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World Cup Pool/Contest

obmike

obmike

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The World Cup 2010 starts June 11th. I'm trying to see if there is enough interest in doing a pool. If we could get a total of 8 entries, we could do a random draw for groups A-H. You would get 4 teams in your group. We could pay for 1st and 2nd place. As far as stakes, I thought maybe a fiver with a total value of about $50, with the losers paying the winners directly. As far as eligibility, if you qualify to post for sale in the BST forum, you would qualify to enter the contest.

Mike
 
obmike said:
The World Cup 2010 starts June 11th. I'm trying to see if there is enough interest in doing a pool. If we could get a total of 8 entries, we could do a random draw for groups A-H. You would get 4 teams in your group. We could pay for 1st and 2nd place. As far as stakes, I thought maybe a fiver with a total value of about $50, with the losers paying the winners directly. As far as eligibility, if you qualify to post for sale in the BST forum, you would qualify to enter the contest.

Mike
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I am up for it. :thumbs:
 
I have never been in a futbol pool. Count me in on this one!
 
I'm in but I might need someone to explain the rules of footy. :p
 
I'm in if there's room on the pitch. And just like Maradona, I'll streak naked through the streets of Argentina if I win this thing!
 
As of right we have

1:eek:bmike
2:pembroke3355
3:modo22
4:longdraw
5:fatken
6:jayro75
7:mumike
8:vinnyvega

alt: norcalmark

I'll be sending out PMs to each of these to verify involvement.

Mike
 
The verified participants

1:eek:bmike
2:pembroke3355
3:modo22
4:longdraw
5:fatken
6:jayro75
7:mumike
8:vinnyvega

There are 8 groups A-H [FIFA]. I had to think of a random way to assign groups and I started to thing of how the use to do the number in the old days. (That is the precursor to the daily lottery) We will use the close value of the DJIA on Monday, June 7th to assign teams. We will start with the farthest right digit and look for the first digit that is in the range 1-8 (for the number of participants). That will be A group. The rest of the groups will just follow after that. For example, on Friday, the DJIA closed at 9931.97. The rightmost digit is 7 and is in the range of 1-8. So person 7 (mumike) would have got the A group. Then we just keep going... person 8 (vinnyvega) would have got the B group, person 1 (obmike) would have got the C group and so on. If the rightmost digit isn't in the range 1-8, we go to the next digit over until we get one that is in the range 1-8.

Again, we are using the close of the DJIA on Monday [USA Today Money]. After the close, I'll add a post that shows what group everyone has.

Placing will be determined by the highest placing team in your group.

The folks who finish 3rd and 4th will send a fiver worth approximately $50 to the person that finishes 2nd. The folks that finish 5th to 8th will send a fiver worth approximately $50 to the person that finishes first.

Sorry it is so complicated, but I had to come up with a way to randomly assign the groups.
 
obmike said:
The verified participants

1:eek:bmike
2:pembroke3355
3:modo22
4:longdraw
5:fatken
6:jayro75
7:mumike
8:vinnyvega

There are 8 groups A-H [FIFA]. I had to think of a random way to assign groups and I started to thing of how the use to do the number in the old days. (That is the precursor to the daily lottery) We will use the close value of the DJIA on Monday, June 7th to assign teams. We will start with the farthest right digit and look for the first digit that is in the range 1-8 (for the number of participants). That will be A group. The rest of the groups will just follow after that. For example, on Friday, the DJIA closed at 9931.97. The rightmost digit is 7 and is in the range of 1-8. So person 7 (mumike) would have got the A group. Then we just keep going... person 8 (vinnyvega) would have got the B group, person 1 (obmike) would have got the C group and so on. If the rightmost digit isn't in the range 1-8, we go to the next digit over until we get one that is in the range 1-8.

Again, we are using the close of the DJIA on Monday [USA Today Money]. After the close, I'll add a post that shows what group everyone has.

Placing will be determined by the highest placing team in your group.

The folks who finish 3rd and 4th will send a fiver worth approximately $50 to the person that finishes 2nd. The folks that finish 5th to 8th will send a fiver worth approximately $50 to the person that finishes first.

Sorry it is so complicated, but I had to come up with a way to randomly assign the groups.
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I think that is great. Yeah it is complicated, but it is different, interesting and very random. This should be fun.
 
The DJIA closed at 9816.49 yesterday. Since we don't have a person #9, we go to the next one over - the #4

1:eek:bmike - Group F
2:pembroke3355 - Group G
3:modo22 - Group H
4:longdraw - Group A
5:fatken - Group B
6:jayro75 - Group C
7:mumike - Group D
8:vinnyvega - Group E

Look like I just became an Italy fan.
 
Lol. Real easy for me to root for the USA and England.
 
Go Argentina (unless they play the USA)! Maradona said he would run naked thru the streets if Argentina won the WC. I will run naked thru my house if they win.

Good luck everyone.

Ken
 
Looks like I should have been keeping up on Cigar Pass more regularly. Between a new position coaching futbol at a local high school, and getting my daughter to her 3rd place finish in Kentucky Youth Soccer, then on to tryouts for my 3 kids at local clubs, I must say I was a bit preoccupied. I hope all goes well for the pool! 3 days till cup play...
 
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