It’s hard to say how you would handle missing out on $150,000 if you haven’t been in those shoes. So there’s probably a thing or two be learned from how a Twitter user named Rufus is handling his bad beat on the PGA Championship.
On Friday, Rufus bet $500 on the relative unknown Mito Pereira to win the tournament at +30000 odds, for a payout of $150,000. Things were headed in the right direction for Rufus until Pereira blew his one stroke lead on the final hole Sunday with a double-bogey.
Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris passed him on the leaderboard to force a playoff, Thomas won and celebrated by hitting the dab, and Rufus — who didn’t hedge — was left holding the bag.
Well, that hurt. pic.twitter.com/6QGCefS9SJ
— Rufus (@RufusPeabody) May 22, 2022
But instead of sulking over the earnings that were so so close, the self-described professional sports bettor got incredibly philosophical. We got to see on Twitter how he processed the admittedly painful loss, and here are some of the lessons he shared from it.