Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!?

[The Saint]

Be it the one you couldn't get to a computer/betting shop, or the interent went down, the one you ignored after missing the price or just one you changed your mind on at the last minute or just the one that came 2nd/fell when looking likely to win!!? Anything really - will do me good to hear it's not just me!!:lol Unfortunatly, I don't have time to write a book but one that comes to mind recently (apart from Harchibald which I will never get over!) was last year... I think the race was at Doncaster and I'd backed some donkey or other for my normal stake... I noticed that Zuider Zee was trading under the advertised price on teh exchanges and laid it accordingly - the logic being that I would back it when Ladbrokes opened and be able to save my stake money when my donkey inevitably finished down the field if Zuider Zee won... I'm sure you can see what is coming - Zuider did win but when I went to check my account, I had failed to put the bet on!!!! I was left with my stake money gone as well as £700 odd quid done on the Betfair account. It must have been the November hcap or something because I remember the Mrs had dragged me out to go Xmas Shopping!!!! That didn't help my mood I can tell you... Felt physically sick for at least 3 days!!!:\ Oh - and off topic - I was in Vegas and felt nervous as hell playing a cash game there for the first time. I had set myself a limit for the 3 weeks I was there... South Point Casino.... I had JJ and called the small raise... Flop came J J 7 rainbow...(!!!!!!!!!!) I checked (being a trappy git) and the big stack on the table shoved all-in... I practically shat myself through adrenilin on the spot and it cost me my whole stack to match him. He turned his cards to reveal KK - I have no idea what he was playing at shoving. The turn and river matched his cards and I was somewhat distraught. Could barely walk away from the table - I know it sounds unbelievable. Poker was largely aborted after that - but what a place - I insist you all go!!

[Aidymac]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? My biggest ever win was also my biggest f*** up. My uncle is fairly friendly with Richard Guest, he used do work for him. It was a few years ago, and a horse called European Dream was going in a 28 runner handicap at Newcastle, Daryl Holland riding. It was a Saturday i think, and i was in the pub early in the morning. The uncle rang and told me to lump on European Dream each-way, that it would win.. In the village, you could bet from the pub as the bookies was in a different town... Looked at the price, 28/1... Couldn't believe the price. Ran down to the ATM machine, and the max it would let me take out was €600.. As it was a Saturday, no bank open. I wanted to put 1k e/w on it, (i had money at the time). Ran back to the pub, rang the bookie, and asked would he take a big bet, the price at this time was 25/1... He said no problem, but just as i asked him for a price, it had gone into 16/1... If i had been 30 seconds earlier, i would have got another 9/1... But he took the bet at 16/1, €300 e/w. The horse was stone cold last with 2 furlongs to go, but Holland gave it a shake of the reigns and it burst through the field and won easily.... I had told everyone in the pub to back it, the place was mental for the next few days. Free drinks everywhere. Collected €6,600 the following day, but had i been 30 seconds earlier i would have been collecting €9,975. So it cost me €3,375... Even though i had a huge win, i was absolutely gutted about that... European Dream has been my favourite horse since, it won at 16/1 two runs later and i had €35 on it.. Then it went to Richard Fahey over the jumps mainly, but didn't perform.. Is now back with Richard Guest, and you can bet your bottom dollar it will win again soon, was 2nd last time out.

[The Saint]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? Nice story Aidy - I'm not sure how sympathetic I'm gonna be though given that you had 6.5k in your p;)cket!!!

[Aidymac]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!?

Nice story Aidy - I'm not sure how sympathetic I'm gonna be though given that you had 6.5k in your p;)cket!!!

