Congratulations, Ed Paule!
Two-time PBEM World Champion

September 15th, 2015 - September 12th, 2017
Last updated on September 4^th, 2017

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Seed	Name	AREA Rating	Current Record	Place
1	Ed Paule	7395NLTF5	8-1	1st
2	Ed Menzel	7094ZSZO5	5-4	4th
3	Andy Gardner	6939XOZM5	4-5	7th
4	Darren Kilfara	6801KHSC3	6-3	3rd
5	John Pack	6634ZSZM5	5-4	6th
6	Ong "Meng" Soon	6625HHQ-5	0-9	10th
7	Charles Drozd	6416UKSM5	2-7	9th
8	Jim Eliason	6289UJYM5	7-2	2nd
9	Ray Freeman	6119SOPM5	3-6	8th
10	Ed O'Connor	5794JINE5	5-4	5th

The current record shows wins and losses in each of the player matches rather than individual game results (since players can optionally play a pair of games, one as each side, as their match). The top three get an automatic invitation to the next Top 10 Invitational!

* * * Pairings * * *

* * * Round Robin Match-ups * * *

IJN vs. USN	Ed P	Ed M	Andy	Darren	John	Meng	Charles	Jim	Ray	Ed O	IJN vs. USN
Ed P	X	Turn 7 (M) Wins! (-0)	Turn 6 (1a,2b) Wins! (-8.5)	X	X	X	Turn 7 (M) Locks! (-1)	Turn 6 (M) Locks! (-0)	Turn 8 (M) By 1! (-0)	Turn 8 (1,2a) By 6.5 (-6.5)	Ed P
Ed M	X	X	Turn 4 (1,2,3b,4) Wins! (-6.5)	Turn 5 (?) Wins! (-?)	X	X	Turn 3 (M) TKO! (-1.5)	Turn 5 (M) Wins! (-0)	Turn 6 (M) Locks! (-0)	Turn 7 (M) Locks! (-1)	Ed M
Andy	X	X	X	X	Turn 2 (OT2) Wins! (-1.5)	X	Turn 2 (?) Wins! (-?)	Turn 4 (1,2,3,4,6) Wins! (-3)	X	Turn 8 (DT2) By 1.5 (-6.5)	Andy
Darren	Turn 3 (DT2) Wins! (-7.5)	X	Turn 2 (DT2) TKO! (-6.5)	X	X	X	Turn 8 (K) By 0.5! (-7.5)	Turn 3 (DT2) Wins! (-4.5)	X	Turn 8 (DT2) By 4.5 (-5.5)	Darren
John	Turn 7 (1a,2b) Wins! (-7.5)	Turn 5 (M,3c) Wins! (-1.5)	X	Turn 5 (DT2) Beats KO! (-7.5)	X	Turn 8 (1,2b) 5.5 (-7.5)	No Game Forfeit	X	Turn 5 (M,3c) Wins! (-0.5)	Turn 7 (1,2b) Wins! (-5.5)	John
Meng	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	Meng
Charles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	Charles
Jim	X	X	X	X	Turn 4 (NT1,3c,4) Wins! (-0.5)	X	Turn 7 (NT1,3b,4) Wins!	X	Turn 2 (M) TKO! (-?)	Turn 2 (NT1,3b,4) TKO! (-0)	Jim
Ray	X	X	Turn 4 (Odd) Wins! (-1)	Turn 6 (DT2) Wins! (-7)	X	X	No Game Forfeit	X	X	Turn 7 (M) Wins! (-0)	Ray
Ed O	X	X	X	X	X	X	No Game Forfeit	X	X	X	Ed O
IJN vs. USN	Ed P	Ed M	Andy	Darren	John	Meng	Charles	Jim	Ray	Ed O	IJN vs. USN

Click on the Turn header/link to see more detail for each game!
Grey Background = Game in Progress
Light Blue or Light Red Background = Recently Completed
X = This game will not (or cannot) be played [i.e., single game match played].
Numbers after the turn number show the optional adjustments in use.
Number in parenthesis after the current score shows the bid.
The player on the left is playing the IJN; the player at the top, the USN.

* * * Qualifiers * * *
2017-2019 Top 10 Invitational

Name	Qualification
Alan Mulroy	2016 Midwest Open Champion
Jim Eliason	2016 World Boardgaming Championships Winner 2nd Place in 2015-2017 Top 10 Invitational 3rd Place in AREA (as of September 1st, 2017)
Daniel Blumentritt	2017 Midwest Open Champion 7th Place in AREA (as of September 1st, 2017)
Ed Paule	2015-2017 Top 10 Invitational World PBEM Champion AREA Champion (as of September 1st, 2017)
Darren Kilfara	3rd Place in 2015-2017 Top 10 Invitational 4th Place in AREA (as of September 1st, 2017)
Ed Menzel	2017 World Boardgaming Championships Winner 2015-2017 King-of-the-Hill Ladder Champion 2nd Place in AREA (as of September 1st, 2017)
Joe Dragan	2015-2017 BPA Single-Elimination Champion
John Pack	5th Place in AREA (as of September 1st, 2017)
Andy Gardner	6th Place in AREA (as of September 1st, 2017)
Charles Drozd §	8th Place in AREA (as of September 1st, 2017)

§ Failed to respond by deadline

Alternate Qualifiers

Name	Qualification
Ted Drozd	9th Place in AREA (as of September 1st, 2017)

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