Golden Nugget $1500 Friday Football Showdown

If available and within the rules, ALWAYS use the lockout strategy.

Odds on the Round of 8 head-to-head match-ups and for the overall winner in the Golden Nugget Contest posted by the Golden Nugget sportsbook just for fun. No betting allowed. ODDS by GOLDEN NUGGET SPORTS BOOK ========================== NOV. 1: Kenny White -140/Ron Boyles +120 NOV. 8: Steve Fezzik -140/Frank Betti +120 NOV. 15: Scott Pritchard -110/Scott Kellen -110 NOV. 22: Richie Baccellieri -220/Paul Stone +190 ODDS TO WIN IT ALL: ============= Richie Baccellieri 3/1 Steve Fezzik 4/1 Kenny White 9/2 Ron Boyles 7/1 Frank Betti 7/1 Scott Pritchard 10/1 Scott Kellen 10/1 Paul Stone 15/1 No wonder I like betting vs these guys so much. A chimp would not be a +190 dog to anyone in the field yet they made Rich Baccellieri -220 vs Paul Stone +190. I know it's for entertainment purposes only but I'd make Paul a pick-em. I'd also make everyone else in the contest a pick-em and let you lay -110 on anyone. And Richie a scant +300 to win the event? Fezzik +400? Need to check their Super Bowl future odds.

The GN should take these down immediately!!! This is ruining all the good publicity this contest has brought them to date. I may be downtown today, if so, will stop in and do a little jab punching with them.:cool: -FH- ps- downtown quite lucrative at the moment at a variety of venues.

Las Vegas Review-Journal Hosted by The Las Vegas Sportsline and airing on ESPN Radio (1100 AM, 98.9 FM) Each Friday throughout the football season, two handicappers go head to head in a bracket contest. A video version of the contest for reviewjournal.com will be shot at 12:15 p.m. Fridays at the Golden Nugget sports book. The radio show will be staged from 2 to 3 p.m. Fridays at the ESPN Radio (1100 AM, 98.9 FM) studio. SECOND-ROUND BRACKET Friday, Nov. 1 3 seed Kenny White 5-2 -------------------------- 1) Texas-San Antonio-Tulsa over 53.5 2) Eastern Michigan-Toledo over 67 3) Wisconsin-Iowa under 48.5 4) Middle Tennessee-UAB over 62 5) New Mexico-San Diego State over 56.5 6) New Mexico State-La.-Lafayette over 66 Best Bet) Texas-El Paso-Texas A&M over 76.5 6 seed Ron Boyles 3-4 ------------------------- 1) Jets +6 2) Saints-Jets under 46 3) Syracuse -4.5 4) Arkansas +8 5) Redskins +1 6) Buccaneers +16 Best Bet) Texans +2 Friday, Nov. 8 2) Steve Fezzik 5-2 vs. 7) Frank Betti 3-4 Friday, Nov. 15 4) Scott Pritchard 5-2 vs. 5) Scott Kellen 4-3 Friday, Nov. 22 1) Richie Baccellieri 6-1 vs. 8) Paul Stone 3-4

It's Frank vs. Fezzik today. Good vs. evil? Nah, but compelling for sure. I like our guy in this one.

Friday, Nov. 8 2) Steve Fezzik 1) Tulane-Texas-San Antonio under 51 2) Hawaii +17 3) Nebraska-Michigan over 57.5 4) Nevada-Colorado State over 65 5) San Diego St-San Jose St over 56 6) Wyoming +10 Best Bet) Chargers +7.5 7) Frank Betti 1) Packers -1.5 2) Virginia Tech +6.5 3) Buccaneers +2.5 4) Western Kentucky -5.5 5) Wyoming +10 6) Missouri -14 Best Bet) Titans -12 For the record, the only play I bet for real money as a straight bet and at the number listed was Wyoming +10. Also took Tenn -12.5 on the LVH lookahead 10 days ago. Everything else has been bet in a different way or at a better number. Teased TBay and GBay. Fezzik also bet Wyoming +10. I know this because we both bet it at the Nugget. He also used two of Charlies totals and a Dr Bob side (Hawaii). San Diego +7.5 is a contest play that I almost used because I knew he would use it. The juice was -120 so it's a good contest play but not sure he bet it as you can actually do as good as, or better, at a couple spots using the buy 1/2 pt option.

[QUOTE=anthony;58807]It's Frank vs. Fezzik today[/QUOTE] May the best hoodlum win.

What happens here, it appears both finish 3-4 if Frank wins with TB, both losing their best bets, who advances?

[QUOTE=Fishhead;58844]What happens here, it appears both finish 3-4 if Frank wins with TB, both losing their best bets, who advances?[/QUOTE] If TB covers, Frank advances by winning his next to last bet (Missouri - 14) where Fezzik lost his next to last bet (Wyoming +10).

Winner. Not what could be termed a glorious victory. But winner. Congrats.