Well still no funds in Betfair, it's actually been quite theraputic not having a bet.
Poker still OK, I've got a bit hooked on the Sats now and it's been going well. If you are bothered have a look on Sharkscope (Can't be arsed with a screenshot) but won a couple of hundred more Dollars since the last update.
Also changed strategy on the Rush to 6 Max and so far that seems to paying dividends.
Balance up to over $300 now and I am raking for England, so all is good.
Just a quick thought for all you other Bloggers out there. I've been reading as I always do, and with very few excpetions it's like one big aftertimers convention. 'Can't believe x was y price', fook me we can all do that. Apart from Eddy, Mully and a few others everyone seems to be an expert after the event - Does anyone flag anything up at the time anymore?
BTW I backed Liverpool with 10 minutes to go tonight for a Grand, won me a small fortune it did.
Betfair Shares look like they are teetering on the edge to me now, I want to close the Short, but I can't bring myself to do it........ Watch this space! I'll try to let you know when I do rather than 10 Days aferwards.
Anyhow onwards and upwards, I think.
Come on let's have some more 'Pre-Event talk' rather than look at me I'm great after the event. Surely that is what it is all about.
Good Luck All and if anything goes 1.01 tomorrow and loses I'll have laid it.................
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Sunday, 20 February 2011
Interest Termination
Oh well the £25 i put in to Betfair yesterday did better than I thought. It lasted until about 15.02 as opposed to 14.00 :) Think you could call that progress for me..............
The worst thing was my final bet yesterday was on Pride of Dulcote and while watching the race on Channel 4, it kind of hit home, why the hell am I doing this?
That poor horse was in the process of giving his all, just so I could get some entertainment for my £10. Well I guess I got more than I bargained for, because I didn't feel great after the race. RIP Pride of Dulcote.
I bet on the Football too and for the life of me I can't come to terms with why I care whether the Millionaires of Chelsea beat the Millionaires of Liverpool, Arsenal, Man United or anyone else for that matter - In fact I think I have come to the conclusion I don't.
Also looked at my Deposit History since 2004 on Betfair:
£38k - Are you having a laugh? Ok most of it has been taken back - But £38k?
What have I got to show for that? A Forum and Poker ban and a site that is now 1000% worse than even this time last Year. If it goes a week without crashing everyone is happy. But at least you can get a game of 'Deal or no Deal' whenever you want.
Also did my P&L for the last three months, progress?, I don't think so.
I have come to the conclusion I can no longer justify giving these feckers another penny of commission. I can't get on with Betdaq or anyone else so maybe I just need to take a break for a while. At least until Cheltenham anyway :) But I think I'll whore some Bookie Accounts for then as opposed to Betfarce.
I know I am boring all of you with the whole Betfair story, but if anyone fancies giving me 5/1 that they don't even exist in 2015, I'll have £100 with you. They surely can't keep getting away with all these outages.
I'll still post if I do something stupid, or have something interesting to say (I know don't hold your breath), but apart from that - or if I win WSOP 2011 - I'm going to take a break.
Wish all of you all the best and maybe speak again.
SP
PS It sounds like a sob story but it's not honest............... I'll still be playing Poker!
The worst thing was my final bet yesterday was on Pride of Dulcote and while watching the race on Channel 4, it kind of hit home, why the hell am I doing this?
That poor horse was in the process of giving his all, just so I could get some entertainment for my £10. Well I guess I got more than I bargained for, because I didn't feel great after the race. RIP Pride of Dulcote.
I bet on the Football too and for the life of me I can't come to terms with why I care whether the Millionaires of Chelsea beat the Millionaires of Liverpool, Arsenal, Man United or anyone else for that matter - In fact I think I have come to the conclusion I don't.
Also looked at my Deposit History since 2004 on Betfair:
£38k - Are you having a laugh? Ok most of it has been taken back - But £38k?
What have I got to show for that? A Forum and Poker ban and a site that is now 1000% worse than even this time last Year. If it goes a week without crashing everyone is happy. But at least you can get a game of 'Deal or no Deal' whenever you want.
Also did my P&L for the last three months, progress?, I don't think so.
I have come to the conclusion I can no longer justify giving these feckers another penny of commission. I can't get on with Betdaq or anyone else so maybe I just need to take a break for a while. At least until Cheltenham anyway :) But I think I'll whore some Bookie Accounts for then as opposed to Betfarce.
I know I am boring all of you with the whole Betfair story, but if anyone fancies giving me 5/1 that they don't even exist in 2015, I'll have £100 with you. They surely can't keep getting away with all these outages.
