The only ‘game’ other than betting that I’ve felt is possibly a touch tougher, is the one which The Wire explores in its amazingly good, ground-breaking HBO series of a few years ago (seriously, if you’ve never watched it, do!). The drug trade-fuelled violence, murder and general desperation endemic on the rough streets of Baltimore was, I felt, a pretty harsh environment in which to survive, never mind flourish. It’s all in the game, yo.
Reading Wayne’s (Northern Monkey Punter) crie de coeur sent out to members last week, sent something of a shiver down my spine. He’s clearly really not enjoying ‘the game’ at the moment, and even hinted at closing the service come season end. For what it’s worth – and I know this is easy for me to say as I’m not the one under pressure here – but I really hope that isn’t the case. Regular readers of the Bet Diary will probably be bored of my saying that Wayne is one of the good guys and a darned fine tipster to boot. But it’s true. And a losing year doesn’t change that.
In other shock news, I’ve had a losing week using the Bookie Bashing Racing Tracker. Not one single day ended in a profit, which I’ve not experienced before. The losses are hardly large however, and whilst appreciating I’ve not so much been riding a wave of positive variance as doing hand stands whilst smoking a fat Cuban and drinking the finest of Cognacs whilst on that wave, I know I’m due a serious reversion to the mean. The ROI remains stupendously, ridiculously – and most of all – unsustainably, high. Perhaps this past week is the start of the ‘correction’.
Bet Alchemist (100pt bank): Staked 176pts, -1.28pts, roi -0.72%, roc -1.28%, High 0pts, DD -11.73pts, Max DD -24.338pts
Northern Monkey (80): Staked 308.875pts, -33.996pts, roi -11%, roc -42.49%, High 0pts, DD -33.996pts, Max DD -45.043pts
The Value Bettor (40): Staked 9.75pts, +1.46pts, roi 14.97%, roc 3.65%, High 2.71pts, DD -1.25pts, Max DD -2pts
BB Racing Tracker (100): Staked 319pts, +378.81pts, roi 118.74%, roc 378.81%, High 0pts, DD -8.719pts, Max DD -13.388pts
Racing Totals: ROI 44.09%, ROC 108.35%
