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1761  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Mark Magsayo vs Rey Vargas WBC Featherweight Title (July 9) on: May 29, 2022, 11:41:18 AM
And I think Vargas is a strong opponent, so we are going to see Magsayo being tested, if he will respond with a big win, then for sure people will believe that he deserves to be a champion and he has a bright future ahead of him. My prediction is, Magsayo by KO if he wins.

Yes, Vargas' achievement is really a big deal, 35 wins with no defeat yet. Magsayo surely got a good challenger.

However, Vargas resides for a long period in the BantamWeight division while the other hand, Magsayo is already an experienced fighter at the FeatherWeight. There might be a big change in the environment that Vargas might experience entering a much upper-weight class and facing the champion.




We are going to see it, at least for now we know that Magsayo should train hard as he got a good challenger. Magsayo is not popular yet, he has to continue working on his way to consistently defend his title and this upcoming fight of his is a good fight to start with.

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That's why maybe others looked at Vargas as a threat to Magsayo because of that 35-0 record and considered the former as an experienced boxer compare to Magsayo. That might be true but since Magsayo is used to fighting at Featherweight, that's already a big advantage for him against Vargas.

I see the same, and I'm not so complacent that Magsayo will win.
1762  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2020 Philippine Basketball Association betting discussion on: May 29, 2022, 10:31:59 AM

Back to the PBA, have read in my social media news feed that K. Ravena and NLEX were meeting for a possible return, is this true?

So his contract with Japan's B league is over?

That's what I'm saying, contracts overseas are mostly short-term only, that's why some PBA players just choose to stay in the PBA so they have an assurance that they'll continue to receive their salary for the long term. I guess Ravena spoke well to the management before he left the PBA, so I expect that the management will accept his comeback as well.
1763  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Eastern Conference Finals (Heat vs Celtics) on: May 29, 2022, 10:13:38 AM
Game 7 will be tomorrow, finally, we will see the biggest game so far in the playoffs.

I like the status of the Heat here, they are the home team, and yet they are underdog per sportsbook betting odds.
Butler has to drop a good number, that way their chance to win is good.
1764  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your NBA Champion this season? on: May 28, 2022, 03:12:11 PM
I love the Warriors to win, but 4-1 in the Finals, I think that's too much to ask. If the Warriors had some problem with the Memphis, I think there's no way we can underestimate their opponent, I think minimum 6, max is game 7.

It's possible to happen. Celtics and Heat are not consistent these playoffs compare to Golden State Warriors. There are lots of times this East team are having bad plays. In NBA Finals, it should not be like that as that's the final series already.

I'm thinking around 4-1 and 4-2 too but not it will turn out 4-3. Warriors in 5 and the reason is, they will try to celebrate a championship at their home. We are just guessing here but who knows Finals will be at Game 7. That was a good watch for us NBA Fans.

Warriors, if they can finish the series as early as possible, they will do it especially if the game was being played in front of the

Dub nation. We don't know, though if how Boston or Miami will compete. For sure, if whoever wins the East side, they also have that pride

not to allow being eliminated that quick. It's the finals and fans will expect a championship caliber team will do everything to win the

title.

It would be nice to see if the Warriors will not easily eliminate their opponent in the NBA Finals. Curry, Green, and Thompson are now healthy and complete, so they can sure give a good series to whoever they will face in the NBA Finals. I like to see Curry winning the Finals MVP, he is currently at 1.80 now, I think that's a steal.
1765  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Mark Magsayo vs Rey Vargas WBC Featherweight Title (July 9) on: May 28, 2022, 01:38:44 PM
Correct. As a challenger, Vargas should give the champion the best of him so, in return, the champion will also do the favor. A champion like Magsayo needs a strong challenger to prove that he really deserves to be a champion.

And I think Vargas is a strong opponent, so we are going to see Magsayo being tested, if he will respond with a big win, then for sure people will believe that he deserves to be a champion and he has a bright future ahead of him. My prediction is, Magsayo by KO if he wins.
1766  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season on: May 28, 2022, 11:35:29 AM
Hi OP, I'm just a bit confused with the poll.

