New Year Goals

[Hands Solo]

No, this isn't a thread about 2007 resolutions, but yet another one of those pesky Lay 0-0/Back 1+ challenges. This type of bet was the most profitable for me last year (2006) so I thought I'd give it a go posting them on here (Been posting on the Betfair 1+ thread for a quite while).

The premise behind the hunt is to start off with $500 and split it into 5 pools of $100. Each week I will aim to lay 0-0s, rolling over all winnings with each new bet. Provisionally, the format will be to take 1 game per week that can be backed for 1+ at 1.10, or 0-0 layed at 11s. The aim will be to do this for each of the 5 pools. However, I may opt to achieve this 10% growth by taking 2 games in a week with the same pool etc. Should I like a game having already achieved my goal with all 5 pools, I will still take it, knowing that I can 'cheat' a week's worth of accumulation.

Being the start of 2007, I have a full 52 weeks to play with and have calculated where I should be at at the end of each week.

Wk #	Target
1	$110.00
2	$121.00
3	$133.10
4	$146.41
5	$161.05
6	$177.16
7	$194.87
8	$214.36
9	$235.79
10	$259.37

...............

48	$9,701.72
49	$10,671.90
50	$11,739.09
51	$12,912.99
52	$14,204.29

Should I manage to get past week 10, I will fill in the rest. "Weeks" shall be counted as Tuesday-Monday, not only because Tuesday is the first day of 2007 but also because most league rounds end on a Monday, and European games often start on a Tuesday. First bets will be done tomorrow

[WorkingForTheEnemy]

Good luck wth this but .....

Tuesday is the first day of 2007

Think you'll find the 1st is a Monday.

[Hands Solo]

Originally Posted by WorkingForTheEnemy

Good luck wth this but .....



Think you'll find the 1st is a Monday.

Oh dear, what was I thinking.

[Hands Solo]

Forseeing some problems in the future, I have decided to make starting stakes $20 instead.

Bet A1: Crystal Palace v Norwich (1+) - 20 @ 1.08
Bet B1: Portsmouth v Tottenham (1+) - 20 @ 1.10

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Bet C1: Wigan v Blackburn (1+) - 20 @ 1.11

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Bet D1: Ipswich v Birmingham (1+) - 20 @ 1.08

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Bet E1: NUFC v Man U (1+) - 20 @ 1.06

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Bet A1: Crystal Palace v Norwich (1+) - 20 @ 1.08
Bet B1: Portsmouth v Tottenham (1+) - 20 @ 1.10
Bet C1: Wigan v Blackburn (1+) - 20 @ 1.11
Bet D1: Ipswich v Birmingham (1+) - 20 @ 1.08
Bet E1: NUFC v Man U (1+) - 20 @ 1.06

A satisfactory start, but I must say not the best. I needed a 90th minute goal at Ipswich and came very close to losing on my first day of bets. Had that ended 0-0 I would have felt quite embarrassed. Still, my goal came and that's the important thing. 2 Pools of funds have now been completed for the week, with 3 to go.

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Bet E2 - Celtic v Kilmarnock (1+) - 21.19 @ 1.04

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Bet A2 - Arsenal v Charlton (1+) 21.58 @ 1.05