2013 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 7 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

“Nothing is totally worthless…it can always be used as a bad example.”
— Author Unknown

No better quote to describe the abyss that is the virtual piggy bank after Week 7…9-17-1 is our 3rd worst weekend of the year throwing another $1,070 worth of gas onto the fire…Gasper, Kevin, and Hernandez found the black side of the ledger at 2-1…but we are all still in the red for the season…

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2013 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 7 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Detroit is the most popular play this weekend with 3 Units wagered on the Under-Field-Goal line…double shots on Chicago, Denver, and New England…and then single plays every where else…Huss is our ‘Hottest’ over the last 3 weeks going 6-3-0 including perfect last week…unless you count betting the opposite of Gasper which would have netted you 7-1-1…Good Luck everybody…

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2013 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 6 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Well…at least it’s a step in the right direction…TDQBITU comes thru with a last minute TD to swap 3 WINs to PUSHes making us 11-12-4 on the weekend…out $100 and the vig…but there were some high spots…Huss managed a perfect 3-0 and Shannon ended ‘lossless’ at 2-0-1…Kevin goes 2-1-0 as Shawn falls 0-2-1 to end tied for the “lead” at a 52.8% win rate…

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2013 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 6 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Everybody think positive thoughts as we need all the good karma we can get for our bankrolls…Everyone submitted plays on the early lines…the most popular play being “Why are the Saints getting points?”…Three units on that with another on the Over…Two non-Bucs believer plays on Philly…and everything else is scatter shot across the board…Hunter’s NCAA Lock of the Week is NIU…

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Statistically Speaking – 2013 Week 05

Statistically Speaking

Yeah yeah…Thursday…I know…the slack-ass tag is there…I got 99 problems but points ain’t 1…There were crazy points to be had this weekend including 99 in one game…20 different starters put up 20 or more…and another 15 were left on TBFL benches…Team of the Week comes down to 1 point again…Chump of the Week battle ends unexpectedly…Cowboys stats…lets get into it…

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2013 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 5 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

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Brady snaps his streak toward the consecutive game with a touchdown title…Seattle falls to a bid of bad Luck…and 99 points…but not in the Overs we played means more bad news for the Virtual Piggy Bank…New blood in the contest did not help as Hernandez joins Gasper, Burgess, and Miller in the 0-Fer club in Week 5…Shannon managed only 1-2 betting on undefeateds…and everyone else goes 2-1…9-18-0 is a paltry 33.3% win rate sliding us another $1,170 into the hole…For the season we sit at 48-69-6 after 5 weeks…a 41.5% win rate and -$3,330…poor piggy…

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