The 2014-15 Betting Thread *Spoilers*

[XplosiveHamster]

£1000 is mental, fair play!

I was nervous after putting £80 on Germany winning the world cup, can only imagine if it would have been a grand

 

[MikeTheNative]

£1000 is mental, fair play!

I was nervous after putting £80 on Germany winning the world cup, can only imagine if it would have been a grand

I the most I have put on a game is about £15 and I lost that. Mostly do accumulators and correct scores.

 

[XplosiveHamster]

I the most I have put on a game is about £15 and I lost that. Mostly do accumulators and correct scores.

£15 is still a fair amount if the returns are high, it's all about the thrill seeking

 

[Deleted member 651465]

If I had £1000 on a match, i'd probably go through the winnings value in toilet paper during the match!!

I almost had a stroke when Argentina had the goal disallowed

It's also worth saying that £1000 was the max the bookies would accept. I wanted to place £1500 on, but it was declined. Even after 32 mins (when I bet), I would have needed to deposit and bet with 2 bookies and I just couldn't be arsed.

 

[Erich Kriegler]

I almost had a stroke when Argentina had the goal disallowed

It's also worth saying that £1000 was the max the bookies would accept. I wanted to place £1500 on, but it was declined. Even after 32 mins (when I bet), I would have needed to deposit and bet with 2 bookies and I just couldn't be arsed.

Get on betfair if you want to make big bets

 

[HangTime]

Good weekend for me, nearly £3.9k profit to make up for some failures earlier in the tournament:

RvP Anytime £500 @ 2/1
Arg-Ger draw at HT, £954.55 @ 10/11
Arg-Ger draw at HT/FT, £500 @ 4/1 [this seemed overpriced to me given under 2.5 goals was quite short i.e. likely to be cagey low scoring game]

 

[piggeh]

Had £2 on James Rodriguez top goalscorer at 430/1. Unfortunately traded out after second round matches, so only won £260 Not bad, but still. Gutting.

 

[MikeTheNative]

Had £2 on James Rodriguez top goalscorer at 430/1. Unfortunately traded out after second round matches, so only won £260 Not bad, but still. Gutting.

Those odds are ridiculous, who was it with?

 

[Sui]

Betfair at a guess

 

[XplosiveHamster]

Life seems slightly empty without having the world cup to watch/bet on

 

[MikeTheNative]

How about some rather dodgy champions league qualifiers?

 

[piggeh]

Those odds are ridiculous, who was it with?

yeah Betfair, some people got matched at 1000.00

This was the top goalscorer market, rather than golden boot. Not sure if there's much of a difference.

 

[Sui]

Friend got this hit on the World Cup, lucky guy.

 

[XplosiveHamster]

How about some rather dodgy champions league qualifiers?

Tempted, any suggestions?

 

[MikeTheNative]

Tempted, any suggestions?

I didn't bet on any last night, as I forgot.

Might go with

Dinamo Tbilisi v Aktobe 18:00
Malmö FF v Ventspils 18:00
Strømsgodset v Steaua Bucharest 18:30
Legia Warsaw v St Patrick's Athletic

 

[RedvGreen]

I'm suffering from WC bet withdrawal now. Any interesting games/tournies approaching that I actually have a chance of understanding and winning?!

 

[MikeTheNative]

I'm suffering from WC bet withdrawal now. Any interesting games/tournies approaching that I actually have a chance of understanding and winning?!

Bet on random Estonian league games and hope your team hasn't been bribed to throw it.

 

[XplosiveHamster]

I didn't bet on any last night, as I forgot.

Might go with

Dinamo Tbilisi v Aktobe 18:00
Malmö FF v Ventspils 18:00
Strømsgodset v Steaua Bucharest 18:30
Legia Warsaw v St Patrick's Athletic

Literally no idea who any of these teams are, might just take your suggestions and stick a few quid on each

Shame that Wimbledon was on at the same time as the WC otherwise it could have been a nice replacement

 

[GreenMint]

I didn't bet on any last night, as I forgot.

Might go with

Dinamo Tbilisi v Aktobe 18:00
Malmö FF v Ventspils 18:00
Strømsgodset v Steaua Bucharest 18:30
Legia Warsaw v St Patrick's Athletic

Will go for a small acc on these methinks, looks pretty good.

 

[Erich Kriegler]

Esteghlal Ahvaz FC is fixed for over 2.5