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Jan-08-21 Chessgames Bookie chessforum    Chessgames Bookie: Thanks for the tip, WinKing. Hope it works because, to tell you the truth, I'm feeling a bit frustrated. ciao, jingo      Jan-08-21 chessgames.com chessforum    Chessgames Bookie: It would be great if we could get the Bookie site set up to start the new leg with the TATA Steel tournament about to begin in a week. Thanks      Dec-26-20 Sargon chessforum    Chessgames Bookie: Sargon, Could we get an adminstrator to close out the Fall Leg of the Chessbookie? Prizes and reset all to $1000, or more if we're not going to get a mid-leg payday? Thanks, jingo Gens una sumus!      Oct-07-20 Norway Chess (2020)    Chessgames Bookie: Please join us at the ChessBookie room for some fun wagering, play money. Tough competition! Altibox Norway 2020, Rd 6: Aronian-Caruana Thanks      Oct-01-20 Kibitzer's Café    Chessgames Bookie: Rub your lucky charm! Time to bet on the Winner of the upcoming Altibox tournament. Altibox Norway 2020: Winner! Gens una sumus      Sep-16-20 Petrosian vs G Stoltz, 1952    Chessgames Bookie: I had no idea that Kotov won that tournament, and with what a score!!      Sep-15-20 St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (2020)    Chessgames Bookie: And how will Alireza do tomorrow against the Champ? St. Louis Rapid & Blitz, Rd 7 Rapid: Firouzja-Carlsen Place your bet (after checking your crystal ball, of course).      Sep-13-20 Champions Showdown Chess 9LX (2020)    Chessgames Bookie: Speaking of draws, how many today in round 7? Starts in a few hours. Only one in Rd 6 yesterday. Place your bets! Click ChessBookie at the top of the page to play!      Apr-19-20 moronovich chessforum    Chessgames Bookie: Hi moronovich, I'm jingohanson, the new Bookie. The Pick two is for day four of the event, with the games I posted. Sorry about the confusion. I should have put (Day 4) in the description. Thanks for welcoming me. Your suggestions are welcome. Ciao, jingohanson      Dec-23-19 Biographer Bistro    Chessgames Bookie: Just for the record. Annie and Twinlark were volunteers. I posted more on my profile page. 😊

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 19 OF 501 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-29-06    blingice: OMG, ppl are winning fake money off of software failure, let's all devote time and resources to regain our lost fake money, in our pursuit of someone who is 4000 dollars ahead of us, OMG. Apr-29-06    Chessgames Bookie: Sorry about that, we assumed that rounds #2-4 would start at the same time round #1 started. We issued refunds to 3 players who got small bets in after the game started. I doubt these people were trying to cheat, as the bets came in on all three possibilities: Carlsen, Van Wely, and the draw! Nevertheless, fair is fair, and we aren't obligated to honor bets that slipped in due to a schedule error. We normally try to close betting 5 minutes before an event starts, the logic being that even if you could see the first couple moves of a game you could learn a lot about how to bet on it. (E.g., if it's a Petroff defense, you bet the draw.) Apr-29-06    TIMER: It is funny, the odds are getting very short on a draw even though both games so far were decisive in the Carlsen match. But maybe that's just because of a bias in the small sample of people who have voted so far. Apr-29-06    percyblakeney: Hopefully the odds will change a bit, I have 500 on the draw :-) Apr-29-06    Chessgames Bookie: Betting is now open on the top two boards of tommorrow's 8th round at the Dubai Open. The matches feature Sergey A Fedorchuk vs Tigran L Petrosian and Zviad Izoria vs Gabriel Sargissian Apr-29-06    Chessgames Bookie: We added a bet on the length of game #3 in the Carlsen-Van Wely match Carlsen vs Van Wely Match: Game 3: Game length Apr-30-06    Sneaky: As the game goes on, the Bookie keeps collecting his "juice", so that means that the amount of chessbucks in circulation is constantly going down, right? Apr-30-06    blingice: Not if the it's paying more than it takes, which I think it is. Apr-30-06    Sneaky: blingice, that's gibberish but I think