Yeah I bet on it pretty much every week. Someones got to keep Skybet in buisness! As I bet on it every week it's hard to keep track of if your up or down. Last year I think I was probably up as I had some decent wins on people like Freddie Jacobsen and the best was picking out Ricardo Santos at 80/1. This year I've kept records. The PGA tour seems to be where I do better. Although this year is pretty pants! Barely a penny back on the European tour and about even on the PGA (after my collapse at the Masters). With all bets and doubles I normally bet about £30 a week. The Masters I doubled that with no return so that's hurt a bit... Got a good feeling about Castano though this week ;-) Posted by FlashFlush
yeah euro tour i dont have a clue about anymore really the fields are so much weaker than the pga. I've just added my euro tour bets:
No great thinking on these - they're both spanish and half decent players lol I fancy Castano too but his odds just put me off.
Put my 2 in 4 ew doubles with Mahan and Simpson. Thinking here is that Mahan and Simpson are both decent players usually but had a very poor masters and beginning to the season in general so their odds are better than normal, they'll have had more time to prepare for this than most of the other big players and they have to turn their form round sooner or later lol Doubles are always a long shot in golf anyway.
So total bet for RBC and Espana is £20. So got a wee bit to play with from my winnings (£35) from the masters for some in play fun or last minute punts lol
Good week in the end last week thanks to Scott winning. Gone for Van Pelt,Gay and Pettersson this week @ 40/1,66/1 and 66/1 Look at Euro jobbie later. Posted by jackda
Well done Jackda, I just had a look at your picks for The Masters, didn't you get a place on Day and Woods as well?
Hope your good run continues this week with Brian Gay
In Response to Re: Get in the Hole! 2013 Season! (Heritage + Open de Espana) Year Profit: -82.19pts : Well done Jackda, I just had a look at your picks for The Masters, didn't you get a place on Day and Woods as well? Hope your good run continues this week with Brian Gay Posted by TheDart
Yeah cheers dart.Tbh nearly backed Cabrera from the start as well but went with Van Pelt instead.Can't complain though obv just hope it continues.
so after checking out my bets for the rbc and open espana i decided to look at the us open odds which has led me putting on a treble for the last 3 majors lol
US open Fowler 50/1 Open Champ Oosthuizen 33/1 PGA Snedeker 25/1 (had to request this one over the phone)
£1 ew.
Before placing the bet I decided to check the potential winnings etc which made me feel that if two won and one placed £700 seemed a bit rubbish as I'd only win the place part of it.
This led me to discovering a different each way bet I never knew about.......equally divided. This now means (assuming they all place) if one wins I get £880, if two win I get £4k and if all three roll in I get £22k. The normally each way bet would see me get £45k if they all win or £700 if they all place. With the equally divided bet I'm better off if at least one of them wins but worse off if they all win or all just place (no winners). The things you learn lol it's got no chance anyway!
I too am favouring Louis for the Open championship... His performance at the Masters was not a great confidence boost, being beaten by a 14 year old boy and missing the cut, but the Open is a long way off yet, and he has plenty of time to get back into form. I've already had a couple of bets on him for this, if poker keeps behaving itself like it has been lately then I'll keep adding too it.
Do you mean a Trixie? I too am favouring Louis for the Open championship... He performance at the Masters was not a great confidence boost, being beaten by a 14 year olf boy and missing the cut, but the Open is a long way off yet, and he has plenty of time to get back into form. I've already had a couple of bets on him for this, if poker keeps behaving itself like it has been lately then I'll keep adding too it. Posted by FlashFlush
No a trixie (from a quick google) is like 4 separate bets (3 doubles, a treble).
With the equally divided ew bet it splits the returns made from the previous result and places that on the next event/race etc
so say if put an equally divided ew treble on 3 events for £1 ew (total stake £2). First player is 10/1 odds. if i win first event I win 14.5. This 14.5 is then split in two i.e. 7.25 and put each way on the next event. and so on.
Well that's great to read! Both my picks for the Open De Espana have said they aren't really up for it this week and are only playing it because it's in Spain and they love the course. Let's hope they finish the week with a nice surprise!
Well that's great to read! Both my picks for the Open De Espana have said they aren't really up for it this week and are only playing it because it's in Spain and they love the course. Let's hope they finish the week with a nice surprise! Posted by FlashFlush
Wouldn't fill me with confidence lol
1 of mine has got the kiss of death by being the skybet golf experts tip! Looking forward to it all kicking off again tomorrow - as long i get a bit of a sweat with my picks on the sunday I'll be reasonably happy! Nothing worse than your picks being out of contention by before the weekend!
Dont really put much effort into my European selections cos cant always watch it.Therefore just put a couple of quid on the racing post selections,Horsey and Webster @ 25/1 and 50s.Plus Grillo,Parry and Wakefield @ 80/1,150/1 and 150/1 all £1 ew.
Well I've just ballsed some bets up! I wanted to do some outsiders for the 1st round leader market and also put them in a double. Only £1 e/w bets for the craic.
I put on Kohles and Harris English in the Heritage, but then meant to pick Peter Uihlein but accidently picked the outright market. So I now have Uihlein as outright winner in Spain and in doubles as well as 1st round leader...
Late declaration of fancies this week. Done Horsey and Lowry ew 33 & 40/1. And an outsider to back them up Havret 135/1 ew. Just doing Donald @ 16/1 ew in the USA. No doubles this week.
Cabrerra-bello. E. (-1 thru 2 on day 2 as I write this). T25
Larazabaal. +5. What the **** happened lol
My doubles with my two espana picks and Mahan and Simpson still isn't dead yet either with those two -3 after round 1.