Well if i was quicker, it would have been 10k, and if it was a week-day the bank would have been open, in which case it would have been treble that... Needless to say, the money lasted about a month! Yeeee-haaa :cow

[santos_]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? One that I was very close to making the biggest f*ck up of my betting life well biggest regret anyway was when the scoop6 went to a massive roll over prize in May 2010. I don't normally do the scoop6 but I remember having a look at all the races that day as the prize pool was huge and I had my selections but in the end couldn't be bothered placing the bet as I never thought they would come in. So race one...Parisian Pyramid pops up and wins ok so 1/1. 15 minutes later Balducci goes and wins 2/2. Thankfully race three it was all over where I had Record Breaker who came 4th or 5th. But Kingsgate Native, Tactic and Hamish Macgonagall all won and they were my other selections so in a way I always thank Record Breaker :D because if he had won I don't think Id live with the regret of not putting that bet on even today! and for the record I didn't even back any of those winners that day :(

[Aidymac]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!?

One that I was very close to making the biggest f*ck up of my betting life well biggest regret anyway was when the scoop6 went to a massive roll over prize in May 2010. I don't normally do the scoop6 but I remember having a look at all the races that day as the prize pool was huge and I had my selections but in the end couldn't be bothered placing the bet as I never thought they would come in. So race one...Parisian Pyramid pops up and wins ok so 1/1. 15 minutes later Balducci goes and wins 2/2. Thankfully race three it was all over where I had Record Breaker who came 4th or 5th. But Kingsgate Native, Tactic and Hamish Macgonagall all won and they were my other selections so in a way I always thank Record Breaker :D because if he had won I don't think Id live with the regret of not putting that bet on even today! and for the record I didn't even back any of those winners that day :(

I think that is betting heaven Santos... If you had placed that bet, you would be sick.

[santos_]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!?

I think that is betting heaven Santos... If you had placed that bet' date=' you would be sick.[/quote'] I suppose it could be yeah! but if he had won my god would I have felt sick! In a way I guess it didn't seem as bad because it was all over after race 3 if it had gone to the last somehow would have seemed worse lol. But I saw Record Breaker running the other day and it brought back memories

[The Saint]

I suppose it could be yeah! but if he had won my god would I have felt sick! In a way I guess it didn't seem as bad because it was all over after race 3 if it had gone to the last somehow would have seemed worse lol. But I saw Record Breaker running the other day and it brought back memories

Oh my days - can u imagine if u had the first 5 up?! I think I would have been physically sick!! This is the very reason that I don't enter many competitions where I won't be betting on the outcome anyway! Too sickening if you get a lot right... If I do a football correct score type affair(competition) I'll always stick in an 8-7 or something stupid to ensure I'm not regretting an accumulator that would have paid millions!! :)

[nickf88]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!?

My biggest ever win was also my biggest f*** up. My uncle is fairly friendly with Richard Guest, he used do work for him. It was a few years ago, and a horse called European Dream was going in a 28 runner handicap at Newcastle, Daryl Holland riding. It was a Saturday i think, and i was in the pub early in the morning. The uncle rang and told me to lump on European Dream each-way, that it would win.. In the village, you could bet from the pub as the bookies was in a different town... Looked at the price, 28/1... Couldn't believe the price. Ran down to the ATM machine, and the max it would let me take out was €600.. As it was a Saturday, no bank open. I wanted to put 1k e/w on it, (i had money at the time). Ran back to the pub, rang the bookie, and asked would he take a big bet, the price at this time was 25/1... He said no problem, but just as i asked him for a price, it had gone into 16/1... If i had been 30 seconds earlier, i would have got another 9/1... But he took the bet at 16/1, €300 e/w. The horse was stone cold last with 2 furlongs to go, but Holland gave it a shake of the reigns and it burst through the field and won easily.... I had told everyone in the pub to back it, the place was mental for the next few days. Free drinks everywhere. Collected €6,600 the following day, but had i been 30 seconds earlier i would have been collecting €9,975. So it cost me €3,375... Even though i had a huge win, i was absolutely gutted about that... European Dream has been my favourite horse since, it won at 16/1 two runs later and i had €35 on it.. Then it went to Richard Fahey over the jumps mainly, but didn't perform.. Is now back with Richard Guest, and you can bet your bottom dollar it will win again soon, was 2nd last time out.

