medici  

Updated Nov. 12, 2014

2014 WBC Report  

 2015 Status: pending December 2014 Membership Trial Vote

JF Gagne, qc

2014 Champion

Event History
1999    Kevin Wojtasczyk      86
2000    Harald Henning     84
2001    Doug Galullo     95
2002    Ann Cornett    115
2003    Thomas Stokes    118
2004    Peter Staab    109
2005    Gary Noe     98
2006    Jeff Cornett     87
2007    Harald Henning     91
2008    Carmen Petruzelli    105
2009    Robert Drozd     61
2010    Jeff Cornett     69
2011    Scott Cornett     58
2012    Josh Githens     56
2013    Mark Smith     48
2014    JF Gagne     51

Euro Quest
BPA Event History
2003    John Adams    26
2004    Thomas Browne    18
2005    Arthur Field    20

 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Harald Henning     CT    07     82
  2.  Jeff Cornett       FL    14     74
  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.  Carmen Petruzelli  PA    13     48
  8.  Bruce Reiff        OH    07     43
  9.  Kevin Wojtaszczyk  NY    10     42
 10.  Peter Staab        PA    04     40
 11.  Ann Cornett        FL    02     40
 12.  Scott Cornett      FL    11     32
 13.  Ken Gutermuth      TX    06     29
 14.  Fred Minard        PA    09     27
 15.  Rich Roberts       PA    13     26
 16.  John Kerr          VA    04     26
 17.  Eugene Lin         WA    04     24
 18.  Jeff Mullet        OH    02     24
 19.  Steve Shambeda     PA    13     22
 20.  Ilan Woll          CT    08     21
 21.  JF Gagne           qc    14     20
 22.  Mark Smith         KY    13     20
 23.  Josh Githens       SC    12     20
 24.  Arthur Field       SC    05     20
 25.  Thomas Browne      PA    04     20
 26.  John Adams         MD    03     20
 27.  Tom Dunning        NJ    07     19
 28.  Kathy Stroh        MD    05     18
 29.  Eric Brosius       MA    05     18
 30.  Pitt Crandelmire   MA    00     18
 31.  Jeff Meyer         MA    09     17
 32.  Daniel Broh-Kahn   MD    05     16
 33.  James Pei          VA    05     16
 34.  Lance Ribeiro      NH    03     16
 35.  Brett Mingo        MD    02     13
 36.  Richard Meyer      MA    14     12
 37.  Jason Long         PA    11     12
 38.  Kate Taillon       SC    06     12
 39.  Tom DeMarco        MD    05     12
 40.  Marty Hoff         TX    04     12
 41.  Ben Foy            MD    04     12
 42.  George Sauer       OH    03     12
 43.  Gary Carr          VA    03     12
 44.  Roy Gibson         MD    01     12
 45.  Todd Surgoine      OH    00     12
 46.  Susan Cornett      FL    10      9
 47.  Marc Houde         VA    05      9
 48.  John Pack          CO    00      9
 49.  Alfred Wong        IL    99      9
 50.  Rick Miller        PA    14      8
 51.  Marc Beauregard    qc    11      8
 52.  Gary Presser       NY    04      8
 53.  Joe Jaskiewicz     MD    04      8
 54.  Anthony Lainesse   qc    13      6
 55.  Eyal Mozes         MD    11      6
 56.  Cliff Ackman       PA    10      6
 57.  William Burch      MD    09      6
 58.  Mike Kaltman       PA    07      6
 59.  Charles Faella     RI    05      6
 60.  Jenn Thomas        NY    01      6
 61.  Roderick Lee       CA    00      6
 62.  Missy Richards     PA    14      4
 63.  Dominic Blais      qc    12      4
 64.  Chris Gnech        PA    11      4
 65.  Virginia Colin     VA    05      4
 66.  Jon Anderson       PA    10      3
 67.  Sceadeau D'Tela    NC    08      3
 68.  Terri Wicks        CT    07      3
 69.  Vassili Kyrkos     NY    00      3
 70.  Curt Collins II    PA    14      2
 71.  Jason Arvey        VA    13      2
 72.  Loc Nguyen         PA    12      2
 73.  Kevin Youells      PA    09      2

