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02 May 13
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mine was on here summer 2003. I had been backing odds on shots to be placed and i backed a horse in an evening race called chatifa (I won't forget the name) to be placed. it went off at around 1-14 to win the race and i backed it at 1.03/1.04 to be placed, i put £3,800 on it which was everything in my account. i couldn't believe my eyes when it was unplaced, i was left numb. the feeling of losing that sort of money and knowing you can't get it back was a sickener.
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It bolted up next time out under dickie hills which shows just how well kevin Darley did getting it beat out of sight at 1/12...had one or two sore defeats myself but you have to grind on...
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Mr Hunt would probly hold the record for this one.
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£3k on Helissio in the 1997 King George.
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remember the first time I had a thousand on one;daggers dawn at Kempton; as the guy on crimewatch says don't have nightmares, but I do!!
layed one private on the floor to Harold the day before moonaxe won the ledger to lose my max, the commentator said and frankies swinging on the steel, another bad day. thankfully I have calmed down, mainly due to the other half threatening my tackle with the chop!! York in a couple of weeks but hopefully I wont be adding to this thread. |
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remember the first time I had a thousand on one;daggers dawn at Kempton; as the guy on crimewatch says don't have nightmares, but I do!!
layed one private on the floor to Harold the day before moonaxe won the ledger to lose my max, the commentator said and frankies swinging on the steel, another bad day. thankfully I have calmed down, mainly due to the other half threatening my tackle with the chop!! York in a couple of weeks but hopefully I wont be adding to this thread. |
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£2000 one bet, £12500 in one day. Never again
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said with a feeling Swardean ...
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£80 £12.000 on Wayward Lad..........Gold Cup acc (ect)
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£149,850.....ahh those memories
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MrHunt
was that the faller down to Tommo |
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metal detector
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hit twas hindeed
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had 2 over 100k and and few near....
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£600 Dancing Brave in the Guinnys
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MrHunt ,when you woke up the next morning did it take a second or two to register what happened the day before. i know when i have a big loss i wake up the next day and think what have i done
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scared monet it won the guineas
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"talking heads"
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sorry...Derby,Sharas****stani
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fid its funny we wear laffing bout this other day..its a fact wen gamblers do their bolllox the 1st thing that smacks you in the face wen you wake nxt morn is yesterdays losses...strange phenomenon int it
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its always the same for me too. although my big losses are a hundred or 2. cant imagine what its like for your losses. also whenever i have a big loss it takes me a few days to want to have another bet.how long did it take you to get over the loss.
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MrHunt
I remember being at a charity function last year and talking to a guy who was in the exchange shop on the day, he said he couldn't believe just how well you took it. |
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Nearly as bad as getting in the back of a Tranny with stolen radiators imvho?
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moley it waqs my q5 with newly bought electric radiator yfdsc
who was it ronnie u nah his name? |
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im off to 5 a side back later xxx
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G.L.
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Hamdans outfit are rotten to the core. Over rated garbage. His rant last week in the RP about not liking runners at Windsor was laughable. Surrounded by Yes men
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A tranny is a tranny..............unless you specify it as a vehicle..........GL in your 5 a side.
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mrhunt
lovely lad called Paul who used to have a betting shop, spoke very highly of you. |
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£715 on Borgia at 16/1 in the Arc (3rd).
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couple of seasons ago, layed Real Madrid, who where losing 2-0 80(?) mins gone, and not looking like they were going to get a goal at all. My liability £440, my entire bank that night, to win around a tenner.
They won 4-2 |
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ah spenny paul ronnie..yes a nice lad himself
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layed Scotland to beat France
Scotland 1 France 0 10k |
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£4k.
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Short 5 a side Mr H?
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Ive lost 2 5 grand bets
one got beat by a nose at 3/1. photo took 15 minutes to come through. twas a long time ago , 1986 North Ocean, Cumani, Cochrane. , was going to put the 20 grand on Dancing Brave at 7/2 for the Arc..... |
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A 'blast from the past' .....
Thursday, November 23, 2006 Biggest Betfair loss ever Well I doubt the punter who lost £237,000 in one bet recently is the poor sod who holds the unenviable title of biggest Betfair loss ever. But I wouldn't mind a small punt his £237k loss is the biggest accidental **** up. You see, our unfortunate friend layed at 1000, perhaps instead of backing it. And in the flash of an eye wiped nearly quarter of a million quid from his account. Our man met his Waterloo in the 7.30 at Wolverhampton on November 18. By all accounts he either intended to place a bet at 1000 (999/1) on the pre race favourite Peregrine Falcon. Or more likely was lining up a lay of 1000 and submitted it too early. Whatever, he definitely did his bollocks to the tune of £237k and left 3 other bemused Betfair punters staring at their onscreen balances wondering what the hell was going on. One of them made a staggering £214,000 from the mistake. Betfair spokesman Tony Calvin said: "It looks as if the layer simply made a mistake, as all prices matched have to be confirmed before they are traded. "The only alternative I could imagine is that the layer was using an automatic trading system, and that there was some kind of problem with it. "Nothing untoward is considered to have taken place, other than a genuine error on someone's part." Well I guess anyone who can accidentally lose nearly a quarter of a million pounds that is laying around in their Betfair account can afford to. But it's got to hurt. And then some. Going to take a while to claw that lot back! Anyway, of course attention on the Betfair horse racing forum turned swiftly to the identity of the big loser. Warwick Hunt, the big banked in running 1.01 er was an early favourite having fessed up to big losses in the past. But it appears he's not our man this time. However, he did post a great video link about the loss. All about forumite Alf Hukker. (Geddit? For both the names?!) Now I barely read the Betfair horse racing forum and don't pretend to know or understand all the shenanigans, wind ups and private jokes on it but I always thought these were the same guy?! What the **** do I know though. Alf Hukker says it wasn't him that lost and makes another suggestion in a thread all about it on the racing forum. Whatever the truth, whoever did their bollocks, the video is well worth a watch anyway. Quality stuff I'm sure you'll agree! Anyway, I guess the serious Betfair players all know the identity of the £237k loser. |
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It must be of great comfort to all those losers that BF wriggled out of paying on the infamous race in Ireland when the "client" had insufficient funds to cover.
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i won 330k on vlv
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