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2006-'07 Contest/Tournament Recaps Players in the ultra high-end Santa Anita Battle of the Stars tournament put up $5,000 cash to enter, but the entire entry fee was used as a real money bankroll that players used throughout the two-day event.. Entrants bet their live bankrolls on win, place, show, exacta, and trifecta wagers on the races at Santa Anita on Saturday and Sunday, March 11-12. Since all monies went toward wagering, Santa Anita put up the entire $30,000 in prize money plus SIX big qualifying spots into the DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship. The contest attracted 50 players with one entry per person. A top prize of $25,000 went to the winner, while the runner-up took home $5,000. All players kept their final real-money bankrolls. The contest’s winner, Mr. Suk Tae Yoon, turned his starting bankroll into a contest-winning total of $21,450 thanks, in part, to a winning straight trifecta that returned $214.50. The contest paid out cash prizes to only the top two finishers, but all of the top six finishers qualified for the NHC. Finishing second was southern 1. Yoon, Suk Ta $25,000 qualified NHC 2. Turrell, Toby $5,000 qualified NHC 3. Feingold, Sol qualified NHC 4. Owen, Thomas qualified NHC 5. Mayo, Mike qualified NHC 6. Constan, Louis qualified NHC
The Maryland Jockey Club Champions Tournament at Laurel was a one-day real-money tournament where players paid $100 to enter and then tried to amass the highest bankroll based on win, place, and show wagers after starting the day with a $200 betting stake. Bets were taken from The winner was Heather Warfield, a 23-year-old local auto parts store manager and Thoroughbred enthusiast who owns a retired racehorse and a yearling filly. Warfield ran her bankroll total up to $3,685 to earn the victory. Runner-up Russell Priola, a 44-year-old painter from
2. Priola, Russell $3,400 qualified NHC 3. Mudge, Joan $1,700 qualified NHC 4. Amorosi, Vince $510 5. Greenwalt, William $510 6. Baugh, Thomas $510 7. Wolfson, Steve Jr. $510 8. Holden, Joe $510 9. Elbertson, Susan $510 10. Jubb, Jason $510 Feb. 11-12, 2006 AUTOTOTE SPORTS HAVEN The two-day Sports Haven Handicapping Challenge, held in Gwyn Houston turned his starting $200 real-money bankroll into a contest-winning total of $1,679. The victory qualified Runner-up Bill Handleman totaled $1,602 in real money earnings thanks to a Day Two rally that netted him $1,302. The $3,200 daily prize in addition to his $6,000 second-place check brought his total prize money to $9,200. Third-place went to Ralph Magnetti, who finished just two dollars behind Handleman with $1,600.
2. Handleman, Bill $9,200 (includes $3,200 daily) qualified NHC 3. Magnetti, Ralph $3,800 qualified NHC 4. Carson, Scott $2,850 qualified HPWS 5. Hopkins, Ken $2,370 qualified HPWS 6. Wecker, Steve $2,050 7. Weizer, Paul $1,900 8. Mahoney, Michael $1,580 9. Davidowitz, Steve $1,265 10. Schenk, Doug $950 11. Pelton, Robert $825 12. Walsh, Michael $760 13. Miranti, Frank $695 14. Hayer, Jason $630 15. Pendergast, Robert $510 16. Balsamo, Tony $440 17. Rosen, Robert $380 18. Giordano, Tony $300 19. Grubb, Walter $275 20. Biesadecki, Walter $255
February 24-26, 2006 Champion: James Templin The Turf-Vivor tournament at Turf-Vivor costs $1,000 to enter, and requires players to try to earn the highest possible bankroll based on $2 mythical across-the-board bets on a total of 10 Gulfstream races over the first two days of the contest. Of the 125 original entrants, only the best 16 will advance to a one-day final round held on Sunday. The finalists then go head-to-head to determine the winners. All finishers in the final 16 received a $500 cash prize in addition to a free cruise for two on Norwegian Cruise Lines (cruises not reflected in money earnings). Daily prizes were also awarded. Eventual winner James Templin, an attorney from
2. Esposito, Joe $10,500 qualified NHC 3. Kaufman, Lisa $4,000 (includes $1,000 daily) qualified NHC 4. Sotman, Jeff $5,000 (includes $2,000 daily) 5-16. Bindner, John $2,500 (includes $2,000 daily) Rosa, Barry $2,000 (includes $1,500 daily) Welsch, Mike $2,000 (includes $1,500 daily) Connery, William Jr. $1,500 (includes $1,000 daily) Fooden, Bart $500 Mariconda, Joseph $500 Phillips, Kelly $500 Williams, Tim $500 Gallo, J. Randy $500 Neuman, Bobby $500 Engler, Monte $500
Top Money Earner in Series: Mark Mataya
Beck, Rich $900 Benafield, L.W. $1,167 Benafield, L.W. $948 Bowens, Robert $1,000 Buczynski, Bernard $400 Cannida, Jon $8,746 Cerbone, Pete $1,200 Cipriano, Sal $1,167 Colucci, Mike $1,423 Colucci, Mike $150 Colucci, Mike $400 Colucci, Mike $700 Culliman, Bernie $150 Cunnington, Ken $150 Dahl, Larry $2,428 Dang, Datzkow, Dave $8,746 De’Ath, Ed $1,000 De’Ath, Ed $948 Dees, Howard $1,423 Dees, Howard $200 Ed De’Ath $866 Emerson, Michael $300 Farone, James $1,050 Fillman, Richard $700 Foster, William $400 Frazier, Ron $$700 Gates, Charles $948 Gentile, Michael $150 Goldberg, Marvin $8,746 Goldman, G. $8,746 Goldman, Gerald $1,167 Greller, Charles $100 Hawthorn, Daniel $1,200 Hawthorn, Daniel $1,200 Kaplan, Dan $1,167 Kassos, George $948 King, Bill $1,000 Lew, Valentine $400 Lipsky, Steve $8,746 Lipsky, Steven $1,050 Lucarella, Martin $948 Maisner, Karl $900 Marguccio, Sam $700 Mataya, Mark $23,370 Mateo, Ralph $1,700 Mayer, Richard $5,003 McBee, Partick $1,167 McQuiggan, Patrick $900 McWhorter, Jim $200 Modarelli, Charles $400 Murray, Craig $433 Muzio, Jim $1,050 Muzio, Jim $100 Nagy, Gabe $2,428 Nelson, Harry $948 Osborne, Kevin $900 Pratt, Victor $1,167 Putney, Jack $200 Richey, Jim $1,423 Roberto, Frank $300 Robinson, Janet $100 Seip, Walter $1,167 Seip, Walter $400 Soborski, Ed $1,000 Speer, Bob $1,167 Speer, Bob $1,423 Stillson, John $5,003 Suyat, Arm $700 Tarbox, Robert $1,200 Toal, Bob $300 Vinje, Howard $1,050 Whitesell, Ed $2,100 Whitsell, James $200
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