Party Football Promo - Week #2

[Sniper]

1st Question...

1: Which team will win the game on Dec 19th?
a) : Green Bay
b) : Baltimore

[Action Scott]

Balt. is favored by 3.5, i will prob go with them.

FWIW, Balt is 4-2 @ home, and GB is 1-6 away

[Daniture]

Most likely Farves last monday night football appearance. Gotta think he's gonna want to go out with a bang. So i'm going with the Packers in the battle of a couple bad teams.

[JackOfSpeed]

holy ****, I thought yesterday was Monday for some reason and forgot to do the rake hands. Booooooo.

[Sniper]

Season Averages/game (for the statistically minded)...

Offense
Yards Passing - GB: 233.8 . BAL: 186.0
Yards Rushing - GB: 85.5 . BAL: 92.8

Defense
Opp Pass Yds - GB: 163.3 . BAL: 183.5
Opp Rush Yds - GB: 122.7 . BAL: 106.8

[umdpoker]

also, samkon gado has looked pretty good. most of green bay's rushing yards have come in the last 6 games. i hate going against the chalk, but i live near b-more, and have seen a lot of their games. the ravens look absolutely horrible. kyle boller is an int machine like favre has been, but wih no great plays to counteract them. i'm goin with the pack, but i'm not sure thats the smart move. the good news is that the passing question of this series will be easy as hell.

[RikaKazak]

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Balt. is favored by 3.5, i will prob go with them.

FWIW, Balt is 4-2 @ home, and GB is 1-6 away

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I think the home/away stats are too big a difference to not go with Balt.

(but I suck at sports betting)

If these questions follow the same as last week, it could be difficult. I think I will go with GB for the win because it's MNF and it's Favre.

I agree the passing should be an easy pick, it's all the rest I'm having trouble with /images/graemlins/blush.gif

-S&SGW

[Ken_AA]

I'm stupid and can't find the question. I keep trying to log into the "My Account" Page and it says it will be available at 10 am, but its 4PM.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Ken

[Ken_AA]

I only got 28 points yesterday, I'm a complete moron.

Ken

[PartySNGer]

Quick question - has anyone received acknowledgement from Party that they're going to receive $50 or $100 when the promo ends?

I really hope we're not gonna have to scratch and claw to get paid from this promo.

[Sniper]

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Quick question - has anyone received acknowledgement from Party that they're going to receive $50 or $100 when the promo ends?

I really hope we're not gonna have to scratch and claw to get paid from this promo.

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There has been no communication!

[CalvinTy]

The 2nd question.... unbelieveable! Sheesh!

Today's question..

2: Who will receive the kickoff in the game on Dec 19th
a) : Green Bay
b) : Baltimore

That is literally a coin toss! Come on, Party!...... (grrr).

* CalvinTy

[Sniper]

2: Who will receive the kickoff in the game on Dec 19th
a) : Green Bay
b) : Baltimore

CHEAP!!!!!

[CalvinTy]

I just realized something... while I already answered that question as a pure guess, Party wasn't clear, heh.

Which kickoff? Both teams will receive a kickoff no matter what (in normal realms of things like having a second half!). /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Since they didn't specify "opening kickoff", perhaps we all will get this right if we wait until next week to point that out to Party. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

* CalvinTy

Question 2 and still haven't received my $100 from last week.

I didn't play much yesterday so I don't get to answer the 'football knowledge' question today. LMFAO!

[CalvinTy]

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Question 2 and still haven't received my $100 from last week.

I didn't play much yesterday so I don't get to answer the 'football knowledge' question today. LMFAO!

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FYI, Party said in their website link (http://www.partypoker.com/news/events/us_football_promo.html):

"Important notes:
First question will be accessible on Wednesday, December 7, 2005 from 010:00 a.m. (ET).
Final question will be accessible on Sunday, January 29, 2006 from 10:00 a.m. (ET). Winners will get their cash prizes on Thursday, February 9, 2006.
Question will only be visible from 10:00 a.m. (ET) until 00:00 a.m. (ET) (midnight)."

* CalvinTy

[Unoriginalname]

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2: Who will receive the kickoff in the game on Dec 19th
a) : Green Bay
b) : Baltimore

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This is ridiculous. I thought this promotion was supposed to be for people to capitalize on their football knowledge. You can't even remotely make that argument now /images/graemlins/confused.gif

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Winners will get their cash prizes on Thursday, February 9, 2006.

