2024 WoV PLAYOFF Picks Game Thread

Quote: Vegasbrent

From the official NFL rules:

SECTION 1
ARTICLE 2. TYPES OF SCORING PLAYS

Points are scored as follows:

Touchdown: 6 points
Field Goal: 3 points
Safety: 2 points
Try after touchdown: 1 point or 2 points
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I got the line from DraftKings, which specified TD for the others. We’ll go ahead and call a 2PT conversion a score.

Thanks. Not even sure I'll use them, but saw an issue and didn't want to have to anyone deal with it after the fact.

Some back of the envelope numbers:

Max possible win is the biggest available odds at the most allowed bet limit.
Likely win is the percent from starting bankroll added or subtracted from current bankroll.

Player (current bankroll): Max Possible Win - Likely Win

OdiousGambit ($1,150): $4,390 - $2,300

Unjon ($1,036): $3.979 - $2,050

VegasBrent ($840): $3,242 - $1,400

PlayYourCardsRight $570(): $2,216 - $625

JML24 ($550): $2,140 - $600

SOOPOO ($550): $2,140 - $600

Genwyzgy ($372): $1,463 - $250

Scolist ($337): $1,330 - $225

Sparty10k ($300): $1,190 - $200

NCFatCat ($100): $400 - $20

Greetings!

The Super Bowl Picks are as follows:

GenWyzgy:
J.) Travis Kelce First to Score TD for Chiefs +300---$250*

Sparty10k:
K.) Isiah Pacheco First to Score TD for Chiefs +260---$100
S.) Brock Purdy OVER 19.5 Rushing Yards +220---$100
X.) Successful Two Point Conversion (Either) +280---$100

PlayYourCardsRight:
A.) 49ers -2 +100---$235
F.) 49ers v. Chiefs UNDER 47.5 +100---$235
T.) Christian McCaffrey OVER 110.5 Rushing Yards +220---$100

unJon:
A.) 49ers -2 +100 - $250
C.) 49ers TO WIN -110 - $242
F.) 49ers v. Chiefs UNDER 47.5 +100 - $250
I.) Christian McCaffrey 2+ TD's +225 - $92
L.) Christian McCaffrey First to Score TD for 49ers +170 - $100
T.) Christian McCaffrey OVER 110.5 Rushing Yards +220 - $100

VegasBrent:
B.) Chiefs +2 +100 - $250
D.) Chiefs TO WIN +110 - $250
H.) Deebo Samuel ANYTIME Score +140 - $100
K.) Isiah Pacheco First to Score TD for Chiefs +260 - $50

Odiousgambit:
B.) Chiefs +2 +100……………………………$100
F.) 49ers v. Chiefs UNDER 47.5 +100……………$200
S.) Brock Purdy OVER 19.5 Rushing Yards +220…………$150
U.) Patrick Mahomes OVER 36.5 Rushing Yards +210……$100
X.) Successful Two Point Conversion (Either) +280…………$200

scolist:
J.) Travis Kelce First to Score TD for Chiefs +300 $137
X.) Successful Two Point Conversion (Either) +280 $200

jml24:
B.) Chiefs +2 +100 $225
F.) 49ers v. Chiefs UNDER 47.5 +100 $225
X.) Successful Two Point Conversion (Either) +280 $100

ncfatcat
D. Chiefs to win +110 for $100

SOOPOO:
S.) Brock Purdy OVER 19.5 Rushing Yards +220---$250
U.) Patrick Mahomes OVER 36.5 Rushing Yards +210---$250
X.) Successful Two Point Conversion (Either) +280---$50

*GenWyzgy's bet was illegal on the grounds that he attempted to bet more than $250; the bet has been reduced to the maximum of $250.

Starting bankrolls are below:

STANDINGS:
OdiousGambit: $1,150
Unjon: $1,036
VegasBrent: $840
PlayYourCardsRight: $570
JML24: $550
SOOPOO: $550
Genwyzgy: $372
Scolist: $337
Sparty10k: $300
NCFatCat: $100

I'm going to try to get these graded after the game tonight if I'm still awake; I make no promises. If I don't get to them tonight, then they will be done in the morning.

