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Fundy,
With football I find that its quite haphazard. A lot of my wins recently have been more down to sheer luck rather than through a pre-planned strategy. Also, the "bankers" have been a let down. I do agree with Scrip that at this time of the season it does get unpredictable.

Will be watching the golf tonight. I'm quite tempted to lay off DiMarco. Although, he's 4 shots ahead the chasing pack consists of the usual formidable suspects. I just cant see him holding on for 2 more rounds. Now that I've said this he'll probably romp home!

bakko

watching the golf myself - amazed that when woods got within 4 shots he became favourite. in fairness to di marco hes playing superb though if he is anywhere around 2.0 starting the back nine tomorrow then ill be a layer - thats when the pressure really starts. its getting hard to see anyone else getting into it now

edit woods back within 4 and favourite again

Fundy

Have you noticed how the odds between them start to swing all over the show as soon as any of them hits a good or bad shot

The movement is way overdone - woods went from 3.9 to 3.1 for hitting it close on one hole - theres still 27 holes to go.

i see at the close of play they are both a shorter than they have been pretty much all day - the odds suggest a 2 horse race

Agree entirely about the unpredictability of the football at the moment. I think when there is an imbalance in the 'desire to win' stakes as you get towards the end of the season, it makes things difficult.

I didn't fancy Man Utd or Chelsea today on the basis that neither team really needed to win. Norwich on the other hand.....

anyone else finding betfair very slow this afternoon ?

Fine here, on the horses bagged 18 from 18 so far this pm.....

been a very good day eh chartist - missed a couple of opportunities due to pc being slow at my end but a good day so far

Afternoon All,

Well done Chartist and Fundy. Hoping the success continues!

I get back to find that DiMarco has played poorly to my benefit having layed him off last night. Just greened up so can enjoy the final round tonight.

Is this the season where Els blows up? I've noticed this pattern (Woods expected it appears) where you fly high for a few years then dissapear without a trace. I started laying Duval after he won the British Open. He is now ranked 574th in the world vs #2 back then.

Scrip
personally dont think so but you never know

bakko
well done on di marco - the frustration of a tournament like this being on the beeb - so often you miss some of the crucial action - effectively Woods has won the tournament this afternoon yet we'll see about 5 mins highlights of it before they go live with him well in front.


anyone back real madrid - 2-0 up after 20 mins vs barcelona

make that 2-1 now

Thanks guys, only one hit today from 23 bets Hex @ 17:10 Allegedly 1st but managed to 'red up'! for a reduced loss. Recovered my small loss on the Irish races Lim/Leop.
From 91 trades in the last 4 days only 4 losses (3 yesterday). Laying the 4th fav 2 mins from the start works for me (so far) I also back a few in running. I risk 16.6% of my total pot on each race, ok' that may seem very high, but of a success rate of 96.5% my pot is building at a fantastic rate. DYOR ...

chartist

can you explain a bit more please - are you just laying them or are you backing them back in running? if so what movement are you looking for before you back them ?


i see 5 minutes was a bit generous to the highlights of the defining moments of the masters - more like 2 or 3 mins - good old auntie beeb - and then we can watch them sit in the studio and discuss it for half an hour before the leaders go out again

Fund - I lay the 4th fav before the off, then at times, not often, back the leader at around 2's when the next nearest are 4's near the end of race, of these I only back around 5%. I am more than happy to make a small consistent profit by laying.

Tiger on fire!

2 holes, 2 birdies

The drive on the 1st was 344 yds!

Chartist, I've written a piece on laying horses on exchanges for racing ahead magazine. Its still in the shops at the moment.

Scrip - Thanks I'll take a look, the more info the better. I must get my other monitor up and running so I can use 'At The Races Video Pro' to view the races.

Do many others of you use this service, and do you find it helps? tia.

Not sure about fundy but I'm pretty sure none of the others (including me) will use live feeds aside to figure out if the race is going off on time. We don't rely on following horses or the actual race.

Was going to do something on the golf this evening but not much to do. Will look at some of the minor markets and see what is available.