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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Please join me in thanking Andre for all of his hard work involved in running this tournament.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">All GVTTC members should realize this is an UNPAID position and strictly volunteer. It takes a lot of time and work on his part --- thank you, Andre.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2F5496">Jay<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> gvttc.general <gvttc.general-bounces@gvttc.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andre MARONIAN via gvttc.general<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 29, 2021 8:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> general GVTTC <gvttc.general@gvttc.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gvttc general] May 29 Tournament Results<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">GVTTC,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">I’d like to congratulate the following accomplishments</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">NOTE: we used Ratings Central ratings for this event
<a href="http://www.ratingscentral.com">www.ratingscentral.com</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h6 style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Open: Champion Koen Kron Runner-Up Dustin Zemaitis</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h6>
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<h6 style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">U1200: Champion Alex Mihill Runner-Up Mike Brown</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h6>
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<h6 style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">U1000: Champion Chris Benatos Runner-Up Vaibhav Misra</span><o:p></o:p></h6>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt">The website has been updated!</span><o:p></o:p></h6>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">We tried a new format that seemed quite <span style="color:black">successful and</span> I can assure you we’ll run it back again. We ran less events allowing for more matches … everyone advances off their table.</span><o:p></o:p></h6>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">How? We did the normal seeded draws for group round robins. Next everyone advanced in appropriate round robin groups again based on their results. We called it the upper and lower groups. Finally, the top 2 upper group finishers
came off their tables for a semi final and final. Players in the U1200 event and Open event experienced between 8 to 10 matches per event. If anyone that competed wants to “reply all” with their experience please do so.</span><o:p></o:p></h6>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">We streamed most of the day on our Facebook page. You can either access those matches at Facebook OR you can visit our website at
<a href="http://www.gvttc.com">www.gvttc.com</a>, scroll to the bottom of the home page and see it there. Remember, if you like the GVTTC Facebook group, you’ll be notified immediately when we GO LIVE.</span><o:p></o:p></h6>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">We’re looking at our next unsanctioned tournament sometime in August …. Stay tuned!</span><o:p></o:p></h6>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></h6>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">Andre Maronian</span><o:p></o:p></h6>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">President GVTTC</span><o:p></o:p></h6>
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