I'll still post if I do something stupid, or have something interesting to say (I know don't hold your breath), but apart from that - or if I win WSOP 2011 - I'm going to take a break.
Wish all of you all the best and maybe speak again.
SP
PS It sounds like a sob story but it's not honest............... I'll still be playing Poker!
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Reload
Ok I know you have all been missing me (If anyone is still there?)
Decided to load up a whole £25 in to Betfair to see what damage I can do this afternoon.
The target is to not have £0.00 left by 14.00.
Poker's going well still, decided to have a go in a Sateliite last night with one of my Step 4 Tickets and low and behold managed to cash for a $256 Ticket. Obviously that's been converted in to Cash as I don't think I would be able to breathe playing a Tourney that size :)
Now if I could just stop spunking money on Rush I'd be laughing. 5NL was kind to me, but 10NL is killing me at the moment.
Betfair short still in place although I must confess i am thinking about closing it soon as the Shares don't seem to be going anywhere at the moment and it's getting very boring. Although if they keep bringing in random shit upgrades I must admit I may be tempted to keep it open.
Actually Results are due soon, 8th March I think, so I may keep it open for a bit longer. I can't see any way for these Results to be impressive.
Right then let's get started...........................
Decided to load up a whole £25 in to Betfair to see what damage I can do this afternoon.
The target is to not have £0.00 left by 14.00.
Poker's going well still, decided to have a go in a Sateliite last night with one of my Step 4 Tickets and low and behold managed to cash for a $256 Ticket. Obviously that's been converted in to Cash as I don't think I would be able to breathe playing a Tourney that size :)
Now if I could just stop spunking money on Rush I'd be laughing. 5NL was kind to me, but 10NL is killing me at the moment.
Betfair short still in place although I must confess i am thinking about closing it soon as the Shares don't seem to be going anywhere at the moment and it's getting very boring. Although if they keep bringing in random shit upgrades I must admit I may be tempted to keep it open.
Actually Results are due soon, 8th March I think, so I may keep it open for a bit longer. I can't see any way for these Results to be impressive.
Right then let's get started...........................
Monday, 14 February 2011
Weekend Punting
Well back down to earth with a bit of a bump this weekend.
Had a really nice position going in to Sunday's Final round in Dubai, but unfortunately for me laid Mr Quiros before taking the kids out 10 Pin Bowling on Sunday Morning. Thought all would be well as I had my trusty iPhone on hand if any more trading was required.
Would have worked a treat if I could have got a strong enough signal to be able to connect to Betfair................... Most frustrating thing was I could connect to the European Tour site for score updates but could I get on to Betfair? No fecking chance. Worst thing is for once I can't even blame them lol
What should have been a £50 win turned in to a loss of about £30. Oh well Kids and Gambling don't mix, you'd think I would know that by now.
Got a most of that back by Trading the US Golf last night. Backed D.A Points prior to his last round and then traded a bit throughout. Made the mistake in the end by loading most of the Green on Hunter Mahan just before he missed the Birdie putt on 18 - but a win is better than a loss all the same.
Had Birmingham to beat Stoke on Saturday, which was a fortunate win. But laid Bolton at Half Time v Everton yesterday which was no good. In between I had backed the draw between QPR and Forest, but traded out after the sending off and Forest equalising. Should have let that one ride for sure.
The real killer yesterday was the rugby (both codes), backed Salford at half time (They looked useless), Bradford pre match and didn't trade out and Ireland to beat France. Apart from Salford the other two were sickeners.
I think most of the bets yeterday were down to me being tilted by losing on the Golf in Dubai after being in such a good position, buy we can't all be experts can we?
Anyway the Account is down in danger territory again after the withdrawals, so I have lumped the Balance (Well £36 to be precise)on Chelsea tonight. If they go down (and half of me hopes they do) Looks like I'll have to reload yet again.
I know it is all about ups and downs (especially when you are a clown like me) but maybe fewer events and a bit more of a strategy might not go amiss.
Maybe I'll save that for the next Bank..........
Until next time, which may be a while if Chelsea lose, Good Luck ;)
Had a really nice position going in to Sunday's Final round in Dubai, but unfortunately for me laid Mr Quiros before taking the kids out 10 Pin Bowling on Sunday Morning. Thought all would be well as I had my trusty iPhone on hand if any more trading was required.
Would have worked a treat if I could have got a strong enough signal to be able to connect to Betfair................... Most frustrating thing was I could connect to the European Tour site for score updates but could I get on to Betfair? No fecking chance. Worst thing is for once I can't even blame them lol
What should have been a £50 win turned in to a loss of about £30. Oh well Kids and Gambling don't mix, you'd think I would know that by now.
