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Major kudos to Jim Sebes on finishing 11th in the BCBC in addition to qualifying for the NHC, Jim netted more then $38,000 in cash.

Paul

congrats Jim, great job!

Awesome Jim! Incredible job, congrats!

Congrats Jim! Was just looking for final standings.. Saw he was 5th with $28k going into Classic. :tro:

Hurrah! Congrats and well done!

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Originally Posted by pweizer (Post 1046857)

Major kudos to Jim Sebes on finishing 11th in the BCBC in addition to qualifying for the NHC, Jim netted more then $38,000 in cash.

Paul

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great job Jim....good luck in the NHC!

awesome jim - nice bday present.:tro:

Fantastic! Way to go!

that's fantastic!! best of luck in the NHC.

Great job man! :tro:

Great job JMS and good luck at the NHC.

Why live money contests are so much better than mythical WP:

322 players at the BCBC betting through their bankroll a (conservative) average of 3-4X: $7-10 million in handle, at an average takeout of 20% = $1.4 - $2 million in takeout generated

NHC WP handle: zero, zilch, nada

Great job, Jim!
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Thanks so much for the kudos guys. Was a wonderful expierence indeed. It was my first live money tournement . My end game needs work, major work. I got too caught up in protecting my NHC slot instead of being agressive like a seasoned player. i loved found in the turf and had the exacta but spread a bit and "only" had it for $200 (cant believe I am saying that). In the classic I went with my original pick of Honor Code for 4 K even though I knew the champ had evrything possible going his way. It even started drizzling for chrissakes. I have to say I was seriously toying with the idea of 4/All exacta and if I had gone all in and played it for 4K that wouldve been the game winner by about 60 K. What a magical expierence sat was.

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Originally Posted by jms62 (Post 1047010)

Congrats again!

If you're interested in sharpening your tournament skills, Stanford Wong wrote a good book, "Casino Tournament Strategy". In addition to the useful general concepts, there's a section on horseracing tournaments in particular.

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Originally Posted by jms62 (Post 1047010)

Thanks for sharing some details about the day! It's really cool reading, and educational for those of us who are much more novice handicappers.