What Could Have Been

This week's elimination was a surprising one, given Chester & Ephraim's strong finish in the past leg. They seemed like a team that could go deep into the race, so it's a bit disappointing to see them hit such a string of bad luck at the airports. There were a lot of gamesmanship in particular at the airport, seeing Leo/Jamal trying to jockey Tim/Danny onto that flight...

Week 3 Results
1st place - Travis/Nicole (2x)
2nd place - Jason/Amy (1.8x)
3rd place - Nicky/Kim (1.5x)
4th place - Tim/Danny (1.2x)
5th place - Brandon/Adam (even)
6th place - Leo/Jamal (.8x)
7th place - Ally/Ashley (.5x)
8th place - Tim/Marie (.2x)
9th place - Chester/Ephraim (0x)

Boom or Bust

This seemed to be one of those "fork in the road" kind of weeks, where the scores diverged a bit. Travis/Nicole and Jason/Amy were fairly popular picks and netted a lot of points, but Tim/Marie and Chester/Ephraim were also fairly popular too... So the results were a bit of a mixed bag overall.

We did have one player bust out of the game this week, however: pepperz. After last weeks 1st place finish, Chester/Ephraim seemed like safe bets, but alas, their delayed flight did them in. Thanks for playing, pepperz!

This week's Greatest Gainer Award goes to vennui who climbed 11 ranks overall, and is now right on the bubble of the Top 10. Way to go, vennui!

And, this week's the Perfect Bet Award goes to both ARNutz and vennui, who doubled-up on their Travis/Nicole bets. Very nicely done.

Leaderboard
1. sarah1234 - 67
2. IanQuentin - 53
3. Yogi - 48
4. bbenzenberg - 46
5. Jims02 - 46
6. Ontheroadagain - 46
7. esquire - 44
8. louislam - 43
9. ARNutz - 36
10. KwietOne - 34
11. vennui - 34
12. Georjanna - 32
13. Belle Book - 31
14. taffnic - 28
15. beau_30 - 25
16. FfantasyFX - 22
17. MzTee - 19
18. Corvis - 19
19. Starshine - 13
20. adricharlie - 11
21. Estee - 10
22. flipxcyd - 9
23. kduck - 8
24. chiubakka - 4
25. mikey - 4
26. Snidget - 4
27. jbenz - 2
28. floyd2 - 2
29. Molaholic - 2
30. pepperz - 0

sarah1234 has leapt into the lead, taking control of what is now a very crowded field. With sarah1234 retain her lead, or will we have yet another leader come Week 5? We shall see.

New Players Welcome!

This is the final week the TAR Casino Game will be open to new entrants. Players who join this week will receive 5 points to start.

For an entire list of rules, check out Week 1's thread.

Week 4 Payout Table
1st place - 2x
2nd place - 1.5x
3rd place - 1.4x
4th place - 1.3x
5th place - .7x
6th place - .6x
7th place - .5x
8th place - 0x

Max Individual Bet - 25 points

That max bet is making its way up there!

TAR23 Teams Remaining
Ally/Ashley
Brandon/Adam
Jason/Amy
Leo/Jamal
Nicky/Kim
Tim/Danny
Tim/Marie
Travis/Nicole

Good luck everyone!

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