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nice one scrip

give us the heads up next time youve got a 94-1 winner will you!!!!

I don't know if you saw it but it was one of those once a year bizarre finishes to a race.

I see your cat would have been right to lay Arsenal again.

Premiership seems all but over now.

Southampton draw their eighth game in a row. A remarkable and near on impossible feat. I reckon that's around a 15,000-1 shot.

Think u should support another team Scrip! :-)

Should have stuck a tenner on it!

Suffered my first overall reversal on the horses today. Only betted on five faces, dutched the majority of one field, but as luck (poor trading?) would have it an outsider came romping in. Up overall on the day though, with a couple of wins on the footy and tennis.

Laid Middlesborough but wasn't quick enough to green up.

Had gone for a wander when Portsmouth scored

Backed the 'Boro from the start (doh!), but managed to trade out and eventually ended up green on the draw.

Well, just so no one can say I only post when I win. Had a real ' mare' (scuse the pun) on the nags today. Won on 14 out of 18 races, but the four losses far outweighed the wins in monetary terms. (Just to reinforce Fndy's point)

Engaged in a bit of successful arbitrage for the first time this evening on the snooker final. There was a book for the winner and also a different book for the match odds. Prior to Higins romping away with the match it was possible to make a few bob (literally!).

pth

Interesting golf in the US tonight.

Purdy was as low as 1.16 before choking, then Furyk went to 1.01 (150K at 1.01/1.02) and it has now gone to a play off between Furyk and Short

Im happy as laid purdy (but at far bigger than 1.16 and only for small stakes) but was away from the screen as would have laid furyk at 1.01 if had seen it - Short had to birdie and Furyk miss from 7ft for a play off - never a 100-1 shot

PTH

Tomorrows another day with regard to the horses! hope the hit wasnt too bad. Have a quick recap on the races you lost - is there anything you can do differently to avoid or minimise them in future.

If its any help, i personally find the horses far harder at the weekend (i find that there is more volume and less volatility most of the time) and to a degree tend to stick to midweek on the horses

Furyk beaten in play off after dumping it in the pond and the 1.01 backers burnt their fingers again

Laid Purdy also :-)

Nice one PTH

was planning on laying the Aussies in the cricket tonight with the hope that 1 or 2 of the ROW side would add 100 for the first wicket or two but on all accounts its cloudy and been raining and conditions will favour the bowlers - may stay up till Laras out depending on how the poker carries on :-)

Also had a go at the NY Jets / Bills
Good trading sport with good liquidity
So down on the nags, but got some back on American Footy, Golf, Soccer and Snooker.
Bin a funny old day Saint
:-)

PTH

youre getting like me - you'll be trading on 2 flys up a wall soon!!!!!

Raining in Australia at the cricket - start delayed - grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I got up just for it too!

Fundy - LoL

Just searching for opportunities really. Good money to be made on US Footy I think. Although a study of how the odds beahve would be well worthwhile. From the short time i was watching if a team is already in the lead and has the ball their odds shorten, if they dont score, they go out again. Much the same as soccer, but bigger swings. Hence offering a good trading environment. Have a look.

pth

PTH

I guess the US footie trades very similarly to the rugby league - a set number of plays before the ball is handed over and several points for each score

Evening John - get the kettle on - could be a long night