Gamblers Game - Champions League 2021

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Selby White
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Gamblers Game - Champions League 2021

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This competition will start in January and will be part of our 2021 Grand Prix series.
We are using a new format.

Rules :-
Players will be placed into one large group (league)
Each Round you will have 5 matches to bet on.
Each Player will have £100 to bet on selected games (using all £100).
Must bet on each match (but can choose how money is split)
Minimum amount bet on one match is £2
You have up to kick off of first match to place bets.
No editing of bets on the day of the match and if you do edit them before the day you must send me a PM to inform me.
There will be 10 rounds of matches.

League Table (points) -
Each Round points will be awarded as follows creating a league table.
Double Your money (£200+) - 4pts
Mark a profit (£101 - £199) - 3pts
Lose less than half your stake (£51- £100) - 2pts
Lose half or more of your stake (£1 - £50) - 1pt
Lose it all or fail to bet on a round - 0pts.
Person with the highest total each round will get a 1pt bonus.

Competition Open to all forum members :thumbup:

Round One (2nd/3rd Jan) -
Crystal Palace v Sheff Utd - Home
Brighton v Wolves - Draw
Rangers v Celtic - Home
Burnley v Fulham - P
Chelsea v Man City - Away

Round Two (6th Jan)
Man Utd v Man City - Away
Bologna v Udinese - Draw
Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona - Away
AC Milan v Juventos - Away
Brest v Nice - Home

Round 3 (9th Jan)
Boreham Wood v Millwall - Away
Chorley v Derby - Home
Exeter v Sheff Wed - Away
Bristol Rovers v Sheff Utd - Away
Blackpool v West Brom - Draw

Round Four (12th/13th Jan)
Sheff Utd v Newcastle - Home
Burnley v Man Utd - Away
Wolves v Everton - Away
Man City v Brighton - Home
*Aston Villa v Spurs - cancelled
*Spurs v Fulham - Draw
*those already bet on villa v Spurs can get a refund or change their bets as opponents have changed.

Round Five (16th Jan)
Blackburn v Stoke - Draw
Cardiff v Norwich - Away
*Coventry v Sheff Wed - P
Forest v Millwall - Home
Barnsley v Swansea - Away

Round 6 (19th Jan)
West Ham v West Brom - Home
Leicester v Chelsea - Home
Blackburn v Swansea - P
Sheff Wed v Wycombe - P
Rotherham v Stoke - Draw
* Its too late to change a cancelled match as some people have bet so stakes will be returned.
Players also have the option of editing bets up to a day before but will extend this up to 12 noon on day of matches, but please inform me by PM so I know to change your bets on the spreadsheet (must leave a minimum of £2 on the cancelled game which would be returned).
Those not yet bet can choose how much they bet on this game and have returned - min £2.

Round 7 (23rd/24th Jan)
Barnsley v Norwich - Home
Millwall v Bristol City - Away
Swansea v Forest - Home
Fulham v Burnley - Away
Man Utd v Liverpool - Home

Round 8 (26th/27th Jan)
Crystal Palace v West Ham - Away
Newcastle v Leeds - Away
Southampton v Arsenal - Away
Brighton v Fulham - Draw
Everton v Leicester - Draw

Round Nine (30th Jan)
Birmingham v Coventry - Draw
Derby v Bristol City - Home
Huddersfield v Stoke - Draw
Rotherham v Swansea - Away
Sheff Wed v Preston - Home

Round 10 (2nd/3rd Feb) -
Sheff Utd v West Brom - H1/1 D12/5 A3/1
Wolves v Arsenal - H12/5 D11/5 A5/4
Man Utd v Southampton - H4/7 D3/1 A9/2
Leeds v Everton - H13/8 D11/4 A7/4
Aston Villa v West Ham - H13/10 D12/5 A11/5
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:thumbup:
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Oooh, I like that.
That's brilliant.
An absolute horror show to manage though. Do you see your wife much at all ? :shifty:
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rigger wrote: An absolute horror show to manage though. Do you see your wife much at all ? :shifty:
Not on a couple of mornings per week, do most of the admin when she goes swimming today been one of them :D

To be fair once I set up the spreadsheet to do calculations they are not too bad to run, can do from the phone.
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I'm in :thumbup:
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Yup :thumbup:
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My first round

Round One (2nd/3rd Jan) -
Crystal Palace v Sheff Utd - D12/5 - £5
Brighton v Wolves - A7/4 - £37
Rangers v Celtic - D13/5 - £5
Burnley v Fulham - A15/8 - £4
Chelsea v Man City - A11/10 - £49
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
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Round One (2nd/3rd Jan) -
Crystal Palace v Sheff Utd - A5/2 - £10
Brighton v Wolves - D11/5 - £15
Rangers v Celtic – A2/1 - £15
Burnley v Fulham - H6/4 - £50
Chelsea v Man City - D11/4 - £10

Thanks SW
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Round One (2nd/3rd Jan) -
Crystal Palace v Sheff Utd - H11/10, £50
Brighton v Wolves - A7/4, £10
Rangers v Celtic - D13/5, £10
Burnley v Fulham - H6/4, £10
Chelsea v Man City - H11/5, £20

Please Selby.
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Round One (2nd/3rd Jan) -

Crystal Palace v Sheff Utd - H11/10
Brighton v Wolves - A7/4
Rangers v Celtic - A2/1
Burnley v Fulham - H6/4
Chelsea v Man City - D11/4

20 pounds on each bet
Please and thanks
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