🏆Maharaja of Bitcointalk🏆 $600 Prizepool tourney(Free entry) by Sportbet.one

[Saint-loup]

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It hasn't escaped my attention you're hyperventilating in multiple threads about the same issue... that and the fact I'm the only one who's playing via freebitco.in (a rival company to the one in your signature).  Please don't turn this into an unfriendly competition.

(and before you click "reply" have a look at how many days this week I *didn't* post)

Several is your first name I guess  
Why I would blame you for that while there is no ID nor betslip available on Freebitcoin? I wasn't talking about you.
I tried to make a comment yesterday on the Games and rounds thread but people didn't bother and continued to post their bets without any link nor betID ... that seems to have escape your attention as you say LOL

Bet #3, #4

Why there is no ID on the pictures of your betslips?

As long as the Bet ID is visible and you can prove that it was a bet made on your account (if someone asks/objects). I am fine with it. It will be helpful if your sportsbook has the post betslip feature as I can just click on the betslip to know the result of it. Instead of searching for them over the internet.

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[kworrom]

Got killed on march madness the other day, especially Tennessee (guess that's why it's madness). Probably doing too many parlays for the contest and should be doing single bets (oh well, having fun). Betting on ESPN UFC tonight. Parlayed Tuivasa under 1.5 rounds and Holland ml.

I think Tai Tuivasa-Harry Hunsucker will end quickly.
Tai Tuivasa's replacement opponent tonight Harry Hunsucker (https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Harry-Hunsucker-239513) in all his past 10 fights never leaves the first round. Tai Tuivasa to win @1.21, Tai Tuivasa by ko/tko/dq/sub @1.36, under 1.5 rounds @1.36, and Tai Tuivasa to win in the first round @1.7 seem fairly likely. Puncher's chance has Harry first round @11.0, Harry by ko/tko/dq/sub @5.5. It seems more likely that Tuivasa wins based on experience, and if you look at Tuivasa's past (https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Tai-Tuivasa-133745) most of of his wins happen in the first round. But Tuivasa has only won 1 of last 4 fights. He's facing an unfamiliar opponent. There's a small chance Tuivasa doesn't do enough in the first round to finish Hunsucker, and stops him in the second round (Tuivasa to win second round @6.5 seems to be value for that chance, but will it even get there).

I also think that Holland will win against Brunson.
https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Kevin-Holland-108999
https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Derek-Brunson-68494
Holland is younger (28, Brunson is 37), has been more active (5-0 in 2020 vs Brunson's 1-0), has a 4 inch reach advantage, and appears more confident. Brunson has good wrestling and frequently ends fights after taking down opponents, but Holland appears to have decent defensive wrestling, and is able to pose a threat from all positions. I think the longer the fight goes the more advantage Brunson will have, and he will want to basically win rounds by wrestling/dominant position. I'm banking on Holland to win the striking battle, and to ko/tko early, or win enough rounds by being more offensive in a close decision.



Crash and burn! Slowly digging a hole that I won't get out of for the contest. I guess wrestling is the most important martial art in the UFC, and generally should bet more on the fighter with the better wrestling credentials who can control where the fight goes. Holland looked like he was more concerned with making jokes tonight. Best of luck everyone

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[3meek]

From tomorrow, the World Cup qualifying matches begin...
There will be a lot of interesting matches until the end of March! We will have a lot of opportunities to make express bets!
Good luck to all!

[Saint-loup]

From tomorrow, the World Cup qualifying matches begin...
There will be a lot of interesting matches until the end of March! We will have a lot of opportunities to make express bets!
Good luck to all!

Yes I agree with you, it will be a very exciting moment because unlike many soccer and sport competitions, matches will be freely broadcasted on free TV channels. You can check which TV channels  will broadcast which matches in your country on this link https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/fixtures-results/

[hahay]

From tomorrow, the World Cup qualifying matches begin...
There will be a lot of interesting matches until the end of March! We will have a lot of opportunities to make express bets!
Good luck to all!

Yes I agree with you, it will be a very exciting moment because unlike many soccer and sport competitions, matches will be freely broadcasted on free TV channels. You can check which TV channels  will broadcast which matches in your country on this link https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/fixtures-results/

Every day there will always be any matches for us to bet on but yes, with a world cup qualifying match it certainly adds another interest in betting so I think it's a challenge because betting on a match between clubs and national teams is something different.
But by the way, I'm still looking forward to @vennali to come back on and make some updates to the sheet.

[ralle14]

Crash and burn! Slowly digging a hole that I won't get out of for the contest.

Same here, I had a good start after hitting one of my parlays then after that its all downhill with the losses for me (currently on a 5 losing streak).

As much as I want to bet on the World cup matches it's probably best for me to skip them since my gut tells me there will be a lot of draws and I don't have a lot of knowledge on most of the teams. Good luck to all you guys though.  

[Saint-loup]

As much as I want to bet on the World cup matches it's probably best for me to skip them since my gut tells me there will be a lot of draws and I don't have a lot of knowledge on most of the teams. Good luck to all you guys though.  

