The Gold Card Podcast

Hey everyone, Vince here, former host of The Gold Card Podcast.  It was a fun run for the Gold Card but I just wanted to drop in and let people know that I've started a new project, a daily show called The League of Legends Betting Podcast. It's available on most major platforms with more on the way. I hope to see you there.   Vince's Twitter: @GelatiLOL Vince's Patreon: Patreon.com/GelatiLOL

Episode 118 - Vengeance Parlays   Recorded on August 18th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Josh, John, and Vince spend some time recapping Josh's vacation, the previous weekend's playoff series, and then look ahead to the lines for this weekend and beyond.   We went by region this time around because the DFS slates are likely to be two days by league instead of multiple leagues by day.   Intro   0:05:00ish - 0:44:00 - Recap of playoffs so far in all four leagues   0:44:00 - LPL Weekend Slate   1:06:00 - LCK Weekend Slate   1:18:00 - LEC Weekend Slate   1:30:00 - LCS Weekend Slate     -1:55:00 - Pick of the Week       Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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     Pick of the Week sheet can be found here   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)

Episode 117 - Playoffs All Around!   Recorded on August 11th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   John and Vince two man this week with a guest appearance by Josh phoning in from the airport on his way back from vacation for a little bit. The meat of the show was the playoffs in the LEC, LPL, and LCS but the guys also covered the final week of the regular season in the LCK as well as some listener questions from the Twitch chat.   We went by region this time around because the DFS slates are likely to be two days by league instead of multiple leagues by day.   Intro   0:4:30 - LCK Week 10 Slate   0:28:20 - LPL Playoffs Weekend Slate   0:44:35 - LEC Playoffs Weekend Slate   ~1:00:00 - LCS Playoffs Weekend Slate   -1:15:00 - Pick of the Week       Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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     Pick of the Week sheet can be found here   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)

Episode 116 - Duo Queue   Recorded on August 4th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Wednesday afternoon show with just John and Vince this week due to some scheduling conflicts and Josh being on vacation. The two go over the playoff pictures in the four leagues as well as how they handle "meaningless" games as well as go over the short card for the weekend and playoffs.    Intro   ~ 00:05:00 ? Friday Slate   00:33:00 - Saturday Slate   00:46:00 - Sunday Slate   Pick of the Week   Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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     Pick of the Week sheet can be found here   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)

Episode 115 - The wins never came...   Recorded on July 28th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   We unforunately had a ton of technical difficulties in recording this episode so if it jumps around seemingly randomly we appologize but I tried to splice it together in the most sensicle way possible. It also screwed up my time stamps so no stamps for this episode. We went in usual order of Friday to Sunday by day.     Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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     Pick of the Week sheet can be found here   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)

Episode 114 - The Chihuahua Cast   Recorded on July 22nd, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   It's been a tumultuous few weeks scheduling including the first show Vince has ever missed on The Gold Card but we're back in action with the full crew as we get toward the final weeks of the Summer regular season in all four leagues. Josh, John, Vince, and Chris break down the playoff pictures and then dive head first into the weekend slate.   We skipped the Friday slate in the LPL and LCK for this show because we had to record on a Thursday night.    Intro / News    0:25:00  - Friday Slate (LEC/LCS)   1:04:00 - Saturday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   1:28:00 - Sunday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   ~1:49:00 - Pick of the Week     Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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     Pick of the Week sheet can be found here   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)

Episode 111 - Rage Fading   Recorded on June 30th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   The full crew discuss the Schalke sale to start the show before diving into the full slate, some plate tectonics happening in a few of the leagues, and getting into the nitty gritty on how much of what we've seen we can trust so far.   Intro / News    0:13:55 - Friday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   1:19:00 - Saturday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   1:54:00 - Sunday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   ~2:25:00 - Pick of the Week     Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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     Pick of the Week sheet can be found here   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)

Episode 110 - "He can't Dudu everything.." feat. surprise guest Locodoco   Recorded on June 23rd, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   The show starts with John, Josh, and Vince reviewing some of the news from this week before Locodoco makes a surprise appearance on the show to give some insight on how player personality issues are dealt with and worked on behind the scenes. It was great to have him on spur of the moment for a topic that he has a ton of experience with over his years of coaching across the globe. You can find his Twitter @Locodoco.   From there, the gang dives right into the big weekend slate as usual.   Intro / News    0:09:45 - Locodoco spur of the moment joins the show to give some insight into behind the scenes machinery regarding player attitudes/personalities   0:37:00 - Friday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   1:09:00 - Listener review from JacobVican   1:10:15 - Saturday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   1:41:45 - Sunday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   1:54:38 - Pick of the Week     Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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     Pick of the Week sheet can be found here   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)

