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

[Igebotz]

A floop Jackson will score more goals than your world best striker G. Jesus for the second season in a row - 1.5mbtc side bet.

I will pass on that one, Jesus is not guaranteed minutes on the pitch yet this season.

Don't speak about Flop Jackson ever again he's better than all your attackers and we both know it.

4 ahead actually. I will take you on this for 0.5mbtc and another 0.5mbtc that Arsenal take at least 4 points from Chelsea in both EPL legs.

Full calendar year for 0.5mbtc is not worth it for me, I'm not a patient gambler except we do a mid season side bet.

[un_rank]

Don't speak about Flop Jackson ever again he's better than all your attackers and we both know it.

There you go making up things again, things you cannot even convince yourself of. Even a flop like Jackson can outscore someone who will likely play a fringe role during the season.

Full calendar year for 0.5mbtc is not worth it for me, I'm not a patient gambler except we do a mid season side bet.

Okay, let us go with your initial amount, Jackson/Palmer against Havertz/Saka, who has more G/A at the end of the season for 1mbtc, I choose the latter obviously. You in?

- Jay -

[hilariousandco]

I don't really wanna do more than ten places. I will work out the actual prizes asap after everyone has paid. A few people have promised to pay and we usually always get some latecomers. If anyone else is thinking of playing just make sure your picks are in on Superbru.

I almost forgot about this pool. How much is the entry fee, maybe I could join if it's not too late

0.001. It's not too late. Missing a round doesn't matter but hopefully you got some default points.

As distributing the prize to only top 5 places is going to cause even the people in middle places to lose interest in the pool as time goes on, I also think that at least 10-15 people must be given a prize.

The table is usually quite tight that you can still move up quickly with a couple of good rounds. Also, there's a consolation prize for the highest weekly yellow cap not to mention the weekly yellow cap freebet so there's always something to play for.

If you ask me, I prefer that only the top 1-10 receive prizes. Because I think 20% of 50 participants is already a lot and that's too much for the number of people who can win a prize. It feels like the winners are putting in little effort. Well, that's just how it is —if you think you have no chance of winning by mid-season, that's your fault. I don't see any participants will losing interest in this tournament because even if you're in last place, every matchday you still have a chance to win 0.002 btc freebet and the chance to make a comeback is still there. For me whatever the majority wants for prize distribution, I'll go with that.

Yeah, I feel like it just devalues it when half the pool gets a prize. Sure, it's nice to win something but such a small amount is hardly worth it. I prefer to just pay the very best of the pool with decent prizes rather than devalue the top spots just to make sure 6-20 win something.

[Joca97]

Solid first round for me but expected much better. Was close to getting some correct results but a solid start for the middle of the table,thankfully its early so still time to make up and a long season ahead of us

[jeremypwr]

Congrats to cryptofrka and leea-1334 for winning the Round 1 Yellow Cap

[Igebotz]

There you go making up things again, things you cannot even convince yourself of. Even a flop like Jackson can outscore someone who will likely play a fringe role during the season.

Jackson position in the team is not guaranteed yet, the club is still hoping to sign a striker before transfer deadline so basically we're both taking a risk here.

Okay, let us go with your initial amount, Jackson/Palmer against Havertz/Saka, who has more G/A at the end of the season for 1mbtc, I choose the latter obviously. You in?

Yes... Leave a neutral feedback on my profile so I don't forget.

[arallmuus]

Congrats to cryptofrka for winning the Round 1 Yellow Cap

Oh wow did Superbru updated their ranking system to disallow multiple yellow cap winners or something?

They had the exact same points though



Last season we had couple of this type of scenario and we had multiple winners. Too bad for leea I guess

[jeremypwr]

Oh wow did Superbru updated their ranking system to disallow multiple yellow cap winners or something?

Superbru also removed Hhampuz's Yellow Cap from Serie A; not sure why.
Good catch though!

[notblox1]

I learned something about Leicester, better dont bet against them when Vardy is fit and playing the match.
He was on possible injury list before match against Tottenham but they included him and he scored.

Stop complaining and start preparing the Joselu money. The clock is ticking..

Dont worry, I didnt forget about that, but date is still not updated and it is showing June 7.
In Premier League pool now you corruped Superbru to remove yellow cap from Leea-1334, so I will always support your opponents 

[Rikafip]

Does anyone know what the criteria are for deciding the winner of a round if multiple players have the same number of points?

[Hhampuz]

Does anyone know what the criteria are for deciding the winner of a round if multiple players have the same number of points?

luck

[slaman29]

It is confusing for me as old player to find info, imagine how for a new player I know all of us don't care but I'm asking because I am thinking of new players or even people thinking about joining.

As a new player, I don't really care whether the top 10 or 15 places get a reward. I'm here for the fun, and if I win something, even better.

Do we have any supporters here from Leicester I wonder, actually I always wonder in La Liga who are the supporters other than the big teams but since casperBGD left (he supports Valencia), I find no one I know well outside.

How about in this 50+ pool? Any supporter who is NOT from the big teams?

I generally dislike big teams, but since City is the only EPL team with Croatian players, I have no other option but to support them. That said, it's hard not to like Leicester after what they did back in 2015/2016. Everyone loves a Cinderella story.

Well I do care about getting rules and details and information about the current season on one page. I'm here to have fun and kick butt and knowing exactly what happens and how it happens, so I can rub it into your face when you ask why am I higher than you with the same points lol

No offence mate, but I like knowing the rules.

Does that mean you also support Real Madrid?

Does anyone know what the criteria are for deciding the winner of a round if multiple players have the same number of points?

