Analysis, discussion, and strategy for betting on professional League of Legends.
Episodes
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Episode 67 - The Power of Friendship
Recorded on: July 22nd, 2020
The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by The Esports Department! Get the analysis, projections, and tools used by the pros for League of Legends, DotA2, and CounterStrike: Global Offensive betting and DFS.
The GCP crew discuss the playoff picture for each major region in detail, a few small news topics, and the weekend slate!
Intro
0:01:40 - News items
0:09:05 - Playoff Pictures (Long discussion)
0:58:35 - LPL Weekend Slate
1:21:39 - LCK Weekend Slate
1:36:30 - LEC Weekend Slate
2:01:14 - LCS Weekend Slate
2:20:15 - Pick of the Week
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: 15 - 7 (+6.62u)
John: 12 - 10 (+2.1u)
Chris: 5 - 14 (-7.43u)
Josh: 5 - 5 (+1.81u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
As a cast: 44 - 40 (+10.45u)
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 Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Episode 66 - Jactroll, Destiny, and Tahm Kench walk into a bar...
Recorded on: July 15th, 2020
The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by The Esports Department! Get the analysis, projections, and tools used by the pros for League of Legends and CounterStrike: Global Offensive betting and DFS.
The GCP crew discuss the return of the LEC and our thoughts heading into the second half. They also cover the LCK, LPL, and LCS slates for the weekend as well as a few other topics along the way.
Intro
0:01:40 - Listener question (compliments of Mtom347)
0:07:45 - New Items
0:22:05 - LEC Weekend Slate
1:01:55 - LPL Weekend Slate
0:57:05 - LCS Weekend Slate
1:22:58 - LCK Weekend Slate
1:46:29 - LPL Weekend Slate
2:07:37 - Pick of the Week
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: 14 - 7 (+6.03u)
John: 11 - 10 (+1.32u)
Chris: 5 - 13 (-6.43u)
Josh: 5 - 5 (+1.81u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
As a cast: 41 - 39 (+9.21u)
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 Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Episode 65 - The Tree not the forest
Recorded on: July 8th, 2020
The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by The Esports Department! Get the analysis, projections, and tools used by the pros for League of Legends and CounterStrike: Global Offensive betting and DFS.
The full squad is back in action to discuss the LCK, LPL, and LCS while the LEC is on break. Other topics include TheShy, Fnatic, stats that don't correlate to winning that people think do, and the best champion in League of Legends.
Intro
0:01:50 - Listener question/stat discussion
0:12:50 - TheShy
0:29:46 - LCK Weekend Slate
1:01:55 - LPL Weekend Slate
1:29:45 - LEC Halfway Discussion
1:30:44 - LCS Weekend Slate
2:03:00 - Pick of the Week
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: 14 - 6 (+7.03u)
John: 11 - 9 (+2.32u)
Chris: 5 - 12 (-5.43u)
Josh: 4 - 5 (-0.16u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
As a cast: 40 - 36 (+10.24u)
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 Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Episode 64 - Le Dunk de la Mort
Recorded on: July 1st, 2020
The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by The Esports Department! Get the analysis, projections, and tools used by the pros for League of Legends and CounterStrike: Global Offensive betting and DFS.
A three man crew goes over the full weekend slate, our top 5 teams in the world (currently) rankings, some news, and some big picture conversations about overreactions as it pertains to Europe.
Intro
0:01:45 - News
0:17:00 - Listener questions
0:27:00 - LCK Weekend Slate
0:57:20 - LPL Weekend Slate
1:22:00 - LEC Weekend Slate
1:49:00 - LCS Weekend Slate
2:12:00 - Pick of the Week
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: 14 - 5 (+8.03u)
John: 10 - 9 (+1.35)
Chris: 4 - 12 (-6.48u)
Josh: 4 - 4 (+0.84u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
As a cast: 38 - 34 (+10.22u)
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 Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Episode 63 - There is no Hope
Recorded on: June 24th, 2020
The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by The Esports Department! Get the analysis, projections, and tools used by the pros for League of Legends and CounterStrike: Global Offensive betting and DFS.
