No selection. NB. All selections are lay selections. Only lay the given selections, if the odds are less or equal 5.0. If the price is greater than 5.0 it is not a bet. I recommend to take the early odds and a maximum liability of 5% of your bank roll on each given selection.
Boooooooooooooooom! Well, sort of, back to winning ways finally for the in play football app with a profit of £62, about time!
Losing day for the XKR horse racing app though, -£118 to £30 stakes.
And another winner from the Sports Betting Professor.
No time this morning so just a quick post of this weekends Powerstats Selections, seem's to be a fair number there...!
Saturday Away Win predicted Ein Frankfurt v FC Koln. Back FC Koln at odds in excess of 3.75 Away Win predicted Hertha v Bochum. Back Bochum at odds in excess of 4.0 Away Win predicted Reading v Barnsley. Back Barnsley at odds in excess of 3.8 Home Win predicted Charlton v Tranmere. Back Charlton at odds in excess of 1.44 Home Win predicted Milton Keynes Dons v Exeter. Back Milton Keynes Dons at odds in excess of 1.53 Home Win predicted Norwich v Hartlepool. Back Norwich at odds in excess of 1.3 Home Win predicted Southampton v Stockport. Back Southampton at odds in excess of 1.29 Away Win predicted Cheltenham v Darlington. Back Darlington at odds in excess of 5.0 Away Win predicted Shrewsbury v Accrington. Back Accrington at odds in excess of 3.75 Home Win predicted Giannina v Larisa. Back Giannina at odds in excess of 2.4 Away Win predicted Iraklis v Kavala. Back Kavala at odds in excess of 3.3 Home Win predicted Naval v Belenenses. Back Naval at odds in excess of 2.25 Away Win predicted Alloa v Arbroath. Back Arbroath at odds in excess of 5.5 Away Win predicted Brechin v Stenhousemuir. Back Stenhousemuir at odds in excess of 4.75 Away Win predicted Cowdenbeath v Stirling. Back Stirling at odds in excess of 2.9 Away Win predicted Peterhead v Dumbarton. Back Dumbarton at odds in excess of 2.75 Away Win predicted East Stirling v Stranraer. Back Stranraer at odds in excess of 5.25 Away Win predicted Forfar v Elgin. Back Elgin at odds in excess of 5.5 Away Win predicted Livingston v Queens Park. Back Queens Park at odds in excess of 8.0
Sunday Away Win predicted Stuttgart v Dortmund. Back Dortmund at odds in excess of 3.2 Away Win predicted Auxerre v St Etienne. Back St Etienne at odds in excess of 4.75 Away Win predicted Panathinaikos v AEK. Back AEK at odds in excess of 5.0 Home Win predicted Feyenoord v Ajax. Back Feyenoord at odds in excess of 3.25 Home Win predicted Pacos Ferreira v Academica. Back Pacos Ferreira at odds in excess of 2.38 Home Win predicted Valladolid v Almeria. Back Valladolid at odds in excess of 2.1
UK General Election Turnout - 55-60% - 7-1 - 20pts
Hills, Ladbrokes and Paddy Power have a market on the % voter turnout in the next UK General Election. They have similar prices, but I think the conventional wisdom that the % will increase is wrong.
The problem is that those interested in politics have an understandably different opinion as to how likely people are to vote - they are not a good sample, and it is difficult for them to think what less interested people will do! They (rightly) see this is a critical election. They think that there will be an increased Conservative turnout which will increase the % voting. I think this will be (at least) balanced by the Labour voter 'no shows' with Labour voter dissatisfaction with Gordon Brown. In addition, the turnout will be deflated by the expenses scandal as a general negative for all politicians.
I think the most likely guide to whether a person will vote is if they have voted before (which show, over the past decades, a general decline). Looking at the % figures from the last five elections and taking all the above factors into account, I think we will have a turnout of 55-60%. I've had 20 pts (my max. stake) at 7-1 on this.
This weekend it's Genoa who face the task of ending Napoli's unbeaten run in Serie A which stretches back 14 matches (8 wins, 6 draws). Their run will surely end soon - Inter and Roma lie in wait in the near future - but I'm happy to take them to win at home against a weaker side prone to inconsistency at close to even money.
