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21  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 13, 2024, 08:31:28 PM
Just like I thought, we cannot underestimate the MVP. Nikola Jokic won on the road again with 35 points, 7 assists, and 7 rebounds to tie the series at 2-2.
But the key player is Aaron Gordon, he had the hot hands with 11/12 field goals, talk about being efficient, he did it today. Jamal Murray also did some damage and I guess that's the recipe for the Nuggets to win. Their trio must work together on both ends of the floor to win it.

Antman was really fun to watch though, but the help was not there, especially from KAT. 5/18 field goals, that sucks and he got easily frustrated with the referees missing some fouls. He cannot do that.

And another story, will Gobert pay a fine again? He did the money sign again. We might hear that news later.

Yeah, Minnesota played soft and complacent and again Ant Edwards still being cocky as if they still have 2 nothing playoff standing. Just like what I said after game 3, the Nuggets are capable of winning the next 3 games, now they only need to win 2 more, they already have the momentum and the pace they don't have in the first 2 games. Gordon finds his rhythm against the 2 towers of Minnesota. There is no way the Nuggets are losing this series if they maintain the level of how they play from the last 2 games. There is a good chance this series will go to game 7 if the Wolves will figure things out how to bounce back.
On the other hand, I have not seen any news yet about his cash money gesture. Most probably they'll gonna fine Gobert again and this time it would be more than what they fine him the first time he did that lol.
I won't even know about what Rudy Gobert has done if it's not going to be highlighted by the media. The issue has been pumped when they have amplified it through headlines. It's true that the momentum is with the Denver Nuggets now, it's hard to see that with important games like this, the Wolves are losing their confidence after getting the first two straight wins and now the Nuggets have reversed it and they're the ones losing on their own home court advantage.
22  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 12, 2024, 10:30:30 PM
Yep, the Wolves were pretty mediocre in the first half of this game, and the Nuggets finally got them in the third quarter. However, the Wolves are still in the lead, and if you look at all-time playoff stats, they have an 80.1% chance of winning this series. So, the next game is clearly going to be critical for both teams.
Bad time for them, it wasn't the Wolves that we're expecting. But 2-1's are everywhere for this semis.
A good bounce back for the Nuggets to pick up that momentum after being totally locked down in game 1 and 2. And the Wolves had a very very bad game that they even gave up early in the 3rd quarter. They looked complacent sitting at 2 nothing, even Edwards was too comfortable answering the post game conference as if the Nuggets ain't capable of bouncing back and win the next 3.
This is the huge difference between an experienced against a young team who hasn't been into the finals.
That confidence is pretty normal when you're in the playoffs and that boosts yourself confidence and with your teammates too. I believe that everyone that's in there when being ask if they're going to beat their opponent, of course they'd say yes with confidence.
Game is on in a few and we're going to see if this is going to be 3-1 for the Wolves or the Nuggets is going to tie it.
23  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 11, 2024, 09:05:55 AM
That's great to hear, if they're going to play without OG and then Brunson, that's going to be a cute giveaway for the Pacers. Since they're already in the possible third streak of win against the Pacers, they don't just want to give any kind of momentum that might built from the Pacers side.

Despite missing OG and Jalen Brunson playing at not close to 70% fitness, it was still far from a giveaway for the Indiana Pacer as they had to fight for every single point today, and were close to losing it as well after the Knicks took a 9 points lead around midway into the 4th Quarter, but Andrew Nembhard answered the call when the game was on the line and he had no choice but to take a very deep 3 which he hit, and Pacers were finally able to bank on that opportunity to bring themselves back into the series, but they've still got a shit load of work to do towards game 4.
The Pacers did good tonight and it seems that we're getting a longer series but this despite, next week is going to be where we might see some teams advancing and leaving the semis.

Yep, the Wolves were pretty mediocre in the first half of this game, and the Nuggets finally got them in the third quarter. However, the Wolves are still in the lead, and if you look at all-time playoff stats, they have an 80.1% chance of winning this series. So, the next game is clearly going to be critical for both teams.
Bad time for them, it wasn't the Wolves that we're expecting. But 2-1's are everywhere for this semis.
24  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 10, 2024, 11:04:47 PM
It will be a very hard task for Knicks to beat Pacers without OG and Brunson not only because of the home court advantage of Pacers but also they are already in close match when Knicks has strong line-up with the 2 players is active. I doubt that the current Knicks without Brunson can beat a solid Pacers.

