27/08/11-28/08/11

P&L for 27/08/11-28/08/11

Football : 31.53

P&L since last post : 31.53

Football.

57 markets. 1 red of £71.26. I went in over staked about 20 seconds too early and 2 ticks higher than I should. Too overconfident and greedy.

No tennis this weekend as the finals that were on seemed a bit iffy. Having watched the Isner v Bennetau match I'm glad I steered clear. US open 1st rounds begin today. Must practice restraint.

Keep it green everybody.

22/08/11-26/08/11

P&L for 22/08/11-26/08/11

Football : 37.21
Tennis : -19.46

P&L since last post : 17.75

Football.

32 markets. No reds. Always happy to see that.

Tennis.

21 markets. 3 reds totalling £107.98. Bloody Tennis. Yet again I got sucked in and I can probably say I'll be involved in the US open at the start. After that I'll try to steer clear.

I'm very fortunate to have come out of this week with a green. I did make my bank withdrawl on schedule and took a loss straight afterwards.

Keep it green everybody

20/08/11-21/08/11

P&L for 20/08/11-21/08/11

Football : 49.25
Tennis : -44.60

P&L since last post : 4.65

Football.

43 markets. No reds. A good weekend. I did struggle to stay on track with what was happening in other areas but I didn't stray.

Tennis.

5 markets. 1 red of £67.54. What the hell is wrong with me?. I said NO TENNIS!. I'd had a decent day with the football on Saturday and was planning to hit the hay when I thought ' I'll just have a look at what is happening with Sharapova v Zvonareva'. Fatal mistake. After watching for a couple of mins, yes a whole couple of mins, I decided to do a quick lay of Zvonareva on Sharapova's serve and green it out after a couple of ticks but it went against me and I took a red. Instead of letting it go I end up fully involved in the match trying to 'recover' the red and sit till 3am on a knife edge and end up taking a 30% loss of bank. Utter madness. One of the worst matches I have ever seen. I also did a few tennis matches on Sunday and managed to dig my way back too green overall but the Jankovic v Sharapova match was no better in terms of play. If I had left the tennis alone I would have had solid green for the weekend on the football, more than I ended up with as I missed many matches while staring at the tennis. I don't know what I'm thinking sometimes.

I promise myself now that I will not get involved in any of the minor tennis tourneys that are on this week. Football only.

In other news...

I have fixed my 32" lcd tv. It's been broken for 6 months and I've been using an old 15" CRT monitor for the duration. I knew what the problem was, most likely, and I knew where to get the replacement part to fix it but at £40 I was uncertain if it was worth spending that to fix a 6 year old 32" 720p tv when I could get a 22" 1080p monitor to replace it for £100. I've been thinking about downsizing a bit in preparation to change living circumstances. I had reassembled the tv and took pictures of it to put on ebay as spare or repair when I went to the parts website to get the link so I could put that in the ebay ad. When I pulled it up I saw that the part had been reduced in price to £25. After a bit of indecision I decided to order it. It came, I installed, it worked. WooHoo!!. It's nice to have my big screen back again and it puts off the outlay for the 22" monitor. When the time comes to move I can flog the fully functional tv on ebay for more than I paid for the part I'm sure. Nice to have something go my way for a change.

Unfortunately I have to make a sizable withdrawal in terms of bank percentage by tomorrow evening at the latest. My real life bank account needs it. I have to try and not let that affect my thinking either before or after during this weeks activities. I must stay focused.

Keep it green everybody

15/08/11-19/08/11

P&L for 15/08/11-19/08/11

Football : -34.42
Tennis : 44.43

P&L since last post : 10.01

Football.

35 markets. 2 reds totalling £63.02. Both reds on Monday night and both avoidable in hindsight had I been more patient and less greedy. Not the best way to start a week.

Tennis.

