Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread

[buwaytress]

Ouch Charity Shield. Two losses on penalties two seasons in a row. Arsenal over the moon, and Rhian Brewster should have been on the field longer, that cracker smacked of youthful exuberance and adrenaline not yet quite in his veins.... oh well.

Liverpool always look bad without their first 11 and missing Trent and Hendo was key. Still, Mane had enough chances, just wasn't to be. Glad to get the loss out of the system though.

Anyone else put in picks for Week 1 yet? Leeds - Liverpool game of the week!

I sucked at EPL the first time around (it's not really my league) and I sucked at CL last pool (bottom of the pool, my excuse is so busy but no excuse). So let's see if I try with EPL again.

Money sent, let's see if we can break this EPL!

Lock your picks after making every round and see the picks others made. It will be too late to change, but you can maybe learn a thing or two by seeing how the bastards pick pre match;) Like hilarious says though, there's a lot of fun in negotiating the picks yourself and getting that yellow cap;)

[1714653148]

1714653148

[1714653148]

1714653148

[1714653148]

1714653148

[hilariousetc]

20 users paid so far now:

webtricks
swogerino
morvillz7z
Mbitr
TBA
TBA
casperBGD
buwaytress
Hhampuz
leea-1334
LTU_btc
DeathAngel
Harkorede
cryptofrka
trofo
slaman29
hahay
big_daddy
riffmax
tokeweed

Really hoping we can get this to 30 people. About 5 people have promised to pay before the start so we need another 5 or so. Less than two weeks till the start of the season now.

[webtricks]

Really hoping we can get this to 30 people. About 5 people have promised to pay before the start so we need another 5 or so. Less than two weeks till the start of the season now.

Don't you think shifting Pool joining thread to main 'Gambling' or 'Gambling Discussion' section will put more eyes on that? Is 'Games and Rounds' the most suitable section for that thread?

Nevertheless, Messi is most probably set to join Man City tomorrow. Are we gonna see more participants after that?

Excited for this year's League! It gonna be huge.

[hilariousetc]

Really hoping we can get this to 30 people. About 5 people have promised to pay before the start so we need another 5 or so. Less than two weeks till the start of the season now.

Don't you think shifting Pool joining thread to main 'Gambling' or 'Gambling Discussion' section will put more eyes on that? Is 'Games and Rounds' the most suitable section for that thread?

Nevertheless, Messi is most probably set to join Man City tomorrow. Are we gonna see more participants after that?

Excited for this year's League! It gonna be huge.

Well I'm sure it would get much more eyes in the main Bitcoin Discussion sub but it doesn't belong in there and the sign up thread wouldn't be valid anywhere other than games and rounds. This thread is in Gambling Discussion so it's not like people aren't going to see it.

As for Messi, I'd be surprised if City can sort a deal within two weeks before the start of the season, not to mention if he does leave there will be legal issues that will probably prevent him from playing. La Liga already issued a statement saying he's still contracted to Barca as far as they're concerned but they probably don't want to see him go either as it would be a huge blow for La Liga. Barca will probably just give him his own way and offer him a lot more money to stay.

[tokeweed]

^  How about moving it to the main gambling section and remove the sigs...?  That'll make it a lot more visible and discourage spamming at the same time.

If still nobody's interested then that's a huge overlay with the sponsor money in there.  Good for the ones who joined.

Edit:  Some of you guys might want to support Trofo and the Spanish and the Italian pools..?  Let's make it a growing tradition in the forum.    Thanks.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5263150.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5262677.0

[hilariousetc]

^  How about moving it to the main gambling section and remove the sigs...?  That'll make it a lot more visible and discourage spamming at the same time.

If still nobody's interested then that's a huge overlay with the sponsor money in there.  Good for the ones who joined.

Remove sigs? What do you mean? Regardless and as I said above, you can't just move threads to more popular boards in the hope more people will see them. The only sub this thread belongs in is Gambling Discussion and the only sub the sign-up thread belongs in is Games and Rounds so I can't move them anywhere even if I wanted to.

