I wrote an article for my eletter on this subject, focussing on Banker Bets and showing you how we can profit from them.

I’ll list some apparent “bankers” in this post, and time permitting, will try to do this daily. I try to look for 1.1 odds or higher. The goal is to win back your initial stake and bank that immediately, then play on, banking profits every £10 or so.

This is not a strategy where I’m trying to create the biggest odds returns. I want a “banker”, a bet which is obvious.

Bankers and Blowouts – the mini-DRT angle.

www.drt.club is my trading service where I do all of my football research. I have noticed that these bankers, whilst sometimes frustrating us with score draws and throwing away 2-0 leads, rarely lose matches. How can you profit? Well are you familiar with football trading? That is, reacting to how a match unfolds in-play? If you are then you would have taken on faith the fact that these bankers rarely lose, and layed Dundee in play , when they were 1-3 up to bankers Aberdeen. Final score ( as you see below), 3-3. How about more frustrating bar stewards like Club Brugge the other day against Mechelen.

Staying with our premis that Bankers rarely lose, what could you have done if Mechelen ( as they did) take the lead? Lay Mechelen! Better yet, what if the match was still 0-1 coming to 90 minutes? Lay Mechelen at lower odds for potentially greater profit! You know what happened next, I am sure. Club Brugge equalised in the 90th minute.

I have already mentioned the idea of laying a team 2-0 up, to lock in profit. Consider the above elements too , in order to maximise the premis that Bankers rarely lose.

Yesterday

Nothing

Today

The International Break continues. I missed a couple of bets yesterday. Cork City stood out against newly promoted Galway but the season in Ireland is only 3 matches old. The Irish Premier League could be a mainstay once the big leagues’ seasons are over.

10am – Indonesia v Cameroon – 1.14 away – early starters. Indonesia are pants – it’s official. Cameroon really should have too much for this lot.

730pm – Germany v Australia- 1.19 home – Germany lost 1-2 to Australia in 2011 and that is a cursory warning sign that Ze Germans are not as consistent in friendlies as they are in competitive fixtures where they can DEFINITELY be relied upon. Australia are fit from competitive action in the Asian Cup competitions albeit against very poor opposition .

8pm – France U21 v Estonia U21 – 1.13 home – no research done and the market may be illiquid. Would you trust the nippers as your bankers?

I suppose Cameroon stands out today . Germany are playing in Kaiserslautern and should make home advantage count. I think when Australia beat them last the match was playing in Fulham, London ( if memory serves).

NO OFFICIAL BANKERS for me today and this is a good exercise this week in patience. Don’t try to force a bet because you have that itch to scratch!