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19 Mar 2012, 04:21 (Ref:3044385) | #1 | ||
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2012 Bet 'Em Up Contest - St Pete
Hello, folks! Tim hasn't been around the IndyCar discussion for long, so I thought about revamping the Pick 'Em Up Contest. This format will be much easier to play and track, and at the same time will reward unlikely bets.
Yes, this year we are betting money! $ 1,830 to be precise. Each possible result is a bet. Therefore, the stakes depends on the pick. So hanging with Power or Franchitti for the win will result in safe bets with little gain, whereas going for Jakes might give you a considerable advantage. The bets are six: o- Peak Polesitter ($ 300) o- Firestone Fast Six ($ 100) o- Win ($ 1,000) o- Podium ($ 300) o- Top 5 ($ 100) o- Top 10 ($ 30). Bets are double and expanded for Indianapolis: o- Peak Polesitter ($ 600) o- First Three Rows ($ 200) o- Win ($ 2,000) o- Top 5 ($ 600) o- Top 10 ($ 200) o- Top 15 ($ 60). The stakes will change along the year, depending on the skills of the drivers, the performance of the teams, and the power of the engines. The stakes for St Petersburg are these: o- 3 to 1: Franchitti, Power. o- 5 to 1: Barrichello, Dixon, Kanaan. o- 10 to 1: Andretti, Briscoe, Castroneves, Hunter-Reay, Rahal. o- 20 to 1: Bourdais, Hinchcliffe, Pagenaud, ServiÃ*, Wilson. o- 40 to 1: Carpenter, Hildebrand, Sato, Tagliani. o- 100 to 1: Conway, Viso, Kimball, De Silvestro, Jakes, Legge, Newgarden. So if you bet Kanaan for the pole, Wilson for the fast 6, Franchitti for the win, Barrichello for the podium, Andretti for the top 5 and Bourdais for the top 10, then by hitting each of the six results you win $ 1,500, $ 2,000, $ 3,000, $ 1,500, $ 1,000 and $ 600 respectively, totalling $ 9,600. If you like this format, then place your bets! See you at the ATM |
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19 Mar 2012, 09:18 (Ref:3044466) | #2 | ||
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Very nice, I'm in. Let me think a day or two about what to bet.
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19 Mar 2012, 09:38 (Ref:3044483) | #3 | |
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Very interresting concept Naburu, I'm in too. What's the deadline for bets?
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19 Mar 2012, 17:06 (Ref:3044748) | #4 | ||
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If you want to run it, that's cool by me.
I've got one up in my usualy format as well if anyone wnats to play like we hav ein the past. This should be interesting. |
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19 Mar 2012, 17:35 (Ref:3044762) | #5 | ||
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Hi, Tim! It's great you are back. Do the usual Pick 'Em Up, I'll try to play there too. But I can't guarantee that I will do each race, it's too many bets to place. Good luck!
Please, can you change this thread's title to Bet 'Em IndyContest? Folks, the deadline is Friday at 11 a.m. Eastern, or 15:00 UTC. |
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19 Mar 2012, 17:37 (Ref:3044765) | #6 | ||
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So, you have almost four days to type this:
o- Peak Polesitter - Driver o- Firestone Fast Six - Driver o- Win - Driver o- Podium - Driver o- Top 5 - Driver o- Top 10 - Driver |
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20 Mar 2012, 14:56 (Ref:3045395) | #7 | |
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Sounds like a fun alternative! I think I'll put a mix of relatively safe bets and risky moves together.
Polesitter - Will Power Fast Six - Scott Dixon Winner - Rubens Barrichello Podium - Graham Rahal Top 5 - Mike Conway Top 10 - Simona de Silvestro |
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21 Mar 2012, 09:24 (Ref:3045832) | #8 | |
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BTW Naburu, do you have to take a different driver for each bet? For example, if I want to take Jakes for both the win and the top 3, can i?
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21 Mar 2012, 10:20 (Ref:3045853) | #9 | ||
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Here's mine:
Polesitter - Will Power Fast Six - Justin Wilson Winner - Rubens Barrichello Podium - Scott Dixon Top 5 - Graham Rahal Top 10 - Takuma Sato |
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21 Mar 2012, 13:12 (Ref:3045942) | #10 | ||
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WAT: I didn't mention it, but I did plan to have that rule. It makes things more interesting, don't you think? But if everyone agrees to allow repeated picks, then I'll allow them.
Here's my picks: o- Peak Polesitter - Scott Dixon o- Firestone Fast Six - Ryan Briscoe o- Win - Tony Kanaan o- Podium - Rubens Barrichello o- Top 5 - Graham Rahal o- Top 10 - Simon Pagenaud Last edited by NaBUru38; 21 Mar 2012 at 13:21. |
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o- Peak Polesitter - Dario Franchitti
o- Firestone Fast Six - Will Power o- Win - Ryan Hunter-Reay o- Podium - Tony Kanaan o- Top 5 - Justin Wilson o- Top 10 - Simon Pagenaud |
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22 Mar 2012, 16:43 (Ref:3046641) | #12 | ||
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Tim, Daisy, WAT, marcostraz, Yannick, Chiana, drewdawg and you, there's less than 24 hours left!
