Carryover in BB Final

[helene_t]

Because of the swissing in a close field some teams that both might still qualify will play in the last round, however the sure qualifyers will now play weak opponents and therefore no important team will have the advantage of playing these teams when they are less concentrated.

Interesting point. I didn't think of it that way. But you're right.

[Gerben42]

Here's a typical result after 20 matches:

 

1.Team B: 374

2.Team G: 349

3.Team E: 348

4.Team D: 328

5.Team F: 323

6.Team I: 322

7.Team A: 321

8.Team L: 313

9.Team P: 310

10.Team J: 307

11.Team H: 307

12.Team C: 304

13.Team N: 301

14.Team K: 285

15.Team Q: 277

16.Team T: 267

17.Team R: 266

18.Team O: 266

19.Team V: 264

20.Team U: 260

21.Team M: 255

22.Team S: 239

 

Pairings for last round:

 

1. Team B - 21. Team M

2. Team G - 20. Team U

3. Team E - 22. Team S

4. Team D - 19. Team V

5. Team F - 11. Team H

6. Team I - 9. Team P

7. Team A - 14. Team K

8. Team L - 18. Team O

10. Team J - 12. Team C

13. Team N - 17. Team R

15. Team Q - 16. Team T

 

There are three tables that are very interesting to watch now.

 

This simulation was done in a way that the teams with lower letters are stronger than teams with higher letters. Team A wasn't doing well. They lost 4 - 25 against team B early on and didn't recover. Anyway, you'll probably want to know what happened in this virtual Bermuda Bowl.

 

Unfortunately for me no big surprises. Team P overtook Team L for the last qualifying spot. I guess you need real players to have real dramatic finishes after all, these computer players did the expected in the last round instead of making last-round suprises :rolleyes:

[cherdano]

I am shocked that C failed to qualify for the quarterfinals. Nice to see that P made it though. Their investments in junior bridge are starting to pay off.