Walddk Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 The pairings in the Round of 8 (Quarter-Finals) are: Nick Nickell, New York NY; Richard Freeman,Atlanta GA; Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA; BobHamman, Dallas TX; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL;Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL vs Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; ApolinaryKowalski, 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 ValleyCA; Brad Moss, New York NY; Fred Gitelman, LasVegas 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, SanFrancisco CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; RogerBates, Mesa AZ; Geir Helgemo, Trondheim CaNorway; Tor Helness, Oslo Norway .... Christal Henner-Welland - Roy Welland - BjornFallenius, New York NY; Antonio Sementa, ParmaItaly; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; CezaryBalicki, Wroclaw Poland vs Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Mark Feldman - MartinFleisher, 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Out of curiousity, what systems (Precision, 2/1, etc.) are the Final 8 using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillHiggin Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 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 thereHamway - strong c Meckwell - their own ver of precisionRubin-Ekeblad - ultimate precisionFantoni Nunes - Fantunesversions of Ambra, 2/1 and others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted March 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 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/2006usbc/SSF/06nickellfreeman.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Necessary cavaet: Theres figures were derived from looking at past events. its entirely possible that folks may have changed methods 5 card majors = 10Polish/Swedish Club = 5Precision like = 3Strong club + 4 card majors = 2Other = 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 ForceHamman / Soloway = Strong Club, 4 card majors, canape tendenciesMeckstroth / Rodwell = Precision Tuszynski / Kowalski, Warsaw = Polish ClubAssemi / Wojewoda = Unknown (I suspect Polish Club)Kodayam / Bykov = Unknown (I suspect Polish Club) James Cayne / Michael Seamon = 2/1 Game ForceAlfredo Versace / Lorenzo Lauria = 2/1 Game Force (pretty much)Fulvio Fantoni / Claudio Nunes = F + N Ron Rubin / Ekeblad = Strong club, 4 card majors, canape tendenciesMartel / Stansby = 5 card majors weak NTMoss / Gitelman = 2/1 Game force (unless they're strong clubbing) Lou Ann O'Rourke / Marc Jacobus = 2/1 GFHampson / Eric Greco = Strong Club, 5 card majorsDuboin / Bocchi = 2/1 Game Force (pretty much) Rose Meltzer / Kyle Larsen = Standard AmericanAlan Sontag / Bates = Strong Club, 5 card majors, strong NTGeir 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 GFFleisher / Kamil = 2/1 GF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexOgan Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Shouldn't there be a broadcast now? What's up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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