Great to read stories in which the punter wins a packet from the bookies :D shame it wasn't 30 seconds earlier but what a nice win that must have been, I'd have been ecstatic winning that amount of money lol. European Dream is running Friday at Newcastle according to the ATR tracker, worth a bet mate ?

[Aidymac]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!?

Great to read stories in which the punter wins a packet from the bookies :D shame it wasn't 30 seconds earlier but what a nice win that must have been' date=' I'd have been ecstatic winning that amount of money lol. European Dream is running Friday at Newcastle according to the ATR tracker, worth a bet mate ?[/quote'] Definately worth a bet imo, price dependant... 1m 2f will be perfect for the horse, as it stays on late and fast over a mile, and normally leaves it too late, the extra 2f should be right up it's street. Is a course winner 3 times, relsihes the soft ground, has won off a mark of 98 and runs off 78 Friday.. Big chance i would imagine

[nickf88]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? Sounds good cheers for that, I'll be having a look Friday, hopefully be a nice price for it. Good luck with your selections today

[Jimmy2shoes]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? I always kick myself for missing the Frankie 7' i even asked an old girlfriend how much we had in the house in order to bet his last 4 winners, she thought better of giving me ANY money in the house let-alone all the money in the house, even she was shocked when it was all over the news that night, it haunts me. Also got a tip a good few years ago from a good friend, when he gives out just the one horse his information is 99% of the time spot on, he told me to keep very good watch for a horse called - The London Gang. He told me around xmas time, i have never once backed this horse and that same man that told me about it is now worth some nice money even till this very day. Result from Boxing Day 2006 http://horses.sportinglife.com/Arch_Race_Pup/0,13215,218875,00.html That's nothing, then i got the sore one, again never touched it. http://horses.sportinglife.com/Arch_Race_Pup/0,13215,300066,00.html

[jayalexander]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? With the benefit of hindsight, I'm sure everyone has stories to tell... I used to do a team match Premiership results accumulator each weekend. I rarely checked back to see how the bets were going as I knew they were a total longshot. Wasn't until Monday night that I saw that Saturday's and Sunday's matches were correct. The last match was on Monday evening - Liverpool vs Villa. I had Liverpool down for the win but Villa turned them over. Would have been 650/1! These were the early days of my punting career and I was at the stage were I was using a tipping service for the nags, but if I knew what I know now, I would have hedged my bets on Monday morning for a guaranteed profit. At the start of last season I sat down to watch Channel 4 racing and backed three winners. They were each about 10/1, but I only backed as singles :( Only backing Lights Of Broadway (which was one of my sire system selections) to place, when it won at 200/1! 50 to place on Betfair, 800 for the win! To make matters worse, I watched the race in a betting office :(

[cpo]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? Almost had one today! Wrote out a £10 placepot for York today... INITIAL selections were 1.Sirvino 2. Baby Strange 3. Twirl 4. Tiddliwinks 5. Mica Mika 6. Tatlisu Read the racing post on the wall again and changed my mind in the first because of Godolphin's record in the race. So wrote another one out and replaced Sirvino with Flag Officer. Flag Officer pulled up after about a furlong so that was over straight away. Wasn't too fussed about the bet but had a look at the results after Tiddlikwinks went in and then had a look at the live placepot pool. There wasn't much left in which meant the placepot was going to pay reasonably well. Then in went Mica Mika which meant I would have been going on the fav in the last. Luckily enough for me he never got placed... BUT if he had got placed I would not have been a happy bunny. The placepot eventually paid £3044.20 but obviously would have paid much less had my last selection gone in. Still made me feel sick for about an hour! I reckon if the fav had gone in, then I could have been on for almost 10k for my tenner! Thank god that Tatlisu never got placed :notworthy

[League1_punter]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? I doubt any of you guys do this but today I put a cheeky accumulator on "gut feelings". Didn't look at any form just went for ones that just stood out. Picked all my horses. But for some reason in the 5.25, after picking Alfraamsey, my eye was drawn to the preview at the top of the screen (im on William Hill) and there was not one mention of Alfraamsey, so I changed it to Broughtons Bandit. Alfraamsey obviously went on to win as did all my other selections. All but one....Welease Bwian in the 20.10 at Bath. If that wins I will have cost myself 6k with a last minute change of heart due to a wandering glance. Fair to say I'll be cheering every horse bar Welease Bwian at 20.10 Ps. Dunno if you watched the race cpo, but Im pretty sure Tatlisu was the horse that completely flunked the start and would have definately won if it had got a half decent start

[cpo]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!?