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Cor Blimey!

[uncleshady]

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2: Who will receive the kickoff in the game on Dec 19th
a) : Green Bay
b) : Baltimore

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Wow. Guess they are giving too much dough away. If that keeps up you can expect attendance figure questions next week.

[grjr]

I would take Green Bay on this one because there's a decent chance that even if Baltimore wins the toss they will defer to the 2nd half in order to get their defense on the field first. Plus, their defense probably has more of a chance of scoring than their offense. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Sniper]

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Wow. Guess they are giving too much dough away. If that keeps up you can expect attendance figure questions next week.

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I expect we will see questions like... who will use the first challenge, and who will score the first safety, where there might be no correct answer /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Freudian]

Guess they figured out they needed to start making some moves to avoid paying out $1M. Repeat this question for seven weeks and they save quite a bit of money.

[Dennisa]

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I would take Green Bay on this one because there's a decent chance that even if Baltimore wins the toss they will defer to the 2nd half in order to get their defense on the field first. Plus, their defense probably has more of a chance of scoring than their offense. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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In the NFL, you can not defer your decision. You can put your defense on the field first, but that still allows for GB to receive the kickoff in the 2nd half. In college you can defer your decision.

[grjr]

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I would take Green Bay on this one because there's a decent chance that even if Baltimore wins the toss they will defer to the 2nd half in order to get their defense on the field first. Plus, their defense probably has more of a chance of scoring than their offense. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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In the NFL, you can not defer your decision. You can put your defense on the field first, but that still allows for GB to receive the kickoff in the 2nd half. In college you can defer your decision.

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Learn something new every day. If I was Baltimore I'd still give Green Bay the ball. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Sniper]

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Guess they figured out they needed to start making some moves to avoid paying out $1M. Repeat this question for seven weeks and they save quite a bit of money.

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I think the million 40/40 prize pool is meaningless... this promotion will cost Party far more than that... paying out all the $50 and $100 winners each week.

[Sniper]

3: Green Bay will have less than or equal to 250 passing yards in the game on Dec 19th:
a) : Yes
b) : No

[scott8]

The wording is just so tricky. . .

[Sniper]

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The wording is just so tricky. . .

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250 or under passing yards = yes
251+ passing yards = no

[Sniper]

For those interested... Green Bay Passing yards for prior games (in order starting from the 1st week)...

201, 342, 195, 303, 215, 329, 279, 233, 256, 227, 171, 277, 170

[Sniper]

4: The total combined points of both teams will be less than or equal to 43 in the game on Dec 19th:
a) : Yes
b) : No

[Action Scott]

The O/U in this game is 33, this may be the most str8 forward of the questions. Definitely better than who will receive the kickoff.

[Sniper]

Interestingly enough, the sportsbooks have the Over/Under on this game at 33.

[dtbog]

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Interestingly enough, the sportsbooks have the Over/Under on this game at 33.

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Yeah.. that's the first thing I looked up when I saw this question, and then I laughed.

[MexKrax]

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Interestingly enough, the sportsbooks have the Over/Under on this game at 33.

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What do you want to bet somebody at Party is getting fired Monday morning for typing 43 instead of 33?

[Sniper]

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Interestingly enough, the sportsbooks have the Over/Under on this game at 33.

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What do you want to bet somebody at Party is getting fired Monday morning for typing 43 instead of 33?

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Well if this is any indication of what we have to look forward to from a Party Sportsbook... They will get a lot of business /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[pmuir10]

if you missed a question, during the week, can you still go 4/4 and make 50 bucks?

[MexKrax]

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Well if this is any indication of what we have to look forward to from a Party Sportsbook... They will get a lot of business /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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LOL let's hope this is true /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Although the more I think about this the more I'm thinking this could be a real problem for Party. Usually when companies do these kinds of promotions (get a hole in one win a million bucks, if it snows more than 3 inches on New Years day win a car etc.) they buy insurance to cover themselves in the event that someone actually wins. I don't know if Party would have bought insurance for this promotion, but if they did then messing up this question probably just invalidated their policy. Of course it could be that putting the line at 43 instead of 33 was intentional and not a mistake.

