Diary of a professional punter

[TheChipPrince]

Just follow him on Twitter and seems a very interesting character.

Also got a free 6 month subscription to his site + emails etc and just came across as very very clever and just someone you want to hear/speak/talk about anything gambling related

[redarmi]

£20 England @ 4.2.

[Horneris]

Pretty certain the likes of Fremantle, Nevison and Luck are winning punters. They just like the money for old rope. They seem very shrewd on racing uk and make it a joy to watch with their fantastic pre race summaries of each horse before the race, no matter how shit the race is.

Tony Ansell seems an absolute bellend on his twitter. All he ever does is talk about how good he is. He might be good but none of the others do this.

Someone started this hilarious fake account taking the piss out of him: http://twitter.com/#!/prorambler47. Ansell's response was just to block anyone that followed this hilare account.

prorambler47 tony pantsell
TONY PANTSELL TIPPING RECENT WINNERS 200/1 Greece E2004, 40/1 James Buster Douglas, 100/1 Signorinetta 1908 Derby. Tipped the treble too $$$
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[redarmi]

Just follow him on Twitter and seems a very interesting character.

Also got a free 6 month subscription to his site + emails etc and just came across as very very clever and just someone you want to hear/speak/talk about anything gambling related

I follow him on Twitter too although I think his arrogance comes through on there. but he is undeniably good at what he does and he works very hard too.  I suppose if I had been stuck in the same house for 20 years surrounded only by people that work for you and getting the lot betting I would become arrogant too.  He needs to get married......my missus soon reminds me of my inadequacies when i get too big for my boots ;-)

[ACE2M]

i will reply about what we were discussing as regards the bookmakers all coming into line.

have you ever read this blog? http://www.cubone.co.uk/

some solid gold in there.

Do you think betfred should pay Curley out on his coup?

[redarmi]

Used to occasionally read his posts on BF forum but not seen then blog.  Will take a look.

[redarmi]

Do you think betfred should pay Curley out on his coup?

I don't think bookies in general realise how much the idea of these coups do for their business in terms of PR.  To try and welsh on them is shortsighted imo.  That said I am no great fan of Curley.  He is pretty much bent and certainly not good for the game but he also very nearly pulled off a coup that day that I would have dismissed as impossible in this day and age.  Fred Done, on the other hand, no words can adequately describe my loathing for this man and his pathetic, pissy little firm.  How the government could possibly sell him the Tote is totally beyond me.  Today there is a modest rollover on the Tote jackpot and there are four meetings for him to choose from.  Cheltenham is a competitive card and the first real exciting jumps meeting of the year.  Haydock has some decent handicaps for a late season flat meeting and even Redcar has a couple of old Northen circuit favourites running.  The jackpot is at Wolverhampton.  One day i will record a spoof of that incredibly annoying Betfred advert that is on TV where he says "He's handy 147 I'll lay 2-1" and put it up on youtube.

Apologies rant over.

[redarmi]

Some bets on the Championship before the shrewd money starts moving in Leeds and North Yorkshire

£10 Bristol City @ 13/8
£20 Derby @ 13/5
£15 Watford @ 5/4
£20 Barnsley @ 3/1

[redarmi]

Actually decided to hold off on Bristol City for now.  Bloom seems to be in love with Peterborough so will wait and see what happenin Asia in the morning.  Might get bigger.

[typhoon13]

Weight got the better of Priors Gold, profit anyway. wd

[redarmi]

Just seen prices for the 325 at Kelso and have to get involved early.  My prices weren't quite as severe as Corals but....

£30 Far More Serious @ 13/2
£10 Captain Americo @ 10/1

[redarmi]

Totally unconnected to this diary but the news that the Stone Roses are reforming has made my day.

[kukushkin88]

Do you ever bet on Politics? Obama to win the US election is pretty incred value at evs. I can´t get my head round this price at all, I can´t have it worse than a 2/5 shot. The Republicans are >2/1 to even come up with a serious candidate (I know that hasn´t always stopped them in the past). The right wing media are losing their grip over the masses, looks like a gift.

Also probably going to go with this anyway but very much welcome your input. Taking on Frankel, surely it would be smart to be on Immortal Verse and Excelebration E/W tomorrow. 6/1 both of them has to be a winning proposition.

[redarmi]

Politics - yes.  In fact out of everything I bet on a UK general election would the thing I would be most confident of winning on.  My degree is in politics and economics and a very long time ago I used to do some work as a researcher to John Hutton who was a cabinet minister so it combines my interests almost perfectly.  On Obama I think evens is a great price and if it was tomorrow I would make it a maximum bet.  I backed him at 1/20 last time which I thought was a great price but there are better uses for my bankroll in the period between now and an election and I tend not to do much long terms stuff.  I don't really agree with your estimate of 2/5 but I wouldn't be that confident of a price at this point.  I hope you are right that right wing press is losing their grip on the public but I would never overestimate the intelligence of the US public or the manipulative skills of the neocons.

I will probably back both of the horses you mentioned e/w but I fear we are playing for second and god knows racing could do with that boost right now.  I just hope they Queally doesn't get a ban for hitting Frankel....that would disastrous.

[Sheriff Fatman]

Totally unconnected to this diary but the news that the Stone Roses are reforming has made my day.

Really?  Not heard this!

Although the initial excitement is tempered by the fact that Ian Brown couldn't sing live!