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2015 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 5 Results

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October 14, 2015
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Wow…running so late this week…OK…Week 5…ugh…no wonder I put this off…7-21-2 is only a 25% Win Rate…and took $1,700 out of the Virtual Piggybank…and the losses…3 Hits on the Bills missing the cover by 1½…2 Hits on the Falcons missing by 1…and a ½ point miss on the Monday Night Over…Hernandez was the ‘Lucky’ owner of all 3 plays…Hunter’s NCAA picks experienced the same 0-3 result with back door covers on the Cougars and Utes…Kevin had the only positive outcome going 2-1-0…Lets just move along and look forward to Week 6…but if you must look…the full results are below…
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2015 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 5 Picks

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October 8, 2015
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Getting these up before kickoff on Thursday…so not too much analysis…Lots of Units being wagered on different parts of the same games…5 Units is the most on the Bills & Titans between the Favorite and the OVER…Similar situations for Redskins & Falcons…Steelers & Chargers…and Patriots & Cowboys with 4 Units being split on each…Hunter has some interesting NCAA picks with his Week 5 Lock going to the Utes…Good Luck with your STIB everybody…
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2015 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 4 Results

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October 8, 2015
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Running late on Thursday again…Week 4 gave us an even split at 15-15-0…which after the vig means we were $300 losers as a group…Shannon with 3 OVER wagers was the only player to go 3-0-0…No players went winlesss this week…The OVER was the most succesful play in Week 4 going 7-2-0 (+$410)…while Philly was the biggest takeaway at 0-3-0 (-$330)…Hunter did nail the lock of the week which sits at 2-2-0 after 4 Weeks…

For the season…our group sits at 66-50-4 (56.9% WIN Rate)…good enough to remain at +$400 in the Virtual Piggybank…Shawn & Shannon are the hottest over the last 3 Weeks going 7-2-0…Miller falls to 3rd place going 6-3-0 over the last 3 Weeks…while most of the rest of the field is 4-5-0 over that time…full results below…
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2015 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick Contest – Week 4 Picks

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October 1, 2015
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No clear cut favorites emerging in Week 4 like the past few weeks…the Panthers/Bucs & Vikings/Broncos games have the most Units wagered on them with 4 each…Both split 2 on the OVER and 2 on Favorite to cover…the Eagles to outright cover have the most individual Units wagered with 3…we then get double-shots on the Cardinals…Seahawks…and Chiefs/Bengals OVER…and singles to fill it all in…Hunter’s NCAA Master Lock of the Week is the Alabama Crimson Tide actually getting points for what seems like the 1st time in a generation…Good Luck with your STIB everybody…
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2015 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 3 Results

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September 29, 2015
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Lots of Winners in Week 3 as we manage to go 19-10-1 as a group…good enough for a 65.5% WIN Rate…and put $600 into the Virtual Piggybank…bringing the season balance up to +$700…Miller was the only player to go Perfect on his selections…Huss went 1-2-0…and Hunter went 1-1-1 getting a PUSH on A&M and a LOSS on the Lock of the Week with TCU winning but not covering…everyone else went 2-1-0 for Week 3…Indy was the biggest killer with 3 Units lost on the Colts inability to cover 3 points…while 5 Units were won on the Steelers and OVER plays…

For the season we are 51-35-4…a 59.3% WIN Rate…Miller moving up to 7-1-1 has passed Shawn (7-2-0) by a ½ game….Shannon remains in 3rd at 6-3-0…The Lock of the Week sits at 1-2-0…Full results below…
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2015 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 3 Picks

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September 24, 2015
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Week 3 may be a Boom or Bust situation as we concentrate many Units into a handful of games…The Steelers laying 1 on the road is the most popular play with 5 Units wagered…4 Units in total will go to the Texans/Bucs matchup…but we have Units on both sides of the game and the OVER…Even after that disastrous Monday Night outing…the Colts find 3 Units thrown their way to cover the Titans on the road…we get Double-Shots on the Falcons pick-em, Panthers laying 3, and Bears to stay within 2 Touchdowns…Hunter’s Lock of the Week is the TCU Horned Frogs laying 6½ to the Red Raiders…Good Luck wth your STIB everybody…Full selections below…
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2015 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 2 Results

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September 22, 2015
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Our gang of degenerates managed only 14-16-0 in Week 2…a 46.7% Win Rate…including a miss on the Lock of the Week with Bama being upset by Ole Miss…3 Units wagered against the Redskins proved to be the difference maker between the Black & Red sides of the ledger with $500 being taken back out of the Virtual Piggybank…Shawn managed perfection on his Over Totals..getting 1 point buffers on 2 of the games…while Tim and Burgess both managed 0-3 for the week…

For the season we are 32-25-3…a 56.1% Win Rate…good enough to still be $100 to the positive in the Virtual Piggybank…Shawn has the lead at 5-1-0…followed by Miller at 4-1-1…and Shannon at 4-2-0…The Lock of the Week sits at 1-1-0…

Full results below…
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2015 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 2 Picks

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September 17, 2015
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Off to a good start…we will try to keep the wheels on the Win Train rolling going into Week 2…the Patriots in a Pick-Em over the Bills and the Rams laying a Field Goal over the Redskins are the most popular plays with 3 Units wagered on each…3 Units are also wagered on the Falcons…2 with them getting points from the Giants and 1 on the Over…2 Units each go on the Saints and Dolphins…and then a smattering of Single Shots around the board…Hunter called the Master Lock this week with his sole NCAA play on Bama laying 6½ to Ole Miss…Good Luck everybody with your local STIBs…
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2015 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 1 Results

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September 15, 2015
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2015 is off to a good start…the Lock of the Week on the Dolphins proved successful with 6 Units won…Overall the group went 18-9-3 for a 66.7% Win Rate…Good enough to put $600 back into the Virtual Piggybank…Kevin, Miller, & an NCAA-less Hunter got the PUSH on Thursday Night…but were otherwise perfect…going 2-0-1…5 more players finished 2-1-0…with Huss and Burgess the only ones to end in the Red Zone going 1-2-0…

Full results below the break…
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2015 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 01 Picks

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September 13, 2015
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Okay…we got a late start on Week 1 of the year…but the Virtual Piggybank is back for another season long outing…We lose Josh from the field of degenerates…but we gained Money Inc owner Tim Dobbins…leaving us with 10 players again for 2015…The Dolphins are the hot play in Week 1 with 6 Units wagered…and Hernandez named them our Lock of the Week…Thursday Night action provided 3 Pushes as missed kicks by Scobee left the outcome right on the number…but left newcomer Tim with a loss as the total did not come in…Still working on a way to semi-automate this thing this year…but until then…here we go… (more…)