The
game that separates the men/women from the boys/girls. Last year the pot got up to $1,600, and the
winner, Heather Knauf, took home a cool $1000.
Wait wait wait, before you start into
your convoluted rules, did you change anything?
I played this stupid game last year, so just give me the changes so I
can get on with my day!
Ok
settle down. Only changes are:
- We have a new PayPal account. Send all cash to steelcard30@gmail.com
- Seriously guys, PayPal is instantaneous, secure, and incredibly easy. If you don't have an account, you really should.
- We’ve always had an unspoken pick deadline, but I’m going to finally put it in writing. The deadline for the first week of the tournament is just any time prior to the final game of the night tipping off. From the Sweet 16 and on, all picks must be submitted before tip-off of the first game of the day. It’s too easy to game the system based on who other people have picked once the field has gotten that small.
- Another unwritten rule I’ll now formalize: if anyone sends an invalid pick or forgets to pick, they will receive the biggest favorite they could have possibly picked by the deadline. So on the first week, they’d get the biggest available favorite in the last set of games. After that first week, just the biggest available favorite overall.
And
with that, now to the rules proper…
Rules
- Choose one team each day that you think will win for that particular day.
- If your team wins, congrats, you are alive for another day! If not, you are out.
- Once you have a chosen a team, you cannot choose that team again for the rest of the contest. If you use Arizona to beat Grambling in round one, Arizona will not be an available option if they are still alive in the Elite 8. If you ever get to a point where you cannot pick a team b/c you have used all the teams playing that day, then you are out.
- The deadline for picks the first week of the tournament is just any time prior to the final group of games of the night tipping off. From the Sweet 16 and on, all picks must be submitted before tip-off of the first game of the day. It’s too easy to game the system based on who other people have picked once the field has gotten that small.
- If anyone sends an invalid pick or forgets to pick, they will receive the biggest favorite they could have possibly picked by the deadline. So on the first week, they’d get the biggest available favorite in the last set of games. After that first week, just the biggest available favorite overall.
- The winner is the last person still alive. In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken in the following manner…
1. Highest combined total of all seeds
selected
§ Ex: You and I get knocked out on Day
6. Because I’m awesome, I had that 12
seed that won in round one. My combined
seed picking total is 28, and yours is 26.
I win.
2. Highest individual seed selected, and
then second highest individual seed, etc.
§ Ex. You and I get knocked out Day 6,
but both of our combined seed totals are 28.
I had my 12 seed, but your highest seed you picked was a 10 seed. I win again.
(This was the tie-breaker we had to get to two years ago, so make sure
you UNDERSTAND THIS RULE.)
3. Highest individual seed selected by
round, and then second highest individual seed by round, etc.
§ Ex. You and I get knocked out Day 6,
both of our combined seed totals are 28, and we have happened to have every
seed we’ve chosen be the exact same.
However, you picked a 10 seed to win in round 1 (which they did), but I
had my 10 seed to win in round 2 (which they did). Once again you lose. You’re really bad at this. (If you don’t understand this rule, that’s
fine. Odds are it will not come in to
play.)
4. If this does not result in a tie being
broken, the pot will be split evenly.
Payment
- Entry cost: $20
- Multiple entries ARE allowed...hell, they're encouraged.
- There will NOT BE A REBUY THIS YEAR. It was too much of a hassle two years ago. If you planned on rebuying, just buy two entries instead.
- Pool will be paid out 100%. The only way the moderators make money is if we are smart enough to beat you fools down. Which we aren’t. Seriously, we’ve never won money in any of our pools. I have no idea why we do this.
- The number of places to be paid out and the allocation of the prize pool in those paid out places will be determined by the moderators once numbers are final and published before the end of the first day of the contest.
- If you refer one or more friends/co-workers/hobos on the corner to the game, you will be entered in a side “referral” pot which is winner take all. The total in this pot will be equal to 25% of all the “referred” entry fees.
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Hey guys, if I buy two or more entries for myself, it’ll be like I
“referred myself”! Does that get me in
the referral pool too? Ugh, I guess you
crazy bastard. But there’s a catch. If you have multiple entries, you must
designate one entry as your “referral pool entry” for its scoring. Sorry, you don’t get to overwhelm the
referral pool and buy yourself a better shot at it too.
- Money must be in my grubby hands in some form before you make your pick. The pool was big enough last year that I feel like I can big-time you all like this.
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PayPal
– Probably the easiest to track and you don’t have to track me down. My paypal ID is steelcard30@gmail.com. In
addition, when paying on PayPal, CHOOSE
THAT IT IS A PERSONAL PAYMENT!
Otherwise, PayPal will take a commission. If you do not have a PayPal account, sign up
now so it can check your bank account.
Again, this is the preferred method of payment. Not only does it guarantee I get the money,
it also GETS YOU PAID FASTER IF YOU
WIN!!! If we are charged commissions because you can't read, that money will come out of the prize pool. We will also post a list of people who didn't choose personal payment, and you will be universally mocked for the rest of time.
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Find
me and physically hand me cash or a check. I literally have to have the payment in my hand. Do not call me and say “I’ll get you
Sunday.” Not happening. Unless that Sunday is the Sunday before the
tournament starts.
Results
All
results will be available at tourneypools.blogspot.com
Payout
Payouts
will be determined at the end based on number of entries. Below are the projected payouts (assuming 100
entries). We will not pay out beyond 5
spots.
1st: $1,200
2nd: $480
3rd: $195
4th: $75
5th: $50
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