On The Road Again

For the next few nights I may not be able to update the Roundball Challenge stats. I just bought a house near Boston and we are leaving Las Vegas tonight or tomorrow traveling across the great USA. I just went out and bought a new van today for our trip and we are in the process of packing it up now. I am really excited about the purchase of our first home. What makes it special is that it is the same house I grew up in as a kid. My Mother sold the house to my sister a few years back and now my sister sold it to me. If I can get internet access along the way I will still update the stats.

Roundball Challenge Stats (Thru Tuesday 2/10)

Name	Game 1	Game 2	Total
L. James	75		75
K. Durant	74		74
T. Duncan	73		73
J. Kidd	65		65
D. Lee	60		60
T. Thomas	60		60
D. Wade	57		57
J. Noah	57		57
Z. Randolph	54		54
J. O'Neal	51		51
K. Bryant	50		50
M. Conley	48		48
V. Carter	47		47
J. Green	45		45
D. Nowitzki	44		44
K. Love	43		43
C. Anthony	42		42
A. Stoudemire	40		40
T. Young	40		40
R. Stuckey	40		40
T. Parker	39		39
A. Bargnani	37		37
L. Scola	35		35
S. O'Neal	32		32
E. Gordon	31		31
Y. Ming	29		29
J. Richardson	24		24
S. Nash	22		22
T. McGrady	22		22
S. Hawes	21		21
A. Thornton	13		13

High Stakes Fantasy Sports Live

Tonight I entered my first $213 contest at FSL. It is probably a big mistake since I am going up against the All-Time wins leader at FSL. I won 9 of my last 10 $107 contests so I thought I would give the bigger contest a try. If I get lucky enough to win I will play again. If I lose I will go back to the $107 and under games.

Leader Board

Rank	Team/Owner	Roster	Score
1	- Kaiseroll13	PG T. Ford IND 0 PG J. Barea DAL 0 SG K. Bryant LAL 0 SG W. Szczerbiak CLE 0 PF R. Turiaf GSW 0 PF L. Odom LAL 0 SF L. James CLE 0 SF C. Maggette GSW 0 C K. Love MIN 0	0
2	- etoppsfan (you)	PG J. Barea DAL 0 PG R. Foye MIN 0 SG S. Jackson GSW 0 SG W. Szczerbiak CLE 0 PF P. Gasol LAL 0 PF R. Turiaf GSW 0 SF L. James CLE 0 SF C. Anthony DEN 0 C J. McGee WAS 0	0

Week 2 Underway

Week 2 of the etopps Roundball Challenge is underway. There was a light schedule on Monday with none of the super stars playing. This is a short week with the All-Star game coming up. Most teams only play 2 games and a few only play 1. Zach Randolph was the only player to score over 50 points. Chris Paul and Rudy Gay both sat out with injuries.

Name	Game 1	Game 2	Total
Z. Randolph	54		54
M. Conley	48		48
A. Stoudemire	40		40
T. Young	40		40
L. Scola	35		35
S. O'Neal	32		32
E. Gordon	31		31
Y. Ming	29		29
J. Richardson	24		24
S. Nash	22		22
T. McGrady	22		22
A. Thornton	13		13
C. Paul	0		0
R. Gay	0		0

Week 1 Final Roundball Challenge Results

Congratulations Nick0130 for winning week 1 of the Roundball Challenge. Congrats also to Joeknowsfootball and Cbell20 for placing 2nd and 3rd.

1 NICK0130 1156.00

2 joeknowsfootball 1123.00

3 cbell20 1115.00

4 shiloh50 1112.00

5 TheMadness 1110.00

6 spauthentic 1094.00

7 pekottas 1088.00

8 williegeez 1081.00

9 amylucci 1074.00

9 rmcleroy 1074.00

9 moemule 1074.00

1st Place	Case Topps NBA Co-Signers	$1,872
2nd Place	1 case Topps NBA Treasury	$702
3rd Place	1 Carmelo Anthony Autopgrahed eTopps McDonalds card	$199

