World Cup 2010 Solid Pick(s)

I may get no love here for reasons I don't understand, BUT I will always keep posting trying to help you guys get winners and get . Ok game 1 NO MORE GOALS PLEASE!!!!!

Being a professional gambler can be great, fun, rewarding. It can also be tough, soul destroying and debilitating. I have experienced both, happily alot more good then bad. It's the days like today when you have tobe brave with your money, knowing you have to go through the ringer is where you seriously earn your crust

What can I say that's over 17k winnings of plays on covers the past 3 days posted for you guys..I will keep em coming guys as best I can. I will lose some but I win most big plays. Tail me and you will make a profit in the longrun..

1) My Brazilian play last night on this thread..and Portugal winning to zero

2) Roger Federer Live in Running -> https://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/showmessage.aspx?spt=38&sub=100774305&page=1

3) Andre Ward to beat Allan Green on Points -> https://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/showmessage.aspx?spt=39&sub=100769631

Looks like 2 for 2 today. Looks like zero love again..I really don't know what more I can do!! Sorry for harping on but it's annoying to post winners and continue to get zero credit..

Units wise, I am Miles ahead of anyone else capping this tournament..I dunno. I just dunno. Going to take a few days off posting. If my thread stays down I won't bump it back up.

1) Portugal to win to nil @ evens (WIN)

2) Chile (Draw No Bet) @ -175 (Push at worst, should be a WIN)

3) Spain to win by EXACTLY 2 goals @ +300 (Waiting)

Quote Originally Posted by tmpeus78:

Mack - Stay humble bro and just keep doing what your doing

I know man, but every other forum I participate in there is little love. I say nothing keep posting winners, still nothing. Then guys who don't hit as much as me or don't match me unit wise get all the credit in the world by also saying nothing!

Taking a few days off..Might be back for the KO stages..

Mack - this not the regular soccer forum.  This is the "World Cup has taken over and a bunch of dudes that never come into the regular soccer forum are coming in here and taking over for a month forum."

The regular soccer forum is full of some really good guys that share information and ideas and really try to make everyone a winner.

Not saying the WC guys are not good dudes, but it is definitely a different crowd. 

You will probably get more love if you stop making everything a competition. Saying you are miles ahead of everyone else do not make you particularly likeable.....not to mention the fact that if you are miles ahead of anyone else it's because your money management skills are interesting, to say the least. 

It's not a coincidence that Vanzack is getting so much attention. Sure, he is having a great tournament, but on top of that he is polite and is not caught up trying to make himself look better than anyone else. If he was ranting and raving in his thread about how he is doing better than anyone else on the board I don't think he would be getting so much positive attention. Instead, he is going about his business without bragging for the most part, and people are respecting him for it.

I have a feeling you're probably not going to like my post, but it's the truth.

Some good points guys. Sorry I can be an idiot at times. Well actually I am just an idiot. Whiskey, I actually think people are insane betting EPL or Champions league. I really do. World cups are tough enough to cap but EPL and Champions leagues are punters grave yards. I wouldn't post my EPL plays or CL plays (except once in a blue moon when I get a big feeling) because if I did no one would even open a thread I started after awhile.

So why get annoyed when people don't appreciate what I do? Posting winners is a skill that takes patience and enormous perserverence. Guys like Vanzack that post alot of winners regulary, I take my hat of too, but I make my living by betting BIG on a play I truly believe in. I think 5 years ago, I went 6 months without a decent bet as I couldn't find anything.

What do I then for every big play I make?. I do a full writeup before and after the play (win or lose) in a Ledger. If you look at covers search engine, I have had 3 BIG plays that lost (that I had alot of money on) BUT well over 20 that have won. Let me get an article, I wrote a few years back, which is a lot more professional then this post that I am currently blabbering on about. Everything I do is tracked and monitored.

