Funny because I find La Liga way more predictable with the big two dominating so hard, whereas the Premier League has those random shock results almost every weekend. It feels more chaottic to me but maybe that chaos makes the patterns stand out if you watch it closely enough.
oh man that part about raising bets after a losing streak really hit home, i did that once on a bad blackjack session and it was like watching a slow motion car crash. i just kept thinking the next hand *had* to be the one and nope, just deeper in the hole. now i literally stand up and walk away after three losses in a row.
They're defiintely the safest bet on paper but international tournaments rarely follow the script, especially with the way some of the smaller teams have been grinding out results lately.
Reading your opponent is something that clicked for me when I stopped string at my own cards and started watching bet sizes instead. I lost so many pots early on because I missed the simple tell of someone suddenly min raising after playing passively for ten hands.