Survive the round.
Last entry standing wins.
A week-by-week elimination contest on player props. Stay alive and keep playing. Free and paid pools, with prize pools fixed before entries open and never reduced.
How a round works
Starters carry you. Subs keep you alive.
Round 1: pick four
Submit 2 starters and 2 subs — four players from four different teams. Rank your subs as you submit them, because that order decides which one steps in first.
Advance with one
In Round 1 you only need one of your two starters to hit. From Round 2 onward you submit 1 starter and 2 subs, and that starter has to hit.
Subs cover the voids
If a starter is voided — ruled out, a market pulled, a postponed game not completed within 48 hours (36 hours for baseball) — your subs activate automatically, in the order you ranked them. They cannot be added later, so submit them with intent.
Keep going until one is left
Players who survive move to the next round. The last entry standing takes the prize pool, and if several survive to the final round it splits evenly.
What makes Survivor different
It is not a bigger entry. It is a different game.
It lastsRounds, not one slate
A standard entry is over in a night. A Survivor run can carry across weeks, and the longer you last the fewer people you are up against.
SubsA safety net you rank
Two backups on every entry, activating automatically when a starter voids. Choosing them well is part of the skill.
Fixed prize poolsFixed before entries open
Paid pools are disclosed up front and never reduced, whatever the entry count ends up being. Some are boosted on top.
Free pools tooTry it for nothing
Survivor runs as both free and paid contests across several sports, so you can learn the format before entering one that costs anything.
Picks go publicAfter the round locks
Once a round locks, entries become visible to everyone in the pool. You can see what the field did, and the field can see what you did.
A push is a lossWorth knowing up front
Landing exactly on the projection counts as a loss for advancement. Survivor is stricter here than a standard entry, where a tie just reduces your active picks.
Questions about Survivor
- How does Payday Survivor work?
- It is a multi-round elimination contest on player props. In Round 1 you submit 2 starters and 2 subs from 4 different teams, and you advance if at least 1 starter hits. From Round 2 you submit 1 starter and 2 subs, and your starter has to hit. The last entry standing wins the prize pool.
- What happens if a Survivor player doesn't play?
- Your subs cover it. They activate automatically when a starter is voided, in the order you ranked them at submission — Sub 1 first, then Sub 2. Subs have to be submitted with your starters and cannot be added later.
- Does a push count as a win in Survivor?
- No. If a result lands exactly on the projection, it counts as a loss for advancement. This is stricter than a standard entry, where a tie simply reduces the number of active picks.
Get into a pool
Free pools run alongside paid ones, so you can learn the format before it costs anything. New players start with $5 in bonus cash (MAX entries only), no deposit needed. One per person, household, or device. Terms apply.
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