Most memorable bet?

ft9

As above?
Not sure of mine tbh....

Cavehill Red

Euro 96. Paddy Power were offering to double up the odds on first goalscorers for free if they scored subsequent goals. Two goals, twice the odds, etc.
I got on Kluivert against Yugoslavia, and he hit four bringing my odds from 8/1 to into the 60s.
Was en route to the pub and thought to collect the money which was a huge fortune for me at the time. Got drunk, woke up the next day to find out that one of the goals had been given as an OG. If I'd delayed picking up the bet, I'd have got half (though still 4X my original odds!)

The most unmemorable (because I was unconscious) was an accie in 2001 on Liverpool to win the FA Cup, League Cup and Uefa Cup. On the night of the Uefa Cup final, I was already celebrating, because they'd won the other two trophies and were playing some joker juniors from Spain, Alaves. They went into an early lead. Somehow, it ended up a total goalfest and went to extra-time, which was annoying.
Midway through the added time, Liverpool had to clear a shot from off the line. Mate of mine turns round and said 'You were lucky there!" Says me, "Nah, Liverpool have more goals in them."
Then he added the immortal line, "You didn't know it was golden goal?"
I fainted, straight off the bar stool, hit the floor and knocked myself out. By the time I came round, Liverpool had already won. Apparently the first thing I asked the emergency people was "Who won?"

Headshot

Bendtner to score a hatrick against porto

odds 40/1

stake 10

they even talk about in the sf since :pac:

ValueSeeker

Michael Owen to tear Wolfsburg to pieces last year away from home. I couldn't believe the bookmaker prices. 12/5 to score, 20/1 for a brace and 100/1 for a hattrick.

I tipped all 3 with the main reasoning being that Wolfsburg (one of the loosest defenses around at the time) would be destroyed by his pace in behind as they pushed forward, as well as his finishing ability of course.

He was priced so big as he hadn't been playing or scoring, again a reflection of how meaningless stats are and how logic is the way to bring in the profits.

UrbanSea

Don't really have many stand out ones. One that really pisses me off was an accum I did a few months ago. Did 6 horses,all shortish prices. The only odds on one that I put in came second,the rest won

Vurnon San Benito

World Cup 2010 - Tim Howard to get MOTM @ 16/1 v England.

Nothing on others here, but felt pretty good after the game!

Devastator

8(I think) team acc on the LDV vans trophy round 1/2 about 6 years ago.

106/1 only had £1 on it as I had already picked my bet for the night(league) and decided on the bus into work to have a look at the docket and decided to do another little side bet.

Absolute luck as I was betting on teams I'd never even heard of I think it was 5 homes, 2 aways and a draw. The draw was a late kickoff too and it was 1-0 until very late in the game before equalizer came through.....one of the very few times I sat in work watching bbc live scores update and being happy!

Collie D

Rory McIlroy at Quail Hollow a couple of months ago. Backed at 50/1 pre-tournament. The method of the comeback and the cracking Sunday round were amazing. Made all the sweeter because I thought he'd actually missed the cut and only saw on Saturday night he'd got himself in with a small shout on Saturday and thought I might pick up some decent place money. The rest is history.

Mezcita

My first ever bookie bet. Years ago Snickers (I think) were offering a free €2.00 bet with Ladbrokes on some of their wrappers. Lumped it on Jimmy Hasselbaink to score first against Blackburn and for Leeds to win 1-0. 25/1.

Hasselbaink scored after about three minutes. Couldn't bare to listen after that. Finished 1-0 Leeds.

Great success!!

myflipflops

Usain Bolt @ 40/1 to win the 2008 Olympic 100. I could only get on a token 25 euro bet but it was still sweet.

seklly

My most memorable, probably due to the bookies cock up was years ago when i had €3 e/w on Devil Moon @ 100-1 in Goodwood.

He came 3rd and i got paid for the win!

Keano!

Put 30 on ronaldo to score a hat-trick against newcastle a few seasons back for united. he was around 20/1 i think

whatnext

Fairyhouse 2004 Easter Monday, couldnt pick my nose, never mind a winner.

