Well , I almost died with so much $$$ on the line and two choke artists on the court . This was my last WTA bet because I oficially retire from betting on women tennis 
hno: Gotta make up for that loss in Henin vs Sharapova match so I will just pound another fav today against a player who should be nervous being so deep in a Grand Slam tournament and who I think doesnt have many weapons to stop Rafa from getting to the finals here and setting up a battle against N1 or N3 in the ATP race .
When Nadal wins I will have to rethink my tennis betting strategy because betting like this I would have been broke already few times if I didnt have money from my poker winnings . Maybe I will start picking matches with odds over 1.70 and not bet more than 10 units or try my luck with handicaps and total games even tho I didnt do great with them lately when I missed few times by just 1 game .
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</TD></TR><TR><TD align=right width=274 height=17>Nadal, Rafael
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Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried
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</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD vAlign=top width=39>2007
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=215>US Open
NY, U.S.A.
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=61>Hard
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=43>R32
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=80>Nadal
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=202>7-6(3) 6-2 6-1
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My pick is Rafael Nadal to win
200 units to win 70 units
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hno: Gotta make up for that loss in Henin vs Sharapova match so I will just pound another fav today against a player who should be nervous being so deep in a Grand Slam tournament and who I think doesnt have many weapons to stop Rafa from getting to the finals here and setting up a battle against N1 or N3 in the ATP race .When Nadal wins I will have to rethink my tennis betting strategy because betting like this I would have been broke already few times if I didnt have money from my poker winnings . Maybe I will start picking matches with odds over 1.70 and not bet more than 10 units or try my luck with handicaps and total games even tho I didnt do great with them lately when I missed few times by just 1 game .
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</TD><TD align=middle width=92 height=17>1-0
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</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD vAlign=top width=39>2007
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=215>US Open
NY, U.S.A.
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=61>Hard
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=43>R32
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=80>Nadal
</TD><TD vAlign=top width=202>7-6(3) 6-2 6-1
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My pick is Rafael Nadal to win
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arty: now i think she will loose to Maria, but who cares about the tennis match as long as the girls covering parlay,hdc and totals ans most important: ONE MORE NIGHT WITH ANA :toast:27 January
Lets put half of my poker bankroll on the Finals and see what happens here . I cant see Tsonga beating another TOP guy . I lost huge amount of dough with Nadal over Tsonga but Nadal is a lame sucker who got schooled few weeks ago by Youzhny 6:1 6:0 . After beating Federer I see Nole gaining even more confidence and I am not sure how Tsonga is gonna beat him today unless hes like 90 % on his first serve .
My pick is Novak Djokovic to win
700 units to win 329 units at betfair
Lets put half of my poker bankroll on the Finals and see what happens here . I cant see Tsonga beating another TOP guy . I lost huge amount of dough with Nadal over Tsonga but Nadal is a lame sucker who got schooled few weeks ago by Youzhny 6:1 6:0 . After beating Federer I see Nole gaining even more confidence and I am not sure how Tsonga is gonna beat him today unless hes like 90 % on his first serve .
My pick is Novak Djokovic to win
700 units to win 329 units at betfair
29 January
KGHM Dialog Polish Open. Wroclaw, Poland
2 Matches Parlay
Gilles Muller vs Steve Darcis
My pick is Steve Darcis to win
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Sergiy Stakhovsky vs Roko Karanusic
My pick is Roko Karanusic to win
Odds : 2.18
5 units to win 5.9 units at gamebookers
Matches start in 10 minutes and Darcis vs Muller is supposed to start in 55 minutes just in case anybody is planning to tail .
KGHM Dialog Polish Open. Wroclaw, Poland
2 Matches Parlay
Gilles Muller vs Steve Darcis
My pick is Steve Darcis to win
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Sergiy Stakhovsky vs Roko Karanusic
My pick is Roko Karanusic to win
Odds : 2.18
5 units to win 5.9 units at gamebookers
Matches start in 10 minutes and Darcis vs Muller is supposed to start in 55 minutes just in case anybody is planning to tail .
