BETTING PICKS COMPETITION 13/08/2022

[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!

[Sumit]

Match: Casper Ruud vs Felix Auger Aliassime.

=> Casper Ruud will win 2.040 odds.

A match of equal opponents, but I will give preference to Casper Ruud. 

Hubert had 3 tough fights in a row, all in three sets, including yesterday against Kyrgios. Of course, he is young, but there should not be much strength left. So if the match goes into the deciding set, there should be more chances for Casper. Ruud is in great shape, yesterday he brutally defeat Felix Auger Aliassime in easy two sets. I watched the match of Casper against Bautista few days ago it was impressive. He has good chances to take the first masters in his career. In Miami, he lost to Alcaraz, but here the opponent in the final should be easier.

[Arou]

Preview of Steve Johnson vs Adrian Mannarino
According to the odds at pinnacle: 2.100 on Johnson's win, my money's on him.

An evenly matched pairing in the first round of Cincinnati qualifying. Steve Johnson's serve against Adrian Mannarino's flat strokes. The Frenchman has been good this season, including on American hard court. He has played three tournaments since Wimbledon, Atlanta, Washington and Montreal. At each of them he showed a consistent performance. Will he be strong enough for a third straight week? Johnson doesn't look like an impenetrable opponent right now, but there's a nuance.

Coverage: Hard.

Coverage speed: 8 out of 10.

Current Johnson rating: 118

Johnson's (2022) win balance: 23-19

Johnson (hard) win balance: 12-10

Mannarino's current rating: 70

Mannarino's win balance (2022): 22-24

Mannarino's win balance (hard): 12-11

Statistical facts on the Johnson-Mannarino match:
Johnson reached the quarterfinals at the last tournament.

Mannarino won four of his last five matches.

Johnson - Mannarino face-offs:
The head-to-head score is 4-2 in favor of Johnson. Mannarino won his last match 6-7, 6-2, 7-6 at the 2022 tournament in Dallas, Ind.

Steve Johnson vs. Adrian Mannarino matchup prediction:
Mannarino is Johnson's client. From 2016 to 2018, the Farnesian lost four consecutive matches to Steve on three different surfaces -- grass, hard, and dirt. The two have also crossed paths this year. It was inore Dallas, but the win went to Mannarino, who was more accurate on the deciding tiebreak. Johnson is in good shape now, and the Frenchman must have been tired after a lot of matches.

[steveo]

NFL 

Indianapolis VS Buffalo

Observation- Comming into this game Indianapolis is the favorite but this is not the way i see it, Buffalo made some really good additions in the draft and with a team that was already Superbowl contenders it will just make them even more of a power house team. Landing Von Miller changes this team in a big way and I liked the addition of first-round corner Kaiir Elam. As i said before this is a presaeaon game so most the stars will be on the sideline but the same goes for both teams and i feel this may be buffalo's year to make it to the finals. I think they will be comming to win tonight as these two teams have alot of history and are basically rivals. Buffalos roster is now extreamly boosted so really all there players are starts and will stand strong against them. Looking a little deeper into the game i found Buffalo actually have 5 spots that players are competed for so they will be actually playing really hard to secure there spots. 

Prediction is Buffalo to win at 2.15 (pinnacle)

[ArvindDass]

The prediction for thos match in this pair is that Ivashka is still a higher class, played well on hard before this match - he took a set from De Minaur, looked good with him in serves. Jack Sock is a power player who focuses on the first serve and is not so strong on the recieving - this is how you can distinguish the game with Cressy, where he flew off the third set 0:6, although an injury prevented. I hope Ivashka wins due to greater stability, yet he looks stronger with players like Paul, Tiafoe than Sock. 
My betting tip will be Ilya Ivashka win 1.549 odds.

[Joshthomas]

This will be my pick for the competition. I will choose the match between Beatriz Haddad Maia and Karolina Pliskova. 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 total over 22.5 with 1.943 odds which is available on Pinnacle.

1. Beatriz Haddad Maia (24th in the ranking) against Karolina Pliskova (14th in the ranking).
2. Hadad Maia has already made an impact by beating world No. 1 Swiatek. Just yesterday, she went through a rather strong rival Bencic. The Brazilian shows probably her top level. On hard it looks really very strong. 
3. Karolina Pliskova, plays on her favorite surface hard. Quite well, showing the game level of the top 15 strongest tennis players in the world.
4. Here I would have bet on Hadad's victory, but she is VERY UNSTABLE player. so I take the total more.
5.According to personal head to head match on hard 1-1.

[PupperChan]

AZE VS INFINITY

This is a tough one…

AZE: 

Ranking 83th in the world, this team has not been doing very good compared to their past performances. Losing 4 MAPS in a row BRUTALLY was the result of their foolish actions. They played right into the enemies hands and at that point, everything spiraled down all because they kept over extending enemy lanes.

STRATEGY, FORM, MENTALITY - REALLY FAULTY.

Infinity:

Ranking 80th, this is an actual good Tier-2 team! As expected. They are in their peak and have been doing incredibly well. Players are in a roll scoring many maps in a row making them the beast of this tournament!

 

MY PREDICTION:

Despite INFINITY losing to AZE 5 TIMES in a row this year… which is them losing 8 maps altogether… has been quite the spectacle 🙂

Will infinity finally overcome AZE? Probably, they are doing the best they are right now and has been beating mutual opponents of AZE with ease whereas AZE lost.

They finally have the pieces all put together giving them a really good chance to win this BO5 MATCH!

AZE to win! I watched all their games and basically the thing I can say is.

AZE is INFINITY’s kryptonite.