3 pts Napoli to beat Genoa at 20/21, StanJames
Deportivo host the Galacticos mark II and boast a remarkable record against Real Madrid at the Riazor, where they've won the last six encounters and haven't lost since the 1990s. A habit of grinding out results has seen Depor into the top five of La Liga and the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo - banned after a red card last weekend - is obviously a huge loss for Real.
2 pts Deportivo to beat Real Madrid at 3/1, bet365, VictorChandler
No selection. NB. All selections are lay selections. Only lay the given selections, if the odds are less or equal 5.0. If the price is greater than 5.0 it is not a bet. I recommend to take the early odds and a maximum liability of 5% of your bank roll on each given selection.
Getting bored with saying the same stuff now! Yep, another losing day for the in play football app, this time -£82. Thought it was going to finally turn around today as it was £100 up at one point early evening. Still in profit for the month but boy has that profit been eaten away over the last 9 days!
Plenty of selections yesterday for the XKR Horse Racing app, plenty of second'itis as well! Looked like being a bad day but a string of three winners late afternoon kept things to an acceptable -£18 loss on the day.
Should be a load of Powerstats for the weekend, I'm away so I'll post them all at once later on tonight, I can feel the excitement building already.
One selection from The Sports Betting Professor's College Basketball last night and it was a winner.
Nice to see this blog up and running, at least someone round here pays their hosting fees.....
One of the currency pair in trading forex, euro usd, is in a mjor downtrend since November and is now reaching a major resistance level at 1.38. If you have short sold euro to usd, prepare to cover, as a retracement is expected the following month after a quick drop in the euro exchange rate. The major forex pair has been in a downtrend from 1.51 during the last 2 months and your usd accounts are now worth 15% more! However, I won't be converting my dollars to euros just yet, since in the long term I predict a decline of the euro rate even below 1.30.
Is EUR/USD affected by Greek economy and their 5 year bond?
If you had been trading Forex the last months you would have noticed the EUR/USD uptrend that ended at 1.50 and has been falling ever since. Euro is trading at 1.40 US dollars today and the euro currency seems to lose value quickly. Could it be due to the bad economy of Greece which is so popular lately in the news worldwide? Surely the new 5 year bond didn?t actually help. At least I won?t be risking my money into the Greek debt and bankruptcy. Just another fish not going for the bait.
as the au open has only few more matches left for us to trade. the last chance to join the live trading sessions will be tonight. good luck to you all.
2010-01-28 15:05 FfosL CAROLE´S LEGACY 1st Update: I got matched at 2.94 while Betfair starting price was 3.22.
NB. All selections are lay selections. Only lay the given selections, if the odds are less or equal 5.0. If the price is greater than 5.0 it is not a bet. I recommend to take the early odds and a maximum liability of 5% of your bank roll on each given selection.
And so it goes on....the in play football app has another losing day, this time -£102. That's now eight losing days on the trot and I have to go back to May last year to find a longer losing streak. Strangely enough it's still in profit for the month so that's the important thing anyway. Last night's loss had the usual hard luck story, Lampard doing the damage in the 90th min causing a swing of £161 and a potential £111 win became a £50 loss.
A late goal was my saviour though for the Powerstat selection with East Fife scoring a 90th min penalty and securing a 13 point profit on the night for me. Powerstats Running Total +221 points (10 points per selection).
And no, I didn't back Everton in the end. I stuck up £20 @ 1.68 during the day confident it would get matched as there was hardly any money at 1.68 yet a big wedge of a few grand looking to lay them @ 1.67. I checked later and it hadnt got matched yet Everton's price had dropped to 1.62 (must of been my mention of them causing the price crash...), I suppose I got a bit greedy or maybe played it sensibly (?) and stuck £20 in @ Evens and left it as a keep bet selection, Everton's two early goals meant there was no hope. Well done to the world and his dog out there in blogging world that were on Everton though.
The XKR horse racing app had a bit of a frustrating day. Late afternoon it was showing a profit of £179 but five straight losers in the early evening meant a profit of £29 at the end on the day. It also came up with a couple of well priced (10/1 and 12/1) selections that came second including one beaten a nose, one of those days but still happy to turn in a profit.
The Sports Betting Professor came up with one College Basketball selection which ended up a loser.
