The Incremental

Bet 001 - 2011/2012 Season

2011-07-13T19:36:00.000+01:00

Whey, it's that time of the year again that I restart all this bollocks...

1. Going it alone - no arguments, no opts out, just me.
2. Only taking the +2.5 goals market.
3. One bet at a time.
4. Only betting on odds of evens or better.
5. 10% of pot is the stake, unless under £20.00 in which case it's £2.00

Selection number 1 was on the Champs League Qualifiers... the only match with a positive +2.5 goals was between two relative unknowns - Zestafoni v Dacia Chisinau. A quick check on Soccerway, and neither of these teams are shy to score, so I didn't hesitate to whack my starting £2.00 on it. Result? 3-0 all goals in the first half. Bing!

001 - Zestafoni v Dacia: £2.00 @ 23/20 =£22.30

Bet #42 - Cornish Pirates v Worcester: Cornish Pirates

2011-05-11T19:34:00.000+01:00

Not sure if he just liked the name, but Mr. C chose the Cornish Pirates to beat Worcester in the Championship: Aviva Premiership Play-offs.

42. Cornish Pirates v Worcester: Cornish Pirates = £7.82 @ 13/8 (£xx.xx)

Bet #41 - Citeh v Spuds: +2.5

2011-05-11T19:31:00.000+01:00

As it says on the tin, proposed by Mr. B. Unfortunately, Modric couldn't hit the spot with an excellent first half opportunity, and then Crouch decided to go and score at the wrong end. With Citeh 1-0 up, they basically parked the bus infront of their goal, and the match stayed that way.

41. City v Spurs: +2.5 goals = £7.82 @ 1/1 (£46.59)

Update at 40

2011-05-10T11:21:00.001+01:00

Update:

37. Darts + Footie 5-way = £7.82 @ 4/1 (£55.73)
38. Citeh/Spuds Double = £7.82 @ 3/1 (£47.91)

39. Stoke v Arsenal: Arsenal -0.5 = £7.82 @ 1/1 (£40.09)

40. Fulham v Liverpool: Liverpool = £8.81 @ 13/8 (54.41)

Man Utd on the ol' Asian...

2011-05-04T21:36:00.000+01:00

Shit title, I know. With the Dawg still on jollies, and now with smashed iPhone (I guess we now have a target!), it was up to me and the Dr. to make the selection, for the second day on the trot. It was always going to be on the Utd v Schalke semi final, but we were debating on markets. We finally settled on the below, and with a 4-1 scoreline, it was never in doubt.

36. Man Utd v Schalke: Man Utd -1 = £7.82 @ 2.075 (£63.55)

Back with a win... this time it's serious!

2011-05-03T21:42:00.001+01:00

Mr D is back from his hols, so the betting is back on... And it's always nice to restart with a win!

35. Barca v Real Madrid: -2.5 goals = £7.82 @ 11/10 (£55.14)

Halt... Hammerzeit!

2011-04-21T20:13:00.000+01:00

What could have been was great. What actually was, erm... wasn't.

32. Norwich v Forest: +2.5 goals = £7.82 @ 19/20 (£62.17)

33. Yankees/Cinci Reds double = £7.82 @ 2/1 (£54.35)

34. QPR to score in both halves = £7.82 @ 6/5 (£46.53)

It is at this point that betting has been called to a ceasefire. Until Mr. D is back on 3rd May... Will that stay? Probably not :)

Halfway there

2011-04-14T20:33:00.001+01:00

...but no cigar, as the Bull held Taylor to 3-3.

31. Anderson & Taylor: Most 180's = £7.82 @ 6/5 (£54.74)

Real Unlucky...

2011-04-13T21:38:00.000+01:00

30. Spurs v Real/Schalke v Inter: +2.5 goals double = £8.40 @ 2/1 (£62.56)

Early goals spoil the fun...

2011-04-13T19:43:00.000+01:00

Trying to put on moments after kick-off for the championship matches began, and we were on to a loser. The idea was to put on 'draw or win' for the top three championship teams, all playing away. The odds were coming in at just under 2/1.

However, while entering the selections (B365's in-play system is awful, by the way), QPR scored. I adjusted that bet to "win only" to keep similar odds, then Norwich scored. Same again, I adjusted to "win only" to keep the odds, and finally got the bet on... also putting on the wrong amount (£7.28 instead of £7.82).

Anyhow, Norwich then let us down by only drawing.

29. QPR/Norwich to win + Cardiff to win or draw = £7.28 @ 2/1 (£70.96)

Heart over Heed...

2011-04-11T21:03:00.000+01:00

Always knew it would end, and in typical fashion it's on a game I should have stayed away from...

27. Blackpool v Arsenal HT/FT: Arsenal/Arsenal = £6.95 @ 11/10 (£76.70)
27. Aston Villa v Newcastle: Draw or Newcastle = £7.67 @ 1/1 (£69.03)
28. Liverpool v Citeh: +2.5 goals = £7.67 @ 6/5 (£78.24)

RB Saves the day...

2011-04-09T21:07:00.000+01:00

Right, it's been a bit of a topsy turvey week. Up to £48.10, and then a change of system, followed by 5 straight losses, and then some cheeky work by Mr. B.

Firstly, the change of system. At a meeting on Wednesday it was proposed to change the 10% system to a 10 bets out of the pot. All this means is that instead of a reducing stake after a loss, we would essentially split the highest pot amount by 10 (so 10 bets of £4.81 based on the current pot). A win up to £55.00 for example would then mean 10 bets of £5.50 etc...

And then the bad run started.

21. Chelsea to beat Man Utd = £4.81 @ 11/10 (£43.29)
22. Luke Donald to win = £4.81 @ 5/4 (£38.48)
22. Ian Poulter to win = £4.81 @ 13/10 (£33.67)
22. Anderson/Lewis/Taylor Treble = £4.81 @ 2/1 (£28.86)
23. Donald/Casey/McIlroy Treble = £4.81 @ 4/1 (£24.05)

And then it gets messy...
RB decided to take a punt on Hudderfield to beat Warrington without consulting the group. This was at the risk that if it went wrong, he'd be footing the bill (and no-one would be any the wiser). Anyhow, it was double or die day after that.

24. Huddersfield to beat Warrington -2.0 = £4.81 @ 6/5 (win £5.78)
25. Wolves v Everton +2.5 goals = £5.78 @ 21/20 (win £11.85)
26. Sunlun/Spurs +2.5 goals double = £11.85 @ 3/1 (win £47.40)
26. Layed bet to cover above = £2.40 @ 5/1 (lose £2.40)

Anyhow, to cut a long blog post short, the £45.00 has been added to the pot which now sits at a pretty £69.05

Monday, Tuesday, Happy Days!

