2015 WBC Team Tournament Teams & Odds
July 26, 2015

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Click on the graphic to see a larger version. Rankings courtesy of Stuart Tucker.
Unofficial team logos courtesy of Dave Dockter and Kaarin Engelmann. Some logos provided by the teams.
NOTE: PR=Power Rating (Sum of the players' Baton Ratings)
1 2 3 4 5

Nest of Spies
Team #: 44
Odds: 25-1
PR: 404
James Pei FTP,
Chris Byrd HRC,
Nick Pei HWD,
Rob Kircher SJN

Greenville Mafia: Pestilence
Team #: 39
Odds: 34-1
PR: 342
John Emery FIL,
Kevin Emery DSP, 
Bruce Young UPF,
Josh Githens CMS

Band of Fools
Team #: 5
Odds: 32-1
PR: 315

Richard Beyma GBG,
Gary Dickson TRC,
Ray Freeman VIP,
Tom Gregorio BWD

Wood Bee Contenders
Team #: 32
Odds: 36-1
PR: 283
Jeff Cornett BCY,
Bill Crenshaw GBM,
Doug Galullo GSR,
Kevin Sudy MFD

30.314
Team #: 21
Odds: 37-1
PR: 279
David Meyaard ELC,
Nick Henning CMK,
Karl Henning GXT,
Jon Gemmel LID

6 7 8 9 10

The Siegelmen
Team #: 25
Odds: 37-1
PR: 267
Randy Buehler AGE,
Sceadeau D’Tela AGR,
Andrew Emerick NVG,
Steven LeWinter PGD

Me & Three Stiffs
Team #: 48
Odds: 39-1
PR: 263
Keith Wixson WWR,
Marvin Birnbaum SPD,
Terry Coleman MMS,
Johnny Wilson SSB

 

MIT SGS
Team #: 19
Odds: 42-1
PR: 245
Marty Sample ACS,
Dave Finberg TTN,
Aaron Fuegi TT2,
Bob Sohn ABN

We Ain’t Dead Yet
Team #: 46
Odds: 42-1
PR: 243
Don Greenwood BKN,
Bruno Sinigaglio BAR,
Frank Sinigaglio CMS,
Larry Lingle QGB

Uncivil Servants
Team #: 6
Odds: 43-1
PR: 239
Kevin Youells ACV,
Ty Hansen A&A,
Ewan McNay RRY,
Chris Trimmer VGQ

11 12 13 14 15

Let It Snow
Team #: 12
Odds: 45-1
PR: 227
Pete Reese WLL,
George Young WWR,
Bill Edwards ATS,
Andrew Maly SOD

St Paul's Rejects
Team #: 13
Odds: 46-1
PR: 222
John Pack GSR,
Anthony Daw BKN,
Steve Packwood A&A,
Sam Packwood EPB

Cynical Stoics
Team #: 9
Odds: 47-1
PP: 220
Matt Bacho EIS,
Mike Ussery WNW,
Derek Landel WOG,
Eric Wrobel AGR

Gang Greene
Team #: 27
Odds: 52-1
PP: 198
Rob McCracken TRC,
Mark Miklos BAR,
Andy Lewis SFR,
Rod Coffey WSM

Rage Quit
Team #: 7
Odds: 110-1
PR: 195
Bill Dyer FDE,
Quinn Dyer RRY,
Lee Proctor BRS,
Jacob Dyer DUN

16 17 18 19 20

KGB A
Team #: 33
Odds: 54-1
PR: 191
Mark Guttag FI5,
Lyman Moquin SKG,
Ron Draker JUC,
Malcolm Smith HOS

Team Delaware
Team #: 45
Odds: 54-1
PR: 191
Tim Hitchings M44,
Vince Mecoi GBG 88, 
John Kirk CCN,
Verity Hitchings SMW

AREA
Team #: 15
Odds: 62-1
PR: 166
Bob Hamel TIM,
Bruno Wolff TT2,
John Sharp VIP,
Ed Menzel GBG

Cold Fusion
Team #: 49
Odds: 63-1
PR: 165
Rich Atwater TTN,
Jason Ley AGE,
Robb Effinger IOV,
Geoff Pounder ELG

 

Flush Stein
Team #: 32
Odds: 67-1
PR: 155
Mark Mitchell GXY,
Dennis Nicholson WAS,
Mike Stanley CMS,
Chris Kizer FMR

21 22 23 24 25

Roma Victor
Team #: 23
Odds: 68-1
PR: 152
Bjorn von Knorring BAT,
Michael Sosa HRC,
Curt Collins UNP,
Robert Woodham 989

