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

[buwaytress]

Allow me, gentlemen! Quoted the post below mine.

To sum up, $30 to:
tokeweed if City finish with higher points than Liverpool at end of season.
Trofo if Liverpool finish with higher points than City at end of season.

The way you guys made it, though, it seems level on points would mean bets are off?

We also have a CL pool I'm still in with a shout! And don't forget to put your picks in. Friday night action with Newcastle, who I'm backing just shy of 6/1. They aren't great away and Leicester are incredible after a Vardy revival, but Friday is Friday, and anything can happen and I'd love for Rafa to confirm attendance in Premier League asap. GO TOON ARMY =p

Anybody wanna make a 55/45 side bet vs me?  I say Man City still ends up with more points than Liverpool by the end of the season. 

Nothing big.  Just 10 bucks.  I can take up to three takers or just one at 30 bucks.

I am in. 10-30$ is same for me. You chose and accept before the game starts today or we wait until next week.

Ok...  I choose City.  And let's go for 50/50 since going for 55/45 won't really make that much of a difference (just three bucks.  Lol).

And if you want to go 30, then let's go.

Me:  City
You:  Liverpool

Club that ends with higher points at the end of the season wins the pot.

Quote and confirm.  Thanks.

Confirmed 30$.

Since you were a bit generous with the odds it is only fair that I confirm the bet in the halftime of Liverpool match which isn't going so good for them  Hope for better performance in the second half and brace for Salah (he is captain in my Fantasy team)

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[tokeweed]

^  Hah!  I forgot about that tbh.  If level on points, maybe the winner could be decided by goal difference (boring), a coin flip (interesting, but how and where), a poker game (hopefully Chinese Poker at SWC )...?

Trofo can choose, but I hope it's the final option.  Lol (no seriously, the final option).

[Trofo]

Allow me, gentlemen! Quoted the post below mine.

To sum up, $30 to:
tokeweed if City finish with higher points than Liverpool at end of season.
Trofo if Liverpool finish with higher points than City at end of season.

The way you guys made it, though, it seems level on points would mean bets are off?

Thanks for the help. Our wording could have been better I admit 

^  Hah!  I forgot about that tbh.  If level on points, maybe the winner could be decided by goal difference (boring), a coin flip (interesting, but how and where), a poker game (hopefully Chinese Poker at SWC )...?

Trofo can choose, but I hope it's the final option.  Lol (no seriously, the final option).

WTF is Chinese Poker at SWC? Please enlighten me and maybe you'll sway me to your way of resolving ties  I would also envoy a coin flip while watching Champions League final in some pub with pint of beer (I believe it is after PL ends) but probably unfeasible due to geographical discrepancies.

A bit more seriously, despite our not ideal wording I thought the spirit of the bet was to correctly predict which team will end in front of other. What is good enough for official PL is good enough for me. So if you agree, let's make it that winner is the one whose team is officially crowned as champion.

[buwaytress]

I'm of course going to back Trofo to win, but I think the spirit of the game is correct and less troublesome (higher finish on the official Premier League table at the end of the season). Actually, I think at this stage it's even safe enough to say whichever team you back becomes champions.

Let's not forget, there is the highly unlikely but still possible event a team could be docked points by the FA... and that's at their discretion if either team say, "brings the game into disrepute". Would that impact the bet? I recall a similar case in Serie A with some friends when Juventus were stripped of their title. We didn't ask for refunds though haha.

P.S. You should look up Chinese poker some day, it's highly addictive for a laugh and is more strategic than basic poker.

[tokeweed]

^ ^  Heh ok...  I was hoping an HU battle in Chinese Poker at SWC for the whole 30m bucks.  Lololol.  Anyway whoever wins the league works too.  Less exciting tho.  

Edit:  How to Play Chinese Poker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCVD1ENZUww

Just in case you change your mind. 

[Trofo]

How to Play Chinese Poker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCVD1ENZUww

I liked it until the part titled scoring. Seems way too complicated for dynamic game like poker, especially when there are more players. Must say I prefer good old Texas hodl'em (see what I did there). There doesn't seem that Chinese has same mental component as Texas, you know the part when you try to trick the opponents when raising the stake based on nothing in your hand. If I got it correctly you just assign the value of a point and at the end settle between all players.

[tokeweed]

^  Don't worry about the points system if you play at SWC, the site will handle it...  And NLHE is kinda boring for me after playing it for a good while everyday years ago.  I prefer PLO and would like to learn how to play short deck NLHE if I get some motivation.  Lol. 

Anyway here's the site's thread:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5068812.0

They've been doing a lot of work and it's the BTC poker site I def recommend.

[buwaytress]

@LFC You're watching this game I assume? I'm really quite peeves that the bookies only got Liverpool for 1.7 on this game. I know it's a home game but we were 1.45 against Southampton. Surely Chelski are rated a lot better than the Saints?

Anyway, I took a sucker's bet today. Parlayed Palace at 11/1 with Liverpool for just shy of 20/1. I'm going to watch both games on TV so I'm going to be growing roots on my couch in about 5 minutes.

Don't forget your picks, gentlemen.

