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Euro 2012 Prediction Competition

#1 User is online   paulg 

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Posted 2012-May-01, 02:46

The 2012 European Team Championships will be held in Dublin next month and, once again, I will be running a prediction competition.

First prize this year is an evening's bridge with me at the Russell Cup in Edinburgh or an evening at Berwick-upon-Tweed Bridge Club (second prize two evenings?) or two 12-board BBO tournaments. I will pay the table money but you have to make your own travel arrangements. I appreciate that prizes are reaching a nadir, but there is always the kudos of winning.

Each entry should specify the top 6 teams, in placing order, for each of the three competitions (Open, Women, Senior). You can only have a single entry, but you may change your selection at any time before the entry deadline.

Points will be awarded as follows:

First place = 32 points
Second place = 16 points
Third place = 8 points
Fourth place = 4 points
Fifth place = 2 points
Sixth place = 1 point

for a maximum of 189 points.


Revised scoring (7 June 2012)

First place = 10 points
Second place = 6 points
Third place = 4 points
Fourth place = 3 points
Fifth place = 2 points
Sixth place = 1 point

for a maximum of 78 points.


Entry Deadline: Monday 11 June, 2012

Each team will score the minimum of your placing for them and their final position, for example:
  • if you place a team in fourth place but they win the event, then you get the points for fourth place
  • if you pick a team as the winner but they finish second, then you get the points for the runner-up.

Information on the participating teams and the format of the competitions is available at http://eurobridge.or...Information.htm.

Publish your entries in this thread or message me if you prefer to keep your opponents in the dark!

Good luck.

PS The decision of the organiser is final in all aspects of this competition
PPS All entries will be published following the closing date
PPPS The organiser is eligible to win the competition!
PPPPS nadir, noun, the lowest point of anything, especially the absolute depths, e.g. of despair or degradation.
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Posted 2012-May-01, 02:59

Open:

1 Italy
2 Netherlands
3 Sweden
4 Poland
5 Iceland
6 Germany

Rest:

1 Later
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Posted 2012-May-01, 03:08

View Postgwnn, on 2012-May-01, 02:59, said:

Open:

1 Italy
2 Netherlands
3 Sweden
4 Poland
5 Iceland
6 Germany

Rest:

1 Later


What? Monaco doesn't place?
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Posted 2012-May-01, 03:28

As usual Poland hasn't revealed their team yet...
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Posted 2012-May-01, 03:45

View Posthrothgar, on 2012-May-01, 03:08, said:

What? Monaco doesn't place?

good point.
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Posted 2012-May-02, 16:40

View Postpaulg, on 2012-May-01, 02:46, said:


First prize this year is an evening's bridge with me at the Russell Cup in Edinburgh or an evening at Berwick-upon-Tweed Bridge Club (second prize two evenings?) or two 12-board BBO tournaments. I will pay the table money but you have to make your own travel arrangements. I appreciate that prizes are reaching a nadir, but there is always the kudos of winning.

PPPS The organiser is eligible to win the competition!


So if you win do you get to play with yourself?
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Posted 2012-May-04, 03:57

your scoring format favours too much winners IMO. A winner is better than all 2-6th together. The same goes for all places compared to all the places below. Something close to a 1.5 ratio between places is IMO more appropiate.
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Posted 2012-May-05, 02:01

Open:

1. Netherlands
2. Italy
3. Monaco
4. Israel
5. Sweden
6. Bulgaria

Women:

1. France
2. Netherlands
3. England
4. Sweden
5. Italy
6. Austria

Seniors:

1. Poland
2. Denmark
3. Germany
4. Italy
5. France
6. Netherlands
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Posted 2012-May-09, 12:52

View PostFluffy, on 2012-May-04, 03:57, said:

your scoring format favours too much winners IMO. A winner is better than all 2-6th together. The same goes for all places compared to all the places below. Something close to a 1.5 ratio between places is IMO more appropiate.


But it's all about winning Fluff.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2012-May-11, 05:52

OK my try

Open:
1Monaco
2Italy
3Netherlands
4Israel
5Poland
6Sweden

Ladies:
1France
2England
3Netherlands
4Poland
5Sweden
6Italy

Seniors:
1Poland
2France
3Germany
4Italy
5Denmark
6England
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Posted 2012-May-11, 06:37

Open:
  • Monaco
  • Italy
  • Poland
  • Israel
  • Netherlands
  • Sweden

Ladies:
  • Scotland
  • England
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • France
  • Netherlands

Seniors:
  • Scotland
  • Italy
  • France
  • England
  • Germany
  • Poland

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Posted 2012-May-11, 08:06

Open:
1. Italy
2. Monaco
3. Netherlands
4. Sweden
5. Poland
6. Denmark

Women:
1. France
2. Sweden
3. England
4. Netherlands
5. Norway
6. Denmark

Seniors:
1. England
2. Italy
3. Poland
4. Germany
5. Denmark
6. France
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Posted 2012-May-13, 18:33

Open:
  • Monaco
  • Italy
  • Poland
  • Netherlands
  • Israel
  • Sweden

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Posted 2012-June-05, 01:58

Entries for my European Team Championships prediction competition have to be submitted in the next week. You can also enter and elect not to be eligible for a prize, as some have suggested that they'd prefer not to win :)
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Posted 2012-June-05, 07:03

Open:
1. Italy
2. Monaco
3. Netherlands
4. Israel
5. Poland
6. Bulgaria

Women:
1. France
2. England
3. Sweden
4. Netherlands
5. Poland
6. Italy

Seniors:
1. Poland
2. England
3. Germany
4. Denmark
5. France
6. Italy
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Posted 2012-June-05, 07:40

Open:
1. Italy
2. Monaco
3. Netherlands
4. Israel
5. Poland
6. Sweden

Ladies
1. France
2. England
3. Netherlands
4. Poland
5. Italy
6. Sweden

Seniors
1. Germany
2. Poland
3. England
4. Italy
5. France
6. Denmark
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Posted 2012-June-05, 11:12

I am willing to bet (€) that Monaco will NOT place in the top 2. Message me if interested. :P

Edit: Already taken.
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Posted 2012-June-05, 20:37

what kind of odds?
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Posted 2012-June-06, 06:21

Open
1 Italy
2 Netherlands
3 Monaco
4 Sweden
5 Poland
6 Iceland

Women
1. France
2. Netherlands
3. Sweden
4. England
5. Poland
6. Italy

Seniors
1. Poland
2. England
3. Italy
4. France
5. Germany
6. Denmark

Blatant plagiarism of some preceding predictions.
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Posted 2012-June-07, 04:26

Since I am playing the championship I cannot participate or I might go to jail for side-betting :P
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