Backing a winning team?

Hi all, just wondering what the consensus is on this scenario: I backed and laid a footie game to get through a WR for a loss of about £2 (on a £200 bet). It was pretty obviously that the match was only going to end one way, just a question of how many goals the winners would score. In this situation, would you put a couple of quid on to win in the in-play back market at smarkets, say around 10 minutes to go (when they were 3-0 up) having already laid this result? I know the odds would only be 1.01 or something, but it would equal out the loss on the matched bet.

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deathstar
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January 15, 2016 at 11:41 am

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0 January 15, 2016 at 12:10 pm

For you to get your £2 back, you would need to lay £200.

There was a game the other day (don’t remember the teams) where the score was 3-0 with a couple of minutes left, by the end of the game it was 3-4. In this case you would have just lost your £200.

Personally I would just take the £2 loss each time, otherwise you are just gambling.

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deathstar 30 January 15, 2016 at 12:17 pm

cheers, I meant just back team A = win, not correct score but I take your point.
I just started thinking about this after realising I should have underlaid in the first place and wondered if there is anything to be done once the match looks likely to go one way or another

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Pickle 60 January 15, 2016 at 1:14 pm

I’m sure Ryan will tell you all about that game. Tranmere were 3-1 down going into injury time and won 4-3.

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RyanB 14 January 15, 2016 at 1:49 pm

3-1 down 90th minute…guess the score 😉

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Pickle 60 January 15, 2016 at 2:11 pm

I’ve seen Carlisle lose 6-0 at Prenton Park so I wouldn’t like to say what was worse. I suppose we knew a bit earlier that we weren’t going to win.

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Drogs 0 January 15, 2016 at 2:41 pm

deathstar, he was talking about backing team A to win as well, not correct score. At odds of 1.01 you would need to bet £200 on team A to win to get your £2 back.

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deathstar 30 January 15, 2016 at 4:39 pm

I guess I wasn’t very clear when I read it back, yes I meant just backing team A to win, not correct score, and 1.01 odds are pretty useless.

I was just wondering if anyone tinkers about once they have actually matched their bets and then find the game is obviously going one way or another? I suppose the only way really is if you have underlaid and can then add a bit of cash to the lay side when its going badly on the pitch.

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