Trading Celebrity Big Brother odds: Who backed Alex Reid?
Alex Reid's betting odds of yesterday when I posted my betting tip on the Celebrity Big Brother UK show do seem tempting now, don't they? My betting tip was to back Alex Reid and lay Dane Bowers and if you are usually trading in Betfair you have already made money! Alex' betting odds fell from 2.32 to 1.76 while Dane's odds drifted to 5.5 from 3.80. Sufficient trading profits for one day's work, don't you agree?
Adding important poker stats in your poker HUD can increase your poker bankroll. A poker HUD, or poker Heads-Up-Display, is a poker software of online poker player stats that show up around the player's nickname while you play. Those poker statistics help you make the correct play and decision leading to bigger poker winnings. The poker hud can also assist in multitabling, thus playing a lot more poker hands simultaneously, since by just looking at the online poker stats you immediately know what type of poker player he is. Here is my recommended poker hud layout.
Trading the NFL LIVE on Sunday night turned out to be good fun and if the reader statistics are to be believed, it would appear that 53 of you joined me to watch the game. Those are pretty good numbers which gives me encouragement that quite a few of you like the idea of me giving opinions as I trade.
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As for the match itself, it started the way I expected with the Colts finding it difficult to break down the Jets defense and I was able to capitalise on this to end up with a medium green figure. Unfortunately, the Jets couldn't keep up their good start but fair play to Cassini for forecasting a comeback by the home team - it ended almost bang on his pre-match prediction of a 12 point difference. If you'd like to see exactly what was said then you can review the comments at anytime by going to the post and clicking on the section under the heading. Thanks to those of you who took the time out to be there - I really enjoyed it.
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My trading calendar looks a bit thin this week so it's likely that the next event won't be until the beginning of February. If you want to make sure don't miss it then why don't you sign up for my updates?
2010-01-27 16:10 Muss HOBSONS BAY 5th 2010-01-27 18:10 Kemp CAIRNSMORE 1st Update: I got matched on HOBSONS BAY at 3.35 while Betfair starting price was 3.45. I laid CAIRNSMORE at 2.8 while Betfair starting price was 1.61! Crazy stuff. I re-checked the race afterwards, but CAIRNSMORE was definite a selection for me. You can?t win them all.
NB. All selections are lay selections. Only lay the given selections, if the odds are less or equal 5.0. If the price is greater than 5.0 it is not a bet. I recommend to take the early odds and a maximum liability of 5% of your bank roll on each given selection.
The losing run goes on for the in play football app, -£56 on the day and seven days of losses on the trot for it, it's 'due' a winning day soon!!!
Quiet day for the XKR horse racing app and a small loss of £8 on the day.
Stuck £20 on Liverpool last night, a true mug bet of the highest order, just fancied them and would of been hacked off if they'd won and I hadn't put anything on them. The poor run of personal betting continues :o) Still, it could of been a worse (Sorry SP couldnt resist..!), I think I cursed your Liverpool bet as well!
Another comfortable winner for the Sports Betting Professor's NCAA system pick. This time North Carolina (-1) winning 63-77.
Powerstats also came good again with a profit of 19 points. Elgin didnt quite do the business although managed a creditable 1-0 defeat, not bad given that they were available at over 21's on Betfair during the day! Powerstats Running Total +208 points (10 points per selection). Cheers for the comment Steve! The powerstats had a small dip to start with then steadily increased over the Autumn but has hit a bad patch in January! To be honest, it's good they're showing a decent enough profit even though I'd of liked more. If they finish above 300 points then i think it'll of been an excellent season. I might tweak them a little during the summer to try and reduce the number of selections and maybe then look at getting them proofed next season. The bank I use for them is just part of my bank that I use for all my betting activities and I just stick 10 points on each selection. That's the way I've back tested it, i'm not sure if you've noticed but different leagues have different strategies based on history, for example the German Bundesliga system focuses on high odds away teams. Each league has it's own filter to come up with a prediction so it's hard to pinpoint the exact value 'sweetspot'. The system in effect (for example) says backing away teams in the Bundesliga that have won 2 of their 3 last away matches against teams with a rating higher than 100 at odds in excess of 8's would produce a profit over a season. The ratings for each team vary (obviously!) on their results, their ratings rise and fall based on the rating of the team they have beaten/lost to. So in effect my system is saying that Wolves beating Liverpool at home should get a higher rating increase than say Man Utd beating Hull at home. Good luck for Citeh tonight, what price Tevez to score ? ;o) Just the one Powerstat selection for tonight (no not City either Steve...!) Away Win predicted Arbroath v East Fife. Back East Fife at odds in excess of 2.4
I also fancy a straight back of Everton tonight at odds of 1.68 at home to Sunderland (given the way my personal betting is going I'd advise a lumpy lay of Everton!).