I doubt any of you guys do this but today I put a cheeky accumulator on "gut feelings". Didn't look at any form just went for ones that just stood out. Picked all my horses. But for some reason in the 5.25, after picking Alfraamsey, my eye was drawn to the preview at the top of the screen (im on William Hill) and there was not one mention of Alfraamsey, so I changed it to Broughtons Bandit. Alfraamsey obviously went on to win as did all my other selections. All but one....Welease Bwian in the 20.10 at Bath. If that wins I will have cost myself 6k with a last minute change of heart due to a wandering glance. Fair to say I'll be cheering every horse bar Welease Bwian at 20.10 Ps. Dunno if you watched the race cpo, but Im pretty sure Tatlisu was the horse that completely flunked the start and would have definately won if it had got a half decent start

I didn't watch the race but have just watched the replay. What the hell was he doing? Can't believe he got so close in the end. I dread to think how I would have been feeling had I put on my initial placepot and then that happened in the last leg! :puke

[Elchubb]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? Funny you should put this thread up today, as today has become my biggest betting fu ck up to date! I normally place my bets first thing in the morning, i was due to take my daughter to the kids indoor play centre this morning but was running late so there was no time to place my bets, i've done this before and usually i'll just place my bets when we get back before racing starts(albeit sometimes missing a point or 2 of value) unfortunately today i didn't get back until just after 2pm and the systems i'm following had a 2pt 15-2 winner in the 1.30 and a 2pt 16-1 in the 2.00 i had also missed a 2pt loser but altogether at £20 a point this had cost me over £900!:sad I was fuming at this point but placed the rest of my bets and got on with my day, just went to check the results for the day and a couple of winners had popped up so checked though my balances, when i get to betfair it shows that i'd backed a horse @14.5 for £10, i think this is wrong i wanted £40 on it and then i realise that i'd left £40 unmatched @14.5 and forgot to tick take sp at in play :wall , i checked the betfair sp to see it say 11, so this f*ck up had cost me £300:sad So altogether today my f*ck ups have cost me over £1200, it's safe to say that if i ever wake up late again, my daughter will be late for the play centre!

[The Saint]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!?

Funny you should put this thread up today, as today has become my biggest betting fu ck up to date! I normally place my bets first thing in the morning, i was due to take my daughter to the kids indoor play centre this morning but was running late so there was no time to place my bets, i've done this before and usually i'll just place my bets when we get back before racing starts(albeit sometimes missing a point or 2 of value) unfortunately today i didn't get back until just after 2pm and the systems i'm following had a 2pt 15-2 winner in the 1.30 and a 2pt 16-1 in the 2.00 i had also missed a 2pt loser but altogether at £20 a point this had cost me over £900!:sad I was fuming at this point but placed the rest of my bets and got on with my day, just went to check the results for the day and a couple of winners had popped up so checked though my balances, when i get to betfair it shows that i'd backed a horse @14.5 for £10, i think this is wrong i wanted £40 on it and then i realise that i'd left £40 unmatched @14.5 and forgot to tick take sp at in play :wall , i checked the betfair sp to see it say 11, so this f*ck up had cost me £300:sad So altogether today my f*ck ups have cost me over £1200, it's safe to say that if i ever wake up late again, my daughter will be late for the play centre!

