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Cortez, Paulo Ricardo
Current rating: 1896 (#649)

MagicCon Barcelona 2023 Limited Open (LTR limited) starting rating: 1897
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 3189 Grimald, Axel (1500) Won 2-0 +111908
2sealed 3073 Hackett, Nachum (1500) Won 2-1 +111919
3sealed 3011 Coutinho da Silva, Patricio (1539) Lost 0-2 -251894
4sealed 3048 Fernandez, Marcos Jose (1697) Lost 1-2 -221872
5sealed 3083 Guillenea Pujalte, Juan (1681) Won 2-1 +151887
6sealed 3074 Edelman, Douglas (1872) Won 2-1 +181905
7sealed 3035 Xu, Yineng (1532) Won 2-1 +111916
8sealed 3026 Rothen, Christian (1767) Lost 0-2 -201896
top average opponent: 1636record: 5-3 new rating: 1896

Grand Prix Detroit 2019 (M20 limited) starting rating: 1893
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 133 Willoughby, Tom (1682) Lost 0-2 -221871
2sealed 205 Asteriou, John (1482) Won 2-1 +111882
3sealed 237 Nelms, Chad (1417) Won 2-1 +101892
4sealed 181 Brooks, John (1397) Won 2-1 +101902
5sealed 70 Carson, Bob (1677) Won 2-1 +141916
6sealed 78 Moore, Nick (1644) Won 2-1 +131929
7sealed 29 Fiedler, Andrew (1571) Lost 1-2 -241905
8sealed 80 Sargent, Joe (1684) Won 2-1 +141919
9sealed 50 Schmidt, Tyler (1670) Lost 0-2 -231896
10draft 41 Brown, Dylan [USA] (1715) Won 2-0 +151911
11draft 42 Bruni, Adam (1625) Lost 1-2 -231888
12draft 42 Krut, Isaak (1872) Won 2-0 +181906
13draft 27 Kappauf, Collin (1597) Lost 0-2 -241882
14draft 11 Kuchar, Craig (1671) Won 2-0 +151897
15draft 26 McLeskey, Kevin (1699) ID 01897
top average opponent: 1627record: 9-5-1 new rating: 1897

Grand Prix Orlando 2018 (M19 standard) starting rating: 1903
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 221 Lacey, Curtis (1491) Lost 1-2 -251878
2standard 319 Conant, Tony (1481) Won 2-0 +111889
3standard 375 Ross, Brendan (1449) Won 2-0 +111900
4standard 308 Woods, Allen (1519) Won 2-1 +111911
5standard 188 Noonan, Christopher (1641) Lost 0-2 -231888
6standard 295 Johnson, Angelique (1564) Won 2-0 +121900
7standard 176 Thornton, Dustin (1702) Won 2-1 +151915
8standard 69 Yarbrough, Christopher (1688) Lost 1-2 -221893
top average opponent: 1567record: 5-3 new rating: 1893

Grand Prix Metz 2017 (HOU limited) starting rating: 1928
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 76 Schulthess, Johan (1500) Lost 0-2 -251903
top record: 0-1 new rating: 1903

Grand Prix Madrid 2016 (KLD standard) starting rating: 1926
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 315 Anders, Torsten (1518) Won 2-0 +111937
4standard 25 van der Meer, Thijs (1605) Draw 1-1 -61931
5standard 95 Hauser, Holt (1662) Won 2-0 +131944
6standard 45 Kowalski, Grzegorz (2109) Lost 1-2 -151929
7standard 119 Harding, Tommy (1521) Won 2-1 +111940
8standard 89 Velazquez, Jose Luis (1923) Won 2-0 +181958
9standard 44 Barranco, Alvaro (1600) Won 1-0 +121970
10standard 24 Worsnop, George (1675) Draw 1-1 -61964
11standard 53 Bourdinaud, Guillaume (1875) Won 2-0 +171981
12standard 33 Cammilluzzi, Marco (1800) Lost 0-2 -221959
13standard 66 Harendarz, Michal (1540) Lost 1-2 -251934
14standard 102 Fortier, Remi (1952) Lost 0-2 -171917
15standard 126 Romero Lopez, Eva (1572) Won 2-1 +111928
top average opponent: 1719record: 7-4-2 new rating: 1928

Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad (SOI standard) starting rating: 1950
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 131 Lai, Pak Yin (1749) Won 2-0 +141964
2draft 183 Sochurek, Petr (2143) Lost 0-2 -151949
3draft 186 Sim, Chapman (1912) Won 2-0 +181967
4standard 78 Goertzen, Dominik (1784) Won 2-0 +141981
5standard 35 Feingersh, Rachel (1860) Lost 1-2 -201961
6standard 50 Tyler, Samuel (1528) Won 2-1 +111972
7standard 31 Ucuzal, Batuhan (1840) Won 2-0 +151987
8standard 36 Rade, Olle (1878) Lost 0-2 -201967
9draft 74 Holiday, Nathan (1992) Won 2-0 +191986
10draft 66 Robdrup, Andy (1836) Won 2-1 +152001
11draft 11 Larsson, Joel (2013) Lost 0-2 -181983
12standard 27 Martineau, Jerome (1809) Lost 1-2 -211962
13standard 59 Black, Samuel (2029) Lost 1-2 -171945
14standard 73 Burkhart, Corey (1865) Lost 1-2 -191926
top average opponent: 1874record: 7-7 new rating: 1926

Grand Prix Barcelona 2016 (SOI limited) starting rating: 1918
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 89 Habert, Alexandre (1718) Lost 0-2 -211897
4sealed 359 Ortiz de Zarate, Javier (1607) Won 2-0 +121909
5sealed 307 van Donselaar, Philip (1536) Lost 0-2 -241885
6sealed 422 Save, Lex (1522) Won 2-1 +121897
7sealed 213 Hall, Andy (1622) Won 2-0 +131910
8sealed 265 Batista, Ricardo (1596) Won 2-0 +121922
9sealed 132 Vicente Mora, Javier (1689) Won 2-0 +141936
10draft 150 Joachim, David (1830) Lost 0-2 -201916
11draft 100 Noorlander, Niels (1838) Lost 0-2 -191897
12draft 161 Laine, Fabien (1685) Won 2-0 +141911
13draft 44 Ramiro Cano, Adrian (1695) Won 2-1 +141925
14draft 228 Canetti, Alberto (1536) Won 2-1 +111936
15draft 93 Gueler Berdasco, Fernando (1679) Won 2-0 +141950
top average opponent: 1658record: 9-4 new rating: 1950

Grand Prix Porto Alegre 2015 (modern) starting rating: 1930
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 5 Karam, Vinicius (1573) Lost 1-2 -241906
4modern 199 Karim Bueno, Alexandre (1425) Won 2-1 +101916
5modern 50 Munhoz Pires, Matheus (1620) Won 2-1 +121928
6modern 88 Gonzalez, Fernando David (1543) Won 2-0 +121940
7modern 42 Pena Congregado, Nahuel (1604) Won 2-1 +121952
8modern 27 William, Frank (1561) Won 2-0 +111963
9modern 16 Saporito, Thiago (2070) Lost 0-2 -161947
10modern 34 Greene, David (1628) Won 0-0 +121959
11modern 15 Damasceno, Joaquim (1615) Lost 1-2 -241935
12modern 29 Zonatto, Guilherme Leandro (1572) Won 2-1 +121947
13modern 15 Portugal, Marco (1623) Draw 0-0 -61941
14modern 16 Landim, Roger William (1654) Lost 1-2 -231918
15modern 23 da Costa, Ivo Rafael (1604) ID 01918
top average opponent: 1622record: 7-4-2 new rating: 1918

