Analysis, discussion, and strategy for betting on professional League of Legends.
Episodes
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Episode 87 - LEC Pre-Season Preview
Recorded on December 30th, 2020
The GCP crew dives deep on each team in the LEC, their changes, our outlooks for them, and eventually get to our tier lists and any futures positions we fancy.
The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast
Intro
LEC Power Rankings
Futures Picks
Futures Odds:
| G2 -200 (66.667%) |
| Fnatic +400 (20%) |
| Rogue +700 (12.5%) |
| MAD Lions +900 (10%) |
| Schalke +2600 (3.704%) |
| Excel +4100 (2.38%) |
| SK Gaming +5100 (1.923%) |
| Vitality +5100 (1.923%) |
| Misfits +6900 (1.429%) |
| Astralis +9900 (1%) |
Podcast Composite Rankings
| Team | Composite | RANK |
| G2 | 1 | 1 |
| Fnatic | 2 | 2 |
| Rogue | 3.5 | 3 |
| MAD Lions | 4.5 | 4 |
| Excel | 5.5 | 5 |
| Vitality | 6.25 | 6 |
| Schalke | 6.75 | 7 |
| Astralis | 7.75 | 8 |
| Misfits | 7.75 | 8 |
| SK Gaming | 9.75 | 10 |
Pick of the Week Recap for 2020 (full sheet linked)
Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and leave a review. Vince will read every single review left on iTunes on the cast! If it's good, or at least entertaining, we have some prizes lined up!
Chris works with The Game Haus who present awesome LOL content!
John and Vince were both guests on RotoGrinders' Morning Grind Podcast. We'd like to thank Stevie for having us on! Check him out @SteveTPFL !
Vince was a guest on The Deep Dive April 1st
2020 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince: 25 - 10 (+15.17u)
John: 15 - 19 (-1.59u)
Chris: 8 - 22 (-11.18u)
Josh: 13 - 10 (+8.96u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
Listeners: 4 - 7 (-1.33u)
As a cast: 67 - 66 (+16.84u)
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3LoL
Joshua Roberts @RobertsNumber49
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)
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Episode 86 - LPL Spring 2021 Pre-Season Preview
Recorded on December 29th, 2020
Chris is going to have a bit of a rocky schedule the next couple months so we were unfortunately without him for this show but John, Josh, and Vince break down their full LPL tier lists and power rankings. This was a very in depth breakdown of our thoughts on how we think the LPL will play out, ranges of outcomes for each team, situational discussions around starting players, and last but not least our futures selections of choice for the upcoming season.
The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast
Intro
LPL Power Rankings the whole show
Futures Picks
Futures Odds:
| Futures Price |
| TOP +150 |
| Invictus +400 |
| FunPlus +450 |
| JDG +500 |
| WE +700 |
| Suning +1000 |
| Victory Five +2000 |
| EDG +2500 |
| Vici +2500 |
| RNG +3300 |
| LNG +6600 |
| BiliBili +8000 |
| LGD +10,000 |
| RW +12,500 |
| OMG +20,000 |
| eStar +25,000 |
| TT (Dominus) +50,000 |
Podcast Composite Rankings
| TOP | 1 | 1 |
| JDG | 3 | 2 |
| IG | 4.5 | 3 |
| FPX | 4.5 | 3 |
| WE | 4.5 | 3 |
| RNG | 5 | 6 |
| EDG | 6.25 | 7 |
| Vici | 8 | 8 |
| Suning | 8.75 | 9 |
| BLG | 10.75 | 10 |
| V5 | 10.75 | 10 |
| LNG | 12 | 12 |
| TT (Dominus) | 13.25 | 13 |
| eStar | 13.5 | 14 |
| RW | 14.5 | 15 |
| LGD | 16 | 16 |
| OMG | 17 | 17 |
Pick of the Week Recap for 2020 (full sheet linked)
Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and leave a review. Vince will read every single review left on iTunes on the cast! If it's good, or at least entertaining, we have some prizes lined up!
Chris works with The Game Haus who present awesome LOL content!
John and Vince were both guests on RotoGrinders' Morning Grind Podcast. We'd like to thank Stevie for having us on! Check him out @SteveTPFL !
