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Laying Horses Log

  • 04-10-2010 7:05pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    I know next to nothing about horses, but have been edging to start a laying log. After an earlier failure, I want to do it properly this time.

    I am thinking of starting with a bank of €3,000 and I intend to use a system used by a layer - the now infamous Maria's Laying System - which turned £3,000 into £100,000 in 300 days or so.

    Please see link below -

    http://www.expertbettingadvice.co.uk/forum/thread18432.html

    My next two posts will show extracts from Maria's log, which explains the system.

    I plan to start this log in a few weeks, but I hope to get some of the boards members opinions and advice before I commence.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Extract from Maria's Laying System (1):

    I've been reluctant to start off this thread, because I'm frightened of its turning out to be the kiss of death ... you have what you imagine to be a good system and start to explain it in public, and suddenly a wheel comes off ...* ???

    I've come up with a laying system ...* ;D

    I'll record its daily selections and results in this thread ... until I get jeered off, anyway ...* :-[

    I'll try to post each day's selections by 1.00pm at the very latest, but I don't think I'll often manage to post them the night before.

    Comments, general heckling and questions (but not about the details of my selection-process, please) are very welcome as we go along, but I'd better start off with something like an "FAQ" ...* 8)

    STAKING: I want to minimise risks and maximise returns, of course (who doesn't?), which are always pretty difficult, not to say conflicting, objectives to combine. Like all forms of betting, the selections are only a part of the story. Betting on horses is notorious for people being able to have good selections and still lose money through poor money management. With laying in particular, IMHO the commonest reasons for failure are under-funding (not having a bank big enough for what you're trying to do) and disillusionment (getting too easily fed up with an inevitable losing run).

    This isn't the time or place to get involved in a big discussion about whether the selections or the money management are more important - it suffices to say that without both aspects being good, sensible, reliable and proven, it's not possible to make steady profits ...*

    The two common staking methods for laying are:-

    (i) Laying to a fixed stake: I don't use this for two main reasons: first, the "accidents" are proportionally too expensive; secondly, it seems to me that it fails adequately to make the profits "deserved" after successfully identifying and laying shorter-priced losers.

    (ii) Laying to a fixed liability: I don't use this either, because it's inherently mathematically unsound - it ignores the fact that accidents are far more likely to happen at the lower end of the scale: if I lay a 2/1 favourite (i.e. I lay it at an exchange price of 3.0), the overall risk of that bet losing (the horse winning) is of course higher than one which was a lay at 8.0 (7/1).

    Instead I try to combine the best of both worlds by using what looks like a complicated mixture of the two systems mentioned above, but it's actually perfectly straightforward ...*

    My staking system: I lay in three distinct exchange-price-bands of fixed backer's stakes.

    At one end of the scale, if the exchange price available about the horse is less than 3.5 (less than 5/2), I lay to a stake of 1% of my current laying system bank. At the other end, if the price is between 7.5 and 11 (the latter figure being my cut-off: I don't lay anything higher than 10/1), I lay to a stake of 0.4% of my current bank. If the price is in-between these two bands (i.e. prices of 3.6 to 7.4), then I lay to a stake of 0.6% of my bank. As they say in those TV infommercials, "But wait - there's more!": I also combine this staking plan with a ratchet system (see below).

    The are two other advantages with this staking system: first, the practicality of the situation when using the exchanges is that the backer's stake (rather than one's own liability) is the value which has to be typed into the little box on the screen, and this makes it quick and simple to do; secondly, nearly a year's figures have proven to me that this method minimises the variability of the results, and that's very, very important ...*

    To summarise, with examples based on a starting bank of £3,000 (if you're reckless enough to try them, you can scale up or down proportionally to your own bank) ...

