Pico Style-Capping Contest Sign Up Thread. Cash Prize: $200 Starts This Friday
Who Can Participate:
Contest Duration:
This contest starts on Friday Dec 19, 2008 (this Friday), and ends Friday Jan 16, 2009 (or earlier if everyone finished their picks).
Rules:
only NBA, NCAA BB, NHL, NFL, NCAA FB ml, spread and total (game, 1st half, 1st qrt only)
Style Points (for every pick):
Grading:
Prize:
Style Prize (style Points Only)
Capping Prize (not counting style points)
Winner with no Style (highest spread of [units won]-[style points])
Stylish Loser (highest spread of [style points]-[units won])
*note: penalties are part of style points.
Total Prize $200 cash. (and it is okay for one person to win more than one prize category)
Prize payout methods
If you're curious on how I grade games with style points, check out this trial 1 week contest thread:
if you have questions, just post your questions in this thread.
- This is a free contest open to any poster with over 25 post count.
- 12 posters who participated in the trial week are automatically signed up.
- To sign up, just make a post in this thread before Friday.
Contest Duration:
This contest starts on Friday Dec 19, 2008 (this Friday), and ends Friday Jan 16, 2009 (or earlier if everyone finished their picks).
Rules:
- Each participant can post maximum 2 plays per day.
- Each participant has to make exactly 40 picks. (Contest is 28 days) (-2.00 unit penalty for each play under 40)
- If a participant post more than 2 picks in a single day, then I will only count the first two.
- picks has to be posted 1 hour before the start of the game. (-0.1 Unit penalty for picks posted less than 1 hour before the game, and any picks posted after the start of the game will be graded as a loss plus a -1.00 unit penalty)
- You may post picks for another day: for example, if there is a line for sunday night football on thursday and you decide to make your pick on thursday. it is fine. You just need to make a note right next to your pick the date of the game. So in theory if the lines are out for friday, sat and sunday, you can make 8 picks on thursday (2 for thursday, 2 for friday, 2 for sat, 2 for sunday). (the reason i am doing this is because holidays is coming up and people has to go places.)
- Please post the pinnacle odds along with your pick. If you forgot to post the odds, you need to post the odds before I grade it or it'll be a 0.02 unit penalty.
- The odds you posted should be the pinnacle odds displayed on sbrlines. if it is few cents off, i might let it slide, but if you do it consistently to gain advantage, then I might disqualify you.
- Each repeated pick will recieve a 0.1 unit penalty if the pick won.
- each pick is consider as 1 unit wager. if you pick +150, you're risking 1 unit to win 1.5 unit. if you pick -165, you're risking 1.65 unit to win 1 unit.
- odds has to be between -200 and +200
- no editing post, just post a new post with correction.
only NBA, NCAA BB, NHL, NFL, NCAA FB ml, spread and total (game, 1st half, 1st qrt only)
Style Points (for every pick):
- 1 unit: there is no doubt the side is covering from the beginning of the game
- 0.5 unit: bad beat. miracle last second screw job
- -0.5 unit: ugly win or lucky win
- -1 unit: side getting blown out bad
Grading:
- I am doing all the grading and I have final say in any dispute.
- I will grade the picks periodically (most of the time daily, but i might grade it every other day if i am traveling), so just keep posting your picks.
- The winner of the contest is the person who has the most units after 40 picks.
Prize:
- 1st Place $50
- 2nd Place $25
- 3rd Place $25
Style Prize (style Points Only)
- 1st place $25
Capping Prize (not counting style points)
- 1st place $25
Winner with no Style (highest spread of [units won]-[style points])
- 1st place $25
Stylish Loser (highest spread of [style points]-[units won])
- 1st place $25
*note: penalties are part of style points.
Total Prize $200 cash. (and it is okay for one person to win more than one prize category)
Prize payout methods
- Paypal or Money Order (or some other better method)
- PM me your name and address at the end of the contest.
If you're curious on how I grade games with style points, check out this trial 1 week contest thread:
if you have questions, just post your questions in this thread.
