Krysztof won the March 2016 41-point Handicap Club Tournament!

Congratulation to Krysztof, our champion of the March 2016 KTTC 41-point Handicap Club Tournament.  On March 1st, 2016, KTTC hosts a club tournament using the USATT 41-point handicap system.  The tournament uses single elimination format and 16 warriors have to brave the strong rain storm to show up and compete.  The tournament is one of our club fun events and every player will put in $3.00 for the prize money pool.  The winner takes 50% of the pool money and 1st runner-up will take 25% of the pool money.  For this time, we also played the third place match for a prize of $5.00.  Even 4th place receive his entry fee of $3.00 back.

Since there was no seeding in this tournament, the draw was done by the players themselves.  The tournament was quite a nerve-wrecking experience especially for those with higher USATT rating players.  There are many upsets as well.  Naveed has played above his level and beat Peng in the first round with a score of 41 to 39.  That’s close to 500 point rating difference!

On the other bracket, Jonathan has to overcome a large handicap disadvantage to defeat Eric with a final score of 42 to 40 just to get past first round!

In the Semi-Finals, the first match is between Sammy and Naveed.  Both players are quite close after the handicap advantage.  Naveed has to give Sammy a slight advantage to start the match.  In the end, Sammy consistency pays off and defeated Naveed with a score of 41 vs 34.

The second Semi-Final match is between Ed and Krysztof.  Ed has a huge handicap disadvantage to start the match and even with his ferocious short pips forehand attacks, it is too big of a hill to overcome.  Krysztof defeated Ed with a score of 41 to 21.

In the Final, it was Krysztof and Sammy who reach the final by wise tactics and a bit of handicap advantage. Krysztof receives a slight 4 point advantage to start the match and he never let that advantage go in the end.  With good services and good ball placements, Krzysztof defeated Sammy with a final score of 41 to 30.

Ed and Naveed also played in the 3rd place match and it was Naveed came out as the victor with a score of 41 to 32.

Thanks every one for participating the event and we hope every one had a great time.  We will see you in our next club tournament.

The full tournament results:

1st Round:
Nic beats Kermit 44-42
Krysztof beats Kathy 41-25
Ed beats George 41-34
Jonathan beats Eric 42-40
HongChu beats Wojciech 41-39
Sammy beats Greg 41-17
Naveed beats Peng 41-39
John beats Dong 41-26

2nd Round:
Krysztof beats Nic 41-35
Ed beats Jonathan 41-32
Sammy beats HongChu 41-23
Naveed beats John 41-31

Semi-Finals:
Krysztof beats Ed 41-21
Sammy beats Naveed 41-34

Final:
Krysztof beats Sammy 41-30

3rd Place:
Naveed beats Ed 41-32