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3061  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: November 27, 2021, 07:34:56 AM
Even if he announces that he got the vaccination for real or not he will
come under a lot of criticism from his anti-vaccination supporters, it
will be a big thing for him to defend his decision to go against everything
he talked about before. It will be very interesting to see what he does.

There are a lot of athletes as well, like in the NBA who are not playing because they don't want to get vaccinated, just Irving. And there are some who changes stance, because they are going to lose a lot of money if they don't play.

Will he forgo his opinions in pursuit of an almost guaranteed 21st GS
win at his favourite event?

How will he react if he gets vaccinated and loses at the AO?

Probably this is his goal and that's why he is willing to take now the vaccine after his hard line stance before. So winning for him is the most important thing. Well still a win-win for him even if he losses the AO. Vaccine is more important, in my opinion.
3062  Economy / Speculation / Re: What if $70k was Bitcoin ATH for the year? on: November 26, 2021, 06:48:04 PM
Guys we are getting worried for nothing. Let people sell if they want to, what is the point of investing into bitcoin if we are not going to sell and get rid of these problems? I mean it is clear that we need to actually have some sort of selling time to time and let people sell because that is the natural order of any market.
I'm just quite unhappy not seeing it break $60k but that's it. You're right that we're worried for nothing, bitcoin is still above $50k and this is a good price. Expecting that it would go according to what we're thinking should be stopped since it's moving on its own and even if we like to see it at top so quick, that won't happen. And to those that are selling, we have nothing against them because we're also selling when others don't like us to sell so it's fair and normal to see people sell.
This is the risk of investing in Bitcoin, sometimes we have to accept the fact that Bitcoin does not always work as we expect. We also cannot blame
other people for selling their Bitcoins, because there is no compulsion to continue holding Bitcoin. But what I believe is that people who can be
patient holding Bitcoin, will eventually get paid for their patience. We know based on the history of Bitcoin movement, how deep the Bitcoin price
goes down, one day it will definitely go higher again. So I decided to hold my current Bitcoin, even though the Bitcoin price still hasn't returned to $60k.
But I'm still optimistic that Bitcoin will be bullish again as long as the Bitcoin price doesn't drop below $50k.
There's no one to blame if the price don't go accordingly to what we've been thinking. It is what it is and we have to embrace and accept that due to the fact that it's always volatile no matter what you think of it. Sometimes we're disappointed but it won't stop us from thinking that it's going to be bullish again, actually, it's still bullish and the price that it's sitting right now is still high. Despite the crash that has came, it remains at $57k.

Maybe you and some people who have been in the crypto world for a long time understand how Bitcoin works, so don't worry if it turns out that
the price of Bitcoin does not reach the price we predicted. But for newbies, this is something that not only makes them disappointed, but some
newbies panic, and decide to cut loss. That's why I always say over and over that before deciding to invest in Bitcoin, make sure we've
learned everything about Bitcoin. So at least understand how Bitcoin works, don't buy Bitcoin because it is influenced by other people.
Regarding the current Bitcoin price I agree with you, that it is still in a bullish trend, meaning that it is still very likely that the price of Bitcoin
will rise again near the end of the year.

It's either they've be disappointed for not reaching at least 6 digits and get out of the market or invest in altcoins or any other financial instruments. Or simply remain in the market and really try to understand how it works and become a mature investors.

So still a positive for them if you look at the bright side of it. Yeah, we are still in the bullish of trend and most likely we will bounce on December. But I'm not expecting a $100k price at majority of us now are looking at.
3063  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: November 26, 2021, 06:27:27 PM
LA Clippers to win Detroit Pistons and cover the spread.
For watching games live NBA League Pass is on Black Friday 50% sale off the regular price until the end of Cyber Monday.
Although Pistons have been losing, they are very competitive in early game, it's just they always felt short and losing on 5 points only. So yeah, LA Clippers could win this game but it will be very tough game for them. I like Detroit +11.5 here.

Chicago Bulls might bounce back today against the Orlando Magic after they have been upset by the Rockets.
3064  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season on: November 26, 2021, 09:41:53 AM
Lavine and DeRozan are currently in the top 6 and 7 respectively in the PPG ranking this season.

What do you think are their chances of winning the MVP?
Will one of them beat the top 3 now (Curry, Durant, and Giannis)?

