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"TAR14 Casino Game - Final Results!"
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"TAR14 Casino Game - Final Results!"

Surf's up!

It's nice that Hawaii finally got to be the Finish Line for this season. Usually, the show treats the state (and Alaska) as the unofficial layover before the final destination city. I wasn't overly impressed with the tasks (surfboards? pigs?) but it was a nice locale.

Oh, and Tammy & Victor won. Good job.

Finale Results
1st place - Tammy/Victor (2x)
2nd place - Cara/Jaime (even)
3rd place - Margie/Luke (0x)

Millions of "Million"s

As usual, the final bonus game was to predict who would say "million" first. Usually, it ends up being the first team out the gate, but Tammy/Victor avoided saying it. It actually came in after 15 minutes when Jaime said the episode quote, "This is how you lose a million dollars," on the beach. And then they said the word over and over and over and over. I counted literally 7-10 times, they said it.

This week's Perfect Bet Award goes to 5cats with a nice 2.96x payout. Way to go!

The Greatest Gainer Award goes to shilfiell who jumped 9 ranks in the final week.

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What?

Oh, you wanted results?

Fine. I've hidden the Top 10 scores in invisible ink, in case you want to reveal them one-by-one dramatically. Highlight them to read it.

Leaderboard
1. 5cats - 44110
2. ARNutz - 20074
3. KwietOne - 8853
4. louislam - 5702
5. Weez - 3634
6. SilverStar - 2555
7. CTgirl - 2174
8. Element King - 2000
9. bbenzenberg - 1605
10. dragonflies - 1206
11. Yogi - 1200
12. Belle Book - 856
13. jbenz - 720
14. Ontheroadagain - 400
15. Higgs - 263
16. vennui - 176
17. FFantasyFX - 140
18. shilfiell - 63
19. tvgeek401 - 46
20. Quepea - 23
21. michel - 12
22. Jims02 - 10
23. kidflash212 - 4
24. sarah1234 - 1
25. popeave - 1
26. flipxcyd - 0
27. beau_30 - 0
28. taffnic 0
29. MzTee - 0

In the end, it was 5cats who managed to leap ahead to 1st place and is the TAR14 Casino Game Grand Champion. Although never leading the pack in a single week, 5cats played an extremely consistent game, starting at #11 after Week 1 and hovering in the Top 10 all the way through. It looked like 5cats was going to be stuck at #4 all season long until Week 9 happened (Kisha/Jen's win) where they jumped to #2. Ultimately a comped Tammy/Victor wager landed 5cats the victory.

Congratulations. You have joined the TAR Casino Game Hall Of Fame!

Previous Casino Game Champions
TAR5 Casino Game - zombiebaby
TAR6 Casino Game - VA Slim
TAR7 Casino Game - esquire
TAR8 Casino Game - Neobie
TAR9 Casino Game - Neobie
TARX Casino Game - bighair
TAR All Stars Casino Game - Higgs
TAR12 Casino Game - KwietOne
TAR13 Casino Game - CTgirl
TAR14 Casino Game - 5cats

ARNutz ended up snagging the Silver Medal overall. ARNutz played a similar game to 5cats, getting a major push in Week 9, but just came up short in the end. Still, a very impressive game played. Finishing third, and snagging the Bronze Medal, was past Casino champ KwietOne. KwietOne was off to an early start, winning a few weeks and being a dominant force. Got passed by ARNutz and 5cats in Week 9, but still finished strong. Congrats!

Special mention goes out to Yogi, who utterly dominated the game early on (much like KwietOne). The Tammy/Victor shakeout in Week 9 hurt his score, forcing him to play catch-up. Tammy/Victor's domination of the race after that point didn't make a comeback possible, so he ended up finishing just outside of the Top 10.

Closing Remarks

Actually, great job to everyone this season. With the comps as crazy as they were, just getting to the final week is an accomplishment. Consider the fact that we started with 50 players.

Before closing out the season, I'd like to thank everyone for playing this year. I say it every year, but I mean it. Every season, I'm extremely gratified by the turnout each year for my little online game. Every season when I start up the game, it's literally one of those "The gang's getting back together!" moments. It's great to see all the familiar faces back each year, as well as welcoming in the new players.

So thanks for playing, everyone! It's been fun!

I'm also obsessed with improving the game each season, and I eagerly await your input on the stuff you liked/disliked. This is stuff like regular rules, betting structure, bonus games, or general complaints against my hotel staff.

