How Far Can a Tenner Stretch?

[Denman]

Ten English pounds does not stretch very far these days it's true to say. Hopefully in this challenge I can make my ten pounds stretch a long way. No particularly goal or target in mind just to try and carry on for as long as possible. Main reason for starting this GH is that I'm finding betting very difficult to profit from a present so thought I'd try and bring a little bit of fun back into it but also a little bit of patience. Whilst there's no rigid areas that this challenge will focus on I will probably ultimately end up focusing mainly on football and the English Premier League. Idea is simply to start with £10 at first and pick out biggish outside outcomes to lay or back favorites at short odds. Whilst these will always be small returns I shall still always try and pick out lays or backs that I think represent value. I shall start with a rather aggressive 10% of the bank liability per bet (but remember I shall for the large part be taking short odds to back or big odds to lay). Although this will be adjusted at the end of each day so a couple of winning bets will see stakes increased whilst a few losers will see stakes reduce further. Got a few bets in mind for the weekend, shall post them up in due course. BETTING RECORD Bet 1: Arsenal v Swansea - LAY Swansea @ 11 +£0.10 Bet 2: Everton v Aston Villa - LAY Any Unquoted @ 14 +£0.07 Bet 3: QPR v Newcastle - LAY 0-2 @ 19 +£0.05 Bet 4: Porto v Shakhtar Donetsk - LAY 0-0 @ 15 +£0.07 Bet 5: Benfica v Man United - LAY Any Unquoted @ 11 +£0.10 Bet 6: Birmingham v Braga - LAY (2.82) to BACK (3.35) Birmingham +£0.09 Bet 7: Dynamo Kiev v Stoke - LAY Stoke @ 5.1 +£0.24 Bet 8: Bolton v Norwich - LAY 0-0 @ 14 +£0.08 Bet 9: Sunderland v Stoke - LAY Over 4.5 goals @ 11.5 +£0.09 Bet 10: Blackburn V Leyton Orient - LAY Leyton Orient @ 10.5 +£0.09 ------------ Bet 11: Leeds United v Man United - LAY to Back Man United @ 1.59 £0.00 Bet 12: Brighton v Liverpool - LAY Any Unquoted @ 6.6 +£0.12 Bet 13: Stoke v Man United - LAY (1.59) to BACK (1.66) Man United +£0.08 Bet 14: Wigan v Tottenham - BACK (2.00) TO LAY (1.95) Tottenham +£0.03 Bet 15: Stoke City v Man United - LAY 0-3 @ 15 +£0.04 Bet 16: Liverpool v Wolves - BACK Wolves Clean Sheet? NO @ 1.11 +£0.09 Bet 17: Man United v Basel - BACK Man United @ 1.22 -£0.60 Bet 18: CSKA Moscow v Inter Milan - LAY Over 2.5 goals @ 2.26 -£0.29 Bet 19: Bayern Munich v Man City - BACK Under 4.5 goals @ 1.18 +£0.12 Bet 20: BATE Borisov v Barcelona - BACK UNDER 6.5 goals @ 1.09 +£0.06 ------------ Bet 21: Valencia v Chelsea - LAY 0-0 @ 10.5 +£0.08 Bet 22: Arsenal v Olympiakos - LAY Olympiakos @ 7.6 +£0.08 Bet 23: Tottenham v Shamrock Rovers - LAY (1.19) to BACK (1.21) Tottenham +£0.10 Bet 24: Sporting Lison v Lazio - BACK (2.12) to LAY (2.08) Sporting +£0.02 Bet 25: Odense v Fulham - BACK(1.83) To LAY (1.76) Under 2.5 goals +£0.09 Bet 26: Sunderland v West Brom - LAY West Brom @ 3.45 +£0.21 Bet 27: Wolves v Newcaslte - LAY to BACK Newcastle @ 3.15 £0.00 Bet 28: Bolton v Chelsea - LAY 2-2 @ 21 +£0.04 Bet 29: Tottenham v Arsenal - BACK Over 2.5 goals @ 1.70 +£0.21 Bet 30: Tottenham v Arsenal - Anytime Goalscorer Emmanuel Adebayor @ 2.62 -£0.14 ------------ Bet 31: Tottenham v Arsenal - Anytime Goalscorer Robin Van Persie @ 3.05 -£0.11 Bet 32: PSG V Lyon (in-play) - LAY PSG @ 2.36 -£0.30 Bet 33: Gaziantepspor v Beskitas (in-play) - LAY Beskitas @ 3.15 +£0.21 Bet 34: Godoy Cruz v San Lorenzo (in-play) - LAY San Lorenzo @ 3.50 +£0.21 Bet 35: Belgium v Kazakhstan - BACK Belgium @ 1.14 +£0.09 Bet 36: Andorra v Ireland - BACK Ireland @ 1.10 +£0.09 Bet 37: Armenia v Macedonia - LAY Over 2.5 goals -£0.27 Bet 38: Serbia v Italy - LAY Italy @ 3.60 +£0.13 Bet 39: France v Albania - BACK France @ 1.15 +£0.09 Bet 40: Bosnia v Luxembourg - BACK Bosnia @ 1.10 +£0.09 ------------ Bet 41: Finland v Sweden - LAY Finland @ 6.60 +£0.13 Bet 42: Greece v Croatia - LAY Greece @ 2.80 -£0.42 Bet 43: Montenegro v England - LAY Montenegro @ 6.20 +£0.13 Bet 44: Switzerland v Wales - LAY Switzerland @ 1.93 +£0.22 Bet 45: Cyprus v Denmark - BACK Denmark @ 1.48 +£0.23 Bet 46: Portugal v Iceland - BACK