🏈 ZETO.cash- NFL Pick-Em Prediction Pool - Discussion Thread 🏈

[jeremypwr]

Only one game left, it's been an awesome opening weekend.

Congrats to entebeh, he's got 12 points and that's enough to win the week regardless of what happens tomorrow night.

Normally with the Pools I wait until the entire week is completed to declare a winner.
But such is the case that entebah can't lose this week, I went ahead and credited him with the Free Bet.

[entebah]

Only one game left, it's been an awesome opening weekend.

Congrats to entebeh, he's got 12 points and that's enough to win the week regardless of what happens tomorrow night.

Normally with the Pools I wait until the entire week is completed to declare a winner.
But such is the case that entebah can't lose this week, I went ahead and credited him with the Free Bet.

thx i already received the freebet on my account

[buwaytress]

You did win both of those picks; so not sure what's going on...
However if you go to the Table, it looks as though they were counted as Wins.

Today they show correctly, I guess with live games, the app doesn't update properly (the points also weren't showing the same for me as the table), so I think only the table/leaderboard is reliable as matches are ongoing.

entebah is a monster, I only managed half of that. Definitely not wise to take chiefly all with positive spreads -- most of the favourites won by some margin!

[cryptofrka]

Hahah, I'm totally where I belong.

Not sure if I'm looking at it the right way, but seems like entebah has a perfect 12/12 record so far?
That's probably like 2000 odds if you put it on a ticket, right?

[jeremypwr]

Hahah, I'm totally where I belong.

Not sure if I'm looking at it the right way, but seems like entebah has a perfect 12/12 record so far?
That's probably like 2000 odds if you put it on a ticket, right?

He's actually 12/15 but still kicking *** nonetheless.
Could be 13/16 after tonight's MNF (Monday Night Football).

[buwaytress]

Oh come on, this NFL app thing didn't remind me to make picks, so I missed Friday, hope everyone else remembers to put the rest in. entebah, of course, remembered, and got the point. I've gone all in on +handicaps now. This will be my week, I guarantee it.

Any of you guys interested in Champions League (the real football, that is)?

[jeremypwr]

Oh come on, this NFL app thing didn't remind me to make picks, so I missed Friday, hope everyone else remembers to put the rest in. entebah, of course, remembered, and got the point. I've gone all in on +handicaps now. This will be my week, I guarantee it.

Any of you guys interested in Champions League (the real football, that is)?

You had me thinking I missed a game too when you said "Friday." 

#ThursdayNightFootball  #TimeZonesMatter

[Yatsan]

Welcome to the NFL Pick-Em Prediction Pool Discussion Thread.
For signup information please see here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5507483.0

Thanks to Sportsbet.io for sponsoring our competition for the 2024 season.

The pool will use the Sleeper.com app to place your weekly predictions which start on Thursday night of opening weekend.  
The contest will extend through the NFL season and post-season, culminating with the Super Bowl.

Sleeper makes entering your predictions very simple, and doesn't take more than a few minutes.
The rules to play are simple; pick the teams that you think will beat the spread prediction for that week's matchup.
Picking against the spread is a little more complex than simply picking the winner, and adds to the challenge.
Predictions will be made for all NFL weekly matches, up to 16 matches per week.
At the end of the contest, the participant with the most points (i.e. highest number of accurate predictions) wins the competition.
The number of winners will be determined by the number of participants.

Man, I really appreciate you picking this to report on the NFL Pick-Em Prediction Pool. Using Sleeper.com sounds so easy to do our weekly forecast. It's nice knowing the app was made easier for use and it helped keep our attention on the choices instead of complicated settings to deal with.

I really want to participate in this competition. It's so cool to have a platform that allows us to easily follow up on our predictions and stay active throughout the full course of the NFL season. Of course, the shortening of the spread would then add an additional component that can make it even more exciting. And it would challenge us to test our prediction skills in new ways.

