World Cup & EPL Pool Dynasty
 

So, through a coworker here, I got myself into a fairly high money pool (technically two) for the World Cup, and once it starts back up, next year's Premier. I'm officially one of two people living in the US in this pool, and technically the only American (my coworker is British). USA represent!

The winner of the World Cup pool takes home 700 pounds, 2nd place 200, 3rd place 100. Last check, there's about 200 people playing, so the odds of me winning are slim to none, but hey, it's fun!

Points work out like so....you pick the score of every match / week, with the following values.

Home Win, Spot On: +30
Home Win: +20 (-3 points per wrongly predicted goal)

Draw, Spot On: +40
Draw: +30 (-3 points per wrongly predicted goal)

Away Win, Spot On: +50
Away Win: +30 (-3 points per wrongly predicted goal)

Wrong Prediction: 0 (-3 per wrongly predicted goal)

Needless to say, hitting exact scores is quite nice. There are also random fun bonus points from time to time, which I will detail as they come up.

Anyway, I've got my sheets for the Pre-Cup Fun Questions, and for Week 1. I'll be detailing my picks and how I'm doing as the weeks pass.

Pre World Cup Fun Predictions

(note, the point values in this particular one are different than the norm. They go A/B/C, with them being worth 30, 40, and 50 respectively. My picks are in bold.)

1. How will the first goal of the tournament be scored?
With Right foot
With Left foot
Header/Other/OG

2. From where will the first player to be sent off in the tournament come?
Europe
Asia/Africa
Americas/Aust

3. Which of these players will have the first shot ON TARGET for England?
David Beckham
Frank Lampard
Joe Cole


4. Which of these players will CONCEDE a free kick first for England?
Gary Neville
John Terry
Steven Gerrard


5. Who will score the MOST goals for England in the tournament?
Peter Crouch
Michael Owen
Same amount

6. How many Subsitutions Will England make against Paraguay?
Three
Two
One


7. Which of these players will score the MOST goals in the Group phase?
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Andriy Shevchenko
Same amount

8. Which of these keepers will concede the FEWEST goals in the Group Phase?
Jens Lehman
Gianluigi Buffon
Same amount


9. Which of these countries will progress the furthest? (decided by Date if
nec)
Australia
Ivory Coast
Ecuador


10. Which of these countries will be eliminated first? (decided by Date if nec)
Portugal
Germany
Spain


11. How many games will go to Extra Time during the tournament?
Less than 5
5 or 6
More than 6


12. How many Red cards will be shown during the tournament?
Less than 20
20, 21 or 22
More than 22

13. How many England players will be BOOKED during the tournament?
Less than 8
8 or 9
More than 9

14. Which of these players will score the MOST goals in the Tournament?
Ronaldinho
Thierry Henry
Same amount


15. How many players will be tested positive for a banned substance?
None
One
More than one


16. How many players will be sent off for spitting during the tournament?
None
One
More than one


17. From where will the referee for the final come?
Europe
Asia/Africa
Americas/Aust


18. What will the LAST booking of the tournament be given for?
A Foul
Time Wasting
Any other offence


19. When will the LAST goal of the FINAL be scored
1-70 mins
71-90 mins
Extra Time & Pens

20. What position will the player who LIFTS the World Cup Trophy play in?
Midfielder/Striker
Defender
Goalkeeper

World Cup Week 1 Picks

Week 2 is due June 14, Week 3 is due June 20. I'll be doing those after the first week is up, so I can see exactly how good/pitiful my impulse week is.

This looks like a ton of fun. I assume it's 5lbs to enter, given the 1,000lbs in prize and 200 people playing.

Just did a quick count, there's more like 250+. The dude running it does take a cut (he runs this VERY well, and it would take a good amount of time) It's 30 pounds total for the Cup and the Premier entries. The Premier pool has a MUCH bigger payout. If memory serves, it's something like 3,000 pounds to the winner, and a good amount to the next couple folks. Chunk 'o change.

Not like I'll win though. :)

2 more days and we're off! Whoo!

It Begins!

Coffee's Picks for Today....Germany over Costa Rica 2-1, and Poland drawing with Ecuador, 1-1.

Correct on the first game will get me 20 points (30 if I'm spot on), and the second game will get me 30 (40 for spot on). Let's get it on!

AND, the the oddball points I can get today...

1st goal of tourney scored with right foot - 30pts

Well that first goal of the tourney was a righty from a leftfooted player no less

Whoo! Spot on England v Paraguay!

Through 2 days of games...

Only missed with 1 pick (Poland/Ecuador), and hit a spot on match with England v Paraguay. Not bad at all. The Sweden T&T draw woulda been nice had I not called 2 goals apiece there. Still not bad.

Missed a few of the goofball ones, but did hit with that right footer.

Through June 12.

Germany - Costa Rica (Correct)
England - Paraguay (Correct - Spot On)
Sweden - T&T (Correct)
Argentina - Ivory Coast (Correct)
Mexico - Iran (Correct - Spot On)
Czech - USA (Correct)
Australia - Japan (Correct)
Italy - Ghana (Correct - Spot On)

Poland - Ecuador (Incorrect)
Holland - Serbia (Incorrect)
Portugal - Angola (Incorrect)

Not bad, not bad. Of course, I have NO idea how this compares to those I'm competing against, but only 3 misses and 2 spot-on matches are pretty good, I'd think.

Whelp, after 3 days of matches, I'm in pretty good shape, I think. 8/11 correct with 3 spot ons has gotta be a good day.

#20 out of 253 on the first week. Not too damn bad.

World Cup Week 2 Picks


As the matches are done now...as you can see, I got killed this week. 64 points total, 7-9 in my picks. Enough to keep me kicking, but it was a very harsh week.