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The idea of this section is simple.
You start ONE thread with 1000 points/pounds. Before a race starts you put up your selections and update you bank balance after the sporting event has completed. When the 1000 points/pounds. has been used up. you may start another thread and try again.
For fun I propose that the people/persons that reach 5000 points/pounds get added to a role of honour which will consist of final amount and number of bets it took.
Wall of SHAME!!
Vegyjones the first one to lose 1000 mythical pounds.
:pk1 :dunker :bnk :dung :nutter :thechop :hamm :flush
How come that's allowed through the swear filter :laugh
Whats the crack with odds. On win onlys and EW surely SP is best???
If not, I'm happy to recalculate with my BF prices!!! :D
I am of the opinion that where SP is available bets should be settled to SP. That includes lays also.
Prices:
If you back or lay the bet yourself with any real money, it is settled at the price you take.
If you lay horse and do not put money on it, it is at the price you see on Betfair at the time you check pre-race.
Otherwise all bets are settled at SP.
If prices are taken, they must be specified before the off, otherwise settle at SP.
All EW bets are calculated as 1/4 the odds regardless of runners, handicap or not.
Il recalculate my place wins to 1/4 instead 1/5th now then!
I think Hayzee should set the rules as it was his idea :doh
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He asked me to post the above rules!
:laugh :laugh
Mythical FUN folks, just calculate as suggested from now on :rolleyes:
Doesn't have to be spot on, but everyone is watching and a Betfair odds of 110/1 for a 5/4 SP winner @ 1/2 the odds EW will be noticed :doh
for the dingles vs sunderland game tonight. i swear i got the 90's on sunderland. honnest :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Win2Win
joking aside (should probably be in rant section), some :icon_tong has been self trading at 90's on all outcomes on footy games for the past few weeks, making the betfair graph useless. ;fire ;fire ;fire
One last thing, try and keep stakes REALISTIC!
Such as laying to liabilites of £800 in 2 bets! Ooo
I'll get mi coat. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Win2Win
Taxi for Sparky. Ooo :D
:doh They are realistic to me and other forum users. Now saying lay to £500 is too much.
I dont spose we're allowed in running trade offs..?
You could claim anything with that:rolleyes:
Can I claim Manx Royal - 1000 back - layed off at 10
Can only think somebody pressed the wrong button!
Im new on this forum and much interested in this idea. Can you tell me what's a role of honour plz? Can I have 2 thread for back and lay at the same time? If both 2 reach 5000 pts, should I have double the role of honour?????? :doh :doh . Start posting 2morrow anyway. CheersQuote:
Originally Posted by MarcusMel
Role of honour?? Ooo
Erm, the less said about that the better :laugh :peeky
the roll of honour is just your name on the post below this one.
talking of that.
;fire ;fire WHERE'S MY NAME ON THAT LIST ;fire ;fire
i am sure i made the £5k+, in fact i deffinetely made the list. it was the day england beat N ireland 3-0 but i miscalculated the stake and needed £2 to qualify. (which i got by the way)
I DEMAND TO BE PUT ON THE LIST :D
remember - it's just a bit of fun :)
Welcome handicapper, your avatar clashes with someone else's on here, which is very confusing....especially for Vegy who reads by pictures only :)
Not sure my name made the honours list either but it should have
I made my £5k laying horses ridden by jockeys wearing nasty looking silks
By the way... Do we get a crate of beer if we get to 5 grand??
Nope. I proved this was too easy with my sartorial lays so there was no booze prize.Quote:
Originally Posted by wbailey
This thread was simply aimed to get people paper-trading new ideas and thinking more about staking
Afraid not Wayne, it's been done at least a couple of times already.... good try though :wink
Ah well.... If ya don't ask..:)
And the first to do it?Quote:
Originally Posted by bigcumba
Ahem.:D
Are all the old sucessful threads deleted? Would love to see them.
Looks like they've gone Wayne.
I have all my lays in a spreadsheet at home
If you get a chance, could you send it? Im just interested to see how people did it, and how mine is comparing.Quote:
Originally Posted by mathare
If not, its no bother. It's purely out of interest.
Mine was pure madness Wayne. You wouldn't bet like I did in reality. I was lumping the whole bank on odds on shots.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by wbailey
If I don't send it in the next day or two give me a nudge.Quote:
Originally Posted by wbailey
It was based on the utterly ridiculous idea of laying horses ridden by jockeys wearing silks I didn't like. No form reading, no ratings, just purely based on their silks. It worked though. I think using a £10 stake I managed the 5 grand in just over a month
Thats incredible mat, how you can gain 5K purely by luck as such!
I know, I still can't really believe it.Quote:
Originally Posted by wbailey
Is there a thread that has Mat and Sparkys challenge? like to see and learn from how they did it.
Ginge
I think they have been lost in an old thread cull.Quote:
Originally Posted by gingertipster
Not that you could have learned anything from my superb thread anyway Ginge. Mine was based on an even more subjective measure than value. I still have to smile when I think back to that thread and the fact that it worked :laugh
Sparky did it by risking all on bets he felt sure would win and made the target value and then lost the entire bank the very next bet :yikes:
Mathare - he can explain it he he wishes to.
Mather as a Mod could have put yourself on the list :splapmeQuote:
Originally Posted by mathare
While fun with what you did I am not sure it would have actually stood up under close inspection. Do it again and you can have one of these.