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September 15th, 2009 - September 12th, 2011
Last Updated on January 23rd, 2010

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* * Round Two * *

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!  Will the winner of this game have an even slimmer margin?

Last time around the USN dominated the second round?  Is this the sequel?  Or will the point 5's on the bids dominate?

Seed

Opponents

AREA Rating

Status

1
8

Nick Markevich (USN; #1,2)
Scott Fenn (IJN; Bid 4)

 6344SKUJ9
5606EDKA9

Turn 2
IJN +12 PoC

2
9

Pat Richardson (IJN; Bid 4.5)
Robert Drozd (USN; #2)

 6341OLHI9
5535OIOJ9

Turn 1
It's War!

3
10

Ed Paule (IJN; Bid 4.5)
Tim Tow (USN; #1,2,5)

 6269HILC9
5446KKTB9

Turn 1
Day of Infamy!

4
11

Michael Ussery (IJN; Bid 3.5)
Sean Druelinger (USN; #1,2)

 6078ROSK9
5404BCG-9

Turn 1
Tora Tora Tora!

5
12

Jim Eliason (IJN; Bid 3.5)
Dennis Nicholson (USN; #1,2)

 6041PHTI9
5403HFOE9

Turn 1
Banzai!

6
13

Greg Smith
Bryan Eshleman

 5737HINI9
5394MKOI9

Turn 1
Bidding

7
14

Michael Day (IJN; Bid 5.5)
Daniel Blumentritt (USN)

 5631HGMC8
5369EHIA9

Turn 1
Dastardly Attack!

* * Round One * *

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
15

Nick Markevich (IJN; Bid 1)
Scott Beall (USN; #NT1)

 6344SKUJ9
5241JGOD9

Turn 6
USN Surrenders!

2
16

Pat Richardson (IJN; Bid 3.5)
Ken Nied (USN; #1,2)

 6341OLHI9
5178TPPM9

Turn 3
USN Surrenders!

3
17

Ed Paule (USN; #1,2)
Bob Hamel (IJN; Bid 4)

 6269HILC9
5160VQWM9

Turn 8
USN wins by 1!

4*
18

Michael Ussery (IJN; Bid 2.5)
Rob Kircher (USN; #1,2)

 6078ROSK9
5121CEBD2

Turn 3
T.K.O.!

5
19

Jim Eliason (USN)
David Lanphear (IJN; Bid 2.5)

6041PHTI9
5020ABD-9

Turn 8
USN wins by 2.5!

6
20

Greg Smith (IJN; Bid ?)
Pawel Jarosz (USN)

 5737HINI9
5008ABD-9

Turn 6
IJN locks it up!

7
21

Michael Day (IJN; Bid 3.5)
Jim Bodenheimer (USN)

 5631HGMC8
5000----9

Turn 8
IJN wins by 3.5!

8
22

Scott Fenn
John Haba

 5606EDKA9
5000----9

Turn 1
John Forfeits!

9
23

Robert Drozd (IJN; Bid 3)
Gary Kirk (USN)

 5535OIOJ9
5000----9

Turn 7
USN Surrenders!

10*
24

Tim Tow (IJN; Bid 4.5)
Mike Pacheco (USN; #1,2,5)

 5446KKTB9
5000----9

Turn 8
IJN wins by 0.5!

11
25

Sean Druelinger (USN; #1,2)
Greg Gollaher (IJN; Bid 3.5)

 5404BCG-9
4943BB-D5

Turn 7
IJN Surrenders!

12*
26

Dennis Nicholson (USN; #1,2)
Bill Burch (IJN; Bid 3)

 5403HFOE9
4882FELD9

Turn 5
IJN Surrenders!

13
27

Bryan Eshleman (IJN; Bid 2.5)
Mark Traylor (USN; #1,2,3b)

 5394MKOI9
4502DEHA9

Turn 6
IJN locks it up!

14
28

Daniel Blumentritt (IJN; Bid 3)
Dick Jarvinen (USN; #1,2)

 5369EHIA9
4473AADA8

Turn ?
USN Surrenders!

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