    Prices below 3.5: lay to 1% of bank - backer's stake £30 (my liability under £75)

    Prices from 3.6 to 7.4: lay to 0.6% of bank - backer's stake £18 (my liability £46.80 - £115.20)

    Prices from 7.5 to 11: lay to 0.4% of bank - backer's stake £12 (my liability £78 - £132)


    Ratchet System

    If making profits, I increase all stakes in proportion to the bank on a daily basis. (I'd love to do it on a bet-by-bet basis, but that would assume that anyone following the system can be glued to their screen all afternoon, which isn't realistic. If you're working for a living - shock horror: please excuse my language! - you need to be able to put the bets on your lunch-hour.)

    This means that at the end of each day, the next day's "current bank" figure is known. For example, if there's a good start and the £3,000 bank grows, then the stakes are worked out as proportion of the new higher figure, and increase slightly the next day. This may sound insignificant but it makes a huge difference to the results ...*

    In contrast, after a losing day, I don't reduce stakes unless and until 35% of the highest level of the bank is lost, when I essentially re-start using the same percentages, but now of the new "65%-sized bank" ...* :-\

    Example: from a £3,000 start, if there's a net loss on the first day, the next day I still stake as if from a bank of £3,000 (i.e. to backer's stakes of £30, £18 and £12 depending on the price about each selection) until reaching £1,950 when those backer's stakes would become £19.50, £11.70 and £7.80 until the bank gets back up to £3,000 again (or - dare I mention it? - down to £1267.50 - a further 35% loss).

    The 35% drop is always worked out from the highest point of the bank. If it happens (and so far it hasn't - famous last words?!) I'll explain it again.

    It may sound a bit complicated but it's actually very simple. Not easy, but very simple ...* :

    Please don't imagine that I'm claiming this to be a perfect laying system. There are one or two anomalies in it, but after lots of analysis and calculation in the early days, over the last year I've found this system practicable, straightforward and robust. And that's what matters.

    In the next post, I'll complete the "FAQ" and hope to cover the practicalities ...* :-*


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Extract from Maria's Laying System (2):


    OTHER CONSIDERATIONS/PRACTICALITIES ABOUT THIS SYSTEM AND ITS RESULTS

    (i) It's essential to keep (at the very least on paper) a separate bank for this system: the money can, if unavoidable, be mixed up in an account with other betting funds, but at the very least the "books" must be kept separately, otherwise you don't know where you are - it's not possible to win in the long run without keeping good records ... oooh, contentious! ...*

    (ii) Terminology: there's always understandable confusion about discussing laying. For the record, if there's any apparent ambiguity, I'm always referring to the bet rather than the horse. So if I say that out of the day's selections, three won and one lost, and that the day's strike-rate was 75%, I mean that three of the horses lost and one was a winner on which I paid out. (But if that's the actual strike-rate every day, we won't get far: mixed-price-bracket laying systems generally need a very high strike-rate).

    (iii) This is a slow and steady system, not a get-rich-quick scheme, and any attempt to turn it into that, or to escalate the stakes when losing, is destined for disaster. With laying, in particular, the swings and arrows of outrageous fortune can be particularly vicious, and it's all too easy for gradually accumulated profits to be wiped out quickly by an uncharacteristically unlucky run. I hope that my staking system allows for this, to a large degree ...*

    (iv) Some of the selections tend to shorten in price and others tend to drift. The reality is that it's not possible, overall, to lay at SP and I would therefore be misleading people about my profits if I quoted the results to SP. So I'm going to keep two separate sets of results ...

    1. SP + 10%: These results will quote all prices to SP + 10% (i.e. as if the price, from the layer's point of view, was 10% worse than SP).

    2. My own actual results, recording the prices I've found and used.

    No method of doing this is going to be perfect, but before deciding on this method of keeping the results, I've talked it over with the Administrator and we've decided, hopefully, that this "double results" system is the least open to criticism ...* :-X

    (v) If a selection is priced at more than 11 on the exchanges when I first look at it (and this really isn't going to happen often, because they make me nervous), then with one exception I leave my bet unmatched at 11 and just wait and see what happens. The exception is that if it's priced at more than 14 to lay, I cross it off the list completely and don't even go back to look at it again (this is a half-hearted attempt to avoid becoming the victim of any "major coups"). In the "starting-price + 10% results", I won't be recording as a bet anything that set off at more than 10/1.

