Month End.

Well doesnt time fly ! Its been an interesting week and month. Firstly congrats to Fulham for getting to the Europa Final what an achievement. I never hear the manager complaining about lack of money or resources unlike many others. How dignified were Hodgsons celebrations compared to Moan-rinho the night before.That was an awful game of football between a team who wanted to play and another that just stuck everybody behind the ball. I read about great tactics from Inter but to me if I was tuning in for the first time to watch a football match I wouldnt bother again. I hope Bayern give them a footballing lesson. Mind you the best match I watched this week was the Palace/ West Brom game which was end to end, I hope after all the crap they've had this season that Palace manage to get the result they need against Sheff Wed.

Tennis has been great this week with the Fed/Gulbis game being a stand out match, one of the best I have seen this year.I layed Fed at 1.07 as I was trying to get matched before that $1 million lump that was stuck there for a while ! Gulbis then went on to have another great game with Volandri but finally lost today to Nadal.

So blogging wise it is a shame that JP has signed off but maybe he will return in the future,I know how frustrating and soul destroying it is to lose money and sometimes it is like a dripping tap with constant amounts going out everyday and no sign off a let up. I get so many emails from web sites offering deals and great figures but how many of them really work? Look at Bet For a Living another candidate that said they make fortunes each month that have closed their web site after a poor last six months.

On to important matters and I can tell you that last month was £3k profit and this month I am feeling confident that will be beaten. I have a couple of ideas that I have been paper trading over which is why I have been much busier than usual, so i will be putting them into real stakes this month and I shall wait and see... These are some of this weeks results.





Today was the start of a new month and not the greatest of days as I lost £300. Last month was basically just my selections with Bet Cat and Packed Pockets, this month I will be including my tennis lays and some horse racing lays as well and lets see how it goes! I shall try to get some structure to my results as they are a bit all over the place, but there are some things that I want to keep to myself.

Doing My Conkers.

Monday was pretty much a complete blow out for me. Bet Cat had just the one bet which unfortunately finished last I think.

Packed Pockets had a three point bet on Call Two Arms in the 3.00 which also came last, in fact I think it might have been pulled up which was no mean feat for a short flat race.

I have a bit of a complex about Ryan Moore as I think he is the best when he has a chance of a win but when beaten I dont think he rides for a place. I had one of my bigger bets on him last night and was really in two minds before the start because of this, and he came about sixth. Why I get involved in Windsor Monday nights racing is something I am still trying to work out. The last couple of years it has been a nightmare for me and I still havent learnt any better. This was the just one of the six bets I placed yesterday with two trading below 1.1 and both getting beaten !

SBP had another bet last night which won but again I didnt do it as if it had lost the B bet in the sequence would have been the next game which didnt start until 3am my time. This is the only problem with the SBP as some of the picks in the sequence kick in when I am safely tucked up in bed.

Moving On Up.

RIP Guru, Cos Im like the Wizard and you look lost like Dorothy...

Weekend Witterings.

A great weekend if you are a Hammers fan as we very luckily managed to dig ourselves out of a massive hole and save our skins. Its been a terrible season with lots of poor performances and goings on behind the scenes so lets hope we can pull together pre season and do a damn sight better the next one. I had a few pre season bets and my only winner came in today. I backed Birmingham with a 48 point start and after Stoke and Tottenham both lost this weekend this bet is now officially a winner at 15/1. I also had Chelsea +1 and in the championship Reading and Middlesborough to get promoted. The Birmingham bet will pay me out £500 but have losses of £100 on the Championship bets but will also win on the each way part of the Chelsea bet I think!
On Saturday I only had a couple of bets as I was out most of the day. I lost about £200 in total with Bet Cat having a double bet and an each way . The second part of the bet was Redwood at 16/1 and it got beat in a photo finish which was a bit of a gutter. The SBP had two losing bets on the basketball but the final C bet in the sequence won but I missed backing that as well.

Today was a much better as I started off with a 16/1 winner and then followed it up with another couple of wins. No bets from Packed Pockets or Bet Cat today but I also managed to get another £50 from the Tennis Final. The only down side was a trade that I completely cocked up costing me £135. I was obviously staking too much as I was out of my comfort zone and if I had just let it run I actually would have made a decent profit but the tide turned quickly against me and the negative thoughts came and I closed it out . If I had waited thirty seconds I would have been in a nice green situation.

