Tips for Tikay

[Tal]

They'll never get someone involved in trying to revamp both snooker and darts again.

Which one is he, btw? Left or right?

[tikay]

They'll never get someone involved in trying to revamp both snooker and darts again.

Which one is he, btw? Left or right?

Ha! Never thought of that - he was a sort of early day version of Hearn I suppose.

In those days, Hearn was in Snooker, but not much else, it was only later he built his Matchroom Empire, & when Sky Sports was created, that was his big opportunity. I know both Eddie & Barry reasonably well, & like them, which is not a very popular position to take these days, lol.

One assumes the "left or right?" question was rhetorical, Mr Posh Bloke.

[tikay]

Please excuse my rambling, I've had the shittiest week at work ever ever ever & I'm just trying to chill out for an hour before battle is resumed. Writing is very ferraputic

Carry on, as you were. Spurs @ 8/1, was it?

[Tal]

They'll never get someone involved in trying to revamp both snooker and darts again.

Which one is he, btw? Left or right?

Ha! Never thought of that - he was a sort of early day version of Hearn I suppose.

In those days, Hearn was in Snooker, but not much else, it was only later he built his Matchroom Empire, & when Sky Sports was created, that was his big opportunity. I know both Eddie & Barry reasonably well, & like them, which is not a very popular position to take these days, lol.

One assumes the "left or right?" question was rhetorical, Mr Posh Bloke.

I'll be completely honest and say I don't think I've heard of him. I would guess left, given the snazzy suit.

[tikay]

They'll never get someone involved in trying to revamp both snooker and darts again.

Which one is he, btw? Left or right?

Ha! Never thought of that - he was a sort of early day version of Hearn I suppose.

In those days, Hearn was in Snooker, but not much else, it was only later he built his Matchroom Empire, & when Sky Sports was created, that was his big opportunity. I know both Eddie & Barry reasonably well, & like them, which is not a very popular position to take these days, lol.

One assumes the "left or right?" question was rhetorical, Mr Posh Bloke.

I'll be completely honest and say I don't think I've heard of him. I would guess left, given the snazzy suit.

Really? Good grief!

OK, I'll fall for it.

Yes, left as viewed is Mike Watterson, he was at one time a pro snooker player, too. Interesting life he has had, worth a 2 minute scan of his Wiki page....



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Watterson


Really surprised you don't know the other guy, unless, (again...) I'm being whooshed as per.

Here is the other guy with his long term football partner.

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[Tal]

Whoops!

It's early...

 

 

[DungBeetle]

Did anyone catch the Ding v James Cahill match in the UK snooker Championship?

Cahill had a red over the pocket and just needed a colour to probably win the match 6-1 but didn't manage to get on the colour and Ding nicked it and came back to 5-4. Cahill who is the under 21 World Champion but looks 16 then went 68 in front with 59 left on the table in the 10th frame and thinking he had won tried to smash a red in from about 6 inches but rattled it coz he hit it too hard then seemed a bit miffed Ding hadn't shaken his hand to concede the frame and match. Ding pots the reds he can and gets a 4 point snooker and a free ball on the last one and makes a superb clearance to win the frame by 1 point to make it 5-5.

Cahill who has been sitting in his chair with a tissue over his eyes as Ding cleared up leaves the arena looking terrible and it is so tense that the ref holds up the start of the last frame as he needs to change his bow tie because there is sweat dripping off it. Ding gets in and makes 30 odd but misses an easy red when trying to play a cannon and Cahill  makes a 50 odd break when not really on anything properly including an amazing back double red into the middle bag which Davis in comms is almost shouting at him not to take on. It reminded me of the great 69 break Alex Higgins made in the 1981 World Championship semi final against Jimmy White. Cahill gets back in after a safety battle and wins the frame with more good pots to win 6-5 at 00.40 in the morning almost 3 hours after he needed a red over the bag and a colour to win 6-1.

If you can get the highlights of the game and especially the tenth frame then it is well worth watching. The break he made in the last was fantastic under the pressure he must have been under after throwing away the match twice already. Think he is a name to remember going forward too.

I've still got the hump after they made the UK no longer first to 10 format.  However, I saw Cahill was 5-1 up and I woke in the morning to see he won 6-5  I thought that going into the final frame he must have been a huge outsider considering the lead he had blown.  I also saw Mark Allen managed to go from 4-1 up (and with two big tons) to lose 4-6 against journeyman Lawler.

[TightEnd]

Daily Report

Loss on Month £50-00

Outstanding Bets £3941.21

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aia1Hxq-NDNWdFk3UmlTSXMzTjRBTVNfOWRndVFsZHc&usp=drive_web#gid=24

No bets completed yesterday

In the Premier League

the good

- West Ham beating West Brom 2-1 to go 5th. Relegation bet West Brom 16th two points off the drop zone



the mixed

- Leicester lost to Liverpool 3-1. We have positions on both. Yet more individual errors from Leicester, which is a bit frustrating to watch on a weekly basis

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- Newcastle a point at Burnley

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and the bad

- Crystal Palace losing at home to Aston Villa



- Stoke losing at Man U, Stoke have won just 1 of their last 6 Premier League matches

Guernsey gained their first point away from home since the end of September with a 1-1 draw at Carshalton


some more basketball stats from last night

MVP bet Anthony Davis 9th game this season with at least 25 points and 10 rebounds (most such games in NBA) and on the cover of SI this week

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Rajon Rondo- 19 assists, 12 rebounds. His 6th career double-double that was assists & rebounds (no other guard in NBA has more than 1)

Mavs 132, Bulls 129 in 2OT. Monta Ellis scored 38 points

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Aldridge dropped 39 points for the trailblazers in their win

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The Cavs are on a 4-game streak with LeBron playing point guard.10 assists last night. Irving, Love & James combined for 83-16-17 last night

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[icles test]

Any love for Irvine next manager to go? Watching the game today seemed to be a lot of unrest amongst fans. Near bottom 3, west ham at home and hull away next two games. Could be gone this time next week if they lose both.