Vince was a guest on The Deep Dive April 1st
2020 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince: 25 - 10 (+15.17u)
John: 15 - 19 (-1.59u)
Chris: 8 - 22 (-11.18u)
Josh: 13 - 10 (+8.96u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
Listeners: 4 - 7 (-1.33u)
As a cast: 67 - 66 (+16.84u)
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3LoL
Joshua Roberts @RobertsNumber49
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)
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Episode 85 - "IG running it back?" - The LPL Offseason Show
Recorded on December 22nd, 2020
I also shout out my friend Dave Harvey (Primatives and Harvey and the Hendersons) who created our intro music and has been hosting awesome live music on Twitch every single weekend! You can find that channel at www.twitch.tv/HarveysHouse
Our third hot stove season show focuses entirely on the LPL and it's seventeen rosters full of moves. The full crew breaks down the moves we liked, disliked, are still questioning, and what might go horribly or wonderfully.
We'll be bringing you content all offseason but we NEED TOPIC IDEAS! What do you all want to hear us talk about? There will be plenty of news and hot stove season talk but we're interested in what you the listeners want us to cover! Tweet your ideas at us or the podcast.
The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast
Intro
LPL Offseason Moves the rest of the show. Teams in alphabetical order.
Pick of the Week Recap for 2020 (full sheet linked)
Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and leave a review. Vince will read every single review left on iTunes on the cast! If it's good, or at least entertaining, we have some prizes lined up!
Chris works with The Game Haus who present awesome LOL content!
John and Vince were both guests on RotoGrinders' Morning Grind Podcast. We'd like to thank Stevie for having us on! Check him out @SteveTPFL !
Vince was a guest on The Deep Dive April 1st
2020 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince: 25 - 10 (+15.17u)
John: 15 - 19 (-1.59u)
Chris: 8 - 22 (-11.18u)
Josh: 13 - 10 (+8.96u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
Listeners: 4 - 7 (-1.33u)
As a cast: 67 - 66 (+16.84u)
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3LoL
Joshua Roberts @RobertsNumber49
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 Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Episode 84 - "It's half off, how could you not?"
Recorded on December 16th, 2020
Our second hot stove season show ran really long after a few digressions on side topics but we dove deep on the LCK's roster moves. We'll be doing the LPL next week which works out well because the day after we recorded there were a ton of moves dropped.
We'll be bringing you content all offseason but we NEED TOPIC IDEAS! What do you all want to hear us talk about? There will be plenty of news and hot stove season talk but we're interested in what you the listeners want us to cover! Tweet your ideas at us or the podcast.
The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast
Intro
News Pieces (Doublelift Retirement, cvMax, ESPN)
LCK Offseason Roster Moves
Pick of the Week Recap for 2020 (full sheet linked)
Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and leave a review. Vince will read every single review left on iTunes on the cast! If it's good, or at least entertaining, we have some prizes lined up!
Chris works with The Game Haus who present awesome LOL content!
John and Vince were both guests on RotoGrinders' Morning Grind Podcast. We'd like to thank Stevie for having us on! Check him out @SteveTPFL !
Vince was a guest on The Deep Dive April 1st
2020 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince: 25 - 10 (+15.17u)
John: 15 - 19 (-1.59u)
Chris: 8 - 22 (-11.18u)
Josh: 13 - 10 (+8.96u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
Listeners: 4 - 7 (-1.33u)
As a cast: 67 - 66 (+16.84u)
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3LoL
Joshua Roberts @RobertsNumber49
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 Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Episode 83 - Xmithie with an accent
Recorded on: November 24th, 2020
Our first hot stove season podcast was a marathon but we cover free agency so far in all four major leagues and give our thoughts as well as discuss some bigger picture topics regarding roster construction and the business side of esports.
We'll be bringing you content all offseason but we NEED TOPIC IDEAS! What do you all want to hear us talk about? There will be plenty of news and hot stove season talk but we're interested in what you the listeners want us to cover! Tweet your ideas at us or the podcast.
The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast
Intro
LCK Free Agency
LPL Free Agency
LEC Free Agency
LCS Free Agency
Pick of the Week Recap for 2020 (full sheet linked)
Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and leave a review. Vince will read every single review left on iTunes on the cast! If it's good, or at least entertaining, we have some prizes lined up!
Chris works with The Game Haus who present awesome LOL content!
