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How to Navigate My Pools

The My Pools page is the main console to access all the pools you've joined.
If there's a page to bookmark on our site, this IS THE ONE!

From here, you can:

  1. Change Pool Handles
  2. Start / Join a Pool
  3. View Past Pools
  4. Access Joined Pools
My Pools

1. Change Pool Handles

Pool handles are the names you use to play in pools. While the same handle can be joined to multiple pools, unique handles need to be joined when playing multiple entries in the same pool.

You can change pool handles by selecting it from the Select Pool Handle dropdown.

However, with the redesign, all your joined pools and handles will now be displayed regardless of which handle is selected, but the page will reflect the selected handle with the Pool Card Header indicating whether it is joined (or not joined) to the pool.
See illustration in Pool Card Header section below for example.

Meaning, you can now do the following much more easily across all your pools and handles no matter what handle is selected:

Tip:
You can manage your pool handles from the My Handles page.

2. Start / Join a Pool

To start your own pool:

  1. Click the Start Pool button
  2. You will be taken to our Pool Configuration Wizard, which will step you through the pool creation process.

To join a pool:

  1. Click the Join Pool button
  2. You will be taken to our Join Pool page
  3. From there, you can:
    • Join any active Public pool
    • Search or Join any active Private pool (note you will need the Pool Password to join)

3. View Past Pools

All pools played on OPJ are kept for historical purposes so you can relive days of glory (or obscurity 😄) from previously played pools.

You can toggle between active and past (or archived) pools by clicking the corresponding Active Pools and Archived Pools tabs.

With the redesign, we've introduced the Trophy Case tab listing only the past pools where we've declared you a winner, including winning pool handles that you've hidden.

4. Access Joined Pool

Each pool you've joined is displayed in its own Pool Card, and with the redesign, it now shows all the handles joined too!

The pool card contains 3 parts:

  1. Pool Card Header
  2. Pool Card Body
  3. Pool Card Footer

The following screen shot illustrates the 3 parts:

Pool Card Parts

Pool Card Header

The pool card header shows the pool name, league, season and format, and with the redesign, it's now also a visual aid to indicate whether the selected handle is joined (or not joined) to a pool.

The following screen shot example with callout illustrates the different pool card header conventions for the selected DemoUser2 handle:

My Pools

Tips:
Click/tap the blue pool card header to "enter" the pool as the selected handle. When pool is active, you will be taken to the pool's pick sheet as the selected handle.
Note that grey pool card headers are purposely not clickable because the selected handle is not joined to those pools.
For help on how to navigate within a pool, click here.

Pool Card Body

The pool card body packs lots of key information.

The following screen shot with callouts illustrates the redesigned layout:

Pool Card Body

The following table describes each column of the pool card body with applicable conventions and functionality:

Item Description

(Paid Status)

Displayed only when pool is not over, the paid status reflects what your pool admin has recorded for you using the following conventions:

Icon Description
Recorded paid amount equals what participant owes
Recorded paid amount is not zero but does not equal what participant owes
Recorded paid amount is zero

Note:
Pool admins have the ability to track entry fees received (under the Manage Participants page).

Tips:
On Desktop: hovering over the paid status yields a tooltip showing what's owed versus paid.
On Mobile: tapping the paid status yields a tooltip showing what's owed versus paid.

Pool Handles: #

All your handles joined to the pool, where # reflects the count joined.

Tips:
Clicking/tapping a handle will select the corresponding handle and take you to the pool's pick sheet when the pool is active, or to the Standings or Performance page (depending on format) when the pool is over.

(Pick Status)

Displayed only when a pool is not over, the pick status reflects the status of your pool picks using the following conventions:

Icon Description
Picks are not made
Picks are incomplete
Picks are complete
No games in week to pick (applicable to weekly pick formats only)
Eligible to rebuy (survivor format only)
Eliminated (survivor format only)

Note:
For Pick Em, Confidence, Margin and Survivor formats that require picks weekly, the pick status is reflective of the pool's current week.

Tips:
On Desktop: hovering over a pick status yields a tooltip showing more info about what picks are missing. Clicking the pick status will select the corresponding handle and take you to the pool's pick sheet.
On Mobile: tapping the pick status will select the corresponding handle and take you to the pool's pick sheet.

OR
(Current Ranking)

Reflects your current standings ranking(s) in the pool.

Note:
If the pool declares weekly and final winners, rankings for the pool's current week and overall will be displayed.

Tips:
Clicking/tapping a ranking will select that handle and take you to the pool's Standings or Performance page depending on pool format.

For help on how to navigate within a pool, click here.

Pool Card Footer

The pool card footer includes functional icons for more commonly accessed pool pages and functions:

Item Description
Click to view Pool Summary page
Click to view All Picks page with only your handles displayed
Click to view Standings page with only your handles displayed
Click to view the Message Board, where:
# reflects the total number of posts made
X / # indicates X posts have been since your last login
Click to contact Pool Admin (visible to pool participants only)
Click to start the clone pool process (i.e. start your own pool using corresponding pool's configuration as a base)
Click to join another handle to the pool
Click to edit the pool configuration (visible to Pool Admins only)
Click to access Manage Participants page (visible to Pool Admins only)
Click to prevent/allow further pool joins (visible to Pool Admins only)