Celebrity Big Brother UK 2010: Betting on Alex Reid
Betting on the UK show Celebrity Big Brother 2010 is available as a special bets market in Betfair. Big Brother is the most popular betting market among other special bets in UK or in any other country, and that is why I selected it for a betting tip. Alex Reid is the big favorite at the time of writing, followed by Dane Bowers. Can Vinnie Jones turn things around though and come out winner of the reality show? The answer may be hidden in the betting charts. Who's for a betting prediction?
Below is some tips picked as value for tonight. Selection first then who against and where playing then odds.
Burnley v Bolton A 5.00 West Ham v Porstmouth A 3.00 Fulham v Spurs A 6.50 Liverpool v Wolves A 1.73 Barnsley v Leicester H 2.63 Bristol City v Cardiff H 2.50 Doncaster v Middlesboro H 2.40 Ipswich v West Brom H 3.10 Sheff Utd v Reading H 1.91 QPR v Nottm Forest A 5.50 Preston v Peterboro A 2.80 Carlisle v Exeter A 3.40 Gillingham v Hartlepool A 4.00 Southend v Millwall A 5.50 Stockport v Brighton H 3.40 Swindon v Leeds H 3.25 Walsall v Norwich H 4.33 Barnet v Torquay H 2.50 Dag & Red v Notts Co H 2.63 Darlington v Northampton H 4.50 Port Vale v Rochdale A 7.00
Live broadcasting of trading, betting and poker. Anyone interested?
Blogging is fun, but what about live broadcasting of sports trading, betting or online poker videos? Live streaming of me trading, betting or playing online poker fascinates me but what about my gambling blog's readers? Would they be interested in joining and viewing such a live broadcast if it was available? After all, I should not bother at all unless someone is watching. So, here is your chance to let me know if you would watch that kind of a live event.
Well the in play football app continued it's downward spiral with another loss, this time -£42 so no big shakes really. That's 6 losing days on the trot now, I have to go back to mid October to find a longer losing streak. What is reassuring though is that it's still nicely in profit for the month (£300+) and is due a decent day sooner or later.
In stark contrast, the XKR Horse Racing app made a bumper return of £195 yesterday to £30 stakes per selection.
Sports Betting Professor gave out another winning system tip for the NBA last night, as well as a couple of recommendations. I do his recommendations to smaller stakes, last night we had one winner and one loser so ended about level.
Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment John. The apps I use are one's I've written myself in Java, they work against the Betfair API. iBetmate is 'just' an iPhone application that has just been released and is well worth the money, easily the best offering out there if you have an iPhone and you use Betfair. My Powerstat selections is a system that I've come up with that uses data from football-data to come up with decent betting opportunities based on form and odds. The Sports Betting Professor is a tipster I've just recently signed up to. Cheers for the comment as well Mike! I look forward to 1.2 of iBetmate!
Tonight we have some Powerstat selections, come on the mighty Elgin (available at 17.5 on Betfair)!
Home Win predicted Bolton v Burnley. Back Bolton at odds in excess of 1.8 Home Win predicted Hartlepool v Gillingham. Back Hartlepool at odds in excess of 1.91 Home Win predicted Tranmere v Yeovil. Back Tranmere at odds in excess of 2.25 Away Win predicted Chesterfield v Rotherham. Back Rotherham at odds in excess of 3.1 Away Win predicted Livingston v Elgin. Back Elgin at odds in excess of 10.0
No selection. NB. All selections are lay selections. Only lay the given selections, if the odds are less or equal 5.0. If the price is greater than 5.0 it is not a bet. I recommend to take the early odds and a maximum liability of 5% of your bank roll on each given selection.
Time for my annual blog on the investment year in view. It’s a bit late, but then I’m late on everything at the moment.