What do you mean by "finals poll coming"?
I just voted for fun although I don't understand, but would care to explain what's it all about?
1767  Economy / Speculation / Re: Was $25K the bottom? on: May 28, 2022, 11:18:19 AM
I'm not sure bitcoin will drop to these values. It can't go down without stopping for two months in a row. If the price goes down to 25k, it probably won't be for long. A bounce should happen in the near future. The number of long positions on bitfinex is constantly increasing. I think this is just for a reason. Many people are afraid to buy now and are waiting for bitcoin to get cheaper. But usually the market moves against the expectations of most.
There is always the potential for the price of bitcoin to drop lower than $25K, but a reversal also seems more likely and the price never drops lower again. Prices cannot be predicted with certainty because sometimes the opposite happens because market demand and supply are very uncertain. We have a history of bad price declines in the past where bitcoin prices fell by more than 85% from ATH. But obviously that's not a bad sign to judge bitcoin's future due to the fact bitcoin price has managed to score another ATH in 2021.
I agree that there have been worse falls in history, but right now I think a good indicator is that almost everyone is talking about bitcoin going even lower. Many people want to buy it cheaper than they are currently being offered to do so. Usually at times like this the price starts to go up and they have to buy at the market price. Then the dump happens again.
Now is the right time to buy, not when people are in FOMO because that would not usually lead to profit, especially if the market is no anymore bullish. Let's face the reality, we are in a bear market now, and just like in the past, some people will panic and sell their holdings, but how many times do we make mistakes, instead of panicking, why not buy cheap and close our eyes.
1768  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your NBA Champion this season? on: May 26, 2022, 04:02:51 PM

For now, Golden State Warriors is the only team that is close to the championship.

Eastern Conferece Finals is tight and we don't know who will win there even by speculations and predictions.

And one notable thing, teams playing in the ECG right now are dealing with lots of injuries. Golden State Warriors, on the other hand, are playing healthy and it's not just the Splash Brothers that carry the team but there are role players who are stepping up for them. Regardless of who will be in the ECF, the Warriors do have a very big advantage.

Warriors also have suffered injury problems but not on their star players and they have lots of replacements that are ready to step up.
They don't have GPII anymore, and Otto Porter Jr. is also injured, but he will be back soon.

Their chance is good actually, the reason why they are the heavy favorites to win.

Gary Payton II's presence could bring a big help on the defensive strategy but now he's injured and cannot help the team, but his absence along with Otto Porter Jr. doesn't make the Warriors in the disadvantage side as they are still hard to beat and capable to dominate any team especially in their home and that's make them the heaviest favorite to win this season.


With how Wiggin stepping up for the Warriors, he's adding the pressure to any opponent that they will be facing, we see him doing good adjustment both with his offense and defense, With him and Green plus the splash bro and Poole the solid big 5 can beat any team inside this league. Though the series against the Mavs is still ongoing but the advantage is still with the Warriors,

they can close the series at home unless Mavs already finds the right adjustment to counter every attack of the Warriors.

Still, the Warriors have that good advantage to advance to the finals..

Indeed! Wiggins and everybody on the roster especially their deadly new big three are outstanding, even though their best defensive player was removed because of the sustained injury, they are still hard to beat, and anywhere you put them they have the advantage.

The Mavericks have been playing well the entire season and keeps surprising the fans with their improvement in the playoffs until now, they are a heavy team but they just don't have the continuous consistency and the experience that the Warriors had. I expect a better Dallas Mavericks next season, even though I want a fresh match-up like Celtics vs Mavericks in the Finals but they just cannot bring the Warriors down.
1769  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Davis vs Romero: May 28 on: May 26, 2022, 03:36:37 PM
While browsing my Facebook feed I just saw this feed, Romero thinks he is the most explosive boxer in the history of boxing and when asked how he is going to be successful on Gervonta Davis, this guy just says Tank is easy to hit and their's no way he could not beat him.
His team is feeding him crap I don't know if this is just s strategy or really coming from his heart, this guy should be knocked out, so he'll wake up in the reality that he is not the most explosive boxer in the history of boxing, the guy doesn't know anything about boxing history. 

https://www.facebook.com/ShowtimeBoxing/videos/502243731696012/

He's such a clown. No wonder people don't want to bet on the stupid horse, but looks may be deceiving. He can get lucky here and then all those people who are betting 1k just to win $100 on Davis will cry.

He can talk all he want because people won't really believe all those nonsense, it's only believable if he already defeated some known boxers in the industry but as of now, he didn't have any on his sheet. Did he honestly think that Tank Davis is easy to defeat and there's no way he cannot beat him? He got me on that line Grin We'll see if he can prove that later on when they are sharing the exact same ring.
1770  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season on: May 26, 2022, 03:07:10 PM

Steve Kerr almost calls it a game because of 99-70 behind entering the 4th Quarter. But his bench squad managed to cut it by 8 points haha.

I don't know if Kerr will put back his main starters lol. The Warriors outscored the Mavericks by 32-13 with 3 minutes left in the final quarter.

What a rally from the Warriors bench lol. This is the problem of the Mavericks since the beginning of this series. I'm expecting lots of criticism later after the game even if the Mavericks will win this game.

