Yesterday

Had a go on a few horses yesterday, the winning run contnues which is nice.

Highlight was undoubtably Third Set, a horse to follow this year me thinks.

Off to Newbury in a while for a decent days racing, will be using cash so I'll update at the end of today how I get on.

I'm thinking of having a few quid on West Ham at the prices. I think that will be my only bet of the day outside the horses.

P&L for yesterday

Nad Al Sheba

Had a winnner earlier with Third Set (Group horse in a handicap), going to tip one up here and see how we get on, Drayton in the 6.30.

Good Luck if you are playing.

Yesterday

Good day yesterday.

Had a play on the horses with some good success. Seems to happen this way with me, I have good runs and then bad runs, Nad Al Sheba was especially kind - with Lucky Find being the main contributor. Looks a quality animal that one.

Then with the kids tucked up in bed and the wife out on a works do, I decided to have a little dabble on the darts.

Traded 2 of the games well - Only Jenkins let me down missing his double at the crucial moment. Never mind onwards and upwards as they say.

I am now well in front of target for the month and I plan to keep it that way over the weekend. But as usual we'll see what happens.

Traded out of my Randhawa lay in the Indian Masters, so as long as it doesn't go pear shaped over the weekend we should have a nice profit to look forward to.

Might update later if I get the chance.

P&L for yesterday

Indian Masters

Quick update, I have decided to lay Randhawa now, just think his price is too short after just one round - After all he isn't Tiger Woods is he?

All quiet in the Sports Punter household.........

Not much happening at the moment.

Missed both the 20/20 games in New Zealand. Couldn't be having England at odd on in what is in effect a lottery format.

Watched the football last night but didn't have a bet. Don't know about you but I found it quite refreshing to see a bunch of overpaid players look very nervous, maybe Capello is the man to finally command some respect. Strikes me no-one is guaranteed a start any more. Were you watching Steve McLaren?

Bit annoyed about the Golf in India, was going to back Randhawa pre-tournament but decided to see how he started first, cost me a few quid that, will probably get involved at some point over the next couple of days.

Thinking about siding with Justin Leanord in the US Golf, but again I'll probably wait and see how he starts first.

May have a look at the African Nations and Horse Racing later, I'll let you know if I do.

Roll on the weekend.

Update

Struggling at the moment to find much to bet on so doing what is prudent and keeping my powder dry.

Looked at Cameroon yesterday but couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger and also England in the 20/20 - but you would struggle to find 2 more unpredictable sides in world sport.

Had a quick look at Liverpool in the Premiership market, 250-1 may be a good price in a couple of weeks if they can string a couple of results together starting with Chelsea on Sunday. Might be worth £10. Could make a decent trade anyway.

Reading (My hometown club) in the Premiership Relegation market are starting to look like a decent punt at amost 3-1, the seem to be on a downward spiral at the moment. Again they could make a good trade.

Might play a bit of Poker tonight - not sure yet - I'll let you know how I get on if I do.

Also for those of you who are interested I am looking at Barclays shares currently, think they may be a good long term punt with a healthy dividend (If they don't cut it), if they get below £4.50 again prior to results I'll probably dip my toe in the water.

Weekend Update

Giants won well last night, glad I had them with the cushion of the handicap though, made things almost relaxing towards the end.

Mickelson came close but no cigar, unfortunately had the majority of the green on him at the end, but still made a profit so can't complain.

Start of this week looks pretty quiet on the quality sport front, so I am going to have a look at some of the longer term markets today and not have a bet.

P&L Updated.

Superbowl

NY Giants + 12.5 for me. Good luck everyone. P&L tomorrow.

Where do I start?

OK, no P&L at the moment I'll save that for later as I have a huge green on Phil Mickelson at the moment which I will probably play around with later.

Superbowl night - my favourite night of the year so I'll be around to post when the P&L is finalised for today and yesterday.

Golf : Tiger is a machine, you have got to hand it to him - won a few quid along the way so can't complain.

Horses: Didn't repeat the success of Friday, but didn't give it all back either so not too unhappy.

Rugby Union: Managed to lay off the England bet for a profit prior to the game, glad I did, but they won't be winning so the profit won't happen any way. Fancied Scotland to run France close so there are some losses to come from that. You'll see later.

Soccer: Everton v Blackburn - Ref cost me as I laid the draw, Reading v Bolton - Reading cost me as I laid Bolton at 1-0 up, Newcastle v Middlesborough - Linesman cost me as I had a decent green on Newcastle, Fulham v Aston Villa - saved my bacon.

The men in black have got to sort this offside rule out I don't think anyone properly understands what is going to happen match to match.

Anyway enough of the inquest, you'll see later the damage that has been done - not too bad.

On to the Superbowl, I really fancy NY Giants to run the Pats close so I'll be playing them on the handicap. I'll post the details later with the P&L for the last 2 days.

Six Nations

Had a few quid on England for the Six Nations, will lay off later probably when they beat Wales. Although I may leave it until Scotland have played France tomorrow. We'll see.

Nice Start

A good start was made yesterday, had a dabble with the horses and made my target for this month in one day - Oh if it was always going to be this easy. Got very lucky at Kempton especially, having three bets and they all won.

Have traded the golf a bit this morning, well Tiger anyway, and have got a profit of about £40 locked in so far, hopefully I can grow this over the next few hours.

Good days racing in store this afternoon, so I dare say I'll get involved at some point.

I'll probably try to post another update later on, maybe with a couple of tips.

P&L Updated.

Attempt 2

Ok, sorry about the lack of updates lately, well the last 6 or so months to be precise, but I am back and raring to go with this again.

Probably won’t be updating as frequently as before, but at least a few times a week.
Let’s see if I can finish this year with a profit.

I think I need to set myself a target as before, but maybe keep it a bit more realistic, I am going to aim for £5500 profit by the end of the year – That’s £500 per month.

I’ll try to post thoughts and bets prior to the event, however there will be plenty of after timing along the way when I don’t get a chance to, I can assure you though they won’t always be winners.

I’ll copy and paste my Betfair P&L on a regular basis so you can all keep track of my progress.

There will be a mixture of Sports and Poker along the way, so should be something for everyone. I am also quite in to dabbling with shares so I might throw a bit of this in along the way.

Wish me luck……………………