ESPN's Streak for Cash - Page 3

Danny · 03-01-2009, 04:39 PM

A little hint for picking the bowling tournament ones where it's so and so vs. the field. Do not pick the field. These use a stepladder style tourney, so the person only actually has to win one match against one other person to win the tournament. Where as the person going against him has already competed, quite possibly against multiple opponents before playing the round for the championship.

I don't know much about the bowlers going, but I figure the person fresh who only has to win the one match has an advantage, so I have made that pick 2/2 so far.

Radii · 03-01-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

Thanks for taking that title from me, Radii

hah, indeed. I was proud of my 5 game losing streak, until I went and picked Niagara correctly Friday. Its a 1 game winning streak now!

hoopsguy · 03-01-2009, 05:38 PM

Picks are titled "I Run Good", which seems kind of ironical in light of my .500 record over 125+ games.

Swaggs · 03-01-2009, 06:52 PM

Damn... looks like my new rule will be to not pick games with Michigan State any longer.

Back to zero.

cthomer5000 · 03-01-2009, 07:27 PM

i am a losing machine. stay away from anything i say

fantom1979 · 03-02-2009, 01:08 AM

<----- gallagher79

I am sucking it up big time. I need to do more research when I pick a sport outside of the big 4. I picked the field against some bowler, thinking that in any sport, the field is usually a good bet. Little did I know that it was a "step-ladder" tournament and the #1 seed bowler that I picked against had a bye until the final round.

Danny · 03-02-2009, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fantom1979

<----- gallagher79

I am sucking it up big time. I need to do more research when I pick a sport outside of the big 4. I picked the field against some bowler, thinking that in any sport, the field is usually a good bet. Little did I know that it was a "step-ladder" tournament and the #1 seed bowler that I picked against had a bye until the final round.

Yeah, I almost did this the first time I was going to pick the field, but was curious enough to check how the tournament worked and then switched my pick to the bowler. Picking the #1 seed bowler seems like a good pick regularly.

Swaggs · 03-12-2009, 08:39 PM

No one in our group has been able to put together much of a current streak, but jbergey is racking up a lot of wins for the month.

I just broke a 6-game losing streak last night... it was ugly. Back up to 2 in a row now and I took UConn's margin of victory over Johnny Flynn's assists.

hoopsguy · 03-12-2009, 08:44 PM

Try losing nine in a row - I've been hearing it from the guys in my other group big-time, even though I'm still ahead of a couple of them by winning % on the month.

"Streakers" as a whole have lost 8 of the last 9 days, so not many people are putting up streaks at the moment.

sterlingice · 03-12-2009, 08:50 PM

Ok, so how does this work? I see there's one game left on tap today: Cleveland at Phoenix. It's running about 95-5 for Cleveland. What does picking them mean?

Is this against the spread or anything?

SI

Radii · 03-12-2009, 08:52 PM

if you get it right you have a winning streak of 1. If not you don't

you can only pick one game(or thing at a time, whatever), the stats are mostly just for fun though I guess if you have a 15 game winning streak and you pick a big underdog right it might matter. But getting one right when you pick along with 95% of hte crowd is no different than getting a tough one right.

Radii · 03-12-2009, 08:53 PM

Also, I now have a winning streak of 2, for the first time ever! I also now have a higher success % than Flasch so I'm no longer bringing up the rear in the group, woohoo!

PackerFanatic · 03-12-2009, 08:58 PM

I finally am back on track with a winning streak of 2 after running off 6 losses. I hope they keep this going after March. I wonder if the tournament will help get a million dollar winner (closest I have seen this round is 19 I think)

Flasch186 · 03-12-2009, 09:11 PM

im going for the reverse streak.

Swaggs · 03-12-2009, 10:25 PM

It would seem to be technically just as difficult to have a long losing streak since the picks are essentially all tossups.

