Notorious Makes DraftDay BLB Finals, DSBC Elite 8
Notorious (Ranked #7) is on a run like we’ve never seen before. He’s locked up $28,500 at a minimum, and can still walk away with up to $150,000 in two of the biggest MLB Championship events this season. Tonight he squares off in the finals of the DraftDay Big League Blast and the Elite 8 of the DraftStreet DSBC, both Bracket format events.
On DraftDay Notorious qualified for the event through a $109 GPP Qualifier, becoming one of 32 finalists. Once in the finals he ousted driverseati in Round 1, BigRedMachine (who had 3 final entries) in Round 2, MBomb44 (Ranked #2) in Round 3, and RunItUp (#2 on DraftDay’s leaderboard) in the Final 4. Tonight he’ll take on MattGoody who had the highest score in the Final 4. – I personally remember the first time I beat MattGoody in a head-to-head on DraftDay. After beating me in about my first 10 games straight, it was a huge accomplishment. MattGoody is indeed very ‘goody’. It should be a great matchup tonight.
Over on DraftStreet, Notorious took a slightly different path to arrive at the Elite 8. He won two of 40 finals seats by winning two GPPs. Once in the finals the 40-man field played out a 2-day contest where the 12 highest combined scores advanced. One of Notorious’ entries made the Top 12 while the second became a cut-casualty. Taking a 9 seed into the Final Bracket (image below) Notorious advanced to the Elite 8 by sailing by RTSell69 in his first match. STLCardinals84 (Ranked 5th) and Maxdalury (Ranked 8th) also advanced.
Notorious if showing his head-to-head prowess as he continues to advance in these bracket-format championship events, but don’t underestimate his GPP acumen either. In addition to qualifying to the 2013 FanDuel DSBBC finals, it took Notorious winning 3 large-field GPPs just to qualify for these events. Let’s take a look at the Standings and Matchups for these two, awesome events:
DraftDay Big League Blast: Finals
Finals Matchups & Payouts
Finals: Notorious vs. MattGoody for $50,000
Payouts
| Place | Player | Payout |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notorious Team RG | $50,000 |
| 2 | MattGoody | $20,000 |
| 3 | SamENole | $12,500 |
| 4 | RunItUp | $12,500 |
| 5 | MBomb44 | $5,000 |
| 6 | CallMeDad | $5,000 |
| 7 | DinkPiece | $5,000 |
| 8 | UpperDeckers | $2,500 |
| 9 | Raygo | $2,500 |
| 10 | Ineedmoney23 | $2,500 |
| 11 | RunItUp | $2,500 |
| 12 | BigRedMachin | $2,500 |
| 13 | BigRedMachin | $2,500 |
| 14 | BigRedMachin | $2,500 |
| 15 | veg_lasagna | $2,500 |
| 16 | Noles1992 | $2,500 |
| 17 | Adamo112 | $1,000 |
| 18 | Raygo | $1,000 |
| 19 | TheTakeOver | $1,000 |
| 20 | driverseati | $1,000 |
| 21 | SyrSlappers | $1,000 |
| 22 | Gemmymint | $1,000 |
| 23 | reztes757 | $1,000 |
| 24 | the_rick64 | $1,000 |
| 25 | EmpireMaker2 | $1,000 |
| 26 | UFBigSlick | $1,000 |
| 27 | Spawns65 | $1,000 |
| 28 | RarelySober | $1,000 |
| 29 | RJ_Rob | $1,000 |
| 30 | reztes757 | $1,000 |
| 31 | a25smith | $1,000 |
| 32 | BravesFan | $1,000 |
DraftStreet DSBC: Elite 8
Elite 8 Matchups & Payouts
Matchup 1: gjle8140 (1) vs. Notorious (9) – Secondary Featured Table
Matchup 2: IllinSquad (2) vs. paddlesmasher (7)
Matchup 3: DesertFire05 (3) vs. Maxdalury (6) – Featured Table
Matchup 4: Mike5754 (4) vs. stlcardinals84 (12)
Note: Ranks above are DraftStreet seeds based on the first two days of the DSBC
Main Event Payouts & Standings:
| Rank | Player | Payout |
| 1 | – | $100,000 |
| 2 | – | $25,000 |
| 3 | – | $10,000 |
| 4 | – | $10,000 |
| 5 | – | $6,500 |
| 6 | – | $6,500 |
| 7 | – | $6,500 |
| 8 | – | $6,500 |
| 9 | SJS1890 | $4,000 |
| 10 | hetti1dj | $4,000 |
| 11 | Thunderfats | $4,000 |
| 12 | rtsell69 | $4,000 |
| 13 | jackandsoda Team RG | $2,500 |
| 14 | bab329 | $2,500 |
| 15 | RussARMNY | $2,500 |
| 16 | kempboy | $2,500 |
| 17 | diamondjim69 | $2,500 |
| 18 | maxdalury | $2,500 |
| 19 | Muntradamus | $2,000 |
| 20 | dinkpiece | $2,000 |
| 21 | BeepImaJeep | $2,000 |
| 22 | nyy2011 | $2,000 |
| 23 | Notorious Team RG | $2,000 |
| 24 | waveswebdesign | $2,000 |
| 25 | FastPointScores | $2,000 |
| 25 | jackandsoda Team RG | $2,000 |
| 27 | msidla | $2,000 |
| 28 | Al_Smizzle Team RG | $2,000 |
| 29 | crimmy | $1,500 |
| 29 | BeepImaJeep | $1,500 |
| 31 | diamondjim69 | $1,500 |
| 32 | rickmilitar | $1,500 |
| 33 | FastPointScores | $1,500 |
| 34 | rickmilitar | $1,500 |
| 35 | kessel1024 | $1,500 |
| 36 | RuckDaddy | $1,500 |
| 37 | stlcardinals84 | $1,500 |
| 38 | MnBlkbrd84 | $1,500 |
| 39 | Gards | $1,500 |
| 40 | kessel1024 | $1,500 |
How Standings/Payouts Work
40man 2-day Preliminary Event: users make separate teams on Tue 8/6 and Wed 8/7 with standings being determined by combined scores from both days
Top 12 advance to Final Tournament (8/9-8/16)
Final Tournament: 4 round, single-elminiation tournament with seeds based on rank from 2-day event. Top 4 seeds will get first round bye.