As expected, Ginebra is the favorite currently base on the odds on Stake.


With how the TNT played in Game 2, I think they can also win in Game 3 as well. I mean if they somehow know how to stop Brownlee from getting red hot in shooting, and somehow stop Standhardinger, then they have a chance. He really wasn't a big factor in Game 2, and I didn't know the adjustments that the TNT did since I didn't watch most of Game 2, but I think they know what they'll do to stop him. On the other hand, I wonder what will be the adjustments of the Ginebra in order for them to win in Game 3.

I'll put my bet on TNT on this one just because of how they played. I believe that the locals of the TNT are better than that of Ginebra (for me). TNT as the winner, and TNT +4.5 on Handicap are my bets.

I think we all knew it, all of the Basketball Coaches knew it, everybody in the league knew it already way before the end of the regular season.
We all knew who will be the Coach of the Year. Coach Mike Brown really turned the whole Kings upside down. From a team who's in the bottom, and didn't reach the playoff for 16 straight years to now one of the top offensive teams in the league, and take note that it's only his first year coaching the Kings though he got some experience being an assistant coach on the Warriors. Credits to the runner ups I guess.

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Now I just saw it on Facebook a while ago and it's the Rookie of the Year award. Just look at the picture alone, and you will see how stupid the voters are.


Paolo Banchero is one vote away from being the unanimous Rookie of the Year, but look at that stupid one voter down below who voted for Walker Kessler. Also take a look the outlet where he is working. Salt Lake Tribune is from Utah. I don't want to say stupid to him, but he ruined it because he voted for the rookie that's playing on their home. Banchero must've been the only unanimous Rookie of the Year since KAT in 2015, but he ruined it.

Since March, I already put my bet on the Warriors because I believe that they're the team to beat now in the West. I will cite some things with regards to the Warriors that might change your mind if you already put your bet on another team.

- Curry, Thompson, and Poole are combined for 779 three pointers in the regular season. That's the highest by a trio in an NBA history.
- Thompson is the 3rd player in NBA history to get at least 300 three pointers in a single season. The other 2? Curry, and Harden.
- They are the 7th highest defensive rating post-trade deadline. Take note that Wiggins isn't playing most of that time, and GPII only played 7 games.
- Poole, and DiVincenzo as their back-up scorer, Kuminga who is very athletic, and starting to develop himself already, Moody is a big help as well, GPII as a great defender. These are only their bench players.
- Their starting 5 of Curry, Thompson, Green, Wiggins, and Looney are one of the best starting 5 right now in the league.

That are only the some of the things that they achieved this season. I also forgot to mention that experience that they've got as a whole team. On the first round, they will face the top offensive team right now which is the Kings, but they're inexperienced, and we know how experience affects the playoffs right? On the second round, they will face the Grizzlies most probably, and I can't wait for the Warriors to slap them especially Brooks who are calling themselves a "dynasty".

No hate for other teams out there or the users here who put their bets on another team, but I only shared some things from a Warrior fan.

I think this is what they are calling "Dollar-Cost Averaging".
Well, accumulating Bitcoin overtime is for me the safest approach when it comes to investing in cryptocurrency. Buying at once can also be a good strategy, but the bad negative thing on that way is that, you might lose an opportunity if Bitcoin goes even lower in price, and you don't have money to buy it at a lower price.

Overall, stacking sats, or Dollar-Cost Average is kind of the same that you are stacking Satoshis. The only difference I guess is that... there's no difference on it.

Well, that term really became popular especially in this forum. This is why I love the forum. There are many things that happened only here, and will only happen here. That infamous HODL, some famous names like Satoshi, Hal etc. posted here, the person behind the infamous 10,000 Bitcoin pizza.

Anyway, I guess there's no need for an explanation with this one already because it's on the name already. On the other hand, I will not do this one because it's like "You will hold your Bitcoins until you die." which is not one of my plans. I still want to give my Bitcoins to some other people if my time comes, but anyway, I hope that people took "Holding on for dear life" phrase as "Holding long term".

This is where most of the profits are.
At the same time, this is where most investors are losing money.

The most riskiest way of the three. Trading Bitcoin is considered an investment because in order for an investor to trade, you must invest Bitcoin. Still, those expert traders are the ones who are gaining the most profit thru trading, and where they are getting those profits? From the investors who are losing on their trades.

You are pertaining about trading right? You are saying that you can get wins at some times, and at some times you will get losses.

Well, that's how trading is. There is no 100% win rate in trading. Even the experts are losing trades, but the difference is that the experts are winning more than they're losing thus, they are having more profits than losses. Mystical magic? Technological process? Regulating the system? I might be dumb, but I didn't even think how these words are connected to trading.