I like to hear some thoughts since the Bulls are really surprising me this season, I'm sure not only me.  Smiley
It's a big surprise indeed. I mean, you cannot expect that much chemistry with a roster that has new players being injected. The same with the Wizards shockingly being on the top of the East last week.
About MVP run, this is kind of in the unpredictable discussions. Durant is doing great putting the Nets offense in his shoulders and there is still Jokic and Doncic that should be considered. One health and safety protocol could make the top players miss a lot of games and the others on the top 4 below could surpass them easily.
I can't decide who will win this but if injuries/covid are set aside, it could be Curry. He is in the zone.

Yes, if GSW will continue it's winning streak and Curry getting his second straight scoring title maybe we can see a unanimous votes for him as MVP. But as you have said, Doncic's magic is still there and we all know that in the beginning, he was the odds favorite to win the MVP. Last year we didn't see Jokic winning until after the All-Star Break if I'm not mistaken. So I guess it is still open but Curry by far is above the rest right now. Being the top seed though doesn't mean a thing in the MvP race.
3065  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Is Musk the boss behind SHIB? on: November 26, 2021, 09:05:01 AM
Is Musk the boss behind SHIB? Is there an advantage within the future? I am hopeful that SHIB's execution is as great as DOGE Smiley Can somebody clarify, thank you
Not sure how you come up with this idea, he goes to public that he has bitcoin and doge, which he shills a lot. But I haven't heard him saying that he has SHIB too, and maybe investors think otherwise, that's why they try to correlate his name with SHIB and then the huge pump. Again, this is just a meme coin so it's going to be pump and then followed by a huge dump so we need to be very careful when investing on a hype coin, just saying.
3066  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Facts about gambling addiction on: November 26, 2021, 08:06:58 AM
Interesting to see this fact:

"5. A research study found that 75% of gamblers had an alcohol disorder, 38% had a drug use disorder, and 60% were nicotine dependent."


And that's what I saw on traditional based casinos, they drink and they smoke and then they gamble and lose because their decision making is very clouded by the substance that they are taking.

But there are some who doesn't have any addiction to any of the vices mentioned and yet they still become gambling addicts. Truly, gambling is really one of a kind, as we can't really control ourselves once we become addicted to it.
3067  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Investors prefer coin memes, new trends or seasonal henya? on: November 25, 2021, 01:05:01 PM
Hype. Talking coin memes. There's a SANTA token. This is a token class that is currently booming. The beginning and introduced is this year November 2021, and quickly developed an online community that can not be strong stand alone in this first week. The chart is beautiful you still want to delay this good momentum? Wink
Yeah, but the question is that if it can sustain that kind of run? As you have said, this is just a meme coins so everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. But sooner or later if might see a huge dump specially if people have taken enough profits already.

So this is dangerous for noobs who wanted to enter the market and think that this is a get rich scheme as they can be trap with all this meme coins and hype tokens coming in the market.
3068  Economy / Speculation / Re: will we witness year end bullrun or bull trap? on: November 25, 2021, 10:36:30 AM
based on the performance of Market this time? and for the whole year? I think Bull will never leave the market till the next Halving.

yes there are some bearish moment but this will keep on climbing back like what had happened several times from january .
there are some hard deep like  bellowing 30k recently but look at it, making its comeback and makes even higher.

So no BULL TRAP instead it will keep Bull running .

No bull trap but there are correction which is dangerous for new traders which easily get panic towards the movement happening in the market. But lets still not disclose this possibility since there's still chances that we might go on huge decline. But hopefully this will never happen this year since if we can see these to happen for sure many will be dismay on what happen to the crypto market and might it will affect its growing adoption.
Well new trades can take this as positive, enter when the price is on a correction and just continue to hold. So I don't think this is dangerous for them, although it might take some time before they learn a lot in this market specially if it's on a decline. Fundamentals is still growing strong though, so we should remain bullish up to the end of the year and not think of this as a bull trap.
3069  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Lopez vs Kambosos - November 27 on: November 25, 2021, 09:08:54 AM
2 days more before the fight .


Already placing bets for Lopez as he will surely win this fight , any thoughts from Kambosos fans here? Grin

This might last for couple of rounds but surely it is Lopez who will get the win.

