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GM Marty Schmidt observes as Matt Beaty, left, and Titch White close to contact

'Southern Flair' added to Matched Pair tourney in '08

Marty Schmidt, the man who runs most of the DBA tournaments in Florida, made the trip up to Origins this year and was kind enough to run the Thursday evening Matched Pairs tourney. He was ecstatic with the turnout -- 20 players -- and his style of running things went quite smoothly (so smooth, in fact, that I will copy it next time I run a Matched Pairs event!).

Marty attempted to divide the players into "locals" and those who don't play the locals that often, which is a nice touch. We had quite a few players from out of town, but a good chunk were regular DBAers from the region, so they ended up on both sides. Nevertheless, everything worked out great. Side A ended up with two undefeated players, so points were used to determine a winner. Side B had only one undefeated -- in fact, only one player above .500 winning percentage!

Here are the final results...and thanks again to Marty for running the event and giving me a chance to play!

Origins 2008 Matched Pairs DBA Tournament

A Bracket

1. John Loy, Palmyran & Mid. Imp. Roman, 4-0, 96 points

2. Mike Demana, Parthian & Sassanid Persian, 4-0, 93 points

3. Matt Beaty, Later Polish & Teutonic Order, 3-1. 75 points

4. Andy Swingle, Fanatic Berber & Early Muslim N. Africa, 3-1, 68 points

5. Jeff Fletcher, Late Imp. Rome (E) & Ostrogothic, 2-2, 51 points

6. Dylan Fraser, Libyan Egyptian & Kushite Egyptian, 2-2, 49 points

7. Jenny Torbett, Early Hoplite & Early Carthaginian, 2-2, 48 points

8. Allen Sams, Later Hungarian & Ottoman, 2-2, 48 points

9. Marc Shefelton, Early Crusader & Seljuk Turk, 1-3, 28 points

10. Heidi Bender, Post-Mongol Russian & Mongol Conquest, 0-4, 6 points

Jeff Fletcher, left, faces off against the winner of the B Bracket, Rich Baier

B Bracket

1. Rich Baier, Italian Condotta & Med. German, 4-0, 92 points

2. Titch White, Early Imp. Roman & Ancient Brit, 2-2, 50 points

3. Mark Schultz, Late Imp. Roman (E) & Sassanid Persian, 2-2, 49 points

4. Tim Monaghan, Thracian & Polybian Roman, 2-2, 48 points

5. Mike Stelzer, Teutonic Order & Mongol Conquest, 2-2, 48 points

6. David Williams, Polish & Teutonic Order, 2-2, 44 points

7. Dave Zecchini, Marian Roman & Thracian, 1-3, 29 points

8. Ted Bender, Scots Common & Feudal English, 1-3, 28 points

9. Derek Wagener, Granadine & Granadine, 1-3, 24 points

10. Terry Hollern, Early Imp. Roman & Nobades, 0-4, 10 points

One of 2 Sassanid Persian armies in the tourney -- these painted by Mark Schultz

Dave Zecchini makes a point during his matchup with Dylan Fraser

Allen Sams lets the dice fly as he sports his GLADBAG polo shirt during the tourney

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