BCBC Tournament

[Mulerider]

Congratulations to Nisan Gabbay, winner of the 2017 Breeders Cup Betting Challenge. With a $10,000 entry fee, of which $7,500 was his starting bankroll, he amassed $176,000 over 2 days, taking the first place prize of $300,000 to boot.

After the first day, the leader (Eric Moomey) had $43,000 IIRC. Haven't been able to find Gabbay's actual bets on Saturday, but I presume he hit the 60/1 Bar of Gold in the Filly and Mare Sprint. Participants were allowed to make WPS, exacta, trifecta, and DD bets.

Vic Stauffer being mentioned in the Live thread, I note that he finished in 10th place with a bankroll of $51,000 and earning the $25,000 prize money.

Mule

[RunForTheRoses]

It must have been the Classic that he cleaned up on as I show a different person leading after race 11. It was a real slugfest, some nice scores.

[098poi]

http://breederscup.com/bcbc/leaderboard

[upthecreek]

https://twitter.com/goofonroof/status/927096901056438272

[parlay]

Looks to me like the winner bet his bankroll on GR to win the classic. Got a $6.80 mutual plus $350k prize! So if he bet $46k to win he returned $506k.
All figures are approx. So 10-1 on GR and a shot at the bonus if he wins the NHC. SMART PLAY

[RunForTheRoses]

Looks to me like the winner bet his bankroll on GR to win the classic. Got a $6.80 mutual plus $350k prize! So if he bet $46k to win he returned $506k.
All figures are approx. So 10-1 on GR and a shot at the bonus if he wins the NHC. SMART PLAY

That sounds about right, after race 11:

2017 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge Standings After Race 11 Day 2
1Ron Ferrise143452.5Del Mar 2Edward Peters (NHC)*101200Twinspires 3Lisa Herrity97183.5Twinspires 4Michael Doheny74088Del Mar 5Eric Troelstra70198.5Xpressbet 6Edward Deicke53135.5Del Mar 7Edward Peters (NHC)*48820Twinspires 8Nisan Gabbay47971Del Mar 9Eric Moomey (NHC)*47678.9Del Mar

[olddaddy]

https://twitter.com/goofonroof/status/927096901056438272

He is good , very good.

[AltonKelsey]

He is good , very good.

Yep, shows up way to often in these to be just lucky.

[stringmail]

Winner had a $15K exacta 5-11.

2nd Place hit $100-$150 Double Stormy Liberal - Bar of Gold

Horsetourneys twitter has a few of the details.

[davew]

I am impressed at the results of these players, and congrats Vic


It would be neat to see all bets of top 5, but they probably would not want their potential competitors to see them :(

[RunForTheRoses]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLmtpuIF6J8

[baconswitchfarm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLmtpuIF6J8






I watched the whole thing. That was some serious narcissism right there.

[PaceAdvantage]

I watched the whole thing. That was some serious narcissism right there.I think videos presenting people who do this for a living or are documented winners is nothing but huge for this game.

There is an absolute DEARTH of this kind of thing as far as racing is concerned, and is one of the things that is killing the game completely.

I wish one of these CRW teams would agree to be interviewed...show their setups etc. etc. Not give anything away, but just show this kind of thing can be done and is being done.

That's what is going to excite more people to get into this game.

I applaud this dude for starting this youtube channel. I hope he carries through with his plans.

[oughtoh]

This is episode 2. I do not think this is good for the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXbULX3lzbo

[Afleet]

This is episode 2. I do not think this is good for the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXbULX3lzbo

He makes excellent points about probabilities and the super trainers. It was funny how he predicted exactly what would happen in the Belmont. Worth a listen.

[parlay]

Great video, great comments. These are the questions that need to be asked.
The only comment i would make is that he is delusional if he believes this is a modern phenomena. This has been going on since racing began, human beings have not changed. I had the pleasure of bumping into an old time trainer, stakes horses in the 40's and 50's. He told me how they broke into his stable the night before a big stake race and drugged his champion, preventing him from running his best. This game has been tough for ever, and the GENTLEMEN didn't like to lose. Keep the videos coming, like the way you think.

[PaceAdvantage]

If I have to hear one more person talk about the stupid asterisk and Audible, I'm going to :puke:

Please man...PLEASE

WHY THE **** WOULD THEY RACE AUDIBLE IN THE BELMONT STAKES, EVEN IF 100% HEALTHY? WHY WOULD THEY COMPETE AGAINST THEMSELVES?

It makes ZERO sense to any rational thinking person.

It would be like if Penny Chenery had Riva Ridge and Secretariat in the same year...you think she would have run Riva Ridge in the Belmont when Secretariat was going for the Triple Crown?

I would say absolutely NO WAY would she have done that...and that harkens back to the "good ol' days" when Secretariat, supposedly, ran drug free, but that's another story.

STOP IT with the stupid asterisk because of Audible.