Name	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Total
D. Howard	66	48	64	79	257
K. Bryant	70	70	65	32	237
D. Wade	56	84	43	53	236
L. James	64	99	56	0	219
R. Rondo	46	59	52	51	208
D. Nowitzki	47	44	36	79	206
C. Anthony	61	58	54	28	201
S. Nash	36	40	57	66	199
J. O'Neal	41	75	48	30	194
D. Lee	51	32	56	55	194
D. Williams	0	71	51	65	187
J. Kidd	54	50	31	47	182
B. Roy	27	44	62	46	179
L. Aldridge	48	45	48	35	176
K. Durant	61	47	67	0	175
A. Stoudemire	44	32	53	45	174
Y. Ming	61	49	62	0	172
Z. Randolph	35	20	64	52	171
J. Richardson	58	49	34	30	171
A. Thornton	32	41	30	63	166
T. Thomas	60	50	54	0	164
K. Garnett	0	44	51	67	162
S. O'Neal	40	46	31	43	160
R. Allen	38	35	43	30	146
V. Carter	59	40	46	0	145
A. Iverson	23	61	57	0	141
R. Brewer	40	48	36	16	140
T. Duncan	75	0	62	0	137
P. Millsap	27	49	30	31	137
R. Gay	50	39	39	0	128
T. McGrady	37	44	40	0	121
S. Hawes	39	41	36	0	116
R. Lewis	38	19	29	26	112
L. Scola	59	19	31	0	109
G. Oden	18	16	12	61	107
J. Noah	16	44	35	0	95
T. Young	19	50	22	0	91
R. Stuckey	45	24	19	0	88
C. Bosh	45	38	0	0	83
T. Parker	50	0	30	0	80
G. Davis	44	10	12	4	70
C. Paul	55	0	0	0	55

Welcome Back Deron Williams

After missing his last game, Deron Williams was the top fantasy scorer on Thursday with 71 fantasy points. Kobe had another strong game pitching in 65 and Rajon Rondo led Boston with 59. Thaddeus Young was the only other player to score at least 50 points on Thursday.

Name	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Total
K. Bryant	70	70	65		205
L. James	64	100			164
D. Wade	56	84			140
J. Kidd	54	50	31		135
D. Nowitzki	47	44	36		127
C. Anthony	61	58			119
J. O'Neal	41	75			116
D. Howard	66	48			114
Y. Ming	61	49			110
T. Thomas	60	50			110
J. Richardson	58	49			107
R. Rondo	46	59			105
V. Carter	59	40			99
L. Aldridge	48	45			93
R. Gay	50	39			89
R. Brewer	40	48			88
S. O'Neal	40	46			86
D. Lee	51	32			83
C. Bosh	45	38			83
T. McGrady	37	44			81
L. Scola	59	19			78
A. Stoudemire	44	32			76
S. Nash	36	40			76
P. Millsap	27	49			76
T. Duncan	75	0			75
A. Thornton	32	41			73
R. Allen	38	35			73
B. Roy	27	44			71
D. Williams	0	71			71
T. Young	19	50			69
J. Noah	16	44			60
R. Lewis	38	19			57
C. Paul	55	0			55
Z. Randolph	35	20			55
G. Davis	44	10			54
T. Parker	50	0			50
K. Garnett	0	44			44
S. Hawes	39				39
G. Oden	18	16			34

Lebron Hits The Century Mark In Roundball Challenge

Lebron James showed why he is called King James by scoring 100 fantasy points in the roundball challenge. Even though Lebron plays just 3 games this week he still should outscore all but a few players. Another huge day that was over shadowed by James was D. Wade putting up 84 fantasy points. The biggest surprise has to be Jermaine O'Neal scoring 75 points thanks to his 9 blocked shots. Kobe Bryant wins the award for being the most consistent player by scoring exactly 70 points in his first and 2nd game this week.

Stats updated thru Wed 2/4

Name	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Total
L. James	64	100			164
K. Bryant	70	70			140
D. Wade	56	84			140
C. Anthony	61	58			119
J. O'Neal	41	75			116
D. Howard	66	48			114
Y. Ming	61	49			110
T. Thomas	60	50			110
J. Richardson	58	49			107
J. Kidd	54	50			104
V. Carter	59	40			99
L. Aldridge	48	45			93
D. Nowitzki	47	44			91
R. Gay	50	39			89
S. O'Neal	40	46			86
D. Lee	51	32			83
C. Bosh	45	38			83
T. McGrady	37	44			81
L. Scola	59	19			78
A. Stoudemire	44	32			76
S. Nash	36	40			76
T. Duncan	75	0			75
A. Thornton	32	41			73
B. Roy	27	44			71
J. Noah	16	44			60
R. Lewis	38	19			57
C. Paul	55	0			55
Z. Randolph	35	20			55
T. Parker	50	0			50
R. Rondo	46				46
G. Davis	44				44
R. Brewer	40				40
S. Hawes	39				39
R. Allen	38				38
G. Oden	18	16			34
P. Millsap	27				27
D. Williams	0				0
K. Garnett	0				0

