Win $20,000 In The 2019 NFBC Post-Season Contest
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 8:50 am
After a three-year hiatus, the NFFC Post-Season Hold 'em Contest returns this season. We are offering a $20,000 grand prize for this MLB playoffs game and basing prizes on 300 teams, fewer than in previous years. We'll pay out the Top 15 finishers. Let's sell this one out and keep this contest running for years to come.
Cost of entry is $150 per team and you can have multiple teams. The one change for this contest is that we will lock lineups starting with the Divisional Round Series, not before the Wild Card games. This year we are watching the AL and NL Wild Card game results before locking in lineups with the eight remaining teams. This gives us two more days of signups after the regular season and more certainty with the playoff teams.
Also, we will work with owners on payment if they know they are going to have money on their Player Accounts from the NFBC regular season. Our goal is to get winnings on your Player Accounts before the end of that week, but even if it's not there by Wednesday or Thursday when you want to sign up and we know that we'll be depositing those winnings soon, we can work with each owner to secure those teams in advance. Just contact me, Tom or Darik and we'll register you for those teams and take it out of your account before week's end.
Okay, now onto the format, in case you missed it.
This is a Hold 'em Contest which rewards owners for each additional round those players are on your team. You are limited to the number of players per team you can have on your team per round, but the points double for players who advance from Round 1 to Round 2 and then triple if they are still on your roster for the World Series. Picking the right players in Round 1 from the right teams is the key to winning this contest.
Here's the Contest link: https://nfc.shgn.com/rules/263
Owners will select 16 players for Round 1 from the pool of available players from the eight MLB playoff teams. There is no draft for this contest, nor any salary cap. You pick who you want and build your roster that way.
The starting lineup/positions will consist of 10 hitters and 6 pitchers, with the same positions and position eligibility of standard NFBC leagues, except for one less catcher. All 16 players on a roster for a round are considered "active." There are no bench positions.
1 Catcher
1 First Baseman
1 Second Baseman
1 Shortstop
1 Third Baseman
4 Outfielders
1 Utility Player
6 Pitchers
This is a points-based scoring system. Players can accumulate points in the following ways:
Hitters
Single - 1 point
Double - 2 points
Triple - 3 points
Home Run - 4 points
OUT (AB - H) minus .25 point
RBI - 1 point
Run - 1 point
Walk - 1 point
Stolen Base - 1 point
HBP - 1 point
Pitchers
Win - 4 points
Save - 4 points
Earned Run - minus 1 point
Strikeout - 1 point
IP - 1 point (1/2 = .3334, 2/3 = .6667)
After Round 1, owners can replace any player on their roster that was eliminated from the playoffs with another player. However, that new addition starts at 1x their points. All remaining players get double their points in Round 2 and triple their points in Round 3. Rosters can also be updated with new players before Round 3, but again those new additions start at 1x.
There are limits to how many players you can have per team per round of the MLB playoffs. They are:
Round 1: Divisional Games
Minimum of one player from each of the eight remaining teams
Maximum of three players from one team
Round 2: League Championship Series
Minimum of two players from each team
Maximum of six players from one team
Round 3: World Series
Maximum of 10 players from each team and minimum of 6 players from each team
Thanks all for pushing us to return this contest and let's extend the NFBC season into November, right before we open the 2020 NFBC drafting season. Finally, we are actually and drafting baseball year-round. Good luck and enjoy the return of the NFBC Post-Season Hold 'em Contest.
Cost of entry is $150 per team and you can have multiple teams. The one change for this contest is that we will lock lineups starting with the Divisional Round Series, not before the Wild Card games. This year we are watching the AL and NL Wild Card game results before locking in lineups with the eight remaining teams. This gives us two more days of signups after the regular season and more certainty with the playoff teams.
Also, we will work with owners on payment if they know they are going to have money on their Player Accounts from the NFBC regular season. Our goal is to get winnings on your Player Accounts before the end of that week, but even if it's not there by Wednesday or Thursday when you want to sign up and we know that we'll be depositing those winnings soon, we can work with each owner to secure those teams in advance. Just contact me, Tom or Darik and we'll register you for those teams and take it out of your account before week's end.
Okay, now onto the format, in case you missed it.
This is a Hold 'em Contest which rewards owners for each additional round those players are on your team. You are limited to the number of players per team you can have on your team per round, but the points double for players who advance from Round 1 to Round 2 and then triple if they are still on your roster for the World Series. Picking the right players in Round 1 from the right teams is the key to winning this contest.
Here's the Contest link: https://nfc.shgn.com/rules/263
Owners will select 16 players for Round 1 from the pool of available players from the eight MLB playoff teams. There is no draft for this contest, nor any salary cap. You pick who you want and build your roster that way.
The starting lineup/positions will consist of 10 hitters and 6 pitchers, with the same positions and position eligibility of standard NFBC leagues, except for one less catcher. All 16 players on a roster for a round are considered "active." There are no bench positions.
1 Catcher
1 First Baseman
1 Second Baseman
1 Shortstop
1 Third Baseman
4 Outfielders
1 Utility Player
6 Pitchers
This is a points-based scoring system. Players can accumulate points in the following ways:
Hitters
Single - 1 point
Double - 2 points
Triple - 3 points
Home Run - 4 points
OUT (AB - H) minus .25 point
RBI - 1 point
Run - 1 point
Walk - 1 point
Stolen Base - 1 point
HBP - 1 point
Pitchers
Win - 4 points
Save - 4 points
Earned Run - minus 1 point
Strikeout - 1 point
IP - 1 point (1/2 = .3334, 2/3 = .6667)
After Round 1, owners can replace any player on their roster that was eliminated from the playoffs with another player. However, that new addition starts at 1x their points. All remaining players get double their points in Round 2 and triple their points in Round 3. Rosters can also be updated with new players before Round 3, but again those new additions start at 1x.
There are limits to how many players you can have per team per round of the MLB playoffs. They are:
Round 1: Divisional Games
Minimum of one player from each of the eight remaining teams
Maximum of three players from one team
Round 2: League Championship Series
Minimum of two players from each team
Maximum of six players from one team
Round 3: World Series
Maximum of 10 players from each team and minimum of 6 players from each team
Thanks all for pushing us to return this contest and let's extend the NFBC season into November, right before we open the 2020 NFBC drafting season. Finally, we are actually and drafting baseball year-round. Good luck and enjoy the return of the NFBC Post-Season Hold 'em Contest.
One AL team will be eliminated tonight and then we'll have our final field of eight playoff teams.