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14 Jun 14
22:10
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My first ever football thread.
DAY 1
Brazil successfully started a 10 team acca
DAY 2
Fancied Mexico - never had a bet
Fancied Spain more - backed them at 10/11 - never hedged out at 1.3 when they went a goal up - done me money
Fancied Chile - never had a bet
DAY 3
Colombia - backed them at 10/11 - didn’t make the same mistake I made on day 2 - got my losses back and a sheckel on top
Uruguay - no bet as they were already in my acca, which is now facked
England - no bet
DAY 1
Brazil successfully started a 10 team acca
DAY 2
Fancied Mexico - never had a bet
Fancied Spain more - backed them at 10/11 - never hedged out at 1.3 when they went a goal up - done me money
Fancied Chile - never had a bet
DAY 3
Colombia - backed them at 10/11 - didn’t make the same mistake I made on day 2 - got my losses back and a sheckel on top
Uruguay - no bet as they were already in my acca, which is now facked
England - no bet
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Testing.
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I just wrote a fairly detailed reply to you, pressed "post reply" and it was lost in cyber-space!
I've mainly had a first scorer bet with baldies, I like their double delight and hat trick heaven coupon. I've had two winners (including Neymar at double odds), two non runners, and a very very unlucky loser with Dos Santos in the Mexico game. I've had a stab on Sturridge tonight. |
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2 bets so far. £1200 on Brazil 1 Croatia 0 in shops at 6/1. Laid 6.2, profit £102, could have been more, backed as low as 5.9.
2nd bet, and this was a bet. Chile minus 1 last night at 2.62. Laid at 1.16 when 2-0 up to square up. So, good start. for me. |
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I await the next instalment of 'look how big my steaks are' from somebody else. Then the proper bragging can start
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Mine wasn't a steak. It was a very short term investment.
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paying about 800% interest.
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No bet as yet.
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Tight bastard!
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DAY 1
no bet DAY 2 Fancied Mexico - never had a bet Fancied Spain more - never had a bet Fancied Chile - never had a bet DAY 3 Colombia - fancied them but never had a bet Uruguay - backed them at 1/2 for free muneez  England - backed at 6/4, still hopeful  |
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Oh dear
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I posted the above before Italy scored their second goal
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Just read my last post and it looks like something that the late sdk would post... sorry
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Don't normally bet on soccerball but had £2 on the draw England v Croatia.
That was a steak by the way. dear oh dear |
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Sorry England v Italy
Shows how much I was paying attention  |
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Should have listened to Ricardo the Rock Hyrax
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If you are watching HH, will Ricardo give me a chance to get my bus-fare back?
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DAY 1
Brazil successfully started a 10 team acca DAY 2 Fancied Mexico - never had a bet Fancied Spain more - backed them at 10/11 - never hedged out at 1.3 when they went a goal up - done me money Fancied Chile - never had a bet DAY 3 Colombia - backed them at 10/11 - didn’t make the same mistake I made on day 2 - got my losses back and a sheckel on top Uruguay - no bet as they were already in my acca, which is now facked England - Layed Italy at 1.61 Ivory Coast - no bet DAY 4 Switzerland 1-1 and AOD in the Betfair Pool betting (others to follow if this one cops) France v Honduras Argentina v Bosnia Brazil v Mexico Netherlands v Australia 'Home' team acca. |
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It's fair to say it hasn't been a great start to the tournament for me.
