Match #61 Results:
Mario 57.21%
Solid Snake 42.79%

Solid Snake gives Mario his toughest match yet, pushing him down to almost 57% but still coming nowhere near threatening him. All of the predictions were for Mario, and the consensus was an excellent Mario with 57.37%. The average score was 48.26.

Best Five Picks:
1) Ngamer64 - Mario 57.19% (+49.98)
2) ps2rulezzz - Mario 57.10% (+49.89)
3) Master Moltar - Mario 57.33% (+49.88)
4) BigtoeOfJebus - Mario 57.00% (+49.79)
5) Camden - Mario 56.99% (+49.78)

Ngamer has been on fire recently, placing 3rd in round 4 and taking the top prediction today. This is his first top 5 of the contest. Ps2rulezzz gets the second best prediction, for his fourth top 5. Master Moltar is another guy who's been doing well lately and he takes 3rd for his fifth top 5. BigtoeOfJebus shows up in the top 5 for the second time in three days and sixth this contest. Camden closes out the top 5 with his 3rd appearance of the contest.

Complete match ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=61

Current Leaderboard:
1) Xuxon - 2699.69
2) Master Moltar - 2692.90
3) Haste2 - 2688.61
4) creativename - 2685.11
5) StopPokingMe - 2684.47

No one in the top five changed position today. Although Master Moltar had the third best pick, he still hardly gained any ground on Xuxon because all the scores were so high today - everyone on the leaderboard and 9 out of the top 10 scored over 49 points.

Full standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=61

Second Half Leaderboard:
1) kawaiifan - 1328.33
2) Garsha - 1326.90
3) StopPokingMe - 1321.81
4) Yesmar - 1320.93
5) Xuxon - 1319.44

Today kawaiifan retains her lead in the second half. The only change on the second half leaderboard is Xuxon moving up into 5th place, dropping yoblazer down to 7th.

Full second half standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/divisions.php?round=part2

Final Phase Leaderboard:
1) Ngamer64 - 603.03
2) Xuxon - 602.09
3) yoblazer33 - 599.20
4) Duffer11 - 597.15
5) Camden - 596.91

Ngamer is the man of the hour, leading the final phase leaderboard (which includes everything from round 3 onward). Overall leader Xuxon is in second, which isn't surprising since he's recently taken first and built himself a lead in the overall standings. Yoblazer is third, Duffer11 is fourth, and Camden is fifth.

Full second half standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/divisions.php?round=part3
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