We are really close. Looking forward to seeing you. Typing from the flight, so far so good.

Paul

Good luck guys, I'm rooting for a DTer to take this thing down!

Hoosier Ohio Ken. Text me your last name so I can save you a seat.

I saw on Twitter that Dan Kovalesky who is a member here won the last chance tournament. The DT contingent is off to a fast start. Congrats Dan and good luck to all the DT'ers this weekend.

Nice! Good Luck to all the DT'ers! :)

Dan blew the field away today. Nice start indeed.

Paul

Wish all of you the best of luck!

Have fun!

Spyder from SC

wish you were here Nick....I got the room by the train tracks this time :D

Hey thanks guys. Starting to get dialed in today. Good Luck to everyone who's playing today!

Great job Dan...good luck, looks like Gulfstream will be wet and nasty today :(

Good Luck to all the DT'ers....Hope all the photos go your way!!

Good luck guys!!

I'm sorry to hear that Billy, that drove me nuts last year! That damn thing comes through about every 40 minutes or so all night.

Best of luck over these next few days! I miss not being there this year but fully intend to get my way back there next year.

And as I live somewhere in the middle of you two on the MA/NH border - I guess have my rooting interests for the weekend!

Good luck to you guys and all the DT'ers. Enjoying the coverage from Vegas so far from Matt Bernier and Co.

