There are three ways to circumvent this method.

1. Discover it for yourself prior to the start of the pond, and move before the other person who knows the strategy.

2. Enter "kamikaze" pawn ids and have them screw everything up.

3. Somehow get access to everyone else's numbers, through messaging one another or bribing Liquid

So yes, there is still a way to lose, so I guess it is pointless to argue.

Stevie: Nowhere does it say that I cannot put numbers into an Excel spreadsheet.

BUZZZ! Sorry dude, you lose.

P.S. You don't have to win every round, you have to just win one round by a wide enough margin to grind out everyone else in the long run.

I have an Excel spreadsheet simulation that incorporates the bonus factor, as well as every $1 incremental bet from $1 up to the sum of a person's money.

In short, I generated every betting scenario, did a run of a tournament round by round, and had the solver determine a bet placement ordering for me.

I wonder if anyone worked through the mathematical rigor to discover the fullproof strategy as a function of the number of pond players per round that guarantees a win, provided nobody else has derived the same winning strategy?