If anyone is planning to pay/play but is just waiting for whatever reason then let me know and I'll add you to a 'to pay list' or something. It would be helpful to know how many users are planning to sign up so I can plan/adjust the prizes accordingly. We need 34 users to get a pot of 0.3 so if we don't hit that I'll have to lower the prizes from the currently stated ones in the sign up thread which would be a shame. mole0815 and jeremypwr have said they'll join and there were a couple others bur I won't add anyone unless they confirm their intent again.

[DeathAngel]

@hilarious
I think we’ll get 30 paid participants, we still have time to go. No need to panic just yet, the interest will arrive.

[BitSat19]

@hilarious
I think we’ll get 30 paid participants, we still have time to go. No need to panic just yet, the interest will arrive.

I am also want to in for my third year but sadly right now cannot able to assure as due to corona facing some very serious problems but hopefully I will try until last day to be in for this interesting competition.

[Trofo]

Really surprised we have less participants this year. I guess this corona crises has hit some of hard and it isn't so easy to throw away money on entertainment/betting. There is still time until season starts so I hope we will hit higher numbers but 34 sounds like a bit of stretch.

@tokeweed
Thanks for the shill man, those pools do need some love as well

[LTU_btc]

Really surprised we have less participants this year. I guess this corona crises has hit some of hard and it isn't so easy to throw away money on entertainment/betting. There is still time until season starts so I hope we will hit higher numbers but 34 sounds like a bit of stretch.

I still believe that we will get 30 players at least. There is still enough time until new season. Maybe 34 looks too good to be true, but 30 is possible. Maybe some people waiting for last minutes or haven't returned from summer holdays yet. Or maybe some are just waiting for payment from their sig. campaigns to send BTC.
But yeah, corona crisis probably affected some potential players in negative way :/

[hilariousetc]

@hilarious
I think we’ll get 30 paid participants, we still have time to go. No need to panic just yet, the interest will arrive.

I'm not panicking, but it's a little disappointing we're not already at 30 users. The pool has grown in numbers from year to year and with the prizes offered by Sportsbet I thought people would be very eager to join and I was thinking we'd probably get 40-50 users this year. I'm sure we'll get 30 but I think it will be a crawl to get there unless we see loads of people signing up nearer the start. It's probably a good thing for us the less people join as it makes it easier to win, but I'd rather have a decent amount of users playing. You could probably sell the shirt on ebay and get at least half your entry fee back and all you need to do is win one weekly round to get a free $50 bet and then you're already in profit so the entry fee shouldn't be a worry.

Couple more users who said they'll pay before the start:

Avirunes
BitcoinGirl.Club
Ulven
tomahawk9

Don't think either LFC_Bitcoin or tomahawk9 have paid yet or if they're going to play. rdbase said to send him a reminder when the pool goes live a couple of months ago but did and no response yet. Maybe BitSat19 if he can get the money together. Does anyone know what users played last season but haven't joined yet?

[Trofo]

Does anyone know what users played last season but haven't joined yet?

Here you are, a list made from superbru nicknames, I don't know how to connect those who have different nicks here on the forum and on Superbru:

MoSala
famLFC
tomahawk9
Mz2004
panjul07
BitSat19
Big G
BitcoinSupremo
Avirunes
micmen
Ulven
Brainboss
Stephencurry333
elw_er_1
Mattle40

Above list can be only over inclusive. Meaning some of the guys I mentioned already paid but did not join the pool yet or I missed them when cross checking both the pool and the list you just posted in other thread. Nobody is missing for sure.

[tokeweed]

^  How about moving it to the main gambling section and remove the sigs...?  That'll make it a lot more visible and discourage spamming at the same time.

If still nobody's interested then that's a huge overlay with the sponsor money in there.  Good for the ones who joined.

Remove sigs? What do you mean? Regardless and as I said above, you can't just move threads to more popular boards in the hope more people will see them. The only sub this thread belongs in is Gambling Discussion and the only sub the sign-up thread belongs in is Games and Rounds so I can't move them anywhere even if I wanted to.

If anyone is planning to pay/play but is just waiting for whatever reason then let me know and I'll add you to a 'to pay list' or something. It would be helpful to know how many users are planning to sign up so I can plan/adjust the prizes accordingly. We need 34 users to get a pot of 0.3 so if we don't hit that I'll have to lower the prizes from the currently stated ones in the sign up thread which would be a shame. mole0815 and jeremypwr have said they'll join and there were a couple others bur I won't add anyone unless they confirm their intent again.

