BETTING PICKS COMPETITION 29/07/2022

[AlphaGambler]

*READ RULES*

The pciks you create must be between the odds of 1.50 and 2.50 and can only be odds set by these bookmakers:

 

• Bet365
• Pinnacle

You can only take these bet types:

 

• Team to win or Draw
• Over/Under goals (Game total)
• Both Teams to score

 

Players can submit 1 pick per day and in the course of 1 month have to submit a total of 10 picks in order to qualify for the competition.

• Bets/Posts must contain a written account of why the bet will win with 150 words minimum.

 

The Prize pool is tiered,

First Place will win 200€,

Second Place 100€,

Third place 50€.

You can check odds for your picks here:
http://www.oddsportal.com/ 
 

Post your picks in the comment below.

Good luck to all!

[ArvindDass]

my pick: 

Ramos is very good player  - yesterday he beat Martinez in straight sets. He played very aggressively. At the same time, in the second set, he did not lose more than one serve. As for Agut, he kept losing serve, losing games to Lehechka. Which is generally to be expected. Although he won the match in three sets, which was also very likely. Ramos' serve is much better than Agut's. He also has more experience playing on clay surfaces. This season, he has good numbers of win in clay and Agut only played 7 matches in clay respectively. Ramos also leads in head to head matches against Agut. So I will pick Albert though in this match his odds are not favoured by bookmakers but still.

Betting tip: Albert Ramos will win the match 2.150 odds.

[Maniés]

Brandon Nakashima continued his recent good form on the main tour by reaching the quarterfinal in Atlanta for the second time in two attempts. The first set in both of his matches this week has concluded in tiebreakers against Jordan Thompson in the first round and John Millman in the second, 7-6 3-6 6-3 and 7-6 6-4, respectively.

Frances Tiafoe registered his best result in Atlanta in six appearances by reaching the quarterfinal this week. He had to win only one match to get to this stage as he is occupying the fourth seed in the main draw and received a bye in the first round.

Frances Tiafoe leads 4-0 (2-0 in 2022). Being relatively more solid and consistent and having delivered better results in recent months makes Brandon Nakashima the slight favorite here. However, as their H2H may suggest, Frances Tiafoe knows how to win this matchup, and a place in the semifinal in Atlanta is not beyond his reach.

 My bet: Frances Tiafoe to win at 1.934 odds

[steveo]

MLB 

NY Yankees VS Kansas City

Observation- Guess who! that right Gerrit Cole is up to the mound for the yankees, With a ERA of 3.09 this season and a 3.19 career ERA he is one of the best. Kansas could not score last night  which will be the case for tonight as well. The Yankees will face  Kris Bubic with a ERA of 5.5 but his career ERA is 4, he has 220 career strikeouts and allowed 40 Homeruns. The Yankees bats the last 3 games have not been the best with only 1 run the last game and only 5 runs is the 2  games before that. I feel yankees will win easy but the odds are to low for the ez win so im going with the under 8 and feel comfident in my picher to keep the runs at bay. What is really sticking out is both these teams are TIED ! in batting average which is bad for the yankees as kansas is sitting dead last in the AL Central. The runs allowed per team is yankees 3 and Kansas 5 and with Cole pitching id say alot less for kansas so i only need to fade 8 runs for the yankees.

Prediction is over 8 runs at 2.09 as quoted on pinnacle 

 

 

[milorph]

IRON BRANCH VS KYIV

I don’t really like obeying logic and statistics since it has never won me anything but Iron branch has been playing much better than Kyiv. Being ranked lower at 64th compared to Kyiv at 52nd, playing less matches and having lower individual stats, the thing IB has going for them is it’s high win rate against better opponents like VP.PROD, SANGAL and AVANGAR.

KYIV on the other hand is usually considered the underdogs and somehow win their matches with very high odds for them. They however continue to struggle with their form losing to many teams in the last 10 matches. 

This match is very unpredictable and can go both ways since they are not consistent and might do really bad or good on some days.

Another thing is that KYIV has undergone a roster change with 1 member being switched out for someone better.

I predict this match will lead to Iron Branch victory because of Sensei awp and the aggressiveness of kyiv will lead them to their demise...

[Sumit]

I will pick my prediction from the match between Brendon Nakashima and Francis Tiafoe. I am also with @Maniés.

