Zorro: Well as more people get use to playing, the bids are some-what changing.

I and others are surprised on how low the first few rounds of bidding are. (We got spoiled by the first big pond). At first, bids as low as 10-15 were safe of the first rounds. Now it's up to about 20-25, and even seen some 30's fall in the pond in the first round. Sooner or later, I would expect all first round bids to be over 100 (but that is still a little ways away.)

Also for each round after that (until you get about 5-7 people left), a very rough thing I see is the low bid doubleing every time. That is if 30 fell into the pond last round, well then anything below 60 probable would not be safe. Then if 60 fell in, then anything under 120 would not be safe. **** AGAIN, just a very rough estimate, don't just bid double+1 and expect to be safe. ****