New Posts For Thread: SO/ YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE UNLUCKYhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30268071/so-you-thought-you-were-unluckyONE £8 punter came agonisingly close to a life-changing £6.8 million Scoop6 payout on Saturday afternoon but the final leg selection, the aptly named Escape To Glory, finished a heartbreaking second - causing the bet to roll over for a 12th week anI suggested it would have been judicious to put in a GRADUATED lay . That would depend on the state of your account etc , got caught out myself one Saturday ( banks not open and I dont trust on line banking) . Had a lot of money running onto a 6/1 shhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30268071/so-you-thought-you-were-unlucky?post_id=539469691#539469691I suggested it would have been judicious to put in a GRADUATED lay . That would depend on the state of your account etc , got caught out myself one Saturday ( banks not open and I dont trust on line banking) . Had a lot of money running onto a 6/1 shMon, 19 May 2014 11:46:35 -0500If there were a thread on hard luck stories we would all be well able to contrabute , one that comes to mind for myself was backing Adam Scot at 45/1 for 4figure return sum in the Open a few years back, but i dont think there would be to many foremihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30268071/so-you-thought-you-were-unlucky?post_id=539465715#539465715If there were a thread on hard luck stories we would all be well able to contrabute , one that comes to mind for myself was backing Adam Scot at 45/1 for 4figure return sum in the Open a few years back, but i dont think there would be to many foremiMon, 19 May 2014 07:19:52 -0500You should try a different milk on your cereal RR,....the one you use obviously doesn't agree with you.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30268071/so-you-thought-you-were-unlucky?post_id=539465257#539465257You should try a different milk on your cereal RR,....the one you use obviously doesn't agree with you.Mon, 19 May 2014 06:40:44 -0500not easy trying to workout what price a horse might hit IR, especially if its a front runner or a hold up horseif you think this guy is unlucky imagine how feel, my notebooks should of made me a millionaire by now. suppose im luckythough, this guy wihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30268071/so-you-thought-you-were-unlucky?post_id=539465029#539465029not easy trying to workout what price a horse might hit IR, especially if its a front runner or a hold up horseif you think this guy is unlucky imagine how feel, my notebooks should of made me a millionaire by now. suppose im luckythough, this guy wiMon, 19 May 2014 06:17:13 -0500Agreed.It would be different if the last leg was favourite,some judicious laying would be warranted.We could finally find a use for Paulie Wallnuts,getting him to do it would be the easy bit,collecting could be a lot harder.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30268071/so-you-thought-you-were-unlucky?post_id=539464997#539464997Agreed.It would be different if the last leg was favourite,some judicious laying would be warranted.We could finally find a use for Paulie Wallnuts,getting him to do it would be the easy bit,collecting could be a lot harder.Mon, 19 May 2014 06:15:05 -0500That's what im saying. What price should he have put in?? Impossible, and better to let run as he did.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30268071/so-you-thought-you-were-unlucky?post_id=539464929#539464929That's what im saying. What price should he have put in?? Impossible, and better to let run as he did.Mon, 19 May 2014 06:07:19 -0500Its amazing that all assume you would put an in running lay at the lowest price laid,this is Roadrunner stuff.The skill is to try and predict what a horse may touch in running and its not easy.All the 1.01 backers are robots so deserve no sympathy,thhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30268071/so-you-thought-you-were-unlucky?post_id=539464821#539464821Its amazing that all assume you would put an in running lay at the lowest price laid,this is Roadrunner stuff.The skill is to try and predict what a horse may touch in running and its not easy.All the 1.01 backers are robots so deserve no sympathy,thMon, 19 May 2014 05:55:05 -0500€8 punter though Kelly. Didn't watch the first four races, checked results. Very much doubt he would have had the available funds to be lobbing into betfair to lay off. What price do you choose for in running.....if you put in 1.2, and it done at 1https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30268071/so-you-thought-you-were-unlucky?post_id=539464791#539464791€8 punter though Kelly. Didn't watch the first four races, checked results. Very much doubt he would have had the available funds to be lobbing into betfair to lay off. What price do you choose for in running.....if you put in 1.2, and it done at 1Mon, 19 May 2014 05:49:31 -0500IF you did,nt have a betfair a/c you would,nt have much time between the 5th and the 6th leg of the scoop 6 to set one up, the 8 quid punter would indicate he was,nt a big player Kelly, he most likely telling his m8s in work this morning about the bahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30268071/so-you-thought-you-were-unlucky?post_id=539464785#539464785IF you did,nt have a betfair a/c you would,nt have much time between the 5th and the 6th leg of the scoop 6 to set one up, the 8 quid punter would indicate he was,nt a big player Kelly, he most likely telling his m8s in work this morning about the baMon, 19 May 2014 05:48:57 -0500Now , if you were holding the ONLY ticket for a huge win on the last horse in the Jackpot , would you not be filling up your Betfair account with a big graduated lay of the horse in running . I know I would . And if it touched 1.01 ( no idea why ) yhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30268071/so-you-thought-you-were-unlucky?post_id=539463347#539463347Now , if you were holding the ONLY ticket for a huge win on the last horse in the Jackpot , would you not be filling up your Betfair account with a big graduated lay of the horse in running . I know I would . And if it touched 1.01 ( no idea why ) ySun, 18 May 2014 22:18:10 -0500