SOLD OUT: Debut 2020 NFBKC Post-Season Contest

[Greg Ambrosius]

While the NBA regular season ended early because of coronavirus, the NBA post-season is scheduled to resume on July 31st. The NBA and the NBAPA have agreed to a 22-team play-in tournament that will have 16 teams seeded according to record after the play-in rounds, notwithstanding conference affiliation. So 13 Western Conference teams have made the field of 22 teams, compared to 9 Eastern Conference teams.

We think this is going to be a popular post-season for the NBA and we can't wait for the games to get started. And we're not just saying that because we're Milwaukee Bucks fans (okay, Tom and myself are Bucks fans!!). We think this is a great format that could run the Championship Round into October with some great stars going head-to-head. Let's do this.

As a result, we've come up with an NFBKC Post-Season Hold 'Em Contest that will debut this year and could be around for a long, long time. In fact, we think this scoring system that we will use for this contest could be used as a Best Ball hoops format starting in 2020-21. Stay tuned.

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_new/659

Prizes are based on only 200 teams as we launch this new contest. Again, next year an NFBKC Best Ball Championship will likely use this same scoring system as we introduce Best Ball to hoops for the first time.

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 22-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 - $250

Enjoy and good luck all.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Let's keep the signup list here for the debut 2020 NFBKC Post-Season Hold 'Em Contest. Remember, we are guaranteeing 200 spots, so secure your team when you're ready and finalize your lineup once the NBA tournament is reduced to 16 teams. For Round 1, you select one player from each of the remaining 16 NBA teams and every point is scored for all 16 of your players. Then the multipliers and new pickups continue in Round 2, Round 3 (12 players per team) and Round 4 (8 players per team). Enjoy and good luck in the battle for the $10,000 grand prize.

Here's the current signup list:

