Ok everybody, it's time for Survivor Hockey! Here are the rules:

Each weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) you will pick one team to win their game. If they win, you advance to the next week, but can no longer pick that team for the remainder of the season. You will only pick one game per weekend.

The picks must be sent to survivorhockey@fullcontactpoker.com by no later than each Thursday at 6:00pm PST.

You will be allowed only ONE entry per household. If you are interested, send the following information to survivorhockey@fullcontactpoker.com:

Full Name
FCP Forum ID
Entry Name
E-Mail Address
Mailing Address

When sending in your picks each week, send them in the following format:

Team Name: Joe Bloes
Your Name: Joe Blow
Date of Game: Saturday October 8th
Pick: Boston Bruins over TB Lighting

You continue to pick week after week until there is just one remaining survivor. If there is more than one survivor left at the end of the season, they will battle it out in a playoff tiebreaker.

If every remaining entry loses in the same week, they will all advance but can still no longer use the team they chose. For example, if there are three survivors left and they all pick Phildalphia, win or lose all teams will advance,


I still haven't made any decisions on prizes, but I guarantee it will be a good one :-) I also haven't decided yet on the number of entries.

Send an e-mail to the above address with your information and you've locked up a seat in the first annual FCP Survivor Hockey Pool. The first weekend starts October 7th, 8th, 9th and all picks are due no later than October 6th at 6:00pm PST. If your picks aren't in by that time... oh well, sucks to be you!

when does it start?

can you clarify the rule as far as picking a team: do we pick one team each day of the week end or do we just pick one team per week end?

thanks

I edited the original and hopefully answered your questions. Let me know if you still aren't sure.

Awesome, thanks alot Daniel. This is my absolute favorite kind of pool. Its hilarious how hard it actually is. My buddies and I do one of these for football every year, and often time it only lasts a few weeks lol

Danny, I would imagine that you have to pick the winner of a specific game. Like if Boston is playing NYR on Fri and Boston is playing Pittsburgh on Sunday, If you want Boston that week you would have to specifically indicate for which day...Fri or Sun....Right?

I was just reading it over again and had the same question.

Is the first weekend open for submissions now? If not, when will you start taking picks?

*Edit* Also, when we submit our picks, how do you want them? I'm assuming this format will work:

ajs510 Chooses:

Atlanta over Washington
Friday, October 7th

Also (I know all the questions are getting annoying, but it's information we need), are we responsible for keeping track of the teams we've already used, or will there be an updated post on FCP keeping track for us?

Again, thanks very much for putting this on!

[quote="DanielNegreanu"] You will only pick one game per weekend.

Sorry...I answered my own question after re-reading the original post

Looking forward to it.

Thanks bro! 8)




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Remember this was right after the US invaded IRAQ...the first time and seemed like a good thing at the time. Who knew? :cry:

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This is very cool, looking forward to it. Just curious what happens if your team ties, are you eliminated? How about a shoot out win or loss, I'm assuming that counts?
Psyched to have some fellow hockey fans to chat with. Even before the lock out, things haven't been too enjoyable for us Rangers fans.

There are no ties possible in the NHL this year. A win in regulation is the same as a win in overtime is the same as a win in a shootout.

OMG, im so f*cking amped. anyone else starting to see hockey highlights on espn and getting a little riled up. i know i am.

P.S. Pittsburgh now has Crosby, Palffy, Recchi, LeClaire, Lemieux, and Gonchar

Welcome to the forum...

Yeah, that's right. My bad. Although the team still gets the point, still counts as a loss if you lose the shoot-out (or of course in ot).

Psyched for the season (though I hope the refs don't call as many penalties as they have been calling in the pre-season). I'm assuming it's just to send a message to the players, and allow them to adjust to the new rules. Overall, the rules should open up the game a lot and make it more exciting.

Thanks Daniel....Poker and Hockey it' doesn't get much better than that

Leafs Rule!

FYP

I'll decide on which closer to the date.

After Thursday at 6pm, will everyones picks be posted?

This is cool and sounds like fun. I'm a big hockey fan.

If the FCP administrator isnt going to do it, forward the emails to me after the cutoff and ill summarize and post them.

I'm going to try and have all of the picks released by Friday morning. If they aren't up in time, blame Travis! :-)

Also, you can post your picks in the followin format:

Saturday October 8
Boston over Tampa Bay

Awesome idea once again. I guess it will be even harder than football since there are so many games played during the season that even the best team don't have a significant edge over the worst teams during one single game... Will be fun anyway.

EDIT: Removed that absolute retarted question.

Duhhh

lol, why don't you tell us how you really feel

I havent really gotten into hockey before so I dont know how well I will do but it sounds like fun.Count me in.

Man, that is my all time favorite saying. I use "sucks to be you" all the time(even at work). It really makes people mad and I love seeing people get mad.

This is Sweet........... Big hockey fan, can't wait to get started!

Well, I'm in. Anybody wanna have an over under line on how long it takes everyone to lose? I'm saying +-5 weeks.

Depends on how many entries. I say the lesser of 8 weeks or 10% of the number of entries but not less than 4 weeks.

Look forward to it.

I don't care what anyone says, I am glad that all of your blogs aren't just about poker or I wouldn't have come across this game. Sounds like a lot of fun, good luck everyone :wink:

Lee

I'm in. Hopefully I can do a little better than my NFL Survivor pool -- I picked St. Louis and was eliminated the very first week.

Hey Daniel...how many players do we have now?

I'd like to know so I can set the over/under in weeks to declare a winner.

hopefully it isn't too late to sign up for this (still got a week before the first game). I've been lurking here for about 5 months or so, and I made an account just for this. Hockey rules.

man, this is gonna be a tough thing to win. one off night by a team and your out. my strategy is gonna be banking on the underdog!

Welcome to the forum (officially)!

This should be fun. Can't wait!!

LoL even with all these people signing up I bet this thing is over in November. Hockey games are tought enough to decided and no one really knows how these teams are gonna shake out.

Serious thanks DN, another awesome contest for sure. Can't wait.

Having a great time with my football survivor pools, so I'm giving up my lurker status to join in. Should be fun - Thanks DN!

Daniel, great idea count me in. Hopefully with you being a good Toronto boy, you support the Buds.

Go Leafs Go :-)

How about as part of the prize, you rock the jersey of the winner's choice at your next televised event? Assuming they're not a Habs fan, of course

Who's your avatar of?

count me in... email sent and ready to go...
time to get started on strategies

hello all!
im the same way been lurking and just reading DN's blog/articles for a while but finally made the account just for this!

I believe it is Elin Grindemyr.
Be sure to check out http://elingrindemyr.net/

how do we know if we are in? I sent the email to the address listed, but have not heard back.

I would hate to send in picks for a pool, I am not officially in.