I think Knicks will still face a difficulty beating Pacers in home court even with OG and Brunson in the court so I think they might use game 3 and 4 for regrouping then focus on the remaining games until their starters come back.
Let's wait until the actual game starts. Because I am not sure with all of these reports become a tactic for these teams to make their rival confident that if one of their stars aren't going to play, they will have an advantage. I am not really sure but it seems that it's sort of a mind game to me until the game starts and with that rumored player won't be playing actually entered to the first five.  Grin

OG is definitely out tonight but Jalen Brunson is definitely playing tonight.  He finished the game 2 nights ago with 24 points in the 2nd half he is fine.  NBA requires teams to list all questionable and probably due to injuries but this is the playoffs, if you can take the court you are playing.  No way the Knicks sell these 2 games in Indiana to bring it back tied up.  You put your foot on the pedal full bore in the playoffs.  JB will likely see 40-44 minutes tonight if it's close. 
That's great to hear, if they're going to play without OG and then Brunson, that's going to be a cute giveaway for the Pacers. Since they're already in the possible third streak of win against the Pacers, they don't just want to give any kind of momentum that might built from the Pacers side.
25  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 10, 2024, 05:37:33 PM
Tomorrow we will see the game 3, let's see if they can still handle the Pacers without OG who had a huge contribution in the game 2 win before he got injured. And as per report, there's even a possibility that Bruson might not play as he was lited as questionable.

It will be a very hard task for Knicks to beat Pacers without OG and Brunson not only because of the home court advantage of Pacers but also they are already in close match when Knicks has strong line-up with the 2 players is active. I doubt that the current Knicks without Brunson can beat a solid Pacers.

I think Knicks will still face a difficulty beating Pacers in home court even with OG and Brunson in the court so I think they might use game 3 and 4 for regrouping then focus on the remaining games until their starters come back.
Let's wait until the actual game starts. Because I am not sure with all of these reports become a tactic for these teams to make their rival confident that if one of their stars aren't going to play, they will have an advantage. I am not really sure but it seems that it's sort of a mind game to me until the game starts and with that rumored player won't be playing actually entered to the first five.  Grin
26  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is it proper for younger ones to gamble? on: May 09, 2024, 10:11:40 PM
Here in my country, there are too many influencers advertising casinos and even with the age of 18 under are being exposed to online gambling. They don't think about those audience that they're impacting with the ads that they promote casino. It's easy money for them and that's why they don't care at all but, there are still a lot of good influencers that don't advertise casinos because they know how impactful and influential they are with their audience even if they don't do it.
We all know that the social media platforms are mostly use by business owners, influencer etc for advertisement and since gambling platforms are business owned by people then advertising their businesses there is not a bad idea, due to the fact that the social media is crowded with lots of people every business owner see that as the best option for advertisement, moreover I do see some influencers indicate on the advertisement with a write up +18 rated to discourage people below such age from doing it. So I don't blame most of them if kids out of greed or love for quick money decide to go into gambling knowing fully well it's rated +18. Well I think parents are in the right position to caution children below 18 from going into the media cause lately, asides gambling there are many 18 rates stuff that could corrupt their mindset stuff like Pornography and the rest .
Gone are the days when most social media platforms are only for socializing. This time, it's for an actual marketplace where everyone can meet from business to business and other industries. Well, it's part of their business model to have revenue and that's through the ads.
There's one thing that's being cooked in our lawmakers that they're about to ban the advertisement of gambling through social media platforms because a lot of people are seeing it not just the kids but also the adults that can't control themselves and gets addicted to it.
27  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is it proper for younger ones to gamble? on: May 09, 2024, 08:11:14 PM
That is the fact that happens today whereas many kids under 18+ visits offline or online casino. They don't thinks that gambling is not for them and yes, that is not normal for their ages.
Here in my country, there are too many influencers advertising casinos and even with the age of 18 under are being exposed to online gambling. They don't think about those audience that they're impacting with the ads that they promote casino. It's easy money for them and that's why they don't care at all but, there are still a lot of good influencers that don't advertise casinos because they know how impactful and influential they are with their audience even if they don't do it.
28  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: You'll be a discipline gambler in sports if you have a real bankroll. on: May 08, 2024, 11:16:28 PM
I will not increase that amount if that's already the 10% of my monthly salary. That's already a lot to be honest and someone who's gambling and allotting fund to his gambling deeds shouldn't exceed with that much. If 10% is an affordable amount for me, I'd be fine losing that but depending on how the status of the economy, my personal economy is. I wouldn't be increasing it anymore and let it go whatever happens but it's hard to stop ourselves when we lost that quickly and you're still itching to gamble more.
29  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 08, 2024, 10:08:58 PM
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I think that the Nuggets need to use other of their big man like Jordan and other of their benches so that the Wolves will have hard time thinking who's going to be their main scorer and it's not always Jokic and Jamal.
This may be a good thing to try at this point but the Wolves defense would probably adjust quickly.
Yeah, they'd adjust for sure quickly but the Nuggets have to do that if there's no way anymore for them or they have to do everything they can and use everyone they can that can contribute to get that at least 1 win.

