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Thursday, 14 April 2016

14 April - World Snooker Championships

The bet: £5 Neil Robertson @ 6/1

Placed by: P

Info:

Second favourite Robertson has done Gamblor a favour in the past, can he do us another?

Answer, no. A surprise first-round exit for the former champ - 10-6 against outsider Michael Holt.

Thursday, 7 April 2016

7 April - The Masters

The bets: 

£2 McIlroy at 8/1
£2e/w Fowler 16/1, Mickelson 20/1, Stenson 25/1
£1e/w Koepka 60/1

Placed by: K

Info:

Rickie Fowler opened with an 80 and although he recovered with a second round 73 he missed the cut. It was the reverse for Phil Mickelson who went 72, 79 to miss out by one shot. A 72 and 75 saw Stenson through but seven shots off the pace. Koepka was two better after a 72 and a 75. Rory McIlroy was just one behind going into the weekend after rounds of 70 and 71.

Stenson's slide continued into the the third round with a 78. Koepka also struggled with a 76 and McIlroy's chances also went with a 77.

A level par final round left Koepka +5 and tied for 21st place. Stenson's tournament finished one shot worse at +6 while McIlroy's final 71 left him tied for tenth, six off the winner.

Saturday, 12 March 2016

12 March - FA Cup

The bet: West Ham £5 @ 9/1

Placed By: P

Info:

9/1? When they're already in the quarter-finals? Against a woeful Manchester United side? Surely that's value.

It wasn't. The Hammers lost the quarter-final replay.

Saturday, 5 March 2016

5 March - PDC UK Open

The bets: Peter Wright £3 @14/1 and Mark Webster £1 e/w at 50/1

Placed by: P

Info:

This 'FA Cup of darts' open draw tournament creates a minefield so I didn't get stuck in until after the third round draw.

Wright is surely good enough to land one of these and Webster is showing signs of a return to form and has gone deep in this tournament before.

In the last 32 Wright shared the first ten legs with Terry Jenkins before pulling away to win 9-5. Webster dropped just four legs in his win over Dirk van Duijvenbode.

Both players made it into the quarters. Wright saw off Darren Webster 9-5 while our preferred Webster beat Mensur Suljovic by the same score.

In the quarters Wright saw off a fightback from Joe Cullen to win 10-7 but Webster fell 10-3 to Phil Taylor.

Wright made it into the final beating Jelle Klaasen 10-5 but was runner-up for a second season in a row, losing to the same player as last year, Michael van Gerwen 11-4.


Saturday, 26 December 2015

26 December - PDC World Darts Championships

The bets: £4 win Phil Taylor at 4/1 and James Wade £2 e/w @ 20/1

Placed by: P

Info:

Both players safely made it through their first round matches.

2nd round - Wade dispatches an out-of-form Wes Newton 4-0 while Taylor struggles early on but overcomes Kevin Painter 4-1. The Artist left rueing missed opportunities.

3rd round - An under-the-weather Wade still has too much for Jamie Caven and wins 4-1. Taylor misses one dart to beat Jelle Klaasen and bows out, beaten 4-3.

Quarter-final - Wade fails to raise his level and is crushed 5-1 by Gary Anderson.

Saturday, 28 November 2015

28 November - Darts, Players Championships

The Bet: £2 e/w Michael Smith @14/1

Placed By: P

Info:

After last week's darting disaster let's see if I can redeem myself with an each way interest on 'Bully Boy'.

I couldn't - it was another second round exit. Bah!

Friday, 20 November 2015

20 November - World Series of Darts

The Bet - £5 Gary Anderson @ 5/1

Placed by P:

Info:

That went badly. Anderson exited at the second round stage (his first match), beaten 6-5 by Terry Jenkins.