oddibemcd
03-11-2013, 05:09 PM
Ran a book with varying success for a bit. Bringing it back for March Madness.
First, running a bracket pool. Going to do 250pp an entry, cash up front. I will put in 4 entries, but will seed the pot with 5K. I'm not taking any cut from running this. Max of 10 entries per character name (so 2500) because that's all cbs will let me do.
Putting up the link here:
http://www.project99bracketpool.mayhem.cbssports.com
and will give people the password upon payment. Now, because I know that at some point the password will get out and there are a fair number of trolls around these parts, I need all entries to be character name, followed by the number that corresponds to the entry (so for mine it would be Oddibe1, Oddibe2, Oddibe3 and Oddibe4). I can only accept entries that meet these standards so the 100 entries titled Oddibesux that didn't pay to get in don't pay out at the end when Harvard wins the whole thing.
Secondly, if there is enough interest, I'd be willing to run an NCAA Calcutta auction. If you're not familiar with a Calcutta, in a Calcutta auction, when an NCAA tournament team wins a game, they are entitled to a percentage of the total pot. Payouts per round can vary, but a common (and highly recommended) payout scheme is 1.0% for a first round win, 1.5% for a second round win, 2.5% for a third round win, 3.0% for a fourth round win, 4.0% for a fifth round win, and 4.0% for a final round win. I'd need a few PM's from people interested to spend time on this though.
Thirdly, I'll probably open my book for the NCAA tourney games because I take that off work, so will be on for most, if not all of it.
Here's a link to my old book thread, to show I've been doing this for a bit:
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=92352
If you are Trodu, or you know who that is, I still owe you 1100 from the NFL playoffs. Shoot me a tell or a PM.
First, running a bracket pool. Going to do 250pp an entry, cash up front. I will put in 4 entries, but will seed the pot with 5K. I'm not taking any cut from running this. Max of 10 entries per character name (so 2500) because that's all cbs will let me do.
Putting up the link here:
http://www.project99bracketpool.mayhem.cbssports.com
and will give people the password upon payment. Now, because I know that at some point the password will get out and there are a fair number of trolls around these parts, I need all entries to be character name, followed by the number that corresponds to the entry (so for mine it would be Oddibe1, Oddibe2, Oddibe3 and Oddibe4). I can only accept entries that meet these standards so the 100 entries titled Oddibesux that didn't pay to get in don't pay out at the end when Harvard wins the whole thing.
Secondly, if there is enough interest, I'd be willing to run an NCAA Calcutta auction. If you're not familiar with a Calcutta, in a Calcutta auction, when an NCAA tournament team wins a game, they are entitled to a percentage of the total pot. Payouts per round can vary, but a common (and highly recommended) payout scheme is 1.0% for a first round win, 1.5% for a second round win, 2.5% for a third round win, 3.0% for a fourth round win, 4.0% for a fifth round win, and 4.0% for a final round win. I'd need a few PM's from people interested to spend time on this though.
Thirdly, I'll probably open my book for the NCAA tourney games because I take that off work, so will be on for most, if not all of it.
Here's a link to my old book thread, to show I've been doing this for a bit:
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=92352
If you are Trodu, or you know who that is, I still owe you 1100 from the NFL playoffs. Shoot me a tell or a PM.