Ra!
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| Updated Nov. 16, 2015 |
2015 WBC Report  |
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2016 Status: pending 2016
GM commitment |
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Ryan Romanik, MI |
| 2015 Champion |
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| Euro Quest BPA Event History |
| 2003 |
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Tom Dunning |
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22 |
| 2004 |
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Ilan Tadmore |
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23 |
| 2005 |
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Joe Jaskiewiez |
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20 |
| 2006 |
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Arthur Field |
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34 |
| 2007 |
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Tom Dunning |
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32 |
| 2008 |
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Joe Jaskiewiez |
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32 |
| 2009 |
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Kirk Harris |
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37 |
| 2010 |
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Jeremy Oppenheim |
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32 |
| 2011 |
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Daniel Eppolito |
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42 |
| 2012 |
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Scott Fenn |
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33 |
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Rank Name From Last Total
1. Alex Bove PA 12 240
2. Tom Dunning NY 09 178
3. Steve Scott CA 12 84
4. Joe Jaskiewicz MD 08 70
5. Winton LeMoine CA 08 64
6. Blair Morgen NJ 14 62
7. Richard Meyer MA 13 60
8. Scott Fenn MD 12 52
9. Ryan Romanik MI 15 50
10. Janet Ottey PA 13 50
11. Mike Kaltman PA 10 44
12. Henry Dove MD 12 42
13. Eric Freeman PA 12 40
14. David Buchholz MI 09 40
15. Bobbi Warczak CA 07 40
16. Chris Terrell VA 06 40
17. David Rohde MI 06 40
18. Keith Levy MD 14 38
19. Michelle Hymowitz MD 03 38
20. Kevin Wojtaszczyk NY 15 30
21. David Platnick VA 13 30
22. John Reiners NY 00 30
23. Jeremy Oppenheim VA 11 28
24. Greg Thatcher CA 14 27
25. Kenneth Horan PA 11 24
26. Dominic Blais qc 11 24
27. Ken Rothstein NY 07 24
28. Tom Browne PA 06 24
29. Arthur Field SC 06 24
30. Gordon Elgart CA 02 24
31. Doug Galullo FL 11 22
32. Cheryl Meek MD 09 22
33. Steve Boone MD 15 20
34. Rodney Bacigalupo MD 14 20
35. Robert Kircher RI 12 20
36. Daniel Eppolito CA 11 20
37. Kirk Harris NJ 09 20
38. Ilan Tadmor NY 04 20
39. Tom Stokes NJ 05 18
40. Jamie Tang MD 01 18
41. Michael Johnson MA 00 18
42. Jeff Meyer MA 13 17
43. Jean-Francois Gagneqc 08 16
44. Alex Lange GA 10 16
45. James Parauda NJ 05 16
46. Pat Mitchell DE 03 16
47. Chad Martin PA 15 15
48. James Freeman VA 13 15
49. Dan Mathias MD 12 12
50. Harry Flawd PA 11 12
51. Curt Collins II PA 10 12
52. Chris Burke MD 06 12
53. Lyman Moquin DC 04 12
54. Jim Fry MD 02 12
55. Steve Brooks FL 01 12
56. Dan Hoffman NC 00 12
57. Ben Scholl PA 15 10
58. Patrick Shea VA 14 10
59. Jason Levine NY 13 10
60. Frank Arndt MD 01 9
61. David Earls PA 00 9
62. Mikko Raimi fn 12 8
63. Jennifer Gorman PA 11 8
64. Jake Byrens CA 09 8
65. Brad Sherwood PA 08 8
66. Kevin Brown GA 07 8
67. Paul Haynes MD 04 8
68. Evan Tannheimer MA 04 8
69. John Adams MD 03 8
70. Sam Atabaki CA 09 6
71. Michael Fox IL 06 6
72. Robert Cranshaw RI 05 6
73. Kathy Stroh MD 04 6
74. Rich Shipley MD 03 6
75. John Ellsworth IL 00 6
76. Barrett Straub MD 15 5
77. Randy Buehler WA 14 5
78. Richard Irving CA 12 4
79. Mary Ellen Powers VA 11 4
80. Edward Fear NY 11 4
81. Carmen Petruzelli PA 09 4
82. Anne Chaplin NY 09 4
83. Bob Wicks CT 08 4
84. Luke Koleszar VA 10 4
85. Brian Reynolds MD 06 4
86. Steve Shambeda PA 05 4
87. Kevin Coombs GA 04 4
88. Dave Bohnenberger PA 03 4
89. Dudley Anderson PA 01 3