Got a most of that back by Trading the US Golf last night. Backed D.A Points prior to his last round and then traded a bit throughout. Made the mistake in the end by loading most of the Green on Hunter Mahan just before he missed the Birdie putt on 18 - but a win is better than a loss all the same.
Had Birmingham to beat Stoke on Saturday, which was a fortunate win. But laid Bolton at Half Time v Everton yesterday which was no good. In between I had backed the draw between QPR and Forest, but traded out after the sending off and Forest equalising. Should have let that one ride for sure.
The real killer yesterday was the rugby (both codes), backed Salford at half time (They looked useless), Bradford pre match and didn't trade out and Ireland to beat France. Apart from Salford the other two were sickeners.
I think most of the bets yeterday were down to me being tilted by losing on the Golf in Dubai after being in such a good position, buy we can't all be experts can we?
Anyway the Account is down in danger territory again after the withdrawals, so I have lumped the Balance (Well £36 to be precise)on Chelsea tonight. If they go down (and half of me hopes they do) Looks like I'll have to reload yet again.
I know it is all about ups and downs (especially when you are a clown like me) but maybe fewer events and a bit more of a strategy might not go amiss.
Maybe I'll save that for the next Bank..........
Until next time, which may be a while if Chelsea lose, Good Luck ;)
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Dubai Desert Classic - Moving Day
Well here is my position going in to Day 3. Nothing spectacular and much work to do.
I can't help feeling Rory is much too short here, but I am loathe to lay him at this point. Tiger played beautifully yesterday and hopefully he can repeat the trick today. Sergio looks well on the road back, but can he be trusted over the weekend?
Tempted to have a Tenner on Kaymer, Westwood and Hanson in the hope that at least one of them can get things going early.
Speaking of early, why the hell am I wide awake at 6-00am on a Saturday morning - Never happens on a weekday..................
Edit 8.22 Ok, I've had to lay Rory for £20, so get ready to see masterclass from him this morning..............
I can't help feeling Rory is much too short here, but I am loathe to lay him at this point. Tiger played beautifully yesterday and hopefully he can repeat the trick today. Sergio looks well on the road back, but can he be trusted over the weekend?
Tempted to have a Tenner on Kaymer, Westwood and Hanson in the hope that at least one of them can get things going early.
Speaking of early, why the hell am I wide awake at 6-00am on a Saturday morning - Never happens on a weekday..................
Edit 8.22 Ok, I've had to lay Rory for £20, so get ready to see masterclass from him this morning..............
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Betfair Q&A Wrap Up
Ok before I go any further, I feel I owe Betfair an apology.
In their One Hour Q&A they managed to put a massive 28 questions on the thread. When you consider they say they have 3 Million Users that is impressive. They also managed to avoid every pertinent question that was raised. Again impressive.
Absolutely no sign of anyone Senior in Betfair, just some poor muppet who probably gets paid £15k per year doing all the Posting. Quality.
Apparently the site will be down again tomorrow as even though they know what has caused the problems lately, they have no idea as to whether they are solved. Again Impressive.
Eddie the eagle, one of the largest players in the Golf Market completely ignored. Don't know him personally but I do know without him the Golf Markets would probably collapse.
Lucky for me I was reading Snow White to my kids for 1/2 an hour of it. Becuase that seems a whole lot better than listening to an Hour of Jackanory.
Seriously tempted to close my short on the Shares and go Long. This Company is going places.
Oh and just to top it all off, despite them blocking me from posting on their Forum (I know you are shocked) and refusing to let me play Poker on their site any more. I get an email asking me to check my 'Poker Players Club' Statement.
Anyway back with the Golf later. Promise I won't discuss Betfair any more. They are going to be the next BP I can see it. Tossers.
In their One Hour Q&A they managed to put a massive 28 questions on the thread. When you consider they say they have 3 Million Users that is impressive. They also managed to avoid every pertinent question that was raised. Again impressive.
Absolutely no sign of anyone Senior in Betfair, just some poor muppet who probably gets paid £15k per year doing all the Posting. Quality.
Apparently the site will be down again tomorrow as even though they know what has caused the problems lately, they have no idea as to whether they are solved. Again Impressive.
Eddie the eagle, one of the largest players in the Golf Market completely ignored. Don't know him personally but I do know without him the Golf Markets would probably collapse.
Lucky for me I was reading Snow White to my kids for 1/2 an hour of it. Becuase that seems a whole lot better than listening to an Hour of Jackanory.
Seriously tempted to close my short on the Shares and go Long. This Company is going places.