You said complete expert trader. You mean a perfect trader right because if that's how you think then you're right. You know what the experts and newbies, and average traders differ? Experts know the risk, they know when to enter, and they know when to exit. Most of the newbies, and some of the average traders doesn't know this one.

Don't think of the short term. Obviously you are feeling that because you are seeing Bitcoin's price in the short term.

Fear? Pain? Discomfort? That will be gone if you will only look at the long term price movement of Bitcoin. Don't be too negative about price movement of Bitcoin. If you bought at $30,000 then good for you. If it goes down, don't panic, and accumulate more Bitcoin. I mean why care if the price of it goes down. Always take note that price going down is always an opportunity to buy more Bitcoins at a lower price.

As for me? I didn't felt anything when Bitcoin's price went to as high as $69,000 2 years ago. I also didn't felt anything, but happiness when the price of Bitcoin went down below $20,000 last year because I saw it as an opportunity to buy even more. Bitcoin pumps are very normal, and for some traders a time for them to take profit. Yes I did felt some regret for myself because I didn't sold my Bitcoins back when it was at it's peak, but for sure I will not do that mistake again and will sell a portion of it when the bull market comes.

How does it feels for me to see Bitcoin at $30,000? None . Because I saw it already reaching that price, and even higher.

2 home teams got upset today because of how they played on their home.

For the Raptors, it's their free throw shooting that's the problem. Just imagine how many free throws they've missed. 18 free throw shots, and what if all of that or at least most went in. They have a high chance to win, but they lost because of that. I wonder how Beverley is reacting right now if it happened on their home. He might've stand on the scorers table again, and throwing his jersey.

For the other game, the Thunder are overachieving already this season IMO, and for a young team to play like that, it's very impressive that's what I will say. 12 lead changes, and 11 ties, and add that the Thunder are leading most of the time, and at one point, they lead as many as 10 points. Many would've thought that the Pelicans will win on this one because they have 2 all-star players, and very good role players, but the Thunder proved us wrong, and stole one on the road. SGA, and Giddey lead the Thunder team, and will face the Timberwolves for the 8th seed. For sure, the outcome of this game will be different if Zion only played. His answer to why he isn't playing is just ridiculous. He feel that he isn't the Zion he used to? LOL!!!

Anyway, I think it's the first time that both 9th seeded teams lost to 10th seeded teams since the play-in tournament has implemented. We are now seeing play-in tournaments that are like playoffs already. The games are really entertaining. I'm not hoping that all playoff games will be like this, but I hope that most will.

Because it can buy everything, and when I mean everything, I mean everything that you can buy, money can buy it.

Luxuries, guns, bombs, land, everything that you think, money can buy it that's why it is ruling the world right now. Some might say that money can't buy happiness. Yes it's a famous quote back in the days maybe, but now we know that even money can buy happiness. Not directly happiness, but you can buy things that you love, and that action will make you happy.

If you want to survive in this cruel world,  you need money. If you need to buy something you neither need or want, you need money. Without money, you will not survive, and maybe that's the reason why people are working. Money is a necessity and without it, we will not live long.

I've seen many people who got broke, and until now are still broke because of wrong use of Credit Card.

Since they got that card, they are shopping here, shopping there. Swipe here, swipe there. Buying things they just want because they thought that they have money, but they overspent, and now having a hard time paying their debt plus the expenses. Well, credit card being a double-edged sword can be prevented still if you are disciplined enough to not overspend. Don't buy the things that you don't need using credit card, and before using it, make sure that you can pay it within a certain amount of time, or don't use it. DISCIPLINE IS THE KEY.

I already put it in Caps Lock. Discipline is the key.
These are the problems those people who can't prevent themselves from overspending using their credit card are facing. They believe that they have free money thru their credit card, but that mindset is a mistake.

Good for you that you know how to budget.

Not all people know how to budget their expenses. I myself isn't good at budgeting my money, but the good thing is that, I'm frugal enough to at least save some money for emergency funds, and for investing. Currently, I'm not using credit card because I don't know where can I use it. Making tough choices is very essential for our life. Sometimes, we come to a point where we are thinking which is better between the 2, and deciding to sacrifice something for the betterment of the other. In your case, cutting back your expenses, so you can pay your debt is a good choice. Debt over everything.

It depends on the person who has credit card.

