24/09/11-25/09/11

P&L for 24/09/11-25/09/11

Football : -17.28

P&L since last post : -17.28


Football.

61 markets. 2 reds totalling £77.83. I was a bit miffed at these. I went from £40 green to £37 red in the space of 20 mins. The first was unavoidable but the second was my partly my fault. I'd been avoiding the smaller low liquidity leagues and sticking to main matches. I'd just missed out on a green in the Spanish premier league and should have just left it till next match when I noticed that a Danish match was in it's last couple of minutes. I should have left it alone but I think I was still bugged by the first red. There was video and reasonable liquidity so I waited patiently and made my move, only to see a last second goal. It's annoying but these things happen. Other than that I kept it together and did pretty well over the weekend.

I'm not looking forward to this weeks forecast heatwave. I was glad to see the back of summer and be into cooler temps.

Keep it green everybody.

19/09/11-23/09/11

P&L for 19/09/11-23/09/11

Football : 2.61

P&L since last post : 2.61

Football.

13 markets. 1 red of £3.86. Not much activity this week as I decided to take a break from it for a few days. I was just feeling a bit burnt out on the whole thing. I'm hoping the short rest will have done me good.

Keep it green everybody.

P&L for 17/09/11-18/09/11

Football : -47.83

P&L since last post : -47.83


Football.

72 markets. 3 reds totalling £115.49. Early goals and late goals galore this weekend. Not the best for my strategies. I spent the whole weekend playing catch up and usually just as I got back to green another red would come along. Discipline struggled and patience wore thin. I suppose it's all a learning experience.

Keep it green everybody.

12/09/11-16/09/11

P&L for 12/09/11-16/09/11

Football : -12.74

P&L since last post : -12.74

Football

42 markets. 3 reds totalling £64.38. Still a bit too greedy and impatient, especially when I'm ahead.

I'll be steering clear of the Davis Cup tennis as you never know what will happen after a big tourney.

Keep it green everybody.

10/09/11-11/09/11

P&L for 10/09/11-11/09/11

Football : -38.06

P&L since last post : -38.06

Football.

61 markets. 3 reds totaling £184.69. Not my finest weekend. I took a stupid red early on Saturday morning when I entered a market in a rush without fully evaluating it. I ground my way back into green by the end of Saturday but then took a large red on West Brom's early goal on Sunday. Much larger than it should have been because I was outside of staking plan, AGAIN. I made matters worse by getting reckless straight afterwards and taking another red. At this point all discipline fled and I began reckless full bank in and out throughout matches which enabled me to recover large chunks of my red but it was all pure luck and I could have easily gone busto. Ridiculous!.

About the only thing I did right this weekend was stay clear of the tennis. I'm betting a lot of people lost sizable sums on Djoko's comeback against 2 MP's. I think the same would be true of people lumping on against Stosur during the controversy at the beginning of set 2 as she faced an enraged Serena. Disgraceful scenes from what is supposedly a pro athlete. I'll watch the Final tonight but won't be entering the market.

Again I've turned what should have been a green weekend into a mess through carelessness and lack of discipline. Now I have to reign my reckless tendencies in and carry on. A new day and all that.

Keep it green everybody.

05/09/11-09/09/11

P&L for 05/09/11-09/09/11

Football : -25.54
Tennis : -10.34

P&L since last post : -35.88

Football.

34 markets. 2 reds totalling £84.57. Both reds were run of the mill, not much I could have done to avoid them.

Tennis.

11 markets. 2 reds totalling £52.47. One of the reds was pre-match positions on Murray that I had to red out due to the rain. The other was Kerber v Pennetta. Utter madness having anything to do with that match the way it was flip flopping all over the place.

A big weekend of football ahead and little tennis to interfere. I'm done with the tennis after the US open. It takes too much time and usually ends up costing me. I don't have the discipline to red out when a position goes against me. Probably because I've seen so many comebacks from players way behind. Time to just leave it alone.

Keep it green everybody.

03/09/11-04/09/11

P&L for 03/09/11-04/09/11

Football : 34.55
Tennis : -38.42

P&L since last post : -3.87

Football.

25 markets. No reds. Slow weekend with lots of small division 2 matches. Little liquidity compared to the bigger games.

Tennis.

12 markets. 2 reds totalling £72.80. Once again the tennis is my downfall. I did make a couple of good decisions though. I was sitting last night, eyes drooping, trying to decide what to do about either the Murray or Isner matches when I just decided to leave it alone and go to bed. Both took their matches in straight sets, as I was reasonably sure they would, but I didn't want to sit up and wait.

I suppose it could have been a lot worse.

Keep it green everybody

29/08/11-02/09/11

P&L for 29/08/11-02/09/11

Football : 15.32
Tennis : -43.63

P&L since last post : -28.31

Football.

11 markets. No reds. Football took a bit of a backseat this week to the US open. Probably a mistake considering...

Tennis.

30 markets. 5 reds totalling £153.91. I think quite a few people will have been burned by some of the matches this week. Terrible play from Almagro, just didn't seem to care. Na Li was another awful match.

I should have spent less time on the tennis and more time on the football this week. I'll be focusing on what football there is this weekend, with it being an internationals weekend.

Keep it green everybody.