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Biffo2010
13 Jan 17 05:06
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http://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/23612966/irish-professional-gambler

Heres the link to it .Anyone know how Declans doing now.
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Report RoyalAcademy January 13, 2017 1:32 PM GMT
Why don't you tell us how he's ("Declan") doing Biffo, you can surely interrogate the world wide web??

It's an article from 2007 the same period that your erstwhile colleague, B Ahern, was strutting his stuff. How's he been doing since?
Report Biffo2010 January 13, 2017 4:06 PM GMT
Just came across the thread last night kavvie , was an interesting read, will check that out
Think i was chatting u before,  are u an Offalyman , spotted SidTheMileniumMan posting in the thread presume hes one , rarely post on here but good to know theres a few Offalymen on here.
Im sure theres no shortage of knobs like RoyalAcademy
Report kavvie January 13, 2017 5:36 PM GMT
does he think bertie is from clara??
Report neill d January 13, 2017 6:04 PM GMT
Wildman must be loving Dundalk tonight!
Report pa lapsy January 13, 2017 6:11 PM GMT
Think the 6.30 will have a fair bearing on that Neill.
Report neill d January 13, 2017 6:29 PM GMT
I've backed him Pa, think he'll turn it round!
Report pa lapsy January 13, 2017 6:31 PM GMT
Hopefully Neill,surely be very near and no SF tonight.
Report neill d January 13, 2017 6:33 PM GMT
No complaints there!
Report pa lapsy January 13, 2017 6:34 PM GMT
No,terrible one pace looking run,seems to be going backwards.
Report neill d January 13, 2017 6:39 PM GMT
Yeah, thought he might be a Dubai level horse at one stage. Still think he might win off that when he's in a bit better form. Thought he was gonna finish a lot better there the way he went through it
Report brain dead jockeys January 13, 2017 6:48 PM GMT
i remember reading that article at the time....total tripe.........
Report Biffo2010 January 13, 2017 9:13 PM GMT
Thought the same brain dead, although done a quick read through the thread and changed my opinion , reckon figures might be exaggerated alright
Report huddys January 13, 2017 9:25 PM GMT
All his bets are proofed by the secret betting club so there there's no exaggeration biffo,
Report brain dead jockeys January 13, 2017 9:28 PM GMT
making money on horses consistently over a long period of time without serious inside info is the stuff of fantasy........only the trainer has any idea of what the horse will do and then u have the animal itself.......it might not fancy it on the day.......u cant predict what it will do........so this is all drivel.
Report Rocketfingers January 14, 2017 9:00 AM GMT
If you can rate the horses and price them accurately as a result its the only way to go long term, anybody that says differently is an idiot.
Report RoyalAcademy January 14, 2017 12:58 PM GMT
Here's some advice for you Biffo; as its from a knob you can choose to ignore it obviously.

If you want to make money punting horses - they're all I know - then you have to be serious about it, deadly serious. You go racing you have a bet every race or every other race you will lose. You bet just on Saturdays, holidays or holy days of obligation you will lose. Loser, End of!

The moment you treat it seriously the fun inevitably goes out of it because now there is (or should be) something serious at stake. You have to be disciplined, you need strong willpower and you avoid any frivolous bets or bets without study. This is not what most people think when they consider punting: it should be "hooray, hooray! what a clever lad am I, I backed a winner". This approach will make you a loser too because you will alter your betting pattern and strategy i.e. too much or too little on and you will play fast and loose with your own rules. I'd rather boast about a century of a 10/1 shot than a meagre tenner, who wouldn't?

So, there's two approaches to punting and making money:
1. Pay a tipster(s)
2. Do It Yourself

Tipsters:
Plenty of profitable betting services out there and "all selections proofed to the Sporting Chronicle & Sporting Life". (This is not a new phenomenon)
Profitable, provided you get the advertised price and provided you get your bet on.
You go this route and all other bets have to stop immediately. This might be boring, it might be frustrating, it will mean long losing runs as they are inevitable. You might sign up for two (or more) services. Then it becomes a greater game of cat-and-mouse with your on-line bookmakers and you are more like a bargain hunter at the sales in Grafton Street than you are a happy-clappy punter. The bookies will hate you and may quickly close you down once they see you are following tipping lines even if your account is temporarily in the red.

