Perhaps the casino that sponsored the contest could step up and provide updates? At least a date by which to expect all the calculations to be processed would be nice...
Topic: 🏆Maharaja of Bitcointalk🏆 $600 Prizepool tourney(Free entry) by Sportbet.one - page 2. (Read 1073 times)
May 30, 2021, 03:57:08 AM
I remember that op had serious reasons for the delays due to the pandemic, but have there been any updates? I can see that my bets stats weren't updated since March, with only 3 bets fully accounted for... Is it the same for others with no updates over these months? After all, it wasn't a purely for-fun contest, there was a prize pool announced. I can see that vennali hasn't been active since May 19 on the forum which is worrisome.
Perhaps the casino that sponsored the contest could step up and provide updates? At least a date by which to expect all the calculations to be processed would be nice...
Perhaps the casino that sponsored the contest could step up and provide updates? At least a date by which to expect all the calculations to be processed would be nice...
May 25, 2021, 08:13:17 PM
I must have nodded off during the lull...
Who won?
All of my wagers have come and gone long ago (my Academy Awards wagers were hopeless and not worth waiting for). It pains my to say I don't think I'll participate again given I had to change gambling sites because most participants couldn't comprehend the bets I'd placed on freebitco.in - your loss, not mine.
Who won?
All of my wagers have come and gone long ago (my Academy Awards wagers were hopeless and not worth waiting for). It pains my to say I don't think I'll participate again given I had to change gambling sites because most participants couldn't comprehend the bets I'd placed on freebitco.in - your loss, not mine.
May 12, 2021, 10:24:32 PM
I hope you're doing fine now. I also wanted to ask if there's any update about the contests. Any luck on finishing the calculations and final sheets? I know there's a very little chance for me to win. I'm just looking for some closure and see how I fare. Huge kudos to you once again for all you do. Managing a competition like this takes an ample amount of time and efforts. Looking forward to some updates soon. It would be interesting if there's another round when all is said and done though.
It's only a couple of weeks since the last update from vennali, this thread is more on the betting discussion side so most of the updates are posted on the announcement thread. Here's a quote of the recent post.Let me wrap this up as soon as possible and there are more similar events in the pipeline. Could be a sportsbook specific instead of open to all sportsbook though. Let me know if you'd like to see more Open to all tournaments or a specific sportsbook ones (which would be easier to manage, since we can tweak the software for the bets to directly be entered into the contest). I should have updated the sheets on daily basis so its easier to follow the standings. Hopefully next time. 
Thinking of giving it a shot and compile it myself since i'm also curious to see who actually won the contest.
May 12, 2021, 03:29:17 PM
It's been close to a month since the last update was posted by vennali.
I hope you're doing fine now. I also wanted to ask if there's any update about the contests. Any luck on finishing the calculations and final sheets? I know there's a very little chance for me to win. I'm just looking for some closure and see how I fare. Huge kudos to you once again for all you do. Managing a competition like this takes an ample amount of time and efforts. Looking forward to some updates soon. It would be interesting if there's another round when all is said and done though.
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I am considering those bets for the final tally in the tournament and the prizes will be distributed accordingly respecting the bets placed in time. Thank you all for participating. Now, its my turn to jot it all down and calculate the final tally. Good luck to all the contestants.
I am considering those bets for the final tally in the tournament and the prizes will be distributed accordingly respecting the bets placed in time. Thank you all for participating. Now, its my turn to jot it all down and calculate the final tally. Good luck to all the contestants.
I hope you're doing fine now. I also wanted to ask if there's any update about the contests. Any luck on finishing the calculations and final sheets? I know there's a very little chance for me to win. I'm just looking for some closure and see how I fare. Huge kudos to you once again for all you do. Managing a competition like this takes an ample amount of time and efforts. Looking forward to some updates soon. It would be interesting if there's another round when all is said and done though.
April 17, 2021, 10:36:22 PM
Or make some lists of the bets we've made by, say, quoting all the posts with screenshots into one post (so, for instance, I would take my posts with screenshots and make a new unified post that includes info from all of those, thus putting all of my bets in one place)?
If you guys are willing to list all of your bets then you can easily find your ROI with the help of a betting tracker. During the tournament I used this spreadsheet I found from reddit, everything is automated you just have to list every details of your bet and the instructions are pretty straightforward.
April 17, 2021, 08:58:41 AM
Yes it would be best to finish it soon somehow, but if we had to re-quote all the bets to make calculations easier I guess that's a good idea too. Because after all, at least you need a partner or assistant to manage this tournament, so that when you are busy at least there are still friends who will provide updates regarding this tournament.
