Philippe Dussault Wins 2021 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

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Philippe Dussault Wins 2021 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:07 am

Philippe Dussault of Terrebonne, Quebec had a dominating NFBC season in 2021 as he won the NFBC Main Event and the $150,000 grand prize. Philippe topped a record field of 645 teams by leading the competition over the last 14 weeks of the season. But he also had two other teams in the Top 21 overall, finishing 3rd and 21st overall. All three teams won Main Event league titles as he has now won six Main Event league titles over the last two seasons and seven Main Event league titles over the last three years.

Just for good measure, Philippe also won the 2021 NFBC Auction Championship overall title and he finished second in the Rotowire Online Championship. He won the Auction Championship by winning the New York $2500 Auction league even though he needed a proxy at the table because Canadians were not allowed to travel to the U.S. in March. He won that title with a proxy and of course all of his other drafts were held Online, but I have a feeling that if given the chance this March Philippe will be back in New York City.

Philippe becomes our 17th different Main Event champion since 2004 as only NFBC Hall of Famer Lindy Hinkelman has won this title twice. Philippe led the competition over the last half of the season and he finished 147 points ahead of Emmett Ruland for the title. Philippe also finished third, while Tyler Jung and Brian Slack rounded out the Top 5. We paid the Top 22 overall this year as the Main Event itself paid over $875,000 in prizes this year.

Philippe won his March 28th Main Event Online league title with a record 145 points (96.67%) and he won the overall title with 6,211.5 points (96.3%). Nobody has ever scored a higher percentage of points in the Main Event overall competition, so congrats to Philippe on a DOMINATING performance. The 33-year-old first started playing in the NFBC in 2017, but he's become a fast learner as you can see by his recent performances.

Congrats to all 43 of our Main Event league champions and to the Top 22 in the overall who cashed. It was a fantastic season and we can't wait to open Registration for our 19th MAIN EVENT SEASON!!! Enjoy.

Here's the final 2021 NFBC Main Event standings:

