Most money you've ever put on a bet?

James__10

What is the most money you've ever gambled in the bookies? Mine would be 20 euro needless to say the horse fell at the last fence needless to say I was as sick as a dog!

admiralofthefleet

a substantial amount

Chuck Stone

€400


Top set (me) versus a pair and flush draw (him) in the casino.

The guy's flush came in and he scooped an €800 pot.

aaronjumper

€5. Not really a gambling man

orourkeda

I've had several substantial 4 figure bets and upwards of €2000 on a poker table on several occasions

wiger toods

E100!:P Oh how i miss the crazy days:D

It was a few years back, darren clarke 28/1 KLM Dutch open, and the little fecker won.:D

mackg

€50 on Spain to win the Euros 3 years ago.

sdanseo

€150 odd on one hand of poker during a fairly ridiculous cash game in which I started with €80, got up to €350 and left with nothing.

Tesco Massacre

Only €25...it was on Milan Baros to be scorer at Euro 2004 at 50/1.

Cha-ching!

Saila

10er each way, Massa crashed and got mangled that year towards the end, was turning into a nice earner otherwise :rolleyes:

AnonoBoy

Go For Broke: 2 million dollars
Reality: 100 euro.

seanybiker

Fiddy on one hand of poker. Sickened

upandcumming

Tesco Massacre wrote: »

Only €25...it was on Milan Baros to be scorer at Euro 2004 at 50/1.

Cha-ching!

How that wasn't 5billion/1 I don't know!

dave3004

200 e/w on Rose Hip the day before I left for Australia at 20/1.

Went off at 8/1 second fav and I think he's still running.

ejmaztec

£2 got me £4 but it didn't change my life.:(

Wetai

About three fiddy.

orourkeda

upandcumming wrote: »

How that wasn't 5billion/1 I don't know!

Oddly he finished top scorer at Euro 2004 I believe.

orourkeda

LiamN wrote: »

About three fiddy.

Foe fiddy yo

admiralofthefleet

not a big bet by any means but about a month ago i took advantage of one of paddy powers 'guaranteed tricasts' that they do during the day in the shops.
the odds were 80/1 and i threw a fiver on it; it came off

pure luck because i just picked the top 5 in the market and randomly selected 3 of those numbers to finish first second and third. and they did:)

ft9

Thousand sheets

fran oconnor

LiamN wrote: »

About three fiddy.

with that
goddamn Loch Ness Monster..

retalivity

E600 on red in casino.

poker, i dont know exactly cos of the chips didn't correspond to the cash, and im not sure exactly what i had bet in total, but id guess near 4 figures

orchidsrpretty

2e each way on a 500/1 ante post horse in the grand national. Came 5th.Best day evar.

ziedth

I think €100 in one sitting on a footyatch but over a weekend I think I spent €300 once. Lost the lot.

Went to Vegas for 8 nights for my stag with more then enough to gamble,eat,drink and buy an iPad. Rang Mrs Ziedth to send over more money by the third night/fourt morning. She was not pleased. I love gambling but I'm terrible at it. Only throw €20 a week on it now.

Badgermonkey

€5 fluke on Amberleigh House @ 16/1, 2004 Grand National.

Haven't bet since.

Colilfc

€4 on Pedro 1st goalscorer in the Champions League Final @8/1. A handy €32.

EdenHazard

340 euro, what i made a week in my summer job working 9 till half 5. put it on mexico to win -6(they were 4-0 up at half time) did it by accident as well...worst day of my life haha

Bodhisopha

100 big ones.

im invisible

9 euro on the euromillions plus quickpick the other week, won 16 back, lost 9 of that on the next draw...

Other than that maybe 3 or 4 euro on a hand of 'penny poker', im a mad gambler me..

TheBrinch

50 quid on roulette

Colilfc

TheBrinch wrote: »

50 quid on roulette

Red or Black?

mise_me_fein3

I wish I never gambled. I bet 350 on one spin of the roulette wheel. Actually won. Have a friend that won over 10,000 in one night but really if you gamble you will lose...it's pure maths

€50 on an accumulator that would have won me around €19,500. Wigan let me down for a draw I'll never bet again! :pac:

Murt10

Like many others, several thousand on Eircon, and got out fast enough to turn a profit.

More recently, bet E10,000 (minimum bet) on Aer Lingus when it floated. Waited for it to rise by 10% and then took all the money off the table. If i had of stayed a bit longer i would have made a lot more when Ml. O'Leary started buying up, but then again could have held on and be licking my wounds now.

It's all the same, whether betting on a race, football or shares. The only thing with shares is that the bets are a lot bigger, but the race lasts as long as you want it to.

