I actually think the winning strategy during the 1-5 paddle game was the following:<br><br>2 people pick 1.<br>2 people pick 2.<br>1 person picks 5.<br><br>Reasoning:<br>You can't screw eachother over. Nobody can get the pot for themselves. For example if one of the people who picked 1 went for 3 instead: that would mean only one person would remain with paddle 1, making him the winner instead. None of the players except the person picking 5 is able to change their paddle without guaranteeing a loss for themselves. At that point the only question is whether or not the person with 5 will split.<br><br>The only remaining issue I can think of is the medals. They'd have to give them to someone in exchange for being able to execute this strategy. Which they eventually ended up doing anyway by just stacking them on one person so it wouldn't have mattered. Could even exchange that person's money for giving him the medals.