I have come across an interesting riddle which is worthwhile mentioning on Soccerwidow… This mystery was presented by a Dr Slicer approximately two years ago in the Betfair Community Forum and still causes headaches for many people!
Dr Slicer describes that he found the ‘holy grail’ or a ‘no-lose strategy’ and since then he has not lost a single football bet which is suitable for his formula. The riddle is simple:
Placing 2 bets before kick off:
First bet: Laying 0-0 half time result
Second bet is guaranteed to lose should the first bet win
If the first bet loses a third bet is placed during half time and an adjustment of the second bet may be needed.
However, it is not revealed what bets 2 and 3 comprise.
The whole strategy with a calculated staking plan guarantees a profit between 9 to 12% per match. One more little thing: The matches must have a clear advantage for the home team. Whoever finds the answer will have found the holy grail 🙂
Here are a few links to some of the forums where this mystery has been discussed with many suggestions and thoughts, but without solutions:
- Slicer’s Bet Attack (The Original)
- Slicer’s World Cup Thread-Final ever thread and postings
- Community Betfair
- Punterslounge
Although in many forums it is said that this is a hoax and not possible… My opinion is that it is most certainly not a hoax. One must think ‘outside the box’ in order to find the identities of bets 2 and 3.
HINT: Don’t limit your thinking to the correct score market only and it’s not only the 0-0 full time result which is guaranteed to lose should the first bet win. Reverse engineering is needed to solve this riddle!
Can anyone find the solution?
Your Soccerwidow
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Rasmus, the numbers don’t add up to what you re saying.
If you have 92% success rate with 12% return you’d hardly make a profit.
Say you have a house 100 $ and you bet 10 bucks on 10 games.
Say you win 9 out of 10 (according to your 92%) you’d have made (10+1,2)*9 $ on lost 10. Take out the initial investment and your left with a profit of 0.8 $ on a 100 $ investment. That’s hardly making a comfortable living.
Rasmus probably won’t lose his stake of 10 in total. If his system works correct, the 8% losses will be limited so that the overall winning percentage can be 12%.
After thinking a while on this one I think I get it:
1st bet is Lay 0 – 0 at Half Time
2nd bet is Over 1.5 goals in Total
The 3rd bet is placed only if the 1st bet is lost on half time and is Lay 0 – 0 at Full Time.
But for this to work we have to make sure the odds are “right” and the sums we play should be calculated very carefully.
I dont think this going to work, one example with normal odds: Lay 0-0 half time around 3.00. over 1,5 total around 1,4.
You can never make up for the loss with your third bet. If you can give an example it would be great, i like the idea with a second bet on over 1,5 goals but i cant make it profitable. a Comment from soccerwidow should be interesting on this idea too.
One more observation, you cant make make a lay on 0-0 at full time if the first bet is lost
Forget my last response on the 0-0 fulltime, of course you can do that. Sorry…
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see you in 2015
You are all forgetting one thing, the team must be clear favourite, what you looking is only odds, match selection is important also, more wins should be at the half time lays, the third bet is coming in play at half time laying the score that you think it would not happen, for example: Do you think San Marino can beat Holland 2-0? I think only in science fiction, so you must lay scores that you think will not happen and making up profits on scores that you think one of them will occur, it is simple this slicer strategy, however this is not 100% strategy it never were 100% strategy this man “slicer” claims it is. BUT ITS NOT because it is not 100% strategy nothing is 100% in football so this slicers method is also not 100%
Please put an end to this idle chatter and all move on with your lives.
That is all
Betfair buddy is smashing it often taking 5k a day
Being able to lay bets is the Holy Grail.