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[igoremr]

My entry for the skills contest

3 Pt Contest:
Steph Curry

Challenge:
Domantas Sabonis (+700)

Slam Dunk:
Anfernee Simons (+300)

[rdbase]

While waiting for the final EPL game of today the Tottenham's match, I had some time to put in my picks for the All-star skills challenge.
Here they are:

Starts in about 5 hours from now so you do have some time if you wanted a jersey for your entry.

[Avirunes]

Here are the results of All Star Weekend skills competition:

1) 3 point challenge winner - Stephen Curry
2) Skills challenge winner - Domantas Sabonis
3) Slam Dunk Challenge - Anfernee Simons

My entry for the skills contest

3 Pt Contest:
Steph Curry

Challenge:
Domantas Sabonis (+700)

Slam Dunk:
Anfernee Simons (+300)

Well you got it all right but feels like you were late to the scene or the event already started/finished when you dropped this in. I am not sure though.

[rdbase]

^^
No, none of the events have started yet when they posted since I put mine up with 4-5 hours left until the beginning of the first one.
So it looks as if they win the 1st prize of the freebet(s) offered.
@Igoremr - Contact steve via a pm with you username so to claim your prize along with a shipping address for your jersey of which ever one you choose from the sponsorships on Sportsbet.io

This noticed goes for all who have participated and for the 2nd and 3rd prize winners of their freebets, you will need to contact steve by a pm with you username on Sportsbet.io so to claim your prize(s).

Thank you for all who participated and hope you all had as much fun as I did watching this All-Star weekend event for the NBA.
Congratulations to all winners and those who chose to claim their jersey of their choice courtesy of Sportbet.io.

[ralle14]

Congrats to Igoremr for predicting all three, man I was so close to hitting three as well but I went with my gut on LaVine.

I see @Trofo also got two predictions correctly does that mean we're both tied for second and third place ? 

[rdbase]

Congrats to Igoremr for predicting all three, man I was so close to hitting three as well but I went with my gut on LaVine.

I see @Trofo also got two predictions correctly does that mean we're both tied for second and third place ? 

Yes you two are the second & third place winners of this competition respectively.
Congratulations and you can claim both your prizes of the freebets and the jerseys of your choice by just pm'ing steve with you usernames on the site.

[buwaytress]

Nice win, igor, that's what I call last entry luck, to hit it all on the head precisely! Also Trofo and ralle, sweet! Almost a complete opposite performance from me, totally missed all the picks I made, so that's one hell of a way to sweept 1st place (especially Sabonis at +700 not bad at all man).

I know I asked in SB thread but does anyone know where to get UCL outrights? Thinking of putting some equal money on Lazio, Barca and Juve to each find a way to qualify for QFs.

[Trofo]

Nice win, igor, that's what I call last entry luck, to hit it all on the head precisely!

No, no man, you got it wrong. Last entry win is not a result of luck it is a result of waiting for the last moment to be informed as much as possible to make that informed selection. If it was a sport I know something about I would never have made my picks before last games were even played. There was that injury and then sub for all star game. Of course I had no idea about any of that and still got 2nd / 3rd place, that is luck  

[igoremr]

Thank you guys
Yes, I was very lucky, especially in the dunk tournament with Simons winning. Curry was a sure bet, he is one of the best shooters in NBA history, Sabonis lost the last round in last years skill challenge so I thought that he would come strong this year

[leea-1334]

Nice win, igor, that's what I call last entry luck, to hit it all on the head precisely!

No, no man, you got it wrong. Last entry win is not a result of luck it is a result of waiting for the last moment to be informed as much as possible to make that informed selection. If it was a sport I know something about I would never have made my picks before last games were even played. There was that injury and then sub for all star game. Of course I had no idea about any of that and still got 2nd / 3rd place, that is luck  

I won MM old one here from luck too,,, made my picks without thinking too much. And then when I started thinking hard trying to win a second time it did not go well although yes came close a few times (I still remember my winning pick I think was against Arsenal when they were highly on form and the match ended up with a single Vardy goal to win!).