2011-04-05T21:52:00.000+01:00

Two bets, two wins! Say no more...

19. QPR v Sheff Utd: QPR -1.0 = £3.89 @ 1/1 (£42.75)
20. Real Madrid v Spurs: Over 11 corners = £4.28 @ 5/4 (£48.10)

Lets all laugh at Sunderland

2011-04-04T13:23:00.000+01:00

We took City v Sunderland, both teams to score. City did 5 times. Sunderland didn't. Bet lost.

18. Man City v Sunderland (both to score) = £4.32 @ evens (£38.86)

Rot Halted...

2011-04-02T16:23:00.000+01:00

A third loss on the trot was suffered, as Simon Whitlock, leading Terry Jenkins 2-0, couldn't stop the break of throw and at after 4 legs the game was tied :(

We've then had a turn of fortune - a good pick from Mr C in the Rugby League, followed by a Dr Dags/RB double which went against the flow of OptaJoe. Ha!

15. Simon Whitlock to beat Terry Jenkins after 4 legs = £3.74 @ 11/8 (£33.68)
16. Castleford to beat Hull FC = £3.37 @ 6/5 (£37.72)
17. Man Utd / Norwich double = £3.77 @ 5/6 x 1/3 (£43.17)*

Not being one to count chickens, but Norwich are 3-0 up (Holt hat-trick), and Scunny are down to 10-men.

Balls...

2011-03-30T18:50:00.000+01:00

Two losses on the trot now, as we just can't pick the right choice. We've chosen winners, for sure (i.e. N.Ireland v Slovenia -1.5 goals, or England v Ghana both to score), and some losers (Holland -3.5 v Hungary), but in the end, the money has gone on the losers (below).

Hoping we can get out of this 'rut' soon...

13. Slovenia to beat N. Ireland = £4.62 @ 11/8 (£41.58)
14. Pakistan to beat India = £4.16 @ 11/8 (£37.42)

Day 13 - Welcome Dr Dags!

2011-03-29T19:20:00.000+01:00

A monumental day for the 'RB/DC' Incremental, as it gains a few new letters... We are proud to announce the inclusion of AD (aka Dr_Dags).

Mr. D joins buys in to the current pot, at an agreed fee of £15.00 - taking our pot to £46.20. His NFL knowledge and tendency for rules will be a good addition to the team.

Which leads us on to tonights wager. We're hoping that N. Irelands poor form continues, and that Slovenia can cement themselves into second place in Euro 2012 group C.

13. Slovenia to beat N. Ireland = £4.62 @ 11/8

This one kicks off at 19:45, result will be posted later.

Day 12 - Vrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooooooom!

2011-03-28T20:42:00.000+01:00

Speedway is the appetiser for today, with Poole Pirates up against the newly promoted Birmingham Brummies. We've went for Poole to be winning at the end of heat 8, in what has been a very close contest...

At the end of heat 7 it's 21-21, so we need a minimum of a 4-2 to get a return.

We did - it was 23-25 at the end of heat 8 :)

12. Poole to beat Brummies by heat 8 = £2.86 @ 10/11 (£31.20)

Day 11 - Part 1

2011-03-26T08:22:00.001Z

Up early with crying bambino, I'm able to see a bit of the Penrith Panthers v Cronulla Sharks rugby via live streaming. Sharks are annihilating the Panthers, so it's too much to pass up on Sharks -26.0

Not being too familiar with rugby, I'm only conservatively putting on £1.76 @ 11/4

*update - Sharks win 44-12 (which by my mathematical skills is +32.0)

11. Sharks to beat Panthers -26.0 = £1.76 @ 11/4 (£28.60)

Day 10...

2011-03-26T08:06:00.000Z

An up, then eventually down day for The Incremental. :(

10. Warrington Wolves to beat Wigan = £2.40 @ evens (£26.40)
10. Indiana Pacers -6.5 = £2.64 @ 20/23 (£23.76)

Especially for you... (Dr Dags)

2011-03-21T20:11:00.001Z

An update for avid reader and tweep @drdags...

The old Incremental died a death, however Mr. C (aka @dj_corndawg), having just won £330 notes on the Premiership Killer, decided to keep this boyo alive.

Starting with a customary £20.00 we were off. Here's the chart so far...

1. Spurs v AC Milan +2.5 goals = £1.00 @ evens (£19.00)
1. Spurs -1,-0.5 = £1.00 @ 2.75 (£18.00)
* Bonus from B365 of £1.00 (£19.00)
2. Terry Jenkins = £1.00 @ 1/12 (£19.09)
2. Terry Jenkins = £3.00 @ 1/6 (£19.59)
2. Braga to beat Liverpool = £1.09 @ 1/20 (£19.65)
2. Power v Anderson +7.5 180's = £1.65 @ 8/11 (£20.85)
2. Power v Anderson +7.5 180's = £3.00 @ 13/8 (£25.73)
2. Barney = £1.99 @ 5/4 (£28.22)
3. Warrington -26.0 = £4.48 @ evens (£23.74)
4. Leeds = £2.00 @ 11/10 (£21.74)
4. Matt Kuchar = £3.74 @ 5/6 (£18.00)
5. Stoke v West Ham +2.5 = £3.00 @ 11/10 (£21.30)
6. Norwich (HT/FT) = £2.13 @ 6/4 (£24.50)
7. Chelsea + Real to win = £2.45 @ 5/6 (£22.05)
8. Spurs = £2.20 @ 5/4 (£19.85)
8. Stoke v Toon + 2.5 = £2.00 @ 5/4 (£22.35)
8. Ireland -10.0 = £2.35 @ 19/20 (£24.59)
8. Cleveland Caveliers -93.5 = £2.46 @ 5/6 (£26.64)
9. Sunlun v Liverpool +2.5 = £2.64 @ 6/5 (£24.00)

Another one bites the dust...

2011-02-25T06:49:00.000Z

I probably should have seen that this was a second leg, and that the first ended 0-0. Damn mobile betting.

Game ended 1-0, goal scored in last ten minutes. I think this works out like 13 bets lost in a row - is there light at the end of the tunnel? Dark days indeed.

Loss from bet #03: -£2.00
Balance: £14.00

Bet #03

2011-02-24T13:41:00.000Z

Today is a return to the +2.5 goals market, hoping Liverpool can do the biz at home with Sparta Prague.

