Best Bets | Canadian Curling Olympic Trials | Day 8

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It’s Semifinal Saturday at the Canadian Curling Olympic Trials in Saskatoon.

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Teams will compete for a chance to take on the qualified finalists, with a spot in the Beijing Olympics on the line.

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Here is my bet for Day 8 of the Canadian Curling Olympic Trials.

The headline game is the Men’s Semifinal, featuring Team Jacobs taking on Team Koe.

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It was eight years ago when Brad Jacobs won the Canadian Curling Trials, en route to winning the gold medal at the Sochi 2014 Olympics.

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Kevin Koe is a two-time world champion who won the last Canadian Curling Trials, representing Team Canada at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

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Jacobs enters this game with a 7-1 record while Koe is 6-2.

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The two squared off in the round-robin with Jacobs defeating Koe 8-2.

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It was a dominating performance for Jacobs, who curled at a 97 percent rate in that game.

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For the week, Team Jacobs is at 92 percent while Team Koe is at 90 percent.

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While it’s easy to look at the round robin performance as an indicator, rememberer that Koe’s Calgary team defeated Jacobs at the Western Showdown in October 8-1.

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This semifinal promises to be an epic game between two veteran teams.

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But I like Team Jacobs to squeak out the victory, setting up a stellar final against Team Gushue.

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So give me Team Jacobs as the outright winner currently betting at -115.