Bitcointalk English Premier League pool betting Discussion Thread

[hilariousetc]

Last round I only got 10 points but the bbc predictor result shows I got 20 which is wrong. I think we need to wait the end of tournament in order for bbc to fix the error. Anyway this week is full of games, 1 today, 4 tomorrow, 1 after tomorrow and 10 on Sunday. Pretty much anything can happen.

Exactly the same for me it seems. I wonder if it's counting the Tottenham vs Watford game played on Monday 30th April? Can't believe the BBC site has been error free all this season until the last week. Hopefully it doesn't mess up completely.

The new round is up for choosing now and it's finally accepting my scores.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Swansea 0-1 Southampton

I had 2-1 Swansea

[hilariousetc]

Swansea 0-1 Southampton

I had 2-1 Swansea

I had 1-1 and was hoping for that late goal to get me a badly needed 40 points which would have taken me to the top by ten. Even ten points would have done nicely at this point especially considering my bad run last week. Can't believe bastard Steph got another correct score.

Is the table correct for everyone:



If so, I'm happy he's only 30 points in front. Was worried he'd get a 100+ point lead on me or something with my disastrous last week. Ciccio and Superemo are only 150 points behind me and LFC ten points behind them which makes it very close going into the last round. I think anyone in the top give could take the top spot at this point especially if I have another blunder. Not optimistic about these mid week games either. 

[marlboroza]

Is the table correct for everyone

I lost track but I don't think it is correct:



There was some kind of error so I couldn't enter my prediction and I forget to check it later.  
Anyway, I am very satisfied with current score as I missed, I don't know, 15 games or something.

Table has me on 2940 points
If you click ‘Results’ it says I’m on 3030 points so I have no idea which is correct.

Probably 3030.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Table has me on 2940 points
If you click ‘Results’ it says I’m on 3030 points so I have no idea which is correct.

So yeah the table seems wrong AF lol

[BitcoinSupremo]

I had 2-1 Swansea too as I thought the game would be salvation for them but yet they lost it and I think they will be relegated for this season or at least they will have a high chance of being relegated.

[hilariousetc]

I got 20 points for two correct outcomes last night.

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Does anyone have any suggestions for what tournament we should do for the World Cup? I'd like to do the same as we are now but don't know any site that does it. I guess we could just manually tally the scores up but it'll be a bit of a ballache (though on the flipside there's not that many games in comparison).

FIFA have done a predictor but you predict the positions teams will finish and progress throughout the tournament:

https://bracketchallenge.fifa.com/bracket/rules

Points are awarded as follows:

SCORING SYSTEM

Group Stage Scoring

    Correctly predict a Group winner: 10 points
    Correctly predict a Group Runner-Up: 10 points
    Correctly predict the top two teams (in any order): 3 points
    Correctly predict the entire group in the correct order: 15 points

Knockout Stage Scoring

    For each correct team in the Quarter-Finals: 3 points
    For each correct team in the Semi-Finals: 4 points
    For each correct team in the Final: 5 points
    For the correct World Cup 2018 Winner: 10 points
    For the correct World Cup 2018 Runner-up: 8 points
    Correctly predict a fixture (both correct teams and the correct position in the bracket): 10 points

You can win prizes awarded by FIFA as well:

https://bracketchallenge.fifa.com/bracket/prizes

[Trofo]

Does anyone have any suggestions for what tournament we should do for the World Cup? I'd like to do the same as we are now but don't know any site that does it. I guess we could just manually tally the scores up but it'll be a bit of a ballache (though on the flipside there's not that many games in comparison).

You can check following site:
https://www.superbru.com/worldcup_predictor/index.php?folder=worldcup_predictor

I have played Premier League predictor this season and it worked very well. I believe it was similar type to your BBC one with slightly different scoring. Their world cup predictor should be up and running in 35 days time.

[BitcoinSupremo]

I did 20 points also for Man city and Tottenham meanwhile 11 games left to go including Man Utd tonight. Sunday will be decisive so looking forward to it. I would like to play in fifa world cup but don't like their website so far, waiting for a better alternative.