It's wise for a person who only uses credit card to buy the things they need, and don't overspending on it. On the other hand, it isn't wise for the people who are using it to buy the things that they want. There are some saying that you should avoid using or having credit card, but why? I mean I can have a credit card if I wanted to since I know that I'm disciplined enough to know when to use it or not. It all comes to the person who has it, and not the credit card itself.

Your Chicago Bulls won on the road against the Raptors.

I just hope that the Raptors will not be haunted because of how awful they shot on the free throw line. 18/36?? In a must win situation, and you are shooting that atrocious? They also have an opportunity to tie the ball game with 3 free throws in the final seconds, but Siakam only shot 1 out of that 3 free throws. What if they shot even better in the free throw area? They would've won that game, but instead they're the ones who got eliminated in the play in tournament.

Nothing, but disappointment if you're a Raptor fan knowing how big Raptors fans are to the point that they are even watching outside the arena.

I lost both of my bets today, but the good thing is that I put my bet on the Lakers to win the game when they are down by double digits at some point of the game. It was one of the best play-in game that I've watched since they added it. Heat also did ended the streak or 7th seeds because they're the first team to lose to an 8th seed since they implemented the play-in format.

Nobody expected the Thunder to play this well the whole regular season.

Many expected that they are tanking to get another young draft pick again, but they played really well, and got the final spot of the play-in tournament. TBH, if they lose against the Pelicans, there's no hard feelings for them because they are a young team still, and this will be an experience for them. I just hope that Holmgren will be playing next season already, so he can help SGA on offense. Credits to Thunder coach as well.

As for betting, I think it would be better for the bettors to wait, and bet on live. There might be a chance that the Thunder can get the lead in the early parts of the game, and who knows. We might see an upset.

When you watched PBA Finals games for numerous times already, you will know what can happen in the first 2 games.
Like what I predicted, and I guess many here already knew the outcome of Game 2, and for sure they put their bets on TNT on this one.

TNT is leading by 12 points at halftime then suddenly Ginebra made a huge run in the 3rd quarter to close the gap, but in the final minutes of the game, TNT really took the momentum, put their lead again in double digits, and eventually win the game. Hollis-Jefferson ended that game with an emphatic dunk at the final minutes of the game, and you can feel the emotion, and he really wants to give Ginebra a good fight. He finished the game with an almost triple double 23 points-19 rebounds-9 assists. Brownlee on the other hand got only 12 points.

A nice adjustment for the TNT to tie the series at 1 a piece. Now Game 3 will be much harder to predict now because anybody can win. I don't know if it's just me, but I think I'll go with TNT on this one.

I already went all in for TNT @ 1.67.

I've been watching PBA playoff games for a long time, and so are most of the users here. We've seen already that whenever a team wins in Game 1, the opposing team will win in game 2. Will it happen this time? We don't know, but the chances are high that the TNT will win on this one. I also saw a -3.5 spread, and I would want to bet on that as well on Stake, but didn't have much funds anymore. .

Still, I might be wrong that the TNT will tie the series, but there's a high chance that they will because of how teams are playing in the past years in the PBA Finals. Just look at the first 2 games of the PBA Finals on the recent Philippine Cup, and Commissioner's Cup.

Governments are the ones who are fixing the curriculum to different schools.

Unfortunately, schools will not teach us anything about money, or even in investing in general because Governments simply don't want to. I'm not saying all, but most especially here in our country where they aren't teaching those kids about money, and investing, so why teach Bitcoin. Another reason that I know is that, only a few people know the basics of Bitcoin, and on that few people who know it, only few are willing to teach it to other people.

You said third-world countries, and I'm from a third-world country, and I will say that I will agree with you. I don't know the exact percentage of people who knows Bitcoin here in our country, but I'm predicting that it's less than 10% or even 5% which is kind of saddening TBH.

2 ways that I think will work:
1. Governments will implement Bitcoin in the curriculum on both secondary, and tertiary. I don't know if this will happen, but I think it will work.
2. Social media. Right now, social media has been our source of information for years. We've seen numerous videos with regards to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general on different platforms especially on Youtube. The problem is that, most of the people prefer spending their time watching entertaining videos than educational videos.

I'm sorry for posting it here, but this picture really is something unusual for me . I mean we've seen Lillard's Dame Time gesture, but this gesture is the one I've seen for the first time, and it's just very good to see your teammates having the same gesture after hitting a game-winning shot. Unfortunately, Davis spoiled it with his foul against Conley, but he apologized in an interview.