EDIT: 119-109 Mavericks
Mavericks pulled off 1 win, I think the series ends in game 5. GSW will close it out at home. Luka is a good player, but he is a ball hog and needs a couple more years to mature.

I missed the game today, but I guess you are correct. Why not extend the series for one more game and win at home. Mavs only has little to non chances of winning this series though. And, so much for Luka trying to be LeBron carrying the Mavs to the finals. I'm not even sure why the Luka and Porzingis didn't worked out. I think experience and maturity is really essential for Luka for the team to work whoever important pieces the Mavs will acquire.

There's still a lot more room to improve for Luka, I mean he is already good but this is just too much for him to bear because there are only 2 or 3 of them in the team who is really functional and Luka is the one who is so consistent. He will be back for the next season as a more experienced Luka, there is no need to rush because this is his 1st playoff experience and he is still 23 years old, yet he managed to carry the team to WCF.
1771  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Inoue vs Donaire II discussion on: May 25, 2022, 07:56:08 PM
^^ Well we have been discussing what kind of strategy Donaire needs to win this fight because as you have said, he has seen Inoue power and speed before and he himself holds against and then fight and broke Inoue's orbital bone. And so far the consensus is that Donaire's left hook and counter punch is the key for him to win against the Monster. If he failed to execute any of the two then the chances for him to win is slim.

If we combine all of our ideas of how Donaire can win against Inoue is just to avoid the body punch. Donaire can stand against the punch of Inoue and avoid power punches. And, I think he will stand against him if he tries to close in a fight and do left and right hooks.

As I predict the fight, it might be the same as last 2019. Donaire just needs to increase his stamina and speed since Inoue is much younger and has more speed and power.

Body punch is the signature of Inoue, Donaire was a victim in the first fight although he was not KO after getting hit by a solid body punch. I'm pretty sure Donaire are aware of it already, he already felt the power of Inoue, so he will be careful in this rematch and will try to be quicker, and also quicker to score a KO as that's his only chance to win.

Donaire cannot honestly deny that he was really lucky enough that he didn't got KO'd after Inoue gave him that solid body punch, he surely felt that punch while Inoue was also hurt but he managed to shake it off. Not just Donaire but both of them will be careful enough because they are aware of the consequence if they caught unguarded as they both know how strong they are.

Both will for sure, they already taste the solid punches against each other and now that in just one careless move their opponent can beat them up, looking to see the same type of tempo. How they fought before shows how eager both fighters to win against each other, and since this is a rematch and both of them hold belts that in stake.

More aggressive but smooth attacks to be sent by each fighter, even Donaire is underdog here, betting spare coins would be fine

to show my support for him..
Yes, they are quite aware that a single mistake will lead or result into a defeat. That's what exactly makes this upcoming fight indeed interesting to see because the previous fight was just a close score which resulted into a unanimous decision. This time for sure Donaire will seek revenge and prove than he can still dance well and defeat a much younger and strong monster which defeated him ones while Inoue is looking for a win that will close this bout for good. This will be tough!
1772  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: May 25, 2022, 07:06:41 PM
I was definitely way off on that one.  Glad I didn't have anything on the line.  Dallas keeps surprising me this postseason.  Luka seems to get points no matter what.  I don't understand how he's able to score so much when he's so slow, but he does.  I'm glad they managed to keep from being swept.  I still think the Warriors easily win this series though.  It will just take them one more game.

I feel you, because same as you, I was also hesitant to put some bets to the Warriors side because I have some feeling that this won't be a sweep and it happened. As I watched their Game 4 earlier, it was somehow clear and plain that the Dallas Mavericks will win the game because the Warriors didn't poured so much sweat even if they could just end the game earlier. Next game, it will be the Warriors as they always liked to end the series in their home.
1773  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your NBA Champion this season? on: May 25, 2022, 10:22:49 AM

For now, Golden State Warriors is the only team that is close to the championship.

Eastern Conferece Finals is tight and we don't know who will win there even by speculations and predictions.

And one notable thing, teams playing in the ECG right now are dealing with lots of injuries. Golden State Warriors, on the other hand, are playing healthy and it's not just the Splash Brothers that carry the team but there are role players who are stepping up for them. Regardless of who will be in the ECF, the Warriors do have a very big advantage.

Warriors also have suffered injury problems but not on their star players and they have lots of replacements that are ready to step up.
They don't have GPII anymore, and Otto Porter Jr. is also injured, but he will be back soon.

Their chance is good actually, the reason why they are the heavy favorites to win.

