turning a pony into a monkey

[fergus8]

this is a challenge i had seen on a sports betting forum a few years back and has stuck in my head ever since.

in that thread named "quest for le grand" or something, this guy tried to turn £50 into £1000 with one bet at a time. the bets were always in the same market, correct score, and always laying the same score, nil-nil. he was betting the french and dutch league for some reason, dont know why? anyway he failed after getting a fair distance.

so onto my challenge, turning £25 into £500, by doing exactly the same. ive gone for making 10% approx on each bet, and by doing a few calculations it should take around 30 bets to complete the challenge. after each succesful bet the total balance is then placed on the next game praying for a goal, ANY GOAL!, from either team.
so its quite good for a bit of a buzz

its just a bit of fun, but lets see how it goes

though i have some ground rules that id like to stick to ( but prob wont)

1. dont bet on 1st leg ties
2. dont bet on games involving osasuna

this may be updated at a later date

[fergus8]

already a spanner in the works, betdaq is down for maintainance, lol.

bad omens


*modified*  lol look at the no. of posts ......DOOMED TO FAIL

[The Baron]

2. dont bet on games involving osasuna

I hate Osasuna!

They were the screwjob merchants or Championship Manager 01/02!

Good luck with this.

[Horneris]

I personally think 0-0 is often overpriced on betfair, can often be as high as 9/10-1 and im an often backer of it.

I think youd be better off laying another score.

BUT, Good Luck mate. Post the games your doing it on and ill cheer you on (well, for a goal).

[Graham C]

A 1 goal or more challenge eh!  I've tried this several times, it always goes tits up at some point.  I ended my last one when I hit 3 0-0's in a row.  For the money you get from each bet, it's just not worth it imo.

All the best mate

[fergus8]

hmm , there aint much to choose from tonight.

three games avail are not that appealing

chelsea valancia   @8.8
roma manu@8.1
st mirren hibs@11

swaying towards st mirren hibs, though its 11 just now, and you cant accumulate the lays so its one at a time, champs league 1st legs are usually really tight affairs, last night was an exception. and roma manu looks super tight to me, ok ive decided

[fergus8]

bet 1

chelsea v valencia


£24.96 @ 8.8 for a profit of £3.20

[The Baron]

I'd be on Roma ManU myself but GL.

I hope Valencia score for ya!

[dan]

this is a challenge i had seen on a sports betting forum a few years back and has stuck in my head ever since.

in that thread named "quest for le grand" or something, this guy tried to turn £50 into £1000 with one bet at a time. the bets were always in the same market, correct score, and always laying the same score, nil-nil. he was betting the french and dutch league for some reason, dont know why? anyway he failed after getting a fair distance.

so onto my challenge, turning £25 into £500, by doing exactly the same. ive gone for making 10% approx on each bet, and by doing a few calculations it should take around 30 bets to complete the challenge. after each succesful bet the total balance is then placed on the next game praying for a goal, ANY GOAL!, from either team.
so its quite good for a bit of a buzz

its just a bit of fun, but lets see how it goes

though i have some ground rules that id like to stick to ( but prob wont)

1. dont bet on 1st leg ties
2. dont bet on games involving osasuna

this may be updated at a later date

bet 1

chelsea v valencia


£24.96 @ 8.8 for a profit of £3.20

lol. wishing you luck though mate

[fergus8]

was meant to be a joke as i was meaning to start thursday with osasuna v leverkusen. forgot about that

[fergus8]

over the first hurdle, up to a balance of £28.06, onto thursdays tie.....

....already getting cocky by thinking of two games on thursday.

leverkusen osasuna tie and the sevilla spurs tie

bet 2

leverkusen v osasuna £28.06@ 9.4 for a total balance of £31.23 if it wins which hopefully rolls on to spurs later on that night

[The Baron]

Both legs of Spurs Seville are a cert for a goal IMO.

[fergus8]

lol goal in the 1st minute of the osasuna match, i was sweating after 50 seconds thinking "where is a goal coming from", lol.

[fergus8]

bet 3

£31.26 on sevilla spurs@10.5, for a total of £34.38 if it wins

[fergus8]

well i had to wait TWICE  as long as the last game (cuellar in the 1st minute), as spurs have scored in 2 mins via keane, unreal.