£2.00 goes on this @ 2.32

"An uninspiring goalless draw"

2011-02-24T13:40:00.000Z

The headline from the beeb sums it up perfectly. Pah.

Loss from bet #02: -£2.00
Balance: £16.00

Bet #02

2011-02-23T20:02:00.001Z

Having seen Arsenal, Spurs, and Chelsea all come through victorious in their champs league first leg matches, Todays choice is in-play taking Manyoo to beat Marseille.£2.00 goes on this @ 2.6

Toilet Torres...

2011-02-22T21:38:00.000Z

Chelsea absolutely bosses the game, but Torres was pants. Anelka showed him how to do it, but he couldn't follow suit. Game ended 2-0, losing bet #01. Congrats to Mr. C with his away win prediction.

Loss from bet #01: -£2.00
Balance: £18.00

Back to the drawing board... Bet # 01

2011-02-22T19:28:00.000Z

Suffice to say, with a bad run, I got really pissed off and stupidly bet the remaining pot (only £6 or so) on a +2.5 goals match in the French La Liga or whatever.

Anyhow, it's only down the bookies dosh, as I'm back to the original stake - starting pot of £20.00

I was also (yet again) getting carried away with multiple bets, different markets, etc...

Back to the drawing board, I must remember my original 'rules'.
1. Backing games of over evens
2. Sticking to things I know about, or am going to watch
3. Sticking to 10% of my total pot - none of this "whacking it all on" malarky.
4. Staying at only 1 bet per time - none of this multi event betting at the same time.

With all that in mind, I have decided to back +2.5 goals in the FC Copenhagen v Chelsea encounter tonight, live on Sky Sports HD2.

£2.00 goes on this @ 2.44

Balance: +£18.00

Tis been but a bad week...

2011-02-19T09:59:00.000Z

Terrible, and unlucky in parts, bets have seen me plummet down in profit. It helps not that the D20 has also seen red for the first time.

Here's the rundown:
Fulham v Chelsea +2.5 - ended 0-0 - lost £2.09
Brum v Newcastle +2.5 - ended 0-2 - lost £2.00
Scunny v Forest HT/FT Forest/Forst - ended 1-0 - lost £2.00
A silly foreign +2.5 - ended 1-1 - lost £2.00
Darts Double on 180's - win one/lose one - lost £2.00

I've now got two bets for today to try and get back on track... A quad in the FA Cup (Chelsea, Brum, Man Utd, Stoke) @ 4.09, and +2.5 goals in the Inverness v St. Johnstone game @ 2.36

Fulham v Chelsea...

2011-02-14T16:37:00.001Z

It was 1-1 after 26 mins in the QPR v Forest game, but it stayed that way with 11 v 10 midway through the first half.

Loss: -£2.32

Todays wager is on +2.5 goals in the Prem League MNF fixture. £2.09 @ 2.1

QPR v Nottm Forest...

2011-02-13T10:22:00.000Z

Mobile update: £2.32 on +2.5 goals @ 2.4

Finishing on a High...

2011-02-12T23:24:00.000Z

After the Toon's failure to rack-up the points, there was no way I was going to end on a losing streak. And with the two below winners, puts me back on track.

Blackburn v Toon +2.5 = -£2.00 (0-0)
Sunlun v Spuds +2.5 = +£2.39 (1-2)
Santandar v Sevilla +2.5 = +£2.39 (3-2)

Total Pot: £23.24 (from now on the £20.00 starting pot is removed)
Next Bet: £2.32

I'll include Old Man's bets every 5 or so. He's currently on £18.00

Boooooo

2011-02-12T18:45:00.000Z

Despite a goliath effort against Blackburn, the goals never showed. And in Old Man's bet, the goals came, but stopped short of +2.5. Not a great day.

My next bet, trying to redeem slightly is +2.5 in the Mackem v Spuds game £2.00 @ 2.26. Currently this is 1-1, so looking likely to come off. Finally, I have +2.5 in the Santander v Sevilla encounter at 9am. This is also £2.00 @ 2.26

BRING IT ON!

Road Trip + Old Man Joins In

2011-02-12T09:42:00.000Z

Today sees a road trip to Derby to drop some kids of for a Skiing trip (obv. not skiing in Derby, they are going coach from there). As I'll be listening to the footie in the van, I've decided to go for +2.5 in the Blackburn v Newcastle game @ 2.1

My £20 'reserve/safety' pot (or whatever you want to call it is now the Old Man's fund - as he has bought in to a slice of the action. His 10% goes on Arsenal v Wolves and Liverpool v Wigan to both yeild +2.5 goals @ 2.91

Jeepers Jenkers!

2011-02-10T21:31:00.002Z

Mr. C had a side tip for followers to take Mr. Terry 'The Bull' Jenkins to get the most 180's in the first week of the 2011 Premier League darts.

At 14/1 this was out of my 'normal' remit, so with the 'Old Man' watching on Sky Sports HD1, I took Jenkins to get more than Barney in the match. £2.05 @ 2.18

Jenkers did it with ease, coming back from 6-4 down, to win the match 8-6, picking up five 180's to Barney's three.

Profit/loss: +£2.30
Total pot: £42.79
Next bets: £2.28

*Edit - I've got Phil 'The Power' Taylor to get +3.5 180's versus Adrian Lewis in the next match of the evening. £2.28 @ 2.2

**Edit Edit - 'The Power' needed Flu Power, as he only picked up two 180's, getting hammered by Lewis 8-2. He really was off his game tonight :(

Hitting the double!

2011-02-10T09:06:00.000Z

The game finished 2-2 (I was up checking it due to poopy baby). The £2.32 profit takes my grand total to £40.49 What this does, is double my starting pot - so now the game begins!

The £20 beginning pot is being put aside, and it's 10% of the bookies cash going to be played with now. The bets will still be evens or greater, but I'm guaranteed at least 10 bets before hitting the safety pot and starting again.

Next bet, once decided will be £2.05

Never knowing when to quit...

2011-02-10T01:26:00.000Z

Up to £37.89, I then stupidly backed some teams in the Argentina B Division or something. What a waste of time 0-0 being the final result.

Anyhow, as twitter followers will have seen, I backed the Denmark v England game to be +2.5 goals. After 9 mins it was 1-1, Bent bringing us back from a goal down. Young came off the bench to score the third and final goal of the game. £2.00 went on this at 2.2 - bringing home profit of £2.28

I've then decided to put another £2.00 on Venezuela v Costa Rica. Both teams have been scoring in their last few games, and after 24 mins this is 1-1. I got odds of 2.22, which if there is a goal in the second half, will take me above £40.00 for the first time... Fingers crossed!

