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Most You've lost

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  • 19-07-2009 2:49am
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 46


    Most You've lost in one night.

    No explanation needed.

    me- almost 10,000E, worst and most numbing night of my life


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭applehunter


    Relative.

    I remember I backed a horse called Virgin Soldier in a handicap at Lingfield. He was on a hatrick and it seemed a sure thing at 1/3. I threw £100 on him which was all the money in the world to me back then...

    and it lost! I can still feel it in the pit of my stomach.


  • Registered Users Posts: 45,520 ✭✭✭✭Bobeagleburger


    igotone wrote: »
    Most You've lost in one night.

    No explanation needed.

    me- almost 10,000E, worst and most numbing night of my life

    :eek: What did ya have backed??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Lost 600 euro once on online betting on golf.
    When you consider my weekly college grant about 55 euro, it was an absolute fortune for me!
    Now I had a good few weeks so I build that up from a small amount so it wasn't like I lost all my savings.
    But never bet online after that.

    That was 2004.
    Since then I probably only step into a bookies to throw a tenner on the Grand National.
    So like many others, that's my only bet of the year.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    lost just over 3K .... blackjack


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Pomme Tiepy at Cheltenham. €400. Fell at the last, the 4/1 seond in the market romped home.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭nice1franko


    600 in poker.

    200 on horatio nelson (a lot for me on a horse). I wouldn't mind but I'd have left the race alone if I hadn't been drinking.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭eirebhoy


    €1,600 on a tennis match. Any time I've gone that high on football I've won but it's very rare and the odds wouldn't be up to much.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭Boxfresh


    igotone wrote: »

    me- almost 10,000E, worst and most numbing night of my life

    Would love to hear the rest of this story...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,335 ✭✭✭✭UrbanSea


    I dont bet in large amounts really,generally from 20-50 euro.
    Stuck 200 on lean machine in a maiden last week at evens...
    2nd:(


  • Moderators Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭x PyRo


    €300 on Bohs vs St Pats a couple of months ago when Pats somehow turned in a 3-0 victory!!. Although it was winnings i could afford to lose.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 278 ✭✭Rocky Balboa 2


    about three fiddy


  • Registered Users Posts: 54,391 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    80 euro

    gordon strachan left celtic the same day sunderland said goodbye to Ricky Sbragia

    said to myself this couldn't be a coincidence

    but alas it was


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭thewools


    €1000 at odds of 1/10 when home team went 2-0 up :rolleyes:

    Thats about 5years ago now I would say - Think it was West Ham and Fulham??


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭Warper


    Lost 4k over a weekend. 1k playing online poker, 1.5k on Liverpool away to Southampton @ 8-13. Then proceeded to back the horses in various donk bets chasing losses. It was basically a credit card with a 4k limit I got on the Friday and it was maxed out by Monday. Lesson learnt though - never back Liverpool and do not chase losses. Everyone should bear this in mind.

    Thankfully, I have mainly stuck by it and I havn't lost a 4-figure bet since (that could change though as I have backed Kerry for Sam this year @ 15-8).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Somone posted up a doozer last night but sadly either he or a mod zapped it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭Boxfresh


    mike65 wrote: »
    Somone posted up a doozer last night but sadly either he or a mod zapped it.

    Yeah I seen that! lol


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭weemcd


    pale by some comparisons on this thread £90, but I couldn't really afford it at the time.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 831 ✭✭✭bungler


    saw a guy drop over 100k on roulette one night in a casino, never seen anything like it 50 year old guy dressed like a 20 year old just kept on throwing down maximum every spin.

    most ive lost is 3k on the donkeys- 3 of us started off with 50e each and kept winning and put it all on the last race for a "sure fire winner" lol i think he's still running


  • Registered Users Posts: 478 ✭✭Seanohea


    The most I ever lost in one bet was €2000 on new Zealand to best south Africa in new Zealand last summer. It was the tri-nations and new Zealand had not lost to south Africa at home for 10 years, I was sick, won't forget it and have learned from it


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭gary nevillevil


    lost 1000 euros on Barcelona to beat Getafe at the Camp Nou last season in la liga, Barcelona were on fire and Getafe i think had not one in 5 games.
    the match ended 1-1 :( i was sick for 2 weeks...
    ... oh the joys of gambling


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  • Registered Users Posts: 601 ✭✭✭lester76


    Lost 3k over the derby wkend at the curragh:o not had a bet since


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,148 ✭✭✭✭Raskolnikov


    Backed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win the Australian Open in 2007 @ 999/1. He reached the final and went a set up against Novak Djokovic. At that point, I had the chance to trade out, and would have won €5,000 on each player. Instead I got greedy and let the bet ride. I didn't actually lose money (well, other than the €12 original bet), but I still felt sick to the pit of my stomach that I was so greedy.

    If you think that's bad, a chap I know (professional gambler) lost €24,000 last season betting on Barcelona. They were 3-1 up with something like 20 minutes left, so he put his entire bank on Barcelona to win at 1/100. Needless to say, Villareal fought back and scored to equalize with the last kick of the game.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,856 ✭✭✭glanman


    Im not saying you specifically but I think people who say that they have a bet on, say an accum and are one result off for a big win, and then wont cover themselves are clowns. I would much rather win half of something than all of nothing


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Famous45


    Somone posted up a doozer last night but sadly either he or a mod zapped it.

    I decided to remain quiet but it was fact.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,578 ✭✭✭raheny red


    600 notes on Rovers to beat Waterford this season in the League cup @ 6/5. Rovers lost 2-1.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    Warper wrote: »
    Lost 4k over a weekend. 1k playing online poker, 1.5k on Liverpool away to Southampton @ 8-13. Then proceeded to back the horses in various donk bets chasing losses. It was basically a credit card with a 4k limit I got on the Friday and it was maxed out by Monday. Lesson learnt though - never back Liverpool and do not chase losses. Everyone should bear this in mind.

    Thankfully, I have mainly stuck by it and I havn't lost a 4-figure bet since (that could change though as I have backed Kerry for Sam this year @ 15-8).

    Agreed lost two hundred on them yesterday in their draw against Thailand wtf


  • Registered Users Posts: 54,391 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    I have to disagree about never betting on liverpool, i won alot of money on them last season


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭carbsy


    Nalbandian v Murray @ Wimbledon 2005.Had originally bet on Nalbandian but then Murray went 2-0 up in sets so I put most of bank on Murray to get out of jail and of course Nalb came back and won 3-2.Think I lost circa 8k then.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    ecoli wrote: »
    Agreed lost two hundred on them yesterday in their draw against Thailand wtf

    I could be cruel and post a facepalm pix but won't. :) Those games are purely commerical beanos which Rafa is using to give the kids a run out.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 210 ✭✭Leixlip_Red


    2 years ago I lost around 2k over the week of Cheltenham, all my big bets at short prices lost... more than made up for it this year though :D


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