Board 8 > ~Character Battle X Spread Betting~ Round 2 Division 8

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Welcome to Spread Betting 2018! You can signup now or anytime during the contest. Regardless, you will be given $1000 to bet on matches as you see fit. If at any time you fall below $1000, you can bet up to $1000 but beware you can enter the negatives. The user with the most money at the end will be crowned the winner and receive a game of their choice (within reason) courtesy of your host (unless I win, then the prize will go to the runner-up).

WHAT IS SPREAD BETTING?
Basically this works like sports betting with spreads, if you're familiar with that. Here's an example line:

Dante (-40) vs Cuphead (Dante over Cuphead with 70%)

If you bet on Dante, he would have to beat Cuphead by 40%, meaning he'd have to get at least 70% of the vote (70-30 = 40). If you bet on Cuphead (+40) he needs to score at least 30.01% of the vote (69.99 - 30.01 = 39.98) to keep the difference in percentage, or spread, within 40.

PARLAYS
New for this contest is 4-match days, so I am introducing a parlays! For those unfamiliar, you can earn more by combining your bets, but if even just one is wrong you lose the whole thing. The parlay odds are:

2-Match Parlay: 3 to 1 ($100 bet = $300 profit)
3-Match Parlay: 7 to 1 ($100 bet = $700 profit)
4-Match Parlay: 15 to 1 ($100 bet = $1500 profit)

RULES
-You can bet up to your total current bank (or up to $1000 if you are under $1000) each day (not each match). This means one MAX bet per day.
-Newcomers start with $1000
-You can choose any combination of parlays and single bets you want. However, you can only bet on each match once, either as a single bet or as part of a parlay
-I will accept "if" bets (If Dante covers, $1000 on Vivi. If not, $500 on Vivi, etc.) in case the match is close. This only applies for bets made on the next days matches
-If you bet MAX, the bet will be calculated based on the results of the previous days matches. For example, if youre at $0 with $1000 riding on a 3-match parlay, your MAX bet will be $8000 if the bet is successful and $1000 if its not.
-If you fall below $1000, you can bet up to $1000 for the day. However, if you lose it will go into your debt which will be subtracted from your total at the end.
-Betting closes as soon as the matches start
-Please label your bets (Single Bet, Two-Match Parlay, etc.)
-Don't be a jerk
-Feel free to ask any questions!

Today's Matches
(1) Sephiroth (-28) vs. (9) Captain Falcon (Sephiroth over Falcon with 64%)
(5) Amaterasu (-18) vs. (4) Lara Croft (Amaterasu over Lara with 59%)
(3) Ryu (-24) vs. (6) Commander Shepard (Ryu over Shepard with 62%)
(10) KOS-MOS (-9) vs. (2) Aqua (KOS-MOS over Aqua with 54.5%)
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MAX on a two-match parlay on Captain Falcon and Amaterasu.

Max on 3match parlay: Seph, Lara, Shepard.

Now that my bracket has gone, the best I can hope for is to pay off my debt with dumb parlays.
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Wow... these spreads are way different from what I was thinking the matches would go... it kind of worries me. >_> I guess I'll just go for two parlays...

30% parlay on Lara Croft and Ryu
30% parlay on KOS-MOS and Sephiroth
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Max on KOS-MOS

okay im so far behind im not sure if there's any point in doing this anymore lol

MAX on falcon, amaterasu, ryu and kos-mos
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MAX parlay on Seph, Lara, Ryu, and KOS-MOS
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btw I meant MAX parlay on falcon, amaterasu, ryu and kos-mos
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Max Ryu.
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Change: If Luigi and Tails both cover, 50% on a two-match parlay on Captain Falcon and Amaterasu. If either Luigi or Tails does not cover, MAX on the same two-match parlay.

squexa posted...

okay im so far behind im not sure if there's any point in doing this anymore lol

MAX on falcon, amaterasu, ryu and kos-mos

You never know, a lot of people have gone MAX and lost lately

Speaking of which the leaderboard will finally be updated in the next few hours so REJOICE!

I apologize for the delay and it hopefully won't happen again
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LEADERBOARD

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KN8zlFAZb-VzLCLZfynjaVN3epi7bE88g85LfL8MG8g/edit?usp=sharing

Will enter bets from division 7 ASAP

Please check if it looks like any mistake were made

Fun fact: Every parlay from Day 4 included Ness, and thus every single one failed
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Quarter on (1) Sephiroth (-28)
Quarter on (5) Amaterasu (-18)
Quarter on (3) Ryu (-24)
Quarter on (10) KOS-MOS (-9)
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MAX on Captain Falcon, Lara, Shepard, and KOS-MOS
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MAX on Captain Falcon
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MAX Parlay on Lara/Ryu/KOS-MOS

Wow, that top leaderboard is much smaller than it was before.

And I actually still have money, woah.
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HALF on Lara Croft
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Parlay 10% on Sephiroth and Lara
10% on Ryu
5% on KOS-MOS
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Looks like Chief isn't going to cover so back to start

1000 parlay on Sephiroth, Lara, Ryu and Kos-Mos
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Half on KOS-MOS
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20% on Captain Falcon
5% on Amaterasu + Ryu + KOSMOS (parlay)
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quarter parlay on Falcon, Lara
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20% on Captain Falcon
15% on Amaterasu
10% on Commander Shepard
20% on KOS-MOS
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$100,000 on Captain Falcon
$100,000 on Lara Croft

Why do I always get 4x parlays when I have no money. It's not like I don't make em when I have more!
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Hey, this one is working out for me. I am headed back to the top!
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I got called into work this afternoon and forgot to make my bet before I left. But I was gonna parlay with Amaterasu so now I'm keeping my money.
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