    (vi) The exchanges charge a variable commission on profits. I'm going to allow for the highest commission at the most expensive of the exchanges, and deduct 5% from all wins. (Note that this is calculated on a "per event" basis, so if you lay two or more horses in a race, the commission is charged only on your net profit on that race.)

    (vii) This is (comparatively, at least) a "high turnover" system. The idea is that every bet made represents "value" and has a positive expectation, and therefore the more of them there are, the better the returns. It's not for the faint-hearted! Back these with real money at your own risk and never with money that you can't afford to lose.

    (viii) I've found that it's nearly always a mistake to "pick and choose" with this system. Lay all the selections (that can be done within the cut-off of 11) or none of them.

    (ix) When I put the bets on, I don't always just take the best current price, depending partly on how much of a hurry I'm in and whether I have shoe-shopping plans for the afternoon. Unless I think the price is particularly likely to lengthen (see "Lay, Back and Think of Winning" by Nigel Paul for the best simple explanation of how you can judge this), I'm likely to leave my lay unmatched at a price in-between what's available to back and what's available to back. Usually my lay will get matched. But I only do this if I can keep an eye on it, and change my mind quickly about what price to lay at if the market moves against me ...* ???

    (x) Within my cut-off of 11, the market moving against me when I have an unmatched bet is not a reason for me to abandon a lay: if it's part of the system and it's not above 11, I lay it.

    (xi) The overwhelming majority of the lays in this thread will be win lays, but there will be the occasional place lay included too. These are much rarer, but I have a very high strike-rate with them ...* ;D

    (xii) Patience and discipline lead to profits ...* ;D* ;D* ;D


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭JONJO THE MISER


    Looks like a well thought out system and good bankroll management.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭halfback5


    looks well planned out alright. might keep track of it myself with paper betting for a while


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,979 ✭✭✭Vurnon San Benito


    She achieved a brilliant return for sure, just looking at her posts.
    Making £540 on each horse most days, with about £9000 profit per day.

    Imagine that!

    Best of luck fella! :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    It is an incredible thread. £3k to £100k!!

    I'd love some advice on what type of courses and races to lay.

    The system gives a decent sense of discipline on bankroll management.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Ok, the name of this log may change in due time.

    My first lay will be football

    Lay 1:

    France v Romania
    Lay Correct Score 0-0 @ 9.4
    Backers Stake: €12


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,235 ✭✭✭jacool


    You may need either
    a) nerves of steel or
    b) copious amounts of toilet paper
    82 minutes in 0-0 !!
    83 minutes in 1-0 France, and they go onto win 2-0. You are in profit!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Bestake wrote: »
    Ok, the name of this log may change in due time.

    My first lay will be football

    Lay 1:

    France v Romania
    Lay Correct Score 0-0 @ 9.4
    Backers Stake: €12

    Lay 1 -

    France 2 Romania 0 :D

    Win €11.46

    Balance - €3,011.46 (+€11.46)

    Strike Rate - 1/1 (100%)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    jacool wrote: »
    You may need either
    a) nerves of steel or
    b) copious amounts of toilet paper
    82 minutes in 0-0 !!
    83 minutes in 1-0 France, and they go onto win 2-0. You are in profit!

    Haha, thankfully I try to avoid that, went for a few drinks last night so I didn't follow the game.

