Dustin McComas Leads Field Of 15 In 2025 NFBC CLQ

[Greg Ambrosius]

I apologize for the late post on our debut NFBC Champions League Qualifier Championship League, but I guess I failed to update this contest at the end of the season. My apologies.

The debut NFBC CLQ Championship was a HUGE success as we had 201 owners put in $250 to a sidepot that will be distributed 100 percent to the Top 3 teams in the 2025 CLQ Championship League. That's over $50,000 in prizes that will be on the line this year.

The Top 15 teams from the 2024 CLQ Championship -- using their stats from teams in the NFBC Main Event, Rotowire Online Championship and NFBC Draft Champions National Championship -- qualified for next year's league. All 15 will be entered into a CLQ Auction League in Las Vegas and we'll pay the Top 3 finishers, including I believe $30,000 to first place. We haven't determined what day and time this CLQ Championship League will be set for, but our goal is to make this league high profile and at the right time for everyone. Stay tuned as I'm still working on that.

If any of the Top 15 finishers can't make it to Las Vegas, then the next team will be eligible to compete for this prize pool. Same goes down after that until we have 15 coming to Las Vegas, but I believe at this point at least 14 have committed to attend. More on that later, but here's the Top 15 qualifiers for this league:

1 Dustin McComas
2 Nicholi Knutson
3 Chris Uram
4 Michael Brophy
5 brody john
6 Steven Weimer
7 Mike Ballschmiede
8 Eddie Gillis
9 Neil Petersen
10 Tim Sansome
11 Jordan Rosenblum
12 Mark Northan
13 Toby Guevin
14 Michael Mager
15 Matt Leahy

Here were the Final Standings for all 201 owners who entered this sidepot contest:

2024 NFBC CLQ Championship Final Standings:
1 Dustin McComas 4,620.50
2 Nicholi Knutson 4,575.00
3 Chris Uram 4,489.50
4 Michael Brophy 4,462.00
5 brody john 4,375.00
6 Steven Weimer 4,343.00
7 Mike Ballschmiede 4,255.50
8 Eddie Gillis 4,241.50
9 Neil Petersen 4,226.00
10 Tim Sansome 4,209.50
11 Jordan Rosenblum 4,082.50
12 Mark Northan 4,077.00
13 Toby Guevin 3,961.50
14 Michael Mager 3,945.50
15 Matt Leahy 3,905.50
16 Aaron Jones 3,881.50
17 Philippe Dussault 3,865.00
18 Tyler Jung 3,858.50
19 carter gill 3,839.50
20 Scott Jenstad 3,795.50
21 Matt Hurley 3,794.50
22 Josh Pettersen 3,784.50
23 Trevor Gobble 3,779.50
24 Scott Gilbert 3,756.50
25 Zachary Waxman 3,741.00
26 Todd Hoppe 3,735.00
27 Tony Saccucci 3,710.50
28 David Miller 3,700.50
29 Christopher Torres 3,676.50
30 Justin Aspite 3,671.00
31 John Pausma 3,669.50
32 Jason Perkins 3,667.50
33 Seth Trachtman 3,641.50
34 Dalton Del Don 3,629.50
35 Elliott Landry 3,626.50
36 Stephen Jupinka 3,621.50
37 Griffin Benger 3,612.00
38 Rich Barry 3,609.00
39 Andrew Sullivan 3,606.50
40 Robert DiPietro 3,601.50
41 Douglas Gruber 3,600.50
42 ANDREW DENINNO 3,595.50
43 Bryan Fitzgerald 3,594.00
44 James Gabal 3,593.00
45 Dominic Rello 3,552.50
46 Nathan Edmunds 3,535.50
47 Joe Green 3,515.50
48 Bill Macey 3,507.50
49 Ian Hubbard 3,504.50
50 Vlad Sedler 3,488.00
51 bart parry 3,481.50
52 Bob Catsiroumpas 3,481.00
53 David Bone 3,464.50
54 Alex Gosline 3,461.50
55 Mark Srebro 3,461.00
56 Brian Edwards 3,449.00
57 Dale Morgan 3,418.00
58 Kevin Hasting 3,400.00
59 Randall Haines 3,393.00
60 Eric Albright 3,385.00
61 Steve Maier 3,375.50
62 Jarrett Greco 3,374.50
63 Dustin Wagner 3,374.00
64 matt modica 3,366.00
65 Bradley Beckman 3,357.50
66 Mike Rothe 3,326.00
67 Chris Boudreaux 3,308.50
68 Alan Mitchell 3,307.50
69 Erik Sviggum 3,284.50
70 TIMOTHY TUNKS 3,283.50
71 Robert Kahn 3,275.50
72 Steve Brunn 3,274.50
73 Eric Price 3,266.00
74 Bill Gaffney 3,263.50
75 Michael Crescenzi 3,261.00
76 Dave Shovein 3,254.50
77 SCOTT SLEZAK 3,250.50
78 Larry Cornick 3,249.00
79 Brandon King 3,246.50
80 stephen fiore 3,231.00
81 Jason Anthony 3,228.00
82 Russel Wyatt 3,225.00
83 Daniel Baker 3,222.50
84 David Matthew Hinkel 3,200.50
85 Jonathan Vriesema 3,195.00
86 Jenny Butler 3,178.50
87 Robert Giese 3,166.00
88 Kellen Arneson 3,164.00
89 Michael Thompson 3,136.00
90 Clark Olson 3,133.50
91 James Anderson 3,123.50
92 Brian Magnani 3,119.50
93 Scott Ross 3,117.50
94 Tony Albertino 3,103.00
95 Ryan Beck 3,096.00
96 Michael O'Brien 3,081.00
97 Dan Thompson 3,079.50
98 Mike Burton 3,073.50
99 Richard Thomas Jr. 3,072.00
100 Nelson Sousa 3,066.50
101 John Fish 3,061.00
102 Scott Schonewolf 3,052.00
102 Rob Silver 3,052.00
104 Chris Oliver 3,035.00
105 steven Puntenney 3,029.00
106 Daniel Marcus 3,019.50
107 Rian Lange 3,004.50
108 Jacob Halusker 3,003.00
109 Travis Sawchik 2,993.50
110 Douglas Roth 2,993.00
111 Eric Christenson 2,954.50
112 Nathaniel Van Heest 2,952.00
113 Austin Sodders 2,950.50
114 Bob Casale 2,948.00
115 Cj Kaltenbach 2,941.50
116 Lindy Hinkelman 2,939.50
117 Tom O'Bryan 2,931.00
118 John L 2,928.00
119 Ned Donohue 2,920.50
119 Kelly Uganski 2,920.50
121 Steven Heffernan 2,911.50
122 Chas Nelson 2,911.00
122 Michael Armstrong 2,911.00
124 James Tomony 2,898.50
125 Greg Miller 2,879.50
126 Rey Diaz 2,871.00
127 Adam Mayer 2,843.50
128 Russell Withers 2,826.50
129 Alexander Grace 2,820.50
130 RICHARD ZITO 2,820.00
131 Todd Whitestone 2,817.50
132 Mark Kieffer 2,810.50
133 Joshua Dawalt 2,810.00
134 Jeff Mitseff 2,790.50
135 James Maples 2,783.50
136 Mike Massotto 2,766.50
137 BRENNAN LOGUE 2,759.50
138 Jeffrey Zimmerman 2,758.50
139 Michael Allocca 2,745.00
140 Will Sisco 2,743.00
141 Nicholas Perry 2,729.00
142 Danny Bronski 2,718.50
143 Harry FACIANE 2,715.00
144 Isaac Cockburn 2,706.50
145 Ryan Atkins 2,687.50
146 Matthew Ramon 2,680.00
147 Andrew Geller 2,675.50
148 John Lymberis 2,621.50
149 Matthew Davis 2,616.50
150 Michael Kurland 2,607.00
151 Shawn Childs 2,598.00
152 Brendan O'Dwyer 2,591.50
153 Gregg Martin 2,577.50
154 STEVEN SCHWEITZER 2,549.00
155 Dave Rhydderch 2,533.50
156 Dan Iverson 2,499.50
157 Jordan Epping 2,494.50
158 Tom Rodriguez 2,479.50
159 Sammy Reid 2,473.00
160 Kristopher Reed 2,468.00
161 Jason Shook 2,466.00
162 Mark Gannon 2,452.50
163 Scott Feschuk 2,419.00
164 David Clum 2,394.50
165 Jordan Ramirez 2,391.50
166 Samuel Horton 2,376.50
167 Anthony Gialde 2,356.00
168 John Riccio 2,339.50
169 Nick Cassavetes 2,292.50
170 james hyler 2,286.00
171 Chris Fessler 2,276.50
171 Stephen Ruschak 2,276.50
173 Peter Christensen 2,275.50
174 Roy Ericson III 2,240.00
175 Charles Holleman 2,237.00
176 Shelly Verougstraete 2,224.00
177 Joseph Reagor 2,220.00
178 Brian Frons 2,199.00
179 Mike Raudio 2,188.50
180 Alan Gellin 2,181.50
181 Roscoe Myrick 2,151.50
182 Chris Carmody 2,088.00
183 MATTHEW MCGUIRE 2,067.00
184 Scott Davis 2,046.00
185 Timothy Pamperin 2,011.50
186 Jody Ryan 2,009.00
187 Jason Wanic 2,002.50
188 Joe Meyer 1,948.00
189 Philip Glukhovsky 1,944.00
190 Tim Lilly 1,912.50
191 Scott Silberfein 1,886.50
191 Daniel Seeberger 1,886.50
193 Andre Bourcier 1,872.50
194 Stephen Goodwin 1,869.00
195 Steven Metzler 1,804.50
196 Gary Broad 1,784.00
197 Gary Allen 1,738.00
198 Joe McHugh 1,713.00
199 Jeff Tudor 1,695.50
200 robert cramutola 1,590.00
201 Ray Kuhn 1,555.50

