It wasn't a great day really but I made a correct decision to cover my BTTS double this afternoon. With the first part of the BTTS double coming in early, Port Vale then managed to break the deadlock in the 2nd game after 4 minutes. At this point I was able to take 5/4 odds of MK Dons NOT to score. So I put 25 on MK at 5/4 and as they failed to score, this cost me my Tasty Treble but I got back 55 of my total 75 staked (50 on my initial bet and 25 on the cover bet)
I will be writing a page shortly to explain cover betting in more detail but for me it is a vital way of ensuring profit or limiting losses. Had MK Failed to score, I would have been waiting on Atletico to bring home the bacon but as they failed to do so, I got most of my stake back. If they had score, we would effectively have had 75 going on to Ateltico to see off Elche later this evening. Ideally, when covering, you should only be waiting on the outcome of just 1 match but I will explain more of this in my Cover Bet post later. Additionally, as I am on such a poor run with my Daily Double and Tasty Treble challenge, I have decided to include the results of my Acca's (simply because it's the only field I am in profit!) and will include this in my results below. I'm not sure why I did not include these initally, possibly because I did not imagine we would win too many of them but having scopped 2 11/1 winners so far, it would be crazy not to include them in my overall profit and loss. It has been a very poor week but with cover betting, we have restricted our losses today to just 30 euros. Here are my results so far: Bo's Daily Double Challenge - 1 out of 4 winners Total Staked - 400 Total Returned - 210 Bo's Tasty Treble Challenge - 1 out of 6.5 winners (Target is 4 out of 14) Total Staked - 420 Total Returned - 285 Bo's Amazing Acca Challenge 2 out of 7 winners Total Staked - 35 euros Total Returned - 124 euros Overall Stake 855 Overall Returns 620 It's been a tough week but with a big weekend ahead, I am optimistic with a whole host of appealing fixtures, in particularly tomorrow with German, Italian and Premiership action as well as some more intriguing Championship encounters. Let's remember that I came into this challenge 519 euros up on the bookies after my first 3 weeks and while this has been a poor week no question, we are still just under 300 euros in profit overall. But make no mistake, my form needs to turn around quickly or this challenge will be failed. Comments are closed.
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