Pat Farrell has been drawn out of the hat to play Pun v Punter for Day 3 of Cheltenham. He’ll be pitting his wits against the might of completely random tips designed mainly to suit a pun that our expert team of pun-makers have been working on relentlessly.
 
In our now customary fictional biography, Pat is an avid stamp collector and is particuarly proud of one stamp he got back in 1995 when he left his foot a little too close to an elephant’s leg whilst watching the St. Patrick’s Day parade.
 
The events we’re asking Pat for tips are:
- The winner of the Ryanair Chase
- A 1st Goalscorer bet for the Liverpool v Lille match
- A correct score bet for Fulham v Juventus
- A top Runscorer bet for the Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals IPL game
- A bet on the winning margin in the Munster v Scarlets game
 
The tips we’ve shoehorned into a pun are as follows (see the homepage for the full beauty of the puns):
 
- Deep Purple in the Ryanair Chase
- Torres to score first @ 3/1
- Fulham to beat Juventus 2-1 @ 7/1
- Asnodkar to be Top Rajasthan Royals Runscorer @ 4/1
- Munster to beat Scarlets by 21-25 points @ 10/1
 
We’ll post Pat’s tips here tomorrow morning and as always, if he gets more profit to a £1 stake than us, he’ll e-walk away with a £50 Free Bet.
 
If you just want to show off your tipping skills or warm up for an attempt later in the week, you can leave your tips or comments below. Alternatively, you can try to get in on the action and put your name down for the draw to be Wednesday’s punter by emailing competitions@paddypower.com with the subject line ‘I’m Going To Kick Your Pun Loving Asses‘

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We got through those first three games alittle quicker than expected so here’s a bonus quickfire game with a €/£25 free bet on offer. Just say what you see…and no begging allowed. It’s very unbecoming. Game on!!

Some simple rules to give everyone a chance.
1. No matter which saying you think the image actually portrays, it’s our answer you have to match.
2. Only one guess per person per square revealed, until the entire image is revealed and then it’s a free-for-all.
3. Complaining that the image is too vague, unrelated, badly made, artistically without merit, will be ignored.
4. You need to have a Paddy Power account to get the free bet.
5. The interpretation, bending and ignoring of all rules is entirely at my discretion and if you don’t like it, don’t play.

A quick note: Please make sure to use the same email address you have registered with your Paddy Power account when you’re giving your answer here.

Winner: Nick takes down the €/£50 free bet for getting Pencil Pusher.

Today’s bonus €/£25 free bet goes to Brian Bennett who not only did a whole lot of moaning, also made me chuckle with his Plank Stapleton guess on Game 1. Nick’s No Ikea comment was good too but he took the bonus round and one free bet per day is your lot from me.

Enjoy guys, I hope you put them to good use.

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You lot are getting better at these, we haven’t gotten down to the final square once today. Hopefully game 3 will prove a more serious test. Just say what you see and the first correct answer wins a €/£50 free bet. There’s also some fierce competition for the funniest and weirdest guesses of the day, which will earn some hilarious/disturbed soul a €/£25 free bet.

Some simple rules to give everyone a chance.
1. No matter which saying you think the image actually portrays, it’s our answer you have to match.
2. Only one guess per person per square revealed, until the entire image is revealed and then it’s a free-for-all.
3. Complaining that the image is too vague, unrelated, badly made, artistically without merit, will be ignored.
4. You need to have a Paddy Power account to get the free bet.
5. The interpretation, bending and ignoring of all rules is entirely at my discretion and if you don’t like it, don’t play.

A quick note: Please make sure to use the same email address you have registered with your Paddy Power account when you’re giving your answer here.

We have a winner!! Rob took down the final game of the day with the answer Splitting Heirs and won himself a €/£50 free bet. Congratulations fellow Rob.

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Game 1 ended a little too quickly so this one is a little trickier. Just say what you think you see and the first one to guess correctly gets a €/£50 free bet. There’s also a daily €/£25 free bet for the funniest incorrect answer and one for the worst answer of the day. Even losers can be winners!!

