The Tips for tikay £10,000 Celebration Naps League

[tikay]

54 tips on Monday.
55 tips on Tuesday.
58 tips on Wednesday.


60 different tipsters so far.

The table:

Tipster   P/L
aaron1867   280
nellberg   200
Doobs   179
BigAdz   160
Bazzaboy   160
Rubbish2407   155
KarmaDope   92
superwomble   85
Tal   50
Peter-27   50
HutchGF   46.6
redsimon   40
Nakor   30
Ant040689   6
bunnydas8888   0
Karabiner   0
Omm   0
moonandback   0
bergeroo   -20
MereNovice   -20
OverTheBorder   -20
Archer   -20
doubleup   -20
NewportLad   -20
Nico29   -20
NoCardDSC   -20
rinswun   -20
swinebag22   -20
tikay   -20
Simon Galloway   -20
baldock92   -40
booder   -40
Chompy   -40
David3103   -40
hector62   -40
jakally   -40
stumpythefish   -40
TheDazzler   -40
bobby1   -40
bookiebasher   -40
exstream   -40
KitKeeper   -40
TightEnd   -60
arbboy   -60
BorntoBubble   -60
crown   -60
Dekka   -60
Eso Kral   -60
Horneris   -60
hummuspie   -60
Jamier-Host   -60
JohnCharver   -60
kukushkin88   -60
maldini32   -60
Marky147   -60
RickBFA   -60
ripple11   -60
The Camel   -60
tiger   -60
Tonibell   -60

   
Total   -266.4


Another rough day for most of the tipsters.

Interesting to note that despite being robbed on Monday by a dodgy ruling when Windsor was abandoned just prior to my tip running, & almost certainly winning handsomely, I still have 30 entrants with worse scores than me.

There are a few nondescript tearaways at the head of the field, but I'm sitting quietly, covered up on the rail, with a double handful, very much in the style of the greatest jockey ever.   

As I ease past the leaders, I'll cast a withering look in their direction.

[Karabiner]

If I win I shall be donating any proceeds to Tikay's Vegas staking charity.

You do remember we're doing this because tikay has won £10,000 in tax free cash monies because of us all, right?

I shall be following the EvilPie model of retaining winnings, although I might possibly stretch to a tall latte for him if I win the comp.

Should the planets and my tips align it will theoretically be what is known in the trade as a spinup opportunity, notwithstanding Mere arbiter referring to the stakes as donations.

[bergeroo]

Ladies tennis seems so difficult to predict! Usually it is anyone can beat anyone and then Serena wins. But this year we are not so sure about the last part. I think I will put on some each way bets for some ladies in the other half of the draw to Serena. The ladies we have mentioned, plus perhaps Bouchard? It seems pretty tricky to predict. Any of the seeds might fall early and then that part of the draw opens up...

Hope Bacsinszky wins in Rome now!

Anywhere I can watch the third set of this anyone?

Also Mere what do you think about the chances of both of these ladies and Muguruza in the French net week? Is it all draw dependent?



 

At 10am this morning we have the clash of the Titans.

Carla Suarez Navarro plays Timea Bacsinszky in round 3 in Rome.

bergeroo has CSN at 22/1 e/w for the tournament.
MereNovice has TB at 33/1 e/w for the tournament.

The bookies make Bacsinszky a slight favourite.
We will have to wait and see.

Bet365 if you have £5 in your account.
It's very topsy-turvy!

I'll respond on the rest when the match is over.

Ms Bacsinszky wins 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 in a match that really could have gone either way.
TB won the first 3 games, CSN won the next 5, TB won 2 then CSN won the last 2 of the first set.
CSN was also 4-2 up in the 2nd set and served for the match at 5-4.
TB rather dominated the 3rd set.
I wouldn't say that it was the highest standard but it was certainly tense!


The French Open starts a week on Sunday.
I'm not sure that Azarenka will be fit enough by then to challenge.
Halep will likely struggle with her confidence despite winning in Madrid. Not being able to have her coach, Darren Cahill on court in a Grand Slam event will hinder her.

I think the three you mentioned can all run deep.
Muguruza will (likely) be seeded 4 and the other two will also be in the top 16 as well.

My long-shot hope was Kasatkina who I expected to have an excellent clay-court season but it hasn't materialised.

I think Serena Williams might win it, though.

Who do you fancy?

[Marky147]

20pts win One Word More  - 15:45 York

http://www.oddschecker.com/horse-racing/york/15:45/winner

Ta

[MereNovice]

20pts win One Word More  - 15:45 York

http://www.oddschecker.com/horse-racing/york/15:45/winner

Ta

You're welcome.

Confirmed. 14/1.

