since we were recently talking about not being punished for bad bets. perhaps we should implore a punishment for excessive bonuses. some people jstu like getting bonuses. ive seen some get it 5 in a row. they lost of course but beat players who were legitimately trying to win the pond. So perhaps you can get a -1000pt loss for winning more than 3 in a single pond., it would make the end games more interesting. people would have to make there bets much more carefully and the guy cant jstu force the win with 5 people left liek many ponds are. b/c a guy might lose say 1000pts (or whatever number you decide) for getting another bonus.