I think Odious wins. Congrats to you! Think I take it if 49ers would have covered. Just eyeballed the props though so don’t know if someone nailed a bunch of plus money.

I have Odious, Vegasbrent (me), and Play as the top 3, but we'll see.

It definitely came down to which team was n the game, so it could've went very differently with SF winning (making a PAT?).

Quote: Vegasbrent

I have Odious, Vegasbrent (me), and Play as the top 3, but we'll see.

It definitely came down to which team was n the game, so it could've went very differently with SF winning (making a PAT?).
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I have it OG, VB, JML, and SOOPOO as the top 4 in the money.

I have been thinking of all the things I’ll be buying with my $25.

Greetings!

The Super Bowl Results are as follows:

GenWyzgy:
J.) Travis Kelce First to Score TD for Chiefs +300---$250*---LOSS

Starting Bankroll: $372
Amount Bet: $250 ($122 Remaining)
Final Total: $122


Sparty10k:
K.) Isiah Pacheco First to Score TD for Chiefs +260---$100---LOSS
S.) Brock Purdy OVER 19.5 Rushing Yards +220---$100---LOSS
X.) Successful Two Point Conversion (Either) +280---$100---LOSS

Starting Bankroll: $300
Amount Bet: $300
Final Total: ELIMINATED

PlayYourCardsRight:
A.) 49ers -2 +100---$235---LOSS
F.) 49ers v. Chiefs UNDER 47.5 +100---$235---RETURNS $470
T.) Christian McCaffrey OVER 110.5 Rushing Yards +220---$100---LOSS

Starting Bankroll: $570
Amount Bet: $570
Final Total: $470

unJon:
A.) 49ers -2 +100 - $250---LOSS
C.) 49ers TO WIN -110 - $242---LOSS
F.) 49ers v. Chiefs UNDER 47.5 +100 - $250---RETURNS $500
I.) Christian McCaffrey 2+ TD's +225 - $92---LOSS
L.) Christian McCaffrey First to Score TD for 49ers +170 - $100---RETURNS $270
T.) Christian McCaffrey OVER 110.5 Rushing Yards +220 - $100---LOSS

Starting Bankroll: $1,036
Amount Bet: $1036
Final Total: $770

VegasBrent:
B.) Chiefs +2 +100 - $250---RETURNS $500
D.) Chiefs TO WIN +110 - $250---RETURNS $525
H.) Deebo Samuel ANYTIME Score +140 - $100---LOSS
K.) Isiah Pacheco First to Score TD for Chiefs +260 - $50---LOSS

Starting Bankroll: $840
Amount Bet: $650 ($190 Remaining)
Final Total: $1,025

Odiousgambit:
B.) Chiefs +2 +100……………………………$100---RETURNS $200
F.) 49ers v. Chiefs UNDER 47.5 +100……………$200---RETURNS $400
S.) Brock Purdy OVER 19.5 Rushing Yards +220…………$150---LOSS
U.) Patrick Mahomes OVER 36.5 Rushing Yards +210……$100---RETURNS $310
X.) Successful Two Point Conversion (Either) +280…………$200---LOSS

Starting Bankroll: $1,150
Amount Bet: $750 ($400 Remaining)
Final Total: $1,310

scolist:
J.) Travis Kelce First to Score TD for Chiefs +300 $137---LOSS
X.) Successful Two Point Conversion (Either) +280 $200---LOSS

Starting Bankroll: $337
Amount Bet: $337
Final Total: ELIMINATED

jml24:
B.) Chiefs +2 +100 $225---RETURNS $450
F.) 49ers v. Chiefs UNDER 47.5 +100 $225---RETURNS $450
X.) Successful Two Point Conversion (Either) +280 $100---LOSS

