Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Only Nerds Will Care, But...

So, I had a bunch of free time today and I was looking at the Austin 4.5 league again and I got to thinking: Is it harder to get disqualified from 4.5 this year?

Obviously, here in Houston we had Troy Toole but I keep coming back to  Kevin Serwatka, Tim Klitch and Conrad Ramirez in Austin, all of whom are self-rates or appeals. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't their records look a lot more impressive than Toole's? I was assured by people in the know that Toole's DQ was 3 strikes related and not a result of self rating too low based on his previous play. Maybe I was misinformed?

Austin did well at Sectionals in 4.5 last year, going a combined 6-2. Since ratings filter down, you would think they'd be fairly high overall in the capital city.

Anyway, I looked at every other 4.5 league in the state, and unless I missed something, there hasn't been another 4.5 disqualification other than Troy Toole. Strange.
Posted by HtownHacker at 6/25/2013 11:41:00 AM

12 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 25, 2013 at 12:05 PM

    Squats will help your tennis.

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  2. NumbersGuyJune 26, 2013 at 7:30 AM

    You're right, on the mens' side. Kelly Harrod Woods on the womens' side is the only other 3-strike 4.5 DQ I see. There were a couple others, but they looks like illegal self-rates. Nerd it is.

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  3. AnonymousJune 26, 2013 at 5:21 PM

    Can anyone tell me what the facebook is that people have kept bringing up? Just curious to try and get more info.
    Thanks

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  4. AnonymousJune 26, 2013 at 6:51 PM

    Invitation only, dude. You're obviously not one of the cool kids.

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  5. AnonymousJune 26, 2013 at 10:25 PM

    Ah, wasn't high school fun? And how nice to be able to keep living it.

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  6. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 5:46 AM

    Congrats to Pete Rios for finishing 8th in the WSOP $3000 No-Limit Holdem Event. He took home $54K for his efforts.

    HTH

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  7. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 7:45 AM

    Www.facebook.com/groups/301184966574152

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  8. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 8:27 AM

    At city playoffs is the scoring format ad or no ad? Why don't they ever hold the playoffs at Memorial park?

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  9. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 8:34 AM

    It's ridiculous to have them No Ad. Is Sectionals No Ad?

    Memorial Park has fewer courts is my guess.

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  10. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 9:24 AM

    no-ad scoring is to shorten night matches because some matches start after 8 and also the availability of the courts. other city play on sat. for league and they have regular scoring. playoffs will be no-ad, and sectionals are play ad

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  11. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 9:35 AM

    Since playoffs are mostly weekend they should play Ad.

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