Board 8 > ~Character Battle X Spread Betting~ Day 1 feat. Dante (-52), Ganondorf (-55)

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MZero11
10/17/18 2:07:31 PM
#1:


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
-Newcomers start with $1000
-You can choose any combination of parlays and single bets you want
-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 fall below $1000, you can bet up to $1000. 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) Dante (-52) vs (16) Cuphead (Dante over Cuphead with 76%)
(8) Chloe Price vs (9) Lightning (-26) (Lightning over Chloe with 63%)
(5) Chun-Li (-16) vs (12) Spyro the Dragon (Chun-Li over Spyro with 58%)
(4) Ganondorf (-55) vs (13) Neku Sakuraba (Ganondorf over Neku with 77.5%)
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SuperNiceDog
10/17/18 2:27:56 PM
#2:


MAX on Lightning
MAX on Spyro

can I just bet max twice?
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AxemRedRanger
10/17/18 3:13:44 PM
#3:


MAX on Dante
MAX on Neku
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STElNER
10/17/18 3:19:07 PM
#4:


1000 on Spyro
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TheArkOfTurus
10/17/18 3:20:16 PM
#5:


Two-match parlay - MAX on Spyro and Ganondorf
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10/17/18 3:21:19 PM
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Haste_2
10/17/18 3:52:56 PM
#7:


Single bets

$1000 on Cuphead
$1000 on Chloe Price
$1000 on Spyro
$1000 on Neku

Just want to make sure on something... the bet earnings are done in order that the matches are listed, correct?
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pirate109
10/17/18 6:18:28 PM
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$1000 on Dante
$1000 on Chloe
$1000 on Spyro
$1000 on Neku
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SeabassDebeste
10/17/18 6:30:15 PM
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MAX on Dante
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MZero11
10/17/18 8:36:48 PM
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Haste_2 posted...
Just want to make sure on something... the bet earnings are done in order that the matches are listed, correct?


Yes, I will add this to the OP. Thank you for asking!

SuperNiceDog posted...
can I just bet max twice?


Yes. It will be calculated by bracket order, so if your first MAX is successful, your second one will be $2000 in this case
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Glenn_and_Toad
10/17/18 10:26:12 PM
#11:


Four-match parlay - MAX on Dante, Chloe, Chun-Li, and Neku
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davidponte
10/17/18 10:31:19 PM
#12:


$1000 on Dante
$1000 on Lightning
$1000 on Spyro
$1000 on Ganondorf
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Cloyenne
10/17/18 11:40:09 PM
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$200 {3match parlay: Cuphead, ChunLi, and Neku}
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th3l3fty
10/18/18 12:39:41 AM
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for the record, spread betting only skipped one contest - kaonashi1 ran it with parlays during GotD

(and can you really blame people for not wanting to run it for BYIG?)
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ExThaNemesis
10/18/18 12:52:07 AM
#15:


So wait, how is everybody getting $4000 to bet on every single match like that?

Wouldn't it have to be $250 on each one?
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ExThaNemesis
10/18/18 12:52:41 AM
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Either way, $1,000 on a 3-match parlay: Dante, Spyro, and Ganondorf.
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haloiscoolisbak
10/18/18 12:56:23 AM
#17:


MAX parlay on Ganondorf and Spyro
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Hbthebattle
10/18/18 1:02:20 AM
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MAX Parlay on Dante and Ganondorf
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_SecretSquirrel
10/18/18 1:02:35 AM
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MAX on Chloe
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Keltiq
10/18/18 1:13:53 AM
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4-match parlay: MAX on Dante, Chloe, Chun-Li, Ganondorf
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MZero11
10/18/18 1:21:21 AM
#21:


ExThaNemesis posted...
So wait, how is everybody getting $4000 to bet on every single match like that?

Wouldn't it have to be $250 on each one?


You can bet up to $1000 even if you go down zero

So basically if they get them all wrong they'll be at zero with $3000 in debt
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Master Moltar
10/18/18 2:24:55 AM
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MAX on Dante
MAX on Lightning
MAX on Neku
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Averia
10/18/18 2:40:27 AM
#23:


MAX on Dante
1000 on Chloe
MAX on Spyro
1000 on Ganon
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WitcherGeralt
10/18/18 2:49:07 AM
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MAX on Spyro
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Dantezoid
10/18/18 2:58:36 AM
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4 match parlay, MAX on Dante, Lightning, Spyro, Ganondorf
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Ngamer64
10/18/18 3:03:30 AM
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$250 on Cuphead
$250 on Chloe
$250 on Chun-Li
$250 on Ganondorf
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Paratroopa1
10/18/18 3:30:24 AM
#27:


1000 on Cuphead
1000 on Lightning
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WitcherGeralt
10/18/18 3:55:11 AM
#28:


MAX parlay on Cuphead, Chloe, Spyro, Neku
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STElNER
10/18/18 7:08:19 AM
#29:


would like to change to 1000 on Dante x Spyro
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ZeldaTPLink
10/18/18 8:37:05 AM
#30:


Max on ganondorf under and chun-li under, parlay.
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ZeldaTPLink
10/18/18 8:38:53 AM
#31:


Actually it's just easy to say max on Spyro and Neku, parlay.
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Lord Bob Bree
10/18/18 11:17:14 AM
#32:


$1000 on Cuphead
$1000 on Chloe
$1000 on Chun-Li
$1000 on Neku
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Underleveled
10/18/18 12:54:12 PM
#33:


MAX on Chloe Price
MAX on Neku Sakuraba
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Lopen
10/18/18 12:56:42 PM
#34:


MAX on Dante
MAX on Lightning
MAX on Chun Li
$1000 on Neku
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th3l3fty
10/18/18 12:59:09 PM
#35:


MZero11 posted...
You can bet up to $1000 even if you go down zero

So basically if they get them all wrong they'll be at zero with $3000 in debt

...but they're betting $4000, not $1000
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davidponte
10/18/18 1:00:08 PM
#36:


The first $1000 loss puts you at zero, then the $3000 after puts you $3000 in debt.
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Lopen
10/18/18 1:02:40 PM
#37:


Oh actually having read the rules would like to change

$1000 Parlay on

Dante, Lightning, Chun Li, Neku
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Lightning Strikes
10/18/18 1:03:37 PM
#38:


$200 on Cuphead
MAX on Neku
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th3l3fty
10/18/18 1:04:48 PM
#39:


it doesn't make sense to allow people to bet more than the starting $1000

matches are simultaneous, and the parlays reflect that, so saying individual bets are sequential is straight-up contradictory
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Lopen
10/18/18 1:07:49 PM
#40:


th3l3fty posted...
matches are simultaneous, and the parlays reflect that, so saying individual bets are sequential is straight-up contradictory


The way I see it, the $1000 bet rule applies to every match regardless of your money total.

So if you bet $1000 on the first match, you have $0 left to spend, but you can still hit that max $1000 bet on each match. Same would be true if tomorrow you had negative $3000.

This isn't made obvious in the rules though so it could have some clarification.
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davidponte
10/18/18 1:11:04 PM
#41:


Nothing's stopping you from taking out your credit card and betting on multiple football games that are happening at the same time individually with money you don't technically own!
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MZero11
10/18/18 1:18:20 PM
#42:


Lopen posted...
th3l3fty posted...
matches are simultaneous, and the parlays reflect that, so saying individual bets are sequential is straight-up contradictory


The way I see it, the $1000 bet rule applies to every match regardless of your money total.

So if you bet $1000 on the first match, you have $0 left to spend, but you can still hit that max $1000 bet on each match. Same would be true if tomorrow you had negative $3000.

This isn't made obvious in the rules though so it could have some clarification.


Yes this is true. I should have been more clear

If you had, say, $4000 tomorrow you can't bet $4000 on every match, but you could do $4000 on one and $1000 on the others if you wanted to
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hagankefs
10/18/18 1:19:25 PM
#43:


Max parlay on Lightining, Chun-li and Neku
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AxemRedRanger
10/18/18 1:29:21 PM
#44:


AxemRedRanger posted...
MAX on Dante
MAX on Neku

Change this to a MAX parlay on Dante and Neku.
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Glenn_and_Toad
10/18/18 1:34:40 PM
#45:


CHANGE

MAX on Dante (-52) to cover
MAX on Chun-Li (-16) to cover
No parlay, just two separate bets.
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MZero11
10/18/18 1:42:40 PM
#46:


$1000 [3-Match Parlay - Dante, Lightning, Ganondorf]
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charmander6000
10/18/18 3:06:18 PM
#47:


Half on (16) Cuphead (+52)
Half on (9) Lightning (-26)
Half on (12) Spyro the Dragon (+16)
Half on (13) Neku Sakuraba (+55)
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hylianknight3
10/18/18 6:04:27 PM
#48:


MAX on Dante (single bet)

MAX parlay on Lightning and Spyro
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theawesomestevr
10/18/18 6:10:27 PM
#49:


Wait, so if you went MAX on the first match and won and go MAX on the second match, are you betting 2,000 on the 2nd match, or still the original 1,000?

I want to go MAX on Dante and Lightning, but I'm unclear whether it would be more beneficial to parlay or not (assuming both picks are correct).

Also, to add further confusion, can I make a regular MAX bet in addition to a MAX bet on a parlay the includes the same match?

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swirIdude
10/18/18 6:35:49 PM
#50:


MAX on Dante

MAX on Ganondorf
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