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Decent start to this round 2/3 from the questions so far, only missing out on the NFO - LIV one. It is really remarkable how much Forest has improved this season which is evident in how the question was worded. It would maybe have been, Forest not to lose, does not matter the score or it will not have been a tight enough match to be included. Nuno has done a great job and they will be having dreams of finishing in a Champions league spot.

Good game from Arsenal, I would have liked us to have made it safer and scored another, but 3 points for us and 1 point for me on that question, everyone is happy.
My opponent has been equally good, we are tied 2 all.

- Jay -

Medvedev 2 sets down against a guy called Learner Tien Grin

A big thank you to Trofo for not including him in the question.

Sinner lost a set against an unknown guy as well, seems like nobody is in great form at the moment.

Quote from: cryptofrka on January 16, 2025, 01:31:28 PM

Medvedev 2 sets down against a guy called Learner Tien Grin

A big thank you to Trofo for not including him in the question.

Sinner lost a set against an unknown guy as well, seems like nobody is in great form at the moment.

A scary game for the Medvedev now fightback with his experience and quality which bring him on level.

End of four sets score is 2–2 hopefully he will win fifth set and jumps into next round.

Quote from: cryptofrka on January 16, 2025, 01:31:28 PM

Medvedev 2 sets down against a guy called Learner Tien Grin

A big thank you to Trofo for not including him in the question.

Sinner lost a set against an unknown guy as well, seems like nobody is in great form at the moment.

Medvedev has fought his way back, it's currently 2 sets apiece but, Tien is up by one break of serve and it's currently 3-1 in the 5th set... Maybe I would have preferred Medvedev's inclusion and an exclusion of Holger Rune, my opponent have to make into next week while I have an all "No" answer, and it's looking more probable for Rune to make it right now with Hurkacz getting dumped out today too... I would have fancied my chances better if it were to be Rune vs Hurkacz for the Saturday match, and I don't think there will be any match for Rune on Sunday if he wins that one.

Quote from: Harkorede on January 16, 2025, 03:04:19 PM

Quote from: cryptofrka on January 16, 2025, 01:31:28 PM

Medvedev 2 sets down against a guy called Learner Tien Grin

A big thank you to Trofo for not including him in the question.

Sinner lost a set against an unknown guy as well, seems like nobody is in great form at the moment.

Very interesting 5th set now we have 3 - 3.

Quote from: SATWAT on January 16, 2025, 03:07:15 PM

Quote from: Harkorede on January 16, 2025, 03:04:19 PM

Quote from: cryptofrka on January 16, 2025, 01:31:28 PM

Medvedev 2 sets down against a guy called Learner Tien Grin

A big thank you to Trofo for not including him in the question.

Sinner lost a set against an unknown guy as well, seems like nobody is in great form at the moment.

Very interesting 5th set now we have 3 - 3.

Crazy game to be very honest, Medvedev had the game at his mercy as he broke Tien in 11th game to go up 6-5 and was on serve for the game, but couldn’t convert, he lost his service game and eventually lost the match in the tie break, I guess one can pretty much say it was a deserved win for the underdog.

For the first time this season situation doesn't look bad for me: I have 2-1 lead (that could be 3-1 if Denmark wins the other 2 games) and Robertson (choice of many for snooker question) was kicked out today meaning the least I am getting from that h2h question is a draw. Having said that, me and Paco92x still have 3 different answers (not counting handball and snooker) so it can still go the either way.

Not sure if its time to start with hedging, just in case.

Rune is through, so it looks to me like... one more round is all is needed for him to give the "Yes" guys some joy. I went all no, so I'm hoping he knocks out and then Humbert follows suit so I can sit pretty with an LMS point Wink

jayce, careful, Cro2 know if you've been naughty or nice.

Quote from: notblox1 on January 15, 2025, 10:55:30 PM

Quote from: Trofo on January 15, 2025, 07:21:57 PM

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Article passed my radar detection.
Team notblox1 was mentioned, and I cant be angry for losing against best team in Division 1.
Now it is time for my team to get back with another win and get back up.

Somehow missed this, but yeah the news of the hour, headline of the week, flavour of the season, that's definitely the bumper derby we were so fortunate to witness, but I want to say, may our leaders all choke hard haha.

Don't worry notblox1, you're still better than most of us... until we meet Wink

My team entered this game week as the leader and my opponent is imarios. I see that their team hasn't got any win yet. I wouldn't like my team to be their first victim. Sad

So far the score between us is 1-1. But as far as I can see we still have 5 different answers among the remaining 7 questions. Everything can change very quickly. I hope Sunderland and Atalanta help me a little with getting the results I want. My team is completely focused on promoting back to Division 1 now. I hope we don't fail at the end of the season.

Damn! What a bad round😂 Arsenal let me down again! I expected more than 2-1 to Arsenal.. Robertson is out which means I can't win this question, Now I need Selby to lose.. Rune and Humbert are still in the tournament and I need both to lose. This looks very bad..

I have to hope that I survive LMS without rebuy😂

Quote from: Slissy on January 16, 2025, 07:08:23 PM

Now I need Selby to lose..

Close, Selby made a comeback on frame 7 but the score is still 5-2 for now in favour of Mark Allen

Quote from: Slissy on January 16, 2025, 07:08:23 PM

Rune and Humbert are still in the tournament and I need both to lose. This looks very bad..