Episode 109 - Grats to the winners   Recorded on June 17th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   The full crew meet for a weird Thursday afternoon show due to some scheduling issues and bring you a full weekend breakdown as well as cover a few big picture concepts regarding the current patch and markets.   Intro / News    0:06:31 - Friday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   1:07:00 - Saturday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   1:39:30 - Sunday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   ~1:32:00 - Pick of the Week     Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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     Pick of the Week sheet can be found here   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)

Episode 108 - Money for Dogs   Recorded on June 9th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Chris, Josh, John, and Vince touch on a few news pieces and then go right into our first full slate of the Summer season with all four leagues running starting Friday!   Intro / News    0:07:00 - Friday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   1:11:30 - Saturday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   1:39:30 - Sunday Slate (LPL/LCK and LEC/LCS)   ~2:00:00 - Pick of the Week     Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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     Pick of the Week sheet can be found here   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)

Episode 107 - Summer Opening Weekend   Recorded on June 2nd, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Chris, Josh, and Vince touch on a few news pieces that came out after last weeks roster rundown show and then dive directly into the opening weekend lines for the Summer!   Intro / News    0:20:00 - LCS Opening Weekend   0:52:30 - LPL Opening lines (Monday-Wednesday)   1:05:00 - LCK Opening Lines (Wednesday and Thursday)   1:11:45 - Pick of the Week     Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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     Pick of the Week sheet can be found here   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)

Episode 106 - MSI Recap and Roster Moves for Summer   Recorded on May 27th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Chris, Josh, and Vince recap the MSI Knockout Stage and Finals before diving into each and every roster move made across the four major leagues in preparation for the Summer season starting up next Friday June 4th with the LCS!   Intro / MSI Recap   0:13:00 - LCS Roster Moves   0:38:00 - LEC Roster Moves   0:57:00 - LPL Roster Moves   1:27:00 - LCK Roster Moves     Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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     Pick of the Week sheet can be found here   Record Win Loss Push Net: Winnings   Vince 6 10   0.025 6.262575758 units John 7 9   3.49 10.80% ROI Josh 6 8   -0.292424242 120.3207418 AVG ODDS Chris 6 6   3.04 ^ main cast                 Main Cast 25 33   6.262575758                   Guests 1 0   1.01     Listeners 9 4   5.324395349                   ALL TOLD 35 37     12.59697111 units           17.50% ROI           ^ with guests and listeners       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)

Episode 105 - MSI Rumble Stage Recap and Knockout Preview   Recorded on May 19th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   The final four teams remain to slug it out this weekend for the MSI Title and to potentially earn their region an extra spot at the World Championships in the Fall. The full crew starts by recapping the Rumble stage and then dives into this weekends slate.   A lot of the conversation bleeds over and jumps all around so no time stamps for this one. Roughly 38:20 for the actual series talk.      Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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     Pick of the Week sheet can be found here   Record Win Loss Push Net: Winnings   Vince 6 10   0.025 6.262575758 units John 7 9   3.49 10.80% ROI Josh 6 8   -0.292424242 120.3207418 AVG ODDS Chris 6 6   3.04 ^ main cast                 Main Cast 25 33   6.262575758                   Guests 1 0   1.01     Listeners 9 4   5.324395349                   ALL TOLD 35 37     12.59697111 units           17.50% ROI           ^ with guests and listeners       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)

Episode 104 - MSI Group Stage Recap and Rumble Preview   Recorded on May 12th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Chris was unfortunately unable to join us this week but John, Josh, and Vince cast on by answering a great listener question, recapping the group stage, and previewing the next Rumble stage which starts on Friday morning.   Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  5 - 8 (-1.745u)   John:  7 - 6 (+2.2u)   Chris: 6 - 6 (+3.04u)   Josh: 6 - 6 (+0.71u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  8 - 4 (+5.32 units)     Main cast: 24 - 26 (+6.49 units)   ROI (main cast): +8.76%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +16.74%     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)

