2019 United Kingdom Championship Prediction Contest

Andre147 wrote:

PLtheRef wrote:

Andre147 wrote:So let me get this right...

I can bet a maximum of 100 points on the first day?

And then if my tally adds up the next days I can bet more right?

If this is the case, I think I'll bet in more matches on the first day. I can still do that correct?

Yes, you can use up your stake on the first day and bet with what you have on subsequent days, as long as you bet on at least one match in that round.

You can bet on more matches, for Tuesday if you wish, as long as you have the means to do so - and aren't changing stakes or predictions for matches you have already made predictions for.

I have used 20 points on the first day, so I think I'll bet more, in this case I think I'll bet the remaining 80 points I have left. It's a risk if someone loses, but worth a try.

Sorry, but having put the predictions in, you've actually staked your 100 points already so you'll have to wait for the results to come in on Tuesday as your current balance is 0.

PLtheRef wrote:

Andre147 wrote:

PLtheRef wrote:

Andre147 wrote:So let me get this right...

I can bet a maximum of 100 points on the first day?

And then if my tally adds up the next days I can bet more right?

If this is the case, I think I'll bet in more matches on the first day. I can still do that correct?

Yes, you can use up your stake on the first day and bet with what you have on subsequent days, as long as you bet on at least one match in that round.

You can bet on more matches, for Tuesday if you wish, as long as you have the means to do so - and aren't changing stakes or predictions for matches you have already made predictions for.

I have used 20 points on the first day, so I think I'll bet more, in this case I think I'll bet the remaining 80 points I have left. It's a risk if someone loses, but worth a try.

Sorry, but having put the predictions in, you've actually staked your 100 points already so you'll have to wait for the results to come in on Tuesday as your current balance is 0.

Ok. so depending on my current balance on Tuesday, I'll stake what I have.

26th November Matches:

Stuart Bingham 6-2 Lei Peifan - 7 points
Neil Robertson 6-1 Alex Borg - 5 points
Luca Brecel 6-2 Nigel Bond - 5 points

27th November Matches:

Ding Junhui 6-3 Duane Jones - 3 points
Stephen Maguire 6-3 Billy Joe Castle - 3 points
Mark Selby 6-0 Andy Hicks - 6 points
Hossein Vafaei 6-1 Louis Heathcote - 5 points

28th November Matches:

Xiao Guodong 6-2 Rod Lawler - 6 points
Judd Trump 6-0 Amine Amiri - 10 points
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-1 Ross Bullman - 10 points

Finalists: Judd Trump & Neil Robertson

6 entries so far.

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 2:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
Neil Robertson v Alex Borg - 20 points - Neil to win - 6-0

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 2:30pm - Wednesday 27th November
Mark Selby v Andy Hicks - 20 points - Selby to win - 6-2

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 7:30pm - Wednesday 27th November
Kyren Wilson v Riley Parsons - 20 points - Karen to win - 6-1

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 2:30pm - Thursday 28th November
Judd Trump v Amine Amiri - 20 points - Judd to win - 6-0

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 7:30pm - Thursday 28th November
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ross Bullman - 20 points - Ronnie to win - 6-0

Tournament Finalist Predictions - Deadline 2:30pm Tuesday 26th November
Finalist 1 - Ronnie
Finalist 2 - Ding

*Kyren bloody autocorrect.

eraserhead wrote:First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 2:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
Neil Robertson v Alex Borg - 20 points - Neil to win - 6-0

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 2:30pm - Wednesday 27th November
Mark Selby v Andy Hicks - 20 points - Selby to win - 6-2

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 7:30pm - Wednesday 27th November
Kyren Wilson v Riley Parsons - 20 points - Karen to win - 6-1

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 2:30pm - Thursday 28th November
Judd Trump v Amine Amiri - 20 points - Judd to win - 6-0

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 7:30pm - Thursday 28th November
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ross Bullman - 20 points - Ronnie to win - 6-0

Tournament Finalist Predictions - Deadline 2:30pm Tuesday 26th November
Finalist 1 - Ronnie
Finalist 2 - Ding

Just as a reminder, you are meant to predict on at least one match per session (-10 for any session you miss). Assuming Robertson wins, try and get on for the Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning session as your current balance is 0.

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 2:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
Neil Robertson v Alex Borg - 50 points - Robertson to win - 6-2

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 7:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
John Higgins v Peter Lines - 50 points - Higgins to win - 6-2

Pink Ball wrote:First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 2:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
Neil Robertson v Alex Borg - 50 points - Robertson to win - 6-2

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 7:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
John Higgins v Peter Lines - 50 points - Higgins to win - 6-2

Welcome back Pink, everyone was missing you, even though it was only a few days! Your predictions are eerily close to what I was about to post, I'm not going to copy you, honest.

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 2:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
Neil Robertson v Alex Borg - 60 points - Robertson to win - 6-1

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 7:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
John Higgins v Peter Lines - 40 points - Higgins to win - 6-1

Finalist 1: Thunder from Down Under
Finalist 2: Ace in the Pack

Finalist 1: Ding Junhui
Finalist 2: Judd Trump

PLtheRef wrote:
Just as a reminder, you are meant to predict on at least one match per session (-10 for any session you miss). Assuming Robertson wins, try and get on for the Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning session as your current balance is 0.

I didn't read the rules right

Thanks for the clarification.

