The Weekly Recap is back up and running after a lengthy sojourn in Las Vegas. It was great seeing so many of you out there—and meeting a good number of you for the first time. McKay and I were delighted to see a HorseTourneys regular like Mike Gillum take down the $800,000 grand prize…and proud to see several other HT regulars reach the final table. That’s not an easy feat. Then again, our players are a pretty smart bunch.

Any entertainer worth his salt knows that a key to success is to open your act strong and then finish with a bang. Clearly, that’s how Edward Enborg approached the most recent featured-tourney week.

Normally each week, we are quick to highlight players who win tourneys on multiple days, or “multi-tablers” who pile up a bushel basket full of grand prizes in a single day. This week, though, we lead with a single-tourney performance that was so remarkable that it deserves top billing.

Matthew Bickey did a very good job of smoking out longshots last week—and he was rewarded to the tune of nearly $18,000.

Though Kansas City won the Super Bowl, the real Chief on Sunday was Brett Wiener. And his Friday wasn’t too shabby either.

It was a busy week with 34 featured tourneys, and Michael Caposio and Jeff VanDrie combined to finish first in six of them.

Michael Solakis loves horse racing contests. He’s good at them too. In 2022, he earned $32,000 for coming in third behind Riley Drexler in the Players Championship. Solakis went on to finish second to A.J. Benton in that year’s Tourney Triple series.

Last weekend, of course, was his greatest moment yet as a player. He collected $168,405 for his dominant victory in the 5th annual Flo-Cal Faceoff here at HorseTourneys. Still, it would be wrong to place too great an emphasis on the role horse racing has in his life.

Arguably the two most important, most prestigious handicapping tournaments in the month of April are the $350,000 Guaranteed Players Championship here at HorseTourneys on April 6-7 and the Keeneland Grade One Gamble the following weekend at Keeneland Race Course and Xpressbet. Starting this Saturday, you can earn a spot in both here at HorseTourneys.

After hitting 42-1 cap horse Ticking in Saturday’s 10th race at Gulfstream Park, Michael Solakis of Toronto gained a lead he would never relinquish in the 5th annual Flo-Cal Faceoff held here at HorseTourneys on January 20-21.

It’s Flo-Cal Faceoff time!

For the fifth consecutive year, some of the nation’s best handicappers will do battle against each other by making making mythical $2.00 win-and-place selections on every race of the Saturday and Sunday cards from Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla., and Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.