2021 NFBC Main Event Top 100 Teams:
1 Philippe Dussault The Robot M3 Main Event Online 3/28 @ 7:00 pm ET #1506 6,211.50
2 Emmett Ruland Not The Robot M1 Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 11:00 am PT #1482 6,064.50
3 Philippe Dussault The Robot M2 Main Event Online 3/22 @ 8:00 pm ET #1263 5,970.00
4 Tyler Jung MainSocksCourtingDisaster Main Event Online 3/28 @ 7:00 pm ET #1505 5,731.50
5 Brian Slack LA Dogo Main Event Online 3/26 @ 8:00 pm ET #1251 5,645.00
6 Mike Rothe Instacart Crypto Freeroll Main Event Online 3/31 @ 8:00 pm ET #1599 5,640.50
7 Stephen Jupinka QUAHOGS! Main Event Online 3/31 @ 8:00 pm ET #1600 5,581.50
8 Alan Mitchell Free Bluey Main Event Online 3/31 @ 8:00 pm ET #1596 5,578.00
9 Andrew Geller Da Gildz Won Time!!! Main Event Online 3/31 @ 10:00 pm ET #1632 5,538.50
10 Tyler Jung MainSocksLastShot Main Event Online 3/31 @ 8:00 pm ET #1597 5,498.50
10 Mark Srebro Steve Harrington Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 11:00 am PT #1481 5,498.50
12 Chris uram ME 2021 Main Event Online 3/30 @ 8:00 pm ET #1616 5,464.50
13 Alan Mitchell Shohei Ohtani & the Jags Main Event Online 3/20 @ 12:00 pm ET #1169 5,441.50
14 Clark Olson Hell Bent For Leather Main Event Online 3/30 @ 8:00 pm ET #1616 5,435.50
15 Gregg Martin GMartin Main Main Event Online 3/20 @ 12:00 pm ET #1169 5,415.00
16 Joe Anthony HARRY CRUMB Main Event Online 3/31 @ 10:00 pm ET #1602 5,382.50
17 Abdul Madani Madani1 Main Event Online 3/21 @ 2:00 pm ET #990 5,360.50
18 Mark Northan Northan ME Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1475 5,316.50
19 Abdul Madani Madani6 Main Event Online 3/30 @ 8:00 pm ET #1563 5,309.50
20 Lawrence Schechter Winning Fantasy Baseball Main Event Online 3/31 @ 8:00 pm ET #1600 5,280.50
21 Philippe Dussault The Robot M1 Main Event Online 3/21 @ 8:00 pm ET #1245 5,274.50
22 Tyler Jung MainSocksHopingForAMiracle Main Event Online 3/24 @ 8:00 pm ET #1390 5,259.50
23 Todd Hoppe TulsaHop_Main2 Main Event Online 3/31 @ 10:00 pm ET #1604 5,236.50
24 Bob Mazur Spartacus Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1531 5,186.50
25 Thomas Warner LEATHERNECK 2 Main Event Las Vegas 3/25 @ 5:00 pm PT #1431 5,174.50
26 Douglas Gruber Dougs Dawgs ME4 Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 11:00 am PT #1479 5,164.50
27 Matthew Shepherd HIGHLY INTELLIGENT MORONS Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 11:00 am PT #1481 5,144.50
28 Steven Weimer Juke the Stats Main Event Online 3/21 @ 2:00 pm ET #990 5,141.50
29 Clark Olson Hell Bent For Leather Main Event Online 3/31 @ 8:00 pm ET #1596 5,136.50
30 Dave Shovein Dynamic Inertia ME1 Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1473 5,130.50
31 Andrew Geller Da Gildz Won Time! Main Event Online 3/25 @ 8:00 pm ET #1429 5,087.00
32 Paul Sporer Sporer Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1531 5,067.00
33 jeff mitseff Mitseff MAIN4 Main Event Online 3/31 @ 10:00 pm ET #1602 5,066.00
34 Chris Fessler Fessler Main Event Online 3/31 @ 10:00 pm ET #1604 5,038.00
35 Jeffrey Zimmerman Zinkie & Zimmerman Main Event Online 3/29 @ 8:00 pm ET #1537 4,966.00
36 Dave Shovein Dynamic Inertia ME2 Main Event Online 3/31 @ 10:00 pm ET #1603 4,877.50
37 Brent Grooms No Balls No Babies II Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1531 4,861.00
38 Eric Heberlig One Eyed Jack Main Event Online 4/1 @ 8:00 am ET #1642 4,831.00
39 jeff mitseff Mitseff MAIN1 Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 11:00 am PT #1483 4,822.50
39 Jason Anthony Booms Main Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 11:00 am PT #1480 4,822.50
41 Toby Guevin BatFlip Crazy Main1 Main Event Online 3/20 @ 12:00 pm ET #1169 4,821.50
42 Dalton Del Don Del Don Main Event Online 3/25 @ 8:00 pm ET #1430 4,816.50
43 Jason Aberli Shawon-O-Meters Main Event Online 3/31 @ 8:00 pm ET #1598 4,814.00
44 JARRETT GRECO Fishbone & Diggins Main Event Online 3/28 @ 7:00 pm ET #1504 4,806.00
45 Michael Meehan President Jesus Main Event Online 3/30 @ 10:00 pm ET #1548 4,803.00
46 Ron Spurgeon Spurgeon Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1473 4,800.50
47 Christopher Torres Torres Main Event Online 3/30 @ 8:00 pm ET #1564 4,795.00
48 Richard Temkin Frozen Tundra - ME Main Event Online 3/29 @ 8:00 pm ET #1536 4,766.50
49 Tony DiVincenzo The Shadow Knows Main Event Online 3/31 @ 10:00 pm ET #1602 4,763.50
50 Jenny Butler Butler Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 11:00 am PT #1483 4,754.00