90. Keith MacFarland NJ 00 3
91. Steve LeWinter NC 12 2
92. Keith Boone MD 11 2
93. Andy Latto MA 10 2
94. Michael Brazinski MD 08 2
95. Greg Knoll MD 06 2
96. Bill Crenshaw VA 05 2
97. Holliday Jones MD 04 2
98. Phil Taylor NJ 03 2
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| 2015 Laurelists |
Returning Laurelists: 0 |
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Kevin Wojtaszczyk, NY
2nd
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Steve Boone, MD
3rd
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Chad Martin, PA
4th
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Ben Scholl, PA
5th
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Barrett Straub, MD
6th
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John Reiners, NY
2000
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Michelle Goldstein, NY
2001
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Tom Dunning, NY
2002-2003
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Steve Scott, CA
2004, 2012
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Alex Bove, PA
2005, 2008-10
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Chris Terrell, VA
2006
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Bobbi Warczak, CA
2007
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Richard Meyer, MA
2011
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Janet Ottey, PA
2013
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Blair Morgen, NJ
2014
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Always a full house for a Ra!
heat. |
Winton Lemoine ponders a bid. |
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Lexi Shea, Antony Saccenti and Eyal
Mozes try their hand at Ra! |
Ivan Lawson emerges from a Lost City
long enough to play Ra! |
Nary a Laurelist in Sight ...
The Monday night heat drew the best with 20 tables tying the record for a single heat. The Thursday at 5 heat did surprisingly well with 19 tables. As expected, Friday’s early morning wake-up call was the least attended session with only ten tables and eight new players. The other 39 were trying to get into the semifinals for one last shot at the fabulous prizes donated by our benefactor John Jacoby. The Tuesdy night heat drew 15 tables for a total of 64 preliminary games. Those generated 13 multiple game winners, with two of those winning three heats. To make the top 25 you needed to win your first heat played and take a fifth in another heat. And even then you were tied for 27th. However, we only needed three alternates to fill the semifinals, which shattered any previous record by a mile. The 33rd seeded player made the semifinals and actually won laurels with a sixth place finish.
The most common complaint I get year after year is how hard it is to make the semi-finals if you don’t win in your first heat. All I can say is keep playing and try to win in two later heats. This tournament has yet to be run without using alternates to fill the semifinals so its not like its unobtainable.
The semifinals weren’t as close as last year. Ben Scholl won his semi by a whopping 26 over Nicole Yuhase, a newcomer who had done well in other tournaments. Kevin Wojtaszczyk won his by 15 over Patrick Shea and by 19 over 3-time champion Alex Bove. Chad Martin won by seven over 2011 champion Richard Meyer. Ryan Romanik, another newcomer, also won by seven over the new Pirate captain, Jason Fisher. In the closest semi, Steve Boone was only four better than another Pirate, Barrett Straub and by 14 over 2-time champion Steve Scott. Barrett picked up 6th place laurels by virtue of being the closest runner-up.
So, with all past champions eliminated, Ra was assured of a new champion for 2015. To take that one step further, none of the finalists had even made it to the Final before. Although several of them had impressive laurel totals, they had zilch in their Ra columns. Ryan Romanic was up to the challenge and held off prominent WBC competitor Kevin Wojtaszczyk to claim his first ever RA championship and the first of two shields he’d carry home from his first WBC. |
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