[MereNovice]

A difference of opinion here:

The Camel   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Duke Of Frenze   15
kukushkin88   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Fast Track   12
JohnCharver   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Thesme   13
Chompy   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Shamson   17
Bazzaboy   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Red Baron   21

[ripple11]

Portsmouth v Plymouth 20 pts win pls

3-2

33/1

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-2/portsmouth-v-plymouth/correct-score

[MereNovice]

Portsmouth v Plymouth 20 pts win pls

3-2

33/1

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-2/portsmouth-v-plymouth/correct-score

Confirmed.

[4KSuited]

A difference of opinion here:

The Camel   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Duke Of Frenze   15
kukushkin88   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Fast Track   12
JohnCharver   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Thesme   13
Chompy   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Shamson   17
Bazzaboy   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Red Baron   21

I followed The Camel: thank you muchly, sir.

[Karabiner]

The wily old camel knew.

[MereNovice]

A difference of opinion here:

The Camel   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Duke Of Frenze   15
kukushkin88   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Fast Track   12
JohnCharver   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Thesme   13
Chompy   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Shamson   17
Bazzaboy   York 14:10   12/05/2016 14:10:00   Red Baron   21

I followed The Camel: thank you muchly, sir.

Nice one!

1st  13 Duke Of Firenze(D Allan, 10/1)
2nd  6 Brando(J P Spencer, 11/2 fav)
3rd  12 Thesme(T Eaves, 12/1)
4th  3 Red Baron(Neil Farley, 12/1)

[MereNovice]

https://m.oddschecker.com/m/horse-racing/salisbury/13:55/winner

20 win
Compton lane
22/1 or whatever price when you see

Confirmed. 22/1.

Finished third with an SP of 16/1, unlucky.

[MereNovice]

rinswun   Mauritius Open   12/05/2016 08:00:00   Nino Bertasio - e/w   67
NewportLad   Mauritius Open   12/05/2016 08:00:00   George Coetzee - e/w   12
bobby1   Mauritius Open   12/05/2016 08:00:00   Zander Lombard   50

Round one scores:

Andrew Dodt is the leader in the club house on -6.

Coetzee finished on -1.
Lombard finished on +1.
Bertasio +2 thru 15.

[Doobs]

Blue sky thinking announcement

This, from a back of a fag packet idea a few weeks ago, has been a successful thing. lots of participation

I'm thinking of making it a regular thing, every few months or so, to possibly coincide with big sporting weeks

Its not going to be possible to do it as a freeroll though, well not often, so I would probably do it for a £10 entry fee per week with three prizes and a fourth for top single bet return

Feedback welcome as to whether you would participate on those terms please 

also what tweaks if any would you make? Bear in mind that it only works of the admin is do-able, its time consuming so needs to be reasonably simple - check and confirm bets, data entry etc

Morning Tighty.

This has been great fun, and the work and time Vince has spent on this is incredible, so a real hats off.

I don't normally bother with the tipster comps, but as this was for the ultimate bragging rights, one had to chuck ones hat in the ring, it aint about the free money(any fluked winnings will go to charity).

Inevitably, it has turned into a guessfest, and I have no issue with that at all, its to be expected, but realistically, looking ahead, anyone putting up 50-1+ pokes would be better served investing it at the price and not into a 30-50 man guessathon. Maybe its not in the spirit of things, but we do have "value" as our mantra. Its not pouring cold water on the idea, I'm just expressing my thoughts.

For me, its been really interesting seeing peoples selections each day, and I would have been keen to see how people ranked their fancies on a 1-3/1-5 scale of confidence(maybe a thought for TFT?), because I may have invested on a few more.

For all that, its been great seeing some regular TFT lurkers put some opinions forward, and hopefully they will contribute more on the main platform.

These things naturally decend into the antithesis of tft pretty rapidly with everyone trying to find the biggest priced punt.  

Maybe we could limit it to bets on the day?  Though the best strategy may well be to pick 5 golfers at 33/1 it does spoil the sweat in the comp.

I am not sure I like the limits on what you can bet on Saturday or Sunday.   It is going to be pretty hard to.find a golfer nobody has backed come Sunday, so Sunday becomes a game of who can get their tips in first?  Alternatively if Aaron is leading by 50,  could wait for his bet to lose and just pick a 2/1 winner.  That seems most unfair to Aaron. I think tips by pm by noon/2pm is fairer.and we should change it for this tournament too.

If we stick with the current rule, can we clarify the Saturday and Sunday rule.  If I have backed Spieth  on Tuesday, can nobody back him on Saturday or are we limiting it to one person on Saturday and one on Sunday?  

[TightEnd]

i took it that the weekend restriction referred to bets on the day.

whoever has backed what mon-fri is immaterial