NBA Handicapping Contest: Nov., $5,000, FREE

Contest Rules

Place	Prize	Rollover
1	$2250	5X
2	$1250	5X
3	$750	5X
4	$500	5X
5	$250	5X

Each sportsbook account required represents 20% of the prize. In order to win full listed prizes, you MUST submit all sportsbooks PRIOR to making one pick in the contest. If you enter free play, or a wrong account, you will NOT be permitted to change this account to the correct one under absolutely any circumstance.

Minimum 45 picks
Maximum 60 picks
Five 3-unit Best Bets.
If you make 55 picks without using a Best Bet, the last 5 will automatically be Best Bets. This mean there's NO penalty regarding best bets..........
In the event of any tie, tiebreaker will be determined by the average number of action points your Best Bets covered the spread by.

Contest Format:	Pool
Start Date:	Sun, November, 1, 2009
End Date:	Mon, November, 30, 2009
Max Plays:	60
Min Plays:	45
Bet Range:	1
Base Betting:	Yes
BestBets Required:	5
BestBet Multiplier Value:	3
Show Pending:	No
Grading Method:	Net Units
Grand Prize:	$5,000.00

Sport Leagues	Sides	ML	Totals
NBA	yes	no	yes

Group Record

WLT: 7331-7054-203
Percent: 50.96 %
Units: -153.71
Completed Plays

Leaderboard

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Rank	Name	Record	Win Percent	Units	Streak	Pending
1	SportsLockPicks	32-17-1	65.31 %	+24.12	W 1	$2,250.00
2	jonmic	30-17-0	63.83 %	+20.33	L 1	$1,250.00
3	BadBeatBodog	30-19-1	61.22 %	+17.45	L 2	$750.00
4	PureGuava	34-26-0	56.67 %	+16.94	L 2	$500.00
5	kipper32	37-21-2	63.79 %	+16.84	L 1	$250.00
6	vassman86	36-24-0	60.00 %	+16.17	W 2	-
7	Mudcat	33-27-0	55.00 %	+14.73	W 1	-
8	juuso	37-23-0	61.67 %	+14.66	L 2	-
9	turnip	35-25-0	58.33 %	+14.39	W 1	-
10	Flip A Coin	29-18-1	61.70 %	+14.21	L 1	-

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SportsLockPicks (8 months ago)

Thanks to the guys who appreciate a good run, and to the guys who got their balls busted with the bad beat you can rest assured I capped the snot out of those games and had more than the $2250 at risk on more than a handful of those best bets...It was more strategy than luck.

LLXC (8 months ago)

What a capping 4 day run by SportsLockPicks, including 5-1 on the last day, nailing all 5 best bets.

Nickelicious (8 months ago)

Tied for most wins in the contest and I finish 16th. Sucks to be me. At least I won the BetPhoenix NFL contest this week!

griffdog (8 months ago)

now that...is something. what a way to finish the contest, eh?

PureGuava (8 months ago)

looks like went 5-0 on his best bets tonight

LLXC (8 months ago)

Yea, very impressive.

jonmic (8 months ago)

you gotta be fucking kidding me sportslock, only 4 days of picks....damn

jonmic (8 months ago)

too bad $2250 would of been nice

kipper32 (8 months ago)

hahaha so i come 5th?

PureGuava (8 months ago)

considering thatdooddavid is disqualified for not making enough picks, it looks like I will have placed 4th!

Brakon00 (8 months ago)

looks like sportslockpicks won.....his last 2 are 2 units each and they already won..golden st. covered and went over..wow

turnip (8 months ago)

hahaha great run sportslockpicks....crazy

BadBeatBodog (8 months ago)

So bullshit. The option to let people join in the last week and completely lucksack a paying spot is a joke to everyone who toiled all month and actually needed skill to get where they are.

BadBeatBodog (8 months ago)

If sportslocks actually wins, this contest becomes a joke imo. Why let someone win based on all luck?

