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"TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"

Posted by Jims02 on 03-20-13 at 11:26 PM
LAST EDITED ON 03-21-13 AT 08:08 PM (EST)

Much U-Turn About Nothing

Look how witty that title is!

Look at it!

I have nothing else to say, just because I'm so pleased with myself for that title. And it pretty much speaks for itself anyway.

Week 5 Results
1st place - Pam/Winnie (2x)
2nd place - Max/Katie (1.5x)
3rd place - Mona/Beth (1.4x)
4th place - Bates/Anthony (1.1x)
5th place - Caroline/Jennifer (.9x)
6th place - Joey/Meghan (.5x)
7th place - Chuck/Wynona (.4x)
8th place - Dave/Connor (0x)

I just noticed that I accidentally mis-labeled 6th and 7th place (meant to do .6x and .5x). Although I accidentally gave too many payout points last year, so I guess it evens out.

Level Grind

This was definitely one of those "grind it out" kind of weeks, where the large majority of players gained points overall... But nobody really broke the bank. We all just had really solid but unspectacular weeks. Nothing wrong with that, I guess, especially after a shake-out last week.

The Greatest Gainer Award goes to bystander and jbenz, who both climbed a cool 5 ranks this week. Nicely done.

The Perfect Bet Award goes to jbenz who snagged a whopping 3x payout using a risky loan wager. Georjanna (2.5x) also had a very nice payout. Way to go, you guys!

Leaderboard
1. KwietOne - 149
2. FFantasyFX - 129
3. CTgirl - 117
4. vennui - 99
5. Starshine - 88
6. Jims02 - 86
7. michel - 81
8. pepperz - 80
9. Estee - 79
10. ARNutz - 76
11. beau_30 - 74
12. flipxcyd - 71
13. louislam - 63
14. alemattos - 61
15. sarah1234 - 58
16. Belle Book - 54
17. Yogi - 51
18. Java - 45
19. bystander - 45
20. Molaholic - 42
21. Ontheroadagain - 41
22. taffnic - 38
23. bbenzenberg - 37
24. mikey - 34
25. IanQuentin - 30
26. jbenz - 21
27. Georjanna - 15
28. MzTee - 11

KwietOne is hanging onto his lead, but the crowd behind him is catching up... With these new credit cards floating around, who knows what could happen?

Week 6 Payout Table
1st place - 2x
2nd place - 1.7x
3rd place - 1.3x
4th place - Break even
5th place - .7x
6th place - .3x
7th place - 0x

Max Individual Bet - 60 points
Credit Limit - 50 points
Interest Rate - 20%

Bumping up the interest to 20% this week, just to see what happens.

Bonus Game - PATty Cake

Time for an oldie-but-goodie. It's time for PAT!

PAT stands for the Painfully Average Team which is the team that finishes right smack in the middle of the pack. They are neither awesome, nor sucky. They're just kinda there. For this week, with 7 teams remaining, that'll be the team that finishes in 4th place.

So you're essentially placing a wager on which team will finish 4th. If you're right, you get a huge payout. If you're wrong you lose the bet. This is a completely separate wager from your regular bet, though.

But remember, you can't borrow points on your credit card, and put them on the PAT bonus game. If you're gonna play the bonus, you gotta spend your own points.

You may also only make one bonus wager, so it's an all-or-nothing gamble.

PAT Payout Table
Correct Answer - 7x
Incorrect Answer - 0x

Max Bet - 10 points

So, with a +60 from this bonus game, you could really make up some ground. So choose carefully!

TAR22 Teams Remaining
Bates/Anthony
Caroline/Jennifer
Chuck/Wynona
Joey/Meghan
Max/Katie
Mona/Beth
Pam/Winnie

Good luck!


Ugh, I can't believe I had bet 70 points on Pam/Winnie last week and then chickened out and went Bates/Anthony. Cost me first place.


Table of contents
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Georjanna, 01:04 AM, 03-21-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,alemattos, 01:09 AM, 03-21-13
    • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Jims02, 01:30 PM, 03-21-13
      • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Jims02, 08:05 PM, 03-21-13
        • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,alemattos, 06:15 PM, 03-22-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,KwietOne, 01:17 AM, 03-21-13
    • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Jims02, 08:07 PM, 03-21-13
      • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,KwietOne, 10:54 PM, 03-21-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Starshine, 04:55 PM, 03-21-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,flipxcyd, 07:58 PM, 03-21-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,KwietOne, 11:10 AM, 03-22-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Molaholic, 07:26 PM, 03-22-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,ARnutz, 10:08 AM, 03-23-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,mikey, 08:13 PM, 03-23-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Java, 09:28 AM, 03-24-13
    • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Java, 10:04 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Ontheroadagain, 01:33 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,alemattos, 01:44 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,louislam, 02:45 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,IanQuentin, 04:25 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,FFantasyFX, 05:22 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,taffnic, 05:41 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,pepperz, 05:43 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,CTgirl, 05:44 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,beau_30, 05:49 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,vennui, 06:09 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,michel, 06:14 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Estee, 06:21 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Yogi, 07:12 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Jims02, 07:19 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,MzTee, 07:28 PM, 03-24-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Belle Book, 07:41 PM, 03-24-13
    • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,Belle Book, 01:52 PM, 03-25-13
  • RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry,bystander, 07:56 PM, 03-24-13

