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We already have more than 420 teams for the NFBC's Main Event and we still have to get two teams into the Atlantic City main event the first weekend. We need to finalize that location tomorrow and move on with the first weekend's draft spots. But in order to accommodate them, we need to push to 435 teams overall.



That isn't going to be a problem from the inquiries we are still getting. I also want to lock up an eighth full league in Las Vegas and be done there. We currently have 115 teams there for the second weekend and a nice, round 120 teams, 8 full leagues would make my day. I think we can do that. Then we'll see what happens in Chicago and New York, but maybe we combine that last league there and make this a nice, round 435 overall.



Here's what the Bellagio looks like on March 27th. You have one last chance to jump in there if you're planning to come to Sin City with us. FIVE SPOTS LEFT!!! Thanks all.



2010 NATIONAL FANTASY BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

MAIN EVENT

SATURDAY, MARCH 27th, 2010



LAS VEGAS

Bellagio Las Vegas

Saturday, March 27, 10 a.m. PST

1. Lindy Hinkelman, Greencreek, Idaho

2. Glenn Schroter, Whitestone, New York

3. Shawn Childs, Forestdale, Massachusetts

4. Chris Schinker, Chandler, Arizona

5. Will Tyrer, Beverly Hills, California

6. Dan Semsel, Whiteman AFB, Missouri

7. Peter Berall, Montreal, Quebec

8. Scott Zeidman, Redondo Beach, California

9. Dave Clum, Pembroke Pines, Florida

10. Stephen Jupinka, Waldwick, New Jersey

11. Scott Jenstad, Pasadena, California

12. Rick Thomas, Lewes, Delaware

13. Tom Zarogiannos, Las Vegas, Nevada

14. Richard Gordon, Las Vegas, Nevada

15. Paul Spradling, Bullhead City, Arizona

16. Kent Stermon, St. Augustine, Florida

17. Don Brady, Rogers, Arkansas

18. Richie Sutton, Cupertino, California

19. KJ Duke, San Diego, California

20. Erik Sudigala, Saratoga Springs, New York

21. Duke Viveros, Highland Park, California

22. Rob Silver, Toronto, Ontario

23. Dallas Jones, Centennial, Colorado

24. Thomas McDevitt, Berkeley, California

25. Henry Tang, San Francisco, California

26. Ken Magner, Freehold, New Jersey

27. Matthew Bauler, Memphis, Tennessee

28. Ream & Val Lazaro, Scottsdale, Arizona

29. Neal Moses, Oakland Township, Michigan

30. Clark Olson, Seattle, Washington

31. Jim Christie, Rochester, New York

32. Gene McCaffrey, Fort Collins, Colorado

33. Bob Mazur, Boulder, Colorado

34. Emmett Ruland, Haymarket, Virginia

35. Young Kim, Little Ferry, New Jersey

36. David DiDonato, Johnston, Rhode Island

37. Marc Meltzer, Jupiter, Florida

38. Ira Kerker, Boca Raton, Florida

39. Jeff Kratz, Mansfield, Texas

40. Stewart Cables, Denver, Colorado

41. Gregg Janoff, Riverside, California

42. Bobby Jurney, Dunkirk, Maryland

43. Paul Weber, Richmond Heights, Missouri

44. Jason Santucci, San Mateo, California

45. Jason Steeves, Calgary, Alberta

46. Gregory Glukhovsky, West Hills, California

47. Matt Snoga, San Antonio, Texas

48. David Longood, Salem, Oregon

49. Chris Garcia, Wesley Chapel, Florida

50. Donn Johnson, Atlanta, Georgia

51. John Crane, College Place, Washington

52. Ray Murphy, Quincy, Massachusetts

53. James Li, New York City

54. Doug Atkins, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

55. Wayne Edwards, Duluth, Georgia

56. Jon Stadtmueller, Little Rock, Arkansas

57. Carlos Barrionuevo, Takoma Park, Maryland

58. Mel Damski, Los Angeles, California

59. Paul LeMarbre, Waukesha, Wisconsin

60. James Rodriguez, New York, New York

61. Duran Holton, San Diego, California

62. Steve Wells, Las Vegas, Nevada

63. Eric Price, Norwalk, Connecticut

64. Matthew Shepherd, San Antonio, Texas

65. Mike Delgado, San Fernando, California

66. Mike Duggan, St. Simons Island, Georgia

67. Chris Poulson, Dublin, California

68. Andy Robinson, Columbus, Georgia

69. Robert DeNofrio, Temecula, California

70. Randy Barbour, Cockeysville, Maryland

71. James Havey, LaMiranda, California

72. Heath Shaffer, Auburn, Washington

73. Jason Gill, Chicago, Illinois

74. Roger Garvin, El Segundo, California

75. Brent Grooms, Tallahassee, Florida

76. Dave Potts, Auburn, Alabama

77. William Fung, San Francisco, California

78. Les Travis, Tucson, Arizona

79. Tim Short, Blacklick, Ohio

80. Dan Dolan, Aurora, Colorado

81. Donald Warner, Eden Prairie, Minnesota

82. Kevin Schiller, Phoenix, Arizona

83. Chris Hill, Santa Fe, New Mexico

84. Nick Cassavetes, Los Angeles, California

85. Donnie Petullo, Las Vegas, Nevada

86. Bradley Shairson, Hermosa Beach, California

