Delaware Park Contest: Saturday, June 13th

[ShadowRoll]

Used to be that they'd have one or two larger contests a year, where your stake was a little more ($200, with a minimum of 10 races and a minimum of $20 bet per race) but they'd pay back the $100 entry fee for 11th to 50th place. Since I never did better than 12th place, I liked the chance to at least get my entry fee back. With the current format, getting part of the prize money requires more skills than a casual gambler like me possesses.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by ShadowRoll

Used to be that they'd have one or two larger contests a year, where your stake was a little more ($200, with a minimum of 10 races and a minimum of $20 bet per race) but they'd pay back the $100 entry fee for 11th to 50th place. Since I never did better than 12th place, I liked the chance to at least get my entry fee back. With the current format, getting part of the prize money requires more skills than a casual gambler like me possesses.

Yeah I went to those too and I really liked them. Hopefully they will return someday. They had scaled back the tournament offerings recently. I still like the format, but I agree that the higher wager of the old "Major" contests and the different prize structure was even better.

The live money format with no limit on the races, minimum and no maximum does make it interesting and the tournament leaders have to remain engaged since they can often still be caught.