Each week we will present the selections of some of the nation's leading handicapers
as they compete for cash prizes and handicapping acclaim. Two such contests have
attracted national notoriety. One of the contests, sponsored by the Las Vegas
Hilton, is a season-long contest with the same contestants making selections
each week against the Las Vegas pointspread.
The second contest, sponsored
by the the Stardust Race & Sports Book, is an invitational tournament
with 16 invited handicappers participating in a one-on-one elimination format that
runs for 15 weeks with just one of the 16 contestants surviving and winning the single
prize.
Contest Format -- 16 nationally prominent celebrities & handicappers
have been invited by the management of the Stardust Race & Sports Book to compete
for a winner-take-all $10,000 prize. Each week two contestants are matched against
each other in a head to head meeting with each handicapper making 7 selections against
the pointspread at the Stardust using the line at approximately 8:30 PM (the contest
airs over radio station KDWN (AM 720) at 9:00 PM and is also available for broadcast
on the Internet). One of the 7 selections is designated as a Best Bet. The winner
is determined by the handicapper having the greater winning percentage with all selections
rated equally. The Best Bet is used only as a tie breaker in the event both handicappers
have the same record on all 7 selections. Pushes are ignored (thus 5-2 would lose
to 4-1-2). The winner will be the handicapper who successfully wins a total of 4
matches with the finals to be held in NFL week 15, December 16, 2005. The weekly
contest is held in the Race & Sports Book at the Stardust at 9:00 PM on Fridays
and is open to the public.
Steve Fezzik's Selections
***** Kansas City Chiefs + 3 over New
York Giants ***** -- LOSER
***** San Diego Chargers + 7 1/2 over Indianapolis
Colts ***** -- WINNER
***** Tennessee Titans + 7 over Seattle Seahawks ***** --
WINNER
Baltimore Ravens - 3 over Green Bay Packers -- WINNER
Buffalo Bills
+ 8 1/2 over Denver Broncos -- LOSER (Best Bet # 3)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers &
New England Patriots OVER 36 1/2 -- LOSER (Best Bet # 2)
BEST BET: ***** Pittsburgh
Steelers & Minnesota Vikings UNDER 41 ***** -- WINNER
Marc Lawrence's
Selections
***** Kansas City Chiefs + 3 over New York Giants ***** -- LOSER
Dallas
Cowboys + 3 over Washington Redskins -- LOSER
Minnesota Vikings + 3 over Pittsburgh
Steelers -- LOSER
***** Pittsburgh Steelers & Minnesota Vikings UNDER 41 *****
-- WINNER
***** San Diego Chargers + 7 1/2 over Indianapolis Colts ***** -- WINNER
(Best Bet # 3)
***** Tennessee Titans + 7 over Seattle Seahawks ***** -- WINNER
(Best Set # 2)
BEST BET: New England Patriots - 4 1/2 over Tampa Bay Buccaneers
-- WINNER
Results determined on basis of second Best Bet
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OPPOSING SELECTIONS IN SAME GAME #####
***** BOTH HANDICAPPERS MADE SAME SELECTION
*****
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That's All Folks -- This Week Ends the 2005 Invitational
FUTURE
MATCHES --
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Roster of This Season's 16 Contestants --
Ron
Boyles -- Professional Sports Bettor
Steve Cofield -- Handicapper & Host of
"Wise Guys" Radio Show
Rich Dressler -- Imperial Palace Sports Book
Manager
Steve Fezzik -- Professional Sports Handicapper & "Advantage
Player" Bettor
"Fairway" Jay Ginsbach -- Professional Sports Handicapper
Andy
Iskoe -- Professional Sports Handicapper & Author
Marc Lawrence - Professional