Of my 7 two have played themselves out of it already barring a miracle but the rest are either right in it or are within a few shots of the lead. gmac needs a good friday
Not a bad day 1 for my team Rbc Day. -4. T4 Haas. -3. T7 Garrigus. -1 T31 McDowell E T58 Sterne +5 who cares lol Espana Cabrerra-bello. E. (-1 thru 2 on day 2 as I write this). T25 Larazabaal. +5. What the **** happened lol My doubles with two espana picks and Mahan and Simpson still is dead yet either with those two -3 after round 1. Of my 7 two have played themselves out of it already barring a miracle but the rest are either right in it or are within a few shots of the lead. gmac needs a good friday Posted by jdsallstar
Decent start for me also..
My 1st round leaders were pants, Uihlein missed out by 1 shot, the others were nowhere.
Overall picks. Hoffman 1 shot behind the lead on -5, and Donald steady start on -2.
Castano right up there in Span, Jimenez turned out to be a waste of money...
Strange first day in Spain, a lot of big names struggled, but the leaderboard is very bunched, so some players may still be in it that earlier yesterday looked out of it, if you see what I mean.
After reading the weather forecast, which suggested a fairly benign morning followed by high winds and rain in the afternoon I backed a couple of players in running last night, that had early tee times.
Mark Warren 60/1 who is 2 under for his round and tied for the lead after 9, so probably about to go on a bogey run now I've posted the bet on here.
The other one was Mark Tullo 100/1, who is sadly +2 for his round and +1 after 7 holes.
Edit: I have no idea if the weather forecast has or is turning out be accurate!
Not a bad day 1 for my team Rbc Day. -4. T4 Haas. -3. T7 Garrigus. -1 T31 McDowell E T58 Sterne +5 who cares lol Espana Cabrerra-bello. E. (-1 thru 2 on day 2 as I write this). T25 Larazabaal. +5. What the **** happened lol My doubles with my two espana picks and Mahan and Simpson still isn't dead yet either with those two -3 after round 1. Of my 7 two have played themselves out of it already barring a miracle but the rest are either right in it or are within a few shots of the lead. gmac needs a good friday Posted by jdsallstar
My gmac ship has finally left the harbour - 3under through 9 and t7. Still got 9 holes to give them all back but making good progress
Well I've just ballsed some bets up! I wanted to do some outsiders for the 1st round leader market and also put them in a double. Only £1 e/w bets for the craic. I put on Kohles and Harris English in the Heritage, but then meant to pick Peter Uihlein but accidently picked the outright market. So I now have Uihlein as outright winner in Spain and in doubles as well as 1st round leader... Posted by FlashFlush
Ummm, actually no I meant to do that... It was a completely skillful bet.
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Larrazabal @ 20/1
Cabrerra-Bello @33/1
No great thinking on these - they're both spanish and half decent players lol I fancy Castano too but his odds just put me off.
Put my 2 in 4 ew doubles with Mahan and Simpson. Thinking here is that Mahan and Simpson are both decent players usually but had a very poor masters and beginning to the season in general so their odds are better than normal, they'll have had more time to prepare for this than most of the other big players and they have to turn their form round sooner or later lol Doubles are always a long shot in golf anyway.
So total bet for RBC and Espana is £20. So got a wee bit to play with from my winnings (£35) from the masters for some in play fun or last minute punts lol
Hope your good run continues this week with Brian Gay
US open Fowler 50/1
Open Champ Oosthuizen 33/1
PGA Snedeker 25/1 (had to request this one over the phone)
£1 ew.
Before placing the bet I decided to check the potential winnings etc which made me feel that if two won and one placed £700 seemed a bit rubbish as I'd only win the place part of it.
This led me to discovering a different each way bet I never knew about.......equally divided. This now means (assuming they all place) if one wins I get £880, if two win I get £4k and if all three roll in I get £22k. The normally each way bet would see me get £45k if they all win or £700 if they all place. With the equally divided bet I'm better off if at least one of them wins but worse off if they all win or all just place (no winners). The things you learn lol it's got no chance anyway!
Anybody else done one of these before?
With the equally divided ew bet it splits the returns made from the previous result and places that on the next event/race etc
so say if put an equally divided ew treble on 3 events for £1 ew (total stake £2). First player is 10/1 odds. if i win first event I win 14.5. This 14.5 is then split in two i.e. 7.25 and put each way on the next event. and so on.
Tried to find an easier explanation online and this is the best i could find lol
http://www.strategicbetting.co.uk/blog/articles/the-each-way-equally-divided-method-explained/
Basically means if i feel that it's likely 1 will win and the others "might" win i'm better off with this type of ew bet.
1 of mine has got the kiss of death by being the skybet golf experts tip! Looking forward to it all kicking off again tomorrow - as long i get a bit of a sweat with my picks on the sunday I'll be reasonably happy! Nothing worse than your picks being out of contention by before the weekend!
Strange first day in Spain, a lot of big names struggled, but the leaderboard is very bunched, so some players may still be in it that earlier yesterday looked out of it, if you see what I mean.
After reading the weather forecast, which suggested a fairly benign morning followed by high winds and rain in the afternoon I backed a couple of players in running last night, that had early tee times.
Mark Warren 60/1 who is 2 under for his round and tied for the lead after 9, so probably about to go on a bogey run now I've posted the bet on here.
The other one was Mark Tullo 100/1, who is sadly +2 for his round and +1 after 7 holes.
Edit: I have no idea if the weather forecast has or is turning out be accurate!