Looks like everybody and their mom have money on Fognini , Marrero , Schwank and Horna . After thinking a while I decided to put my money on one of them .
29 January
Movistar Open. Vina Del Mar, Chile
Start time : 3:00PM (EST)
Adrian Garcia vs David Marrero
My pick is David Marrero to win
5.55 units to win 5 units at pinnaclesports
Best line I could find , other bookies :
gamebookers : 1.70
5dimes : -124
betfair : 1.85
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fontTableHead colSpan=10><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD class=fontTableHead>Head to Head Matches David Marrero leads series 1-0 </TD></TR><TR><TD class=fontTableHead height=2></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class="font14b lightBlue"></TD><TD class="font14b lightBlue"></TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" colSpan=10 height=5></TD></TR><TR><TD class="font14b lightBlue" noWrap width=5></TD><TD class="font14b lightBlue" noWrap>Jan 14 2008</TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" noWrap width=5></TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" noWrap>La Serena Ch (CHI)
Clay, R16</TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" noWrap width=5></TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" noWrap>(q)Marrero(362,1.76) d
(7)Garcia(187,2.90)</TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" noWrap width=5></TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" noWrap width="100%">6-3 6-7(3) 6-2 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Preview by Andre Silva
David Marrero has finally realized that he has too much talent to continue wasting it. It looks like he worked a lot in the off-season, as in the first tournament that he has played this season (La Serena), he reached the final, losing in straight sets to Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo. In that tournament, he came from the qualifying rounds and he defeated Nicolas Lapentti, Vasilis Mazarakis and... Adrian Garcia. Due to his low ranking, he had to play qualifying again in this tournament, where in the last round he took revenge by defeating Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in a three set match in the final round of the qualifying.
The major weapon of Marrero is his experience. He is already 27 years old and he has played a lot of tennis on clay during his whole career. He knows when he should attack and when he should use his good defensive game to outgrind his opponent. This will be his first match ever on a main draw of an ATP tournament, but as he is facing a player who he has already defeated this season on clay and also in Chile, I can't see a 27 years old player being nervous today. Also the fact that he is 9-1 this season (all matches played on clay and already in Chile) will give the motivation he needs, so he can strike the ball well today.
Adrian Garcia's career is already ten years long and he is beginning to not being the player he once was. Also he was never an 100% clay courter and some of his good results came on hardcourt. Actually I think that he had played more outside clay, he could have reached the Top 100, a place that he has never reached and it will be for him to reach it during the rest of his career. Garcia's physical shape isn't also as good as it once was and for example the last five matches he has played, all of them went to a third set. Garcia could only win one of them and against a player with a way lower ranking than him.
Garcia has never done well on Vina del Mar and only twice he has reached the second round. The first one was against the veteran Galo Blanco and the second one was against a very young Paul Capdeville. On the other times Garcia has played the tournament, he has always eliminated in the first round and most of the times he lost the matches in straight sets.
Garcia will try to get revenge from the loss at the hands of Marrero already this season, but this seems unlikely to happen in my opinion. Garcia isn't exactly on the prime of his career, while Marrero seems to have got a momentum that only a good player will be capable of stopping him. Garcia, even playing at home, doesn't seem to man to do the job in here. Take Marrero to win in here.
29 January
Movistar Open. Vina Del Mar, Chile
Start time : 3:00PM (EST)
Adrian Garcia vs David Marrero
My pick is David Marrero to win
5.55 units to win 5 units at pinnaclesports
Best line I could find , other bookies :
gamebookers : 1.70
5dimes : -124
betfair : 1.85
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fontTableHead colSpan=10><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD class=fontTableHead>Head to Head Matches David Marrero leads series 1-0 </TD></TR><TR><TD class=fontTableHead height=2></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class="font14b lightBlue"></TD><TD class="font14b lightBlue"></TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" colSpan=10 height=5></TD></TR><TR><TD class="font14b lightBlue" noWrap width=5></TD><TD class="font14b lightBlue" noWrap>Jan 14 2008</TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" noWrap width=5></TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" noWrap>La Serena Ch (CHI)
Clay, R16</TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" noWrap width=5></TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" noWrap>(q)Marrero(362,1.76) d
(7)Garcia(187,2.90)</TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" noWrap width=5></TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" noWrap width="100%">6-3 6-7(3) 6-2 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Preview by Andre Silva
David Marrero has finally realized that he has too much talent to continue wasting it. It looks like he worked a lot in the off-season, as in the first tournament that he has played this season (La Serena), he reached the final, losing in straight sets to Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo. In that tournament, he came from the qualifying rounds and he defeated Nicolas Lapentti, Vasilis Mazarakis and... Adrian Garcia. Due to his low ranking, he had to play qualifying again in this tournament, where in the last round he took revenge by defeating Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in a three set match in the final round of the qualifying.
