Survivor Pools
Last week we announced a winner – I mean winners – in the original survivor pool. Technically speaking, we were down to just two still standing and they agreed to split $1,400 of the $1,634 payout, and play for the rest.
Well, that didn’t last long. haysie and knarf67 went into the first week of the playoffs with $234 on the line and both picked the New England Patriots… and promptly finished off that pool with their joint elimination. Each get a trophy and half the cash. Congrats guys, on the 17-0 run in the regular season!
Over in the second half survivor pool, we had five make it through the regular season and advance to the playoffs. After a wildy unexpected Wild-Card Weekend, we lost darosa7 and wizardz99sk who each picked the Pats.
Now it is just cneilson, Gerri Attrics and H(o)(o)ter, who all picked the Dallas Cowboys, still alive and competing for the $627 at the end of the rainbow. And, they can’t pick the Cowboys this week or the rest of the playoffs. I love it when we get to playoff survivor, because you really need to think ahead with these picks.
NFL Playoffs Pool
Is it just me or is this the busiest time in MyOfficePool.ca history? Last weekend we also kicked off the annual NFL Playoffs Pool, with an excellent turnout of 52 entries. Thanks to everyone who referred the pool to friends and family to up our numbers.
In terms of results, we had some impressive performances! … from a few people anyway. Only three, yep, just three, got a perfect four-for-four on their picks. It was a tough week with the Pats and Cincinnati Bengals getting upset, plus most people picked the Green Bay Packers who I think went from dog to fav and back to dog at one point on the Vegas line. That was one crazy game that trumped all the rest by a country mile in terms of entertainment.
Anyway, chrispyne takes the early lead with 18 points by earning 5 bonus points for predicting the Arizona Cardinals to win by exactly 6. Defensive TD in overtime, that is just how you expected that one to play out, right Chris?
debbieblows and mroliversson hold down second place with 16 points and it looks like we have seven people who got three out of four games correct to closely trail our top three players. For as lopsided as a couple of those playoff games were, it seems like most everyone in the top 10 got some bonus points working for them.
And then after that, there are a whole bunch of us who hit 50% of the picks, or 25% (ugh, including yours truly) or 0%. It was apparently slightly easier to hit zero-for-four instead of four-for-four, as we have six entries with that infamous distinction.
In terms of predicted Super Bowl winners, here is how all of our pool entries stack up:
| San Diego Chargers | 14 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 13 |
| New Orleans Saints | 9 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 6 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 |
| Green Bay Packers | 2 |
| New England Patriots | 2 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 2 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 1 |
Notably absent, the Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets are still alive in the post-season. The rest of the picks are pretty spread out, with a near even split between two AFC teams to win the big game. Needless to say, this pool is still pretty wide open. After this weekend will be a lot more telling who is in the running for the money.
Enjoy the games this week!