BKC's Path to Power.

ShamoBuc

BKC wrote: »

R.Federer vs. JM.Del Potro.
€943.99 - R.Federer to win @1.16.

Christ almighty but If you were watching it, you must have had a mixture of the sweats and the shíts. He drifted as far as 11/10 at the start of the 2nd set tie break.
If your bet was with PP they would have at least given you back 100 if he lost -
but for the sake of your bet, I'm really glad he got there in the end though!

Longest olympic singles tennis game ever...what were the odds on that:pac:

BKC

UCD vs. Shamrock Rovers.
€101.32 - Shamrock Rovers to win @1.50.

BKC

Well, well, well. I can now confirm that I fucking love Roger Federer. That man is such a hero. I was watching the match all right. He just wasn't quite himself for a lot of the first 2 sets - he had so many unforced errors and missed a few volleys and smashes that I would never have expected him to miss.

Surprisingly enough, I was never worried or nervous. Despite having my whole bank and my biggest ever bet on it, I was quite relaxed. He shouldn't have been @1.16 at all but sure when has value every bothered me? Couldn't believe Roger got broken straight after breaking Del Potro for the first time and serving for the match. I genuinely thought the match would never end at one stage! :pac:

Anyway, Shamrock Rovers won 2-0 also.

Balance: €1,151.98.

BKC

Recreativo Huelva vs. Maghreb Athletic Tetouan.
83 minutes, 0-0.
€151.98 - No goals @1.33.

Stream for this on FRS so thought I might aswell!

BKC

Finished 0-0. Nobody was really trying.

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Celtic to beat Aberdeen @1.28.
Brazil Olympic Team to beat Honduras Olympic Team @1.16.

€202.64 - Both to win @1.50.

I would love so much to put my whole bank on this! But I made a promise to myself to be smart and to learn from the mistakes I've made in the past.

BKC

Egypt Olympic Team vs. Japan Olympic Team.
88 minutes, 0-3.
€500 - No goals @1.14.

BKC

Japan game finished 3-0, although they should have scored one and the Egyptian keeper made an excellent save just before full-time.

Brazil once again make things extremely hard by going behind twice, once to 10 men, but they won 3-2 in the end. Celtic won 1-0 courtesy of a goalkeeping mistake late on.

An update on my volleyball girls: they have won their first 4 matches 2-0. I think they are into the last 16 now. I'm not totally sure.

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Mens 100M - Olympics.
€100 - Usain Bolt to win @1.66.

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Balance: €1,275.39.

P_1

BKC wrote: »

Japan game finished 3-0, although they should have scored one and the Egyptian keeper made an excellent save just before full-time.

Brazil once again make things extremely hard by going behind twice, once to 10 men, but they won 3-2 in the end. Celtic won 1-0 courtesy of a goalkeeping mistake late on.

An update on my volleyball girls: they have won their first 4 matches 2-0. I think they are into the last 16 now. I'm not totally sure.

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Mens 100M - Olympics.
€100 - Usain Bolt to win @1.66.

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Balance: €1,275.39.

Doing very well so far, engaged in something similar myself but from 20 cent (not logging it as logging seems to jynx me )

What time is the 100m on at? Waiting on a Dublin HT/FT to hopefully come in to bring me up to over the Euro mark.

BKC

pithater1 wrote: »

Doing very well so far, engaged in something similar myself but from 20 cent (not logging it as logging seems to jynx me )

What time is the 100m on at? Waiting on a Dublin HT/FT to hopefully come in to bring me up to over the Euro mark.

Thanks. It's on sometime tomorrow. I originally thought it was on today which I was I placed the bet this morning, but it was just the heats on today. Bolt has drifted to 1.80 now.

P_1

BKC wrote: »

Thanks. It's on sometime tomorrow. I originally thought it was on today which I was I placed the bet this morning, but it was just the heats on today. Bolt has drifted to 1.80 now.

