@hilariousandco is it too late to join the pool? I don't mind if I have lost two weeks of gameplay (although thank goodness I didn't predict because I would had lost woefully) but I'm feeling in the mood to give the pool a try and since money is now involved hopefully my predictions will be less influence by emotions.
Anyone can join at any point during the tournament, just obviously the longer it goes on the less likely you are to win a main prize. Joining now isn't that much of a disadvantage though, especially if you have a good week or two. Getting exact scores can really boost you up the table quickly and even the better players still have weeks where they get next to zero points which happened to me quite a few times. I did pretty crap this week really apart from the one correct score and am right down the bottom for this round yet still in second place overall. There's also the consolation prizes to play for so even if it becomes likely that you're not going to win a main top 5 prize you can still always gun for a highest score from a round.
I managed to crawl back up to second place (though joint with Mbitr) with the correct scoreline on the Leicester game which only one other player went for. Sometimes the gamble pays off. Heard a lot of people were even backing Leicester to win but felt the draw was more likely. Had it been at the King Power I might have thought different.
Here will be the prizes for this pool (minus any fees if there's not enough to cover it):
Main prizes:
0.04 1st
0.03 2nd
0.02 3rd
0.01 4th
0.005 5th
Consolation prizes for highest score from a round:
0.005 1st
0.0025 2nd
0.0025 3rd
0.0025 4th
0.0025 5th
Hopefully these figures will be worth a lot more by the end of the season, which finishes a week before the halving.