Luck of the Irish...

2011-02-08T21:43:00.000Z

Well after the goal-fest on Saturday, you were pretty much guaranteed a slow, boring Sunday of Premier League action. Brum beating West Ham by only 1 goal. Down the pan went that showing.

So following DJ_Corndawg at The Daily 20 and with the big up from Dr. Dags, I also took the Green Bay Packers to beat the Pittsburg Steelers by over 3.5 points in the NFL's 45th Superbowl. Unlike Mr. C, I was able to get better odds, coming in at 2.26, so £2.00 went on this.

They did, winning 31-25 and bringing home to Daddy +£2.39

I wasn't going to put a bet on today, but the Rep. of Ireland v Wales was on Sky Sports, so I stuck a few bob on it being +2.5 goals @ 2.36. It was a boring first half, but they came good in the second, with goals from Gibson, Duff and Fahey (in what Sky called a 'Romping Victory') to the tune of +£2.58

Starting pot: £20.00
Profit: +£17.89
Total: £37.89

Summing up...

2011-02-06T12:42:00.000Z

Happy to have lost £2.00 to see Man Utd lose.

Anyhow, after an exciting goal-packed yesterday, I'm up 75% of my starting pot from Jan 1.

Starting pot: £20.00
Profit: +£14.92
Total: £34.92

Todays first wager is on West Ham v Brum to provide +2.5 goals, having already missed out on the Old Firm due to sleeping in... £2.00 goes on this @ 2.1

Goal-fest brings the bacon!

2011-02-05T18:36:00.000Z

If only I'd backed +2.5 goals in all todays' games, as it's turned into a CORKER! 41 goals already in the eight matches, and still another half in the Wolves v Man Utd game.

My +2.5 goals double came off returning +£6.39

Final bet is for Man Utd to come back and win this one. £2.00 goes on this at 3.6...

Get in there!

2011-02-05T14:48:00.001Z

Now, in my earlier post I said I was backing Sunderland - who have just lost 3-2. But I'm still happy. Why?

Easy - backed at 4.1 with £2.06, then laid seconds before Stokes first equaliser, and put on again at 4.3, and laid again after Gyans goal. I then decided that £9.45 profit for Sunlun to win would be nice, but wasn't convinced they'd hold out against Stokes set pieces, so hedged this bet to win over £5+ on any outcome.

Confirmed profit of +£5.47

My second bet of the day is +2.5 goals in the Toon v Arsenal and Wolves v Man Utd games... £2.53 @ 3.66

Tis been but a while...

2011-02-05T12:17:00.001Z

It has been a while since I've updated, but rest assured that gambling has been taking place.

I've lost track of the win/lose amounts, but here is whats been on...

Sunderland v Newcastle (+2.5 goals) = loss
Man City v Leicester (City to win both halves) = loss
Leeds v Arsenal (+3.5 goals) = win
Wolves v Liverpool (+2.5 goals) = win
Villa v Man City (next goal, City) = loss
Blackburn v West Brom (+2.5 goals) = loss
Arsenal v Ipswich (+3.5 goals) = loss
Birmingham v West Ham (+2.5 goals) = win
Arsenal, City, Rangers (to win treble) = loss
Sunderland v Chelsea (+2.5 goals) = win
Man Utd v Aston Villa + Arsenal v Everton (+2.5 goals double) = win
Birmingham v Man City (+2.5 goals) = win
Fulham v Newcastle (+2.5 goals) = loss

Anyhow, at the end of it all I've got £25.06 sitting in the account.

Todays bet is on Sunderland to win away at Stoke - £2.06 goes on this at 3/1

** PS. It's great to see Mr. C back online at The Daily 20 - long may you prosper fella!

Back to winning ways?

2011-01-14T17:32:00.000Z

Treble today, or rather for the weekend, in three separate bets. If this doesn't pay off, then it'll be back to one bet at a time.

I've taken +2.5 goals in the following games: Stoke v Bolton, Wigan v Fulham and Hull v Barnsley

Bets 11-13: -£6.00
Total profit/(loss): ?

Change of Direction

2011-01-14T17:28:00.002Z

Well, that was disappointing. I adopted a change of tactic, and it did not pay off.

Firstly, I thought that Sunderland and Newcastle would ease through in the FA Cup third round. How wrong was I on this double, with Sunderland losing 2-1 at Stadium of Shite: -£2.55

So off I went to my mates to watch the Toon game - cleverly putting a punt on half-time/full-time to be in Newcastle's favour. Nope: -£2.00

And finally, I tried a +2.5 goals double on Blackpool v Liverpool and Ipswich v Arsenal. That would be the same manager-less Ipswich who got thrashed 7-0 by Chelski. Blackpool did the biz, but Arsenal lost 1-0: -£2.00

Bet's 8-10: -£6.55
Total profit/(loss): +£6.00

Best Win Yet!

2011-01-05T21:51:00.001Z

Literally, as Leon best scores a hat-trick as the mighty Toon cruise to a 5-0 win, 3-0 up by half time, easily winning me a few bob on my +2.5 goals bet.

Total profit/(loss): +£12.55

5 out of 6 ain't bad!

2011-01-04T21:41:00.001Z

Another win, as Fulham are currently beating West Brom 3-0, after a tip from Mr. F, regarding goals per game. To be honest all three matches tonight were tempting, but this had the best odds.

Profit from bet 6: +£2.56
Total profit/(loss): +£9.74

Edit: As it happens of all tonight's football, in the main English Leagues and Scottish Cup had +2.5 goals... now that would have been good odds!

Onwards and upwards...

2011-01-03T20:38:00.003Z

Working on a Bank Hol always sucks, so to make things a little more bearable I stuck a few bob on the Championship game between the ex-premier league duo Pompey v Hull on +2.5 goals. And what a corker, as Hull took a 3-2 win. This took me to £24.05 pot.

I've now got the missus to pick who'd have the most 180's in the Arrows final between Lewis and Anderson. She backed 'England', and Lewis did not disappoint with a 9-darter early on. I only put on £2.05, and when Lewis took a big enough lead, hedged it to guarantee either £3.18 or 'no loss'...

Profit from bet 4 & 5 : +£5.18
Total profit/)loss): +£7.18

Only 1-0???

