2016 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 3 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

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…[blinks]…[stares at board again]…[mouth opens…but no sound comes out]…[SIGH]…Okay…8 wins…split among 8 players…yeah that’s it…8-25…a 24.2% ‘Win’ Rate…both Locks were busted….and the Virtual Piggybank is full of IOUs for the STIB…Gasper and Hunter are still managing to keep just above water..betting against Nick however would have you at 100% on the Season…so there is always that….lets put this week behind us and get to Week 4…full carnage below…

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2016 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 3 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Week 3 has come and our degenerates still have no interest in diversifying…we all go up or down together…with 9 Units being wagered on 2 games…4 Units on the Stillers to cover and 1 more on the OVER…3 Units on the Panthers to cover with 1 more on the OVER…The Jaguars as 1 point dogs get 3 Units played…including Hernandez’s…not a Master Lock…just like an easily defeated Luggage Lock of the Week…We will wash 6 Units with 3 head-2-head plays on the Bears~Cowboys…Lions~Packers…and Bucs~Rams…Double Shots on the Bengals…Fins…Colts…and Jets OVER…and Hunter’s NCAA picks are Utah and the Master Lock of the Week…Florida Gators to make it 10 in a row over the Volunteers…

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2016 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 2 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Let’s take at look at the Week 2 Results…or better yet let’s not…Green Bay loses outright (Goodbye 5 Units)…Stillers cover but go under (Wash 3 Units)…Bears lose outright (Goodbye 3 Units)…and the Fins get caught on a half point hook (Goodbye 3 Units)…ouch…12-21-0 is only a 36.3% Win Rate and sucks $1,230 from the Virtual Piggybank…There were some light spots…Hunter’s bed rest apparently allowed him to study up as he goes a perfect 3-0 including his Buckeye Lock of the Week…Gasper goes 2-1 hooked by the Fins…and that’s about it…Everyone else goes 1-2 except Tim and Nick who get the Goose Eggs…Nick is now 0 fer 6 on the season at the bottom of the ladder…let’s pick it up for Week 3…Full results below… (more…)

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2016 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 2 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Week 1 was a heart-breaker for most of our heroes…especially for Hunter…his Master Lock fell short…just as he fell short of breath and into the hospital…after a successful ‘Procedure’ and making his way home…we are putting his heart on Lock-Down this week too…Practically a third of all Units will be wagered on 2 games this week with 5 Units on Green Bay winning on Crosby’s foot and 5 more Units split between the Stillers covering and going OVER…4 other games will Split 12 Units with 3 Units each on the Bears covering and OVER…the Giants covering and OVER…the Fins upsetting going in as Dogs…and the Jaguars going in as Dogs with the OVER…Double Shots on the Seahawks and Bucs…Hunter’s Master Lock of the Week is THE Ohio State University over the Sooners…Good Luck…and Stay Well…
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2016 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 1 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Ouch….the Packers Lock comes up short by the ½ point hook…the Cowboys Lock results in 3 Pushes…and then Miller and Nick split taking both sides of the game…the OVER wagers eek ahead going 3-2-1…but ultimately it is the STIB who makes out in Week 1 as our group goes 10-19-4 for a 34.5% ‘Win Rate’…$1,230 being stripped from the Virtual Piggybank…Huss did manage to go ‘Lossless’ with a 2-0-1 effort to take the early season lead at 83.33%…Gasper and Miller both went 2-1-0 to stay in the Black at 66.67%…and everyone else starts the year under water…Full results after the break…
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2016 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 1 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Can you believe it?…The 2016 NFL Season is finally here!…and with it returns the Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest…Line movements from our VegasInsider.com STIB have affected the board this week…Hunter was in early enough to catch Green Bay at -4½ (His Master Lock of the Week)…Huss, Hernandez, and Shannon caught Dallas as a +1 (Hernandez’s Master Lock of the Week)…then new player Nick grabbed them as a PickEm…and Miller grabbed the Giants as a +1…in total 5 Units will be wagered on that outcome…Steelers at Redskins gets the next most plays with 2 on the Men in Black and 1 on the over…Atlanta…Chicago…Green Bay…Indy…Los Angeles (so weird to be saying that again)…New Orleans…and Seattle all get 2 plays each…with a smattering of 1 shots to round things out… Full board after the break…Lets fill that Virtual Piggybank!
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2016 TBFL Contests

Time to rehash an annual post…
Every year we all enter Week 1 with the goal of becoming the next TBFL Champions…but that is not the only contest we have running. If you find yourself not in the running for a Playoff spot…and not in the running for any Team-of-the-Week bonuses…there are still other ways to stay involved with your other TBFL owners:

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2015 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 12 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

I don’t have picks yet from Kevin (Under protest of my Statistically Speaking slacking….Guilty….) or Huss (Sent text…no reply as of post time…)…but throwing everyone else up here before Thanksgiving Kickoff starts…Hunter is feeling cocky after going 3-0 in Week 11 including nailing the 14 point underdog win so he has declared all 3 of his Week 12 NCAA Picks will be Master Locks….enjoy….and Happy Thanksgiving…
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2015 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 11 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest

“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

17-12-1 made our 1st winning weekend as a group since Week 3…the losses came from the top with Shawn going 0-3-0 to fall into the RED Zone for the 1st time this season…Hunter was a perfect 3-0-0 on his NCAA picks including nailing the 14 point Underdog in an outright win for the Master Lock…Miller was “lossless” at 2-0-1 getting a PUSH on the Patriots…Full Results and Season Results by wager below…
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