1 PHIL BONGIOVANNI-1 200
2 DAN CAMORO-1 166.6
3 JOE PERRY-1 156.8
4 JIM O'NAIL-1 149.7
5 CHERYL MCINTYRE-2 147.6
6 ROBERT FELTY-1 144.8
7 CHARLIE DAVIS-2 140.2
8 ROGER CETTINA-2 139.2
9 GAYLORD GRUNDY-1 138.8
10 CHARLES HOGAN-1 132.5
11 SEAN NOLAN-2 130.9
12 MIKE MARTIN-1 130.8
13 ROB LLOYD-1 129.2
14 JOE PERRY-2 128
15T MATTHEW RENTZE-2 126.4
15T MARC RACENSTEIN-1 126.4
17 JOE VIDA-1 126
18 RAY ARSENAULT-2 125.4
19 PAUL WEIZER-1 124.6
20 JOSH MONTES-1 124.4
21 JEANNIE KING-1 122.7
22 STANLEY BAVLISH-1 122.4
23 STEVE BRAGG-1 121.6
24 DYLAN MCINTOSH-1 116.2
25 FRANK MUSTARI-2 115.8
26 HOWARD WELSH-1 114.8
27 JONATHON KINCHEN-2 113.1
28 VIC STAUFFER-1 112.9
29 MICHELLE PODRATZ-1 110.6
30 DOUGLAS DRAPER-1 110.3
31 DANA REISS-1 109.9
32 CHRISTOPHER PODRATZ-2 109.7
33 LEONARD PETERSON-1 109.5
34 FRANK MUSTARI-1 109.4
35T BRETT WIENER-1 106.6
35T LAWRENCE KAHLDEN-2 106.6
37 MICHAEL GUADAGNO-1 106.2
38 ROBERT MOORE-1 105.3
39 MICHAEL FERROZZO-1 105
40T VINCE CARCO-1 103.8
40T ROBERT BRENDLER-1 103.8
42 MARK RUDY-1 103.6
43 PAUL VISKOVICH-1 103.4
44 NOEL PINK-1 103.1
45 JONATHON KINCHEN-1 102.6
46 JENNIFER PRINCE-1 101.2
47 RICHARD GOODALL-2 99.2
48 ZACHERY MCLEAOD-1 99.1
49T BRIAN HERRITY-2 98
49T MICHAEL BEYCHOK-1 98
51 DUKE MATTIES-2 97.9
52 WAYNE ATWELL-1 97.6
53 WILLIAM SHURMAN-2 95.4
54 TERRY FLANAGAN-1 95
55 DON ALLEN-1 94.8
56 WENDY LONG-2 94.6
57 NICHOLAS TAMMARO-1 94.5
58 WAYNE KWAN-1 94.4
59 DAVID SNYDER-1 93.8
60 BOB WEIR-1 93.1
61 JOHN WILHELM-1 92.6
62 DAN SHUGAR-1 92.4
63T CARLOS SOTO-1 92.2
63T CHRISTOPHER LARMEY-1 92.2
63T FRANK GRYBOSKI JR.-1 92.2
66 MIKE SUPERSTEIN-1 91.8
67 JASON LANE-1 91.6
68 JACQUELINE SUKANICK-2 90.6
69 ERNEST POWERS-1 90
70 VAUGHN BAIR-2 89.9
71 ED PETERS-1 89.7
72 ROBERT GILBERT-2 89.6
73 PAUL MATTIES-1 89
74 HENRY UFFMAN-1 88.9
75 PHIL HOEDEBECK-1 88.8
76T NUNZIO MANIACI -1 88.4
76T MICHAEL MCKAY-1 88.4
78T ROBERT ENGELHARD-1 87.9
78T BRENDAN FAY-1 87.9
80 BOB WEIR-2 87.4
81 WENDY LONG-1 87.3
82T CLINT LITTLEJOHN-1 86.8
82T CURTIS MEYER-1 86.8
84 SANDRA PENNAMEN-1 86.5