Oh and just to top it all off, despite them blocking me from posting on their Forum (I know you are shocked) and refusing to let me play Poker on their site any more. I get an email asking me to check my 'Poker Players Club' Statement.
Anyway back with the Golf later. Promise I won't discuss Betfair any more. They are going to be the next BP I can see it. Tossers.
Betfair Q&A
Don't forget people a chance to see some of the head honchos on Betfair in a Q&A tonight @ 18.00 on their Forum Chat section.
It'll be fast and furious and the questions they answer won't be the easy ones, they want to make a difference here. Not.
A bit like earlier when they posted this as I was trying to trade the Golf:
Lucky for me I read the Forum isn't it. I had a whole 4 minutes to take down my bets before the site went down. What more could anyone ask? It was only Westwood, Kaymer and Woods coming down the 18th.
A shining beacon of a Company and for the life of me I can't understand why they aren't valued higher.
Jokers.................................
Be back later with an update on the Golf.
It'll be fast and furious and the questions they answer won't be the easy ones, they want to make a difference here. Not.
A bit like earlier when they posted this as I was trying to trade the Golf:
Lucky for me I read the Forum isn't it. I had a whole 4 minutes to take down my bets before the site went down. What more could anyone ask? It was only Westwood, Kaymer and Woods coming down the 18th.
A shining beacon of a Company and for the life of me I can't understand why they aren't valued higher.
Jokers.................................
Be back later with an update on the Golf.
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Dubai Desert Classic, Betfair (Again) and some Profit
Well the good news is we have got a decent bank again. As you can see below the Punting Gods have been kind since the start of February:
The not so good news is I have withdrawn £200, because you'll be surprised to know I have lost a bit of faith in Betfair so the Balance is still at £100 or so.
In fact the annoying thing is this could have been even better if a Lay on Thomas Bjorn hadn't been taken during one of the many outages on Betfair last Saturday. But I guess the loss is small fry compared to some and as we all know by now, they don't particularly care about their Customers.
If you want to see a beautifully stage managed response from them and have nothing to do at 18.00 tomorrow, check out Forum Chat on their site. Should be a hoot and a complete waste of time as per usual.
Don't know about the rest of you but all this additional functionality they are supposed to be releasing in the Spring around 'In Play' markets just fills me with dread.
Still the good thing is they know what caused the outages on Saturday so they can fix it easily. The bad news is it was briefly down a couple of times earlier, so don't hold your breath.
Anyway on to the Dubai Desert Classic. I really fancy Kaymer in this along with a couple of outsiders. Though I would share my opening position with you to see what you think?
May have a chance to do a bit of Trading on this in the Morning, so we'll see what transpires (Betfair stability not withstanding). I want to be against Tiger and Rory at the earliest opportunity so here's hoping the make some Birdies and I can Lay them Sub 5.0.
On the Poker front also withdrew $100 from Full Tilt which I am probably going to put into Betfred to give them a go. Just fancy playing a MTT that doesn't last for 10 hours and have 3000 runners.
Ordered a Chip Set and a Wallet with some of my Full Tilt points, so I'll let you know what they are like when they turn up. Still got $70 in there and a load of Steps Tickets so I'll see what I can turn that in to. Just wish they would bring back the Matrix Tourneys at Step 3 and Step 4 Levels.
Enough drivel from me, be back with updates in due course.
Good Luck
SP
The not so good news is I have withdrawn £200, because you'll be surprised to know I have lost a bit of faith in Betfair so the Balance is still at £100 or so.
In fact the annoying thing is this could have been even better if a Lay on Thomas Bjorn hadn't been taken during one of the many outages on Betfair last Saturday. But I guess the loss is small fry compared to some and as we all know by now, they don't particularly care about their Customers.
If you want to see a beautifully stage managed response from them and have nothing to do at 18.00 tomorrow, check out Forum Chat on their site. Should be a hoot and a complete waste of time as per usual.
Don't know about the rest of you but all this additional functionality they are supposed to be releasing in the Spring around 'In Play' markets just fills me with dread.
Still the good thing is they know what caused the outages on Saturday so they can fix it easily. The bad news is it was briefly down a couple of times earlier, so don't hold your breath.
Anyway on to the Dubai Desert Classic. I really fancy Kaymer in this along with a couple of outsiders. Though I would share my opening position with you to see what you think?
May have a chance to do a bit of Trading on this in the Morning, so we'll see what transpires (Betfair stability not withstanding). I want to be against Tiger and Rory at the earliest opportunity so here's hoping the make some Birdies and I can Lay them Sub 5.0.
