Place your bets - 2025 Summer Marble Blast Tournament

Hi, everyone. Bringing back an old tradition for the tournament, giving hPerks his deserved shoutout for starting this.

This is the betting game! For every match throughout the tournament, you can bet (with fake money, of course) on the winner and final score, and your aim is to finish with the highest net gain out of everyone (total money won minus total money bet). Here is how the game works: For each match, you can place a bet on:

• The winner
• The final score

Payouts:

• All bets for a match go into a single shared pool. Each pool starts at $500.
• That pool is split only among players who guessed the winner correctly.
• Payouts are proportional to how much each correct bettor wagered.
• If you also guess the score correctly, you earn a 20% bonus payout. There is no penalty for a wrong score prediction.

Rules:

• Minimum bet: $100.
• Maximum bet: $500.
• Bet on as many or as few matches as you like.
• You can't bet on a match that has already happened. We're following the honor code here that no one edits a bet after a match,
• You can't bet on your own match.
• There is no budget; everyone has unlimited money.
• The winner is whoever finishes with the highest net gain (winnings minus bets).

Examples:
Example 1 – No Score Predictions
The match is Mazik vs. Kalle

Bets:
Bettor 1: $100 on Mazik ✅
Bettor 2: $200 on Mazik ✅
Bettor 3: $500 on Kalle ❌
Total pot: $900

Bettors 1 and 2 proportionally share the pool for guessing the winner correctly, receiving $300 and $600 respectively. Bettor 3 receives $0. If Kalle had won, Bettor 3 would've received the entire $900.

Example 2 – With Score Predictions
The match is Mazik vs. Kalle, and Mazik wins 3-2.

Bets:
Bettor 1: $300 on Mazik, 3–2 score ✅✅
Bettor 2: $200 on Mazik, 3-1 score ✅❌
Bettor 3: $500 on Kalle, 3-2 score ❌✅
Total pot: $1,000

Bettors 1 and 2 share the pool for guessing the winner correctly ($600 and $400 respectively). However, Better 1 receives an extra 20% to their winnings for also guessing the score correctly, which is taken from the rest of the available earnings (while still keeping the proportions correct).
Bettor 1 receives $643.
Bettor 2 receives $357.
Bettor 3 receives $0 for not guessing the winner correctly. If Kalle had won, Bettor 3 would received the entire $1,000, regardless of guessing the correct score or not.

Onwards!
There is a designated channel for placing your bets on the discord server, in a channel called #tourney-bets. If you would like to participate, all you have to do is post in the channel, where you will simply state the player you predict to win, the final score, and how much money you're betting. You are welcome to place your bets as a reply to this thread too.

You do not need to be participating in the tournament to place bets!

After every round of the tournament, I will post the result of every match and everyone's net gain for that week. The final standings will be posted after the winner of the tournament is decided.

Good luck, and may your predictions be bold and lucky! 💸