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NTRA National Horseplayers Championship
NTRA Release
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Dan Piazza of Chicago leads the 26th NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) field with a mythical bankroll of $353.92 at the conclusion of Sunday morning’s Semifinal round, which consisted of 80 entries from the participants.
The top 10 players will continue on to compete in this afternoon’s Final Table in the Events Center at Horseshoe Las Vegas, where the ultimate winner will earn a coveted Eclipse Award as the Horseplayer of the Year and take home the $825,000 first prize. Click here to access the full NHC Leaderboard.
Bankrolls from previous rounds carry over to the Final Table, where players must select one horse for a mythical $2 Win-Place wager on each of the same seven races.
The Final Table players, in descending order by bankroll:
- Dan Piazza ………………………… $353.92
- Dylan Donnelly ………………….. $298.86
- Tom Boyd …………………………… $284.02
- Greg Bone ………………………….. $280.88
- Peter Dresens …………………….. $280.30
- Len Hanson ………………………… $276.44
- Dean Malizia ………………………. $276.40
- Sean Nolan ……………………….. $273.56
- Ray Hassan ……………………….. $271.56
- Alex DeVito ………………………… $268.48
The Final Table mandatory races are (all times PT): Aqueduct Race 7, 12:48 pm; Gulfstream Race 8, 1:48 pm; Tampa Bay Race 9, 2:06 pm, Oaklawn Park Race 8, 2:28 pm; Gulfstream Race 10, 2:48 pm; Oaklawn Race 9, 3:03 pm, and Santa Anita Race 6, 3:35 pm.The National Horseplayers Championship is presented by Caesars Race & Sportsbook, Horseshoe Las Vegas, and Racetrack Television Network (RTN).
