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It's been awhile since we've seen someone on the show who looked like they wanted to kill their teammate more than Wynona. I get that Chuck was just joking around with some of his comments when they were sitting around, but Wynona really didn't seem to be in a joking mood. It might just be their dynamic, though, heightened by the stress of the race.
Week 8 Results 1st place - Bates/Anthony (2x) 2nd place - Mona/Beth (1.7x) 3rd place - Max/Katie (1.2x) 4th place - Caroline/Jennifer (.9x) 5th place - Joey/Meghan (.2x) 6th place - Chuck/Wynona (0x)
A No Limit Game in Disguise
Y'know when I decided to go with this credit card gimmick this season, I didn't realize we'd have 1 team completely outclass everyone for 3 straight weeks.
Basically, Bates/Anthony is making the standings look pretty silly these days, as all of our scores are in the upper stratosphere now. The Bonus Game was surprisingly difficult to nail down, however, so it did allow a few people to jump away from the pack a little.
We did lose one player this week, however: mikey. He went after that bonus game wager and unfortunately whiffed on it. But, as I say, it's best to go down swinging in this game. Thanks for playing, mikey!
The Greatest Gainer Award
goes to alemattos and Belle Book, who both climbed up 7 ranks this week, all the way to a Top 3 finish each. Now that is how it's done.
The Perfect Bet Award goes to bbenzenberg, who snagged an awesome 5x payout with a credit card bet. Way to go!
So, two weeks ago, pepperz jumped from #8 all the way to #1 the following week. And then last week IanQuentin jumped from #8 to #1 overall. And now this week alemattos climbs all the way to #1 from the #8 spot.
So that means it's a good week to be FFantasyFX.
Week 9 Payout Table 1st place - 2x 2nd place - 1.5x 3rd place - Break even 4th place - .5x 5th place - 0x
Max Individual Bet - 380 points Credit Limit - 360 points Interest Rate - 30%
We're cranking that interest rate up to 30%. And when everyone still manages to profit this week, we're going to 40!
We're probably in for a huge, huge crash sooner or later.
Bonus Game - Same or Different?
In this game, the object is to determine if each of the 5 teams is going to finish in the same rank as last week or in a different one. If you get all 5 of your predictions correct, you win. But if you get even one of your guesses wrong, then you'll lose your bet.
Same/Diff Payout Table All 5 Correct - 20x At Least 1 Incorrect - 0x
Max Bet - 20 points
Yeah, you're reading that right. We're offering 20-to-1 odds on this game. I finally got around to counting how many different combinations there are. By my count, there's 27 of them, with only 1 correct answer. So I'm giving me a 7x house edge and calling it 20x.
Remember, your wager is on the whole set of 5 teams, so it's an all-or-nothing thing. For example, a bonus bet might look like:
Bonus - 20 points
Bates/Anthony - SAME Mona/Beth - DIFFERENT Max/Katie - SAME Caroline/Jennifer - DIFFERENT Meghan/Joey - SAME
Heck, you can even vote all 5 SAME or all 5 DIFFERENT if you want. It's up to you!
TAR22 Teams Remaining Bates/Anthony Caroline/Jennifer Joey/Meghan Max/Katie Mona/Beth
Good luck!
And to think I only offered 6x on the bonus game last year. What a rip-off.
I have this weird feeling that this is a big week. I don't know what it is exactly, call it intuition if you want, but it's there.
This bet is really tricky, because I really, really hate Bates/Anthony's "We need a miracle" comment in the previews, because it doesn't seem like the kind of thing one would say when they're cruising to a 1st place finish. But Max/Katie have burned me sooooooooo many times this year (including last week's bonus) by not being able to beat anyone one-on-one.
Hmmmmmmmm.
Screw it. I'm going for it.
380 points - Max/Katie 60 points - Bates/Anthony
Full loan on Max/Katie.
Bonus game - 20 points
Bates/Anthony - DIFFERENT Mona/Beth - DIFFERENT Max/Katie - DIFFERENT Caroline/Jennifer - SAME Meghan/Joey - DIFFERENT
EDIT: Haha, I stared at my entry for a full 20 minutes trying to decide and now see IanQuentin did the same thing I was contemplating. Well, now I feel slightly better about this gamble.
Well I picked a stupid week to go MIA. Usually I am out of town on a week when someone unexpected wins and I make out by not betting. Last week, not so much! I am so far behind that I need to bet on someone other than the Hockey Bros. And as you said Jims, Max and Katie have burned us too many times so I'm going to bet
200 on Mona and Beth
and 17 on the bonus
Week 8 Results 1st place - Bates/Anthony - different 2nd place - Mona/Beth - different 3rd place - Max/Katie - different 4th place - Caroline/Jennifer - different 5th place - Joey/Meghan - same
Heh . . . thanks Jims for adding no pressure. I'm feeling a change-up this week as well, but I don't think I'm putting points on Max/Katie ever again. :-P
280 points on Joey/Meghan 154 points on Mona/Beth
Passing on the credit card this week.
Same/Different Bonus - 20 points on:
Bates/Anthony - Different Mona/Beth - Same Max/Katie - Different Caroline/Jennifer - Same Meghan/Joey - Different
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