Some simple rules to give everyone a chance.
1. No matter which saying you think the image actually portrays, it’s our answer you have to match.
2. Only one guess per person per square revealed, until the entire image is revealed and then it’s a free-for-all.
3. Complaining that the image is too vague, unrelated, badly made, artistically without merit, will be ignored.
4. You need to have a Paddy Power account to get the free bet.
5. The interpretation, bending and ignoring of all rules is entirely at my discretion and if you don’t like it, don’t play.

A quick note: Please make sure to use the same email address you have registered with your Paddy Power account when you’re giving your answer here.

We have a winner!!!. Mick takes the free bet with “Playing The Race Card”. Congratulations. Next game will start about 2pm.

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Welcome to day 2 and another series of Cheltenham Katchphrase games. You’re probably licking your wounds after what was an abysmal opening day for punters at Cheltenham, so to get today off to a better start there’s a €/£50 free bet on offer…and I’ve chosen one of the easier Katchphrases we have left. So best of luck to all…if there’s anyone around at this hour.

Some simple rules to give everyone a chance.
1. No matter which saying you think the image actually portrays, it’s our answer you have to match.
2. Only one guess per person per square revealed, until the entire image is revealed and then it’s a free-for-all.
3. Complaining that the image is too vague, unrelated, badly made, artistically without merit, will be ignored.
4. You need to have a Paddy Power account to get the free bet.
5. The interpretation, bending and ignoring of all rules is entirely at my discretion and if you don’t like it, don’t play.

A quick note: Please make sure to use the same email address you have registered with your Paddy Power account when you’re giving your answer here.

We have a winner!! Congratulations to Sean who has cracked today’s first Katchphrase ‘Shiver Me Timbers’. That was a little too easy so I’m going for a tricky one next. The comedy bonus bet is still up for grabs but a few of you have had me chuckling already so it won’t be an easy choice. Next game starts at 11.30am.

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Things went the way of the punter in Day 1 and looking to maintain that 100% record is Christina East, who’ll be doing the tipping for Day 2 of our Pun v Punter competition.
 
Christina enjoys learning languages and spends her evenings canvassing for the Monster Raving Loony Party who she hopes will claim a landside victory in the upcoming General Election. Again, that’s not true, it’s just something that happens on quizzes and if it is true, good on ya Christina.
 
The events we’re asking Christina for tips are:
- A scorecast bet for Barcelona v Stuttgart
- A correct score bet for Bordeaux v Olympiakos
- A top Runscorer bet for the Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians IPL game
- A Faller Insurance bet in the RSA Chase
- A bet for the Queen Mother Champion Chase betting without Master Minded
 
The tips we’ve shoehorned into a pun are as follows (see the homepage for the full beauty of the puns):
- Messi to score 1st and Barca to win 3-1 @ 22/1
- Bordeaux v Olympiakos - a 0-0 bore draw (but if it’s a 0-0 exciting draw we still win) @ 7/1
- Sachin Tendulkar to be top Mumbai Runscorer`@ 5/2
- Weapon’s Amnesty to win the RSA Chase with on Fallers Insurance
- Forpadydeplasterer to win the Champion Chase W/O Master Minded
 
Christina must be brilliant at tipping because she had enough time to include an essay along with her tips, the pick of which was:
“- I have to agree with Messi, I’m afraid, but think it will be 2-1
- How does 1-1 sound? A more raw poor score draw…..
- Someone told me Sehwag is opening, and apparently that gives him a good chance. I learn something every day!
- Punchestowns. Low odds, but may well win
- I can see why you would… but I will go for Kalahari King, and cross my fingers for a race deserted by the favourite!”
 
Wow, including her own puns! Very impressive. If Christina gets more profit to a £1 stake than us, she’ll e-walk away with a £50 Free Bet.
 