Is Boston Celtics gonna last this level until the last stages of the post season? I ask this because they are playing really good and are destroying their rivals without so much effort, the other day Cavaliers can do nothing against them, but Boston Celtics is not the first year they do this performance and in the finals they drop out.
The new Cavs today is still a young team and that's why they seem to destroy them easy. But let's see how they're going to adjust to their game 2 and see what they can do next. Boston is a known choker in every playoff that they play in.
30  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 07, 2024, 10:09:42 PM
Yeah, the Timberwolves is a buffed version of the Nuggets. When most of us have thought that Jokic is unstoppable, it's a great wall of defense coming from them. I know that the mastermind of this is their head coach - Chris Finch. While he's got the most defensive player of the year. It's no doubt that the built of the team through a balanced team members with scorers and defenders. 2-0 already and note that Gobert wasn't there on the 2nd game.

This is not over yet, if the series would be 3-0, then I think we can talk that the Nuggets are not the same team anymore. Actually, this two teams met in the regular season and it was a competitive game, this game especially in game 2, the Nuggets seemed to loss their composure, and even the coach are questioning the judgement of the officials.

If the Wolves will win, it's still far for them to win the Finals since they'll have to face another great team, most likely the Dallas in the WCF and the Celtics in the NBA finals, that if they can beat the Dallas.
The advantage is on the Timberwolves because it is going to be their home court next, right? And while beating Nuggets on their home court advantage, that's hard to see them come back but let's see and you're right that it's not over yet and there are a lot of things that can still happen.
And if they face Dallas or Thunders, they can beat them IMO.

Yeah right, Wolves is composed of a well balance squad, everyone knows their responsibilities and they are inside the court to perform whatever the task that coach gives them, Jokic and Murray ain't getting any confidence from this two last games, they are outperform by the wolves on both defense and offensive stats.

Still not done yet, Wolves needs two more games to win before concluding the series, and they are competing against the defending champ who who can comeback and snatch this series from them.

Let see if what adjustments both team will comes up this upcoming game 3, good luck to those who already place their picks either per game or per series.
I think that the Nuggets need to use other of their big man like Jordan and other of their benches so that the Wolves will have hard time thinking who's going to be their main scorer and it's not always Jokic and Jamal.
31  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 07, 2024, 12:15:08 PM
Yeah, it might be a different story this time and we'll see what will happen. But for now, I am excited to see the 2nd game of Nuggets and Timberwolves and game 1 of Pacers and New York Knicks.

It's actually been the same story all over again but the story is even been written in a pretty much explicit fashion here, and to understand how near perfection the Wolves have been all night here currently leading by 30 points with about 4 minute left in the 3rd Quarter. This is the first time in my entire life of watch the NBA to see am team not use a timeout until about 5 minutes left on the clock in the 3rd, that's Minnesota while Denver Nuggets already burned 5, that goes to show how much of a control the Wolves have exerted over this game from the tip-off.
Yeah, the Timberwolves is a buffed version of the Nuggets. When most of us have thought that Jokic is unstoppable, it's a great wall of defense coming from them. I know that the mastermind of this is their head coach - Chris Finch. While he's got the most defensive player of the year. It's no doubt that the built of the team through a balanced team members with scorers and defenders. 2-0 already and note that Gobert wasn't there on the 2nd game.
32  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 06, 2024, 09:29:55 PM
I can smell Boston heading back to the finals once again.
If ever they win against the Cavaliers, I don't think that either Pacers or NYK will be easy on them. We know that Celtics have been struggling always if they're against the Miami Heat but there's no poison on them this time.
Because Butler was out that's why it was easy for them, but the Cleveland Cavaliers, this is another team, they haven't meet in the playoffs yet so we can't say if the Celtics could just easily beat them. mitchell has been in the playoffs many times consistently in his previous team, so this stage is not new for him, he will be the leader of the Cavaliers and will try to make it a tough challenge for the celtics.
Yeah, it might be a different story this time and we'll see what will happen. But for now, I am excited to see the 2nd game of Nuggets and Timberwolves and game 1 of Pacers and New York Knicks.

