Getting to be that time of year again. Who’s ready for the next Battle Royale? Thinking about an approx start date of April 1st

If you run it they will come, I'm sure...

Strictly speaking I'm most likely to come 2 day after the signup closes.

(IN)

Registration for BR4 is now open. Same 4 metrics as usual wins, average score, HU, and lenC points. I may send out invites to everyone I know that plays/used to play. Lmk if you have any questions. Good luck!

Random thought...

Is there are tougher opening than 6544X?

We had this in a couple of DCs this year and I think I saw about 12 unique approaches from the field. Every option has drawbacks one way or another. If there was a program that could determine optimal rack 1 placement, I wonder what it would say about 6544X. And, I wonder if the answer for 65442 would be the same as 65441 or 65443. Maybe not?


Kudos to waflles for volunteering his time to run and do stats for....

Battle Royale number.........

March 2018 DC Highlights

	DC Points
SubArcticK	254
Alex	254
velourfog	243
Hg80	237
Derwi	236
nails	226
Bandwagon	217
Dynasty	213
wafflesobv	186
dogfloss	185

	DC Wins
SubArcticK	6
velourfog	6
nails	4
Bandwagon	4
Alex	3
Hg80	3
consul	3
Dynasty	3
wafflesobv	3
Gerad	3

-- SubArcticK and Alex tied for the most DC points in March, but SubArc got the first-place nod for his 6 wins versus Alex's 3. It was SubArc's second consecutive monthly win and sixth straight month in the top 10. After a slow start, SubArc caught fire during the second half of the month, getting 5 of his 6 wins in the last two weeks. But he never led until the final day, when he needed a third-place finish to catch Alex.

-- velourfog's 6 wins during the month helped him take third place, with Hg80 and Derwi close behind. With 14 wins through the first three months, velourfog is on pace to eclipse the all-time record for calendar-year DC wins.

-- Unlike the first two months of the year, where the top two scorers were well ahead of the pack, March featured a tightly bunched group at the top. The top 5 were separated by just 18 points and the entire top 10 by 69 points. In contrast, the top 3 were separated by 87 points in February and 107 points in January.

-- Eight of the top 10 in March were also in the top 10 in February, with Hg80 and Bandwagon replacing arjun13 and Kokirixx. Consequently, arjun's 11-month streak in the top 10 ended in March with a 12th-place finish.

-- Four players (SubArc, velourfog, Alex, and Derwi) have finished in the top 10 in each of the first three months of 2018.



YTD DC Stats

	Yearly Race
SubArcticK	56
Alex	44
velourfog	42
arjun13	28
Derwi	24
Bandwagon	21
nails	20
Dynasty	19
Hg80	16
Gerad	12

	DC Wins
velourfog	14
nails	11
Bandwagon	11
SubArcticK	10
Alex	10
wafflesobv	9
arjun13	8
Derwi	8
Hg80	8
Gerad	8

	DC Points
velourfog	764
SubArcticK	747
Alex	732
Derwi	637
arjun13	628
Bandwagon	622
nails	594
Dynasty	574
wafflesobv	551
Hg80	536

2018 TC DC Stats

excellent work as always nails! 6 hours left to register for BR4! register while you still can

Riding high in February, shot down in march.

BRIV is now live! Follow along at BRIV Stat Sheet

In case anyone is interested, the following table (from the Tournament Summary tab on TC) shows who won overall, who won each of the metrics, and who got purple trophies in the first 3 Battle Royales.

Stats for BRIV updated through game 19. Dogfloss and Bandwagon are off to an early lead. will provide a more through update in the coming days. If anyone notices any errors let me know

Through 25 games it was quite tight up top with Bandwagon, velourfog, dogfloss, Subarctick and arjun all trying to make their claim as the top contender with Bandwagon taking the lead with 8(!) wins in the first 25 games. Is consistancy enough or do you need to go on a run to win? We'll soon find out

We're still not quite through game 50 but here's a preview of the next 25 games...More updates to come

I had this situation the other day. Rack 7 was 66442 so the only question was how to handle the 4 and 2. Rather than do the math on it I just convinced myself that a 2 in the lower right spot in the north zone gives me two shots at connecting the 2 whereas a 2 in the upper left spot in the east zone only gives me one chance (rack 8).