2020 NFBKC Post-Season Hold 'Em Contest:
1. Maria zaragocin
2. Maria zaragocin
3. Maria zaragocin
4. Maria zaragocin
5. Maria zaragocin
6. David Longood
7. Matthew Dozier
8. DARREN LYONS
9. Giuseppe Racco
10. Antonio Anagnostopoulos
11. Brandon Gromala
12. ROBERT REESE
13. James Anderson
14. Forde Britt
15. Thomas Wayda
16. shannon browne
17. Geoff Daniels
18. Dennis Massa
19. Dennis Gahry
20. Colin Darcy
21. James Mehall
22. James Mehall
23. Jeffery Cox
24. VINCENT CIAMBRIELLO
25. Kyle Estes
26. JAMES BASOLO
27. Jesse DeArmas
28. GERARDO NUNEZ
29. GERARDO NUNEZ
30. GERARDO NUNEZ
31. GERARDO NUNEZ
32. GERARDO NUNEZ
33. Eugene Ji
34. Ryan Erickson
35. Alan Tenenbaum
36. Alan Tenenbaum
37. Alan Tenenbaum
38. Alan Tenenbaum
39. Alan Tenenbaum
40. Alan Tenenbaum
41. Ben Brenneis
42. Ben Brenneis
43. Ben Brenneis
44. GERARDO NUNEZ
45. GERARDO NUNEZ
46. GERARDO NUNEZ
47. GERARDO NUNEZ
48. GERARDO NUNEZ
49. Walter Weimar
50. ROBERT KELLEY
51. ROBERT KELLEY
52. Sammy Zahler
53. Sammy Zahler
54. Scott Wieland
55. Scott Wieland
56. RANDALL ROOT
57. Curtis Gazdewich
58. Curtis Gazdewich
59. Logan Glaser
60. Nick Whalen
61. John Weiss
62. Beau Butler
63. Brent Kaske
64. Lucas Paigo
65. George Kleemann
66. Gregory Engel
67. Ben Zamfino
68. Parshva Shah
69. Frank Huang
70. JAMES BASOLO
71. thad shirley
72. thad shirley
73. brian leer
74. Todd St. George
75. Corey Parson
76. Daniel Marcus
77. Taylor Bell
78. William Dandridge
79. Jason Aberli
80. Nick Fisher
81. Ted Cohan
82. Jeff Winter
83. Patrick Cole
84. Glenn Coleman
85. Rich McClellan
86. Rich McClellan
87. Matthew Levin
88. Giovanni Papiccio
89. Thomas Ruelas
90. Dan Song
91. John Fousek
92. John Fousek
93. John Fousek
94. Rakesh Chilakapati
95. Rakesh Chilakapati
96. Lee Sparer
97. Stavros Lazos
98. Robert DiPietro
99. Robert DiPietro
100. Aaron Cutler
101. BRYCE POMPLUN
102. Brian Edwards
103. Brandon Taylor
104. FRANKLIN THOMA
105. David Dubofsky
106. Steven Foster
107. Scott Atkins
108. Stephen Garren
109. Stephen Garren
110. Eric Albright
111. Aaron Smith
112. Aaron Smith
113. Dawson Ulliac
114. Thomas Ruelas
115. Steve Odabashian
116. Steve Odabashian
117. David Martino
118. Jose Parapar
119. Joseph DiGalbo
120. Doug McCord
121. Ross Cleveland III
122. Javier Rodriguez
123. JACOB FALLAHI
124. Rob Giese
125. Scott Jenstad
126. Todd Cohen
127. John Roberts
128. Kulvinder Dhillon
129. Marc Nakashian
130. Jared Daniels
131. Ron Kraus
132. Ron Kraus
133. Ron Kraus
134. Mankit Chu
135. Jon Sizemore
136. Matthew Blaubach
137. GERALD ROGERS
138. jared hines
139. Michael Tremper
140. Eric Wong
141. Eric Wong
142. Eric Wong
143. Eric Wong
144. Eric Wong
145. Eric Wong
146. Larry Bagiardi
147. John Lyons
148. Aaron Bickoff
149. Dominic Mignano
150. Brian Leigh
151. Lou Nemphos
152. William Whitlock
153. Giuseppe Racco
154. Ross Kandel
155. Ross Kandel
156. Jivan Datta
157. Jivan Datta
158. Aaron Markowitz
159. MALISSA STOUDYMIRE
160. Thomas Ruelas
161. Thomas Kitchen
162. Maria zaragocin
163. MARK JAHNS
164. Pete Suni
165. Brian Reamer
166. Robert Jurney
167. Bruce Brownawell
168. Shaharier Babu
169. Francis Musso
170. Francis Musso
171. Ian Petker
172. Emerson Mejia
173. Greg Gless
174. David Martino
175. Maria zaragocin
176. Jeremy Jurewicz
177. Christopher Maher
178. Anthony Palavis
179. Frank Bagiardi
180. Matt McClure
181. Jules McLean
182. silas dain
183. Don Lacknett
184. Steven Wagner
185. Jamaine Fortune
186. Andy Saxton
187. Andy Saxton
188. David Deterra
189. DARREN LYONS
190. John Lyons
191. Matthew Shepherd
192. Matthew Shepherd
193. robert cramutola
194. John Bugbee
195. Michael Bass
196. Matthew Shepherd
197. Matthew Shepherd
198. Matthew Carpenter
199. Eric Wong
200. Eric Wong
201. Adam Moffitt
202. Roger Martin
203. Eddie Gillis
204. Eddie Gillis
205. GERARDO NUNEZ
206. GERARDO NUNEZ
207. Kristopher Carroll
208. NICHOLAS DAVIDSON
209. John Rozek
210. John Rozek
211. Jeffrey Malo
212. Jonathan Fox
213. Nina Dulacki
214. Eric Palmer
215. Lee Sparer
216. CHRISTOPHER JOYCE
217. MARK MONZONES
218. MARK MONZONES
219. Jeff Prondzinski
220. Jaimes Salvi
221. Andrew Viglietti
222. Greg Gless
223. Nelson Sousa
224. David Hartley
225. Mark Hatton
226. TIMOTHY TAIEB
227. Jeffrey Niles
228. KENNETH HUNT
229. John Fish
230. Eddie Gillis
231. Eddie Gillis
232. Seth Lehman
233. Kyle Pitman
234. Miles Schimmel
235. Stephen Ranaghan
236. Douglas Roth
237. Ryan Marsh
238. Brian Owens
239. Brian Owens
240. Brian Owens
241. Brian Owens
242. scott vetter
243. David Longood
244. John Miller
245. Dominic Cirigliano
246. Jeffery Cox
247. shannon browne
248. Joseph Bryant

[Greg Ambrosius]

Just an FYI: The NBA Playoffs start on Monday, August 17th, so you'll need to have your lineups set and locked before then. Plenty of time to sell this contest out, but interest will pick up once we start seeing the end of the regular season games. Those will start next Thursday. Enjoy all.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Ownership percentages can be found under Stats and pull down to Own/Start Percentages. All can be found there.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Just a heads up that the first Round 2 series will start on Thursday when Boston and Toronto begin their 7 game series. You need to add your second player from both teams before tipoff at 6:30 pm ET. You can do that now on Set Lineup this way:

Eliminate a player who has lost in the first round by clicking on the x in the left column. Scroll down and then enter a new Celtic or Raptor. Your original players will score 2x in Round 2, while your new Celtics/Raptor will score 1x in Round 2.

You can begin to add second players for other teams that advanced this week as well, but only the Celtics and Raptors start Round 2 on Thursday. Lock in your remaining players for Round 2 just before tipoff of Game 1 of their series. 

Also, you don't have to replace a Center with a Center right now. If you eliminate Joel Embid you don't have to replace him with a Center right now, but obviously your Round 2 lineup MUST have a legal lineup and MUST have 2 centers. Round 2 has 16 players in your starting lineup and the same position eligibility requirements, but then switches to 12 players in Round 3 and 8 players in the NBA Finals.

Good luck all. This is where the fun begins and where the lineups get different.