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Still money available to back Chelsea for the title. If they beat Fulham on Saturday and Arsenal fail to win the title is theirs. I've lumped 50k on Chelsea at varying amounts and may probably hedge a little out just in case but it looks a remote prospect to be honest.

The max points Arsenal can get are 86 so with Chelsea on 82 they need only another five to be sure mathematically. If Man U win all their remaining matches they would only equal Chelsea's points.

Scrip

im amazed there is still any money left there - i wouldnt bother hedging any out - its safe as houses

Goblet of fire just got me out of a hole - had a big loss on alikat from when they pulled the third favourite out and the favs odds fell disproportionally

I also had a loss on Alikat.

That was a pain. It's worth noting actually that for a rule four at less than 2.5% Betfair don't adjust the market. I am now out of the money on Lannigans Lock.

But my order just filled and is worth three times what I thought? Will have to have a look at this.

see staff nurse in the 5.15 was matched at 1000 in running - came with a late run to give whoever laid it a real scare - traded back down to 3.0 but didnt quite get there


scrip - can you explain your last comment re worth three times more than expected

I got three ticks on the trade instead of the one I thought I had closed out at.

thanks scrip

just managed to get the other side of a withdrawal - saw they were withdrawing one and backed pokermilliondotcom - 16% official reduction, price dropped 27%

a tactic i may look to employ in future

Some comment on the Betfair forums about it.

http://forum.betfair.com/jive3/betex/ThreadsFrameset.jsp?forumID=32&forumName=General+Betting&tID=203741&tName=Reduction+factor+problem&schatname=null&iMessageCount=8

anyone watching attheraces should have had a nice trade on oceancookie in the next - big mac has been talking it up all day and it is owned by clare balding who he has just interviewed - managed to take 1.4 points out if it - nice :-)

Andreas, odds on favourite at Perth 3.30, 12 lengths clear coming to the last traded at 1.03, fell

Beat me to it!

About 25k traded under 1.10

The worst thing is scrip, from a horses point of view, it was a paul nicholls horse that fell and a martin pipe horse that profited - a swing of 16k - the trainers championship had 3k in it before and ends tomorrow - could well cost nicholls the chance of his first ever title and pipe will win his 15th!!!

So I understand. The commentators were going nutty over it.

is it just me or is the racing proving difficult this afternoon - havent had any losses but struggling to get more than 1 or 2 ticks each race

Do you think pipe is serious about winning the championship - 2 of the races at newton abbott tonight he has 6 entries in

Having to decorate one of my rental properties so not done much trading for several days, atleast until later in the day. Finding it very difficult. Glad it's not just me Fundy.

John

its a hard life lol

as of next week im back working on the house mornings again so i know how you feel

on a loser on joacci at newton abbott - who took out one side of the order book? scrip was that you lol

joacci well beaten very early :-))))