Spain v Holland - Under 2.5 goals. Holland win 5-1 England v Italy - Lay Italy, under 2.5. Italy win 2-1 |
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DAY 4
Switzerland 1-1 and AOD in the Betfair Pool betting (others to follow if this one cops) 19 seconds away from getting leg 1 up when they scored. Not that it mattered as I had the froggies to win 1-0 and 2-0 in the next match. 1577 tickets went through, and just 2 of them were on Honduras, and that was to win 2-0. All other tickets on France were to win by differing scores. 107 left on the Germany v Portugal match. £30k in the pool. |
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£10 on Brazil to beat Croatia - return £13.33
£13.33 on Chile to beat Australia - return £19.25 £19.25 on Columbia to beat Cameroon - return £35.62 £25.62 on Uruguay to beat Costa Rica - LOST £10 on Ecuador to beat Switzerland - LOST £22 on Argentina to beat Bosnia - return £30 -£2 |
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*Greece, not Cameroon
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Pre-tournament
Spain to win Holland not to qualify Germany to win Higuain, Aguero & Immobile top scorer In-tournament Uruguay / Costa Rica BTTS Switzerland to win v Ecuador (phew)Lay Argies v Bosnia |
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DAY 1
Brazil successfully started a 10 team acca DAY 2 Fancied Mexico - never had a bet Fancied Spain more - backed them at 10/11 - never hedged out at 1.3 when they went a goal up - done me money Fancied Chile - never had a bet DAY 3 Colombia - backed them at 10/11 - didn’t make the same mistake I made on day 2 - got my losses back and a sheckel on top Uruguay - no bet as they were already in my acca, which is now facked England - Layed Italy at 1.61 Ivory Coast - no bet DAY 4 Switzerland 1-1 and AOD in the Betfair Pool betting - leg 1/4 (out, with 19 seconds left to play) France v Honduras Argentina v Bosnia Brazil v Mexico Netherlands v Australia 'Home' team acca. DAY 5 Germany v Portugal - no bet Nigeria v Iran - no bet U.S.A. v Ghana - no bet |
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Pretty slow for me. Mainly group bets to wait on. Lost on Italy lay and have won on Chile v Aus and lay of Nigeria ht/ft. Am waiting on USA lay later on.
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Not a good start mate.
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DAY 5
Germany v Portugal - no bet Nigeria v Iran - no bet U.S.A. v Ghana - no bet Late news - I'm now in with Hank Hill, layed U.S.A. at 1.68 |
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I hope Hank backed them back as well.
1.68 to any price you like up to 15!! then back to 1.14 in about 2 minutes Lucky I looked up when I did. or I'd have missed the Ghana goal. |
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decent for me but with some close shaves. Started with a £25 betfair bank which is sitting at £270. took a bit of a beating on the 0-0 earlier.
had a gut feeling for 2-1 USA but just took overs instead. been mostly just lumping it all and occasionally laying some off. |
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not sure on the next bet, maybe i'll lay algeria for HT.
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DAY 1
Brazil successfully started a 10 team acca DAY 2 Fancied Mexico - never had a bet Fancied Spain more - backed them at 10/11 - never hedged out at 1.3 when they went a goal up - done me money Fancied Chile - never had a bet DAY 3 Colombia - backed them at 10/11 - didn’t make the same mistake I made on day 2 - got my losses back and a sheckel on top Uruguay - no bet as they were already in my acca, which is now facked England - Layed Italy at 1.61 Ivory Coast - no bet DAY 4 Switzerland 1-1 and AOD in the Betfair Pool betting - leg 1/4 (out, with 19 seconds left to play) DAY 5 Germany v Portugal - no bet Nigeria v Iran - no bet U.S.A. v Ghana - layed U.S.A. at 1.68, backed them at 9.6 France v Honduras Argentina v Bosnia Brazil v Mexico Netherlands v Australia 'Home' team acca - facked DAY 6 Belgium v Algeria - no bet Brazil v Mexico - in my acca - no bet Russia v Douth Korea - no bet (yet) |
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^^^^
Not had a bet of footie since that last post. Turned on computer about half an hour ago, no action intended at that moment, so went out for a smoke. Came back indoors along with a moth who came in over my head. Went all the way upstairs to get my trusty electric tennis racket, went back downstairs and killed it. Came back, sat in front of desk, opened up Betfair, turned on footy, Ecuador were a goal down and 3.2 to back. I decided to invest some of the Ascot profit and have a bet. As I was logging in, they scored, and went to 1.76 DEATH TO ALL MOTHS!!  |
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One person's world cup isn't going well.
. http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/barack_obama_chris_smalling_mugs_567912 |