Olympics

[bennocelt]

Went for T Gay (7/4) in the 100m
And Andrianova (10/1) e.w in the 800M

Only down 26 squid now, thanks to Rubin, and the Chinese girl in the archery

Think the smart thing is to back the Chinese in everything

[zenokelly]

Went for T Gay (7/4) in the 100m

Ouch he's 10-1 now with PP!

[bennocelt]

Ouch he's 10-1 now with PP!

Yeah i know, anyway small stake

I backed Taylor at 12/1 for the 400m hurdles, jeez he looked bloody brilliant

Thta Russian one is 5/2 (or anybody else) to get a world record, not a bad bet, in the pole vault

[bennocelt]

Have pretty much one finalist in nearly every one of Saturdays rowing - the best of which is GB (m) in the fours (i got them at 5/2), Czech (w) in the womens single sculls (5/1), Norway in the (m) single sculls (4.1),

See I can really get a winner if i try, phew!!!

[bennocelt]

100M Hurdles,(w) B.f Hylton at 3/1

a cracking each way bet is L Thornbload from Sweden at 25/1, really excited about this one.

if you are feeling nostalgic you could put a euro on the legend Haile Gebreseaile in the 10,000 at 16/1, But Bekele should win it.

400m a world record in the mens? 10/1 a decent price

again another long shot swede. L Norden at 66/1 in the triathlon!!!!

[Dodge]

I've backed Darren Sutherland to medal at 9/1 with Paddy

He should be the Algerian, which will then mean he's one fight away from a medal. Granted that fight should against Blanco, the world silver medallist (who beat Sutherland in the last 16) but Sutherland would be no more than 2/1 in that fight.

Outstanding value IMO

Considering Sutherland is now 8/1 to win the whole thing, it shows what great value it is. The QF hasn't been priced up yet. Blamco obviously favourite. May look to lay some of it off

[bennocelt]

Considering Sutherland is now 8/1 to win the whole thing, it shows what great value it is. The QF hasn't been priced up yet. Blamco obviously favourite. May look to lay some of it off

Yeah that was a cracking bet, and the Egan one you did too
Whatever Sutherland does now is a bonus, as he gave me a 8 minutes of pure pleasure watching him today, brilliant
Barnes had a good fight too

[zenokelly]

Yeah i know, anyway small stake

I backed Taylor at 12/1 for the 400m hurdles, jeez he looked bloody brilliant

Thta Russian one is 5/2 (or anybody else) to get a world record, not a bad bet, in the pole vault

Nice!

[bennocelt]

Nice!

yeah but im still only up about 20 quid over the whole Olympics, i had a good few outsiders but a lot of favorites let me down
But still its been fun and if you don't have a bet on anything it lessons the enjoyment for me (yes i have an addiction)

anyway...Chepkirwok at 28/1 in the 800m race, good each way
Kipchage at 11/2 in the 5000 m again decent each way bet
also the brother T Bekele is 10/1
can Roman Sebrele in the mens decathlon go for one more effort in his last Olympics at 9/1?

also i have a small problem with PP. i backed a Chinese wrestler called Xu wang to win in the freestyle 63-72kg at 9/1. the problem is that a girl call jiao wang won, and i haven't got paid out for it. Im a bit peed off since there was only one Chinese competitor in it, and i put my money on a "wang",. I figured a Chinese girl would win. I think PP should pay me, dont you think?

[Dodge]

i put my money on a "wang"

IN general, you shouldn't be putting money on a wang

[bennocelt]

IN general, you shouldn't be putting money on a wang

actually PP emailed me back, they were two completely different people, and the first wang pulled out and was replaced by another wang!!!! As if i bloody knew that!!!

anyway i also think its very unfair that PP are refunding people who backed that Chinese hurdler Lu Xiang, as it was well known to the smart punter that he was carrying an injury. I got on the Cuban but i dont like to see weak punters getting a refund.

[Schumi]

the first wang pulled out and was replaced by another wang!!!!

Are you sure this was the olympics you were watching? You didn't skip forward a few channels by any chance?

[deecay]

Bolt was 2/1 in Paddys to get the 200m WR,my brother backed him

[bennocelt]

something well dodgy in PP,
Alfred yego is now hot favorite in the 800 metres, and rightly so, but i was looking to back him to win it before it all started (him been a junior world champ and all that), and no sign of his name at all, not even in the top 10 betting (assuming im not blind or anything but you never know about that what with all the wanging i have been doing)
- what the hell is that all about

notice that Jamaica are 9/2 for the 4x400 relay, not bad considering the messing today