Cheers, any reason behind the drift? Been mainly focused on the GAA today so haven't paid too much attention to the athletics. Slightly wary of going on Bold as Lochte burned me earlier on the swimming.

BKC

pithater1 wrote: »

Cheers, any reason behind the drift? Been mainly focused on the GAA today so haven't paid too much attention to the athletics. Slightly wary of going on Bold as Lochte burned me earlier on the swimming.

I only saw the final heat but Yohan Blake ran well, won it without a bother. He is an animal! I'd imagine Bolt didn't try very hard for his heat so possibly got a poor time and could explain the drift? I don't know but I'm hoping he'll pull it out of the bag tomorrow.

If you want a banker, a Jamaican winner is @1.05 if you have a lot of money to invest! :P

P_1

BKC wrote: »

I only saw the final heat but Yohan Blake ran well, won it without a bother. He is an animal! I'd imagine Bolt didn't try very hard for his heat so possibly got a poor time and could explain the drift? I don't know but I'm hoping he'll pull it out of the bag tomorrow.

If you want a banker, a Jamaican winner is @1.05 if you have a lot of money to invest! :P

Ha I've seen too many supposed bankers go south lately I don't think I'll bother.

The Dubs are currently giving me a heart scare for example.

BKC

R.Federer vs. A.Murray.
€100 - R.Federer to win @1.66.

Backing the hero once again. Would love him to win an Olympic Gold - it's the only thing he is missing at this stage.

Donegal vs. Kerry.
€175.39 - Kerry -1 @1.90.

Just think Kerry will beat Donegal today. They absolutely destroyed Tyrone in the last round and they've already beaten Donegal earlier in the year.

P_1

BKC wrote: »

R.Federer vs. A.Murray.
€100 - R.Federer to win @1.66.

Backing the hero once again. Would love him to win an Olympic Gold - it's the only thing he is missing at this stage.

Donegal vs. Kerry.
€175.39 - Kerry -1 @1.90.

Just think Kerry will beat Donegal today. They absolutely destroyed Tyrone in the last round and they've already beaten Donegal earlier in the year.

Not a day for the favourites really today

BKC

Kerry lost by a point which doesn't shock me too much but Roger Federer = :eek:. Losing 3-0 to Andy Murray! Unbelievable - I was genuinely considering going massive on over 3.5 sets @1.44. On a more positive note, Usain Bolt is an animal!

I got a €5 freebet for the athletics earlier and I put it on Bolt to win the 100M and 200M @2.25. Returns €6.25.

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River Plate vs. Belgrano.
€66.67 - River Plate to win @1.90.

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Larissa/Juliana (BRA) vs. Goller/Ludwig (GER).
€1,100 - Larissa/Juliana to win @1.14.

They've won all their matches so far 2-0, and I've backed them to win it outright so I trust them.

paddymayoman

Would 1/6 for that brazilian pair to win the 2nd set be good value?

BKC

paddymayoman wrote: »

Would 1/6 for that brazilian pair to win the 2nd set be good value?

I'd say so. They haven't lost a set at the Olympics yet and have just won the 1st set 21-10.

Edit: It may not actually be "value" but I think it will win and that's all the matters to me.

paddymayoman

Cheers, missed it at 1/2 as i backed out after the bad start,looks a winner now though!

BKC

My Brazilian girls won 2-0 for the 5th time in the tournament and I believe they are now into the semi-finals.

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Trelleborgs vs. Osters.
€257.14 - Osters DNB @1.53.

This looks like a great price for a side who have not lost a league game all season.

BKC

FC Mika 2 vs. FC Banants Yerevan 2.
72 minutes, 1-0.
€200 - Under 2.5 goals @1.28.

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Drogheda Town vs. Sligo Rovers.
75 minutes, 2-1.
€800 - Under 4.5 goals @1.11.

BKC

Armenian game finished 1-1. Drogheda won 2-1.

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Trelleborgs vs. Osters.
85 minutes, 2-3.
€146.03 - No goals @1.33.

