I made a big gamble this weekend.
I chose to do a Heinz bet that would have paid out around £1,700 if all six of my selections were successful.
It started off well when Club Brugge defeated Beerschot by seven goals to one.
The second fixture on the bet was a losing one. Marseille lost to Lorient.
Selection three was FC Copenhagen. They won against Nordsjaelland.
With two of three winners in the football, it was time for the NFL games.
Dallas were 3.5 point underdogs against Cincinnati and I liked them to cover that pointspread. My gut feeling was spot on - the Cowboys won the game outright.
I also liked the New York Jets - who were 3 point favourites - against a dreadful Jacksonville Jaguars. They covered the spread so that was another tick in the win column.
The final selection on the betting slip was over forty-eight and a half points in the late night game between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions.
With four wins out of a possible five, I knew I had profited from the bet but wanted clarification so used a bet calculator to work the returns if the final bet won or failed.
Four out of six wins would have seen a £30 profit. Five winners would have seen around a £600 return in profit.
With that sorted, I went to bed intending to watch the game once I awoke.
I must have slept for a few hours. When I did wake, I caught up with the first half of the game via the fast-forward button. Everything seemed to be going well. There were twenty-four points in half one.
I watched the second half live.
And now wish I hadn't.
There were missed field goals and incomplete passes. Sure, there were points scored but not enough to see the fifth win on the bet.
The final score was 27-20 to the Packers. I missed out on six hundred pounds by just two points.
Two bloody points!
Winning thirty pounds from the bet ensured it wasn't the worst bet I've ever done. It's pretty close to being worst, though.
That's two points close.
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