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DraftKings Fantasy Baseball Championship at Atlantis
DraftKings Fantasy Baseball Championship
Day: 4
DraftKings FBC Profile: Chris "gncmoo" Moore
Like many of his peers, Chris "gncmoo" Moore has made a successful transition from poker to daily fantasy sports. Moore was one of the final qualifiers into the FBC and managed to sneak a second entry in at the last minute.
DraftKings FBC Profile: Jay "DirtyGirl15" Raynor
Jay "DirtyGirl15" Raynor is one of the favorites going into the DraftKings Fantasy Baseball Championship. With three entries he'll have more room to be creative with his lineups. But he might be forced to lose his online identity first.
The 10-Game FBC Slate
DraftKings FBC contestants will be selecting players from a set of 10 games tonight. The West Coast games will not be included in the championship event. Here's this evening's game set along with the probable starting pitchers and the over/under line:
| Time | Game | Over/Under |
|---|---|---|
| 7:05 ET | St. Louis (Lance Lynn) at Pittsburgh (Gerrit Cole) | 7.5 |
| 7:05 ET | Tampa Bay (Alex Cobb) at Baltimore (Wei-Yin Chen) | 7.5 |
| 7:05 ET | Washington (Gio Gonzalez) at Philadelphia (Cole Hamels) | 7.0 |
| 7:07 ET | Boston (Rubby De La Rosa) at Toronto (R.A. Dickey) | 9.0 |
| 7:08 ET | New York Yankees (Brandon McCarthy) at Detroit (Rick Porcello) | 8.0 |
| 7:10 ET | Atlanta (Alex Wood) at New York Mets (Dillon Gee) | 7.0 |
| 7:10 ET | Chicago Cubs (Travis Wood) at Cincinnati (Johnny Cueto) | 7.0 |
| 8:10 ET | Cleveland (T.J. House) at Chicago White Sox (Jose Quintana) | 8.0 |
| 8:10 ET | Oakland (Jason Hammel) at Houston (Dallas Kuechel) | 8.0 |
| 8:10 ET | Minnesota (Ricky Nolasco) at Kansas City (Danny Duffy) | 8.0 |
DraftKings FBC Profile: Cal "GrindersCal" Spears
RotoGrinders.com founder Cal Spears thought he'd missed his chance at qualifying for the DraftKings Fantasy Baseball Championship. Spears tells the story about how a bad beat turned into a potential shot at winning $1 million.
One Hour Away
We're inching closer to the start of the DraftKings Fantasy Baseball Championship. With 60 minutes until the first games begin, players are doing some final research before the lineups lock at 7:05 p.m ET.
Scouting the Field
A total of 37 players will compete for the $1 million top prize in this evening's Fantasy Baseball Championship at DraftKings. Nine of those players will have multiple entries, giving them two or even three chances to claim the biggest prize ever awarded in fantasy baseball.
The field is made up of the sharpest minds in daily fantasy sports, including Peter "CSURAM88" Jennings, Drew "dinkpiece" Dinkmeyer, Peter "DraftCheat" Christensen, Jay "DirtyGirl15" Raynor and Al "Al_Smizzle" Zeidenfeld. There will also be a handful of poker pros competing for the title as Jonathan Tamayo, Barry Hutter and Chris Moore all won seats during the qualifying period.
We will be posting several player profiles and interviews as the day progresses. For now, here's a complete look at the field, beginning with the multi-entry players.
| Player | Entries | Home | Player | Entries | Home | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter "CSURAM88" Jennings | 3 | Colorado | David "bw5126" Epstein | 3 | Florida | |
| Peter "dandydon" Feldman | 3 | Michigan | Jay "DirtyGirl15" Raynor | 3 | Ontario, Canada | |
| Pierce "plord64" Lord | 2 | New Jersey | "00oreo00" | 2 | California | |
| Chris "Draconfire" Buck | 2 | California | Jonathan "McJester" Zellers | 2 | California | |
| Chris "gncmoo" Moore | 2 | Illinois | Douglas "doubowles" Gutierrez | 1 | Minnesota | |
| Drew "dinkpiece" Dinkmeyer | 1 | Florida | Adam "carey-mahoney" Krawscyn | 1 | Ohio | |
| Lee "Thunderfats" Elci | 1 | Connecticut | Alex "aslsports" Liden | 1 | British Columbia, Canada | |
| Barry "bh9999" Hutter | 1 | Florida | Geoffrey "texas989" Fisher | 1 | New Hampshire | |
| Joseph "just2buff" Cortez | 1 | California | Al "Al_Smizzle" Zeidenfeld | 1 | California | |
| Jordan "JMToWin" Tohline | 1 | Oklahoma | Ray "rayofhope" Coburn | 1 | New Jersey | |
| Jeff "Rotomania" Rowe | 1 | Texas | "NastiNati" | 1 | California | |
| Peter "DraftCheat" Christensen | 1 | Minnesota | Mark "guindi989" Guindi | 1 | New York | |
| Trevor "TBlongia" Belongia | 1 | Wisconsin | Matt "ThaDongslayer" Sizemore | 1 | California | |
| Elie "EMSBRO" Stevenson | 1 | New York | Blake "EmpireMaker2" Stevenson | 1 | Illinois | |
| Jonathan "diverseati" Tamayo | 1 | Texas | David "illinSquad" Yadron | 1 | Illinois | |
| Jonathan "Bales" Bales | 1 | Pennsylvania | Jonathan "TheVault" Piening | 1 | Ohio | |
| Cal "GrindersCal" Spears | 1 | Tennessee | Erik "naapstermaan" Wardenburg | 1 | California | |
| "markgenorex" | 1 | Nevada | Anthony "whodey" Confer | 1 | Ohio | |
| David "headchopper" Kaplen | 1 | Texas |
$1 Million Top Prize Up for Grabs at the DraftKings Fantasy Baseball Championship!
The big day has arrived. After hosting three days of fun at the beautiful Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, DraftKings is putting on the biggest fantasy baseball event in the history of the daily fantasy sports industry. One fantasy baseball player will take home $1 million after the full slate of Major League Baseball games is completed tonight.
The DraftKings Fantasy Baseball Championship will take place at the Aura Nightclub in Atlantis beginning at 7:05 p.m. ET. Over past few months, DraftKings hosted 50 qualifiers for a seat into this event, with each package worth $54,500. The event ticket itself is worth $50,000, meaning a total of $2.5 million will be awarded here in Paradise Island.
The preparation for this evening's event has already begun. Each participant will select a team of 10 MLB players from today's games using a fixed salary cap of $50,000 set by DraftKings. The selection process involves a wide range of variables, including batter-versus-pitcher matchups, recent player performance, park dimensions, and even weather. Many of the same players will be selected, but it is highly unlikely that we'll see any duplicate lineups tonight.
Once the lineups are set and the games begin, points are assigned to individual statistics (i.e. HR=10, RBI=3, RUN=2, etc.) and the winner is determined by which team accrues the most points with their 10-player roster.
Everyone will go home with at least $7,500 tonight, but of course the biggest check — worth $1 million — will be handed to the winner. PokerNews will be at Aura for complete coverage of the event, so keep your browsers locked here all evening!
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