Sports Handicapper
Dave Malinsky -- Professional Sports Handicapper
Al McMordie
-- Professional Sports Handicapper & 2004 Stardust Champion
Jeff Manos --
Sports Handicapper (www.vegasinsider.com)
Kevin O'Neill -- Professional Sports
Handiapper -- 1 of 2 to ever post a Stardust 7-0 week
Ed Salmons -- Las Vegas
Hilton Sports Book Manager
Randall "The Handle" Murray -- Sports Talk
Radio Host in Toronto, Canada
Dave Stratton -- Managing Editor for "Gaming
Today" -- 2003 Stardust Champion
Tim Trushel -- Professional Sports Handicapper
& Sports Betting Radio Talk Show Host
Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner
-- Sports Analyst for www.eog.com
Results of Previous Matches
First
Round Results--
Al McMordie (4-3 BB-L) defeated David Stratton (3-4 BB-W)
Steve
Fezzik (4-2-1 BB-P) defeated Ron Boyles (3-2-2 BB-W)
Kevin O'Neill (3-4 BB-W)
defeated Jay Ginsbach (1-6 BB-L)
Ed Salmons (6-1 BB-W) defeated Rich Dressler
(5-1-1 BB-W)
Andy Iskoe (4-3 BB-W) defeated Dave Malinsky (3-4 BB-L)
Steve
Cofield (3-4 BB-L) defeated James Manos (2-5 BB-L)
Marc Lawrence (3-4, BB-L) defeated
Randall Murray (1-6, BB-L)
Tim Trushel (4-3, BB-L) defeated Ken Weitzner (3-3-1,
BB-W)
Quater Finals Round Results
Andy Iskoe (4-3, BB-L) defeated
Kevin O'Neill (2-5, BB-W)
Marc Lawrence (4-2-1, BB-P) defeated Al McMordie (3-4,
BB-W)
Steve Cofield (4-3, BB-W) defeated Tim Trushel (3-4, BB-L)
Steve Fezzil
(1-5-1, BB-W) defeated Ed Salmons (1-6, BB-L)
Semi Finals Round Results
Marc
Lawrence (3-4, BB-W) defeated Steve Cofield (2-5, BB-L)
Steve Fezzik (7-0, BB-W)
defeated Andy Iskoe (3-3-1, BB-L)
The Finals
Marc Lawrence (4-3,
BB-W) defeated Steve Fezzik (4-3, BB-W) **
* Won as a result of Best Bet
tie-breaker
** Won as a Result of Supplemental Bet Bet tie-breakers (Second Best
Bet)
Through All 15 weeks of this season's contest, the handicappers
combined
to go 97 - 105 - 8 overall for 48.0 % including Best Bets going 15 - 13 - 2 for 53.6
%
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Contest Format -- The SuperContest is open to anyone who pays the entry
fee. Each entrant pays a $1,500 entry fee with 100% of the fees being returned
to the winners. Only the top 20 places (and ties) are paid. Historically, a 60%
winning percentage will finish in the Top Twenty. Each contestant must make five
selections each week vs. the pointspread (generally the lines at the Hilton as of
noon on Tuesdays). Each winning selection counts 1 point; a push counts 1/2 point;
losses are 0 points.
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SAN DIEGO (44) - 10 1/2 vs. Denver (38)
N Y Giants (58) - 8 1/2 vs.
OAKLAND (63)
INDIANAPOLIS (96) - 6 1/2 vs. Arizona (31)
Baltimore
(88) - 3 vs. CLEVELAND (57)
Buffalo (63) - 1 vs. N Y JETS (36)
Carolina
(44) - 4 1/2 vs. ATLANTA (130)
MINNESOTA (36) - 5 vs.Chicago (55)
KANSAS
CITY (58) - 9 vs. Cincinnati (50)
PITTSBURGH (102) - 13 vs. Detroit (26)
NEW
ENGLAND (124) - 4 vs. Miami (29)
TAMPA BAY (31) - 14 vs. New Orleans (53)
Houston
(29) - 1 vs. SAN FRANCISCO (75)
JACKSONVILLE (72) - 3 vs. Tennessee (16)
GREEN
BAY (57) - 4 vs. Seattle (23)
Washington (44) - 9 vs. PHILADELPHIA (85)
DALLAS
(28) - 13 vs. St Louis (39)
Top 5 selections are in Bold type
#
in parentheses indicates contestants selecting that team
(i.e. 44 contestants
took SAN DIEGO - 10 1/2 vs. Denver)
HOME TEAM shown in CAPS
* There
may be weeks when fewer than all contestants submit entries
5 Top
Selections Based On Times Selected
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1
-Atlanta (130)
2 - New England (124)
3 - Pittsburgh (102)
4 - Indianapolis
(96)
