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I reckon that the time has come for us to petition Betfair for a new category under the other groups section here on the forum - The "Head in Hands" section
This would be a place to archive and add all those posts that we read to cheer us up after that losing bet, and keeping them all in one place would save us from having to ttt them.
Some example "Head in Hands" Topics
a. The guy who said he'd swim the channel with his mother in law on his back
b. Tevez benchwarming
c. MT FULL BANK tips
d. Liverpool FC 25% on your money for 2 hours investment
Any other examples or further thoughts for our new section?
This would be a place to archive and add all those posts that we read to cheer us up after that losing bet, and keeping them all in one place would save us from having to ttt them.
Some example "Head in Hands" Topics
a. The guy who said he'd swim the channel with his mother in law on his back
b. Tevez benchwarming
c. MT FULL BANK tips
d. Liverpool FC 25% on your money for 2 hours investment
Any other examples or further thoughts for our new section?
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kofi's thread about gambling and benefits is a classic
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Odwyer's famous horse laying thread in which had had 50 successful lays before the 51st in which he "layed off" just before his layed horse romped home. The thread ended with Odywer saying "And that's how you win money laying horses". Was very amusing.
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Twenty tenners please or however it was worded about the pc.
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dlarssonf, betfairy, lori all good suggestions!
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My Great System by Kenniky must be up there as a classic of its type.
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Ok, it's not on the forum, but it's been discussed on the forum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U481VOmobg Pete Nordsted about his book "mastering betfair". He talks about a major event in his 'trading career' being losing £500 and having to call his wife about it :D Respect to him for getting his book published though! |
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Was it slicer's Holy Grail?
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The ultimate classic has to be Footsoldiers.
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Schalke's 'This is as they say FREE MONEY' thread
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I liked the "Who didn`t lump on Austria must be plain stupid" thread by Carsten.
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What about The Forum Reader's Atletico v Barca thread?
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"" LAY MON MONE ""
for the national , was amazin ;\ |
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I'm paraphrasing; "There's something wierd going on in the football markets" thread about the discovery of betfair' s cross matching bot which they kept quiet about, but later had to admit it.
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20 tenners was prob the best thread ever on here. who wrote it?
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nocko?
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twenty tenners was by armida:
http://site.forum.betfair.com/jive3/betex/ThreadsFrameset.jsp?forumID=32&threadID=1667378 |
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brilliant ! - a great find, cheers TI
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yes i remember nocko's one - thats right up there lol
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lol at 20 tenners
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what about on the tennis forum when the scoreboard was the wrong way round and showing the opposite score?
"free money, literally" |
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The one by the kid who discovered the cross matching was a classic thread with a very sad ending as remember his father coming on here to say his son passed away? :(
An all time stupid thread (or maybe the most clever of wind-ups) is the one by Dinosaur that was recently brought back on here where he discussing laying 0-0 and then backing 0-0 once a team has scored :) |
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and the other tennis about the polish girl told to throw the game IR. polish bloke on here picked it up
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Cider Red on Tour's "I've just come home battered from the pub" thread
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GASHWAN 14 Jan 21:27
what about on the tennis forum when the scoreboard was the wrong way round and showing the opposite score? "free money, literally" Levine/Isner, oddly now locked which is a shame |
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get ur whole bank on phil taylor
rellbillionaire .. the tennis was classic |
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Sometimes I wonder why I am here but the betfair forums just crack me up. The tennis forum is good.
The in-play fred on the voided Daveydenko match with people screaming about the free money on offer. Another on tennis where the live scoreboard was showing the scores for the wrong player. Again people screaming about free money only to realise that the data was wrong. But one of the best was the moneysaving dot com comments copied about a FGS market where the pink book was going 100%+. In all of these, people thought they had found free money. :| |
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Was there a thread at the time where Bradley Dredge was given a 30 on the online scoreboards in a golf tournament when it should have been a 3? Went on to win the tournie if memory serves me correct.
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Don't forget the classic "Can the poms avoid an innings defeat" thread on the cricket forum, 5 years and more :0
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I always laugh when I remember the thread about somebody**ging a (ahem, shall we say larger) lady from behind while she ate a portion of *****
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How has no one mentioned the 'money saving experts' goalscorer thread ripping the p!ss out of them when they thought they was onto a 'free money' good thing.
Pure gold. |
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sgt bilko 14 Jan 20:48
nocko? Correct answer - the phrase 'you've nocko'd it' is still used in the office. |
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Five By Five 15 Jan 11:52 How has no one mentioned the 'money saving experts' goalscorer thread ripping the p!ss out of them when they thought they was onto a 'free money' good thing. Pure gold. They have. We have done the wrong tennis scoreboard a few times too. |
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I lost the link in my bookmarks but there was a tennis match, women's, where someone spoke the language of one of the competitors that was leading by a set and up 4-0 (?) when her father said to her "go to 5-1 then retire".
A forumite was watching and understood him and posted "I'm shaking...eetc" and started laying, advising everyone else to. It was debated and he kept insisting he was telling the truth. She was at sub 1.10. People joined in laying and sure enough she retired. The forumite was named a hero. I said knighthood. If anyone has the link, it is a great read. |
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Five by five, I often wondered if they were set up by the person that started the thread.
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Two more both on the Football forum:
OCD tendencies (mispelt in the title iirc), & Which circuit goes uphill all the way with acknowledgment to Mr Eko for starting it and Ben Sprockett for milking it so well. |
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Isner vs Levine and the dodgy scoreboard.
http://site.forum.betfair.com/jive3/betex/ThreadsFrameset.jsp?forumID=64&forumName=Tennis&threadID=1586573&tName=*****+Levine+vs.+Isner+In-Play+Match+*****&iMessageCount=1635 Wozniacki vs Kremer and the retirement saga. http://site.forum.betfair.com/jive3/betex/ThreadsFrameset.jsp?forumID=64&forumName=Tennis&threadID=2112252&tName=*****+A+Girl+that+isn%27t+Kremer+versus+Kremer+IN+PLAY+*****&iMessageCount=405 |
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day in the life of the betfair market operations person -
get up, check under car for bomb, polish big red suspend button.. a classic thread |
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Koos comeback thread has got to be worth a mention
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