We're back with a new name (that @grayruby hates it)!
Last year's NBA In-Season Tournament Survivor Pool was a lot of fun and @POTUS walked away with 27k sats when the Pacers won the tournament.

Emirates Cup Details

The tournament has four Group Play rounds, followed by three Knockout rounds.
The Group Play rounds are played every Tuesday from Nov. 12th to Dec. 3rd. Every team in the NBA is randomly assigned to one of the groups. This is three games fewer than last year.
The Knockout rounds are a single elimination tournament between the eight best teams from the Group Play rounds. The first round will be played on Dec. 10th and 11th. The second round will be played on Dec. 14th. The final round will be played on Dec. 17th.

Survivor Pool Details

  • The survivor pool will have a 3k buy-in and a 5k second buy-in, for those who need it.
  • The second buy-in can only be used prior to the Knockout Rounds.
  • That means the pool is starting with at least 5k in prize money (8k if I miss a pick).
  • Any sats zapped to survivor pool contest posts on SN or to my comments on those posts will be added to the buy-ins to make up the final prize (no sybil fee deductions)
  • You can only pick each team once, so be careful not to use up the eventual contenders too early.
  • If you forget to make a pick, I'll assign you whichever team has the worst odds for that round that you are still allowed to pick.
  • In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by whoever correctly predicts the Cup MVP first. If no one correctly predicts the cup MVP, then the winner will be decided by whoever most closely predicts the pointspread of the championship game.
  • Posts for each round will go up the day after the previous round and selections can be made up until tip-off of the team you're selecting.
Leave a comment if you're interested in joining and I'll reply with a comment for you to zap your initial buy-in to.
I'm in and so is @supercyclone. I will cover his buy in.
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Zap 6k and you're both in.
Bonus offer for @supercyclone, beat @grayruby and I'll zap you 5k.
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I'm in. I accept your offer.
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Godspeed. The entire pool is counting on you.
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I tried to goad him into trash talking me in his reply but he took the high ground. I thought he would want to boast since he has defeated me two years in a row in our MLB Fact/Fiction competition.
In my sport too. At least I defeated the 6 year old.
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Can we get the 6 year old in here too? I'll offer her 10k if she beats you and @supercyclone.
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I let her make picks in the Frozen Frenzy contest because she saw her brother doing it and wanted to join. So I just kept track of her picks on the side. She did ok. She had 8 out of 16 games correct.
It might be fun at some point to do something like "are you smarter than a 6 year old" and do a pick 'em where everyone who gets more correct than her wins 100 sats or something to that effect.
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I shall get him to login in to respond to your offer. The temerity.
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Zao 3k to this comment.
Welcome aboard!
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PURPLE LOGHTNINH
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I am in
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Rock on!
Zap 3k to this comment
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hahaha, I found a gun after zapping you!
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I'm in
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Awesome!
Zap 3k to this comment.
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11 sats \ 3 replies \ @gnilma 2 Nov
This is a single elimination pool?
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No, if you miss during the Group Stage you can buy back in. The Knockout Round will be single elimination, though.
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9 sats \ 1 reply \ @gnilma 2 Nov
Cool. Count me in. Zapped you 3k above for the buy in.
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Awesome! We have a pretty good turn out already.
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πŸ˜‚ I did this last year! πŸ˜… I don’t even remember
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I'm not surprised. You joined a week late, picked the Spurs, and promptly got eliminated.
If you want to join this year, zap 3k to this comment. There's no where to go for you but up.
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