2024 Round 3

Start Date: March 22, 2024 Latest End Date: May 3, 2024
  • Name in bold font indicates victor.
  • Player listed in first column bids first.
  • Player shown in red font has been eliminated from the tournament.
  • Asterisk on Game number indicates a Note of Interest following the table.
  • Games 1-8 are the 0-loss pool. Games 9-23 are the 1-loss pool. Games 24-31 are the 2-loss pool.
SU = 12 (45 total)US = 19 (49 total)
GameNamePower  NamePowerBidType/Turn
1Tony RUSvsCarl CSU2WG/10
2*Roy RUSvsPaul SSU2Held Card/9
3Reed JSUvsCasey AUS2VP/8
4Aran WSUvsWayne BUS2WG/9
5Chris BSUvsKen GUS2VP(38)/FS
6Ron JUSvsKeith WSU2VP(6)/FS
7Enrest PUSvsDavid StSU2WG/8
8George KSUvsMichael MiUS2VP/7
9*Tim CUSvsTerry CSU2VP(31)/FS
10Nick BUSvsRandy PSU2VP/7
11*Patrick GSUvsJoe HUS2VP/4
12Alan AUSvsDavid ASU2VP(21)/FS
13Justin NUSvsMike SSU2VP/5
14Derek LSUvsFred FUS2VP/5
15*Robert FSUvsChris WitUS2VP(21)/FS
16Antero KSUvsMichael McUS1VP(1)/FS
17Chris TSUvsDan LUS2VP/5
18Jeff FUSvsOwen KSU2VP/4
19Steven DSUvsDrew DUS2VP(25)/FS
20David RUSvsSean MSU2VP(14)/FS
21George YSUvsChris GUS2WG/8
22Bill PUSvsMaive MSU2VP/7
23Max DUSvsNils BSU2VP(12)/FS
24Andre HSUvsCarl AUS2VP/6
25*Aaron BSUvsPeter PUS2DEFCON/9
26Bruce MUSvsPhilip WSU2VP/5
27*Al OUSvsEliminatorSU2VP/9
28*Alfred SSUvsMike KaUS2DEFCON/8
29Nathan WSUvsMichael KiUS2VP/6
30*Martin H–vsSteve A––Default/0
31*Mark RSUvsJoseph LUS2Forfeit/3
32*EliminatorSUvsRoderick LUS2VP/7

Feature Games based on AREA Ratings at Start of Round:

  • Heavyweight Game: #12 Two players who have no business being in the 1-loss pool slug it out.
  • Lightweight Game: #30 The 1st vs the 6th lowest AREA in the field.
  • Most Unbalanced Game: #18 AREA delta = 1925. The 2nd lowest rating in the field takes on a former WBC and PBEM champion.
  • Most Evenly Matched Game: #4 AREA delta = 1 in a game with a total AREA = 12413. Wayne claims the record for tiniest upset normalized to rating.
  • Biggest Upset: Drew D (game #19) is the leader in the clubhouse overcoming an multi-laurelist in this tournament and an AREA delta of 1244. Three games with larger delta have yet to complete.

Game Notes:

#2: At 19 VP and holding Africa, Roy became so focused on preventing Paul’s threatened domination that he defended the position on AR7, and wound up holding the scoring card.

#9: A long awaited tournament pairing between close friends, close until suddenly not at the end.

#11: SU had 2x Decol + Destal in early war, then 17 VP from scoring cards on T4 (with OPEC for 4 still in hand).

#15: The Soviets flirted with victory at 18 VP in T5, and again with a near chance to play Wargames in T8, but things swung hard for the Americans in the end.

#25: SU forced to play D&C at DEFCON 2.

#27 and #32: Roderick was unexpectedly absent for the first 3 weeks of the round. After more than a week elapsed without contact, the GM paired Al O against and eliminator, Carl A, as it was unclear if Roderick would show up at all. When Roderick eventually reappeared, the GM paired him against the same eliminator.

#28: Forced play of Grain Sales.

#30: There were some difficulties in setting up the game and Steve ultimately decided to withdraw. No game result will be submitted to AREA and this match up does not effect the SU-US victory counts at the top of the webpage or Martin’s bid count.

#31: Reason for forfeit not determined.