Betting Matters....

[????]

Fat boy didn't run

*waves at BBW*

Coooooey. I know you're on here lurking.

[red devil]

Hypnotic Gaze 3rd @ 9/2...

Reg, weather might be the deciding factor for the 2nd test, go for the draw @ 14/5...

[????]

Did you end up doing Goosen RD?

[red devil]

I got 20's after the first round, now available at 9's, he started well last week in the Scottish and then faded badly...

[Mick Mac]

4 of my boys are under par but either 1 or 2 under so they are well placed but need to keep in touch today. No heroics just another couple under par would ensure they are in the mix tomorrow. This is set up to be a great open though. Great viewing betting aside.

[red devil]

Scoop 6 worth about a million today...

[Narnia]

Chaps

interesting to read your posts. I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to betting. I have a weekly one on football during the season but I'm interested in learning about online betting which I imagine you do. The only time I did this was a couple of years ago. Having had a few jars and knowing nothing about horses I decided to bet on the Grand National. I used my credit card to bet and subsequently found I'd been charged on my statement more than what I had bet. I did query it but don't remember what I was told.Does betting this way cost you more or what's the story?

Declan

[Goofy]

If you use a credit card it is classed as a cash withdrawal and you will charged a handling fee along with the appropriate interest charge - if you use a debit card you should have no charges.

I use a William Hill account mainly and the horse-racing is Best Odds Guaranteed (BOG) which means that you are paid at the better odds if the price drifts.

Even tho i love a bet (nice winner today:))and i have backed Westwood and Furyk in the Open) gambling is for mugs!!!

[Narnia]

Thanks Goofey. That makes sense. I know it's a mugs game but a little bit here and there makes some events more interesting.

[Mick Mac]

We are not put on this earth to be sensible Goofey - and by your name I guess you are not.

[Mick Mac]

I have now bet ?75 total - hopes now last mainly with Watson, Westwood and Furyk, However I go into tomorrow with little confidence of a winning bet, as there are so many potential winners.

I think it would p1ss me off completely if Stewart Cink won, I feel it in my blood that another American journeyman might come out on top, this would be hugley depressing. Westwood would be my best result, but I felt he just began to show some nerves in the last 2 holes tonight and I'm beginning to think Jim Furyk might be my man. Or who knows a +2 player may make a run, in which case I have Villegas and McDowell. Its a fascinating Open, lets hope the last day lives up to the billing.

MY ?75 has been placed as follows:

BETS: Name:Odds:Bet Amount:Potential winnings

Lee Westwood 34 ?10.00 ?330.00

Jim Furyk 34 ?5.00 ?165.00

Martin Kaymer 48 ?5.00 ?235.00

Graeme McDowell 65 ?8.00 ?512.00

Camilo Villegas 90 ?2.00 ?178.00

95 ?5.00 ?470.00

Tom Watson 40 ?3.00 ?117.00

Justin Leonard 75 ?2.00 ?148.00

Justin Rose 100 ?2.00 ?198.00

Zach Johnson 100 ?10.00 ?990.00

Padraig Harrington 48 ?10.00 ?470.00

Rory McIlroy 40 ?10.00 ?390.00

Darren Clarke 330 ?1.01 ?332.29

340 ?1.99 ?674.61

770 ?2.00 ?1,538.00

David Howell 520 ?2.00 ?1,038.00

[????]

I've a effetively a free bet on Goosen at 30/1 left after various hedging bets

[Mick Mac]

Had covere both Watson and Cink - Watson will give me an overall profit, Cink I'll lose a tenner, so all worked out ok, but Westwood, feel for him.

[????]

Me even overall on the golf

a confession: had a little piece of the aussies at 10s....hope England win but a bit of consolation if they don't

[Mick Mac]

Had a covering bet on Cink today to win ?70 - but a ?20 loss overall on all my Open bets. But the biggest disappointment is that Watson and Westwood missed their chance. Cink did not have to deal with the pressure of having the lead, so I'd almost have preferred anyone else ahead of him, another American nobody wins the Open to add to Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton etc.

Having said that it was the most exciting Open for years, great entertainment. Poor Tom, should have the claret jug tonight but for the second shot running through the green at 18. Watson was one of my/everyones boyhood heros. Very sad.

[????]

agreed - turned off the tv during the playoff

[red devil]

ditto...Goosen stumbled again...are either of you chaps putting any money on the football yet?

[????]

i've put some on Pompey at 6 to go down- already shortened. i also normally do a 15teener on a team in each league on all combinations...but will wait until final week for that. I do do quite a lot of laying on football. You thought about it yet?

[Reg Smeeton]

Well my ?10 on Australia at 7:1 is now depressingly looking like it was a good bet - they're up to 5:2. It's one bet I'd really love to lose. At least I'll have something to drown my sorrows if the 'unthinkable' happens. (Sadly, for me it was always only too thinkable).

Reg Smeeton Wrote:

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> ?10 on Australia to win at Lord's at 7:1. Bookies

> are already writing Australia off, but this is the

> team that scored 670 just last weekend....England

> enforce follow-on, Australia score 450 in second

> innings, England crumble chasing 200 with Clarke

> and North spinning them to victory on a fifth day

> pitch. Alas it's only too plausible an outcome, 7

> to 1 seem like good odds.

[????]

i got 10s...

[red devil]

...tend to wait until all the big transfers are completed, but just thinking about Citeh and their current spending spree, odds must be getting shorter by the week so they sound perfect for your laying system, if they don't get Terry they'll just go for someone else until they eventaully get someone, will probably have some of Owen to be top scorer, I think he's around 20's, will also look for some specials like L'Arse dropping out of the top four next season; your Pompey bet is starting to look good, if they're going to be bought out by this Sheikh guy why does everyone still want to leave?...

[????]

Just layed the Aussiies back - guranteed profit Aus win, England win or draw....(still win most on the Aussies though)

[Reg Smeeton]

Best ?10 I've ever lost.

[????]

Any thought for the King George on Saturday MM/RD/Others?

Conduit's the obvious but i fancy Look Here

[Mick Mac]

I will be on hols from this weekend so won't bet but I'd probably try Tartan Bearer. Conduit looked very good but was a way behind Rip van winkle last time out so there must be some doubts about him.