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Updated Nov. 23, 2013

2013 WBC Report  

 2014 Status: pending December 2013 Membership Trial Vote

Mark Smith, KY

2013 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

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    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.  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.  Mark Smith         KY    13     20
 22.  Josh Githens       SC    12     20
 23.  Arthur Field       SC    05     20
 24.  Thomas Browne      PA    04     20
 25.  John Adams         MD    03     20
 26.  Tom Dunning        NJ    07     19
 27.  Kathy Stroh        MD    05     18
 28.  Eric Brosius       MA    05     18
 29.  Pitt Crandelmire   MA    00     18
 30.  Jeff Meyer         MA    09     17
 31.  Daniel Broh-Kahn   MD    05     16
 32.  James Pei          VA    05     16
 33.  Lance Ribeiro      NH    03     16
 34.  Brett Mingo        MD    02     13
 35.  Jason Long         PA    11     12
 36.  Kate Taillon       SC    06     12
 37.  Tom DeMarco        MD    05     12
 38.  Marty Hoff         TX    04     12
 39.  Ben Foy            MD    04     12
 40.  George Sauer       OH    03     12
 41.  Gary Carr          VA    03     12
 42.  Roy Gibson         MD    01     12
 43.  Todd Surgoine      OH    00     12
 44.  Susan Cornett      FL    10      9
 45.  Marc Houde         VA    05      9
 46.  John Pack          CO    00      9
 47.  Alfred Wong        IL    99      9
 48.  Marc Beauregard    qc    11      8
 49.  Gary Presser       NY    04      8
 50.  Joe Jaskiewicz     MD    04      8
 51.  Anthony Lainesse   qc    13      6
 52.  Eyal Mozes         MD    11      6
 53.  Cliff Ackman       PA    10      6
 54.  William Burch      MD    09      6
 55.  Mike Kaltman       PA    07      6
 56.  Charles Faella     RI    05      6
 57.  Jenn Thomas        NY    01      6
 58.  Roderick Lee       CA    00      6
 59.  Dominic Blais      qc    12      4
 60.  Chris Gnech        PA    11      4
 61.  Virginia Colin     VA    05      4
 62.  Jon Anderson       PA    10      3
 63.  Sceadeau D'Tela    NC    08      3
 64.  Terri Wicks        CT    07      3
 65.  Vassili Kyrkos     NY    00      3
 66.  Jason Arvey        VA    13      2
 67.  Loc Nguyen         PA    12      2
 68.  Kevin Youells      PA    09      2

2013 Laurelists                                                 Repeating Laurelists:

Carmen Petruzelli, PA
2nd

Rich Roberts, PA
3rd

Anthony Lainesse, qc
4th

Steve Shambeda, PA
5th

Jason Arvey, VA
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
   

Jeff Senley, Jason Long and Kyle Smith

Alyssa Mills and Lynda Shea

 Bill Burch, Patrick Murphy and Jeff Meyers

 GM Jeff Cornett oversees his finalists.
Noisy, Raucous and Distracting ...

"Bidding by the seat of my pants -- allow me to demonstrate!"

That is the motto of our new champion, Mark Smith. Was this Can't Stop with roving bands of hecklers? Or Liar's Dice with "Kiss 'em Goodbye" serenades? Or Slapshot with unruly whiners sent to the Penalty Box? No ... this was that stately Euro pure strategy game. The highlight of the tournament was the semifinal match wherein Medici newcomer, Mark Smith, met the defending champion, Josh Githens. Josh would painstakingly think through the value of the perfect bid. After he verbalized it, Mark would instantly respond, "Now that just sounds too low! I bid one more." At the end of the first round, with a severe card shortage in effect, Josh ended without a single card! That just never happens, and to happen to the defending champion is rare indeed.

Easily amused and rallying the rest of the table, Mark was amazed that Josh still earned points, even without any cards, tying for second in one pyramid. In fact, the five players at this table had so much fun, and made such an uproar, that even the Liars Dice players at the neighboring tables - traditionally no shrinking violets themselves - were distracted enough to investigate who was making such a commotion. Out of consideration for the nearby liars, we moved the Final to another room.

Mark advanced to the Final over second place Jason Arvey by a convincing 20 points. Only two of the three semifinalists would qualify for the Final so the margin of victory was important. The second semifinal boasted the only two players who had won both heats. Rich Roberts handed Fred Minard his only defeat, and just barely got the win by a mere two points over Anthony Lainesse. Both Rich and Anthony would therefore advance. The last semifinal was also taken more serenely. Steve Shambeda prefers to force card shortages, and used this to his advantage in a 3-point win over Carmen Petruzzelli. Both would advance.

In the Final, undefeated Rich Roberts was the "serious" favorite. Nevertheless, Mark Smith with two wins and one second place was the not-so-serious second place seed. He wasn't about to take this game any more seriously than his previous games. He patiently let the other players bid each other up for cards while announcing by the seat of his pants, "Now that bid just sounds too high!" He was left at the end of the bidding with the leftovers. Spending a total of 1 point for his boat, he flipped himself the 10-gold and high boat. At the end of the first round, Mark had 76 points and a 19-point lead. Taking high boat again in the second round, Mark maintained his lead throughout the game, winning by 19 over Carmen Petruzzelli.

Interestingly, Carmen was the only finalist who had not won a game, ending the day with three runner-up finishes. Rich Roberts took third to go with his previous three wins. Playing by the seat of his pants, Mark Smith wound up with three wins and a second. When asked what his secret to winning was, well just ask him yourself. Mark is just too happy to demonstrate!

 GM      Jeff Cornett [1st year]   NA
    jeffreylcornett@aol.com    407-878-8692

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