East to West
Looks like this will be another one of those "West to East" seasons that they seem to be doing lately. It's interesting they do it this way, because I've always felt like the Asia legs are slightly more challenging than the Europe ones. But this is All Stars after all, so it makes sense.
Also, can't say I'm that upset about the Twinnies going first, either.
Week 1 Results
1st place - Jet/Cord (2x)
2nd place - Brendon/Rachel (1.6x)
3rd place - Dave/Connor (1.3x)
4th place - Margie/Luke (1.2x)
5th place - Leo/Jamal (1.1x)
6th place - Mark/Mallory (even)
7th place - Flight Time/Big Easy (.9x)
8th place - Jessica/John (.8x)
9th place - Caroline/Jennifer (.7x)
10th place - Joey/Meghan (.4x)
11th place - Natalie/Nadiya (0x)
For scoring purposes, we treated all Bopper/Mark wagers as Mark/Mallory instead. Luckily they finished with 1x, so everything ended up back at square one anyway.
Good Week 1
Pretty solid Week 1 overall. There were a lot of Jet/Cord wagers, which certainly helped matters, as well as a smattering of Dave/Connor ones. Actually, not a single player ended up with less than their original 20 starting points, which has got to be some kind of record.
Most successful TAR Casino wagerers ever? Quite possibly. And all it took was a giant board hacking.
Weekly awards will start next week.
Leaderboard
michiganlargefan - 40
tribephyl - 40
coldbrewer - 40
flipxcyd01 - 40
taffnic - 40
Yogi - 40
Jims03 - 40
Georganna - 40
Molaholic - 36
FFantasyFX - 34
starshine - 33
adricharlie - 32
sarah12345 - 30
jbenz2 - 28
mikey - 26
bbenz - 26
Ontheroadagain1 - 24
IanQuentin - 24
Estee - 20
New Players Still Welcome!
Throughout the next three weeks, the TAR Casino Game will be open to new entrants. Players who join this week will receive 15 points to start.
And don't worry about starting out a little behind, because it's definitely still possible to win after missing Week 1. Just ask IanQuentin. 
For an entire list of rules, check out last week's thread.
Week 1 Payout Table
1st place - 2x
2nd place - 1.7x
3rd place - 1.4x
4th place - 1.2x
5th place - 1.1x
6th place - .9x
7th place - .8x
8th place - .6x
9th place - .3x
10th place - 0x
Max Individual Bet - 35 points
Max Individual Bets!
Like in previous seasons, this game is going to be a Limit Game. That means that all bets this year will have a limit cap called the max individual bet. The Max Individual Bet is the maximum amount that a player may wager on a specific team. This week, it's a 35 point limit.
Now, if you have more than 35 points, you can still use them all. You just can't bet them all on one team. You could theoretically bet the max on one team and then bet whatever's leftover on someone else. It's just one individual bet can't exceed 35 points.
TAR24 Teams Remaining
Brendon/Rachel
Caroline/Jennifer
Dave/Connor
Flight Time/Big Easy
Jessica/John
Jet/Cord
Joey/Meghan
Leo/Jamal
Margie/Luke
Mark/Mallory
Good luck! 
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