Britain at the Bookies

[The Camel]

I didn't think on course bookies would take £1 or £2 bets? (From flat cap man and his bird)

Most will.

Apparently...

Oh and this!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING GIVING THE SCUM £40 TIP WTF

Haggled the price up and then donates it back.

Get flat cap man on Tips for Tikay. He'll fit right in with his staking plan.  Fair play to him, though. His bankroll management is far better than the "pro with a day job".

Enjoyed this show. Will catch up on the first episode.  

Enjoyed it too. £2 guy can GTFO though.  Chancer pretending he is a pro and producers fell for it.

Don't think he was pretending to be a pro.

Just loves the game.

[FUN4FRASER]

major coups seemed to be punters banging birds way out of their league

HeHe ...Very Good  

[MattyHollis]

Steve came across like most of us/most people I know. If he stuck to his strengths he would no doubt make money. It's the leaks that get us

[JohnCharver]

Steve came across like most of us/most people I know. If he stuck to his strengths he would no doubt make money. It's the leaks that get us

Yeah, first major leak is telling the mother of his child hes dropped a G on the darts.

Code reds running tomorrow wondering if the coral lads are on. Grim put up scene, and the stats they were rattling out on profit etc didnt tally with later ones.

[MattyHollis]

Steve came across like most of us/most people I know. If he stuck to his strengths he would no doubt make money. It's the leaks that get us

Yeah, first major leak is telling the mother of his child hes dropped a G on the darts.

Haha so true. Loved how he said i've opened a new bank account to try and be a better punter. More like to hide the wins/losses from her!

[FUN4FRASER]

Steve came across like most of us/most people I know. If he stuck to his strengths he would no doubt make money. It's the leaks that get us

Yeah, first major leak is telling the mother of his child hes dropped a G on the darts.

Code reds running tomorrow wondering if the coral lads are on. Grim put up scene, and the stats they were rattling out on profit etc didnt tally with later ones.

felt the same...it wasnt comfortable

[Doobs]

Steve came across like most of us/most people I know. If he stuck to his strengths he would no doubt make money. It's the leaks that get us

Yeah, first major leak is telling the mother of his child hes dropped a G on the darts.

Code reds running tomorrow wondering if the coral lads are on. Grim put up scene, and the stats they were rattling out on profit etc didnt tally with later ones.

felt the same...it wasnt comfortable

Don't know, maybe that is the secret?  I think my missus thinks all the money just fell from the sky and involves no effort at all.

[horseplayer]

Good watch but ultimately an utter pile of horseshit.

The Coral loltraders stuff was hilarious. "What price we going Elm Park? 7/4? I'm happy to go 2/1."

Whole scene obv staged. In reality James Knight, their main man, who's supposedly shrewd, would be sitting in front of a screen looking at oddschecker and betfair, and going the same price as everyone else.

"We good to take £5000 at 2-1?"

"Hold on, let me see if he's 3.05 or bigger on the machine. Nope, he's 2.98, tell him he can have £50."

I couldn't remember the result of the Code Red race offhand, as it was last autumn, but had the feeling 'Code' would be winning, probably at the main expense of the 'booooo' favourite Portamento. So tilting.

Flatcap man was probably the shrewdest cookie on display.

Not surprising new


The likely time they laid elm park 365 and baldy were apprantley

[JohnCharver]

Steve came across like most of us/most people I know. If he stuck to his strengths he would no doubt make money. It's the leaks that get us

Yeah, first major leak is telling the mother of his child hes dropped a G on the darts.

Code reds running tomorrow wondering if the coral lads are on. Grim put up scene, and the stats they were rattling out on profit etc didnt tally with later ones.

felt the same...it wasnt comfortable

Don't know, maybe that is the secret?  I think my missus thinks all the money just fell from the sky and involves no effort at all.

punters only tell you when they win, true gamblers tell their wife when they win.

[arbboy]

Proper pros in my experience tell everyone when they are losing and not when they are winning.

[atdc21]

£2 punter looked like norman wisdom lol.
Can singing 'this will not be beaten' on tv be good for your profesional image lol,

[Ironside]

I didn't think on course bookies would take £1 or £2 bets? (From flat cap man and his bird)

Most will.

Apparently...

Oh and this!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING GIVING THE SCUM £40 TIP WTF

Haggled the price up and then donates it back.

Get flat cap man on Tips for Tikay. He'll fit right in with his staking plan.  Fair play to him, though. His bankroll management is far better than the "pro with a day job".

Enjoyed this show. Will catch up on the first episode. 

Enjoyed it too. £2 guy can GTFO though.  Chancer pretending he is a pro and producers fell for it.

Don't think he was pretending to be a pro.

Just loves the game.

yeah a pro would be out to make a profit he said early doors he just wanted to cover his expenses

i know the feeling of having £1 or 50p EW on a bet did some small ball bets recently and i enjoyed the bets
during the events just as much as when i was on the suicide run a cpl of years agon when i had £400+ on a tennis game
and the thrill of holding a winning ticket is nearly as good when its a £20 win and it is when its a £600 win

ITS A WIN wohooooo

liking the show so far looking forward to next week

[baldock92]

£2 punter looked like norman wisdom lol.
Can singing 'this will not be beaten' on tv be good for your profesional image lol,

I was cringing at this part. Almost as much as the fella blowing his benefits money on the FOBT's last week.

[arbboy]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING GIVING THE SCUM £40 TIP WTF

On course bookies are definitely not scum on the whole.

Just trying to make a living, don't turn down a bet. The second oldest profession.

It did seem a bit odd to beg so hard to get 18/1 when his board said 16/1.  Get the extra £40 then just tip it back.  He might as well just took the 16/1 and not tip!  

Def agree with on course bookies image above.  Had 7 bets at uttox races between £400 and £1200 with the on course layers in members and tatts and every one 'under' on machine when the bet was struck (most didn't even look at the machine and just stuffed the cash in their hod).  All 7 took no questions asked/no knock backs/no 'half at sp bullshit'.  Paid out with a smile, few gags etc even though they were soaking wet and had all done their money all day long as numerous gambles were landed.  Service on course is 50 times better than you will get in any betting shop anywhere in the UK imo.  Imagine trying to get those bets on in a betting shop and the hassle involved.  It feels nice in 2015 to place a decent bet and not feel like a criminal when you ask for the bet like you are made to feel in virtually every betting shop and most online firms when you bet top price.

[Marky147]

That Steve fella lives 10 minutes down the road from me, so it must be something in the water

He must be on a decent clip from the Post, if he's that much of a degen, and has a mrs/kid etc.

Cheers for the heads up on the book, Brent. Just ordered a copy from Amazon...