What's the biggest bet you ever put on?

joebhoy1916

Mine was €20,000 Aussie's to beat England In cricket @ 1/2.

Chucky the tree

€250

West ham to beat boro in the FA cup semi-final last year, nervous as **** until harwood got the goal in the 79th minute or so, was even more nervous for the next 13 minutes.

Dun laoire

joebhoy1916 wrote:

Mine was €20,000 Aussie's to beat England In cricket @ 1/2.

Jaysus thats some punt. You must've been gikkin the pants watchin it:D

You must be minted ya little runt;) Was it on line or did you walk into the bookies with a briefcase full of 50s:D ?

joebhoy1916

Went into the bookie's full of note's.

I put on the bet about six month's ago got 1/2 thought it was great odds. Ended 5-0 wonder what odd's I would have got for that.

I'm thinking about saving every penny I have and stick it on Celtic to win the league next year I reckon should be able to get at least 1/2. Reckon I should be well able to gather 30,000 or that. If I do I'll post it up here.

I should have a good time In Milan

fade2black

This is all a bit surreal.

Dun laoire

fade2black wrote:

This is all a bit surreal.

Sure is.

I put 80 on a dog in laddys on the way home from work and was white as a ghost when the thing came nowhere. May as well've stayed in the trap. Little bollix.

A little bit of advice for those who back dogs.

If the dog takes a sh1t when it's making it's way to the traps id doesnt mean it's gonna win:D . Jaysus i taught it was a model when i seen it taking a dump. I mean what would the average grey hounds gick weigh?? Must be the bones of 3 ounces.

MisterAnarchy

joebhoy1916 wrote:

Ended 5-0 wonder what odd's I would have got for that.

12-1 .
I had €50 on at those odds just before the series started.
Time to collect now.

joebhoy1916

Dun laoire wrote:

Sure is.

I put 80 on a dog in laddys on the way home from work and was white as a ghost when the thing came nowhere. May as well've stayed in the trap. Little bollix.

A little bit of advice for those who back dogs.

If the dog takes a sh1t when it's making it's way to the traps id doesnt mean it's gonna win:D . Jaysus i taught it was a model when i seen it taking a dump. I mean what would the average grey hounds gick weigh?? Must be the bones of 3 ounces.

LMFBO

I dont back dog's unless I hear they have been given Viagra

MisterAnarchy wrote:

12-1 .
I had €50 on at those odds just before the series started.
Time to collect now.

Did you do It In running? Jesus I thought It would be way larger than that not even to sure If It was ever done before 5-0, there Is alway's a draw or something.

MisterAnarchy

joebhoy1916 wrote:

LMFBO

Did you do It In running? Jesus I thought It would be way larger than that not even to sure If It was ever done before 5-0, there Is alway's a draw or something.

Nope about 1 week before the first test.
I knew England were crap and would lose the series and I reckoned 5-0 was worth an outside bet .

joebhoy1916

Good to know someone else won something on the match.

Bateman

Bit of ego stroking going on here. I am not interested in the cash value of other people's betting, I wouldn't expect them to be interested in mine. :rolleyes:

scojones

Good to know the 5k you lost on birmingham doesn't matter.

joebhoy1916

Cant win them all.

county

700 notes on chelsea to win at 4-7 i think





*and they lost*

StephenInsane

Jaysus that's some punt JoeBhoy!
Mind if i ask where you got 20k in cash? (even if you had it in savings, i assume you couldn't just walk into a bank and ask them to fill your briefcase). And what kind of process you had to go through to place the bet. I assume you didn't just write it on a slip and wait in line.

Topcat101

Good way to get barred form bookie's walking in with that amount of cash. First thing i'd think if I was a bookie would be money laundering.....

scojones

I was at the Galway races back in August. I went up on Galway Plate day, and a fella infront of me threw 90 grand on Ansar to win. There was me doing 50 euro each way on Dix Villez at 16/1 thinking I look like a fool after the guy in front bet that much. Ansar finished second and he lost his bet, Dix Villez came in third and I got my each way value. I couldn't help but think how that guy must be feeling, but if he had 90 grand to throw on a horse he is probably loaded anyway. (I hope).

joebhoy1916

Topcat101 wrote:

Good way to get barred form bookie's walking in with that amount of cash. First thing i'd think if I was a bookie would be money laundering.....

How would It be If Im getting paid cash? Sure how else would I put It on. I dont ask them for proof that I won the money.

sjones wrote:

but if he had 90 grand to throw on a horse he is probably loaded anyway. (I hope).

Now that's a big bet.

