Betting Matters....

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Football season has been disastrous, thus far, though I have not lost a penny.

Tuned in to Fulham/Vesta (sp) t'other night at 1/0 with 12 mins left and went to back over 2.5 Goals at, I assume, 7/1+ and Fulham scored as I was accessing my Betfair a/c. Then they scored again.

Then heard on Sat. Morning mention of Boro/Sheff Utd and thought "Bore Draw" and b4 I could think about backing "Draw/Draw" and 0/0-I discovered it was.

Out yesterday morning so was going to do Draw/Southampton and Draw/Draw in the Saints/Millwall match.

Not only did it come in but you could lay Saints short after backing them at 9/2 ( Draw/Saints).

To complete a "Foursome" predicted WBA/Draw and Newcastle/Draw both at 16/1 .

So thats a 7/1 followed by 11/1 followed by a 4/1 ( Millwall-Draw/Draw) followed by a 16/1 and not on any of them as I was out.( apart from Fulham/Vesta which I missed by seconds......:X

[Mick Mac]

I have backed

Championship: Ipswich (backing Keane to succeed) and Cardiff (Dave Jones a good manager)

Lge 1 : Colchester (Paul Lambert a former Celt starting off on the managerial ladder gets off to good start with 7-1 win)

Premiership - very difficult to call - any of the top 4 could win it. Think Arshavin could be the new best foreign player for Arsenal. Chelsea not sure what Anciolotti will achieve, too risky to bet on them (as with Scolari). MU will miss Ronaldo and don't think Owen will make up for that, Liverpool can win if they can keep up their form from last thinrd of last season when they were more attacking.

With all these uncertainties it seems its best to wait until a few ganes in to see how they start.

Scotland - the odds on Celtic are too short but believe they have better players than Rangers and Mowbray will hopefully get better from them than GS. 1.8 a bit short though unless betting big.

[Mick Mac]

Have backed Harrington at 1.9 to hold off the Tiger charge and win the Bridgestone tonight.

So much for the 3 shot lead - Tiger eagles the 2nd.

[Mick Mac]

Tiger went 5 under for the front nine to move from -7 to -12 to take a 2 shot lead but Paddy has hung in there and is back in the lead:

Paddy -11 Woods -10

Paddy's the only golfer who can handle Tiger on the final round.

Have had a small hedge on Tiger now that his odds are lengthening but its Harrington for the big win.

[Mick Mac]

Jeez - Woods birdies 16 and Harrington is running up about a 7 or 8 - its virtually Tiger's title. Glad I hedged but great 3rd shot for Tiger and Harrington really messed up.

[Mick Mac]

PGA starts today.

Have backed Padraig at 16s and Rory at 66s. Woods too short at 6/4.

Good start by Rory - 2 under after 5.

[Kells]

I didn't realise Sea The Stars was running on Tuesday, I thought he was a non-runner - does anyone fancy a trip to York?

(Although I am tempted to lay him, and then go and water the course:))

[????]

Arsenal v Everton 2.7 lay - we shall see

just reviewed last 3 months P&L on betfair.....in profit...er just under ?7!

[Judy2]

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[Mick Mac]

Kells Wrote:

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> I didn't realise Sea The Stars was running on

> Tuesday, I thought he was a non-runner - does

> anyone fancy a trip to York?

>

> (Although I am tempted to lay him, and then go and

> water the course:))

I have ?20 on Mastercrafsman in case sea the stars does not run or does not like the ground - also he has to lose eventually.

[Mick Mac]

???? Wrote:

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> Arsenal v Everton 2.7 lay - we shall see

>

> just reviewed last 3 months P&L on betfair.....in

> profit...er just under ?7!

I'm def not in profit for last 3 months Quids. A pretty big dent in my annual profit - I have been keeping my records from the USPGA last year. Despite winning ?330 on MU i am still down for the last few months.

[????]

Fulham to beat Portsmouth (2.70) and Chelsea evens with 20 minutes left were both prices I thought worth taking!

