Emirates Cup Details

The tournament has four Group Play rounds, followed by three Knockout rounds.

The Group Play rounds are played every Tuesday from Nov. 12th to Dec. 3rd. Every team in the NBA is randomly assigned to one of the groups. This is three games fewer than last year.

The Knockout rounds are a single elimination tournament between the eight best teams from the Group Play rounds. The first round will be played on Dec. 10th and 11th. The second round will be played on Dec. 14th. The final round will be played on Dec. 17th.

Survivor Pool Details

The survivor pool will have a 3k buy-in and a 5k second buy-in, for those who need it.
The second buy-in can only be used prior to the Knockout Rounds.
That means the pool is starting with at least 5k in prize money (8k if I miss a pick).
Any sats zapped to survivor pool contest posts on SN or to my comments on those posts will be added to the buy-ins to make up the final prize (no sybil fee deductions)
You can only pick each team once, so be careful not to use up the eventual contenders too early.
If you forget to make a pick, I'll assign you whichever team has the worst odds for that round that you are still allowed to pick.
In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by whoever correctly predicts the Cup MVP first. If no one correctly predicts the cup MVP, then the winner will be decided by whoever most closely predicts the pointspread of the championship game.
Posts for each round will go up the day after the previous round and selections can be made up until tip-off of the team you're selecting.

Leave a comment if you're interested in joining and I'll reply with a comment for you to zap your initial buy-in to.

cc last year's participants: @grayruby, @POTUS, @gnilma, @elnosh, @Wumbo, @BTC_Bellzer, @siggy47, @Chep, @BlokchainB

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/751054