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July 12th, 2018 at 8:09:22 AM permalink

Quote: beachbumbabs
It's a mistake to lock in ahead of rules and strategizing each round, I think. You'll see, if you finish back-reading the thread, where that cost money.

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Interestingly, it appears I can say whatever I want in the open Forum, in the context of this game, even if I'm lying. I'm not lying, though, and as was pointed out prior to the first and second rounds, if I tell everyone to steal and then steal myself, nobody gets anything. Therefore, it doesn't benefit me at all.

I guess Wizard could technically bribe me to steal, but that wouldn't interest me for a number of reasons:

1.) Wizard has an AP mindset, so he's not going to offer me a bribe greater than the amount he expects to pay out that round WITHOUT having to bribe me.

2.) I have donated everything I have ever won from any WoV game to one charity or another. In fact, Wizard occasionally compensated me for proofreading work for him and I asked that he donate that to charity, as well. I'll donate whatever my share of the pool with RS is to charity. Long story short, whatever decision I make does not enrich me personally.

3.) People would be very upset with me.

STEALING, IN GENERAL

I think the people who stole throughout this game were smart, even in Round 3. It makes complete sense to me and will result, quite possibly, in Wizard paying out more money.

There were two things that I think would have ended this game prematurely:

1.) Following SOOPOO's plan.

2.) EVERYONE pooling the funds.

Who knows how long this game will go? I'm certain that there's a maximum amount Wizard wants to pay out, in total, but we don't know what that amount is.

What I do know is that Wizard would not have done the $10/$20 in Round 3 and I doubt he would have increased it to $20/$40 in Round 4 had everybody been all in the same prize pool or executed SOOPOO's strategy. If everyone played with 100% cooperation, then what possible reason would Wizard have to continue the game and potentially add more rounds?

Therefore, I say, "Great job," to the teams that stole throughout the game so far. Whatever the human social experiment is here, the stealing, I believe, has assured that the experiment will go on longer...which means more overall money in the prize pool and out of Wizard's wallet.

For my part, I'm honestly sharing if I am a team captain and the rest of the team has no choice in the matter. All of the other teams can steal and split that pot, or if they think everyone will actually share AND the incentive is good enough, they can do whatever they like with that. If I am a team captain, I will submit my team's decision to share immediately. That should make that round very easy for everyone, then the round after that, you guys can get back to whatever it is you're doing on your teams.

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July 12th, 2018 at 9:34:18 AM permalink

Here are the Round Four results.

Team	Players	Vote
1	Jufo81,Torghatten,MaxPen,gordonm888,miplet	share
2	gamerfreak,prozema,Dalex64,SOOPOO,MidwestAP	steal
3	PlayYourCardsRight,Romes,OnceDear,Keeneone	steal
4	Joeman,onenickelmiracle,Ayecarumba,GWAE,JohnnyQ	steal
5	beachbumbabs,AxelWolf,SM777,Jmarch79,UKMark	share
6	PokerGrinder,djatc,DJTeddyBear,billryan,Mikey75	steal
7	Nathan,troopscott,Face,RS	share

Note: Updated to show MidwestAP on team 2 only.

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July 12th, 2018 at 9:39:35 AM permalink

Quote: Wizard
Here are the Round Four results.

Team Players Vote
1 Jufo81,Torghatten,MaxPen,gordonm888,miplet share
2 gamerfreak,prozema,Dalex64,SOOPOO,MidwestAP steal
3 PlayYourCardsRight,Romes,OnceDear,MidwestAP,Keeneone steal
4 Joeman,onenickelmiracle,Ayecarumba,GWAE,JohnnyQ steal
5 beachbumbabs,AxelWolf,SM777,Jmarch79,UKMark share
6 PokerGrinder,djatc,DJTeddyBear,billryan,Mikey75 steal
7 Nathan,troopscott,Face,RS share

Is that still BillRyan or had I officially replaced him at that point?

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July 12th, 2018 at 9:40:57 AM permalink

Well done team captains. You absolutely nailed it.

Psalm 25:16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. Proverbs 18:2 A fool finds no satisfaction in trying to understand, for he would rather express his own opinion.

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July 12th, 2018 at 9:51:46 AM permalink

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Well done team captains. You absolutely nailed it.

Spectacular. On to the next round with $ in the bank!

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July 12th, 2018 at 10:12:44 AM permalink

1. How many rounds are there in this game?

2 Also, Wizard's Round 4 result chart had at least 3 problems:

MidwestAP is again shown twice, on two teams
Mission is not shown
Billryan is shown

To avoid misunderstandings, can we please get a correct version of this chart?