5 - Baltimore (88)
5 Top Selections Based On Widest Margins
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1
- New England (+ 95)
2 - Atlanta (+ 86)
3 - Pittsburgh (+ 76)
4 - Indianapolis
(+ 65)
5 -- Jacksonville (+ 56)
"Squares" vs "Sharps"
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#
of Consensus Choices That Are Favorites -- 9
# of Consensus Choices That Are Underdogs
-- 7
Pick 'em or Evenly Divided Games -- 0
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Current Season
Result Summary Appears Below
Final Results Through 17 Weeks
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The
1 WINNER was at 58 - 25 - 2 -- 59.0 of 85 Possible Points -- (69.41 %)
There
were 22 contestants at 51 -32-2 or better -- 52.0 of 85 Possible Points -- (61.18
%) or better
There were 29 contestants at 51 - 35 - 0 or better -- 51 of 85
Possible Points -- (60.00 %) or better
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Last Week Season To Date
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Overall Consensus Teams 6- 9- 1 40.0 % [3] 123 -124 - 6 49.8 %
Overall Selections 776- 920- 84 45.8 % 19788-19528-994 50.3 %
Top Consensus Selection 0- 1- 0 9 - 7 - 1 56.3 %
2nd Consensus Selection 0- 1- 0 [5] 10 - 8 - 0 55.6 %
3rd Consensus Selection 1- 0- 0 [1] 5 - 12 - 1 29.4 %
Top 3 Consensus Selections 1- 2- 0 [1] 24 - 27 - 2 47.1 %
Top 5 Consensus Selections 1- 4- 0 [2] 46 - 39 - 2 54.1 %
Team With Greatest Margin 0- 1- 0 9 - 7 - 1 56.3 %
2nd Greatest Margin 0- 1- 0 [4] 9 - 9 - 0 50.0 %
3rd Greatest Margin 1- 0- 0 [4] 7 - 8 - 1 46.7 %
Top 3 Margins 1- 2- 0 25 - 24 - 2 51.0 %
Top 5 Margins 2- 3- 0 46 - 37 - 2 55.4 %
Consensus Favorites 4- 5- 0 85 - 66 - 4
56.3 %
Consensus Underdogs 2- 4- 1 34 - 55 - 2 38.2 %
Pick 'em/Evenly Divided Games 0 10
NOTES --
[1] In Week 3 there were 2 teams that tied for 3rd most popular selection
In Week 4 there were 2 teams that tied for 3rd most popular selection
[2] In Week 5 there were 2 teams that tied for 5th most popular selection
In Week 12 there were 2 teams that tied for 5th most popular selection
[3] In Weeks 6 and 14 there was one game with an equal number of contestans on
each side.
[4] In Week 6 there were 2 teams that tied for 2nd greatest margin.
[5] In Week 9 there were 2 teams that tied for 2nd most popular selection
========================================================================= History of Contestants Hitting 60.0% or Better Throughout the 2005 Season ========================================================================= After 1 Week ( 3- 2 / 3.0 points or better) 214 of 505 42.4 % After 2 Weeks ( 6- 4 / 6.0 points or better) 172 of 505 34.1 % After 3 Weeks ( 9- 6 / 9.0 points or better) 115 of 505 22.8 % After 4 Weeks (12- 8 / 12.0 points or better) 116 of 505 23.0 % After 5 Weeks (15-10 / 15.0 points or better) 113 of 505 22.4 % After 6 Weeks (18-12 / 18.0 points or better) 105 of 505 20.8 % After 7 Weeks (21-14 / 21.0 points or better) 59 of 505 11.7 % After 8 Weeks (24-16 / 24.0 points or better) 51 of 505 10.1 % After 9 Weeks (27-18 / 27.0 points or better) 44 of 505 8.7 % After 10 Weeks (30-20 / 30.0 points or better) 40 of 505 7.9 % After 11 Weeks (33-22 / 33.0 points or better) 34 of 505 6.7 % After 12 Weeks (36-24 / 36.0 points or better) 32 of 505 6.3 % After 13 Weeks (39-27 / 39.0 points or better) 33 of 505 6.5 % After 14 Weeks (42-28 / 42.0 points or better) 30 of 505 5.9 % After 15 Weeks (45-30 / 45.0 points or better) 31 of 505 6.1 % After 16 Weeks (48-32 / 48.0 points or better) 31 of 505 6.1 % After 17 Weeks (51-34 / 51.0 points or better) 29 of 505 5.7 %