So What’s on The Menu?

Big Mike Betting encompasses a ‘Menu of bets’ or ‘portfolio approach to betting’ and trading.

The large number of bets and trades in the ‘Portfolio’ are designed to help us spread the risk/reward factor.

We have several `specialty` bets, which have proven very popular with members, plus some more mundane bets, which are used for betting bank-building purposes.

The Place Bets

The Hughie’s: Our place betting method with a strike rate of nearly 80%.

The place bets have been an incredibly successful and relatively stress free bet where we have trebled the bank over the last three years without necessarily backing any winners (in fact during the nine months to May 2009 the place bets alone showed a profit of £7,000).

Place betting is the safest and best way to grow your bank slowly with minimum risk. Although `stress free` and quite mundane place betting remains VERY profitable.

Following our place betting strategy will give you long-term stability to your betting, without necessarily giving you the excitement of finding a 10/1 winner in a 5 furlong Handicap sprint, but then again that’s not really the point of this service.

That said there is tremendous amount of solace when a ‘shortun’ is beaten and yet due to the nature of the bet we still collect.

Played via Betfair’s place markets the place bets (we call them ‘Hughie’s’) are the cornerstone bets of the service and are the bets Mike recommends – should be the starting point for every new member.

The Turbo Hughie, This is where the safety first place bet approach it further enhanced with an ‘in running’ lay. This recently introduced place bet includes the addition of an in running lay, turning the activities of the ‘in running’ traders to our advantage and maximising our place betting profits.

Many a time a horse finishing fourth, will still get matched as low as 1.07 in the place markets.

The Ringmaster, The roll up place market bet: This potentially risk free place bet is played over several days with the target of hitting £100, having banked the initial stake along the way.

The Each-Way Bets

These are one of Mike’s favourite bets… each-way doubles. Bookmakers despise these bets so much that they even have a name for people like us who use them “Each Way Thieves”.

Why is that?

Well the main reason is that mathematically, the odds are very much in our favour, as such as two 9/4 shots just placing will provide a profit and solace as well.

You see, arithmetically, each way doubles are a great bet for us and very BAD NEWS for the bookmaker.

This is even more so, now it’s possible to “play bookmaker” ourselves and actually “lay off” some of the bet, like a good bookmaker would do, via Betfair.

Following this process through, we protect our profits, reduce any losses and keep our betting banks safe.

It’s important to take a little less in return for a guaranteed no lose situation. Remember the service is not aimed at reckless gamblers, so “safety first” is always the golden rule.

Each day’s racing generally provides three separate each-way doubles – The Double Diamond, The Dunlop & The Ali Baba. All three have different targeted races.

The Double Diamond: The Double Diamond is generally used with 2 shorter priced horses in win singles and a mathematical each way double normally played ‘straight’ – win-to-win and place-to-place and would generally be regarded as the safest of the main bets.

The Dunlop: The Dunlop is more expansive and here Mike places 2 each way singles and an each way double, generally on 2 horses priced above 9/4 and very often played each way in an ‘equally divided’ fashion.

The prices of selections in the Dunlop tend to be higher than with the Double Diamond, which gives us the advantage that if one of the horses flops we still make a profit on the other.

The Ali Baba: This is another ’Thieving’ bet normally played in each way singles and each way doubles and is similar to the Double Diamond but with lower stakes.

The Bernie and The Buzzer: To embrace days when we have 6 horses in the 3 bets above, Mike may also play ‘The Bernie’ as a combination bet via multiple each way doubles.

However if he can only find four opportunities, then we call the bet the ‘Buzzer’, to include just the four selections again in multiple each way doubles covering the 4 main selections.

The Van Heusen: The Van Heusen is generally comprised of each way cross doubles with 4 horses in a couple of races.

These races are where there is normally a strong odds-on favourite and we are looking for the places – the online bookmakers don’t like this type of bet so it is best to place it in cash with the shops if you can.

The Combos: Again played as each way doubles and trebles in combinations with some lesser ‘expected’ horses – which again are chosen as mathematically attractive bets for members.

The Golden Goose: Two or three times a year Mike’s Golden Goose Bet is employed and allows us a guaranteed profit on a race whatever the result.

It’s a purely mathematical formula based bet, but because of the early ‘Best Odds Guaranteed’ prices offered by bookmakers we already know the profit before the race starts.

A small profit is assured if the horse finishes unplaced and a bigger profit if wins. Hence the name ‘The Golden Goose’.

The Horse Racing Trading Bets

The Trading side of Big Mike Betting introduces some groundbreaking and innovative trades, which can be made via Betfair and will produce enough profit alone to cover subscriptions for members, including;

The Axminster: An In-running blanket or carpet lay (hence the name) played via the Betfair ‘keep’ option or with some betting assistant software.

With this bet we are trying to find races where many horses will be matched at a certain level in running. There is very little downside on these trades.

