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£2 to £2000 Betting Challenge

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  • 24-08-2009 6:48pm
    #1
    IrishIrish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,000 ✭✭✭


    I use to do this betting challenge a couple years with a group of lads on another forum and was always a bit of fun. The basic rules behind the challenge are that you:

    a) Start with £2
    b) Place your £2 on a bet (single or multiple) with odds as close to evens as you can
    c) Continue placing your total winnings on another bet with odds as close to evens as you can

    The idea is that after 10 successful bets you will have turned your original £2 in to £2000. The highest I have ever seen anyone get is £600 and then he lost it on a horse. However, I have seen several people get in to the hundreds and then take their money which you can't complain about.

    So for the purpose of this thread lets see how high people can get and if people want to take all their money while they're ahead or if they want to take some of their profits that is fine too.

    Another thing was that some people liked to have severel "£2" stakes going at the same time for extra interest which some of you may like to do.

    To get the ball rolling this is my first bet.

    Attempt 1
    Selection 1 -     £2 on Torres Anytime Scorer @ 1/1 (betfair)

    Good luck!
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    #2
    Boxfresh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭Boxfresh


    This will be fun. Good luck ;)


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    #3
    DeadSkin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,904 ✭✭✭DeadSkin


    Cool.

    Attempt 1:

    €2 Anytime Goalscorer S Gerrard @ 7/5

    Good luck


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    #4
    fifth
    Registered Users Posts: 3,135 ✭✭✭fifth


    I'm in too.

    €2 Anytime Goalscorer S Gerrard @ 7/5

    Good luck all


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    #5
    therogue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭therogue


    im in over 2.5 goals liverpool v villa evens in pp 5 euro ( im aiming for 5k lol)


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    #6
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    Feck it .. I'll join the bandwagon of idiots :)
    Premier League Matches Liverpool v Aston Villa
    24-08-2009 20:00
    Half-Time/Full-Time
    Liverpool / Liverpool @ evens
    Single: Liverpool / Liverpool @ evens
    1 line at €2.00 per line
    Total stake for this bet: €2.00
    Potential returns: €4.00


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    #7
    PCPhoto
    Registered Users Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    will jump on board.... must run up to bookies and place my bet ... will just go for torres.


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    #8
    DeadSkin
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    Random wrote: »
    Feck it .. I'll join the bandwagon of idiots :)

    Safety in numbers :pac:


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    Random
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    DeadSkin wrote: »
    Safety in numbers :pac:
    It was this thread or the €1m in 21 days thread. I didn't wanna be too greedy you see :)


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    #10
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I'll have a go, but not tonight (headache)


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    Bobeagleburger
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    I've done two.

    Gerrard anytime €2
    Torres anytime €2

    Cue a nil-nil draw !!

    Good luck all.


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    soundsham
    Registered Users Posts: 3,848 ✭✭✭soundsham


    rarnes1 wrote: »
    I've done two.

    Gerrard anytime €2
    Torres anytime €2

    Cue a nil-nil draw !!

    Good luck all.

    money back from p.p.if you did it there for 0-0 how bad;)

    I'm in liverpool to win bir €2 @ 2.12 placed 1 minute and lucas scores o.g. for av....... lol


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    Random
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    Pool are 1-0 down. We're all gonna crash and burn on the first bet :(


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    #14
    PCPhoto
    Registered Users Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    its 2-0 at half-time .... liverpool 9/2 to win with PP


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    IrishIrish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,000 ✭✭✭IrishIrish


    IrishIrish wrote: »

    Attempt 1
    Selection 1 -     £2 on Torres Anytime Scorer @ 1/1 Wins £4 (betfair)

    Good luck!

    Got there eventually!


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    Random
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    Happy some of you pulled it off anyway. I need a frickin miracle. 3-1 down now.


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    fifth
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    Well from what I hear Liverpool lost 1-3.. Bad start for me so far. I won't give up yet though!