87. JT Visco, North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

88. Christopher Stevenson, Bellevue, Washington

89. Josh Blumenreich, Phoenix, Arizona

90. Andy Eldridge, Elk City, Oklahoma

91. Richard Van Fleet, LaJolla, California

92. Seth Poppel, Seattle, Washington

93. Rey Diaz, Miami, Florida

94. David McDonald, Bay Village, Ohio

95. Eric Wasyliw, Saint John, Indiana

96. Chris Plouffe, Tallahassee, Florida

97. Scott Keikoan, Las Vegas, Nevada

98. Scott Fleming, Totowa, New Jersey

99. Dave Cushard, Jackson, Michigan

100. Todd Lammi, Union City, California

101. David Zwickel, New York, New York

102. Brandon Ponichter, San Francisco, California

103. Philip McDonald, Huntsville, Alabama

104. Craig Katz, Los Angeles, California

105. Jordan Todd, Austin, Texas

106. Rob Maysey, Scottsdale, Arizona

107. John Fousek, Rapid City, South Dakota

108. Nicholaus Sackett, Alhambra, California

109. John Menna, Fort Collins, Colorado

110. Stephen Fiore, Scottsdale, Arizona

111. Patrick Gagne, Sutton, Quebec

112. Donny Moore, Apopka, Florida

113. Terry Haney, Johnston, Iowa

114. Vlad Sedler, Marina del Rey, California

115. Rich Gannon, Oakland Raiders



[ March 17, 2010, 04:30 AM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Greg,



How many guys are signed up to do the main event/classic for both weekends. Just wondering (if too much trouble to get info don't worry about it).



Rich

Originally posted by rkulaski:

Greg,



How many guys are signed up to do the main event/classic for both weekends. Just wondering (if too much trouble to get info don't worry about it).



Rich No problem. I had posted this before. The total was right around 30. So our number of unique owners will likely still top the 390 we had last year.



I'll say one thing: I think if I opened the first weekend to an online main event I'd get 15 more NFBC owners who would take a second main event team. We didn't really do that because we wanted the live events to succeed, but I know a lot of folks would jump in if we offered it. I'm hearing from folks tonight already asking for that.

With Atlantic City now full, we are headed towards 435 for the main event. We already have 423 and a few more owners ready to jump in. My goal is to now:



Fill up 8 full leagues in Las Vegas (we are 5 short)

At the very least combine CHI-NY's final main.



Keep 'em coming. I know we're going to get to 435 and then announce the altered league prizes. It's all good right now!!!! Do you feel it with me?

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

With Atlantic City now full, we are headed towards 435 for the main event. We already have 423 and a few more owners ready to jump in. My goal is to now:



Fill up 8 full leagues in Las Vegas (we are 5 short)

At the very least combine CHI-NY's final main.



Keep 'em coming. I know we're going to get to 435 and then announce the altered league prizes. It's all good right now!!!! Do you feel it with me? GA you better fill up the last league on the 2nd weekend. I would hate to be the guy who calls Rich Gannon and says oh we did not fill up...

Greg, I sent you a PM. Please call me. Might jump in.



Thanks,

John

Originally posted by SluggoJD:

Greg, I sent you a PM. Please call me. Might jump in.



Thanks,

John GREAT NEWS John. We have added another one to the Bellagio second weekend and if you jump in that would put us at 117 there. We will fill up an eighth league and then close out Las Vegas. I'm very happy with how that is playing out in Las Vegas for both weekends.



We also got another signup for New York on the second weekend, so we are moving closer to 435 and are on pace to announce these leagues and draft spots by next Thursday at the latest. We announced the first weekend's draft slots on Friday of this week (coming today), but we are hosting live drafts next Friday in three different cities. I will be in Las Vegas next Thursday and hopefully can load all of those leagues online inbetween my March Madness first round bets. Stay tuned for details on the times for draft slots, but that seems like the plan.



Sound good?

Ok, I'm in.



What is this, our 7th year?

Originally posted by SluggoJD:

Ok, I'm in.



What is this, our 7th year? Awesome John. I'll call you right now.



Yes, this is our 7th year together. You've gone through more during that time than anyone else and survived to tell about it. AWESOME to have you back at the Bellagio. After our last phone call, I didn't think you'd ever watch baseball again!! Look for my call now.

Originally posted by SluggoJD:

Ok, I'm in.



