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Silverstein Wins On the Wire Phone Handicapping Contest March 18, 2001Hits trifecta at Hialeah to win contest New Haven, CT - March 19, 2001 - Jeff Silverstein, of Mount Vernon, NY, scored big when he hit the trifecta in Hialeah’s fifth race Sunday to win the second On the Wire Phone Wagering tournament. Silverstein finished with $1,055.40 in earnings to win the $2,000 first place prize. The trifecta paid $1,173.40 (Threeminuteappeal, Silence's Ransom, Momentous). Paul T Seipold, of East Haven, CT, finished second, only $5.40 behind the winner. He had $50 to win and place on Tunetastic in Aqueduct’s seventh race, a $200 win bet on Richly Blended in Aqueduct’s Gotham Stakes and he hit a $19 exacta in the Fairground’s tenth race. Seipold won second place prize money of $1,500. Dennis Sudul, of South Salem, NY, finished third with $880 in winnings. He won $750 in prize money Tom Jaeger, of Norwalk, CT, winner of the first On the Wire Phone Wagering contest held in December, had $576.60 in winnings and took home $500 fourth place prize money. Richard Rizzo, of North Providence, RI, had $487.75 in winnings to earn fifth place prize money of $250. The contest was open to anyone with an On the Wire Phone Wagering account. Contestants deposited $200 into a contest account, and wagered on thoroughbred, harness, greyhound or jai-alai action. Players could make any type of bet, win extactas, trifectas, pick 3’s, etc. The next tournament Autotote will host is the $68,000 Bradley Teletheater Handicapping Challenge, July 7 - 8.
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