2011-01-02T21:57:00.007Z

Todays bet (not that there is going to be a daily bet this time round mind you!) was on the Wigan v Toon game to have more than 2.5 goals. £2.00 went on this at 2.38

Shola Am-a-donkey, should have scored within the first 2 minutes, heading the easiest of chances wide. Donk then scored in the 19th minute as a Barton shot was saved by the Lactics 'keeper, prodded against the post by Lovenkrands, and then poked in.

The game should then have been about 3-1 by half time, and probably 6-1 by full time, as the crossbar denied Col and Taylor, and Best did his best not to score.

Anyhow, I'd happily lose £2.00 every week if the toon get 3 points.

Loss from bet 3: -£2.00
Total profit/(loss): +£2.00

The beginning of the end?

2011-01-02T12:31:00.000Z

Yesterday saw 2011 start in spectacular fashion, with a fantastic firework display on the telly, and seeing in the new year with friends and loved ones.

It also heralded the day the missus said "yeah ok" to me starting betting again... from a £20.00 starting pot.

The first £2.00 went on +2.5 goals in the Sunderland v Blackburn game - bing! Return of £2.01, the second bet was on the Brum v Arsenal, of which I put on the £2.01 win from the first bet - bing again! Return of £1.99

Profit from bets 1 and 2: +£4.00

Total Profit/(Loss): +£4.00

Wednesday Wonga

2010-08-11T22:23:00.000+01:00

Good results for the Incremental tonight as I've been playing the 'Lay the draw' game.

England v Hungary was 0-0 at half time so at about 55 minutes I layed the draw, backing it once goals went in.

Profit +£7.60

I then couldn't see any goals coming in extra time of the Torquay v Reading game, so opted for under 1.5 goals. There was one, in the 120+0.25 minute! My £8 profit (less commission, whoops) from the England game went on this.

Profit: +£4.41

Current Pot: +£34.36

Rot Stopped?

2010-08-09T22:25:00.000+01:00

I'm not going to bore anyone with the details of my 5 loss run (cos it's embarrassing to say the least), but hopefully it's stopped - with Pompey winning away at Stevenage in todays wager.

Time to put the 'clever hat' on and re-build the empire...

Current Pot: +£22.35

Got to be increasing...

2010-08-02T20:39:00.001+01:00

Some more randoms over the weekend. I just missed out on whacking some on +2.5 goals in the Toon v PSV game (it wasn't in-play). Anyhow, at 8 minutes in the markets were all suspended so alas, no bet could be placed. It ended 2-2.

I then decided to put on the AC Milan v Lyon game +2.5 goals. It wasn't - ending all square 1-1.

Completely randomly I then put on the Russian Heavyweight Tomsk v Siber - which won me my lost dosh coming in at 3-2.

Current Pot: +£33.97

*I now also have some laid bets on St. Johnston v Bolton. At 0 risk, I stand to earn £2.10 if it's less than 1.5 goals, and 20p, if it's over 2.5

** Typical - 2-0 to the away team. Incremental profit: 0.00

29.07 - Fourfold comes home!

2010-07-30T09:17:00.000+01:00

It was very pleasing to see my four-fold accumulator come off last night. The Syndicate had some fortune in the early Europa League fixtures last year, and again it's worked out alright.

Some of the games were close, but a 3-1 home win for Dynamo, and then 3-2, 2-0 and 1-0 away wins for Stuttgart, Juve and Sporting brought home the bacon.

Current Pot: +£33.94

Think I'm going to have a few days off before betting again, as I can feel my 'luck' is due a sharp downwards turn...

28.07 - Celtic

2010-07-29T11:27:00.000+01:00

No, don't be silly - I didn;t bet on Celtic to win away at Sporting Braga - I might be mental, but I'm not silly! My money was on +2.5 goals, and sure enough it was: 3-0 to Braga on the night. I got this one at 2.46 bringing home £2.94 profit.

Current Balance: +£24.09

Todays crazy bet is a footy multiple - backing Dynamo Bucharest to win at home, and Sporting Lisbon, Juve and Stuttgart all to win away in the Europa League qualifiers.

£2.40 goes on this @ 5.32...

27.07 - Essex

2010-07-27T14:17:00.000+01:00

Todays tip is to put some wonga on Essex to beat Lancashire in the Friends Provident T20 Quarter Final.

£2.18 goes on @ 1.82

Another up and down week...

2010-07-26T22:21:00.000+01:00

As the title suggests it's been a bit of a topsy turvey time since Fridays nice win took me up to +£2.26

The coin toss let me down, with Barney hammering James Wade (a good win for the D20 might I add). I've then had some losses and wins, the last one being Nottinghamshire to beat Sussex when the odds were good. They scored low, odds lengthened, bet placed, and did enough to overcome Sussex. :)

Current pot: +£21.80

Tossing a coin

2010-07-24T18:34:00.000+01:00

I have no idea what to put on today. Having watched Taylor annihilate Kevin Painter yesterday I think he's going to win the World Matchplay, so will steer clear of his semi-final v Simon Whitlock.

With my attention now turned to Wade v Barney, and the odds of the two so close, I'm tossing a coin... Heads for Wade, Tails for Barney. Here goes...

...Heads it is. £2.23 goes on Wade @ 2.06

I'm off out for a free pint now (betting against mates is fun too!) so don't really care on the outcome of this one :) Happy Drinking Everyone!

Victorious!

2010-07-23T16:36:00.000+01:00

What a good day today. The D20 tip of Molinari to win in a 3-way on the golf was a corker. Two shots down at one point, he came back to finish on 1 under, while his competitors Fasth (+3) and Fowler (+4) were miles behind.

Current Balance: +£22.26

On a separate note, Mr. B also won the 4th series of tennis against Mr. C in a thrilling 4th set (7-5). This ties the number of championships won to 2-2.

Powering on...

2010-07-22T23:54:00.000+01:00

Another good night for The Incremental, but more importantly it's nice to see the D20 stop the rot with a nice 5/4 win!

Tonights bet was on Phil Taylor to beat Steve Beaton with a handicap of -7.5

Did it come off? You bet it did, as The Power creamed his opponent 13-4 - one legs more than required. £2.00 at odds of 1.86 returned a nice £1.63

Slowly but surely, this pot is creeping up...

Current Balance: +£19.37

Up again

2010-07-22T06:35:00.000+01:00

Wednesday saw a 92p rise, with bets on the Vandervoort v Wade encounter. I hate not having Sky for the sports, so was playing blind - this helped me make the decision to hedge (thus only low profits).

The odds weren't great to start with, so even without laying there would only have been maybe £2-2.50 profit. Anyhow, bets were under 10.5 180's and Vandervoort +4.5 legs.

