Bitcointalk's FIFA World Cup Pool Discussion Thread

[SyGambler]

been doing good betting but terrible in predicting scores for the pool , for today I'm playing 3 games as the following

taking France to win at X2.16  also taking Croatia to win at X2.18 , from these two I need only one winner to profit but there is a good chance IMO for both to win if everything went as planned

I have also Australia vs Peru under 2.5 goals at X2.06 , both teams didn't look that good with scoring goals so if there were no penalties I doubt that we will even see 2 goals

[panjul07]

been doing good betting but terrible in predicting scores for the pool , for today I'm playing 3 games as the following

taking France to win at X2.16  also taking Croatia to win at X2.18 , from these two I need only one winner to profit but there is a good chance IMO for both to win if everything went as planned

I have also Australia vs Peru under 2.5 goals at X2.06 , both teams didn't look that good with scoring goals so if there were no penalties I doubt that we will even see 2 goals

Me too, I make nice profit already from betting but predicting scores is much more difficult than betting in general. I have 0-1 for Peru to win and 2-0 for France and I placed the same bet with you which is under 2.5 goals for Australia vs Peru as well as for the other match France vs Denmark. Hopefully 0-1 would be the Final score so I can boost my points in the pool and win the bet.

0-1 already for Peru in 18'. Not a good sign

[Trofo]

I also got the 1-1 correct. I really need to start getting more scores right because it's the only way you can win. You only get a few points for guessing the correct winner whereas you get 200-300 points for getting the score right. If you chose it as a joker you double it as well. Has anyone been able to choose a joker for today's games? It's still not letting me choose any now.

^  I could and already did, maybe you already used yours...?

Anyway, Trofo!  This is the match!  Messi hat trick incoming...  

Messi didn't even show for the match let alone scored a goal. Argentina is not a team and it showed. Few close ups of Maradona, Messi and Sanpaoli were really priceless.

I am from Croatia you know. You will receive screen shot of my ticket for this game on PM tomorrow so I can show you how much I believed in Croatia I played Croatia to win and over 2.5 goals. To be fair I expected a result of 3:1 with Messi scoring one goal. I am too drunk to bother at the moment....

I have a feeling today is Messi day. In order to have conflicting feelings I will now put some money on Argentina to cover 1.5 handicap
That way I can cheer even if Messi scores. Griezman wouldn't score if the game lasted 180 minutes

[SyGambler]

been doing good betting but terrible in predicting scores for the pool , for today I'm playing 3 games as the following

taking France to win at X2.16  also taking Croatia to win at X2.18 , from these two I need only one winner to profit but there is a good chance IMO for both to win if everything went as planned

I have also Australia vs Peru under 2.5 goals at X2.06 , both teams didn't look that good with scoring goals so if there were no penalties I doubt that we will even see 2 goals

Me too, I make nice profit already from betting but predicting scores is much more difficult than betting in general. I have 0-1 for Peru to win and 2-0 for France and I placed the same bet with you which is under 2.5 goals for Australia vs Peru as well as for the other match France vs Denmark. Hopefully 0-1 would be the Final score so I can boost my points in the pool and win the bet.

0-1 already for Peru in 18'. Not a good sign

well good that the under 2.5 goals , I didn't expect at all peru to score especially looking how Denmark and France struggled against Australia but hey this is world cup 18 

France vs Denmark was the most boring I watched probably the whole year , no real chances and no entertainment at all so what a shame since I was expecting brilliant football from both sides

won one of the picks and lost one , there is a little profit 0.06 but still I need Croatia to win since I have them as well

also took Argentina to win at X1.54 in mbet , as Trofo stated I strongly believe messi will do something today after his last two matches
will check in betfait what's the odds for messi to score as well

[tomahawk9]

I have a feeling today is Messi day.

Argentinians have been waiting for that day for years, it better be today or else he's going to get so much criticism (way more than what he's been getting over the past few days) in his country that it's going to be hard to watch how they're gonna roast not only him but the entire team (especially Messi's friends who started a coup d'etat against the manager a few days ago).

About the game, instead of expecting Messi to carry the team, I expect the rest of the players to finally show some spirit today.

Btw, if Argentina wins today, they'll play against France in the RO16 

[LFC_Bitcoin]

FFS I’m down to 5th in the table.

[BitcoinSupremo]

FFS I’m down to 5th in the table.

Well at least you are still in the top 5 and you are eligible for a prize if you keep your position until the World Cup end. I am still wondering in deep waters and I am fighting to come out on top 5 near the end of the tournament. So far I did made a positive step which lead me to 16 place, best place I have ever had in the league while I have 90% of the time been last one.

[tokeweed]

^  I think it's only the top three that gets you in the money.

