Betting Blog – Bang and Pod’s bets

Just a quick odds on favourite bet this Sunday.  Barcelona to beat Racing Santander.  Odds 1.5, £100 staked.  Its much better than the 1.5 available on Man U to beat Spurs.   

A very bad start to the day.  We just found out that Premierbet are very likely to have gone bust.  We had a large withdrawal request pending and it still hasn’t been paid.  Pod’s going to cop for it all so is £550 out of pocket.  (long story but thats the fairest way we could do it).

The fixtures list didn’t look too easy this week.  The 4 odds were too low to warrant bets.  Villa to beat Fulham was a decent but but we didn’t go for it.  Instead we went into the Championship and had Charlton to beat Wednesday.  Odds worked out at 1.80 after commission on Betfair.  I was a little worried as this was much better than the average bookie.  Charlton were 2-0 down after 15 minutes.  Somehow Charlton pulled it back to 3-2 scoring in the 87th.  So our brilliant month just keeps getting better. 

£80 won, bank now £527.50. 

 We’ve had another big brother bet too.  £50 on Brian to win it.  Odds are 4.00 before commission. 

Yesterday was a success.  Wasn’t too sure about the Spurs price myself but 3-0 up after 16 minutes meant that one was an easy win.  Winning £90 + £52.50 from Pompy means bank is now at £447.50.  Very nice.  Just about makes up for the disaster in March where we lost £400. 

Today is a little dodgy.  Personally I think its home wins all round.  Pod’s not too sure though.  Form and prices say that whatever happens the value is on the home wins.  (saying that, yesterday I put Fulham and Newcastle down as home wins as on paper they were very good bets). 

As we can’t agree on any standard bets we’ve gone for a bet365 special.  £25 on Liverpool 1-0, £25 on Chelsea 1-0, £10 on 1-1, prices are 7.5, 8.0 and 6.00 respectively.  They refund stakes for 0-0.  So we collect a payout if the match ends 1-0 either way, break even, if it ends 0-0 or 1-1 and lose £60 if any other score. 

A lot of home wins on the cards this weekend me thinks.  Pod’s not as sure.  We’ve gone for 2 wins this Saturday.  First off there’s Spurs to beat Derby -1 on the Asian Handicap.  Spurs have seriously underperformed so far.  With the strikeforce they have they should be battering teams.  Price is 1.9, £100 staked.

Second up is Pompy to beat Bolton.  Bolton will struggle this year without Big Sam.   Price 2.05, £50 staked.

Out of the 3 games, Won 1, won 1/2 and drew one.  Returns are £52 on Fulham (we got slightly better than evens), £20 Man City, a push on Reading.  The treble paid out £45.  £117 profit tonight.  Bank now at +£305.

Just noticed that Betfair now charge 5% on  Asian  Handicaps.  Thats a bit crap.  Looks like I am going back to the bookies to place my Asian Handicap bets.

So close with the Chelsea/ Man Double. Can’t believe that Man U couldn’t score against Reading. It ruined my personal treble. Anyway, Chelsea came in at 3-1. £25 profit. Bank at £188

Todays bets are 3 home teams. Reading +1 against Chelsea at 1.8, Man City -0.75 at 1.8 against Derby and Fulham -0.25 at evens against Bolton. £50 on each with £25 on the treble.

I’ve had a cheeky £25 on Pompy to beat Man U too. It was a free bet so nothing really lost if it doesn’t come in.

We’ve decided not to go with the obvious bet today. The treble on Arsenal, Chelsea and Man U treble at evens. I’ve had £100 on it but not with this syndicate. Pod’s had £250 on Arsenal straight win.

The syndicate bet is Chelsea/ Man U both on the handicap draws. Prices are 4.00 and 4.33 respectively. £25 on each single and £25 double. Any win and a small profit, both win and its a large profit.

Chelsea have a few injury problems and love to grind out 1-0 results. Man U/ Reading should be a lot closer than the odds suggest. Man U played Reading a few times last season and it was either a 1 goal victory or a draw.

Man U lift the shield. Profit £91.

First day of the season is always tricky. Only match we both agreed on was Everton to beat Wigan. Price was 1.76 before commission on betfair. Everton win 2-1. Nice. The other option was evens on the -0.75 Asian Handicap. Good decision then. Bank now at +£163. Great start to the season.

Other match that caught my fancy was Villa/ Liverpool. I fancied Villa +0.5. As I write its 2-1 to the Pool. Bullet dodged there.

Last month was a little quiet. Not much betting going on. The 2 bets we did have both lost so last month ended down £125.

Another month, another season now.   To kick it all off we are having Man U to lift the shield.  I think they’ll be more up for winning it than Chelsea, especially after FA Cup defeat.  £100 staked at 1.91.

Should be a good game.  I’ll be watching it over at the livefooty doctor