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HesTheOne said:
Can’t imagine what the forum was like when it came in.. certainly a contrast to the doom and gloom of late! Can’t be just me thinking’s it’s gone quite here after the handbags last week?

Not as clued in on your moment Faugheen but I must ask did you lose the account after it?:biggrin-new::biggrin-new:
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I particularly enjoyed Faugheen_Machine describing the phone call from 365 which went something like 'congratulations. how would you like paying you #@&?$'....
 
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intheshuck said:
The last time I backed a 33/1 shot was Constitution Hill for the Champion Hurdle 2023.
I also did a 60/1 double with Honeysuckle for the 2022 Champion Hurdle.
I have a 28/1 double coming off Master of the Seas going on to Constitution Hill this year.
So thank you for this excellent analysis and maybe the next time you think of a stupid question you will think twice.
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This made me laugh more than it should have, from the randomness of it to it being posted at 2am on a Tuesday
 
Quevega said:
With only 4 qualifying in each race from last year the mark to get in is likely to be lower going forward unless an anamoly.
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Yes, good point, be interesting on his next run if they are looking to preserve a mark or increase it to guarantee a run. With a lot of horses placing that would be lower rated then anything around 130 should be fine. I see Jody Ted also been given 126 official rating whilst the two in 3rd and 4th haven't changed from 116 and 125.
 
HesTheOne said:
Can’t imagine what the forum was like when it came in.. certainly a contrast to the doom and gloom of late! Can’t be just me thinking’s it’s gone quite here after the handbags last week?

Not as clued in on your moment Faugheen but I must ask did you lose the account after it?:biggrin-new::biggrin-new:
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The account is still going strong, thankfully.
 
HoldenTheReins said:
Blimey, thought it'd of been cooked. Without getting into it too much detail did you take the majority of it out?
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I'll leave out some of the detail but this is loosely my memory of it....

As you can probably imagine, I had a few too many beers on the Friday and woke up on the living room floor in the early hours. When I came round a bit I decided to take all the money out but Bet365 limit you to a max of 25k per withdrawal so I had to do it over 8 different transactions. I removed everything apart from a couple of hundred.

B365 withdrawals usually land into the bank account within an hour or so but this money didn't appear. Not to worry, I wasn't concerned and carried on celebrating all of Saturday.

By Sunday morning the money still hadn't come across and I was starting to panic a little. We continued celebrating and were having a takeaway (and more beer) Sunday night when bet365 phoned up and asked if I'd be OK with them cancelling the transactions and transferring it across in one lump. Panic over and the money arrived Tuesday lunchtime.


Good memories. :greedy_dollars:
 
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Faugheen_Machine said:
I'll leave out some of the detail but this is loosely my memory of it....

As you can probably imagine, I had a few too many beers on the Friday and woke up on the living room floor in the early hours. When I came round a bit I decided to take all the money out but Bet365 limit you to a max of 25k per withdrawal so I had to do it over 8 different transactions. I removed everything apart from a couple of hundred.

B365 withdrawals usually land into the bank account within an hour or so but this money didn't appear. Not to worry, I wasn't concerned and carried on celebrating all of Saturday.

By Sunday morning the money still hadn't come across and I was starting to panic a little. We continued celebrating and were having a takeaway (and more beer) Sunday night when bet365 phoned up and asked if I'd be OK with them cancelling the transactions and transferring it across in one lump. Panic over and the money arrived Tuesday lunchtime.


Good memories. :greedy_dollars:
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Haha I think I'd of woken up off the floor or somewhere ridiculous in that situation also.

Quality story, I'm sure that is everyone's goal to hit a life changer.
 
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Faugheen_Machine said:
I'll leave out some of the detail but this is loosely my memory of it....

As you can probably imagine, I had a few too many beers on the Friday and woke up on the living room floor in the early hours. When I came round a bit I decided to take all the money out but Bet365 limit you to a max of 25k per withdrawal so I had to do it over 8 different transactions. I removed everything apart from a couple of hundred.

