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VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS
120 Teams
Nick Nickell, New York NY; Richard Freeman, Atlanta GA; Jeff
Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Paul Soloway, Mill
Creek WA; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX
vs
Gavin Wolpert, Thornhill ON; John Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Mike
Nadler, North York ON; Andy Stark, Mississauga ON; David Grainger,
Etobicoke ON
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Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY; Daniel Piro, Oceanside CA; Eugene
Prosnitz, Bronx NY; Ira Ewen, New York NY
vs
Brian Meyer, Buffalo NY; Alan Epley, Kent WA; Kevin Bathurst - Cathy
Nathan - Marc Nathan, Newbury Park CA; Christopher Davis, Sparks NV
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Jeffrey Wolfson, Boca Raton FL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL;
Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA; Michael
Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Zia Mahmood, New York NY
vs
Peter Herold, Surrey BC; Michael Roche, Don Mills ON; Dick Yarington,
Seattle WA; Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA
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Grant Baze, La Jolla CA; Tipton Golias, Beaumont TX; Adam Zmudzinski -
Merek Szymanowski - Cezary Baliicki - Christof Martens, Poland
vs
Ken Barbour - Jerry Gaer, Scottsdale AZ; Alan Truscott, Riverdale NY;
Dorothy Truscott, Bronx NY; Ed Lucas III, Phoenix AZ; Sylvia Summers,
Pasadena CA
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Mike Passell, Dallas TX; Michael Seamon, Miami Beach FL; Chuck Burger,
W Bloomfield MI; Allan Cokin, Palm Beach FL; David Berkowitz, Old
Tappan NJ; Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL
vs
Peggy Kaplan, Hopkins MN; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Tony Ames,
Minnetonka MN; Michael Huston, Joplin MO
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Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA; Andrew Robson, Carmel CA; Tony
Forrester, Herrefordshire; Geir G Helgemo, Trondheim
vs
Jim Zimmerman, Shaker Heights OH; Brian Ellis - Kumar Bhatia,
Cleveland OH; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH
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Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Kit
Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Kingston NY; Michael Becker,
Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ
vs
Glenn Eisenstein, Boca Raton FL; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL; John
Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Bruce Rogoff,
Hackensack NJ; Harry Tudor, Miami FL
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George Jacobs - Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL; Peter Weichsel, Los Gatos CA;
Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo Versace, Italy
vs
Barry Rigal, New York NY; Henry Bethe, Ithaca NY; Brian Platnick -
Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA
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Gerald Sosler, Purchase NY; John Mohan - Kay Schulle, Santa Monica CA;
Andrea Buratti - Massimo Lanzarotti, Italy
vs
A Vern Schock - Elizabeth Redrupp - Shelagh Paulsson - Kathy Redelaar
- Mike Redelaar, Toronto ON; Chrystyna Schock, Willowdale ON
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Bart Bramley - Howard Weinstein, Chicago IL; Sidney Lazard Sr, New
Orleans LA; Steve Garner, Northfield IL; Hugh Ross, Oakland CA; Peter
Nagy, Las Vegas NV
vs
Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Steve
Beatty, Destrehan LA; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Dick Bruno, Chicago IL;
Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL
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Thomas Carmichael, Iselin NJ; Joel Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Marc Umeno,
Alexandria VA; Jeff Roman, Arlington VA
vs
Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; William Pettis, Silver Spring
MD; Don Probst, Fairfax VA
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Jeffrey Blond, Montreal PQ; Doug Fraser, Mount Royal PQ; Michael
Shuster, S Lake Tahoe CA; JoAnna Stansby, Castro Valley CA
vs
Joseph Jabon, Bellevue WA; Harry Steiner - Wayne Ohlrich - Henry
Lortz, Seattle WA; Aidan Ballantyne, Vancouver BC; Bryan Maksymetz,
Coquitlam BC
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Robert Blanchard - Jim Krekorian - Mark Feldman, New York NY; Ron
Gerard, White Plains NY; William Pollack, Warren NJ; Drew Casen,
Coconut Creek FL
vs
Kenneth Schutze - James Griffin, Austin TX; Jeffrey Polisner,
Lafayette CA; Edward Nagy, Danville CA
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Michael Moss - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Ron Sukoneck, Annandale
VA; William Cole, Beltsville MD
vs
Daniel Rotman, Aventura FL; Chuck Maltz, Los Angeles CA; Brian Glubok
- Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY; Gary Cohler, Highland Park IL
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Sam Lev - Michael Polowan - Jaggy Shivdasani, New York NY; Barnet
Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Ravindra Murthy, Berkeley CA
vs
Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Brad Moss,
New York NY; Fred Gitelman, Toronto ON; Wubbo DeBoer - Bauke Muller,
Holland
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Malcolm Brachman, Dallas TX; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Curtis Cheek,
Huntsville AL; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Annandale VA;
Geoff Hampson, Fenton MI
vs
Chris Willenken, New York NY; Ed Manfield, Hyattsville MD; Darren
Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Jurek Czyzowicz, Aylmer PQ
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作者: jmc (貪玩的小孩) 看板: BridgeClub
時間: Tue Mar 23 19:02:14 1999
目前的最大冷門是 第二種子 中箭落馬.
不過這也不是個非常大的意外. 因為從名單來看, 前八種子之中最弱的好像就是
第二種子. :) Schwartz 是出錢老闆, Goldman 的老搭檔 Soloway 跑了. 雖然
因為去年拿了冠軍而有很多 seeding points, 這些 seeding points 這次似乎
不能準確顯示出這一隊的實力. :)
關於 seeding points, 嗯嗯, 也是個很好玩的東西。:)
反正呀, 老美做事情有條不紊, 很多東西都非常制度化, 什麼都規定得好好的, 有時
讓人不得不佩服。
Vanderbilt 盃, Spingold 盃, ITT 等大賽, 是依照全隊平均 seeding points 數來
排種子序。平均 seeding points 數越高, 種子序就排得越前面。
對於每個賽員而言, 超過三百正點就有 1 seeding point, 超過一千正點再加一點。
像去年我們參加 Spingold 盃, 楊大學長超過一千正點, 其他三人正點數都介於三百
和一千, 所以我們這隊的平均 seeding points 就是 (2+1+1+1)/4 = 1.25。結果在
119 隊之中列為第 95 號種子。
計算 seeding points 的法則密密麻麻一大堆, 我也搞不太清楚, 因為只有上述兩點
和我有關。:) 我只曉得除了 ACBL 正點數之外, 以往在 Vanderbilt, Spingold 等
大賽的表現也會列入計算, 而且前一年的成績佔最大比重; 還有如果是 international
player, 列入 WBF 排名的身份也會考慮。
每人的 seeding points 數最高只給五十。如果加起來超過五十, 就以五十計算。
去年 Spingold 盃各隊報名之後, 所有隊伍的名單, 每人及全隊平均 seeding points
數, 全部貼在一面牆上。相當壯觀。:) 然後大家可以看到 Nickell 隊的六人全部
都是 50 seeding points, 全隊平均當然也是五十。
想必今年 Vanderbilt 盃也是如此, 理所當然的第一號種子。
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