3. Were the total winnings = $80? ($60 from OD and $20 from Wiz) And, OD's donation of $60 is split 5 ways between himself and the other 4 members of OD's team. Did all members of OD's team agree to pool? We need a financial summary of where everyone stands and the status of the expected value of the game-ending pool.

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July 12th, 2018 at 10:16:00 AM permalink

Quote: gordonm888
1. How many rounds are there in this game?

2 Also, Wizard's Round 4 result chart had at least 3 problems:

MidwestAP is again shown twice, on two teams
Mission is not shown
Billryan is shown

To avoid misunderstandings, can we please get a correct version of this chart?

3. Were the total winnings = $80? ($60 from OD and $20 from Wiz) And, OD's donation of $60 is split 5 ways between himself and the other 4 members of OD's team. Did all members of OD's team agree to pool? We need a financial summary of where everyone stands and the status of the expected value of the game-ending pool.

I will bet you're a hoot to work with. ;-)

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July 12th, 2018 at 10:21:39 AM permalink

Quote: gordonm888
1. How many rounds are there in this game?

2 Also, Wizard's Round 4 result chart had at least 3 problems:

MidwestAP is again shown twice, on two teams
Mission is not shown
Billryan is shown

To avoid misunderstandings, can we please get a correct version of this chart?

3. Were the total winnings = $80? ($60 from OD and $20 from Wiz) And, OD's donation of $60 is split 5 ways between himself and the other 4 members of OD's team. Did all members of OD's team agree to pool? We need a financial summary of where everyone stands and the status of the expected value of the game-ending pool.

MAP is on team 2. Wizard notified us of that after I interrupted his mountain climb to ask. Detail easily corrected.

OD has 4 members, all of whom committed to share in the pool before this round. They will each get credited $15 per previous posts by OD pledging that .

18 people (as of yesterday) will get Wizard's $20. 12 of them (as of yesterday) had committed to share their winnings. Think that is changing slightly. I counted those numbers after billryan resigned, but before Mission joined.

Not sure as to the very latest, or exactly how Wizard will treat billryan substitution with Mission to this point. I defer that one.

No idea how many rounds there will be. No idea how much money will be offered on any given round. All up to Wizard.

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July 12th, 2018 at 10:24:00 AM permalink

Woo-effing-hoo, teams and captains! Well done! Way to follow through! Thank you all!

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July 12th, 2018 at 11:06:37 AM permalink

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Is that still BillRyan or had I officially replaced him at that point?

You can jump in now, at week five.

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July 12th, 2018 at 11:15:05 AM permalink

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1. How many rounds are there in this game?

I hadn't decided yet, but since you bring it up, how about 12?

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2 Also, Wizard's Round 4 result chart had at least 3 problems:

MidwestAP is again shown twice, on two teams
Mission is not shown
Billryan is shown

To avoid misunderstandings, can we please get a correct version of this chart?

Okay, I will apologize for MidwestAP again. I amended the same errant table for the team formations. Just removed his name from team 3.

I should have made it clear when exactly Mission was taking Bill's spot. In my head, I was thinking team six could do what they wanted with his departure, but Mission would not officially start until team 5. For what it's worth, I was traveling and didn't have much time.

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3. Were the total winnings = $80? ($60 from OD and $20 from Wiz) And, OD's donation of $60 is split 5 ways between himself and the other 4 members of OD's team. Did all members of OD's team agree to pool? We need a financial summary of where everyone stands and the status of the expected value of the game-ending pool.

I hope OD can address that one.

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July 12th, 2018 at 11:34:30 AM permalink

Here are the Week 5 teams. I hope there are no errors.

Team	Leader	Followers
1	Jmarch79	OnceDear, SM777, Mission146, troopscott
2	MidwestAP	DJTeddyBear, JohnnyQ, AxelWolf, beachbumbabs
3	UKMark	RS, miplet, onenickelmiracle, Nathan
4	GWAE	gordonm888, MaxPen, Dalex64, Romes
5	djatc	Ayecarumba, Mikey75, prozema, SOOPOO
6	Face	Jufo81, PlayYourCardsRight, gamerfreak
7	Keeneone	Torghatten, Joeman, PokerGrinder

Let's try to lower the temperature this week and see if we can't all share on a smaller amount. The pool will be back to $10, but $20 if everyone shares. Deadline is 9 AM Vegas time on Sunday (July 15).