April 17, 2021, 05:14:35 AM
vennali, perhaps there could be some system arranged so that we could make the process of counting easier for you? For instance, we could send screenshots encompassing the outcomes of the bets we've made and the win amounts in private messages or load them somewhere else. Or make some lists of the bets we've made by, say, quoting all the posts with screenshots into one post (so, for instance, I would take my posts with screenshots and make a new unified post that includes info from all of those, thus putting all of my bets in one place)?
April 13, 2021, 05:28:28 AM
Be careful hahay you wrongly quoted the post above. This message is not from me, it's from nelson4lov. 
But I agree with you it would have been certainly more easy to handle for vennali if the contest had taken place onto a sportsbook or if rules of the tournament had been more stringent.
OMG, sorry about that, I'll be even more careful to quote and cut.But I agree with you it would have been certainly more easy to handle for vennali if the contest had taken place onto a sportsbook or if rules of the tournament had been more stringent.
By the way, I still check the sheets periodically just curious about the upcoming updates, even though I realize any update info will certainly be posted by Vennali, just wondering who the winner is and where I am.
April 13, 2021, 04:10:51 AM
Thanks a lot for the heads up on the start and end dates. I reckon that I would have enjoyed the completion more if the stats were updated in real time so I know how I fare against other participants. That way, I can keep it in mind and make informed decisions. I wouldn't blame @vennali too. It isn't an easy jobs to manually make these updates as quickly as possible. Majority of the times I look at the stats sheet, it's nearly the same since the first time I saw it.
Well, that's what I considered at the beginning when the tournament didn't have a sponsor, because tournaments like this had existed in the past but were held on one site or at the sponsor itself, so the tournament had its own page on the sponsor's site and it made the count happen automatically which of course the tournament is becoming and looks very attractive. But yes, I also realized @vennali has a lot to do, but coming back to the tournament itself because after all the tournament has to look more exciting. So yes, before moving on to the next round I think everything needs to be prepared more carefully and better so that this tournament becomes more interesting and fun. But I agree with you it would have been certainly more easy to handle for vennali if the contest had taken place onto a sportsbook or if rules of the tournament had been more stringent.
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I think the start and end dates are already set in the announcement thread, here:- Tournament starts at 0:00 GMT 15th March.
- Ends at 12th April GMT.
- Ends at 12th April GMT.
At least the competition will end in one more day and also, the stats are not updating because I check them every day, just to see how things are going. But so far maybe @vennali will count it when the competition is over.
Basically I like this competition, but if the calculations are done manually like this, I think the competition will be unattractive.
Thanks a lot for the heads up on the start and end dates. I reckon that I would have enjoyed the competition more if the stats were updated in real time so I know how I fare against other participants. That way, I can keep it in mind and make informed decisions. I wouldn't blame @vennali too. It isn't an easy jobs to manually make these updates as quickly as possible. Majority of the times I look at the stats sheet, it's nearly the same since the first time I saw it.
So judging from the end date, I'm thinking the time would be 12:00 GMT ~ in a couple of hours?
April 13, 2021, 02:26:18 AM
Thanks a lot for the heads up on the start and end dates. I reckon that I would have enjoyed the completion more if the stats were updated in real time so I know how I fare against other participants. That way, I can keep it in mind and make informed decisions. I wouldn't blame @vennali too. It isn't an easy jobs to manually make these updates as quickly as possible. Majority of the times I look at the stats sheet, it's nearly the same since the first time I saw it.
Well, that's what I considered at the beginning when the tournament didn't have a sponsor, because tournaments like this had existed in the past but were held on one site or at the sponsor itself, so the tournament had its own page on the sponsor's site and it made the count happen automatically which of course the tournament is becoming and looks very attractive. But yes, I also realized @vennali has a lot to do, but coming back to the tournament itself because after all the tournament has to look more exciting. So yes, before moving on to the next round I think everything needs to be prepared more carefully and better so that this tournament becomes more interesting and fun. 
April 13, 2021, 01:48:31 AM
I don't understand what you mean, you want to organize a Round two? That's what you are saying? It would be a free contest like this one or contestants would need to pay an entrance fee? It would be open to everybody or only reserved to the "round one" participants?
I think he's expecting another round from the competition but we're not sure if there would be another round since vennali hasn't made any announcement or update. My first five bets for round two of The Maharaja of Bitcointalk are on the Academy Awards to be held on the 25th of April, 2021 as follows:
https://nitrogensports.eu/sportsbook
I'll advise what my starting pool is a little closer to the starting date.
Well Timelord2067 I'm not sure Sportbet.one has made big amounts of money with this contest since only few people used this sportsbook to place their bets during the contest obviously. So it's just wishful thinking to expect a second round from sportbet.one and Vennali in my opinion, people will need to organize it themselves if they want it IMO.https://nitrogensports.eu/sportsbook
I'll advise what my starting pool is a little closer to the starting date.