I understand you anyhow. The word "loanshark" was missing from your sentence, right? Apr-30-06    blingice: I suppose (at 2:30 AM). (Jeez, <Sneaky>, go to sleep, it's 3:30...) Apr-30-06    cu8sfan: <Chessgames Bookie> I have a question about the Carlsen-van Wely match. On ICC it says <If needed, tiebreak match Monday>. That means there will be no draw result to the match even though there was a bet on it. Or are you just going to ignore the tiebreak match and count the regular four games? Apr-30-06    TIMER: <blingice>, <Sneaky> For a fixed number of players I think that the amount of chessbucks in circulation can only increase if the borrowing increases faster than total net worth decreases. The only way the total net worth goes up is if more players join, in which case the amount of chessbucks in circulation would naturally increase. Apr-30-06    Chessgames Bookie: <cu8sfan> We didn't know that. Assuming that ICC is correct, then we'll have to stick to what we said on the betting page <Magnus Carlsen and Loek Van Wely will play a four game match> and pretend that it's a four-game match even if a tiebreak is necessary. We'll treat it like several other bets we have which say "tiebreak rules will not be used for payoffs." <the amount of chessbucks in circulation is constantly going down, right?> The loanshark increases the cash supply, as do new players. I would suppose there is a little bit of inflation. Apr-30-06    you vs yourself: <Chessgames Bookie> Why not open a seperate betting for the tiebreaks? I think some of us at the bottom of the standings need as many chances to bet as possible to get back in the game. Apr-30-06    Chessgames Bookie: Sure, if there is a tiebreak game we'll open betting for it. I was just emphasizing that it won't determine the winner of the main betting pool for the event. If it should comes to tiebreaks, then "tie" ticket will win. From our point of view, as well as the bettors, it's very convenient to bypass the official tiebreak rules whenever possible, as many events offer no clear explanation of tiebreak procedures. We've even seen cases where the tournament organizers were uncertain of their own rules at the end of the event. Apr-30-06    Chessgames Bookie: Betting for the 4th game of the match --> Carlsen vs Van Wely Match: Game 4: Carlsen-Van Wely Better for the opening of the 4th game --> Carlsen vs Van Wely Match: Game 4: Opening We'll have bets for Dubai as soon as the pairings for the next round are posted. Apr-30-06    Chessgames Bookie: Betting now open on the top three boards of the final round of the Dubai Open. Matchups are: Gabriel Sargissian vs Tigran L Petrosian Darmen Sadvakasov vs Sergey A Fedorchuk Tamaz Gelashvili vs Zviad Izoria May-01-06    MaCa: Carlson - Van Wely game 4: Draw. Match 2-2 tie. May-01-06    percyblakeney: ...and Rozentalis has won Gausdal. May-01-06    Chessgames Bookie: We put up betting on the tiebreak games for the Carlsen-Van Wely match. Only 90 minutes until the games start, so get your bets in now!! Carlsen-Van Wely Match: Tie Breaks May-01-06    percyblakeney: More than 7 in odds for a draw won't happen often, but I missed betting on it and it's not over yet (while Sargissian and Petrosian drew in 5 moves): Dubai Open: Rd 9 Bd 2: Sadvakasov-Fedorchuk May-01-06    Sneaky: Egads! My account balance has taken a big hit! I must try to make some money back on the blitz tiebreaks. Who was the nutball who slapped 1000 on Van Wely a few minutes ago? Well whoever it was, God bless ya, cuz now I'm going to root for Carlsen all the way to the bank. Go Magnus!!! May-01-06    WannaBe: I see that <refutor> has taken over the lead with the most chess bucks! May-01-06    percyblakeney: It must have been through a huge bet on a tie in Carlsen vs Van Wely Match May-01-06    cu8sfan: Wow! Within just an hour or so, odds on the Carlsen-van Wely tie breaks have gone from favoring van Wely, 2100 vs. 700 to Carlsen, 3200 vs. 2100. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 501) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 19 OF 501 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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