The Lakers are 10-2 when Schroeder is scoring 10+ points, and now he got 21 to help his team retain that 7th seed and will face the Grizzlies. TBH, I'm not impressed with how the Lakers played tonight. Many expected this to be a one-sided game because of the problems that the Wolves got. No Gobert, no McDaniels, no Reid, Towns in foul trouble, Edwards not having a good night, and the Lakers are down almost the whole game, but anyway, a win is a win, and I hope that they will not play the same when they face the Grizzlies.

P.S. The Timberwolves has now 19 losses after leading by 10+ points. It's the 2nd most in the NBA this season.

I don't know what's the problem with the Heat this season. I mean they're the last in terms of scoring, and they've been having a hard time winning this whole season. In this game against the Hawks in their home, the Heat are down by as high as 21 points, and whenever the Heat will make a run, the Hawks will make their own as well. It's like they are just trading points, and can't defend at all. Anyway, they lost, and will wait for the winner of the 9th-10th match-up in the East.

Simula nung naging successful yung Arbitrum Airdrop, nagkaroon na naman ng kaunting hype ang airdrops sa ngayon.
Alam naman natin kung gaano karisky ang airdrops. Need mo ng kaunting capital para magkaroon ka ng chansa na makasali sa airdrop. Minsan hindi pa sure kung magkakaroon sila ng airdrop or hindi.

Pagkatapos ng Arbitrum Airdrop, merong 2 na projects na ang sa tingin ng karamihan ay magkakaroon ng airdrop. Itong 2 na project na ito ay ang zkSync at Starknet. Nakapanood ako sa Youtube kung paano tayo magiging eligible sa airdrop nila pero take note pa rin na hindi pa 100% sure na mag-aiairdrop sila. Ito yung video na napanood ko at maipapakita dito kung paano tayo magiging eligible sa airdrop kung sakaling meron.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqoUoKjQOjg - zkSync
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApQWB_qQZ3A&t=51s - Starknet

Good luck sa mga sasali sa airdrop. Binabalak kong itry yung Starknet pero di ko pa alam kung ilan ang kaya kong irisk para lang maging eligible.

Why focus on the negative side of the bear market? You know who are the ones who are thinking that way? Newbies like you who don't fully understand the market. Well, you said that you're a newbie anyway, so I guess you need to do some research and educate yourself as well.

It's frustrating not only to Bitcoin entrepreneurs like you mention, but even for the investors who bought Bitcoin at it's peak or near to it. On the other hand, there are traders who are still profiting whether it is a bull or a bear market. Overall, there are some benefits of bear market still especially if you took the opportunity, and bought it at a lower price. Bear market being unpredictable? In what way?

Like you said, investors and entrepreneurs really need to adopt to how Bitcoin moves, so that they will be a successful one, and earn profits from either bull or bear market.

Too much hype, low to no upgrade to the project.

I guess the fact that they are very slow in terms of making some upgrades to their projects is the reason why they are being hated, but TBH I can't feel the hate on the project... or it's just because I'm not following the project that much. . Maybe another reason is that, they are saying that they are the "Ethereum Killer", but developing very slow, and like others said here, they are overhyping the project too much, but the progress is very slow.

Still, Cardano is one of the top tokens right now in terms of market cap, and it has been there for a very long time. It just shows that there's a huge community behind it. I'm currently holding, and staking Cardano for almost a year already, and it's always good to earn coins just by doing nothing though I'm thinking of selling it already, and purchase Ethereum.

He is one of the best centers in the league in his prime, and even when after he got injured, he is still putting good numbers even though he is only a bench player unlike when he was in Sacramento and New Orleans.

He deserves a chance, but nobody wants to put a risk on a player who is injury-prone, and has a bad attitude. We know how bad the attitude of Cousins is when he played in the NBA, and add the fact that he is injury prone already. I guess if I'm the GM, I will not sign that player. The good thing though is that, he will be playing in Puerto Rico in one of the teams there which is a good thing. I just hope that his attitude will change there, and play better, so that NBA scouts will look at him again, and who knows. He might return to the NBA a few years from now.

It's been a long time since I put my bets . Anyway, here are my bet's for these 2 play-in games.

Miami Heat - Atlanta Hawks - Miami Heat
- I think that the Heat will retain that 7th spot. Currently, they are down by 9 points, but it's too early to say that they lost already. Anyway, I still believe in Playoff Butler where he shines the most, and let's not forget Bam, and Herro.

Los Angeles Lakers - Minnesota Timberwolves - Los Angeles Lakers (-8.5)
- The odds of the Lakers winning the game isn't that attractive anymore because many expects the outcome already, so I put my bet on Handicap, and I think that they'll cover that one, and retain that 7th seed.

Good luck to us bettors.