"What Are The Odds?"
This Months Query:
What are the odds of the same player winning both the "headhunter Award" and the Coveted Trophy in the same tournament?
We have typically been averaging 12 players for a while, but things are starting to pick up a bit as new players have been joining our dog and pony show, but I will graciously continue to use 12 players as an average. That being said, I have already set the odds for winning the headhunter award at 9 to 1 and if 12 players are entered into the tournament, it may look like this:
There will be two tables of six if 12 players attend, which means that six players may never get a shot at the Headhunter Award but when the tables combine for the final table, we can average that three players from each table made final table, giving a possible nine players a shot at the award (eight players plus the head that is being hunted if the award hasn't already been won), giving us our 9 to 1.
Then take into account that at this point in the S.B.P.T., 15 of the 33 tournaments have had the Headhunter Award winner take home the Tournament title as well. That is roughly a 2 to 1 shot (I guess when a player knocks out the current champion, it gives him or her enough chips to have a good shot at the title).
So if choosing the headhunter award winner is 9 to 1, and knowing that it's just about 2 to 1 for the Headhunter Award winner to continue on to victory, one can safely assume that the line will be about 18 to 1, so I am going to make it 20 to 1 to account for the higher number of players attending in recent months.
Good luck everyone! Make me pay for my ignorance!
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Standard wagers from previous WATO's:
1st thru 4th place, are all women: 75 to 1
1st thru 4th place, are all men: 6 to 1
A married couple placing 1st & 2nd in this tournament: 20 to 1
Headhunter award: 9 t0 1
Win, Place, Show: 1500 t0 1 (1 cent max)
First, Second, Third, Out: 900 to 1 (1 cent max)
Heads up Battle (naming heads up players): 100 to 1 ($.25 max)
3rd times a charm (3 straight victories): 1000 t0 1 ($.05 max)
Picking a player to take home a souvenir chip: 2 to 1
Title and Headhunter Award: 20 to 1
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