SOLD OUT: The 2021 NFBKC Post-Season Contest

[Greg Ambrosius]

For the second straight year, we are offering a guaranteed $10,000 grand prize in the NFBKC Post-Season Hold 'Em Championship. This contest will consist of 250 teams and will use a multiplier scoring format for the four rounds of the NBA Playoffs.

Ryan Marsh of Whitney, Ontario won the $10,000 grand prize last year as we finished with 248 teams. We hope to top that number this year and will pay the Top 15 finishers.

The NBA's regular season ends on Sunday, May 16th and there will then be a play-in tournament from May 18th through May 21st featuring the 7th through 10th seeds in each conference. We will not use those play-in games for this contest. The NFBKC Post-Season Contest will start on Saturday, May 22nd when the 16 playoff teams are finalized. NFBKC owners will select one player from each of the 16 playoff teams to start the contest and those lineups must be locked in before the first game on Saturday, May 22nd.

This is a points-based scoring system that gives points based on seven scoring categories. They include:

2-Point Field Goals Made = 2 points
3-Point Field Goals Made = 3 points
Free Throws Made = 1 point
Assists = 1.5 points
Steals = 2 points
Blocked Shots = 3 points
Total Rebounds = 1.5 points

Now comes the fun part:

Once the post-season is whittled down to 16 teams, NFBKC owners have to compile a 16-man roster for Round 1 consisting of ONLY 1 PLAYER from each NBA team. You can pick any player you want from any team, but you just get one player. And every point that all 16 players accumulate from all of the Round 1 games are added to your team total. Easy enough, right? There is no draft, you just pick one player from each NBA team.

After Round 1, every NFBKC team will have lost 8 players, with 8 players advancing to the next round. In Round 2, NFBKC owners replace players they've lost with new players, but you can only have 2 players from each of the 8 remaining NBA teams for a roster of 16 players. Every player you kept from Round 1 into Round 2 will earn 2 times their points in this round. So if you had LeBron James on your roster in Round 1 and the Lakers won in Round 1, you'll earn 2x for every point he earns in Round 2. The 8 other players you just added for Round 2 earns 1x their points.

This is a multiplying hold 'em contest, so the longer they are on your roster the more points they earn. Get it?

In Round 3, rosters are reduced to 12 players per NFBKC team as we're now down to 4 NBA teams. You can have a max of 3 players per NBA team to fill out your NFBKC roster and any player you had on your roster since Round 1 will earn 3x in Round 3, while players that you've had on your roster since Round 2 will earn 2x. New players added in this round will earn 1x their points.

And in Round 4, NFBKC rosters will be reduced to 8 players as there are only 2 NBA teams left. NFBKC rosters will be limited to 4 players per NBA team and those players will earn 4x their points if they've been on a roster since Round 1, 3x if on a roster since Round 2 and 2x if on a roster since Round 3. Players added for the first time in Round 4 will earn 1x in this round.

The NFBKC team with the most points will win the $10,000 grand prize and we'll pay down 10 spots. All of the Rules and Prizes can be found here:

https://nfc.shgn.com/rules/834

Prizes are based on 250 teams as we launch this new contest. Cost of entry is $150 per team and rosters will be finalized once the NBA finishes the play-in portion of the tournament to get down to 16 teams. As teams are eliminated from the 20-team field, those players will be taken out of the player pool. Rosters will be finalized just before the first tipoff of the Round 1 NBA games for the field of 16 teams.

In Rounds 1 and 2, here are the roster requirements:
4 - Guards
4 - Forwards
2 - Centers
6 - Flex Spots

In Round 3 it is:
3 - Guards
3 - Forwards
1 - Center
5 - Flex Spots

In Round 4 it is:
2 - Guards
2 - Forwards
1 - Center
3 - Flex Spots

Here's the prize pool:

Overall Prizes
1st - $10,000
2nd - $4,000
3rd - $3,500
4th - $3,000
5th - $2,500
6th - $2,000
7th - $1,500
8th - $1,000
9th - $750
10th -$500
11th - $400
12th - $350
13th - $250
14th - $200
15th - $150

Enjoy and good luck all.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here's the current signup list:

