Archive for January, 2013
Raiding the Lost Ark: Poker, Business, and Greed
Poker exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great~Walter Matthau In theory, poker players should be the best investors in the world. They are, after all, among the most practiced at the craft. With every single hand a poker player is making an investment: an investment based on probability, game […]
Monday Milestone: Cash Out
This Week in History: 1988, January 24 Australian Pat Cash comes within a whisker of winning the first Grand Slam at Melbourne Park in an epic encounter. “Flick it over to the tennis – who’s playing tonight? What are the markets?” It was a hot summer night this week, when this annual conversation took place. […]
Racing’s Kiss of Death – January 19
This week’s selections cover the January 19 meetings at Flemington, Rosehill and Eagle Farm. Results for January 12 selections Tips which were either scratched, outside the prescribed track conditions or too short in price Scratched – nil Track outside prescribed range – nil Odds too short (less than $6 SP) – Over Quota, Capital Commander […]
The NFL Lines – Conference Championships
It’s Conference Championship week in the NFL – New England host Baltimore in the AFC Championship match, while Atlanta host San Francisco in the battle for the NFC crown. With the Super Bowl inching ever closer, Nick Tedeschi and Cliff Bingham assess the second-to-last weekend of matches for the season. Results from Divisional Round NT […]
From The Couch: January 16
Image: Will He Stay or Will He Go? The most important move this year will be that of Craig Bellamy: will he stay with the Melbourne Storm or will he sign with St George Illawarra? The Storm – and by extension, News Limited – must do all they can to ensure Bellamy stays. He is […]
Maximising returns from a free bet
The battle for your punting dollar is a hotly-contested one in the Australian corporate bookmaker environment. With a summer of domestic cricket and tennis action being coupled with the best that the EPL, NFL and NBA have to offer, many bookies will lure you in to an initial signup/ deposit with a free bet of […]
Monday Milestone: The ‘A’ Team
This Week in History: 1995,January 16 Cricket Australia introduce Australia A to the limited overs Benson and Hedges World Series with mixed results “That little bastard will do it too” My mate’s father was incredulous. We were sitting in their living room on one of those hot summer nights in the mid-1990s, like so many […]
The Forgive Files – January 12
For documents which offer a wealth of information, most of it very useful, form guides can be deceptive at times. In particular, some runs are substantially better than they will appear on paper when you see that horse’s name appear before its next run and an unplaced last start effort stares back at you. In […]
Racing’s Kiss of Death – January 12
As Snow Cover saluted the judge first late last Saturday afternoon, a thought occurred: I really should have put the old reverse jinx on this column back in 2011 – my wallet would certainly have appreciated it. Still, it’s better late than never I suppose. With that in mind, the kisses of death for this […]
City of Champions: The 2012 Sports City Power Rankings
Which city had the most sporting success in 2012? In the following list we look at the performance of the 14 cities with a team in one of the eight major sporting leagues (NRL, AFL, S15, A-League, NBL, ABL, Big Bash League/Sheffield Shield and ANZ Championship) and see what they achieved in 2012. 14. Gold […]
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