[pokergrader]

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Well if this is any indication of what we have to look forward to from a Party Sportsbook... They will get a lot of business /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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LOL let's hope this is true /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Although the more I think about this the more I'm thinking this could be a real problem for Party. Usually when companies do these kinds of promotions (get a hole in one win a million bucks, if it snows more than 3 inches on New Years day win a car etc.) they buy insurance to cover themselves in the event that someone actually wins. I don't know if Party would have bought insurance for this promotion, but if they did then messing up this question probably just invalidated their policy. Of course it could be that putting the line at 43 instead of 33 was intentional and not a mistake.

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For a company that generates as much profit as PartyPoker does, there is no way they would get an insurance policy on an amount as small as 1 million dollars.

[La Brujita]

Did anyone get paid for week one?

[Sniper]

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Did anyone get paid for week one?

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Winners will get their cash prizes on Thursday, February 9, 2006.

[La Brujita]

Thanks. I read that above but I thought it was referring to the final question.

That seems kinda silly!

[Sniper]

FWIW... I sent them an email recommending that they at least have a status page showing your results for each week!

[La Brujita]

Yeah its kind of ridiculous that I am so worried when I donk off my money so many other ways in poker but I am curious how much hassle I will get before getting paid for week 1 due to question incident.

I just like to collect money from party wherever I can.

[Sniper]

Looks like there may be a problem again this week with the display of question #5

Hopefully they will fix it earlier than they did last week!

[CLC]

I am curious about how other 2+2ers are doing in this promotion. Please indicate how you did last week.

[Sniper]

Link to related thread (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=4225030&an=0&page=0#Post 4225030)

[Sniper]

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Thank you for contacting us.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.

The question which you are not able to see in the email is:

Green Bay margin of victory will be 11 points or less: Yes / No.

NOTE: Please send us this answer for question before 23:59 hours EST today.

We look forward for your reply.

Thank you for choosing us as your online gaming site!

Sentilong
Poker Customer Care


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[Sniper]

Hi Muckin,

A few people mentioned their results in this Week 1 thread (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=4178498&an=0&page=0#Post 4178498)

[Ghazban]

I finally got the email version of the question (timestamp about 9 AM EST this morning) and replied. I expect others who weren't able to get the question on the web site should be able to do it via email so long as the answer is in well before kickoff tonight.

[Sniper]

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I finally got the email version of the question (timestamp about 9 AM EST this morning) and replied. I expect others who weren't able to get the question on the web site should be able to do it via email so long as the answer is in well before kickoff tonight.

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I expect they will take the answers up to game time... but you should definately get the answers in as soon as possible...

and I would add to the bottom of the Email..."Please confirm that my answer to question #5 has been accepted?" (or some similar question forcing a reply that confirms you are good).

[CLC]

Hi Sniper,

i had noticed a few comments in the week #1 thread but not many. I thought maybe a poll in this weeks thread would give a better representation, but at the moment thre are only 20 respondents. Either few are participating in the promotion, or most prefer not to say. Guess I won't do another one this week.

MuckinWinners

[Sniper]

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Hi Sniper,

i had noticed a few comments in the week #1 thread but not many. I thought maybe a poll in this weeks thread would give a better representation, but at the moment thre are only 20 respondents. Either few are participating in the promotion, or most prefer not to say. Guess I won't do another one this week.

MuckinWinners

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There are no bad ideas... certainly nothing wrong with putting in another poll after the game tonight.

[otctrader]

Who are you guys emailing, info@party... or vip@party...?

[Sniper]

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Who are you guys emailing, info@party... or vip@party...?

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info@partypoker.com seems to be handling these emails!

[umdpoker]

hehe, and i thought somebody had made up that question before. its so ridiculous, it has to be true i guess. doesn't this make the question 14 pts off the spread? i think party is actually trying to make the questions better than 50/50 odds on purpose.

[MexKrax]

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Who are you guys emailing, info@party... or vip@party...?

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I emailed both, and got a response from vip@partypoker.com first.

[CLC]

I sent an email last night to bonus@partypoker.com asking about the question and had an response this morning.The response contained the question and instructed me to reply with my answer ASAP. I responded.

I just received a phone call from Party Support. The CS guy said that they were calling all of the players who had sent in email about the question. He said that management apologized for the problems and had extended the deadline until 8:00 pm. I am NOT sure what time zone this refers to. He also said that responding to any party poker email address would get the info to the right place.address w

[Sniper]

Question Summary...

