Winner take all type race. On Saturday nights it would be a race that was held after 2nd round (before the advent of bye backs) where everyone could put 20 bucks in the pot and run for the money. 80/20 winner take all. This worked really well before the wide spread use of electronics because it was all based on a level playing field. More @Wikipedia
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