Messages in this discussion
"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Georjanna on 03-21-13 at 01:04 AM
LAST EDITED ON 03-24-13 AT 06:26 PM (EST)


Beginning with ~ 15 Points

Patty Cake:
Pam and Winnie ~ 10 Points

Regular Bet
Mona and Beth ~ 5 Points
On the Card
Mona and Beth ~ 50 Points


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by alemattos on 03-21-13 at 01:09 AM
Hi Jim,

Can you check my points? My bet was:

25 Max/Katie * 1.5 = 37.5
25 Caroline/Jennifer * .9 = 22.5
Borrow 25 on Bates/Anthony * 1.1 = 27.5 - 2.5 = 25
Total: 37.5 + 22.5 + 25 = 85

Right?


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Jims02 on 03-21-13 at 01:30 PM
I don't have time to re-calculate right now (on lunch break), but I'll re-check all of the scores tonight.

In your calculation, you forgot to subtract out the 25 points you borrowed on Bates/Anthony (making that whole bet a wash), and didn't include your 11 points "banked".

By that calc, you should have 71 instead of 61. I'll re-check it all tonight.


A 2003 IceCat original


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Jims02 on 03-21-13 at 08:05 PM
LAST EDITED ON 03-21-13 AT 08:05 PM (EST)

I re-calculated all the scores, and found that your score was correct at 61 points.

I also calculated a net of 85 points total. After taking out the 25 points you borrowed and the 2.5 points of interest, I got a grand total of 60.5 = 61 points.


A 2003 IceCat original


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by alemattos on 03-22-13 at 06:15 PM
Thanks, Jim! I am sorry about the confusion. I guess I didn't want to pay you the 25 points back.

The only thing missing is my 1 point banked.


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by KwietOne on 03-21-13 at 01:17 AM
LAST EDITED ON 03-21-13 AT 01:22 AM (EST)

EP: Deleted post
Sent you a private message


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Jims02 on 03-21-13 at 08:07 PM
LAST EDITED ON 03-21-13 AT 08:08 PM (EST)

I fixed your score. It ended up being 149 points due to a little rounding an extra point on your Bates/Anthony wager (from your calc). Since I was 15 points off, I'm guessing I forgot to enter in your 30 point Max/Katie loan.

Yours was actually the only one I messed up on, so clearly I was subconsciously trying to improve my own chances.

Thanks for the heads-up!


A 2003 IceCat original


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by KwietOne on 03-21-13 at 10:54 PM
HA...thanks JIMS for checking it out. Wager coming soon. Thanks again

"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Starshine on 03-21-13 at 04:55 PM
Confuzzled myself on my score, but I understand now

5th

I think that Joey and Meghan will finish PAT for 10 points

And that

Max and Katie and Bates and Anthony will do well

Max and Katie 39 Points
Bates and Anthony 39 Points

But that Max and Katie will do better

50 points from the card on Max and Katie

Lovely cheese Mooney

Where are Voice of the Beehive when we need them?



"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by flipxcyd on 03-21-13 at 07:58 PM
REGULAR BET
60 Max/Katie

PATTY CAKE BET
10 Caroline/Jennifer

CREDIT CARD BET
50 Bates/Anthony


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by KwietOne on 03-22-13 at 11:10 AM
Regular bet
60 Max/Katie
60 Bates/Anthony
18 Mona/Beth

PAT bet
10 Chuck/Wynona

Credit card bet
50 Max/Katie


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Molaholic on 03-22-13 at 07:26 PM
30 Jims on Max & Katie


I'm going to break my tradition an partake in the PAT bet (which probably means doom -- or maybe something really freaky will happen and there'll be no PAT to discern...)


10 JimPATs on The Mullet & Wynona

My instinct against getting too far into credit card debt is weakening, but I guess I'll follow the crowd and drop the whole half-century on the Hockey Boyz.

