Well its been quite a week hasnt it? Following on from the big win on Tuesday the Combo on Thursday returned over £200 with 6 winning doubles including 48/1,37/1,26/1 plus a separate winning Combo double. Additionally The Kite lay fell to the ground again.

One of my members who has been with me 9 years emailed me this morning and his point is a good one. Maybe now the ‘silly season’ has ended (wall to wall racing) maybe the pressure is less intense and just maybe the thought process is more relaxed and beneficial for us all. Lets hope hes right as with National Hunt racing on the horizon I am extremely bullish about the year ahead (otherwise I would’nt have given that warranty would I?) Well thats my reaction anyway.

Betting as a living. Can it be done? Of course is the answer. I have had an email this morning from a fellow Accountant (we are not ALL boring you know) informing me that his meticulously kept records show that he has made over £3,300 profit in the year from 1st September 2008 to 31st August 2009 from my bets. He uses a mixture of bet types and increases stakes on the £8 and £12 Hughies otherwise he plays at stakes as shown. THE interesting point confirms my view that the NH produced far bigger returns than from the crafty boys on the Flat. His profit to the end of March 2009 was much bigger than the final amount. He suggests that maybe I should reduce stakes on the Flat. A fair point and I will look into that but the main thing his P & L account shows a whacking profit.

Good news. In fact excellent news. Along with Starsky and The Alchemist being heavily involved in the column/forum this next year – I have received Notification that the greatly admired ‘DEAN’ will be returning with a fresh bank starting on 1st September. His lays will continue on his site on the Column so all I wait now for is news from AndyG & Shaun to continue their Golf and Football thoughts respectively for the Forum.

Its looking quite a good package now for £69 a month isnt it? Others are charging more (not referring to the respected Mathematician here) with columns where they just place a few ‘tips’ and ‘lays’ which they could have picked with a pin. I have followed the results on one of these ‘The Perfect Punter’. Maybe he should change his name. Tepid stuff. An extract from todays email ‘Shame about yesterday with the bad weather arriving after I had sent the tips out.’ Oveh.

Tomorrows column will be SHORT. Just the suggestions and little spiel. I have an important meeting up here at the Farm with my team in readiness for the New Season where I am planning (with help) to produce a column virtually every day – so I will need outside help to perform this task from other members in the team.

I will be in the Chatroom this afternoon and if a further Hughie/Turbo turns up – or trade – (as did yesterday) I will put up for members as well.

One Live Blog Bet from me today an £8 Hughie (A bet on the horse to finish placed i.e. 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd and is played via Betfair’s place markets)

£8 Place only on Rakaan 3.50 Ling untried on going, big drop in class, blinkers. Trainer in cracking form at present and ok here. Looks like a ploy to get head in front and really ought to win this but has to be a place only bet. Pitching at 1.3

Price at the end is price to take or if pitching and if not taken then bet 5 mins pre race at best. Obviously take care & adjust when drifting substantially or if horses taken out.

As always to access my full daily column of bets and trades please visit my main site at www.bigmikebetting.co.uk or to sign up as a free member enabling you to receive the occasional complimentary daily column from me, you can contact my Gal Friday – Luan at luan7677@hotmail.com and she will set this up for you.

Mike

SO close to a record 509/1 double yesterday. I always say ‘expect the unexpected’ and so it proved as Desert Soul was backed down to 1.8 in running. One thing amazed me. NO brown envelopes up there and the frame remained a ‘belter’ for us.

The column went to over 300 people yesterday. If say 60 had followed the bet via bet365.com using Best Odds Guaranteed then that firm would have been looking at a liability of over £100,000 and even worse many members would have had their accounts closed. So the lesson is still to spread the bets about a bit – change your User names as well as remember if you use the same User at each bookmaker it is not difficult for the rogues to access your ‘History’.

One of my members has informed me that he has had the big red ‘closure’ from vcbet.com even though he has been only betting there since BOG was introduced by that firm. Another lesson to spread the bets about. They dont want this crafty betting at all – only kids, gamblers and slot players. So take remedial action.

