Bnp Paribas & Sony Open - Money For Nothing Tournament

[KP the nut]

OK, just for clarification, for the bear with little brain. Next round, because I will obviously win ;) I will bet my £50K, plus winnings on a single bet in round 2?

 

[KP the nut]

By the way. What did you do to Zheng? I thought I was the one to give players the kiss of death :hilarious:

 

[anthony]

Next round, because I will obviously win ;) I will bet my £50K, plus winnings on a single bet in round 2?

Yes, all as a combined, single bet. You can't bet on the other side personally, i.e. offsetting your bets to win win when placing it. It is a single combined bet of your amount + winnings until you either lose it, or you walk away with a million + at finals if you make that much.

To give you an idea. Nicolette bet her $50k on Silvia Soler-Espinosa at $2.00. She got back her $50k (initial bet) + won $50k (difference 2/1 odds). She has a total of $100,000 to now bet next. Because that game finished, and Svetlana Kuznetsova hadn't started yet, she bet that $100,000 on Svetlana Kuznetsova at $1.13. She won, she got back her $100k (initial bet) and won $13k (difference in odds, being 13 cents) for a total of $113,000.

Still in round 1 here. She has now bet it on Olga Puchkova game which starts soon, the entire $113,000 as a single bet, because it is the total she has reach thus far and it must all remain together. Olga Puchkova is $1.53 if she wins. If that occurs, then Nicolette will have $172, 890 for her next bet, which she must keep together. That is her original $113,000 bet + the difference in winnings of 53 cents on the dollar, which would make $59,890.

If she wins that game today, she will still be in round 1 tomorrow with more games available for her to increase her earnings.

As you can see, it hasn't increased all that much after two wins... the third will make it healthy IF she wins that one. Otherwise, she loses it all on the bet. If she makes it to tomorrow she can then strategise to bet on several games again based on their starting times, hoping to build the amount so she can then take safer bets on favourites in the coming rounds who will not have great odds typically, thus the money is less, thus the chances of reaching $1m is more difficult.

This is why you have to really take big risks or lots of little risks by a multiple betting strategy in each round. That is hoping it works, because some games go over, they move games to different courts, all sorts of things change in tennis.

 

[anthony]

Nicolette is now out of the BNP WTA... leaving just KP and Inn as possibles for the WTA.

 

[anthony]

Factor into your playing strategy, if anyone is left for Friday's games, that I will not be settling any games during play that day, as I'm away. Saturday my time.

Don't say you haven't been warned, as this will apply to all games, ATP and WTA, obviously. All the games will be listed for that day before I go, however; they won't be opened and adjusted right up until game play itself for final betting. They will all close likely early, as that is how games evolve over the day due to going over.

 

[KP the nut]

Saturday my time.

Good for you, enjoy your day.

 

[anthony]

Don't forget KP... you also got $50k for the ATP... which most of round 1 is now listed. Each one is its own tournament.

 

[KP the nut]

Don't forget KP... you also got $50k for the ATP

Done.

 

[anthony]

Inn... are you still participating in this one, or dropping both? You have the $50k for the mens singles already... I can either pull it out or leave it if you're still in this one.

 

[KP the nut]

I think I've bet on the mens okay.

 

[Innordinate]

Inn... are you still participating in this one, or dropping both?

I'm in as far as I know. Just placed my bet. Time differences are killer.

 

[Innordinate]

I'm just going to keep it simple for myself for these tournaments and only bet my 'ALL IN' money and none of my own. Otherwise I'm going to end up cross betting and confusing the hell out of myself. :cautious: