I thought I had escaped. But no. The Gambling Gods don’t allow for escapes. They may lull you into believing that you are, and then close the net around you once more to make any thoughts of escaping seem fanciful in the extreme. They let you reach the train station in small town Germany, dressed in civilian clothes and merging into the background, but then a crafty “Hello” in English, and an understandable but instant “Hello” back, and before you know it you’re being ruthlessly gunned down. And don’t even get me started on stealing a motorbike and after some valiant attempts at escape, riding it headlong into a load of barbed wire…
My stealing of the motorbike took the form of Keita Nakajima, one of four Weekly Golf Value players put up across the two golf tournaments last week that I didn’t back. I couldn’t get value prices on them at any of the books I can still use. He was level at the top of the leaderboard in the Club House, but was pipped when Richard Mansell birdied the last to claim the victory. Nakajima finished second, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
And then came the barbed wire fence.
Viktor Hovland, another of the four unbacked golfers, took advantage of Justin Thomas fannying around when clear at the top to cliam the US event in the evening by a stroke. WGV, to its immense credit, had Hovland to a sizeable stake at a big price (70/1). I had nothing.
One golfer to place for me across the two tournaments. It could have been so much better. But them’s the breaks, I guess.
Elsewhere and there’s not been any immediate bounce back this time from the disaster that was the previous weekend for WinnerOdds Football. That Saturday has left a serious dint on the figures, both for the month and year to date. It very much feels I’m in recovery mode. How long for? Let’s see.
March 2025 (stakes normalised):
Bookie Bashing Golf Tracker/WGV: Staked 708pts, +38.23pts, ROI 5.39%, ROC 1.9%, Drawdown -184.2pts, Max DD -184.2pts
eSoccer Edge: Staked 4,580pts, +270.75pts, ROI 5.9%, ROC 13.5%, Drawdown -16.25pts, Max DD -254pts
The Value Machine: Staked 1,340pts, -40.58pts, ROI -3%, ROC -2%, Drawdown -200pts, Max DD -266.42pts
WinnerOdds Football: Staked 5,908pts, -136.82pts, ROI -2.3%, ROC -6.8%, Drawdown -468.58pts, Max DD -495.34pts
TOTAL: Staked 12,538pts, +112.58pts, ROI 0.89%, ROC 1.4%, Drawdown -276.5pts, Max DD -402.35pts