The Dead Man’s Handle: Similar to the Carpet Lay (Axminster above). This time members are advised to cancel all the other lays in running as soon as the first horse is matched.

We then advise placing a ‘back’ bet in running for a tiny stake to obtain any upswing during the race. Many a time the upswing bet is taken and yet the horse goes on to win so it can be a useful ploy.

The Mule Train: This is a roll up place lay bet, where we try to find a terrible race being contested by lots of Mule’s. Normally a selling race.

This place lay bet is made on several horses all to the same liability. Provided less than two make the frame we collect our profit.

However in the unlikely event of just one Mule placing our potential loss is reduced through having all the other mules on our side.

The Greenhouse: This is a bet where in certain circumstances Mike will take on and lay a clear favourite before the race and then place ‘back’ bets in the Betfair ‘keep’ to be matched during the race.

The idea is to automatically ‘green up’ into profit whatever the result during the race.

The Nobby: This bet is almost the reverse of the Greenhouse bet (above) where a horse is selected to bet, then lay back in running. Again the object of the exercise is to ‘green up’ in-running whatever the result.

The Prudence: When the right circumstances arise in eight plus runner races we use ‘The Prudence’ bet where we lay – ‘in running’ – maybe three or four in the betting market only – leaving the other horses to run for us.

The Sports Bets and Trades

There are also some wonderful investment opportunities to be had from betting and trading on other sports.

And with the help of our inner circle team of professional and insider specialists we are able to craft some strategic trading bets in sports such as Football, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Tennis, Cricket, Snooker, Golf, NFL and Darts

All members receive detailed instructions on how to play these Sports Trading Bets, which include…

The Redknapp Bet: Once described by a member as being ‘the most fun you can have with your clothes on’ this now legendary football correct score-trading bet has proven to be so successful that Mike was even asked to write an eBook about it. You can download a free copy here.

It’s so named after football manager, Harry Redknapp because when you are playing the ‘Redknapp’ you’ll be twitching almost as much as our ‘Arry’ – bless him!

This hugely entertaining and profitable bet is often played live online via the forum chat centre where members can clearly follow Mike’s instructions and moves.

The aim of the game is to ‘green up’ on Betfair after about 60 minutes of play.

The Shankly Bet: This is a football bet generally used when Mike expects a tight defensive game between two relatively evenly matched teams.

We load the 0-0 score line (No Goal scorer is better if you can find similar odds) and also two or three other scores.

The key to this bet is to LAY the 0-0 score during the match. Doing so reduces liability and increases profits if the first goal is scored in the second half.

The Waring Double Rugby Bet: The Rugby Bookmakers are generally ultra shrewd and ultra cautious. Their handicap lines have to be respected – So Mike ensures we do.

However we have now developed a cracking ‘each way’ bet in certain games where maybe one of the bookmakers handicappers has made a slight error.

Here we play a double result bet by backing BOTH teams (plus the Handicap tie) with different starts given by the Bookmaker.

It’s a typically low downside bet and should the match be televised there are further options to bet ‘in play’ via bookmakers such as bet365 & Stan James to make the match even more attractive for punting.

The Lemming Method: You know what lemmings are right? They’re the creatures that follow each other mindlessly and eventually jump off a cliff to their certain deaths, without really knowing why.

Well with this fantastic trading technique we harness the power of the ‘Betfair Lemmings’ to guarantee a profit whatever the result in certain sporting events by trading the inevitable market swings.

It involves setting in-running mines (lays) and pegs (back bets) and then waiting for the lemmings as they helplessly walk into our traps, exploding our mines and pegs and turning our Betfair screens green with profit.

Once exploded, we just reset the mines and pegs and wait for the lemmings again. It’s an excellent method; simple, profitable and we really have never had it so good!

The Lazy Man’s Method: This is a simplified version of the Lemming Method and is a trade we play in ‘tight’ matches where you see two teams or players both trading at around even money.

We set ‘in-running’ lays at lower levels on BOTH opponents and then just lazily sit back and let the huge market swings cause our bets to get matched, turning our screens green with profit in the process.

The Pyramid Method: This is a mathematical trade Mike uses to trade knockout sports tournaments such as The Embassy World Snooker, Wimbledon, The Open, The PDC Darts Championship, the FA Cup and World Cup etc.

Pre tournament we take positions by betting on teams or players on the outright market who are then profitably traded during the tournament using the Outright as a buffer.

The Shaunee: This is a Half Time – Draw/Full Time Banker Trading Bet based around the teams in the top European leagues and is played via a Lucky 15 over the course of the weekend’s matches.

The banker selection should always win the match, but hopefully the lesser team can spoil the party for 45 minutes.

Once we get a winner we can then trade the remaining matches, laying the draw at half time or the win at full time, dependant on how much risk you are prepared to take – however we always aim, at the very least, to get back our original stake.

Some members religiously follow all the bets, whilst others simply pick and choose from the ‘Menu’, the bets and trades that best suit their style of betting.

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