Philly Streets
Team #: 20
Odds: 76-1
PR: 137
Haim Hochboim AGR,
Ben Scholl DOM,
Jon Senn TZK,
Aran Warszawski AGE

Possum Gamers
Team #: 29
Odds: 76-1
PR: 136
John Elliott ACS,
Joe Collinson WAS,
Ben Collinson Sr KPR,
Ben Collinson Jr SMW

Ghost Division
Team #: 22
Odds: 77-1
PR: 134
Jim Eliason VIP,
Mark Gutfreund BKN,
Bob Malcomson UPF,
Kevin Hammond CAR

Magic Men XXL
Team #: 10
Odds: 90-1
PR: 115
Rob Murray AGR,
Kyle Smith EGZ,
John Corrado BRS,
Joel Lytle AGE

26 27 28 29 30

Cardboard Heroes
Team #: 34
Odds: 110-1
PR: 99
Kathy Stroh SPG,
Bill Navolis RRY,
Cliff Ackman STA,
Stephen Squibb ACS

Leaving Lancaster
Team #: 36
Odds: 110-1
PR: 99
Chris Yaure WOR,
Philip Yaure LBY,
Joe Yaure ING,
Samantha Berk MMS

The Lions of Winter
Team #: 38
Odds: 120-1
PR: 90
Keith Dent COB,
Derek Glenn SPG,
Christopher McCurry ELG,
Eric Ho AGR

Gaming Speed Bumps
Team #: 8
Odds: 120-1
PR: 88
Doug Porterfield AOA,
Craig Yope EOS,
Lee Rodrigues KRM,
Richard Irving UPF

 

Jay's Basement
Team #: 24
Odds: 120-1
PR: 88
Albert Schwartz CNS,
Bruce DuBoff ALH,
Jay Fox TTR,
Yoel Weiss LST


 

31 32 33 34 35

Dice Loving Canucks
Team #: 3
Odds: 120-1
PR: 86
Nick Page LHV,
Sara Vanderwal RDG,
Andrew Drummond SPD,
Duncan MacGregor CNC


 

Greenville Mafia: War
Team #: 41
Odds: 130-1
PR: 82
Bryan Collars HNT,
RJ Gleaton KPR,
Melody Loder DOM,
Dan Lawall RRY

Blobs of Protoplasm
Team #: 43
Odds: 130-1
PR: 80
Joel Tamburo FIL,
John Keating ACS,
Tim Keating IVH,
Shannon Keating ING

Greenville Mafia: Famine
Team #: 40
Odds: 130-1
PR: 79
Ralph Gleaton UPF,
Bill Beckman SSB,
John Bateman CBC,
Bill Burtless NW5

Aces & Eights
Team #: 26
Odds: 170-1
PR: 63
Patrick Mirk SFR,
Mike Horne SPD,
Douglas Landon NVG,
Ron Glass WSM


 

36 37 38 39 40

Cabooses
Team #: 1
Odds: 170-1
PR: 62
Yoni Weiss LST,
Adina Weiss SET,
Drew Duboff TTR,
Max DuBoff 989

 

Local Yokels
Team #: 18
Odds: 170-1
PR: 62
Erik Schlosser 7WS,
Chad Weaver DOM,
Dusty Usner CAR,
Rich Miller SJN

 

Lords of K-Vegas
Team #: 11
Odds: 170-1
PR: 60
Brandon Buchanan EGZ,
Cary Morris AGR,
Greg Downing CNC,
Frank Downing LWD

 

KROMP-on-Krewe
Team #: 16
Odds: 170-1
PR: 60
Roger Taylor SOD,
Paul McCarthy HWD,
Phil Rodrigues NW5,
Chris Godfrey KFE


Snake-Eyed Bandits
Team #: 31
Odds: 170-1
PR: 57
Dave Zimmerman GBG,
Chuck Leonard SQL,
Art Dohrman PZB,
Brian Laskey BWD

41 42 43 44 45

KGB B
Team #: 37
Odds: 260-1
PR: 40
Eric Guttag FIL,
Rob McKinney WSM,
Greg Ottoman CCA,
Henry Russell WLL

Halifax Hammers
Team #: 30
Odds: 290-1
PR: 36
Michael Kiefte 989,
Anna Kiefte ACS,
David Kiefte VGQ,
Andrew Kiefte HIS

Team DINK
Team #: 47
Odds: 300-1
PR: 35
Evan Hitchings WSM,
Rose Hitchings B17,
Jen Brown PRC, 
Nate Peterson CMS