Current pot: +£17.74

Every Little Helps

2010-07-20T22:00:00.005+01:00

Mr. C, back in business over at the Daily 20, has today gone for Phil 'The Power' Taylor to beat Barrie Bates by more than 6.5 legs - getting good odds of 8/11.

I decided to go for leg betting, and stuck £2.00 on The Power to win leg 1. I should have only got 1.23, but amazingly got 1.61. Anyhow, he did it, and boosts my pot up a little to £16.82

I've also then went and stuck £2.00 on local hero, Paul Nicholson to beat Steve Beaton -2.5 legs... Probably going to be a silly bet, but what the hey...

Current Balance: £14.82
In Play: £2.00 @ 2.10

* I actually laid the Nicholson bet, which meant 0 risk. Just as well as he got hammered 10-3!

Current Balance: £16.82

Surviving... Just!

2010-07-19T09:57:00.000+01:00

It's been a mixed bag over the last week or so.

Lost on Germany v Spain (+2.5 goals), won on Germany to beat Uruguay, lost on Holland v Spain (+2.5 goals), won on Goosen (day 2 v Mickelson & Monty), lost on McIlroy (day 2, 71 or under), and won on Carlisle v Toon (+2.5 goals).

Altogether, that leaves me nursing £15.66 in the Incremental coffers. Who knows what this week holds...

Orange Army

2010-07-06T22:15:00.000+01:00

Correction from last post: Betfair took 20p even though I didn't lose (but didn't win either). +£13.80 balance.

Tonight's wager was on Uruguay v Holland to have more than 2.5 goals - and boy did it! Unfortunately I only had £2.00 on it at 2.56, which returned £2.96.

Total Pot: +£16.76

Coin Toss Again!

2010-06-29T17:35:00.002+01:00

After Muzzas 8-13 defeat against big serving Sam Querrey, i've opted for some in-play coin toss today picking Paraguay to pip Japan in the penalty shoot out.

Woohoo! Paraguay take it home 5-3.

So onto the next one, and this time I'm putting on £3.73 @ 2.5 on there being +2.5 goals in the Spain v Portugal encounter later today. As tempting as it was to put on David Villa to score at 2.42, I've opted for the goals. Spain haven't yet set the World Cup alight, and except for Portugal's 7 goal thrashing of North Korea,a they've played out two dour 0-0's.

This leaves me with £14.00 in the account... hopefully will be up over £20 when I get in tonight.

Back again!

2010-06-28T14:26:00.000+01:00

Those silly chaps at Betfair sent me an e-mail on Friday letting me have a £5 no-lose bet, offering to refund me if it didn't win. After almost 2 months off the gambling, I thought "why not" so logged in to put in a tenner. If I didn't win, I'd be swiftly taking the dosh back out, no harm done.

Much to my surprise however, Betfair had given me $10 in May - for what, I have no idea. This left £6.82 in my account.

I put my fiver no-risk bet on +2.5 goals in the Germany v England encounter, and returned about £8.something, taking me up to £14.99 - cashing in a tenner straight away!

The remaining £4.99 went on the Argies v Mexico for +3.5 goals, again coming off leaving me with a healthy £18.97

And so once again The Incremental resumes!

Todays sillieness is on the Mens event at Wimbledon, where Britains No. 1 Andy Muzza takes on Incremental fave, Sam Querrey. The odds on the match is rubbish, however I'm taking Muzza to edge ahead on the Aces count.

£2.00 goes on this @ 1.91

Walking Away... for the time being!

2010-05-09T18:24:00.000+01:00

The football season has come to a close, and with that, so has the incremental. I had a bit of a bad week, losing 3 on the trot, and with one match in-play, and not looking good, I cashed in.

Banked : £51.99

Incidentally, the last match actually came off (4 goals in the last 25 minutes) bringing me £8.74 left in the account.

That was all whacked on +2.5 goals in the Blackpool v Forest playoff, bringing back £20.04

Rather than cashing that in, I went full hog on the Sunlun game. I toyed with the idea of putting on Bent to score at 2.28, but settled on a mackem win @ 3.4

Unfortunately, it didn't come off, but at least I can laugh at the mackems!

No doubt I will re-start this again, but for now, I'm happy to take home the bacon.

Thanks for reading! Ralph out.

I got 99 pennies, but a loss ain't one...

2010-04-30T19:23:00.003+01:00

Well , it was a varied month in the end, where at one point I was up to just over £70, and then went on a shit losing streak taking me down to just under £40! Thankfully a strong last couple of days helped keep me in the profit making area - albeit really small!

Total Bets: 21
Wins: 11
Losses: 10
Break-evens: 0
Highlights: The last three bets - NCL to clinch the title by winning at half time/full time, Darren Bent to score (and doing so in 7 mins), and Liverpool v Atletico to be less than 2.5 goals.

End of April: £61.99 (profit +£0.99)

Not sure what's going to happen for May, with the footy season coming to a close...

Last few months...

2010-03-31T22:13:00.001+01:00

As you may have guess from the lack of posts, I got bored with updating the blog in January after a few bad results. Anyhow, I pretty much ended January even money.

The Incremental (tm) made a come back starting in Feb.

I'm not going to go into exact details, as there is a lot of in-play betting, backing, laying, backing some more, and so forth. This is much better for me, as while I can't always get to the computer (due to cadets for example), if I can avoid losing anything to bring back a little profit, then better for me!

End of January: £20.00 (starting pot)

End of February: £43.56 (profit +£23.56)

Total Bets: 24
Wins: 15
Losses: 6
Break-evens: 3
Highlights: Paul Nicholson beating Merv King (then going on to beat Phil Taylor - not backed), Birmingham beating Wolves, and Toon beating Coventry (starting 1.5 goals down on the asian handicap).

End of March: £61.00 (profit +£17.44)

Total Bets: 30
Wins: 19
Losses: 9
Break-evens: 2
Highlights: Stoke v Spurs +2.5 goals, Coventry v Cardiff +2.5 goals, and Bayarn Munich scoring late on to beat Manyoo, and score the 3rd goal in my +2.5 wager.

Let's hope April is just as successful!

Bet # 20-22

2010-01-16T18:39:00.000Z

Been a busy boy today, ripping out and partially fitting a new bathroom. Due to this, I haven't had much time to bet.

