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  2. Calcutta auction - Wikipedia

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    Software. v. t. e. A Calcutta auction is an open auction held in conjunction with a golf tournament, [1] horse race or similar contest with multiple entrants. It is popular in backgammon, the Melbourne Cup, and college basketball pools during March Madness. [2] Culcutta auction is a sequential auction, where the bidding for each contestant ...

  3. Independent Chip Model - Wikipedia

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    The expected payout is the payoff-weighted sum of these joint probabilities across all n! possible rankings of the n players. For example, suppose players A, B, and C have (respectively) 50%, 30%, and 20% of the tournament chips. The 1 st-place payout is 70 units and the 2 nd-place payout 30 units. Then

  4. Parimutuel betting - Wikipedia

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    Definition. Parimutuel betting differs from fixed-odds betting in that the final payout is not determined until the pool is closed – in fixed-odds betting, the payout is agreed at the time the bet is sold. Parimutuel gambling is frequently state-regulated, and offered in many places where gambling is otherwise illegal.

  5. 2021 U.S. Open Pool Championship - Wikipedia

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    It is pool's longest running major title. The 2021 tournament was played at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City from September 13–18, 2021. It used a double-elimination bracket, with matches held as a race to 9 racks, until the last 16. At that point it became a single-elimination tournament, as a race to 11 racks. The final was a race to 13 ...

  6. U.S. Open Pool Championship - Wikipedia

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    Chesapeake Conference Center, site of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship from 1997 to 2011. The U.S. Open Pool Championship, formerly the U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship, is an annual professional men's nine-ball pool tournament that began in its current form in 1976. The U.S. Open is one of the most sought-after titles in nine-ball and in pool ...

  7. Derby City Classic - Wikipedia

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    Derby City Classic. The Derby City Classic is an annual pool convention and tournament held every January at the Caesars Southern Indiana casino in Elizabeth, Indiana, near Louisville, Kentucky. [1] It is eight days long and offers various disciplines of competition for pool players of all caliber. [2]

  8. Double-elimination tournament - Wikipedia

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    Double-elimination tournament. A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament 's championship upon having lost two games or matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimination tournament, in which only one defeat results in elimination.

  9. United States Professional Poolplayers Association - Wikipedia

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    UPA Logo. The United States Professional Poolplayers Association ( UPA) is the governing body for the sport of men's professional pool in the United States, as well as the organizer of a major national amateur league, and a variety of pro and amateur tournaments. The organization, now based in Manhattan, [1] was founded in January 2002 in ...