M4$16/2 Standings
 

M4$16/2

Two winners this week. Lostandwon taps his first play in the contest and Pook cold-cocks it.

Gandalf gets a big win price....cigar gets a nice place price. Two sizeable win payoffs so far have not escaped us. The Wizard and I humbly agreed while we were together at the track...in spite of the returns the only thing they guarantee is a finish above -100%!:eek: Anything else can and will happen. Was nice to meet my fellow contestants and everyone else on Saturday.

Pook

Mick and cigar score a $13.90 win. Mick's first and cigars 2nd in three shots. Thats three double digit win prices in a row hit by players in the M4$, home of the BEST MATCHERS IN THE WORLD. Things have levelled out a bit as Pook was plucked from his lofty perch. (try saying that three times fast with your hands behind your back!)

Pook

Not much change. Mick and Lost hit a modestly priced winner after Lost's race was all scratched up due to an off track.

Pook

A $14.60 win for Capcondo as he aces his own race with a single. Not to be outdone, lostandwon matches him in the winners circle going 3 for 4. And Mowens33 becomes the last of the pre-entries to make an appearance as he finally places a bet. A quarter of the way through and we have six players in the black (four in triple digits)!

Pook

An $11.70 win for Mow singling his own post. Cigar picks up a place on the same horse at $7.20. We continue to Match'em up pretty good. As a group every winner has been hit with an overall group ROI of 40.3%. Individual stats speak for themselves below.

Gandalf set up the $19.40 winner then hit it out of the park. Cigar joined him picking up the place price of $5.90 also. Standings tightened up a bit with Capcondo taking the lead.

Pook

Capcondo is the only one to get the $4.80 win. Standings settle a little.

Pook

Nice payoff this week but it was the first challenge of the contest where nobody claimed the prize.

Pook

Ahhh the froth is coming off the boil. Two weeks in a row with no hits for the winner. Mick saved himself with a place on the 6 for a small profit on the race. Half way along and there are 7 out of 9 in the black. Good stuff!

Pook

Mick is the story of the week collecting $28.60 for $4 with no other winners. This shoots him right up the standings. Cigar is the leader at this point as the only qualifier to date.

Pook

Not much change with 3 players collecting a $4.40 price.

Pook

Mowens and Gandalf tagged the $10.80 winner. Lots of movement on the board with four players missing it. Ted through lack of participation has DQ'd himself. Thanks for the $150 Ted! That old dog the Wiz is back atop the standings once again.

With 7 challenges remaining I included an extra graphic this week showing total handle from the players still qualified. Of note is the relatively small amounts that lostandwon and Capcondo have laid down. They are extremely susceptible to wild swings and will have to continue to play with laser sharp accuracy. Which they may well do.

Good luck to all in the home stretch.
Pook

Nobody hit the Classic.

Pook

Nobody hit the bomb.

Pook

Excellent race from cigar and cigar had it..... but for sloppy posting. Mow did have the $14.90 price to put him in good standing for the finish. Everybody is still in it including Pat who continues to take up the rear. Looks like some are coasting, having done the heavy lifting early, hoping the rest of us implode.

Pook

Okay. So PatC gets himself up off the mat. Barely. He and Mick have the winner at $3.80 for a net loss on the week. Lostandwon has not yet qualified but has a solid lead. He can sit still, lose two singles, and qualify with a 75.5% ROI. The rest of us are going to have to make a move on him. Gandalf, mowens and Mick have the best shots at this point. 3 to go.

Updated this to reflect cigars place bet on 6 which I forgot. Thanks cigar for pointing that out. Everybody should track their own returns. I do make mistakes.

Pook

Chaos. Toughest race we have played or attempted to play. And we all know the right play was no play. But I was certainly impressed with lost and cigars almost winner....the 7. Five players have good quality ROI's at this point. Some of us are suffering from swinging at anything trying to get back into it. Understandable in contests. To win these things you have to have a delicate balance of matching and contest skills. Five guys in the black. Good skill boys!

Pook

Lostandwon pads his lead with the only score of $10.80 to place. He looks pretty comfortable up there but 2nd and 3rd are very much up for grabs. One to go.

Pook

Congratulations to LostandWon for the win! And to Gandalf380 and Mick for their 2nd and 3rd placings!

Pook

So the pot breaks down as follows:

Lostandwon gets 50% of $550=$275. Minus $50 entry leaves $225
Gandalf380 gets 30% of $550=$165. Minus $50 entry leaves $115
Mick gets 20% of $550=$110. Minus $50 entry leaves $60

Pay as follows through Paypal in US Dollars.

Ted to Lostandwon $150.
Cigar to Lostandwon $50.
Pook to Lostandwon $25.
Pook to Gandalf380 $25.
Capcondo to Gandalf380 $50.
PatC to Gandalf380 $40.
PatC to Mick $10.
Mowens33 to Mick $50.

Payees send your Paypal Account numbers to your payers as per above through Private Emails. Payers pay your designated amounts as soon as is conveniently possible.

Thanks
Pook

Any questions let me know.

I want to thank in no particular order Mick, Mike, Tim, Pat, Ted, Lost, Vish and Charlie for playing. It was fun. Maybe a thing or two was learned about matching and about contest play.
Congratulations again to the winners. Happy Holidays to everybody!

Pook

A big thank you back to you, Pook, for your time and effort in putting on the contest. Happy Holidays to all

Pook, thanks for organizing this Match-up Challenge!

Congratulation to all the winners, especially to lostandwon for the exceptional matching!!

Mike

Pook,

Thanks for all you have done in running the contest. Congratulations to all the winners.

Congratulations Lostandwon! Very nicely done. My share of your prize is winging its way to your PayPal! Thanks Pook for organizing it again and to everyone else for playing. Turns out this Autumn just did not work out for me for this Contest.

Enjoy the Holidays everyone!

Ted

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Thanks to every one who played and to The Pook.