Ryche · 03-13-2009, 06:36 PM

Think I managed to lose 12 of 13 in one stretch, but now I have a nice little 5 game win streak going.

sterlingice · 03-13-2009, 08:22 PM

Yay me! I picked 2 I have no idea on (Westbrook vs Morgan points) and some soccer game and... now have a 2 game losing streak. Here's to Josh Shipp outscoring Taj Gibson- again, something I know nothing about. Those parlay type bets will not end well for me.

SI

Swaggs · 03-13-2009, 08:33 PM

I am being a homer tonight and going with WVU over Syracuse.

sterlingice · 03-13-2009, 08:42 PM

It's not a bad play with how tired Syracuse is

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sterlingice · 03-18-2009, 08:13 PM

One of the things I'm going to try and do is collect as many odd sports as I can on my entry. Give a shout if you see something a little off the beaten path on the board (I missed curling a weekend or two ago, but I did get the rugby

)

SI

Swaggs · 03-18-2009, 09:05 PM

I have to admit that they do a really effective job of getting toss up games. It seems like most of the folks in our group have gotten to 20+-ish picks and we are all pretty close to .500 overall.

I know that I have had a hell of a time getting more than 2 or 3 straight for the past month.

Swaggs · 03-20-2009, 09:11 PM

Up to 4 in a row with the help of some favorable NCAA tourney choices and some luck. I really like Florida State over Wisconsin tonight (probably the kiss of death).

Had a moment of questionable fanhood earlier, when I picked the WVU-Dayton game to total less than 130 points. They ended up with 128 points, in no small part due to my advising my Mountaineers to not foul anymore once Dayton got up by 8. I was also terrified that we might get a last second 3-pointer, but, fortunately, we never got the ball back.

I'm a terrible fan.

sterlingice · 03-20-2009, 09:29 PM

I'm at 5 in a row... lost

SI

Ryche · 03-21-2009, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swaggs

Up to 4 in a row with the help of some favorable NCAA tourney choices and some luck. I really like Florida State over Wisconsin tonight (probably the kiss of death).

Had a moment of questionable fanhood earlier, when I picked the WVU-Dayton game to total less than 130 points. They ended up with 128 points, in no small part due to my advising my Mountaineers to not foul anymore once Dayton got up by 8. I was also terrified that we might get a last second 3-pointer, but, fortunately, we never got the ball back.

I'm a terrible fan.

I loved Florida St over Wisconsin too. Oops. Go 'Nova

Swaggs · 03-22-2009, 01:29 PM

Stupid Florida State. I have won twice more since they blew the game against Wisky, so I would have 6 in a row now.

Anyone have the balls to pick the Cleveland State/Arizona game? I think I am going to hold off and pick Mizzou over Marquette, even though I hate to pick against a BE team in this tourney.

sterlingice · 03-22-2009, 02:02 PM

I didn't wake up early enough to do any of the early games since I was working until about 7 this morning but I'm going with Mizzou this afternoon.

SI

Swaggs · 03-28-2009, 10:31 PM

I'm up to 7 in a row now, largely due to being a Big East homer in the NCAAs.

What is actually far more interesting, however, is that someone is up to 24 in a row, with just three more days left in the contest.

hoopsguy · 03-29-2009, 09:46 PM

Looks like dude busted at 25 this evening, courtesy of the Spurs letting him down.

Poli · 03-29-2009, 10:49 PM

I'm at eleventy billion in the wrong.

sterlingice · 04-01-2009, 12:35 PM

New game starts today and runs through Dec 31. I thought they'd neuter it, but I actually think it's better. Guaranteed $1M prize that none of us will ever see. Top 7 streaks in that time get $10K (and the chance at $1M) and if you can put together a 13 game streak, you probably can get a t-shirt (first 10K who get that length streaks).

SI

kingfc22 · 04-01-2009, 04:26 PM

My longest streak after the first two contests has been 7.

I'm hoping baseball season will allow for me to get a nice streak going.

Ryche · 04-01-2009, 07:13 PM

1-0, yay Spain. I'm glad that it's going 9 months this time instead of ending after 3. The guy with a streak at the end got put in a tough position of having to pick games he probably would have preferred to avoid.

