Holland comfortably beat Italy (and I beat the bookies too!)

Holland brush Italy aside in some style tonight beating them three nil with a very impressive attacking display. Whilst tonight’s game really could have gone either way before kick off, the outcomes of my betting on the game was far more predictable. That’s because I had a £50 free bet from the bookmaker that I registered with yesterday that I used to back Italy. Then to ensure that I won money either way I lay against Italy with Betfair again. This meant the possible outcomes tonight were:

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Matched bet set up on Germany v Poland

There was no sign of my free bet from yesterday so I signed up with another bookmaker that was offering a £50 matched bet for new customers. This time I bet on the battle between Germany and Poland with £50 going on Germany to win with the bookie and the lay bet against Germany being staked with Betfair.

The possible outcomes for this match were:

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Setting up a free matched bet

I used the Portugal v Turkey game today to set up a matched bet by taking advantage of an online bookmakers signup offer. I deposited £20 in my new account and bet this on the game being a draw at odds of 3.5. I then lay against the game being a draw on Betfair at odds of 3.55. So the possible outcomes were:

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Euro2008 kicks off with a £2.40 profit

Euro2008 kicked off today without England so to make the tournament more interesting I am going to see how much money I can win throughout the tournament. Decided to start off slowly with a free £3 bet from bluesq.com that I bet on the Czech Rep to beat Switzerland in the opening game. This netted me a £2.40 profit for risking none of my own money.

Gambling + Emotions = Big Losses

There is no bigger trophy that your football club can win than the Champions League so I was understandably emotional going into the final as I was desperate for Man Utd to win.

Back in November I bet £30 against United winning the Champions League. As it’s a tricky trophy to win and we have failed to lift the trophy since 1999 the odds were quite long so I only stood to win £5 if we got knocked out.

In the build up to the big game I became more nervous about my teams chances and bet another £20 against United winning. Man Utd and Chelsea were so evenly matched prior to the game that the odds were close to even.

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