Gary Payton II's presence could bring a big help on the defensive strategy but now he's injured and cannot help the team, but his absence along with Otto Porter Jr. doesn't make the Warriors in the disadvantage side as they are still hard to beat and capable to dominate any team especially in their home and that's make them the heaviest favorite to win this season.
1774  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season on: May 24, 2022, 07:36:54 PM
Well the Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics series certainly just got very interesting. I was shocked to see how poorly the Heat starters played. Also have to wonder if Jimmy Butler will play fully healthy at all during the rest of this playoffs. I have to think he wasn’t feeling at his best last night.  Just insane him, Lowry and two other starters all being held under 10 points.

For me, this was really inevitable because most of the Miami Heat key players were injured even before the game earlier like Lowry and Butler, also Herro wasn't there to at least help the team chase the Celtic's lead but was also suffering from an injury. Jimmy Butler should have just rested because they quite know already that their chances on winning game earlier was really low because the almost all the key players on the Celtics were present. Now, they just made their situation even worse as the Celtics will be always watching for them to have an advantage.
1775  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Davis vs Romero: May 28 on: May 24, 2022, 06:53:04 PM
That is why Romero is trying to get into Davis's head as he knew that he's not that powerful to defeat the latter. Sure he have some good clean record on his possession and impressive KO rate but Davis got more prettier record and a much more impressive KO rate. Romero have to work hard and exhaust himself so that he can give Davis a good fight. Well, I really hope so that we can see some entertaining fight as these boxers record are quite good.
Sometimes it's effective, sometimes it's not, so he is just gambling here. However, the most important is that he focuses more on his training because fighting against Tank Davis is not a joke, he has a high KO rate and therefore Rolly has to prepare for that and has to match his aggressiveness in the ring.

Just imagine if Rolly could really upset Tank Davis, then he'll be at the top.

In his dreams, LOL. Tank Davis has a solid chin and he is a heavy hitter. Actually, I don't see an upset here especially in KO because it's Davis specialty to KO his opponent, not the other way around. Well, I am maybe wrong but I would stand with what I believe will happen in this fight.

I don't know the update odds of this fight, but looking at the odds, it's highly unlikely that Romero will win here.

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Boxer   Odds
Gervonta Davis   -1400
Ronaldo Romero   +800


source : https://bettinginsiderjournal.com/boxing/davis-vs-romero-odds/

The odds is not looking good because Rolly is a cherry picked opponent. Tank Davis as usual continues to fight tomato cans. I am hoping that one day a tomato can will upset this cherry picker. Pitbull Cruz nearly caused an upset. Floyd Mayweather jr. is too careful with the match making. He is matching Tank with someone undefeated or someone with a good record but actually green. Or a good name but past his prime or someone like a bloated Leo Panty Cruz.

Tank Davis should be fighting Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney, George Kambosos and Teofimo Lopez. 

Of course, who would try and bet on Romero's side if we already knew who will win on this bout, I'm speaking in-terms of capabilities and power not because of the rumored cherry picked but in-case that's true then Rolly Romero should've regret because he asked for this fight while acting tough with a big mouth that he will defeat the Tank Davis and now that his wish were granted, I surely hope that he could at least give Tank some challenge in these fight.

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Tank Davis should be fighting Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney, George Kambosos and Teofimo Lopez. 
Among these four boxers that you said, I would like Tank Davis to fight Devin Haney or Kambosos Jr. The rest have almost no chance of winning especially the kid Garcia, sorry.
1776  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Inoue vs Donaire II discussion on: May 24, 2022, 06:07:23 PM
^^ Well we have been discussing what kind of strategy Donaire needs to win this fight because as you have said, he has seen Inoue power and speed before and he himself holds against and then fight and broke Inoue's orbital bone. And so far the consensus is that Donaire's left hook and counter punch is the key for him to win against the Monster. If he failed to execute any of the two then the chances for him to win is slim.

If we combine all of our ideas of how Donaire can win against Inoue is just to avoid the body punch. Donaire can stand against the punch of Inoue and avoid power punches. And, I think he will stand against him if he tries to close in a fight and do left and right hooks.

As I predict the fight, it might be the same as last 2019. Donaire just needs to increase his stamina and speed since Inoue is much younger and has more speed and power.

Body punch is the signature of Inoue, Donaire was a victim in the first fight although he was not KO after getting hit by a solid body punch. I'm pretty sure Donaire are aware of it already, he already felt the power of Inoue, so he will be careful in this rematch and will try to be quicker, and also quicker to score a KO as that's his only chance to win.

