Abdul Madani Wins The 2019 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

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Abdul Madani Wins The 2019 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:55 am

Abdul Madani of Sarasota, Florida won the 2019 NFBC Main Event title and the $150,000 grand prize. Abdul becomes our 15th different overall champion in the 16-year history of the NFBC Main Event. He finished with 5,335.5 points to earn an amazing 93.6 percent of available points, the second highest percentage in NFBC Main Event history. That's tough to do with a record 570 teams in the competition. Abdul finished 269 points ahead of Scott Zeidman, who finished second and won $40,000. Kyle Brinkmann finished third to win $25,000, Chris Fessler finished fourth to win $15,000, Ned Donohue finished fifth to win $12,500 and Emmett Ruland finished sixth to win $10,000. The Top 16 finishers in the overall earned prize money. Great job everyone.

Here's the final standings:

2019 NFBC Main Event Final Standings:
1 Abdul Madani Great Dahl of Fire Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1045 5,335.50
2 Scott Zeidman In Memory of Lawr Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #931 5,066.50
3 Kyle Brinkmann JK ALL THE WAY ME ONLINE 1 Main Event Online 3/21 @ 8:00 pm ET #862 4,971.00
4 Chris Fessler Fesslers Fire Main Event Online 3/21 @ 8:00 pm ET #862 4,970.50
5 Ned Donohue Puddle of Nud NY Main Event New York 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #754 4,929.50
6 Emmett Ruland The Hundred Dollar Billas Main Event Online 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #752 4,871.50
7 kc cha deadmoney4 Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #926 4,779.00
8 Philippe Dussault Hoof Hearted M1 Main Event New York 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #755 4,736.00
9 Toby Guevin BatFlip Crazy Main 2 Main Event Online 3/24 @ 7:00 pm ET #945 4,700.50
10 Tony DiVincenzo Spectre & Dave Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #927 4,687.50
11 Christopher Vaccaro GST & CTM Main Event Online 3/26 @ 8:00 pm ET #1022 4,635.50
12 Ned Donohue Puddle of Nud Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1043 4,597.50
13 Errol Thompson Bone Machine Main Event New York 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #754 4,578.00
14 Ronald Vackar Vackar Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 5:00 pm PT #1046 4,570.00
15 Emmett Ruland Dos Gringos Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #930 4,530.00
16 Douglas Roth Sloppy seconds Main Event Chicago 3/16 @ 12:00 pm CT #757 4,478.50
17 Michael Mager Bronx Win ME2 Main Event Las Vegas 3/24 @ 4:00 pm PT #946 4,469.50
18 Doug Cassidy Uptown Baby OL Main Event Online 3/24 @ 7:00 pm ET #945 4,445.00
19 Mark Srebro tEeNaGe WaStElAnD LV MAIN Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #928 4,416.00
20 Stephen Jupinka Quahogs USRobtx Main Event Online 3/26 @ 8:00 pm ET #1022 4,411.50
21 David Ehsanipoor Eagle Nation Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1043 4,391.00
22 Brian Slack LA Dogo Main Event Online 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #751 4,386.00
23 KELLY WITHROW WITHROW Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #929 4,385.00
24 Bradley Libros Libros Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1042 4,381.50
25 kc cha deadmoney6 Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1043 4,378.00
26 Shawn Gidley Vipers Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1041 4,366.00
27 Scott Jenstad Oaktown Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #931 4,359.50
28 Brian Rudd Mastering the Flow Main Event Online 3/23 @ 1:00 pm ET #924 4,312.50
29 Steve Fiore Sultans of Smack Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1044 4,305.00
30 Robert Henke The Gamblers Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1042 4,293.50
31 Kelly Uganski LONG GONE Main Event Las Vegas 3/21 @ 5:00 pm PT #868 4,288.00
32 Douglas Jaffe Jaffe Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 5:00 pm PT #1046 4,287.00
33 Richard Kulaski Rockwell & Koko & Qs Rhinos Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1044 4,272.00
34 Andy Robinson Robinson Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 5:00 pm PT #1046 4,271.50
35 Steve Gregovich Mad Hungarians Main Event Online 3/24 @ 7:00 pm ET #944 4,259.00
36 Bob Mazur Spartacus ll Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1045 4,256.00
37 Andrew Nolan Welcome to Stevieland Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #926 4,250.50
38 Rian Lange Aggressive Mediocrity ME2 Main Event Online 3/26 @ 8:00 pm ET #1020 4,243.50
39 Gino Yu Yu Main Event Online 3/23 @ 1:00 pm ET #924 4,201.00
40 damien passalacqua Nervous man in a 4 dollar room Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #955 4,184.50
41 Christopher Cosley The Notorious C.O.Z. Main Event Online 3/23 @ 1:00 pm ET #925 4,182.00
42 Gary Allen TRUNK MONKEY Main Event Online 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #753 4,173.00
43 Jody Ryan Ryan & The Westcoast Softies Main Event Online 3/27 @ 10:00 pm ET #1167 4,166.50
44 David DiDonato Bust! Main Event Online 3/23 @ 1:00 pm ET #925 4,156.50