If I went north with the 2 I knew that if I connect with a 2 in rack 8 that I can't handle another 2 in rack 9, but I just hate putting a 2 in a zone with paired 2s in rack 7. My head told me it was probably a bad play, but after I included my tainted outs, air miles and fold equity, it is probably a coinflip...right??? lol. So, I went north with the 2.

Anyway, what is your play here in rack 7? 2 North or 2 East?

Spolier has the correct play (I think..)

I would play the 2 in the top without much thought, i think.

Not surprisingly, I think I made an error. But, even once that is corrected, I still get the same move as the better play, but by a slimmer margin

and

correction again (or not) it sucks to be old....lol

Please stop using spoiler tags.

I have heard that yoga or an occasional massage can be helpful. Weed is also a good option.

April 2018 DC Highlights

	DC Points
arjun13	326
Bandwagon	270
SubArcticK	269
Dynasty	207
wafflesobv	207
consul	192
velourfog	192
Derwi	190
dogfloss	188
nails	179

	DC Wins
Bandwagon	6
arjun13	5
consul	4
SubArcticK	3
Dynasty	3
dogfloss	3

-- After seeing an 11-month top-10 streak end in March, arjun13 reasserted himself with a comfortable first-place finish in April. arjun dominated from the beginning, posting the fifth-highest monthly score on record thanks to 5 wins and 14 other top-five finishes.

-- Bandwagon and SubArcticK were neck-and-neck for second place, with Bandwagon edging out SubArc by a single point. Bandwagon's six wins were the most in April, but SubArc stayed close with 15 top-five finishes. Bandwagon won on three consecutive days (April 20-22), while SubArc currently has the longest active monthly streak in the top 10 (seven), which started after he had a 13-month streak snapped in September 2017.

-- The rest of the top 10 were tightly bunched, separated by just 28 points. dogfloss snuck into the top 10 with a win on the final day of the month, while nails edged out anton-09 by just two points for the last spot in the top 10.

-- Three players (SubArc, velourfog, and Derwi) have finished in the top 10 in every month so far in 2018.



Year-To-Date DC Stats

	Yearly Race
SubArcticK	71
arjun13	53
velourfog	50
Alex	44
Bandwagon	39
Dynasty	31
Derwi	28
wafflesobv	22
nails	21
Hg80	16

	DC Wins
Bandwagon	17
velourfog	16
SubArcticK	13
arjun13	13
nails	12
Alex	11
consul	11
wafflesobv	11
Derwi	10
Hg80	10

	DC Points
SubArcticK	1,016
velourfog	956
arjun13	954
Bandwagon	892
Alex	871
Derwi	827
Dynasty	781
nails	773
wafflesobv	758
Hg80	700

2018 TC DC Stats

Paul quit playing TC?

Yeah, he couldn't handle not being number 1 anymore

wat, somebody was better than him?
velourfog is 3rd in the DC? I remember him being mediocre?
The 62.5k of biggerboat normal score is no longer counted?

It’s a whole new world out there gabe. Wait til you see what’s happened to WW.

I would say arjun had a slight edge before Paul stopped playing, but Paul has three majors to arjun's 0.That is probably variance though. But, if arjun doesn't win a major soon then we will have to call him Sergio.....no wait....Monty, I guess...lol

They are pretty close, but I think arjun gets fewer poor results than Paul. Arjun can get max value out of a mess.

Anyway, maybe Paul will come back at some point.

Well, time to come back and kick some butt then, Gabe....

Actually, velour has been playing very well for at least a half a year. Was purple for a bit. Maybe he made some changes to his game?. Velour handles 1s and 2s very well.

I always thought radisto had it.... 62.5 must have before my time.