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Pook - True story on that Aqueduct race. In that tournament you put in $200. The only rules are: must be win, place, or show bets only, must play at least 10 plays and each must be a minimum of $20. So once you get your bank up to, say, $400 to $600, that is normally enough to where you can wait till near the end and go with an 'all in' type of play. Or split it in half to give yourself 2 shots. And you can play more than one horse at a time.
On that day with the DQ, I managed to go 0 for 10 and busted out! My big claim to fame was in 2012 where I got to the end in 4th place with one Hollywood turf route left in the tournament. I split my bank on the top 2 sustained horses. One controlled the front end of the race; the other closed and nailed it at the wire, and I was able to win the tournament.
A guy sitting near me came over and asked me if I knew the winner was 1 for 16 (or something like that) at Hollywood. I said no I didn't, but he had the best 3rd fraction in the race and he proved it!
I think real money tournaments are reality based. The horse I'm talking about above only paid about $9.20, but in a real money tournament, just like any day at the track, you are not just picking a horse. You have to decide how much you want to play on him. A lot different than the $2 win/place tournaments. When you think about it, no players really walk into the track and single a 30-1 horse. But a few of those types of plays are part of what it takes to win the DRF tournament. Someday I hope to have time to get serious about that type of tournament.
Must go....best of luck guys!
Chuck
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