Phil Dussault Wins 2024 Platinum League & $120,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Phil Dussault of Terrebonne, Quebec successfully defended his NFBC Platinum League title and won the $120,000 league prize for the second straight year. Phil also won the 2023 NFBC Platinum League during his first season in our highest high-stakes private league as he became the first ever repeat Platinum League champion. In fact, Phil is now the only two-time Platinum League champion in the 10-year history of this league.

Phil has had tremendous success in the NFBC over the last four years. He won the 2021 NFBC Main Event overall title during a historic season and then joined the NFBC Diamond League for the first time in 2022 and won that private league title. Last year he stepped up to the Platinum League and won that private league title and now defended that title this year. Pretty amazing run of success Phil, so congrats.

Phil also won the NFBC $5,000 Draft Champions league title and that $40,000 league prize, while winning a league title in the $150 DC format in the only league he joined at that price level. He also finished second in the Ultimate Auction League and second in one Main Event league.

Phil won the Platinum League title in dramatic fashion as this was a very tight race all year long. Five teams had a legitimate shot at the title during that final week, with Phil holding onto first place with 107.5 points. John Thompson moved up three spots in the final week and picked up 7.5 points during that final week to finish second at 106.5 points, just one point behind Phil. Glenn Schroter finished third with 106 points, while John Thaler finished fourth with 99 points.

I'm not sure we've ever had a closer Platinum League finish, with three teams ending the season within 1.5 points of the top spot. Thompson won $60,000 for his runner-up finish, Schroter won $24,000 for his third place finish and Thaler won $10,000 for finishing fourth.

Cost of entry for this league was $15,000.

This is the 10th year of the NFBC Platinum League and Phil is our first repeat champion and first two-time champion. We had a different Platinum League champion during each of the first nine years. I have a feeling demand to return to this league will be high this year.

This league will again be held in Las Vegas and Online in 2025 on Saturday, March 22nd at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET. This year's members have first dibs on spots through December 31st and then after that we'll open Registration to everyone else if there are any spots left. Thanks all and congrats to all of the prize money winners.

Here were the final standings:

2024 NFBC Platinum League
1 Philippe Dussault The Robot P7 107.5
2 John Thompson Thompson 106.5
3 Glenn Schroter Platinum 106
4 John Thaler Dad and Jack 99.5
5 Douglas Gruber Dawg Paus PLAT 90.5
6 Andy Robinson Jackie Robinson 47 ROY 87.5
7 Jason Duponte Cue the Duckboats 84

Here was the payout structure for the NFBC Platinum League:

League Prizes
1 - $120,000
2 - $60,000
3 - $24,000
4 - $10,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

This is the 10th year that we've hosted the NFBC Platinum League and Phil Dussault is our first two-time champion. Here is the list of NFBC Platinum League champions:

2014 - Donn Johnson $200,000
2015 - Nick Cassavetes & Jim Stanard tied (split $150,000)
2016 - Dave Potts $120,000
2017 - Bill Phipps & Eric Kesselman $120,000
2018 - Jon Stadtmueller $120,000
2019 - KC Cha $120,000
2021 - Andy Robinson $120,000
2022 - Glenn Schroter $120,000
2023 - Philippe Dussault $120,000
2024 - Philippe Dussault $120,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

We used actual FAAB dollars to bid for draft spots in the NFBC Platinum League this year and I don't remember what Phil Dussault paid for the 10th spot, but it wasn't much. Here were Phil's draft picks from the 10th spot:

The Robot P7
1 10 Wheeler, Zack P The Robot P7
2 21 Devers, Rafael 3B The Robot P7
3 40 Peralta, Freddy P The Robot P7
4 51 Semien, Marcus 2B The Robot P7
5 70 Snell, Blake P The Robot P7
6 81 Torres, Gleyber MI The Robot P7
7 100 Thomas, Lane OF The Robot P7
8 111 Pivetta, Nick P The Robot P7
9 130 Kimbrel, Craig P The Robot P7
10 141 Darvish, Yu P The Robot P7
11 160 Tovar, Ezequiel SS The Robot P7
12 171 Romano, Jordan P The Robot P7
13 190 Varsho, Daulton OF The Robot P7
14 201 Morton, Charlie P The Robot P7
15 220 O'Neill, Tyler OF The Robot P7
16 231 Langeliers, Shea C The Robot P7
17 250 Chapman, Matt CI The Robot P7
18 261 Gray, Jon P The Robot P7
19 280 Suarez, Ranger P The Robot P7
20 291 Flaherty, Jack P The Robot P7
21 310 France, Ty 1B The Robot P7
22 321 Bell, Josh UT The Robot P7
23 340 Jax, Griffin P The Robot P7
24 351 Bader, Harrison OF The Robot P7
25 370 Benintendi, Andrew OF The Robot P7
26 381 Laureano, Ramon OF The Robot P7
27 400 Mikolas, Miles P The Robot P7
28 411 Sanchez, Gary C The Robot P7
29 430 Rea, Colin P The Robot P7
30 441 Jansen, Danny C The Robot P7

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here were Phil's winning FAAB pickups throughout the year:

The Robot P7:
March 24:
Jeff Hoffman 1

March 31:
Harold Ramirez 7
Nick Fortes 3

April 7:
Tyrone Taylor 11
Miguel Sano 2
Martin Maldonado 1

April 14:
Isiah Kiner-Falefa 1
Estevan Florial 1
Jason Adam 2
Christian Bethancourt 2

April 21:
Jake Irvin 13
Ross Stripling 4
Matt Vierling 4
Christian Vazquez 1
Miguel Sano 13

April 28:
Willi Castro 32
Gary Sanchez 24

May 5:
Jonny DeLuca 35
Hayden Wesneski 14

May 12:
Dominic Smith 2
Andrew McCutchen 2
Edmundo Sosa 2

May 19:
Gavin Williams 31
Dylan Moore 14
Willson Contreras 14
Kris Bryant 11

June 2:
David Peterson 34
Jose Siri 15

June 9:
Eloy Jimenez 15
Jason Heyward 2
Seth Brown 3

June 16:
Jesus Sanchez 13
Joey Meneses 13
Miguel Rojas 4
Enrique Hernandez 1

June 23:
Xander Bogaerts 29
Enmanuel Valdez 8
Hunter Renfroe 6
Chad Green 8

June 30:
Sal Frelick 8

July 7:
Pete Crow-Armstrong 19
Juan Yepez 14
Keston Hiura 4

July 14:
Rece Hinds 87
Victor Robles 8

July 21:
Ryan Walker 2

July 28:
Robbie Ray 233
Calvin Faucher 4
Porter Hodge 4

August 4:
Victor Vodnik 23
Whit Merrifield 6

August 11:
Charlie Blackmon 3
Dominic Smith 2
Zach Dezenzo 1

August 18:
Reynaldo Lopez 30
Ramon Laureano 8
Michael A. Taylor 3

August 25:
Yu Darvish 16
Charlie Blackmon 7
Davis Martin 3
Victor Caratini 1

September 1:
Nick Gonzales 1
Brandon Drury 1
Ozzie Albies 4
David Robertson 1

September 8:
Jonny DeLuca 7
Charlie Blackmon 1
Joey Gallo 1
Jesus Tinoco 2

September 15:
Jordan Walker 4
Brady Basso 2
Tyler Kinley 2
Mauricio Dubon 1
Donovan Solano 1

September 22:
Romy Gonzalez 3
Ramon Laureano 3
Sam Hilliard 1
Joe Jimenez 1