14:00: (This must be after the really quick loss against Sandra)
FER 1,9 TNG 2,3 FUL 1,8 ROM 6,1 STF 6,1 TER 5,1
No new bets, I went out to fetch a bite to eat.
15:00: (Still during the main break, slow betting, I had to try to lure some new betters)
FER 2,1 TNG 2,3 FUL 1,9 ROM 6,5 STF 6,3 TER 4,7
No new bets, new strategy.
15:05: (I quickly calculated how high the odds for Ferenginar could get without me actually losing money)
FER 8,5 TNG 2,5 FUL 2,1 ROM 6,6 STF 6,2 TER 4,5
I have to admit there weren’t that many players around that hadn’t bet yet, but at least I had given those a chance to earn some quick money.
15:10:
FER 5,2 TNG 2,8 FUL 2,3 ROM 6,5 STF 6,1 TER 4,6
No new bets.
15:15:
FER 2,8 TNG 3,1 FUL 2,0 ROM 6,2 STF 5,9 TER 4,4
No new bets. Ferenginar has shrivelled down in the rain again.
15:25:
FER 2,5 TNG 3,2 FUL 2,2 ROM 6,5 STF 5,8 TER 4,5
Still no new bets. Next round of the Grand Prix was supposed to start at 15:30.
15:33:
FER 2,6 TNG 4,1 FUL 2,1 ROM 6,8 STF 5,9 TER 4,4
Will Hoskin had waited long enough for the top quota of his brother’s affiliation, TNG. That’s why they elected him to be the Financial and Consuming Advisor (FCA) of the WBA.
15:33,5:
FER 3 TNG 3,8 FUL 2,3 ROM 7 STF 6 TER 4
No new bets, everyone had to play.
16:16:
FER 3 TNG 3,7 FUL 2,2 ROM 7,2 STF 5,9 TER 4,2
No new bets yet, but I was pestering Thorsten Wanek that no one was yet betting on his wife, and that this may be the chance to save his marriage and even make enough money for a second honeymoon (whole-day-subway-tickets in Hannover go for something like 5,50 Euro).
16:20: Especially for Thorsten I announced a special anniversary quota for Romulus:
FER 2,7 TNG 3,6 FUL 2,4 ROM 7,5 STF 5,8 TER 3,9
And he couldn’t resist. I later unsuccessfully tried to convince Sandra also to bet on herself, but she wouldn’t support the WBA. In the end Romulus went second in the “Mastersâ€. Close, but no cigar.
16:25:
FER 2,8 TNG 3,7 FUL 2,5 ROM 6,3 STF 5,7 TER 4,1
No new bets.
17:37:
FER 2,5 TNG 3,5 FUL 2,5 ROM 6,5 STF 5,5 TER 4,5
Note the unbelievable conformity of the odds.
18:45:
FER 2,7 TNG 3,9 FUL 2,7 ROM 6,4 STF 5,9 TER 4,7
No new bets, the box office closed at about 21:00
All together 13 bets, all with the highest possible amount of money (1 Euro). As long as Terok Nor wouldn’t win (18,70 Euros down the drain), the WBA would have earned a lot of money. I left 12,40 to my bookie, along with enough small change to satisfy all demands. The amounts of money that had to be paid according to the winning affiliation were: 9,40 (TNG), 8,70 (FUL), 7,50 (ROM), 5,-- (STF) and 4,50 (FER). In an unexpected action to let the WBA earn as much money as possible, Ferenginar won the tournament, Lars Flitter earned 1,70 Euro, Tyler Fultz 1,60 Euro and Kathleen Fultz somehow interpreted Rule of Acquisition #82 in a Klingon way. Instead of “The riskier the road the greater the profit†a Fultzian Rule of Acquisition could be: “The worse the odds the greater the honorâ€. And when Kathleen cashed in her 1,20 Euros at least her profit margin of 20 cents was way higher then that of several guys betting at odds of 5 , 7,5 , 9,2 or even 9,5 - and just helping to further the glory of the WBA.
Thanks anyway!
With these latest earnings and a quick recalculation of the costs of the last Biermeisterschaft (I paid for non-member Oliver Thust’s first beer, which was my - darn inebriated - mistake, and since Oliver ALSO paid for that beer, only the waiter profited from this. So I put the money back into the WBA’s account)
the current treasure of the WBA consists of 17,50 Euros. My, those are mouth-watering prospects, fellow members!
[SD]Next time I will tell you about our 17th member Uwe J. F. Mindermann, and what he did to let the WBA shine in sparkling light.