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2010 BEAT THE HOST CHAMPIONSHIP
Competition is Saturday, March 13!
Click Here to access our previous Beat The Host Qualifying Round Results.
Click Here for more information on the XpressBet Live Online Handicapping Tournament March 27.
Click Here for more information on the XpressBet Showdown Online Handicapping Tournament April 17 & 18.
The Beat the Host Championship Round is a closed competition and only players who have qualified in previous weeks may compete.
In the Championship Round qualified players compete against each other by making a single, ‘live’ $5 online win wager on one horse in each of eight (8) mandatory races ($40).
Players will be ranked according to total cumulative mutuel payoffs.
The top five finishers in the Championship Round will earn seats in the 2011 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas, including $500 for airfare and tournament lodging.
The next two finishers in the Championship Round will earn seats in Coast Casino’s 2011 Horseplayer World Series in Las Vegas, including $500 for airfare and tournament lodging.
The Top 25 finishers in Beat the Host Championship will earn complimentary seats to XpressBet Showdown ($300 value each).
NHC Tour players may earn tour points in the competition.
Championship Round Date
• Saturday, March 13, 2010
Registration
• Qualified Players will be registered automatically.
• This is a Closed Competition—only players who have qualified in the previous nine rounds of Beat the Host are eligible to compete.
Format
• Online wagers only. Phone wagers do not count in competition.
• All competition wagers must be submitted via Contest Wager Pad. Wagers submitted in any other manner will not count in the competition.
• Players must make a single $5 'live' win wager on one horse in each of eight (8) mandatory races. Omitted wagers or improperly submitted wagers will result in disqualification from competition. Players must make all 8 mandatory contest wagers to be eligible for prizes.
• A list of mandatory races will be posted on Beat the Host information page on the XpressBet web site by Friday, March 12, 2010 after 5 pm ET.
• Player wagering accounts will be credited with winnings for all competition wagers and debited for all losing wagers.
• Mutuel payoffs are capped at 20-1 ($105) for contest scoring purposes.
• Object is for player to score the highest possible cumulative mutuel payoff total based on single, ‘live’ $5 win wagers in 8 mandatory races.
• Scratched horses count zero in the competition. If a player has submitted a Contest Wager on a scratched horse, player may submit a second single $5 ‘live’ win wager on another horse in the race before the race is run. These wagers must be submitted via the Contest Wager Pad.
• DO NOT CANCEL CONTEST WAGERS. Cancelled wagers will result in disqualification from the Championship Round.
• Prizes will be awarded based on cumulative mutuel payoffs in all 8 mandatory races.
• One entry per account holder.
Prizes
• The top five finishers in the Championship Round will earn seats in the 2011 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas, including $500 for airfare and tournament lodging.
• The next two finishers in the Championship Round will earn seats in Coast Casino’s 2011 Horseplayer World Series in Las Vegas, including $500 for airfare and tournament lodging.
• Top 25 finishers based on cumulative mutuel payoffs in all 8 mandatory races earn free entry into XpressBet Showdown ($300 value each).
• NHC Tour participants may earn NHC tour points.
Please Note: A single player may only win a maximum of one DRF/NTRA NHC qualifying seat during XpressBet’s 2010 Tournament Schedule. A single player may win more than one entry to the Coast Casino’s Horse Player World Series.
If a player, who previously has qualified for a DRF/NTRA NHC seat in any 2010 XpressBet handicapping tournaments, or in any other 2010 tournament, wins a duplicate seat to that tournament, the seat will go to the next highest qualified finisher and the awarding of tournament seats will be adjusted according to the standings.
Ties:
First Tie-breaker: The player with the highest winning mutuel payoff of all tied players will be ranked above the others. If a tie still remains, the player with the second-highest mutuel payoff of all tied players will be ranked above the others. This process will continue until the tie is broken.
Final Tie-Breaker: If two (2) or more players remain tied after the first tie-breaker procedure has been exhausted, the final tie-breaker will go to the player who chronologically is first to register for the tournament.
| Saturday, March 13th | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track | Race | Post (ET) |
Winning Runner | Winner Payout |
| Gulfstream Park | 8 | 4:43pm | #4 Jessica Is Back | $6.00 |
| Santa Anita | 4 | 5:03pm | #2 I'mneverwrong (IRE) | $22.00 |
| Gulfstream Park | 9 | 5:14pm | #6 In Perpetuity | $13.50 |
| Santa Anita | 5 | 5:34pm | #1 One Track Mind | $33.00 |
| Gulfstream Park | 10 | 5:43pm | #10 You And I Forever | $73.50 |
| Santa Anita | 6 | 6:05pm | #1 My Man Sumo | $11.50 |
| Gulfstream Park | 11 | 6:11pm | #14 Hey Babe | $20.00 |
| Santa Anita | 8 | 7:07pm | #6 Top Feeling | $13.50 |
Click Here to view the official rules
XpressBet's 2010 Showdown Qualifiers:
| Qualifiers Name | Mutuel Total |
|---|---|
| Stewart Tuttle | $157.50 |
| Laura Villarreal | $142.50 |
| Fred Quattro | $132.50 |
| Richard Zide | $128.50 |
| Frank Jakubowsky | $124.00 |
| Robert Martin | $120.00 |
| Steven Cziguth | $119.50 |
| George Carrasquillo | $115.00 |
| Frank Issac | $109.00 |
| Paul Weizer | $104.50 |
| Paul Mahre | $104.50 |
| Hesham Ragab | $104.50 |
| Manuel Rodriguez | $101.50 |
| Mario Villarreal | $100.50 |
| Tim Schram | $99.50 |
| Dan Shugar | $95.50 |
| Nancy Rich | $93.00 |
| Harry Keohane | $93.00 |
| John Pierson | $92.50 |
| Ken Seeman | $87.00 |
| George Lesko | $87.00 |
| Michael Scutero | $86.50 |
| Douglas Laney | $86.00 |
| Samuel Cheung | $86.00 |
| John Vincent | $86.00 |
| Thomas McGinty | $85.00 |