Yesterday's World Series Results

[Mall]

Unofficial top ten finishers, their three day overall totals and payouts, not including day money, which as many of you know is considerable in what I hope is not the last hurrah for this contest:

1. Marc Behrend 2619.40 $306,000

2. Richard Diluca 2557.00 $54,400

3. Richard Zimmer 2391.00 $47,600

4. Michael Brown 2381.80 $34,000

5. Barbara Buckley 2358.00 $20,400

6. Jason Wilbur 2313.40 $6800

7. Chris Seruga 2312.00 $6800

8. Paul Mueller 2298.80 $6800

9. Mike Mayo 2222.40 $6800

10. Dave Sellner 2205.60 $6800

[analizethis]

Thanks to all at TG especially Alan and Bill Spillane for providing the numbers for participants.

Even through I didn\'t cash (finished 102), I had a great time.

As for this tournament, my prediction is that like many of these events (see Keeneland note in alternative thread) it will morph into a \"live money\" event that mandates that dollars be waged at the host site.

[Rick B.]

Limped into a three-way tie for 78th place with $1668.00, good enough for a minor check and a wan smile.
 
Sure had my chances what with the winner not even doubling his mythical bankroll of $1320.

:::sigh:::

[BenevolentDictator]

I guess I limped up and for 700.00 and change.  Ouch, Sorry

[Mall]

TG does indeed deserve players\' thanks for providing Sheets and footing the cost for having the incomparable Bill Spillane on the scene doing everything he can to help players at all of the major, as well as quite a few of the \"minor\", contests. My personal view is that this investment has played a role in TG players\' substantial earnings and overall contest success over the five years I\'ve been involved. It\'s also one among many reasons why I also believe that anyone who hasn\'t yet investigated the NHC and/or the Coast\'s big money contests is missing the boat.  

Given that they surprisingly had the same number of entries for this year\'s WS as last year\'s, i.e., slightly under 700, those finishes don\'t seem so bad too me. The turnout, together with the additional handle, was enough to convince the powers that be to announce that their annual July contest, which typically attracts enough entries for a winner\'s prize of $80k, will take place July 23-25. As a number of people have observed, contests and contest players are having a larger impact on the sport than ever before.

P.S. I wish I shared the optimism of the poster who was of the view that bettors left holding the bag in the Hinsdale bankruptcy, which is apparently now the subject of a fraud investigation by the New Hampshire AG, will be getting their money by year\'s end. Also, there seems to me to be a big difference between an almost unregulated outfit like Hinsdale and a public company like Magna, particularly given the safeguards Hegarty outlined in his article. fwiw, the latest Magna rumor from a mostly reliable source had Frank raising the money to make the upcoming debt payment by selling a half interest in SA to the Sheiks, but if there\'s one constant in the current crises, it\'s that it\'s almost impossible to keep track of the daily list of individuals, companies, and even countries which have gone, or might be in the process of going, upside down. I read yesterday that Dubai is looking to raise $20 billion to bail out it\'s economy, which appears to be in free-fall, and given the Dubai brothers\' extensive involvement in every aspect of racing, it\'s hard not to imagine a serious and immediate impact on the industry.