Last year’s recommendations worked out well. Gold, recommended at $875, rose throughout the year. As I write it is at $1,100, up around 26%. I gave three stock tips; Sportingbet are up 140%, Phorm are up 33% and Hydrodec are down 60%. In the words of the great philosopher Meatloaf, two out of three ain’t bad.
Calling the big stuff is complicated now and I wouldn’t know where to start. Oil is at $75 - my gut thinks it might fall a little but with so many strong forces at work I think I’d be a fool to try and call it. This may be the year when the true wealth of China and India starts to hit home - I’m not sure how this plays out, but it might see gold higher.
I’m concentrating on a few equity stories - at least I can get my head around some of these businesses.
I picked Phorm (PHRM) last year and I’m sticking with them. I believe in this business more than ever - their technology is complex and hard to replicate and they potentially drive a lot of revenue. It’s an all or nothing play - if they get moving they could become massive overnight, but they have no business as things stand and if they don’t get moving they are going to zero.
Two years ago Phorm managed to get to £35 on the back of hype alone. They are currently at £3.80 - there is potentially plenty of upside here. They have been locked in a battle with privacy campaigners (see Wikipedia) for a while now which has intensified the regulatory spotlight and kept the business at bay. I don’t think the arguments against them have any real bite and they should ultimately be able to satisfy most of the regulators they come up against - the current price action has a strong feel to it.
I’m also sticking with Hydrodec (HYR) for another year. They ran out of money last year, which wasn’t a clever thing to do in this bad market - the share price was caned and remained depressed for the whole year. They’ve made great strides this year, striking an exceptionally important deal with a large Japanese company called Kobelco and getting approval to operate their technology in Japan. I don’t see why they won’t have a big year in 2010.
Lastly I’ll have a small punt on Character Group (CCT). They are designers and distributors in the toy industry - they had a great year last year and ended up with three of the top selling Christmas toys (Go Go Hamsters, HM Armed Forces, Princess Pippa’s Palace). They announced big profits five days ago and their share price jumped up, but since then it has fallen and is now below where it was before the announcement (74p).
They’re on a roll at the moment and they have product lines that still have time to run. They’ve had a good year pricewise and there’s been some profit taking, but if they can break out of their current trading band they could have a decent run up.
No selection. NB. All selections are lay selections. Only lay the given selections, if the odds are less or equal 5.0. If the price is greater than 5.0 it is not a bet. I recommend to take the early odds and a maximum liability of 5% of your bank roll on each given selection.
Well it had to happen didn't it ? With the season we're having, it was inevitable that we'd be drawn away to our fiercest rivals in the pick of the games in the next round of the cup. That's now pencilled firmly into my diary, it's rare for me to do away games these days but a trip to St Marys is something I don't plan on missing :o)
Onto other matters...As is always the case, whenever you happen to mention a system is going well, it all falls down around you and the in play football app is no exception. It's now had five losing days on the trot, not huge losses and it's still £374 up for the month so no complaints really.
The XKR horse racing app on the other hand has had a great time recently, that had 5 winning days before a losing day yesterday of -£89. Hopefully it can get back to winning days today, currently up £750 for the month.
Powerstats continued it's downward trend on Saturday with a loss of 38 points before finally hitting a couple of decent priced winners yesterday and returning 62 points for us. No selections for tonight but with all the postponements and rearranged games there could well be plenty of selections this week. Powerstats Running Total +189 points (10 points per selection).
The Sports Betting Professor has had a good weekend as well, 3 winning NBA selections and a couple of winning NCAA selections.
How was my gambling blog's traffic in 2009? According to Google Analytics my gambling blog was visited more than 71,000 times, each visitor viewed 2.71 pages, they usually stayed for less than 4 minutes and more than half of the visitors came from search engines! My blog's average bounce rate was about 60% and 62% of the blog's traffic were new visitors. Here are the traffic statistics of my trading, betting and poker blog for 2009.
wasn't able to answer mail today and let new readers join in on the live trade. but today a few more traders will be added mail rc.177@hotmail.com thank you all
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This sums up my entire year so far, surely it has to change soon?
