Betting in Running on G.A.A.

[Guest Irish TW]

Does anyone have a system for betting on matches in running? The All-Ireland Hurling and Football Championships have started and Paddy Power and Boylesports do in running betting on almost every live game (about 3-4 per weekend). I've been following the odds in running on teletext during a lot of live Hurling and Football games lately and it seems that if 2 teams are priced evenly say around 10/11 or 5/6 each depending on the bookie (draws are about 8/1 - 12/1 in Gaelic games) then the lead usually swings over and back during the game which means over the course of the game there's a very good chance that you'll be able to get both teams at least 5/4 or more-a 6 point lead would probably give you odds of 9/4 on the losing side. I know that if one team leads for the whole game this will not work but there are few football and hurling games where the odds are fairly even that one team leads for the whole match. For games with a strong favourite they do handicap betting so there's cash to be made there also. You could also bet on one team before the game and take an opportunity to cover your bet if they take the lead. The key is knowing when to strike, i.e. do you wait for another score or two to get longer odds with the risk that the team you were about to back may come back in the meanwhile and have their price slashed? I'd like some feedback on this, I know a lot of you probably never saw a GAA game, but maybe someone who regularly bets in-running on GAA might tell me how they get on.

[Guest mpearce]

1st attempt Delighted to see a thread on this cause I tried my hand at this last wkend - with dire results - two big shocks when in each case I waited too long for 'THE COMEBACK'.... am talking about from cork and armagh...... What I did notice from last wkend was that say for the first 10-15mins if the underdog has a good start the favourite does become good value, but as I don't have enough experience on in-running would be interested also to hear on the possible strategies - especially as the draw is so unlikely and shocks (while there were 2 last wkend) are far less likely than in soccer, so in theory in-running on GAA should be more profitable than soccer in-running. With a long summer of televised games - any pointers on in-running should help the cashflow.... in the right direction.