Tu-Ng Klan
Team #: 2
Odds: 300-1
PR: 31
Peter Tu TTR,
Thomas Tu DOM,
Tim Tu RFG,
Peggy Ng LWD

Greenville Mafia: Death
Team #: 42
Odds: 400-1
PR: 28
Tim Rogers SPD,
Carl Syles KPR,
Gus Collars CMK,
Michael Sana FMR 

46 47 48 49 50

Princess & The Frogs
Team #: 35
Odds: 400-1
PR: 26
Scott Saccenti STA,
Antony Saccenti EGZ,
Donte Saccenti COB,
Holiday Saccenti SPD

Athena & 3 Spartans
Team #: 17
Odds: 600-1
PR: 18
Kirk Harris VGQ,
Bertha T. Harris IVH,
Manuel Bravo HIS,
Evan Harris LBY

Los Lobos Locos
Team #: 4
Odds: 3000-1
PR: 4
Ray Wolff AGR,
Tricia Wolff YSP,
Jack Wolff DOM,
Sam Wolff 7WS

The Alham-Bros
Team #: 14
Odds: 5000-1
PR: 2
Ben Carter TTR,
Eric Meader IOV,
Jonathan Wyatt FDE,
Dan Boyle DOM

Faith in the Game
Team #: 50
Odds: 150-1
PR: 68
Faith Wobbeking LLM, John Wobbeking, PRC, Forrest Speck DOM, John Speck EIS

51 52 53 54 55

Mantis Shrimp
Team #: 51
Odds: 56-1
PR: 183
Andy Latto T&T,
Chris Shabsin IOV,
Eric Brosius FI5,
Cally Perry YSP

Farewell to the Host
Team #: 52
Odds: 11000-1
PR: 1
Deb Yaure YSP, 
Robin Yaure SET,
William Brock SLS, 
Kurt Kramer 8XX

The Shockers
Team #: 53
Odds: 56-1
PR: 184
Marty Musella PZB,
Justin Thompson JUC,
John Schoose QGB,
Bert Schoose TRC

Les Patriotes
Team #: 54
Odds: 120-1
PR: 86
Dominic Blais LID,
Francois deBellefeuille CNS,
Anthony Lainesse KOT,
Pierre-Luc Ramier SLS

Roll One Die
#: 55
Odds: 35-1
PR: 288
Sean McCulloch BAT,
Pete Stein CCA,
Jeff Mullet SJN,
Lisa Gutermuth FMR

56 57 58 59 60

The Harry B’s
Team #: 56
Odds: 19-1
PR: 521
Bruce Reiff FBS,
Bruce Monnin WAS,
Bruce Beard 8XX,
Harry Flawd PDT

Inglorious Bastards
Team #: 57
Odds: 110-1
PR: 99
Jim Doughan NW5, 
Andrew Doughan TWS,
Cal Doughan DOM, 
Eric Rodgers-Vargo CCN

Iron Meeples
Team #: 58
Odds: 45-1
PR: 227
Grant LaDue WNW,
Nels Thompson BKN,
Kevin Wojtaszczyk RA,
Riku Riekkinen TWS

Team Hyboria
Team #: 59
Odds: 240-1
PR: 44
Craig Melton ABN,
Thomas Melton BBS,
John Rinko MMA,
Franklin Rinko ACS

The GCOM Idiots
Team #: 60
Odds: 110-1
PR: 91
Eugene Yee STA,
Henry Dove TZK,
Jay Boring COB,
Rodney Bacigalupo PRO

61 62 63 64 65

Robo Dobbies
Team #: 61
Odds: 600-1
PR: 18
April Alfieri ALH,
Felicia Alfieri SPD,
Steven Alfieri 7WS,
Dylan Quintana DOM

Handsome Tacos
Team #: 62
Odds: 120-1
PR: 85
Roderick Lee RRY, 
Eugene Hourany BRS,
Bob Woodson MOV, 
Winton Lemoine RA

EPGS Mountin’ Laurels
Team #: 63
Odds: 120-1
PR: 85
Mike Kaltman NVG,
Ken Horan LHV,
Tim O’Flynn SMW,
Bob Stribula EPB

EPGS Four to Beam Up
Team #: 64
Odds: 110-1
PR: 95
Jim Vroom FBS,
Steve Cameron GXY,
Keith Layton KAR,
Jim Heenehan HRC

Strat Pack
Team #: 65
Odds: 280-1
PR: 37
Kelly Krieble 8XX,
Eric Ritter ACQ,
Chris Whitpan FDE,
Vien Bounma NVG