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July 12th, 2018 at 11:55:30 AM permalink

RESULTS and Summary so far after 4 rounds...

Here are the results of round 1.

Team	Players	Vote
1	Torghatten, AxelWolf, Mikey75, Keeneone, Dummy 1	Share
2	Jufo81, SM777, gordonm888, PlayYourCardsRight, Romes	Share
3	DJTeddyBear, PokerGrinder, Dalex64, GWAE, billryan	Steal
4	Nathan, troopscott, onenickelmiracle, OnceDear	Steal
5	Joeman, MidwestAP, beachbumbabs, Face, UKMark	Steal
6	RS, miplet, SOOPOO, Dummy 2, Jmarch79	Steal
7	gamerfreak, GWAE, JohnnyQ, MaxPen, djatc	Share
8	Ayecarumba, Boz, HeyMrDJ, prozema, sodawater*	Steal

With $10 in prize money, the five "steal" voting teams each win $2, to be divided equally among the team members.
The following players are eliminated at round 1 for not playing: MidwestAP, Boz, HeyMrDJ.

Tthe round 2 votes were

Team	Players	Vote
1	Torghatten, DJTeddyBear, OnceDear, gamerfreak, gordonm888	Steal
2	AxelWolf, Joeman, PokerGrinder, billryan, djatc	Share
3	Ayecarumba, Face, beachbumbabs, Dalex64, Mikey75	Steal
4	prozema, GWAE, Keeneone, Jmarch79, UKMark	Steal
5	RS, JohnnyQ, SM777, Nathan, MidwestAP*	Steal
6	MaxPen, miplet, troopscott, PlayYourCardsRight	Steal
7	Romes, Jufo81, SOOPOO, onenickelmiracle	Share

As I understand it, that's
sharing $2.00 between the 5 members of team 1
sharing $2.00 between the 5 members of team 3
sharing $2.00 between the 5 members of team 4
sharing $2.00 between the 5 members of team 5 *corrected to add MidwestAP back in
sharing $2.00 between the 4 members of team 6

Here are the round three results.

Team	Players	Vote
1	JohnnyQ, RS, DJTeddyBear, AxelWolf, djatc	share
2	gordonm888, PlayYourCardsRight, Face, Jufo81, troopscott	steal
3	SOOPOO, billryan, Ayecarumba, prozema, Jmarch79	share
4	miplet, PokerGrinder, GWAE, Torghatten, gamerfreak	share
5	Dalex64, MaxPen, OnceDear, Keeneone	share
6	Mikey75, SM777, beachbumbabs, Romes, MidwestAP	share
7	onenickelmiracle, Nathan, Joeman, UKMark	steal

Teams 2 and 7 get $5 each

Here are the Round Four results.

Team	Players	Vote
1	Jufo81,Torghatten,MaxPen,gordonm888,miplet	share
2	gamerfreak,prozema,Dalex64,SOOPOO,MidwestAP	steal
3	PlayYourCardsRight,Romes,OnceDear,Keeneone	steal
4	Joeman,onenickelmiracle,Ayecarumba,GWAE,JohnnyQ	steal
5	beachbumbabs,AxelWolf,SM777,Jmarch79,UKMark	share
6	PokerGrinder,djatc,DJTeddyBear,billryan,Mikey75	steal
7	Nathan,troopscott,Face,RS	share

Mike allocated $20 to be divided between the 4 stealing teams, so...
gamerfreak,prozema,Dalex64,SOOPOO,MidwestAP get $1.00 each
PlayYourCardsRight,Romes,OnceDear,Keeneone get $1.25 each (MidwestAP was actually assigned to team 2)
Joeman,onenickelmiracle,Ayecarumba,GWAE,JohnnyQ get $1.00 each
PokerGrinder,djatc,DJTeddyBear,Mikey75 get $1.25 each (BillRyan quit before round completed)

Additionally, because team captains bid as I directed, I'm about to paypal Wizard with $60 to be assigned equally to
PlayYourCardsRight,Romes,OnceDear,Keeneone That's $15 each.

Thus the updated table of results becomes...

