Sure, I guess it could be done and the odds appeared to be once in 25 years it would happen. That seemed to be the thought of the insurer. So much to our surprise we all were surprised when Lindy Hinkelman of Greencreek, Idaho did it in the FIRST YEAR of our offer!!!
It was an amazing accomplishment and led to Lindy winning an NFBC record $241,300 that year. He received the $100,000 and the $75,000 bonus and gave a good run at the bonus again last year when he won the Main Event for a second time in three years.So it's not surprising that The Lindy -- as it's now called for his great accomplishment -- will return in 2012. This bonus will be for all players who compete in the NFBC Main Event and the NFBC Online Championship. If you win the overall title in both contests, we'll award you an additional $75,000 cash bonus. We are shooting for 390 teams in the Main Event and 600 teams in the Online Championship, so nothing will come easy, but Lindy Hinkelman proved that anything is possible.
And if you like this offer, get ready for a second one in 2012. We are looking into another $75,000 cash bonus combining the NFBC Main Event and the debut NFBC XII. There we are shooting for 390 teams and 300 teams in the NFBC XII. Again, nothing will come easily, but the chance to win $150,000 here and then another $75,000 cash bonus could be appealing. Anyone interested in seeing us add that bonus? I say let's do it.
If you take multiple teams in any of these events, they will be matched up multiple times. Your top teams can lead you to extra bonuses. We also will have a Combined Standings prize of $5,000 and paying down five spots for the most combined points among your Classic and Online Championship teams. There's a lot of added bonuses for playing Multiple contests, not to mention the savings on Events Fees and co-manager fees. Make sure you check all of this out before signing up because there are some savings involved and extra winnings at stake.
Thanks for all your support everyone and we'll keep looking into ways to provide more fun and more prize money with each contest. This should be a lot of fun.
