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421  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 12, 2023, 05:33:23 PM
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Yeah, it is just a phase that every batter has to go through. Still, a lot of IPL is left and I am sure SKY would be able to come back to his original form.
Suryakumar Yadav is struggling a lot, he is gone for a golden duck in four instance, 3 in ODI and now in the IPL, so he needs to think about building his partnership and rotate the strike before breaking free rather than throwing away the wicket in the very first ball.

CSK still need 54 runs to win from 18 balls but MSD is not yet showing any urgency yet, trying to rotate the strike rather than going for the big hit. If he takes the team to victory from this stage it will be an incredible game plan, if not it will be a blunder.
422  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin can do 30k$ this month? on: April 11, 2023, 08:39:49 PM
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I have been trying to find out whether there was a certain event that triggered this pump? I only read that Coinbase is integrating Lightning network, but I didn't know that this is such a big deal and also that this hasn't happened yet. I didn't pay very close to attention to that.
The main reason is the declining trust of the US dollar and people are scrambling to find safe heavens and BTCitcoin is one set asset that will gain momentum during uncertain financial conditions and the failure of US banking sector proves the importance of having a decentralized financial system and more people are identifying them and hence more investment are coming into this sector.
Integrating LN to a CEX is definitely not the reason for the rally Wink
423  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: April 09, 2023, 07:28:59 PM
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Pereira made a mistake at the end of the second half, he was carried away by the attack, he decided that Adesanya could be crushed by pressing, but it is clear that there was a good work done on the mistakes, and Izzy was waiting for the right moment to make a good shot. Congratulations to Adesanya, I liked the fight!
It was a great fight and Pereira never anticipated the counter strike because in the last fight Adesanya was not pushing the action whenever Pereira was the aggressor and it was a perfect plan and weight cutting is showing signs that his chin is not able to take clean punches and now i am curious how Pereira will be deciding his future on which weight division he is moving up as there were rumors that he will be going to Heavyweight.
424  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin price trajectory using AI on: April 09, 2023, 06:46:57 PM
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If chatgpt could see all of that it maybe it could possible be predict future prices? or make a trader bot?
ChatGPT or any AI will not be able to predict the future prices, if that is actually possible then everyone will be a millionaire and the developers will not be releasing them to the public as they can create wealth with the AI they created Cheesy, but it is possible to create a trading bot if you are able to set the parameters and it will help in creating a code which is even possible right now with ChatGPT.
425  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 09, 2023, 03:01:15 PM
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Kolkata won the match due to luck.  Because Kolkata were given a target of 207 runs after batting first, Gujarat were under a lot of pressure but they started the game with confidence on themselves and eventually Gujarat managed to score 204 runs after playing the entire 20/7 overs.  Gujarat is 3 runs short of the target set by Kolkata.  And they lost the match by three wickets. Kolkata won the match today by just three runs.  It was their great fortune. Shankar played well enough for Gujarat.  And almost all the players played very well but D. Miller came to bat at the last moment though he played only three balls but he missed the ball and took only 2 runs.  If he had played a bit better and hit at least one four or six, they would have won the match
No idea, how you view the match as if Gujarat Titans was chasing the match  Roll Eyes.

Since you are confused about how to understand the results of the match, let me rephrase to help you out  Tongue. Kolkata Knight Riders was chasing a target of 204 runs set by GT and Rinku Singh scored 5 sixes in the last over to take the team to an impossible victory. Never expected KKR to chase 29 runs needed in the last over .
426  Local / India / Re: Paxful also closed their marketplace on: April 08, 2023, 11:59:52 PM
^^ Actually terrible and with the way things are explained, if majority of the employee left the company because they are not getting paid and in that case it is better to close down rather than hearing about a major hack because of an ex employee going rogue after leaving the company.

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so any who, take out ur funds if u still have any there..
Anyone having issue withdrawing funds from Paxful, heard from one of the users that he is having difficulty in withdrawing the coins.
427  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [UFC] Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira 2 on: April 08, 2023, 11:08:29 PM
I am a big fan of Israel Adesanya and it breaks my heart to see him in this dire situation, I consider this a dire situation because he is down 3-0 and a loss will shut him off in the UFC all-time greats, 4-0 from one fighter is ugly for a great fighter.
I have been telling this in the main UFC thread about Israel Adesanya mocking Alex Pereira even before Adesanya became a champion during an interview and that actually motivated Alex Pereira to start MMA and then sign with the UFC. So Israel Adesanya asked for this one Cheesy.

