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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead
25 seats available..15 to the big dance 300.00 to enter. 12 mandatory races
2 win place..im gonna try it and see if i can get in..im curious what is the format at the hwc. For those that have gotten in and went before what advice do you have.
thanks hooves
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Hooves-
The top 15 spots go to the NHC and you probably know the format for it already.
16-25 go to the Horseplayer World Series at the Orleans. It is a 3 day tournament made up completely of optional races. You have 11 plays per day and they are mythical $20 WP wagers. Full track odds are paid on the first two dollars no matter the payoff and the remaining part of the $20 WP is capped at 20-1 on win and 10-1 on place wagers.
They give you 8 tracks to choose from in the HPWS (Aqu, GP, Tam, FG, OP, SA, Lrl, GG) and its held in the three upstairs ballrooms at the Orleans. It's open to the public with a buy-in of $1000 and this year is the first where people can buy multiple entries (up to 3 I think).
It's tough to compare both of the tournaments because they're different. The NHC has a great feel because it's in the Red Rock racebook, everyone is close together and the roar as the field turns for home in a mandatory race is like being in the grandstand. In the HPWS everyone is more spread out and you only get updated standings at the end of the day (as opposed to a digital tracker in the racebook on the final day of the NHC).
The biggest drawback of this Twinspires contest is that they keep a huge portion of the money paid in for tournament entries and what not. I think they're paying back a total of around 43k but 650 entries at 300 apiece works out to 195k, so there's definitely some money left over at the end. Hopefully it's used to sponsor Rick Hammerle's segment on ATR.
NT