2008 GP MLB Handicapping Contest Official Sign Up/Thread
Same rules as last year..note the changes in dates we are running since we are starting a little later than last year.
Please use this thread as the official sign up thread. You have until the beginning of the contest date (noted in bold) to have your money in. Anyone not paid by first day of contest is out.
I will post the daily lines, Hilly has volunteered to do the stats which guarantees a free entry in 2009. Slam is playing for free this year since he did the stats last year. I will still monitor the stats as well.
2007 Gotpicks Handicapping contest.
**100% of all entry fees goes back to contestants.
Entry Fee: 50.00 payable to contest treasurer, Ricky at Gotpicks.
We will use the Week 3 of MLB (contest start date Monday April 14'th) to week 22 for the contest.
Each day I will post the lines to be used for the contest. There are no substitutes, you will use the lines posted each day.
Each handicapper will post 4 plays a week. They will be on a one unit system. They can play all 4 in one day, one a day, whatever you want. However, you will only be allowed 4 posts a week.
Each pick is worth 1 unit or 100.00. So..if you bet -150 ML on the yanks and lose,you will be counted at -150 for that play. If your pick is Tampa Bay +220 and you hit..you will be counted at +220. This contest is not BEST record, but best unit total.
After Week 18, the field will be cut down to the best 6 unit totals CTD (Contest to Date).
After Week 21, the field will be cut down to the best 4 unit totals CTD (Contest to Date) Important to note..we do not reset records after any cut. All records are based on YTD totals in the contest.
Week 22 will start a head to head final four based on seedings. The #1 overall handicapper YTD will face the #4 handicapper YTD and the #2 handicapper will face the #3 handicapper YTD.
Week 23 of MLB will be the finals and 3rd place game.
GENERAL RULES
** All games ( 4 total in a week) have to be on a ML side play or a total play. In the event of a game not going the full 9 innings, the game will be NO ACTION in our contest and will not count. The game must go a full 9 innings.
** If there is a listed pitching change the game is a NO ACTION in our contest and will not count.
** Picks must be submitted 15 minutes BEFORE the first pitch. I will be a stickler on this. Your all honorable people, don't try to post a play after it goes off or YOU ARE BANNED FROM THE CONTEST
**You can play all 4 of your plays in a day, 2 on one day, whatever you want. BUT IT WILL ALWAYS BE 4 PLAYS A WEEK. You can not have 3 one week and 5 the next week.
**Anyone that does not have 4 plays each week will be penalized -1 unit for each play that does not go off.
**In the event of a tie breaker for when we cut the field, here is the tie breakers:
1st tie-breaker: Best UNIT TOTAL IN WEEK 17.
2nd tie-breaker: Of all teams tied who has the best 1 Week total in Weeks 1-10.
Prize Pool Distribution:
1'st place: 60% of gross entry
2nd place: 25% of gross entry
3rd place: 15% of gross entry
I still owe Go Cubs Go a free room hook up in Vegas from last year. Damn wedding got in the way but if your on for NFL this year, let's roll$$ Missed ya in Playa Del Carmen by the way.
We are all playing for 2nd now...
