Analysis, discussion, and strategy for betting on professional League of Legends.
Episodes
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
Episode 17 - Long shots for the bar!
Recorded on: June 20th, 2019
The Gold Card Podcast welcomes it's first ever guest to the show! Xing Li (@XingtheLi) is a freelance journalist covering LoL eSports for @DotEsports He also hosts The Smite Steal Podcast (@SmiteStealPod) and the No FFs Pod (@NoFFsPod). His material is awesome be sure to check it out!
We talked everything from dental advice, snakes shedding their skin, why Kalvin hates the LCK, why Vince loves the LCK, Peter Laviolette, Zion Williamson, and, oh yea, a lot of League of Legends!
Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince 9 - 6 (+3.94u)
John 5 - 9 (-3.54u)
Chris 8 - 6 (+5.34u)
Kalvin 3 - 11 - 1 (-0.86u)
As a cast: 25 - 32 (+4.88u)
Topics (in order):
Intro
0:02:06 - LCK Weekend Slate---> IMMEDIATE DIGRESSION
0:09:20 - LCK Weekend Slate ACTUALLY
0:35:30 - LPL Weekend Slate
0:34:40 - LPL Weekend Slate
0:59:45 - LEC Weekend Slate
1:23:36 - Digression: Is YamatoCannon to blame for Vitality's struggles? (Vince's "Peter Laviolette Theory")
1:32:37 - North American LCS Weekend Slate
1:51:40 - Pick of the Week!
1:56:27 - Sign offs
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3_T1m3
Kalvin @RulerrSama
The opening theme is "Clouds" by Harvey and the Hendersons (Instagram)(Facebook)
The closing theme is "Wasp in a Hat" by The Tea Club (Facebook)
Thursday Jun 13, 2019
Thursday Jun 13, 2019
Episode 16 - DP Moneyline
Recorded on: June 13th, 2019
We recap and discuss some takeaways from week one and touch on a few teams we think we should jump ship on and a few we should adjust upward. And then we dive right into our first full slate weekend with every region in action again.
Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince 8 - 6 (+3.27u)
John 5 - 8 (-2.54u)
Chris 7 - 6 (+4.24u)
Kalvin 2 - 11 - 1 (-2.13u)
As a cast: 22 - 31 (-2.84u)
Topics (in order):
Intro
0:01:53 - LCK Weekend Slate
0:05:35 - Digression: Established/Name Brand players being overrated
0:11:00 - LCK Weekend Slate (continued)
0:34:40 - LPL Weekend Slate
0:39:47 - Digression: Who is the carry on Dominus and is that their problem? (Vince's Dominus = Philadelphia Flyers Theory)
0:45:30 - Digression: Are OMG the real deal? Hearing preseason hype about Curse
0:49:47 - LPL Weekend Slate (continued)
0:51:55 - Digression: Invictus as underdogs!? What's going on with Invictus? (this was before Rookie news)
0:57:02 - Digression: The Saddest Timeline (100 Thieves Bang/Soligo getting rekt in challenger during cast)
1:02:35 - LEC Weekend Slate
1:20:31 - NA LCS Weekend Slate
1:37:57 - Digression: One Tricks and why there are specifically a lot of Riven one tricks?
1:41:15 - NA LCS Weekend Slate (continued)
1:46:07 - Pick of the Week!
1:50:20 - Sign offs
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3_T1m3
Kalvin @RulerrSama
The opening theme is "Clouds" by Harvey and the Hendersons (Instagram)(Facebook)
The closing theme is "Wasp in a Hat" by The Tea Club (Facebook)
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Episode 15 - Opening Weekend 2: Echo Fox Boogaloo
Recorded on: June 6th, 2019
Apologies once again in advance as we had some audio issues on this cast. We're working on figuring out a more permanent solution!
We recap and discuss some takeaways from week one and touch on a few teams we think we should jump ship on and a few we should adjust upward. And then we dive right into our first full slate weekend with every region in action again.
Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince 8 - 5 (+4.27u)
John 5 - 7 (-1.54u)
Chris 6 -6 (+3.24u)
Kalvin 1 - 11 - 1 (-6.81u)
As a cast: 20 - 29 (-0.8u)
Topics (in order):
Intro
0:01:23 - Week 1 Impressions/Takeaways
0:07:22 - Teams we should adjust on (Showers/Growers)
0:24:51 - LCK Weekend Slate
0:46:00 - LPL Weekend Slate
1:03:13 - LEC Weekend Slate
1:17:45 - NA LCS Weekend Slate
1:29:21 - Pick of the Week
1:32:00 - Sign offs
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3_T1m3
Kalvin @RulerrSama
The opening theme is "Clouds" by Harvey and the Hendersons (Instagram)(Facebook)
The closing theme is "Wasp in a Hat" by The Tea Club (Facebook)
Friday May 31, 2019
Friday May 31, 2019
Episode 14 - NA LCS and LEC Power Rankings/Tiers and Summer Week 1 Picks
Recorded on: May 30th, 2019
Apologies in advance as we had some audio issues on this cast. We're working on figuring out a more permanent solution!
As Summer's opening weekend approaches the gang goes over our NA LCS and LEC power rankings and tiers to help give some context to our week one selections. We also talk about some of the roster moves made and how they affect the teams in the Western regions moving forward.
Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince 8 - 4 (+5.27u)
John 5 - 7 (-1.54u)
Chris 5 -6 (+1.28u)
Kalvin 1 - 10 - 1 (-5.81u)
As a cast: 19 - 27 (-0.8u)
Topics (in order):
Intro
0:01:18 - NA LCS Power Rankings/Tiers
0:19:17 - Side Topic about the lack of LPL imports.
0:23:59 - LEC Power Rankings/Tiers
0:50:44 - Teams we're most likely to be wrong about
0:53:41 - LPL Summer Week 1 Slate
1:13:14 - NA LCS Summer Week 1 Slate
1:23:33 - Pick of the Week
1:25:07 - Sign offs
NA LCS Tiers
LEC (Europe) Tiers
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3_T1m3
Kalvin @RulerrSama
The opening theme is "Clouds" by Harvey and the Hendersons (Instagram)(Facebook)
The closing theme is "Wasp in a Hat" by The Tea Club (Facebook)
Monday May 27, 2019
Monday May 27, 2019
Episode 13 - MSI Recap and Pre-Season Power Rankings for LCK and LPL
Recorded on: May 23rd, 2019
The full crew assembles to discuss our takeaways from the outstanding MSI Knockout Stage as well as lay out our pre-season power rankings and tiers for the upcoming LPL and LCK Summer Splits. We have a few fun digressions including talking way WAY too much about Jin Air, why it's important to have pre-season reads to collect value, the impact of Pray going to KT Rolster, and more!
Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince 8 - 4 (+5.27u)
John 5 - 7 (-1.54u)
Chris 5 -6 (+1.28u)
Kalvin 1 - 10 - 1 (-5.81u)
As a cast: 19 - 27 (-0.8u)
Topics (in order):
Intro
0:02:18 - MSI Recap
0:09:52 - LCK Power Rankings
0:46:00 - LPL Power Rankings
1:19:40 - Pick of the Weeks (or lack thereof)
1:22:57 - Sign offs
LCK Tiers
LPL Tiers
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3_T1m3
Kalvin @RulerrSama
The opening theme is "Clouds" by Harvey and the Hendersons (Instagram)(Facebook)
The closing theme is "Wasp in a Hat" by The Tea Club (Facebook)
Thursday May 16, 2019
Thursday May 16, 2019
Episode 12
Recorded on: May 15th, 2019
The full crew assembles to discuss our takeaways from the group stage of the MSI Main Event and our picks and thoughts on the knockout stage this weekend.
Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince 7 - 4 (+3.48u)
John 5 - 6 (-0.54u)
Chris 5 -5 (+1.28u)
Kalvin 0 - 10 - 1 (-10.0u)
As a cast: 17 - 25 (-5.78u)
Topics (in order):
Intro
0:01:45 - Takeaways from MSI Main Event Group Stage
0:09:04 - Brief discussion about "fear aura"
0:14:19 - Overperformers/Underperformers so far
0:22:14 - Injuries and how they can affect a professional team (Question compliments of @onceharby)
0:33:18 - MSI Main Event Knockout Stage: Invictus vs Team Liquid
0:44:55 - MSI Main Event Knockout Stage: SK Telecom vs G2 eSports
0:57:22 - Lineup Construction for this slate
1:02:38 - Pick of the week!