Full Tilt Poker Game #17879907240: $5 + $0.50 Tournament (134769823), Table 12 - 8000/16000 Ante 2000 - No Limit Omaha H/L - 17:44:34 ET - 2010/01/24 Seat 2: Modjadji (130,944) Seat 4: TryToSpy (196,690) Seat 5: NevadaRob (157,104) Seat 6: Chad Lee 36 (261,006) Seat 8: phatodds (130,256) Modjadji antes 2,000 TryToSpy antes 2,000 NevadaRob antes 2,000 Chad Lee 36 antes 2,000 phatodds antes 2,000 Modjadji posts the small blind of 8,000 TryToSpy posts the big blind of 16,000 The button is in seat #8 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Modjadji [5c 6s 3h Ks] NevadaRob folds Chad Lee 36 folds phatodds folds Modjadji calls 8,000 TryToSpy checks *** FLOP *** [2d 5s Kh] NevadaRob has been disconnected NevadaRob has reconnected Modjadji bets 42,000 TryToSpy raises to 178,690, and is all in Modjadji calls 70,944, and is all in TryToSpy shows [Qh 8c 2s Kd] Modjadji shows [5c 6s 3h Ks] Uncalled bet of 65,746 returned to TryToSpy *** TURN *** [2d 5s Kh] [Jh] *** RIVER *** [2d 5s Kh Jh] [Qs] TryToSpy shows two pair, Kings and Queens, for high Modjadji shows two pair, Kings and Fives, for high TryToSpy wins the pot (267,888) with two pair, Kings and Queens Modjadji stands up No low hand qualified *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 267,888 | Rake 0 Board: [2d 5s Kh Jh Qs] Seat 2: Modjadji (small blind) showed [5c 6s 3h Ks] and lost with HI: two pair, Kings and Fives Seat 4: TryToSpy (big blind) showed [Qh 8c 2s Kd] and won (267,888) with HI: two pair, Kings and Queens Seat 5: NevadaRob folded before the Flop Seat 6: Chad Lee 36 folded before the Flop Seat 8: phatodds (button) folded before the Flop
Hold up there and I'm pretty confident I'd win the tourney, despite only playing hilo for a couple of weeks. Grrr! could someone please remove the curse I seem to have been under for ages? tyia.
Sorry no time for an update, here's todays Powerstat selections:
Away Win predicted Wolfsburg v FC Koln. Back FC Koln at odds in excess of 6.5 Away Win predicted Atromitos v Kavala. Back Kavala at odds in excess of 3.5 Away Win predicted Olympiakos v PAOK. Back PAOK at odds in excess of 6.5 Home Win predicted Groningen v Twente. Back Groningen at odds in excess of 3.5 Home Win predicted VVV Venlo v Feyenoord. Back VVV Venlo at odds in excess of 3.8 Away Win predicted Galatasaray v Gaziantepspor. Back Gaziantepspor at odds in excess of 10.0 Away Win predicted Kayserispor v Genclerbirligi. Back Genclerbirligi at odds in excess of 4.33 Away Win predicted Trabzonspor v Sivasspor. Back Sivasspor at odds in excess of 6.0
Thanks to everyone that attended my first event last night. I really enjoyed it but only time will tell if it will have an affect on my trading results. Obviously maintaining my profits comes first, but if I'm honest I think I'd have lost money on that game anyway - it just didn't fit the profile of the type of game that pays off. In fact I might have lost less last night due to the distraction of blogging at the same time!
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I hope those of you who did follow my commentary had fun though. The idea is that it should add to the experience of following the event and if you can pick up any pointers along the way then great.
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So, what's next? Well, with the NFL playoffs reaching it's peak it would be criminal not to cover at least one match so my next LIVE event will be........
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NEW YORK JETS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
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Prior to the start of the playoffs this is how I ranked the top 12 teams (Betfair odds at the time in brackets) :
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1. New York Jets (48)
2. Green Bay Packers (22)
3. Cincinnati Bengals (44)
4. Baltimore Ravens (34)
5. San Diego Chargers (5.60)
6. New England Patriots (15.50)
7. Indianapolis Colts (4)
8. Philadelphia Eagles (32)
9. Minnesota Vikings (9.20)
10. Dallas Cowboys (13.50)
11. Arizona Cardinals (32)
12. New Orleans Saints (5.80)
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Some surprising positions there like New Orleans & Cincinnati!