Ck147 wrote:

Pink Ball wrote:First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 2:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
Neil Robertson v Alex Borg - 50 points - Robertson to win - 6-2

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 7:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
John Higgins v Peter Lines - 50 points - Higgins to win - 6-2

Welcome back Pink, everyone was missing you, even though it was only a few days! Your predictions are eerily close to what I was about to post, I'm not going to copy you, honest.

Sh!t, just saw your other post, my thoughts are with you Pink, been through that myself and...not more I can say right now.

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 2:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
Allister Carter v Brandon Sergeant - 10 points - Carter to win - 6-3
Liang Wenbo v Dominic Dale - 10 points - Wenbo to win - 6-4
Stuart Bingham v Lei Peifan - 10 points - Bingham to win - 6-2
Neil Robertson v Alex Borg - 20 points - Robertson to win - 6-1

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 7:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
John Higgins v Peter Lines - 30 points - Higgins to win - 6-3
David Gilbert v James Cahill - 10 points - Gilbert to win 6-4
Luca Brecel v Nigel Bond - 10 points - Brecel to win 6-2

Thanks for running the competiton.

And my finalists:

Tournament Finalist Predictions - Deadline 2:30pm Tuesday 26th November
Finalist 1 Ding
Finalist 2 Trump

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 2:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
Neil Robertson v Alex Borg - 100 points - Neil Robertson to win - 6-1

Finalists
O'Sullivan
Selby

Table before any scores are inputted!

100 WILDEY 0 - 0 BALANCE: 0
100 JOHNNY BRAVO 0 - 0 BALANCE: 0
100 CARAYIP 0 - 0 BALANCE: 0
100 ANDRE147 0 - 0 BALANCE: 0
100 PLTHEREF 0 - 0 BALANCE: 70
100 RAPHAEL98 0 - 0 BALANCE: 40
100 ERASERHEAD 0 - 0 BALANCE: 0
100 PINKBALL 0 - 0 BALANCE: 0
100 CK147 0 - 0 BALANCE: 0
100 MCMANUSFAN 0 - 0 BALANCE: 0
100 DAN-CAT 0 - 0 BALANCE: 60
100 HAPPYCAMPER 0 - 0 BALANCE: 0

Points are added back after every session or every day?

carayip wrote:Points are added back after every session or every day?

The aim is to put tables up daily though I have started to put in the scores from the matches that are already in - so if you have a result which has already come in, you should know what your score is though now we're underway I won't be chasing people up to make sure that they post in each session.

PLtheRef wrote:

carayip wrote:Points are added back after every session or every day?

The aim is to put tables up daily though I have started to put in the scores from the matches that are already in - so if you have a result which has already come in, you should know what your score is though now we're underway I won't be chasing people up to make sure that they post in each session.

Just want to have the rules more clear. Because I notice someone like that Happycamper’s balance is 0 for the time being and if he has no balance and is not able to bet on the second session today he should have 10 points penalty no?

carayip wrote:

PLtheRef wrote:

carayip wrote:Points are added back after every session or every day?

The aim is to put tables up daily though I have started to put in the scores from the matches that are already in - so if you have a result which has already come in, you should know what your score is though now we're underway I won't be chasing people up to make sure that they post in each session.

Just want to have the rules more clear. Because I notice someone like that Happycamper’s balance is 0 for the time being and if he has no balance and is not able to bet on the second session today he should have 10 points penalty no?

as i understand it since robertson has won my balance will 200 which i can bet on the evening matches.

carayip wrote:

PLtheRef wrote:

carayip wrote:Points are added back after every session or every day?

The aim is to put tables up daily though I have started to put in the scores from the matches that are already in - so if you have a result which has already come in, you should know what your score is though now we're underway I won't be chasing people up to make sure that they post in each session.

Just want to have the rules more clear. Because I notice someone like that Happycamper’s balance is 0 for the time being and if he has no balance and is not able to bet on the second session today he should have 10 points penalty no?

If you know what your score and balance is then you can predict when you wish, provided you have the means to do so - So long as you're not taking it from matches you've already predicted on (as a standard rule you can't change a prediction once you've made it). In your case, one of your results has come in and your prediction won, so you know you now have the points gained from that was well as your stake to use.


Predictors will know what they've gone for and whether the result has come in or not thus having a good idea of what their balance is and can be predicting thusly. I can't be guaranteeing session by session updates as I'm at work during the day.

For any avoidance of doubt, I'll be updating scores and balances first before adding new predictions to the spreadsheet.

Hope that clears things up a bit more.

HAPPYCAMPER wrote:as i understand it since robertson has won my balance will 200 which i can bet on the evening matches.

Exactly!

Bookmark!

For my benefit, all predictions before this bookmark have been added to the contest spreadsheet!

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 7:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
Noppon Saengkham v Jackson Page - 1 point - Saengkham to win 6-4
Anthony McGill v Mitchell Mann - 1 point - McGill to win 6-4
Daniel Wells v Zhang Anda - 1 point - Anda to win 6-4
John Higgins v Peter Lines - 1 point - Higgins to win 6-3
Matthew Stevens v Chei Feilong - 1 point - Stevens to win 6-4
David Gilbert v James Cahill - 10 points - Gilbert to win 6-3
Luca Brecel v Nigel Bond - 10 points - Brecel to win 6-2

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 7:30pm - Tuesday 26th November
John Higgins v Peter Lines - 40 points - Higgins to win - 6-1

First Round - Best of 11 Frames - Deadline 7:30pm - Tuesday 26th November

John Higgins v Peter Lines - 20 points - John Higgins to win - 6-3

Luca Brecel v Nigel Bond - 20 points - Luca Brecel to win - 6-2