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A quick word on voting for the Giants 32

Posted By: Phil Simborg
Date: Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 2:43 a.m.

In Response To: A quick word on voting for the Giants 32 (Dan Pelton)

Steve Brown is a very fine player from Minneapolis who made it to the finals of two tournaments last year, including Madison. I have no problem with who they seeded...they were clearly among the best players, but if they had also seeded O'Hagan and O'Laughlin then I would have said that they seeded all the best players there...they simply left two off. A reasonable argument could be made for seeing several other players (Mary Hickey would be one of my choices), but there is no reasonable argument not to seed John O'Hagan in particular. People who know backgammon would certainly put John high on the list of the best players in the U.S. Personally, I was happy they didn't seed him so it made sense to buy him along with three other players...certainly any of them could have won as well.

We made a lot more money on the only other team we bought which had, in my opinion, four of the best non-seeded players (other than O and O): Tak, Herb, Bruce Russell, and Mary. With Tak and Mary meeting in the finals, it certainly proved my point.

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• A quick word on voting for the Giants 32
  Stick -- Monday, 7 September 2009, at 4:17 p.m.
  • A quick word on voting for the Giants 32
    Phil Simborg -- Monday, 7 September 2009, at 4:39 p.m.
    • A quick word on voting for the Giants 32
      Bob Koca -- Monday, 7 September 2009, at 4:47 p.m.
      • A quick word on voting for the Giants 32
        Bill Riles -- Monday, 7 September 2009, at 6:10 p.m.
        • A quick word on voting for the Giants 32
          Dan Pelton -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 12:19 a.m.
          • A quick word on voting for the Giants 32
            Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 2:43 a.m.
            • A quick word on voting for the Giants 32
              Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 5:11 a.m.
              • A quick word on making up the Calcutta
                Sam Pottle -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 9:09 a.m.
                • A quick word on making up the Calcutta
                  Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 12:36 p.m.
                  • A quick word on making up the Calcutta
                    adambulldog -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 1:40 p.m.
      • The seed pairings
        Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 1:11 a.m.
        • The seed pairings
          Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 2:36 a.m.
        • The seed pairings
          Keene -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 2:28 p.m.
          • The seed pairings
            Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 4:20 p.m.
          • The seed pairings
            Phil Simborg -- Wednesday, 9 September 2009, at 3:33 a.m.
            • The seed pairings
              Keene -- Wednesday, 9 September 2009, at 2:55 p.m.
              • The seed pairings
                adambulldog -- Wednesday, 9 September 2009, at 3:04 p.m.
              • The seed pairings
                Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 10 September 2009, at 4:31 a.m.
            • The seed pairings
              Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 9 September 2009, at 4:09 p.m.
              • The seed pairings
                Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 10 September 2009, at 3:20 a.m.
    • Correction
      Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 1:15 a.m.
  • A quick word on voting for the Giants 32
    David Rockwell -- Monday, 7 September 2009, at 9:00 p.m.
  • A quick word on voting for the Giants 32
    Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 1:04 a.m.