Category: Player Haters Preakness

Standings | Player Haters Preakness IX | Final Results

Player Haters Preakness IX

In the final stretch, Bookie had built a 9 point lead over her closest competitor. Her challengers were forced to seek Player Haters Trifectas to overcome the difference. Was there any Hate left in the ninth running of the Preakness?

Nope! Bookie (30 points) closes out the final stretch for the Win and her second Crown in the Player Haters Preakness! It is Bookie’s first Win since Season VI!

Like last year, we have a four-way tie for second place! Bug Bug went for a Player Haters Trifecta and stalled at 18 points in the final Leg. With 3 points each in Leg 5, Sponge Mom, Mo Money, and Wise Orangutan moved into a tie with Bug Bug at 18 points. None of the four Analysts’ Home Teams faced each other during the Preakness, so Place came down to the second tiebreaker…

And it is Sponge Mom with 1 Correct Home Team Pick vs. 0 Correct Home Team Picks by the other three Analysts. By third tiebreaker — forced turnovers per game (ftpg) — Show goes to Wise Orangutan (1.0 ftpg), with Mo Money (0.4 ftpg) in fourth and Bug Bug in fifth place (0.3 ftpg).

Roxy Trot, B-Reezy, Craft Brew and Wreck It Ralph finish in a tie at 15 points each. Again, none of the four Home Teams faced each other during the month, so on second tiebreaker Roxy Trot (3 Correct Home Team Picks) takes sixth place. The other three have 1 Correct Home Team Pick each, and seventh place goes to Craft Brew with 1.5 ftpg. B-Reezy and Wreck It Ralph finish in tie for eighth place with 1.2 ftpg each.

Jimmy V, Woody, Little Tuna, Big Tuna, KateTDid, and Boo Boo finish with 12 points each. The Strategist and Atwork bring up the rear with 6 points each.

Trifecta Points

Player Haters Preakness | Standings | Final Results
Final Results after Leg 5 of Player Haters Preakness

Tiebreakers

Player Haters Preakness | Tiebreakers | Final Results
Tiebreakers after Leg 5 of Player Haters Preakness

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Player Haters Preakness | Leg 5 Picks

The Analysts’ Picks Are In

Jimmy V - Eagles/Bills/Chiefs
Sponge Mom - Eagles/Bills/Bengals
Mo Money - Chiefs/Bills/Dolphins
Roxy Trot - *Eagles/Bills/Chiefs
Woody - *Ravens/Eagles/Bills
B-Reezy - Ravens/Bills/Bengals
Craft Brew - *Chargers/Eagles/Bills
Little Tuna - **Lions/**Falcons/**Raiders
Big Tuna - Jaguars/Chiefs/Chargers
The Strategist - *Bills/Chiefs/Packers
KateTDid - Eagles/Bills/Chiefs
Wise Orangutan - Eagles/**Falcons/**Lions
Bookie - Eagles/Bills/Bengals
Atwork - *Packers/**Raiders/**Falcons
Boo Boo - *Chiefs/Bills/Ravens
Bug Bug - Eagles/**Raiders/**Falcons
Wreck It Ralph - Dolphins/Buccaneers/Ravens

*Denotes home team
**Denotes player hater

The Results Are (Coming) In:

Jimmy V – Eagles/Bills/Chiefs (3 points)

Sponge Mom – Eagles/Bills/Bengals (3 points)

Mo Money – Chiefs/Bills/Dolphins (3 points)

Roxy Trot – *Eagles/Bills/Chiefs (3 points)

Woody – *Ravens/Eagles/Bills (3 points)

B-Reezy – Ravens/Bills/Bengals (3 points)

Craft Brew – *Chargers/Eagles/Bills (3 points)

Little Tuna – **Lions/**Falcons/**Raiders (0 points)

Big Tuna – Jaguars/Chiefs/Chargers (6 points)

The Strategist – *Bills/Chiefs/Packers (0 points)

KateTDid – Eagles/Bills/Chiefs (3 points)

Wise Orangutan – Eagles/**Falcons/**Lions (3 points)

Bookie – Eagles/Bills/Bengals (3 points)

Atwork – *Packers/**Raiders/**Falcons (0 points)

Boo Boo – *Chiefs/Bills/Ravens (3 points)

Bug Bug – Eagles/**Raiders/**Falcons (0 points)

Wreck It Ralph – Dolphins/Buccaneers/Ravens (6 points)

*Denotes home team

**Denotes player hater

Player Haters Combinations

Jets and Lions only, paired with a Home Team winner for 12 points.

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Standings | Players Haters Preakness IX | Leg 4

Player Haters Preakness IX

Through the near turn, (most of ) the Analysts find their footing and charge into the final stretch! But Leg 4 goes to the leader who padded the distance with the rest of the field!

Bookie (27 points) pulls further away from Bug Bug (18 points) to take a commanding lead in first place! Bookie also has a first tiebreaker over Bug Bug in second place after the 49ers beat the Rams in Leg 3. If they finish in a tie for the lead, Bookie will take the Preakness Crown!

In a tie at 15 points each, Sponge Mom (9 points), Mo Money (9 points), and Wise Orangutan contend for third place. Sponge Mom leads with 1 Correct Home Team Pick, followed by Wise O. with 1.0 forced turnovers per game (ftpg) a nose ahead of Mo Money with 0.3 ftpg.

Jockeying for sixth place with 12 points each, Roxy Trot, B-Reezy, Craft Brew, and Little Tuna remain within striking distance of the Winners’ Circle. Roxy Trot holds the advantage with 2 Correct Home Team Picks, followed by B-Reezy (1 Correct Home Team Pick), Craft Brew (0) and Little Tuna (0).

The remainder of the field is 18 points behind the leader and 9 points behind second place. In order to reach the Winners’ Circle, the following Analysts need at least a 12-point Player Haters Trifecta.

At 9 points each, Jimmy V, Woody, KateTDid, Boo Boo and Wreck It Ralph are in tenth position. Woody has the edge with 2 Correct Home Team Picks, followed by KateTDid (1), Wreck It Ralph (1), Jimmy V (0), and Boo Boo (0).

Big Tuna, The Strategist, and Atwork each have 6 points at the back of the field. The are eliminated from the Win, but can still chase Place with a 12- or 18-point Trifecta. But rather, the three former Analysts of the Year might want to dwell on their former glory days!

Trifecta Points

Player Haters Preakness | Standings | Leg 4
Standings after Leg 4 of Player Haters Preakness

Tiebreakers

Player Haters Preakness | Tiebreakers | Leg 4
Tiebreakers after Leg 4 of Player Haters Preakness

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Player Haters Preakness | Leg 4 Picks

The Analysts’ Picks Are In

Jimmy V - Cowboys/Eagles/Bills
Sponge Mom - *Titans/Bills/Dolphins
Mo Money - Bills/49ers/Dolphins
Roxy Trot - *Eagles/Bills/Cowboys
Woody - *Ravens/Eagles/Dolphins
B-Reezy - Dolphins/Eagles/Bills
Craft Brew - Bills/Eagles/Dolphins
Little Tuna - **Steelers/**Broncos/**Lions
Big Tuna - **Raiders/**Steelers/Dolphins
The Strategist - *Bills/Buccaneers/Eagles
KateTDid - **Raiders/**Steelers/Bills
Wise Orangutan - Ravens/**Broncos/**Raiders
Bookie - Titans/Eagles/Dolphins
Atwork - **Broncos/**Texans/**Steelers
Boo Boo - Dolphins/49ers/Titans
Bug Bug - **Raiders/**Texans/Eagles
Wreck It Ralph - *Bengals/Packers/**Steelers

*Denotes home team
**Denotes player hater

The Results (Are Coming) In!

Jimmy V - Cowboys/Eagles/Bills (6 points)
Sponge Mom - *Titans/Bills/Dolphins (6 points)
Mo Money - Bills/49ers/Dolphins (6 points)
Roxy Trot - *Eagles/Bills/Cowboys (6 points)
Woody - *Ravens/Eagles/Dolphins (6 points)
B-Reezy - Dolphins/Eagles/Bills ( 6 points)
Craft Brew - Bills/Eagles/Dolphins (6 points)
Little Tuna - **Steelers/**Broncos/**Lions (0 points)
Big Tuna - **Raiders/**Steelers/Dolphins (0 points)
The Strategist - *Bills/Buccaneers/Eagles (3 points)
KateTDid - **Raiders/**Steelers/Bills (0 points)
Wise Orangutan - Ravens/**Broncos/**Raiders (3 points)
Bookie - Titans/Eagles/Dolphins (6 points)
Atwork - **Broncos/**Texans/**Steelers (0 points)
Boo Boo - Dolphins/49ers/Titans (6 points)
Bug Bug - **Raiders/**Texans/Eagles (0 points)
Wreck It Ralph - *Bengals/Packers/**Steelers (0 points)

*Denotes home team
**Denotes player hater

Player Haters Combinations

None: Only Broncos, none.

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Standings | Player Haters Preakness IX | Leg 3

Player Haters Preakness IX

The Analysts lumber down the back stretch as the group collectively adds 12 points TOTAL to Leg 2 Standings! Nonetheless, we have a leader!

Bookie (21 points) pulls away from Bug Bug (18 points) take over sole possession of first place. ! Little Tuna (12 points) and Wise Orangutan (12 points) share third place after Wise O. eliminates Little Tuna’s tiebreaker advantage in forced turnovers per game (0.7 each).

Sponge Mom (9 points), Mo Money (9 points), and KateTDid (9 points) make room for Wreck It Ralph (9 points) in the contest for fifth place. KateTDid and Wreck It Ralph have the edge on Home Team Picks (1) for fifth place, with Wreck It Ralph holding fifth position with more forced turnovers per game (0.3 v. 0.0). Sponge Mom noses out Mo Money for seventh place with more forced turnovers per game (2.0 v. 0.0).

Roxy Trot, B-Reezy, Craft Brew, Big Tuna, and Atwork each have six points to round out the middle of the field. Roxy Trot has the advantage for ninth position with a head-to-head Win (first tiebreaker) over Big Tuna and 1 Correct Home Team Pick (second tiebreaker). B-Reezy controls tenth with 1 Correct Home Team Pick. Big Tuna (2.7), Craft Brew (1.3) and Atwork (0.3) are separated by forced turnovers per game played.

Giving chase at the back with 3 points each, Jimmy V, Woody, The Strategist, and Boo Boo are emotionally spent: they trail the leader by 18 points (maximum possible in a single week). They are on the cusp of elimination from the Win in Leg 4!

Trifecta Points

Player Haters Preakness | Standings | Leg 3
Standings after Leg 3 of Player Haters Preakness

Tiebreakers

Player Haters Preakness | Tiebreakers | Leg 3
Tiebreakers after Leg 3 of Player Haters Preakness

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Player Haters Preakness IX | Leg 3 Picks

The Analysts’ Picks Are In

Jimmy V - Bengals/Buccaneers/**Patriots
Sponge Mom - **Falcons/**Seahawks/**Patriots
Mo Money - **Colts/Chargers/Cowboys
Roxy Trot - **Patriots/**Giants/Buccaneers
Woody - *Ravens/Packers/Buccaneers
B-Reezy - *Bears/**Steelers/**Giants
Craft Brew - Bengals/Buccaneers/Ravens
Little Tuna - **Colts/**Patriots/**Panthers
Big Tuna - **Steelers/**Giants/**Colts
The Strategist - Packers/Chiefs/Buccaneers
KateTDid - **Falcons/**Colts/**Giants
Wise Orangutan - **Cardinals/**Patriots/Buccaneers
Bookie - **Patriots/**Giants/Cowboys
Atwork - **Colts/**Lions/**Giants
Boo Boo - **Patriots/**Seahawks/Buccaneers
Bug Bug - **Falcons/**Colts/**Giants
Wreck It Ralph - *Bengals/**Cardinals/**Patriots

*denotes home team
**denotes player hater

The Results Are In!

Jimmy V - Bengals/Buccaneers/**Patriots (0 points)
Sponge Mom - **Falcons/**Seahawks/**Patriots (0 points)
Mo Money - **Colts/Chargers/Cowboys (0 points)
Roxy Trot - **Patriots/**Giants/Buccaneers (0 points)
Woody - *Ravens/Packers/Buccaneers (0 points)
B-Reezy - *Bears/**Steelers/**Giants (3 points)
Craft Brew - Bengals/Buccaneers/Ravens (3 points)
Little Tuna - **Colts/**Patriots/**Panthers (0 points)
Big Tuna - **Steelers/**Giants/**Colts (0 points)
The Strategist - Packers/Chiefs/Buccaneers (0 points)
KateTDid - **Falcons/**Colts/**Giants (0 points)
Wise Orangutan - **Cardinals/**Patriots/Buccaneers (0 points)
Bookie - **Patriots/**Giants/Cowboys (3 points)
Atwork - **Colts/**Lions/**Giants (0 points)
Boo Boo - **Patriots/**Seahawks/Buccaneers (0 points)
Bug Bug - **Falcons/**Colts/**Giants (0 points)
Wreck It Ralph - *Bengals/**Cardinals/**Patriots (3 points)

*denotes home team
**denotes player hater

Player Haters Combinations

Any three of Cardinals, Commanders, Panthers, Giants and Seahawks.

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Standings | Player Haters Preakness IX | Leg 2

Player Haters Preakness IX

It is looking like the ninth running of the Black-Eyed Analysts is shaping into a Hateful affair after two Analysts perform the Perfect Player Haters Trifecta!

Bookie (18 points) and Bug Bug (18 points) surge into the lead. Neither owns the edge in tiebreakers, and they run neck-and-neck in first place! Little Tuna (12 points) continues apace with her second *lame* Player Haters Trifecta (6 points) in two weeks, while Wise Orangutan (12 points) emerges from the back of the field with a partial Player Haters Trifecta (12 points). Little Tuna controls third place with more forced turnovers per game (third tiebreaker).

Sponge Mom (9 points), Mo Money (9 points), and KateTDid (9 points) contend for fifth place. KateTDid has the edge on Home Team Picks (1) for fifth place, while Sponge Mom noses out Mo Money for sixth place with more forced turnovers per game (played).

Roxy Trot, Big Tuna, Atwork and Wreck It Ralph each have six points to round out the middle of the field. Roxy Trot has the advantage for eighth position with a head-to-head Win (first tiebreaker) over Big Tuna and 1 Correct Home Team Pick (second tiebreaker). Big Tuna (1.5), Wreck It Ralph (0.5) and Atwork (0.0) are separated by forced turnovers per game.

Giving chase at the back with 3 points each, Jimmy V, Woody, B-Reezy, Craft Brew, The Strategist, and Boo Boo search their feelings: can Hate lead them to victory or will Love triumph in the end!

Trifecta Points

Player Haters Preakness | Standings | Leg 2
Standings after Leg 2 of Player Haters Preakness

Tiebreakers

Player Haters Preakness | Tiebreakers | Leg 2
Tiebreakers after Leg 2 of Player Haters Preakness

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Player Haters Preakness IX | Leg 2 Picks

The Analysts’ Picks Are In

Jimmy V - Rams/Buccaneers/Packers
Sponge Mom - **Vikings/**Patriots/Buccaneers
Mo Money - Packers/Rams/Eagles
Roxy Trot - **Vikings/Buccaneers/Rams
Woody - *Ravens/Buccaneers/Rams
B-Reezy - *Bears/**Giants/Eagles
Craft Brew - **Vikings/Packers/Buccaneers
Little Tuna - **Vikings/**Broncos/**Colts
Big Tuna - **Vikings/**Steelers/Jaguars
The Strategist - Packers/Buccaneers/Rams
KateTDid - *Buccaneers/**Vikings/**Falcons
Wise Orangutan - **Commanders/**Vikings/Rams
Bookie - **Vikings/**Patriots/**Colts
Atwork - *Packers/**Giants/**Colts
Boo Boo - Buccaneers/Ravens/Jaguars
Bug Bug - **Colts/**Vikings/**Patriots
Wreck It Ralph - **Giants/**Falcons/Buccaneers

*denotes home team
**denotes player hater

The Results Are In!

Jimmy V - Rams/Buccaneers/Packers (0 points)
Sponge Mom - **Vikings/**Patriots/Buccaneers (6 points)
Mo Money - Packers/Rams/Eagles (3 points)
Roxy Trot - **Vikings/Buccaneers/Rams (3 points)
Woody - *Ravens/Buccaneers/Rams (0 points)
B-Reezy - *Bears/**Giants/Eagles (3 points)
Craft Brew - **Vikings/Packers/Buccaneers (0 points)
Little Tuna - **Vikings/**Broncos/**Colts (6 points)
Big Tuna - **Vikings/**Steelers/Jaguars (6 points)
The Strategist - Packers/Buccaneers/Rams (0 points)
KateTDid - *Buccaneers/**Vikings/**Falcons (6 points)
Wise Orangutan - **Commanders/**Vikings/Rams (12 points)
Bookie - **Vikings/**Patriots/**Colts (18 points)
Atwork - *Packers/**Giants/**Colts (6 points)
Boo Boo - Buccaneers/Ravens/Jaguars (0 points)
Bug Bug - **Colts/**Vikings/**Patriots (18 points)
Wreck It Ralph - **Giants/**Falcons/Buccaneers (6 points)

*denotes home team
**denotes player hater

Player Haters Combinations

Combination of any three: Commanders, Patriots, Giants, Colts, Vikings, Jets, Falcons, and Steelers

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Player Haters Preakness IX | Slate of Games

The Entrants

The Analysts have submitted their papers and claimed their Home Teams to start the Crown Race. The Claim Box for Player Haters Preakness IX is:

Player Haters Preakness | Entrants
Player Haters Preakness | Entrants

Slate of Games

Typo: In Leg 1, Texans faced Jaguars. Game over so no re-post.

Player Haters Preakness | Slate of Games
Player Haters Preakness | Slate of Games

The Player Haters Preakness is a five Leg competition!

Bonus points are earned from Correctly Picking un-Claimed teams (not in bold). Note that the number of Player Hater opportunities falls to four games in Legs 4 and 5!

Home Teams owned by an Analyst are in bold. The team at the left is the visiting team; the team at the right is the host (playing at home). There are many featured games: four Thursday nights (TNF), all five Sunday nights (SNF), and all five Monday nights (MNF).

Home Teams begin going on bye-weeks during Players Haters Preakness IX! The number of games available for selection drop to 10 per week in the final two Legs.

Picks

Remember: Every Analyst has a bias for his or her Home Team and may NOT pick their Claimed team to lose. Analysts do not have to pick his or her Home Team to win, but *bonus* trifecta points are won only if Analysts include the Home Team in a *base* or *lame* Trifecta. Analysts must Pick Three games from the official Slate of Games. See the Derby Rules for more.

Email picks in private to The Bookie before each Leg (week) of the Race. Thursday games are due by 4pm EST on Thursdays (flexible per The Bookie’s communications). All Sunday and Monday Picks are due on Saturdays at 8pm EST. No Picks for games after kickoffs are accepted.

No revisions (Re-Picks) are possible after the Picks have been released to all Analysts by The Bookie.

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Standings | Player Haters Preakness IX | Leg 1

Player Haters Preakness IX

The ninth running of the Black-Eyed Analysts begins with only one landed punch!

Mo Money (6 points) and Little Tuna (6 points) jump out to the early lead with different strategies: Love and Hate, respectively. Hate beats Love as Little Tuna’s Saints forced more turnovers (1 v 0) than Mo Money’s Jaguars in the first Leg!

Giving chase with 3 points, Jimmy V, Sponge Mom, Roxy Trot, Woody, Craft Brew, The Strategist, KateTDid, and Boo Boo form the middle of the field. On second tiebreaker (1 Correct Home Team Pick), Roxy Trot, The Strategist and KateTDid have the advantage for third place. The remainder of the middle group are separated by their Home Team’s forced turnovers per game.

The back of the field is moseying out of the gate with 0 Trifecta Points and no Correct Home Team Picks. They are also separated by forced turnovers per game. We note only that there is a fierce competition for last place: Wise Orangutan, Atwork and Bug Bug have 0 points, 0 head-to-head Wins, 0 Correct Home Team Picks, and their Home Teams forced 0 turnovers in Leg 1!

Trifecta Points

Player Haters Preakness | Standings | Leg 1
Standings after Leg 1 of Player Haters Preakness

Tiebreakers

Player Haters Preakness | Tiebreakers | Leg 1
Tiebreakers after Leg 1 of Player Haters Preakness

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