Last race "get out of jail stakes" picked the most misserible looking runt of a horse (change of tactics). It looked like a dwarf in the parade ring, barely the strength to hold its self up.
Was so demoralised that I didn't even bother with the bookies and went straighht to the tote. €10 e/w

http://www.horseracebase.com/races.php?id=40724

paid out €78 in the tote win and €18 place as far as I remember, collected almost a grand:D:D

Long Term Louth

Cheltenham 2003 €2 yankee,

Tue: Azertyuiop, 2/1
Rooster Booster 13/2

Wed: Moscow flyer 11/4

Thur, Best Mate 5/2

€ 1,416

Never got a yankee up since :eek:

D1976

US Open 2009

Go Lucas

fkiely

2004/2005 season. After having one of the best years I’d had as a season ticket holder with West Ham, I decided to renew and have a little wager at the start of the year on us getting promoted at 7/1. Lashed 250 quid on it as the ST prices had gone down again so had a bit of spare cash. Fast forward until the end of May and we’re in the play-off final and I’m over in Cardiff with a load of the lads. Into the bookies, had another 200 on us to win (6/5), 50 on Zamora first goalscorer (4/1) and another 20 on Zamaro/West Ham at around 4/1.Suffice to say I ended up having a pretty decent night...

Collie D

D1976 wrote: »

US Open 2009

Go Lucas

Over a year later and I'm still disgusted with myself for not even throwing a fiver each way at Glover after listening to Bob Bupka tip him up on the Off the Ball

longshotvalue

Last year, i put up a tip on letsbet.ie for Oasis Dancer, who had been beaten by workforce in his previous race. It won at 127/1 on betfair and returned 80/1 bookies..

UrbanSea

It's one of those 'I was going to put the bet on,but couldn't get to the bookies'.
A tenner double on Snoopy Loopy at 40/1 in the Betfair Chase and Serabad (2 of my favourite horses) the next day,at Aintree. Returned 33/1 and 9/2 winners. I felt sick.

EI111

always small bets are the most memorable from the value i get out of them and the fact you dont have to worry if it loses

had a tenner at 8/1 brawn to win constructors champ i never followed F1 before that, great craic

also 2 euro at 50/1 baros top scorer euro 2004

25 dollars devin hester to score first touchdown superbowl 2007 @ 16/1, he ran back the kickoff and i wasnt even home to watch it yet. watched the youtube video around 240 times

memorable for the wrong reason: laying chelsea for 300 quid loss for prem outright last year

x PyRo

This by a mile, 33/1 with the bookies and 150/1 on Betfair. Quite a few people here backed her too and she won handily. Only picked her based on her PTP form and was pleasantly surprised to see her fly home to win by a couple of lengths.

Big bets on Monterosso in various races would also be very memorable, he paid for many a thing for me!

Tazz T

I had 50 on Norway at 50/1 win the Eurovision song contest with Lordi. I was amazed by the odds as there was no way I would've got those odds in Europe where Metal is far more popular than here. Irish market betted them right out. I was completely confident they were going to win, as there campaigns running in Europe to vote them through.

padzer

Ryder cup 2008, there were 8 matches on the first day, with the tie in each priced at around the 6/1 mark. A few of us did 56x50c trebles, which meant if there were 3 ties wed get about €170 each and if there were any more we would be up a stack.

Indeed there was 3 ties and when i went to collect the following day yer woman in the shop paid me for 4, took over €700! The other lads collected the same in different shops, it was unreal.

Did the same bet on the saturday, 3 draws came in and we got paid around €170. But il never forget Jim Furyk missed a 5 foot putt on the last which would have us hit the jackpot again.

Needless to say il be doing the same bet in a few weeks time.

GampDub

January of last year, was having a rough time money wise and had just got paid at the end of Jan having not been paid since mid December!

Went to the bank on my lunch break and paid out a small fortune in bills/debts leaving myself with very little to live on for the next month!

Went into the bookies next to the bank for a quick bet ((probably wasn't a good idea given the circumstances) , it was a random Tuesday and wasn't great racing so didn't really do too much form reading just alot of gut feeeling. Had a 5 e/w on a horse 66/1 cause I liked the name. I can second by a head, still got €80 back so was happy enough!

Decided to do a quick €1 Lucky 15 for the afternoon and leave still up over €50. Was mad busy in work and never checked the bet til I got home. Little did I know it had clicked, can't remember the name of the horses but odds where something like 11/4, 11/2, 8/1 & 10/1. I couldn't believe it when I checked the teletext, Had to ring me Da to double check it for me!

Went to the bookies to collect the next day expecting about €5k, I hadn't even realised that the 10/1 shot had gone out to 16's and I got the better odds with a bonus on top I ended up getting just shy of €7k.

Unreal win, paid off all debts and took the missus to New York for Paddys Day!!! Good Times...

fkiely

GampDub wrote: »

January of last year, was having a rough time money wise and had just got paid at the end of Jan having not been paid since mid December!

