It is not very successful though. I do not have the numbers for the win rate of Pudge but most of the matches I have seen in tournaments that played carry Pudge ended in a loss. I agree it was not the best pick at the time. A lot of missed hooks as well. It would have been a big upset if Polaris won that match up.


Secret is down 2-0 and it is not looking good in game 3 as well. Pure is super farmed and Secret has a very hard time managing him. I think it will now end 3-0 in favor of Entity. Good game for secret. They are really worn out. Reso is not performing very well in the lane.

They are desperate so they will accept any offer they have. Anyway, they can view this as their way back to getting higher pay. Schroder has 1 year to prove that he can still be significant in NBA through this contract. A lot of players have been through this kind of contract and was able to get better paying contract later. Hopefully, Schroder can do it. He is still very young and have very much to show the NBA.

My prediction for that game was dead wrong. I think I overestimated the offensive power of the Aces and their ability to win on the road. Both my bets were punished with a loss.

The Suns proved that the home crowd can ignite them. Their defense is everywhere. They controlled the glass, rotated to take away open shots, and jump passing lanes. Their energy is far above what they have shown early in this series.

They have implemented a very effective adjustment as well. They found how to control the offensive prowess of Chelsea Gray by assigning Dewanna Bonner to her and it worked. Gray was limited to 11 points.

I am now excited to see how the Aces will counter the adjustment Suns implemented in this game.

TI is the largest DOTA tournament and the best teams in the world are playing against each other. It would be an experience to go watch the tournaments live. I am from Asia, but I do not have the time to go to Singapore and watch the games live. I will just witness it through their live streams.

Scalpers are too fast to secure tickets and real fans are forced to buy the tickets at a higher price. I do not know if something can be done here but it seems that real DOTA fans are getting punished to have to purchase tickets from scalpers.

Aside from the drafts, they are not in sync all the time. There are times that Ana or Topson are left too deep in the enemy and their teammates are not in position to response or help them. They still have the chance to enter TI through the last chance qualifier since they ended 3rd place. They have a few days to polish their weaknesses and their plays. Hopefully, they come stronger in Last Chance.


Congratulations to Talon for qualifying for TI. It was a hard battle fought against Polaris. The wins are back and forth between Polaris and Talon but in the end, Talon got the win in game 5. Polaris was so close to making it to TI and having an underdog fairytale, but Talon is just too much in game 5.

That will not stop top cagers to play offshore though. You can add teams but what top player will play if they get better offer sheets from leagues abroad. Those teams will just be filled with mediocre players. Some will say that it is not all money but considering that athletes have expiry date on their productivity, most will choose to have higher pay even if they play abroad rather than in pba.

If we look on the positive side of it, our players get exposed to international experiences. They come back here a better player. We can always call them to play for gilas when the our country needs them.

There are some miscommunications here and there in their gameplay but they still played great. They showed amazing DOTA and they gave talon a good fight. I thought they are trolling when they left a refresher in the Rosh but I think they did not see it or expect their teammates to get it because when ana checked next Rosh, he pinged the refresher. They are not out of the tournament yet. They will face Polaris tomorrow in the lower bracket finals. Hope they win it and have a rematch with Talon.

This is my take on Las Vegas Aces vs Connecticut Sun

Now that the Finals is on the homecourt of Connecticut Sun, most are expecting that the Sun will win this game. But they are not giving enough credit for the Aces' ability to win on the road.

Game 2 has shown that Connecticut is no match against Las Vegas. Plum has shown that she does not need help or screens to beat Williams or Bonner off the bounce. Connecticut cannot even leverage its size as they are fought hard by the Aces on the board. With a bigger lineup, they have minimal outside shooting. And the scary part is, the Aces are shooting poorly behind the 3-point line. They are 36.1% in 3 points territory in the regular season, but they are just shooting 23% in this series. If their 3 points start hitting, the Suns will not have enough firepower to match the Aces and its game over.

I believe that the Aces will take this one and get their first WNBA Championship. Good luck with your bets!

Instead of ANA and Topson adjusting to the game play of T1, it seems that the other members are adjusting to the game play of ANA and Topson. I do not think that they are experimenting because their picks are buffed heroes in this patch. We may see more of those picks come TI 11.

We have an exciting game later with the Upper bracket finals between Talon and T1. Mikoto said that they are confident against t1 because ANA and Topson needs to adjust to T1's playstyle. We saw yesterday that T1 is very dominant and that in a short period of time they have found their chemistry. I am betting T1 will be able to take Talon in this match up, 2-1.

I think he is just seeking attention and income from views in his youtube channel. Pingris will not take that bait. Pingris is wise enough not to be used for publicity.

But I think GACO returned the challenge to Rendon Labador with a bet of 10 Million peso. I have no idea yet if Labador is willing to take the challenge. I think the bet is too much for him.

