The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly 5.5.2024

Well… the little betting hot streak I found myself on has finally ended. This weekend was certainly a little frustrating. Some good plays and bad bounces, some really bad plays, and, of course, some game 7 magic to keep a big potential payout alive. 

I will preface my recap by saying the weekly recap Will posts on the ODS Twitter page is… not the entire picture. I commend him for at least posting the hockey plays. Keeping up with the record I have by sport would be all but impossible. I make lots of plays. I love the game. 

The Good 

The NHL playoffs have been very good betting-wise thus far. I will get a non-betting-related piece out later this week, but from a bet slip standpoint, anything would have been better than last year, but this has been nice. I hit 7 in a row during the week, and until the cool-off over the weekend (CANES), things were dialed in. 

My game 7 luck was incredible. In July, I placed a 16-1 Stars ticket. Mr. Game 7 DeBour kept me alive. After game 1 against the Leafs, I placed a B’s ticket at 11-1. Seventy years of history told me to be patient. 

The Bad

I wouldn’t say it’s been bad, but for the last month, my baseball reads have been pretty good, for the most part. The problem? The baseball variance is coming back. I also have a betting piece planned for later in the week regarding this. A lot of blown leads, runners left on base, just the usual baseball things. The last month, it seemed like I was getting away with that, so I gotta look carefully before that cursed first weekend of June. 

The Ugly 

I’ve always sworn by the ‘run-it-back’ rules. You get cucked by a team the day before? Run the bet back again. 

Sometimes, it bites you. I’ve bet the Tigers 4 games in a row, and they’ve blown 3 of them. I bet the Marlins when they lost 20-4 and didn’t run it back. Sometimes, you gotta have stones. 

Baseball, man.