85 DAVID SULLIVAN-1 86.4
86 STEVE NEMETZ-2 86.1
87 WILLIAM HOLMES-1 85.6
88T ROCKY HARDY-1 84.4
88T HOWARD MEYERS-1 84.4
90 BERNARD REILLY-1 84.3
91 GARETT SKIBA-1 83.8
92T JEFF EINARDT-1 83.6
92T ROGER L'ABBE-1 83.6
94 GEORGE HENNING-1 83.4
95T GEORGE CHUTE-1 83.3
95T MATTHEW RANSDELL-1 83.3
97 LLOYD YAZBEK-1 82.6
98T JOE STEINBERG-1 82.4
98T TIMOTHY JACOBS-1 82.4
100T JON VAN NIEL-1 82
100T JEFFREY COLEMAN-1 82
102 JOE KOURY-1 81.8
103 PHIL LAM-2 81.5
104 SALLY GOODALL-2 80.8
105 CRAIG KAUFMAN-1 80.6
106 ROGER CETTINA-1 80.2
107T DANNY COPELAND-1 79.8
107T TERRY JERGE-1 79.8
107T JIM GOODMAN-1 79.8
110 VIC STAUFFER-2 79.7
111 ROBERT SCHNEIDER-1 79.4
112 ART TAYLOR-1 79.3
113T DENNIS ERWOOD-1 79.2
113T PAUL SHURMAN-1 79.2
115 ERIC BOYD-1 78.2
116T ROBERT MATHEWS-1 78
116T BRIAN KUBIK-1 78
118T ROBERT CARLSON-1 77.8
118T JOHN O'Neil-2 77.8
120T CRAIG HOM-1 77.6
120T KENNETH MCMAHAN-1 77.6
122 EDWARD RAMSEY-1 77.2
123 CHRISTOPHER YU-1 77
124 SARAH WIENER-1 76.9
125 FRED MESEKE-1 76.4
126 GWYN HOUSTON-1 76
127 EDWARD LAWLESS-1 75.8
128 TOM BOLEK-2 75.5
129 ROBERT DIFUSCO-1 75.2
130T WILL NEFZGER-1 74.8
130T BEN GIBSON-1 74.8
132 BILL WILLIS-1 74.4
133 GARY WRIGHT-1 74.2
134T ROCKY HARDY-2 74
134T MARK STANTON-2 74
136T PAUL CALTAGIRONE-1 73.8
136T CHARLES PETTERS-1 73.8
138T MARK MCGUIRE-1 73.6
138T RANDY BAUER-1 73.6
138T EUGENE SPRUCK-1 73.6
141T BART POWELL-1 73
141T STEVEN MELL-1 73
143T TIM MOLINE-1 72.4
143T KEITH CASTLEBURY-1 72.4
145 JIM MEEKS-1 71.5
146 MATTHEW ACHE-1 71.4
147 LEIGH VANWINKLE-2 70.6
148T MARK STANTON-1 70.4
148T ANTHONY KITE-1 70.4
148T DAN KAPLAN-1 70.4
151 MICHAEL MARLAIRE-1 70.1
152 CHARLES DARNELL-1 70
153 TOM LUDT-1 69.9
154 DENNIS DECAUWER-1 69.8
155T G.T. NIXON-1 68.4
155T JOHN KAISER-1 68.4
155T JIM MEEKS-2 68.4
155T ROBERT CHOW-1 68.4
155T JOHN NICHOLS-2 68.4
160 MIKE ELSASS-1 68.2
161 FRANK FOSS-1 67.9
162 PETER PELTIER-1 67.8
163 MCKAY SMITH-2 67.2
164 LOUIS CONSTAN-1 66.7
165 EDWARD LAMBERT-1 66.6
166 BRENT SUMJA-1 66.3
167 GENE CAHALAN-2 65.8
168 TOM BOLEK-1 65.5
