Man bets 40k on Kyrgios to win AO

[True Fanerer]

Nick Kyrgios will land one punter close to $1m if he wins the Australian Open.Picture: AAP
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Aus Open Confidential: Whopping bet on Nick Kyrgios to win Open could land punter close to $1 million
Staff writers, News Corp AustraliaJanuary 2, 2018 8:03PM
A WHOPPING bet on Nick Kyrgios to win this month’s Australian Open has left bookmakers stunned, with one ambitious punter facing a near-million dollar payout if the Aussie young gun does the unthinkable.

While Kyrgios can beat anyone in the world on his day, he’s yet to show the kind of consistency required to win a slam and didn’t make it past the second round last year.

That hasn’t stopped one punter unloading on the 22-year-old in a stunning show of faith, outlaying a whopping $40,000 on his to win the title at with sportsbet.com.au at odds of $21.

The punter will be paid out $840,000 if Kyrgios can became the first Australian champion at Melbourne Park since Mark Edmondson in 1976 — a tidy 800k profit.

“This bet totally took us by surprise. Kyrgios has the weapons to win a Grand Slam, but that’s about it really. Best of luck to the punter…..I think they’ll need it,” saidsportsbet.com.au’s Christian Jantzen.

Roger Federer ($3.25) is a firming favourite to win this year’s tournament ahead of world No.1 Rafael Nadal ($4.50), Novak Djokovic ($6) and young gun Alexander Zverev ($10).

 

[Shaolin]

2nd rd loss now guaranteed

 

[Felix le chat]

Fool.

 

[Fedinkum]

If he is a millionaire with cashs to spare, not a bad odd.

 

[sureshs]

Chances of Nick winning are very high.

Nadal, Murray and Djokovic are injured, and Fed is too old

 

[nikdom]

Chances of Nick winning are very high.

Nadal, Murray and Djokovic are injured, and Fed is too old

Sureshs giving his blessings means now he is truly f*cked.

 

[EloQuent]

Chances of Nick winning are very high.

Nadal, Murray and Djokovic are injured, and Fed is too old

The main obstacle for Kyrgios is not the other players

 

[TahoeTennis]

Bet rent on fed at 3 to 1

 

[Deon Sanders]

Chances of Nick winning are very high.

He has really done a great job of proving it so far

When Jack Sock makes you look like a scrub... you are Nick Kyrgios

 

[TheFifthSet]

A more accurate thread title would be: "Man loses 40k"

 

[Fedinkum]

Kyrios just called his trainer for his left thigh...lol. Boom...there goes 40k$

 

[MugOpponent]

The conditions for the bet are actually really good. Health for Nadal, Djoker, Murray, Wawrinka is all in doubt. Of course Nick actually seems to relish playing the big names.....

If Nick somehow has found motivation in the last two months, it's a great bet. It goes without saying that it's a huge if.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Well, Nick's got a bum knee in his Brisbane match, so it looks bleak for him at the AO.

 

[True Fanerer]

Tomic bet his last 40k on Nick.

 

[MugOpponent]

My bookie has Dimitrov at 10/1. That's probably the best value on the board although I find del Potro at 20/1 to be a very intriguing option.

 

[True Fanerer]

My bookie has Dimitrov at 10/1. That's probably the best value on the board although I find del Potro at 20/1 to be a very intriguing option.

I'd go with Dimitrov. Although Delpo can always make a run, but so unpredictable health wise.

 

[ghostofMecir]

 

[Comb Over Champion]

Chances of Nick winning are very high.

Nadal, Murray and Djokovic are injured, and Fed is too old

Are you playing?

 

[Gary Duane]

Chances of Nick winning are very high.

Nadal, Murray and Djokovic are injured, and Fed is too old

Put 40 thousand dollars down on your brilliance and bet on Nick too.

 

[Red Rick]

Punter makes ridiculous punt

Why the **** is this news.

Fed at 3.25 is free money longterm (longterm being the infinite run ofcourse)

 

[SeeingDusk]

That’s pretty dangerous. If Nick retires for whatever reason, the bet is graded as a loss.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

 

[accidental]

John Millman
Pierre Hughes Herbert
Kevin Anderson
Andreas Seppi

These are the superstars that defeated Kyrgios at the grand slams last year

Exhaustive list of players Kyrgios beat at the grand slams last year:

Gasteo Elias
Phillipe Kohlshreiber

That is all

 

[Poisoned Slice]

John Millman
Pierre Hughes Herbert
Kevin Anderson
Andreas Seppi

These are the superstars that defeated Kyrgios at the grand slams last year

Exhaustive list of players Kyrgios beat at the grand slams last year:

Gasteo Elias
Phillipe Kohlshreiber

That is all

 

[yokied]

These are the superstars that defeated Kyrgios at the grand slams last year. That is all

Believe may be the operative word, but I still do. Better odds than there are on any of the gods some pray to materialising. I'm not gonna drop $40k on it, but I'll be putting something out there on Kyrgios, almost as a blessing. Watching him go through the motions Vs Ebden in Brisbane, I still can't believe that he hasn't sorted his body out yet though.

