A Good Bet?

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09/08/2004, 1:34 PM
Peadar

A Good Bet?

Just checked my Paddy Power account there and I forgot that I'd stuck �5 on

EUR 5.00 To Win Accumulator (4) Internet 1
Waterford v Longford Town
Draw 9 - 4 Lose

Drogheda v Shamrock Rovers
Drogheda 4 - 5 Win

St. Patrick`s Ath v Cork City
Cork City 7 - 5 Win

Sligo Rovers v UCD
UCD 10 - 11 Win

Bloody waherfurr are rubbish!
Couldn't even manage a draw.

Anyway I was thinking 4-1 for Dinamo Bucharest to beat Man Yoo isn't a bad option coupled with Shels to draw with Depor at 3-1
FC Basel are 2-1 to beat Inter at home with the draw at 9-4

So if you want to stick a few games together, how about;
Liverpool to beat Grazer AK 10 - 11 (Away win)
Dinamo Bucharest to beat Man Yoo 4-1 (Home win)
Shels to draw with Depor at 3-1 (Shels at home)
Monaco to beat NK Gorcia 10-11 (Away win)
FC Basel to draw with Inter Milan 9-4 (Basel at home)

�1 down would get you a return of �236.90 on these results.
12/08/2004, 9:03 AM
Peadar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peadar

So if you want to stick a few games together, how about;
Liverpool to beat Grazer AK 10 - 11 (Away win)
Dinamo Bucharest to beat Man Yoo 4-1 (Home win)
Shels to draw with Depor at 3-1 (Shels at home)
Monaco to beat NK Gorcia 10-11 (Away win)
FC Basel to draw with Inter Milan 9-4 (Basel at home)

�1 down would get you a return of �236.90 on these results.

Bloody Romanians!
Couldn't even hold on to a 1-0 lead.
They've denied me �1,180 odd.
12/08/2004, 9:56 AM
joeSoap

Tough.... :D :D
Know the feeling though....Tony Bird cost me �2k last year with a poxy 89th minute winner against Derry to prevent me from forecasting all 5 premier games that night........basturd!!!! :(
12/08/2004, 12:25 PM
Dodge

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeSoap

Tough.... :D :D
Know the feeling though....Tony Bird cost me �2k last year with a poxy 89th minute winner against Derry to prevent me from forecasting all 5 premier games that night........basturd!!!! :(

He cost us more...
12/08/2004, 11:53 PM
tricky_colour

Speaking of bets I backed Harrington at 40-1 to win the USPGA
he is now 20-1 (4 under par) and joint 8th, 3 shots behind the leader Darren Clarke (7 under).

I also backed McGinley at 200-1 and he is now 40-1 (3 under), joint 16th,
I also backed him again at 100-1.

I backed them each way 1/4 odds a place 1,2,3,4,5 so hopefully I will see
a return :D

McGinley has been on very good form recently coming second in a minor(ish)
tournement (Dutch Open) so I though 200-1 was a steal

Harrington had a poor start but recovered going from +2 to -4 in just 12 holes finishing with three birdies, I hope in start in similar good form!!

I will be hoping they have another good day tomorrow, although knowing
my luck I will have jinxed them by posting this :rolleyes:

If you fancy a bet don't back Harrington on Paddy Power as you will only
get 14-1, although you get a more generous 66-1 on McGinley there.

Probably not much value left in them now though.

Els will take some beating though (6 under and 4-1) after he lost my
money in a play-off in the last big event (US open?). He was big odds on to
win the playoff so I should have covered my bet, unfortunately I was
greedy and didn't.

Thats my problem with football bets, I get greedy and go for the extra
goal or 2 to get bigger odds.
13/08/2004, 8:19 PM
tricky_colour

Well McGinley slipped back to jiont 27th -1 par
but Harrington is up to joint 4th -6 par still 3 behind
the leader E Els on on -9.
Harrington has another 10 holes to play yet on
his round ,but I fear he may slip back.
13/08/2004, 8:22 PM
De Town

Quote:

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

Well McGinley slipped back to jiont 27th -1 par
but Harrington is up to joint 4th -6 par still 3 behind
the leader E Els on on -9.
Harrington has another 10 holes to play yet on
his round ,but I fear he may slip back.

Hope Clarke finishes ahead of Harrington because my Dad has a tenner on with a fella in worjk that he will
13/08/2004, 11:52 PM
tricky_colour

Well Harrington did slip back but recovered to -5, 4 shots adrift.
He needs to finish in the top 5 to give me a return on my each
way bet.

I suspect Clarke will finish ahead of him (he usually does when I
an looking) but you never know.

Shame it don't appear to on TV, good luck to Darren but I would love
Harington to win, a) because hes Irish (southern) and b) cos he
seems to be ahes a real 'charmer', 'very media friendly'

Anyway at 4 behind it will keep it interesting for me for the next couple of
days hopefully.
14/08/2004, 6:12 PM
tricky_colour

WOW McGinley is up to -6 and joint 6th place!!!
I couldn't believe it when I looked at the scores just now,
I thought it as a misprint.
He made 5 birdies in 8 holes (still 10 more to go in this round).

Maybe my luck has changed, if he keeps it up I might be in the money.
If he makes the top 5 I will get a quater the odds on bets of 200-1
and 100-1. Thas 50 and 25 to one!!.

There is a long way to go yet though so the Champagne is kept on ice :D
15/08/2004, 11:09 PM
tricky_colour

Dang McGinley finished joint sixth of three, just outside the money.
Just my luck :(

Harrington went to pieces on his last round, six over par and dropped
about 40 places, so I guess he lost more money than I did!!
16/08/2004, 12:14 AM
adamcarr

Quote:

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

Dang McGinley finished joint sixth of three, just outside the money.
Just my luck :(

Harrington went to pieces on his last round, six over par and dropped
about 40 places, so I guess he lost more money than I did!!

:(
How much would you have won???
16/08/2004, 4:40 PM
tricky_colour

Quote:

Originally Posted by adamcarr

:(
How much would you have won???

Not much as he was 200-1 so I would get 1/5 or 1/4 of that
so maybe 50-1.

But there were 3 in sixth place so that would be down to 17-1,
unless he had climbed into join 4th where I would have got closer
to 50-1 I think.

I didn't have much on it 15p ew at 200-1 and 25p ew at 100-1.
So maybe �7.50 and �10 if he got an unshared place.
17/08/2004, 8:51 AM
Macy

Quote:

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

I didn't have much on it 15p ew at 200-1 and 25p ew at 100-1.
So maybe �7.50 and �10 if he got an unshared place.

Is that a typo? 15p e/w? :eek:
17/08/2004, 2:17 PM
tricky_colour

Quote:

Originally Posted by Macy

Is that a typo? 15p e/w? :eek:

Last of the big spenders eh?

Well had he won he would have me about �38 which is a reasonable
amount to me, almost a tank full of petrol.

My biggest bet ever was �210 on Man U to win the FA Cup at 1-3 on
and that won me �70, not that much more than the 15 e/w would have
won me. Nonetheless to say I was sweating a little when it was still 0-0
approaching half time.

Also its is much more fun losing 30p than �210.

I have had bigger wins than that before, but not recently, my
beginners luck appears to have worn off.