clip starts from 7:07 minute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jfZJpu80mE

Surprisingly Izzy is the favorite here and I see him also as the favorite to win the fight on his last two losses to Alex he has a wide margin and in their last meeting Izzy was up 3-1 until that left hook in the last round he is winning the fight and just needs on to hold to defend the title.
Alex have crazy knockout power and that is what makes him dangerous. I wont be surprised if Alex Pereira starts wrestling in this fight to make a point and frustrates Adesanya Grin.
428  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: April 08, 2023, 07:59:19 PM
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West Indies team is declining day after day. The most surprising thing is that the country whose players are most popular in T20 cricket fails to qualify for the T20 World Cup. Almost everyone knows that how vulnerable such a situation with their cricket.
There is always dispute with the West Indies Cricket board and the players and on top of that they are all from different Island Countries playing under West Indies. They get more money from franchise Cricket and hence majority are playing them rather than under West Indies.

A few teams have been added in recent times which are more stronger Like USA and UAE. Both the teams have good players and these teams are driven by ্good foreign players. As a result, teams like Sri Lanka or West Indies can also be weak opponents for them.
I doubt USA or UAE could beat West Indies or Sri Lanka even when they are having an off day. Against other Associate countries they are a better team but not against major teams.
429  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Will you sell Shib now? Am holding on: April 08, 2023, 06:06:50 PM
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The strength of memecoins like Shiba Inu won't be felt until the bull market starts properly, the Ethereum whales buying Shiba Inu aren't stupid, they understand the power of community that's why they're buying.
I am not too confident about the resurrection during the next bull run but it was surprising when some of the gambling sites started accepting them. Even though i never purchased them, i do hold some to gamble simply because of the casino weekly giveaway according to the amount you wager, if not i will not be holding them, but i understand that it has some large backing if not they will not be added in multiple gambling sites just because it is a meme coin.

At the end you'll be glad you did because provided doge coin is receiving attention from investors, chances are Shiba Inu will start receiving attention too because both coins are related and pumps together.
The reason Doge got its attention is because of Elon Musk and since the developers of Shiba is still anonymous, i wont be surprised if the creator is a CEX owner who has the ability to pump them.
430  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Terrence Crawford vs Errol Spence - June 17 on: April 07, 2023, 11:05:56 PM
The dates are not official yet, i like Terrence Crawford and it is one of the most anticipated fights because both are undefeated and i like both of their fighting styles and in their prime and usually Boxing promoters does not put great fights often Grin.

Coming into the fight, i am going with Terrence Crawford as he is precise with his striking and has a solid defense while Errol Spence overwhelms opponents with his aggression and might be the hardest puncher between the two. Either way a treat for the fight fans.
431  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 07, 2023, 07:45:43 PM
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It is actually very surprising to see Amit Mishra still play. And it is also surprising to say that he is actually doing a good job of it.
In the past two matches that took place in Lucknow and Eden Garden, the pitch was aiding spinners and all the batsman were struggling against spinners and they are getting good purchase from the wicket and if the trend continues it will be boring as the matches will be predictable and the teams will be staked with spinners like Lucknow Super Giants did today playing 4 spinners.
432  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: April 07, 2023, 01:30:04 PM
No boxer will want to get humiliated by fighting with MMA rules and hence you wont see anyone after the James Toney disaster who was a decorated boxer with championships in multiple division fought Randy Couture and got finished in the first round.
I dont know if this is true and they can always have mixed rules that would be between boxing and MMA.
Tyson Fury said in public that he wants to fight with Francis Ngannou and that he would accept something like that.
I really want to see this fight happening and it can be with any rules they want  Smiley
A promoter should be willing to promote the fight and a sanctioning body should license the fight to take place, if not exhibition bouts is the only way and the main purpose for conducting these huge fights is to earn the revenue and there is a limit on how much they can earn by conducting an exhibition bout.

Tyson Fury said, he is willing to compete in boxing with Francis Ngannou with MMA gloves, which is obviously an exhibition bout. No kicks or wrestling, pure boxing with small gloves.

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Some asian promotions in past have special MMA rules - ground game and submitting can be done only starting from round two. But during round one, fighters were allowed to do throws and standing wrestle. This was made specially, to make fight more exciting and last longer, because in past not many fighters managed and knew how to escape kneebars and achilles locks. (I am speaking about 90s era, when Pride, Pancrase and etc promotions were on top).
Last year, One FC conducted a mixed rules (4 three minute rounds alternating between Muay Thai and MMA rules) bout with Demetrious Johnson and Rodtang, who is a Muay Thai legend. First round was Muay Thai and second round was MMA rules and Demetrious Johnson survived the first round and in the second round he took Rodtang down and finished the fight.

