That's big news for Djokovic, he will be pumped up with that and will be driven for next year.

Nadal as I said earlier has had 10 appearances here and never won and it looks like he is
out with that loss today.

Match tonight with Ruud v Fritz is a crunch one, both players with wins in their first matches.

That match between Rublev and Medvedev is being touted by some as being a classic!
Seriously high tennis from both players especially Rublev who seemed to play at a higher level
than his normal. It looked like mentally he was in a different place. I had a straight ML
bet on Medvedev to win that one.

Djokovic was very business like yesterday and got the job done against Tsitsipas.....again.

Two good line ups today, Nadal v Felix AA, I would give Felix a chance here, he is favourite,
my bet is on at 1.6

and Ruud v Fritz, hard to pick a winner with this one IMO, Fritz is favourite but I took Ruud
at + 1.5

Personally I don't care what Elon Musk says or predicts or tweets, he's just a troll and what
really annoys me are the of people who will act on his words as if they are 100% factual.
Look at the frenzy he caused earlier this year with Doge? remember how so many people
lost the run of themselves and got hurt.

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That's quite an impressive win / loss ratio for Fritz, he did well yesterday, I put a little bet
on before the match in Fritz +2.5 @ 1.83 and it was safe all the way.

I was surprised to learn that Nadal has played 10 finals and not won any!

2 matches today, Medvedev v Rublev and Tsitsipas v Djokivic, yet another meeting of these
two this year. Hard to bet against Djokovic.

I wasn't aware of a big NRL presence in the Samoan team, so yea it could be an NRL type
final but I would expect Australia to be the winners.

Rugby Union

I forgot to mention and I'm sure you have seen the result that Australia lost out to Italy
in the Autumn Internationals. They had a penalty kick to win the game and missed.

Also France v South Africa was a close affair, both with red cards the game had everything,
lots of drama but France got the job done.

A friend of mine refers to exchanges as "Shitcoin Casinos"!

There will always be an appetite for Shitcoin gambling and the lure of get rich quick possibilities.

As long as there is a chance of this exchanges will exist.

The demise of exchanges in the past like MtGox and Cryptopia have been forgotten, FTX
too will be forgotten about in time and there will be those who will "trust" exchanges again.

^
Felix AA lost Trofo, hopefully the handicap was covered if he was underdog?

Nadal v Fritz later on, this could be a close one and hard to bet on IMO, Frits has
had good form lately.

TBH I find this harder to be on since all players are so capable of beating each other,
the exceptions IMO are both Djokovic and Felix AA, as in Djokovic currently isn't easily
beatable and there are a few more players Felix could have trouble with.

No exchange is safe.
They might say they are safe and have all the safety features and procedures in place
but by putting your funds in their care you are handing over control to them.

They offer 2FA protocols to make us feel confident that funds are safe but it's an illusion.

It wasn't so long ago when Shark Tanks Kevin O'Leary was saying FTX was a safe investment.

The only thing that is safe is Bitcoin, not all the periphery services connected to it in relation
to trading and the markets.

MASSIVE day of Rugby yesterday, I asked the question above regarding the Women's
Rugby World Cup Final if NZ were a value undergo bet, and they absolutely were, they
won the final 34-31....but I didn't pull the trigger on that bet.

Well done to them.

Autumn Internalionals

I had two bets on yesterday, Ireland to beat Fiji....but with -21.5 points which they failed
to do, it was a patchy enough game with a good few second team players getting
a start. They won but "only" by 18 points.
More importantly they hold onto
their #1 spot.

My second bet on Argentina didn't pay either, Argentina took the lead early on,
Wales had a shaky start but got the job done to "just about" win from a very
good Argentinian team, it was a close enough game, 20-13.

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Rugby League

I only had one bet on the Men's World Cup this weekend, Australia to beat New Zealand.
I was going to bet on England to beat Samoa but actually forgot to do it, they lost!

Australia won, so it's an Australia v Samoa final.

Yes that was a solid win from Brandon, I didn't watch it because there was too much Rugby
on yesterday but I kept an eye on the scoreboard.

He did really well to come back from being 3-1 down in the first set to win it. He deserves it
purely by being unbeaten throughout the tournament.

I did well with both him and Stricker.

Now on to the ATP Finals !

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Wow yes I didn't see that coming at all, up until that the only 2 unbeaten players were
Stricker and Nakashima. Lehecka played a great game, I only saw the last set but I could
see the frustration in Stricker.

Anyway Nakashima got through in 4 sets, I think I will put a bet on Brandon, it will be close
and they are ranked 4 and 5 in these finals.

That competitor was down already, the likely scenario is that it was an inside job
as o_e_l_e_o suggested. It makes perfect sense, why hasn't FTX been hacked
before this, I mean I'm sure there were attacks of the platform in the past.

I have deleted the app as directed, luckily I have no funds on FTX  ^{or any other exchange}

That's great mx12.levins, welcome!

When you have done your page make contact with Timelord for a postal address
and let me know in the thread or by PM when you have despatched it.

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Geo, you just missed out on that spot!

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And again - I would recommend using a tracked postal service when sending the book!
It's becoming more valuable and irreplaceable as it passed to the next person. ^{no disrespect
to the first and second in line}

Do you want that last spot mx12.levins? if yes and are in Europe contact Remsjack before
it's sent to Australia.

if no geophphreigh gets the spot.

2 matches scheduled for today in the Next Gen finals:

Stricker v Lehecka
Nakashima v Draper

I have a bet on Stricker to win @ 1.43, he really is powering through his games and I think
that's a good price.

But I'm not betting on the second match, it's too hard to call, Maybe Nakashima will
get through, I think he has been marginally better than Draper.

That's a fairly busy schedule covering Men's, women's and wheelchair games. I have taken
my eye off the RLWC but I have 2 bets on for this weekend, England to beat Samoa
and Australia to beat New Zealand. The odds are OK but not brilliant, Australia 1.2 and
England 1.34. For me I would imagine either of these are going to win the final.

Timelord do you have an outright bet placed?

I only know FTX from using BLOCKFOLIO. I have been using BF for a few years to track
my wallet contents and then with the rebranding to FTX last year I kept it going. I never traded
on the platform.


I wonder how many people will get the message over the next few months when things get
more difficult?

On Chickens, I see where the OP is coming from, there are definitely panic sellers but it also
the markets being heavily leveraged which has an effect at times like these as trades get
liquidated which drives the price down.

That beggars belief that people would do that, but yea I suppose there are cheaters everywhere.

I know there are finalities to do with Theymos but there is a clear winner.

Great competition and well done to ChiBitCTy for hosting.

No problem at all Mark and thanks for clarifying.


Yes possibly! or anyone else is welcome. I have changed the thread title.


Nice one T, yea you could be lucky and have it over the holiday period.

Gotta ask the question

Is Bitcoin ever going to rise above $20k ever again let alone reaching the ATH of $69k?

Depending what you believe that will determine how you move to buy, HODL or sell.

This has happened countless times before and still the markets bounce back to New ATH's,
just takes time and patience