Good luck at NHC to the 4 Derby Trailers!
 

As far as I can tell, we have three DTers involved at NHC XIII...

Paul Weizer.. Boston-based 'pweizer', involved in every Dee Tee runner. His 7th visit!

Dan Kovalesky.. Chicago's 'dpkovalesky' and I think his first trip to NHC..

Rick Reynolds.. 'Big Blue' from Auburn, AL, in Dee Tee and his first NHC..

Sheldon Usprech.. 'Immanuel Kant'. Canadian invader back for 3rd NHC..

GOOD LUCK GUYS!

Absolutely wish you guys the best, hope you all score big go get em!:$:

Thanks Guys. This is number 7 for me but first under the new 500 person ballroom format. And they never get any easier. Dan and Rick--my table is right at the front at the far side of the ballroom. I am sitting with the Wolfsons and the Shurmans. Stop by and say hello.

Paul

Good luck guys!

Best of luck.

Any of you fellers need a date to take with you?;):o:D I can be ready in no time at all.

In any case, best of luck to each of you. I hope you come in 1,2,3 and take all the cash:$:.

Very cool that each of you are going.

Friday's Mandatory Races
Gulfstream, Race 3, 1:34 pm ET
Tampa Bay, Race 6, 2:44 pm ET
Aqueduct, Race 7, 3:17 pm ET
Gulfstream, Race 9, 4:33 pm ET
Santa Anita, Race 3, 5:02 pm ET
Fair Grounds, Race 9, 5:48 pm ET
Oaklawn, Race 9, 6:11 pm ET
Santa Anita, Race 7, 7:07 pm ET

Good Luck Guys, enjoy the time and one of you bring this bad boy home.

Good luck to our DTers!

The NHC is a truly special event. Some malign the format, the exclusivity, or other aspects. However, the feeling of the entire crowd of hardened horseplayers going nuts as the field turns for home in a mandatory race was awesome.

For you first timers, don't be a one-hit wonder like me who hasn't been back since 2009. ;)

They are polling people to see if they want the opportunity to buy into the contest next year, 25k to get into the big dance

Bring it home, Boys! :$::tro:

Good luck to fellow DTer's. Maybe the DT site can make up the TRI?

Just finished looking over the P.P's. Pretty brutal :wf


Best of Luck you guys!

Tremendous accomplishment. Good luck guys!

best of luck to you!

best of luck.

Very best of luck. Great accomplishment getting there.

Good luck guys. Hope you all do well and enjoy the experience!

Seriously? I mean, 25k to enter this for I'm sure a prize pool TBD. But only 10k to enter the Main Event @ the WSOP for upwards of, what, $8-11 million?

Best of luck to DTers.

Knock 'em Dead and Good Racing Luck!!!

How cool!

Best of luck to you guys.

Good luck!

I'm also at the NHC.....my 3rd trip

Different vibe this time in a ballroom

As someone who rarely plays tournaments, I'm curious how much money on average do most qualifiers spend during a year in their attempts to qualify?

$25K is ridiculous, but do most people spend $2 or $3K in contest fees to attempt to get in?

congrats and good luck..

Good luck everyone...I will be there supporting a good friend and roaming around as well.

That's a difficult question to answer because of the multitude of contest structures and also the weighted entry fees based on the number of seats seeded.
Personally I think the best road is through the Horse Players Qualify - Player's Challenge. Last year there were only 38 finalists, and 26 of them had already qualified so there were 6 NHC seats to be divided between 12 finalists - literally every other person got a seat.

This year they are running it earlier to get more finalists, tripling the prize money, but reducing the seats to 3, which still will be an amazing ratio.

135.00 to enter a qualifier and usually the top 2,3, or 4 win entry to the Player's Challenge (depending on the # of entries, 1 per 50 entrants, capped @ 200 entrants)

More info here -

www.horseplayersqualify.com

That is awesome. Congrats and good luck, gentlemen!

Yes you must really suck to have made it in. :p

You'll be back there...

Best to all of you!

http://www.ntra.com/leaderboard/nhcxi/

Keep it going Paul!!!

good racing luck to all!....... even a barner. :rolleyes:

paul in 28th go paul !!:$:

Thanks all. Still a long way to go...

Paul

now theyre all in
 

did you post that "long way to go " in a Jim Hannon like way ?

Very little movement on the Leaderboard really with prices few and far between today..

Paul sitting 36th about $70 off the leaders: http://www.ntra.com/business_develop...%20summary.pdf

It's amazing that there can't be a live leaderboard for people to follow. I'm guessing there is one in the ballroom, but knowing a few people in it, I'd love to see what is happening race by race.

Latest update: http://www.ntra.com/business_develop...%20summary.pdf

Huge move today from current leader, Dave Flanzbaum.

Keep it up everyone! Hope one of you takes it down!

Dave is a very good friend of mine and hoping he holds on, he was all pissy about going and said this was his last year but that will change now