Jason Duponte Wins Post-Season Contest & $15,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Jason Duponte of Natick, Massachusetts held onto the slimmest of margins to win the 2020 NFBC Post-Season Hold 'Em Contest and the $15,000 grand prize. Jason finished 1 point ahead of Drew Morris for the title and just 2 points ahead of Stuart Sava. Drew won $6,000 for his runner-up finish, while Stuart won $5,000 for finishing third. It's definitely the closest finish we've ever had in a national NFBC contest. Wow, crazy.

We paid the Top 20 finishers in this contest, which had a record 399 teams in it. Jason also had teams that finished 6th and 13th overall, which is surprising because he couldn't load his rosters with his beloved Red Sox this year!! This format worked out perfectly with 16 teams in it and we'll see what Rob Manfred mandates for the post-season next year. No matter the number of teams, this contest will return in 2021 with an expanded grand prize and hopefully more than 400 teams. Thanks all and congrats to all of the winning owners.

Here's the final standings:

NFBC Post-Season Contest Final Standings:
1 Jason Duponte Gimme the Loot 1,795
2 Drew Morris Morris 1,794
3 stuart sava kotex army 1,793
4 Michael Christie Two Coaches and a Ball 1 1,778
5 Christopher Hahn Birds of a Feather 1,767
6 Jason Duponte Kick in the Door 1,763
7 Kenneth Morita Mean Machine PH2 1,756
8 Leonard Ringle Lucca I 1,743
9 Ron Spurgeon Spurgeon 1,738
10 Leonard Ringle Lucca VI 1,736
11 DAVID GRONSKY Gauchos 1,732
12 John Drury Drury 1,731
13 Jason Duponte Who is Karim Garcia 1,727
14 JAMES BOYD BOYD 1,726
15 Brian Rudd Rudd 1,725
16 Chris Fessler Fessler 1,723
17 Mike Cameron Cameron 1,721
18 Michael Faulkner Crazy Vaclav 1,720
19 Paul Spradling Highlander 1,714
20 Richard Kulaski Rockwells Avengers Rise Again 1,713
21 Jason Duponte Cora in November 1,701
22 Isaac Cockburn Cockburn 1,693
23 Roland Pinto Pinto 1,686
24 Ben Fils Fils 1,682
25 Thomas Warner LEATHERNECK 13 1,678
26 Tim Remley I Will Never Walk Alone 1,674
27 Robert Klein Klein 3 1,674
28 Leonard Ringle Lucca IV 1,674
29 karen frye Team Frye 1,672
30 Jon Stadtmueller Texas Connection1 1,668
31 John Roberts AZ Hawks PS 1,666
32 David Miller Millertime 1 1,663
33 Erik Sudigala MrOctober 1,662
34 BRADY PATTERSON PATTERSON 1,660
35 John Riccio Riccio 1,660
36 James Holecko James Gang 1,660
37 Richard Kulaski K and Qs Avengers Return 1,659
38 John Riccio Riccio 1,657
39 Marc Perlmutter Slipstitches 1,657
40 Thomas Warner LEATHERNECK 17 1,655
41 Edward Mayer Bangin on a Trash Can 1,654
42 Gregory Dunnett Dunnett 1,653
43 Steve PERALTA C.R.E.A.M. 1,652
44 Jon Stadtmueller Texas Connection4 1,649
45 Harley Ratner Ratner 1,648
46 Robert Klein Klein 2 - B 1,647
47 carter gill gill 1,646
48 Steven Lerner Lerner 1,645
49 Thomas Warner LEATHERNECK 15 1,644
50 Ken Clark Red Mule 1,642
51 Chris Read Read 1,641
52 Stephen Marshall Marshall 1,640
53 MATTHEW MCGUIRE MCGUIRE 1,640
54 Michael Broderick Mayor of Dong City 1,639
55 Kevin Hasting Hasting 1,637
56 Jim Christie Christie 1,631
57 Joe Meyer Meyer 1,631
58 John OBrien COBBLERS playoffs 1,628
59 Ryan Marsh RyKyWy1 1,628
60 chris latka latka 1,626
61 Anthony Cifelli SIMPLE MAN 1,626
62 Don Lacknett Lacknett 1,625
63 JB Helford TBall In The Hall 1,624
64 Donald Mulvey Mulvey 1,624
65 Robert Blackman Double Bs VII 1,623
66 Jason Duponte Bloom SZN 1,622
67 Brian Leigh Leigh 1,621
68 Jon Stadtmueller Mudhens4 1,621
69 Ron Kraus Kraus 1,620
70 Kyle Estes Estes 1,618
71 Greg Blankenship Blankenship Mason 1,617
72 James MacDonald MacDonald 1,617
73 Gregg Martin Martin 1,614
74 JAMES VITTONE dolphvikes 1,611
75 jack anthony CRACKERJAX 1,610
76 Michael Caputo Caputo 1,608
77 Stephen Jupinka Jupinka 1,608
78 John Lyons Ballsackers 1,607
79 Jon Stadtmueller Mudhens1 1,606
80 Matthew Blaubach Parknoll 2020 1,604
81 Andrew Nolan Post Stevieland 1,603
82 John Lyons Green Machine 1,602
83 joe song Jo So Def 1,601
84 Michael Mayer Mayer 1,599
85 Adam Warner Warner 1,598
86 Jason Duponte Chapman Sh*t his pants 1,596
87 Jeffrey Cianci Cianci 1,595
88 Scott Freiler Freiler 1,593
89 Daren Eliason Eliason 1,593
90 Doug Atkins Attie Babies 1,590
91 Jason Duponte Fake Season 1,590
92 Dave Shovein Dynamic Inertia Playoff II 1,589
93 Jeffrey Cook Cook 1,587
94 Douglas Gruber Dawgs Paus 1,584
95 Dennis Gahry Gahry 1,584
96 Daniel Epstein SpongeBobs Accountants 1,583
97 Douglas Gruber Paus Dawgs 1,583
98 JASON ROBERTS FriedTatis 1,581
99 Douglas Gruber Paus Dawgs 2 1,581
100 Brady Seehafer Seehafer Postseason 2 1,580