Member	Winnings	Total	Sharing?
Playyourcardsright	0+50c+$1.00+$16.25	$17.75	Yes
OnceDear	50c+40c+0+$16.25	$17.15	Yes
Keeneone	0+40c+0+$16.25	$16.65	Yes
Romes	0+0+0+$16.25	$16.25	Yes
OneNickelMiracle	50c+0+$1.25+$1.00	$2.75	???
Joeman	40c+0+$1.25+$1.00	$2.65	Yes
Prozema	$1.00+40c+0+$1.00	$2.40	Yes
Ayecarumba	$1.00+40c+0+$1.00	$2.40	No
Nathan	50c+40c+$1.25+0	$2.15	Yes
DJTeddyBear	40c+40c+0+$1.25	$2.05	???
UK MARK	40c+40c+$1.25+0	$2.05	Yes
Troopscott	50c+50c+$1.00+0	$2.00	Yes
Dalex64	40c+40c+0+$1.00	$1.80	???
Face	40c+40c+$1.00+0	$1.80	???
GWAE	40c+40c+0+$1.00	$1.80	???
MidwestAP	40c+40c+0+$1.00	$1.80	???
PokerGrinder	40c+0+0+$1.25	$1.65	Yes
Mikey75	0+40c+0+$1.25	$1.65	Yes
Soopoo	50c+0+0+$1.00	$1.50	Yes
JohnnyQ	0+40c+0+$1.00	$1.40	Yes
GamerFreak	0+40c+0+$1.00	$1.40	Yes
Gordonm888	0+40c+$1.00+0	$1.40	Yes
DJATC	0+0+0+$1.25	$1.25	???
RS	50c+40c+0+0	$0.90	No
Jufo81	0+0+$1.00+0	$1.00	Yes
Miplet	50c+50c+0+0	$1.00	Yes
Jmarch79	50c+40c+0+0	$0.90	Yes
BeachBumBabs	40c+40c+0+0	$0.80	Yes
MaxPen	0+50c+0+0	$0.50	???
SM777	0+40c+0+0	$0.40	???
Torghatten	0+40c+0+0	$0.40	Yes
Billryan	40c+0+0	$0.40	???
Axelwolf	0+0+0+0	$0.00	Yes
Mission146	0+0+0	$0.00	Yes
Boz	0	$0.00	No-Show
HeyMrDJ	0	$0.00	No-Show
Totals	£110.00	$110.00
Potentially	£120.00	$120.00

Guys and Gals, please check my numbers. Especially, check your own result.
E&OE

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July 12th, 2018 at 12:11:03 PM permalink

Mission146: Winnings: $0.00, Total: $0.00, Sharing: Yes.

You know, I recommended you to replace me as Admin, and you're making me feel like I'm not even here. (Kidding, though, OnceDear was actually my recommendation.)

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July 12th, 2018 at 12:12:03 PM permalink

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Mission146: Winnings: $0.00, Total: $0.00, Sharing: Yes.

You know, I recommended you to replace me as Admin, and you're making me feel like I'm not even here. (Kidding, though, OnceDear was actually my recommendation.)

just plug him into billryan spot and give him his .40

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July 12th, 2018 at 12:14:23 PM permalink

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OnceDear July 12, 2018 12:12 pm
Mike,

Because team captains bid as I directed, I've just paypaled you $60 to be assigned equally to
PlayYourCardsRight,Romes,OnceDear,Keeneone That's $15 each.

regards...

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July 12th, 2018 at 12:15:07 PM permalink

Axelwolf 0+0+0 $0.00

♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪

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July 12th, 2018 at 12:33:06 PM permalink

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Axelwolf 0+0+0 $0.00

My hero

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July 12th, 2018 at 12:33:30 PM permalink

Couple things, both minor, and a note.

MAP is missing in the round 2 table. Not sure where the error was made on that, but he was reinstated immediately, and is credited with 4 rounds in the last chart.

Axel only has 3 rounds indicated in the last chart, but has played all 4. Missing a zero, I guess.

Going just by this chart, I show 21 players sharing $92.35, or $4.40 each, after 4 rounds. That's significantly more than any non-sharing player has individually. So that amount will go down if more of them join.

I would prefer they be allowed to still join, but I think there might need to be a cutoff date, now that MIke has said 12 rounds.. Whether we do that or not, I see some gripes coming, and would ask now that everyone roll with it, rather than feel resentful if some join. The rules and amounts will be changing.

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July 12th, 2018 at 12:35:56 PM permalink

pwned by BBB and Wiz

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July 12th, 2018 at 12:42:54 PM permalink

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I would prefer they be allowed to still join, but I think there might need to be a cutoff date, now that MIke has said 12 rounds.. Whether we do that or not, I see some gripes coming, and would ask now that everyone roll with it, rather than feel resentful if some join. The rules and amounts will be changing.

