[quote name=\'OntarioQuizzer\' date=\'Jul 2 2004, 12:35 PM\']I think that the Betting Police would need to put out an APB for all three guys...[/quote]
I was debating whether to go that far, but decided not to. By my calculations, their optimum wagers would have been:
Paul: 5,751
Lori: 4,800 or 4,801
Christian: 0 (1,151 if afraid of a $0 bet; definitely no more than 4,100)
I don't think Paul's extra $249 was likely to have any effect on his chances of winning. A bit Martian, perhaps, or maybe just a number designed to prevent a Weikle-esque error. Lori, however, would've won with a correct wager, so I guess you have a point there.
(I guess Christian was anticipating only Paul's proper wager, and not thinking that Lori shouldn't be shooting the works. But, the only shot he had was if both of his opponents missed, so unless he was a real expert on all things fish- and Trinidad-related, he had no reason to risk anything.)