[Greg Ambrosius]

We finished with a record 399 teams for this contest and paid 82% to the Top 20 overall. Here were the final prizes:

1 - $15,000
2 - $6,000
3 - $5,000
4 - $4,000
5 - $3,500
6 - $3,000
7 - $2,500
8 - $2,000
9 - $1,500
10 - $1,200
11 - $1,000
12 - $750
13 - $600
14 - $500
15 - $400
16 - $300
17 - $250
18 - $200
19 - $150
20 - $100

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here's our list of NFBC Post-Season Hold 'Em Contest national champions:

2015 - Alan Greenberg, $25,000
2019 - Kevin Kulp, $20,000
2020 - Jason Duponte, $15,000

We didn't offer this contest in 2016 because we were in the midst of being sold by STATS and in 2017 and '18 we didn't quite have the software ready for this particular contest. It's great to see it back on solid footing with sold software and this one will be around for many years to come. Thanks all.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Although his Red Sox weren't in the playoffs this year, Jason Duponte did build his team around a former Red Sox, Mr. Mookie Betts. He had Betts and Tyler Glasnow as his 4x players and he had Randy Arozarena, Clayton Kershaw, Blake Snell and Walker Buehler as his 3x players. Those moves proved to be worth $15,000 in this contest where every single point was valuable. Here was Jason Duponte's winning lineup in Round 4:

C - Will Smith LAD (1x)
1B - Cody Bellinger LAD (1x)
2B - Max Muncy LAD (2X)
SS - Corey Seager LAD (2X)
3B - Justin Turner LAD (1x)
OF - Mookie Betts LAD (4X)
OF - Randy Arozarena TB (3X)
OF - Manuel Margot TB (1x)
OF - Brandon Lowe TB (1x)
UT - Joey Wendle TB (1x)
P - Clayton Kershaw LAD (3X)
P - Charlie Morton TB (2X)
P - Tyler Glasnow TB (4X)
P - Julio Urias LAD (1x)
P - Blake Snell TB (3X)
P - Walker Buehler LAD (3X)