Week 16 Recap

WE HAVE WINNERS!!

 

Week 17 will be worth $1,590.00 to a single winner 😂 

 

Now, don’t get me wrong! I like paying out to winners of the Pick 10. Actually, I love paying winners. But this season is ridiculous! Every week there are at least 40 winners. And this week is no different. This time 44 of you. Some of you have won 3 or 4 times. These are just crazy times! The amount won this week was only $36.00 per Pooler. And that’s an increase of a buck over last week.

 

By comparison, 2023 was a typical season for winners. Thru 18 weeks last year we had a total of 34 winners. YES, 34! We’ve had 4 weeks of over 40 winners alone. This year, through 16 weeks we’ve had a total of 218 Poolers collect some amount of money.

 

 

In 2023, those 34 winners won a total of 36 times. That means we had 34 winners collect a single mount. And 2 Poolers won twice.  In 2024, those 218 winners got paid 328 times. And, there’s 2 weeks to go. OY VEY!!

 

Anyway, CONGRATULATIONS to the 44 of you!! Again, its too many to mention in this space. If you are curious who these Poolers are, just go to pick10footballpool.com/downloads. Click on Weekly Picks 2024. Then at the bottom of the workbook click on the tab title Accumulative Pool. 

 

In the Pick 1 Winner Pool, non of the 12 remaining Poolers were eliminated. GT is still the only participant that doesn’t have a loss. Again, if the season were to end today, based on the tie-breaker rule, he would be the only winner.

 

In the Pick 1 Loser Pool, we bid adieu to Poker Dave and T-Money5, as they have experienced their 2nd loss. That leaves 16 playing Week 17. Of the 16, Brustacles, Biondo/Desch, Covey and tkk have zero losses. As long as any or all of them finish the season without a red mark, they will win/split the pot based on the tie-breaker.

 

The Accumulative Pool is still very close. Big ‘Ol Ditka still occupies 1st place with a total of 126 wins. Still tied for 2nd are Junior D, Tommy G and Roso903 with 125 wins. The 3 would split 2nd and 3rd place money if the season were to end today. In a 4th place tie, with 124 wins are Chris9080 and Killer B. 

 

I will not be publishing the Pick 10 picks for the 6 Poolers mentioned above until all of their picks are received. The same for those still playing in the Pick 1 Winner and Loser Pools.

 

If you haven’t noticed, Week 17 has an early start. There are 2 NFL games in Christmas Day, the usual TNF game, some bowl games on Friday and Saturday. Plus 3 NFL games on Saturday. For those of you that wait until Sunday morning to make your picks, you may want to rethink that. If you do decide to wait, you will have to win 10 out of the remaining 10 NFL games on Sunday/Monday. There is a college bowl game on Monday. So that does give you a little leeway.

 

That’s it for Week 16.

 

I would just like to wish all my Poolers and their families a Very MERRAPPY CHRISTMUKKAH.