Scoobz0202 · 04-01-2009, 08:47 PM

Thank you Altidore.

Ryche · 04-01-2009, 08:48 PM

USA, USA. Would have never watched that game otherwise, but was definitely cheering for that last goal.

kingfc22 · 04-01-2009, 09:38 PM

2-0

Watch out here I come :P

samifan24 · 04-02-2009, 11:51 PM

I just joined and am 2 for 2 in my first two days doing this.

stevew · 04-03-2009, 12:05 AM

Pushed this morning on Davis Love 3 vs someone. edit, i guess it was cancelled. Hopefully Denver closes this one out tonight.

stevew · 04-03-2009, 12:11 AM

dola, Spurs vs Pacers looks like a trap game tomorrow. 99%+ on the Spurs who are playing the second night of a back to back on the road. Pacers have been at home and off since Tuesday. It's usually a big factor.

Im not touching the Cavs/Magic game, it's too hard to bet against LeBron, but I think they'll probably lose again tomorrow, mainly for the same reason I'll probably wager against the Spurs.

hoopsguy · 04-03-2009, 06:12 AM

Agree on Spurs game being a trap; Pacers have competed well at home over last month. I went with Capitals in hockey.

I've also sworn off of soccer games after being 12 games under .500 picking those crappy games over the last period. It is just insane to be that bad on games that should (in theory) be coin flips.

kingfc22 · 04-03-2009, 02:36 PM

I'm taking New Orleans tonight. W's have been awful all season and barely got past a poor Kings squad at home the other night.

Flasch186 · 04-04-2009, 08:26 AM

4-0

not sure what to do with today though.

samifan24 · 04-04-2009, 09:15 AM

That Calgary loss stopped my streak last night.

Flasch186 · 04-04-2009, 04:47 PM

after doing a little research Im going with Orlando.

arizing540 · 04-04-2009, 04:52 PM

After losing my afternoon pick, I'm looking to start fresh by taking UNC tonight

Ryche · 04-04-2009, 05:51 PM

The Capitals killed my 4 win streak with their loss last night. Actually it was 10 going back to the last round. 2-0 today though and really liking UNC.

sterlingice · 04-04-2009, 10:15 PM

After starting with a 2 game win streak, I lost. It's early and I was out of town so I took a flier on NASCAR to get that one sport out of the way.

The elusive curling is tomorrow morning and I'll grab NCW, too, since that will be one of the last women's games of the year.

SI

samifan24 · 04-04-2009, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

After starting with a 2 game win streak, I lost. It's early and I was out of town so I took a flier on NASCAR to get that one sport out of the way.

The elusive curling is tomorrow morning and I'll grab NCW, too, since that will be one of the last women's games of the year.

SI

Do you have to pick certain sports every month? What do you mean "to get that one sport out of the way?" So far I've just picked NHL, NBA and now soccer games. Is there a rule governing how often you can pick a certain sport or something?

sterlingice · 04-04-2009, 10:32 PM

Nah- I think I mentioned this a while back- I try to get something of every sport in my entry. There's nothing in the rules about it.

SI

Ryche · 04-05-2009, 12:19 AM

Switzerland beat Scotland in curling yesterday, USA beat Germany. But for whatever reason, Germany is getting almost 90% of the picks over Switzerland tomorrow. Is there something I'm missing that is causing Germany to get all these picks?

sterlingice · 04-05-2009, 10:55 AM

I don't know but apparently I chose poorly as Germany won 10-9. PBA in the afternoon

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03-01-2009, 06:52 PM	#104
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Damn... looks like my new rule will be to not pick games with Michigan State any longer. Back to zero. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

03-02-2009, 01:08 AM	#106
fantom1979 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sterling Heights, Mi	<----- gallagher79 I am sucking it up big time. I need to do more research when I pick a sport outside of the big 4. I picked the field against some bowler, thinking that in any sport, the field is usually a good bet. Little did I know that it was a "step-ladder" tournament and the #1 seed bowler that I picked against had a bye until the final round. Last edited by fantom1979 : 03-02-2009 at 01:09 AM.

