TwinSpires Online Handicapping Series Update

[TS_Tournaments]

Saturday's contest update and payouts (9/3)

84 entries were awarded from weekday satellite contests, contributing $50 each to Saturday's prize pool.

51 entries were purchased for Saturday's tournament, contributing $50 each to Saturday's total prize pool.

18 entries were awarded as August Leaderboard prizes and do not contribute to Saturday's total prize pool.

A total of 153 entries are in play with 135 contributing $50 each to Saturday's total prize pool of $6,750.

50% ($3,375) is carried over to the TwinSpires Online Handicapping Championship on November 19.

$3,375 is paid out to Saturday's top 16 finishers as follows:

1st Place: $843.75 plus free entry to the Monthly Final ($200 buy-in) on 10/1 and free entry to the TSOHC on 11/19 ($1,000 buy-in)
2nd Place: $506.25 plus free entry to the Monthly Final ($200 buy-in) on 10/1
3rd Place: $337.50 plus free entry to the Monthly Final ($200 buy-in) on 10/1
4th Place: $236.25 plus free entry to the Monthly Final ($200 buy-in) on 10/1
5th Place: $168.75 plus free entry to the Monthly Final ($200 buy-in) on 10/1
6-10th Place: $135.00
11-16th Place: $101.25

Thank you to everyone for participating and supporting the TwinSpires.com Online Handicapping Series

[SPIKE]

Thank you for adjusting post times due to weather delay at WO. At least someone knows how to run a contest @!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[SPIKE]

After 2 days of technical issues, I retract my previous statemet . Leaderboard not updated 20 mins after race 7 . I will be boycotting this sites contest until they get their issues resolved

[km]

I decided not to play anymore either on the Wed, Thur, Fri contests. But my reason was money.

It cost me $30 (3 x $10) to enter the weekday contest with the only prize being a $50 entry at the next one. If i had finished 1st or 31st, the prize was the same. To me, it just makes more sense to go ahead and buy the $50 entry on the weekend and not bother with the $10 contests because there is really very little incentive.

[TS_Tournaments]

It is certainly your perogative to wait until Saturday and pay the $50 if you think it is not worth your time to pay $10 or more to qualify for less.

We have had similar feedback from others, however, there are just as many or more who are trying to get in for less than $50.

[TS_Tournaments]

The final results were delayed for several hours, which is regrettable, but the contest was completed without any further problems.

The delay in posting the results was the first such extended delay we have had since starting the tournaments in March. Since then, we have run probably close to 100 of them, so I think our overall track record to this point remains pretty strong with respect to technical problems and delays.

We're running contests an unprecedented 5-days a week now and we hope this rough patch is behind us.

[km]

thanks for the replies TS_,

Many HTR members play in your tournaments, we appreciate the announcements and the chance to ask questions and offer feedback.