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The pairings in the Round of 8 (Quarter-Finals) are:
Nick Nickell, New York NY; Richard Freeman,
Atlanta GA; Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA; Bob
Hamman, Dallas TX; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL;
Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL
vs
Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Apolinary
Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Farid Assemi, Fresno CA;
Ed Wojewoda, Clovis CA; Srikanth Kodayam,
Fremont CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA
....
James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon,
Hollywood FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria -
Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, Rome Italy
vs
Ron Rubin, Miami FL; Russ Ekeblad, Providence RI;
Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Castro Valley
CA; Brad Moss, New York NY; Fred Gitelman, Las
Vegas NV
....
Lou Ann O'Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus -
Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco,
Philadelphia PA; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy;
Norberto Bocchi, Milano Italy
vs
Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, San
Francisco CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Roger
Bates, Mesa AZ; Geir Helgemo, Trondheim Ca
Norway; Tor Helness, Oslo Norway
....
Christal Henner-Welland - Roy Welland - Bjorn
Fallenius, New York NY; Antonio Sementa, Parma
Italy; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; Cezary
Balicki, Wroclaw Poland
vs
Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Mark Feldman - Martin
Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ
....
Promising news might be that the organisers are advertising for volunteer operators in today's bulletin. Are they thinking about broadcasting from two matches later today? Time will tell.
Roland
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Vanderbilt Round of 8
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Posted 2007-March-15, 06:17
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Posted 2007-March-15, 08:07
Out of curiousity, what systems (Precision, 2/1, etc.) are the Final 8 using?
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Posted 2007-March-15, 10:22
jtfanclub, on Mar 15 2007, 09:07 AM, said:
Out of curiousity, what systems (Precision, 2/1, etc.) are the Final 8 using?
Pick a system (well - other than SAYC)
Odds are good it will be there
Hamway - strong c
Meckwell - their own ver of precision
Rubin-Ekeblad - ultimate precision
Fantoni Nunes - Fantunes
versions of Ambra, 2/1 and others
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Posted 2007-March-15, 10:28
BillHiggin, on Mar 15 2007, 10:22 AM, said:
jtfanclub, on Mar 15 2007, 09:07 AM, said:
Out of curiousity, what systems (Precision, 2/1, etc.) are the Final 8 using?
Pick a system (well - other than SAYC)
Nickell-Freeman aren't that far away from SAYC...
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Posted 2007-March-15, 10:40
cherdano, on Mar 15 2007, 06:28 PM, said:
BillHiggin, on Mar 15 2007, 10:22 AM, said:
jtfanclub, on Mar 15 2007, 09:07 AM, said:
Out of curiousity, what systems (Precision, 2/1, etc.) are the Final 8 using?
Pick a system (well - other than SAYC)
Nickell-Freeman aren't that far away from SAYC...
Wrong Arend. From their system card:
5 card Majors, Strong NT, 2/1 Forcing to game except when a suit is rebid twice.
http://usbf.org/docs...kellfreeman.htm
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Posted 2007-March-15, 11:13
Necessary cavaet: Theres figures were derived from looking at past events. its entirely possible that folks may have changed methods
5 card majors = 10
Polish/Swedish Club = 5
Precision like = 3
Strong club + 4 card majors = 2
Other = 2
It seems clear that some version of 5 card majors coupled with a strong 2/1 bid and a natural 1♣ opening is the overwhelming favorite. (It could be argued that this number is slightly inflated because many of the clients are playing some version of 2/1)
The large number of Polish club pairs (predominantly) suggests the fact that a team with a lot of Poles is still in contention.
Nick Nickell / Richard Freeman = 2/1 Game Force
Hamman / Soloway = Strong Club, 4 card majors, canape tendencies
Meckstroth / Rodwell = Precision
Tuszynski / Kowalski, Warsaw = Polish Club
Assemi / Wojewoda = Unknown (I suspect Polish Club)
Kodayam / Bykov = Unknown (I suspect Polish Club)
James Cayne / Michael Seamon = 2/1 Game Force
Alfredo Versace / Lorenzo Lauria = 2/1 Game Force (pretty much)
Fulvio Fantoni / Claudio Nunes = F + N
Ron Rubin / Ekeblad = Strong club, 4 card majors, canape tendencies
Martel / Stansby = 5 card majors weak NT
Moss / Gitelman = 2/1 Game force (unless they're strong clubbing)
Lou Ann O'Rourke / Marc Jacobus = 2/1 GF
Hampson / Eric Greco = Strong Club, 5 card majors
Duboin / Bocchi = 2/1 Game Force (pretty much)
Rose Meltzer / Kyle Larsen = Standard American
Alan Sontag / Bates = Strong Club, 5 card majors, strong NT
Geir Helgemo / Tor Helness = 4 card majors, bid game ever hand
Welland / Fallenius = Carrot Club (not quite sure who is playing with whom)
Welland / Sementa = ???
Balicki / Zmudzinski = Polish Club
Bramley / Feldman = 5 card majors, strong NT, 2/1 GF
Fleisher / Kamil = 2/1 GF
5 card majors = 10
Polish/Swedish Club = 5
Precision like = 3
Strong club + 4 card majors = 2
Other = 2
It seems clear that some version of 5 card majors coupled with a strong 2/1 bid and a natural 1♣ opening is the overwhelming favorite. (It could be argued that this number is slightly inflated because many of the clients are playing some version of 2/1)
The large number of Polish club pairs (predominantly) suggests the fact that a team with a lot of Poles is still in contention.
Nick Nickell / Richard Freeman = 2/1 Game Force
Hamman / Soloway = Strong Club, 4 card majors, canape tendencies
Meckstroth / Rodwell = Precision
Tuszynski / Kowalski, Warsaw = Polish Club
Assemi / Wojewoda = Unknown (I suspect Polish Club)
Kodayam / Bykov = Unknown (I suspect Polish Club)
James Cayne / Michael Seamon = 2/1 Game Force
Alfredo Versace / Lorenzo Lauria = 2/1 Game Force (pretty much)
Fulvio Fantoni / Claudio Nunes = F + N
Ron Rubin / Ekeblad = Strong club, 4 card majors, canape tendencies
Martel / Stansby = 5 card majors weak NT
Moss / Gitelman = 2/1 Game force (unless they're strong clubbing)
Lou Ann O'Rourke / Marc Jacobus = 2/1 GF
Hampson / Eric Greco = Strong Club, 5 card majors
Duboin / Bocchi = 2/1 Game Force (pretty much)
Rose Meltzer / Kyle Larsen = Standard American
Alan Sontag / Bates = Strong Club, 5 card majors, strong NT
Geir Helgemo / Tor Helness = 4 card majors, bid game ever hand
Welland / Fallenius = Carrot Club (not quite sure who is playing with whom)
Welland / Sementa = ???
Balicki / Zmudzinski = Polish Club
Bramley / Feldman = 5 card majors, strong NT, 2/1 GF
Fleisher / Kamil = 2/1 GF
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Posted 2007-March-15, 18:40
Shouldn't there be a broadcast now? What's up?
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