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 week 17, December 27, 2002. 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
***** Philadelphia Eagles & San Francisco
49ers OVER 40 1/2 ***** -- WINNER
Kansas + 11 1/2 over North Carolina State (Tangerine
Bowl) -- LOSER
Cleveland Browns + 3 over Baltimore Ravens -- LOSER
***** Jacksonville
Jaguars - 1 1/2 over New Orleans Saints ***** -- LOSER
Oakland Raiders + 5 1/2
over Green bay Packers -- LOSER
Buffalo Bills - 1 1/2 over Miami Dolphins -- LOSER
BEST BET: New York Jets + 3 over New England Patriots -- LOSER
David
Stratton's Selections
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 7 1/2 over Atlanta Falcons --
LOSER
St Louis Rams - 7 over Cincinnati Bengals -- WINNER
Detroit Lions + 9
1/2 over Carolina Panthers -- WINNER
***** Jacksonville Jaguars - 1 1/2 over New
Orleans Saints ***** -- LOSER
Dallas Cowboys - 11 over New York Giants -- WINNER
Seattle
Seahawks - 14 over Arizona Cardinals -- WINNER
***** BEST BET: San Francisco
49ers & Philadelphia Eagles OVER 40 1/2 ***** -- WINNER
##### OPPOSING
SELECTIONS IN SAME GAME #####
***** BOTH HANDICAPPERS MADE SAME SELECTION
*****
NEXT WEEK: End of 2003 Contest
Congratulations to all Participants
UPCOMING
MATCHES --
FINALS were held on
December 19, 2003
Roster
of This Season's 16 Contestants --
Lem Banker -- Professional Bettor
Papa
Joe Chevalier -- Sports Talk Radio Show Host -- Defending Champion
Dave Cokin
-- Professional Handicapper & Sports Talke Radio Host
Bob Donahue -- Professional
Handicapper
Chuck Esposito -- Sports Book Director, Bally's Properties
Steve
Fezzik -- Professional Handicapper & Bettor
Ron Frazier -- Sports Talk Radio
Host & Handicapper
Andy Iskoe (of Logical Approach) -- Professional Handicapper
& Author
Bryan Leonard - Professional Handicapper
Dave Malinsky -- Professional
Handicapper
Kevin O'Neill -- Professional Handiapper
Ted Sevransky -- Professional
Handicapper
Lee Sterling -- Professional Handicapper
Dave Stratton -- Sports
Gaming Columnist for "Gaming Today"
Jimmy Vaccaro -- Legendary Las Vegas
Sports Book Director (Mirage)
Ken White -- Professional Handicapper & Odds
Consultant
Results of Previous Matches
First Round
Results--
Dave Malinsky (4-3 BB-W) defeated Papa Joe Chevalier (3-4 BB-W)
in
a tie breaker after both went 4-3 BB-W in first week
Bob Donahue (4-3 BB-L)
defeated Dave Cokin (3-4 BB-L)
Kevin O'Neill (7-0 BB-W) defeated Lee Sterling
(2-5 BB-L)
Steve Fezzik (4-3 BB-W) defeated Andy Iskoe (1-6 BB-W)
Ken
White (5-2 BB-W) defeated Lem Banker (4-3 BB-L) in Second Tie Breaker
after both
went 5-2 BB-L and 5-2 BB-W in first two weeks
Ted Sevransky (6-1 BB-W) defeated
Chuck Esposito (3-4 BB-L)
David Stratton (3-4 BB-W) defeated Bryan Leonard
(2-5 BB-W) in Tie Breaker
after both went 4-3 BB-W in first week
Jimmy
Vaccaro (3-4 BB-W) defeated Ron Frazier (2-5 BB-L)
Second Round Results
Steve
Fezzik (5-2 BB-W) defeated Dave Malinsky (2-4-1 BB-W)
David Stratton (5-2
BB-W) defeated Kevin O'Neill (2-4-1 BB-L)
Ted Sevransky (6-0-1 BB-W) defeated
Bob Donahue (4-3 BB-W)
Ken White (6-1 BB-W) defeated Jimmy Vaccazro (5-2 BB-W)
Semi-Finals
David
Stratton (4-3 BB-L) defeated Ted Sevransky (3-4 BB-L)
Steve Fezzik (4-3 BB-W)
defeated Ken White (4-3 BB-L)
The FINALS
David Stratton (5-2 BB-W)
defeated Steve Fezzik (1-6 BB-L)
* Won as a result of Best Bet tie-breaker
Through
all 15 weeks of this season's contest, the handicappers
combined to go 148 - 115
-3 overall for 56.3% including Best Bets going 25-13-0 for 65.8%
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for Earlier Matches This Season
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.