Kambosos is just another challenger in my opinion, I don't see anything special, although he always said that he come from the trenches or something like that. Meaning he works his ass off to have this mandatory against the champion and will take this opportunity.

But Lopez is just above any fighter in the 135 lbs, maybe in the same level as Tank Davis and Ryan Garcia, and the rest is below them including the tough Australian.
3070  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Ancajas vs Ioka Dec 31 on: November 25, 2021, 08:41:39 AM
I think this is big fight for Jerwin and soon maybe we can see a unified champion in this division. The other belt is being held by Juan Francisco Estrada, the WBA/WBC.

So if ever Jerwin win this fight, we might see a unification bout with Estrada next year and this will be huge. We all know that Estrada is a very though fighter as well, just concluded his match with Chocolatito and it is a war. So hopefully a Ancajas vs Estrada could be made and this is the fight that I wanted to see.
3071  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: November 25, 2021, 08:13:41 AM
It was a great game between the Suns and the Cavaliers.

I have the Suns on a parlay -5.5 but damn, the score is 115-120 in favor of the Suns so it didn't cover my handicap, thus my bet got rekt in the first game.

Good win by Houston though, they beat one of the best team which is the Bulls.
That's the thing with parlay betting though, just one lost and your bet are totally destroyed.

Yes, Houston putting a big numbers and winning against the Bulls, not sure if someone has bet on the Rockets winning this game. I can't remember the odds but for sure it is huge.

As expected though, the Warriors with another blow out win, it's hard to bet against them specially in their home turf. And everyone scored on the roster in this game.
3072  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin makes new ATH. More ATHs to come shortly. on: November 24, 2021, 11:04:57 PM
The market at present isn't able to gain momentum for forward push. It has been moving within particular price point. Upon which there is more chance of a bear trend than a bullish move. The market won't move upward all the time, it also requires time to correct itself.

The market moves will continue to drop down to $50k and then we can expect gradual rise, because during the month of December there'll be more selling as it is vacation. Maybe some positive news could impact the market turn bullish.
It is true that market is failing to gain momentum and it is trapped between the 50k and the 60k levels, this means that investors are undecided, there is no clear trend to follow however to me that is not such a big issue, if we think about it this is great, we have a ranging price that is half way there to 6 figures, that is amazing and it would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, so while I still think the market could grow even more I am satisfied by what we have seen this year.
Exactly, that is the term "undecided", but it doesn't mean that they will have this mindset for a long time. Maybe right now they don't know what to do, whether to invest or not, but sooner or later they will have to make a decision for themselves and I'm optimistic that this will be very positive and bullish movement could occur once we enter December. And I don't see it dropping to $50k, we've seen the lowest at $55k and it won't go down hard unless there is a massive FUD again next month.
3073  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Lomachenko vs Commey - December 11 on: November 24, 2021, 06:13:07 PM
Lopez's only chance of avoiding a rematch is to move to a different weight class. If he does not do this, then sooner or later he will be forced to enter this fight or give up the belt. In addition, such avoidance of a strong opponent is always bad for a boxer's reputation, and should not be abused.

Canelo avoided GGG for a third fight for a very long period of time and feels rather comfortable. More than 3 years has passed and 2 point advantage does not look like a strong statement that Canelo is better than GGG. Canelo say that he is not interested in fighting someone he has already beat. Same could do Lopez. I am not sure that GGG really insisted on a third fight, but I also dont remember Lomachenko immediately asking for a rematch.

Maybe he feels comfortable, but nevertheless, you remember that he is not particularly eager to show his undeniable superiority (which he supposedly has) in the third fight. In addition, after all, this is a different situation - the boxers have already fought two fights and Golovkin had two chances to win, but he could not take advantage of them.

Canelo won their last fight by Majority Decision, though he prove that he is the better fighter between the two but you can't blame the fans of asking a trilogy because by far, that was the best fight of Canelo where he has an opponent that has a chance to beat him.
Yes, it's a majority decision but there was one judge who score the fight a draw 114-114. So it was really very close contest between the two, and we all know that the first fight was a draw. So by far, he maybe the winner of the fight between the two, but majority of the boxing fans still not convince that Canelo won  because of how the way it was scored so we want a trilogy which Canelo doesn't want to give GGG. So there's still a lot of questions on our mind.
3074  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: November 24, 2021, 05:07:16 PM
but I think the Warriors will sure win this.

