All,
The rules are interesting from the knockout point of view in that we are relying on the parimutual pool ( which can change a lot after the jump ) and can be eliminated if the final div is not >$2.00. So any temptation to reduce the chance of no div by getting as close to $2.10 as possible has to be offset by the fact the div might go from $2.20 before the jump to $1.90 after the jump.
Bigger the pool the better me thinks.
Fours