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Yeah sure...  But I wonder how they'd handle kicks to the legs.  :/  Especially those Gaethje style leg kicks.  I don't think they'd be able to handle a couple of rounds of those.  There's also the grappling aspect.
It is hard to quantify how anyone would take a brutal leg kick but elite specialist in one discipline and with basic ground game can go a long way in MMA. In the case of Vasiliy Lomachenko, he is an elite level boxer with crisp movements and even a specialist boxer who spent their lifetime boxing cannot quantify the movement and speed of Vasiliy Lomachenko, just image how a mixed martial artist who spends time to learn multiple fight techniques and not concentrate on one aspect would be able to handle them and on top of that, Lomachenko is an elite ground fighter with Sambo Judo and Wrestling, so he is a perfect fit to transition if he ever wants to in a hypothetical situation.


That's why I hate MMA fighters try and make transition into boxing and get ridiculed if they lost.  It's mostly just a dog and pony show.  Why don't the best in boxing get into MMA.
Purely financial motive and most of the MMA fighters that transitions to boxing, either does not have the ability to practice other discipline due to age or injury and hence moving to boxing to find revenue. The discipline of boxing is one aspect of the fight game in MMA and for a boxer to learn how to kick and grapple or basic wrestling defense would take years grasp and hence the transition from boxing to MMA is rare, because any MMA fighter could easily take the boxer down and submit without much struggle.

Anyway, does anybody else think Adesanya is gonna retire if he loses again?
If he looses again, he needs to wait for Alex Pereira to fight against a wrestler and he will be back on track to regain the title Cheesy.  


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433  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: April 06, 2023, 11:55:49 PM
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I do not understand how Bangladesh was unable to pick up all the wickets. They could not get six in a whole day, but they got four in almost no time the day before.
They picked wickets but the tail end players are giving some resistance and with plenty of time left in the match, it is an easy win for Bangladesh.

Every team should remember that with Bangladesh anything can happen especially in a test match. I believe if Ireland can somehow post a total of more than 250, they actually might have a very good chance of winning. At least looking at the history of all of this in test cricket, that’s what I think.
Ireland already lost their 8th wicket and they have a lead of 131 runs, the tail made runs but to reach 250 runs with 2 wickets left is an impossible task, even if they reach those total, Bangladesh will chase them easily because if the Ireland tail end batsman can score runs why cant Bangladesh in the 4th innings.
434  Economy / Economics / Re: Russia and others, move to use Yuan instead of dollar. on: April 06, 2023, 10:09:03 PM
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Oh, China, you sneaky little devil! Trying to replace the mighty dollar with your yuan? Good luck with that! You think you can just bully the non-smart countries into using your currency and exporting your inflation? Think again!
You better need to evaluate facts, dollar was considered as a global currency when they were literally backed by gold and it all happened after the second world war. Now look at the economical situation of US, banks failing left and right and the government is printing money out of thin air for decades and why would the rest of the world suffer due to their dumb economic policies and dollar is a tool to implement sanctions because they are not dancing to their tone, it has to change and change is happening with Saudi settling oil money in local currencies and there is a proposed gold backed currency in talks by BRICS.

US had the power for the longer period and before that it was the UK, the power dynamics changes if you look at history.

 We already suffered badly on a global scale in 2007 because of the dumb policies and we cannot take chance all the time and it is time to shift the power dynamics as they have many inner issues to sort before lecturing the world.
435  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: April 06, 2023, 07:51:49 PM
Well, you are right if UFC fighters will surely keep on losing to boxers then that is not a great image for the company
Let boxers fight in octagon with MMA or mixed rules, and we see who wins then.
No boxer will want to get humiliated by fighting with MMA rules and hence you wont see anyone after the James Toney disaster who was a decorated boxer with championships in multiple division fought Randy Couture and got finished in the first round.

Two world class boxers that would fair in MMA is Vasiliy Lomachenko and Terence Crawford who have legit high level wrestling background.


These two guys looks rather familiar Cheesy Hard to know who Volkanovski was cosplaying, but Whittaker is pure Hulk Hogan Cheesy
Volk is impersonating Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Do you think we could have mixed tournaments one day? Or see UFC heavyweight participate in WWE matches? I clearly remember I saw Mike Tyson in a wrestling match/fight.
WWE being scripted, Mike Tyson was a guest whenever he appeared on WWE Tv.

