Even the banks are against me!!

Hello, almost missed the Friday deadline again, had totally forgotten about the blog and then it suddenly came into my mind, might as well get it out of the way anyway, such enthusiasm!!
The World Snooker Championship betting hasnt been the greatest. I've eventually gone into profit on the match betting despite a pretty disastrous start but the outright and sundry bets I've had like player with highest tournament break, number of qualifers progressing, best qualifier, etc have all fallen flat on their face.
Coupled with that is the fact that when lumping on Shaun Murphy to defeat Stephen Hendry in the second round I accidentally went overdrawn on that particular account and incurred a three figure charge due to a couple of other transactions going through on the same day. At least I managed to get it reduced by half after ringing them up and putting on my Mr Angry voice but could have done with being a bit angrier I think!!
Its not out of the question that I could finish almost level but wouldnt be able to afford another loser for sure and I currently have Shaun Murphy as my latest bet once again (this time from available funds!!) and he currently leads Neil Robertson 9-7 in his semi final. John Higgins looks to have wrapped up the other one with a healthy lead over Mark Allen though the odds looked a bit prohibitive beforehand in that one so didnt play.
Another World Championship currently taking place is the IIHF ice hockey event. My outright picks Russia were surely weakened somewhat when Washington Capitals overturned a 3-1 deficit in the NHL play offs to qualify for the next stage and thus deprive them of three of their prospective best players. So Canada have understandably since shortened in the market. Both look set to qualify for the quarter finals with some comfort though the Russian defence is causing some concern (beating Sweden 6-5 after overtime in their latest match).
The Czech Republic my other picks have lost their last two group matches so I think they are probably up against it, whilst they should still qualify in fourth place they are likely now to play one of the top teams in the quarter finals.
In the match betting I'm pretty even so far but have enjoyed watching the games I have seen and it should only get better from hereon in with the weaker teams now beginning to bite the dust (do they have dust on ice rinks?)
In the NHL play off series betting as I mentioned earlier the New York Rangers rather imploded against Washington from a strong position so my 2/1 bet which was looking good at one stage didnt pay off in the end, however Carolina (5/4) rescued their series with a last gasp win over New Jersey, scoring two goals in the last couple of minutes to overturn a deficit in the deciding game.
In the next round I'm siding with my outright Stanley Cup picks Boston Bruins to beat Carolina in the second round best of seven series at odds of 8/15.
In the Friends Provident Trophy cricket my two outright picks Yorkshire and Gloucester go head to head this weekend at Headingley having both won their opening two games so at least one of them will be in a strong position and hopefully the loser of that game can kick on afterwards and maybe join them in the next stages.
My final gaelic football outright hope of last weekend's league finals went the way of the two others when Derry lost by three points to Kerry, which meant I also lost the +3 handicap bet which was tied. I think they were a bit unlucky however tbh as they lost their most dangerous forward Paddy Bradley early in the game and the referee tended to be very generous with a few of the Kerry frees in my opinion (though of course it could be the money talking!!)
And finally on to the greyhound racing. Commisserations to connections of Capel Wilson first and foremost, winner of his eight previous races and one of my outright bets for the Regency at Hove, he unfortunately broke his hock and will be retired forthwith, though at least he has a loving home with the owner to go to.
I did however also have Lorrys Options in my portfolio and he boosted the coffers a little by winning at 5/1 (ante post).
I shall be concentrating from hereon in mainly on the ante post market as opposed to individual races in dog racing as I feel it suits by style better as I always prefer to take the bigger prices for slightly lesser stakes than the other way around.
In the Peterborough Puppy Derby, I got two through to the final out of five original contenders. The final is live on Sky on Tuesday night and I shall be rooting for either Barnfield Rocky from trap one at 14/1 or Droopys Alvaro from three at 25/1 in what looks a very open event.
The first heats of this year's Greyhound Derby at Wimbledon were held this evening. I added Jesters Nap to my roster today and he qualified in second place behind the ante post favourite Fear Zafonic while my other one in action Wise Thought also filled the runners up berth from a horrible draw behind Windy Millar.
The heats continue tomorrow night.
In Ireland the Oran Majestic Cup second round heats take place on Saturday. I lost Barefoot Bryan from my opening gambit of dogs last week when he crashed out after interference but my other ones made it through so still go in pretty mob handed for the next stage. Also the Ladbrokes 600s starts on the same evening with the charismatic College Causeway the star turn after diverting here from the English Derby which had been mooted as his original target. He looked just about worth a bet at 6/4 best price if only to glean a bit of excitement along the way given his late running style while others I give a shout to at the prices are Mid West Blue at 14s and a couple of each way candidates in Dundrum Minor at 20s and Skywalker Night at 40s.
The curtain came down on another snooker season when I lost my club billiards final in the week, thereby failing to record a tenth success in the event which I suppose would have been a bit of a landmark, even though only a handful usually enter. It is played on a handicap basis and I had to give up 70pts which proved too much to turnaround. In fact half way through I had hardly made any impression at all but did come with a late run to reduce it to 20-odd before my opponent got the winning score.
Overall though not a bad season as our team finished fourth in the league and I did reach a couple of other individual semi finals too.
All the best for now
Rick