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Originally Posted by housenuts
Voss that was very bone headed. Is there any data that shows ToC wildcards fare much worse than qualifying winners? The only way it's acceptable is if he decides chance of winning qualifier + chance of elimination has more ToC EV than 'guaranteed' qualification as a wild card.
I think you are confusing cause and effect here
unless there is some slight seeding advantage (Not sure how they slot the semi-finals).
Can't find it right now, but I think the typical cutoff point is in the 12K range and getting over 14 or 15K is close to a like (>90%).
Wild Cards
1. Pranjal Vachaspati: $15,000+$1,401=$16,401 (Game 1)
2. Austin Rogers: $8,000+$8,000=$16,000 (Game 3)
3. Lilly Chin: $12,800-$800=$12,000 (Game 2)
4. Tim Aten: $14,000-$2,500=$11,500 (Game 2)
5. Justin Vossler: $16,000-$7,000=$9,000 (Game 5)
6. Sam Deutsch: $12,400-$4,200=8200 (Game 4)
7. Seth Wilson: $9,900-$4,501=$5,399 (Game 4)
8. Hunter Appler: $1,400+$0=$1,400 (Game 1)
9. David Clemmons: $1,400-$1,400=$0 (Game 3)
10. Jon Eisenman: $3,800-3,800=$0 (Game 5)