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Offline BRB_TheFireball

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RPG 10/30/14 -- RESULTS
« on: October 30, 2014, 06:33:56 PM »
Over the years, FPG has gone through many rule changes.  One rule that has never changed, though, is this:

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Your FPG card must be sent to me AND ME ONLY via Golden-Road.net private message no later than 8:30 AM Eastern on the morning of the announced game.  For primetime specials in which a game is played, cards are to be sent no later than 6:30 PM Eastern on the night of the announced game.  There will be a 30-minute grace period after the deadline to account for "internet time", but I strongly urge you not to wait until 8:55 AM to submit your cards.  The longer you wait to submit your card, the greater chance you take in your card getting lost or not being accepted at all.  At 9:00 AM sharp, the picks are locked--no exceptions!

I say this because I had to disqualify one player's picks.  He sent them to me at 9:27 AM Eastern--well after I had already posted the frequencies.  This is the first time during my hosting tenure that somebody submitted picks after the deadline.

Despite today being a total crapshoot, most of us actually did pretty good.  Lots of bonus points and bonus cash on the board.  Eight players went ALL-IN.  Six of those gambles paid off.  vadernader got the booby prize for being the only player to miss out on bonus bucks.  He didn't have any key games and his ALL-IN wager flopped.

I rarely go ALL-IN, but when I do, one of two things always happens:  I fail miserably or I go into beast mode.  Today was the latter.  Contestant #3, Vanis, was the day's top winner and made me almost $50,000 in Play-Along bucks.  I was the only player to take the Bag/Most combo for another $20,000.  And I picked two other games to make my first appearance on the medal stand this season.

Only one person did better than me today.  That was OneBidTris, who got his second gold medal of the season.  He was the only player to take the Most/Rat combo for $25,000.  And he was the only other player besides me to pick 4 games.

DJTorgo also finished with his first medal, just narrowly edging out Hag.

Due to episode shuffling, we will not return until November 14.  See you then!

FPG Results Board
10/30/2014 -- Play-Along Edition
Rank Player MP CP CGP Money Base
Points		 1,2,3,4 Total
Points		 Bonus
Money
1 OneBidTris 12 48 4 $304,400 125 1,2,3,- 145 $31,767
2 BRB_TheFireball 10 36 4 $289,180 119 1,2,-,- 129 $84,972
3 DJTorgo* 10 32 3 $273,960 113 1,2,-,- 123 $19,892
4 Hag* 10 32 3 $258,740 107 1,2,-,- 117 $32,174
5 wildbill0962 8 32 3 $243,520 100 1,2,-,- 110 $20,408
6 thepriceis_J 6 34 2 $228,300 93 1,2,-,- 103 $64,348
7 Pikachu732001 6 30 3 $213,080 86 -,2,-,- 91 $33,697
8 PriceFan985 6 24 2 $182,640 79 1,2,-,- 89 $18,697
9 Schfifty 6 18 2 $167,420 72 1,2,-,- 82 $30,520
T10 Kev347 5 29 2 $152,200 65 1,-,-,- 70 $28,385
T10 Punchboard91 5 29 2 $152,200 65 1,-,-,- 70 $61,328
12 Cephas 5 17 3 $91,320 49 -,-,-,- 49 $35,664
13 Flerbert419 4 24 1 $60,880 41 1,-,-,- 46 $26,554
14 Teddy 4 16 1 $45,660 33 1,-,-,- 38 $10,204
15 ShatterMySoul99 2 12 1 $30,440 25 -,-,-,- 25 $16,714
16 JustBecause 2 6 1 $20,000 15 -,-,-,- 15 $15,000
17 Chad1787 1 4 1 $20,000 15 -,-,-,- 15 $20,204
T18 123123123 1 3 1 $20,000 15 -,-,-,- 15 $6,767
T18 whammy007 1 3 1 $20,000 15 -,-,-,- 15 $15,260
T20 SteveGavazzi 0 0 0 $20,000 15 -,-,-,- 15 $6,767
T20 TheGRVOfLightning 0 0 0 $20,000 15 -,-,-,- 15 $13,277
T20 vadernader 0 0 0 $20,000 15 -,-,-,- 15 $0

* = DJTorgo won the tiebreaker for slotting all three of his pricing games in their correct halves.
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Re: RPG 10/30/14 -- RESULTS
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2014, 06:45:31 PM »
Think this may be the first time I finished DFL in an FPG.....horrific start to the season for me, gonna have to take it more seriously now and try to kick things up a notch with smarter picks.
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Re: RPG 10/30/14 -- RESULTS
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2014, 07:44:13 PM »
I don't care I got 0-0-0, 15 points is WAY better then nothing espically when I didn't know if my picks were late.
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Re: RPG 10/30/14 -- RESULTS
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2014, 08:48:41 PM »
Quote from: TheGRVOfLightning on October 30, 2014, 07:44:13 PM
I don't care I got 0-0-0, 15 points is WAY better then nothing espically when I didn't know if my picks were late.

Your picks were very much on time.  A full hour before the deadline.
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Re: RPG 10/30/14 -- RESULTS
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2014, 01:39:35 AM »
I can't believe I missed this one. I guess I should pay more attention to schedule changes.
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Re: RPG 10/30/14 -- RESULTS
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2014, 02:19:56 AM »
Actually, I'm 99% sure that rule has changed. If I remember correctly, the rule used to be no later than 11:07 AM Eastern to allow for internet time. Obviously, if the rule is 8:30 AM (which I didn't understand why we changed), then the pick is disqualified, but this rule has been different in the past.

Meanwhile, It's in the Bag is the greatest game ever.
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Re: RPG 10/30/14 -- RESULTS
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2014, 02:45:24 AM »
...except for as long as I remember (and Willy's old rules confirm), the deadline was actually 8am Eastern...and he took bids until 810.

So, if anything, Fireball's 830 is actually more lenient than the old rules.
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