Starting Bankroll: $550
Amount Bet: $550
Final Total: $900

ncfatcat
D. Chiefs to win +110 for $100---RETURNS $210

Starting Bankroll: $100
Amount Bet: $100
Final Total: $210

SOOPOO:
S.) Brock Purdy OVER 19.5 Rushing Yards +220---$250---LOSS
U.) Patrick Mahomes OVER 36.5 Rushing Yards +210---$250---RETURNS $775
X.) Successful Two Point Conversion (Either) +280---$50---LOSS

Starting Bankroll: $550
Amount Bet: $550
New Bankroll: $775

*GenWyzgy's bet was illegal on the grounds that he attempted to bet more than $250; the bet has been reduced to the maximum of $250.

Starting bankrolls are below:

FINAL STANDINGS:
1.) OdiousGambit: $1,310---WINS: $210
2.) VegasBrent: $1,025---WINS $110
3.) JML24: $900---WINS $75
4.) SOOPOO: $775---WINS $25
5.) UnJon: $770
6.) PlayYourCardsRight: $470
7.) NCFatCat: $210
8.) GenWyzgy: $122

I'd like to thank everyone for participating in this Playoff Picks Game as well as the regular WoV Picks Game! I'll be in touch (via PM) relating to all prizes for both games; it usually takes a few days to hear from everyone, so I expect to do payouts either Friday or a week from today. I'd prefer to do them all at once, but if I haven't heard from everyone by Monday I'll do the payouts for those I do have.

I'm not going to go through and tally up the total in bets, but we started with eighteen players who each had $500 ($9,000 total) and finished with eight players with a total of $5,582; in other words, we didn't do particularly well as a group, losing about 38% of all money.

I would like to get some opinions on the formatting of this game; should we allow for longer +ODDS bets on the props or does everyone think this is fine? I'll probably solicit some opinions on this matter when we start this year's regular WoV Picks Game, but I'd be curious if anyone has any thoughts now.

PM's will be sent later this evening; I actually have to head out shortly, but I didn't want anyone to have to wait too long for official results.

With your addition to the prize fund as well as Unjon's and Play's, I think the payouts would be the following:

FIRST PLACE: $210 (125+25+50+10)
SECOND PLACE: $110 (50+25+25+10)
THIRD PLACE: $75 (25+25+20+5)
FOURTH PLACE: $25 (0+0+0+25)

My final total was $1215 when you add back in the $190 I didn't bet on the Superbowl. Not a big deal, but I'm kicking myself for making $150 in unnecessary prop bets that cost me first place. At least I moved up from third place from last year! Now to get my act together for the regular season!

I preferred the format this year as compared to last year. It seems more fair and players need to perform well throughout the playoffs to really do well as opposed to throwing a Hail Mary on one Superbowl bet.

This is what I had; am I missing anything?

Quote: Mission146

Quote: PlayYourCardsRight

I have messaged Mission that I am contributing $50 of my prize from the season to the playoff contest.

The distribution will be:

10 added for first
10 added for second
5 added for third

The final $25 will either go to a fourth place finisher (if 15 people play the playoffs competition) or it will be added to first place.

PYCR
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Thank you very much for that; with that:

FIRST PLACE: $150
SECOND PLACE: $75
THIRD PLACE: $50

Becomes:

FIRST PLACE: $200
SECOND PLACE: $100
THIRD PLACE: $70

Becomes:

FIRST PLACE: $210
SECOND PLACE: $85
THIRD PLACE: $75
FOURTH PLACE: $25

The next post will be the Lines and I will send reminders to everyone who played the 2023 WoV Picks Game and also DrawingDead!
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I see; I screwed up second place somehow. I’ll fix that!

Not that it changes positioning but I only bet $1,034 of my $1,036 so think I should have $772 now.

It was a fun game this year. Thanks for running it and of course for the freeroll! I didn't really know if I was in the running to finish in the money at the end but I knew my 2 big bets came down to the final play which made it fun to watch.

And my prediction, The Kansas City Chiefs WON the Superbowl! :D I WON! :D