{"id":103515,"date":"2019-04-23T12:54:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T19:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=103515"},"modified":"2019-04-23T12:55:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T19:55:13","slug":"game-of-thrones-death-pools-just-got-lively-as-army-of-dead-turns-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/game-of-thrones-death-pools-just-got-lively-as-army-of-dead-turns-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of Thrones Death Pools Spring Into Life as Army of the Dead Descends on Winterfell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Game of Thrones <\/em>Season 8<\/a>, episode 2 ended on Sunday night with [spoiler alert] more than half the cast who haven\u2019t yet been killed off trapped in Winterfell as the Night King and his remorseless Army of the Dead prepared to swarm the fortress.<\/p>\n

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The general consensus among the Game of Thrones characters currently holed up in Winterfell is that this guy is going to kill all of them. But which one will he choose first? (Image: HBO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Suddenly, for lovers of betting action, the Game of Thrones<\/em> Death Pools<\/a> have become pretty interesting. These are the popular betting markets bookmakers offer on which character is going to die next — and episode 3 promises to be gory.<\/p>\n

We can expect many of our favorite characters to die next week — if not all of them. We know this because we were reminded of it constantly by the characters themselves throughout episode 2.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re All Going to Die!\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cThis is different, this is death,\u201d explains Podrick of the Army of the Dead early on. Arya puts on a brave face on it, but later admits to Gendry, \u201cWe\u2019re probably going to die soon,\u201d and so she may as well lose her virginity.<\/p>\n

Gendry just happens to be in the right place at the right time.<\/p>\n

But wait, at least there\u2019s a battle plan: Kill the Night King and his remorseless wights will probably just evaporate into thin air. Maybe. We can even use Bran as bait.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bran is up for it.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all going to die,\u201d says Tormund matter-of-factly once he\u2019s heard the plan, \u201cbut at least we\u2019re going to die together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Later, he tells us a strange story about breastfeeding.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast man left, burn the rest of us,\u201d says Eddison Tollet in a rare moment of levity.<\/p>\n

Place Your Bets<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Outside, on the battlements, Tyrion and Jaime are shooting the breeze: \u201cSo, we\u2019re going to die at Winterfell,\u201d muses Tyrion to his brother, relishing the delicious irony.<\/p>\n

Later, gazing into a roaring hearth, Tyrion tells Jaime he\u2019d like to see the look on their father\u2019s face if he knew his sons were going to \u201cdie defending Winterfell.\u201d More irony relished.<\/p>\n

Enter Brienne and Gendry: \u201cWe didn\u2019t mean to interrupt,\u201d says Brienne, \u201cwe were just looking for somewhere warm to \u2013\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cContemplate your imminent death? You\u2019ve come to the right place,\u201d interjects Tyrion, without missing a beat.<\/p>\n

Enter Davos: \u201cFigured I could wait to die freezing my balls off out there or wait to die nice and warm in here,\u201d he says. No contest, really, Davos.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least we\u2019ll die with honor,\u201d says Brienne later.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we might live,\u201d says Tyrion, suddenly.<\/p>\n

Everybody laughs.<\/p>\n

Curtains for Ser Brienne?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Bloodbath it is then. But who\u2019s going first?<\/p>\n

Well, for a start, the bookies don\u2019t think it\u2019s the Night King, which means the battle plan is expected to fail.<\/p>\n

Jaime Lannister is the favorite with many bookmakers, possibly because he is not only facing an army of undead but he\u2019s also on Arya\u2019s kill list — and Cersei\u2019s.<\/p>\n

But for us, it\u2019s just got to be curtains for Brienne. At the end of the last episode she became a knight, fulfilling her life\u2019s dream, and you don\u2019t get happy endings in Game of Thrones.<\/em> You just don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Brienne is 2\/1 to be the first main character to die (albeit with honor) in episode 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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