169T GARY GRISTICK-1 65.4
169T JOHN NICHOLS-1 65.4
169T LEANDRO TOMAS-1 65.4
172 WILLIAM ORTEGA-1 64.9
173T LEN HANSON-1 64.4
173T PAUL VINGES-1 64.4
173T SHELDON USPRECH-1 64.4
176T FRANK PETRINO-1 64
176T MARK FELD-1 64
176T CHARLIE DAVIS-1 64
176T BILL CHENVERT-1 64
176T RONALD MEISTER-1 64
181T DAVID GUTFREUND-1 63.8
181T DAVID GUTFREUND-2 63.8
181T SCOTT BARSHACK-1 63.8
184 RYAN LEEPER-1 63.4
185 PAT STICH-1 63
186 GARY JOHNSON-2 62.9
187 BROOKS SCHULER-1 62.8
188 DANIEL KOVALESKY-1 62.7
189 LISA BLEVINS-1 62.6
190 GEOFFREY SCHUTT-1 62
191T LINDA RODRIGUEZ-1 61.9
191T GERALD NABER-1 61.9
191T KEVIN WILLETT-1 61.9
194 DONALD LASETER-1 61.8
195 MARK HOLMES-1 61.4
196T TOMMY MASSIS-1 61.3
196T MICHAEL MCINTYRE-1 61.3
198 JIM SEBES-1 60.8
199T KEVIN GERAGHTY-2 60.6
199T JOE ACCAVALLO-1 60.6
199T JOHN FARRAR-1 60.6
202 DANIEL HAWKINS-1 60.4
203 GENE CAHALAN-1 60
204 JOHN STRICHEK-1 59.6
205 KENNETH JORDAN-1 59.2
206 DAN FLANIGAN-2 59
207 PETER ROGERS-1 58.6
208 GARY HOLLANDER-1 58.4
209 JOHN AGNELLO-1 58.2
210 JOHN CILIA-1 58
211 MARSHALL GRAMM-1 57.8
212T BRIAN AGEE-1 57.6
212T RAYMOND RILEY-1 57.6
212T CHARLES NELSON-1 57.6
212T MICHAEL MARLAIRE-2 57.6
216 ALBERT TIERNAN-1 57.4
217 MICHAEL SWEENEY-1 57.3
218T LAWRENCE HARNED-1 57.2
218T CHERYL MCINTYRE-1 57.2
220 GUY HOLLOWAY-1 57.1
221 KEVIN COX-1 56.8
222 ROSS GALLO-1 56.6
223T FLORINE SIMA-1 56.4
223T MICHAEL FERROZZO-2 56.4
223T EDMUND TEICHT-1 56.4
226 DAN FLANIGAN-1 56.2
227T MITCH SCHUMAN-1 56
227T GARY MACHIZ-1 56
229 TONY CALABRESE-1 55.9
230T GENE DAVENPORT-1 55.8
230T BRETT WORKMAN-1 55.8
232 DAVID WILGANOWSKI-1 55.7
233T AL SQUILLANTE-1 55.4
233T PAUL WEIZER-2 55.4
235 BASIL DEVITO-1 55.2
236T DAVID ABRAMS-1 55
236T THOMAS BUECHLER-1 55
236T TANYA TAYLOR-2 55
239T JOE PETTIT-2 54.6
239T MARTY QUINN-1 54.6
241 PAUL CALTAGIRONE-2 54.3
242T LORNE WEISS-1 54.2
242T JAMES NACE-1 54.2
244 BLAKE JESSEE-1 54
245T MIKE BRADY-1 53.8
245T ANGELO D'AGUI-1 53.8
245T KEN SEEMAN-2 53.8
248T CLYDE ATKINSON-1 53.2
248T TANYA TAYLOR-1 53.2
250 JEANNIE KING-2 53

