Olympics Betting Thread.

KevIRL

KevIRL wrote: »

Victoria Pendleton 5/6 in the womens sprint. Surely a lock?

Fastest in the qualifying round and with a new world record into 4/7 now

SteelyDanJalapeno

China to win 3 - 2 @ 6.00 in the volleyball currently on,
S.Korea to win 3 -2 @ 7.00 aswell,

Both advance with either score line

Hulk Hands

There's a few special offers of 2's or thereabouts floating round on bolt to do the 100, 200m double. If you fancy him tonight, then take that. If he wins tonight then he will go to 1/5 or so to win the 200m, which you can then lay off by backing Blake or just laying Bolt. Your basically getting 2/1 on him winning tonight

SteelyDanJalapeno

TiltedBrain wrote: »

China to win 3 - 2 @ 6.00 in the volleyball currently on,
S.Korea to win 3 -2 @ 7.00 aswell,

Both advance with either score line

China 3 - 2,

Winner winner

SteelyDanJalapeno

2.10 in play

ecoli

Evan Jager to medal in 3000m Steeple @ 3/1 worth a punt IMO (Though my record so far has been less than stellar)

kf1

Jonathan Borlee is 5/2 to win the 400m with Merritt out. his qualification time yesterday was 44:43 - his nearest rival ran 44:92. his recent form is excellent so that looks like a pretty generous price (bear in mind his brother Kevin also runs in the same race so not to be confused...)

Juwwi

PP going 11/8 all 8 runners to go under 10 seconds in the 100m final.

Looks a good bet after watching the semi finals.

TheMilkyPirate

robbie1977 wrote: »

PP going 11/8 all 8 runners to go under 10 seconds in the 100m final.

Looks a good bet after watching the semi finals.

Looks decent Richard thompson the only one not to but ran 10.02, His PB is 9.89 so not too bothered by that.

Might take this one.

Hulk Hands

robbie1977 wrote: »

PP going 11/8 all 8 runners to go under 10 seconds in the 100m final.

Looks a good bet after watching the semi finals.

Yes 11/8 PP, No 6/5 SkyBet. Back both.....

manafana

skybet had yes 6/5 earlier, maybe an error or maybe one big bet has scared them.

the WR is excellent price at 2/1 on betfair considering how strong bolt looked easing off in his semi.

TheMilkyPirate

manafana wrote: »

skybet had yes 6/5 earlier, maybe an error or maybe one big bet has scared them.

the WR is excellent price at 2/1 on betfair considering how strong bolt looked easing off in his semi.

Just did it at 7/4 with PP

Headshot

Iv gone for Bolt 1st and Blake 2nd @ 5/6

mailburner

-Ade- wrote: »

3 bets atm -


Usain Bolt 5/6

i didnt lump and am sorry now

i did have a bet on him doing the double at 6/4 so not all bad
id be surprised if i wasnt collecting on it

Juwwi

Someone is trying to put €37,000 on no new world record at 1.37 on betfair.

Headshot

Headshot wrote: »

Iv gone for Bolt 1st and Blake 2nd @ 5/6

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Juwwi

robbie1977 wrote: »

PP going 11/8 all 8 runners to go under 10 seconds in the 100m final.

Looks a good bet after watching the semi finals.

Ah FFS would of come up if Powell had'nt of pulled up injured.

P_1

robbie1977 wrote: »

Someone is trying to put €37,000 on no new world record at 1.37 on betfair.

Did they get it on?

Juwwi

pithater1 wrote: »

Did they get it on?

I dont think so it was lowered to 1.36 at €30,000 near the off
the last I saw and that was very near the off.

Ray Mond

thinking of having a decent bet on mo farah for the 5000m 6/5, chris hoy at 4/9 , allyson felix 1/3, allistair brownlee 2/5, works out nearly 5/1 for the accum!
dont really know much about these has anybody any advice? does it have a good chance or what

kf1

felix and brownlee should do the business for you. don't know too much about hoy's race but i think Farah could be risky even after his performance last week. a couple of strong africans coming into this race fresh.

manafana

its mugs bet really, betting short priced favs for the fun of it, brownlee is good but so is his brother, and in that event something can do wrong.

reckon one will let you down

Tiernster7

manafana wrote: »

its mugs bet really, betting short priced favs for the fun of it, brownlee is good but so is his brother, and in that event something can do wrong.

reckon one will let you down

Moekhlafa whose disqualified is still second favourite for 1500 metres surely worth a bet on kiprop now 17/10

KevIRL

Tiernster7 wrote: »

Moekhlafa whose disqualified is still second favourite for 1500 metres surely worth a bet on kiprop now 17/10

He was reinstated

Tiernster7

KevIRL wrote: »

Tiernster7 wrote: »

Moekhlafa whose disqualified is still second favourite for 1500 metres surely worth a bet on kiprop now 17/10

He was reinstated

Just seen thanks

Thegalwayman

Christian Taylor at 5/4 with pp in the triple jumo will do for me he's be 8/13 after the qualifiers tomorrow evg. Idowu won't medal.

