Help me understand how Pick3 Pool goes
KP-HR2k9
Senior Member
Greeetings Horseracingtalk mates/players/members, help me understand how this works about the Pick3 pool, i see what the pick3 pays but then it has a pool, and that number gets big and it keeps growing
in the future i'm going to be playing pick3's and i want2b able to understand it b4 i get in2 it.
i know the only way to win is to have the winner on all three races the pick3 qualifies for but the pool is what i don't get.
How is that pool won?
when is that pool won?
in the future i'm going to be playing pick3's and i want2b able to understand it b4 i get in2 it.
i know the only way to win is to have the winner on all three races the pick3 qualifies for but the pool is what i don't get.
How is that pool won?
when is that pool won?
Comments
The pool size does not alter your winnings in a Pick 3. It simply shows how much money has been bet in to the Pick 3 wager. For instance (and without takeout for easier explanation) if $100k has been bet in to Pick 3 pool, and 10 people hit it, they would each take home $10k.
Pool size gets attractive in larger Pick 4's and Pick 6's where only a few tickets are hit and therefore you may even take down the entire pool (i.e. 1 person hits Pick 6 at Santa Anita). Pool size really gets interesting with carry-overs (this is what should attract big bettors). Carryovers exists from pools that were not hit on the previous race day. When there is a carryover, the portion carried over is entered in to the pool and everyone has access to winning that much more (i.e. Pool was $100k, but now addition of $50k carryover, so in this instance, each of the 10 winners would get $15k).
Sorry if that was confusing and not 100% responsive, but figured it should help.
Mucho thank you, i see how it works now .
(every day learning something new about horse racing)