Why I Said No To Twin Spires Players Pool

[serp]

It returned $6.79 for the minimum $10 after witholding.

[Rapid Grey]

Originally Posted by iceknight

After the races, I am able to structure $1 tickets with all singles.. Every time!

good for you, thanks for your intelligent post.

[forced89]

I like the Players' Pool. On days like Derby Day I will make a few small bets on my own but also being in the Players' Pool gives me rooting interest in some of the other races. Sometimes if they have the first 3 in a Pick 4 or the first 5 in a Pick 5, I will bet some of the non-selected horses in the final race. I haven't got rich doing this but over the last year or so I have had a lot of action and am probably marginally ahead.

[castaway01]

Yeah, I understand what you're saying. It should be handled better.

[TwinSpires JC]

There is a page on TwinSpires.com listing the history and results of the Players' Pool.

http://www.twinspires.com/content/playerspool2

[ShipShipandDip]

Isn't half the fun of the game doing the work yourself? If you want to degen money go play blackjack

[MarkMare]

Yes but it's nice to be part of a large wager and root for the pick 6 to hit with a bomb or two. This was the first year I did it and I'll do it again next year....the taxes do really hurt though

[citygoat]

i joined the citygoat pool and lost the pick 6 in all three triple crown race days but I will use citygoat's picks next year for sure.you can't lose them all.

[Shelby]

I didn't put any money in the pool but I was able to see their picks for the Saratoga pick 6 yesterday. They gave a link to it on Twitter.

Ticket #1

Race #5 07/22/2012
Saratoga
$2 Pick-6

# 5,6,8,9,11
WT # 3,4,9,10
WT # 6,7,8,9,10
WT # 2,4,5,8,9,10
WT # 1,2,3,5,8
WT # 9,11,12

$18000.00



Ticket #2

Race #5 07/22/2012
Saratoga
$2 Pick-6

# 11
WT # 3,4,9,10
WT # 6,7,8,9
WT # 2,4,5,8,9,10
WT # 1,2,3,5,8
WT # 4,5,6,10

$3840.00



Ticket #3

Race #5 07/22/2012
Saratoga
$2 Pick-6

# 11
WT # 3,4,9,10
WT # 1,2,3,5
WT # 8
WT # 2,5
WT # 11,12

$128.00



Ticket #4

Race #5 07/22/2012
Saratoga
$2 Pick-6

# 11
WT # 1,2,5,6,7,8,11
WT # 6
WT # 8
WT # 2
WT # 9,11,12

$42.00




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Winning numbers were:

8-9-2-5-3-12 so they got 5 out of 6 on the $18000 ticket.

[Hard2Like]

Ouch!

[Karakiozis]

Originally Posted by Shelby

I didn't put any money in the pool but I was able to see their picks for the Saratoga pick 6 yesterday. They gave a link to it on Twitter.

Ticket #1

Race #5 07/22/2012
Saratoga
$2 Pick-6

# 5,6,8,9,11
WT # 3,4,9,10
WT # 6,7,8,9,10
WT # 2,4,5,8,9,10
WT # 1,2,3,5,8
WT # 9,11,12

$18000.00



Ticket #2

Race #5 07/22/2012
Saratoga
$2 Pick-6

# 11
WT # 3,4,9,10
WT # 6,7,8,9
WT # 2,4,5,8,9,10
WT # 1,2,3,5,8
WT # 4,5,6,10

$3840.00



Ticket #3

Race #5 07/22/2012
Saratoga
$2 Pick-6

# 11
WT # 3,4,9,10
WT # 1,2,3,5
WT # 8
WT # 2,5
WT # 11,12

$128.00



Ticket #4

Race #5 07/22/2012
Saratoga
$2 Pick-6

# 11
WT # 1,2,5,6,7,8,11
WT # 6
WT # 8
WT # 2
WT # 9,11,12

$42.00




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Winning numbers were:

8-9-2-5-3-12 so they got 5 out of 6 on the $18000 ticket.

Who ever put those tickets together has to be the biggest moron in the history of handicapping horses, I feel sorry for the people who invested into this,in the 3d leg they used 5 horses and left out Ramon on a a 4-1 shot,
INSANE!!!

[Karakiozis]

I see that TWINSPIRES players pool is again going after the pick6 @ Sar. this Wednesday, for the sake of the people who invest into the pool I hope the so called handicappers who put the last ticket together were fired for incompetence.

[SpotPlays]

3 races in today and I don't see where the ticket is posted? In fact, the page that should display the ticket is pretty much blank. Anyone else having this issue who got in today's group bet?

[precocity]

nope they came close but no cigar!

Ticket #1
Race #5 08/01/2012
Saratoga
$2 Pick-6

# 1,3,4,5,6,7
WT # 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10
WT # 1,2,3,5,6,10,11
WT # 7
WT # 1,3,4,5,7
WT # 2,3,6,7,10

$16800.00


Ticket #2
Race #5 08/01/2012
Saratoga
$2 Pick-6

# 3,4,7
WT # 1,2,3,4,8,9,10
WT # 3,5,6,10,11
WT # 3,8
WT # 1,3,5
WT # 2,3,6,7,10
$6300.00



Ticket #3
Race #5 08/01/2012
Saratoga
$2 Pick-6

# 3,4,7
WT # 1,2,3,4,8,9,10
WT # 3,5,6,10,11
WT # 1
WT # 1,3,5
WT # 3,6,7

$1890.00

Ticket #4
Race #5 08/01/2012
Saratoga
$2 Pick-6

# 2
WT # 2,3,4,8
WT # 3,6,10,11
WT # 7
WT # 1
WT # 7

$32.00

Ticket #5
Race #5 08/01/2012
Saratoga
$2 Pick-6

# 3
WT # 3
WT # 3
WT # 7
WT # 1
WT # 7

$2.00

Ticket #6
Race #7 08/01/2012
Saratoga
$1 Pick-4

# 10
WT # 7
WT # 4
WT # 7

$1.00


$2.00 Pick-6 3,8,9,10/5/11/6/1/8 6 of 6 $470645.00