NFBKC Post-Season Hold 'Em Contest
Signup Deadline: Saturday, May 22nd
1st Place - $10,000
1. Thomas Ruelas
2. Mankit Chu
3. Dan Song
4. Dennis Massa
5. Giuseppe Racco
6. Kyle Estes
7. Michael Bass
8. John Minner
9. Dennis Gahry
10. Maria zaragocin
11. Maria zaragocin
12. Maria zaragocin
13. Giovanni Papiccio
14. Casey Kovich
15. Anton Tsypkin
16. william tyrer
17. william tyrer
18. william tyrer
19. william tyrer
20. william tyrer
21. william tyrer
22. jason bossaer
23. Troy Ory
24. Charlie Stamos
25. Charlie Stamos
26. Charlie Stamos
27. Brian Leigh
28. Anita Huffman
29. Nolan Twisselman
30. Ross Cleveland III
31. Ross Cleveland III
32. Troy Thornburg
33. Joseph Bryant
34. Charlie Stamos
35. Milt Williams
36. Colin Campbell
37. Bill Moisuk
38. VINCENT DEMARCO
39. Bob Radl
40. Joseph Piazza
41. Duane Queener
42. John Fousek
43. John Fousek
44. John Fousek
45. Glenn Gutierrez
46. John Moore
47. Christopher Keel
48. David Kozak
49. Ronald Stone
50. Andrew Viglietti
51. Jesse DeArmas
52. Adam Moffitt
53. Steven Foster
54. Jeffrey Niles
55. MARK KAPLAN
56. Forde Britt
57. Josh Schwartzkopf
58. Richard Greenwald
59. Daniel Blunck
60. ROBERT REESE
61. JOSEPH MCILHINNEY
62. JOSEPH MCILHINNEY
63. Ryan Erickson
64. Joseph DiGalbo
65. Robert McMillan
66. thad shirley
67. Alex Sturm
68. Scott Leonard
69. edward mihalek
70. Colin Darcy
71. Jeffery Ellington
72. Matthew Blaubach
73. Andre Morganfield
74. Javier Rodriguez
75. Javier Rodriguez
76. Ron Kraus
77. Ron Kraus
78. Ron Kraus
79. William Dandridge
80. Eugene Ji
81. Todd King
82. Chad Faul
83. TODD ST GEORGE
84. Thomas Ruelas
85. Louis Nemphos
86. Miles Schimmel
87. Chester Mui
88. Brandon taylor
89. Thomas Wayda
90. Thomas Wayda
91. Ted Cohan
92. Robert Surratt
93. Steve Shelly
94. Jeff Mitseff
95. Jeff Mitseff
96. Jeff Mitseff
97. Jeff Mitseff
98. Jeff Mitseff
99. Jeff Mitseff
100. Dominic Mignano
101. Andrew Lu
102. Jack Murphy
103. Sammy Zahler
104. John Lyons
105. John Lyons
106. Todd Cohen
107. Ed Crawford
108. Anthony Cerrato
109. Stephen Ciepiela
110. Ryan Marsh
111. Scott Jenstad
112. Charlie Stamos
113. Charlie Stamos
114. Nicholas Fisher
115. james zevola
116. SEAN GILLIS
117. Jean-Claude Constant
118. Johnathon Bender
119. RYAN MCCREIGHT
120. Michael Stewart
121. Donald Wind
122. Joe Oppedisano
123. Joe Oppedisano
124. Joe Oppedisano
125. Giuseppe Racco
126. Giuseppe Racco
127. Kyle Pitman
128. Kyle Pitman
129. Kyle Pitman
130. Adam Huffer
131. Timothy Reinwald
132. Aaron Smith
133. Aaron Smith
134. Aaron Smith
135. Aaron Smith
136. Aaron Smith
137. Aaron Smith
138. Mark Nistor
139. Jeffrey Malo
140. Salvatore Esposito
141. ADAM LAZARUS
142. CRAIG CUSANO
143. Donny DAmico
144. Rich McClellan
145. John Roberts
146. Eliza Staver
147. Brian Miller
148. Kevin Gaddis
149. Charles Cholewczynski
150. john bergeron
151. DARREN LYONS
152. Kyle Rockwell
153. Glenn Kittinger
154. Morris Mason
155. Morris Mason
156. Morris Mason
157. Andrew Edward
158. Don Lacknett
159. Jared Daniels
160. Jared Daniels
161. michael tremper
162. Randy Lukas
163. Randy Lukas
164. Randy Lukas
165. Randy Lukas
166. Randy Lukas
167. Randy Lukas
168. Doug McCord
169. David Hartley
170. David Hartley
171. Matthew Shepherd
172. Jeremy Jurewicz
173. Dominic Mignano
174. Kulvinder Dhillon
175. Kulvinder Dhillon
176. Kulvinder Dhillon
177. Kulvinder Dhillon
178. Kulvinder Dhillon
179. Kulvinder Dhillon
180. Ken Athmann
181. Anthony Unterreiner
182. Matthew Shepherd
183. Joe Kalinowski
184. Joe Kalinowski
185. Joe Kalinowski
186. Joe Kalinowski
187. Joe Kalinowski
188. Joe Kalinowski
189. Joe Kalinowski
190. Joe Kalinowski
191. Joe Kalinowski
192. Joe Kalinowski
193. Joe Kalinowski
194. Joe Kalinowski
195. Eric Wong
196. Eric Wong
197. Eric Wong
198. Eric Wong
199. Eric Wong
200. Eric Wong
201. Gregory Engel
202. daniel HEDLER
203. daniel HEDLER
204. Ian Petker
205. Stephen Riley
206. Rakesh C
207. Eric Montgomery
208. Michael Rollins
209. Michael Rollins
210. Michael Rollins
211. Stavros Lazos
212. Kenneth Morita
213. jason bossaer
214. David Dubofsky
215. Jeffery Cox
216. Donald Daisley
217. Bob Webber
218. RANDALL ROOT
219. Colin Campbell
220. Don Probst
221. Douglas Schumacher
222. Silas Dain
223. jason bossaer
224. Scott Wieland
225. Joseph Piazza
226. James Holecko
227. Jason Sherman
228. Mark Nistor
229. Matthew Shepherd
230. Charlie Stamos
231. Charlie Stamos
232. Stephen Bice
233. Joseph DiGalbo
234. MICHAEL TURNER
235. Douglas Keilholz
236. Matt Hallstrom
237. Matt Hallstrom
238. Brian Owens
239. Brian Owens
240. Brian Owens
241. Brian Owens
242. Brian Owens
243. Brian Owens
244. James Mehall
245. Mark Jahns
246. Daniel Blunck
247. Vi Ly
248. Brent Kaske
249. Mark Nistor