Lay 0-0 HT Back 1-1 HT

[vladilyich]

One of my personal favourite strategies is,after about 20 minutes in a game that is still 0-0 and has a fair bit of action,Shots on target,corners etc,to lay the Half time score market 0-0 and then back 1-1 as cover just in case a quick reply goes in soon afterwards or before Half time. Is it at all possible to automate a 0-0 half time after around 20 minutes and also back 1-1 HT at same time?

[jimibt]

One of my personal favourite strategies is,after about 20 minutes in a game that is still 0-0 and has a fair bit of action,Shots on target,corners etc,to lay the Half time score market 0-0 and then back 1-1 as cover just in case a quick reply goes in soon afterwards or before Half time. Is it at all possible to automate a 0-0 half time after around 20 minutes and also back 1-1 HT at same time?

would you be backing the 1-1 in the CS HT market or extending it out to the full game in the CS FT market??

[weemac]

Why would you need "cover" at all? After the first goal is scored, you've won.

[jimibt]

Why would you need "cover" at all? After the first goal is scored, you've won.

excellent observation, only on 2nd reading did i spot that he'd mentioned the 1-1 back as cover (which of course simply cannot occur as the gaol has come anyway). i think however, maybe he's going for the doubler, and looking to back 1-1 in case the 0-0 scoreline doesn't get layed in time (maybe he's drip laying) - not sure tho as he doesn't mention.

[weemac]

If you laid the HT draw, as opposed to 0-0 correct score, you might want to cover with 1-1 HT (or perhaps FT). I'm not a fan of these so-called 'insurance' bets, but it's started me thinking about how these scorelines' odds change and decay as the 1st half progresses and a goal is scored.

[jimibt]

If you laid the HT draw, as opposed to 0-0 correct score, you might want to cover with 1-1 HT (or perhaps FT). I'm not a fan of these so-called 'insurance' bets, but it's started me thinking about how these scorelines' odds change and decay as the 1st half progresses and a goal is scored.

yup, i'm seeing (in my mind) the 1-1 as a tactical bet for the reason you mention. no matter who scores, the 1-1 will decay and even a few £ can be made inside 4-5 mins in that scenario.

[vladilyich]

One of my personal favourite strategies is,after about 20 minutes in a game that is still 0-0 and has a fair bit of action,Shots on target,corners etc,to lay the Half time score market 0-0 and then back 1-1 as cover just in case a quick reply goes in soon afterwards or before Half time. Is it at all possible to automate a 0-0 half time after around 20 minutes and also back 1-1 HT at same time?

would you be backing the 1-1 in the CS HT market or extending it out to the full game in the CS FT market??

I also meant 1-1 in the HT CS market.
The use of the word 'cover' was a bit of a freudian slip as this strategy began with a LTD Half Time and that required a 1-1 CS Half Time as cover,but I adapted it try and play up the profit if there was an equaliser soon after,which there sometimes is. Eg I would lay 0-0 HT CS with say £10 Liability and then place a £2 bet on the best market price of 1-1 on the HT CS market. So even if there was no 1-1 HT CS at the very least there was a small profit if a goal was scored before Half Time.

Hope this explains it a bit better.

[On Fire]

if he backes 1-1 at HT it could mean odds drop after first goal, thus he wins 0-0 lay bet + locks 1-1 in profit. However I am not aware how significantly odds fluctuate at HT markets.