LLXC (8 months ago)

thatdooddavid is unfortunately 8 picks short of the minimum required.

mdemps9190 (8 months ago)

FUCK bell missing that free throw at the end of the bucks game...half a point bullshit

jonmic (8 months ago)

thank you

jonmic (8 months ago)

and i wish i would of seen that score 30 seconds earlier, wouldn't have been forced to make that last pick, now a slight chance i can lose

jonmic (8 months ago)

Nevermind, just check the score of the sixers game, i got it locked up

gel10 (8 months ago)

damn i hate bell T_T haha

jonmic (8 months ago)

maybe not, sportslocks out of nowhere

Mudcat (8 months ago)

If I am understanding the rules correctly, thatdooddavid has no way of getting to 45 picks and is disqualified. eidolon is out too.

jonmic (8 months ago)

yea that's what i was happy to see, i expected thatdood 8 plays today to really mix things up, oh well, better off for the rest of us

jonmic (8 months ago)

could this really be happening?

vassman86 (8 months ago)

Going for broke! I let my girlfriend make some picks; maybe she'll have some beginners luck!

LLXC (8 months ago)

Sorry bro, you came in 6th - just out of the $.

gel10 (8 months ago)

content on 5th place? no way! lets go for the win! 5-0 later! :)

jonmic (8 months ago)

haha

Mudcat (8 months ago)

Atta boy!

jonmic (8 months ago)

Not even sure yet how I want to play this...

Mudcat (8 months ago)

Being as I am hoping to catch you through a series of miracles, I would like you to make as many plays as possible. Thanks.

BadBeatBodog (8 months ago)

1. Place wager on favorite 2. Have them outscore the other team 33-7 in the fourth after being down 16 all game 3. ??? 4. Profit

jonmic (8 months ago)

haha i knew you would like that one

jonmic (8 months ago)

Today should be an interesting day!

turnip (8 months ago)

Wow there were 360 entries..I feel slightly better about only being 18th

yisman (8 months ago)

third place also needs 8 more picks. I'm in the black after 45 picks! Won four in a row. Still won't finish in the money, but it's better than most.

Nickelicious (8 months ago)

At least thatdood can squeeze them in, if barely. As long as he goes 3-5, he will finish in third unless gel10, vassman or mdemps is able to sweep or go 4-1 or 5-2 or 4-0 (respectively). Kipper is hoping gel10 goes 2-3 or worse, which would sneak him into at least 5th place if no one else can move up! So are jonmic and BBB willing to sit tight as they stand in 1st and 2nd? I'm guessing BBB is gonna make at least a couple picks and shoot for 1st. They both have plenty of picks to duel with!

mdemps9190 (8 months ago)

I've got a few best bets left...may throw em down tonight to sweep it up.

yisman (8 months ago)

yeah, I didn't think he'd be aware and get 8 picks in. Looks like I was right.

Nickelicious (8 months ago)

Ouch, eidolon is in the top 8 but can't get in enough picks to qualify for the contest! He will fall one game short!

eidolon (8 months ago)

kind of sick...almost hope I don't place in top 5. Same thing happened to me in one of the tournaments: http://www.sbrpicks.com/tourney/492/r-First%20Round/match10/

mdemps9190 (8 months ago)

Was pumped about my best bet with the celtics winning tonight...then I saw everyone else had them or the magic

BadBeatBodog (8 months ago)

I love losing to a furry of closing line luck.

LLXC (8 months ago)

Oh, we have a new leader.

Mudcat (8 months ago)

Well I suppose I could sit tight and see if I can hang onto 5th - or I can keep playing. May god have mercy on my picks.

LLXC (8 months ago)

Hard to say...a lot of pending today.

Mudcat (8 months ago)

Guys are closing strong. Looks like I'll be tossing up a Hail Mary tomorrow with some or all of my last 7 picks. Nice job playas.

LLXC (8 months ago)

Don't forget..."If you make 55 picks without using a Best Bet, the last 5 will automatically be Best Bets. This mean there's NO penalty regarding best bets..." Therefore, someone who went on a 5 game winning streak could have stopped making bets knowing all 5 would be counted as Best Bets. I think finally Best Bets tally will shake up the top 5.

BadBeatBodog (8 months ago)

Either I misunderstand this rule or you do. I think it means you have five best bets you can use, but you don't have to use any. If, after you've made 55 picks you haven't used any best bets, your last five picks have to be best bets (if you choose to make them).

LLXC (8 months ago)

Yea, now I'm confused.

Nickelicious (8 months ago)

BBB is right, you don't have to use best bets. But if you don't, and you get to 55 picks, your next 5 picks will automatically be best bets. The "no penalty" language means that you can theoretically play the entire contest without risking 3+ units on any bet, as long as you don't pick more than 55 games. Some people like the best bets, some people hate them. I went 2-3 on my best bets. If I had just gone 3-2, I'd have more units than BBB has right now.