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A PUB in Melbourne’s east appeared to turn into a UFC octagon yesterday as more than six punters took to brawling after a13-second UFC featherweight title bout.
Not sure if this was posted in here already, but I found it rather hilarious. Most likely someone lost money betting!
some of the strangest dudes ive ever seen hang out in tabs
One of my fave tab experiences involved an astute punter who appeared to lose a packet on several sub 1.4 trots in a row. He then shouted 'it's all f***ing bull***t' as he tore down every form guide in the place in a state of ice fueled rage. Never have I heard a more accurate summation of punting.
Back in the 90s One day as I was catching the train from Footscray I passed a man down on his luck, begging for 50cents so he could buy a ticket catch a train to Dandenong.
I would later see this man the next day & many days after in Footscray TAB. I guess he never made it back to Dandenong.
Blokes that fall asleep in TAB's?
For fixed odds anything over $200 gets caught and has to be processed manually. Paramutual you can set the limit yourself. I used to set it to 1k. If you have a bloke betting a few hundred a race you don't want the terminal ringing every time he places a bet, the whole tab will turn around to see who is betting.
The difference between pub tabs and agencies. It still applies.One of the TABS I used to frequent the bloke working behind the counter set the limit to $50....that was fun times!
I was half scared I might see myself in thereThis beauty popped up on my FB news feed today
https://www.punters.com.au/news/Fashions-of-the-TAB_143073/
following Saturday's protest outcome...were there any stories?
Boosted my quaddie dividend by 300 maybe 400%. karma after missing the sydney one last week by a pimplefollowing Saturday's protest outcome...were there any stories?
- The TAB Owner: Spends the day changing channels on screens, turning up volume, telling other patrons to be quiet so he can watch the college basketball while the Melbourne Cup is on. Takes command of form guides, pens and entire desks. Is actually only a punter.
this is goldI know many of these may have already appeared in this thread but collating some of my personal favorites
Multi Man: Spends hours combining UFC/English Premier League/NFL/Logies/1st round winners in an obscure satellite tennis event. Likes putting them on just before a Group 1 and then has ticket issues which hold up the queue behind.
- I-Phone Guy: Never seen putting a ticket through a machine, but taps away at his I-Phone to put his bets on, Happy enough to scoff the free coffee and biscuits and take charge of terminals, however
- Shouters: You will never be in any doubt what they are on. Neither will most people within a 20 metre radius.
- Young Punters: Groups of young blokes, just learning about betting. Veer markedly between being I-Phone Guy and Shouters.
- Little Old Lady: Be wary of these beings. Can look like they have no idea what they are doing, wearing a nice flowered skirt and a paper carefully marked out, but probably winning more than 95% of the other punters there
- Trainer’s Friend: “Trainer reckons it’s flying and is a sure thing”. When runs 11th in a bush maiden at $67 “It was unlucky/checked/back it next time”.
- Jailbird: Easily picked by his haircut, short back and sides, a wary look in his eye, can be very jumpy at the wrong questions. Usually only places small bets but seems to understand fractional betting better than most, which leads to…
- The Fractional Punter: Loves putting a quaddy on for 1%, spends $5 on it and then wonders why he is still down on the deal 3 hours later.
- The Historian: Was there when Ajax lose at 40 to 1 on, and saw Mel Schumacher grab the leg of the jockey riding Blue Era in the 1961 Derby. Closely related to…
- The Smoker: Yearns for the days when he could puff inside the agency. Stands in doorways with a blue cloud around him. Only enters to frantically place a number of bets before departing again to watch from the doorway.
- Conspiracy Theorist: When his conveyance loses, it is due to corruption/underworld intervention/nobbling/corrupt stewards
- The Luckiest Punter: Can walk into a TAB, look at the betting for 30 seconds, and nab the $51 winner, then take a 3 dog box trifecta of the outsiders and watch them romp in, before an after the siren kick in the last AFL game of the round lands him the only live unit in the Footy Quad
- The Unluckiest Punter: Takes a 2 runner quinella in a four horse race and watches them run 3rd and 4th. Can be on a dog leading by 10 lengths on the turn who breaks down. Started his punting career by placing a bet on the Fine Cotton race, but was actually on Harbor Gold (the runner up) that day, and was co convinced there wouldn’t be a protest, he tore his ticket up and went home.
- The Animal Hater: Not above yelling for the leading horse or dog to collapse and break down as he is on the runner up for the win.
- The TAB Owner: Spends the day changing channels on screens, turning up volume, telling other patrons to be quiet so he can watch the college basketball while the Melbourne Cup is on. Takes command of form guides, pens and entire desks. Is actually only a punter.
- The Stinkpot: No other description. Smells worse than bin night. Insists on standing near you wherever you go. Probably doing okay on the punt but somehow can’t afford a can of deodorant
- The Minor Celebrity: Vaguely familiar, might have been on a reality show, or played a few one-dayers for Victoria. Tends to have shades of TAB Owner to him. Not above “don’t you know who I am” when questioned about his manner
- The Major Celebrity: Very well known, you wonder what is he doing there. Usually a great bloke to chat with, makes time for people and tends to walk out a winner.