And we all remember Brock Lesnar, that came from WWE and performed well in UFC. This slowly turns into "is wrestling fake" discussion Cheesy As Lesnar was rather prepared for striking in his fight UFC fight.
Brock Lesnar is a special athlete, he is a legit high level wrestler who won NCAA Division I and then the ability to switch to WWE in a short period and then moving on to MMA cannot be done by everyone unless you are a freak athlete.
436  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UFC Fight Night & Main Event: Sportsbet.io Predictions & discussion on: April 06, 2023, 06:49:32 PM
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One thing that might happen is Brock Lesnar coming back for one last time and face Jon Jones for the biggest pay per view, Jones called out Lesnar earlier but now things are easier.

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Perhaps it was all planned from the very start. You all know how Dana's mind works when it comes to making a brand and exploiting it to it's fullest.
As you can see in the background with the WWE into UFC and UFC into the WWE pictures on the walls.
 
Endeavor the company that purchased UFC recently purchased WWE and the above video is from a FOX Tv segment and it was funny.

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The rumor could be true where fans can now bet on WWE but I hope Dana would make it to be real wrestling and not a theater like how it is now. Featuring the different kinds of wrestlers showcasing styles and beating each other. Enough of that Powerslap because it doesn't look like a sport.

I guess we'll be seeing the wrestlers in UFC meets in WWE to have a real wrestling fight. This will really change the audience from kids to gamblers.
Like i mentioned above UFC and WWE is owned by the same company and Dana is running the front end of the show and Vince is back with WWE running the front end of the show, you can expect collaboration like meet and greet but you cannot expect any shoot events with WWE stars.
437  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: DOGE surges as Twitter change its website icon to Doge on: April 05, 2023, 08:11:08 PM
This is insanity.
Why in the world would any serious businessman would do this? It seems that at this point Twitter is just a toy for Elon Musk to mess with rather than a way for him to made money off. It is not even April 1th anymore.
It is a private company owned by Elon Musk and he shelled out $44 billion and if he wants to change the logo, so be it and it is a kind of promotion for the cryptocurrency market as well as people who are not even in this space will try to learn about the change in logo which is an advertisement which is unprecedented.


Imagine serious people from around the world login on their accounts to see that, not even mentioning that this does not help the case against his alleged inside trading accusations.
Richest person in the world and the allegation of making money by inside trading Cheesy.
438  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 05, 2023, 06:27:22 PM
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If Devdutt Padikkal can perform well along with Sanju Samson then Rajasthan Royals have some chance of winning. Rajasthan managed to collect 81 runs in 9 overs. They need 117 runs to win in 66 balls. Rajasthan Royals need to score around 11 runs per over to win. The match is still under Punjab's control.
RR sent Ravichandran Ashwin as their opener when they have Devdutt Padikkal who is an established opener in the IPL and he is struggling in the middle order and since he was struggling it put pressure on Sanju Samson and in the end lost his wicket going for a big hit. Shimron Hetmyer and Dhruv Jurel took the game close but Punjab Kings were able to defend the total and won two matches in a row.
439  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [POLL] Heavyweight Boxing 1st April 2023: Joshua vs Franklin on: April 02, 2023, 06:52:49 PM
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On the basis of the fight I just saw, I think Fury and Usyk would beat Joshua quite easily. Joshua simply does not frighten opponents any more and bot Fury and Usyk are far more superior in boxing terms than Joshua.
Oleksandr Usyk already defeated Anthony Joshua twice and now that match up is over as there wont be a rubber match with two looses and Tyson Fury is the best boxer in this generation and Joshua will not stand a chance against him, the other opponents for Anthony Joshua that would create interest is Deontay Wilder and it will be a great fight for the fans and their future.
440  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 02, 2023, 03:44:52 PM
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It is really unfortunate for Gujarat Titans. Being ruled out for the entire season is undoubtedly a big blow for the team. Besides, I can't find anyone to fill his place in the team. He was the best among the foreign players. Gujarat Titans will definitely remember Williamson because where the opponents are very strong. Although Gujarat Titans won the first match without Kane Williamson batting, not all players perform equally on every day. Gujarat Titans entire squad.
It was unfortunate for Kane Williamson to get injured in the field as he was coming into the IPL after rehabilitating from an elbow injury and now in the first match he was injured. It might not impact the team as he was not in the team line up that won the title last year but it will impact New Zealand as he is their key player.

Now another injury in today's match, Reece Topley dislocated his shoulder and hopefully he can continue in the series but the details are not yet known.
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