Don’t look now, but the $250,000 Gtd. Flo-Cal Faceoff is now just about two weeks away, so qualifiers to the January 20-21 event take on added significance in the coming days.

Players really came out to play last week—almost as if the year was about to end. There were six days of featured events, and plenty of multiple winners. Some of them had predictably high scores…and some didn’t.

The 2023 HT Tour is not yet complete, but already we are excited about the 2024 edition of the Tour.

Once again in 2024, the HT Tour will be a year-long marathon concluding on December 31st. Here’s how things will work:

All in the course of one holiday weekend, we turn the corner from 2023 into 2024. 

With almost all of last week’s featured tourneys being Pick & Prays, there was plenty of successful multi-tabling on display. Certain players, however, just seemed like they couldn’t be stopped at any point—especially Peter Rinato and Dr. Ronald Tang. 

There are only three full shopping days remaining until Christmas—and three full betting days too.

Just like the malls, we’ll be open right to the end as Christmas approaches. On Christmas Eve (Sunday), we have eight featured events—since Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs will be open that day.

It’s a message that always bears repeating to a contest player. Your fortunes can change in an instant.

The latest “Exhibit A” of this came in Sunday’s NHC qualifier at HorsePlayers.

As the quest for holiday gifts intensifies this weekend, so does the hunt for NHC spots. You have four opportunities in the three days ahead to secure a place in Vegas next March…or to land a second seat if one is already in your possession.

There were not a light of giant prices last week, which means you had to piece together multiple winners in order to have a successful featured-tourney day.

Another 20 featured tourneys are on the books for the weekend ahead. Nineteen of them are Pick & Prays—so you don’t necessarily have to be attached to your phones or computers during the afternoons if you don’t want to be.