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Best gambler you know personally?
Best gambler you know personally?
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stand by my statement Facts...no doubt he was careless but he was serious player for a long time
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Interesting thread from the past.
It was good to read about some of the old characters. I met a couple of the names mentioned - mainly in the Backhouse shop by the victoria casino (just off edgeware RD) in the late 80's early 90's. There were a few characters in there! |
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JM is 2 years into a 4 stretch now
should be out soon wonder if he wrote that book he was talking about  |
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ttt
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Me! Average +£9,000 per year.
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Kristian Robson
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Some great characters from the past on here. Well worth a read. I believe wee eck still posts on the lay thread but under a different forum name.
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Yes Kristian is knocking on now. Maybe past his best....who knows ?
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F. Thomas Bruss.
professor of mathematics "The art of a right decision" Excellent . |
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'You can't eat money.'
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stewarty b - actually, I think you can! The new plastic fiver has some protein or animal fat in it I understand, but the vegetarians/vegans are campaigning to have it removed!
Spoilsports - love munching on a fiver when I get hungry!  |
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dont know if this qualifys as best gambler i know but in the early 70s fat kevin (he was a big lad ) came into the boozer where i was drinking one night and was borrowing money from anyone who would entertain him ,£1 £5 £10 anything he could get his hands on hit the pub land lord for a score and when he had asked everyone finished his drink and fooked off ,next day i was in a meccas shop and kevin walks in on the borrow again ,so i says to him whats going on ,he says i have had a word for one next week good price and i am getting as much dough as i can to lump on it, or words to that effect.
are you having a bet now i says ,no fook it not having a bet ,iam saving it and going to the track and its shyte or bust i am of to the pawn shop and he pulls from out of his sky rocket a bag full of his wifes tom ,rings belcher chains earings the lot ,i am putting the lot in and having it on ,over the next 4 or 5 days kevin is till doing the rounds borrowing from any one he can and raising money he was a van driver and on the friday he gets his wages (cash in those days ) and gives his missus a tenner and keeps the rest for the bet ,sells his car it was only an old runaround and he wouldnt have got a lot for it but tbh i think he would have sold his ar$hole if he could to raise money , anyway day of race midweek and he is off to one of the gaffs it was plumpton or fontwell iirc ,a few off us are in the know about the name of the horse but i was a young buck in those days with only a passing interest in betting and i think i had a £5 or something on it , dont know ecxactly how much kev had raised over the 4 or 5 days but it must have been a fair whack my wages were about £20 a week back then and you could get a good bet on in those days t the tracks and shops fat kevin had put his fookin life on the line his marriage etc and he had all those people to pay back some would have been faces who you had to pay back or a spell in hospital would have followed ,anyway i am back in the meccas shop with a few mates waiting for the race ! long story short kevs horse gets backed from 8s to 9/2 takes it up at the 2nd last wins by about 8l happy days ........fook knows how much he won but it must have been life changer for him . he had some **** did kev ! |
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always admire the bottle he showed with that bet ..............l doubt many would have took the risk to that extent ,i was only a young buck with just my prick to keep he had a wife kids etc ,he put his whole life on the line ............legend
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is he still punting
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dont know ! a little while later i was invited for a stay at one of her majestys etablishments and lost touch and by the time i was released he had moved away !if he is still with us he will be punting as we all know its in the blood ! what i must add is if the bet had gone tits up kev would have found a way to pay up all he owed , diamond !
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There's a cracking thread on chitchat called"BETTING SHOP CHARACTERS"....spent hours reading it last night....just by the way is it possible to bring up a thread from another forum,e.g. chit chat,ante post onto this forum?...probably not,it's difficult enough getting posts to show up here anyway at times
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lead on an old thread called dodgiest betting shops by goggles was a blinding read
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me - then again probably not as loads on here probably received the same!
Having reviewed your account, we are notifying you that your account will not be eligible for Betfair Sportsbook promotions, including Best Odds Guaranteed, in future. We can assure you that this decision has only be taken after careful consideration and that it does not affect your ability to play on the Betfair Exchange and Betfair Gaming channels. |
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Just saw this fred I wonder if anyone here ever came upon a guy called Paul Stringer? now there was a gambler, mostly dogs but did he make the bookies shudder he was something else, fearless and a gent. I think he's longer with us but a true gambler.
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thin kev
not as good as was tho |
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Another fine thread from the past.
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I have never met anybody that makes money from betting on Horses.
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acey deucy 11 Jun 19 13:39
I have never met anybody that makes money from betting on Horses. I also haven't met any posters from this forum. |
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my uncle George who we bury on Friday, taught me 'his' rules if I wanted half a chance to make it pay. He took me around the London dog circuit at the tender age of 14/15.He was the first person i knew who would go to meetings and not have a bet. He knew everything about every dog/trialist, turn right/left out of traps etc.
A great man who loved his dog racing, but discipline was his strong point, happy times in my life |
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ricardo montalban turned 30 pounds into 1 million
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Ttt Johnny Lights gets a mention again.
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he said 'gambler' gaze..not 'EDITOR'
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I do know a mug gambler who got lucky and got a decent win last November .......
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Comma on Gaze , he said gambler not dreamer.
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there was black sonny from the old kent road london and the swan and manchecter george
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Never exactly knew him but I chatted to Barry Hills a few times and he clearly made money from betting. I remember a day at Bath standing next to him on the stand. Guy Harwood had an odds on fav so I had backed a Hills horse without the fav. It was second a neck ahead of the third with 100 yards to go so I started shouting for it and Barry asked me what my bet was. I told him 7/2 without the fav and he put his head on one side and said "that was a very good bet" He always nodded and said hello after that. You always had to avoid the ones ridden by R Street though. Out the back or round the outside.
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Measured by a strike rate and/or a p/loss in my working experience....
Jim McGrath ( Timeform ) Julian Wilson Spike Milligan |
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The Scottish wallpaper carrier bag man
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The budgie in the Carry On film was mustard, 12 bets all winners! Sid cleaned up.
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Steve Gough was a millionaire before he was thirty pre Betfair !!!!
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