on, because I've been in that situation where victory was almost in sight but before the referee blew the whistle in the final seconds, the opposing team scored, what really pissed me off was that it was the final game and the deciding factor in my parlay bet, you know what? I couldn't sleep for two days. LOL