1:07:10 - Sign offs
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3_T1m3
Kalvin @RulerrSama
The opening theme is "Clouds" by Harvey and the Hendersons (Instagram)(Facebook)
The closing theme is "Wasp in a Hat" by The Tea Club (Facebook)
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Episode 11 - BuT gUiZe, fLaSh WoLvEs ArE tHe KoReA sLaYeRz!!
Recorded on: May 8th, 2019
The over/under for times that some iteration of "Flash Wolves are the Korea Slayers" on broadcast is set at 3.5.
Heading into it, this is shaping up to be the most interesting MSI to date. The gang tries to give some granularity on what the differences between these teams are, how they measure up relative to each other, each host gives their tier lists, and we go through picks for the first round robin. We also have a handful of side topics including how can people possibly think Rookie isn't one of the best ever, team style vs individual players, why IG are the Ben Roethlisberger are LOL, Phong Vu is really REALLY bad, the whole play-in stage was really really REALLY bad, people don't watch Eastern LOL and talk like they do, and many more!
Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince 6 - 4 (+2.95u)
John 4 - 6 (-1.05u)
Chris 5 -5 (+1.28u)
Kalvin 0 - 9 - 1 (-9.0u)
As a cast: 14 - 24 (-5.82u)
Topics (in order):
Intro
0:02:30 - Darshan released from CLG, Ruin added as new top laner
0:04:10 - Rookie: Does he suck? Does he not suck!?!?! (... what is wrong with people)
0:06:29 - Is Korea overhyped again?
0:08:18 - Back to Rookie conversation
0:10:05 - Brief discussion of why MSI hasn't been the best indicator for rest of season
0:12:04 - Kalvin's Tier List for MSI
0:19:34 - Review of Play-In Stage and how the overall level of play was really low
0:24:01 - John's Tier List
0:26:14 - Vince's Tier List
0:32:10 - Brief aside about individual metas vs team metas and how Vince thinks we're in an individual meta despite solo queue being the opposite.
0:35:25 - Side topic of the side topic about Faker and Rookie being the two best mid laners of all time
0:37:29 - Side topic of the side topic of the side topic... about best of all time Top laners...
0:39:07 - Friday and Saturday Slates
1:03:04 - MSI Futures
1:06:57 - Pick of the Week!
1:09:32 - Sign Offs
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Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3_T1m3
Kalvin @RulerrSama
The opening theme is "Clouds" by Harvey and the Hendersons (Instagram)(Facebook)
The closing theme is "Wasp in a Hat" by The Tea Club (Facebook)
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
Episode 10 - Back in my day...
Recorded on: April 28th, 2019
The full squad discusses the MSI Play-In Stage and picks for the tournament outright. John and Vince are disgruntled at old men saying "back in my day" about sports and esports and stuff in general, Chris really feeling DFM, Kalvin cheers for the home team, superstar slugger Chris Davis makes an appearance, and man oh man do those Red Sox suck... We also discuss relative regional strength, non-favorites that we like to potentially escape groups, and also realize mid conversation that the format isn't what we thought it was!
Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince 6 - 3 (+3.95u)
John 3 - 6 (-2.2u)
Chris 5 -4 (+2.28u)
Kalvin 0 - 8 (-8.0u)
As a cast: 14 - 21 (-3.97u)
Topics (in order):
Intro
0:02:04 - NEST
0:04:51 - LCK Promotion Tournament
0:06:24 - Will Jin Air/KT improve next split and by how much?
0:11:40 - EU Masters Notes
0:14:42 - MSI Play-In Stage
0:15:49 - MSI Play-In - Group A
0:36:33 - MSI Play-In - Group B
0:42:22 - MSI Play-In Lines and Picks
0:53:26 - MSI Futures
0:59:39 - Pick of the Week!
