My Biggest Win was my Worst Failure

So this weekend, in the realm of sports betting, was my biggest payoff so far.
After my parlay tickets were all lined up I ended up getting paid out (including getting my bets back) almost Two Hundred Bucks.
My biggest payoff before that was about $65.
How I ended up getting there was via 3 parlay cards all cashing based on the Eagles winning by 6.5 or greater (and me forgetting to hit the casino on the way to work to hedge to guarantee myself some profit).

I hit two 3 Team Parlays and a 5 team parlay
Broncos -11.5, Cowboys -7.5 and Eagles -6.5.
Chiefs +1, 49ers +5.5 and Eagles -6.5
Broncos -11.5, Cardinals -7, Packers -7.5, Seahawks -9.5 and Eagles -6.5

All that added up to me having a balance of $199 and some change in my Sports Connection (Station Casinos Sports Betting App) account.

Am I happy?  Well hell yeah I am because I started by just putting $50 bucks in the account around the start of the football season so this means that while I haven't been amazingly successful I am also not losing money.

However, I did not come here to brag about me being slightly better than break even over the course of 10 weeks.  I came here, instead, to tell you how this weekend was such a failure.

I didn't even realize it until I went over every single one of my cards.
For the record, I only had 4 other cards and a total of $35 actual money riding on Sunday.

I lost a 3 teamer which had  the Ravens, Steelers and Eagles.
I lost a 4 teamer that had the Chiefs, Packers, Steelers and Eagles.
I lost a 5 teamer that had the Broncos, Steelers, Packers, Eagles and Ravens.
I lost an 8 teamer that had the Ravens, Chiefs, Lions, Cowboys, Steelers, Falcons, 49ers and Eagles.

You all see the common denominator right?
The Steelers.
The ONLY team I picked wrong all weekend long was my own team, which I'm OK with.
I am just annoyed that I only got ONE team wrong.  Normally I have two or 3 spread out.

However, that one team cost me pretty big.
3 team payout (including getting my money back) is about 35 bucks.
4 team payout would be about 65 bucks.
5 team payout would be about 130 payout.
8 team payout would be about 750.

I missed out on about $955 extra because the Steelers Sucked it up against a team they should have beaten pretty badly.

So, instead of having an $1155 weekend I had a $200 weekend.
I want to be happy about it, I just fucking can't bring myself to do it right now.

Next week - that's where the money will be waiting for me!!!

Fame or Shame Week 9 Results

Week 9 is in the books and this time almost everyone actually picked a winner.
Tony decided to go against the evil empire and pick the Broncos to crush the Patriots and we see how that worked out and two guys were foolish enough to believe that the 49ers are a powerhouse and would destroy an in division opponent.
Nobody went with the Mighty Miami Dolphins who would have given you a 47 point boost, 23 points more than the next best coach and automatic contention.

Bill R pulled back into 2nd place, but the battle is tight.

W1-8		W9	Score	Points	Total
167	Serge	Chiefs	W24-10	24	191
150	Bill R	Bengals	W33-23	20	170
152	Craig T	Seahawks	W30-24	16	168
149	Nick G	Seahawks	W30-24	16	165
136	Jake	Chiefs	W24-10	24	160
139	Craig O	Bengals	W33-23	20	159
134	Sergio	Chiefs	W24-10	24	158
135	Randy	Bengals	W33-23	20	155
131	Joe G	Chiefs	W24-10	24	155
118	Mauri	Bengals	W33-23	20	138
97	Bosko	Chiefs	W24-10	24	121
95	Old Man	Chiefs	W24-10	24	119
102	Jason R	Seahawks	W30-24	16	118
107	Steph T	49ers	L10-13	(3)	104
64	Stephanie	Bengals	W33-23	20	84
52	Rob L	Seahawks	W30-24	16	68
48	Mike T	Seahawks	W30-24	16	64
41	Spank	Bengals	W33-23	20	61
39	Claudia	Bengals	W33-23	20	59
39	Bill M	Bengals	W33-23	20	59
48	Tony V	Broncos	L21-43	(22)	26
12	Jason D	No Pick	Tie	0	12
3	Carnell	49ers	L10-13	(3)	0

Fame or Shame Week 9 picks

Serge	Chiefs
Craig T	Seahawks
Bill R	Bengals
Nick G	Seahawks
Craig O	Bengals
Jake	Chiefs
Randy	Bengals
Sergio	Chiefs
Joe G	Chiefs
Mauri	Bengals
Steph T	49ers
Jason R	Seahawks
Bosko	Chiefs
Old Man	Chiefs
Stephanie	Bengals
Rob L	Seahawks
Tony V	Broncos
Mike T	Seahawks
Spank	Bengals
Claudia	Bengals
Bill M	Bengals
Jason D
Carnell	49ers

Fame or Shame Week 8 Results

When your top 6 teams all pick losers and not much changes you know they had a good lead over the rest of the pack.
However, Nick and his pick of the Cheifs boosted him the whole way up to 4th place and in contention.
Randy and Sergio picking the Dolphins put them back into the thick of things as well.

