I don't think the any pool will be announced just yet, at least it will be by mid of next month, because there are still varieties of things to work out by the organizers from looking for sponsorship to struck and platforms to be used.

If you'd rather not have it with you, I'm sure there will be a couple of organizers that could help you out with keep them, such as Trofo, who I know will be handling a number of pools too, and plays in almost every pool out here, he could be willing to help.

I have a different perspective and all the questions seemed rather very easy at first glance imo, I probably would have taken a side bet of getting at least 6 correct answers after seeing the questions, that's why it was a bloodbath in the spreadsheet because we all had a similar idea on some instances. However, it's always easier said than done, as usual.

The screenshot is rather confusing, but if you're familiar with E-sports in general like CS:GO or Dota 2, there are often 3 finals, Upper Bracket Final (where the loser get another shot at making it to the final), by playing the winner of the Lower Bracket Final, then the winner faces the winner from the upper bracket final, the main or grand final (which usually is a best of 5 series).

EDIT: Trofo beat me to it, with a better explanation with the bracket image, that's ideally how it works some of these e-sports.

I have BetBoom Team to win the tournament and to play against PSG.LGD in the final, I've already won the round against my opponent, Thanks to Alcaraz proving he can adapt pretty well to any surface, and Zverev also failing to secure a place in the final put the round in the bag for me, but now I believe I could be up for 2 different Free bets round If PSG can reach the final and lose to Betboom Team.


Good game mate, better luck next time 👍

I like the Golden State Warriors being rid of Jordan Poole, he'll be such a mess to have as the heir to the post splash brothers era and he's shown it multiple times, in my candid opinion. The supposed new deal he got last year is already getting way deep into his head, but the if the Warriors clearing massively off their salary cap is to retain Draymond Green or hand him some ridiculous deal as mentioned above then trading Jordan Poole would be a stupid move in my opinion, I think this players also need to understand that these franchises are peoples business and they as players only stayed over the years because their getting as paid they dim fit and their dreams aligned, but this felling of entitlement after they're getting old and the franchise needs to start thinking of the future they begin to play some victim card, instead of just getting the hell away to some place where to they can milk some money off before calling it quits on their already ending careers.

It was freaking disgusting to watch him play like that to be frank, and they all are humans and are bound to have bad or even terrible days as we all do, but showing no character whatsoever or even any passion for the match was an eyesore and I thought for a second that it was only myself who noticed it simply because I had money on the line, but this proves me right, If doesn't care about Halle, he could have just withdrawn from the tournament all along, I don't think there is penalty for that, is there ? I'm sure there are 100s of other Tennis players that would have wanted to witness that experience... I guess I'm done with him and Tsitsipas for the time being. I'll just stick to my Rude, Rune and Alcaraz for now!

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Alcaraz to the finals, and that brings home my first H2H edge, but GG have leveled up against Talon in the Dota 2 match up  

I was hoping Talon would eliminate Gamin Gladiators, at least that would give me my first edge in the H2H vs my opponent, but I don't know how to feel with your bet, Talon have been quite impressive later and I would have had my bet on them to win a map rather than ML on GG, Talon have won the first map, and I think any won who stream the fixture on twitch would definitely.

I was literally simultaneously watching Bublik vs Zverev, while also streaming Dota 2 on Twitch, I mean on Saturday afternoon, but when there no football event how much of a choice do we have. That said, Bublik with yet another upset by eliminating Zverev 2-0, that's coming after having great game versus Sinner, I'll probably be backing him for the finals.

I think given number of players on the flank or in the centre forward position that have arrived after Nicolas Pepe and made some real impact without being hyped up as much as Pepe was, it pretty much easy and straight forward to consider him one of the biggest transfer fails by Arsenal, arguing about the changes in coaches and general ideology would make a reasonable excuse for his failure at the club because pretty much almost nothing was working back then imo, and considering crucial goals and assist, I might not have been an Arsenal fan or saw every of their game, but I'm sure I would have seen between 40-50% of their important and crucial games they've played in the last 5-6 years (crucial and important as interpreted by me would be major cup finals, semi finals, some quarter finals (vs credible opponents), and most of the games vs top 6 opponents in the league), and I can say I barely even remember his name if I were to speak about any of these games. However, I'm sure our criterial for crucial goals and assist might be contrast for example any game winning is often crucial to every team regardless of the opponent, so it's very much likely that I missed it. Even as much as Andrey Arshavin spell almost didn't end up very well as it started, and it already should be about 10 years or more he left Arsenal, but then those 4 goals against Liverpool will live at the heart of most football lovers who witnessed it.

Yes, it's as though we have like minds on that, I'm sure looking at some dark horses outright for Wimbledon too, I just need a little bit of more information regarding the seedings and the draw path, so I might have about 2-3 outrights on some underdogs. Alcaraz winning this tour would put him back at World No 1, I don't know if that will be of any effect on the seeding for Wimbledon, so I'll just wait for the draw chart and how both current ends before I draw my conclusion.

Danil Medvedev with the huge let down for me, as I have already anticipated that Jannik Sinner game would be considered void and it was but Medvedev with non impressive and losing body language see to it that I lost my bet 

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Oh Ye Alcaraz doubters today is the day he gets to prove you all wrong, but it's now a very fine margin between me and my opponent, every remaining question now have it's own significant impact on how our fixture would end, and It's very likely that the winner would known by the end of today.

Zverev had better not make it to the finals, because that'd give darxiaomi the win over me in the question number 8, and that gives him a kind of edge in the H2H.


