BETTING PICKS COMPETITION 18/08/2022

[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]

=> Emma Raducanu will win 2.21 odds

Jessica Pegula successfully played last tournament in Toronto, where she lost in semi-finals. In Cincinnati, The opening match against Marta Kostyuk was not easy for Jessica. She took 3 sets to beat her which shows she is not in good form. Emma Radukanu performs at the American hard tournamenrs, In Cincinnati, she not only beat Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka, but also beat them in straight sets. Both the match was completed in 1 hour, she is in completely red hot form.

[Arou]

Matchup against two promising tennis players: Max Kasnikovsky vs. Skander Mansouri
At pinnacle odds: 2.280 on Mansouri winning the match. The prediction fell to him.

Preview of the match:
The Wild Card winner versus the qualifier will play in one of the matches of the 1/8 finals of the hard-court Challenger in Grodzisk-Mazowiecki. 19-year-old host Max Kasnikowski will try to please the local audience in a confrontation with Skander Mansouri of Tunisia.

Surface: Hard

Kasnikowski's current ranking: 522

Kasnikowski's win balance (2022): 24-11

Kasnikowski's win balance (hard): 5-3

Current Mansouri rating: 299

Mansouri's win balance (2022): 52-21

Mansouri's win balance (hard): 51-15

Statistical facts on the match between Kasnikowski and Mansouri:
Nine of the last ten matches involving Max Kasnikowski ended in two sets.

Skander Mansouri has lost all four of his matches in the 1/8 finals on the Challengers.

Face-to-face meetings between Kasnikowski and Mansouri:
The tennis players will play a face-to-face match for the first time.

Max Kasnikowski - Skander Mansouri:
Max Kasnikowski rather unexpectedly in the first round defeated the Spaniard Varona in two sets (7:5, 6:3). Despite his young age, the Pole played like a true professional in the decisive moments. Kasniokowski saved seven of eight break points on his own serve and converted four of five break point chances on his opponent's serve.

Skander Mansouri kept his Polish opponent out of the 1/8 finals, easily beating Michal Mikul (6-1, 6-4) in the first round. Before that the Tunisian played two more matches in qualifying.

In his tennis biography Max Kasnikowski defeated the now most famous fellow countryman Hubert Gurkac. True, this event took place on a clay court at the Polish Championships in 2020. At that time Gurkacz had already made a name for himself and was in the top-30. It seemed that after that Kasniokowski's career should have been uphill, but something went wrong. Both the Pole and the Tunisian will be in a good mood, because the prospect of the Challenger quarterfinals is looming for both, and that means renewing the record. Mansouri has much more experience on hard court, having played nearly 70 matches on this surface in 2022 alone. We believe this will be the key factor in determining the winner of the match.

[ArvindDass]

Shuai Zhang plays extremely well and confidently in Cincinnati. Shuai reached the quarter finals through victories in 2 sets over former world No. 1 Osaka and former Russian No. 1 Alexandrova. Very smooth, stable tennis with good play on his serve and back line. Physically pulled up the condition and fired. She knows how to cling well and with Kontaveit she will definitely have a chance. Anette Kontaveit does not play well in terms of the quality of her position, with Martintsova she bounced back in 3 games, but the Shuai Zhang won't let her make so many mistakes. 
 

My betting pick is Shuai Zhang wins 2.450 odds.

[steveo]

NFL

Chicago VS Seattle 

Observation- today i am going with seattle to win, both these teams have played one game each so far. Chicago beat Kansas but was a close score 14-19 and kansas played very bad. Seattle also lost there first game but they put up alot of points against pittsburg who is a fairly good team. So my observation is Seattle is a better team and should be able to score easy on them. Seattle's Deejay Dallas (rusher) went 73 yards rushing last game and Dareke Young (reciever) got 4 receptions for 30 yards and a touchdown. Chicago rusher Trestan Ebner went 31 yards and the reciever Dazz Newsome had 1 reception for 13 yards and 1 touchdown. Seattle scored more against a better team so i feel they will destroy Chicago!

Prediction is Seattle to win at 1.59 

[PupperChan]

KATANA INU VS KUM

INU:

Ranking 164th in the world, this team recently has been on a really good run. They are rapidly climbing the ranks proving themselves to be more than just any C-Tier team. Literally having a 70% winrate in all seasons, these guys are tough competition where not many people can stand up to them. 

As far as individuals go, each one is a fragger on their own barely ever having to rely on their utilities and teamwork for kills which gives them an advantage in most rounds slowly cutting down the enemy numbers before executing a site.

 

KUM:

Ranking 168th in the world, the same things can be said for 'KUM'. 

The only difference is that this team's potential lies in their ability to cooperate with each other and peaking off each other's angles. They have a completely different playstyle compared to INU and this is what gives them the upper hand - being able to trade is very crucial when it comes to VALORANT as to not give the enemy any space to take control.

MY PREDICTION:

This is kind of a gamble here, in their recent H2H, their match went into overtime twice resulting in INU's win with a 16-14. The game before that left KUM with the victory.

I think INU can win this match. This time it's a BO3 and INU are generally better players overall despite both being in top form.

 

[Joshthomas]

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Edited August 18, 2022 by Joshthomas
Mistake

[Joshthomas]

This will be my pick for the competition. I will choose the match between Ben Shelton and Cameron Norrie. 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 over 22.5 games at 1.99 odds.

1. Ben Shelton young talent of America. 
2. In the last match, he beat Ruud, yes, to some extent, we can say that Ruud leaked the match
3. But despite this, Ben Shelton showed a good level of tennis, moved very sharply, served well and played without errors on the back line. 
4. Cameron Norrie, as befits a player in the top 20, looks good on hard, but often gives up a set in a match.

I think a super motivated Ben Shelton will play at his best and give a good fight to Cameroon Norrie and it will be over 22.5 games. 

[Garf79]

Argentine Primera Division and the match I have chosen is Argentinos Jnrs V's Estudiantes, I am going for a home win with Argentinos jnrs win @1.95 on Bet365. Juniors are in 5th place and Estudiantes are down the bottom in 20th place, this is a big league though with 28 teams competing. The last games for these two sides both ended with a victory but Argentinos have the home advantage and are coming off of a very good win 2-0.

The Agentinos manager made headlines in their last match when a fan from the crowd told him who to substitute and he listened to them, I guess this kind of shows the light hearted nature of the Argentine Pimera division but I think that Juniors with the home advantage will have a comfortable victory tonight. Neither team have any major injury concerns, so this should not effect the result. My only concern is that Estudiantes have the slightly better form in their last 5 matches but Juniors have had the tougher matches. I am going for a 2-1 win to Argentinos Juniors.

 

 

[Sumit]

6 hours ago, Garf79 said:

Argentine Primera Division and the match I have chosen is Argentinos Jnrs V's Estudiantes, I am going for a home win with Argentinos jnrs win @1.95 on Bet365. Juniors are in 5th place and Estudiantes are down the bottom in 20th place, this is a big league though with 28 teams competing. The last games for these two sides both ended with a victory but Argentinos have the home advantage and are coming off of a very good win 2-0.

The Agentinos manager made headlines in their last match when a fan from the crowd told him who to substitute and he listened to them, I guess this kind of shows the light hearted nature of the Argentine Pimera division but I think that Juniors with the home advantage will have a comfortable victory tonight. Neither team have any major injury concerns, so this should not effect the result. My only concern is that Estudiantes have the slightly better form in their last 5 matches but Juniors have had the tougher matches. I am going for a 2-1 win to Argentinos Juniors.

 

 

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