1:03:42 - Sign Offs
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3_T1m3
Kalvin @RulerrSama
The opening theme is "Clouds" by Harvey and the Hendersons (Instagram)(Facebook)
The closing theme is "Wasp in a Hat" by The Tea Club (Facebook)
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
Episode 9 - Spring 2019 Regional Finals Review
Recorded on: April 17th, 2019
Three quarters of the cast discuss the major region finals, how we each did, what lessons and information we can get from them, and what could be misinterpreted without watching the games. Vince really loves Kindred in theory and hates Kindred in practice, we all hate the game one curveball, and, oh yea.... Vince the Prophet called the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0 @ +5000 ($$$$$$$$$$$).
Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince 5 - 3 (+3.44u)
John 3 - 5 (-1.2u)
Chris 4 -4 (+1.08u)
Kalvin 0 - 8 (-8.0u)
As a cast: 12 - 20 (-4.68u)
Topics (in order):
Intro
0:01:53 - LCK Spring Finals Recap: SK Telecom vs Griffin
0:13:13 - LPL Semifinals Recap: FunPlus Phoenix vs JD Gaming
0:22:00 - LEC Round 3 Recap: Fnatic vs Origen
0:26:10 - Digression about cores in 2-core damage comps and why Fnatic's comp looked fine but wasn't
0:32:56 - LEC Spring Finals: G2 eSports vs Origen
0:49:44 - North American LCS Spring Finals: Team Liquid vs Team Solo Mid
0:57:18 - Brief rundown of Wildcard Region Finals
1:00:04 - LPL Spring 2019 Finals: Invictus vs JD Gaming
1:08:34 - LMS Spring 2019 Finals: MAD Team vs Flash Wolves
1:13:31 - Latin American Spring 2019 Finals: Rainbow7 vs Isurus
1:15:32 - Brief LCK Promotion Tournament Discussion
1:18:06 - Pick of the Week!
1:25:28 - Sign offs
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3_T1m3
Kalvin @RulerrSama
The opening theme is "Clouds" by Harvey and the Hendersons (Instagram)(Facebook)
The closing theme is "Wasp in a Hat" by The Tea Club (Facebook)
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Episode 8 - Paradigm Shifts
Recorded on: April 10th, 2019
*Apologies in advance for some of the audio balance we didn't have our normal audio setups across the board so Chris was a little on the quiet side*
The full crew is back together this week to talk about a bigger picture, philosophical concept after a jarring week of "upsets." When do you abandon a sinking ship? When do you stay the course? We talk about managing stubbornness and what it takes for each of us to change our mind on a team and give a few examples. WE PHILOSOPHY NOW! After that longer opening discussion we dive into the finals and semifinals for the major regions as well as a brief discussion of some of the wildcard regions. Storytime with John, Chris' treasure trove of monopoly money, Bingo sheets, weird viral video references, Robots against Humans, Kal is a prophet for calling Auburn, and, OF COURSE, PICKS OF THE WEEK!
Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince 5 - 2 (+4.44u)
John 3 - 4 (-0.2u)
Chris 4 -3 (+2.08u)
Kalvin 0 - 7 (-7.0u)
As a cast: 12 - 16 (-0.68u)
Topics (in order):
Intro
0:02:30 - Paradigm Shifts and Adjusting Expectations
0:36:29 - LCK Spring Finals: SK Telecom vs Griffin
0:56:05 - LPL Semifinals #1: FunPlus Phoenix vs JD Gaming
1:05:15 - LPL Semifinals #2: Invictus Gaming vs TopSports Gaming
1:14:29 - LEC Round 3: Fnatic vs Origen
1:29:04 - North American LCS Finals: Team Liquid vs Team Solo Mid
1:41:15 - Brief discussion/intorudction to LMS semifinals as well as finals for Brazil, Japan, Vietnam, Turkey, and the LCL
2:00:00 - Pick of the Week!
2:01:16 - Sign offs
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3_T1m3
Kalvin @RulerrSama
The opening theme is "Clouds" by Harvey and the Hendersons (Instagram)(Facebook)
The closing theme is "Wasp in a Hat" by The Tea Club (Facebook)