win,
place & show
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Updated
Nov. 23, 2013
2013 WBC Report
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2014 Status: pending December 2013 Membership Trial Vote |
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Jason Levine, NY |
2012-13 Champion |
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Event History |
1992 |
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Bruce Reiff |
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14 |
1993 |
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Stephen Kershaw |
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10 |
1994 |
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Stuart Tucker |
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20 |
1995 |
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Dennis Nicholson |
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29 |
1996 |
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Bruce Reiff |
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17 |
1997 |
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John Coussis |
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15 |
1998 |
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Bruce Reiff |
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14 |
1999 |
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Bruce Reiff |
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31 |
2000 |
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Ken Gutermuth |
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26 |
2001 |
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Ken Gutermuth |
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42 |
2002 |
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Stuart Tucker |
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40 |
2003 |
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Robert Drozd |
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41 |
2004 |
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Dave Steiner |
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57 |
2005 |
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Dave Steiner |
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28 |
2006 |
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John Welage |
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37 |
2007 |
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John Welage |
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39 |
2008 |
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Jason Levine |
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34 |
2009 |
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Ted Drozd |
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25 |
2010 |
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John Welage |
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27 |
2011 |
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Jeremy Billones |
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22 |
2012 |
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Jason Levine |
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29 |
2013 |
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Jason Levine |
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27 |
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Rank Name From Last Total
1. Ken Gutermuth TX 13 130
2. John Welage OH 12 107
3. Jason Levine NY 13 103
4. Bruce Reiff OH 13 87
5. Dave Steiner DE 07 72
6. Robert Drozd IL 06 48
7. Stuart Tucker MD 06 47
8. Craig Fox PA 13 44
9. Jeremy Billones VA 13 36
10. Ted Drozd IL 09 24
11. Jim Bell MD 04 24
12. Jeff August VA 04 24
13. Gerald Lientz VA 08 21
14. Mark Kennel DE 10 18
15. Jim Garvey NY 03 18
16. Mike Zorrer DE 07 15
17. John Emery SC 06 14
18. Gadoon Kyrollos NJ 11 12
19. Jennifer Visocnik IL 08 12
20. Lance Fogel PA 01 12
21. Bruce Monnin OH 02 9
22. John Tighe Sr DE 10 8
23. Jeff Finkeldey OH 05 8
24. Josh Githens SC 04 8
25. Christina Harley VA 12 6
26. Raphael Lehrer CA 09 6
27. Anna Palermo NY 02 6
28. Joshua Garton VA 01 6
29. Charles Ellsworth NY 00 6
30. Frank Sinigaglio NJ 99 6
31. Scott Foremny PA 13 4
32. Dennis Nicholson NY 09 4
33. Michael Cook VA 01 4
34. John Tighe Jr NJ 99 4
35. Rachel Harley VA 08 3
36. Tom Browne PA 07 3
37. Bert Schoose IL 05 2
38. Peter Martin NJ 99 1
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2013 Laurelists
Repeating
Laurelists: |
Bruce Reiff, OH
2nd
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Ken Gutermuth, NC
3rd
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Jeremy Billones, VA
4th
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Scott Foremny, PA
5th
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Craig Fox, PA
6th
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Past Winners |
Bruce Reiff, OH
'92, '96, 1998-99
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Stuart Tucker, MD
1994, 2002
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Dennis Nicholson, NY
1995
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John Coussis, IL
1997
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Ken Gutermuth, TX
2000-01
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Robert Drozd, IL
2003
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Dave Steiner, DE
2004-05
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John Welage, PA
2006-07, 2010
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Jason Levine, NY
2008, 2012-13
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Ted Drozd, IL
2009
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Jeremy Billones, VA
2011
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GM Jim Burnett comes equipped with
a riding crop to encourge slow players, er horses. |
Defending champ Jason Levine buys
his way to the big track with a win over Kevin Emery, John Welage
and Trella Bromley. |
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From the looks of things Vassili Kyrkos,
John Emery and Sean McCulloch won't be cashing in any winning
tickets this race. |
Craig Fox outbets Greg Ziemba, Owen
Kyrollos, Dave Steiner and Scott Foremny to earn his way to the
big track. |
Still
flush ...
The annual race meeting at Lancaster Downs started off very
well as attendance grew at the first heat and four boards were
contested. Six former champions with a total of 14 titles appeared
to test their racing and betting skills against a mixed field
of veterans and rookies. The tracks in all games were fairly
consistent, allowing perennial favorites Bruce Reiff, Ken Gutermuth,
and defending champion Jason Levine to join Scott Foremny as
early winners. The winning cash totals were all in the $150,000
range.
The second heat returned to average attendance as the players
listed above did not have to return to try again for qualification.
Four former champs with six plaques did preent themselves for
a second chance. As opposed to the first heat, there could not
have been any more disparate results from the two boards. On
one hand, former champ Dave Steiner managed to scrape by with
a win, ending the day with only $76,000 on a muddy track that
saw the purse money be more important than success at the windows.
At the other board, Craig Fox, a player who has experienced many
finals but always finished shy of success, managed his betting
on long shots so well that he literally ran away with the win
with an astounding $286,500. This is easily the largest sum amassed
in recent memory.
Attendance was definitely off in the last heat with only one
board contested. This was due in the main to dedicated players
having already won, and several others with different tournaments
on their schedules. Jeremy Billones was the winner. He needed
only $82,000 to punch his ticket to the big board.
All seven punters appeared for the Saturday Final. The early
going gave mixed results for some but Dave, Craig, Scott, and
Jeremy managed to get into early money problems and were strapped
for cash after just three races. None of them had enough cash
reserves to be of any real threat for the rest of the card. That
left three horse players with enough cash to bet and buy the
ponies. All were experienced bettors, having eight plaques between
them, all with at least two. With such a field, it was left to
the dice to decide which horse was favored in the last race.
Ken had favorable rolls early, but then luck deserted him and
his picks faded. Bruce and Jason went down to the wire with the
value of the final purse a deciding factor. Jason won his second
championship in a row with $149,000 to Bruce's $129,000.
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You've got to win a heat on the small
boards to have a seat at the big track. |
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