It would take some work, but if Jarhead manages to lose the Las Vegas Hilton SuperContest in the 17th and final week, he’ll have, as Ricky told Luci, a lot of “explaining” to do.
Just ask Dave Zenor, a Gold Sheet contributor and perennial Hilton participant who took a comfortable lead in the final week one year in the ’90s, needed only a couple of wins to clinch all the marbles, was knocked out, and ended up out of the picture. “big money”. “
It is still telling years later and the story has become part of Sin City sports betting lore.
As Murphy’s Law decrees: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
Jarhead, a nickname common to members of the United States Marine Corps, has ruled the SuperContest roost since Week 8.
He has 54 1/2 points and a 2 1/2 game cushion over SID going into Week 17.
The two players each beat Washington over 2 1/2 over the New York Giants on Saturday as one of their five weekly NFL picks, narrowing the matter down to a four-game contest.
The Redskins are also the consensus best play of the week by a 102-30 margin.
Overall, contestants preferred seven favorites and nine underdogs on the Saturday-Sunday New Year’s card.
Jarhead used New England, while SID took Tennessee in their only head-to-head confrontation.
Minnesota, Seattle and San Francisco round out Jarhead’s picks.
SID’s remaining works include Chicago, Pittsburgh and Miami.
The leader has a 3 1/2 game lead over Sportsbookside.com 2, Tony Soprano 2 and Win Big, each with 51 points.
Sportsbookside.com 2 has Washington and St. Louis minus 2 against Jarhead’s Vikings; The player’s other picks are Pittsburgh, Detroit and Cleveland.
Tony Soprano 2 and Jarhead signed the Patriots, but their other games differ.
The four additional Soprano choices were Buffalo, Atlanta, Oakland, and Arizona.
Win Big and Jarhead have San Francisco as their common pick.
Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Atlanta complete the Win Big card.
The SuperContest originally drew 416 entrants who paid $1,500 each.
They have made pro picks weekly for 17 weeks.
The consensus is 121-111-5, not including games where opinions were equally divided.
The best bets are 11-5.
Twenty places will be effective and, in addition to the five leaders, 25 players have between 47 1/2 and 50 1/2 points.
The first will pay $249,600, the second $99,840, the third $49,920 and the fourth $31,200.
From fifth to tenth they are worth $21,840 and from 11 to 20 $6,240.
An added bonus of $10,000 awaits any participant with more than 67 percent winners.
Another added $10,000 will go to the winner of a three-week mini-contest that concludes on Sunday along with the main event.
The Raven currently leads that competition with a perfect 10-0 record.
The Steelers, Saints, Raiders, Seahawks and Chargers are Raven’s Week 17 picks.
Six players are tied in the mini-contest at 9-1.
The remaining consensus picks, all games on Sunday, are Buffalo, 46-27 over Baltimore; Chicago, 71-33 over Green Bay; Pittsburgh, 68-40 over Cincinnati; Dallas, 44-25 over Detroit; Houston, 58-26 over Cleveland; Indianapolis, 30-28 over Miami; Kansas City, 71-32 over Jacksonville; St. Louis, 63-35 over Minnesota; New Orleans, 55-30; Oakland, 48-22 over the New York Jets; Philadelphia, 57-38 over Atlanta; Seattle, 67-19 over Tampa Bay; New England, 59-33 over Tennessee; San Francisco, 50-20 over Denver; and Arizona, 41-12 over San Diego.
