606v2 ATP Picking Game: Miami Masters

First topic message reminder :

Welcome to the official start of the 606v2 ATP Picking game. I hope this will be well received and catches on for Masters and Grand Slams at least. Any questions welcomed. Good luck and thank you to anyone who plays

How to play:
- Every player has 23 picks. All picks must be used in mens main draw singles matches. The points besides each fixture represent the points you score if that player wins. If your pick is wrong you LOSE 10 points. Whoever has the most points at the end of the tournament is the winner. To play post your picks on this thread, try to number them. A valid pick must be in the format Player A def/over Player B (Winner First). By the end of the tournament all 23 picks must be used, unused picks will be counted as losses. You are allowed to post picks each day until the match starts, so please check the order of play. All picks posted after play starts are invalid and can be replaced. A pick is void if a match does not take place due to withdrawal or a change in the draw but is valid if at least one point is played (so retirements count). Each player will also be able to place “Djoker Cards” on any THREE of their 23 picks. If your "Djoker" pick wins you earn double winnings if he loses you will not lose any points. In case of more than one player being tied on the same score, the tiebreak will be number of right picks, if still tied then by 1st highest scoring pick, 2nd highest scoring pick

Ferrer (6) - (16) Haas
Gasquet (32) - (3) Murray
Murray (4) - (27) Gasquet

Position	Name	Points	W-L	Djokers Used
1	Ryan86	214	10-13	3
2	Bogbrush	124	14-9	3
3	JuliusHMarx	75	14-9	3
4	Lydian	64	11-12	3
5	Silver	46	19-4	2
6	CJB	43	13-10	3
7	Born Slippy	-12	12-10*	3

8. Simon def Tipsarevic
9. Nishikori def Ferrer DJK2
10. Djokovic def Haas
11. Melzer def Ramos

12. Murray def Seppi
13. Tsonga def Cilic
14. Almagro def Gasquet
15. Berdych def Querrey

15 Gasquet bt Almagro
16 Berdych bt Querrey
17 Tsonga bt Cilic

13. Gasquet bt Almagro
14. Berdych bt Querrey
15. Murray bt Seppi
16. Cilic bt Tsonga (Djoker)
17. Djoko bt Haas
18. Kei bt Ferrer(Djoker)

Taking into account the voided match, I think that I've picked 10 matches rather than 9, CJB.

11. Berdych def. Querrey
12. Murray def. Seppi
13. Tsonga def. Cilic
14. Djokovic def. Haas
15. Simon def. Tipsarevic
16. Ferrer def. Nishikori
17. Almagro def. Gasquet (Djoker)

13. Tipsarevic def. Simom
14. Tsonga def. Cilic
15. Almagro def. Gasquet
16. Haas def. Djokovic (Djoker)

13. Kei > Ferrer
14. Cilic > Tsonga
15. Almagro > Gasquet
16. Querrey > Berdych
17. Haas > Djokovic (!)
18. Murray > Seppi

Time to panic.

14. Querrey def Berdych
15. Haas def Djokovic
16. Seppi def Murray (Djoker)

You are correct silver but I haven't marked in the results for either Berdych orCilic wins yesterday

I'm 23 points behind you BB! Then again, like a muppet I didn't read the instructions on the packet properly and was left with 3 screws left over, or in this case minus points before I even realised.

Ryan, lydian and I have cleaned up today through, Ryan double points!

Panic pays!

Woo hoo!

Ryan gets 250 points Game over!
I thought Djoko would bring the Haas down. Guess not.

Smart Haas

Oh wow. Very nice, chaps! Mind lending the rest of us the crystal ball for the lottery this week?

And for today...

18. Ferrer def. Melzer
19. Murray def. Cilic
20. Berdych def. Gasquet
21. Simon def. Haas

19. Melzer bt Ferrer (Djoker)
20. Simon bt Haas
21. Gasquet bt Berdych

17. Berdych def Gasquet
18. Ferrer def Meltzer
19. Murray def Cilic
20. Haas def Simon

19. Berdych bt Gasquet
20. Ferrer bt Meltzer
21. Murray bt Cilic

Some conservative picks there guys....I need the points to catch Ryan so its caution to the wind! CJB, is that table right (says updated at 10:21 this morning)?

16. Simon def Haas
17.Ferrer def Melzer

lydian wrote:Some conservative picks there guys....I need the points to catch Ryan so its caution to the wind! CJB, is that table right (says updated at 10:21 this morning)?

Not sure about everyone else, but I'm now shooting for (the somewhat meaningless) best W/L record as I'm too far behind. Scant consolation after watching the three of you blow us all away, though!

lydian wrote:Some conservative picks there guys....I need the points to catch Ryan so its caution to the wind! CJB, is that table right (says updated at 10:21 this morning)?

