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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 202 OF 501 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-20-11    technical draw: Why a pick three on the boring, drawish blindfold? All the blindfolds were drawn and all the rapids had winners. C'mon bookie, set up a pick 3 for rapids and forget the blindfolds! Mar-20-11    Penguincw: < technical draw: Why a pick three on the boring, drawish blindfold? All the blindfolds were drawn and all the rapids had winners. C'mon bookie, set up a pick 3 for rapids and forget the blindfolds! > Don't refund the Pick 3 tickets today.I finally won Pick 3 today.Here's the ticket: Amber Blindfold: Rd 8: Pick Three : Draw-Draw-Draw [cash in ticket] 10 YOU WIN! COLLECT 76 13:2 7.64 76 Mar-20-11 . Mar-20-11    technical draw: My rant above is due to the fact that I lost 1,000 cbs in the last round. Stupid, drawish, blindfold games. DDD won, big surprise! Mar-20-11    Penguincw: < technical draw: My rant above is due to the fact that I lost 1,000 cbs in the last round. Stupid, drawish, blindfold games. DDD won, big surprise! > I know.It was a big surprise.I finally won Pick 3. :) I gained 533 chessbucks this round. :) Still waiting for Carlsen-Topalov to be paid off. Mar-20-11    wordfunph: <Chessgames Bookie> waiting for my paycheque, thanks.. Amber Rapid: Rd 8: Carlsen vs Topalov : Carlsen [info] 1000 LIVE BET 8:7 2.14 2,140 Mar-20-11 Mar-20-11    Sneaky: This ain't my year. Mar-20-11    Penguincw: < wordfunph: <Chessgames Bookie> waiting for my paycheque, thanks.. Amber Rapid: Rd 8: Carlsen vs Topalov : Carlsen [info] 1000 LIVE BET 8:7 2.14 2,140 Mar-20-11 > Yah.It should of came earlier.My ticket: Amber Rapid: Rd 8: Carlsen vs Topalov : Carlsen [info] 50 LIVE BET 8:7 2.14 107 Mar-20-11 . I'm not dicarding or cashing in any tickets till the Carlsen-Topalov game is paid off. <Sneaky: This ain't my year. > They are still 3 more rounds.Better luck next leg. Mar-20-11    Penguincw: <Chessgames Bookie > Carlsen-Topalov need to be paid.Event:Amber Rapid: Rd 8: Carlsen vs Topalov. Thank you in advance. Mar-21-11    hatsis: <Penguincw: < hatsis: again, two days in a row, all i saw was "discard all losing tickets". Waaaah, lady lick, where are you? > Any luck today?> No luck at all, not even a lick.:o) Mar-21-11    hatsis: <technical draw: <lady lick, where are you?> If you call for lady lick you get a licking. Call for lady luck and you'll start winning.> At this stage of the leg, I'd rather get lickin' from the lady lick than winning bets.:o) Mar-21-11    technical draw: Well, I'm all in. $4,559 bet on this round and zero chessbucks to my name. Maybe my good friend the loanshark will give me some cash for the next round. Mar-22-11    Chnebelgrind: <I'm all in> I have set in only 65% (18995 cb). Mar-22-11    wordfunph: my $9,050 at stake this round, let's get it on! nothing to lose, everything to gain.. :) Mar-22-11    technical draw: I'm all-in again 2,592...If the odds stay the same and if I win I could be on the board. (I know too many "ifs")...But, "de la esperanza vive el pobre"... Mar-23-11    Chessgames Bookie: Ok punters, tomorrow the 24th will be the last day of action in this years Championship Leg. Top ten finshers get prizes. Good luck to all! Mar-23-11    SwitchingQuylthulg: What about the bottom ten, will they get prizes as well? I think it would really add to the excitement! Mar-23-11    eternaloptimist: <SwitchingQuylthulg: What about the bottom ten, will they get prizes as well? I think it would really add to the excitement!> lol...i think that we should considering that i'm in the bottom 10. as for who's going to win the chessbookie world championship, it looks like it's probably going to be 1 of the touches...Touch of Knight or Midas Touch. it should be an exciting finish. i just wish that i was as good @ this game as they r. the highest that i've ever gotten is 10th, but i didn't finish that leg there. i dropped some b/c a few guys passed me. Mar-23-11    technical draw: I claim <edsauced> prize. He hasn't made a single bet in the championship leg and he could finish in the top ten. Mar-23-11    Boratco: <Amber Rapid: Rd 10: Pick Three : Draw-Draw-Draw [cash in ticket] 1000 YOU WIN! COLLECT 8613 15:2 8.61 8,613 Mar-23-11> Good to get up in the morning and a check dangling by my door. Not a bad paycheck, I am all in with CB13,000. No guts no glory? Mar-23-11    wordfunph: <Switch> <Dave> that's fair enough.. :) there will be no winners without these poor finishers harhar! 318. eternaloptimist -2,061 319. kurtrichards -2,197 320. wordfunph -4,076 321. Winter-5,678 322. Messiah -6,113 323. Barok Espinosa -6,352 324. NakoSonorense -8,441 325. SwitchingQuylthulg -13,466 long live the cellar dwellers, fight! Mar-23-11    wordfunph: <bookie classmates> i'm all in --- $9,130 and our generous <loanshark> gave me his last $800.. this is it, no more tomorrow.. ACCOUNT: wordfunph FUNDS: 0 chessbucks LOAN: 16,876 NET WORTH: -6,746 chessbucks Mar-23-11    eternaloptimist: <TD> lol! I can't blame u for wanting to claim his prize. <wordfunph> thanks! That's the spirit! Let's go all in to the end of this leg! Mar-24-11    technical draw: Well, it's all over, and after all the betting and losing I end up with a net loss of $536. Not a bad price to pay for all the fun and excitement. So, when does the next cycle start? Mar-24-11    wordfunph: awaiting for the official announcement of winners.. i end up with -$11,685 <technical draw: So, when does the next cycle start?> <TD> i hope soonest, life is boring without bookie.. Mar-24-11    Chessgames Bookie: And the winners of the 2011 Chessbookie Championship are in. A surprise turnaround in the final betting round mixed up the standings, pushing User: AnimusEtOblivio to 1st place, with 48,376 chessbucks! << Congratulations to AnimusEtOblivio, the Fifth ChessBookie Champion of the World! >> The complete list of winners is below, along with the final score in parentheses and the prize(s) won. <1> AnimusEtOblivio (48,376) wins a free year's membership to Chessgames, a free Chessgames T-Shirt, and a $100 gift certificate from Amazon.com to buy chess books or anything else desired. <2> Midas Touch (38,895) wins a free year's membership to Chessgames and a free Chessgames T-Shirt. <3> Touch of Knight (33,131) wins a free year's membership to Chessgames and a free Chessgames T-Shirt. <4> Robin01 (27,924) wins a free membership to Chessgames.com. <5> 4tmac (22,444) wins a free membership to Chessgames.com. <6> moronovich (19,630) wins a free membership to Chessgames.com. <7> gus inn (18,692) wins a free membership to Chessgames.com. <8> gunsan (12,902) wins a free membership to Chessgames.com. <9> refutor (12,000) wins a free membership to Chessgames.com. <10> edsauced (10,000) wins a free membership to Chessgames.com. All of the 10 winners above automatically qualify for next year's Chessbookie Championship. Congratulations to all of the winners, and thanks to everybody who participated regardless of standing, for you all collectively are what makes this contest so much fun. The 2012 cycle will begin in just a few days; more information will be posted at ChessBookie Game. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 501) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 202 OF 501 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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