Ouch!!!! Kids make this game a nightmare - I can relate. Also left a bet at 1.6 the other day to at least gain my stake back if the selection ran well without running - or at least I thought I did!! Traded at a low of 1.33 but still finished 3rd and I had forgotten to tick keep in play apparently!! Utter bollox. There is nothing worse than missing one/or 2! if you are following a system though! I'd be tempted to treat myself to £1,200 off the credit card so it seems normal! Am feeling your pain...

[BillyHills]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? Wow, you cant believe that three of these stories all happened today!! Saint, you must have jinxed everyone:\

[The Saint]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!?

Wow, you cant believe that three of these stories all happened today!! Saint, you must have jinxed everyone:\

Maybe it should be a daily thread!! :lol I'd be a regular contributor to that one for sure!

[Jimmy2shoes]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!?

Maybe it should be a daily thread!! :lol I'd be a regular contributor to that one for sure!

Just give it time fella, lady luck will be back around soon enough.

[harrisman]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? too many to mention-one that still hurts is a computer freeze up then mobile botch up when trying to green out on an andy murray match 2 years ago- a moderate profit turned into a sickening loss all because of lack of one mouse click at the right time and when I could get back on the match he was 5-2 down. Having said that he's often a good player to trade on in-running and there's often heaps of odds movements in his games there was also the classic of when I was doing some matched betting and realised after the event that I'd backed and laid on entirely different events-needless to say both bets were losers!! another source of annoyance is one of the few times I didnt do a full cover tricast as I just couldn't see the big outsider winning and the bugger came first-over 4K-so even at 10p stakes it would have been 400.

[The Saint]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!?

Just give it time fella' date=' lady luck will be back around soon enough.[/quote'] Thanks Jimmy - It will m8. It's not as bad as it might appear - not quite.... Just can't post a winner on here! It's weird!!

[Lodge]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? I can honestly say that when i have put an accumilator on football or horses i have hardly ever come close. The only one i can even remember is a 6 or 7 fold on the opening day of last season where 'the banker' Leicester were the only side to let me down :lol Apart from that the only thing that i can can remember i messed up on of late was the Irish national this year. Backed 2 horses on Betfair one of them being Lion Na Berlais at 59/1 cant remember the other but was one of the favs. Anyway both horses were going reasonably well but for some stupid reason i decided to green out on both about half way round. And Lion Na Berlais went on to win well, still a decent payout but obviously not as much had i left it.

[Kithanga]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? 2010 5th May to 12th June 53 Bets, 2 Winners at 5-1 and 5-2 and 9 seconds Thousands lost & confidence shattered

[The Saint]

2010 5th May to 12th June 53 Bets, 2 Winners at 5-1 and 5-2 and 9 seconds Thousands lost & confidence shattered

You just have to take your hat off for turning it around... Well played sir... It's hardly a disaster but a 6/1 winner with a non-runner pays less than a 6/1 winner by itself with Fred!! What a load of poo! :)

[erhaab1965]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? I posted this before but here it is again. I was betting via my Skybox back in the day when internet connection was very slow. Whenever you type on the keypad there is always slight delay. I bet £333 on a horse then logged off. Next day my balance had rocketed.I double checked and saw I had bet £3333 !!!! Potential disaster , it taught me to take my time and double check before accepting the bets.

[RussP]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? Can't believe that many of these 'disasters' have come from multiples! It kind of explains everything you need to know :ok

[Blazing Bailey]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!?

Can't believe that many of these 'disasters' have come from multiples! It kind of explains everything you need to know :ok

Couldnt agree with you more! I have more money on multiples of some description that any other bet! I lost a bucket full at Cheltenham because of it and havent done one since. Even when I have thought about it, I have checked the result and generally always find that one gets beaten!

[LoveNorthernRacing]

Re: Your biggest betting disaster/**** up!? My biggest betting disaster has come today. I have been stuck in decorating the house all day and totally forgot to place a bet on a "hot tip" I had been given. I was totally going to come on here and tell you guys to back it too. Sorry guys, but watch Frankel next time out, my friend said its not a bad horse.