I would go for the spread, -10.5 is not high to cover especially at home, with the Sixers playing the best team in the NBA now with an undermanned line up, I don't see a possibility that they'll be able to compete well, I see this as another blowout win by the Warriors.
True, Warriors is hot right now that it's hard to beat against them. And they are totally destroying their competition with huge margin win against a complete and healthy team. What's more if Sixers is without Joel and other key players.

So -10.5 could easily be covered by the Warriors and it's going to be fun watching Steph again or even Draymond's high basketball IQ. And I also expect Wiggins and Poole again to score many points in this game.
3075  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: November 24, 2021, 10:29:39 AM
My friend had bet big on Zverev. He watched every match of his and how consistently he was improving. There was no way I would have bet against Medvedev. Props to him for his amazing read.
It isn't that easy to read a player to this extend. Myself placed bet over Medvedev. In the previous match between Djokovic and Zverev, my bet was on Zverev. On the final match my bet was on Medvedev. In this entire tournament the performance from Medvedev and Zverev is really awesome and some are unexpected. Probably these two gonna rule the upcoming tennis tournaments.
then I am the one out of all who got it right, since I made a bet on Zverev to beat Djokovic live,  before the start of the third set, and I also made bet in the final on Sacha to win but unfortunately I lost in a parlay, I feel like I am starting to see how things are going  in Tennis, or it could be just pure luck  Sad

I have to say it was a really good final. Sure the first set was a bit tentative and tight from both players, especially Medvedev, but that second set was the best set of the tournament. It really shows how much that break of serve was important in the second set cause it cost Medvedev the match. In my eyes it was looking a lot like a repeat of last years final where Thiem failed to capitalize but this year it was different. Zverev was simply unstoppable. He wasn't about to let Medvedev find another gear, he didn't give him the time. And more importantly he raised his own level today. A great way to end the year. But this raises a question for Medvedev. A guy who rarely gets outplayed ever got outplayed two times in the last month. A guy who always looks like he has the answers couldn't find any in his last two finals. Could this be the peak for Medvedev? After all he won a slam. Mentally is he there to do it all over again? And if you think I'm crazy let's just remember where Thiem is now, after losing the final of this exact tournament last year. It isn't inconcievable that Medvedev needs a bit of a break. To mentally recharge himself. Hopefully his hunger and motivation is still there. It will be a really interesting 2022, that's all I'll say.

I believe you’re right that Zverev played way better than he plays, but the big question is will he play consistently like he did in such good form or will he fizzle out in 2022?.

Also it’s too early to say about Medvedev, and we can only make some conclusions after we see how he deals in pressure situations like these in 2022.
Both should remain consistent, at least that's how I see it based on their performance for this year. And it seems that Zverev has really improved a lot as well same with Medvedev but I think Zverev game really pop up this year specially in the last tournament we just had.

There's still a lot of tournament though, but I see no names, so I might skip betting on tennis games for now. And will wait for next year and hopefully we will have a good matches like this year.
3076  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season on: November 24, 2021, 09:30:32 AM
What do you think is the problem why the Lakers are struggling right now? The Coach maybe? or lack of chemistry or the fact that most of them are all star and they want to get the ball and just shoot Cheesy. Either way, I think that the Lakers should adjust right now or they will end up at the lower spot or worse they might not enter the playoffs.

Westbrook isn't the problem (like everyone is complaining about) having almost everyone in the team a superstar and a former one isn't also the issue. They could actually execute a good offensive plays and they can even score in every way they want. Their number one problem is, they are not actually playing some defense.
They can't even sustain a lead no matter how huge it is, because the higher the lead the more the Lakers became comfortable thus making their defense become more lazy.

If they can't figure out how they'll adjust and fix their system, theres no way they're going to the Finals let alone the conference semis.

