Last week was great. Mid-30s every day, clear blue skies until a short thunderstorm late afternoon that freshened the air. Plenty of good pasta and wine. A dip in the pool whenever you felt things were getting a little bit too hot, and absolute peace. And time to read, chat, and sleep. Remind me again why I live in the UK?
I hadn’t intended to put any bets on but in the end I did, not because of any great compulsion to do so, but because with modern technology, it is so quick and easy to do. I didn’t take my laptop, but when others were snoozing and all was quiet, then why not. I managed to get on all the Weekly Golf Value bets for the week, each of the Sys Analyst picks, and a few WinnerOdds Football bets too, all very quickly and easily via my ‘phone. I didn’t bother with looking for value bets on the Exchanges or using the Bookie Bashing Bet Tracker. That would have been too much pfaff (?) and quite frankly I just wasn’t that inclined. Not when there was another glass of the local vino rosso to pour.
As it transpired, I was grateful for putting on the WGV bets, with 25/1 Aaron Rai a successful pick on Sunday, and Austin Eckroat placing too at 60/1. I’d gone to bed Sunday night thinking I was in with a good chance of two placers, with Rai a couple of shots behind a strong looking Max Greyserman entering the back nine. I’ll let WGV explain what happened next, these words taken from their weekly update email:
“…it is fair to say that variance was on our side in this instance! Max Greyserman (who eventually finished second) looked like he had the title sewn up going into the back nine on Sunday but a quadruple-bogey shattered his chances as Rai played confidently to win by two strokes.”
For once, the Monday-morning-back-to-work-after-a-holiday feeling wasn’t so bad!
Looking forward and just today, with the top European football leagues starting up at the weekend, I’ve started to place regular Lucky 15s using the Bookie Bashing Early Price Tracker. This ran at a 20%+ rate of ROI from last December to the end of the football season and it would be most welcome indeed if that picks up from where I left it. It’s true I’ve put on a smattering of L15s since, but you can coount the number on your two hands. From this week, the intention is to get up to four or five each day.
I’m expecting there to be more WinnerOdds football picks to put on now too. The rate of bets being placed each day fell from about 12 to around 8 over the past month to six weeks. Time to get busy!
I’ll be back later in the week with a results update. Until then…