I'm tuned in to Alcaraz v Dimitrov, and I don't want any more surprises today, please!

Alcaraz is finally getting his rhythm back despite not being on his favorite surface and he looks to have gotten over his injury fully, and it would help him go further in this tournament.

It's a crazy round indeed, Jannik Sinner retiring have also ruined a lot of picks and I have bet on him, I hope it's going to get voided since the match wasn't completed right ? and I had him to win ML.

Medvedev is now trying to ruin the last part of everything for me, he's lost the first setnand he's still struggling to take any positive edge here in the second, would be such a for me if he does lose this, his entire body language doesn't seem motivated and lack confidence for this game, currently down by 2 games to 1 in the second set as well.

I also had Tsitsipas too, along side Medvedev... Tsitstipas being Tsitsipas yet again eliminated flawlessly in the second round, I really should have stuck to my initial choice of Jannik Sinner or Zverev, they've been more consistent for me than Tsitsipas, I just always decide to learn my mistakes the hard way, don't I ?

Jannik Sinner had to come from being one set down to win the game in good rhythm, I'm sure the amount of players that choose Sinner as one of their  finalist must feel some awkward after he dropped the first set, but he didn't look nervous or phased and still play as though it was an even game. That's  how exactly how to earn people's trust if you ask me.

Meanwhile my opponent is actually one of the few users that picked neither Medvedev, nor Tsitsipas / Sinner, so I'm already at a disadvantage for that question, however,  I still can't back his pick of Hurkacz vs Zverev, Hurkacz, simply because Hurkacz could still face Rublev and Medvedev in the Quarter final and semi finals consecutively, that's quite a huge task to ask of him imo, while Zverev is also likely to face Sinner too, It's going to be tough, so I have to commend him for his predictions too because I don't think they're only just some gutsy picks, but rather some insightful ones. Had he not been my opponent for this week, I really would have wished he would win the round or at the very least that tennis section.


Elsewhere, Alcaraz is still proving to be a formidable force to be reckoned with in London, he's having a walk in the park against Lehecka here, so imo, he already should be looking forward to who is next opponent would be (I'd say Cerundolo)...

Joselu is a fantastic player but maybe not what Real Madrid should have gone for, but you need to understand the circumstances surrounding Madrid reason for signing him, and it's solely because they need a replacement for departed Benzema before they'll go for Mbappe next season, Real Madrid are actually very smart not to have spend on big forward line when they're sure of landing Mbappe who have refused to renew is contract with PSG and would be a free agent by next summer, so it's a calculative move for Real Madrid, I'm sure they must have already finalized talks with Mbappe behind the scene that's not well opened to the general public.

Getting a win against Estonia is never a way to evaluate your performance, especially if you're ranked as 4th best team in the world according to FIFA most recent football country ranking lists.

And for what it's worth, they might have gotten their win and the scoreline also suggest it was an easy win, however, I'm strongly opined that their style of play or overall performance is still well below par to me and they'll still struggle to compete at the top levels, and the Euro 2024 is actually not too far away as it would seem, so there is still a lot of adjustment and changes that needs to be implemented into the squad.

14. Ilia Topuria
13. Maycee Barber
12. Justin Tafa
11. Gabriel Santos
10. Brendan Allen
9. Neil Magny
8. Randy Brown
7. Mateusz Rebecki
6. Tabatha Ricci
5. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
4.
3. Jamall Emmers
2. Tatsuro Taira
1. Cody Brundage

NOT go the Full Distance 9

I felt completely let down by Sweden, I didn't expect them to lose to Austria, but the game was an outright Under 2.5 goals and I was very sure of that, the other question, I'm actually very surprised by the amount of player that went with Yes, I knew it was a trap, and honestly, all it took me was about 45 seconds to check each of those games to be sure not all of them will win their fixture.

Looking at my answers and I've already compared it to that of my opponent, I'm more than confident that I've secured this round already, I mean no disrespect, though

I had my picks all saved already since yesterday but I wasn't sure about Alcaraz because of the injury he had in the Roland Garros semi-finals, I thought he could start slowly and could even lose the game, but I was almost right, it was a close one for Alcaraz to be honest, and if he struggled this much against the world No. 83, I wonder how he would fair against the like of Cerundolo, and Tiafoe / Norrie who are most likely to be his next tough opponents, provided he gets pass Jiri Lehecka, it would have been a good edge for a couple of us that to wait, had he lost the game today because that would have been some free points.

Trust me, I already have perfect outfit that would strike a fashion killer in my head for this rare gem, what could be rather more not so classy but fashion ingenuity than rocking this Shirt on a black jean, probably a Balmain Paris Denim and a pair of white Supreme Air Force 1 with Red Laces on a weekend trip with friends for a couple of beers  

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It seems the international break and Euro 21 might just be a good window for me to make after all, I always hate Country side football but I couldn't complain about the win in the SS below, who would have blamed me for being extremely livid had France fail to win against Greece I just expected each of these teams to start rather slowly and it worked perfectly except for France that had almost blaming myself for while  

Not really, the rule is quite different this time around, The age bracket when it comes to eligibility for Euro U21 is usually a bit complex, for instance this year Euro U21 qualification phase started about one-two years ago, and during that period players would surely have been a year or 2 older, so it will be very unfair for a player that was allowed to participate in the qualifier ineligible for the main tournament, hence UEFA often taken a specific date prior to the qualifying stages so players 21 or younger as at then will all be eligible for the tournament in case of this year's Euro 21, players Born on
January 1st, 2000 or later are all eligible to partake in the tournament, according to the UEFA U21 webpage.