Now you know what I mean about how good it is to have all the rules on OP? But here let me help you. At the end of the round, all players with same number of points are tiebreakered by Superbru.

So if you have a yellow cap next to your name, you are the winner. If many players have the yellow cap, they are all winners.

[cryptofrka]

Dont worry, I didnt forget about that, but date is still not updated and it is showing June 7.
In Premier League pool now you corruped Superbru to remove yellow cap from Leea-1334, so I will always support your opponents 

It will probably remain June 7th - they update prices a few times per year. You lost the bet for 1 cent difference
I just saw the leea-1334 thing, it's already corrected. If not, I would have suggested an even split between the 2 of us.

Mafia steals big money, not peanuts..

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Does anyone know what the criteria are for deciding the winner of a round if multiple players have the same number of points?

I *think* whoever's got more '1pt' predictions correct wins the round. That's how the general table rates it in case of multiple players having the same amount of points.

[Rikafip]

No offence mate

Non taken. 

Does that mean you also support Real Madrid?

You mean because of Modric? Nah.

Believe it or not, I am not a Modric fan. He is, without a doubt, the greatest Croatian player ever and without him we wouldn’t have had the success we've had in  the last six years. However, he lied in court to protect a criminal who siphoned money from his ex club, Dinamo, which I’ve been rooting for since I was a kid. So yeah, I’m not really fond of him, and there are plenty of us in Croatia who feel the same way.

I *think* whoever's got more '1pt' predictions correct wins the round. That's how the general table rates it in case of multiple players having the same amount of points.

Yeah makes sense, as I see that un_rank is head of rest of us even though we all have 15.5 points. But I see that you and leea both have 0 yet you are ahead, so maybe Hhampuz is right.

[cryptofrka]

Yeah makes sense, as I see that un_rank is head of rest of us even though we all have 15.5 points. But I see that you and leea both have 0 yet you are ahead, so maybe Hhampuz is right.

Yep, but we have all points equally distributed. In that case I think it's alphabetical or whatever - but we should both be Yellow cap winners.
In any other case in which the points are not equally distributed, I think the aforementioned rule is applied - more correct 1pt picks, then more correct 1,5 picks.

That's just basing it off of leaderboards table, I agree that we should define it in advance. Trofo might know more, he's been dealing with Superbru for a while.

Believe it or not, I am not a Modric fan. He is, without a doubt, the greatest Croatian player ever and without him we wouldn’t have had the success we've had in  the last six years. However, he lied in court to protect a criminal who siphoned money from his ex club, Dinamo, which I’ve been rooting for since I was a kid. So yeah, I’m not really fond of him, and there are plenty of us in Croatia who feel the same way.

Seconded, he should have been in prison, not on the football pitch. I love him as a player, but the law should be above anything else.

[Trofo]

Yeah makes sense, as I see that un_rank is head of rest of us even though we all have 15.5 points. But I see that you and leea both have 0 yet you are ahead, so maybe Hhampuz is right.

Yep, but we have all points equally distributed. In that case I think it's alphabetical or whatever - but we should both be Yellow cap winners.
In any other case in which the points are not equally distributed, I think the aforementioned rule is applied - more correct 1pt picks, then more correct 1,5 picks.

That's just basing it off of leaderboards table, I agree that we should define it in advance. Trofo might know more, he's been dealing with Superbru for a while.

Believe it or not, I am not a Modric fan. He is, without a doubt, the greatest Croatian player ever and without him we wouldn’t have had the success we've had in  the last six years. However, he lied in court to protect a criminal who siphoned money from his ex club, Dinamo, which I’ve been rooting for since I was a kid. So yeah, I’m not really fond of him, and there are plenty of us in Croatia who feel the same way.

Seconded, he should have been in prison, not on the football pitch. I love him as a player, but the law should be above anything else.

Come on guys, it is not that difficult, it is literally written just below table in any Superbru pool.

[un_rank]

Yeah makes sense, as I see that un_rank is head of rest of us even though we all have 15.5 points. But I see that you and leea both have 0 yet you are ahead, so maybe Hhampuz is right.

I got lucky with the 2 slam points I got for having 8 correct results, really boosted my score. I was about to share the image which trofo just posted, although the top 2 will still be tied, so it comes down to the total closeness which will have given cryptofrika the yellow cap.

- Jay -

[buwaytress]

41st position. I should hang myself for such a shitshow. But it's round 1, I won't decide on my shittiness until MD10 at least.

This tiebreak is something that seems to come up every season, Trofo already shared the Superbru tiebreak system. Tip: you can see the actual calculation by clicking on the user's profile in Superbru, while in the pool.

More on the "closeness index" and scoring system here: https://www.superbru.com/premierleague_predictor/how_to_play.php#tab=scoring

Yellow caps are just a round achievement based on total points scored. They can be shared, you will see this by looking at the Round leaderboard.

[un_rank]

I did not see Gundogan deal to return to City going through so quickly. He will make the team much better than it is, but except they plan to use Foden more on the right I still think they need a replacement down that wing for the injured Oscar Bobb.

Yes... Leave a neutral feedback on my profile so I don't forget.

If no one creates a spreadsheet for sidebets, I will do so after some time. That is a better way to keep track of the bets.

- Jay -

[jeremypwr]

Yellow caps are just a round achievement based on total points scored. They can be shared, you will see this by looking at the Round leaderboard.

If I've announced you as the winner for the Round 1 Yellow Cap, you will still get your Free Bets (Hhampuz and leea-1334).
But going forward, the "Total Closeness" system will be used to determine who wins the Yellow Cap in the event of a tie.
Multiple Yellow Caps = Multiple Winners (still)!