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Contest tracker: 2 entries still battling in Last Man Standing

No one wants to be the Second-To-Last Man Standing.

The final two entries in Station Casinos’ NFL Last Man Standing contest had winning picks last week, so the competition continues to Week 12.

The winner gets $150,000, and second place gets nothing.

Choose wisely.

Each week, I’ll track the major handicapping contests and detail my progress. Here’s how the contests stand after Week 11:

Circa Sports Million III

Format: Contestants pick five NFL games against the spread each week ($1,000 per entry).

Field: 4,087 entries.

Leader: One entry (JJarvis117) at 42-13.

Barnes’ status: 3-2 last week, 27-27-1 overall, tied for 2,301st. Winners on Colts +7, Vikings +1½ and Steelers +6½, and losers on Browns -11 and Seahawks +2.

Circa Survivor

Format: Contestants pick one straight-up NFL winner each week (each team can be used only once) and are eliminated with a loss ($1,000 per entry).

Field: 4,080 entries, but Circa added $1.92 million to the prize pool to reach the $6 million guarantee.

Leaders: 134 survivors advance. Week 11 eliminated 39 entries — 38 on the Titans and one on the Panthers.

Barnes’ status: Eliminated in Week 9 when the Bills lost to the Jaguars 9-6.

Westgate SuperContest

Format: Contestants pick five NFL games against the spread each week ($1,000 per entry).

Field: 1,972 entries.

Leaders: Two entries with 38 points, Free Tim Tebow at 37-16-2 and PackDG at 38-17.

Barnes’ status: 3-2 last week, 28-26-1 overall, tied for 710th. Winners on Colts +7, Vikings +2 and Steelers +5½, and losers on Browns -11½ and Seahawks +2½.

Westgate SuperContest Gold

Format: Same as the SuperContest, but with a $5,000 buy-in and the winner taking all.

Field: 87 entries.

Leader: One entry (Calabasas Wise Guy) at 36-17-2.

Barnes’ status: Not entered.

Station Last Man Standing

Format: Contestants select one game against the spread each week. Entries cost $25, but the maximum $100 gets five entries. There are separate pro and college contests. Winner takes all — $150,000 in the pro contest, $100,000 in the college.

Entries: Pro — Two alive out of starting 6,241; college — one winner out of 3,075 after Week 11.

Barnes’ status: Done. Eliminated from pro contest in Week 5; eliminated from college in Week 3.

William Hill Pro Pick’em

Format: Contestants pick 15 NFL straight-up winners (or selected totals) each week ($25 per entry). There are weekly and season-long prizes.

Field: 7,316 entries.

Season leader: One entry (no name given) at 115-50.

Weekly winners: Nineteen entries (no names given) went 13-2 and split $10,000, getting $526.31 each.

Barnes’ status: 7-8 last week, 96-69 overall.

Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge

Format: Contestants pick seven NFL and/or college games against the spread each week ($1,000 to enter).

Field: 149 entries.

Leaders: One entry (CrimsonTideSuperFan) at 48-29.

Barnes’ status: Not entered.

COMPLETED CONTESTS

William Hill College Pick’em

Format: Contestants pick eight college games against the spread each week for 10 weeks ($1,000 per entry).

Field: 452 entries, but an extra $548,000 added to the prize pool to reach the $1 million guarantee.

Winners: Two entries (CastleRocker and Heatwave) tied at 51-29 and split the first prize, getting $325,000 each.

Barnes’ status: Finished 39-41, tied for 176th.

Contact Jim Barnes at jbarnes@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0277. Follow @JimBarnesLV on Twitter.

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