51 Samuel Horton SRWH - ME2 Main Event Online 3/22 @ 8:00 pm ET #1263 4,750.00
52 Dominic Cirigliano Perdido Street Station Main Event Las Vegas 3/25 @ 5:00 pm PT #1432 4,736.00
53 Samuel Horton SRWH - ME3 Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1474 4,721.50
54 Rick Davis Nellie and Fred Main Event Las Vegas 3/25 @ 5:00 pm PT #1432 4,721.00
55 Clark Olson Hell Bent For Leather Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1475 4,715.00
56 Mark Srebro Jim Hopper Main Event Las Vegas 3/28 @ 4:00 pm PT #1508 4,705.50
57 Sammy Reid The Smoke Main Event Online 3/30 @ 10:00 pm ET #1548 4,701.00
58 Greg Lathrop Triple Crown - Main Main Event Las Vegas 3/28 @ 4:00 pm PT #1508 4,700.00
59 Dave Smith High Hopes Main Event Las Vegas 3/25 @ 5:00 pm PT #1432 4,688.00
60 Gregory Dunnett Dunneyball Main Main Event Online 3/31 @ 8:00 pm ET #1599 4,684.50
61 Stephen Jupinka QUAHOGSiv Main Event Online 3/21 @ 8:00 pm ET #1245 4,684.00
62 Brian Slack Toros Bravos Main Event Online 3/30 @ 8:00 pm ET #1564 4,677.00
63 kc cha deadmoney4 Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 11:00 am PT #1480 4,672.50
64 Glenn Schroter King of Queens M3 Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 11:00 am PT #1479 4,668.00
65 Justin Aspite Aspite Main Event Online 3/31 @ 10:00 pm ET #1632 4,664.50
66 Scott Waggener Oaktown Ballers Main 2 Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 11:00 am PT #1483 4,653.00
67 Clark Olson Hell Bent For Leather Main Event Online 3/25 @ 8:00 pm ET #1430 4,651.00
68 Dalton Del Don Del Don Main Event Online 3/29 @ 8:00 pm ET #1537 4,641.00
69 Ned Donohue Puddle of Nud Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1473 4,628.00
70 Douglas Roth Roth Main Event Chicago 3/20 @ 12:00 pm CT #1170 4,625.50
71 Lenny Diveglio Baseball sevant 1 Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1474 4,624.50
72 Robert DiPietro PULL HITTER ME2 Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1531 4,617.50
73 Vlad Sedler Employ and Destroy Main Event Online 3/29 @ 8:00 pm ET #1536 4,594.50
74 Douglas Gruber Dougs Dawgs ME3 Main Event Las Vegas 3/25 @ 5:00 pm PT #1432 4,578.00
75 Douglas Gruber Dougs Dawgs ME5 Main Event Online 3/31 @ 10:00 pm ET #1603 4,573.50
76 Brent Franey Franey Main Event Online 3/25 @ 8:00 pm ET #1429 4,573.00
77 David Redgrave He Is Risen! Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1475 4,561.50
78 David Miller Millertime ME1 Main Event Online 3/22 @ 8:00 pm ET #1263 4,559.00
79 Daniel DaSilva Inner Circle Main Event Online 3/23 @ 8:00 pm ET #1341 4,521.50
80 Daniel Bronski Love and Squalor II Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 11:00 am PT #1479 4,503.00
81 Bradley Libros Libros 2 Main Event Online 3/26 @ 8:00 pm ET #1251 4,500.50
82 Abdul Madani Madani3 Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1474 4,498.50
83 John Pausma JP ME 1 Main Event Chicago 3/20 @ 12:00 pm CT #1170 4,488.50
84 Dave Smith High Hopes Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 11:00 am PT #1482 4,480.50
85 Curtis Jones Jones & Oliver LP Main Event Online 3/28 @ 7:00 pm ET #1504 4,473.50
86 Ned Donohue Puddle of Nud Main Event Online 3/29 @ 8:00 pm ET #1536 4,466.50
87 Dustin Wagner Team Never Lucky Main Event Las Vegas 3/25 @ 5:00 pm PT #1431 4,465.00
88 Jeremy Brader Brader Main Event Online 3/23 @ 8:00 pm ET #1341 4,463.50
88 James Shriver Team JT Main Event Online 3/28 @ 7:00 pm ET #1505 4,463.50
90 Vlad Sedler RotoGut Main Event Las Vegas 3/27 @ 11:00 am PT #1480 4,438.50
91 Erik Konyk DogBBs - ME Main Event Online 3/31 @ 8:00 pm ET #1597 4,436.50
92 Daniel Bronski Love and Squalor III Main Event Online 3/31 @ 10:00 pm ET #1604 4,413.00
93 brody john johnson Main Event Online 3/31 @ 10:00 pm ET #1632 4,410.50
94 Uttam Rath Bohm Squad Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1474 4,409.50
95 Bradley Libros Libros 3 Main Event Online 3/29 @ 8:00 pm ET #1535 4,408.00
96 Daniel Seeberger Tough Money Main Event Online 3/31 @ 8:00 pm ET #1597 4,398.50
97 Mark Roberts Roberts Main Event Online 3/31 @ 10:00 pm ET #1632 4,390.50
98 John Pausma JP ME 2 Main Event Las Vegas 3/25 @ 5:00 pm PT #1431 4,390.00
99 James Gabal Gabal Main Event Online 3/27 @ 2:00 pm ET #1531 4,386.00
100 Chris Fessler Fessler Main Event Online 3/28 @ 7:00 pm ET #1504 4,366.00
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Re: Philippe Dussault Wins 2021 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:14 am