What is this, our 7th year? John Dean and Dennis Young are now in for the Classic Bellagio, so we're at 117 now there. We'll get to 120 and close it out, filling up the final spots in Chicago and New York. We're definitely going to hit 435, which is good for everyone. Stay tuned and look for draft spots in the next week.

how will this great news affect payouts??

1 vote for increasing the league payouts with the extra entries.

$5,500 1st place league prize has a nice ring to it?

Originally posted by The RoundTrippers:

how will this great news affect payouts?? I'm still working on that. We'll consider league prizes first, that's for sure.

We moved two steps closer to the 435 mark today as we added two more main event signups. Virgilio Ramos of Guaynbo, Puerto Rico has jumped into the main event at Citi Field and he also signed up for a Live Double Play. AWESOME!! We now have participants from Puerto Rico, Norway, Australia and I think Belgium in the NFBC. We've gone International this year!!! Great stuff.



George Puhl of Metamora, Illinois is already doing the main event at St. Louis and he was very disappointed to see the Auction League fall through there. But he did the right thing today and jumped into the main event in Chicago, moving us closer with our fourth league there.



I think that leaves us with SEVEN SPOTS LEFT!!! Three of them are definitely going to Las Vegas as I'm filling up eight full leagues there if I have to play myself!!! Just kidding, I can't do that (although I know you'd love this bum in the competition ). So we have time to get four more in New York and Chicago and then see what things look like. But 428 right now is a good number, don't you think?



Thanks guys for jumping in and let's keep things rollin'.

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by The RoundTrippers:

how will this great news affect payouts?? I'm still working on that. We'll consider league prizes first, that's for sure. [/QUOTE]greg,

how much extra prize money are we dealing with for 2 extra leagues?



[ March 13, 2010, 12:04 PM: Message edited by: Gekko ]

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by The RoundTrippers:

how will this great news affect payouts?? I'm still working on that. We'll consider league prizes first, that's for sure. [/QUOTE]greg,

how much extra prize money are we dealing with for 2 extra leagues? [/QUOTE]My guess is about $350 extra in league prizes

Let's do the math....



30 teams x $1300 = $39,000.00

$39,000.00 - $17,600.00 for two leagues at current prize levels = $21,400.00

$21,400.00 x 80% = approx. $17,000.00

$17,000.00/29 leagues = approx. $600 per league



New league prizes

1st - $5,500.00

2nd - $2,600.00

3rd - $1,300.00



Voila.



[ March 13, 2010, 01:55 PM: Message edited by: Glenneration X ]

Originally posted by Glenneration X:

Let's do the math....



30 teams x $1300 = $39,000.00

$39,000.00 - $17,600.00 for two leagues at current prize levels = $21,400.00

$21,400.00 x 75-80% = approx. $16,000.00

$16,000.00/29 leagues = approx. $600 per league



New league prizes

1st - $5,500.00

2nd - $2,600.00

3rd - $1,300.00



Voila. Good math, Glenn!



However, since these are 15 team leagues, I honestly wouldn't mind seeing 1st and 2nd stay where they are, and.....



3rd place move up $100 to $1,400 (so you can "technically" say you made $$$....minus Uncle Sam, travel, added draft fee, etc.)



4th place get $500 for a good solid effort.



Might sound a bit like "charity" to some, but finishing in the top 27% in these leagues is no easy feat. Then again, maybe I am just stinging because I finished 4th in what I considered a pretty tough league last year.



I'll be happy with whatever, as I plan on winning my league! $5,000 is good for me, I'm not greedy!



[ March 13, 2010, 01:57 PM: Message edited by: billywaz ]

Originally posted by Glenneration X:

Let's do the math....



30 teams x $1300 = $39,000.00

$39,000.00 - $17,600.00 for two leagues at current prize levels = $21,400.00

$21,400.00 x 80% = approx. $17,000.00

$17,000.00/29 leagues = approx. $600 per league



New league prizes

1st - $5,500.00

2nd - $2,600.00

3rd - $1,300.00



Voila. Not quite. First of, the distribution is more like 72-73%, not 75% or 80%, which is still quite good. Then you're applying the percent to the net difference ($21,400), not to the gross ($39,000). By your logic, they will distribute $34,600 (17k + 17.6k) out of $39K or 89%. Unless Greg feels Christmasy, it's not gonna happen.

$350 per league or about 72%. Take it to the bank and be happy with it.

live payback % should be 75% at a minimum

AND NO 4TH PLACE MONEY GREG. NO MORE FANTASY WELFARE

Originally posted by Gekko:

AND NO 4TH PLACE MONEY GREG. NO MORE FANTASY WELFARE Everybody chant with me....



WELFARE, WELFARE, WELFARE....!!!!!

Accurate or not, I think most players like my math better.



Glenn

Originally posted by Glenneration X:

Accurate or not, I think most players like my math better.



Glenn Lol...no kidding! I love your math too, I wish we would have gotten 90 percent.

Unfortunately, it's not true.