SIMON NOTT: Mystery Pro-Punter ‘Tunnel Vision’

The ‘Mystery Professional Punter’ has come back to me, those that took the time to comment on part one on twitter will no doubt be pleased to see that he returned the favour. Some of you even get a mention. So, without further ado, here, in his own words, his reply.

‘I loved some of the responses to the first blog, great to see so many clever people out there with fire burning bright’.

Continued from part one…….

‘A Predator will only strike for a juicy target and will only use his energy sparingly. There is a lot of energy used in each attempt, meaning how many accounts have I got left afterwards. Also, once you do hit your target you can spend a lot of time digesting it. Meanwhile you’re recuperating energy and start the networking process again getting more accounts and options. I don’t want to say too much about that and why I prefer to stay the ‘Mystery Punter’ but you all know the drill.

I’m sure I’ve gone totally soft and even been told so but hey ho the world is a different place right now, many out there are struggling and perhaps after everyone winds in their necks and allows their mind to open, they hopefully may find a new edge and some success in an approach that didn’t occur to them in the past?

One previous response I really liked.

‘To be quite fair I’m not sure how seriously to take someone who states they’ve ‘probably been doing this for the best part of a decade’ when talking about customer analysis that bookmaking firms have been carrying out for years and years. I’m bemused at the notion that this may be a new concept, it’s been there in some form for easily over twenty years.’

So, twenty years? Come on, profiling has been going on in some form since the art of bookmaking began! You know what I mean we’ve all been on course Si, bookies and team would be saying ‘Keep your eye on Chester Barnes, let me know what he backs’, ‘That’s jockey so and so’s driver, see what he’s on’. That is profiling, it was like a game of poker wasn’t it? It’s always going to be.

However, the new age of software profiling, which is still forever evolving, has in my opinion been introduced in best part of the last decade – is that ok?

Always found it ironic that there are so many know-it-all’s who have little to no success, some that have had to work their whole life inside the industry because they couldn’t do it themselves. They just haven’t got it in their make up? Furthermore, all they know are the rigid industry methods, no other ways even exist because either they haven’t been shown or dare not try and think of one themselves. No need, not their job, they don’t have to. What an easy attitude to beat, that’s perhaps why software will rule these departments from now on?

In the early years it was easy to beat the majority of human profilers, total piece of piss absolute joke, they were only looking for certain things to tick boxes. Let’s say they are looking out for only what they perceived as ‘Professional Punter’ bets, we still hear now the same old shit from commentators and pundits nowadays. ‘This is a working man’s price.’ How the hell do you know what is and isn’t a working man’s price? You’re paid for your opinion on something you likely cannot make a living out of yourself. OK, granted everyone’s got to eat.

Kidding those old school types back in the day, well there was nothing sweeter. It actually brings an emotional tear to my eye reminiscing. You got paid multiple times out of them because they just didn’t know what you were doing in such a low-key style. You were placing bets that they didn’t think you could win with long term, so they took them nonchalantly. Initially, when the bets copped they were happy to pay. They even paid with a smile because they just thought you’re a complete mug punter and you were going to do it all back and more over time anyway.

We are back in the days of the ‘bookies always win’ attitude. So, when you keep doing what you do and copping again. They start scratching their heads, their smile starting to ebb away. Then you won again they’re still scratching their heads but the smile’s totally gone and they decide that you can’t do that type of bet anymore, but you’ve had numerous chunks out of them. Now that’s my beloved kidder, parasite way.

To all those calling being a Predator ‘dinosaur tactics’ you are spot on. It most certainly is, the new software is rigid and not as easily kidded as those high and mighty know-it-all industry human profilers.

I’ve just picked and chosen my style to suit the times, if I thought there was currently a different tactic to get more out of, I’d go with that. Circumstances change and right now I’m enjoying my life with no financial pressure. I don’t need to put in the same kind of graft scurrying around like a parasite to get a wage like I once did. Which I don’t think is really possible now, the real juice from that angle has, in my opinion, dwindled. If I can’t kid the software as much I’ll just go less frequently with bigger bullets. ABC Dinosaur style, are you seeing the evolution?

I value my time to a certain financial amount over the course of the block periods I work. I am most certainly not in this game for my health. With a wife and kids, if I’m not getting the just rewards for missing them with the endless hours I put in, then it won’t happen. I don’t need it, there’s ironically little trace of natural gambler in my blood. Also, the idea just burning through accounts and networks willy nilly for buttons – no thanks that’s just amateur.

You don’t become a predator overnight, that comes from years of success and being able to live the lifestyle that goes with the pressure of being a pro punter. In this case 20 years solid graft, laying low playing under the radar and yet it all started by kidding and beating the profilers as a parasite.’

Peace Out. x

The ‘Mystery Punter’ was speaking to Simon Nott.

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