Topcat101

They paided you out 30k in cash ?

joebhoy1916

Topcat101 wrote:

They paided you out 30k in cash ?

Yeah. Went down they were giving me check but I asked for cash the woman said It was to late to go over to the bank that to come back tomorrow after half 10 In the morning and they would have It.

joker77

Friend of my brother's, before the World Cup, got odds of 8/1 on Italy.

Put 25,000 Euro on it...

Apparently he was unbearable to be around for the last 2 weeks of it, couldn't even leave the house!

joebhoy1916

I wouldn't of done that bet.

If I had a house I would of put It on Aussie's to England I was tht sure. World cup Is alot harder I thought Brazil would of won but never did It.

There was some guy I think 40,000 on Italy too at 12/1 I think.

StephenInsane

sjones wrote:

I was at the Galway races back in August. I went up on Galway Plate day, and a fella infront of me threw 90 grand on Ansar to win. There was me doing 50 euro each way on Dix Villez at 16/1 thinking I look like a fool after the guy in front bet that much. Ansar finished second and he lost his bet, Dix Villez came in third and I got my each way value. I couldn't help but think how that guy must be feeling, but if he had 90 grand to throw on a horse he is probably loaded anyway. (I hope).

I heard a story about Jimmy White making a simular sized bet. When he went to collect, the bookie had packed up and left!

Yoursomelanger

Dun laoire wrote:

Sure is.

I put 80 on a dog in laddys on the way home from work and was white as a ghost when the thing came nowhere. May as well've stayed in the trap. Little bollix.

A little bit of advice for those who back dogs.

If the dog takes a sh1t when it's making it's way to the traps id doesnt mean it's gonna win:D . Jaysus i taught it was a model when i seen it taking a dump. I mean what would the average grey hounds gick weigh?? Must be the bones of 3 ounces.

Brilliant Dun Laoire - needed that laugh on a Monday....

tend to keep away from the dogs myself - must be hard on some of them hounds with all those bit*hes running around the track and him trying to have a discreet crap before his big race !!!!

I remember the time I pulled Greece out of the draw for the 2004 European Champs in work and tried to pawn it off on some clueless workmates. Luckily I had no takers and pocketed a whopping 160 quid from my tenner investment.....

Tubbertown1982

joker77 wrote:

Friend of my brother's, before the World Cup, got odds of 8/1 on Italy.

Put 25,000 Euro on it...

Apparently he was unbearable to be around for the last 2 weeks of it, couldn't even leave the house!

Ide say he had a sever dose of the "Squeeky Bum" dureing the Penalties!!!!!!

Chucky the tree

Tubbertown1982 wrote:

Ide say he had a sever dose of the "Squeeky Bum" dureing the Penalties!!!!!!

If he had any sense he would of laid it off well before that.

joebhoy1916

Chucky the tree wrote:

If he had any sense he would of laid it off well before that.

Might not of done It with Betfair or online.

Chucky the tree

Still could of put a big chunk on france to win it before the final. tough decision.

If he didnt it with paddypower i'd say he was delighted it went to penos actually.

Bateman

Chucky the tree wrote:

If he had any sense he would of laid it off well before that.

I know plenty of people who refuse to do that, can't get my head around it myself. Then again, if you trade out, it's not really gambling is it?

eirebhoy

I had €100 in Italy well before the WC started. If I wasn't confident of them winning it I'd have laid them off in the final but in the end I stuck €200 on France. Came away with €1000 profit anyway so I was delighted. I thought it was crazy that they were still about 10/1 after beating Australia. Also, I told my sister to back Cannavaro for the player of the tournament after the Aussie match. She got him at 25/1 in PP. I stuck €4 on him at €125/1 on Betfair at the same time. Couldn't believe he didn't win it. By far and away the best player at the WC and if the voting was done after the final match he would have got it.

Chucky the tree

eirebhoy wrote:

I had €100 in Italy well before the WC started. If I wasn't confident of them winning it I'd have laid them off in the final but in the end I stuck €200 on France. Came away with €1000 profit anyway so I was delighted. I thought it was crazy that they were still about 10/1 after beating Australia. Also, I told my sister to back Cannavaro for the player of the tournament after the Aussie match. She got him at 25/1 in PP. I stuck €4 on him at €125/1 on Betfair at the same time. Couldn't believe he didn't win it. By far and away the best player at the WC and if the voting was done after the final match he would have got it.

I tried to him in with a double with italy to win the world cup and him to be player of the tournamnet just before the semi's but the one behind th counter said it was a related event so i couldnt do it.

would that be right? I presumed since they allowed goalscorer and winner they would of let me this one.

Pretty chuffed he didnt win it.