Swept and Got Swept

At Fantasy Sports Live on Wednesday I swept all 5 of my hockey games but got swept in my 3 basketball games. Even though I had a winning record of 5-3 overall I lost a little $$$ because I played in higher stakes basketball games and mostly low stakes hockey. In just over 3 months at FSL I am currently in the top 20 on the leader board. There is no way I could ever catch Kaiseroll or Buffalo66 but I hope to be in the top 10 by the end of the year. I am really looking forward to playing the baseball contests at FSL this summer and I hope to get into a bunch of for keeps games at etopps also. Fantasy sports was the greatest invention ever.

Roundball Challenge Stats (Thru Tuesday 2/3)

Injuries will play a big role in week 1 of the Roundball Challenge. Deron Williams, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker have already missed a game and Chris Paul could miss the rest of the week. The top scorers on Tuesday were Lebron 64, Yao and Melo 61, big surprise Tyrus Thomas with 60 and Vince Carter and Luis Scola with 59.

Name	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Total
T. Duncan	75	0
K. Bryant	70
D. Howard	66
L. James	64
Y. Ming	61
C. Anthony	61
T. Thomas	60
V. Carter	59
L. Scola	59
J. Richardson	58
D. Wade	56
C. Paul	55
J. Kidd	54
D. Lee	51
R. Gay	50
T. Parker	50	0
L. Aldridge	48
D. Nowitzki	47
R. Rondo	46
C. Bosh	45
A. Stoudemire	44
G. Davis	44
J. O'Neal	41
S. O'Neal	40
R. Brewer	40
S. Hawes	39
R. Lewis	38
R. Allen	38
T. McGrady	37
S. Nash	36
Z. Randolph	35
A. Thornton	32
B. Roy	27
P. Millsap	27
G. Oden	18
D. Williams	0
K. Garnett	0

Giving Back to Fantasy Sports Live Members

The past few days I have been very lucky in my FSL contests. With my winnings I have been stocking up on etopps basketball cards that can used in the Roundball Challenge. For any Fantasy Sports Live members that do not have an etopps account and would like to enter the "Free" Roundball Challenge send me an email at etoppsgroup@yahoo.com and I will send you some cards to get you started for FREE!!! Fantasy Sports Live and etopps are the 2 greatest sites out there. I am trying to let the etopps members know about Fantasy Sports Live and the FSL members to know about etopps. Let me know if anyone has any questions about either site.

Roundball Challenge Starts Monday at etopps

The Roundball Challenge starts Monday 2/2/09 at etopps.com. They run challenges for Baseball, football and basketball each year and the prizes are great. The best part of the contest is that it is FREE!! You just need to own the card of the players you are going to use for the week and once the game locks on Monday you can trade or sell that card. You can buy cards at ipo every Monday or you can get them on ebay or www.cardtarget.com. Here is a breakdown of the prizes they are giving away.

Week 1


1st Place
Case Topps NBA Co-Signers
$1,872

2nd Place
1 case Topps NBA Treasury
$702

3rd Place
1 Carmelo Anthony Autopgrahed eTopps McDonalds card
$199

Week 2

1st Place
1 case Finest NBA Basketball
$1,170

2nd Place
1 case Topps NBA Basketball
$468

3rd Place
1 Carmelo Anthony Autopgrahed eTopps McDonalds card
$199


Week 3

1st Place
Autographed Basketball (see list of subjects below)
$1,999

2nd Place
1 case Topps Treasury
$702

3rd Place
1 case Bowman Draft Picks and Stars
$561


Week 4

1st Place
1 case Topps Chrome NBA
$561

2nd Place
1 case Topps NBA Basketball
$468

3rd Place
Game worn NBA jersey
$199


Week 5

1st Place
1 case Topps Letterman NBA
$1,170

2nd Place
1 case Bowman Draft Picks and Stars
$468

3rd Place
1 Chris Paul Autopgrahed eTopps McDonalds card
$199


Week 6

1st Place
1 case Bowman Sterling Basketball
$1,560

2nd Place
1 case Topps NBA Basketball '07-'08
$468

3rd Place
Game worn NBA jersey
$199



Week 7

1st Place
1 case Topps Treasury NBA
$702

2nd Place
1 Greg Oden Game Used NBA Jersey
$399

3rd Place
Game Worn NBA Jersey
$199


Week 8

1st Place
1 case Topps Co-Signers Basketball
$1,872

2nd Place
1 case Topps Finest Basktball '07-'08
$1,170

3rd Place
1 Autographed Dennis Rodman eTopps card
$199

Week 9

1st Place
Autographed Basketball (see list of subjects below)
$1,999

2nd Place
1 case Topps NBA Chrome
$561

3rd Place
1 case Topps NBA Basketball '07-'08
$468

Week 10

1st Place
1 case Topps Letterman NBA
$1,170

2nd Place
1 case Topps NBA Chrome
$561

3rd Place
1 Chris Paul Autopgrahed eTopps McDonalds card
$199




Overall Contest Prizes (one prize per ranking)