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    #18
    Four-Too
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    One has to be very selective in their bets, it's very hard to accomplish...many odds-on shots are beat. Try to get evens shots that are value, that would end up odds-on at the off. It might be demoralising if your beat by a sh/hd after getting up to 400.
    GL


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    Whyno
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    Goin to give this a lash from tomorro on. Goin to start with 10 euries instead of 2. Should be a laugh


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    Random
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    Whyno wrote: »
    Goin to give this a lash from tomorro on. Goin to start with 10 euries instead of 2. Should be a laugh
    Well pick your bet wisely or you'll be sat here with me out of money and the "laugh" is pretty much over :(


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    #21
    Whyno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,142 ✭✭✭Whyno


    Random wrote: »
    Well pick your bet wisely or you'll be sat here with me out of money and the "laugh" is pretty much over :(

    But we will all have fun tellin our hard luck stories anyway :D


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    #22
    mike65
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    Stay away from footie if you want to stand a chance with this challange. The odds of "nailed on" winners are too short, typically 1.3. While doubling two such bets up merely doubles your chance of failure.

    I'd get looking at the nags, in particular the Placed horse market on PP, there should be a few decent chances every day to place a horse at 2/1.


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    #23
    fifth
    Registered Users Posts: 3,135 ✭✭✭fifth


    Wait til Rugby season returns.. and I'll give ya loads of tips. I made quite a bit last year. Soccer on the other hand so far has been dire.


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    Chonaic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭Chonaic


    I saw a thread on another forum, with a system a little similar to this. Although it had elements of martingale.

    The guy used stakes of x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 12.5x so total possible loss of 33.5 points. He started with €10, so his stakes were predetermined as: €10, €20, €40, €60, €80, €125 (max loss: 335.00).

    He would have his first €10 on a bet between 8/11 and 5/4. If it lost the next bet would be €20. If the second bet won he would add the winnings to his account, and revert back to €10 for the next bet.

    e.g. bet 1 - €10 @ Evens lost; -10
    bet 2 - €20 @ 10/11; wins 18.18 - 10, so 8.18 added to bank.
    next bet is bet 1 again - €10 @ 4/5 etc.

    At one stage he had 108 bets, with only 59 winning (54% SR), but was 600+ in profit.

    Im going to give this a go here if thats ok?


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    #25
    cson
    Registered Users Posts: 14,447 ✭✭✭✭cson


    No.

    You eat when we say you eat. You piss when we say you piss. And you post your betting strategies when we say you post your betting strategies.

    Nah, knock yourself out kiddo ;)







    Anybody who has seen the Shawshank will get the reference


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    #26
    therogue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭therogue


    ok 10 euro up next bet i mean next investment :D leeds evens in pp to beat watford.


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    #27
    mickos
    Registered Users Posts: 298 ✭✭mickos


    Right I'm gonna give this a go for the laugh.
    Attempt 1:
    Middlesborough to win at Forest €2 @ 5/4


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    #28
    fonda
    Registered Users Posts: 540 ✭✭✭fonda


    Might as well chance it!

    Blackburn Gillingham
    Kalinic anytime @ 7/5


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    #29
    bigbadben
    Closed Accounts Posts: 102 ✭✭bigbadben


    Put €5 on over 3.5 goals in the Atletico game tonight @2.9.


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    #30
    Chonaic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭Chonaic


    Starting with 2 euro as unit stake, so total possible loss of 67.00 (2+4+8+12+16+25).

    Bet 1 of 7:

    Sedge 2:15 - fav €2 win


    Bets: 1
    Wins: 0
    Loses: 0
    SR: 0%
    Balance: 65.00
    P&L: +0.00
    LSP: +0.00


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    #31
    nouveau_4.0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭nouveau_4.0


    Chonaic wrote: »
    I saw a thread on another forum, with a system a little similar to this. Although it had elements of martingale.

    The guy used stakes of x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 12.5x so total possible loss of 33.5 points. He started with €10, so his stakes were predetermined as: €10, €20, €40, €60, €80, €125 (max loss: 335.00).

    He would have his first €10 on a bet between 8/11 and 5/4. If it lost the next bet would be €20. If the second bet won he would add the winnings to his account, and revert back to €10 for the next bet.

    e.g. bet 1 - €10 @ Evens lost; -10
    bet 2 - €20 @ 10/11; wins 18.18 - 10, so 8.18 added to bank.
    next bet is bet 1 again - €10 @ 4/5 etc.

    At one stage he had 108 bets, with only 59 winning (54% SR), but was 600+ in profit.

    Im going to give this a go here if thats ok?
    Why not just put it on black on a roulette table, win percent around 49% (not far from 54% your friend had) and you get your "winnings" alot quicker.

    Also what happens if he loses six bets in a row? Goes bust or keeps gambling. Martingale system always ends up with the same result - bust!


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