We’ve often amused ourselves in recent years referring to Eric Boyd as Eric “B Connected” Boyd in a nod to the name of the Boyd Gaming players card utilized at The Orleans. However, we now feel compelled to officially change his HorseTourneys nickname to Eric “Skeet” Boyd.

Why? 

Because that is his actual nickname…and it has been such for a very long time.

If Evan Trommer made a New Year’s resolution to resume winning contests in bunches here at HorseTourneys, he is off to a very good start.

There’s an old saying in horse racing: Keep yourself in the best possible company and your horses in the worst. In a way, Scott Galica did that on Saturday.

Christmas came early to several featured-tourney players who wound up with full sacks last week. One of them was Curtis Meyer, who said, “Ho, ho, ho”—one “ho” for each of his Friday triumphs.

Ken Seeman and Steven Meier had similar weekends around here last week—similarly excellent, to be more precise.

Mark Stillmock won more than $30,000 in cash and seats last Saturday. We would call the day a “year-maker” for the Omaha resident. However, the windfall was not Stillmock’s biggest of the past year—or even of the past month.

Lots of people love to play a wide variety of games here at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers. Then there are those who largely just zero in on trying to qualify for the NHC or the Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge. For 2022 HT Tour champion Travis Pearson, however, the primary focus is on cash games.

There is still one mystery surrounding the inaugural edition of the Pick & Pray Classic. When will Teresa Stillmock find out that her husband won $158,331 in it? As of now, she still doesn’t know.

Mark Stillmock is not an NHC Hall of Famer. His name is not synonymous with the placing of massive, five-figure bets at the end of a Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge. Within the realm of online tournaments, however, he is as feared a player as there is. This is what one HorseTourneys regular told me after a recent victory.

For the first time, a major, all-cash competition will be held in the format held most dear by the majority of online tournament handicappers. Welcome to the Pick & Pray Classic.