Paying for bookmakers' holidays since 1998

Thursday, 26 November 2020

2020 Players Championship Darts Finals

The bet: £1 e/w Krzysztof Ratajski @25/1

How it went ... 

Terribly. Beaten in the first round by 'Evil Charlie' Karel Sedlacek.

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

2020 US Masters Golf

Four selections for openers:

Lee Westwood - £2 e/w @ 80/1
Jason Day - £2 e/w @35/1
Tyrell Hatton - £2.50 e/w @ 22/1
Rory McIlroy - £2.50 e/w @ 12/1

£18 invested 

What happened:

Day (+$) and Hatton (+3) both missed the cut. Westwood started with an excellent 68 but rounds of 74, 71 and 74 dropped him down to tied for 38th.

McIlroy went the other way. An opening 75 had him in danger of missing the cut but a great turnaround with a 66, 67 and a final day 69 saw him tie for fifth, albeit nine shots behind the winner.

Still £8.50 in the bank.

2020 World Grand Prix Darts

 I'm a bit late with this one.

Anyway, I put a £1 each way on Gary Anderson at 16s and he got knocked out in the quarters.

Friday, 18 September 2020

2020 World Series of Darts Finals

The bet: Gerwyn Price - £5 @13/2

Placed by: P

What happened:

A winner!

Price opened with a 6-3 win over Vincent van der Voort, came from 7-4 fown to take out Nathan Aspinall 10-9 in the quarters and beat world champion Peter Wright 11-6 to reach the final.

Rob Cross was the Welshman's opponent in the final and had control of the game at 8-4 up. Price found an extra gear after that and came through to win 11-9.

£37.50 in the win bank.

Sunday, 16 August 2020

2020 World Snooker Championship

The bets:

Mark Allen - £1.50 ew @ 14/1
Jamie Clarke - £1 ew @ 55/1

Placed by: P

Results

Allen was downed in the first round by Clarke (which is when the Clarke bet was placed.)

Clarke blew an 8-2 lead to lose 13-12 to Anthony McGill who lost to Kyren Wilson in a last frame decider and then got blown away by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final.

Thursday, 23 July 2020

2020 PDC World Matchplay Darts

The bets:

Peter Wright £2 @ 13/2
Kryzstof Ratajaski £1 ew @ 40/1
Mensur Suljovic 50p ew @ 66/1

Placed by: P

What happened?

Wright couldn't hit his doubles in his second round game and lost to Glen Durrant.
Suljovic let a 9-6 lead slip and went down 14-12 to Michael Smith.
Smith also did for Ratajski in the quarter-finals.

Next Prime Minister

The bet: Rishi Sunak - £3 @ 11/2

Place by: P

Result: tbc

Monday, 20 January 2020

2019 PDC World Championship

The bets:

Michael Smith to hit a nine darter - £1 @ 25/1
Kryzstof Ratajski - £1 ew @ 90/1
Peter Wright - £2 ew @ 15/1

Placed By: P

What happened:

Smith fell at the first hurdle, no chance of a nine.
Ratajski went out in the 3rd round to eventual semi-finalist Nathan Aspinall.

Peter Wright won.

Woo-hoo! £49.