https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30645111/1st-biggish-bet-at-the-festival-and-best-winJust thought it would be interesting to read everyone's tales on this as everyone's big bets and wins will differ a fair bit! My 1st memory of a decent bet was on Rooster Booster to win the champion hurdle @ 6/4 and had £100 on him looked good as hehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30645111/1st-biggish-bet-at-the-festival-and-best-win?post_id=547705271#547705271NO BAW AND THAT FELLA WAS A KIND AULD SPUDFri, 05 Feb 2016 15:34:56 -0600https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30645111/1st-biggish-bet-at-the-festival-and-best-win?post_id=547705067#547705067No, not me fella.Fri, 05 Feb 2016 15:26:59 -0600https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30645111/1st-biggish-bet-at-the-festival-and-best-win?post_id=547704959#547704959RTB did you back a horse in 1995 called MIRACLE MAN SORRY FOR THAT FACE BUT A GUY WE MET BACK THEN IN CHICAGO ROCK CAFE COULD THAT BE YOUFri, 05 Feb 2016 15:22:47 -0600https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30645111/1st-biggish-bet-at-the-festival-and-best-win?post_id=547703439#547703439As so many of you enjoyed the story I uploaded the betslip so you could see it:https://www.photobox.co.uk/my/photo?album_id=4007680209&photo_id=9069277317#9069277317Fri, 05 Feb 2016 13:44:43 -0600https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30645111/1st-biggish-bet-at-the-festival-and-best-win?post_id=547703267#547703267Thanks team.Desmond, Coral are actually one of the better ones for me. Not sure a cash shop bet paid out by cheque from Head Office ever got tied up to my online account, which probably didn't even exist back then anyway.Only drawback (not that thereFri, 05 Feb 2016 13:30:28 -0600https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30645111/1st-biggish-bet-at-the-festival-and-best-win?post_id=547700797#547700797great stuff roger loved reading it brought a smile to my faceFri, 05 Feb 2016 09:18:54 -0600https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30645111/1st-biggish-bet-at-the-festival-and-best-win?post_id=547699065#547699065Brilliant Roger! I won a £600 place pot at uni and remember having a very similar conversation with Mum & Dad, complete with a diagram explaining the mechanics of a place pot!Fri, 05 Feb 2016 05:26:22 -0600https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30645111/1st-biggish-bet-at-the-festival-and-best-win?post_id=547698945#547698945Brilliant Roger! Fortune favours the brave and all that.How much can you get on at C0ral now?Fri, 05 Feb 2016 05:07:40 -0600https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30645111/1st-biggish-bet-at-the-festival-and-best-win?post_id=547698453#547698453Great stuff namesake!I live for stories like that!Fri, 05 Feb 2016 03:52:35 -0600https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30645111/1st-biggish-bet-at-the-festival-and-best-win?post_id=547696521#547696521Incidentally, Baracouda went off 9/4 rather than the 6/4 I took - costing me £8k!Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:23:16 -0600