[Trofo]

Anyway, I took a sucker's bet today. Parlayed Palace at 11/1 with Liverpool for just shy of 20/1. I'm going to watch both games on TV so I'm going to be growing roots on my couch in about 5 minutes.

I am also planning on watching both games from home but I envy you on possibility to grow roots on couch. Can't even remember last time I watched whole game. I have a small kid and it is very rare occasion if I manage to sit half an hour without having to stand up and take care of something.

[tokeweed]

^  Try getting him into football.  Start them young. 

I'm not watching any of the matches, I just check the scores atm.  Sometimes I need to stay away from watching and reading about it from time to time.

[Trofo]

^  Try getting him into football.  Start them young. 

I have a girl and I already started. She knows how to sing 2 supporters anthem of our local club. I chose kid friendly ones for beginning so that wife can't object. I have big hopes to turn her to the football watching camp.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Just got home, wow what a performance. Salah’s goal was amazing. I don’t take pics at the match very often (it’s looked down on & seen as uncool) but I couldn’t help it after Mane scored.

Here’s a pic of the players celebrating just after 1-0.



Edit - The Red Machine rolls on. Let’s see if City drop points vs Spurs & or Man U which are their next 2 PL games.

[buwaytress]

@Trofo I totally get it. I have kids too and my youngest is basically at me and on me the entire time he isn't at school... Let's just say we are tied at the hip =)

I don't get much time to myself at all and even the weekly Liverpool is a luxury, but last night we had early dinner and the mom took kids to visit a friend. It was almost exactly 2 matches worth of good timing.

@LFC yeah the only time I dared take my phone out was pre match... Tried to film a bit of the anthem but didn't want to piss anyone off. I think it's great people try to not take phones out during match =D

We've helped United get their top 4 by beating Spurs and Chelsea. Let's see them return the favour with City. Some games back I remember seeing Utd fans willing City to win instead of us, but they've quietened down. Maybe OGS gave them something else to think about.

But like Klopp says, all we can do is win. Probably better not to play with the knowledge of dropped points elsewhere. 4 more games in EPL, hopefully also 4 more games in CL... !

[LFC_Bitcoin]

@buwaytress -

Man City remaining fixtures -

Spurs (H)
United (A)
Burnley (A)
Leicester (H)
Brighton (A)

I think we need them to draw one (or even lose) of Spurs or United. The lower teams don’t even seem to bother trying against City. They bend over & pull down their pants before the game starts mentally.

I think we will win all of our games -

Cardiff (A)
Huddersfield (H)
Newcastle (A)
Wolves (H)

We just need City to draw one.

It’ll be a nightmare if we don’t win the league & end on 97 points. It’d be the highest ever points haul for a runner up. I’ll be quite sad if we come 2nd & only lose 1 game.

[BitcoinSupremo]

It looks like tough time ahead for Man.City and easy games for Liverpool, probably will end up winning the title , Liverpool I think.

[tokeweed]

@buwaytress -

Man City remaining fixtures -

Spurs (H)
United (A)
Burnley (A)
Leicester (H)
Brighton (A)

I think we need them to draw one (or even lose) of Spurs or United. The lower teams don’t even seem to bother trying against City. They bend over & pull down their pants before the game starts mentally.

I think we will win all of our games -

Cardiff (A)
Huddersfield (H)
Newcastle (A)
Wolves (H)

We just need City to draw one.

It’ll be a nightmare if we don’t win the league & end on 97 points. It’d be the highest ever points haul for a runner up. I’ll be quite sad if we come 2nd & only lose 1 game.

Hah!  Burnley away after playing the Spurs and United (plus the CL match vs the Spurs before that), and winning would be a miracle.  I feel that's a draw.

[buwaytress]

Spurs game in 30 mins, gentlemen. 4 more weeks of predictions so you might as well put them all in now. I know I have. Took a sweet 12.5/1 Spurs bet on Fairlay. They were 10/1 just a few days ago but they will be the more motivated team. City are not fragile but the way Pep hung his head after their CL exit? I won't be surprised if some of the team carry heavy heads today.

Either way, it won't be another 4-3 match. City should still edge this with sissoko injured but counting on Son to still score and nick a draw at least.

[Trofo]

I am thinking City is destroying Spurs today. Especially after seeing Lloris is not playing today. Anybody knows why? They want the revenge badly and Spurs could be a little bit flat after great result in CL. Anyway, I am again hoping for a game with a lot of goals and high entertainment value.

[tokeweed]

^ ^  I'm celebrating f*ck City night.  Betting on the Spurs +1.5 at 2.08ish.  And I'm not stopping there.  I got Watford ML at 1.93ish vs Huddersfield, Leicester ML at 2.32ish vs Wet Ham, Newcastle ML at 2.52ish vs Southampton and Everton +0 at 2.35ish vs United.  

F*ck City and f*ck football.  

*mic drop*

[buwaytress]

Well what a bummer. United actually weren't so shitty this time around but de Gea should really have at least saved the 2nd goal, maybe give a bit more motivation to the rest.

City... The league is yours to win, also yours to lose. No Champions League so I don't see how you could fail. Feel free to surprise me!