BETTING ODDS FOR THE PLAY-OFF SEMIS

ARGH, Can't you post the fractions? I hate the decimal odds!

Rubbish odds. Its almost worth taking a punt and backing Coventry and cardiff as seperate bets. Then, anything but a panthers V Steelers final and youve made money.

Dont think il bother, il stick with my regular season winnings and have a nice few drinks on them over the weekend and just enjoy (what I can still see) the hockey

Those are the odds as Ladbrokes offer them Sambo, but if it helps :

RESULT AFTER 60 MINUTES PLAY ONLY

Sheffield win - 157/100
Draw - 433/100
Cardiff win - 4/1

Panthers win - 19/10
Draw - 45/10
Coventry win - 26/10

RESULT AFTER OVERTIME & PENALTIES

Sheffield win - 136/100
Cardiff win - 3/1

Panthers win - 161/100
Coventry win - 22/10

If you are a new customer and go in through this link,

www.ladbrokes.com/sports/25GBP/index.php

You are supposed to get £25 free bet

Conditions are

Terms & Conditions

* 18 years & over.
* New customers only
* 1 free bet per customer.
* 1st unit stake bet must be £25 or more on any sports market.
* Free bets will be credited each day on settlement of qualifying bet.
* Free bet can be used on any Sport and can be redeemed online only.
* Stake not returned on winning free bets.
* Free bets must be used in their entirety within 30 days.
* Void bets do not count.
* Ladbrokes rules apply.
* UK & Irish customers only

I wanted to place abet for us to win £25, but it says no free bets... any one else tried?

Rang them, they say you have to bet £25 on 1 bet, then they will give you £25 for another

Mythosman - if you want something doing properly... ;-)

13:00 Sheffield vs Cardiff 4/7 10/3 3/1

17:00 Nottingham vs Coventry 10/11 7/2 8/5


British - (Match betting Inc OT and penalties)

Saturday 4th of April, 2009
Time Selection Odds Selection Odds
13:00 Sheffield 4/11 Cardiff 2/1

17:00 Nottingham 8/13 Coventry 6/5


So, first set of options is for the result after 60 minutes. You can select: home win/draw/away win respectively.

Second set is for outright winners.

Just to explain for people not used to betting. The number to the right of the / is how much you need to put on (stake) to get the number on the left of the / back (returns) if you win the bet you get your stake + your returns.

My tip? Outside bet would be Cardiff to beat Sheffield in regulation at 3/1
I'll probably go for Coventry to beat Nottingham in regulation at 8/5 as I think it's the best value bet out of some rubbish options.

Nope. Sheffield and Nottingham are.

If you put £1 on Sheffield to win you'd return £1.36 including your stake
on Cardiff it would be £3
on Nottingham it would be £1.61
on Coventry it would be £2.20

Which makes Nottingham and SHuff the favourites as you return the least money. (It's to try and discourage you from betting on them as the bookies always prefer the outsiders to win - it's good for their bank balance!)

I think our odds aren't bad value considering the form of the two sides and our home advantage. Just got lucky with a £50 win at Corals so might re-invest it in the Panthers.