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The Redeem Team comprehensively beat the Australian Boomers in Beijing last night, but it was close in the first half. Down by just a single point after the first quarter, and unlucky to trail by twelve at half-time, the Aussies really took it to the gold medal favorites in the first half of the match.

With six seconds left in the half, the Australians had managed to stay within striking distance of the Americans and Aussie Mark Worthington lined up from the 3-point line and let a shot fly. Had it gone in, it would have been a six-point game at the half. But it was short and Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams managed to get the ball upcourt for a swished 3 point shot to extend the lead to 12.

The Americans late first half run continued into a confident third quarter, and they opened up a lead that was never again threatened.

But our prediction of the Aussies covering the spread in a high scoring game turned out to be correct, with the over/under of 178 being blown out of the water and the +32 point spread just scraping in with a 31 point winning margin.

Although we would have liked it to be closer, with an injured Bogut on the sidelines and their shooters going cold, we were proud of the Australians putting in enough of an effort to win us some money!

Next up the Americans will face the Athens gold medalists Argentina and NBA sixth man of the year Manu Ginobili. The Argentinians just scraped past the Greeks, 80-78 to setup the Semi Final matchup. In the other Semi Final it will be Lithuania against Spain.

At BetUS, the USA is -18 point favorites in the Semi Final, with the over/under set at 183.5. The Argentinians will try to slow down the play so we’re not comfy betting on the over/under in this one. But with a score to settle you can bet that Kobe Bryant will make sure that 18 point spread is blown away. You can bet on the Redeem Team to cover the spread in this one and advance to the gold medal game.

There’s been so much action going down at OG headquarters that I haven’t had much time to post any blog entries. Along with trying to qualify for the WSOP main event, we’ve been crying in our beer about the Lakers losing the NBA finals. Not crying as much as Phil Ivey though…

Although we got close at Full Tilt, I missed out on playing the WSOP in Vegas the cheap way this year. If I want to play now, I have to pony up the $10k, plus flights, plus hotel…. Instead of doing that I’m just going to mark in my calendar to start trying to qualify earlier next year and not leave it until the last minute again!

My full action junkie attention span of 30 seconds is now focusing on something you may not have heard of, let alone thought to bet on before. It’s kind of like NFL, but no pads allowed.

You might not have known, but Ed’s an Aussie from way back. And in Australia this week is Rugby League’s premier event. The ‘State of Origin’ is the equivalent of the Superbowl in terms of viewer interest and TV ratings. It’s a mid season series of three games between players from two states - Queensland and New South Wales - where the majority of Rugby League players originate. Us Aussies pick strange contests to make a big deal out of…

They leave their club teams and play for their state. In the history of the series, each side has won an equal number of times - it’s been an amazingly tough and evenly matched contest over the years. And players play harder than than do in any grand final. The rest of the actual club season is almost an anti-climax once the State of Origin is finished.

But anyway, I’m a Queenslander, and we’re known as the ‘Maroons’ or the ‘Cane Toads’. New South Wales are the ‘Blues’ or the ‘Cockroaches’. And we hate each other at this time of year! Queensland is a slight favorite after winning 30+ to nil in game two, but game three is in Sydney where we always struggle to win.

If you’re interested in having a bet on something new than try taking a punt on the State of Origin at Bodog >> yes it’s a big enough event worldwide for even Bodog to offer odds!

Queensland is the slight favorite, but like I said they’re on the road, so I’d rate NSW as the slightly better bet at 2.35 for the win or 1.83 with the 4.5 point head start.

You cheer with your heart, but bet with your head right?

Go Maroons!

Ed

Back before Euro 08 started, we picked Russia as our longshot for the tournament.

We prety much based our pick on the odds and the coach. No Guus Hiddink team should ever be 26-1…

But they have tough task ahead of them, in playing Spain tonight for a spot against Germany in the final. Bodog Sportsbook has them at an outside chance of 3.45 to beat Spain, who are paying 1.95. (convert sports odds formats with the OG calculator)

Russian keeper, Igor Akinfeev had some oinspiring words for his team mates before the semi final. “We shouldn’t be afraid of anything,” he said.

“We have almost made it to the top of the mountain, but we want to reach the peak. Neither Spain nor us want penalties. It’s not good for the nerves and only puts more grey hair on our heads.”

We’ll be watching the game and cheering home our 26-1 bet. Do us proud you Russkies!