Episode 103 - Mid-Season Invitational 2021 Preview Show   Recorded on May 3rd, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   The gang opens the show by introducing every team in the tournament and some brief thoughts on each before diving into their tier lists and relative rankings. From there they break down the opening lines for the group stage.   Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  5 - 8 (-1.745u)   John:  7 - 6 (+2.2u)   Chris: 6 - 6 (+3.04u)   Josh: 6 - 6 (+0.71u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  8 - 4 (+5.32 units)     Main cast: 24 - 26 (+6.49 units)   ROI (main cast): +8.76%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +16.74%     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)

Episode 102 - The Chill Cast   Recorded on April 29th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   We're in the few weeks before the long road for the rest of the season. With the crew fresh off of a few weeks rest they break down some EU Masters, noteworthy news, and hit on a few listener questions all in no particular order.    We'll be recording our MSI Special on Monday night May 3rd at 830pm Eastern over on TheEsportsDepartment's Twitch            Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  5 - 8 (-1.745u)   John:  7 - 6 (+2.2u)   Chris: 6 - 6 (+3.04u)   Josh: 6 - 6 (+0.71u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  8 - 4 (+5.32 units)     Main cast: 24 - 26 (+6.49 units)   ROI (main cast): +8.76%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +16.74%     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)

Episode 101 - Playoffs and Technical Difficulties   Recorded on April 7th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   We made it to Episode 100! Thanks you all of you that have listened throughout the years and here's to many more!   In a show plagued by technical difficulties, John, Josh, and Vince get some playoff opinions on the table for the final 3 and 4 in the four major leagues as well as some big picture discussion.   We apologize for the technical difficulties. For those that were watching the live stream they witnessed it in person but essentially what happened was for seemingly no reason whatsoever the recording software suddenly stopped picking up everyone besides Vince. After trying a few fixes and work arounds live on air we decided to just roll on with the podcast to finish out the last 15 or so minutes. It turns out that was corrupted too. I'll be trying to figure out what went wrong for next week but we didn't want to let this recording go to waste either given the time sensativity of the subject matter.     0:00:10 - Introduction   0:07:50 - News: MSI Starts May 6th   0:08:45 - TOP vs EDG Thursday AND Saturday Slate LPL Semis   0:28:25 - 100 Thieves bitchfest   0:36:10 - LCK Spring Grand Finals: DAMWON vs Gen.G   0:43:30 - LEC Loseres (lol) Bracket: G2 vs Rogue   0:54:00 - LCS Loseres Semis: TSM vs Liquid   0:59:40 - Assorted speculation on future slates... audio starts cutting out   ~1:00:00 - Edited tag with summary and POTW after technical difficulties. See above note.             Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  5 - 8 (-1.745u)   John:  7 - 6 (+2.2u)   Chris: 6 - 6 (+3.04u)   Josh: 6 - 6 (+0.71u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  8 - 4 (+5.32 units)     Main cast: 24 - 26 (+6.49 units)   ROI (main cast): +8.76%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +16.74%     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)

Episode 100 - Story Time with John.... oh and playoffs too I guess   Recorded on March 30th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   We made it to Episode 100! Thanks you all of you that have listened throughout the years and here's to many more!   The show opens with some story time with John, a listener review, and then the gang dives head first into the playoff slates for this weekend across the globe.    I found some mistakes in the POTW spreadsheet that should be corrected now (I hope so...). Sorry if the numbers look all whacked out but I was missing a week and had ... it doesn't matter Vince screwed up but it's fixed now.   We had to kind of improvise a little on hypothetical matchups for the Friday-Sunday slates but we touch on everything.   0:00:40 - Story Time with John   0:11:10 - Introduction   0:13:00 - Listener Review from WhipDole   0:16:20 - News: MSI Group Draw Announcement   0:19:10 - News: WildRift launch, DotA banning "smurfs"   0:21:25 - Playoff Slate Wednesday 3/31 and Thurs 4/1   0:45:40 - LPL Friday (Suning/LNG) and hypothetical LCK matchups   0:53:10 - LEC Friday: Fnatic vs Schalke   1:04:00 - LEC Saturday: G2 vs MAD Lions   1:10:15 - LCS Saturday: Liquid vs Cloud 9   1:14:40 - LCS Sunday: TSM vs 100 Thieves   1:25:06 - Pick of the Week!         Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  4 - 8 (-2.22u)   John:  6 - 5 (+3.2u)   Chris: 5 - 6 (+1.23u)   Josh: 5 - 6 (-0.47u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  7 - 4 (+4.67 units)     Main cast: 21 - 25 (+4.03 units)   ROI (main cast): +8.76%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +16.74%     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)