BKC

Osters come from 2-0 down to win 3-2 so both bets on that match are winners.

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Torquay vs. Stoke.
71 minutes, 0-1.
€588.99 - Under 2.5 goals @1.14.

BKC

Torquay equalise a few minutes after I placed my bet but it finishes 1-1.

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Canada Ladies vs. USA Ladies.
Extra Time, Half-time, 3-3.
€73.13 - USA Ladies to win on penalties @2.87.

They have Hope Solo!

BKC

USA scored a winner in the 120th minute! That's me done for the day.

Balance: €1,600.

BKC

British Columbia At Toronto.
2nd Quarter, 11-0.
€600 - British Columbia to win @1.33.

Stupid.

clickerquicklic

BKC wrote: »

British Columbia At Toronto.
2nd Quarter, 11-0.
€600 - British Columbia to win @1.33.

Stupid.

Just looking at this thread , very impressive stuff .
I think this bet won ? 18-9

Are you going for a target or just all or nothing ? Your betting alot of your bank id fear for the rails coming off quickly . I used to do something similar id call it "spins ups" start with 50 double it up until I have 200 then split that into 4 individual 50's and start again , you can build up quite a bank that way and avoid a sudden crash .

Whatever you do its an enjoyable read and only 50 invested so well done , best of luck with your bets .

BKC

I was going to put €400 on Brazil @1.50 earlier to bring me up to the €2,000 mark but they had dropped to 1.44 when I was going to place the bet so I didn't bother.

clickerquicklic wrote: »

Just looking at this thread , very impressive stuff .
I think this bet won ? 18-9

Are you going for a target or just all or nothing ? Your betting alot of your bank id fear for the rails coming off quickly . I used to do something similar id call it "spins ups" start with 50 double it up until I have 200 then split that into 4 individual 50's and start again , you can build up quite a bank that way and avoid a sudden crash .

Whatever you do its an enjoyable read and only 50 invested so well done , best of luck with your bets .

Yeah, they won 18-9. Was 11-9 in the 4th quarter but British Columbia got their first score since I bet on them before the end.

My original target was to not lose it all straight away like in my previous log. Then the goal was to have a minimum balance of €500, then I wanted minimum €700, then I wanted to reach €1,000. Now, I would like to have a minimum balance of €2,000 and withdraw €250 when I reach €2,250 and so on. Being honest, I'm a greedy person!

There's been plenty of occasions where I could have lost it all, and a few times I genuinely thought I was going to lose it all. I don't plan on betting my full bank very often anymore. (I did it yesterday with the remaining €800 as I thought my €200 bet was going to lose and I wanted to recover the losses).

Thanks for the comments.

BKC

Cobreloa vs. Tacuary.
€800 - Under 1.5 first half goals @1.36.

Copa Sudamericana again. Wouldn't be surprised if the match ended under 1.5 goals.

BKC

The Copa Sudamericana match last night finished 2-2! :pac: I was seriously considering putting the €800 on under 3.5 goals. Thankfully there was only one first half goal and that was scored in the 45th minute so the bet won comfortably enough.

Balance: €2,090.19.

BKC

Took €10 away for my other challenge, but will probably be needing another €10 as I don't think my bet will win.

Katie Taylor vs. Mavzuna Chorieva.
€2,080.91 - Katie Taylor to win @1.05.

Katie Taylor = Legend.

P_1

BKC wrote: »

Took €10 away for my other challenge, but will probably be needing another €10 as I don't think my bet will win.

Katie Taylor vs. Mavzuna Chorieva.
€2,080.91 - Katie Taylor to win @1.05.

Katie Taylor = Legend.

Never in doubt

BKC

Barcelona vs. Man United.
€74.96 - Barcelona to win @1.80.

Barcelona have a full squad. Man United have been poor in their friendlies so far.

BKC

Geylang United vs. Tampines Rovers.
Half-time, 1-0.
€500 - Over 1.5 goals @1.10.