The major weapon of Marrero is his experience. He is already 27 years old and he has played a lot of tennis on clay during his whole career. He knows when he should attack and when he should use his good defensive game to outgrind his opponent. This will be his first match ever on a main draw of an ATP tournament, but as he is facing a player who he has already defeated this season on clay and also in Chile, I can't see a 27 years old player being nervous today. Also the fact that he is 9-1 this season (all matches played on clay and already in Chile) will give the motivation he needs, so he can strike the ball well today.
Adrian Garcia's career is already ten years long and he is beginning to not being the player he once was. Also he was never an 100% clay courter and some of his good results came on hardcourt. Actually I think that he had played more outside clay, he could have reached the Top 100, a place that he has never reached and it will be for him to reach it during the rest of his career. Garcia's physical shape isn't also as good as it once was and for example the last five matches he has played, all of them went to a third set. Garcia could only win one of them and against a player with a way lower ranking than him.
Garcia has never done well on Vina del Mar and only twice he has reached the second round. The first one was against the veteran Galo Blanco and the second one was against a very young Paul Capdeville. On the other times Garcia has played the tournament, he has always eliminated in the first round and most of the times he lost the matches in straight sets.
Garcia will try to get revenge from the loss at the hands of Marrero already this season, but this seems unlikely to happen in my opinion. Garcia isn't exactly on the prime of his career, while Marrero seems to have got a momentum that only a good player will be capable of stopping him. Garcia, even playing at home, doesn't seem to man to do the job in here. Take Marrero to win in here.
Lets try another parlay with 3 matches this time , in my opinion all should be bankers .
Movistar Open. Vina Del Mar, Chile
Start time : Tue 1/29 8:15PM (EST)
Fernando Gonzalez vs Paul Capdeville
My pick is Fernando Gonzalez to win
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2008 China TCL Challenger. Guangzhou, China
Start time : Tue 1/29 10:15PM (EST)
Martin Pedersen vs Yen-Hsun Lu
My pick is Yen-Hsun Lu to win
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AT&T Challenger Of Dallas. Dallas, Texas, USA
Start time : Tue 1/29 8:45PM (EST)
Jan-Michael Gambill vs Benedikt Dorsch
My pick is Benedikt Dorsch to win
Odds : 2.23
3 units to win 3.69 units at 5dimes
Preview from TennisInsight
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" width="80%" colSpan=10 height=5>Gonzalez has won this tournament twice and been runner up on another occasion. This is the second meeting between the Chilean pair, the other late last year on the hardcourts of Beijing went to Gonzalez with the loss of just 3 games. Capdeville has a useful first serve but his second delivery is very vulnerable against a player of Gonzalez's power. I would expect Gonzalez to dominate the second delivery of Capdeville and the younger man could be in for a difficult ride. The explosive power of Gonzalez should keep his rival pinned back behind the baseline and another straight sets victory beckons.</TD></TR><TR><TD class="font14b lightBlue" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #3972b9 1px solid; HEIGHT: 5px"><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD height=5></TD><TR></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD class="font14b lightBlue" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #3972b9 0px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #3972b9 1px solid"><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD height=5></TD><TR></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #3972b9 1px solid" width=5><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD height=5></TD><TR></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #3972b9 1px solid" colSpan=10><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD height=5></TD><TR></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
And two other matches I researched and they should be bankers too.
