First Two Qualifiers for $150,000 Guaranteed Spa & Surf Showdown Plus One-Time-Only Shot at Laurel Champions Contest Serve as the New Additions to this Weekend’s HorseTourneys Lineup

Though the ink is barely dry on the results for the $225,000 Flo-Cal Faceoff that saw Thomas Blosser of Cornville, Arizona win over $88,000, there’s no time like the present to begin qualifiers for the next high-stakes cash game on the schedule, the $150,000 Spa & Surf Showdown

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Last-Minute Decision to Enter Flo-Cal Faceoff Yields Big Dividends for Thomas Blosser

It had already been a fun and profitable 2021 for Thomas Blosser. On February 6, he won $31,850 plus a 2021 NHC seat for coming in first in the Bally’s First Chance/Last Chance tournament. The following week, he finished third in a $75 NHC qualifier at HorsePlayer. So he entered the weekend of February 29-March 1 leading the 2020 NHC Tour standings. He had given no serious thought, however, to playing in the inaugural Flo-Cal Faceoff.

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The Song Remains the Same for Zepp; Dylan Donnelly Doubles Down; Second Best is Plenty Good Three Different Times for Stephen Thompson (Weekend Recap February 21-23)

For what was sort of a quiet, “in-between” weekend on the racing calendar, things sure were busy around here. We had 24 featured events on Friday. Saturday and Sunday. In the process, next weekend’s $100,000 Guaranteed Flo-Cal Faceoff transformed into the $106,000 Flo-Cal Faceoff as we blew past the guarantee. That purse will continue to grow, of course, as we conduct our final qualifiers this week. We also offered several All Optional Live tourneys on Saturday and Sunday. As usual, however, Friday belonged to Pick & Prays.

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Two Days, Three Tourneys, Four Seats for Robert Rosette; Eric Boyd and Sally Goodall Send Sparks Flying on Valentine’s Day; Close but No Jackpot for Eric Kurzhal in $8 Game (Weekend Recap February 14-17)

It was a four-day weekend stuffed with 27 featured tourneys—and even two holidays. The first of those calendar signposts was Valentine’s Day. And though their link was purely circumstantial, Sally Wang Goodall and Eric Boyd were quite the pair on Friday.

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There’s no Time Like the Present to Win a Spot to the NHC…or BCBC or Flo-Cal Faceoff or Monmouth Pick Your Prize or the Gotham Challenge. Those Qualifiers Plus Big Cash Tourneys and Last Chance Play-In to SA February Highlight Four-Day “Dual Holiday” Weekend

I’m hard pressed to think of another weekend that contains two holidays. That’s the case this weekend with Valentine’s Day on Friday and Presidents Day on Monday. We’ll have featured-tourney action all four days, and should you win any of the games, your heart will undoubtedly skip a beat as the band strikes up “Hail to the Chief”.

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