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Old 07-16-2009, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Dunbar
Yeah, really stupid. They give back 106% of the (effective) entry fees in prize money, offer two days of free Breeder's Cup tickets + free food/drink for every entrant, and toss in 6 chances to make a limited-entry $500K tournament and an extra $1000 for expenses to that tournament. Who's going to fall for a lousy deal like that?!

Look, this tournament is clearly not for everyone. If you are a $10 bettor, forget about it. But if you have good tournament skills, then you have a big edge on the average entrant who will over-emphasize capping and under-emphasize the need to score big. A person with both tournament and capping skills should have a very big edge.

The perfect entrant for this BC tourny would be someone who routinely bets hundreds on exactas and tri's (or more accurately, routinely bets in a way that would produce a profit in the thousands), has excellent tournament skills, can cap well, is willing to go to the Las Vegas tournament if he/she gets a free entry, and wants to see the BC live anyway. The closer anyone is to having those attributes, the better this tournament fits.

--Dunbar
We had a guy on the board (a few times) that fits this to a tee. Still waiting to hear back from DRF about resident capper position.

On a serious note, I think a handful of people on this board could give one of these a go and hold their own.
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