I lost £5.00 on the Hamilton v Rangers game. It was 3-3 last week, yet today was just shite! Rangers took the lead in the 77th minute, but it was too late for me to recuperate anything, having backed at 3.0

I then tried my luck in one of the Prem games that The Syndicate never backed. Wolves v Wigan. The late first goal meant that I was never going to make a fortune so I hedged to cover any losses and broke even as the game ended 2-0

Finally (for this post) I took +2.5 in the Everton v Man City game, staking my entire £14.45 pot on +2.5 goals @ 2.08, laying at 1.32 when Saha slotted in the second. I stand to break even, or make £10.68 if another goal is scored.

* Additional - I've put £5.00 on +2.5 in Egypt v Mozambique @ 2.40, and will lay as soon as the fist goal goes in. I'm also tempted to take Real Madrid away at Athletico Bilbao, but will await better odds than 1.83. £5.00 will go on that @ 2.00 or greater.

Bet # 17 - 19

2010-01-15T23:30:00.000Z

Updating from yesterday, I had a bit of a poor day. Without going into details...

Won £0.12 on Udinese v Lumezanne
Lost £10.00 on Blackburn v Fulham
Won £6.83 on Ivory Coast v Ghana

Bets 17-19 : -£3.05
Total Pot : £19.45

7 minutes... 7 pounds...

2010-01-14T15:17:00.000Z

It took only 7 minutes for Chievo to get on the scoresheet, and immediately the odds of laying +2.5 dropped to 1.5

Backing the lay has made me the following:

-2.5 goals = £6.77
+2.5 goals = £7.62

Bet # 16

2010-01-14T08:21:00.001Z

This one is on the Italians Fiorentina v Chievo, again taking +2.5. I'm desperate to get back in the black, so this is an all or nothing encounter...

£14.87 @ 2.28

Bet # 15

2010-01-14T08:18:00.000Z

Post-event updates here, as I was quite busy yesterday...

Basically, I won £2.39 on the Cameroon v Gabon 1-1 draw - same system, back +2.5, lay under.

Bet # 15 : +£2.39
Total Pot : £14.87

Results

2010-01-13T11:43:00.000Z

Last night was a poor night in the FA Cup, with lack of goals in the games I selected.

Bet # 12-14 : -£6.29
Total Pot : £12.48

Bet # 12 - 14

2010-01-12T19:07:00.000Z

Bet # 11 was won within 15 minutes, hedging to £1.10 if under, and £1.12 over the 2.5 goals. Almost instantly, another goal goes in.

Bet # 11 : +£1.06
Total P&L : £18.77

Bet # 12 - 13 is £2.00 on +2.5 goals in the Bristol v Cardiff (@ 2.4) and the Coventry v Pompey (@ 2.3) FA Cup ties. Bet 14 is a bigger gamble, £4.81 on +2.5 goals in the Birmingham v Nottm Forest (@ 2.54) encounter.

I'll be keeping tabs on these in-play so expect hedging as and when...

Bet # 11

2010-01-12T17:24:00.000Z

Sticking with the African Cup of Nation theme, I'm going for +2.5 goals for the relatively unknown Mozambique vs the relatively unknown Benin.

£2.00 goes on this at odds of 2.66 - match kicking off at 18:30

Update

2010-01-12T17:21:00.000Z

Ok, had one final bet for Monday, and it was on the nil-score bore of Ivory Coast v Burkina Faso.

Bet # 9 : -£2.00
Total Pot : £16.29

Bet # 10 was more successful, hedged so that I made profit either way on Egypt v Nigeria on the +2.5 goals market. 56 minutes and it's 2-1 to egypt, and £1.42 to Ralph. :)

Bet # 10 : +£1.42
Total Pot : £17.71

One small win for Ralph... One giant leap for Incremental...

2010-01-11T15:29:00.000Z

It's goals galore in the African Cup of Nations - Malawi currently 3-0 up against Algeria.

I don't know why I hedge... (yes I do - cos the minute I don't it'll be a low scoring game!)

Bet # 8 : +£0.46
Total Pot : £18.30

Bet # 8 - It's another +2.5er

2010-01-11T07:06:00.004Z

The 2008 African Cup of Nations produced 99 goals, and already the 2010 tournament is looking promising for many more. That's an approximate of about 3.09 per game!

In last nights opener, Angola were 4-0 up against Mali with 11 minutes to go, and the match ended 4-4. For this reason, I can see a lot of wins for the +2.5 goals market.

Today I've picked for +2.5 in the Malawi v Algeria game which kicks off at 13:45. With odds of 2.48, this looks like good return for my £2.00 stake.

* In-play at 17 minutes (Malawi having just taken the lead) played and the hedge looks like this
-2.5 goals = +£1.16
+2.5 goals = +£0.48

Balance after bet # 7

2010-01-10T22:04:00.000Z

Well a win is a win, and if I get a bigger pot then more money will go on these thus bigger profits.

Currently though, Barca's game ended 5-0 and Juve got beat off Milan 3-0 - I won £0.23 and £0.11 respectively.

Bet # 6 : +£0.11
Bet # 7 : +£0.23
Total Pot : £17.84

Final Try x2

2010-01-10T20:27:00.001Z

Seeing as I'm losing nothing on Juve v AC, I've stuck £2.00 on the Tenerife v Barca game @ 2.12 for +2.5 goals. It's 23 minutes gone and nothing yet...

* Barca take the lead... and I whack on my counter bet

-2.5 goals = +£0.80
+2.5 goals = +£0.24

I can get used to this...

Final Try?

2010-01-10T20:01:00.001Z

The Real Madrid game ended up 2-0, and when the goals came, they never made the under 3.5 odds favourable enough.

Bet # 5 : -£2.00
Total Pot : £17.49

I've gone for +2.5 again in the Juventus v AC Milan game, and might go for Barca if the odds on +2.5 go above 2.00

* AC Milan take a 1-0 lead, and I've offset backing -2.5 goals.

-2.5 goals = +£0.32
+2.5 goals = +£0.12

Bet # 5 - Third time lucky

2010-01-10T17:57:00.000Z

Going for it again, this time with Real Madrid at home to Mallorca.

£2.00 on +3.5 goals @ 2.30

Bet # 4 - Let's try it again

2010-01-10T17:09:00.002Z

£2.00 on +2.5 goals in the Greek Super League between AEK and Atromitos @ 2.02

* Bing - 1-0 to Atromitos after 10 minutes, so I've laid the 2.5 goals @ 3.55

-2.5 goals = £3.10 profit
+2.5 goals = £0.04 profit

Score at half time... 2-1.

Bet # 4 : +£0.04
Total Pot : £19.49

At least no loss...

