AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2012 - Women's Singles Contest

[shari91]

If Clijsters gets through instead of Aza, ttwarrior and Diesel will be 1 and 2 heading into the Final.

[shari91]

Jeff: Just so you know why the official one looks different to yours - everyone got 10pts for picking a correct semi finalist. You'll get 20pts for each person making the final, 30pts if you pick the final winner. There is only a possible 70pts left.

[jeffdane]

yeah, i know, i did it before shara and kvit advanced so there was 20 more possible. thanks for the contest, made it more fun

[shari91]

yeah, i know, i did it before shara and kvit advanced so there was 20 more possible. thanks for the contest, made it more fun

Ah cool. I had posted the updated scores before you posted yours so I was confused as to what was going on. But yeah, I definitely love these contests. They've helped me to make some decent money in the first rounds of Slams that I most likely wouldn't have otherwise. Soooooo many matches to try to pay attention to that it's easy just to say f it and focus on the players you know.

[jeffdane]

correct if im wrong,

if azarenka wins its

carolina
jeff
jake

if maria wins its
jeff
jake
greg


looks good jake.

[shari91]

correct if im wrong,

if azarenka wins its

carolina
jeff
jake

if maria wins its
jeff
jake
greg


looks good jake.

I'll update the standings for both after the Federer match.

[jjgold]

Shari give my money back

I withdrew because software not automated like you said it was going to be

[shari91]

UPDATED SCORES BEFORE FINAL

Jeff: 207 DONE

Jake: 201 DONE

Greg: 194 DONE

Carolina: 191 Aza

Vlad: 179 DONE

Blax0r: 175 DONE

ttwarrior and Diesel: 168 DONE

BTH: 161 Aza

EP: 160 Aza

Shari: 160 DONE

Makman: 153 DONE

Champ: 148 DONE

Aggie: 139 DONE

Brian: 138 DONE

Horja: 133 DONE

Moses: 129 DONE

Imaproblem: 105 DONE

[jjgold]

Shari you owe me over 100 points
Lets not make this a war
I withdrew...never officially sen you picks

[JAKEPEAVY21]

leave her alone, jj

[CarolinaDaze]

[JAKEPEAVY21]

congrats to the winners

[JAKEPEAVY21]

looks like I got 3rd in both...no bonus for total combined points in both tournies?

[jeffdane]

jake, maybe shari can mail you a bottle of bronzer

[shari91]

FINAL STANDINGS - FREEPLAYS WILL BE AWARDED BY LOU SO PLEASE BE PATIENT

1. CarolinaDaze 221 200pts, 500pt SBR Sportsbook freeplay

2. Jeff: 207 100pts, 200pt freeplay

3. Jake: 201 60pts, 100 freeplay

Greg: 194

BTH: 191

EP: 190

Vlad: 179

Blax0r: 175

ttwarrior and Diesel: 168

Shari: 160

Makman: 153

Champ: 148

Aggie: 139

Brian: 138

Horja: 133

Moses: 129

Imaproblem: 105 20 pt freeplay

[JAKEPEAVY21]

thx shari muffin

[shari91]

thx shari muffin

Anytime sweetpea. I hope you come back for my RG contests! This has probably been the most enjoyable set of Slam contests I've run on here in 2yrs for various reasons... mainly because the actual men's tourney kicked ass, the contests helped me pick some great 1st and 2nd round dog winners cash wise and everyone paid up without being hassled. Can't wait for the French! And congrats - not a small feat cashing in both considering these aren't easy contests by any means

[JAKEPEAVY21]

yep, looking forward to Roland Garros and Wimbledon! Thanks for the contests

[gregm]

Thanks Shari for taking the time to do this.

[jeffdane]

thanks dudette

[CarolinaDaze]

Even tho im a newbie to Tennis betting, its been 20 years since i followed it, i think im hooked. Thank you Shari it was a blast trying to figure out who to take, but i definitly learned to find value in the underdogs in early rounds instead of the big chalk favorites, easy to go 5-3 and be down $$$ if not careful. It was a replay of Azarenka vs. Radwanska a week or two b4 this tournament that made me think she could win it, took Radwanska to go pretty deep also and it worked out for me. In the Tennis Channel bracket i finished 157 (Top3%) out of 4805 players, if my Na Li over Clijsters pick would have hit i might have broke the top 100. Sent you a few thank you points in post # 122, see ya next time.

[shari91]

Even tho im a newbie to Tennis betting, its been 20 years since i followed it, i think im hooked. Thank you Shari it was a blast trying to figure out who to take, but i definitly learned to find value in the underdogs in early rounds instead of the big chalk favorites, easy to go 5-3 and be down $$$ if not careful. It was a replay of Azarenka vs. Radwanska a week or two b4 this tournament that made me think she could win it, took Radwanska to go pretty deep also and it worked out for me. In the Tennis Channel bracket i finished 157 (Top3%) out of 4805 players, if my Na Li over Clijsters pick would have hit i might have broke the top 100. Sent you a few thank you points in post # 122, see ya next time.

Ty for the pts (so unnecessary, but ty darling) but more importantly: EXCELLENT result in the TC bracket - especially the bloody women - and I'm so happy you enjoyed the contest here. I realise the time spent getting an entry together is a bitch - I faced it hardcore this time around with a toddler and 2 jobs. Seriously didn't know wtf I was thinking. In an ideal world it wouldn't be but considering Slams only happen 4 times a year, I can't get too carried away considering SBR already donates a ton of pts compared to the # of entrants. Even if you never enter another of my contests again, or I'm not here to put them on, always look at the supposed no name dogs in the first round of Slams. That's the best advice I can give to anyone. Lines are weakkkkkkkkkkkk then... much sharper as the tourney progresses. As long as you ignore ranking and H2H (which I'm 99.9% books go on considering the sheer # of matches), you can make some big scores for nothing more than a level unit outlay. GL CD... see you at the French hopefully!