Well Rune is most likely going to get through Sunday with breeze and as for Humbert, I need him to get through sunday as well but probably getting heavy rain to delay the game would be a great help Roll Eyes

Denmark is really cruising the handball tournament, currently the GD is 36. Italy will be playing against them next but I doubt Denmark is going to lose. I guess Im going to lose this point after all

Quote from: buwaytress on January 16, 2025, 05:17:30 PM

Don't worry notblox1, you're still better than most of us... until we meet Wink

I am just a poor underdog and outsider my friend Grin

Selby let me down in snooker so I think I am not getting any points from the last question.
Now I need Humbert to win against Fils in tennis, Napoli win against Atalanta in Seria A, and Sunderland not to lose in Championship.
Easy, right?

Quote from: Slissy on January 16, 2025, 07:08:23 PM

Wish granted for Selby, but dont expect same to happen with other matches.
You only had one wish in this round Wink

I just remembered to check on my tennis predictions. Rune and Humbert are the only ones left. Rune is up against Sinner if he manages to beat Kecmanović and Humbert is currently playing against Fils. If he wins, he will play against Zverev. I must say that I like my chances with all "No".

Quote from: slackovic on January 17, 2025, 10:09:48 AM

Rune and Humbert are the only ones left. Rune is up against Sinner if he manages to beat Kecmanović and Humbert is currently playing against Fils. If he wins, he will play against Zverev. I must say that I like my chances with all "No".

According to the match schedule on the offical website, the round 4 will take place on Sunday and Monday.

If Humbert wins today, he will have the next match (which will be against Zverev) on Sunday and there's a big chance he will be eliminated.
But since Rune will play tomorrow, I guess he will have his round 4 match (which will be probably against Sinner) on Monday.

Someone correct me if I am wrong, please.
I hope I am wrong. I need Rune to get eliminated by Sunday.

Quote from: hosseinimr93 on January 17, 2025, 10:34:49 AM

Quote from: slackovic on January 17, 2025, 10:09:48 AM

Yes you need to be Rune get elimination by Sunday because you have no.

Quote from: SATWAT on January 17, 2025, 10:44:16 AM

Yes you need to be Rune get elimination by Sunday because you have no.

Yeah, I know. I went with "No" for Rune because I saw that he will be up against Sinner. Currently their game is scheduled for 19 Jan at 01:00 (Central European Time) so I hope it won't be delayed for Monday. I need him to lose Grin

Humbert won his game because Fils retired. I'm not sure what happened but Humbert was leading 2-1 and 1-0 in the fourth set so he would have probably won anyway. Now he is up against Zverev on Sunday.

Quote from: Slissy on January 16, 2025, 07:08:23 PM

Now I need Selby to lose.. Rune and Humbert are still in the tournament and I need both to lose. This looks very bad..

I have to hope that I survive LMS without rebuy😂

Humbert smacked a lucky retirement pass after losing his first set and getting over the line in the next two... he plays next also on Sunday early morning so you still have a chance for him to get out. I wanted Rune to lose tomorrow and Humbert to lose to get an LMS point so that's still in play. Come on, BSFL gods, this is what I deserve for following tennis on Friday morning.

Quote from: hosseinimr93 on January 17, 2025, 10:34:49 AM

If Humbert wins today, he will have the next match (which will be against Zverev) on Sunday and there's a big chance he will be eliminated.
But since Rune will play tomorrow, I guess he will have his round 4 match (which will be probably against Sinner) on Monday.

Someone correct me if I am wrong, please.
I hope I am wrong. I need Rune to get eliminated by Sunday.

You're right, unfortunately. Both still have one more match. If there is a delay, Rune will still play I think (on Sunday) but if Humbert is delayed, it'll need to be a full 18 hours to have him miss the BSFL cutoff.

But either way, Rune vs Sinner, if it happens, will not make it for BSFL...

Quote from: arallmuus on January 16, 2025, 11:04:03 PM

Denmark is really cruising the handball tournament, currently the GD is 36. Italy will be playing against them next but I doubt Denmark is going to lose. I guess Im going to lose this point after all

With Mark Selby also out in the snooker question, it seems the handball is where I'd get my first point of the round after an horrendous start to the round, Denmark should be able to get an easy win because the odds for Italy is currently @ ~25.00 Odds, that would have been a good one to hedge, but there's no reason to do that since I'm seeking just my very first, If that goes my way, maybe I can still make it through the LMS hurdle, I'd just be need sloppy Man United and awful Tottenham to both win their games.

I didn't understand the 5th question wrong I hope. It means the goal difference after the end of the group stage, right? Grin

When I saw "combined" I thought like that and made my pick according to it.

If it is then hopefully Denmark won't mess up their last game against Italy. Roll Eyes

Denmark are like a huge favourite to win the game. Italy have 32.00 odds. I don't want to see a miracle, please.

So far it is still 0-0 vs Da_Silva. I wish I preferred "No" on the 1st question. I was very indecisive and picked the wrong one. Anyway there are still many questions left.

Quote from: ILuckyGuyI on January 17, 2025, 04:36:00 PM

I didn't understand the 5th question wrong I hope. It means the goal difference after the end of the group stage, right?

You got it correctly.
Denmark were great in their first two matches and now they the goal difference of +36. As you mentioned correctly, all you need to get point from question number 5 is Denmark wins their last group stage match against Italy.