Why do I always throw away my hard work?!!

[John Holmes' Stunt C**K]

My last 2 sessions have seen me throw away all my hard work on a Crash bang wallop machine, and i am really pissed off.

My "session" starts at a small family run arcade, It only has a few £25jps, of which only one i play - a monopoly. Always play it fairly tight, collecting £3 if on a ? . Anyway, wasn't getting much out of it until I collected fast cash, and fluked £20, left the machine alone and was quite happy

Spent another hour in the arcade on the £5 jp's (mostly old classics like pink panther, deluxe monopoly, italian job, and smokin biker). Left the arcade about £15 up. Fair enough i think.

I then go to the next arcade "the pier", and again play tight, in the process taking JP on a beaver las vegas, some nice wins on superhold on cannonball run, however lost a fair bit on some dodgy empire monkey climbing machine. Left here around £20 up for the day.

My last port of call is a bar with about 5 good £25jp's. I invest about a fiver in each, and they all appear bone dry, so i buy a pint, thinking i will be leaving for home even, slightly dissapointed, but better than losing.

This is when it went wrong. My change from my pint (about £2) was invested in a "crash" "bang" "wallop", got on the gamble ladder starting at £4 with lemons, I then gamble this too £20 somehow. I could have exchanged but i gamble again, and lose the gamble, on the board and get dicked.

My "tight" mentality has now gone out of the window and i am 100% after mega streak. I costs me £70 to get it, and i get £38 + some afters, leaving me about £30 down for the day. Well annoyed. Its happened to me on this machine before. Seems bloody tough to get mega streak, and it cost me!!

[SteveV2]

£70 for the mega streak? Let you turbo up to £20?

You did something seriously wrong.

[DannyC]

My "tight" mentality has now gone out of the window and i am 100% after mega streak. I costs me £70 to get it, and i get £38 + some afters, leaving me about £30 down for the day. Well annoyed. Its happened to me on this machine before. Seems bloody tough to get mega streak, and it cost me!!

We all play for profit mate, even if I get £7 from a pound on a non-backing mc I'll walk 3 pints up

Dont get angry with yourself over losing £30. I chucked a whole £100 in a sidesplitter (backing) other day, supermeter kept offering about £18-24 but nothing special. After £100 in, wife rang me up kicking off coz I was meant to be going hospital with her, bad loss I know. But if you have other machines that you know of, just stick to them, the profit in the long run CAN*** be a good one.

[Justanewone]

Cash on CBW is no indication of where the machines play is at. End of the day its happened now, but you should be looking to maxise profits, as you said you played for quick nicks all day you should have taken the 20 but greed or thinking its happy got in the way or maybe you just wanted to force a m/c subconciously. This happened 2 me earlier - a new global gave 3rd hold on red 7's, gr8 I thought - 5 spin board got me to 15 quid, now knowing its a global and I shouldnt force and I was only 3 in, I pushed it - another 35 in got 50 out and that was very very lucky!!! Quick nicks are good in arcades, I usually start my day in arcades and turn 10 into 50 then try pubs.

Dave

[kidgloves]

My last 2 sessions have seen me throw away all my hard work

I know the feeling when playing poker.....