Steve live program was great, post the scoreboard link please.
Thanks driving back to heaven from Texas to Louisiana

Joe..

THX.. Glad you enjoyed. 10 hours of coverage yet to come.

Leaderboard on front page at www.ntra.com. Nearly live scoring once mandatories start.

JMS making noise!

After the 4th mandatory some DTer's I am seeing doing well.

Ed Peters (Fantini) in 30th

Nick Tammaro in 34th

Vic Stauffer in 47th

Paul Weizer in 49th

Jim Sebes in 54th

I hope I didn't miss anyone, but being in the top 50 at end of today huge as those are the ones that go on to tomorrow.

Rooting hard for Jim to get into that top 50! Good Luck guys!

It's the top 10% this year 63 people advance.

I was not aware of that, thanks. I hope that these guys had that 25-1 bomb at Gulfstream.

Cheap speed... In 28th 3 hours ago and now out..... Time to hit the craps tables !!!

1 DAVID GUTFREUND-2 237
2 RAY ARSENAULT-2 236.4
3 DAVID SULLIVAN-1 235
4 CHARLIE DAVIS-2 232.6
5 PHIL BONGIOVANNI-1 224.4
6 PAUL MATTIES-1 223.9
7 ROBERT ENGELHARD-1 219.7
8 DAN CAMORO-1 213.6
9 JOE PERRY-2 213
10 JEFF EINARDT-1 211.4
11T TERRY JERGE-1 210.2
11T ROGER CETTINA-2 210.2 (Horse Owner with Chuck)
13 KEITH CASTLEBURY-1 207
14 JOSH MONTES-1 206.8
15 STANLEY BAVLISH-1 206
16 JOE VIDA-1 204.7
17 JIM O'NAIL-1 201.9
18 ROBERT GILBERT-2 201.3
19 SEAN NOLAN-2 199.9
20 ZACHERY MCLEAOD-1 199.7
21 CHARLES DARNELL-1 198.6
22 JOE PERRY-1 198.3
23 ROBERT DIFUSCO-1 197
24 STEVEN DECASPERS-2 196.8
25T EUGENE SPRUCK-1 195.8
25T PETER DEYS-1 195.8
27 JOHN MEYER-1 194.9
28 FRANK MUSTARI-2 194.3
29 DYLAN MCINTOSH-1 193.8
30 DUKE MATTIES-2 192.9
31 MICHAEL GUADAGNO-1 190
32 PHIL LAM-2 189.4
33 PAT CRONIN-1 187
34 MARK RUDY-1 185.6
35 MARK STANTON-1 185.5
36 JOHN DOWNIE-1 185.4
37 BASIL DEVITO-1 184.8
38 ERNEST POWERS-1 183.7
39 BRIAN HERRITY-2 183.5
40 WILLIAM SHURMAN-2 183.4
41 MARK RICHARDS-1 182.7
42 MIKE ELSASS-1 182.3
43 MICHAEL FERROZZO-1 181
44 ED REIDY-2 180.8
45 GAYLORD GRUNDY-1 180
46 CHRISTOPHER SKOTZ-1 179.6
47 TANYA TAYLOR-2 179.4
48 KENNETH JORDAN-1 176.4
49 BOB WEIR-1 175.9
50 BLAKE JESSEE-1 175.8
51 MICHAEL MCKAY-1 175.6
52 RONALD GOLEMI-1 174.5
53 BRENDAN FAY-1 174.3
54 SCOTT BARSHACK-1 174.2
55T RICK BROTH-1 173.8
55T ERIC LANGE-2 173.8
57 MATTHEW ACHE-1 173.1
58 LEONARD PETERSON-1 172.9
59 PAUL WEIZER-1 172.8
60T ALBERT TIERNAN-1 171.7
60T WILLIAM ORTEGA-1 171.7
62 GARY WRIGHT-1 171.2
63 RANDY BAUER-1 170
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64 MICHELLE PODRATZ-1 169.8
65 JEFF ARTHUR-1 169.3
66 AMY BRANTLEY-1 167.7
67 CHARLES HOGAN-1 167.2
68 CHERYL MCINTYRE-2 166.8
69 JOE KOURY-1 166.6
70 VAUGHN BAIR-2 166.5
71T MIKE MARTIN-1 166.4
71T TIM HOLLAND-1 166.4
73 PETER PELTIER-1 166.2
74 BILL WILLIS-1 166
75 MARC RACENSTEIN-1 165.7
76 DON ALLEN-1 165.6
77 BILL RENDINO-1 165.2
78 STEPHEN MCNATTON-1 164.4
79 DAMIAN RONCEVICH-1 164.2
80T WILLIAM HOLMES-1 163.3
80T DEREK DEUTSCH-1 163.3
82 PHIL HOEDEBECK-1 161.2
83 DANA REISS-1 161.1
84 DAN SHUGAR-1 160.8
85 ERIC BOYD-1 160.6
86T JIM SEBES-1 159
86T LINDA RODRIGUEZ-2 159
88 GARETT SKIBA-1 158.2
89T GENE CAHALAN-1 158
89T EDWARD LAWLESS-1 158
91 WYATT ROSETTE-1 157.8
92T DANIEL EDWARDS-2 157.4
92T NUNZIO MANIACI -1 157.4
94 LINDA RODRIGUEZ-1 156.9
95 KEVIN WILLETT-1 155.4
96 MARK FELD-1 154.6
97 STEVE BRAGG-1 154.4
98 TONY BRICE-1 154.2
99 DEREK ISENBERG-1 153.8
100 JIM MEEKS-1 153.7

#3 David Sullivan and #78 Steve McNatton at our table......David was very quiet for two days, hardly spoke at all, finally started smiling with the last two races left.

Great job Paul and all the others that made it into the semi-final...good luck today

I hope you did well on the tables. Go get him today guys!

Best of luck to Paul to get to the final table!

Thanks everybody. I made a bit of a run but just missed the final table by $15.

I ended up 18th overall and won $18,800. Not a bad weekend.

Paul

Nice Work, Paul. Congrats!

Congratulations, Paul! Very impressive showing!

Awesome work!!

Great job Paul !!! And kudos to Steve the coverage was awesome !!! Thx.

NHC Veteran Takes Home $800K First Prize, Horseplayer of the Year Eclipse

LAS VEGAS (Saturday, January 30, 2016) – Paul Matties of Ballston Spa, N.Y., topped a field of 629 entries to win the $800,000 first-place prize and an Eclipse Award as Horseplayer of the Year at this weekend’s 17th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship (NHC) presented by Racetrack Television Network and Treasure Island Las Vegas. The NHC offered record overall cash and prizes totaling $2,778,760.

