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During the last Euro Championships I got talking to a guy who claimed that the bookies offered too high odds on 1 team leading at half-time only to be the losers at full time in big championships.

He reckoned it happened between 1 game in 6 & 1 in 7. The lowest odds at the bookies is 20-1.

So, I thought I'd try it & so far, after 12 games there have been 2 revrsals - one at 22-1 & 1 at 24-1 (Paddy Power) - so having put £1 on each scenario for the first 14 games (£28) I'm in profit by £20 with 2 more games tonight. Obviously it's a small sample but it's also the early games - as the tournament goes on and team HAVE to win, the chances of a reversal should get better.

I'll keep it going & see what it results in.....

Correction - when putting on tomorrows bets - the odds of Poland 1/2 time Germany full time are only 18-1 - but still the odds are better than they should be (if the 1 in 6/7 is correct).

More often than not the reversal is a rare occurance, especially in the early stages of the tournament, hence the longer odds - but for some reason so far this year there havent been any completely "one-sided" encounters which i think a lot of the bookmakers were expecting.

would you not have to put 2 bets on each game though.

team a h/t team b f/t and team b h/t team b f/t

Yep, that's what I'm putting on. Anything better than 1 in 10, ie 1 bet in 20 and I'll have made my money back. If the reversals are from smaller teams overcoming big teams - more profit.

Thanks for telling us after the first 14 games lol - is that so youll make more than everyone else  ;goodvevil;

Wasn't 100% sure - and the first 2 days had none  :D

Half time/ full time reversal bets are always nice if they come in.  I didn't realise they came in as often as 1 in 6 or 7 though

I heard that if you backed a draw in every game you'd be up overall too but I haven't tried it and don't want to risk it either :D

I wouldn't know if you'd get that ratio normally - I think it's the big comps, where the win's more important than in a normal league game for instance.

I may just try and keep records during the next Champion's League though....

And another one!!!!!

Jam bam thankyou mam.

Bad day for Africa (again) good day for Rod.

Sorry for the bokking ::)

lolololol ul rodders

Cheers Dave & Tank......  >:(

A mate in the pub was cheering because it got him 10 points in his work sweep, then he realised it had cost me £23 - so he cheered more  :D - I had that one counted as well......

hows the bet rod...spain did good for you...and poland so far as well.