I'm fine with cutting this off to newcomers. Mission will be the last one. I think he will be an actively engaged player.

Also, I acknowledge getting $60 from OD with instructions on who to give it to.

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July 12th, 2018 at 12:53:20 PM permalink

I think there should be a cutoff date for pooling as well. Some people want their cake and eat it too... "omg the avg from the team is $4 and I have $5, clearly it's +EV for me to keep my $5 instead of pool!!!" So let's stick it back to them. Anyone not willing to pool by the end of round 5, we don't let them pool. They can have fun dealing with the transfer fee's or whatever over their $5. You wanna be part of something fun on the forums or not?

Yes people can lie in the game, but we can treat pooling separate from the game. Thus, if someone lies about pooling, it's the same as welshing on a bet, and they would not be a member in good standing, in my opinion.

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July 12th, 2018 at 12:54:05 PM permalink

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I'm fine with cutting this off to newcomers. Mission will be the last one. I think he will be an actively engaged player.

Also, I acknowledge getting $60 from OD with instructions on who to give it to.

Indeed, and thank you. I have already sent a PM to our team leader that my vote, in the event he cares about votes, is to share.

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July 12th, 2018 at 1:06:40 PM permalink

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Couple things, both minor, and a note.

I'll edit the table soon as I know which team MAP was in that round. It might mean a few other numbers change slightly.

Done! I had to take 10c off RS, SM777, Nathan and JohnnyQ

Wizard has suggested that my table should be the ongoing authoritative statement of account, rather than having him maintain his own record.
Assuming all are ok with that, it makes it all the more pressing that you alert me to any errors.

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July 12th, 2018 at 1:24:25 PM permalink

I'm confused at what OnceDear's bet actually was and why it went to team 3 specifically?

Not calling hornswaggle or anything like that, I just forget and it was stated like 50 pages ago.

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July 12th, 2018 at 1:34:36 PM permalink

The bet was $60 to his team, who have each individually agreed to pool winnings. So while my money shows highest, in reality, it's a win for everyone.

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July 12th, 2018 at 1:37:07 PM permalink

While we are talking about things that confuse us, I'm not clear on the side pooling thing mission and RS discussed.

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July 12th, 2018 at 1:41:13 PM permalink

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While we are talking about things that confuse us, I'm not clear on the side pooling thing mission and RS discussed.

They don't care if you get it. Could br PMs or a play involved. It's just mischief from RS. None of those who are sharing in the big pool are invited.

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July 12th, 2018 at 1:42:52 PM permalink

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While we are talking about things that confuse us, I'm not clear on the side pooling thing mission and RS discussed.

That's not complicated. Any winnings that myself and RS have are going to the same advantage play, that he will manage, and the result of said play will go to each of us according to the percentage and amount of $$$ devoted to said play.

I honestly would have joined the main pool, but I wanted to differentiate myself a little bit. Besides, I like video poker bar advantage plays, but I don't live in Vegas, so I can't do many of those.

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July 12th, 2018 at 1:43:08 PM permalink

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I'm confused at what OnceDear's bet actually was and why it went to team 3 specifically?

Not calling hornswaggle or anything like that, I just forget and it was stated like 50 pages ago.

it was this

Why my team... well a couple of reasons. I got to request my captain to 'share' though he new steal was the best choice. Plus, I get a share of my own money and control whether it gets pooled or not Plus, I didn't think too hard about it.

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July 12th, 2018 at 1:44:56 PM permalink

Quote: beachbumbabs
They don't care if you get it. Could br PMs or a play involved. It's just mischief from RS. None of those who are sharing in the big pool are invited.

Bummer. I heard they have cookies.

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July 12th, 2018 at 4:21:45 PM permalink

AY LMAO I made enough money for one hand of quarter video poker

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July 12th, 2018 at 7:03:54 PM permalink

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July 12th, 2018 at 10:38:13 PM permalink

Wizard needs to up his game!!!

Mike! You need to increase the probability that all teams will steal. As it is, the level of cooperation is too high to make the game exciting.

Divide and conquer.

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July 13th, 2018 at 1:52:50 AM permalink

Quote: Wizard
Here are the Week 5 teams. I hope there are no errors.