    Had the game ended 0-0, I would have lost 3.3% of my bank. Undesirable but not too worrying.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Lay 2:
    Spartak Moscow v Chelsea
    Lay Spartak Moscow to win @ 3.90
    Backers Stake: €18

    Lay 3:
    Roma v Basle
    Lay Basle to win @ 7.20
    Backers Stake: €18

    Lay 4:
    Real Madrid v AC Milan
    Lay AC Milan to win @ 6.8
    Backers Stake: €18


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Lay 5:
    Arsenal v Shakhtar
    Lay Shakhtar to win @ 3.90
    Backers Stake: €18

    Lay 6:
    2.20pm - Yarmouth
    Lay Hunza Dancer @ 10.00
    Backers Stake : €12

    Lay 7:
    2.30pm - Lingfield
    Lay Looksmart @ 8.00
    Backers Stake : €12

    Lay 8:
    2.50pm - Yarmouth
    Lay Flyting Arch @ 7.60
    Backers Stake : €12

    Lay 9:
    3.50pm - Yarmouth
    Lay Salvationist @ 7.60
    Backers Stake : €12


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭Moffo


    Any reasoning behind the horses you've picked ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Moffo wrote: »
    Any reasoning behind the horses you've picked ?

    Sorry!!! Nil reasoning! I follow a few layers around different forums, so I have piggybacked some of their selections. I'm hoping for comfort in numbers, so watch this space!

    Soccer lays - some bit of reasoning, but I do not have the time to post a detailed analysis.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭Moffo


    Godd Luck with them ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭Moffo


    Well you've got 3 so far today...well done :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭Moffo


    You must have someone praying for you....Salvationsit 9/2f lost by a short head :p Well done. Hope your as lucky with the Chelsea match ..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Moffo wrote: »
    You must have someone praying for you....Salvationsit 9/2f lost by a short head :p Well done. Hope your as lucky with the Chelsea match ..

    Just seen results now!! Good first day so far.

    I am more confident in the football than the horses, so fingers crossed!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Bestake wrote: »
    Lay 2:
    Spartak Moscow v Chelsea
    Lay Spartak Moscow to win @ 3.90
    Backers Stake: €18

    Lay 3:
    Roma v Basle
    Lay Basle to win @ 7.20
    Backers Stake: €18

    Lay 4:
    Real Madrid v AC Milan
    Lay AC Milan to win @ 6.8
    Backers Stake: €18
    Bestake wrote: »
    Lay 5:
    Arsenal v Shakhtar
    Lay Shakhtar to win @ 3.90
    Backers Stake: €18

    Lay 6:
    2.20pm - Yarmouth
    Lay Hunza Dancer @ 10.00
    Backers Stake : €12

    Lay 7:
    2.30pm - Lingfield
    Lay Looksmart @ 8.00
    Backers Stake : €12

    Lay 8:
    2.50pm - Yarmouth
    Lay Flyting Arch @ 7.60
    Backers Stake : €12

    Lay 9:
    3.50pm - Yarmouth
    Lay Salvationist @ 7.60
    Backers Stake : €12

    Lay 2 - Win :D +€17.19
    Lay 3 - Loss :mad: -€111.60
    Lay 4 - Win :D +€17.19
    Lay 5 - Win :D +€17.19
    Lay 6 - Win :D +€11.46
    Lay 7 - Win :D +€11.46
    Lay 8 - Win :D +€11.46
    Lay 9 - Win :D +€11.46

    Daily P&L - -€14.19 :mad:

    Balance - €2,997.27 (-€2.73)

    Strike Rate - 8/9 (88.9%)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,046 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    Bestake wrote: »
    Balance - €2,997.27 (-€2.73)

    Unlucky man, I layed Basle when they went 1-0 up and i was annoyed with that!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Lay 10:
    1.45pm - Navan
    Lay Zaralanta @ 4.80
    Backers Stake : €18

    Lay 11:
    2.40pm - Worchester
    Lay Whereveryougoigo @ 5.00
    Backers Stake : €18

    Lay 12:
    Inter Milan v Spurs
    Lay Spurs to win @ 6.40
    Backers Stake: €18

    Lay 13:
    Rangers v Valencia
    Lay Rangers to win @ 4.20
    Backers Stake: €18


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    L'prof wrote: »
    Unlucky man, I layed Basle when they went 1-0 up and i was annoyed with that!

    Yeah I was tempted to further lay them when they were 2-1 up, but thankfully I did not. Yesterday's profit would have been €100+ had it not been for that lay! Oh well! I have a feeling this will be two steps forward, one step back!!