Donaire cannot honestly deny that he was really lucky enough that he didn't got KO'd after Inoue gave him that solid body punch, he surely felt that punch while Inoue was also hurt but he managed to shake it off. Not just Donaire but both of them will be careful enough because they are aware of the consequence if they caught unguarded as they both know how strong they are.
1777  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: May 24, 2022, 05:09:06 PM
Congratulations @YuginKadoya. You got the right pick, everything was easy on the game if you are betting on the Celtics to win, they have dominated the game and they covered the spread easily. Looks like Butler and Bam do not want to play, they struggle big time as they didn't score based on their usual numbers.

In this game, the two superstars only scored.

Butler - 6 points
Bam - 9 points.

Both Butler and Adebayo was given almost the same time but they haven't got any good figures for the teams favor, it is quite clear that the Boston Celtics will own the game because Tyler Herro wasn't there and Butler was still injured but still played even if he knows he cannot do so much to the team. While on the Celtics side, I think the important player who was sidelined was just Marcus Smart and it's still unknown if he will be present on the next game at Miami.
1778  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Mark Magsayo vs Rey Vargas WBC Featherweight Title (July 9) on: May 24, 2022, 04:15:14 PM
Magasayo has a chance to beat vargas in any aspect but......

Actually, we don't need to question Magsayo's chance of winning the fight because he is the defending champion and sure he is the favorite to win. We should be looking more at the chances of Vargas as the challenger on beating the champion.

Remember that he is the champion, he is still undefeated, so most bettors would bet on him, now, let's go to the question, is Vargas is big treat to Magsayo, or just an ordinary challenger that can easily be beaten by the champion?

You have a point. Magsayo will be the favorite to win as he is the champion and he's the title holder but the chances of Vargas to win is also somehow big as he have the experience, height and reach advantages but I can say that this fight will be a close bout even if the challenger also have a clean record. Eventually, he will become a stepping stone towards the Filipino boxer's dreams.
1779  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Davis vs Romero: May 28 on: May 22, 2022, 11:19:04 AM
That is why Romero is trying to get into Davis's head as he knew that he's not that powerful to defeat the latter. Sure he have some good clean record on his possession and impressive KO rate but Davis got more prettier record and a much more impressive KO rate. Romero have to work hard and exhaust himself so that he can give Davis a good fight. Well, I really hope so that we can see some entertaining fight as these boxers record are quite good.
Sometimes it's effective, sometimes it's not, so he is just gambling here. However, the most important is that he focuses more on his training because fighting against Tank Davis is not a joke, he has a high KO rate and therefore Rolly has to prepare for that and has to match his aggressiveness in the ring.

Just imagine if Rolly could really upset Tank Davis, then he'll be at the top.

In his dreams, LOL. Tank Davis has a solid chin and he is a heavy hitter. Actually, I don't see an upset here especially in KO because it's Davis specialty to KO his opponent, not the other way around. Well, I am maybe wrong but I would stand with what I believe will happen in this fight.

I don't know the update odds of this fight, but looking at the odds, it's highly unlikely that Romero will win here.

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Boxer   Odds
Gervonta Davis   -1400
Ronaldo Romero   +800


source : https://bettinginsiderjournal.com/boxing/davis-vs-romero-odds/
1780  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your NBA Champion this season? on: May 22, 2022, 10:41:34 AM
The next 2 games will be on Dallas, let's see if the Mavericks can bounce back as this time, it will be on their advantage.

We are going to find out tomorrow, Mavericks have to win the game, or else they'll be out already in the playoffs with a 3-0 score. Why? because no team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit, that's in the history of the NBA. The reason why Mavericks are -2 tomorrow is because they need to win the game.

Dallas are good at home, in fact they beat the Suns on their home court, so I think they can do the same with the Warriors. They understand the risk of getting eliminated if they lose the game tomorrow, so expect a big run by the Mavericks as they usually win by huge number.

Yes, I love the chances of Dallas to at least win 1 game in their home court to stop the bleeding. They shoot very good as well at home, Finney-Smith, Bullock, Bertans can lead a avalanche of 3's and maybe that will give them enough separation against the Warriors. But we all know that there's no lead that is safe against a team like the Warriors so Dallas should played solid 48 minutes of basketball. Unlike in game 2 wherein they collapse in the 3rd, they can't allow that to happen again.

I'm thinking maybe Dallas will win the 1st half but the Warriors will have a big run in the 3rd quarter. Actually, the Warriors are called a 3rd quarter team for a reason, so in order for Dallas to win, they need to build a huge lead just to make sure the Warriors will not be able to come back and beat them again.

Also, Dinwiddie has to contribute well like what he did during the close out game against the Suns, he can't struggle if they want to win.
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