Team Leader Followers Vote
1 Jmarch79 OnceDear, SM777, Mission146, troopscott
2 MidwestAP DJTeddyBear, JohnnyQ, AxelWolf, beachbumbabs
3 UKMark RS, miplet, onenickelmiracle, Nathan
4 GWAE gordonm888, MaxPen, Dalex64, Romes
5 djatc Ayecarumba, Mikey75, prozema, SOOPOO
6 Face Jufo81, PlayYourCardsRight, gamerfreak
7 Keeneone Torghatten, Joeman, PokerGrinder

Let's try to lower the temperature this week and see if we can't all share on a smaller amount. The pool will be back to $10, but $20 if everyone shares. Deadline is 9 AM Vegas time on Sunday (July 15).

I know there has been a split of share/steal votes to spread the pool but surely if the aim is to maximise our winnings then for this round we all need to share as it doubles the prize, benefits us all and puts more money in the pooled pot at the end.

Speaking of the pooled pot at the end, I saw a post from Romes who at the moment has $5 and the pool value is only $4 so understand why he might feel like rescinding on any pooled pot at the end. My point, and maybe it's my misunderstanding, is that I thought we were all pooling the winnings to put the overall total onto or into something else whereby we have a chance of spinning the winnings up. So rather than pooling and then splitting the total and getting $5 each I'd be more up for splitting the pot over x other bets / accumulators to maximise what we can win and therefore change my $5 into $50, $100 or more.

Onto Week 5:
RS, Miplet, ONM, Nathan

My vote will be to share this round, if you have any thoughts on this then please PM me and I'll reply back. Please bear in mind I am 8hrs ahead of Vegas time so if I don't hear from you by Saturday night UK time the vote will be going in.

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July 13th, 2018 at 3:15:24 AM permalink

Quote: UKMark

I know there has been a split of share/steal votes to spread the pool but surely if the aim is to maximise our winnings then for this round we all need to share as it doubles the prize, benefits us all and puts more money in the pooled pot at the end.

Yes. We should all share this round. It might have been different if RS, Aycarumba and another renegade had been on the same team, or heaven forbid, been captain.
As it is, they should get outvoted/overruled and there should, hopefully, be no stealing team.

Psalm 25:16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. Proverbs 18:2 A fool finds no satisfaction in trying to understand, for he would rather express his own opinion.

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July 13th, 2018 at 3:30:36 AM permalink

As there are 7 team captains we need to agree to share this round, so I ask for all the team captains to quote this post, fill in their vote to show this round is a share.

Team	Leader	Vote
1	Jmarch79
2	MidwestAP
3	UKMark	SHARE
4	GWAE
5	djatc
6	Face
7	Keeneone

Once the table is complete we can send this to the Wizard to confirm week 5 voting, of course we will find out the results so who is good to their word???

BTW, if all captains do not reply then I withhold the right to change team 3's vote :-)

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July 13th, 2018 at 4:01:25 AM permalink

With the majority now apparently willing to pool all winnings at the end, I think it makes sense to go for the all-share.

I am willing to pool my winnings at the end, fwiw.

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July 13th, 2018 at 4:34:22 AM permalink

I am suggesting share. Out of time and thoughts....

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July 13th, 2018 at 5:48:39 AM permalink

I'll join the pool only if the money is mailed out to random strangers or released by hot air balloon.

I am a robot.

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July 13th, 2018 at 5:51:12 AM permalink

STEAL!

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July 13th, 2018 at 5:58:46 AM permalink

Question. Is this game like the Chicken Nuggets game a while back?

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July 13th, 2018 at 6:05:02 AM permalink

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Question. Is this game like the Chicken Nuggets game a while back?

It's important to never read the rules. Not on a board game, or a slot machine, or a credit card bonus. Never ever read the rules! Reading rules is like reading instructions for ready to assemble furniture. It's like surrendering to the man.

Honestly, I'm not sure how the dipping sauce matter is handled in this game. Maybe the wizard will weigh in... Maybe not.

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July 13th, 2018 at 6:23:00 AM permalink

Quote: prozema
It's important to never read the rules. Not on a board game, or a slot machine, or a credit card bonus. Never ever read the rules! Reading rules is like reading instructions for ready to assemble furniture. It's like surrendering to the man.

Honestly, I'm not sure how the dipping sauce matter is handled in this game. Maybe the wizard will weigh in... Maybe not.

I believe that dipping sauces, and even beverages, are allowed. However, if someone barfs before they get to $100, I think we all lose. But you never know; Wiz keeps changing up the rules!

Actually, I think that a Chicken McNugget Co-operation Game, where we get Chicken McNuggets instead of money, might be awesome. I bet there wouldn't nearly be as many STEAL votes in that game! ;)

"Dealer has 'rock'... Pay 'paper!'"

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