Dave Nevison – No Easy Money

[carvillshill]

I enjoyed his book. God knows there’s very little written by real protagonists in the betting jungle these days- would love to see Eddie the Shoe write a book! I think his contention that you can’t win nowadays because Betfair is too accurate is complete hogwash though- it strikes me that he’s looking for a shortcut to winning a fortune in a short time which is a dangerous frame of mind to be in- hence his addiction to the Scoop 6 and Jackpot- throwing 80k into those in the space of 6 months is just plain stupid- there’s no way they can offer that much value every week.
I fear for his continued survival to be honest as he doesn’t seem content to grind out a decent living but is trying to hit the heights too quickly and hence risking everything.

[davidjohnson]

His obsession with the pool bets reminds me of a fruit machine addiction. He’s put that much in and he feels compelled to keep playing because he’s sure that it’s ready to ‘pay’ any day now. Hence his self-interested moan that the RP believed was a story the other day.

[Cav]

I think his contention that you can’t win nowadays because Betfair is too accurate is complete hogwash though.

It is. There is as much price inefficiency on individual horses and in individual races on the exchanges now as there was five years ago, particularly at the longer prices 10/1+.

Piling money into low strike rate bets with a lot of near misses cant be good psychologically over an extended period of time.

[gamble]

A general who became a slave.
A slave who became a gladiator.
A gladiator who defied an emperor.

Fancy a bit of that Dave
thought you might – scratch chin
I was possibly wrong in rubbing salt
into your huge wounds.
Harry Findlay never invited me to join the SS
despite some of my better betting strategies
comparing favourably to a
Buchenwald experiment on a baby skunk.

I could have pre set the heating to go on last night

No I didn’t do that – never do that –
and I like you Dave
I avoided conscription

I took pleasure this early morning
in wandering around in my vest
in brass monkey tempuratures
with a full windowof rain
just the smallest of comforts
to assist my carpeted walk
to the heating switch.
splashed that on, oh
and that damn losers electric kettle.

I didn’t make tea,
forsaken pleasures
I got my coat on and walked out
unshowered
into the rain with a blue and green umbrella.
With a grean and blue umbrella
dribbling at my side
I paid for my racing post
twenty percent in copper.

The circle of value appears to be closing.
Alan Potts is now in running
having thrown in the flat towel
and you too are a newly confirmed jumper.
It seems few get their head above the parapet
and most are toiling in common servitude
the bair

Father of a murdered son,
husband to a murdered wife
and I shall have my vengeance
in this life or the next

but
in it’s present mood

Who’d dare
take on the bair ?

[Sean Rua]

Few things last forever; nobody stays at the top forever.
Things have changed a lot.

[gamble]

Don’t like the guy much, but ..

Ginger is there something uncool about Dave
what is it exactly that makes him great ?

I must say Ginge
I have always liked you
and felt a little let down when Pop Dick and Harry
took over your front page

My fist copped Dave on the morning line.
In full credit to Gingertipster’s angst
I tried to find some fault with the guy,
He scribbled on trains,
not on the seats or windows
but on the post
so nothing wrong there.
He paid full admission
and caned the odd bookie
deviant behaviour.
but again, ok in my book.
The fact is he’s a
plug ordinary bloke with a bit of vigour
that is the appeal
he could be you or he.

The fact that he posed
on one of the inside pages of the sport
as a gladiator
can only enrich his cause

He is cynical about pool betting.
The tote dont mind the SS
and in their defence quote Herr Rua

Few things last forever.

My advioce to Dave
is – these pools suck you in
and can take you to the bottom.
Dont dress or swim alone
put on Findlays uniform
and be a total sadist.
Buying a huge slice of your own meat
is too massochistically painful
as you’ve found out

The Colosseum walls trembled in anticipation – the trumpets sounded
but they didnt come out and strange sounds were heard

Davus fully bound
starts singing
.. This could be the greatest day of our lives

Commodus singing
… This could be one of the greatest days of our lives

(he slips the knife in)

Davus… singing in a much higher pitch

This could be one of the greatest days of our L I V E S

[Ken(West Derby)]

Gamble, Sir,
Have you ever had a book of your work published, please? Do you submit your writings to any other Forums? I thInk they’re first clasS and really enjoy Trying to read between the lines. There are rumours that they are in some Form of encryptIon and revealing loadS of solid Tips to those in the know.
Good wishes
Ken

[gamble]

Hi Ken,
I appreciate your interest.
I am a member of a betting forum.
that is a coded way of giving you you the title.
I have not written there for some months
as I believe my flash may have offended
some in the higher echelons.
The parts I used did not have public access
and approval is needed.

As for secret codes
I have employed these at least once
when writing in the old Flutter House.
I have taken writting to extreme limits,
kept very hidden and secretive
and used ******

[Ken(West Derby)]

Thanks for replying Gamble; message understood. It was difficult to decipher at first but now that I’ve worked out your tip for tomorrow I’m going to put every last penny on it to win. Usual commission rates, I presume?
Cheers.

[Glenn]

Thanks for the all-correct super7 today Gamble. The clue to the 3.15 selection made the Times cryptic crossword look like child’s play in comparison but I got there in the end. Decided to do the acca instead of playing the pools as Al Capone’s odds didn’t look as favourable.

[gamble]

And all that was left in the room
was a pair of teeth on a chair
mechanically laughing

One eye squinted through a keyhole
and the movement of the teeth
filtered through the connective
tissue that connected the eye to the brain

" I thimk I’ve cracked it
they might be mime "

[Glenn]

I popped down my local Waterstone’s to check this rather lightweight tome for heresies. The index reveals one reference to the Almighty One on page 105.

Diary Entry May 9th

I backed Tajaweed at 6s and ‘Richard Hills rode a terrific race’

He’s finally cracked it I thought. No wonder I faced such competition grabbing the prices on Zaahid in the Victoria Cup the next day. Nevo’s had a Road to Damascus conversion. I turned the page expecting to see him recalling tales of going

bang bang bang

all the way down the line on Zaahid, smashing it off the boards – 14s into 5s in one of the strongest markets of the year. Dave’s money down.

But what do we get when we turn the page?

Diary Entry May 10th

Zaahid’ victory in the Victoria Cup ‘knocked us out of the jackpot, in which we had the other five winners, as you do with the Jackpot.’

Some heretics can’t be helped I’m afraid.

[Aragorn]

It had been a while since the Richard Hills drum had been banged.. I thought you were beginning to lose faith Glenn.

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