The Perfect Punter : Other sports

The Perfect Punter Week 38: Make your own decisions about the guys you're betting on

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:14:48 +0000

In Week 38 The Perfect Punter warns us against the dangers of believing everything the Media feeds us and encourages punters to decide for ourselves what the key figures are really like and more importantly, who we can trust under pressure.

The Perfect Punter - Week 30: The first lesson any bookmaker learns

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:09:39 +0000

The Perfect Punter receives a spooky e-mail from a long-lost friend and recalls a valuable lesson that any punter worth his salt should never forget.

The Perfect Punter - Week 24: Shades of the prison-house

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:53:18 +0000

The Perfect Punter explains why wiling away the hours in front an implausible television drama has helped him gain greater control over his gambling. And why, when you're in control, you have to take advantage...

The Perfect Punter: Chapter 22 - New Year's resolutions

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:50:26 +0000

Improving his punting ranks pretty highly on Dave Farrar's list of goals for 2010. So how does he plan to go about it?

The Perfect Punter - Week 20: Sometimes a short price is a good price

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:59:11 +0000

The Perfect Punter travels to similarly cold destinations in the form of Cheltenham and Berlin this week for horseracing and boxing action respectively, whilst considering the age-old question of whether heavy odds-on shots can be perceived as betting value...

The Perfect Punter - Week 18: Confidence in gambling, confidence in love

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:39:11 +0000

The Perfect Punter draws comparisons between getting lucky in love and lucky in gambling. Until we remember that of course it's not about luck but rather state of mind and decison-making...

The Perfect Punter: Chapter Ten - Use Occam's razor to reach the most logical conclusion possible

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:31:43 +0000

In Chapter Ten the Perfect Punter dusts off the cobwebs from his fourteenth century books to find a character whose words are still very relevant to our betting in the 21st century.

The Perfect Punter Chapter Eight: Talking rubbish and talking sense

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:54:42 +0000

The Perfect Punter finds his git-tolerance levels dangerously low (which may be down to the pilates classes) and compares a chance encounter with a self-professed scholar with the learned writings of a candidate to be a real-life perfect punter - Patrick Veitch.

The Perfect Punter: Chapter Seven - The opposite of pilates?

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:19:37 +0000

Dave Farrar's quest for balance takes him to some strange places and brings him into contact with some unlikely characters...

The Perfect Punter: Chapter Six - Are you ready to make a leap of faith?

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:09:59 +0000

Last week's request for punters to offer up words which best describe qualities required for successful gambling threw-up interesting results. Dave Farrar has been analysing your choices and is now ready to set out on a crucial leg of the journey to perfect punting...

The Perfect Punter: Chapter Five - Self-flagellation, self-help and the story so far

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:39:56 +0000

With five weeks gone, and football taking an international break this weekend, it seems like a good time to take stock of just where this Perfect Punter experiment is and consider what it has taught us so far, writes Dave Farrar.

The Perfect Punter: Chapter Four - Know all the factors, reap all the rewards

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:59:47 +0000

The Perfect Punter travels to Siena to watch them host AC Milan in the opening day of the Serie A season and learns that the closer to the action you can get, the better you are prepared to bet on any given sporting event.

The Perfect Punter: Chapter Three - Listen to those who know what they're talking about

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:52:41 +0000

The Perfect Punter works a shift with ex-footballer and professional commentator Gary O'Reilly who teaches him what to look out for in the early stages of a football match with a view to tackling the over/under 2.5 goals market.

The Perfect Punter: Chapter Two - My first punting dilemma

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:55:39 +0000

The Perfect Punter is attempting to iron out chinks in his betting armour but wonders if occasionally it's ok to place a bet that has failed him in the past for the sheer enjoyment of doing so....

The Perfect Punter: Chapter One - Go against the crowd

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:27:06 +0000

In the first chapter proper of Dave Farrar's quest to become The Perfect Punter, he travels to Las Vegas in the afternath of Michael Jackson's death and learns valuable gambling lessons from one of the deceased's impersonators and a blackjack player.