Episode 99 - I got 99 episodes...   Recorded on March 24th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   The final week of the regular season, playoff scenarios, and actual playoff matches all covered one by one by the full GCP crew! Intro     Playoff Pictures   Friday Slate   Saturday Slate   Sunday Slate     Pick of the Week!         Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  3 - 8 (-3.23u)   John:  6 - 5 (+3.2u)   Chris: 3 - 7 (-2.6u)   Josh: 6 - 4 (+2.55u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  7 - 3 (+5.73 units)     Main cast: 18 - 24 (+1.92 units)   ROI (main cast): +4.6%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +14.5%     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)

Episode 98 - The Garvey Experiment   Recorded on March 17th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   The full crew discusses the LDL situation and some other news topics followed by a breakdown of the playoff pictures in all four leagues before diving into the weekend card.  Intro   News Topics: LDL and other small ones   Playoff Pictures   Friday Slate   Saturday Slate   Sunday Slate   Speculation on LEC lines for next week's playoff matches   Pick of the Week!         Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  3 - 7 (-2.23u)   John:  5 - 4 (+4.2u)   Chris: 3 - 6 (-1.6u)   Josh: 5 - 4 (+1.53u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  6 - 3 (+4.73 units)     Main cast: 16 - 22 (+0.9 units)   ROI (main cast): +2.36%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +13.84%     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)

Episode 97 - Think of Crownshot like a banana...   Recorded on March 10th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   The clip the title references can be found here.   The usual crew discuss a few news topics and then dive into an extensive slate with full slates in every major league (and three game slates on Saturday/Sunday in the LPL). Lot of matches, lot of discussion, and as always, a few digressions and interactions with the Twitch Chat. Intro   Listener Questions from @WillisKingofGame and @vinegarbasedhotsauce   LPL Weekend Slate   LCK Weekend Slate   LEC Weekend Slate   LCS Weekend Slate   Pick of the Week!         Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  2 - 7 (-3.51u)   John:  5 - 4 (+4.2u)   Chris: 2 - 6 (-3.29u)   Josh: 4 - 3 (+1.24u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  5 - 3 (+3.43 units)     Main cast: 12 - 21 (-2.37 units)   ROI (main cast): -6.95%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +4.84%     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)

Episode 96 - Volcanoes, MSI, and Playoff Pictures   Recorded on March 3rd, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   The usual crew discuss a few news topics and then dive into an extensive slate with full slates in every major league (and three game slates on Saturday/Sunday in the LPL). Lot of matches, lot of discussion, and as always, a few digressions and interactions with the Twitch Chat. Intro   News: MSI Announcement, other stuff   LPL Weekend Slate   LCK Weekend Slate   LEC Weekend Slate   LCS Weekend Slate   Pick of the Week!         Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  2 - 6 (-2.51u)   John:  4 - 4 (+3.19u)   Chris: 2 - 5 (-2.29u)   Josh: 4 - 3 (+1.24u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  4 - 2 (+3.72 units)     Main cast: 12 - 18 (-0.3724 units)   ROI (main cast): -1.24%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +13.35%     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)

Episode 95 - Knock Knock   Recorded on February 24th, 2021   We stream most episodes of the show over on The Esports Department Twitch Channel    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   The usual crew discuss a few news topics and then dive into an extensive slate with full slates in every major league (and three game slates on Saturday/Sunday in the LPL). Lot of matches, lot of discussion, and as always, a few digressions and interactions with the Twitch Chat. Intro   News: Bo Match fixing scandal, EpicSkillshot VOD library channel, Pobelter/RJS, more   LPL Weekend Slate   LCK Weekend Slate   LEC Weekend Slate   LCS Weekend Slate   Pick of the Week!         Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  2 - 5 (-1.51u)   John:  4 - 3 (+4.19u)   Chris: 2 - 4 (-1.29u)   Josh: 4 - 3 (+2.24u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  4 - 2 (+3.72 units)     Main cast: 12 - 14 (+3.63 units)   ROI (main cast): +28.82%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +42.63%     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)

