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The Las Vegas main event will be held at the Flamingo on Saturday, March 21st starting promptly at 10 a.m. PST with 11 leagues. Please be on time as all drafts will start exactly at the top of the hour. Here is the draft order for Las Vegas League 8:



LAS VEGAS LEAGUE 8

1. John Crane, College Place, Washington

2. Dan Dolan, Aurora, Colorado

3. Lance Turbes, San Mateo, California

4. Lindy Hinkelman, Greencreek, Idaho

5. Seth Poppel, Seattle, Washington

6. Chris George, Beverly Hills, California

7. Gregory Glukhovsky, West Hills, California

8. Terry Haney, Johnston, Iowa

9. Richard Goodwein, Oliver, British Columbia, Canada

10. Todd Zola, Framingham, Massachusetts

11. Matthew Bauler, Memphis, Tennessee

12. Bradley Shairson, Hermosa Beach, California

13. Brian Oakchunas, Alameda, California

14. Terry Travis, Bernardsville, New Jersey

15. Joshua Sack, San Francisco, California



[ March 13, 2009, 12:01 PM: Message edited by: Tom Kessenich ]

This is one bad-zzz league.



Lance, my man! The #3 pick! Sweet!

Tough league for sure.... Looks like I'll have to make my pick from the 11th spot count.



See ya guys next week in Vegas!

Cool league!



I had my preference 14, 15, 13, 1, 2, 3...etc...but changed it to 1,2,3,4, 15,14...a couple days before deadline.



Good call.



Time to plan my attack!



~Lance

I got Lance in my league. Sweet!

Lance nice switch to the top 4 numbers and getting three.I like the top 7 then maybe 12 13,14,15.Number 8 could go 15 in another league and vise versa. goodluck.

Lance I will miss the excitement that you brought to are league every week last year.

Thanks Kelly, Eddie, Walla, Sir Kings!!! I'm happy to not have to face off with Mr. Gillis and Kelly and Randy and JohnZ and KJ again...but like all leagues...I have my hands full.



After looking over this league, of course Walla Walla, Bjoak, Zola, Bauler "Balla" and Mr. "Dork Dads Convention" stand out right away.



Haney has that every-other-year thing going...so if history repeats itself...he finished top 4 overall or better!



Brian is ranked highest in terms of consistency, followed by Lindy, and Sack and but I'll take Terry's $$$$$.



Any Dan from Colorado worries me.



Looking forward to taking a step forward this season. I'm done donating.



~Lance

Lance,

I will also miss not having you in my league this year, you keep things entertaining! Good luck to you and I'll see you in Vegas on Thursday!



Randy

Originally posted by Latham:

Lance,

I will also miss not having you in my league this year, you keep things entertaining! Good luck to you and I'll see you in Vegas on Thursday!



Randy Hey Randy!



I'm getting in early Friday this year, but it looks like 80 and 81 degrees for Friday, Sat, Sunday!!!



We'll have to sport our weekly winner Jerseys!!! (My one saving grace from 2008, a beautiful $1300.00 Jersey!!! )



~Lance

With minimal effort, here's a league breakdown!!!



LAS VEGAS LEAGUE 8



1. John "Walla Walla" Crane, College Place, Washington (#365 lifetime) 6th year "Charter Menber" NFBC Main Event Veteran. Best finish #130 overall. (2008 $1300 AL auction Champion)



2. Dan "Spartacus Lives" Dolan, Aurora, Colorado (unranked) 2nd year in ME. Best finish #286 overall.



3. Lance "sportsbettingman" Turbes, San Mateo, California (#400 lifetime) 4th year. Best finish #235.



4. Lindy "Bob Enzyte" Hinkelman, Greencreek, Idaho (#62 lifetime) 5th year in ME. Best finish #52 overall. 2nd year in ULTIMATE and 2nd year in $1300 NL auction!



5. Seth "Sons of Pitches" Poppel, Seattle, Washington (unranked) ME rookie. $650 NL auction vet, and is in $1300 NL auction this year.



6. Chris George, Beverly Hills, California (unranked) NFBC Rookie.



7. Gregory "The Mad Russians" Glukhovsky, West Hills, California (#264 lifetime) 4th year ME vet. Best finish #78 overall. Also in $650 AL auction.



8. Terry "Fat Tub of Goo" Haney, Johnston, Iowa (#172 lifetime) 6th year veteran of ME, with a 4th place overall as well as a 1st place $100,000.00 ME Championship in 2007! He's also in the ULTIMATE Auction and $1300 mixed auction.



9. Richard Goodwein, Oliver, British Columbia, Canada (unranked) NFBC ME Rookie.



10. Todd "ToddZ" Zola, Framingham, Massachusetts (#272 lifetime) 6th year ME vet with a best finish of #113 overall. Veteran of $1300 AL auction, and returning champion of $1300 NL auction.



11. Matthew "Da Bears" Bauler, Memphis, Tennessee (unranked) 2nd year in ME, and league champion in his only year in ME last season. Also has satellite wins. Best finish was #39 overall. He's also in Sunday's $2500 Super Draft!



12. Bradley "Johnny Drama & Turtles" Shairson, Hermosa Beach, California (#304 lifetime) 6th year ME vet. Best finishes of #42 and #48 overall.



13. Brian "bjoak" Oakchunas, Alameda, California (#39 lifetime) 5th year vet with best finishes of #52 and #57 overall with has never failed to finish in the top 105 overall!



14. Terry Travis, Bernardsville, New Jersey (unranked) NFBC rookie.



15. Joshua "East Coast Schwag" Sack, San Francisco, California (#80 lifetime) 6th year Charter Member veteran with top finishes of #24, #29, #46 and #76 overall! (Four seasons in the top 76!)



~Lance



[ March 15, 2009, 09:28 PM: Message edited by: sportsbettingman ]

Lance, nice work on the histories. It's something I try to do every year and haven't had time for so I appreciate your efforts for sure.

Hey BEAVER - I'm not going to tell them about your lifetime earnings that are "hidden".



Gonna cost you something, haven't figured out what yet........but I'll let you know at the airport on Thursday night. Safe trip, I won't even mention your "SECRET WEAPON".

Nice drafting with you all!



Tough league, as always.



Let the free agency battles commence!



~Lance

Yeah I also had great time drafting on sat with you guys. Very solid draft and the winner of this league will definetly have to earn this league title.



As Lance said let the free agent bidding battles begin.

I had a great time at the draft. The closer run was brutal. Lance, I really enjoyed sitting next to you. Dan, Matt and the Champ, it was nice to visit with you. Looks to be a very competitive league. Good luck to everyone. Even Zola.

Talk about getting out of the gates fast...Lance's team is on fire!!!



I think most of my players are still in offseason mode.



[ April 09, 2009, 08:19 AM: Message edited by: Da bears ]

Originally posted by Da bears:

Talk about getting out of the gates fast...Lance's team is on fire!!!



I think most of my players are still in offseason mode. Thanks Mathew!



Sprinters don't do well in marathons...I've made a call in to Mr. Bolt to throttle down his pace!