2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 11 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

All or nothing pays off again…barely…Shawn got his sole win on a 1pt margin from the Saints/Raiders Over…and the 5 people who took the Packers to cover won by a ½pt margin when Crosby kicked a Field Goal with :19 seconds left to play…But a ½pt win is worth the same as a runaway cover in our books…16-5-3 is good for +$860 to the Virtual Bankroll which now sits at $5,460…Burgess keeps his streak alive with no losing weeks on the year…and he is 9-0 over the last 3 weeks…Miller took a push from the Ravens this week to fall back ½ a game and is 8-0-1 over that span…Riley runs 3-0 again and sits 8-1-0 over the last 3 weeks…Hunter runs 3-0 on his NCAA picks and is just $30 into the red…Will they both be facing off with the Michigan/THE OSU outcome?…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 11 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

“And we would all…go down…together”
–Billy Joel…Goodnight Saigon…Nylon Houses (1982)

Hunter sticks with his NCAA guns…Everyone else has action on the Green Bay outcome…5 straight Packers picks and 3 more on The Over…4 plays on the Saints…3 on the Buccaneers…then a scatter shot of other plays…Burgess remains the only player with no losing weeks…He and Miller have the hottest streaks over the last 3 Weeks both running 8-1-0…Shannon, Riley, and Kevin sit just behind at 7-2-0…Good Luck everyone…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 10 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

16-8-0 in Week 10…Good enough to add another $560 to our Virtual Bankroll after the vig…bringing us to a total of $4,600 on the season…Burgess continues his streak of 10 winning weeks with a back-2-back 3-0 outing to maintain his grip on 1st place…Miller matches the effort to stay a ½ game back in 2nd moving ahead of Shannon by the ½ game…All three of them are over 73% winners after 10 weeks…Hunter’s NCAA picks go 1-2 bringing him back down to .500 and out the $300 in vig on the year…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 10 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

After our dominating 21-3 Week 9 performance…we are all over the road in Week 10…Denver is the most popular single play with 4 wagers…7 plays being made on OVERs including 3 on the Falcons/Saints match up…Pairs on Indy and Dallas…then a bunch of one-offs…Burgess has still yet to have a week under 2-1…Shannon and Riley are the hot hands over the last 3 weeks both managing 8-1-0 records…Good Luck everybody.

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 9 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Best. Week. Ev—[Wait for it]—er. Giants…Raiders…Redskins…That’s all we missed on…21-3 is the best week we have ever posted in the Chris Thomas Five Star contest as a group adding $1,560 in Week 9 to our Virtual Piggybank…now sitting at $4,040 on the season…Shannon, Gasper, and Shawn each took one of the hits to go 2-1…Everyone else was perfect…all 8 players landing in the Black…Burgess catches back up to Shannon for the overall lead with both players hitting a 74.1% win rate…Miller is a ½ game back at 72.2%…The perfect weekend brings Hunter back on the right side of .500 but he is still the only player in the Red Zone after the vig…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 9 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

After a week where 9 of our 13 wins came on Road Dogs…We go the complete opposite direction in Week 9 with the only Road Hound being found in Hunter’s NCAA picks…A full third of our wagers will fall on two games with multiple plays on Chicago and Baltimore…another third goes to four two-packs on Atlanta, Denver, Detroit, and Seattle…Shannon and Riley are the hot hands over the last 3 Weeks both riding 8-1-0 records…followed by Miller at 7-2-0…then Burgess and Kevin who are both 6-3-0…Burgess has yet to have a week under 2-1 on the season…Good Luck everybody…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 8 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

13-11-0 on the weekend…Technically winners…but with the vig we leave $40 at the window bringing our Virtual Bankroll to $2,480…4 Losses came directly from the snooze-fest in Cleveland and Hunter got burned by a ½ point hook on Louisville…Shannon is the only player to go perfect on 3 Road Dog picks…and with a 75.00% win rate takes over 1st place in the contest…Burgess continues his perfect stretch of 2-1 or better to remain in 2nd at 70.83%…Riley’s run of 6 “Perfect Weekends” comes to close in Seattle…but he still inches closer to getting in the Black…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 7 Results

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

18-6-0 Again!…Vegas will be moving lines after we hit the windows…another +$960 weekend bringing the virtual bankroll to $2,520…4 Perfect Weekends including Riley (Now ‘Perfect’ 6 Weeks in a Row…3 positive and 3 negative….to the good 2 weeks in a  row)…Miller hits his 2nd 3-0 in a row to move into first place by a ½ game…Shannon goes 3-0 to move into a tie for 2nd…and Gasper goes 3-0 to redeem himself for last weekend…Burgess continues his streak of 7 straight weeks of 2-1 or better…3 Players are over 70% on the year…

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2012 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 7 Picks

The Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Handicapping Contest“ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR UNIT”

Trying to get these up before Thursday action because some people took early week games…The Over is the most popular again with 6 Plays…New Orleans laying 2½ against the Bucs is the most popular single wager with 5 separate plays…5 total plays on the Green Bay game with 3 laying the points and 2 on The Over…Dallas sees the next most plays with 3….those 3 games could make or break us in Week 7…Full plays below…

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