2026 NFL Survivor Pool
(pool administered via @StackerSports by @grayruby)

Open to all stackers who want to participate!

Tagging last year's participants:
@grayruby @supercyclone @Carresan @siggy47 @Undisciplined @Wumbo @BlokchainB @Bell_curve @realBitcoinDog @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears @Turdinthepunchbowl @HardMoney @Jer @Public_N_M_E @NEEDcreations @Cje95 @BTC_Bellzer @WeAreAllSatoshi @TNStacker @metadavid @chrisliss @_elvin210

Also: @User21000000 @guerratotal @gsc360

BUY IN:
10,000 sats zapped to @StackerSports by end of day September 6th. Buy in will be open starting today. I will make a post specifically for the buy in. Reply to the post stating you want to buy in. This account will reply to your comment with an invoice. Pay the invoice and leave a comment identifying who it is from.

RULES:
Each week every player still alive in the pool will review the week's games schedule and pick one team to win straight up (spread doesn't matter). If the team you selected that week loses, you are eliminated. If the team you selected wins, you move on to the next week. (Ties will be considered losses- your team must win to move on) You can only select a team one time. (i.e if you select the Chiefs in Week 1 you cannot use them again)

If you are eliminated, there will be one opportunity per player to buy back into the pool (11,000 sats) up until week 10 (you can buy back in for a loss in week 9 or anytime before but not after).

There will be no rebuys permitted after week 10. If eliminated and you wish to buy back in, you must submit your rebuy payment and pick in time for the upcoming week's selection deadline. Reminder a team cannot be selected more than once (if you lose with the Chiefs in week 1 and choose to rebuy, the Chiefs are still off the board for you). Anytime after week 5 the last player to use the rebuy will be eligible for 20% of the final pot if they do not win the whole pool. This also comes into effect if one player reaches the rebuy deadline without using a rebuy. If multiple players are tied as last to use the rebuy or reach the rebuy deadline without using it they will split the 20% payout.
The lone survivor at the end of the pool wins either 80% or 100% of the pot depending on the outcome of the rebuy rule payout above.

ADMIN and DEADLINES
A list of games for the upcoming week's schedule, along with a list of remaining players, will be posted on Tuesdays (hopefully by 12pm et)

Pick Submission Deadline will be as follows:
a) Thursday 6pm et for players picking a team that is playing in the Thursday night game.
b) Sunday 12am et for players picking teams from the Sunday slate of games.

FYI there are games being played in Europe starting in Week 4. These games start at 9:30am et so please stick to the Sunday 12am et deadline to avoid Sunday morning chaos.

FYI there are also a couple a couple of Wednesday and Friday games this year. Thanksgiving day games played on a Thursday afternoon. For these dates please ensure picks are in by 12am et the day of these games if you are picking teams playing in them. I will do my best to send reminders for players who have not gotten picks in and there is some flexibility with the deadlines provided picks are in before games begin but it would be incredibly helpful if everyone got their picks in by the deadlines.

TIEBREAKERS
If the final 2 or more players are eliminated on the same week and we are out of rebuys or past the rebuy cut off of Week 10, the winner will be decided by point differential from that week's games. Whichever player's team lost by the smallest margin will be deemed the winner.
If we still have a tie after point differential (teams lost by the same amount or players selected the same losing team that week), we will go to a playoff between tied participants for the upcoming week of games. If that week ends in a tie (both win or both lose), we will go to the point differential tiebreaker again to determine a winner. If still tied we will go to another playoff week until we have a clear winner.
In the unlikely event a game is cancelled and not rescheduled prior to the upcoming week's slate of games any players who selected teams in the cancelled game will be carried forward to the next week where they will need to pick 2 winners to move on. Unless carrying them forward causes them to win the pool, at which point they will need to pick 1 game to win and we will revert to tiebreaker rules if they lose that game.

WINNER WINNER
Once we have a clear winner, this account will post an announcement on the Tuesday following the 'winning weekend', announcing the winner, and total prize pool they earned. They will provide a lightning address or invoice for the final payout. Please feel free to reach out if anything in the rules is not clear or if you think something has been missed and needs to be added.

Good Luck in the 2026 pool!