    I am confident in today's selections so fingers crossed!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Bestake wrote: »
    Lay 10:
    1.45pm - Navan
    Lay Zaralanta @ 4.80
    Backers Stake : €18

    Lay 11:
    2.40pm - Worchester
    Lay Whereveryougoigo @ 5.00
    Backers Stake : €18

    Lay 12:
    Inter Milan v Spurs
    Lay Spurs to win @ 6.40
    Backers Stake: €18

    Lay 13:
    Rangers v Valencia
    Lay Rangers to win @ 4.20
    Backers Stake: €18

    Lay 10 - Win biggrin.gif +€17.19
    Lay 11 - Win biggrin.gif +€17.19
    Lay 12 - Win biggrin.gif +€17.19
    Lay 13 - Win biggrin.gif +€17.19

    Daily P&L - -€68.76 :D

    Balance - €3,066.03 (+€66.03)

    Strike Rate - 12/13 (92.3%)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Lay 14:
    2.00pm- Brighton
    Lay Ziplock @ 7.20
    Backers Stake : €18.40

    Lay 15:
    2.55pm - Carlisle
    Lay Rebel Swing @ 7.00
    Backers Stake : €18.40

    Lay 16:
    4.05pm - Brighton
    Lay Whisper Wind @ 7.60
    Backers Stake : €12.26

    Lay 17:
    Karpaty Lviv v Sevilla
    Lay Karpaty Lviv to win @ 4.90
    Backers Stake: €18.40

    Lay 18:
    Atlectico Madrid v Rosenborg
    Lay Rosenborg to win @ 11.00
    Backers Stake: €12.26

    Lay 19:
    SV Red Bull Salzburg v Juventus
    Lay SV Red Bull Salzburg to win @ 5.20
    Backers Stake: €18.40


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭Moffo


    Bestake wrote: »
    Lay 10 - Win biggrin.gif +€17.19
    Lay 11 - Win biggrin.gif +€17.19
    Lay 12 - Win biggrin.gif +€17.19
    Lay 13 - Win biggrin.gif +€17.19

    Daily P&L - -€68.76 :D

    Balance - €3,066.03 (+€66.03)

    Strike Rate - 12/13 (92.3%)


    You're doing really well man... hope you can keep it up.:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Bestake wrote: »
    Lay 14:
    2.00pm- Brighton
    Lay Ziplock @ 7.20
    Backers Stake : €18.40

    Lay 15:
    2.55pm - Carlisle
    Lay Rebel Swing @ 7.00
    Backers Stake : €18.40

    Lay 16:
    4.05pm - Brighton
    Lay Whisper Wind @ 7.60
    Backers Stake : €12.26

    Lay 17:
    Karpaty Lviv v Sevilla
    Lay Karpaty Lviv to win @ 4.90
    Backers Stake: €18.40

    Lay 18:
    Atlectico Madrid v Rosenborg
    Lay Rosenborg to win @ 11.00
    Backers Stake: €12.26

    Lay 19:
    SV Red Bull Salzburg v Juventus
    Lay SV Red Bull Salzburg to win @ 5.20
    Backers Stake: €18.40

    Lay 14 - Win biggrin.gif +€17.57
    Lay 15 - Win biggrin.gif +€17.57
    Lay 16 - Win biggrin.gif +€11.71
    Lay 17 - Win biggrin.gif +€17.57
    Lay 18 - Win biggrin.gif +€11.71
    Lay 19 - Win biggrin.gif +€17.57


    Daily P&L - -€93.70 biggrin.gif

    Balance - €3,159.73 (+€159.73)

    Strike Rate - 18/19 (94.7%)

    Horse Laying Strike Rate - 9/9 (100.0%)

    Football Laying Strike Rate - 9/10 (90%)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Lay 20:
    2.45pm- Doncaster
    Lay Bridgefield @ 8.60
    Backers Stake : €12.64