On the Poker front also withdrew $100 from Full Tilt which I am probably going to put into Betfred to give them a go. Just fancy playing a MTT that doesn't last for 10 hours and have 3000 runners.
Ordered a Chip Set and a Wallet with some of my Full Tilt points, so I'll let you know what they are like when they turn up. Still got $70 in there and a load of Steps Tickets so I'll see what I can turn that in to. Just wish they would bring back the Matrix Tourneys at Step 3 and Step 4 Levels.
Enough drivel from me, be back with updates in due course.
Good Luck
SP
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Betfair Upgrade
Another classy upgrade from Betfair.
Trying to trade the Golf, then the Main Site goes down, then the API and finally the Iphone Site.
Just wish I had opened a bigger short on their Shares to be honest, this is now getting beyond a joke.
Still apparently it was all planned:
Utter clueless clowns.
No profit due to Infrastructure Investment, feckin muppets.
I'm sure the Virtual Racing is still running though.
W@nkers.
That is all.
Have a nice Day.
Trying to trade the Golf, then the Main Site goes down, then the API and finally the Iphone Site.
Just wish I had opened a bigger short on their Shares to be honest, this is now getting beyond a joke.
Still apparently it was all planned:
Utter clueless clowns.
No profit due to Infrastructure Investment, feckin muppets.
I'm sure the Virtual Racing is still running though.
W@nkers.
That is all.
Have a nice Day.
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Tymismoni
Had to have a go on this Beast in the 18.20 at Kempton, because it was backed like defeat was out of the question.
For once I hit the Green button at the right time though.................. Doesn't happen often.
Bank @ £90, but I have had £10 on Hindu Kush in the next @ Kempton. Let's hope whoever backed it @ 1.06 earlier knew what they were doing eh.......
I'll Tweet my football bets later. Can I get in to 3 figures tonight? Probably. £1.03 is the most likely.
For once I hit the Green button at the right time though.................. Doesn't happen often.
Bank @ £90, but I have had £10 on Hindu Kush in the next @ Kempton. Let's hope whoever backed it @ 1.06 earlier knew what they were doing eh.......
I'll Tweet my football bets later. Can I get in to 3 figures tonight? Probably. £1.03 is the most likely.
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
On Reflection
Well, had 24 hours or so to digest the events of yesterday.
I think most of my frustration was linked to the fact that I always saw Torres as an example of what I thought was good about Football. Yes he was a Liverpool player so you would expect a certain amount of rose coloured specs, but he always seemed loyal and not as much of a pr1ck as the rest of them can be.
Since joining Chelsea I've already seen in his interviews that maybe this was misguided and while I still wish him well, it's probably for the best he has gone. One thing that is for sure - Does anyone have a forward line with more propensity to sulk than Chelsea now? Drogba, Anelka and Torres - Blimey that could get interesting. Could have been worse, he could have gone to Howard Webb's Team.
On to the future, Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez. Too much money for Carroll? Yes. Potentially though could be like going back to the 80's and 90's and getting back to the roots. You can certainly see what King Kenny is thinking. Quite exciting actually.
Chelsea v Liverpool on Sunday should be worth watching. Although maybe from behind the sofa if you are a Liverpool fan.
Anyhow Betfair balance at a massive £35 (probably not after tonight!), Full Tilt @ $165 (Cleared that bonus), and the short on Betfair Shares still in place.
Onwards and upwards eh!
If I get involved in anything tonight I'll Tweet so you know what to avoid.
I think most of my frustration was linked to the fact that I always saw Torres as an example of what I thought was good about Football. Yes he was a Liverpool player so you would expect a certain amount of rose coloured specs, but he always seemed loyal and not as much of a pr1ck as the rest of them can be.
Since joining Chelsea I've already seen in his interviews that maybe this was misguided and while I still wish him well, it's probably for the best he has gone. One thing that is for sure - Does anyone have a forward line with more propensity to sulk than Chelsea now? Drogba, Anelka and Torres - Blimey that could get interesting. Could have been worse, he could have gone to Howard Webb's Team.
On to the future, Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez. Too much money for Carroll? Yes. Potentially though could be like going back to the 80's and 90's and getting back to the roots. You can certainly see what King Kenny is thinking. Quite exciting actually.
Chelsea v Liverpool on Sunday should be worth watching. Although maybe from behind the sofa if you are a Liverpool fan.
Anyhow Betfair balance at a massive £35 (probably not after tonight!), Full Tilt @ $165 (Cleared that bonus), and the short on Betfair Shares still in place.
Onwards and upwards eh!
If I get involved in anything tonight I'll Tweet so you know what to avoid.
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