Intro
0:01:45 - LCS Weekend Slate
0:41:10 - LEC Weekend Slate
1:17:20 - LPL Weekend Slate
1:36:24 - LCK Weekend Slate
1:52:20- Pick of the Week
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: 13 - 5 (+7.29u)
John: 10 - 8 (+2.35)
Chris: 4 - 11 (-5.48u)
Josh: 3 - 4 (+0.01u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
As a cast: 36 - 32 (+10.65u)
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)
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Episode 62 - Bringing ignite to a smite fight
Recorded on: June 15th, 2020
The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by The Esports Department! Get the analysis, projections, and tools used by the pros for League of Legends and CounterStrike: Global Offensive betting and DFS.
The Gold Card crew always brings the correct summoner spells to the show unlike ... well, we talk about it.
The LCK starts up on Wednesday so we wanted to get an episode out earlier in the week to you all in anticipation of Vince's favorite league! We preview each team and lay out our general thoughts on the league as a whole heading into Summer. From there we go into the weekend LCK, LPL, LEC, and LCS slates for our first true "mega" weekend.
Intro
0:05:05 - Opening weekend thoughts LEC / LCS
0:21:02 - LCK Preview
0:12:30 - LCS Big Picture Thoughts
0:45:20 - LCK Weekend Slate
1:05:35 - LPL Weekend Slate
1:32:15 - LEC Weekend Slate
2:00:00 - LCS Weekend Slate
2:13:25 - Pick of the Week
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: 12 - 5 (+6.54u)
John: 9 - 8 (+1.23u)
Chris: 4 - 10 (-4.48u)
Josh: 2 - 4 (-0.48u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
As a cast: 33 - 31 (+9.29u)
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 Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Episode 61 - LEC/LCS Previews and the Executive Vice President
Recorded on: June 10th, 2020
The gang goes over our big picture takes on the LEC and LCS before diving into the weekend slate which includes a full extra day of LEC on Sunday! A lot of games to get to and the LCK hasn't even started yet!
Intro
0:02:10 - News: Immortals roster announcement
0:04:40 - LEC Big Picture Thoughts
0:12:30 - LCS Big Picture Thoughts
0:22:45 - Futures/Outrights for LEC/LCS
0:29:13 - LPL Weekend Slate
1:10:22 - LEC Week One Slate
1:42:40 - LCS Week One Slate
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: 11 - 5 (+5.33u)
John: 8 - 8 (+0.3u)
Chris: 4 - 9 (-3.48u)
Josh: 2 - 3 (+0.52u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
As a cast: 31 - 29 (+9.15u)
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 Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Episode 60 - Pouring one out for Uzi
Recorded on: June 3rd, 2020
Vince's router's power went out during the middle of this recording due to tornados in the area but only for a few minutes and since he does the recording it got a little choppy at the beginning and the end. I edited it in a way that should feel pretty natural besides the obvious cut. EVEN THROUGH TORNADOS WE BRING THE FREE CONTENT HYPE TRAIN!
Intro
0:00:58 - Kalvin stepping down from the show
0:03:18 - Uzi retires
0:21:58 - News: RNG add 705
0:25:10 - LEC Roster Changes and Overview
0:57:30 - LCS Roster Changes and Overview
1:33:40 - LPL Week 1 Slate
The show opens with some sad news as Kalvin wil be taking an indefinite leave of absence from the show. With his work schedule changing constantly and limited time to spend with friends and family he had to make a tough decision and step down until things are sorted out. He's an original founder, one of the guys doing this every week even when nobody was listening. May the underdogs live on my friend. Cheers!... this isn't a funeral guys you can still break his balls on Twitter ;-)
From there, more sad news, the retirement of one of the greatest to ever play the game. Below are some of his obscene career stats:
Accomplishments: Worlds Runner-up 2013 and 2014, Worlds Top 8 2016, Worlds Top 4 2017, Worlds Top 8 2018, 2x LPL Champion, 3x LPL Runner-up
Career Stats (includes exibitions):
683 games, 412 wins - 271 losses (60.3%)
3553 kills - 1526 deaths - 3821 assists (4.83 KDA)
9.75 cs per minute (over 230,000 creeps killed)
Advanced Metrics (since 2013 worlds):
5.1 KDA, 10.0 cs per minute, 471 gold per minute, 71.2% kill participation
Ahead in CS at 15 mins 77.5%, CS differential @ 15 mins +12.8 (two waves...)