B365 withdrawals usually land into the bank account within an hour or so but this money didn't appear. Not to worry, I wasn't concerned and carried on celebrating all of Saturday.

By Sunday morning the money still hadn't come across and I was starting to panic a little. We continued celebrating and were having a takeaway (and more beer) Sunday night when bet365 phoned up and asked if I'd be OK with them cancelling the transactions and transferring it across in one lump. Panic over and the money arrived Tuesday lunchtime.


Good memories. :greedy_dollars:
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Fucking hero man. It's what all of us here dream of accomplishing and you smashed it.

Unbelievable :applause::applause:
 
I partly wonder if you were too high profile for them to pull that old trick. It's fine for them to restrict punters who are getting the early prices and slowly making a profit as they aren't going to kick up much of a stink and they are banning someone early doors who they think could hit them for a big payout sometime in the future.

Whereas since your big payout actually made the headlines, there's every chance if they banned you then you'd make the headlines again, "Cheltenham punter receives huge payout, then gets banned for winning". They might see it as bad publicity for not much gain, when in their mind it's probably unlikely that your going to do it again. If you manage to pull it off again, I don't think they'll be giving you a third go :applouse:
 
riccirich said:
I partly wonder if you were too high profile for them to pull that old trick. It's fine for them to restrict punters who are getting the early prices and slowly making a profit as they aren't going to kick up much of a stink and they are banning someone early doors who they think could hit them for a big payout sometime in the future.

Whereas since your big payout actually made the headlines, there's every chance if they banned you then you'd make the headlines again, "Cheltenham punter receives huge payout, then gets banned for winning". They might see it as bad publicity for not much gain, when in their mind it's probably unlikely that your going to do it again. If you manage to pull it off again, I don't think they'll be giving you a third go :applouse:
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That had crossed my mind too. It's very unlikely to happen again, especially to that scale, but I'll be trying:cool:
 
Kevloaf said:
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.:love_heart:

Apart from me. Obviously.:indecisiveness:
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I'm in front of you in the queue Kev. Been waiting 47 years for a lifechanger. Soz.
 
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Disaster for Slate Lane after his win on Saturday. Great shame.

Emmet Mullins says SLATE LANE suffered a career-ending injury at Haydock on Saturday. "He's not completely out of the woods yet. He's had surgery and they have flushed the joint. We've done everything we can for him at this point and it's a case of trying to keep any infection at bay for the next week or so. "Once we can do that he should survive, but he has sectioned 50 per cent out of his tendon so the tendon won't grow back unfortunately. It looks career-ending."
 
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Ups and downs of racing in a matter of days. Need to enjoy the good times as you never know what's coming next.
 
I never put on life changing bets, but happened to put one over the weekend
Problem is, I'm getting nervous thinking about "what would I do if the bet is waiting on one horse"

I know Faugheen had a few other bets that returned that day, but f*** me... I'd be bricking it. Do I cash out... do I hedge... do I let it run. I was in a position for high 4 figures a few years ago. I ended up cashing out, and it worked for me, but jesus.... and weirdly, its a horrible position to be in!!!!

Remember when Faugheens came in, I think I was more impressed he let it run instead of cashing out. #Bravemansgame
 
opatcho said:
I never put on life changing bets, but happened to put one over the weekend
Problem is, I'm getting nervous thinking about "what would I do if the bet is waiting on one horse"

I know Faugheen had a few other bets that returned that day, but f*** me... I'd be bricking it. Do I cash out... do I hedge... do I let it run. I was in a position for high 4 figures a few years ago. I ended up cashing out, and it worked for me, but jesus.... and weirdly, its a horrible position to be in!!!!

Remember when Faugheens came in, I think I was more impressed he let it run instead of cashing out. #Bravemansgame
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With how the game is looking like it's going in regards to people telling you what you can spend your hard earned money on and account restrictions I think the only thing to aim for is the big life changers with singles covering profit overall. Get the cash whilst it's slim but possible.

I went out on my sword in March, could've cashed but didn't. Not often you get one off a life changer. I laid it on BEX for a good amount to help.
 
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