A Mean U-Turn

Compared to the last time they had a U-Turn this season (when Jaime/Cara and Globetrotters were U-Turned), this Detour was much more hardcore. Being U-Turned basically means that you would have to eat all that fondue... And given Zev/Justin's reactions, that's a pretty tall order.

Week 9 Results
1st place - Zev/Justin (2x)
2nd place - Kisha/Jen (1.5x)
3rd place - Kent/Vyxsin (1.2x)
4th place - Gary/Mallory (.9x)
5th place - Flight Time/Big Easy (.4x)
6th place - Jet/Cord (0x)

All Over the Place

It was an interesting week for scoring. It was one of those weeks where there was no real consensus among the players. There were some people who were sour on Zev/Justin, there were others down on Kisha/Jen, and some even were down on the Globetrotters (which was the "right" answer).

Obviously, Kent/Vyxsin's 3rd place finish and the Globetrotters' slide to 5th was the most unexpected, as neither garnered a Bonus Wager this week.

Unfortunately, the cowboys' departure did knock out one more player from the game, MzTee. You went for broke and it didn't work out, but you can always say that you went for it! Thanks for playing, MzTee.

This week's Greatest Gainer Award goes to Snidget, who climbed 10 ranks this week. And considering Snidget climbed another 10 last week, obviously this is a player to watch. Nicely done. Now share some of your inside knowledge with the rest of us.

The Perfect Bet Award goes to Scuba Steve (2.3x) who made nice regular/bonus wagers. Also, Snidget had a nice double-up. I seem to be calling both of your names a lot in this category.

Leaderboard
1. KwietOne - 904
2. ARNutz - 881
3. CTgirl - 826
4. Jims02 - 822
5. Yogi - 780
6. beau_30 - 673
7. vennui - 615
8. FFantasyFX - 602
9. michel - 601
10. Corvis - 584
11. Belle Book - 568
12. flipxycd - 513
13. Ontheroadagain - 446
14. esquire - 353
15. louislam - 321
16. Georjanna - 240
17. Scuba Steve - 235
18. Snidget - 106
19. samboohoo - 98
20. bbenzenberg - 95
21. chiubakka - 94
22. Weez - 79
23. Travelor - 78
24. kduck - 54
25. jbenz - 50
26. kidflash212 - 38
27. dragonflies - 36
28. cahaya - 33
29. alemattos - 29
30. Element King - 21
31. Starshine - 20
32. popeave - 6
33. VisionQuest - 5
34. MzTee - 0

A bit of a shake-up in the top spots this week, as KwietOne jumps into the lead. It's still an insanely close race for the lead. Consider the fact that ARNutz went 1.26x this past week when everyone else went around 1.1x, and that .15x caused a climb from 6th place to 2nd. Every .1x you gain is really going to count!

Week 10 Payout Table
1st place - 2x
2nd place - 1.7x
3rd place - .8x
4th place - .5x
5th place - 0x

Max Individual Bet - 235 points

The max bet almost doubled this week. It's weird when the Mr. Median Player (Scuba Steve this week) has such a big point lead over the next player in the rankings. Sometimes the numbers just end up that way.

Here's the Bonus Payout Table for the week.

Bonus Payout Table
2nd place - 4x
3rd place - 4x
4th place - 4x
5th place - 4x

Max Individual Bet - 40 points
Max Number of Bets - 4

Doubles are still on for Unique Wagers. Let's see if someone can nab one this week.

TAR17 Teams Remaining
Gary/Mallory
Flight Time/Big Easy
Jet/Cord
Kent/Vyxsin
LaKisha/Jennifer
Zev/Justin

One More Note On Bonuses

Saw a few incorrect wagers on the bonus game last week. Don't forget that 1) there's no 1st place wager, and 2) there's a limit on how many bonus wagers you can make!

If I see a 1st place wager, it's easy enough for me to not count that wager and move on to the other ones... But with the ones that break the limit, I have to toss out the whole bunch. So be sure you don't go crazy with them.

Good luck!

A 2003 IceCat original