If you just want to show off your tipping skills or warm up for an attempt later in the week, you can leave your tips or comments below. Alternatively, you can try to get in on the action and put your name down for the draw to be Wednesday’s punter by emailing competitions@paddypower.com with the subject line ‘I’m Going To Kick Your Pun Loving Asses‘

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Okay then, we’ll squeeze in one more game and one more free bet.

Some simple rules to give everyone a chance.
1. No matter which saying you think the image actually portrays, it’s our answer you have to match.
2. Only one guess per person per square revealed, until the entire image is revealed and then it’s a free-for-all.
3. Complaining that the image is too vague, unrelated, badly made, artistically without merit, will be ignored.
4. You need to have a Paddy Power account to get the free bet.

A quick note: Please make sure to use the same email address you have registered with your Paddy Power account when you’re giving your answer here.

Winner!! Mark won this one by correctly guessing ‘A Turn Up For THe Books’

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We managed to get all 9 squares revealed in Game 1 before Gemma guessed correctly and I fancy our chances of stringing this one out too. Prove me wrong though and a €/£50 free bet is yours!

Some simple rules to give everyone a chance.
1. No matter which saying you think the image actually portrays, it’s our answer you have to match.
2. Only one guess per person per square revealed, until the entire image is revealed and then it’s a free-for-all.
3. Complaining that the image is too vague, unrelated, badly made, artistically without merit, will be ignored.
4. You need to have a Paddy Power account to get the free bet.

A quick note: Please make sure to use the same email address you have registered with your Paddy Power account when you’re giving your answer here.

Result: Peter Rickard got in there first with Down To The Wire…Congratulations, the free bet shall be in your account shortly.

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Everyone’s really busy getting ready for Cheltenham, so what better time to launch a vague and complicated competition? In fairness, it’s not that complicated. Regular readers of the paddypower.com homepage will have noticed our quality tipping mixed with pun-work. Well, maybe quality isn’t the right word, but they’re there none the less.
 
It’s called Pun v Pundit and as the name suggest it pits your tipping skills against our pun/tipping skills. We’ll ask for your tips on a selection of events that we’ll be punning up on the homepage. If you end up with a bigger profit to a £1 stake for your tips than our homepage stories manage, you’ll get a £/€50 Free Bet. Simple as.
 
Email competitions@paddypower.com with the subject line ‘I’m Going To Kick Your Pun Loving Asses‘ and we’ll draw one lucky person to play for each day of the Cheltenham Festival.
 
Stuff you need to know:
- We’ll need to use your real name.
- You’ll need to have a paddypower.com account to play.
- We’re going to need your answers before 10am on the day itself.
- Prices will the settled at the price the selection is at 10am on the day.
- It’s our ball and we reserve the right to walk off with it in a strop if things don’t go our way. Not really, but our decision is final.
 
We’re going to pick our first contestant on Monday evening and then we’ll reveal what events we need your tips for.

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We’ve got a VIP trip for two to the Paddy Power Imperial Cup on Saturday 13th March up for grabs.

Our lucky winner and a guest will receive a pair of Premier Enclosure badges, a champagne reception, a four course meal AND a complimentary bar. And what’s more we’ll stump up £100 spending money although given everything is thrown in I don’t know what you can spend it on.

The Imperial Cup is always a great days racing and guaranteed to get you in the mood for Cheltenham, not least because the winner of the big race has the oppportunity to pocket a tasty £75,000 bonus if he or she goes on to win at the festival.

With that in mind there is a special Cheltenham Festival Panel after racing- so if you want to get the latest knowledge from the likes of Nicky Henderson, Andy Stewart and even Paddy Power himself (I suggest you ignore him) then that’s part of the package too.

All we need you to do is answer this simple question:

Which trainer won the 2009 Paddy Power Imperial Cup

a) Nicky Henderson

b) David Pipe

c) Phillip Hobbs

To enter email us at competitions@paddypower.com with the subject line “Imperial”. Include your answer and remember to include your username, name and a mobile phone number so that we can contact you if you win. We’ll probably announce the winner publicly, so if you’re not cool with that don’t enter! Final date for entries is Tuesday 9th March. Good luck!

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