Such is the fortunes of gambling sometimes:)

[rdbase]

Was just pondering if anyone would be interested in having a competition for who will win their leagues nearing the end of their seasons?
Such as Manchester City taking the EPL, which is obvious by now.
So maybe exclude them out.

But Bundesliga , Superliga Argentina, Dutch Eredivisie, Primeira Liga, la liga , ligue 1 and serie A.
Would be the contenders for their respective leagues to be offered as the options.
So what does everybody think of having this as an upcoming challenge for free bets offered as the prizes?

[Igebotz]

What happened to betbuilder? let's make it happen in the champions league.

Was just pondering if anyone would be interested in having a competition for who will win their leagues nearing the end of their seasons?
Such as Manchester City taking the EPL, which is obvious by now.
So maybe exclude them out.

But Bundesliga , Superliga Argentina, Dutch Eredivisie, Primeira Liga, la liga , ligue 1 and serie A.
Would be the contenders for their respective leagues to be offered as the options.
So what does everybody think of having this as an upcoming challenge for free bets offered as the prizes?

Good idea but we gonna wait for ages as there are still 10-12 matches to play plus an international break. I'm not a patient gambler. Predicting the EPL relegation battle, Top4, and highest goal scorer would be a nice idea as these options are still unpredictable. I'm Just trying to make common-sense  

[rdbase]

Was just pondering if anyone would be interested in having a competition for who will win their leagues nearing the end of their seasons?
Such as Manchester City taking the EPL, which is obvious by now.
So maybe exclude them out.

But Bundesliga , Superliga Argentina, Dutch Eredivisie, Primeira Liga, la liga , ligue 1 and serie A.
Would be the contenders for their respective leagues to be offered as the options.
So what does everybody think of having this as an upcoming challenge for free bets offered as the prizes?

Good idea but we gonna wait for ages as there are still 10-12 matches to play plus international break. I'm not a patient gambler. Predicting the EPL relegation battle, Top4, and highest goal scorer would be a nice ideal as these options are still unpredictable. I'm Just trying to make a common sense 

If there was one on these final winners then of course the free bet would reflect having to wait for these seasons to end months in advance.
So it would be an ongoing one while we can have other ones in progress while waiting for these results to come in.
It was only an option. But it is a valid point and thus progression in this discussion which is always welcomed.
Thank you igehhh mate.

[buwaytress]

Nice win, igor, that's what I call last entry luck, to hit it all on the head precisely!

No, no man, you got it wrong. Last entry win is not a result of luck it is a result of waiting for the last moment to be informed as much as possible to make that informed selection. If it was a sport I know something about I would never have made my picks before last games were even played. There was that injury and then sub for all star game. Of course I had no idea about any of that and still got 2nd / 3rd place, that is luck  

LOL Trofo yeah, yeah I know.  But as leea pointed out above, sometimes you just get lucky;) I know for sure I've won big out of pure luck and choosing outcomes or numbers on nostalgia (won my big trip with sportsbet for choosing my fav player's jersey number, for example). My problem when playing very close to the games is overthinking, especially on parlays. Single games okay, same as event based picks (first scorer, corners etc). But you're a lucky bastard that's for sure =p

@rdbase: I'm up for some kind of long-term MM for all the Europe leagues. We could do it like, who finishes higher (points) and do a 1 x 2, like say:

West Brom vs Fulham
Inter vs AC
etc etc.

There's still about 10 games left in all the leagues;) could be fun!