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22 Mar 2012, 16:48 (Ref:3046645) | #13 | ||
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o- Peak Polesitter ($ 300): Power
o- Firestone Fast Six ($ 100): Hinchcliffe o- Win ($ 1,000): Dixon o- Podium ($ 300): Kanaan o- Top 5 ($ 100): Hildebrand o- Top 10 ($ 30): Conway |
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22 Mar 2012, 20:45 (Ref:3046789) | #14 | ||
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Are you allowed to bet on the same driver twice? Nobody's done it so far, but I don't see a reason why I wouldn't not try it.
Polesitter - Will Power Fast Six - Ryan Briscoe Winner - Ryan Briscoe Podium - Ryan Hunter-Reay Top 5 - Mike Conway Top 10 - Ernesto Viso |
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22 Mar 2012, 23:01 (Ref:3046850) | #15 | ||
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Quote:
o- Peak Polesitter - Briscoe o- Firestone Fast Six - Conway o- Win - Castroneves o- Podium - Hunter-Reay o- Top 5 - Wilson o- Top 10 - Viso |
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23 Mar 2012, 07:33 (Ref:3046957) | #16 | ||
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Ok, If have to, i want to change
Winner - Ryan Briscoe into Winner - Helio Castroneves But If I don't have to, leave it as it is. |
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23 Mar 2012, 14:06 (Ref:3047123) | #17 | ||
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Bets are closed!
As I said, Daisy, I prefer players to pick six different drivers. Since nobody spoke against the rule, I'll enforce it for this round. But I'm willing to change it if all of you agree. |
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25 Mar 2012, 20:05 (Ref:3048272) | #18 | ||
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So, these are the results of the 2012 Indy Grand Prix of St Petersburg:
o- Peak Polesitter ($ 300): Power (3 to 1) o- Firestone Fast Six ($ 100): Power (3 to 1), Briscoe (10 to 1), Hunter-Reay (10 to 1), Hinchcliffe (20 to 1), Castroneves (10 to 1), Pagenaud (20 to 1) o- Win ($ 1,000): Castroneves (10 to 1) o- Top 3 ($ 300): Castroneves (10 to 1), Dixon (5 to 1), Hunter-Reay (10 to 1) o- Top 5 ($ 100): Castroneves (10 to 1), Dixon (5 to 1), Hunter-Reay (10 to 1), Hinchcliffe (20 to 1), Briscoe (10 to 1) o- Top 10 ($ 30).: Castroneves (10 to 1), Dixon (5 to 1), Hunter-Reay (10 to 1), Hinchcliffe (20 to 1), Briscoe (10 to 1), Pagenaud (20 to 1), Power (3 to 1), Viso (100 to 1), Kimball (100 to 1), Wilson (20 to 1) The optimal bets were Power for pole ($ 900), Hinchcliffe for Fast Six ($ 2,000), Castroneves for win ($ 10,000), Castroneves or Hunter-Reay for podium ($ 3,000), Hinchcliffe for top 5 ($ 2,000) and Viso or Kimball for top 10 ($ 3,000), totalling a maximum $ 21,900. Chiana, Barnett, Flyin Ryan and Daisy bet Power correctly for only $ 900. NaBUru38 and Daisy betted Briscoe for the Fast Six and got $ 1,000, whereas Flyin Ryan bet for Hinchcliffe and got $ 2,000. Daisy and WAT picked Castroneves for the win and $ 10,000. Barnett got Dixon for the podium and $ 1,500, whereas Daisy and WAT got Hunter-Reay and $ 3,000. Nobody picked a top 5 correctly. NaBUru38 chose Pagenaud for the top 5 and earned $ 600, whereas Daisy and WAT chose Viso for the top 10 and got $ 3,000. So here's the 2012 Bet'Em IndyContest results at St Pete: 1st - Daisy: 900 + 1,000 + 10,000 + 3,000 + 0 + 3,000 = $ 17,900 2nd - WAT: 0 + 0 + 10,000 + 3,000 + 0 + 3,000 = $ 16,000 3rd - Flyin Ryan: 900 + 2,000 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $ 2,900 4th - Barnett: 900 + 0 + 0 + 1,500 + 0 + 0 = $ 2,400 5th - NaBUru38: 0 + 1,000 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 600 = $ 1,600 6th - Chiana: 900 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $ 900 Daisy hit 5 out of 6 results and eartn 82% out of the maximum earnings. WAT also chose Hélio as the winner and chases him closely. The remaning four betters are very far behind. Congratulations, and see you tomorrow for round 2 at Barber! |
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26 Mar 2012, 07:35 (Ref:3048496) | #19 | |
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Lulz, that was even worse than my Sebring FRC round. I think I'll make super safe-bets for Barber
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The thing is, safe bets give you little money. Gambling Hélio for the win and Viso for the top 10 gave Daisy and WAT an edge. But it's a risky move, so they could have failed too.
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26 Mar 2012, 14:12 (Ref:3048811) | #21 | ||
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Where I am?
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26 Mar 2012, 16:47 (Ref:3048897) | #22 | ||
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I coudn't have made a better switch, lol
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Oops, Daisy! Usually I'm aware of never using "he" or "his" in forums, I know there are women wherever I go.
Oops, Marcostraz! I did the calculations on another computer without any decent text editor, so it seems I deleted your bets unintentionally. You hitted Power for the Fast Six and Pagenaud for the top 10, so you earned 300 + 600 = $ 900, which means you are tied with Chiana on 6th place. |
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