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With the Jets the outsiders of the bunch I'm delighted they've got this far but can they go all the way?
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Kick off is at 8pm on Sunday 24th January, but coverage will start on my blog from 7.45pm.
Quick update with todays Powerstat selections. Poor day yesterday for the in play football app with a loss of £97, the XKR horse racing app ended more or less exactly level.
Sports Betting Professor had a couple of NBA selections, both coming in.
Thanks for the comment Cass, yep realise all that thanks :o)
Here's todays powerstat selections:
Home Win predicted Westerlo v Gent. Back Westerlo at odds in excess of 3.4 Away Win predicted Hertha v M'gladbach. Back M'gladbach at odds in excess of 4.0 Away Win predicted Mainz v Hannover. Back Hannover at odds in excess of 3.7 Away Win predicted Nurnberg v Ein Frankfurt. Back Ein Frankfurt at odds in excess of 3.3 Home Win predicted Bristol Rvs v Hartlepool. Back Bristol Rvs at odds in excess of 1.85 Home Win predicted Carlisle v Stockport. Back Carlisle at odds in excess of 1.53 Home Win predicted Yeovil v Exeter. Back Yeovil at odds in excess of 2.2 Home Win predicted Airdrie Utd v Inverness C. Back Airdrie Utd at odds in excess of 4.2 Away Win predicted Arbroath v Peterhead. Back Peterhead at odds in excess of 2.5 Home Win predicted Clyde v Brechin. Back Clyde at odds in excess of 3.25 Away Win predicted Dumbarton v Cowdenbeath. Back Cowdenbeath at odds in excess of 2.25 Away Win predicted Stenhousemuir v Alloa. Back Alloa at odds in excess of 2.63 Away Win predicted Stirling v East Fife. Back East Fife at odds in excess of 4.75 Away Win predicted Besiktas v Buyuksehyr. Back Buyuksehyr at odds in excess of 6.5
Placing banners and selling text ad links to monetize your gambling blog comes down to attractive advertising rates. Very often I get asked by other bloggers how much to charge for an advertisement and it was something I was trying to figure out a couple years ago. Even after a thorough search there is not a real and useful answer written anywhere. Advertising rates do seem to fluctuate and depend on the blog's niche and supply and demand. So, how did I do last year?
No selection. Additional Information: This weekend I am not able to do any research, so next selections will be on Monday.
NB. All selections are lay selections. Only lay the given selections, if the odds are less or equal 5.0. If the price is greater than 5.0 it is not a bet. I recommend to take the early odds and a maximum liability of 5% of your bank roll on each given selection.
More of the same really yesterday. The in play football app made a small loss of £39 and the XKR horse racing application had a cracking day with £136 profit.
At the end of last year, after reading The Betfair Football Trader's blog, I joined The Sports Betting Professor NBA/NFL tipping service. Seemed worth it for only a fiver trial for the month. He sends out various system picks as well as recomendations, he also advises a martingale style form of staking i.e. first selection is Bet A, if that loses double up on Bet B then the same for Bet C. If Bet C loses then you start again, it went well to start with but a Bet C going down for me recently has put it into a small loss although to be fair that's down to me increasing my stakes before the losing run. Sometimes I have to deviate from the staking system if there are multiple selections over a night, not often though. As the NBA/NFL Service was going well I joined his NCAA (College Basketball) service, same style of selections as the other service. The trouble is, there are more selections and a lot of games go through the night so you might have one selection at 10pm the next at 2am, and there's no way I'm staying up all night to adjust my stakes! So I've stuck purely to level stakes for his system selections and I've got to say, it's gone....terribly! Currently over 6 points down to level stakes, so the jury is well and truely out on this one...! I'll keep you posted of how it goes from now on.
Friday and the weekend is upon us, no work for two days and plenty of sporting action. Should be a load of Powerstat selections, will post them as I have them.
$30,000 loss! My worst losing day ever in online poker!
I kind of expected such a day. After all I had moved up to $25-50 NL tables and a 6 buy-in downswing was inevitable. I'm happy though since I didn't play bad and most of the money were lost due to bad beats. Here are a couple of interesting daily and monthly graphs and stats, along with a couple of my worst bad beats I experienced yesterday.