I know,but I can't go entirely with wishful thinking.

I did back against Djokovic with a Djoker earlier on. Just picked the wrong one - I should have known a Wee Keira rollover guy would be the key!

Table will be updated later. Wasn't up late enough for Djoko game and had to get to sixth form this morning. As said Ryan has an almighty lead. Going to walk my dog and will then update the table

18 Cilic bt Murray
19 Haas bt Simon
20 Berdych bt Gasquet

Looking forward the next event will be Monte Carlo and possibly depending on success i will perhaps begin doing atp500s with Barcelona first on the list

Great contribution to the forum CJB, much needed. It's almost as much fun as an era thread

Unfortunately Julius I have only just seen you djokered Cilic as I usually write all picks down as they are made..would you happen to remember his value? I think it was 18 so will give you 36 points however I'm not 100%.

I think it was 19.

Sounds right, pretty sure JWT was 5 so Cilic would be about that range. I'm just counting picks cos a few of you my w/l column doesn't represent what you say you have

Pretty sure the table is
Ryan 233
Bog 129
Lydian 94
Julius 75
CJB 61
Silver 56
Born 14
But going through picks individually to work it out.

Should be correct...a few of you I think have incorrectly numbered picks but only Born Slippy will not have enough. If you think I am wrong I am willing to recount. Weird to see the person with the worst W-L record at the top but an inspired Djoker pick has won it for Ryan who'd otherwise be in minus values

I had two '13's, I think, as the first was the Roanic withdrawal

17. Haas def. Simon
18. Murray def. Cilic
19. Berdych def. Gasquet

.....


23. Oh no, I've ran out of matches!

Ryan I have you as already having 17 picks so they'd be 18,19,20 which means you can finish it..

(W) Haas, Zemlja, Mallisse, Melzer, Gasquet, Ramos, Cilic (7)
(L) Tipsy, Tsonga, Mugs, Haase, Williams, Benne, Hewitt, Llodra, Mayer, Sela (10)

Ah, yep, I've got confused with the numbering when Raonic withdrew. I have used all 3 Djokers though.

Haas v Djokovic
Ramos v Blake
Sela v Tipsarevic.

Lads if this is something that is continued through Slams, Masters and 500s then a ranking system would be an interesting addition. Would people find this a good addition and if so what do people think of this scoring system. Tried to base it around real rankings with a Grand Slam double that of a Masters win which is double of an ATP 500. Suggestions welcomed. Gone for 10/12/15 as a hopeful number we can aim for. We have 7 in the first addition of a Masters event so I believe 12 is a reachable target? Could cut it down to 8/10/12?

Positions	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Grand Slams	500	350	175	100	75	70	60	50	45	40	30	25	20	10	5
ATP Masters 1000	250	150	100	75	60	50	40	30	25	20	10	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
ATP 500 series	125	90	75	60	50	40	30	20	10	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

I'm up for it.

I know this is a lot of advance but with Rome Masters and Roland Garros I am due to be taking exams so help would be welcomed. Although if anyone wants to they can run a tournament...the old 606 if I remember used a format where people just volunteered for events...am happy to run them all if no one fancies it though

It'll all go very quiet now........

I wouldn't know where to start plus I'm not reliable on location, do a lot of travelling. Sorry.

18. Cilic def Murray.
19. Gasquet def Berdych

I'd be up for running one, CJB. I think I'd need some advice on how the values are set and so forth, but definitely in the future. I echo BB's thoughts, it's a good addition to the forum! Thanks for running it.

22. Cilic bt Murray

Great thread CJB, I don't have time (generally) to run an event but like silver welcome the addition of this to the forum

Lydian I think you have made 23 picks

Unresolved: Gasquet and Cilic 2
Wins: Cilic, Haas, Murray, Davydenko, Hewitt, Gasquet, Raonic, Cilic, Dimitorv, Berdych, Tsonga 11
Losses: Melzer, Simon, Kei, Almagro, Querrey, Paire, Berlocq, Isner, Dimitrov, Belluci 10

I thought I had made 21 picks due to the 11-10 results so picked the Cilic/Murray match today and another one over the next 2 days?

Nope because you made picked Gasquet bt Berdych for tonight.

You can cancel it before the game starts?

Thanks CJB, sorry I forgot I picked that yesterday, please deselect that one if ok.

That's cool, so you have one left

I can't see winner of Ferrer/Haas winning this tbh. Murray v Berdych will be key and can see Murray being around 6 to Berdych 18 but who knows

21 Haas bt Ferrer

Hope it happens...never been a Ferrer fan

20. Haas def Ferrer DJK3

21. Haas def Ferrer

Just because that would be so right.

21. Haas def Ferrer

Not because I think it will happen, at this stage it's just tactical.

Thanks CJB, I'll pick Haas bt Ferrer for my last match.