[Greg Ambrosius]

So as everyone knows, we have a VERY full and busy schedule in Las Vegas over the weekend when everyone will be there. We feel like we almost have to do this on either Friday or Saturday, March 21st or 22nd, to avoid conflicts with other leagues and to make sure everyone is there for the auction.

That being said, it's tough with high-dollar auction leagues already scheduled for Friday and the Main Event and Platinum leagues on Saturday. I would like to avoid a conflict of draft times if possible for these 15 owners and even get it high-profile where people could possibly watch the auction and have this livestreamed by one or more sites. More on that later.

I'll email these 15 owners and work with them for the best available date and time, but here are some options:

a) Friday at 4 pm PT (moving the UItimate Auction League to 10 am)
b) Saturday at 4 pm PT (same time as the Platinum League)
c) Saturday at 8 pm PT (the only event scheduled at that time and multiple ballrooms to host it for an audience to attend)
d) Thursday at 8 pm PT (after the Main Event and the only event starting at that time)

I know 8 pm PT is late, but it would allow us to have this basically be the only live event at that time and we'd be done by about 12:30 am. It also would be after the Main Event, giving some folks plenty of time to rest up and be ready for this important auction.

I added Thursday night as a fourth option, but I think it would be less high-profile and not everyone would be able to get there quite that early. But it's an option and would really kickstart the weekend of live events. Anyway, if you see any other options that could work, let me know and we'll work through this and make it happen in a few months. Thanks for any and all feedback on the date and time for our debut NFBC CLQ Championship League and I can't wait to host this one.

See you all in Las Vegas in a few months.

[Greg Ambrosius]

I surveyed the 15 CLQ finalists last week about the potential auction date and I got two dominant dates and times. Most people preferred Friday or Saturday night and I kind of agree with their sentiments.

Right now we are tentatively planning to host the CLQ Championship on Friday around 4 pm PT and making it high profile. We are moving the Ultimate Auction League to Friday at 10 am, and we will still host $1500 and $2500 Auction Championship leagues that night for anyone who isn't in the CLQ. Should be a jam packed evening.

We expect to have a livestream podcast of the CLQ Championship -- at least the early rounds of the auction -- and may even create a room where people can follow the auction and listen to the podcast. More details coming on that soon.

Anyway, it looks like we have a date for the debut CLQ Championship and we'll continue to hype it up as we get closer to the date. Thanks everyone for your input and I know for some of you this will be your first NFBC Live Event. Glad to have you with us at Park MGM in Las Vegas. See ya soon.