Matt Modica Wins NFBC Ultimate Auction & $40,000

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Matt Modica Wins NFBC Ultimate Auction & $40,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:47 pm

Matt Modica of New York City roared to the title in the Las Vegas Ultimate Auction League with a big final week to win the $40,000 prize. He made up 6.5 points in the final week to win the title by 1.5 points. Jason Duponte finished second to earn $20,000 with Jon Stadtmueller finishing third and earning $7,500. Great job everyone and congrats to all of the money winners.

Here's the final standings:

2019 NFBC Las Vegas Ultimate Auction League Final Standings:
1 Matt Modica ctm ult auc 109.5
2 Jason Duponte Cue the Duckboats Ultimate LV 108
3 Jon Stadtmueller Mudhens 100.5
4 Thomas Warner LEATHERNECK 93
5 Lindy Hinkelman Beaver Cleaver 90.5
6 Anthony Botzo Choo Vegas Vacation 87
7 Shawn Johnson Johnson 85.5

Here's the prize structure for the NFBC Ultimate Auction League:
League Prizes
1 $40,000
2 $20,000
3 $7,500
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Re: Matt Modica Wins NFBC Ultimate Auction & $40,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:49 pm

We have been hosting the NFBC Ultimate Auction League since 2005 and Matt Modica is the latest new champion to be crowned. He joins a select group of owners who have won the NFBC Ultimate Auction League over the last 15 years. They include:

2005 - David Longood
2006 - Greg Morgan
2007 - David Longood
2008 - Ken Norred
2009 - David Longood
2010 - Will Tyrer
2011 - Kevin Kirves
2012 - Jon Stadtmueller
2013 - Glenn Lowy
2013 - Jeff Dobies/Steve Jupinka (League 2)
2014 - Dave Potts
2014 - Sam Botnick/Todd Zola (League 2)
2015 - Jon Stadtmueller
2016 - Ross Longood
2017 - Jon Stadtmueller
2018 - Jon Stadtmueller
2019 - Matt Modica
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 30, 2019 2:04 pm

Here is Matt Modica's winning roster that was started in the auction and continued in the 7-man reserve round:

C - Kurt Suzuki $1
C - Chance Sisco $1
1B - Peter Alonso $11
2B - Yoan Moncada $12
SS - Garrett Hampson $7
3B - Miguel Sano $1
CI - Marwin Gonzalez $2
MI - Ian Kinsler $1
UT - Ryan McMahon $1
OF - Christian Yelich $42
OF - Bryce Harper $35
OF - Yasiel Puig $25
OF - Jorge Soler $1
OF - Kevin Pillar $1

P - Jacob deGrom $42
P - Jack Flaherty $27
P - Archie Bradley $7
P - Zack Wheeler $23
P - Sean Doolittle $11
P - Jordan Hicks $6
P - Aaron Sanchez $1
P - Martin Perez $1
P - Matthew Boyd $1

R - Niko Goodrum
R - Zack Cozart
R - Trevor Williams
R - Franchy Cordero
R - Brandon Crawford
R - Bryse Wilson
R - Adam Wainwright
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Re: Matt Modica Wins NFBC Ultimate Auction & $40,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 30, 2019 2:07 pm

Kudos to Matt Modica, who had a big year in the NFBC. Not only did he win the Ultimate Auction League, but he won a 15-Team Super League, a Main Event League, a $1400 Auction Championship League, and the MLBC Contract League. He earned five league titles, while finishing 11th overall in the Main Event and 24th in the Auction Championship. He also had five runner-up finishes and five third place money finishes. Nice year Matt and well done.
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Re: Matt Modica Wins NFBC Ultimate Auction & $40,000

Post by Texas Connection » Tue Oct 01, 2019 6:44 pm

Heck of a year, Matt. Congrats on the title. It seems like you were out of money with a month to go and then you lost Yelich. I may have to rethink the strategy of having a few bucks at the end. It was a great battle in the league to the end. Congrats on all your other wins as well.

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Re: Matt Modica Wins NFBC Ultimate Auction & $40,000

Post by Gekko » Sun Oct 20, 2019 3:11 pm

Nice job Matt!

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