Patience
Rugby can wait until tomorrow - right now I need sleep after an all-nighter in front of the TV watching the last day of the England - West Indies cricket test.
I had to, as I had a financial interest after initially having no intention of doing so. Excuse me while I crow for a sec, but one of the key abilities in my game is discipline, and it's such an easy thing to say and so hard to do. So when you do fight your urges, wait until the moment is right to strike and it pays off, you do want to sing about it.
The market for this test opened with the Draw over $3, which quickly evaporated and continued to head south as a dodgy weather forecast became a horrific one as it was apparent two days out the first day would in all probability be a wash-out. And so it happened, with the draw ridiculously low at $1.25 as play was supposed to commence. But with doubt over how much play would be possible in the remaining 4 days, if you hadn't managed to back the draw early before it began its freefall there was nothing you could do.
A habitual draw layer like me would be smacking his chops at such a low price, but I left it. Missed the opportunity; there are always others coming up in the future. Little did I realise it would be later in the game.
Thanks to my fucked up sleep patterns, I awoke at 4 a.m. yesterday morning just as England were bowled out for 400; a 113-run lead with 30 overs left still to play in the day. The forecast for the last day was OK so with a potential 125 overs of play left, this game had some life left in it.
Remember the draw was $1.25 at the commencement of the test; now with a result far more probable the price had only drifted out to $1.37. Suddenly after a week of doing nothing an opportunity had arrived. The value of patience (something most of the West Indian batsmen don't have) this time bore fruit as England won the game in the final day despite 140 overs being lost in the first day and a half.
Even if the game had ended up as a draw, I still feel the price was right for me to act - there are plenty of times you end up with the wrong result but know the bet was correct to place. Thankfully this time, I got paid.
I had to, as I had a financial interest after initially having no intention of doing so. Excuse me while I crow for a sec, but one of the key abilities in my game is discipline, and it's such an easy thing to say and so hard to do. So when you do fight your urges, wait until the moment is right to strike and it pays off, you do want to sing about it.
The market for this test opened with the Draw over $3, which quickly evaporated and continued to head south as a dodgy weather forecast became a horrific one as it was apparent two days out the first day would in all probability be a wash-out. And so it happened, with the draw ridiculously low at $1.25 as play was supposed to commence. But with doubt over how much play would be possible in the remaining 4 days, if you hadn't managed to back the draw early before it began its freefall there was nothing you could do.
A habitual draw layer like me would be smacking his chops at such a low price, but I left it. Missed the opportunity; there are always others coming up in the future. Little did I realise it would be later in the game.
Thanks to my fucked up sleep patterns, I awoke at 4 a.m. yesterday morning just as England were bowled out for 400; a 113-run lead with 30 overs left still to play in the day. The forecast for the last day was OK so with a potential 125 overs of play left, this game had some life left in it.
Remember the draw was $1.25 at the commencement of the test; now with a result far more probable the price had only drifted out to $1.37. Suddenly after a week of doing nothing an opportunity had arrived. The value of patience (something most of the West Indian batsmen don't have) this time bore fruit as England won the game in the final day despite 140 overs being lost in the first day and a half.
Even if the game had ended up as a draw, I still feel the price was right for me to act - there are plenty of times you end up with the wrong result but know the bet was correct to place. Thankfully this time, I got paid.
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posted by Rob Crawford at 10:00 AM
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