Grand Prix Santiago 2015 (ORI limited) starting rating: 1956
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 119 Alvial, Marco (1541) Lost 0-2 -251931
4sealed 189 Meza, Raimundo (1638) Won 2-1 +131944
5sealed 63 Astroza Tagle, Alonso (1592) Lost 0-2 -241920
6sealed 135 Veloso Ellis, Camilo (1517) Won 2-0 +111931
7sealed 90 Klotz, Jorge (1585) Won 2-1 +121943
8sealed 50 Toro, Cristian (1537) Won 2-0 +111954
9sealed 21 Bisquertt, Alejandro (1638) Won 2-0 +121966
10draft 3 Perez Osan, Ramiro (1599) Won 2-0 +121978
11draft 18 Casanova, Hector (1492) Won 2-0 +91987
12draft 6 Parot, Ignacio (1742) Lost 1-2 -221965
13draft 19 Rivera Tapia, Guillerm (1611) Lost 0-2 -241941
14draft 6 Chavarria, John (1678) Lost 0-2 -231918
15draft 36 Albornoz, Gonzalo (1571) Won 2-0 +121930
top average opponent: 1596record: 8-5 new rating: 1930

Grand Prix San Diego 2015 (ORI standard) starting rating: 1866
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 189 Eugenio, Brian (1688) Won 2-0 +151881
4standard 154 Wang, Kevin (1556) Won 2-0 +121893
5standard 47 Pastorinni, Luckas (1740) Won 2-1 +151908
6standard 17 Paxton, Corey (1707) Won 2-0 +151923
7standard 1 Shenhar, Shahar (1932) Lost 0-2 -181905
8standard 42 Lax, Ari (1956) Won 2-0 +191924
9standard 26 Manfield, Seth (2086) Lost 1-2 -151909
10standard 29 Waxer, Nathan (1812) Lost 1-2 -201889
11standard 64 Alonso, Jeovani (1679) Won 2-0 +141903
12standard 51 Farivar, Omid (1547) Won 2-1 +121915
13standard 22 Cua, Paolo (1634) Won 2-0 +131928
14standard 22 Pardue, Kenneth (1653) Won 2-0 +131941
15standard 14 McShea, Kevin (1775) Won 2-0 +151956
top average opponent: 1751record: 10-3 new rating: 1956

Pro Tour Magic Origins (ORI standard) starting rating: 1799
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 61 Avera, Trent (1564) Won 2-1 +141813
2draft 97 Mondello, Jake (1719) Won 2-0 +161829
3draft 41 McVety, Max (1723) Lost 1-2 -201809
4standard 93 Yasooka, Shota (1981) Won 2-1 +221831
5standard 47 Labahn, Nikolas (1940) Lost 1-2 -161815
6standard 45 Lee, Brian (1678) Lost 0-2 -211794
7standard 100 Del Basso, Federico (1794) Lost 0-2 -181776
8standard 132 Hottmann, Alex (1885) Won 2-0 +201796
9draft 40 Martinez, Adrian (1506) Won 2-1 +131809
10draft 71 Hauck, Christian (1926) Won 2-1 +201829
11draft 71 McLean, Trey (1552) Won 2-0 +131842
12standard 30 Adams, Evan (1835) Won 2-0 +181860
13standard 22 Froehlich, Eric (2099) Lost 0-2 -141846
14standard 52 Weller-Gordon, Brian (1608) Won 2-0 +141860
15standard 33 Rubin, Steve (2047) Won 2-0 +211881
16standard 26 Farnung, Ian (2023) Lost 0-2 -151866
top average opponent: 1805record: 10-6 new rating: 1866

Grand Prix Dallas-Fort Worth 2015 (ORI limited) starting rating: 1668
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 308 Phillips, Jase (1521) Won 2-0 +161684
4sealed 106 Donnan, Blake (1669) Won 2-0 +171701
5sealed 42 Lehmkuhl, Mike (1558) Lost 1-2 -201681
6sealed 143 Monahan, Matthew (1566) Won 2-1 +161697
7sealed 109 Soumet, Arnaud (1707) Won 2-0 +181715
8sealed 70 Warren, Joshua (1632) Won 2-0 +161731
9sealed 37 Freeman, Marcelino (2005) Lost 0-2 -131718
10draft 32 Gottstein, Jeff (1717) Won 2-1 +181736
11draft 34 Stern, Jon (1869) Won 2-0 +211757
12draft 32 Zamora, Nathan (1714) Won 2-0 +171774
13draft 3 Dominguez, Javier (2047) Won 2-0 +231797
14draft 46 Smith, Nathaniel (2031) Lost 0-2 -141783
15draft 23 Birrell, Ian (1697) Won 2-0 +161799
top average opponent: 1749record: 10-3 new rating: 1799