Congratulations to Sportsbet.io for sponsoring this pool during the year; their sponsorship is deeply appreciated, and it does give additional motivation to the competition. I'd like to see how the season goes and especially compete with everyone for first place.

Oh come on, this NFL app thing didn't remind me to make picks, so I missed Friday, hope everyone else remembers to put the rest in. entebah, of course, remembered, and got the point. I've gone all in on +handicaps now. This will be my week, I guarantee it.

Any of you guys interested in Champions League (the real football, that is)?

I am at the same boat. Made option ruined for Friday since app wouldnt remind me. Well understand pain Always hurts when that happens. Hope all make their choice in time. Kudos to entebah for staying on top and grabbing those spots!

I joined +Full handicap this week, so hope it's my opportunity now. We expect to maintain the pace and take up a lot of very tough things!

Anyway, Is anybody in the Champions League? I will be glad to discuss comparisons if there are merits in any way.

Oh come on, this NFL app thing didn't remind me to make picks, so I missed Friday, hope everyone else remembers to put the rest in. entebah, of course, remembered, and got the point. I've gone all in on +handicaps now. This will be my week, I guarantee it.

Any of you guys interested in Champions League (the real football, that is)?

You had me thinking I missed a game too when you said "Friday." 

#ThursdayNightFootball  #TimeZonesMatter

I would say timezone but I already saw the hashtag XD Good game everyone

[buwaytress]

You had me thinking I missed a game too when you said "Friday." 

#ThursdayNightFootball  #TimeZonesMatter

Heh, sorry, yeah, of course that's what I meant -- and something my brain automatically adjusts to on this forum whenever people say times (half of the forum I think watches football on a different day from me!).

I am at the same boat. Made option ruined for Friday since app wouldnt remind me. Well understand pain Always hurts when that happens. Hope all make their choice in time. Kudos to entebah for staying on top and grabbing those spots!

I set my picks now for even the week after already, seeing as it really shouldn't mak a difference for me. Can always change later.

[yahoo62278]

22 users within 5 points of 1st place currently. Looks like a close race after most of this week. Hhampuz currently in the lead for best of the week so far with 10 picks right but there are quite a few with 8 and 9 correct. I figured things would tighten up but didn't think it would get this close between so many. Just shows ya that noone is really out, not this early at least.

[buwaytress]

So, lost my maiden bet on a favourite, and decided to use the freebet (returns half the value if you lose an NFL bet), stringed up a few keen favourites (based on odds) and I'm now led to think that the odds are a lot more affected by money weighted in than anything else. I'd say the losses were close but we're talking 13/10 favourites here -- the sole winning leg was actually the one with the highest multiplier!

Now I'm definitely more inclined to choose + handicaps haha. But I'm fickle, what's your read on this set of games, entebah? Myself, got a long way to learn about NFL, have to say.

[jeremypwr]

Hhampuz is the Week 2 winner; Free Bet will be credited on Monday.

[Hhampuz]

Hhampuz is the Week 2 winner; Free Bet will be credited on Monday.

Thank you jeremypwr! Still can't believe Eagles lost to atlanta last night 

[DireWolfM14]

Hhampuz is the Week 2 winner; Free Bet will be credited on Monday.

Thank you jeremypwr! Still can't believe Eagles lost to atlanta last night 

That was quite the upset, but the upset that upsets me more was the 49ers losing to the Vikings.  There were a couple more teams that surprised me by falling on their faces, but none as much as Miami on Thursday.  That was ugly in far too many ways.

[yahoo62278]

Hhampuz is the Week 2 winner; Free Bet will be credited on Monday.

Thank you jeremypwr! Still can't believe Eagles lost to atlanta last night 

That was quite the upset, but the upset that upsets me more was the 49ers losing to the Vikings.  There were a couple more teams that surprised me by falling on their faces, but none as much as Miami on Thursday.  That was ugly in far too many ways.

The 49ers are falling apart. No CMC and no Deebo, who's next? They better start getting Aiyuk involved now and put together some wins until their stars get back. I'd like to say the Vikings have a chance to be contenders, but if JJ get's injured and is put on IR or something that IMO would mean game over for them.

