greed [Updated October 2004]  

 2004 WBC Report     

 2005 Status: pending 2005 GM commitment

Bill Place, PA

2004 Champion

2nd: Jonathan Lockwood, VA

3rd: Tom Browne, PA

4th: Greg Schmittgens, KS

5th: Nate Hoam, OH

6th: Peter Staab, PA

Event History
1993    Linda Pedlow        67
1996    Randy Cox        23
1997    Ray Stakenas        30
1998    Kevin Wojtaszczyk        36
1999    Debbie Bell       26
2000    Jessica Greenwood       57
2001     Rebecca Hebner       80
2002     Brooks Beyma       86
2003    Josh Githens     107
2004    Bill Place       86


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 Laurels
Rank Name

From

Last
Total
 1.  Bill Place

PA

04
28
 2. Josh Githens

SC

03
20
 3. Brooks Beyma

MD

02
20
 4. Rebecca Hebner

CO

01
20
 5. Jessica Greenwood

MD

00
20
 6. Debbie Bell

MD

99
20
 7. Jonathan Lockwood

VA

04
12
 8. Tom Dunning

NY

03
12
 9. Scott Buckwalter

MD

02
12
10. Henry Richardson III

VA

01
12
11. Tim Kirchner

KY

00
12
12. Rhode Reiff

OH

99
12
13. Peter Staab

PA

04
10
14. Rich Curtin

NY

02
10
15. Devin Flawd

PA

03
  8
16. Tom Browne

PA

04
  8
17. John Coussis

IL

00
  8
18. Andy Lewis

DE

99
  8
19. Greg Schmittgens

KS

04
  6
20. Anthony Musella

VA

03
  6
21. Bill Crenshaw

VA

02
  6
22. Richard Irving

CA

00
  6
23. Luke Koleszar

VA

99
  6
24. Nate Hoam

OH

04
  4
25. Ken Rothstein

NY

03
  4
26. Ken Gutermuth

TX

01
  4
27. John Keating

IL

00
  4
28. Scott Cornett

FL

99
  4
29. Jon Macomber

CO

03
  2
30. Gordon Elgart

CA

02
  2
31. Jeff Finkeldey

OH

01
  2
32. Caleb Cousins

ME

00
  2
33. Jeff Cornett

FL

99
  2

Past Winners

Linda Pedlow - IL
1993

Randy Cox - SC
1996

Ray Stakenas - MI
1997

Kevin Wojtasczyk - NY
1998

Debbie Bell - MD
1999

Jessica Greenwood - MD
2000

Rebecca Hebner - CO
2001

Brooks Beyma - MD
2002


Josh Githens - SC
2003
       


Fortunes made and lost with a roll of the dice ...

After a record attendance last year, $Greed returned to its 2002 level with 86 players competing for the best score. The tournament continued to use the same format with each player getting two dice roll series, and then the leaders advancing to the final round for two more turns. This year, eight advanced to the final round.

The game was again run at four tables , with turn order randomly decided. The event began strongly with Jason Levine posting a
score of 1500 as the very first player. This score seemed to set the mark for the rest of the competition, with everyone taking chances to try and catch Jason rather than rest on their initial scores.

Only 25 players actually managed to post a non-zero score; 71% ending with a score of 0, zip, nada - much higher than the 59.8% of zilch scores in 2003.

The first player to challenge Jason's score ended up being Brooks Beyma, a past champ, who put up a score of 1700 about a third of the way through the competition. Brooks' score seemed to energize his table as the next three players (Katie McCorry, Bill Place, and GM Tom Browne) all put up high scores (1500, 2150 and 2100 respectively).

When the competition was over, Jason's initial score of 1500 which had started the scoring frenzy placed him in ninth (after losing the tiebreaker to Katie McCorry), resulting in him just missing the cut to continue.

Joining Brooks, Katie, Bill and Tom, the other finalists were Jonathan Lockwood (2050) from table 2, Nate Hoam (1600) and Greg
Schmittgens (1750) from table 3 and former GM Peter Staab (1850) from the last table. These scores were slightly lower than the preceding year, but with the early high score, and the lower number of competitors, the totals are not surprising.

Other statistics from the first round include fourrolls of $GREED (Jason Levine, Brooks Beyma, Bill Place and Tom Browne), one roll of four Diamonds (Lisa Guttermuth) and three recorded scores of zero on a roll of all six dice.

The order of play for the final round was from the lowest to the highest qualifying score. The players thus proceeded to roll in the following order: Katie McCorry, Nate Hoam, Brooks Beyma, Greg Schmittgens, Peter Staab, Jonathan Lockwood, Tom Browne and Bill Place. The finals were more dynamic than usual with many players taking the lead at different points. Nate Hoam made
an early attempt to take the lead with a score of 600, to put him at 2200. His lead was short lived though as Greg scored 700 points two turns later, to post a new high score of 2450. Jonathan made a play to stay close with 350 points, to put him at 2400, just 50 points behind Greg. Tom then posted 450 for yet another lead change, with a total of 2550. Bill then posted 400 as well, to give him 2550 as well (and thanks to the tiebreaker, the lead position). After three turns, Bill led with 2550, followed by Tom with 2550, Greg with 2450, Jonathan with 2400 and Nate at 2200. Peter, Brooks and Katie all remained the same after scoring 0 on their third turns.

Starting the final turn, things were looking good for the leaders as Katie, Nate, Brooks and Greg all posted zeroes in pursuit of the leaders. Peter then rolled the only 6-die zero of the finals, leaving just three players left to compete for the top placement. Jonathan put himself into contention with a roll of 450 points, giving him 2850, and a 300 point lead. Tom rolled then, and could have taken 250 points (and a total of 2800) in a bid for second. In an attempt to win though, he kept just one Diamond, and rolled five dice over, only to end up with a zero, leaving him in third place. Jonathan's hopes were short lived though as Bill put up 300 points, to give him 2850 as well, and the tiebreaker giving him the win and his second BPA wood.

While the scores needed to advance to the finals this year were lower than in 2003, competition was tough because of the early big score that was posted. The final scores were also lower this year, with only 700 points being scored by Bill in two rolls to maintain his top position.

The tiebreaker was very important, and ended up working in exactly opposite the manner I had hoped, so you can expect to see some changes in that area again next year. Once again I would like to thank those who ran the game tables: Ewan McNay, Vince Collura, and Peter Staab.

Come join us next year for another good time of dice rolling in $Greed!

 GM      Thomas Browne  [2nd Year]   NA  
    auron@telerama.com   NA

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