    Lay 21:
    3.10pm - Fakenham
    Lay Frontier Spirit @ 3.15
    Backers Stake : €31.60

    Lay 22:
    3.55pm - Doncaster
    Lay Golden Desert @ 7.80
    Backers Stake : €12.64

    Lay 23:
    4.40pm - Ayr
    Lay Chantilly Pearl @ 7.00
    Backers Stake : €18.96

    Lay 24:
    Hamburg v Bayern Munich
    Lay Hamburg to win @ 2.81
    Backers Stake: €31.60


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Bestake wrote: »
    Lay 20:
    2.45pm- Doncaster
    Lay Bridgefield @ 8.60
    Backers Stake : €12.64

    Lay 21:
    3.10pm - Fakenham
    Lay Frontier Spirit @ 3.15
    Backers Stake : €31.60

    Lay 22:
    3.55pm - Doncaster
    Lay Golden Desert @ 7.80
    Backers Stake : €12.64

    Lay 23:
    4.40pm - Ayr
    Lay Chantilly Pearl @ 7.00
    Backers Stake : €18.96

    Lay 24:
    Hamburg v Bayern Munich
    Lay Hamburg to win @ 2.81
    Backers Stake: €31.60

    Lay 20 - Loss :mad: -96.06
    Lay 21 - Win biggrin.gif +€30.18
    Lay 22 - Win biggrin.gif +€12.07
    Lay 23 - Win biggrin.gif +€18.11
    Lay 24 - Win biggrin.gif +€30.18

    Daily P&L - (€5.52) :mad:

    Balance - €3,154.21 (+€154.21)

    Strike Rate - 22/24 (91.6%)

    Horse Laying Strike Rate - 12/13 (92.3%)

    Football Laying Strike Rate - 10/11 (90.0%)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Ok folks, I think I am going to stay clear of the horses until Monday, perhaps Tuesday. I am going to have a few football lays.

    Lay 25:
    Birmingham v Blackpool
    Lay Blackpool to win @ 4.40
    Backers Stake: €18.96

    Unrelated to the lay log, I am going to have two bets on this weekend's hurling county finals. I will dip into the lay fund for these bets. The loss or winnings will be taken or contributed to the lay bank balance.

    Waterford Senior Hurling County Final
    Ballygunner v De La Salle
    BACK the draw @ 10/1 - Paddy Powers
    Stake - €12.64

    Kilkenny Senior Hurling County Final
    Carrickshock v O'Loughlin Gaels
    BACK the draw @ 9/1 - Paddy Powers
    Stake - €12.64


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Lay 26:
    Stoke v Man Utd
    Lay Stoke to win @ 6.00
    Backers Stake: €18.96

    Lay 27:
    Stuttgart v St.Pauli
    Lay St.Pauli to win @ 5.50
    Backers Stake: €18.96

    Lay 28:
    Inter v Sampdoria
    Lay St.Pauli to win @ 8.60
    Backers Stake: €12.07


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Bestake wrote: »
    Ok folks, I think I am going to stay clear of the horses until Monday, perhaps Tuesday. I am going to have a few football lays.

    Lay 25:
    Birmingham v Blackpool
    Lay Blackpool to win @ 4.40
    Backers Stake: €18.96

    Unrelated to the lay log, I am going to have two bets on this weekend's hurling county finals. I will dip into the lay fund for these bets. The loss or winnings will be taken or contributed to the lay bank balance.

    Waterford Senior Hurling County Final
    Ballygunner v De La Salle
    BACK the draw @ 10/1 - Paddy Powers
    Stake - €12.64

    Kilkenny Senior Hurling County Final
    Carrickshock v O'Loughlin Gaels
    BACK the draw @ 9/1 - Paddy Powers
    Stake - €12.64
    Bestake wrote: »
    Lay 26:
    Stoke v Man Utd
    Lay Stoke to win @ 6.00
    Backers Stake: €18.96

    Lay 27:
    Stuttgart v St.Pauli
    Lay St.Pauli to win @ 5.50
    Backers Stake: €18.96

    Lay 28:
    Inter v Sampdoria
    Lay St.Pauli to win @ 8.60
    Backers Stake: €12.07

    Lay 25 - Win biggrin.gif +€18.11
    Lay 26 - Win biggrin.gif +€18.11
    Lay 27 - Win biggrin.gif +€18.11
    Lay 28 - Win biggrin.gif +€11.53

    Also - Loss -€25.28 :mad: on backed draws in Waterford and Kilkenny hurling county finals.

