Monday 25th July 2016

A very hectic weekend of punting with a mixed set of results, which meant that my run of not taking my wages was snapped. To be fair if it wasn’t Goodwood this week, I could have lasted another week, but I need a big bank for this week. Its Goodwood, Galway and also the USPGA so promises to be a frantic and hopefully profitable week. Therefore I left my returns in my bookmaker accounts rather than withdrawing them.

 

I wasn’t too hung over on the Saturday, perhaps because I bolted from the leaving doo at 6.45, and made for the train. It was good to catch up with people, but I just felt I’d had enough and had to escape.

 

In the weeks golf, i broke even, Rahn finished top 5, which I was on at 9/1, and there were some small each way returns from Snedeker. A bit disappointing as Sned’s was leading going into the final round, but didn’t really perform when the pressure was on. Darts was pretty poor, although I did get a small return with MVG winning the event with ease.

 

In the racing, it was a mixed bad, good winners Kimberella and Librisa Breeze were interspaced with some pretty mediocre results. It wasn’t a disaster though, and ensured that I have a decent war chest for the pivotal week ahead.

 

Away from punting, I went over to watch my beloved Featherstone Rovers on the Sunday, who completed their mission impossible by defeating Bradford Bulls to reach the playoffs for Super League. It was a great finish to the weekend and fantastic to see the old ground packed to the rafters. We have no chance of promotion to the Super League, but the additional money for reaching the playoffs is vital for the club.

 

Anyway, I’ll be back with an update tomorrow.

Thursday 21st July 2016

Extra posting before the weekend, as I'm going to be in no sort of state to do much over the weekend. I'm having the afternoon off and will be heading straight off into Manchester for excessive drinking and a few games of pool.

After a few bitty days with some disappointing results on the darts, patience paid off today with a nice 12/1 winner in the shape of lowly hurdler Who Am I who was tipped up by the back to form Roger Bush. Rogers's second tip wasn't bad either as Whiskey John brought in some place money after finishing 3rd at 20/1. A very decent day indeed.

Anyway, stuff to do, so I'll be back early next week.

Wednesday 20th July 2016

Its just so hot this week, making it a really tough grinding week at work. The week seems to be lasting absolutely ages as well, although I'm off Friday afternoon for a massive leaving doo afternoon drinking session in Manchester.

Its been quiet on the horses, although today there is a bet from Roger Bush later on. I am backing Northern Monkey's tips again, to small stakes, and recording the results in my general betting spread sheet.

The highlight of the week though was a nice winner on the TDF, as finally I picked the right man in the break away as Zakarin broke free late on to land a tasty 14/1 winner. I did have 3 losers as though, so it kind of diluted my winnings. That's 3 winners on the TDF, which makes up for my awful results on the darts so far.

That's it for now on a quiet day, I'll be back early next week with an update and also publish my updated results.

Tuesday 19th July 2016

After a frantic weekend, things are very quiet during the early part of this week. As I speak it’s the TDF rest day, and the darts has yet really to ignite for me. In the darts, it’s fairly obvious punting but I’m on Anderson with a covering  bet on MVG.
   
Things have been going really well recently despite the odd blip, so it’s just a question of aintaining this status. I’ve gone a good few weeks without having to withdraw any wages, which might finally give me that elusive safety net of  money in case we hit another recession. This gives me focus to keep recording my bets and take evasive action if I think things are getting out of control.
   
For the remainder of the week, I’ll probably follow the ‘Red hot’ Keith Elliott on the Canadian Open Golf, and I’ll be following Wheeliebets on the TDF when it resumes tomorrow. I do need to add these services to my spreadsheet as soon as  possible.
   
In terms of horse racing I’m back with Roger Bush, whose had 2 winners out of 3 selections since is 2 week break, and I’m yet to decide if I’m all in with Tipping Legends.
   
If I survive this heat I’ll update during the week.