Or a fantasy league MM. Player vs PLayer and see who earns the most fantasy points (can just use ESPN or some other site I don't know who offers fantasy). Can still be 1x2;)
e.g.
Salah vs Lukaku
Alisson vs Henderson

Then we could do it every week;)

[Igebotz]

Top 4 Challenge

10-11 games are remaining between the 2nd- 8th of what seems to be the world most champions league spot battle between 8 great teams separated by a little points margins. This could be a hall of fame between the pundits on the forum to drop their top 4 final rankings. This is the best time to drop it as it might look somehow obvious after the next round of play before the international break.


Another exciting Laliga campaign as the race for the title is still hitting up every weekend follows by the champions league Top4 battle as 6 teams are fighting it all out to occupy the space, with just 12- 13 games remaining.


You may have forgotten the great battle in Rome as the old Ladies are about to be dethroned by the awaken beasts from the great City of Milan after 9 years in slubber. This is a fight between The Big Grass Snake (Inter) and The Devil (Ac Milan) as the Top4 fight is hitting up between the Roma empires and other guys from uptown.


@rdbase sorry for painting the thread I'm built different, I'm just trying to make a common sense. What do I know.

[rdbase]

No by all means, the more colors used the better.

As for buwaytress suggestions.
Fantasy league type competitions take alot of time to get organized and this is one commodity I have less and less of lately.
I had one person in the thread (who actually won the MM in this year ) ask me if I knew about a crypto-based casino which offered such a market for fantasy type play.
I said I didn't because as far as I know there are none. Now I don't know if it the same for being time consuming to organize or if they just wouldn't have any providers which have spent the effort to enable it on their customers end or not.
So we will keep getting other's input on how we will come to a formal conclusion on the next iteration for putting together a competition for our group here on the forum so to challenge one another.

[Trofo]

So we will keep getting other's input on how we will come to a formal conclusion on the next iteration for putting together a competition for our group here on the forum so to challenge one another.

I am up for anything as long as the sport falls into my normal category Keep it inside major EU football leagues and I am in 100%.

Please no UFC / NBA / NFL / MLB / Motorsports...

[arallmuus]

So we will keep getting other's input on how we will come to a formal conclusion on the next iteration for putting together a competition for our group here on the forum so to challenge one another.

Well we gather here mostly because of MM so probably something similar to MM? Let someone pick 3 random matches each week from all 5 top leagues ( EPL, Serie A, LaLiga, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga ) for a total of 15 matches per week and then all of us pick the result of it? Winner will be based on number of correct picks eack week or probably after several weeks?

Somewhere along this line would be great I think because most of us seems to love football alot more then other sports ? idk . Well Im fine with whatever gets decided in the end though 

[Igebotz]

I am up for anything as long as the sport falls into my normal category Keep it inside major EU football leagues and I am in 100%.

Please no UFC / NBA / NFL / MLB / Motorsports...

I thought I was the only one against these sports I'll 100% not get them right, I only bleed football and since 99% of the participants are football inclined I think football competition would be fun. Well whatever comes up I'm ready for it  

Well we gather here mostly because of MM so probably something similar to MM? Let someone pick 3 random matches each week from all 5 top leagues ( EPL, Serie A, LaLiga, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga ) for a total of 15 matches

Good idea but I would suggest we keep it at 10 matches, 2 matches from each of the league at least to make it somehow different from MM.

Somewhere along this line would be great I think because most of us seems to love football alot more then other sports ?

Exactly my point, why bring dog in the house of goats ? something is likely to happen.

[leea-1334]

I like the idea of using fantasy though. I disagree it takes up more time. We are not Making the picks based on fantasy, we are picking 1 x 2 from a fixed set of players, and then seeing who has more points based on a fantasy league,,, if I understand the proposal by buwaytress this is the idea right?

So instead of checking against 1 x 2 results, we check against 1 x 2 fantasy points. But you have to decide which fantasy to follow. I only follow EPL so I use premier league fantasy with my friends.

But I agree we should choose something even easier for people and why we all played MM:)

2 games each from the big leagues. Always choose the games with sportsbet partners. 15 total picks just like before. Agree?