Cashing in £25 free bet

I decided to use the £25 free bet that I earned on Saturday to back a draw between Poland and Croatia, with another offsetting lay bet with Betfair. The possible outcomes were:

	Betfair	Bookmaker	Total
Draw	-£45.79	£62.50	£16.71
Poland/Croatia win	£16.73	Free bet	£16.73

Despite having already qualified Croatia beat Poland tonight. This meant I had turned my £25 free bet into £16.73 profit, or in other words I had converted 67% of the free bet into cash.