Episode 94 - When Doves Cry   Recorded on February 17th, 2021   With Josh's power out from the weather the crew bring in Allen better known as "xGhostrider90", one of the the hosts of The Esports Deaprtment's Infinity Edge Podcast! LCK Roster changes take up the first portion along with some other news followed by the usual weekend slate and a few digressions as always including why we're seeing so many upsets so far.    You can find Allen @xGhostrider90 on Twitter   The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Intro   News: Broxah arrival, LCK eligibility / roster changes   LCK Weekend Slate   LEC Weekend Slate   LCS Weekend Slate   Pick of the Week!         Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  2 - 4 (-0.51u)   John:  4 - 2 (+5.19u)   Chris: 2 - 3 (-0.29u)   Josh: 4 - 2 (+2.24u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  4 - 1 (+4.72 units)     Main cast: 12 - 11 (+6.63 units)   ROI (main cast): +28.82%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +42.63%     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)

Episode 93 - The Josh Roberts Reasonable Takes Memorial Podcast   Recorded on February 10th, 2021   Josh is HYPED on some big news about one of his favorite players!   With the LCK and LPL on break for Chinese New Year, the GCP gives their mid-season takeaways for certain teams and players, as well as a look forward and some discussion about the full leagues in the LPL and LCK. After that they breakdown the weekend cards in the LEC and LCS.   The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Intro   LCK Mid-Season Takeaways   LPL Mid-Season Takeaways   LEC Weekend Slate   LCS Weekend Slate   Pick of the Week!         Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  2 - 3 (+0.49u)   John:  3 - 2 (+3.75u)   Chris: 2 - 2 (+0.71u)   Josh: 4 - 1 (+3.24u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  3 - 1 (+3.91 units)     Main cast: 11 - 8 (+8.19 units)   ROI (main cast): +43.09%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +54.62%     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)

Episode 92 - Fantasy players hate this one simple trick!    Recorded on February 3rd, 2021   Episode title compliments of Avalanche2025 from TESD Discord   John, Josh, and Vince open the show with a discussion about the pros and cons of unlocking the regional restrictions. This topic could honestly be a whole podcast by itself but a number of angles are touched on for people to think about. After that it's into the slate starting with the LCS Opening weekend and thoughts from the first Lock-In Tournament. And finally... Super Bowl Predictions because who doesn't?   The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Intro   Discussion Topic: LCS Coaches ask about lifting region locking restrictions   LCS Opening Weekend   LEC Weekend Slate   LPL Weekend Slate   LCK Weekend Slate   Pick of the Week!           Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  2 - 2 (+1.49u)   John:  3 - 1 (+4.75u)   Chris: 1 - 2 (-0.33u)   Josh: 4 - 0 (+4.24u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  3 - 0 (+4.91 units)     Main cast: 10 - 5 (+10.15 units)   ROI (main cast): +67.65%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +84.57%     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)

Episode 91 - Overreaction Szn   Recorded on January 27th, 2021   The full crew have a very normal regular season show for the first time in awhile. Breath of fresh air! Is Vince buying LNG? Josh wonders "Why would anybody bets against Chovy?" Is John out on Nongshim? Has Chris been hurt too many times by RNG? This and more!   The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Intro   LCK Weekend Slate   LPL Weekend Slate   LEC Weekend Slate   LCS Lock-In Semifinals + Finals   Pick of the Week!           Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  2 - 1 (+2.49u)   John:  2 - 1 (+3.06u)   Chris: 1 - 1 (+0.67u)   Josh: 3 - 0 (+3.48u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  2 - 0 (+4.33 units)     Main cast: 8 - 3 (+9.7 units)   ROI (main cast): +88.18%   ROI (with guests and listeners): +107.43%     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)

Episode 90 - Non-Fungible Tokens   Recorded on January 20th, 2021   After a fun listener question to open, John, Josh, and Vince discuss a few small news topics and then break down our first full "normal" slate with all four "major" leagues running. They also give their first impressions on what we've seen so far in the LPL, LCK, and the LCS Lock-In Tournament.   The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Intro   Listener Question: Best Jungler of all time? (from BigKev)   00:16:12 - News: Tian taking time off for health reasons / how to handle roster changes   00:29:09 - LCK Slate   01:04:03 - LPL Slate   01:36:35 - LEC Slate   02:06:45 - LCS Lock-In Slate   02:17:35 - Pick of the Week!       Pick of the Week Records (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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!     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   2021 Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):   Vince:  2 - 0 (+3.49u)   John:  2 - 0 (+3.49u)   Chris: 1 - 0 (+1.67u)   Josh: 2 - 0 (+2.29u)   Guests: 1 - 0 (+1.01 units)   Listeners:  1 - 0 (+1.12 units)     Main cast: 7 - 0 (+11.51 units)       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)