There had been 3 draws on 13 matches this evening : France-Ukraine 1-1, Finland-Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-2 and Cyprus-Slovakia 0-0. That represents 23% of matchs.
If you want to avoid draws on Stake you have the Draw No Bet and the Asian Handicap 0 to get a voided bet in case of a draw, the Double Chance and the AH +0.5 to get a winning bet in case of a win of your team or a draw, the AH +0.25 to get at least half of your winnings in case of a draw and the AH -0.25 to lose only half of your stake in case of a draw.  

[Timelord2067]

I'm reaching out the Nitrogen Sports (EU) about why one of my bets is showing as "Money Line Lost" given that Scotland beat out rivals France in the last game of the competition.  (admittedly, I've only been using the Nitrogen Sports (EU) website for a week, but still it's not nice not being paid for a correct call).



Rugby Union

My pick of the Chiefs over the Blues has covered the two "losses" that occurred, so I'm still (roughly) breaking even.


Over in Rugby League, I've had three wins and a loss:

Wins:



Losses:




*edit*

I've already received a response back - Payment for the Scotland Vs France game has been corrected:

[ralle14]

I just noticed that one of the bets I submitted was in LTC, that doesn't count since my bankroll is in BTC right ?

Also how's your guys profit record so far ? I'm currently down 4 units but slowly climbing back with 3 wins in a row and 2 more pending later today.

[Timelord2067]

Three wins and three losses in week five of the NRL 2021 competition, the best win being:




... and I didn't do too badly in the UK Football either:



... and before that:

[kryptqnick]

With a little more than one day left till the end of the competition, I've passed the 20 bet threshold today. How about you, are there still people like me who haven't been making lots of bets here?
I'm also wondering about the stats. Mine were only updated for my first 11 bets, and the win/loss column was updated only for the first 3 bets that I placed for this competition. I can see that there are others whose stats weren't updated for a while as well, but I guess it's understandable that it's an overwhelming amount of work for one person, so no worries there. It's just that without actively updated stats, it's very hard to see how everyone's doing so far, and how close or far from winning the competition I am in comparison with others.
I won 9/14 bets that were already settled if I'm not mistaken, but they were largely on pretty low odds, so I have no idea where this puts me.

[nelson4lov]

With a little more than one day left till the end of the competition, I've passed the 20 bet threshold today. How about you, are there still people like me who haven't been making lots of bets here?
I'm also wondering about the stats. Mine were only updated for my first 11 bets, and the win/loss column was updated only for the first 3 bets that I placed for this competition. I can see that there are others whose stats weren't updated for a while as well, but I guess it's understandable that it's an overwhelming amount of work for one person, so no worries there. It's just that without actively updated stats, it's very hard to see how everyone's doing so far, and how close or far from winning the competition I am in comparison with others.
I won 9/14 bets that were already settled if I'm not mistaken, but they were largely on pretty low odds, so I have no idea where this puts me.

The competition started on 15th of March and I'm expecting it to end tentatively on 15th of April which is a few days from today (I might be wrong). Anyway, I haven't been that much active since the competition started due to other engagements I have in the real world and like you, my stats haven't been updated so I don't know where that puts me. But before the competition comes to an end, I'm making a last minute push to get to bets in and hopefully enough wins to get me closer. I'll be keeping an eye out for any updates in the last couple of days. Until then, good luck to  you and everyone else participating.  

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With a little more than one day left till the end of the competition, I've passed the 20 bet threshold today. How about you, are there still people like me who haven't been making lots of bets here?
I'm also wondering about the stats. Mine were only updated for my first 11 bets, and the win/loss column was updated only for the first 3 bets that I placed for this competition. I can see that there are others whose stats weren't updated for a while as well, but I guess it's understandable that it's an overwhelming amount of work for one person, so no worries there. It's just that without actively updated stats, it's very hard to see how everyone's doing so far, and how close or far from winning the competition I am in comparison with others.
I won 9/14 bets that were already settled if I'm not mistaken, but they were largely on pretty low odds, so I have no idea where this puts me.

The competition started on 15th of March and I'm expecting it to end tentatively on 15th of April which is a few days from today (I might be wrong). Anyway, I haven't been that much active since the competition started due to other engagements I have in the real world and like you, my stats haven't been updated so I don't know where that puts me. But before the competition comes to an end, I'm making a last minute push to get to bets in and hopefully enough wins to get me closer. I'll be keeping an eye out for any updates in the last couple of days. Until then, good luck to  you and everyone else participating.  

I think the start and end dates are already set in the announcement thread, here:

- Tournament starts at 0:00 GMT 15th March.
- Ends at 12th April GMT.

At least the competition will end in one more day and also, the stats are not updating because I check them every day, just to see how things are going. But so far maybe @vennali will count it when the competition is over.
Basically I like this competition, but if the calculations are done manually like this, I think the competition will be unattractive.

