medici 
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Nov. 23, 2012
2012 WBC Report  |
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2013 Status: pending December 2012 Membership Trial Vote |
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Josh Githens, SC |
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2012 Champion |
 
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| Event History |
| 1999 |
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Kevin Wojtasczyk |
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86 |
| 2000 |
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Harald Henning |
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84 |
| 2001 |
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Doug Galullo |
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95 |
| 2002 |
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Ann Cornett |
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115 |
| 2003 |
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Thomas Stokes |
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118 |
| 2004 |
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Peter Staab |
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109 |
| 2005 |
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Gary Noe |
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98 |
| 2006 |
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Jeff Cornett |
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87 |
| 2007 |
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Harald Henning |
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91 |
| 2008 |
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Carmen Petruzelli |
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105 |
| 2009 |
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Robert Drozd |
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61 |
| 2010 |
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Jeff Cornett |
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69 |
| 2011 |
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Scott Cornett |
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58 |
| 2012 |
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Josh Githens |
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56 |
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Rank Name From Last Total
1. Harald Henning CT 07 82
2. Jeff Cornett FL 10 68
3. Tom Stokes NJ 07 55
4. Doug Galullo FL 12 52
5. Gary Noe FL 08 52
6. Robert Drozd IL 12 50
7. Bruce Reiff OH 07 43
8. Kevin Wojtaszczyk NY 10 42
9. Peter Staab PA 04 40
10. Ann Cornett FL 02 40
11. Carmen Petruzelli PA 12 36
12. Scott Cornett FL 11 32
13. Ken Gutermuth TX 06 29
14. Fred Minard PA 09 27
15. John Kerr VA 04 26
16. Eugene Lin WA 04 24
17. Jeff Mullet OH 02 24
18. Ilan Woll CT 08 21
19. Josh Githens SC 12 20
20. Arthur Field SC 05 20
21. Thomas Browne PA 04 20
22. John Adams MD 03 20
23. Tom Dunning NJ 07 19
24. Steve Shambeda PA 08 18
25. Rich Roberts PA 06 18
26. Kathy Stroh MD 05 18
27. Eric Brosius MA 05 18
28. Pitt Crandelmire MA 00 18
29. Jeff Meyer MA 09 17
30. Daniel Broh-Kahn MD 05 16
31. James Pei VA 05 16
32. Lance Ribeiro NH 03 16
33. Brett Mingo MD 02 13
34. Jason Long PA 11 12
35. Kate Taillon SC 06 12
36. Tom DeMarco MD 05 12
37. Marty Hoff TX 04 12
38. Ben Foy MD 04 12
39. George Sauer OH 03 12
40. Gary Carr VA 03 12
41. Roy Gibson MD 01 12
42. Todd Surgoine OH 00 12
43. Susan Cornett FL 10 9
44. Marc Houde VA 05 9
45. John Pack CO 00 9
46. Alfred Wong IL 99 9
47. Marc Beauregard qc 11 8
48. Gary Presser NY 04 8
49. Joe Jaskiewicz MD 04 8
50. Eyal Mozes MD 11 6
51. Cliff Ackman PA 10 6
52. William Burch MD 09 6
53. Mike Kaltman PA 07 6
54. Charles Faella RI 05 6
55. Jenn Thomas NY 01 6
56. Roderick Lee CA 00 6
57. Dominic Blais qc 12 4
58. Chris Gnech PA 11 4
59. Virginia Colin VA 05 4
60. Jon Anderson PA 10 3
61. Sceadeau D'Tela NC 08 3
62. Terri Wicks CT 07 3
63. Vassili Kyrkos NY 00 3
64. Loc Nguyen PA 12 2
65. Kevin Youells PA 09 2
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2012 Laurelists
Repeating
Laurelists:  |
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Robert Drozd, IL
2nd
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Doug Galullo, MD
3rd
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Carmen Petruzelli, PA
4th
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Dominic Blais, qc
5th
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Loc Nguyen, PA
6th
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| Past Winners |
Kevin Wojtasczyk, NY
1999
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Harald Henning, CT
2000, 2007
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Doug Galullo, FL
2001
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Ann Cornett, FL
2002
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Tom Stokes, NJ
2003
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Peter Staab, PA
2004
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Gary Noe, FL
2005
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Jeff Cornett, FL
2006, 2010
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Carmen Petruzelli, PA
2008
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Robert Drozd, IL
2009
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Scott Cornett, FL
2011
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Josh Githens, SC
2012
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Bill Burch and Daniel Broh-Kahn contemplate
the best boatload of trade goods. Buy now or wait for something
better? |
Doug Galullo, Virginia Colin, James
Denam, Cliff Ackman, Patrick Shea and Rob Seulowitz compete in
the import business. |
Shortage ...
In 2011 during the first qualifying round, the largest boat
I have ever seen was recorded at 29 and went for free. Talk about
a bargain! 2012 saw several such amazing sights. In a preliminary
game, Rob Seulowitz debated whether to flip a third card. He
had already flipped a Blue 5 and a Green 5. The internal debate
ended with Rob flipping over the Gold 10. Virginia Colin had
her chance and bid 27. Fred Minard decided to take it for 29,
recording the largest bid for three cards ever seen by this GM.
During that round, Virginia eventually spent just 2 for a full
boat. The moral of the story is that at the end of that 5-player
game, Fred finished with 69 points and Virginia with 62; neither
strategy worked. After that Rob turned over zero cards time after
time, so he has been nicknamed the "zero man". During
the third heat at Rob Drozd's game, the Gold card was discarded
because it came up with a 0 and a 1. I can't say I have seen
that happen before. Usually it has some value towards the overall
boat total.
The semifinals advanced four past champions (2008's Carmen
Petruzzelli, 2009's Robert Drozd, and 2001's Doug Galullo). The
fourth finalist was Josh Githens -- without a MED laurel to his
name. Want to venture a guess who won?
The Final started with a shortage. In fact the headlines for
the game would read "SHORTAGE" in capital letters.
Seven cards were discarded. This left Carmen two short of a full
boat and Doug one short. Josh was "sitting pretty"
with 77 points and a 16-point lead over Doug. Robert had 46 points
and Carmen 37. The second round started much the same as the
first, with a shortage. We immediately passed six cards out of
play. The shortage caused intense bidding. This helped Josh as
he cruised into Round 3 with a 20-point lead over Doug with 74
points, and Robert with 64. Carmen was a distant fourth with
32 points. Would Round 3 be any different? The answer is no.
We again ended with a shortage and Josh continued on autopilot
to an easy victory. The final scores were Josh 122, Robert 88,
Doug 82, and Carmen 50.
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Doug Galullo [3rd year]
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