Betting Blog – Bang and Pod’s bets

This is one of those crazy accumulators that pay little and some team is going to screw us over. Seem to be doing well on those though so we thought we’d have another pop.

1 Ajax @ 1.28
2 Hertha Berlin @ 1.25
3 Benfica @ 1.28
4 Lazio @ 1.44
5 Steaua Bucharest @ 1.44
Multiple Bets
1 x 50.00 5 Folds
Stake: 50.00
Potential Winnings: 165.54

We know very little about these teams. Just going on names and odds. Fingers crossed for a little luck.

German women’s football team hammer England. Looked at the stats after and England were 7/1 for a good reason. Bank was at +£224.

A good week this Champions League. Only team that let us down was Athletico Madrid. We had them in a treble with Real and Chelsea. Would have paid about 2.1. Athletico drew 0-0. The price on the single was just 1.2. That would have busted many an accumulator I think. Luckily we had Man U clean sheet. That paid 1.91 and Man U won 1-0. Bank after Tuesday was +£215.

Tonight we had Liverpool and Lyon double at 1.93 and Inter draw no bet at 2.26. First bet won and the second bet a push. Profit of £93 making the bank £308. Its the most we’ve been up in a while. Happy days for now. We probably could have made more as we were considering unders in the Liverpool game and going for a straight draw on the Inter/ Barca game. Still in profit at about half way through the month.

Yesterday’s footy went our way. Those ten to one on shots at football very rarely lose. That was a £98 win so bank up to +£231.

Today we are having a cheeky patriotic punt on England womens football against Germany. I know nothing about this. Pod’s watching the build up to it and commentators said that Germany aren’t sparkling this year and England have a good chance. They are 7/1. Was going to be a tenner but Sporting bet for some reason limited the stake to £7.14. Thats to win £50. I guess its to stop them getting shafted in these obscure markets. Bank will either be +£281 or +£224.

Well, I did manage to talk Pod round about Belgium. Good job too. Belgium lost 2-1. I didn’t manage to get the bet on before the Czech Republic kicked off. Managed to get on

Sweden 1/10
Israel 1/10
Germany 1/50
Spain 1/20
Russia 4/7?

Straight accumulator. Came to 1.98. Swedes left it late. Not something you want from a ten to one on away from home. All other games looking good. £100 staked.

At the weekend we had the most obvious treble on the friendlies coupon.  England, Germany and Holland.  It paid evens.  I am always worried when teams play friendlies.  You never know how they are going to play.  Anyway, it all came in.  £100 won and its always sweeter when the bookie is Ladbrokes.  Still probably a few hundred down from those fellows over the years.  I hate Ladbrokes with a vengeance.

Bank up to +£133.

Midweek, I got this text from Pod,

Czech republic, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Israel and Belgium.  Pays 2.19 at Corals, should be nailed on.  Only dodgy one is Belgium but that boosts the price.

Looking at the odds on coral, some joke prices in there.

Czech Rep v San Marino 1/100
Armenia v Belgium 4/6
Malta v Sweden 1/10
Israel v Luxembourg 1/10
Germany v Azerbaijan 1/50
Spain v Estonia 1/20

Basically, he wants us to bet on Belgian to win against Armenia. I think I’ll get him to swap the Belgian game for the Wales Russia game. Wales are out of the competition now and Russia have everything to play for. No bet yet but looks like we are having some stupid accumulator.

So, August looked like it was going to end with a nice profit. Man City won and our bank was up to +£128. Pod was on holiday so no more bets for the month. But… mobile technology allowed us to plot our next losing bet. We had £100 on Arsenal on the Asian to beat Man U. Started off good but the lucky Man U won. Bank finished up at +£28.

So this month, we’ve had a tennis bet. Not a clue about it but a friend of Pod’s is a professional tennis bettor. He sits at home with his copy of Bet Angel Pro and just trades tennis games. He gave us a tip. It came in at 1.33. So bank is now +£33.

This weekend is the internationals. Tempted to slap everything on a straight England win. I’ll see what Pod thinks.

Liverpool game ended up 3-1 to Villa. A nice win. The alternative was the home win which we are glad we dodged. Bank now +£3.

This week we had just a single double bet. Spurs and Man City double. Both were 1.5. Double pays 2.25. Spurs win easily. Tonight, City have put out their full strength side against Warnock’s Palace. Almost tempted to count the money now.

I have had a cheeky ton side bet at 1.44. Bookies dropped prices I guess when they saw the team sheet.

So, something did go wrong with the multiple bets we had. Should have maybe just bet on overs. Bank £20 down after that.

We tried to claw some back on the late West Brom/ Ipswich kick off. Two bets sprung to mind. West Brom straight win at 1.8 or over 2.5 goals at 1.91. Game ended 2-0 to West Brom and they missed a penalty. Guess what bet we had? Overs. Bank down to -£120.

Lucky for us, we lumped on England to win the cricket. Draw no bet was 1.18. This was after, Australia needed to beat the world record to win. That was a crazy price. Sometimes, you get Chelsea at home at those odds. Anyway, we had £180 on that, making £32. Bank down to -£88. Quite a come down from +£202 this time last week.

Tonight we are having overs on the Liverpool/ Villa match. £100 at 1.91. Liverpool should murder Villa tonight. Another 5-0 would be nice.

So this week we were going to have some unders/overs bets.  Pods picks 6 games,

Birmingham v Stoke Under  2.5  @ 1.60

Hull v Bolton Under  2.5  @ 1.75

Sunderland v Blackburn Under  2.5  @ 1.70

Wigan v Man Utd Under  2.5  @ 1.80

West Brom v Ipswich Over  2.5  @ 1.85

Reading v Sheff Utd Under  2.5  @ 1.61

Looking at the odds though, they are shocking.  Its as if the whole world has jumped on the unders bandwagon.  We’d have expected Man U to be odds against. At those prices it probably worth backing the overs.

So we have decided to have a few fun bets.  We’ve just permed them.  15 four folds, 6 five folds and an accumulator.

15 x 1.00 4 Folds
Stake: 15.00
Potential Winnings: 115.61

6 x 1.00 5 Folds
Stake: 6.00
Potential Winnings: 83.61

1 x 1.00 6 Folds
Stake: 1.00
Potential Winnings: 24.61

Total Stake: 22.00. So if it all goes wrong the bank will be -£20.

So after a good start to the month things are going pear shaped.  Last night we had Notts County to win.  WTF do we know about league 2 football?  Are Chesterfield any good?  May as well have asked my magic 8 ball.

Anyway, £100 on them lost.  2 penalties in 2 minutes put Chesterfield up.  County scored a consolation but no good for us.

Bank now down to +£2.  Whoopie.

This weekend we are going to try some unders/ overs betting.  Seem to do better at that.