My name is John Bobbel I have been involved within the tipster circuit for over 4 years now I have been gambling since I can remember I have been fascinated by pitting my wits against the bookmakers.
There aren’t many better feelings than when your horse is coming up to the finish line, when the football or rugby team you have bet on scores a match winning try in the last few minutes the buzz never gets tiresome.
When walking into bookmakers I often say to whoever I’m with “can you smell that” ‘what’ they shall reply I will say this is peoples brains in overtime pitting their wits against the bookmakers. A little bit about me; I started writing rugby league previews and tips for the late great Leroy @LeroyFootyTips ; Leroy was a good guy and he had also learnt from years of hard knocks in the gambling world like most of us have including me, self-discipline and organisation is the key along with watching the sports regular. Sticking to just rugby league was tough as most of you know rugby league can be a very unpredictable and value is hard to find.
Over the last year writing for @lockuptipster who I knew through Leroy as a very successful/organised tipster, when the opportunity arose to be involved with Lockup I thought it was a great opportunity and so far its been an excellent choice. I now consider myself a sports tipster and feel I have excellent knowledge in doing so; instead of sitting down with my tea watching x factor I will put a random Chile game on or an obscure Italian game in Italian commentary.
I eat, sleep and breathe sports and anyone that knows me will tell you the exact same no better debates than over a pint in the local pub what bets people have had, sporting talking points throughout the week etc.
One of the hardest areas within the gambling World is getting the correct stake plan believe me over the years it’s had its ups and downs over the last 5 months I have used 1point = £5 with the maximum of 5points as the max bet.
Out of those 5months I have had 4 out of 5 months profit; personally a lot of my profit will come from in play markets as over the last 10+ years I tend to figure out how the games will pan out, playing at a high standard and been around athletes throughout my career has given me excellent knowledge to do so.
I have a full background in sports I have a sports degree with honours and received a distinction grade at Sports College. I have worked with professional athletes and worked for an unnamed rugby league club. I have done modules in sports psychology, motivation in sport modules and other relevant modules.
When writing tips I will try and get into a team’s mind-set which I believe is fully relevant. I am also trying my hand at rugby league commentary which I have a trial over the Xmas period. I feel the site with @lockuptipster at the elm is going from strength to strength; this guys dedication and advice is second to none I am very glad to be on board such a site. Hope you punters will enjoy the journey. http://lockuptipster.weebly.com/