And Trofo is gaining on me real quick.  I had a really bad day yesterday with no points.  The matches got unpredictable...  I was thinking the teams would play safe by now to avoid injuries.  

Edit:  An early goal by Messi (yay!)...  I don't think that score line will hold.  I have the game ending at 0 - 1 for ARG fml. 

[BitcoinSupremo]

^  I think it's only the top three that gets you in the money.

And Trofo is gaining on me real quick.  I had a really bad day yesterday with no points.  The matches got unpredictable...  I was thinking the teams would play safe by now to avoid injuries.  

Edit:  An early goal by Messi (yay!)...  I don't think that score line will hold.  I have the game ending at 0 - 1 for ARG fml. 

Argentina needs to score as many goals as possible in order for them to pass the group no matter the outcome of the game of Iceland. I however have Argentina 0-2 correct score but I think it even may finish 0-1 judging the way the game was played in the second half. 15 positions on the league are only 1100 points in total difference to each other so everything is open.

[tokeweed]

^  Iceland should draw or lose, and Argentina should win this match vs Nigeria to progress to the KO stages.  And if they do, they'll be facing France (read tomahawk9's post)?  Oh noes!  There goes my side bet. 

[buwaytress]

Well damn me. Lost my parlay and lost 2 other line bets I'm too ashamed to talk about. Not doing any better in the predictions either. Predict draws to hedge my bets, predict underdog wins only to have them draw. Tried not watching and the games still jinx. My top favourites are already out...

Thank God I have you guys to whine all this to about. Just you wait til Round 16, gonna slap my Joker out on the result with the highest odds.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Wasted my joker on Nigeria 0-3 Argentina.
It’s currently 1-1 with 22 mins to go, as it stands the Argies are going out. Who would have predicted that?

[tokeweed]

Wtf is it with the penalties in this WC?  There's like a thousand of them in the group stages.  Argentina vs Nigeria 1 - 1 now if anybody cares...  Lol.

Edit:  Gylfi goal one time!

Edit:  Gylfi penalty (of course)!  Now hold that please. 

[hilariousetc]

Argentina just scored with a five minutes to go. Need it to finish 1-2 now for a correct score. Also got 2-1 down to Croatia against Iceland so hoping they can also get a late goal.

Edit: Boom, they just scored! Hope it stays this way cos I really need these points. Anyone else got 2-1s?

[tokeweed]

^  Not me.  I had Gylfi vs Croatia at 1 - 1 (damn Perisic).  FML.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Wtf is it with the penalties in this WC?  There's like a thousand of them in the group stages.  Argentina vs Nigeria 1 - 1 now if anybody cares...  Lol.

Edit:  Gylfi goal one time!

Edit:  Gylfi penalty (of course)!  Now hold that please. 

How many given with VR? That’s probably why, maybe those pens wouldn’t have been given normally.

[LTU_btc]

Finally, I predicted correct score (Argentina - Nigeria), but also 0 points from other 3 matches, lol. But can somebody explain why referee didn't gave penalty when Rojo touched ball with hand? It was obvious penalty in my opinion.

^  Not me.  I had Gylfi vs Croatia at 1 - 1 (damn Perisic).  FML.

Same....

[panjul07]

Argentina just scored with a five minutes to go. Need it to finish 1-2 now for a correct score. Also got 2-1 down to Croatia against Iceland so hoping they can also get a late goal.

Edit: Boom, they just scored! Hope it stays this way cos I really need these points. Anyone else got 2-1s?

Yap, I had 2-1 for Argentina and this is my 3rd correct predictions so far. Too bad I had 2-0 for Croatia so I earned few points only from the match.
Preparing predictions for tomorrow matches as we will see another interesting matches from Group F because all teams still have the chance to go to the knockout phase although it will be hard for South Korea.

[tomahawk9]

What a mediocre performance from Argentina.

Mascherano with the blood on his face...LOL the cover of every argentinian newspaper right there...Very clever, Mascherano 

France vs Argentina in the RO16. Both teams play like shit, but it'sgonna be an exaciting match (I hope). Croatia vs Denmark, IMO Croatia is the clear favorite.

[Trofo]

Congrats to all of you with correct scores today I missed all of them with one goal margin. Ah well, you win some lose some.

Question:
How will we join our two competitions in one single table after the WC ends. I thought we will just add the points from both of them but if we do it that way bracket challenge won't mean much in the end. I got all the groups 100% correct so far and it is less points than one correct score in correct results challenge. Doesn't matter in the end since rules are same for all, but I believe it would be good to define it as soon as possible to avoid high tensions in later stages.

My biased preference (since I will probably be leader in bracket challenge after today) would be to multiply bracket challenge points with a number which would give about similar weight to the points of both competitions. Lets say we take a an average result in both challenges and get the number from there.