Eric-- saw your post on the other site, and actually, it's not that impressive that all those Ragozin guys had to pay to enter the Coast contest because they couldn't get into the NTRA contest, which you had to qualify for by doing well in earlier contests. That's the one that 28 of our on-line account holders qualified for, and the one that (according to the same source you quoted) only 3 Ragozin guys got into.

So, sheer numbers of paid entrants don't mean a whole lot. Results do, and the second place finish by your guy in the second tournament is definitely a positive. But you might want to wait until the names of all those who earned prize money is published before making noise-- your guys accounted for about 10% (give or take, you would know better than I) of the field, while our guys were only 3% this time, since you didn't have to qualify, and it was mostly a local contest (we don't sell hardcopy in Vegas). Our 28 qualifiers at the NTRA contest were only 12% of the field, but represented 30% of those who earned checks, including Jamie, who won. I know already that we have at least 3 of the top 11 finishers in this one, and it will be interesting to see how we (and you) ended up doing. I'm sure you'll be forthcoming.



TGJB