John and Vince were both guests on RotoGrinders' Morning Grind Podcast. We'd like to thank Stevie for having us on! Check him out @SteveTPFL !
Vince was a guest on The Deep Dive April 1st
2020 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince: 25 - 10 (+15.17u)
John: 15 - 19 (-1.59u)
Chris: 8 - 22 (-11.18u)
Josh: 13 - 10 (+8.96u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
Listeners: 4 - 7 (-1.33u)
As a cast: 67 - 66 (+16.84u)
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3LoL
Joshua Roberts @RobertsNumber49
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 Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Episode 82 - 2020 Sunset Show
Recorded on: November 10th, 2020
With the competitive year for 2020 over the crew discuss the world finals and 2020 in it's entirety in a bigger picture podcast. Thoughts about the game, the teams, the players, and more as well as the 2020 Who's Who Awards!
We'll be bringing you content all offseason but we NEED TOPIC IDEAS! What do you all want to hear us talk about? There will be plenty of news and hot stove season talk but we're interested in what you the listeners want us to cover! Tweet your ideas at us or the podcast.
The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast
Intro
Offseason plans
World Finals Recap
Worlds 2020 Recap
2020 Full Year Recap
2020 Who's Who Awards
Pick of the Week Recap for 2020 (full sheet linked)
Sign Offs
Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and leave a review. Vince will read every single review left on iTunes on the cast! If it's good, or at least entertaining, we have some prizes lined up!
Chris works with The Game Haus who present awesome LOL content!
John and Vince were both guests on RotoGrinders' Morning Grind Podcast. We'd like to thank Stevie for having us on! Check him out @SteveTPFL !
Vince was a guest on The Deep Dive April 1st
2020 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince: 25 - 10 (+15.17u)
John: 15 - 19 (-1.59u)
Chris: 8 - 22 (-11.18u)
Josh: 13 - 10 (+8.96u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
Listeners: 4 - 7 (-1.33u)
As a cast: 67 - 66 (+16.84u)
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3LoL
Joshua Roberts @RobertsNumber49
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 Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Episode 81 - Worlds 2020 Grand Finals
Recorded on: October 25th, 2020
We tried a different, more laid back vibe on this pod. Due to some scheduling conflicts we had to record this on a Sunday afternoon and as many of you know we're all football nuts so this was more like a hanging out with the fellas style show.
John, Josh, Chris, and Vince recap the semifinals and breakdown the finals matchup coming up on Saturday morning as well as discuss some news topics, eggball takes, and plans for the offseason.
With this being the last match of the competitive year we'll be going to a reduced schedule during the offseason and focusing more on evergreen type content. If there are topics you'd like to hear us discuss or guests you'd like to suggest send @GoldCardPodcast a tweet or DM and we'll do what we can to accomodate.
John will be streaming his journey to duo with a relatively new player Wilson also known as @bordersroad in an attempt to get to gold before the end of the season in a couple of weeks via The Esports Department stream at www.twitch.tv/TheEsportsDepartment
The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast
Intro
Bjergsen Retirement
Semifinals Recap
Grand Finals Breakdown
Pick of the Week!
Sign Offs
Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and leave a review. Vince will read every single review left on iTunes on the cast! If it's good, or at least entertaining, we have some prizes lined up!
Chris works with The Game Haus who present awesome LOL content!
John and Vince were both guests on RotoGrinders' Morning Grind Podcast. We'd like to thank Stevie for having us on! Check him out @SteveTPFL !
Vince was a guest on The Deep Dive April 1st
2020 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince: 23 - 10 (+10.28u)
John: 15 - 18 (-1.59u)
Chris: 8 - 22 (-11.18u)
Josh: 12 - 10 (+8.35u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
Listeners: 4 - 6 (-0.33u)
As a cast: 64 - 64 (+12.34u)
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3LoL
Joshua Roberts @RobertsNumber49
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 Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Episode 80 - Worlds 2020 Semifinals
Recorded on: October 21st, 2020
The gang gets a little rowdy on this show while recapping quarterfinals, answering an intriguing listener question, and previewing and breaking down this weekend's semifinals showdowns.
My time stamps got lost on this one but we start talking about the matches around the 57 minute mark for those that prefer to skip to that.