EdenHazard

Deleted User wrote: »

€50 on an accumulator that would have won me around €19,500. Wigan let me down for a draw I'll never bet again! :pac:

:eek:
I'd die...i have come close on 2 occassions to winning over a grand, Shamrock rovers let me down twice, in one game they won 5-0 but I had twigg to score twice, the lad never stopped scoring but didnt even get a goal in that game.

Savage Tyrant

I once got £3,600 up on a £15 Lucky 15.... When I was waiting on the last result a lad came into the bookies with an 8/1 tip. I said if my last horse won I'd put down half the winnings on the tip. My horse came in and as I was writing out the docket for the tip I decided instead of putting on the 1,800 I'd make it an even 2,000 ...... That horse should only ever have seen the inside of a glue factory. I could have run the course faster.

robman60

Just today I put €30 on Liverpool against Norwich at the weekend. I don't stand to make much even if they win, but it adds to the experience i think.

CrazyRabbit

€380 bet on Diversity to Win BGT. I got great odds too because the bookies thought Susan Boyle would win. A little research on the internet told me differently though...and I was right (and quite a bit richer too).

These talent shows are easy to win bets on. Just check the view total count + ratings on the popular video upload sites, and combine that with some historical data and it's usually fairly easy to predict the winner. About 10% of my yearly income comes from winning bets on them. (They are the only thing I bet on).

pacquiao

Deleted User wrote: »

€50 on an accumulator that would have won me around €19,500. Wigan let me down for a draw I'll never bet again! :pac:

wow so you could have bet against wigan and won either way....

giles lynchwood

My boss got a tip a few years ago and asked me to place a bet for him, e1000 to win and i put 50 each way for myself,the horse came in second at 66/1,never told him.:D

Former Great

giles lynchwood wrote: »

My boss got a tip a few years ago and asked me to place a bet for him, e1000 to win and i put 50 each way for myself,the horse came in second at 66/1,never told him.:D

1000 on a 66/1 shot , must of been loaded.

refusetolose

pacquiao wrote: »

wow so you could have bet against wigan and won either way....

if all the matches were on at the same time it could be tricky

TheBrinch

Colilfc wrote: »

Red or Black?

First 50 on red - won - had 100
50 on black - lose
last 50 on black again - lose

was sick to the stomach - even though its nothing compared what others are saying!

Raze_them_all

about 485 I believe in a poker cash game.


Had K J of clubs, guy raised to 80e preflop, decided to call as I had turned 30e into 480 so decided to take a risk, ( one other player did too)

Board came out King queen 6, man bet another 80 so I called other player folded)

A jack came up, he checked, I bet another 80, he called

I bet the last 145 blind and out of turn.

River card threw out a queen, yer man called.


Threw up a queen duece off suit. Closest I've come to hitting an idiot at a poker table.

tonycascarino

5 euro

sdanseo

Raze_them_all wrote: »

about 485 I believe in a poker cash game.


Had K J of clubs, guy raised to 80e preflop, decided to call as I had turned 30e into 480 so decided to take a risk, ( one other player did too)

Board came out King queen 6, man bet another 80 so I called other player folded)

A jack came up, he checked, I bet another 80, he called

I bet the last 145 blind and out of turn.

River card threw out a queen, yer man called.


Threw up a queen duece off suit. Closest I've come to hitting an idiot at a poker table.

That is a story of the most piss poor poker playing by your man. I lost my lot in a similar fashion, woke up with KK and it went downhill from there - other dude ended up with a house.

Made it all back recently though with K8 - board KK8 and another lad in the hand with a €250 pot and him sitting there with 88. Happy days

Raze_them_all

sdeire wrote: »

That is a story of the most piss poor poker playing by your man. I lost my lot in a similar fashion, woke up with KK and it went downhill from there - other dude ended up with a house.

Made it all back recently though with K8 - board KK8 and another lad in the hand with a €250 pot and him sitting there with 88. Happy days

It is, honestly put me off playing poker for about 6 months, Nothing worse at 18 than losing to an idiot twice your age and having to pretend to ok with losing rather than beating him to death with a poker for idiots book!!

Azureus

I spent 20quid on a bet on the horses once.
I won, first time ever betting and got 60quid outta it-happy days

giles lynchwood

Former Great wrote: »

1000 on a 66/1 shot , must of been loaded.

And stupid:D

foxyboxer

€20 on the golf majors. Never won anything.

Mug's game.

Seachmall

All-in for 300 euro in a poker game a year or two back.

My full-house got outdrawn on the river (shoved on the flop).