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Mere Novice replied via e-Mail this morning to my question as to whether he should run a Cheltenham Tipster Competition.

I first needed to know if he would do it for us, as he usually does for Cheltenham, Royal Ascot, etc.  However, we have Stakes & Ladders available to us this year, & blonde wants to support them where possible.

Mere is quite happy to do it again, but does not want to tread on the toes of Stakes & Ladders.

His only caveat is that it needs a minumum of TEN Entrants, or is not worth doing.

So, who fancies a Mere Tipster Comp for Cheltenham?

And if yes, how much Entry Fee? £10, £20, more, less?

If there is enough interest, Mere will Post details a week before Cheltenham, which will be next Tuesday.

Feedback, please.

In, obviously!

I have been pretty busy of late, so daren't open that Stakes & Ladders thread quite yet for fear of getting myself in bother :D

I've got a week off for Cheltenham though, so will endeavour to get involved if there is anything nag related then.

I'm in , whatever stake , easy money  ;D

someone refer me pls "Acidmouse" and i be in for the £5 version lol.

I'm in, and isn't it usually £20/£25?

This is completely different to stakes&ladders as well as being something of a blonde institution, as are merenovices unparalleled spreadsheet skillz.

For reference, when Mere ran this last year, Simon Galloway was plum last, never tipped a single winner, just ahead of the Full Eso Kral, & redarmi (who had TWO Entries) was not far ahead of either.

I think Doobs was 12th, Karabiner 5th, horsey 4th.

I seem to recall I was the winner.

Yes, £20 or £25 suits most Ralph, & yes, it is a bit of a blonde institution.

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure how Stakes & Ladders works, I'm like marky, I've not dared look yet.

Incidentally, I designed the Spready, Mere just fills in the numbers.

In- number 11 in every race, if less than 11 runners or a non runner then number 6, if less than 6 or non runner then number 3. :)

In

Always excellent fun and brilliantly run

I'm in
Fine with any amount decided

In

As for buyin, the amount which gets the most runners will do for me.

I can't keep getting pipped at the post, so I'm due. Officially. Due.

In (£25 was the normal sum for these comps. Happy with that)

In - I only need 1 winner to improve on last years festival.

Due!

In.

I believe I was runner up last year with a 33/1 shot on the final day

Or maybe that was Aintree

Or maybe I tikayimagined it

That was Aintree, I believe.

In please. And thanks in advance to Mere for all the work that goes into it.

I think Hopkin won last year by forgetting to post any selections on the last day only for mere's random generator to find him a 66/1 shot which obviously bolted up.

Known in the trade as a Galloway.

I won it last year.

In please.

Amazing how many people claimed to have won this last year.

Random, my arse.

PS - That was Aintree when Bopkin fluked that 66/1 shot.

In and I'm borrowing Tikay's algorithm so you are all playing for last but one place!!

In.

Dubai has already stolen my algo!

Bugger!

No you didn't Aaron.

You won Royal Ascot and I was 2nd.

Fight , fight , fight , love it , and the comp hasn't even started  ;ifm;

Correct, though for some peculiar reason, my results were not shown on the Royal Ascot Spready.



https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aia1Hxq-NDNWdE5vU3J1cS1QaEdSUm41WTNEODhiX2c&usp=drive_web#gid=0

In.

I've just checked and MTTDestroyer won last year, if that's Aaron I apologise.

Hopkin must have won in a previous year or Aintree*

*edited.

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Make it at least £25....Lets get some money into the pool

Ha, I knew it was one of them!

Chompy won it in his opinion

There looks to be plenty of names so I'll start a thread next week with the details.
Many thanks to everyone who has expressed an interest. The more that enter the more fun we are likely to have.

For anyone who is not sure how the competition works here is the thread for last year's renewal.
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=60495.0

Since this thread has been started if anyone wishes to make suggestions for any alterations to the rules, this is your chance.
Any suggestions will be considered and then, almost certainly, rejected. :)

I'm quite happy to do it for £25, but I'd prefer to do it for a tenner and have twice the runners.

