Right, i'm not much of a better. In fact I hardly ever place bets, but for the Irish Open this year I decided to have a punt on 3 people to make the final. I put £40 in Paddy Power and looked down the long list and decided to pick 3 @ £10 each. My choices were:
Praz Bansi
Stuart Fox (foxy)
Paul Foltyn (pab)
A complete mess up. Praz went out in under 2 hours, Stuart wasn't evening playing and Pab was a few thousand miles away. Well I least i got my money back from the 2 bets and gave up my betting career there and then!!
Today, a mate rings up and tips me about a horse in the Grand National. So I remember I got some scraps in Paddy Power so decide to give it a bash with my £30 quid. I couldnt remember my details though so I had to ring them up. The guy gave me my username and asked me to log in while he was on the phone, so I logged in and the balance showed up immediately. I spat my tea all over the screen, as the balance read
£680 WHAT!!!! Paddy Power asks if im alright and I mumbled yes, thanked him and put the phone down!
On looking at the history and seeing how they had managed to tease me with 600 odd quid, I see a bet was paid out. PAUL FOLTYN finalled and paid out 66-1.
Little did I know there is another Paul Foltyn who isn't PAB who made me money! Nice one, and thank you Grand National and mates who make you bet.
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