Not working for a living can be very stressful. It can be quite tough seperating your emotions and learning to make the right play more often then not. For example, I bet 10k on Federer in running today. Why? Because it's tough for a guy that was 1/200 (-20000) on pre match to get the final point to beat a great champion and so it proved. Now shocks happen, but more often then not a great champion finds away to win and so this game proved. Live betting is something I normally don't partake in as I haven't analysed the game/situation properly but alot of what professional gamblers do is play on your gut. It sounds easy betting the greatest player in history 2-0 down, but when its your money then its quiet hard to pull the trigger. I have nothing but respect for guys that make a good living by doing this.

For example people may ask what did I do to become a professional gambler? Well since 1996, I noticed I had quite a knack to pick a boxing match. I made a nice bit of profit. Then I saw a bet I just couldn't get away from -> https://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/showmessage.aspx?spt=39&sub=797502 . I was never more sure of anything in my life. I Organized a large bank loan with the help of a rich mate (told them a sh!t load of lies etc etc etc). Got the loan approved, Spoke with people in ladbrokes, signed what it seemed like a million papers and placed the bet specified in the article above. Now if it loses then, well I am ruined in EVERY way and I can't even imagine the consquences, but sometimes you just have to back yourself. I wasn't married at the time, I had enough of the 9-5 lark and was just 100% sure in my convictions on that bet above. It was a crazy certainity, I have never experienced before and may never experience again.

The nerves I experiened for that whole fight were undescribable. I have since been in that spot twice more (the only times I have been really wreckless gambling). For Khan against Kotelnick (again in boxing) and Paquaio v Hatton (again). Luckily they both won extremely easily. Thankfully now I never have to bet my roll on anything again. It's not glamorous by any means. Yes I have my house/car paid for, but I don't make Hundreds and thousands a year. Last year for example I made just over 50k. I had a huge win on Wimbledon last year (https://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/showmessage.aspx?spt=38&sub=100476011) but then lost a big chunk of that amount on -> https://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/showmessage.aspx?spt=39&sub=100614122.

This year is better so far but still it can be a grind and losses are part and parcel of the game. I live a fairly simple life. Moved to the Canary islands for a few months of the year, get some sun and live quite cheaply. The days of the flashy cars are long gone. Do I recommend anyone do what I do? Yes, if you are completely insane maybe. I don't think you can be normal to risk what I did and I except that. Most people lose money doing what I do. 9-5 is safe, reliable. I just can't live like that and need the adrenaline, thats what I live on.

Anyway I am rabbiting on now. That Federer Bet was SO close to losing. If I lost while I would have been annoyed, I would except the loss, evaluate why I made the play, where the play went wrong and then take 3-4 days off before looking to cap again. It might be 3-4 months before I find a bet that I go for again in a big way or 4 days (like the Brazil v Ivory Coast bet).

I'm sure I will post a loser(s) to a big play on covers in future. I always come back and apologise, but I promise you guys if you tail me (especially in Boxing) you will make profit in the longrun..

I love it here. I can't explain why, I just do. I love the thoughts of helping people make some money.

Now no more silly posts from me...

The hot streak continues! Today 3-0 (including a very nice +300 in there ) after last nights Huge hit..

1 Play only tomorrow. Simple not much thought

Mexico and Uruguay to draw @ -120...If two teams have draw on their minds that is how it normally play's out. Not hugely confident.

Don't like anything else. Argies would be happy with a draw and may rest players. France v SA is a train wreck. No leans Korea v Nigeria.

Will be playing farily big on England Wednesday. I believe they will finally show up. I would urge caution though. Never back a team that's not in form, under pressure and appears disunited.  I am playing strictly on a hunch and I believe we will have a bounce back from England on Wednesday.

Lay where you're laying
Don't make a sound
I know they're watching
They're watching

All the commotion
the kiddie like play
Has people talking
Talking

Yeah Yeah, This Mack is on fire....woooooo hoo

Hot as a fever
Rattling bones
I could just taste it
Taste it

But it's not forever
But it's just tonight
Oh we're still the greatest
The greatest
The greatest

Yeah Yeah, This Mack is on fire....woooooo hoo

 NICE JOB MACK!

I hope you have more gold for tomorrow

nothing tomorrow I am afraid Kim. Really don't like the card.

Just the Draw in Mexico and Uruguay for -120..

Let's wait for Wednesday