[cherdano]

MickyB, on Apr 6 2006, 04:38 PM, said:

Worst of all, they relocated Glasgow to England for a contestant in one of the other events. Good way to annoy 50 million people at once.

Great! Didn't find an easier way yet to annoy 50 million Brits at once!
Even mentioning "World Cup" and "penalties" in one sentence annoys only the English.

[sdoty]

First post now updated with 1st quarter Round of 8 results.

and thanks for the earlier vugraph compliments. I'm in Dallas attending the Nationals, but I don't expect to be working the Vanderbilt vugraph this year. Its a demanding job, with sessions lasting close to five hours. As much as I enjoy the work, I've decided that I'm not willing to volunteer two exhausting 10+ hour days.

If a high quality broadcast is a priority for a sponsoring organization, it should be willing to invest resources accordingly. I understand the appeal of using volunteers, but I firmly believe that whenever possible the burden of the broadcasts should be picked up by the organization and not left for volunteers to shoulder.

Susan

[sdoty]

Round of 8 halftime scores updated in first post.

[DenisO]

After 3 quarters in the Rd of 8, Hollman leads Nickell by 39!, Chang leads Baze by 28, Welland heads Robinson by 40. After 2 quarters, Shugart ahead by 41 against Moss. Will Nickell make another of their great comebacks?

[Aberlour10]

DenisO, on Apr 7 2006, 01:05 AM, said:

Will Nickell make another of their great comebacks?

Not this time, team Hollman won by 5 imps, Welland by 38, Chang by 11

[Editer]

Aberlour10, on Apr 7 2006, 02:02 AM, said:

DenisO, on Apr 7 2006, 01:05 AM, said:

Will Nickell make another of their great comebacks?

Not this time, team Hollman won by 5 imps, Welland by 38, Chang by 11

I kibitzed the end of the Nickell-Holland match. At the table Meckwell vs. Grue-Cheek, it appeared Holland was losing ground, as indeed it was; two close slams went 1 light. I saw Meckstroth go 1 down in 2♥ vul on board 64, then walked over to the other table just in time to see Hamman go IIRC 4 light in 3♦ nv against Smith-Cohen, for 7 IMPs away, or 2 more than the final margin.

Shugart-Moss was delayed by an appeal after the third quarter; I left about 1:40 and Shugart-Brogeland vs. the Canadians had six boards still to play. It looked from where I sat as if Shugart was holding onto the lead.

[PeterE]

Editer, on Apr 7 2006, 03:12 AM, said:

I kibitzed the end of the Nickell-Holland match. [...]
I saw Meckstroth go 1 down in [...], then walked over to the other table just in time to see Hamman go IIRC 4 light in [...]

What a nice event, where Kibs are walking around, especially between the OR and the CR in a championship ...

[Walddk]

Final results of the quarter-finals:

Nickell vs. Hollman 113-118
Baze vs. Chang 124-135
Welland vs. Robinson 126-88
Moss vs. Shugart no final score, but Shugart won by 4 IMPs I have been told.

Semi-Final pairings:
Hollman vs. Chang
Welland vs. Shugart

Roland

[Editer]

PeterE, on Apr 7 2006, 03:41 AM, said:

Editer, on Apr 7 2006, 03:12 AM, said:

I kibitzed the end of the Nickell-Holland match. [...]
I saw Meckstroth go 1 down in [...], then walked over to the other table just in time to see Hamman go IIRC 4 light in [...]

What a nice event, where Kibs are walking around, especially between the OR and the CR in a championship ...

The quarterfinal tables were all in the same room, with dividers set up so that players at one table couldn't see their counterparts. Kibitzers who weren't sitting quietly were asked to do so or leave the room (and a sign on the door said that if they left they couldn't come back in). I didn't see anyone shuttling from one table to the other; I only left Meckwell's table because they had finished the last board and vamoosed.

The semifinals will surely be in separate rooms.

[Editer]

It's interesting that Welland is the only remaining team from the first 16 seeds. I wonder how often so few top seeds reach the semifinals.

[mrdct]

I suspect that seeding is largely based on ACBL masterpoints so teams with international players tend to get mis-seeded.

Another plausible theory is that the same piss-weak appoach to providing timely web scores of this event is used by the seeding committee.

[awm]

The seeding is based primarily on results in comparable ACBL events (previous vanderbilts, spingolds, reisinger, etc). ACBL masterpoints do have a small amount of effect.

This clearly favors American teams over international teams, although certain top international players (most notably the Italians) have such a strong record in previous Spingolds/Vanderbilts as to build up a lot of seeding points.

[pclayton]

Nice job (again) by Mike Moss taking a 4 bagger deep into the event. I played against his teammates Zygmund and Nic, and making the round of 8 is a real accomplishment.

I'm rooting for my friends Bob Hollman and journeyman pro Bruce Ferguson - I hope they make it to the final.

Welland and co appear to be playing in top form however.