The 46-year-old Matties (b. Nov. 19, 1969) amassed a winning score of $399.50 over the three-day tournament from 53 mythical $2 Win and Place bets – 18 each on Thursday and Friday, 10 in Saturday morning’s Semifinals round and seven in the dramatic Final Table contest exclusive to the overall top 10.

Roger Cettina of Rumson, N.J., was NHC runner-up for the second time (he also did it in 2013) with $389.10, good for $250,000, as well as a $25,000 bonus and berth into next year’s NHC 18 as the highest finisher among the 2015 NHC Tour top 20. He was followed by 36-year-old Charlie Davis of Tennessee ($340.60 final bankroll; $125,000 prize) in third and the winner’s brother, Duke Matties ($337.30; $100,000) of Laguna Beach, Calif., in fourth.

The official Top 10, with final bankroll (and prize):

First – Paul Matties, $399.50 ($800,000 and Eclipse Award)
Second – Roger Cettina, $389.10 ($250,000)
Third – Charlie Davis, $340.60 ($125,000)
Fourth – Duke Matties, $337.30 ($100,000)
Fifth – David Gutfreund, $331.80 ($75,000)
Sixth – Joe Perry, $319.40 ($65,000)
Seventh – Peter Deys, $307.80 ($59,000)
Eighth – Ernie Powers, $304.90 ($54,000)
Ninth – Stanley Bavlish, $284.20 ($52,000)
Tenth – Mark Richards $283.20 ($50,000)

Matties first assumed the lead during the Semifinals round with a $47 winner, R B Rainbow Dash, in the sixth race from Tampa Bay Downs. Coupled with the $17.20 place money, the $59.20 added to his bankroll boosted Matties from third to first.

“I was down to two horses and my brother Duke and I watched the replay three times and I switched from the six to the seven,” he said.

Matties maintained his lead throughout the Final Table round. In the seven mandatory races that made up the Final Table he cashed in two of them – Risetotheoccasion ($17.60 to win, $5.40 to place) in Oaklawn’s seventh and Sevens ($8.40 to place) in Gulfstream Park’s 12th.

“Horseplayers always think they’re smarter and better than everybody else so to beat all the smartest people in the world, what an honor,” cracked Matties.

Paul Matties, a frequent NHC qualifier, is the older of the Matties brothers by three years. They have another brother, Gregg Matties, a trainer in New York, and father Chick Matties was a racing enthusiast who won the inaugural Horse Player World Series handicapping contest.

“My brother Duke’s the greatest,” Matties said. “He was rooting for me more than he was rooting for himself the whole time. I’ve never seen him so nervous.”

Matties, who qualified on HorsePlayersQualify.com, likes to say he took his first steps at the Great Barrington Fair meet in Western Massachusetts. He’s the father of three sons, one of whom, Wynn, is autistic.

“Nothing has been more satisfying than to witness and help my oldest son to become one of the kindest and sweetest people you would ever want to meet,” he said.

Matties has made handicapping his career, first calculating speed figures for Andy Beyer Associates and later in a key role with NHPlay, a boutique account wagering platform and horseplayer service company.

By virtue of his victory, Matties also automatically earns an exemption into next year’s NHC finals.

The NHC was held for the fifth straight year in the Treasure Island ballroom and will return to Treasure Island for NHC 18 in January 2017.

Stanley Bavlish was attempting to become the first two-time NHC winner but checked in ninth. The 2001 NHC hero Brian Troop’s eighth-place finish last year remains the highest ever by a former champion.

In the NHC Future Wager offered by Treaure Island’s race book, Matties closed at 50-1, returning $102 on a $2 wager.