Philippe drafted from the 3rd spot in this Sunday, March 28th Main Event Online League and his top pick missed most of the last half of the season, yet he still held on for the overall title. Here was Philippe's draft from the third of his three Main Event leagues:

The Robot M3
deGrom, Jacob 1 3 P The Robot M3
Machado, Manny 2 28 3B The Robot M3
Bichette, Bo 3 33 SS The Robot M3
Iglesias, Raisel 4 58 P The Robot M3
Rosenthal, Trevor 5 63 P The Robot M3
Hernandez, Teoscar 6 88 OF The Robot M3
Morton, Charlie 7 93 P The Robot M3
Gausman, Kevin 8 118 P The Robot M3
McNeil, Jeff 9 123 2B The Robot M3
Lopez, Pablo 10 148 P The Robot M3
Solak, Nick 11 153 MI The Robot M3
Mountcastle, Ryan 12 178 1B The Robot M3
Lamet, Dinelson 13 183 P The Robot M3
Schwarber, Kyle 14 208 OF The Robot M3
McMahon, Ryan 15 213 CI The Robot M3
Smyly, Drew 16 238 P The Robot M3
Ray, Robbie 17 243 P The Robot M3
Reynolds, Bryan 18 268 OF The Robot M3
Taylor, Chris 19 273 OF The Robot M3
Kiner-Falefa, Isiah 20 298 UT The Robot M3
Gurriel, Yuli 21 303 1B The Robot M3
Webb, Logan 22 328 P The Robot M3
Grichuk, Randal 23 333 OF The Robot M3
Diaz, Elias 24 358 C The Robot M3
Rodon, Carlos 25 363 P The Robot M3
Matz, Steven 26 388 P The Robot M3
Arraez, Luis 27 393 2B The Robot M3
Shoemaker, Matt 28 418 P The Robot M3
Trevino, Jose 29 423 C The Robot M3
Suter, Brent 30 448 P The Robot M3
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Re: Philippe Dussault Wins 2021 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:30 am

Because his team suffered so many injuries, Philippe was active in free agency as you can see below:

The Robot M3
April 4 - Pickup, Winning Bid
Yandy Diaz 1

April 11
Anderson Tejeda 1
Luis Torrens 26

April 18
Cesar Hernandez 85
Alejandro Kirk 57

April 25
Alex Wood 35
Jose Trevino 7

May 2
Mychal Givens 12

May 9
William Contreras 55
Austin Hedges 7
Caleb Thielbar 13

May 16
Michael Fulmer 66
Pedro Severino 44
Vince Velasquez 22

May 23
Joey Votto 28

May 30
Paul Fry 28

June 6
Kendall Graveman 94
Ryan Jeffers 19

June 20
Drew Steckenrider 17
Miguel Rojas 13

June 27
Archie Bradley 25
Jose Cisnero 22
Paul Fry 7
Paul Sewald 3
Daulton Varsho 14

July 4
Harrison Bader 35
Ranger Suarez 28
Tylor Megill 28

July 11
Anthony Bender 29
Orlando Arcia 6
Jake Rogers 2

July 18
Tyler Wells 8
Mike Mayers 2
Cal Raleigh 3

July 25
Dillon Tate 3
Kyle Finnegan 3

August 1
Dylan Floro 23
Rafael Ortega 8
Chas McCormick 3

August 8
Alex Colome 34
Niko Goodrum 6

August 15
Joe Barlow 24

August 22
Yonny Hernandez 8

August 29
Frank Schwindel 6
Kevin Smith 2
Ramon Urias 2
Ryan Jeffers 3

September 5
Lane Thomas 7
Leody Taveras 7
Kevin Pillar 1

September 12
Yonny Hernandez 4
Andrew Chafin 3

September 19
Michael A. Taylor 2
Cesar Hernandez 1
Nico Hoerner 1

September 26
Nick Gordon 2
Yonny Hernandez 2
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Re: Philippe Dussault Wins 2021 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:35 am

Of the Top 20 overall teams in the 2021 NFBC Main Event, here is where they drafted this year:

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

12 of the 15 draft spots were represented in the Top 20 overall, which is pretty damn good. There were 10 teams in the Top 7 spots and 10 teams in the bottom 8 spots. Philippe won from the 3rd spot and Emmett Ruland finished second from the 15th spot. The Top 6 teams all drafted from different spots. Very interesting from a very interesting year. Good job everyone.
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:38 am

Here was the overall prize pool for this year's record-breaking Main Event:

1 - $150,000
2 - $40,000
3 - $25,000
4 - $20,000
5 - $15,000
6 - $12,500
7 - $11,000
8 - $10,000
9 - $9,000
10 - $8,000
11 - $7,000
12 - $6,000
13 - $5,000
14 - $4,000
15 - $3,000
16 - $2,500
17 - $2,250
18 - $2,100
19 - $2,000
20 - $1,900
21 - $1,800
22 - $1,700

And the League Prizes:

1 - $7,000
2 - $3,400
3 - $1,700
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Re: Philippe Dussault Wins 2021 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:39 am

Philippe Dussault becomes our 17th 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
2020 - James Tomony
2021 - Philippe Dussault
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Re: Philippe Dussault Wins 2021 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Edwards Kings » Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:57 am

Congrats Philippe...great year and well played!
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Re: Philippe Dussault Wins 2021 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Gekko » Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:07 pm

Phil was a terminator! Congrats and nicely done!

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Re: Philippe Dussault Wins 2021 NFBC Main Event & $150,000

Post by Ultrarunner » Tue Oct 05, 2021 10:26 am

Congratulations, Champ!

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