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Robert Schintzius Sr. Sweeps Big Bucks Tourneys for a Second Straight Week; Justin Thompson Wins $11,615 Plus a Flo-Cal Faceoff Entry; Michael Odorisio Grabs Two Hawthorne Seats (Weekly Recap, November 15-19)

For the second consecutive week, Robert Schintzius Sr. won both the Saturday and Sunday Big Bucks tourneys. To the best of our recollection, this has never happened before. Neither victory last weekend was a walk in the park for Schintzius. 

Final Weekend Qualifiers to the Del Mar Fall Handicapping Challenge and Hawthorne Thanksgiving Contests Plus $74,000 in Guaranteed Cash Games This Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Your Thanksgiving Day plans may be set by now, but what about plans for Thanksgiving weekend? Del Mar is nice at this time of year. Chicago should be crisp and clear (though perhaps a bit windy, I hear). 

Keith Fenton Earns Grand Prizes on Three Consecutive Days; Robert Schintzius Sr. Sweeps the Big Bucks Tourneys; Eric Brothers Wins Three (and a Half) Events on Sunday (Weekly Recap, November 8-12)

A Pick & Pray weekend with plenty of long-priced winners to go around led to a large number of players enjoying multi-table success last week. On a seemingly related note, the red hot Keith Fenton won grand prizes in three different tourneys since our last blog. However, multi-tabling had nothing to do with it. Fenton […]

First Qualifiers to the $250,000 Gtd. Flo-Cal Faceoff, the Hawthorne Thanksgiving Contests, the Lone Star December Betting Challenge and the 2024 BCBC This Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Even though the Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge is barely in our rear-view mirror, it’s time to look forward—not backward—and focus on getting to some important upcoming events.

John Farrar Hits for $39,674 in Two-Day Breeders’ Cup Tourney; David Nelson Earns $28,479 After Picking Seven Winners in Saturday BC Pick & Pray (Weekly Recap, November 1-5)

A total of $385,388 in cash was paid out last week at HorseTourneys as the 40th Breeders’ Cup served as the centerpiece of a wide array of Live-format and Pick & Pray games.  The person who got the biggest slice of that $385,388 was John Farrar.

A Total of $304,000 in Guaranteed Cash on the Line at HorseTourneys as the Breeders’ Cup Gets Ready to Roll on Friday

No matter how you like to attack the Breeders’ Cup—Live, Pick & Pray, one day at a time or one big two-day tourney—there’s a lucrative marquee game to suit your tastes this weekend during the 40th Breeders’ Cup on Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita Park.

Ken Jordan Captures Thursday Cash Feature and Wins Another Pair of Tourneys on Saturday; Sunday Takes Two to Tang (Weekly Recap, October 25-29)

Several players showed last week that their handicapping was on point as Breeders’ Cup weekend approached. Perhaps no one fit this description better than Ken Jordan. 

Eight Qualifiers to BCBC and $25,000 Gtd. Cash Game Headline the Friday-Saturday-Sunday Featured Tourney Action

The Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge is just over a week away, and so we are ramping up qualifiers to the world’s most prestigious live-bankroll tournament this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Zoombie Helps Zoom Brendan Fay to $77,000 Grand Prize in the 2023 The BIG One

Late on Day 1 of The BIG One at Laurel Park, Brendan Fay could be forgiven if he was starting to think of the two-day, $200,100 all-cash contest as The BIG Bust. His first 11 “$2.00-to-win-and-place” picks had yielded just a single, measly $5.20 place payoff. 

James Morgan Posts High Score in Low Ratio Game; Phillip Tremper Wins $11,919 in Week’s Top Cash Tourney (Weekly Recap, October 11-15)

Last week’s featured tourneys tended to be very competitive, hard-fought battles. We didn’t see much in the way of multi-table success or game-crushing cap horses.