I think BTP needs a rule change

pavyracer · 10-13-09, 08:57 PM

Don't worry. The Prick will never go 4-0. Have you seen his picks this week?

PureGuava · 10-13-09, 09:09 PM

I've been playing like shit this contest and so has the prick, I just feel the week I go 4-0 so will the prick.

Anybody involved in this contest should note this. It would suck to go 4-0 and the prick going 4-0 with you beating him on units, but still not getting a penny.

SBR needs to change this rule. If you do happen to go 4-0 and are ahead of the prick in units you should be rewarded.

stevek173 · 10-13-09, 09:12 PM

I agree with this, why the exception at 4-0?

seaborneq · 10-14-09, 07:30 AM

Last year, the only week I went 4-0, so did that cocksucker. Nothing, nada, for me.

Richkas · 10-14-09, 07:46 AM

Originally posted by seaborneq

Last year, the only week I went 4-0, so did that cocksucker. Nothing, nada, for me.

I thought you only bet futures

hhsilver · 10-14-09, 07:47 AM

It happens every year. He goes 4-0 and you hope thats not when you do it also. I don't have a problem with the way it is now. His reward for doing the writeups and being the star attraction of the contest is that if he is 4-0, he gets all the money.
Having someone who goes 4-0 and beats him in units by .05 get maybe $1000 or more when someone who goes 4-0 with units equal his gets 0 doesn't seem right. At the lower levels the difference between tying him and nosing him out by .05 or so is not as extreme. This week it was a difference of $14 - not enough to get too upset about if you tied him and got 0.

aca · 10-14-09, 08:07 AM

I fully agree with this suggestion!

Mudcat · 10-14-09, 08:25 AM

I dunno. This would change the fundament of the contest.

The Prick's shtick is based on the concept that he has a chance at taking the $5000 and shutting out the players. If this rule change was made, he would almost never have a chance for cash as the top unit-getter of all the many 4-0's every week. There would be no point in The Prick capping games. He would just take the 4 lines with the biggest juice and hope they came through. That would be his only chance.

I guess they could do that. It would take a lot of the personality out of the contest. However it is hard to be against the idea of spreading as much money as possible among players.

Bottom line for me: leave it alone. Let The Prick do his thing. We need more Prick not less Prick. Gawd help me, I like that filthy bastage.

SBR Lou · 10-14-09, 10:32 AM

Originally posted by Mudcat

I dunno. This would change the fundament of the contest.

The Prick's shtick is based on the concept that he has a chance at taking the $5000 and shutting out the players. If this rule change was made, he would almost never have a chance for cash as the top unit-getter of all the many 4-0's every week. There would be no point in The Prick capping games. He would just take the 4 lines with the biggest juice and hope they came through. That would be his only chance.

I guess they could do that. It would take a lot of the personality out of the contest. However it is hard to be against the idea of spreading as much money as possible among players.

Bottom line for me: leave it alone. Let The Prick do his thing. We need more Prick not less Prick. Gawd help me, I like that filthy bastage.

Right, the spirit of the contest is such that when the Prick bests the field by putting up a perfect record, he wins. While we have evolved with our contest software and dynamic lines, the core objective of the contest remains the same.

themajormt · 10-14-09, 10:34 AM

100% agree with Lou here... The whole point of the contest is to BTP, if he goes 4-0, just because you got a + juice line or something doesnt entitle you to winning...

This is a great contest, what you are suggesting is just plain Greed...

THEGREAT30 · 10-14-09, 10:38 AM

Contest is great for free money but not a great contest. It's too easy, too many mouths to feed.

pavyracer · 10-14-09, 11:24 AM

Originally posted by THEGREAT30

Contest is great for free money but not a great contest. It's too easy, too many mouths to feed.

This is done on purpose to limit book's potential losses. You have 100 squares betting $50 per bet from their winnings VS having 10 sharps betting $500 per bet from their winnings.

THEGREAT30 · 10-14-09, 11:26 AM

Originally posted by pavyracer

This is done on purpose to limit book's potential losses. You have 100 squares betting $50 per bet from their winnings VS having 10 sharps betting $500 per bet from their winnings.

I catch your drift. They feal less threatened.

pokernut9999 · 10-14-09, 01:10 PM

2 years ago the Prick had three 4-0 weeks.

seaborneq · 10-14-09, 04:20 PM

Originally posted by pavyracer

This is done on purpose to limit book's potential losses. You have 100 squares betting $50 per bet from their winnings VS having 10 sharps betting $500 per bet from their winnings.

That makes a lot of sense to me.

cav1x · 10-20-09, 06:58 AM

I disagree. Actually the contest needs a "Prick change"

Masterbettor · 10-20-09, 07:08 AM

Good contest, spreads the wealth.