Supercontest/Online Betting Thread

Scoops · Post #1 » by **Scoops** » Wed Sep 8, 2010 7:30 pm

The Las Vegas Hilton has a contest every year where you pick 5 NFL games a week against the spread. Best record at the end of the year wins a ton of money...entry fee is $1500. The same guy has won it two years in a row which is crazy. (I heard all of this from Bill Simmons)

I figured it'd be fun to play along just to see how I'd do. I'm also going to pick every game just for fun. I know there are a bunch of bettors here so feel free to make your own picks and at the end of each week I can update the standings and we can see who's the best. I'll try and post the same lines they use (if I can find them) so we all go off of the same thing.

Week 1 (Home team in CAPS)
SAINTS -5.5 vs. Vikings
NY GIANTS -7 vs. Panthers
Dolphins -3 vs. BILLS
Falcons -2.5 vs. STEELERS
BEARS -6.5 vs. Lions
PATRIOTS -4 vs. Bengals
BUCCANEERS -3 vs. Browns
JAGUARS -2.5 vs. Broncos
Colts -2.5 vs. TEXANS
TITANS -6 vs. Raiders
Packers -3 vs. EAGLES
49ers -3 vs. SEAHAWKS
Cardinals -4 vs. RAMS
Cowboys -3.5 vs. REDSKINS
NY JETS -2.5 vs. Ravens
Chargers -4.5 vs. CHIEFS

Do it.

PkrsBcksGphsMqt · Post #2 » by **PkrsBcksGphsMqt** » Wed Sep 8, 2010 7:43 pm

Leaving out fantasy football and the NCAA tourney, I've only gambled on sports once. The last time I was in vegas I through 40 bucks on LSU to win the National Championship and won.

I'll give this a shot though:

5:
Dolphins
Packers
49ers
Cardinals
Chargers

The Rest:
Saints
Panthers
Steelers
Lions
Patriots
Browns
Jaguars
Colts
Titans
Cowboys
Ravens

Edit: For Format

chuckleslove · Post #3 » by **chuckleslove** » Wed Sep 8, 2010 7:45 pm

I'll take:

Chargers
Lions
Giants
Titans
Colts

Scoops · Post #4 » by **Scoops** » Wed Sep 8, 2010 9:03 pm

I'll go:

1. Saints
2. Lions
3. 49ers
4. Colts
5. Pack

And the rest:

Panthers
Dolphins
Steelers
Pats
Browns
Jags
Raiders
Cards
Cowboys
Jets
Chiefs

FireStreetlifeNow · Post #5 » by **FireStreetlifeNow** » Thu Sep 9, 2010 12:45 am

My five
NY GIANTS
Browns
Packers
STEELERS
PATRIOTS

The rest
Vikings
Dolphins
BEARS
JAGUARS
TEXANS
TITANS
49ers
Cardinals
REDSKINS
Ravens
Chargers

Mags FTW · Post #6 » by **Mags FTW** » Thu Sep 9, 2010 4:09 am

dolphins
patriots
49ers
titans
chargers

saints
steelers
panthers
jags
bears
browns
colts
packers
cowboys
jets
rams

Mags FTW · Post #7 » by **Mags FTW** » Thu Sep 9, 2010 3:43 pm

Only 5 people so far? Come on...

trwi7 · Post #8 » by **trwi7** » Thu Sep 9, 2010 4:13 pm

Dolphins
TITANS
49ers
Cardinals
Chargers

The rest:

SAINTS
GIANTS
Falcons
BEARS
Bengals
BUCCANEERS
Colts
JAGUARS
Packers
Cowboys
Ravens

FireStreetlifeNow · Post #9 » by **FireStreetlifeNow** » Thu Sep 9, 2010 5:17 pm

What's the deadline for getting our picks in? Can we edit them after we submitted them. I'd like to change one of my picks but won't if we are unable to edit them.

