Brackets Are Rigged
So it was fun making picks … but not so fun to watch the results trickle in. Everyone’s talking about their brackets around Caesar’s Palace — lots of money being unofficially wagered as heads-up fans excitedly bemoan the upsets and sometimes gloat over the mental errors of others.
Gavin Smith: “How can you pick Howard to win a heads-up tournament?!? Pshaw!”
Um, I dunno, just a hunch? Thought he had worked through his game and had incentive to win? I was betting on uniforms. Below are the standings after the first round in the impromptu Pokerati bracket fun. Cali Jen, TBR, and I aren’t exactly representin’:
I think you still might be able to get in on the bracket action, fyi.
Rank Predictor Score Predicted Final Winner Completed
1 don essinger - 13 Allen Cunningham 2/29/2008 1:05pm
2 Scott - 13 Daniel Negreanu 2/29/2008 1:20pm
3 Taylor Larkin - 13 Huck Seed 2/29/2008 2:20pm
4 Kevin Mathers - 11 Daniel Negreanu 2/29/2008 12:32pm
5 champsampson - 11 Ted Forrest 2/29/2008 1:39pm
6 dan michalski - 9 Howard Lederer 2/29/2008 3:41am
7 California Jen - 9 Scott Clements 2/29/2008 9:43am
8 Randy Brown - 8 Phil Hellmuth 2/29/2008 12:12pm
Here’s where I’ll be continuing to follow the games tomorrow — even when I’m there, sitting a few seats away from CP’s reporters in the rafters.
Yikes, of my final four, only one remains. Go Freddy Deeb!
California Jen Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Brackets are SO rigged! This sucks.
All of my hopes are on Clements to go all the way. I may need to text Scott and tell him that I have $20 riding on him - that will surely make the difference.
DanM Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Hoping seldom works.
This was fun though. I wish they’d do the same tournament again, but double-elimination, or with a consolation bracket or something.
An NIT of poker would also be cool.