XP differential @ 15 mins +417 (about two waves)
First blood victim 0.8%, first blood participant 4.1% (Ming was only first blood victim 2.2%, 3% as a bot lane is insane)
607.9 damage per minute (again, since Worlds 2013... think about that)
Highest CS per minute every single LPL season he ever played in full-time
7 Pentakills (3 on Vayne)
Most kills in professional history. First to 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000, 3500
Reached 100 kills in first 14 games of his career (avg 7.1 kills per game)
From there the gang discusses LEC and LCS roster changes and a brief overview of those leagues as we prepare for the Summer split. Who will be improved? Who got worse? How does the playoff picture look? All that and more! Last but not least we touch on the opening weekend for LPL Summer 2020 and make our selections!
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!
Vince's Picks/Analysis Blog - Daily betting picks, analysis, and musings about professional LOL
Kalvin is writing DFS material for RotoWire
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: 10 - 5 (+4.59u)
John: 8 - 7 (+1.3u)
Chris: 4 - 9 (-3.48u)
Josh: 1 - 3 (-1.25u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
As a cast: 29 - 28 (+5.87u)
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3LoL
Kalvin @RulerrSama
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 May 28, 2020
Thursday May 28, 2020
Episode 59 - Upper Management Material
Recorded on: May 28th, 2020
John, Josh, and Vince are all going to be putting out content for our new project over at The Esports Department.com which will be launching this coming week! We're very excited about it and have put a ton of work into preparing our own project!
Josh, Chris, John, and Vince break down our teams for the hypothetical "World Cup" of League of Legends posed in a listener question last week! See John's Twitter for voting on the bracket every day over the next couple of weeks!
After that the guys breakdown a few pieces of news and then the opening lines and outrights for the Mid Season Cup between the LPL and LCK that starts on May 28th.
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!
Intro
0:02:01 - Mid-Season Cup Day One Thoughts
0:11:30 - LPL Offseason Changes and outlook for Summer split the rest of the show
Chris works with The Game Haus who present awesome LOL content!
Vince's Picks/Analysis Blog - Daily betting picks, analysis, and musings about professional LOL
Kalvin is writing DFS material for RotoWire
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: 9 - 5 (+3.38u)
John: 7 - 7 (+0.43u)
Chris: 4 - 8 (-2.48u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
Guests: 1 - 2 (-0.25u)
As a cast: 27 - 26 (+5.79u)
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3LoL
Kalvin @RulerrSama
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 May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
Episode 58 - The Gold Card Podcast "World Cup" and Mid Season Cup
Recorded on: May 20th, 2020
John, Josh, and Vince are all going to be writing for our new project over at The Esports Department.com which will be launching this coming week! We're very excited about it and have put a ton of work into preparing our own project!
Josh, Chris, John, and Vince break down our teams for the hypothetical "World Cup" of League of Legends posed in a listener question last week! See John's Twitter for voting on the bracket every day over the next couple of weeks!
After that the guys breakdown a few pieces of news and then the opening lines and outrights for the Mid Season Cup between the LPL and LCK that starts on May 28th.
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!
Intro
0:02:30 - "World Cup"Teams
0:41:37 - News
0:59:45 - Mid Season Cup Discussion and Picks
Vince has written for The Action Network and Sports Gambling Podcast Network
Chris works with The Game Haus who present awesome LOL content!
Vince's Picks/Analysis Blog - Daily betting picks, analysis, and musings about professional LOL
Kalvin is writing DFS material for RotoWire
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: 9 - 5 (+3.38u)
John: 7 - 7 (+0.43u)
Chris: 4 - 8 (-2.48u)
Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)
Guests: 1 - 2 (-0.25u)
As a cast: 27 - 26 (+5.79u)
Hosts:
Vince C @GelatiLOL
John George @TheEsportsPlug
Chris C @Prim3LoL
Kalvin @RulerrSama
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)