Pick: Francis Tiafoe will win at 1.99 odds

Brendon Nakashima on the courts of Atlanta beat two Australians. In the first round, he defeated Jordan Thompson in three sets. And in the second round he beat John Millman in two sets. In total, Brandon has seven wins and seven losses on hard courts this season. In Atlanta, Nakashima defends last year's final, in which he lost to John Isner in two sets. Francis Tiafoe started at the home tournament in Atlanta with a victory over Taro Daniel in two sets. It was Francis first match after almost a month's break. Tiafoe showed his best result this season on the clay courts of Estoril, where he managed to reach the finals, in which he lost to Sebastian Baez. Picking Tiafoe because Tiafoe leads in head to head matches against Nakashima with a score of 4-0.

[steveo]

40 minutes ago, steveo said:

MLB 

NY Yankees VS Kansas City

Observation- Guess who! that right Gerrit Cole is up to the mound for the yankees, With a ERA of 3.09 this season and a 3.19 career ERA he is one of the best. Kansas could not score last night  which will be the case for tonight as well. The Yankees will face  Kris Bubic with a ERA of 5.5 but his career ERA is 4, he has 220 career strikeouts and allowed 40 Homeruns. The Yankees bats the last 3 games have not been the best with only 1 run the last game and only 5 runs is the 2  games before that. I feel yankees will win easy but the odds are to low for the ez win so im going with the under 8 and feel comfident in my picher to keep the runs at bay. What is really sticking out is both these teams are TIED ! in batting average which is bad for the yankees as kansas is sitting dead last in the AL Central. The runs allowed per team is yankees 3 and Kansas 5 and with Cole pitching id say alot less for kansas so i only need to fade 8 runs for the yankees.

Prediction is over 8 runs at 2.09 as quoted on pinnacle 

 

 

prediction is under i wrote over ops 

[Sumit]

7 minutes ago, steveo said:

prediction is under i wrote over ops 

final??

[steveo]

3 hours ago, Sumit said:

final??

final score?? um 5-0 yankees

 

[PupperChan]

VITALITY VS EXCEL

VITALITY:

Vitality has been playing League for a really long time. Well known for having the best middle class player in the EU scene, they continue to shine and dominate through tournaments but unfortunately, rarely ever seen to get 2nd or 1st.

And while their plays looks quite powerful. Very good draft and working compositions along with proper teamwork. Their problems mainly arise only against strong teams, if they fail to carry out a maneuver, they get lost and start losing team fights and everything goes tumbling down. In this case - EXCEL is stronger

EXCEL:

A much better team than VIT, they have the advantage in the past H2H matches winning 3 out of 4 matches against VIT. So far, Excel strategies look very solid and unique enough to become unreadable to their enemies. Their playstyle is what sets them apart from others and this refreshes the pro scene for EU. 
 

MY PREDICTION:

VIT will win. Although EXCEL is better composed and overall the better team, I think VIT has a decent winning chance this time. VIT has been rapidly improving and has had a lot of matches against EXCEL. Hopefully this is enough time for them to prepare for this fight against EXCEL as revenge.

VIT WINS

[Joshthomas]

This will be my pick for the competition. I will choose the match between St Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals. First, I will tell you my tip, then I will explain the preview of the match and the reason behind picking the bet. My betting pick is St Louis Cardinals to win 1.62 odds which is available on Pinnacle

St Louis Cardinals
1. The St Louis Cardinals begin a three-game road series on Friday against the Washington Nationals. 
2. St Louis is 52-47 after a 6-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. 
3. Albert Pujols drove in three runs and had two more hits to help lead St Louis to victory. 
4. The Cardinals are second in the National League Central.
5. Starting Pitcher is Miles Mikolas (7-8) (2.87 era)

Washington Nationals
1. Washington leads 34-66 after Wednesday's 7-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. 
2. The loss snapped the Nationals' three-game winning streak. 
3. However, Washington has lost 12 of their last 16. 
4. The Nationals are last in the National League East.
5. Starting pitcher is Anibal Sanchez (0-2) (6.30 era )

Reason: Picking St. Louis Cardinals because they are in good form and pitcher of washington is so bad. His era is above 6. Sure win for Cardinals.

[Sumit]

14 hours ago, steveo said:

prediction is under i wrote over ops 

Over was good 😞

[steveo]

9 hours ago, Sumit said:

Over was good 😞

 

yea i wasnt going over i was doomed