66 67 68 69 70

2 Brits & 2 Yanks
Team #: 66
Odds: 61-1
PR: 169
Nick Smith CQP,
Barrington Beavis BAT,
Mark Love MMA,
Steve Scott RA

Mega Man WBC
Team #: 67
Odds: 190-1
PR: 56
Jennifer Visocnik HWD, 
Marc Visocnik CAR,
Nathan Barhorst ACV, 
Roberto Fournier EVL

Polish Lancers
Team #: 68
Odds: 47-1
PR: 220
John Poniske WWR,
Rick Young CCA,
Paul Gaberson WNW,
Dave Metzger AHD

Hitting SNEWS
Team #: 69
Odds: 280-1
PR: 38
Nick Avtges Jr CBC,
Nick Avtges III WOR,
Dan Leader WWR,
Matt Leader C&K

Wabbit's Wevenge
Team #: 70
Odds: 42-1
PR: 245
Craig Moffit E&T,
Greg Thatcher ELG,
Eric Freeman AMR,
Barb Flaxington PRO

71 72 73 74 75

Chicks With Dice
Team #: 71
Odds: 68-1
PR: 152
Rebecca Hebner T&T,
Marilyn Flowers QGB,
Carter Waite LST,
Angela Collinson CMS

Go Flank Yourself
Team #: 72
Odds: 90-1
PR: 116
Justin Rice VGQ,
Dave Cross CQP,
Rob Doane BAR,
Thibault Nguyen de Cossette GCA

Fighting Turtleducks
Team #: 73
Odds: 300-1
PR: 34
Pam Przbylski-LaDue RDG,
Rachel LaDue LST,
Kristen LaDue ELC,
Morgan LeDue LLM

Peckofpickledpeppers
Team #: 74
Odds: 500-1
PR: 23
Mark Herman NW5,
Rich Phares EOS,
Zach Lawrence FTP,
Peter Perla CCN

Beach Bums
Team #: 75
Odds: 67-1
PR: 154
Ed Beach GCA,
Sarah Beach TTR,
Matt Beach 7WS,
Natalie Beach Fi5

76 77 78    
   

Train Conductors
Team #: 76
Odds: 56-1
PR: 184
Debbie Gutermuth EPB,
Trella Bromnley RRR,
Jeff Jackson RBN,
Ken Gutermuth WPS

All Your VP Belong to Us
Team #: 77
Odds: 190-1
PR: 54
Jeff Burdett LBY,
Jesse Burdett EVL,
Bailey Burdett 7WS,
Sam Burdett MGW

Lampeter Swamp Dogs
Team #: 78
Odds: 59-1
PR: 174
Michael Rinella BKN
Mark Giddings DOM
Brian Smith RBN
Randy Heller KFE

 

 

         
         
It’s Post Time
By Stuart K. Tucker, The Happy Handicapper
 
Germantown, MD, July 24, 2015—It’s post time and the team tournament is shaping up to be a good one for our final year in Lancaster. The influx of new teams is gratifying. How can you not root for The Fighting Turtleducks? Or All Your VP Belongs to Us? Or Hitting SNEWS? Or Robo Dobbies?
                And we welcome back old favorites … and long shots. With a lineup change The Wesley Crushers give homage by changing their name to Farewell to the Host, but nonetheless remain the longest shot. At the other end of the spectrum, yes, The Harry B’s are back, claiming the spot of favorite at 19-1 odds. I’m putting them in my Pick Ten. I’m not sure if Now Playing has officially changed their name to 30.314, but I like their logo nonetheless. You have to bet on a repeat, they go off at 37-1 odds.
                I’m also choosing a bettor’s prerogative to be supersticious. Give me any team with Dice in the name. Roll One Die at 35-1, Chicks with Dice at 68-1, Snake-Eyed Bandits at 180-1, and Dice Loving Canucks at 120-1 get my backing.
                It is high time for Peckofpickledpeppers to win before their record hurts sales. But, at 500-1, I can’t pull that trigger. They don’t make the cut. Another long shot to consider is Team DINK at 300-1. I like their event choices.
                Once again, I urge you to find value in your picks. Play enough mid-ranked teams to differentiate your bet from the crowd overbetting the favorites. Go long, but not often. And remember, once you place that bet, the money is gone. If you need to see any of it again, don’t bet in the first place. So, here it is, my Pick Ten entry; join me and let’s bust the bank!!!
56. The Harry B's
55. Roll One Die
21. 30.314 (aka Now Playing)
25. The Siegelman
33. KGB A
76. Train Conductors
71. Chicks with Dice
03. Dice Loving Canucks
31. Snake-Eyed Bandits
47. Team DINK
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