LU is as close to a BANKER as it can get , Pedersen shouldnt have no chance at all in this match unless Lu breaks his legs or something .
Movistar Open. Vina Del Mar, Chile
Start time : Tue 1/29 8:15PM (EST)
Fernando Gonzalez vs Paul Capdeville
My pick is Fernando Gonzalez to win
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2008 China TCL Challenger. Guangzhou, China
Start time : Tue 1/29 10:15PM (EST)
Martin Pedersen vs Yen-Hsun Lu
My pick is Yen-Hsun Lu to win
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AT&T Challenger Of Dallas. Dallas, Texas, USA
Start time : Tue 1/29 8:45PM (EST)
Jan-Michael Gambill vs Benedikt Dorsch
My pick is Benedikt Dorsch to win
Odds : 2.23
3 units to win 3.69 units at 5dimes
Preview from TennisInsight
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" width="80%" colSpan=10 height=5>Gonzalez has won this tournament twice and been runner up on another occasion. This is the second meeting between the Chilean pair, the other late last year on the hardcourts of Beijing went to Gonzalez with the loss of just 3 games. Capdeville has a useful first serve but his second delivery is very vulnerable against a player of Gonzalez's power. I would expect Gonzalez to dominate the second delivery of Capdeville and the younger man could be in for a difficult ride. The explosive power of Gonzalez should keep his rival pinned back behind the baseline and another straight sets victory beckons.</TD></TR><TR><TD class="font14b lightBlue" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #3972b9 1px solid; HEIGHT: 5px"><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD height=5></TD><TR></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD class="font14b lightBlue" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #3972b9 0px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #3972b9 1px solid"><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD height=5></TD><TR></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #3972b9 1px solid" width=5><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD height=5></TD><TR></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD class="font14b verylightBlue" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #3972b9 1px solid" colSpan=10><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD height=5></TD><TR></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
And two other matches I researched and they should be bankers too.
- Gambill played 7 matches in the last year and lost them all retiring twice . I think he should consider retiring from tennis .
- Dorsch isnt a great player but what he has was enough to defeat Gambill twice in their previous meetings . Last match took place just 3 monthes ago .
- Dorsch was in finals here last year and I think he shouldnt have problems with Roddicks buddy .
- Pedersen is a 20 years old player but I dont think he has some sort of hidden talent in him . This guy is 10-13 in his career with wins over people I never even heard of .
- On the other hand we have a very successful challengers tournaments player who has a record of 38-12 in his last challengers matches . He won 7 titles in the last 12 monthes , last week he won another tournament beating 5 people in straight sets . Taking out Stepane Bohli who beat Benjamin Becker 6:0 6:3 in the same tournament and in the finals Lu owned Vince Spadea 6:2 6:0 .
LU is as close to a BANKER as it can get , Pedersen shouldnt have no chance at all in this match unless Lu breaks his legs or something .
2 Matches parlay
KGHM Dialog Polish Open. Wroclaw, Poland
Rainer Schuettler vs Steve Darcis
My pick is Rainer Schuettler to win
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Jerzy Janowicz vs Nicolas Mahut
My pick is Nicolas Mahut to win
Odds : 1.92
5 units to win 4.60 units at gamebookers
Mahut should have no trouble against his opponent.
Watched Darcis against Muller yesterday and both played horrible , made me think I am watching some 10 years old play . Schuettler looked decent against Gabashvilli in the previous round .
5dimes has way better line on this match but only 100 $ limithno:
KGHM Dialog Polish Open. Wroclaw, Poland
Rainer Schuettler vs Steve Darcis
My pick is Rainer Schuettler to win
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Jerzy Janowicz vs Nicolas Mahut
My pick is Nicolas Mahut to win
Odds : 1.92
5 units to win 4.60 units at gamebookers
Mahut should have no trouble against his opponent.
Watched Darcis against Muller yesterday and both played horrible , made me think I am watching some 10 years old play . Schuettler looked decent against Gabashvilli in the previous round .
5dimes has way better line on this match but only 100 $ limit
hno:
