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[slaman29]

[...] I could have gotten maybe even 120$.

Yeah, imagine how frustrated I was from the cashout I made and from the fact that the last game ended in a draw / 35 mBTC instead of 200

That is one of the reasons why I hate betting on draws, you are never sure the match is going your way. You can only be sure you are loosing if there is results like 2:0. You can't even cheer during the match since every goal is making your bet less likely to hit.

New GW starting soon, make your picks guys.

Thank you Picks all entered and this time I made a lot of same score picks both in Serie A and in La Liga, it's impossible to think and think a lot and check for form and whatever stuffs and still get wrong results.

I hate draws as well, but I know some people like doing multibet draws, as we can see in the SB ANN thread. Or also 1-0 multibets like AFCON I remember a lot of 2/multis would have made it amazing wins.

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[buwaytress]

Stopped looking at Juventus upsets these days as odds seem a bit unfair. Empoli away is barely 8/1, for example, shows you just how far and how hard the Old Lady has fallen... going to be hard for me to pick a midtable team for that kind of odds though.

Also, didn't realise there were still 2 unbeaten teams in Serie A, and they're not either of the Milans or Juve. Pretty special season so far, hm?

[casperBGD]

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Also, didn't realise there were still 2 unbeaten teams in Serie A, and they're not either of the Milans or Juve. Pretty special season so far, hm?

agree Napoli and Atalanta were hardly picks for the matter prior to season began
but, that could change for Atalanta even in this round, Lazio will be a tough one to fight

Napoli is playing great on all fronts, but I am not sure if they will make it until the end, especially with WC break, that could change a lot in team forms

[Trofo]

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Also, didn't realise there were still 2 unbeaten teams in Serie A, and they're not either of the Milans or Juve. Pretty special season so far, hm?

agree Napoli and Atalanta were hardly picks for the matter prior to season began
but, that could change for Atalanta even in this round, Lazio will be a tough one to fight

Napoli is playing great on all fronts, but I am not sure if they will make it until the end, especially with WC break, that could change a lot in team forms

Napoli really impressed me so far, even more in CL then in Serie A. Did not actually see a single game from Atalanta this season but I don't consider Lazio as unbeatable, especially away from home and without Immobile. Lazio had some shocking defeats when playing away and the are now without Immobile for couple of months. I sort of think they will be middle of the table team.

Juve with convincing win today, did not expect them to do it easy.

[buwaytress]

agree Napoli and Atalanta were hardly picks for the matter prior to season began
but, that could change for Atalanta even in this round, Lazio will be a tough one to fight

Napoli is playing great on all fronts, but I am not sure if they will make it until the end, especially with WC break, that could change a lot in team forms

Napoli really impressed me so far, even more in CL then in Serie A. Did not actually see a single game from Atalanta this season but I don't consider Lazio as unbeatable, especially away from home and without Immobile. Lazio had some shocking defeats when playing away and the are now without Immobile for couple of months. I sort of think they will be middle of the table team.

Juve with convincing win today, did not expect them to do it easy.

Yeah, despite losing to them, I totally loved watching them play. It's different losing to Real and Ramos injuring our main man, or similar to that manner, losing to a team that plays amazing football, breathless, and reminding you what you used to be able to do so well? You can only admire such opponents.

Unfortunately, I sort of agree Italian teams are worth watching in CL and not so much in the league -- but that's an unfair statement as I only watch a few league games outside of EPL. Napoli-Roma feels like something I should watch (while backing Roma).

[buwaytress]

Well. Just as I was talking up Atalanta and Napoli being undefeated, one has now fallen. Watched the Lazio game first half, Atalanta were chasing shadows for about 44 minutes, terrible football with no comparison to Spurs/Newcastle which I later switched to.

But Napoli, wow, took the game, pop up with Osimhen, best team in Italy currently the best team in Europe too, based on all the UCL games I've watched... and yes, better than City too who's not had that good opposition to be honest.

[darxiaomi]

Well. Just as I was talking up Atalanta and Napoli being undefeated, one has now fallen. Watched the Lazio game first half, Atalanta were chasing shadows for about 44 minutes, terrible football with no comparison to Spurs/Newcastle which I later switched to.

But Napoli, wow, took the game, pop up with Osimhen, best team in Italy currently the best team in Europe too, based on all the UCL games I've watched... and yes, better than City too who's not had that good opposition to be honest.

Yes, i agree with you in most of your statement but i have to say, Lazio make me angry. How they can beat easily a good team like Atalanta, but cant beat a weak team like Sturm Graz in Europa League?, or after this win they leak points again a low tier team of the serie A. And its always the same with them.

Serie A teams needs to recover not only quality also regularity.

[buwaytress]

Yes, i agree with you in most of your statement but i have to say, Lazio make me angry. How they can beat easily a good team like Atalanta, but cant beat a weak team like Sturm Graz in Europa League?, or after this win they leak points again a low tier team of the serie A. And its always the same with them.

Serie A teams needs to recover not only quality also regularity.

Yeah, only Atalanta and Napoli now have this consistency we require, minus of course Atalanta losing out but now Osimhen is back, I think we can definitely count on Napoli taking us far and well, half time already 3 up, hope Sassuolo hit back with a couple to get me closer to my pick (why I even went 4-2 I can never quite understand).

[morvillz7z]

Did anyone else have Lazio to win in their tickets? Lost/cost me a lovely double-digit acca, was the final selection on top of that.  

Milan also lost, which, to be honest, does not surprise me. We've trouble playing in Turin, i believe we've only won like one or two times in the last ten years, and with Pioli making multiple changes in the starting lineup (looking ahead to the match with Salzburg midweek) dropping points was kinda unavoidable i guess. I still couldn't put it as an upset in our pool...

anyways, at least the over hit...

[darxiaomi]

Yes, i agree with you in most of your statement but i have to say, Lazio make me angry. How they can beat easily a good team like Atalanta, but cant beat a weak team like Sturm Graz in Europa League?, or after this win they leak points again a low tier team of the serie A. And its always the same with them.

Serie A teams needs to recover not only quality also regularity.

Yeah, only Atalanta and Napoli now have this consistency we require, minus of course Atalanta losing out but now Osimhen is back, I think we can definitely count on Napoli taking us far and well, half time already 3 up, hope Sassuolo hit back with a couple to get me closer to my pick (why I even went 4-2 I can never quite understand).

Did anyone else have Lazio to win in their tickets? Lost/cost me a lovely double-digit acca, was the final selection on top of that. 

Milan also lost, which, to be honest, does not surprise me. We've trouble playing in Turin, i believe we've only won like one or two times in the last ten years, and with Pioli making multiple changes in the starting lineup (looking ahead to the match with Salzburg midweek) dropping points was kinda unavoidable i guess. I still couldn't put it as an upset in our pool...

anyways, at least the over hit...

And....... YES Lazio making Lazion things, WHY? why they cant be regular? .
I said that a few days ago and they come and make my statement true.

In my case, Milan blow up my bet, it was ain live bet for Corners i dont know how they managed to make only 1 corner.

[buwaytress]

And....... YES Lazio making Lazion things, WHY? why they cant be regular? .
I said that a few days ago and they come and make my statement true.

In my case, Milan blow up my bet, it was ain live bet for Corners i dont know how they managed to make only 1 corner.

Milan a culprit for me, as well, but not the only one, I made a mess out of so many teams. Roma about to blow us all up tonight possible? And Monza for a while now is favourite at home but I'm still reluctant. Should I trust odds since I don't really know these teams well enough? Or rely on gut and go with what I knew should have been a shoo-in pre-season? I mean Bologna's position doesn't lie, but maybe Monza's does?

[darxiaomi]

And....... YES Lazio making Lazion things, WHY? why they cant be regular? .
I said that a few days ago and they come and make my statement true.

In my case, Milan blow up my bet, it was ain live bet for Corners i dont know how they managed to make only 1 corner.

Milan a culprit for me, as well, but not the only one, I made a mess out of so many teams. Roma about to blow us all up tonight possible? And Monza for a while now is favourite at home but I'm still reluctant. Should I trust odds since I don't really know these teams well enough? Or rely on gut and go with what I knew should have been a shoo-in pre-season? I mean Bologna's position doesn't lie, but maybe Monza's does?

Well Roma gave you an exact score with that very late goal of El sharawy. For the other match of today.... i reallu dont know what to say im not following so much this league and minor this kind of teams.

A really tight end of the round for the yellow cap.

[casperBGD]

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Serie A teams needs to recover not only quality also regularity.

I would not call irregularity over Lazio loses, they are simply not properly managed
watching closely, since I have them to win championship, Lazio tried to rest some players, but things got out of control

it is really hard to lose from Salernitana, after early lead, but Salernitana scored two great goals, and Lazio failed to control the match

[buwaytress]

Milan a culprit for me, as well, but not the only one, I made a mess out of so many teams. Roma about to blow us all up tonight possible? And Monza for a while now is favourite at home but I'm still reluctant. Should I trust odds since I don't really know these teams well enough? Or rely on gut and go with what I knew should have been a shoo-in pre-season? I mean Bologna's position doesn't lie, but maybe Monza's does?

Well Roma gave you an exact score with that very late goal of El sharawy. For the other match of today.... i reallu dont know what to say im not following so much this league and minor this kind of teams.

A really tight end of the round for the yellow cap.

Indeed, how nice for me, as Monza took the lead and then proceeded to lose. I knew the odds were a lie, should have backed Bologna as gut intended but I decided to follow the experts and the odds.

Darbit got his yellow cap, so well done him (secret hate). Even if Monza got me my perfect score KTChampion would have the cap, so bleh.

[darxiaomi]

Milan a culprit for me, as well, but not the only one, I made a mess out of so many teams. Roma about to blow us all up tonight possible? And Monza for a while now is favourite at home but I'm still reluctant. Should I trust odds since I don't really know these teams well enough? Or rely on gut and go with what I knew should have been a shoo-in pre-season? I mean Bologna's position doesn't lie, but maybe Monza's does?

Well Roma gave you an exact score with that very late goal of El sharawy. For the other match of today.... i reallu dont know what to say im not following so much this league and minor this kind of teams.

A really tight end of the round for the yellow cap.

Indeed, how nice for me, as Monza took the lead and then proceeded to lose. I knew the odds were a lie, should have backed Bologna as gut intended but I decided to follow the experts and the odds.

Darbit got his yellow cap, so well done him (secret hate). Even if Monza got me my perfect score KTChampion would have the cap, so bleh.

Thanks, and yes i win the yellow cap, the past week win the EPL yellow cap and now the Serie A yellow cap, maybe the next week i can win the La Liga yellow cap .

In the final game when monza scores i think i can t win the round but Bologna react and finally win.

We are heading to the finals rounds before de World Cup.

[KTChampions]

Indeed, how nice for me, as Monza took the lead and then proceeded to lose. I knew the odds were a lie, should have backed Bologna as gut intended but I decided to follow the experts and the odds.

Darbit got his yellow cap, so well done him (secret hate). Even if Monza got me my perfect score KTChampion would have the cap, so bleh.

This seems to be my most successful round for Serie A - I'm in a clean second place. It's amazing - I'm used to all the Italian teams surprising me with their results. Although I'm in the second half of the overall standings, I'm not that bad - I have half as many exact results as the first 4 places (which I consider pure lottery). Hopefully over time the lottery will be in my favor.

[buwaytress]

This seems to be my most successful round for Serie A - I'm in a clean second place. It's amazing - I'm used to all the Italian teams surprising me with their results. Although I'm in the second half of the overall standings, I'm not that bad - I have half as many exact results as the first 4 places (which I consider pure lottery). Hopefully over time the lottery will be in my favor.

I believe I've poured enough love/hate on you in Champions League pool, no need to throw you further evil eyes in this one. I'm doing so-so in Italian and Spanish, but still a slide down from what I was doing in terms of performance from last season.

Monza is my bogey team this season, I think they're crap, they win, then the bookies start favouring them because of form, and they prove they're crap. On both terms I fail to detect the trend.

Exacts are definitely pure lottery... then again, so are picks when it's featuring midtable teams with almost nothing to separate them. 1-1 draws are the most tempting and should be the most picked in those games but I always lean to a narrow win.

[casperBGD]

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Monza is my bogey team this season, I think they're crap, they win, then the bookies start favouring them because of form, and they prove they're crap. On both terms I fail to detect the trend.

is Berlusconi an owner there? or the press is just relating Monza to him?
yeah, three wins in a row were somehow more than unexpected, but they are back to losing route, where they meet Verona, with even longer losing strike - 7 games, 8 lose in a row will make a history for Verona, in a negative way, they never lost eight matches in a row - statistically I have Monza to win, history has to change

[Trofo]

^Napoli the only constant in Italy for me, they are playing their game, wining almost every game and almost always playing to outscore the opponent which results in both to score to pass early. My favorite team this and would really love them to win the league. And I am not saying just because they brought me so many winning tickets

Granted, they did let me down with both to score market in CL against Liverpool but they are good for it in Italy and it seems CL is cursed for me no matter what I play.

[KTChampions]

This seems to be my most successful round for Serie A - I'm in a clean second place. It's amazing - I'm used to all the Italian teams surprising me with their results. Although I'm in the second half of the overall standings, I'm not that bad - I have half as many exact results as the first 4 places (which I consider pure lottery). Hopefully over time the lottery will be in my favor.

I believe I've poured enough love/hate on you in Champions League pool, no need to throw you further evil eyes in this one. I'm doing so-so in Italian and Spanish, but still a slide down from what I was doing in terms of performance from last season.

Monza is my bogey team this season, I think they're crap, they win, then the bookies start favouring them because of form, and they prove they're crap. On both terms I fail to detect the trend.

Exacts are definitely pure lottery... then again, so are picks when it's featuring midtable teams with almost nothing to separate them. 1-1 draws are the most tempting and should be the most picked in those games but I always lean to a narrow win.

That's true   I got harassed in the Champions League pool thread like I won it 10 times in a row   Such attention would be nice and fun, but the pool hasn't even ended yet.

I don't keep track of which team lets me down more often, but of course it's annoying when you make a choice (or even worse bet) and in the end the result breaks everything.
By the way, now Milan is already finishing the match but still cannot beat Spezia (and the score is 1-1 lol). Will Napoli have an insane 8 points advantage over second place?

update: 2-1 finally  

The 1:1 score does look statistically attractive, the problem is that it is in a range that is narrower than the score range where one of the teams wins. A draw is an event more rare than the victory of a favorite or an outsider, oddly enough.