Yes indeed darxiaomi, we should make a pool system, hopefully we get some more
interest in it.

I think myself and Timelord talked about doing something a while back


Ah shure put me down for France and South Africa too if we are doing that 🤣

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NRL

Wests Tigers are up first this round against #3 on the ladder, The Sharks,
thats another tough draw for them.

Will over 47.5 @ 1.7 be a worthy bet?

I was hoping that this year Janick would do big things this year but it hasnt worked
out that way...so far.

Here is a question which can be asked of a lot of the younger players, is the high
prize money and expensive lifestyle a distraction for them?

On Berrettini, he just cannot get back to his former performance after the injury last year.

Ah yes Sinner should win against Diego. We are still waiting for Sinner to have a
"brilliant" GS and get to a quarter final  and Diego is not having a brilliant season but
I would really like Janick to make a big mark at Wimbledon, he is big favourite
for today 1.05 v 10.0

Up until about 2 years ago Wawrinka was my favourite player. He plays against Etcheverry
which I think he should win also.

So my two bets today are Bublik to beat Wolf and Wawrinka to beat Etcheverry.

Contrary to what some people think there will always be a divide between rich people and poor people,
Bitcoin wont solve this but it can offer everyone an opportunity to store and transfer whatever wealth
they have without permission from a third party.

We are already seeing interest from "institutional investors" towards Bitcoin, just look at the amount of Bitcoin
ETF's that are being applied for, this is to facilitate the wealthy people and their appetite to invest in Bitcoin.
Poor people unfortunately have very little to start with so it will be difficult for them to develop their wealth.

Very good, so I guess the classical jersey on the left is the regular playing kit and the
tribute on the right will be the "away" kit.

We are only 2 months from the RWC in France, it will soon become time to be getting
properly excited.

So far representation for countries playing there by people who visit this thread is:

Australia - Timelord2067
Wales - Welsh
Argentina - darxiaomi
Ireland - aoluain

Anyone else out there lurking who will be viewing some RWC games? and making
a few wagers?

Thanks for the bid t.

Just over 48hrs remaining !

Well Bublik got the job done, he didnt disappear after losing the first set but powered
through to win the following 3 - good performance but I'm not sure how far he can go,
he plays Wolf next, I might back him again?

Fritz is having a battle royale against Hanfmann, the remainder of the final set has
yet to be played and it could go either way

another battle royale was Mmoh v Felix AA, 3 tie breaks in the first 3 sets and Mmoh was
able to break Felix in the 4th to win.


That was epic, I watched almost the last 2 sets, Kenin was on fire, some of the shots
she made were fantastic but also Coco made a lot of unforced errors and had to
try and play up to Kenin's performance.

I agree, I dont think that going forward humans can compete with the speed AI will
be able to solve complex problems.


and I'm not sure a different approach in teaching will bridge the gap needed to
stay in touch with the pace that AI can learn.

Learning tables has to be the foundation to every math problem. The only alternative
could only be starting kids of with their tables at age 1 or 2 instead of 4 but realistically
how much benefit could a child earn from starting 2 seasons sooner when the
potentially reach the limit 2 seasons earlier.

The human brain can only compute so much right?

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a28943849/unsolvable-math-problem/

I have actually only one bet on for today and thats with Bublik - I really hope his recent
great form is not short lived and he can win today against McDonald, Its currently on serve
in the first set 3 - 3

Im watching the match between Mmoh and Felix AA and its one set each and in the third
set its on serve, Mmoh had massive odds this morning, this will kind of be a bit of a shocker
if he manages to beat Felix.... odds are currently 2 35 - 1.60

and there are some tough draws for the first round for some players:

Bublik v McDonald
Kecmanović v Schwartzman
Hanfmann v Fritz
Sinner v Cerundolo
Thiem v Tsitsipas
Berrettini v Sonego

These are matches which could go either way for those match up's while the likes of
Medvedev, Rune and Alcaraz have easy draws, these should be sure bets if there are
preferable odds

Alcaraz v Chardy
Medvedev v Fery
Loffhagen v Rune

Microstrategy and Michael Saylor are indeed fully into "Bitcoin".  Institutional investors
generally are not buying Bitcoin they are more happy to have a certificate to say they own
Bitcoin leaving it up to the ETF provider to make the transaction of acquiring the actual Bitcoin.

Its also worth noting that Microstrategy is a public liability company so they first have to
seek approval to buy Bitcoin before they do so and then have to make the purchase
public so everyone knows, what they do is not a bragging sort of notification, they are
required to do so.

Its the opposite with private companies, a lot of them in general could very well be buying
Bitcoin and we are not aware of it.

But how John?

Sell off their holdings? . . . which they own and is their prerogative to do so. Anyway
the market would hoover them up and the shock would only be temporary.

The way Saylor talks and has educated a lot of people to the fact that there is no other
vehicle to compete with Bitcoin to store wealth for the long term.

It is a fact though that those coins will hit the market at some stage, possibly not all
at the same time and possibly 30, 40, 50 years from now, thats my belief.

congrats Cyrus - i'll PM you later !!

Good pick casperBGD to go with Eubanks instead of what myself and Joca97 did and
back the experience of Mannarino.

That was a massive win by Eubanks 6-1, 6-4 in just over 1 hour. This was his first
ATP final appearance and his first ATP title - well done to him.

He is back in action on Tuesday at Wimbledon against Monteiro - he will be full of confidence,
lets hope he isnt complacent and can keep his focus.

yea painful for the Tigers, no score at all and the cowboys probably think they are legends??

Tigers has a few "good losses" to run some teams close but losing.

Another totally skewed game today, Bulldogs failing to score and the Knights racking up
66 points, whatever about failing to score in a close game but these results are just baffling.

Its half time in the last game of the round, looks like the teams are evenly matched 12-10 to
the Sea Eagles...

Well I'm 0 from 2 ATM in this round and its not looking good for the Wests Tigers who
are up against . . . the Cowboys who look like they have decided to turn up the performance
dial and start playing and winning some games.

Wests Tigers better have a BIG answer in the second half and knock the Cowboys off their high horses!

Next up is the Bronchos v the Dolphins, its a must win for the Bronchos to keep in contention for
that shared top spot. . . and for my last bet of the round 🙏. . . or else its another empty wallet. . .

I'll be in for 1 of each too please
Would love to book #32 in each

Good bet @Joca97 - Mannarino is a decent player and is seeded #4 in this tournament
but Eubanks is also a decent player, I have seen him a few times last year and looked like
he could have a great future...^{same can be said I suppose for a lot of the younger players}

I'm going today with the seeded player as I would say Joca97 is too! he's not a bad
price @ 1.68 on Rollbit but Eubanks is close at 2.2

thanks for the bid JanEmil

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