Like what the mods did to the WO thread..?  Dunno..

Anyway, yeah the suggestion sounded dumb in hindsight...  And desperate.  Lol.  But if nobody else wants to join then we'll have an overlay on the prizes.  Works for the guys who joined.

[Waffen]

Dear users, is sportsbet good? Should I jump into it and start on this website for gambling? For now I read only good opinons/reviews about it, whats your thoughts?

[BitSat19]

Dear users, is sportsbet good? Should I jump into it and start on this website for gambling? For now I read only good opinons/reviews about it, whats your thoughts?

You can do any business with this site without any problem as its on off most legit sites here in this community and on this forum they have some good promotions as well just check their twitter account and site official page.

[examplens]

Dear users, is sportsbet good? Should I jump into it and start on this website for gambling? For now I read only good opinons/reviews about it, whats your thoughts?

This is not official Sportsbet ANN, it is English Premier league pool, where is Sportsbet main sponsor. More about the pool and how-to, you can read here: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Sign-Up Thread

And officially Sportsbet.io ANN thread is here: Sportsbet.io - Proud partner of Southampton FC There you can participate in discussion them and joining in many great their promotions here.

[hilariousetc]

You might have got an email from superbru to join the restarted pool. Disregard that. It was the only way I could contact all the previous users to see if they were interested in joining the new one. The pool we will be using is the one I sent you via PM.

Like what the mods did to the WO thread..?  Dunno..

Anyway, yeah the suggestion sounded dumb in hindsight...  And desperate.  Lol.  But if nobody else wants to join then we'll have an overlay on the prizes.  Works for the guys who joined.

Only an admin can do that and as far as I'm aware that's the only thread that was given such treatment. I don't think it's required or necessary here. Just keep spreading the word about the pool and I'm sure we can get a handful of new users.

[Indymoney]

You might have got an email from superbru to join the restarted pool. Disregard that. It was the only way I could contact all the previous users to see if they were interested in joining the new one. The pool we will be using is the one I sent you via PM.

Like what the mods did to the WO thread..?  Dunno..

Anyway, yeah the suggestion sounded dumb in hindsight...  And desperate.  Lol.  But if nobody else wants to join then we'll have an overlay on the prizes.  Works for the guys who joined.

Only an admin can do that and as far as I'm aware that's the only thread that was given such treatment. I don't think it's required or necessary here. Just keep spreading the word about the pool and I'm sure we can get a handful of new users.

Today I receive a message from superbru for joining again this pool and my son is really feeling good about this pool as well so hopefully before start I will send fees and join because right now have some tough time after very long lockdown but I will manage this all as my sone really love to join again.

[hilariousetc]

Two more users signed up. 25 users paid now. Hopefully we can get 30 by the end of the week.

You might have got an email from superbru to join the restarted pool. Disregard that. It was the only way I could contact all the previous users to see if they were interested in joining the new one. The pool we will be using is the one I sent you via PM.

Like what the mods did to the WO thread..?  Dunno..

Anyway, yeah the suggestion sounded dumb in hindsight...  And desperate.  Lol.  But if nobody else wants to join then we'll have an overlay on the prizes.  Works for the guys who joined.

Only an admin can do that and as far as I'm aware that's the only thread that was given such treatment. I don't think it's required or necessary here. Just keep spreading the word about the pool and I'm sure we can get a handful of new users.

Today I receive a message from superbru for joining again this pool and my son is really feeling good about this pool as well so hopefully before start I will send fees and join because right now have some tough time after very long lockdown but I will manage this all as my sone really love to join again.

It would be nice to have you on board again but don't bankrupt yourself trying to join if you struggle to pay for it. If there's anyone who's wanting to join but might not be able to pay before the start of the season then let me know and I could give you a month or so extra to pay. Users can always be removed from the pool if they fail to do so, but again, don't get yourself into debt just to play.

[hilariousetc]

Another person signed up. Nearly a week to go now. As I said above, if anyone is struggling to get the money together before the start of the season let me know and I may give you a months grace period if that's all you need, though I would rather have the money in before so I can work out the full prizes. spread the word if you can as I'm sure everyone knows someone who would like to play.