NEW ENGLAND (58) - 8 1/2 vs. Buffalo (39)
SAN FRANCISCO (79)
- 1 1/2 vs. Seattle (28)
Philadelphia (66) - 6 1/2 vs. WASHINGTON (29)
St
Louis (23) - 10 1/2 vs. DETROIT (33)
CINCINATI (42) - 7 1/2 vs. Cleveland (36)
TENNESSEE
(19) - 6 1/2 vs. Tampa Bay (33)
ATLANTA (27) - 3 vs. Jacisonville (49)
MIAMI
(30) - 3 1/2 vs. N Y Jets (36)
Dallas (47) - 1 1/2 vs. NEW ORLEANS (40)
KANSAS
CITY (30) - 10 vs. Chicago (44)
Indianapolis (48) - 7 vs. HOUSTON (19)
Carolina
(19) - 4 1/2 vs. N Y GIANTS (34)
Minnesota (19) - 7 1/2 vs. ARIZONA (61)
GREEN
BAY (51) - 6 1/2 vs. Denver (31)
SAN DIEGO (42) - 3 1/2 vs. Oakland (18)
BALTIMORE
(33) - 7 1/2 vs. Pittsburgh (47)
Top 5 selections are in Bold type
#
in parentheses indicates contestants selecting that team
(i.e. 58 contestants
took NEW ENGLAND - 8 1/2 vs. Buffalo)
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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San
Francisco (79)
Philadelphia (66)
Arizona (61)
New England (58)
Green
Bay (51)
5 Top Selections Based On Widest Margins
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San
Francisco (+ 51)
Arizona (+ 42)
Philadelphia (+ 37)
Indianapolis (+ 29)
San Diego (+ 24)
Currently the 1 Leader is at 52- 27-1 -- 52 1/2 of 80 Possible Points --
(65.6 %)
There are 5 contestants at 49-29-2 or better -- 50 of 80 Possible
Points -- (62.5 %) or better
There are 15 contestants at 48- 32-0 or better
-- 48 of 80 Possible Points -- (60.0 %) or better
NEW ENGLAND ( 5)
- 8 1/2 vs. Buffalo ( 2)
SAN FRANCISCO ( 4) - 1 1/2 vs. Seattle ( 0)
Philadelphia
( 7) - 6 1/2 vs. WASHINGTON ( 2)
St Louis ( 2) - 10 1/2 vs. DETROIT ( 2)
CINCINATI
( 2) - 7 1/2 vs. Cleveland ( 2)
TENNESSEE ( 0) - 6 1/2 vs. Tampa Bay ( 3)
ATLANTA
( 0) - 3 vs. Jacisonville ( 4)
MIAMI ( 4) - 3 1/2 vs. N Y Jets ( 1)
Dallas
( 4) - 1 1/2 vs. NEW ORLEANS ( 1)
KANSAS CITY ( 1) - 10 vs. Chicago ( 3)
Indianapolis
( 4) - 7 vs. HOUSTON ( 0)
Carolina ( 2) - 4 1/2 vs. N Y GIANTS ( 0)
Minnesota
( 2) - 7 1/2 vs. ARIZONA ( 2)
GREEN BAY ( 4) - 6 1/2 vs. Denver ( 0)
SAN DIEGO
( 3) - 3 1/2 vs. Oakland ( 2)
BALTIMORE ( 5) - 7 1/2 vs. Pittsburgh ( 2)
Top
3 selections, and ties, will be shown in Bold type
.......... Last Week Season To Date
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Overall Consensus Teams 10- 6- 0 62.5 % 113 - 119 - 7 48.7 % [1]
Overall Selections 780-665-0 54.0 % 13121-12866 -723 50.5 %
Top Consensus Selection 0- 1- 0 10 - 8 - 0 [2]
2nd Consensus Selection 1- 0- 0 10 - 5 - 0 [2]
3rd Consensus Selection 1- 0- 0 7 - 9 - 1 [2]
Top 3 Consensus Selections 2- 1- 0 27 - 22 - 1 [2]
Top 5 Consensus Selections 2- 3- 0 41 - 37 - 2
Team With Greatest Margin 0- 1- 0 10 - 7 - 0 [3]
2nd Greatest Margin 1- 0- 0 6 - 10 - 0
3rd Greatest Margin 0- 1- 0 10 - 4 - 1
Top 3 Margins 1- 2- 0 26 - 21 - 1
Top 5 Margins 3- 2- 0 45 - 34 - 2
[1] In Week # 10 there were an equal number of contestants on each
side of a game resulting in one less "decision."
[2] In some weeks there may be ties for the Top 3 or Top 5 Consensus
selections. In Week #1 2 teams tied for the third most popular
selection. In Week #6 2 teams tied for the second most popular
selection. In Week # 8 2 teams tied for both the most popular
selection and the third most popular selection. In Week # 12 2
teams tied for the most popular selection.
[3] In some weeks there may be ties for the Top 3 or Top 5 Widest
margins. In Week #4 2 teams tied for the largest differential. In
week # 11 2 teams tied for the second largest differential. In week
# 14 2 teams tied for the fifth largest differential.