Many are rooting for them but with how the Minnesota Timberwolves are doing and Anthony Edwards is getting more media time, this is for sure helping their fan base to increase and rooting for them to win against the former champions who's been the #1 candidate for this year's title.
Denver have to win game 2 and this series will be equal. And yes, we cannot deny that Edward is now getting a lot of attention, some fans even compare him to Jordan which they believe his father, LOL.. but he was really good, it's fun to watch him play as he is very hungry at winning.
Haha, Butler and Edwards are brothers. Actually, that's a good thing for the league as it adds more curiosity and story to every player. But then, both the league, the players and this playoffs are getting more exciting.
33  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 06, 2024, 01:40:37 PM
I can smell Boston heading back to the finals once again.
If ever they win against the Cavaliers, I don't think that either Pacers or NYK will be easy on them. We know that Celtics have been struggling always if they're against the Miami Heat but there's no poison on them this time.

For now, I am rooting for Denver because the team has the championship experience and has a great line up. But if Denver lose to Minnesota then I think Boston gets their long awaited title this season.
Many are rooting for them but with how the Minnesota Timberwolves are doing and Anthony Edwards is getting more media time, this is for sure helping their fan base to increase and rooting for them to win against the former champions who's been the #1 candidate for this year's title.
34  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on: May 05, 2024, 04:23:10 PM
I read a headline that tells about Converge gonna draft Kai Sotto to their team if ever he wants to play on PBA. But his manager retaliates and said that even he'll be offered twenty million pesos, he's not going to accept it because they're going to push further to his journey to international leagues and get close at least to NBA dream of his. They're still going to try no matter what happens just for the sake of the dream of Kai to play there and that's a wise answer.

They are in the position to deny that offer as Kai Sotto's career has been progressing. Big man like him is in demand, and he is still young and could still develop his skills. I don't understand, 20 million? For real?
That's just a given figure and example by the manager. I doubt it that Converge will give him that salary for his entire contract per season. That's a lot of money to be honest and no team except MVP and SMC could give that to their best players.
20 million per season, that seemed too low for him considering his status now. I mean he can earned more than that abroad, and when Kai will play in the PBA, will they promise to increase the contract? I doubt that, so while they could offer that amount, but we are looking of his future here and he will not grow like that in the PBA.
IMHO, that's already high considering that this is in our country. But that's just an example given by his manager that whether Converge or any team will offer Kai with that salary, they won't bite it.

the PBA is dying and people are not watching it anymore, where will they get that 20 million salary?
I've seen the raffle that they've given, well that's a nice pack of bread to the winners through their page. But sure, the league is dying and don't be serious about the given figure because the manager said that even if they'll pay Kai with that amount, they won't go to PBA.

They won't go because they probably think Converge are not serious with that offer. And also, does it guarantee they'll become a championship team once Kai join them? NO.
Don't get serious guys, that's just an amount that it's like even they will be offering Kai with such, they won't be going to PBA. But I guess that will change once they see that the journey of Kai to NBA fails or to any leagues like Euroleague. If so, he'll probably stay to B League as he's loved there.
35  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on: May 04, 2024, 10:04:50 PM
I read a headline that tells about Converge gonna draft Kai Sotto to their team if ever he wants to play on PBA. But his manager retaliates and said that even he'll be offered twenty million pesos, he's not going to accept it because they're going to push further to his journey to international leagues and get close at least to NBA dream of his. They're still going to try no matter what happens just for the sake of the dream of Kai to play there and that's a wise answer.

They are in the position to deny that offer as Kai Sotto's career has been progressing. Big man like him is in demand, and he is still young and could still develop his skills. I don't understand, 20 million? For real?
That's just a given figure and example by the manager. I doubt it that Converge will give him that salary for his entire contract per season. That's a lot of money to be honest and no team except MVP and SMC could give that to their best players.

