Absurd AFL Grand Final multis net punter $50k

WE love to tell a good punting story.

We’ve told of a punter who turned $20 into $37,000 on the NRL and and how another league gambler made $137,700 off his multi bet.

But this might be the ultimate pair of pie in the sky multi bets.

The Sportsbet.com.au punter had two $10 multis on the AFL Grand Final.

And he walked away with over $50,000.

That’s right, the punter bet a total of $20 for a total payout of $50,020.

“Clearly this Sportsbet punter gazed into some sort of magical crystal ball ahead of Saturday’s AFL Grand Final, pulling off not one, but two unthinkable $10 multis for a total earn of $50,000,” the bookie’s Ben Bulmer said.

“We tip our hat to this punter on a great win and the Western Bulldogs on winning their second AFL Premiership.”

And, would you believe, his bets were anchored around much-maligned Western Bulldogs’ forward Tom Boyd to do something with his life.

Boyd had rarely shown signs of life in his young AFL career that has made him a millionaire after a big money move from Greater Western Sydney.

But this punter must have seen something in his second half performance against his former club in the preliminary final, because his key bet was around the big man to kick three or more goals.

The other bet involved in both of his multis was the Dogs to win by 1-39. Given that they were outsiders, this appears a savvy one in hindsight. If they were going to win, it never looked like being by a lot.

Although, if they had another five minutes, the punter might have been worried, with the Doggies absolutely storming home to win by 22 points in the end.

Here is how he did it:

Multi Bet 1

Leg 1: Luke Parker 1st goal scorer

Leg 2: Tom Boyd to kick 3 or more goals

Leg 3: Western Bulldogs 1-39

Stake: $10

Payout: $25,010

Given Parker has kicked 25 goals this season, this was certainly not the worst bet, but when there are blokes like Lance Franklin and Kurt Tippett looming, you’re always going to get decent odds. What makes it even more remarkable is it took nearly 12 minutes for the first goal to be kicked. He might have known something, though, because Parker, who spends the majority of his time in the midfield, played forward for a long period in the opening term.

Add that to his Boyd and Doggies margin bets and there is $25k right there.

But this one is even more ridiculous.

A six-leg special featuring Boyd and a bunch of margin bets throughout the game.

Surely this guy is Nostradamus.

Or maybe he is Marty McFly and came back from the future to clean up on the Western Bulldogs’ insipring grand final win?

Multi Bet 2

Leg 1: Tom Boyd to kick 3 or more

Leg 2: Western Bulldogs 1-39

Leg 3: Western Bulldogs to lead at 1/4 time

Leg 4: Sydney Swans to lead at ½ time

Leg 5: Western Bulldogs to lead at ¾ time

Leg 6: First half to be highest scoring half

Stake: $10

Payout: $25,010

The Swans kicked the first goal of the game through Parker but, in a pressure packed opening term, the Bulldogs fought back to take a narrow eight point lead into the first break, thanks to goals within a minute and a half of each other from Tory Dickson and Zaine Cordy.

Tick that one off with the Dogs leading at quarter time.

And our punter would have been smiling when Boyd bagged the first of the second quarter. One down, two to go.

The Swans then kicked one through Nick Smith splitting the sticks, but Dickson struck again and then Liam Picken and it looked like his half time bet for Sydney to lead was in danger.

But the Swans’ marauding midfield gave them a boost, booting four in a row through Tom Mitchell, Josh Kennedy (two) and Gary Rohan. Tom Boyd got on the board with his first and then Toby McLean struck late to give him a scare, but the Swans took two point lead into the major break.

He would have also been pleased with the 14 goals scored between the two teams in the opening half. This was never going to be a free-flowing contest and, given that he backed the opening half to be the highest scoring of the two.

He wanted the Dogs to bounce back after the long break and they did early, through Dickson with his third, but Kennedy fired back and, despite Clay Smith’s goal, the sons of the west looked very wasteful kicking six behinds from their eight scoring shots in the term. It was enough, though, because the Swans only managed one goal themselves, bringing the margin back to the eight points it was at quarter time.

So that’s three legs in the bag.

By this time, we reckon our punter was getting very, very nervous.

Could the Dogs keep it going?

Can Boyd somehow become a hero?

Can the scoring stay lower than the opening half?

Yes, yes and yes!

But it wasn’t without an early scare.

Big Lance had been oh, so quiet, but he kicked the first goal of the final term and maybe, just maybe, the Swans were back in it.

But a ridiculous snap from the largely invisible Jake Stringer, restored the lead, before Sydney went again, this time through George Hewitt.

But that was that.

Picken goaled again, and then Boyd snagged one from outside 50 to build the tension to breaking point.

Picken kicked the last of the game and the Dogs were home, 13.11 (89) to 10.7 (67).

The match had tightened up in the second half and the two sides managed just nine between them after the long break, giving the punter another dose of $25k.