Polaris vs Talon series is just starting. I have the chance to make a bet and I am taking my chances with Polaris. I also believe Talon is a little bit shaky on their gameplay in the previous match so I will take Polaris on my bet.

I think taking +1.5 map handicap is a good bet. This will be a close match so I am really expecting it to reach game 3.

Good luck with your bet folks!

The Sun has done everything they needed to do to defeat the Aces in Game 1. They outrebounded the Aces, 13-6 in offensive rebounds. They also limited their shooting from the deep to just 5 out of 24. The Suns slowed the game and limited the Aces to 58 field goal attempts which are the lowest of the Aces in regular and playoffs. All of these and the Aces still manage to win the game by 3 points. It is a small lead, but it means a lot. The Aces were able to nullify the efforts of the Suns. And a win in a best of 5 series matters a lot.

I am taking the Aces to win Game 2 of this series. They will continue to implement the small ball and if they are able to find their shots in the deep, the Suns will be in big trouble.

I am taking the under this time. The Aces will try to get a good shooting performance in this game, but the Suns will also try to slow down the game with their bigs and their defense. This will be a low-scoring game like the first game.

I was not able to make any bet on SEA qualifiers today and missed some good profit because the top teams did not disappoint at all. They win all their games today. RSG, Talon, Polaris, and T1 are all moving on to the next level, Upper Bracket Semifinals. I am excited to watch the matchup of T1 against RSG. We can witness here how the newly formed t1 will perform against tougher competition.

Execration did put a good fight on that second game.  Unfortunately, SF died for about 100 seconds, and they could not delay the push of T1. Morph has too much firepower at that point, and they easily destroyed the towers.


Nigma is not performing very well even in the most recent tournaments they went through. I guess Kuroky is not as competitive as he used to be. Though they still have a chance to make it through the lower bracket. It is a trend lately that the winners of the finals are coming from the lower bracket. Maybe Nigma will do that as well.

Soniqs won the first game and they are again dominating game 2. They are now leading with 25k gold, 35 minutes into game 2. Nouns are losing team fights after team fights. I do not think they will be able to pull a come back on this game. If soniqs lead the series 2-0, they will have great morale and momentum leading into game 3. Your bet is not looking good at this point.

The Grand Finals for North America qualifiers is about to start. The Finals will be between Soniqs and Nouns.

Nouns dropped Soniqs yesterday from the upper bracket with a decisive 2-0 victory. They have an upper hand against Soniqs. But Soniqs is coming from a comeback win against Wild Card in the lower bracket finals. It means they have the momentum and morale going into the finals.

I think the strongest team in DOTA came from WEU or CHINA. SEA region has good and strong teams, but they are still not as competitive as the teams in CHINA and WEU. But the dedication and the commitment to get better are there. Maybe someday, we will also see a SEA team getting the TI championships.


We already saw his performance in Riyadh and Arlington. But I am still excited to see how he will play now that he is with his old teammate in OG, Topson. I am not expecting so much but I just want to see them play together again. Hopefully, they can carry their team to qualify for TI.

This is what I infer from this news/rumor as well. First, Alaska now Nlex is on sale. This is maybe a signal that profit from PBA is already weak, so they are selling their teams. They are also losing their stars to other leagues in the region. Are we seeing the start of the end of PBA as the top league in the Philippines? Hopefully not, most of us have grown up watching PBA. It is already a part of Filipino culture.

Maybe he will get the normal stats pre Lakers, but he will not be able to carry that team. He will be dominating the ball again because there are no other stars, and he will be the first choice. So, his stats will go up like before, but he will not be able to carry that team to any significant finish because he will have no help. If dame cannot carry the Blazers to the finals, I do not think Westbrook will. His carrying days are over. Most likely, he will just be padding his stats to fish the next contract. That is, if Blazers will take WB, that I doubt will happen. They will stick to Dame most probably.

In the end, I failed to hit anything on my bets. The final score is 67-64 in favor of the Las Vegas Aces. Chelsea Gray and A'ja Wilson contributed 21 and 24 points respectively to win the first game of the series. The suns had a run in the 3rd quarter leading to as much as 8 points, I think, but the Aces were able to rally and take the lead back. This will be a fun series to watch and the Wilson and Jones match-up is something I am looking forward to in this series.

I was not actually expecting to win on Connecticut Sun 11+ spread but it was a fun bet. Just testing if I can be so lucky as to hit that 10.81 odds.  Unfortunately, I was not that lucky even losing the over.

It is the consequence of not developing his game. His game was the same since his rookie years and it is always based on his athleticism. Now that he is aging and losing that athleticism that he heavily relies on, his game is suffering. He never developed defense or any reliable perimeter or 3 points shooting. It all depends on this coming season. He should show that he can still play and adopt so he can still get another contract after his current contract expires. Otherwise, you will be right, he will have a hard time even securing a veteran's minimum contract. But let's see how will events turn on Westbrook's career.