Went to the bank on my lunch break and paid out a small fortune in bills/debts leaving myself with very little to live on for the next month!

Went into the bookies next to the bank for a quick bet ((probably wasn't a good idea given the circumstances) , it was a random Tuesday and wasn't great racing so didn't really do too much form reading just alot of gut feeeling. Had a 5 e/w on a horse 66/1 cause I liked the name. I can second by a head, still got €80 back so was happy enough!

Decided to do a quick €1 Lucky 15 for the afternoon and leave still up over €50. Was mad busy in work and never checked the bet til I got home. Little did I know it had clicked, can't remember the name of the horses but odds where something like 11/4, 11/2, 8/1 & 10/1. I couldn't believe it when I checked the teletext, Had to ring me Da to double check it for me!

Went to the bookies to collect the next day expecting about €5k, I hadn't even realised that the 10/1 shot had gone out to 16's and I got the better odds with a bonus on top I ended up getting just shy of €7k.

Unreal win, paid off all debts and took the missus to New York for Paddys Day!!! Good Times...

Super stuff, great read.

Vurnon San Benito

fkiely wrote: »

Super stuff, great read.

+1

UrbanSea

That one put a smile on my face haha.

dxhound2005

Tazz T wrote: »

I had 50 on Norway at 50/1 win the Eurovision song contest with Lordi. I was amazed by the odds as there was no way I would've got those odds in Europe where Metal is far more popular than here. Irish market betted them right out. I was completely confident they were going to win, as there campaigns running in Europe to vote them through.

Did you get paid out on that? Lordi won for Finland.

El Horseboxo

Even though i have won bigger amounts mine has to be a 16 game accumulator in the baseball. I had 4 euro as odds in my account and decided to put a euro on 4 accumulators in the MLB. I put 1 on all the favorites. 1 on all the underdogs and then 2 1 euro bets on a mixture of both. One of the mixtures came in at odds of 1756/1. I'll always remember that figure. Anyways 15 of them were in and i was gobsmacked at that point. So i checked espn.com and there was a rain delay in the Padres vs Diamondbacks game. It was the 8th inning and Padres were losing 3-0. Thought that was the end of it so went to bed. Logged into my account the next day and i noticed the huge balance. Checked espn again and San Diego had scored 3 runs in the 8th and 3 in the 9th. They won 6-3. Couldn't believe it.

beertons

Stuck €350 on Man Utd to beat Besiktas(h), R Madric to beat Zurich(h), and Chelsea to beat Porto. United left it late, but took home €920. Was going to stick it all on Liverpool and Arsenal to win aswell, but needed the €920. The last 2 teams ended up winning, it's always the way though.

DonJose

A couple of years ago I bet on Sunderland winning the championship league, they lost their first 3 games and were bottom of the table when Roy Keane got the job, they won the league on the last day of the season, overtaking Birmingham who lost to Preston. I put a pile of money each way at 22/1 and 14/1, best nervous itchy arse day ever

3DataModem

Just after the Ahern/Kenny debate I got 400 on Ahern to be next Toiseach at 7/4.

Even better was when I got 60 on Brazil vs England in the WC... bet was Eng would score first and Brazil would win in 90 mins. Had to ring a load of bookies to find one to lay that bet... Got 18/1.

Also in 2008 there was a huge misprice in the Big Brother eviction market one week. Basically the bookies hadn't adjusted for the fact that the public were voting to "save" not evict, so instead of the least popular getting the boot, the least interesting would. Got some on my choice (Hira if I recall correctly) at 7/1 and 6/1, and another lumpy bet at 3/1. Bookies adjusted on Friday and she flopped around evens, eventually going off at 1/2 when market closed. Didn't even hedge it it was such a lock on dead solid cert. Winner!

admiralofthefleet

zanyetta in the breeders cup last year, i had a small fortune on her and she obliged

Nulty

£10 on France to beat Brazil in the 1998 World Cup Final. My first bet in the bookies

colly54

€2 e/w on Mon Mome 100/1 for the Grand National..

Quality Horse....

Had him in the gold cup also and he made me a god profit for getting placed

supremenovice

colly54 wrote: »

€2 e/w on Mon Mome 100/1 for the Grand National..

