Showdown
$35,000 Xpressbet Showdown Tournament
Showdown is a two-day handicapping tournament where you compete to earn the most money based on single, $20 Win wagers on one horse, in each of ten mandatory races, on each of two days (20 races, $400 wager total). The top 10 players earn seats at Las Vegas tournaments or cash prizes. Registration opens Friday, March 30, 2012 and competition is Saturday, April 14, 2012 and Sunday, April 15, 2012.
Prizes
- 1st through 3rd - One seat in the 2013 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas plus $500 for airfare and lodging.
- 4th through 7th - One seat in 2013 Coast Casino’s Horseplayer World Series in Las Vegas plus $500 for airfare and lodging.
- 8th through 10th - $2,000 deposited to the players’ Xpressbet account.
How To Play
- You must register to play.
- Qualified Players: The top 30 qualified players from Xpressbet’s Beat the Host Championship Round and the top 30 qualifiers from Xpressbet LIVE will automatically be registered for Showdown with no fee. Players may qualify for up to two complimentary entries.
- Non-Qualified Players: Non-qualified players must register with a $300 registration fee per-entry — deducted from the player’s wagering account. The registration fee is non-refundable.
- Each Xpressbet account holder may register for up to two entries ($600 total).
- Showdown registration is open to Xpressbet account holders in good standing.
- Place a single, online, ‘live’ $20 Win wager on one horse in each of 10 mandatory races.
- Players must make all 10 mandatory wagers each day to win any prize (20 wagers total).
- Mandatory races will be posted on www.xpressbet.com.
- Player results are ranked according to total mutuel payoffs, and prizes are awarded to the highest ranked players, as described below:
- Ties:
- First Tie-Breaker - The player with the single highest winning mutuel payoff of all tied players will be ranked above the others. If a tie remains, the player with the second-highest single mutuel payoff of all tied players will be ranked above the others. This process will continue until the tie is broken.
- Final Tie-Breaker - If two or more players remain tied after the first tie-breaker procedure has been exhausted, the final tie-breaker will go to the player who registered for the tournament first.
- All decisions are final.
Things You Should Know
- Contest wagers must be made online only, and must be submitted via the Contest Wagerpad. No other wagers will be accepted. Failure to place a mandatory Contest Wager will result in disqualification.
- Scratched horses count as zero in the competition. If a player has submitted a Contest Wager on a scratched horse, the player may submit a second single $20 Win wager on another horse in the race after the scratch has been processed. Once the scratch has been processed, the Contest Wager will automatically be cancelled and refunded. DO NOT CANCEL ANY CONTEST WAGERS. This will result in disqualification.
- Mutuel payoffs are capped at 20-1 ($420) for contest scoring purposes.
- Players’ wagering accounts will be credited with winnings for all competition wagers and debited for all losing wagers.
- NHC Tour players may earn Tour points playing Xpressbet Showdown.
- A single player may win a maximum of 1 DRF/NTRA NHC qualifying seat during Xpressbet’s 2012 Tournament Schedule. A single player may win two entries to the Coast Casino’s Horse Player World Series.
- If a player, who previously has qualified for a DRF/NTRA NHC seat in any 2012 Xpressbet handicapping tournament, or in any other 2012 tournament, wins a duplicate seat to that tournament, the seat will go to the next highest qualified finisher, and the awarding of tournament seats will be adjusted according to the standings.
- According to 2012 NTRA rules, in order to win a seat in the 2013 DRF/National Handicapping Championship a player must be a member of the NHC Tour. If you plan to compete for an NHC Championship seat in an Xpressbet tournament, you must first become an NHC Tour member and enter your Tour number at registration.
Open an Xpressbet Account to learn more and register to compete.