If you miss prices and back SP only, you will not win albeit you wont lose a lot either.
Go this route and it simply means being told what to do, when to do it and how much to have on and the "ideal" price to get. Most tire of this "dull as ditchwater" betting relatively quickly and especially if 5 or 10 losers in a row are given.

You are not buying inside information, you are buying price ricks in the market and some level of collateral form to justify the selection. Virtually every professional tipster uses this strategy and it has probably contributed greatly to the bookies attitude to profitable punters today. Too many chasing the same horse and the same price all at once. Bookies solution is to cut the odds, cut the stake and/or geld the punter.

The age old question always is: why do tipsters tip if they are so good at winner finding? Why do they give away their prices to Joe Public? Answer: most don't have the required balls to make the game pay professionally and at the level required - say, fifty grand every year - so its far easier to sell success from an Excel spreadsheet than to manage a betting bank that might require €200,000 in order to win €50,000. "Pretend betting" will give you any profit you like-ask Charles Dawson!

Do It Yourself
a few of my simple rules:
1. Work hard at it, very hard
2. Specialise - impossible otherwise as far too many options
3. Betting bank that cannot be touched for anything other than your chosen strategy-Betfair likely to be your main bookmaker.
4. Devise some kind of a staking plan-keep it simple imo
5. Never chase losses
6. Play the contrarian-something that isn't based on current models (this is what yanks my chain and why I would rather see Ruby potless on most occasions even if it means I can't wave my tricolour in Cheltenham!)
7. If your research and work is consistent and reliable,increase your stake on the higher priced horses (this is sacrilegious to much I have ever read.
8. Oh, and ignore "tips".
9. It's actually great fun if you find interesting angles into the game. Money management and all the other boring stuff comes after. If you can celebrate a Cartmel selling hurdle winner as the bet of any year you will have the game by the scruff of the neck.
10. Find out where the best brains are writing of the game and immerse yourself in your chosen field etc. etc.

No Charge.
Report DeargDubh January 14, 2017 4:07 PM GMT
Great post
Report winsamsoon January 14, 2017 7:05 PM GMT
Great Post alright, pity I didn't read it in time. I lost my little red ring today and I'm chasing it all on the Nap of the Day
Report ACE JACK DOUBLE SUITED January 14, 2017 7:47 PM GMT
OI Oiiiiii winsamsoon
Report winsamsoon January 14, 2017 7:50 PM GMT
Discipline is overrated!
Report Yankee Uniform January 16, 2017 1:00 PM GMT
Just tried to reply to the original post - does anyone know how Declan is going these days. Fingers crossed still winning - someone has to !!!!!!!!!!!
Report neill d January 16, 2017 1:47 PM GMT
Absolutely flying it from what I've heard, fair play to him.
Report insideinfo January 16, 2017 8:48 PM GMT
is he selling tips? may his jacuzzi have many bubbles - old chinese proverb.
Report snap crackle and pop January 17, 2017 5:53 PM GMT
What would you know about jacuzzis inside ya plum. Closest you'd get to one is the bubbles you'd see when you give the aul tk maxx a flush on cleaning duty!
Report insideinfo January 17, 2017 6:45 PM GMT
inspired by the success declans brought him i purchased one myself snap ya dope! heard you're on a real bad run,hope it continues ya mug fav backer Laugh
Report snap crackle and pop January 17, 2017 6:55 PM GMT
It was a 1.01 shot either Declan or Ozy would get a mention in his reply. Talk about obsessed !

Then again you're probably right mincer, harbouring a lot of hate and anger the plum!
Report insideinfo January 17, 2017 9:25 PM GMT
whos ozy lmfao? declan/callit got a mention because the thread is about him ya total ejit...
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