The weekend XX Draw Classic selections got off to the worst possible start on Friday night, with Stade de Reims beating Montpellier 3-1 for a wipe-out on all five markets, but the good thing about a disaster is that things can only get better, which they did in the next selection of Queens Park Rangers v Chelsea. With the perfect 0-0 result, every market was a winner. This game also saw an end to the unprecedented U2.5 losing sequence of six, with the entire 2011-12 season never going more than four.
The third game was Sunderland v Liverpool, a match that attracted a lot of interest from other tipsters. Football Elite had Sunderland (Draw No bet) at 2.5, while Neil had them at 1.73 receiving +0.5. Premier Betting went with the +0.25 option at 2.05, and Pete Nordsted's Drawmaster selections included this game too. Ending 1-1, this was another winner, capping a great day for the Classic selections finishing +11.75 points.
For the Extended Selections, we had three matches today, opening with Aston Villa v Swansea City. A small loss on this game with only the U2.5 and U3.5 winning, although the game was still 1-0 at 88'. The second selection was from Serie A, where we had Palermo v Cagliari, and another 88' goal. This one went in our favour, at least in the Match Odds draw market, although at the cost of a win in the U1.5 market, and the game ended 1-1 for a small profit. The cost of losing the U1.5 is sometimes less than the gain from the win on the Draw, which means a 1-0 score is often as good, or even slightly better, than a 1-1. But since these are officially Draw selections, and I'm not sure how others play them, I should be happier with the 1-1.
The third and final selection of the day was in Ligue 1, with Valenciennes v Bordeaux. Another perfect draw, and +6.44 points on the Extended selections.
There was also one Bundesliga Extended selection which was the Greauther Furth v Schalke '04 game. A Half-Time 0-0 winner, before Schalke '04 scored in the 48' and added a second in the, you guessed it, 88th minute - +1.74 points on this one.
All in all, an excellent XX Draws day, and hoping for more tomorrow.
I mentioned a few days ago that although I seldom get involved in trading cricket, I did trade the Pakistan v Australia T20 match which ended in a tie, and no reward for all my hard work. Today I looked in on the Hampshire v Warwickshire CB40 Final and, you guessed it, another tie. I used to think that ties were rather unusual events, but two in a week, and the only two cricket games I've traded?
For Average Guy, who wrote:
As you are omniscient can you please tell me how to get the twitter feed on the BLOG, I cannot get it to function and think it is to do with the domain in the setup, what "gadget" are you using. Not trading related but I feel your wisdom is boundless.
Interestingly, and not for the first time, you're wrong. But "you" are not the issue this time.
ReplyDeleteThe Hampshire match was not a tie despite betfair settling it as a tie with very few complaints.
The match was won by Hampshire within the allotted overs and without any further play required to ascertain a winner.
The official match result is a Hampshire win. Check the ECB website.
In matches which require a super over, the official match result is given as a tie. But not in this situation.
Betfair rules state the market is void if the official result is a tie. It isn't and they shouldn't have.
They have settled incorrectly to stay in line with the Indian market.