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Prager's Brackets - 2011!

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1Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Prager's Brackets - 2011! Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:41 pm

wprager

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It's almost that time again!  The format will be the same as last year:

1. Every round, for each series, you pick a winner and the number of games. You don't have to pick all the rounds at once.
2. You start off with 4 points just because. You then get 2 points for each correct outcome (winner) you picked in round one, plus a bonus point if you not only picked the winner, but also the correct number of games.
3. Each round the points double, so in round 2 you get 4 points for predicting the winner and 2 bonus points if you also picked the number of games.
4. Picks are due by puck-drop of the earliest game in each round.  If you do not get your picks in on time I will pick the home team in 7 on your behalf.

So each round carries a possible 24 points, and the four rounds plus the gimme points (I used to call them "ante up" when I ran it as a money pool -- you got 4 points when you paid in) add up to a possible 100 points.

The beauty of this set us is that nobody gets eliminated early on (like I did that one and only time I played a March Madness pool and my two picks for the Finals were done in the first two rounds).  It also makes for some interesting "Hail Mary" picks in the later rounds.

Feel free to PM me if you want in.  I'll send out a mass-PM when it gets closer to the playoffs.

Here's a link to last year's pool thread -- anyone remember who finished first?
http://www.gmhockey.com/t4349-prager-s-brackets-2010-edition

EDIT: here is the link to the spreadsheet with everyone's picks -- good luck to all (especially me):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/955066/2011_PlayOffs_Pool.xls



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2Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:07 pm

SensHulk

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I was 2nd last year....this time Bramlet107 won't beat me!

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3Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:56 pm

Ev

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Do we win anything this time around you cheap female parental unit diddler?

LOL just kidding

4Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:58 pm

wprager

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Big Ev wrote:Do we win anything this time around you cheap female parental unit diddler?

LOL just kidding

Bragging rights for an entire year. And you can't put a price tag on that.


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- Dicky Fox

5Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:17 pm

SensHulk

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wprager wrote:
Big Ev wrote:Do we win anything this time around you cheap female parental unit diddler?

LOL just kidding

Bragging rights for an entire year. And you can't put a price tag on that.

well...then I sorely misused my 2nd place honor.....

6Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:19 pm

tim1_2

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2nd place gets squat. If you're not first, you're last.

7Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:23 pm

SensHulk

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tim1_2 wrote:2nd place gets squat. If you're not first, you're last.

You sound like a leafs fan talking smack about the sens making it to the stanley cup finals....

8Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:33 pm

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Michallica wrote:
tim1_2 wrote:2nd place gets squat. If you're not first, you're last.

You sound like a leafs fan talking smack about the sens making it to the stanley cup finals....
Laugh1 Laugh1 Laugh1

9Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:43 pm

wprager

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OK, all the matchups have been decided. Here are the series (home team, in bold, listed second):

East
NYR @ WAS
BUF @ PHI
MTL @ BOS
TBL @ PIT

West
CHI @ VAN
LAK @ SJS
PHX @ DET
NAS @ ANA

When sending me your picks, please try to use the above order, and simply state the three-letters representing the team, followed by a number. For example: PHI4 would indicate Philadelphia sweeping their series with Buffalo.

The picks must be in my Inbox by puck drop on the night of the first game of the round, which will be Wednesday night, April 13, at 7:05-ish PM.



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10Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:23 pm

Bramlet07

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I forgot i won last year, here ive been not flaunting my Victory around.

oh and wprager playoffs start wednesday night not thursday.

11Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:42 pm

wprager

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Bramlet07 wrote:I forgot i won last year, here ive been not flaunting my Victory around.

oh and wprager playoffs start wednesday night not thursday.

Yeah, I was just coming here to correct that. I forget what site I was at but it was one of the mainstream ones (like TSN). Maybe I mis-read; maybe they meant the *East* playoffs start on Thursday.


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Hey, I don't have all the answers. In life, to be honest, I've failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my wife. I love my life. And I wish you my kind of success.
- Dicky Fox

12Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:45 pm

wprager

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wprager wrote:
Bramlet07 wrote:I forgot i won last year, here ive been not flaunting my Victory around.

oh and wprager playoffs start wednesday night not thursday.

Yeah, I was just coming here to correct that. I forget what site I was at but it was one of the mainstream ones (like TSN). Maybe I mis-read; maybe they meant the *East* playoffs start on Thursday.

Nope, not even that. I don't know what the heck it was. They were talking about the Habs/Bruins series (which *does* start Thursday) but they were talking about it like was the start of the playoffs.

Whatever. It's been fixed up now.


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Hey, I don't have all the answers. In life, to be honest, I've failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my wife. I love my life. And I wish you my kind of success.
- Dicky Fox

13Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:14 am

PTFlea

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Bramlet07 wrote:I forgot i won last year, here ive been not flaunting my Victory around.

oh and wprager playoffs start wednesday night not thursday.

Laugh1 With the avatar it's very amusing.

14Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:16 am

PTFlea

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I'm in, PMed my picks.

15Prager's Brackets - 2011! Empty Re: Prager's Brackets - 2011! Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:16 am

Cap'n Clutch

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I won the inaugural bracket pool. Does that count for anything?

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