Or if you have new ideas, post 'em! As you saw this year with the comps, I like experimenting with the rules. Not all of them always work the best (considering the TAR results), but I'll always lean on the wacky side rather than play it safe.

Anyway, that's it for me. See you next season!


A 2003 IceCat original

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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID  
 RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Resul... KwietOne 05-13-09 1
 RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Resul... Weez 05-13-09 2
 RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Resul... Max Headroom 05-14-09 3
 RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Resul... ARnutz 05-14-09 4
 RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Resul... dragonflies 05-14-09 5
 RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Resul... popeave 05-14-09 6
 RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Resul... 5cats 05-14-09 8
 RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Resul... Belle Book 05-14-09 9
 RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Resul... Yogi 05-14-09 10
 RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Resul... SilverStar 05-18-09 11
 RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Resul... CTgirl 05-22-09 12
 RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Resul... michel 06-02-09 13

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05-13-09, 08:12 PM (EST)
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1. "RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Results!"
As always, thanks for hosting the game! I'm looking forward to TAR15!

I was so hoping 5Cats and ARNutz bet on Margie/Luke. As soon as I saw Yogi's and Louislam's wagers, I was hoping. Oh well.

CONGRATS TO 5Cats! Woot!

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2. "RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Results!"
Holy smokes - 5th place! That's my best, ever!! The fact that I was 41,000 points behind 5Cats is irrelevant.

Thanks once again Jims, for hosting the game. It was fun. Looking forward to the next race!

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3. "RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Results!"
For next season, I think you need to add a second chance for losers players who bust out in the first week of the race.

Thanks for hosting, Jims! I greatly enjoyed the one week I played the game.


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4. "RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Results!"
Congrats to 5cats. Hey, second place ain't to shabby for me.

...and thank you, Jims, for running my favorite game on RTVW. You rock.

I think this season was awesome. The payout tables were great. I loved the comps and the no limit... also the bonuses were pretty cool. I think you should stick with the same format for next season.

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5. "RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Results!"
Whoo Hooo, Top 10! Congrats to 5cats for winning and everyone else for playing. It was a lot of fun this season with the comps and bonuses.

Thanks Jims for hosting this game. This is one I won't miss!



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6. "RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Results!"
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I'm feeling kinda low that I banked my single TARBuck the last week, so I'd be sure to end up in the single digits club. I had developed a pretty consistent track record of betting on Jaime and Cara, so I woulda ended up breaking even for the week, anyway, had I placed a bet.

Thanks for the great fun, Jims02! I was out of it plenty early, but you know that I'll keep on playing, even when others have lapped the field. You can always count on my to join in with the rest of the 'gang' when a new season rolls around. You run a fun game here.

I liked the format, even though I ended up where I did. I was non-competitive for most of the season, so I didn't really pay too much attention to the top scorers. Seeing the final results with the top two finishers each more than doubling up on the person below them, I wonder if anyone feels that it would be nice to have closer scores that keep more people in contention. I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing to have a couple of incredibly high scores.

I liked that you could vary the riskiness of your bets with the comps. For some that was a great plus, and it hurt others (me). I didn't play the loan shark opportunity, but that's because my score was so low at that point that it was too risky of a proposition for me.

I'll be back next time...

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8. "RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Results!"
I can't believe I won; I was so sure Arnutz had it but I had my fingers crossed that he didn't go for T/V. Sorry but I really wanted to win just once! Congrats to Jims for a challenging and fun game. I liked the comp format and the bonus's were good although I don't do well at them. Good job Arnutz and all players old and new!!
I'm so happy happy happy!


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9. "RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Results!"
Okay, so I didn't crack the top 10, but twelfth isn't bad for my first time in this game! I'll learn and do better next time.


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10. "RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Results!"
Wow.. congrats to 5cats.. Well Done!

Jims.. a great season as usual! Thanks again!


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11. "RE: TAR14 Casino Game - Final Results!"
I never thought I would be so happy to be 6th at something-- and yet, here I am! My best placement yet! Woo!
I've played the Casino Game for many years now, and each year I'm getting better and better. Watch out, players of TAR22! I'm comin' for ya!

Congrats to 5cats for a very impressive victory. Way to go!

Jims, you're awesome. I love this game and I look forward to it even more than the actual show. Thank you for your amazing hosting abilities. That Phil dude ain't got nothin' on you.

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Woo-hoo, congrats 5cats! Kudos on the win with all the crazy comps this season!

Thanks Jims for running the casino - one of my favorite games here!

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Congratulations to 5cats! That was a nice come from behind win.

Thanks Jims for running this great game.

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