The Surprise is Mauri who was almost a the bottom just a few weeks ago is now sitting in 10th position and ready to strike after picking the Patriots

W8	Score	Points	Total
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	167	Serge
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	152	Craig T
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	150	Bill R
Chiefs	W 34-7	37	149	Nick G
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	139	Craig O
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	136	Jake
Dolphins	W 27-13	24	135	Randy
Dolphins	W 27-13	24	134	Sergio
Cardinals	W 24-20	14	131	Joe G
Patriots	W 51-23	38	118	Mauri
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	107	Steph T
Colts	L 34-51	(17)	102	Jason R
Dolphins	W 27-13	24	97	Bosko
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	95	Old Man
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	64	Stephanie
Browns	W 23-13	20	52	Rob L
Chargers	L 21-35	(14)	48	Tony V
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	48	Mike T
Browns	W 23-13	20	41	Spank
Colts	L 34-51	(17)	39	Claudia
Dolphins	W 27-13	24	39	Bill M
No Pick	Tie	0	12	Jason D
Cardinals	W 24-20	14	3	Carnell

Fame or Shame Week 8

Welcome to Dallas Cowboys Week.

It's not until after the top 5 that anyone has a chance to catch up, will it be the right move to go with a different team or will the top 5 pull further ahead?

	W8
Serge	Cowboys
Craig T	Cowboys
Bill R	Cowboys
Craig O	Cowboys
Jake	Cowboys
Jason R	Colts
Joe G
Nick G	Chiefs
Randy	Dolphins
Sergio	Dolphins
Steph T	Cowboys
Old Man	Cowboys
Mauri	Patriots
Bosko	Dolphins
Stephanie	Cowboys
Tony V	Chargers
Claudia	Colts
Mike T	Cowboys
Rob L	Browns
Spank	Browns
Bill M	Dolphins
Jason D	No Pick
Carnell

Fame or Shame Week 7 results

So here are the week 7 results and current standings.

First I want to give a big shout out to the Seattle Seahawks for being picked by 4 of the top 6 teams (including the guy who was temporarily ahead of me for a whole one week) and allowing me to re-take 1st place.
Seattle was my 12th man this week.

Second, I want to thank the Browns for being the Browns.  Destroying my team one game and then losing to one of the worst teams in the league the next.  That win over Pittsburgh was so decisive that it caused a few people to actually pick you this week and you totally cost them big time.

To Carnell for picking the Texans because he forgot to pick this weekend and then decided that Pittsburgh sucks.  Carnell, you are in last place.  You are the only guy still in the negative.
You are losing to a guy who hasn't made a pick in multiple weeks and once picked a team on a buy week.  Carnell - You Suck :)

week 7	Score	Points	Total
Cowboys	W 31-21	20	170	Serge
Packers	W 38-17	31	155	Craig T
Seahawks	L 26-28	(2)	153	Bill R
Seahawks	L 26-28	(2)	142	Craig O
Seahawks	L 26-28	(2)	139	Jake
Patriots	W 27-25	12	119	Jason R
Seahawks	L 26-28	(2)	117	Joe G
Patriots	W 27-25	12	112	Nick G
Patriots	W 27-25	12	111	Randy
Cardinals	W 24-13	21	110	Sergio
Packers	W 38-17	31	110	Steph T
Patriots	W 27-25	12	98	Old Man
Cowboys	W 31-21	20	80	Mauri
Cardinals	W 24-13	21	73	Bosko
Seahawks	L 26-28	(2)	67	Stephanie
Chargers	L 20-23	(3)	62	Tony V
Ravens	W 29-7	32	56	Claudia
Seahawks	L 26-28	(2)	51	Mike T
Browns	L 24-6	(18)	32	Rob L
Browns	L 24-6	(18)	21	Spank
Browns	L 24-6	(18)	15	Bill M
No Pick	Tie	0	12	Jason D
Texans	L 23-30	(7)	(11)	Carnell