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Hannibal Barca is feasting successful the Circa Sports Million.
Not lone is that entrant starring the contention astatine 29-6, but 2 different entries nether that sanction are tied for 4th astatine 27-8.
The apical 50 places are paid. The victor gets $1 million, and 2nd done seventh places person a six-figure payout, truthful Hannibal Barca could currency aggregate checks astatine the extremity of the contest.
Each week, I’ll way the large handicapping contests and item my advancement (ugh). Here’s however the contests basal aft Week 7:
Circa Sports Million III
Format: Contestants prime 5 NFL games against the dispersed each week ($1,000 per entry).
Field: 4,087 entries.
Leader: One introduction (Hannibal Barca) astatine 29-6.
Barnes’ status: 2-3 past week, 15-19-1 overall, tied for 3,362nd. Winners connected Bengals +6½ and Colts +4, and losers connected Panthers -3, Falcons -2½ and Eagles +3.
Circa Survivor
Format: Contestants prime 1 straight-up NFL victor each week (each squad tin beryllium utilized lone once) and are eliminated with a nonaccomplishment ($1,000 per entry).
Field: 4,080 entries, but Circa added $1.92 cardinal to the prize excavation to scope the $6 cardinal guarantee.
Leaders: 2,131 survivors advance. Week 7 eliminated 93 entries — 66 connected the Broncos, 14 connected the Panthers, six connected the 49ers, 2 connected the Broncos, 2 connected the Chiefs and 1 connected the Dolphins, positive 2 entries who forgot to marque a selection.
Barnes’ status: Alive, aft the Cardinals bushed the Texans 31-5.
Westgate SuperContest
Format: Contestants prime 5 NFL games against the dispersed each week ($1,000 per entry).
Field: 1,972 entries.
Leader: One introduction (Wolfgang) astatine 26-8-1.
Barnes’ status: 2-3 past week, 16-18-1 overall, tied for 1,288th. Winners connected Bengals +6½ and Colts +4, and losers connected Panthers -3, Falcons -2½ and Eagles +3.
Westgate SuperContest Gold
Format: Same arsenic the SuperContest, but with a $5,000 buy-in and the victor taking all.
Field: 87 entries.
Leader: One introduction (Brooklyn Dodgers) astatine 24-10-1.
Barnes’ status: Not entered.
Station Last Man Standing
Format: Contestants prime 1 crippled against the dispersed each week. Entries outgo $25, but the maximum $100 gets 5 entries. There are abstracted pro and assemblage contests. Winner takes each — $150,000 successful the pro contest, $100,000 successful the college.
Entries: Pro — 37 live retired of starting 6,241; assemblage — 16 live retired of 3,075.
Barnes’ status: Done. Eliminated from pro contention successful Week 5; eliminated from assemblage successful Week 3.
William Hill College Pick’em
Format: Contestants prime 8 assemblage games against the dispersed each week ($1,000 per entry).
Field: 452 entries, but an other $548,000 added to the prize excavation to scope the $1 cardinal guarantee.
Leaders: Two entries (CastleRocker and 1 with nary sanction given) astatine 37-19.
Barnes’ status: All but done aft going 2-6 past week to autumn to 27-29 overall. Winners connected Wisconsin -3½ and Ohio State -20½, and losers connected Northwestern +23½, Army +3½, Iowa State -7½, Boston College +6½, South Carolina +21½ and Georgia Tech +7½.
William Hill Pro Pick’em
Format: Contestants prime 15 NFL straight-up winners (or selected totals) each week ($25 per entry). There are play and seasonlong prizes.
Field: 7,316 entries.
Season leaders: Two entries (no names given) astatine 79-26.
Weekly winners: Two entries (no names given) went 15-0 and divided $10,000.
Barnes’ status: 10-5 past week, 65-40 overall.
Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge
Format: Contestants prime 7 NFL and/or assemblage games against the dispersed each week ($1,000 to enter).
Field: 149 entries.
Leaders: Three entries (Kris Barr, Spartan 71 and The Syndicate) astatine 33-16.
Barnes’ status: Not entered.
Contact Jim Barnes astatine jbarnes@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-383-0277. Follow @JimBarnesLV connected Twitter.
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