Help: Pool Administration Functions -> Pool Features

The following provides a brief description of some of the configurable options for each Pool Format.  Our Pool Configuration Wizard make the process of configuring these options a breeze.

Pick 'Em Format

  • Pool Duration
    Allows you to define the start and end weeks of the pool.  Want to start a pool into a season?  Not a problem: simply define the start week as the league's current week!
  • Days of Week
    Allows you to pick which days of the week you want your pool to play.
  • Pool Deadline
    Allows you to define a weekly deadline for picks to be made.
  • Straight Up / Point Spread
    Allows you to have the pool played straight up or against the spread (for NFL/CFL pools only).  Playing straight up requires participants pick the winner of each game where playing against the spread requires them to pick the winner of each game against a given spread.
  • Number of Games
    Allows you to specify the number of games to pick each week.
  • Best Bets
    Allows participants to score extra points by selecting one game per week as their most confident pick.
  • Join Notifications
    Allows you to be notified automatically when participants join your pool.
  • Automated E-mail Reminders
    Allows participants to be sent automated e-mail reminders, to help preserve Office Pool Junkie's #1 Pool Commandment: "Thou shalt not forget to make thy picks!"
  • Message Board
    Allows participants to post messages - let the trash talk begin!
  • Entry Fee
    Allows you to define how much it will cost to play in your pool.  You can also manage the collection of your pool entry fees through OPJ!
  • Admin Fee
    Allows you to define an optional admin fee that will automatically be deducted from pool funds when calculating prizes.
  • Weekly Winners
    Allows you specify the number of weekly winners that will be declared.  An optional tie-breaker can also enabled.
  • Weekly Prizes
    Allows you to define the prize distribution for weekly winner(s).
  • Final Winners
    Allows you specify the number of final winners that will be declared.
  • Final Prizes
    Allows you to define the prize distribution for final winner(s).

Confidence Format

  • Pool Duration
    Allows you to define the start and end weeks of the pool.  Want to start a pool into a season?  Not a problem: simply define the start week as the league's current week!
  • Days of Week
    Allows you to pick which days of the week you want your pool to play.
  • Pool Deadline
    Allows you to define a weekly deadline for picks to be made.
  • Straight Up / Point Spread
    Allows you to have the pool played straight up or against the spread (for NFL/CFL pools only).  Playing straight up requires participants pick the winner of each game where playing against the spread requires them to pick the winner of each game against a given spread.
  • Number of Games
    Allows you to specify the number of games to pick each week.
  • Join Notifications
    Allows you to be notified automatically when participants join your pool.
  • Automated E-mail Reminders
    Allows participants to be sent automated e-mail reminders, to help preserve Office Pool Junkie's #1 Pool Commandment: "Thou shalt not forget to make thy picks!"
  • Message Board
    Allows participants to post messages - let the trash talk begin!
  • Entry Fee
    Allows you to define how much it will cost to play in your pool.  You can also manage the collection of your pool entry fees through OPJ!
  • Admin Fee
    Allows you to define an optional admin fee that will automatically be deducted from pool funds when calculating prizes.
  • Weekly Winners
    Allows you specify the number of weekly winners that will be declared.  An optional tie-breaker can also enabled.
  • Weekly Prizes
    Allows you to define the prize distribution for weekly winner(s).
  • Final Winners
    Allows you specify the number of final winners that will be declared.
  • Final Prizes
    Allows you to define the prize distribution for final winner(s).

Survivor Format

  • Pool Duration
    Allows you to define the start and end weeks of the pool.  Want to start a pool into a season?  Not a problem: simply define the start week as the league's current week!
  • Days of Week
    Allows you to pick which days of the week you want your pool to play.
  • Pool Deadline
    Allows you to define a weekly deadline for picks to be made.
  • Strikes
    Allows you to define the number of strikes (i.e. number of incorrect picks allowed before being eliminated).  If you enable Strikes, you can also elect to have them included (as part of the initial entry fee) or optional (meaning eliminated participants will have to rebuy to keep playing in the pool).  You can also elect to specify a week where Strikes are prohibited (meaning if participants picked incorrectly past this selected week, they'd be eliminated even if they hadn't incurred any strikes yet).
  • Repeat Pick Prevention
    Allows you to prohibit participants from picking a team they've already picked.
  • Join Notifications
    Allows you to be notified automatically when participants join your pool.
  • Automated E-mail Reminders
    Allows participants to be sent automated e-mail reminders, to help preserve Office Pool Junkie's #1 Pool Commandment: "Thou shalt not forget to make thy picks!"
  • Message Board
    Allows participants to post messages - let the trash talk begin!
  • Entry Fee
    Allows you to define how much it will cost to play in your pool.  You can also manage the collection of your pool entry fees through OPJ!
  • Admin Fee
    Allows you to define an optional admin fee that will automatically be deducted from pool funds when calculating prizes.
  • Final Winners
    Allows you specify the number of final winners that will be declared (currently limited to 1).
  • Final Prizes
    Allows you to define the prize distribution for final winner(s).

Bracket Format

  • Pool Deadline
    Allows you to define a deadline for picks to be made.
  • Point Distribution
    Allows you to define the number of points awarded for each correct prediction in each round.  You can also elect to award extra points for correctly predicting upsets as well as bonus points for correctly predicting series lenghts (for NHL and NBA only).
  • Bonus Points
    Allows you to award bonus points for correctly predicting the number of games each series will be won in (for NHL and NBA pools only).
  • Join Notifications
    Allows you to be notified automatically when participants join your pool.
  • Automated E-mail Reminders
    Allows participants to be sent automated e-mail reminders, to help preserve Office Pool Junkie's #1 Pool Commandment: "Thou shalt not forget to make thy picks!"
  • Message Board
    Allows participants to post messages - let the trash talk begin!
  • Entry Fee
    Allows you to define how much it will cost to play in your pool.  You can also manage the collection of your pool entry fees through OPJ!
  • Admin Fee
    Allows you to define an optional admin fee that will automatically be deducted from pool funds when calculating prizes.
  • Final Winners
    Allows you specify the number of final winners that will be declared.  An optional tie-breaker can also be enabled.
  • Final Prizes
    Allows you to define the prize distribution for final winner(s).

Squares Format

  • Squares Limit
    Allows you to limit the number of squares a participant can pick.
  • Join Notifications
    Allows you to be notified automatically when participants join your pool.
  • Automated E-mail Reminders
    Allows participants to be sent automated e-mail reminders, to help preserve Office Pool Junkie's #1 Pool Commandment: "Thou shalt not forget to make thy picks!"
  • Message Board
    Allows participants to post messages - let the trash talk begin!
  • Cost per Square
    Allows you to define how much it will cost participants to purchase squares.
  • Admin Fee
    Allows you to define an optional admin fee that will automatically be deducted from pool funds when calculating prizes.
  • Final Prizes
    Allows you to define the prize distribution for each quarter (or half for NCAA pools).


   NHL WEEK 23:  Fri. 7:30PM
2010/03/05
Philadelphia
Buffalo
2
3
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Fri. 7:30PM
2010/03/05
Nashville
Detroit
2
5
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Fri. 8:30PM
2010/03/05
Vancouver
Chicago
3
6
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Fri. 9PM
2010/03/05
New Jersey
Calgary
3
5
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Fri. 9PM
2010/03/05
Minnesota
Edmonton
1
2
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Sat. 1PM
2010/03/06
Dallas
Pittsburgh
3
6
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Sat. 2PM
2010/03/06
Boston
N.Y. Islanders
3
2
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Sat. 7PM
2010/03/06
Toronto
Ottawa
2
1
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Sat. 7PM
2010/03/06
N.Y. Rangers
Washington
0
2
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Sat. 7PM
2010/03/06
Carolina
Florida
1
4
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Sat. 7:30PM
2010/03/06
Atlanta
Tampa Bay
2
6
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Sat. 8PM
2010/03/06
Anaheim
Phoenix
0
4
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Sat. 9PM
2010/03/06
St. Louis
Colorado
3
7
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Sat. 10PM
2010/03/06
Montreal
Los Angeles
4
2
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Sat. 10:30PM
2010/03/06
Columbus
San Jose
1
2
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Sun. 1PM
2010/03/07
Detroit
Chicago
5
4
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Sun. 3PM
2010/03/07
Vancouver
Nashville
4
2
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Sun. 3PM
2010/03/07
Calgary
Minnesota
5
2
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Sun. 3PM
2010/03/07
Boston
Pittsburgh
1
2
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Sun. 5PM
2010/03/07
Carolina
Atlanta
4
0
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Sun. 7PM
2010/03/07
Buffalo
N.Y. Rangers
2
1
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Sun. 7PM
2010/03/07
Toronto
Philadelphia
1
3
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Sun. 8PM
2010/03/07
Montreal
Anaheim
4
3
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Sun. 8PM
2010/03/07
New Jersey
Edmonton
0
2
   NBA WEEK 19:  Fri. 7PM
2010/03/05
L.A. Lakers
Charlotte
83
98
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Fri. 7PM
2010/03/05
Detroit
Cleveland
92
99
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Fri. 7PM
2010/03/05
Boston
Philadelphia
96
86
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Fri. 7PM
2010/03/05
New York
Toronto
96
102
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Fri. 7PM
2010/03/05
Milwaukee
Washington
102
74
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Fri. 7:30PM
2010/03/05
Golden State
Atlanta
122
127
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Fri. 8PM
2010/03/05
Orlando
New Jersey
97
87
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Fri. 8:30PM
2010/03/05
Sacramento
Dallas
100
108
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Fri. 9PM
2010/03/05
Indiana
Denver
114
122
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Fri. 9:30PM
2010/03/05
New Orleans
San Antonio
91
102
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Fri. 10:30PM
2010/03/05
Oklahoma City
L.A. Clippers
104
87
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Sat. 7PM
2010/03/06
Golden State
Charlotte
90
101
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Sat. 7:30PM
2010/03/06
Atlanta
Miami
94
100
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Sat. 7:30PM
2010/03/06
New Jersey
New York
113
93
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Sat. 8PM
2010/03/06
Dallas
Chicago
122
116
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Sat. 8PM
2010/03/06
San Antonio
Memphis
102
92
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Sat. 8PM
2010/03/06
Houston
Minnesota
112
98
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Sat. 8:30PM
2010/03/06
Cleveland
Milwaukee
85
92
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Sat. 9PM
2010/03/06
Indiana
Phoenix
105
113
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Sat. 9PM
2010/03/06
L.A. Clippers
Utah
85
107
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Sun. 12PM
2010/03/07
Philadelphia
Toronto
114
101
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Sun. 2:30PM
2010/03/07
L.A. Lakers
Orlando
94
96
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Sun. 6PM
2010/03/07
Houston
Detroit
107
110
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Sun. 8PM
2010/03/07
Washington
Boston
83
86
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Sun. 9PM
2010/03/07
Oklahoma City
Sacramento
108
102
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Sun. 10:30PM
2010/03/07
Portland
Denver
106
118

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