Quality Horse....
had him in the gold cup also and he made me a god profit for getting placed

Had €15 win @ 180/1 on betfair. Also backed him each way in the Gold Cup.
I read Patrick Vietch's book (hes known as Britains most feared horse-racing gambler). He pointed out that the Gold Cup is a stayers race, not a sprint. Grand National winners have a solid record in the Gold Cup.
He lumped on Hedgehunter when he finished second in 2007.
Bear it in mind come March

Hoki

My fav football bet was during Euro 2004, i €5 e/w on Milan Baros as top scorer at 45/1 . They were in a soft group with Latvia & 2 other weakish randomers afaik & fancied them to get a lot of goals , was torn between Koller & Baros but thankfully chose Baros in the end .
Im also quite proud of the fact that i have backed the winners of the last 3 major International tournaments - Italy (2006), Spain (2008,2010)

My most memorable bet on the horses was when i was pissed some random Saturday & put €5e/w on a horse called Sand n Sea at Lingfield ( I think ). He romped home at 25/1 & the next round was on me. No skill in that bet whatsoever but was memorable purely for the stick i got for backing him in the first place!

megadodge

Neither of these were mine, but of an acquaintance and I always think of them when memorable bets come up.

In 1994 Man Utd won the treble in England and at the start of the 94/95 season a local independent bookie offered 33/1 on Utd to win nothing that season. He bet IR£100. I was in his company for the final match of the season v West Ham when Utd needed to win and threw the kitchen sink at them but only drew. I swear he never batted an eyelid during the match (probably cos the Cup Final still had to come - which they lost).

Then the same guy in 1998 early in the year put IR£100 on a double of Galway to win the All-Ireland football and France to win the World Cup. It returned over IR£6k.

Radiotower

not much of a gambler myself - grand national, the odd football match, etc... A couple of years ago I lived with a guy who would visit the bookies regularly - anyway he was telling me about betting on the national lottery so one saturday I was walking over to the local spar for a breakfast roll when i decided to call into the local bookmakers. i filled out the slip picking 3 numbers from 6 at odds of 450/1 and at the bottom of the slip it saiid minimum bet 2euro so I went up wth my 2euro but was informed they bet would cost 6euro cos I was betting on the 3draws (I'm a novice) so I placed it anyway.

Anyway my 3 numbers came up, went across the next weekend to collect my 900euro - sweet - beginners luck!! that was about 8 years ago, have a few wins since, one of 700euro and a few in around the 300euro mark. must do it this weekend again now that i think about it!!

ferdyfish

2006 champion hurdle TRICAST
brave inca 7/4 to beat macs joy 13/2 to beat hardy eustace 13/2
50bars paid 51/1 i think

the other bets i liked that year because these were free 5er bets in the herald... i won a forecast when no.sixvalverde won the national, was a free 350 or thereabouts. and another free 5er forcast bet from the herald for 450 that year.

oconnon9

Hoki wrote: »

My fav football bet was during Euro 2004, i €5 e/w on Milan Baros as top scorer at 45/1 . They were in a soft group with Latvia & 2 other weakish randomers afaik & fancied them to get a lot of goals , was torn between Koller & Baros but thankfully chose Baros in the end .
Im also quite proud of the fact that i have backed the winners of the last 3 major International tournaments - Italy (2006), Spain (2008,2010)

My most memorable bet on the horses was when i was pissed some random Saturday & put €5e/w on a horse called Sand n Sea at Lingfield ( I think ). He romped home at 25/1 & the next round was on me. No skill in that bet whatsoever but was memorable purely for the stick i got for backing him in the first place!

germany & holland..?? :rolleyes:

D1976

padzer wrote: »

Ryder cup 2008, there were 8 matches on the first day, with the tie in each priced at around the 6/1 mark. A few of us did 56x50c trebles, which meant if there were 3 ties wed get about €170 each and if there were any more we would be up a stack.

Indeed there was 3 ties and when i went to collect the following day yer woman in the shop paid me for 4, took over €700! The other lads collected the same in different shops, it was unreal.

Did the same bet on the saturday, 3 draws came in and we got paid around €170. But il never forget Jim Furyk missed a 5 foot putt on the last which would have us hit the jackpot again.

Needless to say il be doing the same bet in a few weeks time.

How do you write that out on the betting slips, wouldn't mind giving it a go myself

Crowie13

There have been a few but my favorite was back in 2007, my father had just passed away a few months previously so think it was around March and was out having a few drinks and a couple of bets. Walked in the bookies and seen this horse called Diamond Harry, Harry being my fathers name I thought it was worth a fiver on it. It romped home at 33/1 and has won me a few more quid since and so have a few more Harry's though there is too many of them that haven't in the last year or so :rolleyes:

Speak Now

megadodge wrote: »

Neither of these were mine, but of an acquaintance and I always think of them when memorable bets come up.

