2017 TOC Wild Card Standings thread (SPOILERS-Game 5 posted)

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2017 TOC Wild Card Standings thread (SPOILERS-Game 5 posted)

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This thread will keep track of the wild cards for this year’s TOC. As always, comments and predictions are welcome. But please do not make any comments about a game you have seen until the results are posted here.
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Re: 2017 TOC Wild Card Standings thread

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Automatic semi-finalists
1. Buzzy Cohen: $16,400+$13,600=$30,000
2. Jason Sterlacci: $18,800+$4,200=$23,000
3. Alan Lin: $19,605+$5=$19,610
4. Lisa Schlitt: $14,400+$1,000=$15,400
5. Andrew Pau: $26,800+$2,200=$29,000

Wild Cards
1. Pranjal Vachaspati: $15,000+$1,401=$16,401 (Game 1)
2. Austin Rogers: $8,000+$8,000=$16,000 (Game 3)
3. Lilly Chin: $12,800-$800=$12,000 (Game 2)
4. Tim Aten: $14,000-$2,500=$11,500 (Game 2)
5. Justin Vossler: $16,000-$7,000=$9,000 (Game 5)
6. Sam Deutsch: $12,400-$4,200=8200 (Game 4)
7. Seth Wilson: $9,900-$4,501=$5,399 (Game 4)
8. Hunter Appler: $1,400+$0=$1,400 (Game 1)
9. David Clemmons: $1,400-$1,400=$0 (Game 3)
10. Jon Eisenman: $3,800-3,800=$0 (Game 5)

Final Jeopardy:
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1. The 1812 Overture
2. Lesotho
3. Lord Byron
4, Washington
5. George Cross
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Re: 2017 TOC Wild Card Standings thread (Game 1 posted)

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Can this headline reflect the fact there are spoilers—would’ve liked not to click in here and see results prior to 7pm eastern when I wouldn’t normally expect not to see results
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Re: 2017 TOC Wild Card Standings thread (Game 1 posted)

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triviawayne wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:43 pm Can this headline reflect the fact there are spoilers—would’ve liked not to click in here and see results prior to 7pm eastern when I wouldn’t normally expect not to see results
My apologies. It did say Game 1 was posted. But I have added the spoiler tag to make it more clear.

I change the thread title just before posting the daily results to show the latest game posted. The time will vary depending when I am able to see the game. Hopefully it will be no later than 6:00 EST.
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Re: 2017 TOC Wild Card Standings thread (Game 1 posted)

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Bamaman wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:51 pm
triviawayne wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:43 pm Can this headline reflect the fact there are spoilers—would’ve liked not to click in here and see results prior to 7pm eastern when I wouldn’t normally expect not to see results
My apologies. It did say Game 1 was posted. But I have added the spoiler tag to make it more clear.

I change the thread title just before posting the daily results to show the latest game posted. The time will vary depending when I am able to see the game. Hopefully it will be no later than 6:00 EST.
I thought it was a placeholder like the daily discussion.
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Re: 2017 TOC Wild Card Standings thread (SPOILERS-Game 3 posted)

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Game 3 is in the books, which of course means we see our first two eliminations. Sorry, to see you go, Hunter and David, but you will always be Jeopardy champions.

Looking forward, I'd say Lily and Tim will have a nervous time during the lunch break. Even Austin and Prajal aren't totally safe. Players landing in the 8-10 thousand range who feel the need to bet it all (which they should, though they don't know that) could spell doom for our leaders.
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Re: 2017 TOC Wild Card Standings thread (SPOILERS-Game 3 posted)

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I know contestants are sequestered prior to their appearance; are they allowed to watch subsequent filmings in the same
round? Even if so, I'd imagine they wouldn't have knowledge of scores prior to their own appearance.
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Ironhorse wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:10 pm I know contestants are sequestered prior to their appearance; are they allowed to watch subsequent filmings in the same
round? Even if so, I'd imagine they wouldn't have knowledge of scores prior to their own appearance.
Everyone who has played does watch from the audience. I would imagine in at least some cases, there could be whispered communication and they could find out from the previous players who has posted what scores and where everyone stands.
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jeff6286 wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:26 pm Everyone who has played does watch from the audience. I would imagine in at least some cases, there could be whispered communication and they could find out from the previous players who has posted what scores and where everyone stands.
No no no no no no no.