These things are more about getting everyone involved than anything, for me anyway.

I seem to remember that there was a rather harsh-seeming "non-runner you lose" rule in a previous tipster competition but can't recall if it was amended or not.

Great news that you are running another of these Vince, looking forward to the week even more now if that is possible.

In, going for the double after last year  ;whistle;

I think that was in a competition with a slightly different set of rules. I can't think what it was at the moment but there was, obviously, an extremely good reason for that ruling. :)

For this competition anyone picking a non-runner will get the SP favourite. However, anyone trying to subvert the rules to get the SP favourite in every race will be frowned upon. Obviously there is nothing to stop someone picking the favourite in every race at the time of their entry.
If anyone has entered the competition and is unable to enter any selections for a given day, they will get a random selection in each race based on a simple, unbiased algorithm.

Oh what joy ...... In.

I throw it last year just to stop everyone moaning about it and I get it thrown back at me... this year normal service will be resumed.

Agree with Marky a tenner if it means a possible 40 or dare i say it even 50 runners sounds brilliant.

All the people that view Tft everyday and never post may wish to get involved :)

In. What does that mean?

Don't worry Ian, Ed is an old experienced dab-hand at these.

In.

Yes please.

And me.

On it like a scotch bonnet.

In

Would that be the mushroom, the pepper, the sea snail or perhaps a nice wee Tam O' Shanter?

The general feeling appears to be to retain the £25 entry fee used for previous competitions.

A possible alternative which may make it more appealing to people not wishing to venture that much money is as follows:

There will be two pools; one for £10 and one for £15.
You can either enter the £10 pool or both pools. It will not be possible to enter the £15 pool only.
You would only make one set of selections and they would count for both pools if you have entered both.

There will be a separate prize pot for each pool.

I'd like to make the competition available to as many people as possible so I think this may be worth considering. I'd expect that most people would enter both pools anyway so it wouldn't dilute the bigger pot too much.

Any thoughts?


I'll also be happy to provide escrow services for any people wishing to have a side bet.

seems the ideal solution Mere

Sounds perfect.

Side bets? We have people who like side bets?

Bostin'

count me in

28 people have expressed an interest so far so I can confirm that this will definitely be running.
I will put the thread up next Tuesday

tikay
Marky147
bookiebasher
Karabiner
ripple11
Dubai
horseplayer
exstream
BorntoBubble
Tal
Nakor
TightEnd
kpnuts
aaron1867
0mm
Eso Kral
Booder
jakally
typhoon13
Doobs
Simon Galloway
iangascoigne
Big D
RedFox
cheapwetsuit
edgascoigne
redsimon
NigDawG

Is this the only time that Tikay will be leading the tipster comp?

QFT.

Note you are listed in the middle, neither here nor there, like your bets.

PS - Bugger, just remembered I owe you some money for a FGS bet. Was it £10?

In for Both.

In....I'm sunning myself on Koh Phi Phi so may adopt a Dubai type algorithm

Had to look "Koh Phi Phi" up. It looks rather pleasant.

I'm sure that you can come up with something more sophisticated that Dubai.

For what it's worth, I'd like to state that 100% of the stakes are included in the payouts; I take no juice.

I run these competitions just so that I can obtain deep insight into the degenerate habits of Blonde members.

Obviously, I sell that information to various "Intelligence" Agencies and a few "reputable" bookmakers but you really shouldn't worry about that. No personal data is disclosed and I only disclose generic aggregated  information. Your secrets are safe with me.

So YOU'RE the reason I'm not universally restricted!

Good man.

You're being far too modest.
I'd like to claim credit but your betting history serves you well.

(From one cornetto to another). :)

At least Facebook gets a break from you crying about the M25 ;)

You know that. I know that. Let's let the others dream

I didn't realise anyone else could see.
Ooops.

In. If still open.

Square up when back if ok please?

Plenty of time.
I'll start a thread and send PMs to anyone who has expressed an interest next Tuesday.
It will be possible to enter any time until a couple of hours before the first race.