[tokeweed]

I was already paid by buwaytress just now for the side bet we had.  Just letting you guys know.

Now awaiting Zidane's announcement on his sabbatical from football management to win another side bet.  Lololol.  

[buwaytress]

Mathematically impossible for me to break top 5 now, so I won't be filling in any more predictions (I think only a few games left). Definitely will participate in any World Cup pools OP will manage. I'm happy to "manage" sheets manually if we don't like available formats, I like scratching itches when it comes to football.

I'll be making my own pool shortly too, and I'll engage a forum heavyweight for escrow if there is enough interest, if required by participants. Hope some of you guys decide to hop on!

Good luck to you top 5-ers!

I was already paid by buwaytress just now for the side bet we had.  Just letting you guys know.

Now awaiting Zidane's announcement on his sabbatical from football management to win another side bet.  Lololol.  

Was fun while it lasted, looking forward to next season to win my bets back

[hilariousetc]

Games are available to place now. I think I'll do some studying on Saturday before I submit them. Stakes are too high now haha.

Mathematically impossible for me to break top 5 now

Is it? If you get 10 correct scores it'll take you to 2970 just below me which is third place (assuming the others don't get any points and the table is updated)  . I'd put them in just for the sake.

I'll be making my own pool shortly too

What sort of pool?

[BitcoinSupremo]

I was already paid by buwaytress just now for the side bet we had.  Just letting you guys know.

Now awaiting Zidane's announcement on his sabbatical from football management to win another side bet.  Lololol.  

I had totally forgot about our side bet. I have always bitcoin in my different wallets so no problem for me. If you accept Zcash in equal amount of 0.001 BTC I would be more happy but even if you don't I will pay with BTC considering I lose the bet which I probably won't hahahah.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

(Provisional) predictions submitted for the last round of fixtures. Let’s fucking have it

[BitcoinSupremo]

(Provisional) predictions submitted for the last round of fixtures. Let’s fucking have it

Is your score correct ? You said you should be at 3040 points or is it fucked up because of the technical error in Bbc predictor website. Anyway tomorrow can make a difference between 3rd 4th and 5th place. These are the only position I think will change.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

(Provisional) predictions submitted for the last round of fixtures. Let’s fucking have it

Is your score correct ? You said you should be at 3040 points or is it fucked up because of the technical error in Bbc predictor website. Anyway tomorrow can make a difference between 3rd 4th and 5th place. These are the only position I think will change.

Honest answer, I don’t know what is correct but this is what bbc predictor says my end.

[BitcoinSupremo]

Ok, good luck for tomorrow. I placed the predictions since 2 days ago and I have gone for some really wild results which I think if they happen I maybe overcome 4th place at least but I have no high hopes. I know 5th place is assured as sixth place needs 200 points and I need 0 in order for me to lose the 5th place and I know in theory it is possible but statistically speaking I think it is impossible.

[tokeweed]

Games are available to place now. I think I'll do some studying on Saturday before I submit them. Stakes are too high now haha.

Mathematically impossible for me to break top 5 now

Is it? If you get 10 correct scores it'll take you to 2970 just below me which is third place (assuming the others don't get any points and the table is updated)  . I'd put them in just for the sake.

I'll be making my own pool shortly too

What sort of pool?

Yup what sort of pool?  I hope it's an EPL fantasy league or something fun. 

It's good to be distracted from sports betting for a while.  I mean I didn't lose a lot of BTC but those losses rack up and you still end up hating yourself.  Lmao.

[BitcoinSupremo]

2 hours to go for the final round. It will be fun, meanwhile since it is Sunday and it was weekend , this post is also to remind participants to post their predictions in case they have forgot to do so until now. I doubt they have forgot but as we say in Italy (Uomo avizzato, mezzo salvato), which in English means, "Warned man, half saved"


Edit:Catastrophic results for today for me, I played against Arsenal, and Chelsea lost, only 50 points for me to end the total premier league betting pool in 3010 points in total.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I end up with 100 points on the last match day, looking forward to BBC table when they sort out that shitty bug.