the PBA is dying and people are not watching it anymore, where will they get that 20 million salary?
I've seen the raffle that they've given, well that's a nice pack of bread to the winners through their page. But sure, the league is dying and don't be serious about the given figure because the manager said that even if they'll pay Kai with that amount, they won't go to PBA.
36  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on: May 04, 2024, 09:34:35 AM
I read a headline that tells about Converge gonna draft Kai Sotto to their team if ever he wants to play on PBA. But his manager retaliates and said that even he'll be offered twenty million pesos, he's not going to accept it because they're going to push further to his journey to international leagues and get close at least to NBA dream of his. They're still going to try no matter what happens just for the sake of the dream of Kai to play there and that's a wise answer.
37  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling addiction causes loss on: May 03, 2024, 05:31:45 PM
If you're a gambling addicted user then it will be hard for you to make a savings from the ways you have been gambling because things will always be more attractive to you in gambling like to always have a continued process in gambling not minding on how it has cost you or the implication on the damage it could cause after which you're left with nothing more after gambling.
It will definitely going to be hard for you to save when you're an addicted gambler. Because instead of saving, you'd thought of it to gamble and it will multiply if ever you win. That's why the hardship is there for someone who's trying to save but you'd see how it's hard for you because times are going to come that you'll have those bets that will give you heavy loss and you'll realize that if you haven't gambled, you should have kept the money and saved it.
38  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Streamers using demo account on: May 02, 2024, 10:10:54 PM
How true is this rumor? This is very popular on our local streamer comment section that streamers is just using a demo account with enhance winning rate on all slot games to showcase huge win while they are playing.

I knew that only slot game provider has the power to change the RTP of the slot games but some of the comment is from other streamers that has same experience on using demo account.
You are a kabayan too, right? If you are, it's very common nowadays in our country to see these streamers being gambler streamers. Coming from the world of esports and gaming, to gambling gaming. They're for the money on it because it looks like that many of them are paid ranging from $60-$100 and more per video inserting that 1:30 video of gambling to their contents and it's more pay if they're going to literally stream the casino. So, if it's a live stream of the actual casino, I am sure that they get hefty sum of money out of it and that's why it seems proliferating nowadays because it's lucrative for them.
39  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Online casino gambling is more of profit chasers while land base is more of fun on: May 02, 2024, 09:06:43 PM
Exactly, you'd have that reason that you are for entertainment and that's why losing won't be so much painful to you. It's a mechanism that you can use against yourself when you've been on a losing streak and just try to reason out that you did enjoyed. Well, this is a psychological thing that you can do whenever you are comfortable or when frustration hits you badly because it's going to help you recover a bit mentally although your pockets are going to be too deep.
When you lose, inside you, inside your head, it’s as if two feelings are fighting each other.  One of them is disappointment and despair.  The second is the inner conviction that you will somehow cope and after a while you will forget about this loss, and also that in the future you will win and the money will return to your pocket.  And it still reduces your feelings of losing and self-pity.  When you think that the game is fun and you had fun anyway, then such thoughts will not bother you much. 
In general, it will be much better to go through this stage of your gaming history.
 And then, for example, after a few days, happily start playing again
That's always the same feeling when we gamble, we all think that it's going to be as good as it seems to be and whenever we lose, the disappointment is totally there. But you don't lose hope because somehow you'd recover that in any way that you're going to do. But those that give up quickly, they're good and won't incur more losses and those that don't give up, they're sort of having fun but it is no fun to lose more and that's mostly the ending of the majority of the chasing of losses does.
40  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Online casino gambling is more of profit chasers while land base is more of fun on: May 01, 2024, 10:11:43 PM
Where is your research to prove your claims? You should have some proof to say that they're actually what you've concluded for. Because if there are no means of you proving them, there's not that much difference as both gamblers from physical and online casinos are there to have fun and make some profits. It's not a question because no matter what one does, the result still differs and all of us don't have the same stats for results. You can be the type of gambler for profit today and later on, you change your mind as you get into losing streak, you are there to have fun.
It is true that a player may have slightly different mindsets at different times in his game.  Sometimes it seems to the player that the game ceases to be entertainment and allows him to earn a little money.  And then the player goes into a different psychological state, when he has especially lost and begins to believe that he enjoyed the game.  Even despite losing your money.  This is such a good psychological defense for yourself and a way to alleviate the grief of losing money. 
And therefore, in my opinion, you should just always play gambling with the inner conviction that your game is definitely entertainment and it can be either with a win, which naturally improves your mood and brings joy, or with a loss, which should be perceived neutrally and strongly  don’t be upset or worry.
Exactly, you'd have that reason that you are for entertainment and that's why losing won't be so much painful to you. It's a mechanism that you can use against yourself when you've been on a losing streak and just try to reason out that you did enjoyed. Well, this is a psychological thing that you can do whenever you are comfortable or when frustration hits you badly because it's going to help you recover a bit mentally although your pockets are going to be too deep.
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