http://www.slipperytoad.co.uk from punter to professional investor Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:23:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a previous life I was a member of her majesties Royal Air Force and thanks to Eric Todd who I meet on my 3rd day of basic training and now a life long friend of 26 years; I was introduced to a classic film Cool Hand Luke. One of the ... http://www.slipperytoad.co.uk/the-right-frame-of-mind/ My thoughts go out to the family of legendary bookmaker Freddie Williams who died of a heart attack yesterday aged 65. In a world where bookies are more risk managers, Freddie was one of a dying breed who would stand by his opinion and was prepared to put his hard earned ... http://www.slipperytoad.co.uk/rip-fearless-freddie/ Currently going through the final stages of a house sale which will allow me to be finally de-coupled from my ex-partner. Wont bore you with the details but its been stressful given the current economic situation. Putting has suffered as a consequence (having trouble concentrating) so decided to take my mind ... http://www.slipperytoad.co.uk/back-in-the-saddle/ Based on the comments from the Racing Post and other racing pundits, you could say that I have a valid excuse to talk out of my pocket having backed Tartan Bearer who lost by a head to New Approach in Saturdays Derby. CORAL on Monday accusedJim Bolger of treating punters with ... http://www.slipperytoad.co.uk/dont-trust-trainers/ As many of you may have realised; this web site has had torrid time recently. My site is hosted by a Texas based ISP and up until recently the company boasted 99.9% uptime reliability until: On Saturday, May 31st at 4:55pm CDT in our H1 data center, electrical gear shorted, creating ... http://www.slipperytoad.co.uk/risk-mitigation/ The wagering menu for baseball consist of the following Moneyline Totals Run Line “Try chewing a few prawns before you announce to the world that you intend to devour an entire lobster"   Sir Ranulph Fiennes From this menu I have chosen to focus on totals. With totals (over/under), you are betting on the total number of runs scored ... http://www.slipperytoad.co.uk/baseball-over-and-unders/ As I wrote previously, when looking for additional strategies for my punting portfolio the roulette wheel landed on Baseball. Baseball 101 The game of baseball is played between two teams, each consisting of nine players. The nine players are a pitcher, a catcher, first baseman, second baseman, shortstop, third baseman, left fielder, center ... http://www.slipperytoad.co.uk/betting-baseball/ It’s been a busy week with work at both ends of the spectrum. During the day my focus has been meeting final deadlines for a major project at work. During the evenings; serious research into Sports betting. It took a while me to recognise that all successful investment strategies require a diverse portfolio. The question ... http://www.slipperytoad.co.uk/sports-betting/ In order to make money betting on sports, you must either have information that is not being used by the betting public, or you must have a superior ability to process the information that is public Dosage is a mathematical analysis of the strengths in a thoroughbred pedigree based upon the ... http://www.slipperytoad.co.uk/dosage/ Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. Thus do many calculations lead to victory and few calculations to defeat? How much more no calculation at all? It is ... http://www.slipperytoad.co.uk/virtual-stable/