LAST EDITED ON 10-10-13 AT 06:40 PM (EST)

Stripping for Salt

Putting aside the eye candy for a second, I'm kind of amused how pandery that Detour option was. It's like, we can't just let them carry salt in a regular way... That would be boring TV! Take off your clothes and lug those bags around!

(Of course, it could've been much worse for the contestants. They could've had to do that bodybuilding one from a couple years back.) *shudder*

Week 2 Results
1st place - Chester/Ephraim (2x)
2nd place - Leo/Jamal (1.7x)
3rd place - Brandon/Adam (1.5x)
4th place - Travis/Nicole (1.3x)
5th place - Jason/Amy (1.1x)
6th place - Tim/Danny (.9x)
7th place - Ally/Ashley (.7x)
8th place - Tim/Marie (.5x)
9th place - Nicky/Kim (.3x)
10th place - Rowan/Shane (0x)

Trudging Along

Another fairly ho-hum week for scoring overall this round, making this one of the tougher group of TAR teams to figure out. Chester/Ephraim and Leo/Jamal weren't super-popular picks, especially with the previews highlighting the Afghanimals fighting it out. But many player did manage to squeak out a profit with Travis/Nicole.

We did have a few people join this week. A big welcome to IanQuentin, adricharlie, and FFantasyFX!

This week's Greatest Gainer Award goes to both beau_30 and MzTee, who each climbed an amazing 12 ranks overall. That's almost half the leaderboard. Very nicely done!

And, of course, the Perfect Bet Award goes to late-comer IanQuentin who doubled-up with a nice Chester/Ephraim wager. And by me saying "of course" I'm referring to IanQuentin managing to win 2 games of this without entering in Week 1... So it's hardly surprising he would sweep in here and show us how it's done. Well played, sir!

Leaderboard
1. bbenzenberg - 43
2. taffnic - 40
3. sarah1234 - 37
4. IanQuentin - 30
5. kduck - 28
6. Yogi - 25
7. Georjanna - 25
8. Jims02 - 25
9. Ontheroadagain - 24
10. esquire - 24
11. KwietOne - 24
12. louislam - 23
13. beau_30 - 21
14. MzTee - 21
15. adricharlie - 21
16. chiubakka - 20
17. Estee - 20
18. Corvis - 19
19. ARNutz - 18
20. pepperz - 18
21. mikey - 17
22. vennui - 17
23. Belle Book - 16
24. Starshine - 13
25. FfantasyFX - 13
26. jbenz - 12
27. floyd2 - 10
28. Molaholic - 10
29. Snidget - 8
30. flipxcyd - 5

bbenzenberg has surpassed taffnic at the top of the leaderboard for this week. Although it could've been worse for taffnic (and ARNutz too), whose late Tim/Marie bet almost cost them half their points. As I said last week, we still have a lot of time left, so it's still anyone's game!

New Players Welcome!

Throughout the next two weeks, the TAR Casino Game will be open to new entrants. Players who join this week will receive 10 points to start.

For an entire list of rules, check out last week's thread.

Week 3 Payout Table
1st place - 2x
2nd place - 1.8x
3rd place - 1.5x
4th place - 1.2x
5th place - Break even
6th place - .8x
7th place - .5x
8th place - .2x
9th place - 0x

Max Individual Bet - 20 points

Still holding steady at 20 points. Don't worry everyone, the median score will eventually rise. We'll get there!

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

Good luck everyone!

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