No such thing as givens; but that's why you're getting such poor odds...

I'm lead to believe one way to do it is to find poor home favourites and bet against them (I imagine some punters have made a lot of money off us over the last few years...)

Posted By: BerlinCanary on August 21st 2009 at 17:21:19

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7-fold for the weekend... (NCFC) - Riverking, Aug 21, 16:47:11
- Ten pounds on seven teams (NCFC) - Brandonio, Aug 21, 16:52:49
  - I'm rich! (NCFC) - Riverking, Aug 21, 16:55:19
    - I do a couple of 4/5 pound four/five folds (NCFC) - Brandonio, Aug 21, 16:57:46
      - it was off 2 quid - found out the next day when I went through the scores (NCFC) - Brandonio, Aug 21, 17:03:33
      - I was one off 25k once on a ridiculous accumulater (NCFC) - Small, Aug 21, 17:01:02
        
        Horrific stuff (NCFC) - Brandonio, Aug 21, 17:06:47
        
        You must have been bloody gutted! (n/m) (NCFC) - Riverking, Aug 21, 17:03:23
        
        I'm more gutted now looking back than i was then. (NCFC) - Small, Aug 21, 17:08:34
        
        Yeah your bet would have been flashing up on the system... (NCFC) - Alan, Aug 21, 17:14:04
      - Most I have won is ?98 off fiver (NCFC) - Riverking, Aug 21, 16:59:24
        
        ?120 off ?3... (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Aug 21, 17:01:21
- Can make it 291 if you put us in (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Aug 21, 16:49:43
  - That would be brave! (n/m) (NCFC) - Riverking, Aug 21, 16:56:47
- Sunderland to let you down. (n/m) (NCFC) - Alan, Aug 21, 16:48:39
- Oh, and Luton! (n/m) (NCFC) - Riverking, Aug 21, 16:47:41
  - 17.5-1 for predicting seven winners has to be appalling value surely? (n/m) (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Aug 21, 16:52:49
    - I would say 5 of the 7 are givens (NCFC) - Riverking, Aug 21, 16:56:06
      - No such thing as givens; but that's why you're getting such poor odds... (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Aug 21, 17:21:19
      - Can you not just go 5-fold for the ones which are dead certs (NCFC) - Partial Angler, Aug 21, 17:19:50
        
        Of course he could (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Aug 21, 17:28:52
        
        Surely better just to put heftly singles on the long shots (NCFC) - Partial Angler, Aug 21, 17:43:35
        
        Value singles is the mantra over the long term (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Aug 21, 20:39:18
        
        but Horses don't have any money (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Aug 21, 17:56:47
        
        It's why they let people sit on their backs and shoot them when they fall over high fences (n/m) (NCFC) - Partial Angler, Aug 21, 17:58:31

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