You know the drill. $20 gets you in the box draft hockey pool. Games start today but I’ll give you until Thursday at 4:00 pm to get your picks in. Friends, family and even Leafs fans (this year, anyways) are welcome – just send them to www.poolhq.ca and download the pick sheet below.
Download: Texcan.NHL2013.PlayoffDraft
Pool rules are easy as pie. Horizonal column represents the 49ers score. Vertical column represents the Ravens score. The final digit of each team’s score corresponds with a square on the sheet. Teams and numbers were randomly generated after all 100 squares were sold, and verified by Tricia Cross. At the end of each quarter, a winner is determined. $5.00 per square x 100 = $500 in the prize pool. 20% for the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd quarters. 40% for the final score. Good luck!
Texcan Delta had our annual live draft this past Thursday and we had an excellent turnout. 17 people turned out to show off their drafting talents and enjoy some free pizza. Below are the results – good luck, some of you are going to really need it!
Ok, hockey fans – the NHL is back! Sorry, Leafs fan, unlike Burke you will have to suffer through another painful Leafs season. If you’d like to join the Texcan hockey pool, just download the entry form below. $20 entry fee and you only have to wait 48 games until you can spend your winnings! Everyone, including friends & family, is welcome to join. Get your form back to me by Friday, January 18th, as the season starts on Saturday. Good luck!
Click here: Texcan NHL 2012-13 Box Draft Entry Form
Tonight! Giants. Cowboys. Get your picks in.
Welcome back! With a possible NHL lockout looming it’s good to know we’ll have football to keep us warm this winter. So many storylines to make this an interesting NFL season – Peyton to the Broncos, Tebow to the Jets, and rookie QBs set to take centre stage in Andrew Luck & RG3!
The pool has been running since 2004 so hopefully you know the drill by now. For any newcomers, the rules are simple!
$50 entry fee with all of it going back to the prize pool – less than $3 for each week of the season. Each week you will pick a winner for each of the games on the schedule. All picks will be submitted via the Pool HQ website so it can be done from anywhere – work or home. If you’re quick it can be completed each week in about 2 minutes so no excuses about “not having the time”.
The weekly pick sheet & past week’s results should be available every Tuesday. Picks can be submitted anytime from Tuesday right up to kickoff on Sunday. The picksheet will close electronically at kickoff (~ 1:00 PM EST on Sundays) so don’t be late – no excuses! Picksheets not submitted by cutoff will be given the LOW SCORE of the week.
We are picking vs the Vegas spread – NOT straight up winners/losers.
i.e. Favorite Point Spread Underdog
GREEN BAY (Home team in CAPS) 5.5 Pittsburgh
If you choose the favorite (GREEN BAY), then they must beat the underdog (Pittsburgh) by 6 or more points to be considered the “winner”. If Pittsburgh should either win straight up, or lose by any amount less than 6 points, then Pittsburgh would be considered the “winner”. Got it??
Each week’s winner will score the weekly prize which will be determined by the total number of participants (Last year’s weekly prize was $30). Also, your weekly score will be added to your cumulative 17 week score for the BIG year end prizes. Top 4 finishers will split the cash. This year we have 30 players totalling $1500 in available cash to win!
Join in … everyone is welcome. Trash talking your co-workers and winning their money can only add to your enjoyment each Sunday!
Sorry, folks, I didn’t get around to setting up a box pool draft. We will be having our live draft for the Delta office though. Standard rules apply – 10 rounds, serpentine draft. 1 point per goal or assist. $20 entry fee includes lunch. Meet in the large boardroom at 12:00 pm noon, on Friday the 13th. It will be someone’s unlucky day.
Cheat sheets can be found here: 2012 NHL Playoffs Draft
Also, belated congratulations to our regular season hockey pool winners. Gary made a late season push to the top of the standings to win by 22 points. Irene was consistently atop the leader board but Klebber mananged to pull into a 2nd place tie on the last day of the season.
In the live draft, Nancy convincingly crushed the nearest “competition” by 28 points. Enoch managed to come in 2nd. A good battle between 3 drafters had Troy edging out Doug by 2 points and Ravi by 5 points to win 3rd place.
Box Draft
Live Draft
Well, it’s all over but the crying. Congrats to Kirk and whatever voodoo he is using as he ran away from the field and handily won 1st place. Congrats to pool rookie, Gary, who put up the most consistent showing from week to week, taking home $100 in weekly winnings along with the 2nd place prize money. Also, congrats to Ray & Jennifer who both had good Week 17 results and split the 3rd & 4th place money, narrowly edging out Bonnie & Elizabeth. Click here for the final standings and payouts.
I hope you all enjoyed the pool and hope to see everybody back next year.
I’m ending off the season with another musical tribute dedicated to Tim Tebow. You know what that means … you get to be a Friday Jam, and you’re guaranteed to win. Both Tebow and TJ Yates are believers in the Friday Jam mojo
For our Delta staff, I’ve been asked to organize an additional live hockey draft. Again, simple rules – $20 entry fee gets you in. Our Nando’s chicken lunch is provided courtesy of Texcan so you can’t lose. Just eat your weight in spicy peri-peri chicken and the only loser will be the person next to your cubicle after lunch.
Draft cheat sheets can be found here: http://www.poolhq.ca/nhl-draft-picksheet/
Draft is on Friday, Oct.14th . We will start at 11:30 am in the large boardroom. Hopefully, done in around 90 minutes – plan accordingly.
Welcome back! After all the strike nonsense, it turns out we have NFL football afterall. What’s a few hundred million dollars between friends anyhow?
The pool has been running since 2004 so hopefully you know the drill. For any newcomers, the rules are simple!
$50 entry fee with all of it going back to the prize pool. Each week you will pick a winner for each of the games on the schedule. All picks will be submitted via the Pool HQ website so it can be done from anywhere – work or home. If you’re quick it can be completed each week in about 2 minutes so no complaints about “not having the time”.
The weekly pick sheet & past week’s results should be available every Tuesday. Picks can be submitted anytime from Tuesday right up to kickoff on Sunday. The picksheet will close electronically at kickoff (~ 1:00 PM EST on Sundays) so don’t be late – no excuses! Picksheets not submitted by cutoff will be given the LOW SCORE of the week.
We are picking vs the Vegas spread – NOT straight up winners/losers.
i.e. Favorite Point Spread Underdog
GREEN BAY (Home team in CAPS) 5.5 Pittsburgh
If you choose the favorite (GREEN BAY), then they must beat the underdog (Pittsburgh) by 6 or more points to be considered the “winner”. If Pittsburgh should either win straight up, or lose by any amount less than 6 points, then Pittsburgh would be considered the “winner”. Got it??
Each week’s winner will score the weekly prize which will be determined by the total number of participants (Last year’s weekly prize was $25). Also, your weekly score will be added to your cumulative 17 week score for the BIG year end prizes. The number of pay outs will be determined by the total number of participants, but it will likely be top 3.
Join in … everyone is welcome. Trash talking your co-workers and winning their money can only add to your enjoyment each Sunday!
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