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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 319 OF 501 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-13-15    centralfiles: The loanshark won't give me another loan i have no idea why Jan-13-15    SwitchingQuylthulg: <centralfiles> The Loanshark will only offer you a loan if one or both of the following conditions are met: • You don't have an existing loan, or only have a small existing loan of less than about half your net worth. (Generally, any loan you're offered - whether you already have a loan or not - is calculated so your total loan if you accept will be equal to approximately half your net worth, which we might call your loan cap.) • You're doing so badly you qualify for a hard luck loan, in which case the loan cap at half your net worth won't apply and loan offers will be based on your credit rating instead. (Though you've been unlucky so far, you won't qualify for a hard luck loan yet; your net worth will have to be below or very close to zero, and your funds should also be close to zero.) In addition to the above, you can only get one loan per calendar day, unless you've fully paid back your previous loan before requesting the new one. Jan-13-15    centralfiles: Thanks <Switch> Didn't know about the Hard luck Qualification, I guess I never tried to take a loan when I wasn't totally down before. Jan-13-15    Annie K.: Thanks for helping out, <Switch>! <scout118> I meant I am usually at work during the live game hours. :) <centralfiles> the "in play" Tournament winner bet is not a bad idea, but I think after round 4 is too early. Maybe I'll set one up for the next rest day. Jan-14-15    bubuli55: Same deal here centralfiles. Couldn't get loan the past 3 days. I have a 5K loan with a net worth of 2K. The thing is have zero funds. I can't play I guess until after my present bets are resolved which is after the Tata tourney. Which means I'm out of the running. And which means I'm out of luck. To put it nicely :) Jan-14-15    scout118: <Annie K.: <scout118> I meant I am usually at work during the live game hours. :)> Ah, your day job of course. BTW, thanks for volunteering to run this bookie leg! Must be awfully time-consuming, with so many tough customers who treasure their CB bucks like gold. ;> Jan-14-15    WannaBe: It's a 'zoo' at the top of the standing, rhino, squirrel and a robin. Jan-14-15    WannaBe: Alright, I've placed 50 CBs on Chucky against Ding. See if Mr. Old Guy can continue his hot play. =)) Jan-15-15    Sneaky: Something I've noticed because of the Chessbookie game: Van Wely gets no respect. If he plays against a Super GM, he gets a hundred to one odds. If he plays against some no-name, "eh, could go ether way." No love at all for Van Wely. Jan-15-15    bubuli55: Eventho my credit score is 180, Mr. Curmungeonly Loanshark One just won't even entertain me. Hello? Can I play? Jan-15-15    centralfiles: I put 1500 chessbucks on So when the odds were decent, only to have someone drop 10000 on it at the last minute. being that we both lost I guess Ill get to see who the culprit was. Jan-15-15    technical draw: <centrafiles> I can't bet 10,000 cbs. My limit is 5,000. So maybe 2 players bet 5,000. Jan-15-15    Penguincw: I hate to try to ruin the privacy of the one that lost the So bet, but try comparing the current leaderboard with the 2nd most recent one: http://web.archive.org/web/20150115.... I couldn't find who it was. :( Jan-16-15    bubuli55: And I can't get a loan still. Nombre Jan-16-15    WannaBe: Well, the first leg of the So-So bet was good, let's hope he can deliver the second leg of that bet for moi!! Jan-17-15    bubuli55: < The Loanshark is your guarantee that you can always play the game. > Misdirection. Jan-17-15    Penguincw: My 5 cents: I think regardless of your loan or net worth or live tickets or whatever, the Loanshark should always offer you one loan/day, even if it's only 100 cbs. Inflation in the game shouldn't be a problem, it happens all the time... Jan-17-15    WannaBe: Woo-Woo, won my So-So bet! =)) Jan-17-15    Penguincw: < Woo-Woo, won my So-So bet! =)) > Me too. ;) P.S. Looks like the Epic Game bet is going to be settled today. Jan-17-15    bubuli55: Yes! Thank you Loanshark :) Jan-17-15    bubuli55: But no thanks! Jan-20-15    Penguincw: Hmph. Not doing so well in Tata Steel, but I guess it could be worse, 'cause I think last night, someone dumped 10K on Carlsen-Radjabov 1/2-1/2. A few days ago, someone claimed 10K being put on So winning a game. Both of them lost. So, who's going to put the next 10K bet? Jan-25-15    Annie K.: I see Short seems to have withdrawn from Gibraltar... will cancel his line in the winner bet a bit later. Then I'll put up some fun bets too. :) Jan-25-15    chancho: So, you are the bookie now... Please, no leg breaking. ;-) Jan-25-15    Annie K.: <chancho> I think I'm more in the curtain-shredding business... ;p Um, where have you been until now?! :) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 501) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 319 OF 501 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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