45 Chris Liss Liss Main Event New York 3/17 @ 9:00 am ET #758 4,143.00
46 Brad Pinkstaff Pinkstaff Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 5:00 pm PT #1046 4,139.50
47 Mike Rothe BELFORT BASEBALL Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1044 4,125.00
48 Matt Modica ctm Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #955 4,122.50
49 Andre Bourcier Serenity Now! NY1 Main Event New York 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #755 4,117.50
50 Eric Heberlig Home Run Derbies Main Event Online 3/25 @ 8:00 pm ET #985 4,110.00
51 Ken O'Brien O'Brien Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #928 4,106.50
52 Ned Donohue Puddle of Nud Main Event Online 3/23 @ 1:00 pm ET #925 4,090.00
53 Marc Winokur Bronx Win ME3 Main Event Online 3/27 @ 10:00 pm ET #1167 4,082.50
54 Eric Albright Delt Thunder XV Main Event Chicago 3/16 @ 12:00 pm CT #757 4,075.50
55 John Scull Scull & Crossbones Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #931 4,070.00
56 Kristopher Reed Fresh Ripe Peaches Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1041 4,067.00
57 Ned Donohue Puddle of Nud Main Event Online 3/26 @ 8:00 pm ET #1021 4,051.00
58 John Queram Queram Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1042 4,050.00
59 Stephen Jupinka Quahogs NY Main Event New York 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #756 4,039.50
60 KEVIN KIRVES Amazonian Main Event Las Vegas 3/21 @ 5:00 pm PT #868 4,035.00
61 Ronny Mor Pollos Hermanos Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #928 4,018.00
62 Eric Gailing Gailing Main Event New York 3/17 @ 9:00 am ET #758 3,991.50
63 Bradley Libros Colebros3 Main Event Online 3/23 @ 1:00 pm ET #924 3,988.00
64 Lindy Hinkelman Bob Enzyte Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #929 3,986.00
65 KJ Duke killer Kodiak LV2 Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #927 3,978.00
66 David Deterra bluebloods Main Event Online 3/23 @ 1:00 pm ET #925 3,963.00
67 Peter A. Plati III Plati-puses Main Event Online 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #752 3,945.50
68 Scott Waggener Guava Main Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1041 3,941.50
69 Tyler Jung TytansMain1 Main Event Online 3/25 @ 8:00 pm ET #985 3,939.00
70 Brian Bellinger Hoss Main Event Online 3/25 @ 8:00 pm ET #986 3,937.00
71 Thomas Warner LEATHERNECK 5 Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #926 3,936.00
72 Daniel DaSilva The Hart Foundation Main Event Online 3/26 @ 8:00 pm ET #1021 3,922.00
73 David Potts Low Talkers Main Event Las Vegas 3/25 @ 5:00 pm PT #996 3,900.00
74 Mike Massotto Baseball Furies Main Event Las Vegas 3/21 @ 5:00 pm PT #869 3,898.50
75 Duke Viveros MANKIND NATION Main Event Las Vegas 3/21 @ 5:00 pm PT #868 3,897.00
76 John Bosch Mystic Fingers Main Event Las Vegas 3/24 @ 4:00 pm PT #946 3,879.00
76 Anthony Palavis Chico Linds Hermanos O Main Event Online 3/26 @ 8:00 pm ET #1021 3,879.50
78 Michael Gebby W.A.R. Main Event Las Vegas 3/24 @ 4:00 pm PT #946 3,876.00
79 Bradley Libros Colebros1 Main Event Online 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #752 3,871.00
80 Vlad Sedler Silver&Gut Main Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #929 3,868.50
81 Mike Ballschmiede Dirty Ball Main Event Online 3/27 @ 8:00 pm ET #1043 3,851.00
82 David Bone Scott TINSTAAPP Main Event Online 3/23 @ 1:00 pm ET #925 3,849.00
83 Douglas Gruber Dougs Dawgs M1 Main Event Online 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #751 3,848.50
83 Scott Feschuk ThisLeagueHas5Michaels Main Event New York 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #756 3,848.00
85 Seth Trachtman Trachtman Main Event Online 3/26 @ 8:00 pm ET #1020 3,847.00
86 Daniel DaSilva Wolfpac Main Event Online 3/21 @ 8:00 pm ET #862 3,846.00
87 Derek Pierson MSTV314 Main Event Las Vegas 3/21 @ 5:00 pm PT #869 3,844.00
88 Lawrence Schechter Winning Fantasy Baseball Main Event Online 3/26 @ 8:00 pm ET #1022 3,822.00
89 Scott Waggener Apple Main Main Event Online 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #753 3,813.50
90 Michael Roland Roland Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 5:00 pm PT #1046 3,807.00
91 Jeremy Brader Brader Main Event Online 3/26 @ 8:00 pm ET #1020 3,798.50
92 Peter Christensen TytanFall Main Event Online 3/25 @ 8:00 pm ET #985 3,797.00
93 Mike Rothe Rompcrew Main Event Online 3/25 @ 8:00 pm ET #986 3,771.00
94 Scott Waggener Honeydew Main Main Event Online 3/27 @ 10:00 pm ET #1167 3,766.50
95 Eric Price A Triple Short of the Cycle Main Event Online 3/24 @ 7:00 pm ET #945 3,760.00
96 Eric Heberlig One Eyed Jack Main Event Online 3/21 @ 8:00 pm ET #862 3,758.00
97 Dustin Wagner Team Never Lucky Main Event Las Vegas 3/23 @ 10:00 am PT #955 3,746.50
98 kc cha deadmoney5 Main Event Online 3/26 @ 8:00 pm ET #1019 3,743.50
99 Jason Emma tEeNaGe WaStElAnD NYC MAIN Main Event New York 3/16 @ 1:00 pm ET #756 3,735.00
100 Mark Dillon Two Headed Monster2 Main Event Online 3/26 @ 8:00 pm ET #1021 3,732.00
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Re: Abdul Madani Wins The 2019 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:03 am

Abdul drafted from the 8th spot in the Main Event Online on the final drafting day of the season, Wednesday, March 27th. He started out with Ronald Acuna at the 8th spot and built a winning team from there. Here's his draft results:

Great Dahl of Fire, Main Event Online, March 27th, 8 pm ET:
8 1 Acuna Jr., Ronald OF Great Dahl of Fire
23 2 Cole, Gerrit P Great Dahl of Fire
38 3 Bellinger, Cody 1B Great Dahl of Fire
53 4 Strasburg, Stephen P Great Dahl of Fire
68 5 Dahl, David OF Great Dahl of Fire
83 6 Villar, Jonathan 2B Great Dahl of Fire
98 7 Hicks, Jordan P Great Dahl of Fire
113 8 Castillo, Luis P Great Dahl of Fire
128 9 Devers, Rafael 3B Great Dahl of Fire
143 10 Ramos, Wilson C Great Dahl of Fire
158 11 Glasnow, Tyler P Great Dahl of Fire
173 12 Barnes, Matt P Great Dahl of Fire
188 13 Hicks, Aaron OF Great Dahl of Fire
203 14 McHugh, Collin P Great Dahl of Fire
218 15 Escobar, Eduardo SS Great Dahl of Fire
233 16 Gurriel Jr., Lourdes MI Great Dahl of Fire
248 17 DeShields, Delino OF Great Dahl of Fire
263 18 White, Tyler CI Great Dahl of Fire
278 19 Holland, Greg P Great Dahl of Fire
293 20 Boyd, Matthew P Great Dahl of Fire
308 21 Calhoun, Kole OF Great Dahl of Fire
323 22 Narvaez, Omar C Great Dahl of Fire
338 23 Heaney, Andrew P Great Dahl of Fire
353 24 Belt, Brandon UT Great Dahl of Fire
368 25 Pena, Felix P Great Dahl of Fire
383 26 Harrison, Josh 2B Great Dahl of Fire
398 27 Shoemaker, Matt P Great Dahl of Fire
413 28 Adams, Matt 1B Great Dahl of Fire
428 29 Vazquez, Christian C Great Dahl of Fire
443 30 Jeffress, Jeremy P Great Dahl of Fire
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Re: Abdul Madani Wins The 2019 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:19 am

Here is Abdul Madani's Free Agent pickups through the season:

September 22nd: (Player Won, $, Player Dropped)
Austin Voth 2 David Dahl Won

September 15th:
Brock Holt 1 Dereck Rodriguez Won

September 8th:
Dereck Rodriguez 1 Alex Wood Won
Shane Greene 1 Aaron Hicks Won

September 1st:
Seth Brown 2 Rowdy Tellez Won
Wilmer Flores 1 Corey Kluber Won

August 25th:
Victor Reyes 1 Matt Beaty Won
Framber Valdez 1 Hunter Strickland Won
Rowdy Tellez 1 Wilmer Flores Won

August 18th:
Matt Beaty 2 Adam Haseley Won
Matt Joyce 1 Sam Travis Won

August 11th:
Sam Travis 3 Chris Martin Won
Adam Haseley 1 Blake Treinen Won
Andrew Miller 2 Jalen Beeks Won
Wilmer Flores 2 Ryan Goins Won

