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« on: September 30, 2014, 08:28:13 PM » |
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Interested to hear people would consider to be their best-ever bet! And I don't just mean the most profitable!!
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Tal
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« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2014, 09:10:10 PM » |
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£10 (maxed in shop) on Ch Nikara Diamond Dancer JW to win Best in Show at Crufts at 16/1.
Came second. Lost.
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"You must take your opponent into a deep, dark forest, where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one"
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Ironside
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« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2014, 12:33:28 AM » |
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tipping saints to get relegated on TfT i am a jinx when i bet on my own team dont think i have ever won a bet that involved my team winning or losing
thinking about it i should bet against the saints and dons every week DNB i might lose a fortune but we could win the leagues
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lend me a beer and I'll lend you my ear
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arbboy
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« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2014, 03:25:53 AM » |
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Backed Boston Celtics in the summer of 2007 to win their division at 5/1 in the following nba season with Hills. They were 20-62 in the previous season but i backed them 2 days before it was public knowledge they were about to sign two huge free agents Kevin Garnettt and Ray Allen which made them instant contenders for the title and about 1/20 to win their division, the weakest in the nba by a country mile. I look back and wonder why i didn't back it for half of my bankroll. Easily the biggest edge i have ever had on a bet. They won their division with two months to spare in the season. They were also backed from 150/1 to 6/1 to win the NBA title which i also had a fair piece of but the 5/1 for the division was literally stealing money.
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The Camel
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« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2014, 03:51:16 AM » |
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A mate rang me from a Thai brothel about 15 years ago.
He had been there for about 6 hours with a very famous snooker player.
They had been on the lash for over 24 hours and he estimated that the player had consumed 30 bottles of Chang and a decent sized bag of coke.
He was due to play his first round match in the Thailand Masters in about 90 minutes.
His opponent was 11/4.......
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Congratulations to the 2012 League Champion - Stapleton Atheists
"Keith The Camel, a true champion!" - Brent Horner 30th December 2012
"I dont think you're a wanker Keith" David Nicholson 4th March 2013
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« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2014, 04:04:02 AM » |
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Someone posted in TFT top scorer for Wigan at the start of 2012-2013 at 10/1- a new striker from the Spanish League whose name escapes me. Maxed out at the time at 10/1 and in a few weeks it went off at 6/4 fav and sailed to victory
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[21:05:17] Andrew W: you wasted a non spelling mistakepost?
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Marky147
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« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2014, 06:50:53 AM » |
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Someone posted in TFT top scorer for Wigan at the start of 2012-2013 at 10/1- a new striker from the Spanish League whose name escapes me. Maxed out at the time at 10/1 and in a few weeks it went off at 6/4 fav and sailed to victory
Arouna Kone, I think it was, and what a great bet, too! |
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Marky147
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« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2014, 06:52:17 AM » |
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Mr Kimber's Michael Carter Williams for Rookie of the Year in the NBA @ 16 & 14/1 is prob the best I can remember.
Bookies must have gotten smashed to pieces on that, because so many laying decent prices, and he pretty much won on the bridle.
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Marky147
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« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2014, 06:54:10 AM » |
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Adz gave me Ile De Re for the Chester Cup @ 25/1
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« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2014, 06:56:55 AM » |
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Helen big brother at 50s (I think?) when she should have been less than  |
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Worst playcalling I have ever seen. Bunch of fucking jokers . Run the bloody ball. 18 rushes all game? You have to be kidding me. Fuck off lol
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Marky147
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« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2014, 07:02:52 AM » |
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Helen big brother at 50s (I think?) when she should have been less than One of my best ever misses. |
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« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2014, 09:37:19 AM » |
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Best = Nadal at 16/1 when he won first French Open. Backed before clay season started and he went off way shorter and romped home.
Worst = Sold Labour majority in 1997 on the spreads when I was a student. £800 holes are hard to fill when you are on a student budget!
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Tal
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« Reply #12 on: October 01, 2014, 09:39:40 AM » |
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Best one that actually won was Shaun Murphy to win the world snooker championship at 150/1. Only had £1 on it (student life), but boy that was a sweaty final to watch!
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"You must take your opponent into a deep, dark forest, where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one"
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« Reply #13 on: October 01, 2014, 10:46:05 AM » |
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£2 e/w Terimon at 500-1 in the 89 derby. Clive Brittain, Mouse Roberts
second behind Nashwan, and to a student £250 back then was a right touch!
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My eyes are open wide
By the way,I made it through the day
I watch the world outside
By the way, I'm leaving out today
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« Reply #14 on: October 01, 2014, 10:52:39 AM » |
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Managed to get 16/1 on myself beating a former colleague at table tennis with him playing with a bat, me with a polyurethane lunchbox from the canteen. I had been practising for a fair old while.
1000/1 double - Chris Hollins to win Strictly and Jedward to win X-Factor - has to go down as 'the one that got away'.
Messaging Doobs to ask if he felt like accepting a bit of backing for the Winamax main.
100/1 on myself beating a friend at snooker, him playing with a cue and me with a mop I found in the utility room. An attritional affair played out after a fair few bottles of red and I duly 'coasted' home.
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Allez!!
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