Perfect Punter

The Perfect Punter Final Week: A question of perspective

19 May 2010 / 1 Comments

The Perfect Punter stares danger in the eye on the streets of Verona and realises that above all, the most important thing about punting is keeping a sense of perspective....Read more »

Perfect Punter Week 39: Relaxation is key to this whole business

05 May 2010 / Leave a comment

The Perfect Punter recalls that confidence was the number one emotion punters felt when being on a good gambling run and looks at how it ties in with being relaxed and therefore better prepared for going into betting battle.......Read more »

The Perfect Punter Week 38: Make your own decisions about the guys you're betting on

28 April 2010 / 1 Comments

In Week 38 The Perfect Punter warns us against the dangers of believing everything the Media feeds us and encourages punters to decide for ourselves what the key figures are really like and more importantly, who we can trust under...Read more »

The Perfect Punter Week 35: Misconceptions about being a gambler

07 April 2010 / Leave a comment

With the Grand National coming up, the Perfect Punter finds himself being inundated with requests for tips for the world's most famous four-legged race and thinks about how non-gamblers view gamblers....Read more »

The Perfect Punter Week 34: Chasing the glass of dreams...

31 March 2010 / Leave a comment

Dave Farrar won three bets, then he had to go and play up the winnings. A lesson was learned......Read more »

Perfect Punter Week 33: Cheltenham hangover...

24 March 2010 / Leave a comment

Cheltenham Radio presenter Dave Farrar brings you ten lessons to take forward for Cheltenham 2011...Read more »

The Perfect Punter Week 32: Cheltenham!

18 March 2010 / Leave a comment

In just 10 minutes on Wednesday Dave Farrar was lucky enough to capture the spirit of the Festival...Read more »

The Perfect Punter - Week 31: Scouts honour

10 March 2010 / Leave a comment

Dave Farrar takes lessons in analysis from a top football scout and explains why putting yourself on the touchline isn't enough; now you have to get inside the heads of sport's protagonists. Next he'll be telling us to "be the...Read more »

The Perfect Punter - Week 29: Barreto, always Barreto

24 February 2010 / Leave a comment

Dave Farrar travels to Bari to commentate on their match against AC Milan and looks forward to meeting his punting nemesis Paulo Barreto. You couldn't make up what happened next.......Read more »

The Perfect Punter Week 28: The rest is noise

17 February 2010 / Leave a comment

After a quiet Sunday afternoon in Naples, Dave Farrar explains how an intense, partisan match atmosphere can some times inhibit players and make for a cagey, low scoring contest......Read more »

The Perfect Punter Week 27: What if I'm just a bad punter?

10 February 2010 / Leave a comment

Dave Farrar is all of a sudden filled with uncertainty and self-doubt and begins to wonder if it just wasn't meant to be......Read more »

The Perfect Punter Week 26: Knowledge, respect and a little guesswork ... the Guttenplan method

03 February 2010 / 5 Comments

Watching contestant Alexander Guttenplan on University Challenge has given Dave Farrar a fresh insight into successful gambling...Read more »

The Perfect Punter Week 25: A parable for the gambler

27 January 2010 / Leave a comment

Finally the Perfect Punter has found a tale which sums up the weekly quest of gambling......Read more »

The Perfect Punter - Week 24: Shades of the prison-house

20 January 2010 / Leave a comment

The Perfect Punter explains why wiling away the hours in front an implausible television drama has helped him gain greater control over his gambling. And why, when you're in control, you have to take advantage......Read more »

The Perfect Punter Week 23: An eye-opener from the most unlikely of sources

13 January 2010 / Leave a comment

The Perfect Punter meets the perfect woman and learns more about his punting habits than he would normally have expected when meeting a beautiful woman in a bar......Read more »

The Perfect Punter: Chapter 22 - New Year's resolutions

06 January 2010 / Leave a comment

Improving his punting ranks pretty highly on Dave Farrar's list of goals for 2010. So how does he plan to go about it?...Read more »

The Perfect Punter - Week 21: The twelve days of Paulo Barreto (reflecting on what we've learnt)

23 December 2009 / Leave a comment

Dave Farrar pays a special Christmas homage to Bari's beautifully inconsistent Paulo Barreto whilst recalling what the first 21 weeks of trying to be the Perfect Punter have taught us so far....Read more »

The Perfect Punter - Week 20: Sometimes a short price is a good price

16 December 2009 / Leave a comment

The Perfect Punter travels to similarly cold destinations in the form of Cheltenham and Berlin this week for horseracing and boxing action respectively, whilst considering the age-old question of whether heavy odds-on shots can be perceived as betting value......Read more »

The Perfect Punter - Week 19: The day foes turned to friends

09 December 2009 / Leave a comment

In Week 19 The Perfect Punter tells why Paulo Barreto and Fabio Quagliarella, not exactly two of the most celebrated footballers in Serie A, now hold a special place in his punting heart....Read more »

The Perfect Punter - Week 18: Confidence in gambling, confidence in love

02 December 2009 / Leave a comment

The Perfect Punter draws comparisons between getting lucky in love and lucky in gambling. Until we remember that of course it's not about luck but rather state of mind and decison-making......Read more »