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With USA2 due to play Netherlands in the BB Q/F, many of us who chose both to win medals will be wrong. In the BB, at least one of Norway, China, Bulgaria and Germany must win a medal.
In the Women's, I wonder if China will regret picking the dangerous young Sweden team instead of Italy or Spain as Q/F opponents?
In the Seniors, one of England, Egypt, Belgium and Indonesia must reach the Grand Final, with the other half of the draw being four tough teams. Lasut - Manoppo have played every board for Indonesia, which might make tiredness a factor.
If the WBF changed the BB and VC to 24 teams with 8 instead of 6 from Europe, then Denmark and Iceland would have been in the BB field, and Poland and either Netherlands or England (tied 8th in Pau) in the VC. Including an extra team from Zone 6 (Pacific Asia) would probably have just added an extra team to the middle of the field. I mentioned that as follow-up to recent discussions in these forums.
Peter Gill
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Posted 2009-September-06, 05:19
congrats to Martin, Karlson and Roland Wald who were the only ones to predict USA1 wouldn't make it through 
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Posted 2009-September-08, 18:27
Spreadsheet updated again! The crowd is not doing so well, sitting in 9th place.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2009-September-09, 03:52
not doing well? it is doing better than you! 
I will quickly drop points, my winners and runner's up on BB are already gone, and my finalists on VC are palying against each other.
I will quickly drop points, my winners and runner's up on BB are already gone, and my finalists on VC are palying against each other.
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Posted 2009-September-09, 16:39
Assuming my calculations are correct, the following still have a chance of winning:
gwnn, ant590, maggieb, petergill plus Iain Sime (not a BBF-er).
gwnn, ant590, maggieb, petergill plus Iain Sime (not a BBF-er).
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Posted 2009-September-09, 16:46
brutal, maggieb and I have the same picks left and shes 3 ahead of me, guess that's why I can't win.
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Posted 2009-September-12, 14:05
Final result:
Player BB VC SB TOT POS
maggieb 51 48 22 121 1
Jlall 48 48 22 118 2
Ant590 33 54 28 115 3
Walddk 39 54 18 111 4
PeterGill 39 48 22 109 5
bidule4 36 48 22 106 6=
Wisdom of 36 48 22 106 6=
the Crowd
Congratulations to Maggie whose strategy of taking Peter Gill's Venice Cup and Seniors Bowl answers and attempting to beat him on the Bermuda Bowl proved successful. Maggie lives in the US so getting the prize there will be a challenge, but perhaps possible on one of my US trips or one the other way.
Paul
Player BB VC SB TOT POS
maggieb 51 48 22 121 1
Jlall 48 48 22 118 2
Ant590 33 54 28 115 3
Walddk 39 54 18 111 4
PeterGill 39 48 22 109 5
bidule4 36 48 22 106 6=
Wisdom of 36 48 22 106 6=
the Crowd
Congratulations to Maggie whose strategy of taking Peter Gill's Venice Cup and Seniors Bowl answers and attempting to beat him on the Bermuda Bowl proved successful. Maggie lives in the US so getting the prize there will be a challenge, but perhaps possible on one of my US trips or one the other way.
Paul
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Posted 2009-September-12, 18:22
F my life, I almost put bulgaria in the semis and almost put germany in the quarters 
GG maggieb
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Posted 2009-September-12, 19:04
Congratulations to maggieb, it could not have happened to a nicer person!
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Posted 2009-September-12, 19:54
MAGGIEB CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
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Posted 2009-September-13, 02:53
Well, I won't say no to a prize, but I can hardly say I deserved it. Thank you for your excellent picks Peter Gill! 
Congratulations to Zia for winning his first Bermuda Bowl! I'm thrilled to see one of my biggest idols win what he deserved for so long. Also congratulations to all the other champions!
Congratulations to Zia for winning his first Bermuda Bowl! I'm thrilled to see one of my biggest idols win what he deserved for so long. Also congratulations to all the other champions!
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Posted 2009-September-16, 09:12
WD MaggieB.
Where'd the final doc go? Link is dead
Where'd the final doc go? Link is dead
Hi y'all!
Winner - BBO Challenge bracket #6 - February, 2017.
Winner - BBO Challenge bracket #6 - February, 2017.
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Posted 2009-September-16, 09:30