update #2 WHDH has a video and article

update dmspring has a flickr gallery There is also a picture on twitpix

2:10: twitter.com/rpshea: davekos and goldstein tie 1/23 hdb’s sean gordon advances to CI w/26 – George Shea confirms

The top 4
1) Sean Gordon 26 HDB
2T) Allen “Goldstein” 23 HDB
2T) Pete “Pretty Boy” Davekos 23 HDB
4) Russ Keeler 15.5 HDB

1:59 twitter.com/rpshea – 5 mins in goldstein and davekos w/16 each

12:58 introductions have started according to http://twitter.com/gcshea

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The Daily News Tribune has an article about Pete “Pretty Boy” Davekos who will compete in the Boston Nathan’s qualifier tomorrow.

update The Boston Globe also has a preview (with no expected entrants)

update #2 WBCN has a podcast of an interview with Davekos

IFOCE.com has a preview of the contest which says that Allen Goldstein will also compete

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update #2 official results have been posted

update from George Shea’s twitter: rich lefevre 26 HDBs in 10 mins; ron koch 21, jason leeos, 14.

Fox 5 Vegas has a video from a promotional contest earlier today. Competitors included Ron Koch and “Extreme” Amy, who has a blog entry about the contest.

This twitter search query should find contest results.

The contest might also be on ESPN 1100

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TweetSoul reports that Man vs. Food will be recording at Hash House a Go Go in Las Vegas on Friday. (No other sources report this)

update LasVegasWeekly confirms the appearance.

In other Las Vegas television news, Amy Carraba of Fox 5 news is taking applications to be her rival at the Nathan’s qualifier at the New York New York casino on Thursday. George Shea’s twitter reports that other competitors at that event will be Rich LeFevre, Ron Koch and El Toro.

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update #3 Results from http://twitter.com/rpshea/status/1680901215

1. Crazy Legs Conti 25 HDB
2. Ralph (RJ) Frasca 14 HDB
3. John Gerrish 12 HDB

update #2 97.9 has announced the contest is over, but did not mention the winner

update http://www.979cprrocks.com/ is broadcasting from the qualifier site.

Rich Shea is on the gulf coast and will post results from the Nathan’s qualifier on http://twitter.com/rpshea

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Registration for the 2009 Nathan’s qualifiers is supposed to open in an hour on NathansFamous.com. The website does announce that registration will open today, but that appears to be the only noticeable update at this time; the 2008 qualifier schedule is still listed.

udpate The registration page now lists the cities and sites (but not the dates) of the 2009 qualifiers. Registrants can only select two qualifier sites, one of which can be a contest on Coney Island:

update #2 Three qualifiers can now be selected on the registration form and the Coney Island choice has been removed (from “I” comment)

May 2 IP Casino, Biloxi, MS
May 7 New York, New York Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
May 9 National Amusements Patriot Place – Boston, MA
May 16 Nathan’s Famous, E. Hartford, CT
May 17 Dorney Park, Allentown, PA
May 23 Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, NJ
May 30 Arizona Mills Mall, Tempe, AZ
May 30 Sam’s Club, Tampa, FL
June 6 MacArthur Center, Norfolk, VA
June 6 Sam’s Club, Kansas City, MO
June 6 Cub Foods, Minneapolis, MN
June 13 Concord Mills Mall, Charlotte, NC
June 13 Sam’s Club, Denver, CO
June 20 NY Mets Stadium, Queens, NY
June 27 Bruster’s, Newnan GA
June 27 Cinemark Theater, San Francisco, CA
? Coney Island, NY

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(from Nic comment) The 2009 Nathan’s qualifier schedule is available on IFOCE.com and registration opens April 6:

May 2 Biloxi, MS
May 7 Las Vegas, NV
May 9 Boston, MA
May 16 Hartford, CT
May 17 Allentown, PA
May 23 Atlantic City, NJ
May 30 Tempe, AZ
May 30 Tampa, FL
June 6 Norfolk, VA
June 6 Kansas City, MO
June 6 Minneapolis, MN
June 13 Charlotte, NC
June 13 Denver, CO
June 20 Queens, NY
June 27 Atlanta, GA
June 27 San Francisco, CA

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CE News has an unsourced email claiming Denver, Tampa, Allentown and Biloxi are possible new sites for Nathan’s qualifiers in 2009. The official schedule is expected out in a week or more.

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The new poll asks if you think whether Kobayashi should receive a bye to this year’s Nathan’s finals and if he deserves travel expenses if you believe he merits an automatic invitation to Coney Island.

In more Nathan’s news, this column credits William “The Refrigerator” Perry’s participation in the 2003 contest with making the Nathan’s finals the Super Bowl of competitive eating.

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An auction will be held tonight at Rebel NYC to benefit Coney Island USA. George Shea will be honored for his efforts with Nathan’s hot dog eating contest and a judgeship for the 2009 Nathan’s finals is one of the items that will be auctioned off.

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The Kinetic Carnival blog reports that a benefit auction will be held for the Coney Island USA cultural arts organization on November 3. A Nathan’s judgeship will be one of the items up for auction. George Shea will be a special guest and tickets will be $40. The dress code is “sideshow chic”. Tickets can be purchased online.

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