2010-01-10T16:54:00.000Z

Final score 1-1 meaning no profit for me, but more positively, no loss :)

Bet # 3 : +/-£0.00
Total Pot : £19.45

Can't lose!

2010-01-10T15:21:00.003Z

I've hedged in the Leicester v Ipswich game, by putting another bet on (£2.00 on less than 2.5 goals @ 3.00) I cannot lose in either outcome.

With the current score 1-0 to Ipswich, if more than 2.5 goals are scored in the game, I get £0.16, less than 2.5 I get £2.00.

Yes, this is only pennies, but I'm going to have to get used to in-play hedging as I want to keep on taking the "no-lose" stance to build up the pot :)

* Half-time edit - The score is now 1-1 at half time so I'm going to again hedge, and put on +2.5 goals again. This way, under 2.5 goals, I break even (lose nothing) and if it is more, which I think it will be, I will win (depending on odds at time of bet).

** took it @ 1.32, so it's win nothing or £0.80 = zero risk... I like it!

Bet # 3

2010-01-10T13:27:00.002Z

Today sees Leicester take on Ipswich. I've gone for £2.00 on +2.5 goals in the game @ 2.08

Kick off is at 15:00

One step forward, two steps back...

2010-01-09T19:34:00.000Z

Brum v Manyoo ended as a 1-all draw, meaning, obviously, less than 2.5 goals.

Bet # 2 : -£2.16
Total Pot : £19.45

Bet # 2

2010-01-09T16:57:00.000Z

Birmingham play Manyoo in 35 minutes time, and as I've already had a win on +2.5 goals at the Emirates, I'm going to throw it away taking the same for this game.

£2.16 goes on +2.5 goals @ 2.20

Off to a winning start...

2010-01-09T16:46:00.002Z

81 minutes in to the Arsenal v Everton game at the Emirates, and Steven Pienaar has just scored the third goal of the game, giving Everton a 2-1 lead.

Not bothered about the rest of the game, my bet has won :)

Over at the daily tenner however, and it's looking like another loss... Oh dear.

Bet # 1 Profit : £1.61
Total Pot : £21.61

The Incremental Is Back... Too!

2010-01-09T13:24:00.001Z

I've decided (been allowed) to re-start the incremental.

Starting up again with £20, the only differences this time round is that minimum bet is £2.00 (so at worst case I have 10 bets and am bust) and that I'm not sticking to 1 bet every day. There may be more, there may be less, but only one at a time.

So first bet is £2.00 on Arsenal v Everton to have +2.5 goals in the game (providing it goes ahead at 3pm) @ 1.85

Incremental takes a break

2009-11-24T23:22:00.001Z

Regardless of the outcome of tomorrows matches, I've decided that I'm closing the incremental down for a while.

This has nowt to do with recent losses, but is more I'm finding it difficult to juggle the funds between 3 different systems, and something has to give.

I'll be back in the new year.

Thanks for reading!

Swineflu around the Hudders?

2009-11-24T22:14:00.000Z

Bet # 65 : -£2.36
Total P&L : +£21.23

On a positive note, both other bets I put on tonight won! Not part of the incremental though :(

Bet # 66 is where I will most likely be falling under the £20 mark, as I'm putting on both English teams to succeed in Europe tomorrow.

Odds of 2.5 for that is where my £2.12 goes...

Stupid Tennis

2009-11-24T17:07:00.000Z

Bet # 64 : -£2.62
Total P&L : +£23.59

Bet # 65 goes on Huddersfield to win away at Swindon.

£2.36 @ 7/5

Pompey Blew It

2009-11-23T07:13:00.000Z

This match would have been so different, had Pompey scored their first half penalty. But they didn't, and despite being the better team, were beat by a 74th minute goal.

Bet # 63 : -£2.91
Total P&L : +£26.21

Bet # 64 goes on Nadael (8/13) and Djokovic (2/5) to win their respective matches today.

£2.62 @ 1.26/1

Bet # 63

2009-11-22T12:26:00.000Z

Stoke play at home today v Pompey. Pompey beat Stoke 4-0 in the league cup, and will be looking for a repeat performance as they attempt to get off the foot of the table.

£2.91 @ 12/5 on a Pompey win.

Le Stoopid French

2009-11-21T20:13:00.000Z

Bordeaux got beat! and Lyon drew against bottom of league Grenoble.

Bet # 61 : -£3.24
Total P&L : +£29.12

Bet # 62

2009-11-21T17:42:00.000Z

Top of the league Bordeaux take on eighth placed Valenciennes tonight @ 4/9, while second placed Lyon take on bottom side Grenoble away @ 1/2

Both matches kick off at 18:00

£3.24 @ 1.16/1

What a good day!

2009-11-21T17:07:00.000Z

Lee Bowyer scored the only goal of the game to make Bet # 61 a winner. Scoring on 16 minutes, Fulham just couldn't reply.

In separate betting, our little syndicate of Me, Mr H, and Mr P came good in the 90+4 minute as our £3 on an accumulator of Chelski (4-0), Leeds (3-0) and Leicester (1-0) came off at just under respectable 3/1

And final, win of the day has to go for a honorable mention to my old man - he was mocked in the club last night, but went and did it anyway, getting odds from the bookies of 60/1...

£5 on Darren Bent to score and Sunderland to win 1-0!

Well done Dad! I'll be coming to the club tonight for a few pints on you!

Bet # 61 : +£4.22
Total P&L : +£32.36

Bet # 61

2009-11-20T22:58:00.000Z

Scott Waites threw the best 3 games of his life to come from 9-7 down, to beat Gary Anderson 10-9 in the final second round match of the night. Earlier, Simon Whitlock won 10-1 to make this bet 50% of the way there.

I also stuck a cheeky 41p (don't ask why) on Darin Young at 16/1 on who very nearly pulled it back to win against Robert Thornton, but alas didn't.

Bet # 60 : -£3.17
Bet # 60b : -£0.41
Total P&L : +£28.14

Bet # 61 will be on the footy tomorrow. Birmingham to beat Fulham = £2.81 @ 6/4

Harrington Makes Headway!

2009-11-20T12:57:00.000Z

Paddy wonderful, as Mr. C's second waxer tip comes off in style. This brings me well above £30 now, and it's back to 10% bets.

Bet # 60 : +£5.21
Total P&L : +£31.72

Bet # 61 is on the darts. Whitlock (1/2) and Anderson (1/4) to win their matches. Hats off to Mr. C who should really get back into the betting game...

£3.17 @ 0.87/1