OK, so I’ll begrudgingly admit that whoever within UEFA it was who came up with the idea for the Nations League, deserves a pat on the back and a “Well Done You”. Undoubtedly the games are better and more meaningful than the dreadfully tedious international friendlies we had before, but it’s still not proper footie, is it? And we’ve had three breaks for international football since the season began, which to my mind is at the very least two too many. Anyway, we’ve got the proper game back at the weekend, thank goodness.
In the meantime I’ve been reading a bit more about golf betting and the theme that I see being constantly repeated is the need for real patience if betting on outright tournament winners. Stands to reason I guess, in that when backing at odds of 20/1, 40/1, 100/1 and 200/1+, hitting the bullseye is going to be a rare occurrence.
So when I reintroduced Golf Insider to the portfolio, I girdled my nerves and steadied my loins in preparation for playing the ‘long game’. Two weeks in and Bang! An 80/1 winner. Who needs patience? Easy pickings this golf betting malarkey.
I wish, although if it was I suppose everyone would be doing it. There was a bit of a gentle bump back to earth last week when no player backed on either side of the Atlantic could even reach the places, the useless gits.
On a serious note, I’m hoping that the 3-ball bets that Golf Insider offers will help smooth out the path a touch, although having said that I’ve not had a 3-ball bet so far this month. It makes sense though to have these shorter priced higher-staked bets as part of the golf betting deal though, just so that we followers can ‘go’ to the ‘Collect’ window on what is a regular basis compared to how often we go when backing the tournament winners. It’s good for the sanity to go collect fairly regularly at least.
Anyway, those of you new to golf betting, you’ve been warned. You need to be brave and to laugh in the face of long losing runs. You need to be amused and not angered or frustrated by your 80/1 shot losing a play-off after being ahead by four during the final round before imploding up the home stretch. Oh yes, these are the delights that await. There’s something slightly masochistic about it all, but it’s not half a good feeling when it all comes together. 😉
Betting performance from Monday 12th to Sunday 18th November
A pretty quiet week, all told, with each portfolio generating profit, if not in huge amounts.
It was great to see The Accountant get back to what I presume is form that is more par for the course (see what I did there on a post about golf betting?). When you are new to a service and it gets off to a howler, it’s never easy to deal with but again, you’ve just got to hang in there.
Other than that, there weren’t any outstanding performances, either good or bad.
Portfolio performance
‘Main’: ROI 2.72%, ROC 0.38%.
‘Starter’: ROI 9.66%, ROC 1.71%.
‘Broxchange’: ROI 11.91%, ROC 1.75%.
Individual Service Performance
The Accountant: Staked 23pts, +4.918pts.
Racing Service 1: Staked 8pts, -0.75pts.
Football Service 1: Staked 3pts, -0.975pts.
Football Lay Profits: n/a.
Golf Insider: Staked 8.2pts, -8.2pts.
MVS (Lite): Staked 12pts, +1.625pts.
Northern Monkey: Staked 4pts, -3.343pts.
Football Service 2: Staked 7pts, +1.895pts.
Racing Service 2: Staked 10pts, +2pts.
Racing Service 3: Staked 24pts, -10.687pts.
