Local punters clean up with some tasty bets

My fax machine was absolutely red-hot this week with some great bets from local bookmakers who took a bit of a caning at the weekend.
We start with the biggest windfall from the smallest stake. Our favourite kind of bet.
An Andersonstown punter cleaned up at Ladbrokes with a weekend golf bet.
He placed 2 x £2 wins and a £2 double on the Players’ Championship and the Italian Open.
Our wily punter took Hennie Otto at 66/1 and he obliged by a stroke in the Italian Open. Already £132 in the bank and £132 going on Sergio Garcia (40/1) on Sunday night in the Players’ Championship and what a sweat the Andersonstown punter had.
Garcia forced a play-off when he sank a birdie at the last and our punter was now on the sweat of his life. The little Spaniard went on to grab victory and our punter was in punting heaven. He had just won £5,710 for a £6 stake – an amazing bet.
A Springfield Road punter hit the same firm with a £15 treble at the Irish Lotto – his magic numbers came in when 6, 10 and 14 came out to give the punter £9,015.
Another big-money gambler scooped close to 11 grand last Wednesday night with selections at Punchestown. He placed £200 on two horses and £400 on another and rolled them up with a £15 trixie – a layout of £860.
His first horse CEASEN DESERT (12/1) more than paid for the bet when winning the 7.30 and 35 minutes later MODEL ATHLETE (4/1) gave him another windfall and doubles up on his trixie.
His remaining selection NEW PHASE (3/1) hacked up in the last to give our big-time punter a windfall of £10,781 – wow!
We end with what’s another bad luck story in a way, because our punter, although he picked up few quid, could have won a small fortune. The North Belfast man placed a 5p Lucky 57 – a bet that cost him a mere £2.85.
He took all the six races at Chester last Thursday and came so close to going through the card.
He had the first the first FOUR winners with Mull Of Dubai (13/2), Championship Point (12/1), Doctor Fremantle (11/8) and Huzzah (15/2) all winning to give the punter an almighty sweat.
The fifth leg of the bet was to be the downfall when Musical Bridge (9/2) was badly hampered and finished a well beaten fourth.
His last horse, Not My Choice, absolutely sluiced home at (6/1). He picked up £1,676.63 off his docket, but he would have outdone the rest of the winners this week if Musical Bridge had won, but still, a great piece of punting.