16/1 to 7/4 with sky after home defeat to WH (9/4 best priced). Irvine and pearson the ones really under threat.

[Nakor]

Did anyone catch the Ding v James Cahill match in the UK snooker Championship?

Cahill had a red over the pocket and just needed a colour to probably win the match 6-1 but didn't manage to get on the colour and Ding nicked it and came back to 5-4. Cahill who is the under 21 World Champion but looks 16 then went 68 in front with 59 left on the table in the 10th frame and thinking he had won tried to smash a red in from about 6 inches but rattled it coz he hit it too hard then seemed a bit miffed Ding hadn't shaken his hand to concede the frame and match. Ding pots the reds he can and gets a 4 point snooker and a free ball on the last one and makes a superb clearance to win the frame by 1 point to make it 5-5.

Cahill who has been sitting in his chair with a tissue over his eyes as Ding cleared up leaves the arena looking terrible and it is so tense that the ref holds up the start of the last frame as he needs to change his bow tie because there is sweat dripping off it. Ding gets in and makes 30 odd but misses an easy red when trying to play a cannon and Cahill  makes a 50 odd break when not really on anything properly including an amazing back double red into the middle bag which Davis in comms is almost shouting at him not to take on. It reminded me of the great 69 break Alex Higgins made in the 1981 World Championship semi final against Jimmy White. Cahill gets back in after a safety battle and wins the frame with more good pots to win 6-5 at 00.40 in the morning almost 3 hours after he needed a red over the bag and a colour to win 6-1.

If you can get the highlights of the game and especially the tenth frame then it is well worth watching. The break he made in the last was fantastic under the pressure he must have been under after throwing away the match twice already. Think he is a name to remember going forward too.

I've still got the hump after they made the UK no longer first to 10 format.  However, I saw Cahill was 5-1 up and I woke in the morning to see he won 6-5  I thought that going into the final frame he must have been a huge outsider considering the lead he had blown.  I also saw Mark Allen managed to go from 4-1 up (and with two big tons) to lose 4-6 against journeyman Lawler.

Bobby was it you that pre Tft pointed out that the person who gets back to even after being behind more often then not fails to cross the line?
One I have always tried to follow and another couple of quid in the pot because of it last night.

[Ironside]

Naked that was pointed out in the tennis, by the guy that was a reluctant grimmer hadn't heard it in snooker

[tikay]

Naked that was pointed out in the tennis, by the guy that was a reluctant grimmer hadn't heard it in snooker

I had to read that 4 times before I could grasp what it was about.

I'm as bad as Tal. Almost.

[TightEnd]

with apologies, fixed the daily report

Just as well I am patient with technical problems. Possibly.

[Marky147]

They'll never get someone involved in trying to revamp both snooker and darts again.

Which one is he, btw? Left or right?

Ha! Never thought of that - he was a sort of early day version of Hearn I suppose.

In those days, Hearn was in Snooker, but not much else, it was only later he built his Matchroom Empire, & when Sky Sports was created, that was his big opportunity. I know both Eddie & Barry reasonably well, & like them, which is not a very popular position to take these days, lol.

One assumes the "left or right?" question was rhetorical, Mr Posh Bloke.

I don't know Eddie really well, but got to know him when he used to run the poker with Marty, and am probably one of the few with a similar stance to yourself. Guess we both better wear our bodyarmour, if we're ever in the Camel's company when they're mentioned

You mentioned Virgo earlier, too. I remember dad had him at the club for an exhibition about 20/25 years back, and he was the perfect professional all night. Well, until dad put one of the younger players in the club on 2nd, because he had to go home early(ish)

Long and short of it was, hebreaks off, kid makes a century, and Mr Virgo spends the rest of the evening looking like he had been sucking a lemon!

[TightEnd]

Darts

As soon as i saw the draw the first thing i thought was where can i back MVG and Ando to win their quarters.  By god the draw is so bottom heavy it's unreal.  All the past their best dead weight top32 players are in the top half.  MVG could play with his eyes closed and reach the semis.  (Kellett, Jenkins, Pipe, Nichol, Thorn, Baxter).  Chisnall the only danger.

Ditto 2nd qtr with Ando - this is even easier than MVG's quarter with no chis in it (Wright, Pie man, Hammer, Beaton, Klasson, Newton and Painter) - run worse Ando.  If you don't win it this year you will never win it.  He couldn't have hand picked 7 better/more washed up opponents to the semis than these imo - not quite sure how some of these are still in the top 32 tbh)

Bunting delivered a killer draw.  The bottom quarter is brutal beyond belief given neither MVG or Taylor are in it.

Keep it simple. 

MVG 7/2 ew sporting bet.  £50 ew
Ando 8/1 ew 888 £30 ew

For those who like a lay at a big price.  Lewis 12/1 and Wade 16/1 look cracking lays at the prices given their brutal draw and the fact they face each other in last 8 should they both even get that far.

this one

i think the recommendations were edited in afterwards

we don't have 888. Anderson (who i hate us backing, never quite seems to put it in when it counts, for me as a casual observer) is 7/1 best where we can get on

MVG 3/1 best  e/w is 1/2 1,2

http://www.oddschecker.com/darts/pdc-world-championship/winner

advise, please