The reality is that roughly 95% of all gamblers lose $ consistently over long periods of time.

Once you lose youre first dollar, you spend a lifetime trying to make it back.

For a variety of reasons of which i wont bore everyone with, we have heard it all before.

The point i am trying to make is that the small % of those that do make $ consistently are the ones that can avoid all of the negativity and maintain a clear focus on the task at hand.

For those that bash the few good winners on here, cry over bullpens, bad beats or tail hot handicappers at the wrong time, losing is inevitable.

All that consistently whine about bad bullpens, bad beats, and make a post about how the Cubs "suck", well hello, why are you placing hard earnd $ on them if you knew that before the game started? Public team that has been bad for many years = losing.

Lastly, so many guys on here complain of being cursed by the gambling gods, having the worst luck and almost never winning close games. My advice, maintain a list of two columns, good and bad finishes.

We always remember the bad ones and store the winning ones in our mind as good handicapping...

This business is all about being able to maintain emotions and move on from a bad loss without prejudice.

To those few that win consistently and share winners, you know who you are and i salute you for being able to ignore the negativity, and for the bashers that have infested this forum while trying to make $ at the same time, you are getting exactly what you deserve.

Nothing will change i am well aware, but if even one person reads this and changes their approach, then it was worth saying it.

GL to those that have or will, and remember you are one win away from going on a good run that can change the course of youre betting patterns forever.