The NHC 17 finals awarded cash to the top 63 finishers (the top 10 percent overall) from a total purse of $2,304,760. An additional $50,000 went to the top 20 in today’s Consolation Tournament. Including $250,000 paid out to top finishers in the year-long NHC Tour, a $100 TI casino chip for every entrant, NHC Tour travel awards, RTN subscriptions and the $10,000 charity tournament prize, plus $30,000 worth of Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge entries, the aggregate value of payouts this weekend in NHC cash and prizes totaled a record $2,778,760.

To reach the Semifinals, the record 629 NHC entrants were required to place 36 mythical $2 Win and Place wagers – 18 on Thursday and 18 on Friday. This is the third consecutive year with a three-day format including the Semifinals and Final Table.

Final Table participants were relocated to a single table on the stage of the Treasure Island ballroom that serves as NHC headquarters.

Full standings can be viewed online at NTRA.com, where the homepage features a scrolling leaderboard and sortable/searchable standings of the entire field.

The 2015 NHC Tour winner Jonathon Kinchen, who was eligible for a $2 million bonus if he could top the NHC, had two entries that each finished outside of the Semifinals cutline.

Final Table Race Results

Race Winner (Win-Place) Second (Place)

Gulfstream 10 6-Pricedtoperfection ($11.40, $5) 7-Spinamiss ($10.40)

Fair Grounds 6 1-Aqtaar ($4.80, $3.40) 6-Cruachan ($5.40)

Oaklawn 7 3-Risetotheoccasion ($17.60, $5.40) 12-Wabel ($3.40)

Gulfstream 12 4-El Ciclon ($24, $11.40) 3-Sevens ($8.40)

Santa Anita 7 7-Velvet Mesquite ($7.80, $4.40) 11-Qiaona ($7.60)

Santa Anita 8 1-W.Giles ($8, $5) 8-Alpine Luck ($10.40)

Santa Anita 9 7-What a View ($10.20, $4.60) 5-Alert Bay ($4.20)

En route from Vegas.. more tomorrow on ATR and in print, but a terrific NHC with a popular winner and game showings from all DT connections starting with Paul Weizer's best ever run and Chuck Simon client Roger Cettina's 2nd 2nd.. Then jms, fantini, NTamm, Utbighair, Emmanuel Kant, Hoosier in Ohio, DPKovalesky, Billy Casper.. am I missing anyone.. all having their moments including a bunch nabbing the $8k+ AQU P5 Saturday and other assorted pops..

Thanks to those that tuned in to the coverage and the kind expressions by those that enjoyed it. A pleasure to be able to bring the festivities from Vegas to a wider audience. Also proud to provide an environment in DT where the game and its' joy is truly appreciated by the members and hope the atmosphere helps in any way to contribute to everyone's success..

Great times in vegas and big congrats to Paul who ALWAYS shows up big in these contests. Awesome Work.


Thanks to Steve for the coverage, fun to listen back.

Sounds like a very good showing by the DT contingent. Congrats guys!!!!

Paul Again great job to one of the most consistent tourney players out there. Had much more fun this year and a lot of that had to do with the guys at the table. Fantini, HooserInOhioLivingInCali and Luke from Nebraska and casp who wasnt at the table but a lot of fun to have a burbon or 5 with. Next year first guy in reserves a table in Aux room for derby trail crew.

Congrats to all of you; it was really fun following the tourney and looking for your names in the rankings and it sounds like a splendid time was had by all. :)

This was my first trip and it was a fantastic time. I think we had a blast at the table and it was great that JMS and Fantini had a real shot at cracking the top 63.

The TI and DRF/NTRA really put on a great event, and it was just really awesome. Everything is still sinking in, but I am already strategizing on how I can become better in 2016.

Can't wait until next year.

You made my trip Jim.....I finally had some fish and chips late Saturday night :D and a couple of bourbons to wash it down with. :zz: It was a blast to say the least....Ive already started working on coming back...good luck DTer's!

That's great. Congratulations!

Well done, all of you. :tro:

congrats paul, and to all how made the competition.