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jeff6286 wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:26 pm
Ironhorse wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:10 pm I know contestants are sequestered prior to their appearance; are they allowed to watch subsequent filmings in the same
round? Even if so, I'd imagine they wouldn't have knowledge of scores prior to their own appearance.
Everyone who has played does watch from the audience. I would imagine in at least some cases, there could be whispered communication and they could find out from the previous players who has posted what scores and where everyone stands.
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Re: 2017 TOC Wild Card Standings thread (SPOILERS-Game 3 posted)

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Maybe I misread what he said, but I took him to say the Game 3 people could learn the first two game scores once they got to the audience after their game was over.
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Re: 2017 TOC Wild Card Standings thread (SPOILERS-Game 3 posted)

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Yes, the question was about players watching games after they have played. I'm talking about the players in the audience. After the Wednesday game, Wednesday's players are sitting in the crowd with Monday and Tuesday's players. The players on stage would need to be kept be unaware, hence the whispering.
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So that I am understanding the discussion there are two sides:

A: QF players after their game do not know the WC cutoff scores until after QF5.
B: QF non-winners know where they stand for the WC cutoff once they complete their game.

I'm on Team B as Alex will let players know where they stand in a general sense during the closing chat. In the audience with fellow players whether through whispers or written notes the players who have competed in QF games do know where they stand prior to the final 9 being announced.

We have enough tournament players on this board who can share their experience.
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While we're on the subject of the sequestering, does anyone know what the lunch arrangements are? 4 players who have not played yet (and an alternate, I presume) would have to be kept away from the rest of the group. I would imagine having the two groups on opposite ends of the commissary is not sufficient. My best guess is that maybe the lunch is brought to the green room for the 5 who are still under lockdown?
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jeff6286 wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 9:51 pm While we're on the subject of the sequestering, does anyone know what the lunch arrangements are? 4 players who have not played yet (and an alternate, I presume) would have to be kept away from the rest of the group. I would imagine having the two groups on opposite ends of the commissary is not sufficient. My best guess is that maybe the lunch is brought to the green room for the 5 who are still under lockdown?
I'm sure I've read about green room lunch for that situation. Do you want to count the players again?
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MarkBarrett wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 9:55 pm
jeff6286 wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 9:51 pm While we're on the subject of the sequestering, does anyone know what the lunch arrangements are? 4 players who have not played yet (and an alternate, I presume) would have to be kept away from the rest of the group. I would imagine having the two groups on opposite ends of the commissary is not sufficient. My best guess is that maybe the lunch is brought to the green room for the 5 who are still under lockdown?
I'm sure I've read about green room lunch for that situation. Do you want to count the players again?
oops, lol, I guess there are no defending champions in Tournament QF, I may need to visit the TPH math thread.
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MarkBarrett wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 9:45 pm So that I am understanding the discussion there are two sides:

A: QF players after their game do not know the WC cutoff scores until after QF5.
B: QF non-winners know where they stand for the WC cutoff once they complete their game.

I'm on Team B as Alex will let players know where they stand in a general sense during the closing chat. In the audience with fellow players whether through whispers or written notes the players who have competed in QF games do know where they stand prior to the final 9 being announced.

We have enough tournament players on this board who can share their experience.


In 2001, it was Team B, and lunch in the green room. I can't remember if the alternates (there were two that year) were still sequestered at that point; I suspect so.
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Clearly I (and apparently Golf) read that differently. Oops.
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OntarioQuizzer wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:16 pm Clearly I (and apparently Golf) read that differently. Oops.
Well, read the sequential posting. After going over it repeatedly, how could we not jump to that conclusion especially focusing on the bolded immediately before the apparently misunderstood statement.
Ironhorse wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:10 pm I know contestants are sequestered prior to their appearance; are they allowed to watch subsequent filmings in the same
round? Even if so, I'd imagine they wouldn't have knowledge of scores prior to their own appearance.
jeff6286 wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:26 pm Everyone who has played does watch from the audience. I would imagine in at least some cases, there could be whispered communication and they could find out from the previous players who has posted what scores and where everyone stands.
Regardless, FJ wagering in QF games can be gut-wrenching.
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Golf wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 11:26 pm
OntarioQuizzer wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:16 pm Clearly I (and apparently Golf) read that differently. Oops.
Well, read the sequential posting. After going over it repeatedly, how could we not jump to that conclusion especially focusing on the bolded immediately before the apparently misunderstood statement.
Ironhorse wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:10 pm I know contestants are sequestered prior to their appearance; are they allowed to watch subsequent filmings in the same
round? Even if so, I'd imagine they wouldn't have knowledge of scores prior to their own appearance.
jeff6286 wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:26 pm Everyone who has played does watch from the audience. I would imagine in at least some cases, there could be whispered communication and they could find out from the previous players who has posted what scores and where everyone stands.
Regardless, FJ wagering in QF games can be gut-wrenching.
I now realize the ambiguity in what I posted. I meant "knowledge of scores (from) prior to their own appearance" but didn't word it well.
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