Grand Prix Buenos Aires 2015 (DTK standard) starting rating: 1642
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 89 Feliciani, Damian (1516) Lost 1-2 -211621
4standard 83 Vallerga, Nahuel (1414) Won 2-1 +151636
5standard 102 Authier, Martin (1402) Won 2-0 +131649
6standard 52 Cardell, Leandro (1527) Draw 1-1 -21647
7standard 57 Visconti, Pablo (1550) Won 2-0 +161663
8standard 35 Gavilondo, Nicolas (1613) Won 2-0 +181681
9standard 20 Bastard, Juan Pablo (1587) Won 2-1 +161697
10standard 12 Mangolin Filho, Davi (1645) Won 2-1 +171714
11standard 7 Maynard, Pascal (1970) Lost 0-2 -141700
12standard 15 Castro Saa, Eduardo (1720) Lost 1-2 -171683
13standard 23 Edel, Willy (1959) Won 2-0 +231706
14standard 16 Quiroga, Martin (1723) Lost 1-2 -181688
15standard 24 Carrizo, Alejandro (1591) Lost 0-2 -201668
top average opponent: 1632record: 7-5-1 new rating: 1668

Grand Prix Sao Paulo 2015 (DTK standard) starting rating: 1667
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 155 De Biasi, Julio (1619) Won 2-0 +171684
4standard 79 Ferreira, Felipe (1557) Won 2-0 +161700
5standard 32 Barroso, Fabio (1572) Lost 1-2 -201680
6standard 100 Nani Ogi, Rodrigo (1554) Lost 0-2 -211659
7standard 125 Siqueira, Leonardo (1669) Lost 1-2 -171642
top average opponent: 1594record: 2-3 new rating: 1642

Grand Prix Liverpool 2015 (FRF limited) starting rating: 1624
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 247 Clarke, Adam (1483) Won 2-0 +151639
3sealed 60 Jbeili, Reginald (1625) Won 2-0 +181657
4sealed 135 Vojta, Jakub (1838) Won 2-0 +211678
5sealed 22 Sukaitis, Tomas (1651) Won 2-1 +181696
6sealed 28 Levy, Raphael (2065) Lost 1-2 -121684
7sealed 36 Perin, Lionel (1799) Lost 1-2 -161668
8sealed 134 Parker, Samuel A (1556) Won 2-1 +161684
9sealed 70 Rebagliati, Nicola (1738) Lost 0-2 -171667
top average opponent: 1719record: 5-3 new rating: 1667

Grand Prix Baltimore 2014 (KTK limited) starting rating: 1635
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 190 Evaristo, Tommy (1657) Lost 0-2 -181617
3sealed 306 McGinnis, Kevin (1370) Won 2-1 +141631
4sealed 320 Fellman, Sean (1592) Won 2-0 +171648
5sealed 180 Boyer, John (1385) Won 2-1 +141662
6sealed 99 Shao, Phillip (1725) Lost 1-2 -171645
7sealed 189 Geyer, Pierson (1480) Lost 0-2 -211624
top average opponent: 1535record: 3-3 new rating: 1624

Pro Tour Magic 2015 (M15 standard) starting rating: 1676
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 110 Ramis Pascual, Toni (2010) Lost 0-2 -121664
2draft 36 Janousek, Brian (1479) Won 2-1 +151679
3draft 114 Jansen, Adam (1897) Lost 0-2 -141665
4standard 130 Sloan, Shawn (1464) Lost 0-2 -221643
5standard 136 Applegate, Levi (1482) Won 2-1 +151658
6standard 121 Shmanka, