Official Rules & Scoring

Below you'll find the official rules and scoring for all contests on the EliminatorPools.com website.

Standard Survivor

Applicable to NFL | NBA | MLB | NHL | CBK. GOLF does not use this gameplay.

"Daily Contests" are contests where the user picks every single day (or day there is a sporting event) in succession with every passing day. The contest advances each day and it does not end until a single user (a survivor via the process of elimination) wins, or, the season ends. If there are multiple winners (in the event of the season ending) the prize is divided amongst the winners.

A user participates by:

View the full slate of games for the day
Selecting 1 team from 1 game they feel most confident about winning
Advancing (if they win or tie) or get eliminated (if they lose)
Repeat the process (without being able to pick the previously selected team)

This continues until the contest ends as noted above.

"Weekly Contests" are contests the user must pick a team once a week from any of the sporting events transpiring for the specific sport that week. The contest advances each week and it does not end until a single user (a survivor via the process of elimination) wins, or, the season ends. If there are multiple winners (in the event of the season ending) the prize is divided amongst the winners.

A user participates by:

View the full slate of games for the week
Selecting 1 team from 1 game they feel most confident about winning
Advancing (if they win) or get eliminated (if they lose or tie)
Repeat the process (without being able to pick the previously selected team)

This continues until the contest ends as noted above.

You will be able to make picks in advance as well. For Daily Contests, you will be able to pick up to 30 Days out, and for Weekly Contests up to 5 weeks out.

****ALL NFL WEEKLY STANDARD SURVIVOR PICKS MUST BE SELECTED BY THURSDAYS GAME****

Over / Under Survivor

Applicable to NFL | NBA | MLB | CBK. GOLF & NHL do not use this gameplay.

"Daily Contests" (as described above) are available for over/under survivor gameplay.

"Weekly Contests" (as described above) are only available for NFL since over/under totals are often unknown days in advance.

A user participates by:

View the full slate of games for the day with their over/under totals
Selecting the "over" or "under" for the contest of their choice
Advancing (if over/under covered) or get eliminated (if over/under not met)
- Over/Under ties = win
- Repeat the process (picking the same teams is allowed)

Point Spread Survivor

Applicable to NFL | NBA | MLB | NHL | CBK. GOLF does not use this gameplay.

"Daily Contests" (as described above) are available for point spread survivor gameplay.

"Weekly Contests" (as described above) are only available for NFL since point spread totals are often unknown days in advance.

A user participates by:

View the full slate of games for the day with their supplemental point spreads
Selecting 1 team from 1 game they feel most confident about winning + covering the spread
Advancing (if they win) or get eliminated (if they don't cover the spread)
- Point Spread ties = win
Repeat the process (picking the same teams is allowed)

Extreme Point Spread Survivor

The rules & scoring settings are identical to point spread survivor as described above.

The following differences apply:

Picking the same team more than once is not allowed
Unlike point spread survivor where las vegas spreads are used, extreme point spread survivor will have lines set by Eliminator Pools and ALL lines will be the same for EVERY game. For example, a line of -7.5 maybe be used (all will be clearly stated before joining the pool) and that line will apply to EVERY game and EVERY team you select until the pool is finished

Perfect Pick Survivor

Applicable to NFL | NBA | MLB | NHL | CBK. GOLF does not use this gameplay.

"Daily Contests" (as described above) are not available

"Weekly Contests" (as described above) are not available.

"1 Day Only - Contest" (as described below) is the only option for this contest format.

A user participates by:

View the full slate of games for the day with their supplemental point spreads
Selecting (6) teams that will win + cover the spread
Get eliminated if any 1 pick is wrong , win if all 6 picks are correct or push versus the point spread

Prizes are divided evenly between all winners. If there are no winners, EliminatorPools will roll over the full prize pool into a future perfect pick survivor contest (the following Sunday in the case of NFL). This contest is "1 day only" and does not involve supplemental picking or advancing of any kind. For NFL, it is single day (typically Sunday only).

Confidence Pools

Applicable to NFL | NBA | MLB | NHL | CBK. GOLF does not use this gameplay. This contest style allows for multiple sports to be used simultaneously.

"Daily Contests" (as described above) are not available.

"Weekly Contests" (as described above) are not available.

"1 Day Only - Contest" (as described below) is the only option for this contest format.

A user participates by:

View the full slate of games on a specific day (potentially multiple sports)
Rank your confidence for each event
- (1 = lowest / highest # = highest) with the highest being the number of events on the slate. For example, if there were 12 games available to pick from, 12 is the high number
Earn points for each correct pick
- Point equals your confidence input. For example, 12 = 12 points
The winner will have the highest total number of points accumulated with all correct selections
Any game that finishes in a tie will reward both the visitor and the home team with all the points attributed to them.

Prizes are divided evenly between all winners if there are ties (multiple users with the same total number of points).

Pickem Style

Applicable to GOLF only. No other sports utilize this gameplay.

"Daily Contests" (as described above) are not available.

"Weekly Contests" (as described above) are not available.

"1 Day Only - Contest" (as described above) are not available.

"Single Event" is applicable for pickem so that a multi-day contest can transpire (since a GOLF event spans across 4 days or more) though it is one specific event.

A user participates by:

View the full list of golfers scheduled to participate in the upcoming event (usually on Tuesday before the upcoming event to start Thursday).
Picking (5) golfers you think will finish atop the final leaderboard.
User is eliminated if any of the 5 golfers does not make the cut prior to the commencement of the 3rd round.
OR if any golfer is injured and does not complete 4 full rounds.
OR if any golfer is disqualified for any reason at any point of the tournament.
Win if you have the lowest cumulative points (fewest shots) including all 5 selected golfers (the most shots under par).

Prizes are divided evenly if there are multiple winners.

Contest Entry & Editing Restrictions

All contests available in the lobby will "lock" and not be joinable when the 1st sporting event linked to the contest begins. For example, if the first event is a 1PM NFL game, the contest will lock before 1PM and no longer be joinable. Editing picks after a contest lock is prohibited.

Upon the "round" ending (for contest styles that advance), the next slate of games (sporting events) will be available to pick from.

Official Data - NFL | NBA | MLB | NHL | CBK | GOLF

All contest results are 100% based on the data marked as "final" by our website's data provider. EliminatorPools.com is not able to alter the data or scoring results in any way.

Multi-Entry Contests

EliminatorPools lets you join a single contest with multiple entries. Look for the "M" icon associated with a contest to determine if you can pick more than once.

Refunds and Contest Withdrawals

You are able to remove yourself from any contest before it begins by visiting the "Upcoming Contests" screen. Your buy-in will be refunded automatically. Upon a contest beginning, you are no longer eligible to remove yourself and there will be no refunds of any kind.