Re: Doubles Tennis Tipping Week 17: Cincinnati Masters Series - Thread under construc
vCash race:
This week at Cincinnati, you will be able to win a lot of vCash in parallel with the official DTT Tournament. I plan to run what is called a vCash race where you can get some points based on best picks of the day (3 pts for the best pick, 1 pt for the second). Bonus points will be granted based on some quizz questions I will put in the thread every night.
As today is warm-up day and there are already 2 matches scheduled (
which will not count for DTT Tournament), I propose that you send me (trucul) through PM your picks (SR PTS) for the following matches to win some points for the vCash race:
Feliciano LOPEZ/Fernando VERDASCO (ESP/ESP) vs. Tomas BERDYCH/Radek STEPANEK (CZE/CZE)SR1 PTS1
Jesse LEVINE/Donald YOUNG (USA/USA) vs. Robert LINDSTEDT/Jarkko NIEMINEN (SWE/FIN) SR2 PTS2
Deadline is Sunday, 18:00 CET (when matches start).
The rules about how many vCash will be granted depends on the number of participants, so do not hesitate to play. The more points you win, the more vCash you will get at the end of the week.
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Stage 1:
Berdych/Stepanek def. Lopez/Verdasco 7/5 7/6
Lindstedt/Nieminen def. Levine/Young 7/6 7/6
Nobody has 2 correct picks.
So, ranking for this first edition of vCash is:
Rank / Player / Nb Picks / SR count / SRid
1. Drikke 1-1-SR1
2. vamos israel 1-1-SR2 (vamos israel beats Balloon and MZverev-Fan on PTS)
3. Balloon 1-1-SR2 (Balloon beats MZverev-Fan on DTT ranking (21 vs. 22)).
4. MZverev-Fan 1-1-SR2
5. JM-Del-Potro 1-0-SR1
And vCash Ranking is after 1 event:
1. Drikke (BEL) 3 pts
2. vamos israel (ISR) 1 pt
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So, ranking after 2 events of vCash race is following one:
1. Drikke 3 pts
2. vamos israel 1 pt
2. juakos17 1 pt
Tomorrow, there will be 3 events:
- event #3: best pick of the day (with 3 points for the best pick and 1 for the second best pick).
- event #4: best quality pick of the day (with 3 points for the best pick and 1 for the second best). Quality pick is based on stats of picks at SR level. If tied, then will go to second quality pick and so on. If still tied, will be based on TT standard criteria.
- event #5: quizz at 23:15 CET ... A little bit more complicated than today. 2 pts for the winner tomorrow.
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vCash Ranking updated after day 2:
1. marr 6 Pts
2. Drikke and Dupuis2006 5 Pts
4. MZverev-Fan 2 Pts
5. vamos israel, juakos17 and JM-Del-Potro 1 Pt.
Tomorrow, vCash events will be following ones:
- best pick of the day (3 pts for winner, 1 pt for second)
- best quality pick of the day (3 pts for winner, 1 pt for second)
- yellow jersey (leader in overall picks since begin of tournament) (3 pts for leader, 1 pt for second).
- quizz at 23:15 CET (3 pts for winner)
- bonus perfect score for any correct score tomorrow (5 pts for 1 correct score, 5*5=25 points for 2 correct scores, 5*5*5=125 points for 3 correct scores, ...).
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Update after Tuesday's matches:
Update after this event:
1. marr 9 Pts
2. trucul 6 Pts
3. Drikke and Dupuis2006 5 Pts
5. JM-Del-Potro 4 Pts
6. MZverev-Fan and Bjorki 2 Pts
7. vamos israel, juakos17 and balloon 1 Pt
Wednesday vCash events:
- best pick of the day (3 pts for winner, 1 pt for second)
- best quality pick of the day (3 pts for winner, 1 pt for second)
- yellow jersey (leader in overall picks since begin of tournament) (3 pts for leader, 1 pt for second).
- quizz at 23:15 CET (3 pts for winner)
- bonus perfect score for any correct score tomorrow (5 pts for 1 correct score, 5*5=25 points for 2 correct scores, 5*5*5=125 points for 3 correct scores, ...).