Tua went on IR as well, which is good IMO and gives him time to consider his options. As far as the Eagles game goes, if Barkley catches that pass late in the 4th on 4th and 3 and gets in the end zone, it would have been game over. Cousins took over from there and put together his best series of the night. Awesome game!!

[DireWolfM14]

The 49ers are falling apart. No CMC and no Deebo, who's next? They better start getting Aiyuk involved now and put together some wins until their stars get back.

It is troubling.  Jordan Mason has done a great job stepping in for CMC, but he hasn't much of a factor in the passing game.  Purdy has been doing well for the most part, but without reliable targets he's likely to struggle going forward.  With CMC and Debo out Purdy left with only Kittle and Aiyuk, but Aiyuk has been a huge disappointment so far this year.  He had a pretty good season last year, but now that he got that big contract he seems less productive.  I hate when that happens.

I'd like to say the Vikings have a chance to be contenders, but if JJ get's injured and is put on IR or something that IMO would mean game over for them.

Not to take anything away from the Vikings, they had a good season last year, but they do seem one-dimensional.  I think they'd need some more help in the receiving corps and to step up their ground game to go far.

Tua went on IR as well, which is good IMO and gives him time to consider his options.

That kid needs to retire.  There's no amount of money that's worth risking his future for.

[AVE5]

Hhampuz is the Week 2 winner; Free Bet will be credited on Monday.

Thank you jeremypwr! Still can't believe Eagles lost to atlanta last night 

First congrats and then, it was like a nightmare victory for Atlanta Falcons with their improvement on beating the Eagles.
I believe it wasn't expected maybe that's why it's said being  a stolen win. 😄

[ChiBitCTy]

The beginning of each NFL season tends to be my bread and butter where I'm able to bet games a lot more precisely as the spreads aren't quite as "locked in" as odd's compilers are trying to get a good feel for what teams are good and what teams are and to what level.  First weeks went so so but man this last week was brutal.  Talk about about bunch of games going in an unexpected directions.  Pretty amazed how well some are doing so far with that being said (like my brother @hhampuz ).  Hats off.

[DireWolfM14]

Well folks, registration is over and I've locked the sign up thread.  We have 27 members, and below is the tally for the prize pool:

27 @ 0.0005BTC = 0.0135
I sponsored the pool with an additional 1.5mBTC
Someone whom I had previously paid for sent their fee to the pool address, but I'll keep that in there also.
And, one very generous and awesome individual who asked to remain nameless decided to disregard a zero behind the decimal point, and sent 5mBTC instead of 0.5mBTC.

Making the total bitcoin in the prize pool 0.02BTC
In addition, there's the 2000 USDT generously donated by our sponsor, Sportsbet.io.

So, how do you guys want to split it up?  I'm thinking it would be nice to have multiple winners, but not so many as dilute the victory for the top dog.  I suggest 5 with 5th place getting their entry fee back plus 100 USDT.  Of course prizes increase from there.  Here's the breakdown I suggest, it's not set in stone.  Let's discuss if we want more or fewer podium positions, and if you have a better suggestion for prize distribution.

Podium	|| Bitcoin Prize Percentage	|| Take BTC	|| USDT Prize percentage	|| Take USDT
1st.place	|| 57.5%	|| 0.0115	|| 45%	|| 900
2nd.place	|| 25.6%	|| 0.005	|| 25%	|| 500
3rd.place	|| 10.3%	|| 0.002	|| 15%	|| 300
4th.place	|| 5.1%	|| 0.001	|| 10%	|| 200
5th.place	|| Entry Fee	|| 0.0005	|| 5%	|| 100

ETA:

[ralle14]

I'm okay with the pool rewards going to the top five participants, and the overall prize distribution is good enough with the top three getting the bigger portions.

If I could suggest one minor change, i'd adjust the BTC prize % similarly to USDT's prize distribution.