Episode 89 - LCS Pre-Season Preview and LCS Lock-In   Recorded on January 13th, 2021   The great Allen Heffelfinger (@LCSPicks) contributor at LineMovement.com and TheEsportsDepartment.com joins the full Gold Card Crew as we breakdown every team in the LCS, discuss the Lock-In tournament, make picks for the Lock-In opening days, and then follow it up with picks for this weekends LPL and LCK slates   The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Intro   00:00:00 - LCS Team-by-Team Outlook   01:44:30 - LCS Lock-in Futures and Opening Matches   01:58:20 - LPL Week 2 Slate    02:27:25 - LCK Week 1 Slate   02:50:00 - Pick of the Week!       Podcast Composite Rankings Composite RANK COMPOSITE RANK LOW RANK HIGH RANK Liquid 8 1 3 1 Cloud 9 12 2 4 1 100 Thieves 16 3 4 2 TSM 19 4 5 2 Evil Geniuses 29 5 7 5 FlyQuest 29 5 7 4 CLG 33 7 8 5 Immortals 38 8 9 6 Golden Guardians 43 9 10 7 Dignitas 48 10 10 9       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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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:  1 - 0 (+1.93u)   John:  1 - 0 (+2.83u)   Chris:    Josh: 1 - 0 (+1.14u)   Guests:    Listeners:      As a cast: 3 - 0 (+5.9 units)       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)

Episode 88 - LCK Pre-Season Preview and LPL Opening Week Lines   Recorded on January 6th, 2021   We're back with a second episode for you this week this time with the LCK Pre-Season Preview AND opening weekend in the LPL. Professional LOL IS BACK IN ACTION YO!    The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Intro   LCK Power Rankings   Build your own futures market!   LPL Spring Week 1 Handicapping   Podcast Composite Rankings Team Composite RANK T1 3.3 1 Damwon 3.7 2 GenG 7.0 3 KT Rolster 11.3 4 Afreeca 12.7 5 Hanwha Life 15.3 7 Liiv Sandbox 16.0 8 NS Redforce 14.7 6 DRX 22.0 9 Fredit Brion 22.3 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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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

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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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)

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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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)

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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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)

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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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)

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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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)  

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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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)  

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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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)  

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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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)  

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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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)

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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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)

Episode 77 - Drew Brees and the Worlds Main Event   Recorded on: September 30th, 2020   The usual crew, John, Josh, Vince, and Chris spend some time recapping the Play-In stage, their thoughts on the wildcard regions in general, and players that stuck out to them. From there they dive into the main event group stage, their big picture approach to it, and the matchups themselves. Pick of the week and... a little bonus content at the end ;-)   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   Play-In Stage Recap   Worlds Main Event Group Stage Days 1-4   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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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: 19 - 10 (+7.18u)   John:  13 - 16 (-2.87u)   Chris: 8 - 18 (-7.18u)   Josh: 10 - 8 (+5.37u)   Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)   Listeners: 2 - 4 (+0.07u)     As a cast: 56 - 56 (+8.98u)       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)

  Episode 76 - The 2020 Worlds Mega Show!   Recorded on: September 18th-22nd, 2020   We wanted to do something special for Worlds so we put together a who's who of the LOL DFS, betting, and analyst community to collect our thoughts as we head into everyone's favorite time of the year!   This took a lot of work and I'd like to thank everyone for contributing their time and thoughts!   The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Guests in order of appearance   @LeagueOfItems Mike is active on Twitter and Youtube under the same name   Allen Heffelfinger can be found on Twitter @LCSPicks and as a writer at LineMovement.com   James McCool @PayDirt_DFS creates models for all sports at PayDirt DFS and also writes at LineMovement.com   @TimSevenhuysen is the Founder of OraclesElixir.com and is the Head of Data Science at EsportsOne.com   Lewis Smith @E1Lew contributes to EsportsOne.com and hosts 'E1 Fantasy The Lock-In Podcast'    Xing Li can be found on Twitter @XingTheLi and as a contributor at DOTeSports.com   Jason Malmanger @Mr_Malmanger writes LOL DFS articles over at RotoBaller   Kalvin Thongchamleunsouk @RulerrSama is a LOL DFS writer over at RotoWire       Intro   00:01:37 - Mike @LeagueOfItems    00:30:51 - Allen Heffelfinger @LCSPicks   00:52:32 - James McCool @PayDirt_DFS   01:18:17 - Tim Sevenhuysen   01:47:23 - Lewis Smith @E1Lew   02:12:50 - Xing Li @XingTheLi   02:35:14 - Jason Malmanger @Mr_Malmanger   02:58:30 - Kalvin Thongchamleunsouk @RulerrSama   03:37:06 - The Gold Card Podcast Usuals     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!      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)

