I haven't been excited about a final table since the Yang/Gold years. I have no prize to offer so this is just for fun.

Rank and post your predictions 1st-9th. I'll calculate scores after this is all over.
10 pts for 1st place (bonus point for this)
8 pts for 2nd place or better
7 pts for 3rd place or better
6 pts for 4th place or better
5 pts for 5th place or better
4 pts for 6th place or better
3 pts for 7th place or better
2 pts for 8th place or better
1 pt for 9th place or better

For example, if you select Lamb to get 8th place and he gets 1st place, you only get 2 points. If he gets 9th, you get 0 points. If you select Lamb to get
2nd place and he gets 1st place, you would receive 8pts.

Reminder of stacks:
John Hesp United Kingdom 85,700,000
Scott Blumstein United States 97,250,000
Antoine Saout France 21,750,000
Benjamin Pollak France 35,175,000
Jack Sinclair United Kingdom 20,200,000
Damian Salas Argentina 22,175,000
Ben Lamb United States 18,050,000
Bryan Piccioli United States 33,800,000
Dan Ott United States 26,475,000

1st Pollak
2nd Blumstein
3rd Lamb
4th Salas
5th Hesp
6th Sinclair
7th Saout
8th Piccioli
9th Ott

1 Pollak
2. Ott
3. Blumstein
4. Hesp
5. Sinclair
6. Piccioli
7. Saout
8. Lamb
9. Salas

Piccioli
Blumstein
Ott
Lamb
Hesp
Pollak
Salas
Saout
Sinclair

Of course, once cards are in the air, "no more bets."

1. Scott Blumstein United States 97,250,000
2. Benjamin Pollak France 35,175,000
3. Bryan Piccioli United States 33,800,000
4. John Hesp United Kingdom 85,700,000
5. Antoine Saout France 21,750,000
6. Ben Lamb United States 18,050,000
7. Dan Ott United States 26,475,000
8. Jack Sinclair United Kingdom 20,200,000
9. Damian Salas Argentina 22,175,000

I'd say one of Sinclair/Lamb/Saout is most likely to bust first. I think those guys will play to win, which could be brilliant or disastrous.

Blumstein with a really good chance to make top 3 as long as he doesn't spew. Solid player and a huge stack is a safe bet. I think Hesp will spew at some point.

Guessing Ott will play conservatively and jump up a few rungs. I'm not too familiar with his game, but I don't see him as a likely winner.

Totally agree on Sinclair/Lamb/Saout...this could be a quick night.

For sure, but if any of those three get a stack then we could have a really fun table on our hands.

This actually seems like a really promising final table as far as watchability is concerned. Is Hesp the only pure rec player in the bunch? He may not be a veteran, but he's not boring. I don't see many of these guys just nitting it up to move up a couple spots, but maybe I'm too optimistic.

1. Piccioli
2. Hesp
3. Pollak
4. Blumstein
5. Saout
6. Lamb
7. Sinclair
8. Ott
9. Salas

1. Lamb
2. Sinclair
3. Blumstein
4. Saout
5. Hesp
6. Pollack
7. Piccioli
8. Salas
9. Ott

1. Pollak
2. Ott
3. Blumstein
4. Hesp
5. Saout
6. Sinclair
7. Piccioli
8. Salas
9. Lamb

1. Pollak
2. Blumstein
3. Saout
4. Hesp
5. Piccioli
6. Salas
7. Lamb
8. Ott
9. Sinclair

Who won

My bad- forgot. I picked Piccoli to win and found myself passionately rooting against him midway through the final table, so I wasn't too into this!


The results are below....tabulating scores now.... ... .. ... ... ...

Finish Player Name Payout
1 Scott Blumstein $8,150,000
2 Daniel Ott $4,700,000
3 Benjamin Pollak $3,500,000
4 John Hesp $2,600,000
5 Antoine Saout $2,000,000
6 Bryan Piccioli $1,675,000
7 Damian Salas $1,425,000
8 Jack Sinclair $1,200,000
9 Ben Lamb $1,000,000

1st place= NJPW; 32pts
2nd place= Tcash777; 30 pts
3rd place= UtahCUtiger; 29pts
4th= DogFace; 27pts
5th= AjF82; 22pts
6th= JeffroSTL; 21pts
7th= madmansam; 19pts
8th= AtkinsRDP; 17pts

Congrats to NJPW and also Dogface (only person to select Blumstein to win).

See this thread for your prizes. Blumstein will be in contact with you shortly.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...llars-1678768/