Hughie Warranty. I was asked by a long standing member who just plays the Hughies if I would extend the Turbo Warranty to Quarterly payers. I am happy to do so and therefore will ask Luan to make the necessary amendmentst to the Service notes. So in short the Hughie Warranty is extended now to BOTH Quarterly & Annual membership. IF the Turbos/Hughies dont cover the subscription cost for the relevant period then the following period – whether quarterly or annual will be FREE. I cant do the Monthly Warranty though as its not realistic for me as I will be taking time off during some of the months. I dont think you will find a Warranty like that with any other service. I believe that I have been more than fair with this offer. Mr & Mrs Marsland will be looking for a new home in September 2010 unless these bets perform! I do hope to have the last laugh though!

Another very hard day in terms of trappy racing so again very little from me. I am playing an expansive combo which may produce as they contain a number of noted horses. Small stakes ONLY please.

One Live Blog Bet from me today an £8 Hughie (A bet on the horse to finish placed i.e. 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd and is played via Betfair’s place markets)

£8 Place only on Spiders Star 320 Cat (Great efforts this term and trainer doing very well with his small string. Will be the one to beat as generally so consistent.) Pitching at 1.40

Price at the end is price to take or if pitching and if not taken then bet 5 mins pre race at best. Obviously take care & adjust when drifting substantially or if horses taken out.

As always to access my full daily column of bets and trades please visit my main site at www.bigmikebetting.co.uk or to sign up as a free member enabling you to receive the occasional complimentary daily column from me, you can contact my Gal Friday – Luan at luan7677@hotmail.com and she will set this up for you.

Mike

BREAKING NEWS. VERY exciting stuff indeed.

Starsky has penned notes on the Forum for some time and the good news is that he is now joining the BM service from 1st September as a ‘bolt on’ extra within the service. He will be arranging for his own Starsky column DAILY which will be sent out by my girl Friday Luan.

She will be sending out details later but the service will be strictly limited to just 20 or so members on an additional monthly sub basis of £29.99. In effect BMB will be rewarding Starsky via this extra sub for his efforts. The Starsky ‘Bolt On’ will be available to full paying 2009/10 members ONLY but on a severely restricted first come first served basis Luan will email more details later today.

Stirring stuff indeed. Hope to be in the Chatroom as soon as possible if interested in following the Test Match. May also do some Horse Trading if time. Get down there if you can as I hate talking to myself.

Terrific day for the membership on Friday with doubles at 27/1, 25/1, 14/1 etc and IF Raines Cross had deigned to place instead of finishing 4th the £150+ return on the Combo would have been over £1000. Such is life but it shows that even in this very hard month for punters we can still conjure up some profits.

One astute member in the Chatroom played a yankee on the first four selections and picked up £390. He also followed it up with my Huddersfield Rugby bet suggestion last night. So well pleased for him and as he said – he has nearly paid his subs for next year. I like members like that LOL.

The only problem he has is that he supports Spurs but when the BIG Manchester club visit them later in the season he may have to change his allegiance! The smell of money at Middle Eastlands is such that even the Cleaners are having elocution lessons. These are absolutely crazy times for we very long suffering Citeh fans. Citeh being Citeh would be an automatic lay against Wolves today!

OK – now the Test Match. I have squared the trades again and started afresh and the moves will be in the Chatroom today.

The lays. To keep updating the RP selections is a big task so I am abandoning it from today. I think we are talking about a tiny loss overall of between £1 and £10 in the three weeks. HOWEVER the Kite is easier to operate for me as we are talking about ONE selection and generally that is VERY short and thus very profitable when losing so I will continue with this lay each day. Immense profits so far. There is one today.

A few which interest me today so playing ‘The Dirty Dozen’ Combination bet instead of the Buzzer/Bernie.

Shaunee. I havent heard from Shaun just yet but if he is posting his FOOTBALL speciality bet it will be on the Forum.

One Live Blog Bet from me today an £4 Hughie (A bet on the horse to finish placed i.e. 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd and is played via Betfair’s place markets)

£4 to place on Waveband 220 Rip (Best form on offer here and still improving. Tamseem hasnt beaten much home yet but still a threat but every chance here with the Mark Johnston horse.) Pitching at 1.38

Price at the end is price to take or if pitching and if not taken then bet 5 mins pre race at best. Obviously take care & adjust when drifting substantially or if horses taken out.

As always to access my full daily column of bets and trades please visit my main site at www.bigmikebetting.co.uk or to sign up as a free member enabling you to receive the occasional complimentary daily column from me, you can contact my Gal Friday – Luan at luan7677@hotmail.com and she will set this up for you.
Mike