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2016 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 14 Picks

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December 8, 2016
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Only 3 more weeks to play as we enter Week 14…Lions and Bears are the most popular game on the board with 5 Units being split in 2 head-2-heads and the OVER…Cowboys are the most popular play with 4 Units going on them to cover against the Giants…3 Units on the Browns and Bengals…3 Units on the Steelers and Bills…then everything else is scattershot…Gasper is the hottest over the last 3 Weeks going 8-1-0…Hernandez’s Luggage Lock is also 3-0 over the last 3 Weeks and has been slapped on the Vikings…Hunter is 2-7 over the last 3 and 0-3 on the Master Lock…he switches to NFL games with the Master Lock clamped to the Cowboys this week…Shannon switches to NCAA games taking Navy or Army…and 2 D3 Playoff Semi-finalists with the Mount Union Purple Raiders and John Carroll Blue Streaks to make the finals as underdogs…Good Luck everybody…

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2016 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 13 Results

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December 8, 2016
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Week 13 saw us get off to a rocking start going 14-5-0 on the Team Picks…and then there were the OVERS…ouch…3-7-0 on those…and Hunter eats a doughnut going 0-3 on his NCAA picks leaving us at 17-16-0 for the Week with the STIB smiling from ear to ear…on the Season we are now at a perfect .500 209-209-11….Gasper, Huss, and Burgess all managed perfect Winning records…while Hunter fell 4 rungs down the ladder…looking forward to a better Week 14…

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2016 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 12 Results

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November 29, 2016
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Our degenerates were VERY thankful this weekend…shaking down the STIB with the best group record of the season going 23-9-1…a 72% WIN rate…and putting $1,070 back into the Virtual Piggybank…Gasper and Shannon went perfect on identical picks targeting teams missing key players…Nick posted his 1st ever 3-0-0 weekend…Hunter came within a ½ point hook on the Tigers of finishing 3-0-0…but both Locks came through…For the season the entire group is only 1 game under .500 at 192-193-11…the STIB’s dream clientele…only 4 Weeks left in the Season to climb up the ladder…full results below…

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2016 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 8 Results

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November 1, 2016
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Week 8 is done and our degenerates are over .500 for the 5th straight week…12 Units were washed in head-2-head plays…so we went 11-7-3 (61.1%) on the rest of the games to finish 17-13-3 for the week…Nobody had a perfect week in either direction…but Hernandez finished with the best record at 2-0-1 getting the 1st PUSH on his Luggage Lock…Hunter sprayed 1-1-1 on his NCAA picks with 2 undefeated teams going down and Navy getting the PUSH on Friday Night for the Master Lock…lets keep the buffet open for the Virtual Piggybank to keep feeding in Week 9… (more…)

2016 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 8 Picks

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October 27, 2016
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Week 8 is here…and we have Units being played in all 13 NFL games…12 Units are being washed head-2-head which the STIB loves…leaving only 21 plays to feed the Virtual Piggybank…5 Units go to Vikings/Bears with a 3/2 Vikes split…Lions and Texans split 4 Units…4 More Units on Brady & the Bills with a 3/1 Brady lean…Triple Plays on Bengals + OVER…Hernandez’s Luggage Lock of the Week is the J-E-T-S…Hunter’s NCAA picks are the Cornhuskers…Baylor Bears…and Master Lock of the Week “Anyone who is playing USF on a Friday Night” (Navy)…Shannon is the hottest over the last 3 Weeks at 7-2 (but I would not take stock in that with this week’s picks)…The Locks are both Perfect bets as well…for and against…Good Luck everybody…

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2016 Chris Thomas 5 Star Pick 3 Contest – Week 4 Picks

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September 29, 2016
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What can I say…we all like what we all like….15 Units going into 3 games….6 Units on the Lions going to Soldier Field…we Wash 2 with a head-2-head play on the Lions and Bears…Leaving 2 More Lions plays and 2 on the OVER…5 Units on the Broncos flying into RayJay with the straight up cover for Denver and 1 Unit on the OVER…4 Units go into the Titans at Texans game with 2 on Houston to cover and 2 on the OVER…3 Units got to London with the Colts and Jags with 2 on the OVER and 1 on the Jaguars as a dog…Giants and Vikings will Wash 2 more Units in a head-2-head play…Double Shots on Seattle…Stillers…and Hernandez’s Luggage Lock of the Week…the Panthers to cover in Atalanta…Hunters NCAA plays are the SunDevils…Rebels…and the Master Lock of the Week…Washington Huskies…Good Luck with your STIB…

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

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September 27, 2016
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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 1 Picks

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September 8, 2016
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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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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 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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