Something funny happened to me this night I thought I should share.
I am an apologetic gambler and I don’t shy when people know I am a gambler so I discuss my games to people when I want to, this is an interesting story and has a happy ending because I won.
I played some games in sport betting from yesterday and I had a game left today a game in the Italian Seria A between Cremonese and Sassuolo, I went with Cremonese 2up that is if Cremonese at any point in the game leads Sassuolo by 2goals I win, here is the twist and the funny part because I thought I played it 2up like I did others but I did not, Sassuolo was up by two in the first half so I checked and saw the game was still running. Then I discussed it with my friends and they ask me to cash out but I refused then Sassuolo turned the game around and Score two goals. My friends made life hell for me by mocking me but later on Cremonese scored in the added time to win the game. I flexed hard on my friends after the final whistle.
I don’t usually leave a game when I see a good cash out but I trusted my guts and won. Have you had experience where you choose your opinion over logic advice from friends and won or lost let’s hear it.
I don't know anyone who wouldn't, but i know people who would lie about that they wouldn't. For some people it's just more subtle then others.
But things like in your case, where someone mocked you for the bet, it's perfectly understandable to pay that back.
I don't talk about my gambling anymore with my friends, and frankly i haven't made such a good or big underdog bets that they would be worth bragging about, but if one of my 200x bet would have won, i would definitely take all credit from it, even though i knew deep inside, that it was luck.
I have once bragged about shorting markets right time before the crash, and some people see ledger shorting and longing similar to gamble, but i don't think it counts.