Episode 75 - Meet the Play-Ins!   Recorded on: September 16th, 2020   John, Josh, and Vince hangout in a more relaxed show discussing the play-in stage in it's entirety, introducing everyone to each of the wildcard region teams, and breaking down our thoughts on how it will play out. John also updates everyoen on EU Masters and we briefly discuss the finalized Worlds patch (10.19).    Next week will be a special show celebrating Worlds with a who's who of guests. It should be awesome and we hope you'll join us. Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe!   The Gold Card Podcast finally has it's own Twitter handle! @GoldCardPodcast   Intro   European Masters Update    Patch 10.19 update   Introduction to the Play-In Stage Format   Introduction to the Wildcard teams   Who's getting out of play-ins?   Brief thoughts on how groups play out after play-ins   Worlds Futures Update   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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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: 19 - 10 (+7.18u)   John:  13 - 16 (-2.87u)   Chris: 8 - 18 (-7.18u)   Josh: 10 - 8 (+5.37u)   Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)   Listeners: 2 - 4 (+0.07u)     As a cast: 56 - 56 (+8.98u)       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)

Episode 74 - The calm before the storm   Recorded on: September 9th, 2020   The GCP welcomes on special guest Allen Heffelfinger (@LCSPicks) to recap the Summer playoffs in the LCK, LEC, and LCS, answer listener questions, and start looking ahead to the World Championships taking place in a couple of weeks. This show was a lot less structured and more free-flowing than our normal shows since there weren't any matches this week but hopefully the looser feel works for people. If not let us know in a review! It was great to finally get the chance to sit down and talk shop with Allen. Just like how I got started, Allen started a blog with his thoughts and picks that he still maintains here (LCSPicks.com). You can also find him at LineMovement.com      Intro   LCS / LEC / LCK Playoff Recaps   European Masters Run Down (Allen and John)   News: Nuguri collapsed lung   Worlds Patch (brief overview)   Listener Questions (thanks yo @bconnor034, @Mr_Malmanger, @RaiderJay_BBB, @Fuhonky, @BigKev (Esports Dept Discord member)) Worlds Futures   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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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: 19 - 10 (+7.18u)   John:  13 - 16 (-2.87u)   Chris: 8 - 18 (-7.18u)   Josh: 10 - 8 (+5.37u)   Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)   Listeners: 2 - 4 (+0.07u)     As a cast: 56 - 56 (+8.98u)       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)

Episode 73 - The COO vs The CEO   Recorded on: September 2nd, 2020   The Gold Card crew discusses playoffs in all four of the major regions as well as a brief opening about some thoughts on EU Masters which kicked off this week.    Intro   0:01:45 - News / Listener Questions   0:53:20 - LCK Summer Grand Finals and LCK Regional Gauntlet   1:08:27 - LEC Playoffs   1:14:44 - LCS Playoffs   1:28:30 - 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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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: 19 - 9 (+8.18u)   John:  13 - 15 (-1.87u)   Chris: 7 - 18 (-9.2u)   Josh: 10 - 6 (+7.37u)   Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)   Listeners: 1 - 4 (-0.5u)     As a cast: 54 - 50 (+12.25u)       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)

Episode 72 - The more things change the more they stay the same   Recorded on: August 25th, 2020   The Gold Card crew discusses playoffs in all four of the major regions as well as a brief opening about some thoughts on EU Masters which kicked off this week.    Intro   0:01:45 - EU Masters Opening Thoughts   0:12:00 - LCK Playoffs   0:27:25 - LPL Summer Finals    0:35:27 - LPL Regional Gauntlet   0:52:53 - LCS Playoffs   1:12:07- LEC Playoffs   1:32:00 - 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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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: 18 - 9 (+7.47u)   John:  13 - 14 (-0.87u)   Chris: 7 - 16 (-8.41u)   Josh: 10 - 5 (+8.37u)   Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)   Listeners: 1 - 3 (+0.5u)     As a cast: 54 - 50 (+12.25u)       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)