<Spring Break version>
No more pencils, no more books, no more students’ dirty looks
Surfkitten summer sig shop 2008 <re-sized>


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by ARnutz on 03-23-13 at 10:08 AM
60 - Max/Katie
16 - Bates/Anthony

50 - Max/Katie on the Jimerican Express card


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by mikey on 03-23-13 at 08:13 PM
LAST EDITED ON 03-23-13 AT 08:13 PM (EST)

Regular bet: 24 points Joey/Meghan

Credit card -- 50 more points Joey/Meghan

PAT -- 10 points Pam/Winnie


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Java on 03-24-13 at 09:28 AM
Regular bet: 45 Bates/Anthony

Credit card: 50 Bates/Anthony

PAT: 10 Mona/Beth

Java


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Java on 03-24-13 at 10:04 PM
ugh, can't add - obviously that should have been 35 on B/A since I bet 10 on the PAT.



"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Ontheroadagain on 03-24-13 at 01:33 PM
21. Ontheroadagain - 41

Regular bet:
31 on Max/Katie

PAT the bunny bet:
10 on Chuck/Wynona

Credit Card spending spree:
50 on Anthony/Bates


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by alemattos on 03-24-13 at 01:44 PM
45 on Bates/Anthony
10 on Max/Katie

PAT: 5 on Caroline/Jennifer


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by louislam on 03-24-13 at 02:45 PM
13. louislam - 63

20 on Bates/Anthony
20 on Max/Katie
18 on Pam/Winnie

Credit Card - Borrow 50 points
50 on Bates/Anthony

Bonus: PAT
5 on Joey/Meghan

The Amazing Race Fan from Hong Kong!


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by IanQuentin on 03-24-13 at 04:25 PM
Here's an oddball bet.

20 Points on Caroline/Jennifer

10 points on Joey/Meghan as PAT

Using 50 points on the Jimscover Card for Pam/Winnie


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by FFantasyFX on 03-24-13 at 05:22 PM
LAST EDITED ON 03-24-13 AT 05:29 PM (EST)

Much U-Turn About Nothing? Chuck needed to channel his inner Michael Keaton after that episode: "Do not forget to specify, when time and place shall serve, that I am an @ss."

60 points on Bates/Anthony
30 points on Max/Katie (hedge)
29 points on Mona/Beth

Jimerican Express Bet: 50 points on Bates/Anthony

PAT Bonus Game: 10 points on Max/Katie - Even if they don't come in 4th, still painfully average in my book.


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by taffnic on 03-24-13 at 05:41 PM
Bates/Anthony- 28

PAT- 10 on Pam/Winnie

Credit: 50 on Bates/Anthony


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by pepperz on 03-24-13 at 05:43 PM
Bates/Anthony- 60
Max/Katie-10

PAT:10 on Joey/Meghan


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by CTgirl on 03-24-13 at 05:44 PM
60 points on Bates/Anthony
47 points on Katie/Max

PAT - 10 points - the country singers

Credit Card - 25 each on Bates/Anthony and Katie/Max


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by beau_30 on 03-24-13 at 05:49 PM
beau_30 - 74

25 on Max/katie
25 on Bates/Anthony
14 on Pam/Winnie
PAT on
10 on Chuck/Wyonna

Credit
50 on Max/Katie


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by vennui on 03-24-13 at 06:09 PM
99 points

50 Max and Katie
39 Anthony and Bates


pat
10 Chuck/Wynona

credit card

40 Max and Katie
10 Anthony and Bates


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by michel on 03-24-13 at 06:14 PM

50 points on Katie/Max
21 points on Bates/Anthony

PAT - 10 points - Caroline/Jennifer

Credit Card - 50 on Katie/Max


Ils sont fous, ces Romains!


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Estee on 03-24-13 at 06:21 PM
Sixty points on Max & Katie to drag down the Race and take me with them, ten points PAT bet on Mona & Beth to stay in the middle of the derby pack, and nine points on Caroline & Jennifer just because I really feel like losing nine points.

"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Yogi on 03-24-13 at 07:12 PM
Bates/Anthony x 40
Chuck/Wynona x 1

Credit Card
50 on Bates/Anthony

PATty Cake bonus
10 on Max/Katie



"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Jims02 on 03-24-13 at 07:19 PM
I kind of hate Bates/Anthony this week, but after reading over the upcoming tasks, this seems like their kind of leg. Not much to go on in the previews.

86 points to spend.

60 points - Bates/Anthony
16 points - Mona/Beth

PAT
10 points - Caroline/Jennifer

Borrow 50 points.
50 points - Bates/Anthony


A 2003 IceCat original


"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by MzTee on 03-24-13 at 07:28 PM
Bates/Anthony 11pts

"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Belle Book on 03-24-13 at 07:41 PM
All 54 points on Bates & Anthony!

"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by Belle Book on 03-25-13 at 01:52 PM
Well, looks like this was a particularly good leg for me!



"RE: TAR22 Casino Game - Wk5 Results / Wk6 Entry"
Posted by bystander on 03-24-13 at 07:56 PM
35 Points on Bates/Anthony
PAT- 10 Points on Pam/Winnie

Credit 50 Points on Max & Katie