1: Which team will win the game on Dec 19th?
2: Who will receive the kickoff in the game on Dec 19th?
3: Green Bay will have less than or equal to 250 passing yards in the game on Dec 19th?
4: The total combined points of both teams will be less than or equal to 43 in the game on Dec 19th?
5: Green Bay margin of victory will be 11 points or less?

[beeyjay]

This is cut and pasted from the reply I just got from party about the missing question:

I see that you have earned enough points to be eligible to receive
today's question. Please find the question below:

Green Bay margin of victory will be 11 points or less: Yes / No (A
Green Bay loss will count as less than 11 points).

Please make sure to send us your answer via email by 11:59pm EST.

I think i should have a pretty good idea of the answer by then.

[whodaman]

mine said by 8pm... i wouldn't chance it.

It looks like Party is working on a status page. I got the following response in an email from VIP Poker Customer Care:

"At this moment in time we are unable to check how many of last weeks questions you have answered correctly.

However, we are planning to have a link put up in the "my account section" of the website through which players will be able to check the status of all the answers given by them in the next few days."

[Swedebubba]

I sent off 3 emails (bonus, VIP, and info) and have yet to get a response. Looks like they have went back to the "screw-you" mode again.

[Sniper]

2: Who will receive the kickoff in the game on Dec 19th? GB

[CLC]

Well the tough one is over .... Now all I need is

1) Green Bay to win by 11 points or less with NO passing games and a 42 point total score

OR

2)Green Bay to lose with a crappy passing game and a total score of 43 points or less.


By George I may have a chance at making the money!!! /images/graemlins/laugh.gif /images/graemlins/laugh.gif /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Yikes, I never figured Balt for 2 scores in like 8 minutes here! I've switched over to CSI Miami, hope Favre starts running, lol!

[Freudian]

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2: Who will receive the kickoff in the game on Dec 19th? GB

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Once again my expertise of the NFL pay dividends.

[pokergrader]

Ugh, looks like it is going to be 3/5 for me

[Tk79]

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Ugh, looks like it is going to be 3/5 for me

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Me too. You miss the coin flip and the over under?

[Freudian]

4/5 for me. Damn you Baltimore for running up the score.

[Schwartzy61]

Well guess it's time for the recap...

1: Which team will win the game on Dec 19th?
a) : Green Bay
b) : Baltimore

2: Who will receive the kickoff in the game on Dec 19th
a) : Green Bay
b) : Baltimore

3: Green Bay will have less than or equal to 250 passing yards in the game on Dec 19th:
a) : Yes
b) : No

4: The total combined points of both teams will be less than or equal to 43 in the game on Dec 19th:
a) : Yes
b) : No
I guess Party knew more than those sportsbooks with an over/under of 33 huh?

5: Green Bay margin of victory will be 11 points or less: (A Green Bay
loss will count as less than 11 points)
a) : Yes
b) : No

[toss]

Well I emailed around 6 PM Pacific time and just now have received an email offering 20% up to $100!!























Bonus code IGMPAY. Those [censored].

[Sniper]

Recap...

1: Which team will win the game on Dec 19th? BAL
2: Who will receive the kickoff in the game on Dec 19th? GB
3: Green Bay will have less than or equal to 250 passing yards in the game on Dec 19th? YES
4: The total combined points of both teams will be less than or equal to 43 in the game on Dec 19th? NO
5: Green Bay margin of victory will be 11 points or less? Yes

[Sniper]

[Schwartzy61]

My recap looks much better...

[roundest]

4 for 5 both weeks. Who would have thought Baltimore would put up 48 freakin' points.

Does anyone have the question from two weeks ago, the Atlanta Game, Thursday question # 2 and if you have the correct answer I would appreciate it,,,, Thanks!

[darkcore]

somewhere in here (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=bonus&Number=4178498&page =3&fpart=1) is the answer...

if i could only remember what i answerd to question #3 this week... /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Action Scott]

Thanks for posting the answers, I missed the start of the game so I didn't see the opening kickoff... 4/5 for me, can't wait 'til Feb. when I will get my 50 bucks /images/graemlins/grin.gif
Funny though, the one I was most confident about (under 43) was the one I missed, I'm guessing that question will knock many out of the 1mil.

[Sniper]

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Funny though, the one I was most confident about (under 43) was the one I missed, I'm guessing that question will knock many out of the 1mil.

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Yes, I agree, that question probably knocked alot of people out of the running for the million!