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Portfolio Betting

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

I’ve been thinking about portfolio betting recently. This is something that I think of as putting together a collection of systems, methods or tipping services to have a well rounded betting strategy. The idea being that they don’t all have a losing spell at the same time.
Seeing the Tote / Racing Post Ten to Follow […]

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Multiple Streams of Betting Income

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

In all activities that involve making or investing money it pays to diversify, but with betting it is even more important. All systems and selection procedures will have losing spells and even the top professionals have spells where they just can’t pick a winning bet.
If you are at all serious about your betting you have […]

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So you want to become a Professional

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

What makes a professional bettor different from your average punter? Well apart from the obvious that they make a living from it, one of the other major differences is that they trust their own opinion. That sounds simple enough. But think about it, how many times have you made a selection and then changed your […]

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Arbitrage - The Bet You Just Can’t Lose

Monday, October 9th, 2006

With the advent of the Internet and the boom in online gambling, arbitrage betting has become tremendously popular with the informed punter, but still remains a mystery to many.
The word ‘arbitrage’ itself comes from the financial trading world and is derived from the Latin word ‘arbiter’ or judge.
Arbitrage was originally a trade in the financial […]

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Dott Wins Longest Final

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

Graeme Dott defeated Peter Ebdon 18-14 in an epic contest to win the Snooker World Championship at The Crucible.
It was Dott’s first ever tournament win and the longest final in Crucible history, surpassing even the Dennis Taylor-Steve Davis classic in 1985.
Dott went into the last session leading 15-7 but Ebdon won six […]

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Dott Takes 11-5 Lead In Lacklustre Final

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Graeme Dott is in control in the World Championships snooker final, leading a battle weary Peter Ebdon 11-5 overnight.
Dott went from 4-2 to 8-2 before Ebdon showed his resiliance by taking the next two frames, but his revival was stopped as Dott took three of the last four.
The players finally brought day one […]

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Eight On The Trot For Dott, One Too Few For Fu

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

With the score at 8-8 Graeme Dott won eight consecutive frames to go 16-8 up against world number one Ronnie O’Sullivan, and finally triumphed 17-11 to reach his first World Championship final.
Dott said he deserved more respect after reaching his second World Championship final.
“It’s impossible to fluke your way to the Crucible final - you […]

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Ebdon Close To Final

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Peter Ebdon upped his game considerably to lead Marco Fu 15-9 in the World Championship semi-final at the Crucible.
After a dire first session, the match has improved with Ebdon going from strength to strength.
Resuming 9-7 ahead, Ebdon made a brilliant 122 break in the opener and proceeded to take the next three.
Fu stopped […]

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O’Sullivan Leads Dott 5-3

Friday, April 28th, 2006

Tournament favourite Ronnie O’Sullivan has taken a two frame lead over Scotland’s Graeme Dott in the first session of their World Championship semi final at the Crucible.
Dott started superbly, winning the first frame with a 121 break but O’Sullivan took two of the next three for a 2-2 scoreline at the interval.
O’Sullivan was on […]

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O’Sullivan Prevails Over Williams

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Mark Williams 13-11 with a gutsty performance to reach the semi final of the snooker World Championship.
He will now face Graeme Dott who survived an almighty scare to beat Neil Robertson 13-12.
O’Sullivan resumed 10-6 ahead having racked up breaks of 56, 72, 68, 109, 95 and 70 in the afternoon session.
Williams […]

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