Cumulative 1st Place


Cumulative 1st Place 1 Case Triple Threads Basketball
$2,340

Cumulative 2nd Place


1 Autographed NBA Basketball (Joe Alexander, DJ Augustin, Jerryd Bayless, Michael Beasley, Eric Gordon, Brook Lopez, Kevin Love, OJ Mayo, Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook)
$1,999

Cumulative 3rd Place


1 Case Echelon Basketball '07-'08
$1,950

My Fantasy Sports Live Wish List

I just posted this at the FSL Forum.

Here are a couple of ideas that I would like to see at Fantasy Sports Live.

1. A new leader board that can be broken down into specific sports which includes both wins and losses.

2. A variety of different scoring games. For example, in Basketball have a big man game when only rebounds and blocked shots count in the scoring. Also could have a small man game where assists and steals are used. In baseball you could have a King of The Hill game where you select 4-5 starting pitchers and a couple relievers. You also could have a speed game where stolen bases and runs scored are used or a power game in which you select hitters and pitchers and only count extra base hits and strikeouts.

Jose Canseco, Danny Bonaduce fight to draw in celebrity boxing match

Wow, How pathetic is Jose Canseco? How could someone of his size and strength not knockout the 5'6" 180 pound Danny Partridge? He couldn't even win a decision. I think he should line up Gary Coleman or Tonya Harding for his next fight.

Playing Poker

This is my first post about poker. Although I live in Las Vegas and I love to play poker I don't make it to the poker rooms all that often. When I do play, I do not play in any cash games, I only play in tournaments. A few weeks back I decided to go play the nightly tournament at Sam's Town. It was my first time playing in about 6 months. There were about 30 entries and although I never had a big chip stack until the very end I somehow came in first place and won the $500+ prize. My most memorable hand was when we were down to the final 4 players and I was Big Blind. The remaining 4 players all had very close to the same chip stack. The person on the button went all in and I called with 5-5. He flipped over 8-8. I thought I was dead until a 5 hit on the flop. Just as I thought I would win that hand, an 8 came up on the turn and then I was dead again. That was until another 5 came up on the river to give me quads. I know I probably should not have called that hand but I felt that the all in bet was just a move to steal the blinds. This was the first time I ever came in first place in a tourny. I went back the next night and came in 3rd place and the night after I won my 2nd tournament. I have been back 3 times since and have not come close to placing. After winning those tournaments I thought I was better than I really am. I deposited some money into my full tilt account and the first couple day I won about $200 playing mostly single table sit and go's. I ended up losing back that $200 plus another $500 over the next few days and came to the conclusion that I won those tournaments at Sam's Town not because I am a good player but because I got very lucky. I will continue play a little here and there and with some more experience maybe I can become a better player.

Saturday Night Boxing Mis-Match

Are you kidding me? Tonight on internet pay per view you can order the big boxing match between Jose Canseco and Danny "Partridge" Bonaduce. I hate to admit it but for many years Jose Canseco was my idol. When I was living in Boston I tried to go to as many Red Sox vs. A's games just to watch Canseco and Mark McGwire take batting practice. I followed Canseco when he was still in the minor leagues and when he appeared on his first baseball card I bought 100 of them for $90. Several years later when he became the first player in Major League history to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in the same season I sold the 100 cards for$5,000. Man, I can't believe how far he has fallen. After blowing the $45+ million he earned as a player he is forced to turn to boxing as a way to make an income. His first fight didn't go so well. He only lasted 90 seconds against former Eagle punt returner Vai Sikahema. I guess to keep Canseco's boxing career going he needed to find an opponent that he can win against this time. So the 6'4" 260 pound Canseco will take on 5'6" 180 pound Danny Bonaduce. Canseco better watch out. Unlike Canseco, Bonaduce won his previous boxing match. He beat up on Barry Williams who played Greg Brady on the Brady Bunch a few years back.