September 15th, 2009 - September 12th, 2011
Last Updated on July 18th, 2010
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June 19th, 2010 - January 12th, 2011
Goodbye to Michael
The winning Michaels draw each other this round. Only one will move to the finals. One will be defeated. But at least one will advance... Which will it be? A hard-fought contest will decide it.
In the other game, Nick, whose bye lasted only a short while, will face off against Jim Eliason. Nick recently won the Midwest Open while Jim came in third place. They get a quick opportunity at a re-match.
In the Michaels' game, a hard-fought contest goes all the way to Turn 8. The USN held the edge and pulled off the victory, but a few dice was all that stood between the free-world and Emperor Day. Congratulations to Michael Ussery for moving on to the final!
|
Seed |
Opponents |
AREA Rating |
Status |
|
1 |
6344SKUJ9 6041PHTI9 |
Turn 1 |
|
|
4 |
Michael Ussery
(USN; #1) |
6078ROSK9 5631HGMC8 |
Turn 8 USN wins by 5.5 POC! |
May 13th, 2010 - June 18th, 2010
Good Bye to Nick?
Nick Markevich claims the first and last bye in this tournament by virtue of an AREA rating 75 points higher than Ed Paule (and by surviving the first two rounds, of course). Will the rest bring him to the game fresh or leave him rusty? Or will the ladder provide the honing needed to win in the semis?
Ed Paule has two victories by slim margins (0.5 and 1). Michael Day advanced with a 0.5 margin victory. Will we have another sqeakquel?
The answer comes within two weeks as Michael wins an upset by a wide margin. A week later Michael Ussery reports an early win as well. It's a good round to be named Michael.
The final match goes to Jim Eliason's USN whose losses were so low that the populace of the United States isn't even aware that there was a war. Nobody remembers Pearl Harbor from that war, I'm afraid.
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Seed |
Opponents |
AREA Rating |
Status |
|
1 |
6344SKUJ9 |
No Game |
|
|
3 |
Ed Paule
(USN) |
6269HILC9 5631HGMC8 |
Turn 8 (To
Detail) |
|
4 |
Michael Ussery
(IJN; Bid 4.5) |
6078ROSK9 5535OIOJ9 |
Turn 4 |
|
5 |
Jim Eliason (USN; #NT1,3b) |
6041PHTI9 5394MKOI9 |
Turn 4 (To
Detail) |
January 12th, 2010 - May 12th, 2010
The Squeakquel?
Ed Paule and Tim Tow have declared their game the squeakquel -- both having prevailed in the first round by an average of 0.75 POC! This was also the first time these two players have ever met across the cardboard Pacific. Will the winner of this game have an even slimmer margin? As it turns out, the answer is yes -- with Ed prevailing by a mere 0.5. The game lived up to its billing!
During the last tournament the USN dominated the second round? Is this the sequel? Or will the point 5's on the bids dominate?
Sure enough, the point 5 mattered on two games. However, the IJN kept its usual edge. Robert Drozd and Bryan Eshleman are the first underdogs to win in the tournament. Can they keep their Cinderella status next round and make it to the Final Four?
Daniel Blumentritt wrote up a dramatic telling of the story of his own narrow defeat. I hope you enjoy it!
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Seed |
Opponents |
AREA Rating |
Status |
|
1 |
Nick
Markevich
(USN; #1,2) |
6344SKUJ9 5606EDKA9 |
Turn 7 |
|
2 |
Pat Richardson
(IJN; Bid 4.5) |
6341OLHI9 5535OIOJ9 |
Turn 1 |
|
3* |
6269HILC9 5446KKTB9 |
Turn 8 |
|
|
4* |
Michael Ussery
(IJN; Bid 3.5) |
6078ROSK9 5404BCG-9 |
Turn 6 |
|
5 |
Jim Eliason
(IJN; Bid 0) |
6041PHTI9 5403HFOE9 |
Turn 6 |
|
6 |
Greg
Smith
(IJN; Bid 3.5) |
5737HINI9 5394MKOI9 |
Turn 3 |
|
7 |
Michael Day
(IJN; Bid 5.5) |
5631HGMC8 5369EHIA9 |
Turn 8 (To
Detail) |
September 15th, 2009 - January 12th, 2010
All of the Top Seeds Win -- a Tournament First!
This was not a good round to be an underdog. There were some close calls -- but at the buzzer the favored team sank the jumper (or rather the aircraft carrier) to put it away. Ed Paule squeaked in by a single POC. Tim Tow did it by just a half point. On the other hand, some Cinderella's didn't make it to midnight -- Pat Richardson and Michael Ussery each scored Turn 3 victories. The top 14 seeds all advance. Now the top seeds face opponents who are all ranked ~400 points higher. The opponent they face is coming off of a victory too -- will their opponents become the tournament Cinderellas now?
Four out of fourteen top seeds took the USN. 71% stuck with the favored IJN and paid up to 4.5 POC for the privilege. Will the IJN go as cheaply in the coming round? Will the underdogs take the IJN?
|
Seed |
Opponents |
AREA Rating |
Status |
|
1 |
Nick
Markevich
(IJN; Bid 1) |
6344SKUJ9 5241JGOD9 |
Turn 6 |
|
2 |
Pat Richardson
(IJN; Bid 3.5) |
6341OLHI9 5178TPPM9 |
Turn 3 |
|
3 |
6269HILC9 5160VQWM9 |
Turn 8 |
|
|
4* |
Michael Ussery
(IJN; Bid 2.5) |
6078ROSK9 5121CEBD2 |
Turn 3 |
|
5 |
Jim Eliason
(USN) |
6041PHTI9 5020ABD-9 |
Turn 8 |
|
6 |
Greg
Smith
(IJN; Bid ?) |
5737HINI9 5008ABD-9 |
Turn 6 |
|
7 |
Michael Day
(IJN; Bid 3.5) |
5631HGMC8 5000----9 |
Turn 8 |
|
8 |
5606EDKA9 5000----9 |
Turn 1 |
|
|
9 |
Robert
Drozd (IJN; Bid 3) |
5535OIOJ9 5000----9 |
Turn 7 |
|
10* |
Tim Tow
(IJN; Bid 4.5) |
5446KKTB9 5000----9 |
Turn 8 |
|
11 |
Sean Druelinger
(USN; #1,2) |
5404BCG-9 4943BB-D5 |
Turn 7 |
|
12* |
Dennis Nicholson
(USN; #1,2) |
5403HFOE9 4882FELD9 |
Turn 5 |
|
13 |
Bryan Eshleman
(IJN; Bid 2.5) |
5394MKOI9 4502DEHA9 |
Turn 6 |
|
14 |
Daniel Blumentritt
(IJN; Bid 3) |
5369EHIA9 4473AADA8 |
Turn ? |
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