 

[KINGROGER]

Best odds you’ll ever get is Federer 16/1 last year.

I lumped a substantial amount on him because 1. I assumed he’d return to 2014-2016AO level and 2. That level would easily be enough to win if Djokovic wasn’t in top form (which he wasn’t since 2016 RG)

I’m still annoyed I didn’t lump hundreds on him at Wimbledon though. Think he was about 5/2 so a £500 bet would’ve scored a nice £1750 return (I think?)

 

[Fedinkum]

Batman’s crotch is a little tight.

 

[Tennease]

Kyrios just called his trainer for his left thigh...lol. Boom...there goes 40k$

LOL I was in the stadium and the trainer had to attend Kyrgios 3 times.... First just one little brown tape on the back of the knee, then next one the trainer added another brown little tape on the same spot, then the next one big white tape all around the top of the knee and below the knee.... Gah such drama.

 

[George Turner]

 

[Wilhelm]

Chances of Nick winning are very high.

Nadal, Murray and Djokovic are injured, and Fed is too old

Fed was too old last year, now he is just the right age!

 

[Deleted member 77403]

This is just one big LOL, with Kyrgios injured almost straight away.

 

[Gazelle]

If a man has too much money, he can give it to me.

 

[noobforehand20]

expect the guy to sed death threaths after nick losing

 

[Sysyphus]

if people are this desperate to make charitable donations, I think malaria nets would be a worthier cause than lining the pockets of betting houses.

 

[SafinSucks]

Fake news / smart advertising, well done http://www.sportsbet.com.au

 

[Poisoned Slice]

 

[ibbi]

He's going to cough up a triple bagel in the first round just to screw this guy over.

 

[DismalFuture]

Hang on, I’m very confused. If the fully functional Optimus Prime mega robot were built in a factory, would its parents be the machines who put it together, or the people working the assembly line? If it’s the machine, would it’s grandparents be the machines that put the Parent machine together? But what if that machine were made my a human? Then Optimus Primes grandpappy is a human, meaning that by looking at his Ancestry, you might be able to trace his lineage back to yourself, making you V E R Y distant cousins or something.

 

[guitarra]

what can I say? either he is very brave or a millionaire who has too much money anyway

 

[toby55555]

what can I say? either he is very brave or a millionaire who has too much money anyway

or its a desperate last gamble with all the money he has left and the Russian mafia demanding their $1m back by Jan 29th latest. Cilic might have been a better bet and longer odds.

 

[nikdom]

This is just one big LOL, with Kyrgios injured almost straight away.

The curse of sureshs.

 

[EloQuent]

Kyrgios ended up winning tho, so let's see how bad his injury is.

 

[sureshs]

Kyrgios ended up winning tho, so let's see how bad his injury is.

He will win the AO too

 

[EloQuent]

He will win the AO too

Wouldn't put it past him.

 

[nikdom]

Wouldn't put it past him.

If you air drop him into the finals, sure. Getting there surviving week 1 against the grunts/grinders without getting bored, I will say it's not happening (just yet)

 

[Comb Over Champion]

Where is Blubberine?

Oh, here he is:

 

[EloQuent]

If you air drop him into the finals, sure. Getting there surviving week 1 against the grunts/grinders without getting bored, I will say it's not happening (just yet)

might be an interesting draw tho

 

[Qubax]

If I had like millions and millions to bet, and I was looking to bet like $40K on about 10-20 different long shot odds hoping that alteast 1 actually won the bet - then in this scenario, I think the bet makes some sense.

However, in a scenario where it was my only $40K it seems crazy.

 

[SafinSucks]

If I had like millions and millions to bet, and I was looking to bet like $40K on about 10-20 different long shot odds hoping that alteast 1 actually won the bet - then in this scenario, I think the bet makes some sense.

However, in a scenario where it was my only $40K it seems crazy.

Davis Goffin's odds are the same as Nick Kyrgios, I would definitely bet on the latter if I had so much money to spend.

 

[True Fanerer]

He will win the AO too