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Labels: Football, Not Awesome

Slightly ironic I thought to see Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron laying wreaths on the Cenotaph to remember the nearly one million dead from the first world war. All those men died to protect British sovereignty as did nearly 400,000 in the second world war. Yet that very thing they all died to protect has been signed away in a process started by Tony Blair, continued by Brown and endorsed by Cameron. They fought to prevent Europe becoming one big un-democratic bloc dominated by Germany and thanks to these three it was all for nothing. Quite depressing really.

Labels: Politics

Fair enough, I backed him without knowing who he was, but my £10,000 Yankee wager has been dashed by the cruelest of beats. After busting James Akenhead with an aces v kings confrontation - my man Kevin Schaffel found himself a few hours later in exactly the same situation! Crazyness.

This time his aces were up against the kings of Eric Buchman for something like a $37m pot. Buchman on this occasion though was able to improve ever so slightly to quads - QUADS I tells ya!! While my jaw hit the floor, my man hit the rail. She's a cruel mistress, poker - when you're not even playing you can still lose.


In other news David Haye some how overcame Valuev in a sort of micro-metaphor for natural selection. Man defeats beast. An uneventful bout, Haye was pure comedy leaping a foot in the air every time he tried to land one on the chin of his pre-historic opponent.

Unfortunately for Valuev you get no points even from a German judges for just being big and hairy and the decision rightfully went to David Haye. I actually felt some sympathy for the Russian who, despite weeks of relentless personal insults from Haye, has held a very dignified silence. I hope he never stumbles across my blog in to be fair.

Pure chaos ensued on the betting exchanges allowing a recovery of the small wagers placed on Valuev. When the bell went for the 12th round Haye was 4.5 on Betfair - as Haye landed some good shots and Valuev actually wobbled the betting went mental - and as the bell sounded for the end of the fight he was favourite!

The final minute of the final round and the moments before the decision were more exciting than the previous eleven and half rounds. Well played Haye I suppose, but I think I'd rather bet on Snooker or cricket when Pakistan are playing than bet on heavyweight boxing with serious monies.

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Labels: Betting, Poker, Sport

I've campaigned for the banning of womens football in the past, but stuff like this makes me think twice. I'm sexually aroused as we speak.

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Labels: Awesome, Football

I can't get my head around this fight on Saturday. I've become very intrigued by it. I've searched high and low for a reason to justify the price offered up by the bookies for Haye but simply cannot find it. Perhaps it's so obvious I can't see it?

While Haye's trash talking is becoming mildly irritating by now, one has to respect the courage of the man to get in the ring with something that was chasing Jeff Goldblum around a South American island fifteen years ago, but I still can't see how he can win this battle of species.

If one was challenged to knock down an oak tree with ones fists and was given twelve three minute rounds in which to do it, surely even the fittest and most skilled pugilist would find this impossible, no?

Yet this is the feat David Haye has tasked himself with, made even harder by the fact that while he sets about trying to fell this lump of questionable DNA, it'll be swinging it's weighty branches at him regularly and while Valuev is only marginally faster than a tree, they will cause irreparable damage should they connect.

It's not unreasonable for Haye to become rather fatigued as these rounds progress too, so his punches, which probably won't cause the Russian chap much distress in the first place, will feel like being patted down with a warm flannel by the time the bell goes for the 8th round.


What conclusions can one extrapolate from these postulations? I think given Haye's slight of foot and Valuev's immenseness, we can rule out a knock-down. Haye may faint out of pure fatigue as he already has suspect stamina, but a knock-down either way is highly unlikely.

So, a decision then. Haye may win the fight, but being given the decision is a different proposition altogether. Given that this is Germany and German judges have a tendency to delivery decisions that make Equatorial Guinea's judicial system seem considered and reasonable, one would have to assume that Haye would have to win every single round convincingly just to get a split decision.

By all accounts this fight has already been given to Valuev should it go the distance, so unless something extraordinary occurs and Haye actually knocks his "man" out, I can only conclude the 4/1 being offered for a Valuev points decision is the bet. Not a big bet of course, just as much as you'd be prepared to invest in any circus bout.

Labels: Betting, Sport