John will be streaming his journey to duo with a relatively new player Wilson in an attempt to get to gold before the end of the season in a couple of weeks via The Esports Department stream at www.twitch.tv/TheEsportsDepartment
The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast
Intro
Quarterfinals Recap
Listener Question (compliments of BigKev)
Semifinal #1: DAMWON Gaming vs G2 Esports (Saturday)
Semifinal #2: TOP Esports vs Suning Gaming (Sunday)
Pick of the Week!
Sign Offs
Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and leave a review. Vince will read every single review left on iTunes on the cast! If it's good, or at least entertaining, we have some prizes lined up!
Chris works with The Game Haus who present awesome LOL content!
John and Vince were both guests on RotoGrinders' Morning Grind Podcast. We'd like to thank Stevie for having us on! Check him out @SteveTPFL !
Vince was a guest on The Deep Dive April 1st
2020 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince: 22 - 10 (+9.65u)
John: 14 - 18 (-3.41u)
Chris: 8 - 21 (-10.18u)
Josh: 12 - 9 (+9.35u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
Listeners: 3 - 6 (-1.33u)
As a cast: 62 - 62 (+11.89u)
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3LoL
Joshua Roberts @RobertsNumber49
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)
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Episode 79 - Worlds Quarterfinals Breakdown
Recorded on: October 13th, 2020
It's quarterfinals time! The gang recaps the group stage performances and breaks down the four quarterfinals matches starting Thursday.
Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you consume the show! It helps out visibility and gets the name out there!
The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast
Intro
0:01:35 - News: Yamato and Sandbox
0:06:41 - News: Tarzan potentially to LNG?
0:10:53 - V5 players called back to Suning
0:12:20 - Group Stage Recap starting with the annual NA bitchfest
0:43:15 - Quarterfinal #1: DAMWON vs DragonX
0:53:15 - Quarterfinals #2: Suning vs JDG
1:00:24 - Quarterfinal #3: TOP Esports vs Fnatic
1:10:06 - Quarterfinal #4: Gen.G vs G2 Esports
1:21:16 - Pick of the Week!
Sign Offs
Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and leave a review. Vince will read every single review left on iTunes on the cast! If it's good, or at least entertaining, we have some prizes lined up!
Chris works with The Game Haus who present awesome LOL content!
John and Vince were both guests on RotoGrinders' Morning Grind Podcast. We'd like to thank Stevie for having us on! Check him out @SteveTPFL !
Vince was a guest on The Deep Dive April 1st
2020 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince: 21 - 10 (+8.29u)
John: 14 - 17 (-2.41u)
Chris: 8 - 20 (-9.18u)
Josh: 11 - 9 (+5.05u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
Listeners: 2 - 6 (-1.93u)
As a cast: 60 - 60 (+8.23u)
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3LoL
Joshua Roberts @RobertsNumber49
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 Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Episode 78 - Hittin' It and Quittin' It with Big Underdogs
Recorded on: October 6th, 2020
Josh, John, Vince, and eventually Chris recap the first round robin of the main event group stage, answer a few listener questions, and dive right into the second round robin starting on Thursday with some insight into how we're approaching things from a betting and DFS perspective.
Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or wherever you consume the show! It helps out visibility and gets the name out there!
The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast
Intro
0:01:59 - Listener Questions (thanks to @gaucholoco3 and @BigKev)
0:12:00 - Side Topic: Playing off-meta champions viable or not?
0:21:55 - Recapping the first round robin
0:43:32 - Thursday Group A
1:07:30 - DraftKings format for second round robin
1:11:29 - Friday Group B
1:26:35 - Saturday Group C
1:41:12 - Sunday Group D
1:54:25 - Pick of the Week
Sign Offs
Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and leave a review. Vince will read every single review left on iTunes on the cast! If it's good, or at least entertaining, we have some prizes lined up!
Chris works with The Game Haus who present awesome LOL content!
John and Vince were both guests on RotoGrinders' Morning Grind Podcast. We'd like to thank Stevie for having us on! Check him out @SteveTPFL !
Vince was a guest on The Deep Dive April 1st
2020 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):
Vince: 20 - 10 (+7.72u)
John: 13 - 17 (-3.87u)
Chris: 8 - 19 (-8.18u)
Josh: 11 - 8 (+6.05u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
Listeners: 2 - 5 (-0.93u)
As a cast: 58 - 58 (+8.2u)
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3LoL
Joshua Roberts @RobertsNumber49
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)