Stardust Invitational Field (15 of 16 announced)

tuleythetout · Aug 15, 2005

The full 16-player field of the Stardust Invitational (or at least 15 of 16 as sports book director Bob Scucci and host John Kelly said No. 16 still needed to be confirmed) as announced Monday morning on the "Stardust Line" radio show. It's a single-elimination tournament with two handicappers giving out seven selections at 9 p.m. each Friday in the Stardust sports book and aired on KDWN AM-720 (kdwn.com). There's a winner-take-all prize of $10,000 to the champion. Most are well-known handicappers. Some spellings might be not 100 percent:

Steve Cofield (radio host)
Fezzik
"Fairway" Jay Ginsbach
Andy Iskoe
Jeff Jones ("watchdog")
Marc Lawrence
Dave Malinsky
James Manos (Vegas Insider)
"Big" Al McMordie
Kevin O'Neill
Ed Salmons (Las Vegas Hilton sports book manager)
Randle "the Handle" Steinberg (from Toronto)
David Stratton
Tim Trushel
Ken Weitzner ("The Shrink," formerly of theprescription.com and now eog.com)

First matchup is Friday, Sept. 9, between defending champion Al McMordie and 2003 champion David Stratton

wilheim · Aug 15, 2005

Thanks Tuleytout, this should be a great contest between some well known cappers. I look forward to meeting you at The Rx. bash this weekend.

wil.

Mr.Leisure · Aug 15, 2005

I would love to see jeff jones win this,instead of all those other "bigshots"

Doug · Aug 15, 2005

Jeff would be good, not sure he qualifies as a watchdog, though !

tuleythetout · Aug 15, 2005

Doug, that was John Kelly's description of Jeff Jones...not sure what other description John could have used...maybe "critic."

ironlock · Aug 15, 2005

If anyone wants some action, I'm willing to back the Shrink @15-1 odds.

:dancefool

winkyduck · Aug 15, 2005

I'd like to see a First Round matchup of Fezz and Shrink

A battle between one guy who will show up in shades and an afro wig and one guy who won't - but should

I can just see Shrink trying to take ODU despite the fact the Stardust won't have a line on the game

Dante · Aug 15, 2005

Is Fezziks hair a WIG??? it looks like a wig but is it?? :icon_conf

chips · Aug 15, 2005

Shrink has hit it big time, he has to be the favorite in this thing with a bunch of touts. Anyone know how the field was selected??

sd2 · Aug 15, 2005

The field is selected mostly because of "name brand." Not the best handicappers, merely the loudest. Or those that have the capacity to promo the show and the Stardust in their own venues.

Couple of years ago the hosts gave Marc Lawrence the razz because the latter admitted he never bets the games himself. (Leaves it to the dupes to buy his services to do that.) Hope they stick it to him again.

ChuckSims · Aug 15, 2005

The Stardust does try to pick good handicappers with some name recognition. Notice none of Jim Feist's boiler room operation scammers are in the feild of 16. You can bet they were lobbying hard to get at least one on the panel so they could use that invite to sucker more fools to buy worthless picks.

Mr.Leisure · Aug 15, 2005

They have lines up at olympic,with fezzick the favorite

BAGIANT · Aug 15, 2005

It wouldn't suprise me to see Big Al repeat.

Aristotle · Aug 15, 2005

Who is Jeff Jones?

ChuckSims · Aug 16, 2005

Jeff Jones posts at Fezzik's Place. He is a Las Vegas local.

Doug · Aug 16, 2005

Randall the handle is either Sherwood from this site, or his brother, or both together. I'll pull for Randall ( Brian?) and Jeff, and Fezz.

cutacrossshorty · Aug 16, 2005

No invite for Ted Sevransky after his candid words about the Feist crew last year. Curiously, there seems to be a lack of representention from the Feist crew in this years lineup. Coincidence?

DavidMatthews · Aug 16, 2005

Dante said:
Is Fezziks hair a WIG??? it looks like a wig but is it??

It's a wig. He wanted to remain incognito because he still bets in town (where he's allowed to). A number of books in town won't take bets from him. We'll be updating the Fezzik photo to a non-sasquatch looking one soon.

ChuckSims · Aug 16, 2005

One reason none of the Jim Heist crew was invited, could be traced back to last years contest when Feist crony Dave Cokin showed up late for the contest, was half asleep for the remainder of the show and gave out more losers than winners.

winkyduck · Aug 16, 2005

Look who is the Fave @ Olympic

Somehow I sense not even he would make himself the fave - especially over guys like Fezzik, Iskoe and Defending Champ McMordie

2051 Steve Cofield +1500
2052 Steve Fezzik +550
2053 Jay Ginsbach +1200
2054 Andy Iskoe +800
2055 Jeff Jones +800
2056 Marc Lawrence +650
2057 Dave Malinsky +650
2058 James Manos +1200
2059 Al McMordie +1000
2060 Kevin ONeill +800
2061 Ed Salmons +1200
2062 Randall the Handle +1000
2063 David Stratton +1000
2064 Tim Trushel +1000
2065 Ken Weitzner +400
2066 Field +1000