2014 Laurelists
Repeating Laurelists: 0

Richard Meyer, MA
2nd

Rick Miller, PA
3rd

Jeff Cornett, FL
4th

Missy Richards, PA
5th

Curt Collins II, PA
6th

Past Winners

Kevin Wojtasczyk, NY
1999

Harald Henning, CT
2000, 2007

Doug Galullo, FL
2001

Ann Cornett, FL
2002

Tom Stokes, NJ
2003

Peter Staab, PA
2004

Gary Noe, FL
2005

Jeff Cornett, FL
2006, 2010

Carmen Petruzelli, PA
2008

Robert Drozd, IL
2009

Scott Cornett, FL
2011

Josh Githens, SC
2012

Mark Smith, KY
2013

JF Gagne, qc
2014
 

Eric Brosius and Jeff Mullet for all their pondering and goods purchasing are unable to advance any further.

Dennis Mishler, Lynda Shea, Rick Miller, Trella Bromley and Jeremy Jurgens advance Rick to the next round.

Doug Smith and Jeff Meyer

 GM Jeff Cornett oversees his co-finalists.
A lesson on when to lead ...

Medici: A day when winning is a losing strategy!

The format for this competition was to have exactly 5-player tables for both the semifinals and Final. As many runners-up as needed would advance. After two qualifying heats, 11 winners qualified for the semifinals. To fill three 5-player tables, another four runners-up snuck through -- each of whom had lost by four points or less.

The favorite going into the semifinals had to be Jason Arvey, the only player to win in both heats. However, it was not a good day to be a winner. Jason would finish last in his semifinal test. Instead, Missy Richards would win at that table. Finishing a distant second (15 points behind) but good enough to eventually advance (but just barely) was Jean Francois Gagne.

Winning convincingly in the other two semifinals were Rick Miller and Rich Meyer. The favorite for the next round was Rich Meyer who had won his Round 2 hurdle by the highest margin (17 points). Ah! But is winning the right strategy for this tournament on this day?

The battle for the other runner-up qualifier would be tense. Doug Smith and Jeff Cornett tied for second at their table, both 13 points behind the leader. Doug was ahead going into the last turn, but earning the most points in the last round of play determines the tie-breaker in Medici. Jeff was losing to Doug, so he wins the tiebreaker for second. Once again on this day, it was good not to be ahead. In fact, Jeff advanced without a single win for the day. Nonetheless, he was the only former laurelist advancing to the deciding round.

Taking the early lead were Jeff Cornett and Missy Richards, but winning meant losing on this day. They would finish the game in the last two positions. Both bid heavily for high boat, but left themselves weak in pyramid advancement. Rick Miller would take the lead over the favorite Rich Meyer in the second round. In dead last place, 13 points behind, was Jean Francois Gagne.

The last round would bring big swings as players advanced to the top of their pyramids, but some paid more than others to get there. It was the closest of finishes. The top four players would end within four points of each other. In fact, as the game ended, two players had tied for first place! Tiebreaker rules would then determine the winner based on who was losing worst going into the last round.

Tied for first was the established favorite from the semifinals, Rich Meyer. Also tied was Jean Francois Gagne, the last place qualifier who snuck into the Final with a second place finish. Jean Francois was also in last place (13 points behind) going into the last round.. This was the perfect positioning to win a tiebreaker on a day where winning leads to losing and losing leads to winning.

 Bonnie Neubauer and Robb Effinger try successfully to avoid winning ... to no avail.
 GM     Jeff Cornett [2nd year]  NA
   jeffreylcornett@aol.com    407-878-8692

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