In 1994 Man Utd won the treble in England and at the start of the 94/95 season a local independent bookie offered 33/1 on Utd to win nothing that season. He bet IR£100. I was in his company for the final match of the season v West Ham when Utd needed to win and threw the kitchen sink at them but only drew. I swear he never batted an eyelid during the match (probably cos the Cup Final still had to come - which they lost).

Then the same guy in 1998 early in the year put IR£100 on a double of Galway to win the All-Ireland football and France to win the World Cup. It returned over IR£6k.

That Independent bookie is hardly in business offering prics like that

BTW man Utd won double not the treble, Villa beat them in League cup.

My most Memorable bet would be Hardy Eustance winning his first Champion Hurdle at 33/1

CrabieCrawford

Last season I got 6/1 for Milan to beat Real Madrid in the champions league, crazy odds but i talked myself out of betting big on it, think I put £20 on. Dida let in an absolute howler and I thought it was game over, nearly threw away my slip. Milan ended up winning, scoring the winner right at the end. No way should they have been 6/1

Also had Forlan for top goalscorer @66/1 in the world cup, he hit the bar with the last kick of the 3rd/4th place game, if only it had of went in

L'prof

CrabieCrawford wrote: »

Last season I got 6/1 for Milan to beat Real Madrid in the champions league, crazy odds but i talked myself out of betting big on it, think I put £20 on. Dida let in an absolute howler and I thought it was game over, nearly threw away my slip. Milan ended up winning, scoring the winner right at the end. No way should they have been 6/1

Also had Forlan for top goalscorer @66/1 in the world cup, he hit the bar with the last kick of the 3rd/4th place game, if only it had of went in

Did you get 1/4 the odds for that?

CrabieCrawford

yeah had him each way so 1/4 for the joint winner and 1//4 so the place so ended up getting the same for both, even at 1/4 odds it worked out at almost 17/1

thudd

CrabieCrawford wrote: »

Last season I got 6/1 for Milan to beat Real Madrid in the champions league, crazy odds but i talked myself out of betting big on it, think I put £20 on. Dida let in an absolute howler and I thought it was game over, nearly threw away my slip. Milan ended up winning, scoring the winner right at the end. No way should they have been 6/1

I was on this one too. Doubled with Lyon to beat Liverpool the night before. Tenner on it at 33/1, sure it would be rude not to! Dancing around the pub when Pato knocked in the winner!

8-10

padzer wrote: »

Ryder cup 2008, there were 8 matches on the first day, with the tie in each priced at around the 6/1 mark. A few of us did 56x50c trebles, which meant if there were 3 ties wed get about €170 each and if there were any more we would be up a stack.

Indeed there was 3 ties and when i went to collect the following day yer woman in the shop paid me for 4, took over €700! The other lads collected the same in different shops, it was unreal.

Did the same bet on the saturday, 3 draws came in and we got paid around €170. But il never forget Jim Furyk missed a 5 foot putt on the last which would have us hit the jackpot again.

Needless to say il be doing the same bet in a few weeks time.

I wanted to take a look at this? How does it work? As I see it, you won't get markets on the afternoon games until after the morning games because the pairings won't get named?

PP is offering only 9/2 on the tie in any case so maybe not even worth it.

Hoki

oconnon9 wrote: »

germany & holland..?? :rolleyes:

Ooh i made a meaningless mistake in a nostalgia thread because i didn't use google like you just have, cop the f*** on

Blitzkrieger

Most memoable win was probably just before Christmas last year. Roselare were bottom of the Belgian Pro League and shipping goals left, right and center. In the four weeks leading up to the bet, I had been studying the handicap betting against them and had won 2 out of 3 bets, deciding the odds weren't good enough the final week. They were away to league leaders Standard Liege the weekend after Liege had got knocked out of the Champions league. I put 100 down on Roselare to win at better than 17/1 on Betfair. They won 0-1 and I probably wiped out a lot of people's hard won profit

Most memorable loss was 10 years ago at this stage. I opened up a ladbrokes.co.uk account and put 5 sterling on a 10 match accumulator on the premiership. It included at least three draws and must have had some unlikely outcomes because the payout would have been over 32K sterling....... if Leicester hadn't equalised from an offside position in injury time from a corner that shouldn't have been given. ****ing ref........