Scoops · Post #10 » by **Scoops** » Thu Sep 9, 2010 6:18 pm

FireStreetlifeNow wrote:What's the deadline for getting our picks in? Can we edit them after we submitted them. I'd like to change one of my picks but won't if we are unable to edit them.

Yeah, you can change 'em up until Sunday at noon and it's just for fun so it's not like I'll be checking to see if people edited anything.

Twirl I think you forgot to pick the Colts/Texans game. BTW why are the Colts only a 2.5 point favorite? If I had real money to burn I'd hammer the hell out of that.

The guy that won it last year went 53-29-3. Which averages to a little over 3 right per week. That seems somewhat doable...

trwi7 · Post #11 » by **trwi7** » Thu Sep 9, 2010 7:54 pm

Scoops wrote:Twirl I think you forgot to pick the Colts/Texans game. BTW why are the Colts only a 2.5 point favorite?

I wouldn't be shocked if the Texans won that game. They've played the Colts pretty tough the past couple of years even though they've lost all four games, they've lost by a total of 21 points.

Mags FTW · Post #12 » by **Mags FTW** » Thu Sep 9, 2010 8:21 pm

Yup. HOU had 4th quarter leads in both games last year.

Scoops · Post #13 » by **Scoops** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 4:21 pm

Petyton doesn't lose in September or to the Texans.

Well I'm 0-1 already. Interesting because had we used updated lines the Saints would have been 4.5 point favorites instead of 5.5 and would have covered. Also they should have killed them.

And how freaking huge was that missed XP? If it's made the Vikings cover the 4.5. Don't mess with Vegas...

Wacky start! :football:

trwi7 · Post #14 » by **trwi7** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:37 pm

trwi7 wrote:I wouldn't be shocked if the Texans won that game. They've played the Colts pretty tough the past couple of years even though they've lost all four games, they've lost by a total of 21 points.

Mags FTW · Post #15 » by **Mags FTW** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:27 am

Scoops wrote:Petyton doesn't lose in September or to the Texans.

Scoops · Post #16 » by **Scoops** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:58 pm

Mags FTW wrote:
Scoops wrote:Petyton doesn't lose in September or to the Texans.

Scoops · Post #17 » by **Scoops** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:03 am

Mags FTW wrote:
Scoops wrote:Petyton doesn't lose in September or to the Texans.

trwi7 wrote:
trwi7 wrote:I wouldn't be shocked if the Texans won that game. They've played the Colts pretty tough the past couple of years even though they've lost all four games, they've lost by a total of 21 points.

O rly, you guys knew what you were talking about so much that you decided to:

trwi7 wrote:Colts

Mags FTW wrote:colts

Nice...

Scoops · Post #18 » by **Scoops** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:18 am

Supercontest Standings
1. Firestreetlife -- 4-0-1
2t. Chuckleslove - 3-2-0
2t. MAGS FTW --- 3-2-0
4t. Twirl -----------2-2-1
4t. PackBucksGZ - 2-2-1
6. Scoops --------- 2-3-0

Overall Standings
1. FSL - 11-3-2
2. PBG - 8-6-2
3. SCO - 7-7-2
4. TWI - 6-8-2
5. Mag - 6-8-2

Damn, nice week FireStreetLife. Rough week for Scoops.

Scoops · Post #19 » by **Scoops** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:25 am

You can check out how the real Supercontest is going here:

http://www.lvhilton.com/Supercontest

Shows how many times each play was picked and the overall standings.

trwi7 · Post #20 » by **trwi7** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:29 am

Scoops wrote:
Mags FTW wrote:
Scoops wrote:Petyton doesn't lose in September or to the Texans.

trwi7 wrote:
trwi7 wrote:I wouldn't be shocked if the Texans won that game. They've played the Colts pretty tough the past couple of years even though they've lost all four games, they've lost by a total of 21 points.

O rly, you guys knew what you were talking about so much that you decided to:
trwi7 wrote:Colts

Mags FTW wrote:colts

Nice...

Excuse me. I said I wouldn't be shocked. I wasn't confident in picking that game at all. 8-)