19 markets. 2 reds totalling £5.84. Quite a few scratch trades as well. I had said I would avoid the tennis and I should have despite the green I ended with. There were a few matches that I should have taken a small red on and foolishly didn't. Nadal v Verdasco and Djoko v Monfils being the obvious examples. The fact that I came out green does not excuse my poor judgement. No tennis for me this weekend.

I'm absolutely knackered. After last night's late green out on Djoko I had to get up early this morning to wait for a delivery which I'm still waiting for. This comes after getting up early for same said delivery yesterday which didn't arrive. Add to that all the 5 am wake up calls my neighbours have been giving me this week with their bloody noise and I'm a gibbering wreck. I'm going to have to be careful with my football action today.

Keep it green everybody.

14/08/11-15/08/11

P&L for 14/08/11-15/08/11

Football : 49.57

P&L since last post : 49.57

Football.

63 markets. 1 red of £8.96. The only blip in my weekend. This was caused by the Blackpool v Peterborough match not going in-play. This used to be a common event on Betfair but in recent times it's much rarer. I had layed over 1.5 prematch with the intention of greening out 1-2 ticks later. This would have successfully completed had the match gone in play. Betfair did post a message in the forum 10 mins in saying the match would not be in-play and they would open the markets again at HT. This left me with my fingers crossed hoping for no goals or just one goal before HT. It looked like I was on course for a big green until a goal in the 44th min left me redding out at HT for a 6 tick red. I guess I should be happy it wasn't an entire stake loss but I'm annoyed about how BF do things. I've said it before that they could easily let interested parties know if a match was going to be suspended due to technical difficulties before it begins, but the would miss out on commission from trading money so they keep quiet. I guess it's just the nature of the beast when using BF.

Apart from this it was a good weekend. I stayed the course, let nothing bother me , and kept grinding out my 1-2 ticks at the beginning and end of matches. I steered clear of the the tennis. I was reasonably sure of Djoko beating Tsonga and Fish but decided just to leave it alone.

I hope to continue in the same vein.

Keep it green everybody.

08/08/11-12/08/11

P&L for 08/08/11-12/08/11

Football : 6.21
Tennis : -7.83

P&L since last post : -1.62

Football.

Just 15 markets this week. 1 red of £5.92. I didn't have much time for it this week.

Tennis.

12 markets. 2 reds totalling £27.43. Another up/down flip/flop week for the tennis. It's been commented on many forums that the Rogers has been a tough one for the tennis with so many 'big names' losing. I'm not sure why I bother with the tennis. I think it stems from greed and boredom, neither of which is a good thing.

It's probably best with the return of the main leagues that I concentrate on football from now on. Keep it tight and take no unnecessary risks. Maybe have a dabble in the US open when it comes but avoid the smaller tennis tourneys.

Keep it green everybody.

06/08/11-07/08/11

P&L for 06/08/11-07/08/11

Football : 22.91

P&L since last post : 22.91

Football.

58 markets. 2 reds totalling £23.81. Not a bad weekend, busier than it has been.


No tennis worth looking at this weekend. Probably not a bad thing. I'm on holiday for 3 weeks and lot's to do on the home front. I'll probably be working harder at home than I do at work.

Keep it green everybody.

01/08/11-05/08/11

P&L for 01/08/11-05/08/11

Football : -1.27
Tennis : 18.12

P&L since last post : 16.85

Football.

18 markets. 1 red of £14.37 at the start of the week. Ground it out through the rest of the week.

Tennis.

20 markets. No reds. Still struggling to leave these small tourneys alone. Several were bit iffy. It could have easily gone the other way.

Many of the main leagues kicking off this weekend. More liquidity in the markets and faster movements. Let's see how we go.

Keep it green everybody.

30/07/11-31/07/11

P&L for 30/07/11-31/07/11

Football : -17.20
Tennis : 4.49

P&L since last post : -12.71

Football.

33 markets. 2 reds totalling £52.34. I was having quite a good weekend for a while.

Tennis.

2 markets. No reds.

M'eh.

Keep it green everybody.