[nelson4lov]

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I think the start and end dates are already set in the announcement thread, here:

- Tournament starts at 0:00 GMT 15th March.
- Ends at 12th April GMT.

At least the competition will end in one more day and also, the stats are not updating because I check them every day, just to see how things are going. But so far maybe @vennali will count it when the competition is over.
Basically I like this competition, but if the calculations are done manually like this, I think the competition will be unattractive.

Thanks a lot for the heads up on the start and end dates. I reckon that I would have enjoyed the competition more if the stats were updated in real time so I know how I fare against other participants. That way, I can keep it in mind and make informed decisions. I wouldn't blame @vennali too. It isn't an easy jobs to manually make these updates as quickly as possible. Majority of the times I look at the stats sheet, it's nearly the same since the first time I saw it.  

So judging from the end date, I'm thinking the time would be 12:00 GMT ~ in a couple of hours?

[Saint-loup]

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I think the start and end dates are already set in the announcement thread, here:

- Tournament starts at 0:00 GMT 15th March.
- Ends at 12th April GMT.

At least the competition will end in one more day and also, the stats are not updating because I check them every day, just to see how things are going. But so far maybe @vennali will count it when the competition is over.
Basically I like this competition, but if the calculations are done manually like this, I think the competition will be unattractive.

Thanks a lot for the heads up on the start and end dates. I reckon that I would have enjoyed the completion more if the stats were updated in real time so I know how I fare against other participants. That way, I can keep it in mind and make informed decisions. I wouldn't blame @vennali too. It isn't an easy jobs to manually make these updates as quickly as possible. Majority of the times I look at the stats sheet, it's nearly the same since the first time I saw it.  

So judging from the end date, I'm thinking the time would be 12:00 GMT ~ in a couple of hours?

Thank you to have pointed that out, I didn't remember the end date was scheduled for tomorrow, I thought it was for the end of the month . Could Vennali tell us if the contest will end at 0:00 GMT or at 24:00 GMT on April 12 please?

[Timelord2067]

I'm going to kick off Round Two with a budget of BTC 0.01 spread over two sites, Free BitCoin and Nitrogen Sports (EU)

I already have a larger number of wagers laid out for the next couple of weeks (probably twenty already) which have been placed out of that 0.01 budget.


Good Luck to everyone playing (and as they say "Gamble Responsibly")

[Saint-loup]

I'm going to kick off Round Two with a budget of BTC 0.01 spread over two sites, Free BitCoin and Nitrogen Sports (EU)

I already have a larger number of wagers laid out for the next couple of weeks (probably twenty already) which have been placed out of that 0.01 budget.


Good Luck to everyone playing (and as they say "Gamble Responsibly")

I don't understand what you mean, you want to organize a Round two? That's what you are saying? It would be a free contest like this one or contestants would need to pay an entrance fee? It would be open to everybody or only reserved to the "round one" participants?

[ralle14]

I don't understand what you mean, you want to organize a Round two? That's what you are saying? It would be a free contest like this one or contestants would need to pay an entrance fee? It would be open to everybody or only reserved to the "round one" participants?

I think he's expecting another round from the competition but we're not sure if there would be another round since vennali hasn't made any announcement or update.

I reckon that I would have enjoyed the competition more if the stats were updated in real time so I know how I fare against other participants. That way, I can keep it in mind and make informed decisions. I wouldn't blame @vennali too. It isn't an easy jobs to manually make these updates as quickly as possible. Majority of the times I look at the stats sheet, it's nearly the same since the first time I saw it.  

It'll definitely be more enjoyable as the experience would probably be similar to the multimaster weeks we had on the sportsbet thread. I tried to offer some help during the first week since I also keep track of my bets with my own table but vennali didn't respond to my post.

[Timelord2067]

I think he's expecting another round from the competition but we're not sure if there would be another round since vennali hasn't made any announcement or update.

I wouldn't be the the only one who has wagers going to the end of April.  I don't recall there being a stipulation that if the bets were posted prior to the end of the first month being counted _even_though_ they are days/weeks away and just figured that there would be another round given, as i just said, I wouldn't be the only one who has bets in the coming days or weeks.

Anyone know what the OP's thoughts on this competition are?

[Saint-loup]

I don't understand what you mean, you want to organize a Round two? That's what you are saying? It would be a free contest like this one or contestants would need to pay an entrance fee? It would be open to everybody or only reserved to the "round one" participants?

I think he's expecting another round from the competition but we're not sure if there would be another round since vennali hasn't made any announcement or update.

LOL you are right as I see from this post he was really expecting a round two indeed

My first five bets for round two of The Maharaja of Bitcointalk are on the Academy Awards to be held on the 25th of April, 2021 as follows:

https://nitrogensports.eu/sportsbook





I'll advise what my starting pool is a little closer to the starting date.

Well Timelord2067 I'm not sure Sportbet.one has made big amounts of money with this contest since only few people used this sportsbook to place their bets during the contest obviously. So it's just wishful thinking to expect a second round from sportbet.one and Vennali in my opinion, people will need to organize it themselves if they want it IMO.