Thegalwayman

Thegalwayman wrote: »

Christian Taylor at 5/4 with pp in the triple jumo will do for me he's be 8/13 after the qualifiers tomorrow evg. Idowu won't medal.

Well Idowu out already. I assumed he'd at least qualift. Christian taylor topped qualification with one of only two automatically qualifying. On betfair he seems to be settling around 1.73 so 8/13 won't be too far off with the thieves

Dr.Broccoli

Fraser Price is a big price @6.50 for the 200m.

Dr.Broccoli

Rezai in the 96kg greco roman wrestling looks overpriced @2.25 in the final.

Looked very impressive in the semi.

Dr.Broccoli

Brittney Reese in the womens long jump tonight.

She's the favourite at evens. 2nd favourite is 7/1.

The 2nd favourites best jump this year was 7.11m with a +1.3m/s wind behind her. This jump was on the 20th of June.

Reese jumped 7.15 with a +1.0m/s wind behind her and this jump was on the 1st of July.

Looks good for evens

KevIRL

Sigh Pendleton

Dr.Broccoli

Dr.Broccoli wrote: »

Rezai in the 96kg greco roman wrestling looks overpriced @2.25 in the final.

Looked very impressive in the semi.

Anyone get on this?

I didn't. Trying to save my money atm. He won 3-0.

KingK

Anyone got opinions on Mo Farah this morning in the 5000m at evens?

P_1

PP giving Katie a point handicap of -10.5 for later @ 5/6. Surely she's not that dominant??

BKC

pithater1 wrote: »

PP giving Katie a point handicap of -10.5 for later @ 5/6. Surely she's not that dominant??

The last time these two boxed, Katie won 16-6.

P_1

BKC wrote: »

The last time these two boxed, Katie won 16-6.

Fair point, reckon I'll stay away from that one so. On another note, they have her @ 1/20 to win the fight, surely one for the Path to Power?

BKC

pithater1 wrote: »

Fair point, reckon I'll stay away from that one so. On another note, they have her @ 1/20 to win the fight, surely one for the Path to Power?

I considered it, but I'm trying to cut down on the full-bank bets. I know she is going to win, but I'll have to bet the full €2,000 to win €100.

P_1

BKC wrote: »

I considered it, but I'm trying to cut down on the full-bank bets. I know she is going to win, but I'll have to bet the full €2,000 to win €100.

Good point, going 95% bankroll on it myself though (profit is profit). What bookies are you using out of interest.

manafana

1/12 with ladbrokes is bit better anyway.

BKC

pithater1 wrote: »

Good point, going 95% bankroll on it myself though (profit is profit). What bookies are you using out of interest.

I always use Paddy Power as it's the most convenient for me.

P_1

Dabbled with 365 for a while but their range of markets is too confusing slightly (too much to pick from)

BKC

pithater1 wrote: »

Good point, going 95% bankroll on it myself though (profit is profit). What bookies are you using out of interest.

I ended up doing it in the end. :pac:

P_1

BKC wrote: »

I ended up doing it in the end. :pac:

Probably the easiest 100 lids you'll ever win

Dr.Broccoli

pithater1 wrote: »

Probably the easiest 100 lids you'll ever win

I know it'd be very unlikely but I'd still be ****ting it having 2k on :eek:

P_1

Dr.Broccoli wrote: »

I know it'd be very unlikely but I'd still be ****ting it having 2k on :eek:

Ah had a cheeky hundred on it myself, never felt any stress at all, was just one of those bets

ziggy_bone

China have 5 more gold medals than the US, and they are second favourite in PP at 12/5. Thoughts? Might put a sneaky 20 on it

KevIRL

ziggy_bone wrote: »

China have 5 more gold medals than the US, and they are second favourite in PP at 12/5. Thoughts? Might put a sneaky 20 on it

Hmmmm.

Both basketball golds going to US, probably womens soccer as well. So thats 3 of the 5 gone already. US likely to get more track also, especially in longer sprint and relays. With gymnastics, table tennis, badminton now done where are China's gold gonna come from.

I backed China to win more golds pre games and am already writing it off, wouldnt see much value in this tbh

Dr.Broccoli

KevIRL wrote: »

Hmmmm.

Both basketball golds going to US, probably womens soccer as well. So thats 3 of the 5 gone already. US likely to get more track also, especially in longer sprint and relays. With gymnastics, table tennis, badminton now done where are China's gold gonna come from.

I backed China to win more golds pre games and am already writing it off, wouldnt see much value in this tbh

Japan are world champions in the soccer. Not guaranteed for the womens gold.

KevIRL

Dr.Broccoli wrote: »

Japan are world champions in the soccer. Not guaranteed for the womens gold.

Fair point. I still stand by the fact that the table is a bit deceiving as things stand with the US having much the stronger events remaining compared to China

Dr.Broccoli

KevIRL wrote: »

Fair point. I still stand by the fact that the table is a bit deceiving as things stand with the US having much the stronger events remaining compared to China

USA could well win womens football gold, are all the taekwando medals handed out yet? The chinese would be handy at that wouldn't they?