Terrible money game/skin rule

[Shilgy]

3 hours ago, 2bGood said:

Yes saying there is chance. I assume the OP did not run the scenarios as the reality is the low caper can win a net skin, but it is highly unlikely.

 

 

Agreed….but he shouldn’t complain if the gross pays double.

 

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[Imp]

19 hours ago, Shilgy said:

I guess I was not clear……in the skins format discussed….where gross is paid first and net after with gross paying more…..it was asserted the lowest handicap player could NEVER WIN NET(not my shout by the way just quoting the earlier post😏) .  If another player eagles a hole and the low guy birdies it…..and no one makes net birdie to tie the net….wouldn’t the eagle win gross and the birdie get net?  So low guy CAN win a net.  Geez….it’s not even A far fetched example.

If I was reading the OP correctly, it was more of a rule, "no double payouts", than a statistical discussion. 

 

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He makes an eagle one day, wins a gross skin, and is told that "if you win a gross skin, you cannot win the net skin on the same hole" even though all players are entered into both games. So your net skin just doesn't "count", as if it never happened.

Example: Puts $5 in for Gross Skins, $5 for net skins. 

Only good hole he had, was the eagle. Only gets payout from Gross Skins. Someone else (if anyone) would get the Net Skin on that hole, not the Eagle. Making that $5 "contribution" to the Net pot, worthless.. because he's suddenly ineligible for it as a rule, not because no one else got a skin on the hole. And being that's his only stroke hole, the only way he'd get net, is the rare birdie or pars where the rest of the field sucked on the hole, or would probably get strokes and cancel out.

If you pay in to both pots, you should reap the rewards of where the chips fall. If no one else bettered that net from the awesome shot, then the net albatross should stand.

 

Edited November 18, 2021 by Imp

[Imp]

Double post.

Edited November 18, 2021 by Imp

[thebogeyputt]

On 10/22/2021 at 11:27 AM, larrybud said:

Was talking with a buddy and he was mildly complaining about a rule in their league. They play Net and Gross skins at the same time. Net skins are off the low man (low man gets 0 shots) which he happens to be.

 

He makes an eagle one day, wins a gross skin, and is told that "if you win a gross skin, you cannot win the net skin on the same hole" even though all players are entered into both games. So your net skin just doesn't "count", as if it never happened.

 

I think I was more mad than he, because after thinking about it for a minute, I told him "That means there's NO MATHEMATICAL WAY" you can EVER win a net skin since he's the low man in the field, because the only way he would ever have the low net score on a hole is if he also had the lowest gross score on the hole!

 

This is why I stopped playing these net nonsense games. I either play with guys a stroke or 2 within (from an index standpoint) and we'll do 1 per side max, or just play scratch. no controversies or drama.