Got to the the 75th minute mark and there was still no goals so I started the recovery.

Geylang United vs. Tampines Rovers.
76 minutes, 1-0.
€1,600. - Under 2.5 goals @1.12.

Geylang scored in the 83rd minute meaning my first bet won leaving me with €550, but the rest of my balance was still at risk. Thankfully it finished 2-0 and both bets managed to win.

BKC

Al Quwa Al Jawiya vs. Al Kahraba.
58 minutes, 1-0.
€150 - Under 2.5 goals @1.30.

BKC

87th and 92nd minute goals! :pac:

Happy enough with the balance anyway. Will be making my 2nd withdrawal tomorrow hopefully.

Balance: €2,200.

BKC

Colchester vs. Ipswich.
87 minutes, 1-2.
€200 - No goals @1.20.

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Barcelona and Man United drew 0-0, with Barcelona winning 2-0 on penalties.

Larissa and Juliana beat China 2-1 today but it was only the bronze medal match. I didn't realise they lost 2-1 yesterday to the eventual USA winners.

BKC

Ipswich game finished 2-1.

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Swindon vs. Crystal Palace.
87 minutes, 0-1.
€240 - No goals @1.16.

BKC

Pescara vs. Levante.
75 minutes, 0-0.
€280 - Under 1.5 goals @1.07.

Meh odds, but it will bring me up to €300, and will mean I've recovered €100 of the €150 I lost on the Iraqi league earlier.

BKC

Finished 0-0.

Internacional vs. Nautico PE.
31 minutes, 0-0.
€300 - Over 0.5 goals @1.10.

BKC

Internacional vs. Nautico PE.
78 minutes, 0-0.
€2,000 - Under 1.5 goals @1.10.

BKC

Finished 0-0.

Katie Taylor vs. Sofya Ochigava.
€200 - Sofya Ochigava +6.5 @1.83.

BKC

Katie Taylor vs. Sofya Ochigava.
€2,000 - Katie Taylor to win @1.08.

JHet

BKC wrote: »

Katie Taylor vs. Sofya Ochigava.
€2,000 - Katie Taylor to win @1.08.

Say it was sqeaky bum time there. Well done all the same.

P_1

How's the heart??

BKC

I do admit I was very nervous for once, but being honest, my nerves were more for Katie Taylor than my bet. Whatever about me losing 2 grand, I would have been devastated for her if she had lost. She is a hero though and thoroughly deserves all the praise she's getting and I'm delighted she's won a gold medal. She'd done herself and her country proud and I'm proud to have Katie Taylor representing Ireland at the highest level on the world stage. Ah I can't put into words how much I love/respect her so I'll just leave it at that! :pac:

Oh, and the bookies got the points handicap totally wrong. +6.5 @1.83 was free money. I had €200 on but the maximum bet was only €240 so I couldn't have lumped anyhow.

Balance: €2,544.59.

BKC

Valencia vs. Tottenham.
78 minutes, 2-0.
€44.59 - No goals @1.50.

BKC

Finished 2-0.

Lazaro Alvarez Estrada vs. John Joe Nevin.
€566.89 - Lazaro Alvarez Estrada to win @1.40.

Looked like a loser, so midway through the 2nd round I placed the following:

Lazaro Alvarez Estrada vs. John Joe Nevin.
€2,000 - John Joe Nevin to win @1.36.

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Balance: €2,727.27.

BKC

Wrexham vs. Woking.
€500 - Wrexham to win @1.50.

clickerquicklic

Amazing stuff , it reads like everything you shouldn't do when gambling but you have made 50 into nearly 3k remarkable.

BKC

Wrexham beat Woking 3-1.

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Real Madrid vs. Celtic.
15 minutes, 0-0.
€250 - Real Madrid to score first @1.20.

clickerquicklic wrote: »

Amazing stuff , it reads like everything you shouldn't do when gambling but you have made 50 into nearly 3k remarkable.

Thanks. :pac:

It could so easily crash and burn though.