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World Cup Betting Thread
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All depends on your approach to risk and your finances I think. In theory the bets all look good so letting it ride makes sense as you believed in the bets to start with. Do you need the money though and how much would losing hurt?
Cheers. Also backed 1-0 to Croatia and cashed out around 70 minutes for a solid profit. Argentina are so poor though.
Not so confident today but think 1-1 in the Iceland game could be the way to go.
I don’t really need money now and at the beginning of the bet I have already calculated it as a loss for my finances which I always do with large bets.
It would maybe hurt for a few days.
In that situation I would 100% let it ride, although I know from a huge bet I had on Australia to beat England in the last Ashes that is easier said than done, even when you have already factored in the loss psychologically.
Good luck for the second half Sarni! Sure Brazil will wear them down.
Phew.Should have closed it when I could.
FML I was hovering over the Neymar v Costa Rica market @21.00 5 mins ago and even deposited £5, would have won me £105
When your luck's in. Congrats. Good to see someone beating the bookies this WC.
Miraculous first winner of the world cup....well taking out of the cheap free bet returns I've been doing on like easy winners.
Brazil to Nil, Neymar anytime and over 8.5 corners. Was ready to get out of the World Cup betting wise after that (correct) ridiculous VAR decision to stop Neymar his penalty....but lol. Just about up now, good stuff.
Got a mate who bet on no 0-0's too....give him all kinds of stick for it, but half way there now.
Brazil to Nil, Neymar anytime and over 8.5 corners. Was ready to get out of the World Cup betting wise after that (correct) ridiculous VAR decision to stop Neymar his penalty....but lol. Just about up now, good stuff.
Got a mate who bet on no 0-0's too....give him all kinds of stick for it, but half way there now.
Had the 1-0
I think I'm going to cash out now if they offer me more than €1.4k. I don't think I'll be able to survive even one more game and to be fair if I had to bet €1.4k on Belgium and England, knowing how this World Cup has gone so far, I would never ever even contemplate that.
Speaking rationally, I would let that ride mate. You put the teams on that acca for a reason at the end of the day. Cash out is a bit of a spoiler as you never get value from the bookies. Stick to what you originally bet on. Just my opinion.
Barely alive. fecking hell Brazil.
Did Neymar anytime on 65th Minute at 3/1. Also got a free bet off B365 so did an Acca with Brazil in so that's off to a good start.
A guy in work is on for £8.5k if there are no 0-0s.
No way. There's bound to be one in the knockout stages. Can you imagine no game going to extra time/pens?
Sorry, that's group games only that bet. Personally I think the hard part is done, game 1. People need to go for points now, less likely to be a 0-0 I feel.
Should see some in knockouts though, you're right.
Really didn't expect to win my Brazil -1.5 bet today 
Well I'm going to get close to what I'd get if I hadn't put them on the coupon in the first place and coupon closed today, minus about 5%. That's not bad.
Honestly I thought these games would be a walk and out of them all the only one where I wasn't sweating until the end was Belgium v Panama - and that one still looked pretty bad at half time too!
But they're actually not offering me any cashout anymore.
Took the punt on BTTS in Nigeria/Iceland & Serbia/Switzerland @ 6.0... Wish me luck!
Yeah I've gone BTTS. Wanted to do a result + BTTS, but I seriously can't predict who'll win.
Games can still finish a draw and not be 0-0!
Yeah, no idea who will win either game. I feel like all four teams really need to go for it though which is why I think it's worth the risk on the goals bets here.
Unrelated but stuck £20 on Alpha Centauri at Ascot at 7/2 and he absolutely smashed it. Not lost a bet today. Back up to £130, I'll soon lose it
Yeah but usually it's a tight 0-0. I'm looking at you, Switzerland.
Bless you Messi of the Alps, won Over 2.5 and Switzerland to score 3rd goal.
I have some quirky betting systems going for injury time winners and comebacks for teams who should be winning.
This time round I went for some easy wins to bump up my stake money. Lost money on Germany v Mexico, Argentina v Iceland, Brazil v Switzerland and Argentina v Croatia. Wouldn’t have won big but around £100 lighter on what I could have been had they gone to form.
Scored £215 off England’s jammy late winner v Tunisia and £60 off Switzerland tonight though.
Overall am up £170 for the tournament so far.
Last World Cup I lost so much money I reckoned I could have paid myself into every game.
This time round I went for some easy wins to bump up my stake money. Lost money on Germany v Mexico, Argentina v Iceland, Brazil v Switzerland and Argentina v Croatia. Wouldn’t have won big but around £100 lighter on what I could have been had they gone to form.
Scored £215 off England’s jammy late winner v Tunisia and £60 off Switzerland tonight though.
Overall am up £170 for the tournament so far.
Last World Cup I lost so much money I reckoned I could have paid myself into every game.
The cash out is tasty looking (was down at £35 when Serbia took the lead) and I would like £100 right now for sure. But I'm probably going to ride it out. The banana peel is Denmark - if they lose to France and Australia beat Peru, they're out. Do we think that could happen? I'm not confident Aus will win but you never know. Also, perhaps some complacency from France as they are qualified already, despite the less than convincing nature.
I'd probably let it ride.
The cash out is tasty looking (was down at £35 when Serbia took the lead) and I would like £100 right now for sure. But I'm probably going to ride it out. The banana peel is Denmark - if they lose to France and Australia beat Peru, they're out. Do we think that could happen? I'm not confident Aus will win but you never know. Also, perhaps some complacency from France as they are qualified already, despite the less than convincing nature.
I've got 800 on Lukaku top Belgian Team Goalscorer at 15/8 so could potentially make 2300. I'm not sure whether to hedge it with 500 of bets on the same market.
Mertens is 4-1, so 270 bet =1350
Hazard 10-1 so 150 bet = 1650
De Bruyne 16-1 = 1360
I would be in for a total of 1300 so would still make 1000 if Lukaku bet comes inand a modest profit if its one of the others.
Mertens is 4-1, so 270 bet =1350
Hazard 10-1 so 150 bet = 1650
De Bruyne 16-1 = 1360
I would be in for a total of 1300 so would still make 1000 if Lukaku bet comes inand a modest profit if its one of the others.
Never a doubt mate!
I don’t have a cashout offer anymore so I have to let it ride anyway now. I could probably put money on Tunisia or draw today to hedge the bet and then on Panama or draw tomorrow but because of bookmaker’s margins I’d need to give up on half of the potential winnings and be left with just €1.1k which is the same as the cashout offer before Brazil game - not going to take that.
I have a horrible feeling about Belgium game though.
So nervous right now. I would click that cashout button in three seconds if it was available. Brazil game really took its toll on me.
So nervous right now. I would click that cashout button in three seconds if it was available. Brazil game really took its toll on me.
You're safe home.
Tunisia really struggled against England in the first half and the score should have 5 1 in the first half if not for England'a wastefulness.
Panama are shit too
I'd maybe put a little bit on Mertens but nothing else. No way the other two are overtaking Lukaku with a 2 goal head start.
I am pretty confident about England v Panama, I will be able to hedge that one pretty well too. Today is the crucial game though and the toughest on the whole coupon. Considering how much trouble France and Brazil gave me I am not really calm now.
I've got Belgium -1.5. Confident.