Portugal @ 1.10 +£0.09 Bet 47: Liechtenstein v Scotland - BACK Scotland @ 1.33 +£0.12 Bet 48: Botafogo RJ V Bahia (in-play) - LAY Bahia @ 6.00 +£0.13 Bet 49: Turkey v Azerbaijan - BACK Turkey @ 1.13 +£0.09 Bet 50: Slovenia v Serbia - LAY Slovenia @ 5.00 -£0.60 ------------ Bet 51: France v Bosnia - LAY Bosnia @ 7.40 +£0.14 Bet 52: Croatia v Latvia - BACK Croatia @ 1.17 +£0.14 Bet 53: Denmark v Portugal - LAY The Draw @ 2.84 +£0.23 Bet 54: Norway v Cyprus - LAY Over 3.5 goals @ 1.52 +£0.23 Bet 55: Liverpool v Man United - LAY Man United @ 2.48 +£0.24 Bet 56: Norwich v Swansea - LAY Norwich @ 2.28 -£0.32 Bet 57: Stoke v Fulham - LAY Stoke @ 2.18 -£0.30 Bet 58: Man City v Aston Villa - BACK (1.59) to LAY (1.57) under 3.5 goals +£0.03 Bet 59: West Brom v Wolves - LAY Under 1.5 goals @ 3.80 +£0.24 Bet 60: Arsenal v Sunderland - LAY Sunderland @ 8.80 +£0.09 ------------ Bet 61: Newcastle v Tottenham - LAY Tottenham @ 2.54 +£0.24 Bet 62: CSKA Moscow v Trabzonspor - BACK CSKA @ 1.68 +£0.24 Bet 63: Lille v Inter Milan - LAY Lille @ 2.22 +£0.24 Bet 64: Napoli v Bayern Munich - LAY Bayern @ 2.04 +£0.24 Bet 65: FC Basle v Benfica - LAY Benfica @ 2.12 -£0.28 Bet 66: Dinamo Zagreb v Ajax - LAY Dinamo Zagreb @ 2.70 +£0.24 Bet 67: Bayer Leverkusen v Valenca - LAY 0-0 @ 12 +£0.05 Bet 68: Porto v APOEL - BACK Porto @ 1.37 -£0.42 Bet 69: Arsenal v Olimpia (in-play) - LAY Olimpia @ 5.1 +£0.15 Bet 70: Wolves v Swansea - LAY Under 1.5 goals @ 3.65 +£0.15 ------------ Bet 71: Newcastle v Wigan - LAY (1.61) to BACK (1.63) Newcastle +£0.05 Bet 72: Liverpool v Norwich (in-play) - BACK Liverpool @ 1.29 -£0.53 Bet 73: Fulham v Everton - LAY Fulham @ 2.40 +£0.25 Bet 74: Man United v Man City - LAY Man United @ 2.16 +£0.25 Bet 75: Brighton v West Ham - LAY West Ham @ 2.40 -£0.38 Bet 76: Arsenal v Bolton - LAY Bolton @ 6.40+£0.16 Bet 77: Swansea v Bolton - LAY 0-0 @ 12.50 +£0.05 Bet 78: Wigan v Fulham - LAY Fulham @ 2.54 -£0.40 Bet 79: West Brom v Liverpool - BACK Suarez Anytime goalscorer @ 2.44 -£0.18 Bet 80: Tottenham v QPR - BACK Tottenham @ 1.42 +£0.25 ------------ Bet 81: Stoke v Newcastle - LAY Newcastle @ 3.95 -£0.47 Bet 82: Stoke v Newcastle - LAY Under 1.5 goals @ 3.15 +£0.25 Bet 83: Seville v Granada - LAY Granada @ 11 -£1.00 Bet 84: Zenit v Shakhtar - LAY Shakhtar @ 4.70 +£0.14 Bet 85: Valencia v Bayer Leverkusen - BACK Valencia @ 1.68 +£0.25 Bet 86: Dortmund v Olympiakos - BACK Dortmund @ 1.47 +£0.25 Bet 87: BATE Borisov v Milan - BACK Milan @ 1.66 -£0.40 Bet 88: APOEL v Porto - LAY Porto @ 1.90 +£0.25 Bet 89: APOEL v Porto - LAY Over 2.5 goals @ 2.20 -£0.31 Bet 90: Plzen v Barcelona - BACK Under 5.5 goals @ 1.14 +£0.09 ------------ Bet 91: Arsenal v Marseille - LAY Marseille @ 5.40 +£0.14

[Atko]

Re: How Far Can a Tenner Stretch?

Ten English pounds does not stretch very far these days it's true to say. Hopefully in this challenge I can make my ten pounds stretch a long way. No particularly goal or target in mind just to try and carry on for as long as possible. Main reason for starting this GH is that I'm finding betting very difficult to profit from a present so thought I'd try and bring a little bit of fun back into it but also a little bit of patience. Whilst there's no rigid areas that this challenge will focus on I will probably ultimately end up focusing mainly on football and the English Premier League. Idea is simply to start with £10 at first and pick out biggish outside outcomes to lay or back favorites at short odds. Whilst these will always be small returns I shall still always try and pick out lays or backs that I think represent value. I shall start with a rather aggressive 10% of the bank liability per bet (but remember I shall for the large part be taking short odds to back or big odds to lay). Although this will be adjusted at the end of each day so a couple of winning bets will see stakes increased whilst a few losers will see stakes reduce further. Got a few bets in mind for the weekend, shall post them up in due course.

Good luck mate, you're often one of the few posters I look for in the Premiership threads. Hope this is a success, always nice to have a light-hearted fun run.