RandallFlagg's Lay Betting Journal: current betting bank total £488.21

Boromedic

RandallFlagg said:

Today's bet won:

13:10 Chepstow The Ogle Gogle Man WIN £5.04 matched at odd of 5.70

Betting bank now stands at £312.27

Well done mate, and thanks for the tips. I'm now at £103 and some change thanks to your assistance. Which is double my initial stake of £50 in just a month, I'm impressed!

RandallFlagg

DefaultM said:

Out of interest what is it about laying that you prefer to backing? 
I've been weighing it up in my head and I like that there are more chances to win your bet due to all but one horse losing, but I can't get past risking more than I would make.
I have similar issues when I back at short odds. Last Cheltenham William Hill did a massive boost on Altior to win but it was still under evens. I took it but ended up laying it off before the race because I couldn't stand the thought of losing £50 trying to make £45.
Though to be fair it was the same festival where I'd just watched Sir Erec go from being the SP fave to being put down, so that was also an influence.

I'm crap at picking winners and find it really quick to narrow down a couple of suitable races and horses for a lay bet. For lay betting to work you need a really good strike rate.

RandallFlagg

  Boromedic said:

RandallFlagg said:

Today's bet won:

13:10 Chepstow The Ogle Gogle Man WIN £5.04 matched at odd of 5.70

Betting bank now stands at £312.27

Well done mate, and thanks for the tips. I'm now at £103 and some change thanks to your assistance. Which is double my initial stake of £50 in just a month, I'm impressed!

Once you're all hooked I will move the tips behind a Patreon paywall and charge you a small a fee for the privelege

welby

Well done again - Big thanks from me as well !
 

YellowLedBetterMan

I'm also back up to more-or-less where I was before Wednesday's loss. Nice.

Boromedic

RandallFlagg said:

  Boromedic said:

RandallFlagg said:

Today's bet won:

13:10 Chepstow The Ogle Gogle Man WIN £5.04 matched at odd of 5.70

Betting bank now stands at £312.27

Well done mate, and thanks for the tips. I'm now at £103 and some change thanks to your assistance. Which is double my initial stake of £50 in just a month, I'm impressed!

Once you're all hooked I will move the tips behind a Patreon paywall and charge you a small a fee for the privelege

Lol, funnily enough I was going to PM youabout that very topic but you've beaten me to it! PM incoming now

RandallFlagg

Boromedic said:

RandallFlagg said:

  Boromedic said:

RandallFlagg said:

Today's bet won:

13:10 Chepstow The Ogle Gogle Man WIN £5.04 matched at odd of 5.70

Betting bank now stands at £312.27

Well done mate, and thanks for the tips. I'm now at £103 and some change thanks to your assistance. Which is double my initial stake of £50 in just a month, I'm impressed!

Once you're all hooked I will move the tips behind a Patreon paywall and charge you a small a fee for the privelege

Lol, funnily enough I was going to PM youabout that very topic but you've beaten me to it! PM incoming now

rest easy Al, I was joking, I have no plans to charge for tips, not this year anyway! I may be a Tory boy capitalist brexiteer but I couldn't sleep at night thinking people were paying money for me to tip them losing bets.

RandallFlagg

A few races make the shortlist today:

• 13:05 Taunton
• 13:40 Taunton
• 16:15 Haydock

Will decide later if worth a punt.

RandallFlagg

Today's bet: 16:15 Haydock Duc De Grissay SP lay £25 liability

hollywoodrox

He’s doing well . Jolly interesting

RandallFlagg

Today's bet won.

16:15 Haydock Duc De Grissay WIN £3.99 odds matched at 6.20

Betting bank now stands at £316.26

RandallFlagg

No bet today (Sunday)

DefaultM

RandallFlagg said:

DefaultM said:

Out of interest what is it about laying that you prefer to backing? 
I've been weighing it up in my head and I like that there are more chances to win your bet due to all but one horse losing, but I can't get past risking more than I would make.
I have similar issues when I back at short odds. Last Cheltenham William Hill did a massive boost on Altior to win but it was still under evens. I took it but ended up laying it off before the race because I couldn't stand the thought of losing £50 trying to make £45.
Though to be fair it was the same festival where I'd just watched Sir Erec go from being the SP fave to being put down, so that was also an influence.

I'm crap at picking winners and find it really quick to narrow down a couple of suitable races and horses for a lay bet. For lay betting to work you need a really good strike rate.

Another advantage must be not having to worry about winning and getting your account closed. I opened a 888Sport yesterday and won a bit. Jokingly said to my wife how long do you reckon until I can't place a bet on that?
Literally 12 hours later I try place another bet but max I'm allowed is 50p. Shocking. I've not even had chance to use the free bet they gave me for placing the first bet yet!

Edit: the above reminded me to place the free bets; only to find I'm not allowed. I can place £3 but that means I surrender the remaining £27 haha. Thanks for the Itchy and Scratchy Land money guys.

hollywoodrox

DefaultM said:

RandallFlagg said:

DefaultM said:

Out of interest what is it about laying that you prefer to backing? 
I've been weighing it up in my head and I like that there are more chances to win your bet due to all but one horse losing, but I can't get past risking more than I would make.
I have similar issues when I back at short odds. Last Cheltenham William Hill did a massive boost on Altior to win but it was still under evens. I took it but ended up laying it off before the race because I couldn't stand the thought of losing £50 trying to make £45.
Though to be fair it was the same festival where I'd just watched Sir Erec go from being the SP fave to being put down, so that was also an influence.

I'm crap at picking winners and find it really quick to narrow down a couple of suitable races and horses for a lay bet. For lay betting to work you need a really good strike rate.

Another advantage must be not having to worry about winning and getting your account closed. I opened a 888Sport yesterday and won a bit. Jokingly said to my wife how long do you reckon until I can't place a bet on that?
Literally 12 hours later I try place another bet but max I'm allowed is 50p. Shocking. I've not even had chance to use the free bet they gave me for placing the first bet yet!

Edit: the above reminded me to place the free bets; only to find I'm not allowed. I can place £3 but that means I surrender the remaining £27 haha. Thanks for the Itchy and Scratchy Land money guys.

That’s terrible , can’t imagine proper bookies getting away with that. You would have to win bloody regular 

RandallFlagg

If you win on Betfair Exchange by backing or laying no-one is going to close your account. 

DefaultM

Going to have a look at what I've done, see if I can work out what they didn't like.
I certainly intended to do the bad each way races I mentioned on it, but I hadn't yet. So unless they've got a Minority Report style set up who knows.

RandallFlagg

Only 1 race makes my shortlist this morning. 16:00 Newcastle. Will see how the prices shape up later.

RandallFlagg

Today's bet: 16:00 Newcastle Skipthescales SP lay £25 liability

YellowLedBetterMan

  

RandallFlagg

Today's bet won 16:00 Newcastle Skipthescales WIN £5.28

Betting bank now stands at £321.54

Thought a song might match the mood today. I've been on a bit of Pearl Jam trip this weekend rediscovering their first album Ten and in particular Mike McCready's Strat tones.

I didn't really like them at the time, I was swept up in the whole Nirvana/Kurt Cobain thing where he suggested they were fake. In hindsight, they are a good solid rock band and look the part, like a modern Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Oh, and that Eddie Vedder is one helluva good looking boy, I wish I looked like that back in the day.

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