April 13, 2021, 01:43:31 AM
I don't understand what you mean, you want to organize a Round two? That's what you are saying? It would be a free contest like this one or contestants would need to pay an entrance fee? It would be open to everybody or only reserved to the "round one" participants?
I think he's expecting another round from the competition but we're not sure if there would be another round since vennali hasn't made any announcement or update. My first five bets for round two of The Maharaja of Bitcointalk are on the Academy Awards to be held on the 25th of April, 2021 as follows:
https://nitrogensports.eu/sportsbook
I'll advise what my starting pool is a little closer to the starting date.
Well Timelord2067 I'm not sure Sportbet.one has made big amounts of money with this contest since only few people used this sportsbook to place their bets during the contest obviously. So it's just wishful thinking to expect a second round from sportbet.one and Vennali in my opinion, people will need to organize it themselves if they want it IMO.https://nitrogensports.eu/sportsbook
I'll advise what my starting pool is a little closer to the starting date.
April 12, 2021, 09:28:23 PM
I think he's expecting another round from the competition but we're not sure if there would be another round since vennali hasn't made any announcement or update.
I wouldn't be the the only one who has wagers going to the end of April. I don't recall there being a stipulation that if the bets were posted prior to the end of the first month being counted _even_though_ they are days/weeks away and just figured that there would be another round given, as i just said, I wouldn't be the only one who has bets in the coming days or weeks.
Anyone know what the OP's thoughts on this competition are?
April 12, 2021, 09:07:11 PM
I don't understand what you mean, you want to organize a Round two? That's what you are saying? It would be a free contest like this one or contestants would need to pay an entrance fee? It would be open to everybody or only reserved to the "round one" participants?
I think he's expecting another round from the competition but we're not sure if there would be another round since vennali hasn't made any announcement or update. I reckon that I would have enjoyed the competition more if the stats were updated in real time so I know how I fare against other participants. That way, I can keep it in mind and make informed decisions. I wouldn't blame @vennali too. It isn't an easy jobs to manually make these updates as quickly as possible. Majority of the times I look at the stats sheet, it's nearly the same since the first time I saw it.
It'll definitely be more enjoyable as the experience would probably be similar to the multimaster weeks we had on the sportsbet thread. I tried to offer some help during the first week since I also keep track of my bets with my own table but vennali didn't respond to my post. April 12, 2021, 02:16:57 PM
I'm going to kick off Round Two with a budget of BTC 0.01 spread over two sites, Free BitCoin and Nitrogen Sports (EU)
I already have a larger number of wagers laid out for the next couple of weeks (probably twenty already) which have been placed out of that 0.01 budget.
Good Luck to everyone playing (and as they say "Gamble Responsibly")
I don't understand what you mean, you want to organize a Round two? That's what you are saying? It would be a free contest like this one or contestants would need to pay an entrance fee? It would be open to everybody or only reserved to the "round one" participants? I already have a larger number of wagers laid out for the next couple of weeks (probably twenty already) which have been placed out of that 0.01 budget.
Good Luck to everyone playing (and as they say "Gamble Responsibly")
April 12, 2021, 07:20:57 AM
I'm going to kick off Round Two with a budget of BTC 0.01 spread over two sites, Free BitCoin and Nitrogen Sports (EU)
I already have a larger number of wagers laid out for the next couple of weeks (probably twenty already) which have been placed out of that 0.01 budget.
Good Luck to everyone playing (and as they say "Gamble Responsibly")
I already have a larger number of wagers laid out for the next couple of weeks (probably twenty already) which have been placed out of that 0.01 budget.
Good Luck to everyone playing (and as they say "Gamble Responsibly")
April 11, 2021, 05:02:33 PM
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I think the start and end dates are already set in the announcement thread, here:- Tournament starts at 0:00 GMT 15th March.
- Ends at 12th April GMT.
- Ends at 12th April GMT.
At least the competition will end in one more day and also, the stats are not updating because I check them every day, just to see how things are going. But so far maybe @vennali will count it when the competition is over.
Basically I like this competition, but if the calculations are done manually like this, I think the competition will be unattractive.
Thanks a lot for the heads up on the start and end dates. I reckon that I would have enjoyed the completion more if the stats were updated in real time so I know how I fare against other participants. That way, I can keep it in mind and make informed decisions. I wouldn't blame @vennali too. It isn't an easy jobs to manually make these updates as quickly as possible. Majority of the times I look at the stats sheet, it's nearly the same since the first time I saw it.
So judging from the end date, I'm thinking the time would be 12:00 GMT ~ in a couple of hours?