[????]

A nice profitable Saturday...although I'm going to lose my short odds lay on Arsenal unless a miracle happens!

[Kells]

???? Wrote:

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> A nice profitable Saturday...although I'm going to

> lose my short odds lay on Arsenal unless a miracle

> happens!

My fingers are crossed, but it's doubtful....

[Mick Mac]

Pleased with the golf Harrington has had a fantastic 16 holes has closed to one behind Woods. Looks like they will be out together tomorrow and Harrington likes to play with Tiger. Have 30 on Padraig at 16s so may be seeking Quids advice on how to maximise my opportunities tomoz.

[????]

You could lay it now at 6s - ?30 and you get a free run at ?300 or, what i'd do, lay ?60 and take ?30 or ?120....Tiger will win i reckon

[????]

I hope you did it.....

[Mick Mac]

Not yet Quids. The trouble is I think Harringtons odds are too generous and I don't want to offer those odds. And with the possibility of winning close to ?500, taking 30 or 120 feels like giving an opportunity away. (I'm predictable as always).

I hope they will come together at some point - if they do I'll back Tiger - he may be about 1.7 then. That way a ?50 bet on Tiger will cover my stake with a Tiger win and all upside on Harrington then.

Of course if Tiger makes the best start then he will probably go on to win and I won't have hedged, so I'm hoping Padraig out ahead of Tiger will make an early birdie. Of course I'm assuming its between Padraig and Tiger, I'm ignoring the others.

I also have ?20 on Rory at 66/1 but it seems his chance has gone now.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Level at Half-Time in the United game, please Guys.

Thats all I ask...::o

[????]

mmmmm- United just scored Tony

[bigbadwolf]

Yeah, tough shit Tony.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Fear not Guys:

Soccer / Tottenham v Liverpool : Match Odds 16-Aug-09 16:00 16-Aug-09 17:59 141.40

Soccer / Tottenham v Liverpool : Half Time/Full time 16-Aug-09 16:00 16-Aug-09 17:59 -67.00

Soccer / Tottenham v Liverpool : Over/Under 2.5 goals 16-Aug-09 16:00 16-Aug-09 17:24 7.62

Soccer / Tottenham v Liverpool : First Goal Odds 16-Aug-09 16:00 16-Aug-09 16:48 89.19

Soccer / Man Utd v Birmingham : Over/Under 1.5 Goals 16-Aug-09 13:30 16-Aug-09 15:26 -31.82

Soccer / Man Utd v Birmingham : Match Odds 16-Aug-09 13:30 16-Aug-09 15:26 -70.50

Soccer / Man Utd v Birmingham : Half Time/Full time 16-Aug-09 13:30 16-Aug-09 15:25 -51.00

Soccer / Man Utd v Birmingham : Correct Score 16-Aug-09 13:30 16-Aug-09 15:25 -6.00

That useless besterd Micky Owen would have got my United money back as I laid "Under 1.5 Goals" at very short odds.

I only needed a "0/0" until the 40th Minute and I would have been o.k.

Still, on the bright side I got it all back by Laying Liverpool @ 5/4 and I backed "Time of 1st Goal-41/50 Minutes" which, of course, it was....so no harm done Guys..,,:-$

[Mick Mac]

bigbadwolf Wrote:

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> Yeah, tough shit Tony.

Charming as always BBW.

[????]

despite my constant derision of Spurs on the On the Ball thread I did quite fancy them and looked at the odds but didn't dabble - I did put a little bit on Man U...but at 1.19 it's as scary as laying.....(well maybe not as Birmingham were 25!!!, but you see what I mean)

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Actually the United result was fairly predictable Quids.

Did enough to win but haven't the potency of recent years but enough to beat the likes of Brum.

Brum likely not to score so low-scoring United win about right.

I did Draw/Unitedbut laid them @ 1.25 i.e. odds of 1/4.

Liverpool at 5/4 looked a big lay but due to being well down, overall, on the day at the start of the match I could not get as involved as much as I would like.