Yes, well
Thanks to Hewitt and the Pakistani cricket team there is a fair bit of egg on my face as my abysmal record of sporting predictions on this blog continues, but there is not a direct correlation between these predictions and my betting account.
One of the first lessons to learn in sports betting is not to get too attached to your pre-game views. In the case of Hewitt/Roddick, about halfway through the first set I thought to my untrained eye that my pre-game assessment of Hewitt's chances of winning may prove to be wrong, and so it was. Fortunately for me, I decided not to bet pregame and watch for a while before getting involved - and in the end I didn't bet on the match. Even more fortunate thanks to being away from home during the weekend is I wasn't around to bet on the last two ODI's in England.
With that tour and the US Open over, it may be a little quiet on the sporting front for a wee while - I'll have to get back to reading the paper and SPARC website to see if there's something I can bitch and moan about; for me there's a couple of One Day cricket tournaments in the next month that will occupy my betting attention and that's about it - I'm staying away from betting the NRL finals as I haven't followed it closely enough this season. Stick to the knitting has been the catchphrase for 2006.
To finish off, here's my last hand of poker from the casino last night which is typical of the run I'm having there at the moment:
Finally dealt two aces - raise $25 and get 4 callers (it 'tis a loose game) - pot $105. Oh well,
Flop (first three cards) come Ace clubs, Queen clubs, three diamonds. I'm last to act and someone bets his last $100. Hallelujah, Christmas has come early - I call faster than Road Runner and turn over my cards ...
and watch as he turns over King clubs + 10 clubs and then watch the dealer turn over a red jack to give him a straight to beat my three of a kind. After having 12 outs to beat me, I have 9 outs to give me a full house or quads but of course with the run I'm having, to piss me right off the dealer peels off a club as the final card to give him a flush.
All good character building stuff. Fuck it.
One of the first lessons to learn in sports betting is not to get too attached to your pre-game views. In the case of Hewitt/Roddick, about halfway through the first set I thought to my untrained eye that my pre-game assessment of Hewitt's chances of winning may prove to be wrong, and so it was. Fortunately for me, I decided not to bet pregame and watch for a while before getting involved - and in the end I didn't bet on the match. Even more fortunate thanks to being away from home during the weekend is I wasn't around to bet on the last two ODI's in England.
With that tour and the US Open over, it may be a little quiet on the sporting front for a wee while - I'll have to get back to reading the paper and SPARC website to see if there's something I can bitch and moan about; for me there's a couple of One Day cricket tournaments in the next month that will occupy my betting attention and that's about it - I'm staying away from betting the NRL finals as I haven't followed it closely enough this season. Stick to the knitting has been the catchphrase for 2006.
To finish off, here's my last hand of poker from the casino last night which is typical of the run I'm having there at the moment:
Finally dealt two aces - raise $25 and get 4 callers (it 'tis a loose game) - pot $105. Oh well,
Flop (first three cards) come Ace clubs, Queen clubs, three diamonds. I'm last to act and someone bets his last $100. Hallelujah, Christmas has come early - I call faster than Road Runner and turn over my cards ...
and watch as he turns over King clubs + 10 clubs and then watch the dealer turn over a red jack to give him a straight to beat my three of a kind. After having 12 outs to beat me, I have 9 outs to give me a full house or quads but of course with the run I'm having, to piss me right off the dealer peels off a club as the final card to give him a flush.
All good character building stuff. Fuck it.
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posted by Rob Crawford at 12:58 PM
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