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Originally Posted by carpon
The trouble with backing "bankers" is that you've got to stake a fair amount for a very minor fractional return. If your "banker" fails, then you've lost a large stake...
To give you an example, years ago...I used to work with a lad who stuck large sums ( and I'm talking thousands ) on such bankers....Mainly the big teams.....Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal but he always lumped on Rangers & Celtic in a big way !!! Fair enough, his "bankers" won quite regularly, but when they came unstuck he ended up losing big time....
I never forgot one morning after a Rangers game....He'd staked £7k @ 1/7 on just to win £1k....Rangers were winning 1-0 up until injury time and then wallop....the opposition equalized !!! 
He had a face like a bulldog sucking on a wasp after that one !!! 
And talking of bankers....whilst watching Cheltenham this week, I heard in commentary that somebody on the racecourse had staked £130k on Hurricane Fly @ 8/13 to win the Champion Hurdle to win an extra £80k....I'll bet whoever placed that bet felt a bit of a "banker" after that race  |
You don't have to retrieve your losses straight away, i'm being very disciplined. Large sums don't need to be staked.i've just had a fiver on Man City tonight, priced at 1/4. They came back from 2-0 to sneak a 3-2 win £1.25 winnings, slowly but surely, that's 16 consecutive wins now on singles. I'm down to 5 teams to choose from for the weekend, it'll probably be Tottenham to beat Bolton in the F.A.cup. Will study coupon tomorrow in my dinner break.
Backing 1 match gives you a 1 in 3 chance of winning. backing 2 games is a 1 in 9 chance and so on.
Went to bookies tonight to put my Man City bet on and came out with a profit before i left the shop.