The Open 16/17th July

Another crazy weekend of punting ending up with me having to collect a big wedge of cash from the Hills in Eccles again, as Stenson bottled home at 33/1. I covered with a bet on Mickelson, but the win by Henrik was by far my best punting result of the year. I celebrated with a couple of pints in the MOP, which I regretted on the Monday morning. Sunday was certainly super, as I also had a couple of horse winners tipped by the returning Roger Bush and Bet Alchemist, and Featherstone Rovers my childhood team did the business against Halifax to set up a last day top 4 showdown against Bradford. The golf was my main earner of the week though, as Stenson's winnings was on top of having Mickelson to be top former winner, and a monster each way pay out on Reed leading after round 1 (Covered with Mickelson at 10/1). Happy days.

Saturday was pretty quiet by my standards, but there were some cracking winners on a profitable day. Bet Alchemist was the star with 3 winners, with Have a Nice Day at 13/2,Long House Hall at 6/1, and Franklin D at 7/2. Roger Bush weighed in with a strong bet on Totalise, and there were some each way returns for both Ben Linfoot and Horse Trader with Hors De Combat who came second to Franklin D. All in all it was a decent day, and made my beers in Manchester taste that much sweeter as I headed out early afternoon.

It should be a quiet week, with a big days racing on Saturday at Ascot for the King George. Having said that I've got the afternoon off on Friday for a leaving doo in Town, so not sure what kind of state I'll be in for punting.

Wednesday 13th July 2016

Tuesday was a better day, even though I was back at work. I left the I phone at home, but still ended up having a couple of losing bets as Tipping Legends and Bet Alchemist had bets on the Evening racing. At least I left it at that though, and didn’t put anything else on or chase losses. I’ve now decided to strip back my horse racing services(Yet again) and just use Ben Linfoot, Horse trader, Bet alchemist , and Paul Jones on an adhoc basis. I am also back on with Keith Elliott for the sports, but will be keeping stakes very low(After the Open), especially on the golf where there is a high volume of bets. I found that with Tipping Legends and Northern Monkey, there were just too many midweek bets, which time and time again has proved not to suit me. I really need to keep things low key during the week unless there’s a big festival on.

 

Bit nerve racking yesterday dinnertime as I had to collect over £500 from Hills in Eccles from the Alex Noren bet, always a bit worried that I’ll be mugged by one of the many dodgy characters you see hanging around. The bookies never have the money ready when I go for it either, so I had to hang around the town centre for over half an hour until it was ready. As I am sure you can imagine, there’s not much to do in Eccles either, except avoid the dodgy characters, but at the end of the day though, it’s a nice problem to have when there’s some money to collect.

 

I’ve left the phone at home again today(Wednesday), but have some golf bets to put on at dinner time, which hopefully will mean another stressful trip into Eccles next Monday!!. It’s a couple of Keith Elliott’s golfers, Dustin Johnson (Win Only) and a lumpy each way bet on Stenson. Incidentally his other selections this week were Scott, Sterne, Garcia and Westwood. There were also a few none outright bets from Keith, and I’ll cover Ben Coley’s and Paul Jones bets for the Open as well. I kind of feel that I am putting on too much, but we’ll see if that’s the case when I see how the results have gone. I certainly won’t be punting this heavily on any other golf tournament during the year. I dread to think what my liabilities on the Open are so far, and I haven’t finished betting on it either.

 

It’s the big Vantoux Stage in TDF tomorrow, so I’ll be almost certainly be having a bet on that, and there’s also likely to be some bets on the darts which starts this weekend. I will also be adding my sports results to the blog, starting from this week, which will include the Open selections.

Tuesday 12th July 2016

After an hectic weekend I  felt a bit low on Monday, not sure if it was the excitement of an epic Sunday, the excesses of the weekend catching up on me, or a bit of punting fatigue. This led to a day off work on the Monday and a couple of  poor bets as well. Fortunately I got things back under control and didn’t suffer a chasing blowout. I also placed Ben Coley’s Open outright bets, which were Speith, Harrington, Wood (Chris), McDowell, and Kaymer.
  
With all this in mind I decided to take time out on Tuesday, and left my Iphone at home, which would take temptation out of reach, and give me a rest for the day, well at least punting wise. I’ll be doing the same for the rest of the week  as well, just to hopefully get things back on track. It’s a tough business punting sometimes, mentally draining.
  
It’s going to be busy on the sporting front with the Golf, and also the World Matchplay Darts starting on the Saturday, but the racing looks pretty poor, so I’d expect that aspect to be
relatively quiet.
   
 I’ll be back later in the week with an update.