03-12-2009, 08:39 PM	#108
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	No one in our group has been able to put together much of a current streak, but jbergey is racking up a lot of wins for the month. I just broke a 6-game losing streak last night... it was ugly. Back up to 2 in a row now and I took UConn's margin of victory over Johnny Flynn's assists. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

03-12-2009, 08:50 PM	#110
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Ok, so how does this work? I see there's one game left on tap today: Cleveland at Phoenix. It's running about 95-5 for Cleveland. What does picking them mean? Is this against the spread or anything? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 03-12-2009 at 08:52 PM.

03-12-2009, 08:58 PM	#113
PackerFanatic Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	I finally am back on track with a winning streak of 2 after running off 6 losses. I hope they keep this going after March. I wonder if the tournament will help get a million dollar winner (closest I have seen this round is 19 I think) __________________ Commissioner of the RNFL

03-01-2009, 04:39 PM	#101
Danny Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	A little hint for picking the bowling tournament ones where it's so and so vs. the field. Do not pick the field. These use a stepladder style tourney, so the person only actually has to win one match against one other person to win the tournament. Where as the person going against him has already competed, quite possibly against multiple opponents before playing the round for the championship. I don't know much about the bowlers going, but I figure the person fresh who only has to win the one match has an advantage, so I have made that pick 2/2 so far.

03-01-2009, 05:38 PM	#103
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Picks are titled "I Run Good", which seems kind of ironical in light of my .500 record over 125+ games.

03-12-2009, 08:44 PM	#109
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Try losing nine in a row - I've been hearing it from the guys in my other group big-time, even though I'm still ahead of a couple of them by winning % on the month. "Streakers" as a whole have lost 8 of the last 9 days, so not many people are putting up streaks at the moment.

03-12-2009, 08:52 PM	#111
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	if you get it right you have a winning streak of 1. If not you don't you can only pick one game(or thing at a time, whatever), the stats are mostly just for fun though I guess if you have a 15 game winning streak and you pick a big underdog right it might matter. But getting one right when you pick along with 95% of hte crowd is no different than getting a tough one right.

03-12-2009, 08:53 PM	#112
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Also, I now have a winning streak of 2, for the first time ever! I also now have a higher success % than Flasch so I'm no longer bringing up the rear in the group, woohoo!

03-12-2009, 09:11 PM	#114
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	im going for the reverse streak. __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

03-12-2009, 10:25 PM	#115
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	It would seem to be technically just as difficult to have a long losing streak since the picks are essentially all tossups. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

03-13-2009, 06:36 PM	#116
Ryche College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Highlands Ranch, CO, USA	Think I managed to lose 12 of 13 in one stretch, but now I have a nice little 5 game win streak going. __________________ Some knots are better left untied.

03-13-2009, 08:22 PM	#117
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Yay me! I picked 2 I have no idea on (Westbrook vs Morgan points) and some soccer game and... now have a 2 game losing streak. Here's to Josh Shipp outscoring Taj Gibson- again, something I know nothing about. Those parlay type bets will not end well for me. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-13-2009, 08:33 PM	#118
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I am being a homer tonight and going with WVU over Syracuse. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

03-13-2009, 08:42 PM	#119
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	It's not a bad play with how tired Syracuse is SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-18-2009, 08:13 PM	#120
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	One of the things I'm going to try and do is collect as many odd sports as I can on my entry. Give a shout if you see something a little off the beaten path on the board (I missed curling a weekend or two ago, but I did get the rugby ) SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-18-2009, 09:05 PM	#121
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I have to admit that they do a really effective job of getting toss up games. It seems like most of the folks in our group have gotten to 20+-ish picks and we are all pretty close to .500 overall. I know that I have had a hell of a time getting more than 2 or 3 straight for the past month. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