Episode 71 - Playoffs and Week 10 LCK with special guest @LeagueofItems   Recorded on: August 18th, 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 Gold Card Podcast welcomes on special guest Mike @LeagueofItems   ! Mike is a coach, analyst, player, and DFS player. We open with a brief discussion of the MarkZ drama and Scout/Meiko testing free agency. From there the gang discusses the final week of LCK and playoffs in the LEC, LPL, and LCS. This was a pretty long episode but with a lot to talk about, everything from big picture metagames to coaching approach, we think it should give a very strong foundation for handicapping this weekends games, all of which we discuss! It was a pleasure having Mike on for this show and you can find all of his content on Youtube, Twitch, and Twitter. All under LeagueOfItems   Intro   0:01:30 - News items   0:20:20 - LCK Week 10 Slate    1:11:40 - LPL Playoffs - Semifinals   1:40:44 - LCS Playoffs   2:03:25 - LEC Playoffs   2:27:15 - 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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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: 17 - 9 (+6.99u)   John:  13 - 13 (+0.13u)   Chris: 7 - 16 (-8.41u)   Josh: 10 - 5 (+8.37u)   Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)   Listeners: 0 - 3 (-3.0u)     As a cast: 53 - 47 (+14.77u)       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)

Episode 70 - Summer Playoffs Round One vs The LCK Chalk Monster   Recorded on: August 11th, 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.   With the final week of the regular season for 2020 in the LCS, LEC, and LPL this weekend, the full Gold Card crew discusses playoff implications, the weekend slate, some news items, and a few big picture philosophical concepts about the state of the game and how we need to re-evaluate what is truly important in handicapping LOL right now because of it. There's also a few fun digressions :)    Intro   0:01:30 - News items   0:08:340 - LCK Week 9 Slate    0:16:53 - LPL Playoffs Round 1 - Victory Five vs FunPlus Phoenix   0:22:52 - LPL Playoffs Round 1 - LGD Gaming vs Team WE   0:29:20 - LPL Playoffs Round 2 - Brief thoughts   0:31:10 - LCS Playoffs Round 1 - TSM vs Golden Guardians   0:37:30 - LCS Playoffs Round 1 - FlyQuest vs Evil Geniuses   0:49:56 - 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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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: 16 - 9 (+6.21u)   John:  13 - 12 (+1.13u)   Chris: 6 - 16 (-8.41u)   Josh: 9 - 5 (+6.94u)   Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)   Listeners: 0 - 2 (-2.0u)     As a cast: 50 - 46 (+12.35u)       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 (Faceboo

Episode 69 - JackeyLove's FOMO   Recorded on: August 5th, 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.   With the final week of the regular season for 2020 in the LCS, LEC, and LPL this weekend, the full Gold Card crew discusses playoff implications, the weekend slate, some news items, and a few big picture philosophical concepts about the state of the game and how we need to re-evaluate what is truly important in handicapping LOL right now because of it. There's also a few fun digressions :)    Intro   0:01:30 - News items   0:10:15 - LCS Weekend Slate / Playoff Picture   0:46:25 - LEC Weekend Slate / Playoff Picture   1:22:33 - LCK Weekend Slate    1:36:16 - LPL Weekend Slate / Playoff Picture   2:11:43 - 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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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: 16 - 8 (+7.21u)   John:  13 - 11 (+2.13u)   Chris: 5 - 16 (-9.43u)   Josh: 8 - 5 (+5.75u)   Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)     As a cast: 48 - 44 (+12.14u)       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) 

Episode 68 - Team Solo Top   Recorded on: July 29th, 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, the weekly news points, and then dives into the weekend slate!    Intro   0:01:30 - News items   0:10:55 - LCK Slate + Playoff Picture   0:35:23 - LCS Slate + Playoff Picture   1:12:42 - LPL Slate + Playoff Picture   1:49:29- LEC Slate + Playoff Picture   2:11:39 - 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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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: 16 - 7 (+8.21u)   John:  12 - 11 (+1.1u)   Chris: 5 - 14 (-7.43u)   Josh: 7 - 5 (+4.45u)   Kalvin: 6 - 4 (+4.71u)     As a cast: 46 - 42 (+11.81u)       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) 

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!   The Gold Card Podcast is brought to you by TheEsportsDepartment.com! Analysis, projections, FL optimizer, and more!   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)