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2010 XPRESSBET LIVE
$100 Registration Fee—Registration Opens March 3, 2010
Play XpressBet Live Saturday, March 27
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XpressBet Live is an online handicapping tournament that challenges players to pick winners in ten (10) mandatory races. Players will be ranked according to total mutuel payoffs in mandatory races. Players must make a single, $20 ‘live’ online win wager on one horse in each of ten (10) mandatory races ($200). Players must make all 10 mandatory wagers.
All players must register for the competition and there is a $100 registration fee. Contest is limited to 400 players.
The top six finishers in XpressBet Live will earn seats in the 2011 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas plus $500 for airfare and lodging.
The next two finishers in XpressBet Live will earn seats in 2011 Coast Casino’s Horseplayer World Series in Las Vegas plus $500 for airfare and lodging.
The Top 25 finishers in XpressBet Live will earn complimentary seats to XpressBet Showdown ($300 value each).
Registration Opens Wednesday, March 3, 2010. XpressBet account holders only.
NHC Tour Points may be earned in XpressBet Live.
Date
• Saturday, March 27, 2010
Registration
• $100 Online Registration fee required. Registration fee will be deducted from XpressBet wagering account at the time of registration. Registration fee is non-refundable.
• XpressBet Live is open to new and existing XpressBet, DelMarBets.com and OakTreeBets.com account holders in good standing only.
• One entry per account holder only.
• Registration Begins Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Format
• Online competition only. Phone wagers do not count in the competition.
• All competition wagers must be submitted via Contest Wager Pad only. Wagers submitted in any other manner will not count in the competition.
• Player must play all 10 mandatory races. Player must make a single, 'live' $20 win wager on one horse in each of 10 mandatory races. ($200 total). Omitted wagers or improperly submitted wagers will result in disqualification of player from competition.
• For tournament purposes mutuel payoffs are capped at 20-1 ($420).
• Player wagering accounts will be credited with winnings for all competition wagers and debited for all losing wagers.
• DO NOT CANCEL CONTEST WAGERS. Cancelled wagers will result in disqualification.
• Scratched horses count zero in the competition. If a player has submitted a Contest Wager on a scratched horse, the player may submit a second single $20 ‘live’ win wager on another horse in the race before the race is run. These wagers must be submitted via the Contest Wager Pad. Please allow the tote to process late scratches before submitting a replacement wager.
• XpressBet will periodically update a leader board following selected mandatory races.
Prizes
Qualifying Seat Prizes
• First through sixth-place finishers in XpressBet Live earn seats in the 2011 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas.
• Seventh and Eighth-place finishers in XpressBet Live earn seats in 2011 Coast Casino’s Horseplayer World Series in Las Vegas.
• The top 25 finishers in XpressBet Live earn free entry into XpressBet Showdown ($300 value each). Players may qualify for Showdown only once. Players who previously have qualified for Showdown in the Beat the Host Championship will not be awarded a second Showdown seat. That qualifying seat will go to the next highest-ranking non-Showdown qualifier.
• NHC Tour members 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 tournament, 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.
All decisions are final.
Click Here to view the official rules
| Saturday, March 27th | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track | Race | Post (ET) |
Winning Runner | Winner Payout |
| Fair Grounds | 8 | 4:39pm | #9 Battle Plan | $52.00 |
| Fair Grounds | 9 | 5:10pm | #8 Blues Street | $76.00 |
| Gulfstream | 9 | 5:14pm | #2 Streaker | $46.00 |
| Gulfstream | 10 | 5:43pm | #10 Bearpath | $408.00 |
| Fair Grounds | 10 | 5:48pm | #2 Mission Impazible | $162.00 |
| Gulfstream | 11 | 6:11pm | #5 Six Clicks | $242.00 |
| Santa Anita | 7 | 6:36pm | #8 Woman Warrior | $214.00 |
| Fair Grounds | 13 | 7:17pm | #8 Snakebite Kit | $48.00 |
| Santa Anita | 9 | 7:38pm | #9 Ruffled Feathers | $60.00 |
| Santa Anita | 10 | 8:08pm | #6 Fair Kisses | $156.00 |
| PRIZE WINNERS FOR XPRESSBET LIVE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Mutuel Total | Prize |
| Ed Klasser | $722 | 2011 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship |
| Russell Priola | $698 | 2011 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship |
| Ira Schwartz | $698 | 2011 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship |
| David Snyder | $682 | 2011 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship |
| Joe Rotell | $650 | 2011 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship |
| Blaine Svetich | $622 | 2011 Coast Casino's Horse Player World Series |
| Lindsay Hurst | $622 | 2011 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship |
| Robert Bertolucci | $622 | 2011 Coast Casino's Horse Player World Series |
**Players can only win one seat to the 2011 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship. Prizes for XpressBet Live have been adjusted accordingly.
XpressBet's 2010 Showdown Qualifiers:
| Qualifiers Name | Mutuel Total |
|---|---|
| Ed Klasser | $722.00 |
| Russell Priola | $698.00 |
| Ira Schwartz | $698.00 |
| David Snyder | $682.00 |
| Joe Rotell | $650.00 |
| Blaine Svetich | $622.00 |
| Lindsay Hurst | $622.00 |
| Robert Bertolucci | $622.00 |
| Ross Gallo | $618.00 |
| Rocky Hardy | $570.00 |
| Ron Ruchtie | $558.00 |
| Steven Ragsdale | $544.00 |
| James Dickson | $516.00 |
| Paul Ballesteros | $468.00 |
| Marta Nilsen | $468.00 |
| Tom Quigley | $468.00 |
| Paul Yaffee | $464.00 |
| Edwin Spaunhurst | $456.00 |
| Solomon Feingold | $456.00 |
| Anthony Garafalo | $454.00 |
| Anthony Infante | $454.00 |
| Ronald Basile | $442.00 |
| Steve Terelak | $424.00 |
| Mark McGuire | $408.00 |
| Eugene Spruck | $408.00 |