    P&L For 24/10 & 25/10 - +28.51 :D

    Balance - €3,182.72 (+€182.72)

    Strike Rate - 26/28 (92.9%)

    Horse Laying Strike Rate - 12/13 (92.3%)

    Football Laying Strike Rate - 14/15 (93.0%)

    Note - With the exception of Lay 1, I am in my 6th day of laying. I will compare my balance with Maria's on a daily basis from now. For simplicity, I will use € rather than £.

    Maria's Balance - Day 6 - €3,115.19

    My Balance - Day 6 - €3,182.72

    Difference - +€67.53 :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Day 7

    Lay 29:
    IFK Goteborg v Trelleborgs FF
    Lay Trelleborgs to win @ 7.40
    Backers Stake: €19.09


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Bestake wrote: »
    Day 7

    Lay 29:
    IFK Goteborg v Trelleborgs FF
    Lay Trelleborgs to win @ 7.40
    Backers Stake: €19.09

    Lay 29 - Loss mad.gif -€122.18

    P&L Day 7- (€122.18) :mad:

    Balance - €3,060.54 (+€60.54)

    Strike Rate - 26/29 (89.6%)

    Horse Laying Strike Rate - 12/13 (92.3%)

    Football Laying Strike Rate - 14/16 (87.5%)

    Maria's Balance - Day 7 - €3,280.70

    My Balance - Day 7 - €3,060.54

    Difference - (€220.16) :mad:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,335 ✭✭✭✭UrbanSea


    That last one hit you hard. Chin up,this is quite a good read.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    greetings wrote: »
    That last one hit you hard. Chin up,this is quite a good read.

    Especially when Gothenburg were 1-0 up at half time! Although I have been lucky - eg. I layed a Sampdoria win -vs- Inter, and Sampdoria were 1-0 up until the 83 minute!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Day 8

    Lay 30:
    1.50 Catterick
    Lay Its You Again @ 3.45
    Backers Stake: €31.83

    Lay 31:
    2.20 Catterick
    Lay Icelandic @ 6.80
    Backers Stake: €19.10

    Lay 32:
    7.30 - Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen
    Lay Werder Bremen to win @ 4.60
    Backers Stake: €19.10

    Lay 33:
    7.45 - Leicester v West Brom
    Lay Leicester to win @ 3.00
    Backers Stake: €31.83


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Bestake


    Bestake wrote: »
    Day 8

    Lay 30:
    1.50 Catterick
    Lay Its You Again @ 3.45
    Backers Stake: €31.83

    Lay 31:
    2.20 Catterick
    Lay Icelandic @ 6.80
    Backers Stake: €19.10

    Lay 32:
    7.30 - Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen
    Lay Werder Bremen to win @ 4.60
    Backers Stake: €19.10

    Lay 33:
    7.45 - Leicester v West Brom
    Lay Leicester to win @ 3.00
    Backers Stake: €31.83

    Lay 30 - Win :D +€30.40
    Lay 31 - Loss mad.gif -€110.78
    Lay 32 - Win :D +€18.19
    Lay 33 - Win :D +€30.40

    P&L Day 8- (€31.79) mad.gif

    Balance - €3,028.75 (+€28.75)

    Strike Rate - 29/33 (87.9%)

    Horse Laying Strike Rate - 13/15 (86.7%)

    Football Laying Strike Rate - 16/18 (88.9%)

    Maria's Balance - Day 8 - €3,176.07


    My Balance - Day 8 - €3,028.75

    Difference - (€147.32) mad.gif


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