31/10/11

Happy Halloween! This is probably the two words that I have heard the most since I got home from work this evening. I have probably given sweets to about 60 kids and that is no exaggeration, I don't remember any year like it. Normally you get about 3 or 4 groups maximum but I was up and down constantly for 3 hours, I even kept telling them I was trying to watch Corrie and Eastenders but to no avail. Some of the kids were really cute, some tried hard and some didn't even bother to dress up, I answered 'trick' to these lazy ones and they responded like they had never heard the word before. No costume and no prior planning of a trick, terrible effort.

I was a little disappointed yesterday as two of my tips in the tennis reached finals only to both get beaten in 3 setters. I had already laid off my stake but no profit for decent selections is a shame. I cant find any outstanding bets in the tournaments this week and so some trading in individual matches will probably be the way forward. I had a little luck today and the account is slowly moving in the right direction.

I have added a section on the right hand side of the blog page for Ante-Post bets, these will mainly be for the Cheltenham Festival in March but it will be a nice way of you to be able to see my thoughts on these races and also an easy point of reference for me without looking at the markets. I haven't put my stake size on there as I will be hopefully trading on these selections as it gets closer to the event.

Also the account total in the top right hand side doesn't include current bets (it would read £208.74 if I did), I have a few from before the challenge started and also I feel its best to only put down actual money that I could withdraw from the account. Don't know if this is the normal way of doing things but it seems better for me. Also I have got the £100 starting balance back in the account too, it gives me a little more freedom to be creative and speculative which is what I tend to need. Otherwise having the small amount to bet with leaves me scared to even place a bet as 2 or 3 losers in a row and its almost game over. I have survived so far though (just about) and long may it continue.