03-20-2009, 09:11 PM	#122
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Up to 4 in a row with the help of some favorable NCAA tourney choices and some luck. I really like Florida State over Wisconsin tonight (probably the kiss of death). Had a moment of questionable fanhood earlier, when I picked the WVU-Dayton game to total less than 130 points. They ended up with 128 points, in no small part due to my advising my Mountaineers to not foul anymore once Dayton got up by 8. I was also terrified that we might get a last second 3-pointer, but, fortunately, we never got the ball back. I'm a terrible fan. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

03-20-2009, 09:29 PM	#123
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I'm at 5 in a row... lost SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-22-2009, 01:29 PM	#125
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Stupid Florida State. I have won twice more since they blew the game against Wisky, so I would have 6 in a row now. Anyone have the balls to pick the Cleveland State/Arizona game? I think I am going to hold off and pick Mizzou over Marquette, even though I hate to pick against a BE team in this tourney. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

03-22-2009, 02:02 PM	#126
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I didn't wake up early enough to do any of the early games since I was working until about 7 this morning but I'm going with Mizzou this afternoon. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-28-2009, 10:31 PM	#127
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I'm up to 7 in a row now, largely due to being a Big East homer in the NCAAs. What is actually far more interesting, however, is that someone is up to 24 in a row, with just three more days left in the contest. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

03-29-2009, 09:46 PM	#128
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Looks like dude busted at 25 this evening, courtesy of the Spurs letting him down.

03-29-2009, 10:49 PM	#129
Poli FOFC Survivor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wentzville, MO	I'm at eleventy billion in the wrong. __________________ Cheer for a walk on quarterback! Ardent leads the Vols in the dynasty forum.

04-01-2009, 12:35 PM	#130
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	New game starts today and runs through Dec 31. I thought they'd neuter it, but I actually think it's better. Guaranteed $1M prize that none of us will ever see. Top 7 streaks in that time get $10K (and the chance at $1M) and if you can put together a 13 game streak, you probably can get a t-shirt (first 10K who get that length streaks). SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

04-01-2009, 04:26 PM	#131
kingfc22 Head Coach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA	My longest streak after the first two contests has been 7. I'm hoping baseball season will allow for me to get a nice streak going. __________________ Fan of SF Giants, 49ers, Sharks, Arsenal

04-01-2009, 07:13 PM	#132
Ryche College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Highlands Ranch, CO, USA	1-0, yay Spain. I'm glad that it's going 9 months this time instead of ending after 3. The guy with a streak at the end got put in a tough position of having to pick games he probably would have preferred to avoid. __________________ Some knots are better left untied.

04-01-2009, 08:47 PM	#133
Scoobz0202 Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dayton, Ohio	Thank you Altidore.

04-01-2009, 08:48 PM	#134
Ryche College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Highlands Ranch, CO, USA	USA, USA. Would have never watched that game otherwise, but was definitely cheering for that last goal. __________________ Some knots are better left untied.

04-01-2009, 09:38 PM	#135
kingfc22 Head Coach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA	2-0 Watch out here I come :P __________________ Fan of SF Giants, 49ers, Sharks, Arsenal

04-02-2009, 11:51 PM	#136
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	I just joined and am 2 for 2 in my first two days doing this. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

04-03-2009, 12:05 AM	#137
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Pushed this morning on Davis Love 3 vs someone. edit, i guess it was cancelled. Hopefully Denver closes this one out tonight. Last edited by stevew : 04-03-2009 at 12:05 AM.

04-03-2009, 12:11 AM	#138
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	dola, Spurs vs Pacers looks like a trap game tomorrow. 99%+ on the Spurs who are playing the second night of a back to back on the road. Pacers have been at home and off since Tuesday. It's usually a big factor. Im not touching the Cavs/Magic game, it's too hard to bet against LeBron, but I think they'll probably lose again tomorrow, mainly for the same reason I'll probably wager against the Spurs.

04-03-2009, 06:12 AM	#139
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Agree on Spurs game being a trap; Pacers have competed well at home over last month. I went with Capitals in hockey. I've also sworn off of soccer games after being 12 games under .500 picking those crappy games over the last period. It is just insane to be that bad on games that should (in theory) be coin flips.