Jim Videtic of
Cleveland, Ohio captured the $43,652.70 grand prize in the 2018 World Harness
Handicapping Championship presented by DerbyWars.com on Saturday, April 28 at
Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment. He also won an additional
$3,676.40 via his second contest entry. He walked away with a total of
$47,329.10.
Videtic finished
the tournament with a $2,254.50 bankroll to top the field of 117 players from
across North America who competed for $81,940 in prize money. Videtic won
his two seats via DerbyWars.com qualifiers. This was the largest prize
pool ever offered for the WHHC.
The WHHC contest
format required contestants to bet 10 races: seven Meadowlands races of their
choice, plus one mandatory race each from Buffalo, Vernon and Meadowlands
racetracks. Bets had to meet a $30 minimum, $100 maximum per race.
Contestants could only bet one horse per race and wagers could either be win,
place, show or a combination of the three.
Videtic
cashed on five of his ten bets and took an early lead with a $952.50 score
coming in the mandatory Vernon race 7 with $30 to Win on #1 (Jimi Wind
Ricks). He cashed in the Meadowlands’ sixth race for $940 with a $100 Win
wager on #3 (Santiago Style) and again in the mandatory seventh race at the
Meadowlands for $450 with $100 to Win on #1 (Highalator). Jim’s final cash of
the night was in the Meadowlands’ ninth race earning him $116 with a $40 to Win
bet on the #1 (This Is The Plan). After a losing $100 bet in the last
race at the Meadowlands, he finished with a final bankroll of $2,254.50, taking
home the $43,652.70 prize.
DerbyWars.com
sponsored the 2018 World Harness Handicapping Championship and held weekly
online qualifiers throughout 2018. In addition to DerbyWars.com and the
Meadowlands, the following partner outlets sent players to compete in the 2018
WHHC: USTA, Buffalo Raceway, Vernon Downs, Tioga Downs, Standardbred Canada,
and TVG/Betfair.
Top Ten Finishers:
|
First
|
Last
|
Bankroll
|
Prize $
|
|
Jim
|
Videtic
|
$2,254.50
|
$43,652.70
|
|
Jeff
|
Billings
|
$1,871.00
|
$11,547.90
|
|
Thomas
|
DeSimone
|
$1,597.00
|
$7,616.70
|
|
Scott
|
Warren
|
$1,350.00
|
$5,773.00
|
|
Jim
|
Videtic
|
$1,241.00
|
$3,767.40
|
|
Sam
|
Agigian
|
$1,056.00
|
$1,916.46
|
|
Lee
|
Stuckey
|
$1,031.00
|
$1,916.46
|
|
Michael
|
Rusovick
|
$913.00
|
$1,916.46
|
|
Peter
|
Kleinhans
|
$884.50
|
$1,916.46
|
|
Dustin
|
Carlson
|
$748.00
|
$1,916.46
|