In other news Bet Fred have limited my week old account already, them and VC what a pair....

On A Roll.

Well its been an entertaining week with some big seeds getting turned over on the clay in Barcelona and the local football team going down to Inter. I thought it was a great game of football and made me wonder why Chelsea got rid of Robben but then I forgot they have Malouda.......... So back to my original question then.... Seems Moan-rinho hasnt lost his lucky touch.

Tonight we have Liverpool playing in the Europa Cup, how the mighty have fallen, well I say mighty but they havent won the league for maybe twenty years and the team that they have now must be the worst in a couple of decades. I remember growing up how much of a force they were. I was once behing the goal many moons ago at Upton Park when Souness hit a screamer from 30 yards ,what a player and what a squad of players they had back then ,now they have David Ngog leading the line ! Watching them tonight in Madrid I can only think the reason that Rafa is still the manager is because they dont have the money to pay his contract up if they sack him. God I bet all the Pool fans hope Juve take him off their hands in the summer.

So the last three days have been good for me now the flat season is underway. I have put on some bigger bets and am on the right path for April. Today was pleasing especially in the last race at Uttoxeter picking out Muldoons Picnic at 9/1 which went off as 5/2 fav and won very nicely. I have really been studying hard though starting at 9am and going through until around 10pm. I have been trying to get through the next days cards after the evening racing or until my eyes give in ! There hasnt been any bets from Bet Catalyst for the past three days and just a couple from Packed Pockets that have lost.

Below are some results :








I have managed to open a few more accounts which means I can be a lot more aggressive but am trying to spread stakes around still. I have only shown winners here but have had plenty of losers too !! But over the last three days am about £3k up so more than happy.

Lazy Bones.

Been really lazy last few days, maybe the weather is effecting me ! Yesterday I took the day off and sat on the beach watching the world go by and drunk a few beers. I was intending to get back by about 4.30pm to bet on a few late races that I had marked down, but that went by the by as I switched into relaxed mode.

On Saturday I had a couple of nice winners and now that SBP is back with the basketball that winning sequence continues. My B bet came in but overnight I did miss another winner.


Bet Cat had a losers on Friday and Saturday with Stan and Faasel in the Scottish Grand national both unplaced. I am down about £500 so far this month with Bet Cat but one good priced winner will turn that around. I had two bets Friday which also lost but had a winner with Academy Blues at 5/1 which was emailed to me.

Saturday bought a really good day as in the 3.35 I backed two runners Rock County at 7/1 which won and Old School Theatre which placed at 20/1, I then followed that up with a second place with Confessional in the 4.10 which traded at 1.03 and then had a couple of bigger bets on horses I really fancied. So as you can see a bit of a bumper day.


With summer racing now getting in swing I am finding that I dont have enough time to commit to the blog and as such am finding it a bit of chore. I think I will post up when something interests me and once a week or so will give a round up of results.

Close.

Hitting the crossbar ,I think is the expression to show in laymans terms that your shit out of luck. I have also heard it called the latin word seconditis by various more respected individuals on other blogs.

Bet Cat picked a beauty out at 28/1 for me to go at each way which was heavily backed but after trading odds on in running just couldnt get past the winner. It was called Alasi in the 3.20.


The above three were all second one is from yesterday and to add to that I had Blasket Spirit in the 6.00 at 10/1 and Asiya at 14/1 in the 7.10 also finish second. In the 2.35 I had Favourite Girl get placed at 12/1, so it was a profitable day. From eight picked out I had four seconds, a fourth and three unplaced.
I have started receiving selections from somebody I know and am betting at £12.50 a point. Today was my first day of actually putting down cash and as you can see from the above I had a winner which I backed at 12/1 that went of as 9/4 fav I believe. There was a rule four but still paid me out at 9/1.

I made £130 with the tennis on betfair and still have my two selections in the tournament though I have traded out for a couple of free bets. Heres a nice colourful graph:


I fully expect one of them to make the final against Nadal but even if they do I wont be able to trade out for much money as Nadal is just another level on the clay.