On one hand, I think it is a mindset problem. On the other hand, you sometimes have people on the court that are “counter productive” especially when it comes to playing defense. This year it’s Deaundre Jordan as it was Gasol last year. These players put to much stress on the defense requiring players to have to hustle to hard trying to chase guys off the 3pt line and protect the paint. Westbrook can also be very counter productive when he’s constantly taking bad shots early in the play clock and turning the ball over with wild passes. I think they playing A.Reaves to much already but we don’t have much depth and Doumbouya definitely needs playing time. I also hate that we never got a true replacement PF/C to fill that roll that Markieff Morris would sometimes play
Hmm, but Gasol didn't play that much in the Lakers uniform last year so we can't compare his performance with DJ. And as far as DJ, I think he is doing good specially Dwight Howard. So the Lakers looks solid in the middle and they also have AD to play the center position if the other teams chooses to play small on them. Maybe the system itself is flawed and the Lakers need to adjust. So let's see once Lebron is back, hopefully they can start to put up a winning streak just to take things going for them.
3077  Other / Off-topic / Re: [Boxing] Canelo Alvarez vs. Ilunga Makabu on: November 23, 2021, 11:23:51 PM
And Canelo will be making another history for Mexican boxing here if he beat Makabu and take his cruserweight title.

Then he already signed his name in boxing hall of fame when he beat Kovalev and won light heavy WBO title (which, if not mistaken, he instantly resigned and made vacant lol).

I hope that Canelo will stay in cruiserweight, or drop to light heavy. Because there is nothing left for him to do in middleweight. He should made all this titles in middleweight vacant, get belts in more heavy division, and then get back to middleweight and beat everyone again.
LightHW might be a good weight class for Canelo to settle, and there is a good champion in Bivol, and I think Canelo can beat him as well.

So maybe after the CW campaign and he won the belt, maybe he will go down and chase and clean up the LightHW for good, similar to what he did in MW and super MW and then retire with only the Floyd lost on his career.
3078  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bad news for cryptocurrency enthusiasts in India on: November 23, 2021, 10:21:40 PM
I echo the sentiments that this news won't have a drastic effect on the price itself. India doesn't have the big influence, lets say China or the US. Besides though, since 2018, India has been putting tougher regulations against crypto so this is not new. And it's been a tough battle for crypto enthusiast around that country, but at least they are not going to give up the fight that easy. If this is bad news, the only affected ones are our crypto brothers in India and not the whole crypto sphere.
3079  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin run up is coming on: November 23, 2021, 09:50:26 PM
The market have got disturbed and now bitcoin has come around $56k. Along with bitcoin there is decline in the price of ethereum reaching around $4000. The critical resistance of the market seems to test the $50k by this weekend. More institutional investors will buy the dip as there is assured recovery of the market to reach new ATH over the falling year.
This might be a panic, causing most traders to dump if you look at the chart I believe it's a bear trap and testing $56k for the bottom is still bullish but once it dropped around $40k below I think it's time to think twice whether it's a bear trap or a complete bear market. We don't know if Bitcoin would continue to pump next year or it would create a mass selloff plus the correction then it's probably a bear market. But that's just too soon to think about and I think Bitcoin will have to gather some momentum before pumping again straight to $100k.
Hard to see a drop to $40k though, the last lowest low we've seen this year is $28k and so we've achieved x2 of that price already. It's not a bear trap to me, it looks like there is a big mental barrier in front of $60k that's why a few days ago when we reached $59k, it wasn't enough to sustain it's momentum to push and get past $60k. Of course which such volatile market, we really don't know where the price will move, but for me, we are still the bull market, just some minor and healthy correction around the way leading up to a good pump in December.
3080  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Casimero vs Butler ordered by WBO on: November 23, 2021, 09:16:26 PM
I'm checking for an update of the fight and try searching for the odds and I fould this.

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WHAT WERE THE ODDS ON CASIMERO VS BUTLER?
Paul Butler is currently (+100) to win the bout outright, while you can get (+100) on John Riel Casimero if you fancy the incredible upset.
https://box.live/fights/casimero-vs-butler/

I'm not sure if the odds are reliable because AFAIK, Casimero is the champion and the better fighter, with +100 for Butler, then most likely the odds for Casimero is very attractive.
Casimero will be the favorite here for sure and it won't be very attractive odds for him ML wise. So it's really better to wait for other betting options and for sure our sports bookies are going to open a line about this fight.

Although that a highly anticipated fight in December, still if the fight are made outside of the US, there are fights that are going to watch and bet for this fight.
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