August 4th:
Ryan Goins 2 Aaron Bummer Won

July 28th:
Chris Martin 22 Greg Holland Won
Archie Bradley 7 Felix Pena Won

July 21st:
Jalen Beeks 15 Nick Pivetta Won
Blake Treinen 8 Tyler Glasnow Won
Alex Wood 8 Roenis Elias Won
Vince Velasquez 8 Andrew Heaney Won

July 14th:
Aaron Bummer 2 Willie Calhoun Won

July 7th:
Nathan Eovaldi 29 Carter Kieboom Won

June 30th:
Brandon Workman 64 Jordan Hicks Won
Carter Kieboom 11 Matt Barnes Won

June 23rd:
Emilio Pagan 92 Brandon Belt Won
Roenis Elias 15 Kolten Wong Won

June 9th:
Corey Kluber 49 Marcus Walden Won
Luis Severino 42 Brian Goodwin Won

June 2nd:
Danny Santana 14 Collin McHugh Won

May 26th:
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 36 Merrill Kelly Won
Marcus Walden 31 Jeremy Jeffress Won

May 19th:
Keston Hiura 174 Willy Adames Won
Kolten Wong 9 Johan Camargo Won
Willie Calhoun 142 Delino DeShields Won

May 12th:
Willy Adames 13 Carter Kieboom Won
Nick Pivetta 1 Tyler O'Neill Won

April 28th:
Carter Kieboom 141 Josh Harrison Won
Tyler O'Neill 12 Matt Shoemaker Won
Didi Gregorius 8 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Won

April 21st:
Johan Camargo 8 Tyler White Won

April 14th:
Brian Goodwin 5 Brandon Crawford Won

April 7th:
Brandon Crawford 3 Matt Adams Won

March 31st:
Merrill Kelly 3 Christian Vazquez Won
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Re: Abdul Madani Wins The 2019 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:23 am

Of the Top 20 overall teams, here is where they drafted this year:

No. 1 - 0 teams
No. 2 - 0 teams
No. 3 - 1 team
No. 4 - 2 teams
No. 5 - 0 teams
No. 6 - 1 team
No. 7 - 2 teams
No. 8 - 1 team
No. 9 - 2 teams
No. 10 - 4 teams
No. 11 - 2 teams
No. 12 - 1 team
No. 13 - 3 teams
No. 14 - 0 teams
No. 15 - 1 team

11 of the 15 draft spots were represented in the Top 20 overall. There were 6 teams in the Top 7 spots, 13 teams in the bottom 7 spots and 1 spot right in the middle. Very interesting. Good job everyone.
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Re: Abdul Madani Wins The 2019 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:24 am

Here was the final prize distribution for the 2019 NFBC Main Event as we finished with a record 570 teams:

Overall Prizes
1 - $150,000
2 - $40,000
3 - $25,000
4 - $15,000
5 - $12,500
6 - $10,000
7 - $8,000
8 - $6,000
9 - $5,000
10 - $4,000
11 - $3,000
12 - $2,500
13 - $2,000
14 - $1,800
15 - $1,700
16 - $1,500
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Re: Abdul Madani Wins The 2019 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:26 am

Abdul Madani becomes our 15th different winner of the NFBC Main Event since 2004. Only Lindy Hinkelman is a two-time Main Event overall champion.

Here's our updated list of Main Event champions. They include:

2004 - Artie Rastelli
2005 - Brian Oldenski
2006 - David DiDonato
2007 - Terry Haney
2008 - Robert Jurney
2009 - Lindy Hinkelman
2010 - Steve Jupinka
2011 - Lindy Hinkelman
2012 - Dave Potts
2013 - Ken Norred & Dan Semsel
2014 - Greg & Dale Morgan
2015 - Glenn Schroter
2016 - Rob Silver
2017 - Chris Fessler
2018 - John Pausma
2019 - Abdul Madani
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Re: Abdul Madani Wins The 2019 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Edwards Kings » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:33 am

Congrats!
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Post by King of Queens » Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:18 am

Not much drama this year — pure domination. Well done, Abdul!

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Re: Abdul Madani Wins The 2019 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Wolfpac » Mon Sep 30, 2019 11:05 am

Congrats great job Abdul

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Re: Abdul Madani Wins The 2019 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Ultrarunner » Mon Sep 30, 2019 2:02 pm

Congratulations, Abdul! Way to go, Champ!

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Post by JohnP » Mon Sep 30, 2019 5:28 pm

Nailed it. Congrats. You dominated - well done!

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Re: Abdul Madani Wins The 2019 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by DOUGHBOYS » Mon Sep 30, 2019 5:34 pm

You put it all together and won the Grand Daddy of them all!

Congrats!
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Re: Abdul Madani Wins The 2019 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Texas Connection » Tue Oct 01, 2019 6:49 pm

Fantastic Job Abdul. Congratulations on the hard fought victory.

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