Yesterday's adventures at Betfair turned up some great green positions in the most unlikely circumstances.

I put a Lay bet on England in the ODI against the Windies, set the recliner to 50% and prepared to demolish a bottle of Three Rum, fresh limes and tonic water. Just recently that's the only way to watch the England cricket team mis-perform.

TEN minutes before stumps, I switched bets and traded to an England win book.

21:16 ODI Series West Indies v England - 1st ODI / Match Odds
Comm Charged 5% On Net winnings of GBP8.4 - - - (0.42 Betfair taking a drink... cheers!)

21:16 ODI Series West Indies v England - 1st ODI / Match Odds / England
Back 1.87 20.00 Won 17.40

14:22 ODI Series West Indies v England - 1st ODI / Match Odds / England
Lay 1.90 10.00 Lost (9.00)

I've absolutely no idea why I did this, as the Windies were sure to win. However, a mis-calculation of the 'Duckworth-Lewis Method' (http://www.dtol.co.uk/rain_rules.htm) by the Windies backroom staff handed England a win by ONE run and Jack's bread was buttered!

Actually, it's a bit of a shame to see a sporting event reduced to an arithmetic formula rather than bat-on-ball.

Anyway, it was a long day in the chair and I strayed on a few occasions to raid some offshore football and boxing.

Friday's Profit and Loss put the whole experiment back on track:

Boxing: GBP2.04 | Cricket: GBP7.98 | Soccer: GBP15.67 Total P&L: GBP25.69

Super Saturday Starts Here!!

Already in the green for Portsmouth v Everton match and I'm anticipating a hard day's trading.

Live In-Play Football at Betfair

Sat 21st March
06:00 Yokohama FM v Kashiwa
11:00 Slavia Sofia v Sliven
12:00 Silkeborg v Viborg
12:15 Dinamo Moscow v Khimki
12:30 Kilmarnock v Motherwell
12:45 Portsmouth v Everton

Everton went 0-1 up very early on and their odds plunged. I put a Lay bet on Everton (away team with nothing to gain - home team needs a win or at least a point). Portsmouth score and I go green immediately to get a FREE bet that just cannot fail to return a profit. Let's hope this trend continues...

13:00 Apollon Kalamarias v Giannina
13:15 Gaziantepspor v Trabzonspor
14:30 B Munich v Karlsruhe
14:30 Bielefeld v Wolfsburg
14:30 Cottbus v FC Koln
14:30 Dortmund v W Bremen
14:30 Hoffenheim v Hannover
14:30 Leverkusen v Frankfurt
14:30 Stuttgart v H Berlin
15:00 Blackburn v West Ham

This could be interesting. Both teams need a win. One point each is just not good enough for either team. I take Bolton for the first goal and then plan to trade my ass off!

Home goal late in the second half proves my point about covering your ass and position sooner rather than later LOL

15:00 Fulham v Man Utd

Yet again... Lay the Reds and hope for Fulham to hold on. This is NOT a good plan; but it IS mine and ownership has a certain trading advantage if events turn in my favour.

Well... shag the cat!

Man U down to 10 men and a goal down. I go green and have yet another FREE bet. Strewth, maybe I could have hung on and hoped for better odds, but past experiences have persuaded me to be safe-rather-than-sorry.

I might end up being sorry... switched bet and went for the draw:

All to play for, just wish I was there watching it live.

NINE men and 2-0 down... who could have predicted that? Still, I'm in the green and life is good

15:00 Stoke v Middlesbrough
15:00 Tottenham v Chelsea

Chelsea to score a late, late goal... and do Jack a favour!

It was close; but not close enough. This bet went tits-up and scuppered my hard won profits for the day. It's a bugger, but I will recover!

15:00 West Brom v Bolton
15:00 Triestina v Parma
15:00 Valerenga v Aalesunds
15:00 Kalmar FF v IFK Goteborg
15:00 Rangers v Hearts
16:00 Randers v Brondby
16:00 Ruch Chorzow v Odra Wodzislaw
16:45 Aarau v Sion
17:00 Sivasspor v Besiktas
17:00 Austria Karnten v Rapid Vienna
17:00 Catania v Lazio
17:15 Lech Poznan v Arka Gdynia
17:20 C Palace v Reading
17:30 Newcastle v Arsenal

17:45 NEC Nijmegen v Willem II
18:00 Le Havre v Bordeaux
18:15 Slask Wroclaw v Polonia Warsaw
19:00 Villarreal v Ath Bilbao
19:30 Roma v Juventus
19:45 Sparta Rotterdam v Heracles
19:45 Sp Lisbon v Benfica
20:00 Marseille v Nantes
21:00 Sevilla v Valladolid
22:10 Guaratingueta v Palmeiras
00:30 Dallas v Chicago Fire
02:30 San Jose Earthquakes v New England

A Rugby Bet in Memory of MY late Uncle John

Status Matched: England £25.00 @ 1.15 Profit £28.75 Liability £3.75

Scotland to get two early penalties and I trade green; England go on to win and I finish yesterday's rum and start on today's vodka.
That's the plan and here's my screen:

Scotland got the early score, but England came back quick and the Lay bet is dead.

I can imagine my Uncle sitting in a bar with a fag and beer in hand and a huge smile on his face. He loved rugby and especially when England won. A Grand Man who NEVER missed his round.

I'm all-in on Ireland later tonight.

Changed bets and went for the Welsh:

Fecking nightmare... no green combination that I can find?

Bugger. fart and shag the cat: NO TRADE - WALES to WIN

Ho, feck... point tits to the sky... great play and Ireland rip in to Wales LOL

My (late) Uncle would cross his legs, sniff, take a drag from his fag: sip his beer and say, "you are a real arse".

Who cares who wins?

Well, Ireland did win; and my Uncle would have taken a great bow, a giant swig of his beer, a huge drag of his fag and then proceed to tell me.... I miss the old git.

Last minute.

It was worth ten quid.

money well spent/lost and I'm sure my Uncle would say, "Nob".

No regrets, Lots of Possibilities.