. Could Vennali tell us if the contest will end at 0:00 GMT or at 24:00 GMT on April 12 please? April 11, 2021, 01:30:49 PM
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I think the start and end dates are already set in the announcement thread, here:- Tournament starts at 0:00 GMT 15th March.
- Ends at 12th April GMT.
- Ends at 12th April GMT.
At least the competition will end in one more day and also, the stats are not updating because I check them every day, just to see how things are going. But so far maybe @vennali will count it when the competition is over.
Basically I like this competition, but if the calculations are done manually like this, I think the competition will be unattractive.
Thanks a lot for the heads up on the start and end dates. I reckon that I would have enjoyed the competition more if the stats were updated in real time so I know how I fare against other participants. That way, I can keep it in mind and make informed decisions. I wouldn't blame @vennali too. It isn't an easy jobs to manually make these updates as quickly as possible. Majority of the times I look at the stats sheet, it's nearly the same since the first time I saw it.
So judging from the end date, I'm thinking the time would be 12:00 GMT ~ in a couple of hours?
April 11, 2021, 01:07:03 PM
With a little more than one day left till the end of the competition, I've passed the 20 bet threshold today. How about you, are there still people like me who haven't been making lots of bets here?
I'm also wondering about the stats. Mine were only updated for my first 11 bets, and the win/loss column was updated only for the first 3 bets that I placed for this competition. I can see that there are others whose stats weren't updated for a while as well, but I guess it's understandable that it's an overwhelming amount of work for one person, so no worries there. It's just that without actively updated stats, it's very hard to see how everyone's doing so far, and how close or far from winning the competition I am in comparison with others.
I won 9/14 bets that were already settled if I'm not mistaken, but they were largely on pretty low odds, so I have no idea where this puts me.
I'm also wondering about the stats. Mine were only updated for my first 11 bets, and the win/loss column was updated only for the first 3 bets that I placed for this competition. I can see that there are others whose stats weren't updated for a while as well, but I guess it's understandable that it's an overwhelming amount of work for one person, so no worries there. It's just that without actively updated stats, it's very hard to see how everyone's doing so far, and how close or far from winning the competition I am in comparison with others.
I won 9/14 bets that were already settled if I'm not mistaken, but they were largely on pretty low odds, so I have no idea where this puts me.
The competition started on 15th of March and I'm expecting it to end tentatively on 15th of April which is a few days from today (I might be wrong). Anyway, I haven't been that much active since the competition started due to other engagements I have in the real world and like you, my stats haven't been updated so I don't know where that puts me. But before the competition comes to an end, I'm making a last minute push to get to bets in and hopefully enough wins to get me closer. I'll be keeping an eye out for any updates in the last couple of days. Until then, good luck to you and everyone else participating.
- Tournament starts at 0:00 GMT 15th March.
- Ends at 12th April GMT.
- Ends at 12th April GMT.
At least the competition will end in one more day and also, the stats are not updating because I check them every day, just to see how things are going. But so far maybe @vennali will count it when the competition is over.
Basically I like this competition, but if the calculations are done manually like this, I think the competition will be unattractive.
April 11, 2021, 12:21:04 PM
With a little more than one day left till the end of the competition, I've passed the 20 bet threshold today. How about you, are there still people like me who haven't been making lots of bets here?
I'm also wondering about the stats. Mine were only updated for my first 11 bets, and the win/loss column was updated only for the first 3 bets that I placed for this competition. I can see that there are others whose stats weren't updated for a while as well, but I guess it's understandable that it's an overwhelming amount of work for one person, so no worries there. It's just that without actively updated stats, it's very hard to see how everyone's doing so far, and how close or far from winning the competition I am in comparison with others.
I won 9/14 bets that were already settled if I'm not mistaken, but they were largely on pretty low odds, so I have no idea where this puts me.
I'm also wondering about the stats. Mine were only updated for my first 11 bets, and the win/loss column was updated only for the first 3 bets that I placed for this competition. I can see that there are others whose stats weren't updated for a while as well, but I guess it's understandable that it's an overwhelming amount of work for one person, so no worries there. It's just that without actively updated stats, it's very hard to see how everyone's doing so far, and how close or far from winning the competition I am in comparison with others.
I won 9/14 bets that were already settled if I'm not mistaken, but they were largely on pretty low odds, so I have no idea where this puts me.
The competition started on 15th of March and I'm expecting it to end tentatively on 15th of April which is a few days from today (I might be wrong). Anyway, I haven't been that much active since the competition started due to other engagements I have in the real world and like you, my stats haven't been updated so I don't know where that puts me. But before the competition comes to an end, I'm making a last minute push to get to bets in and hopefully enough wins to get me closer. I'll be keeping an eye out for any updates in the last couple of days. Until then, good luck to you and everyone else participating.
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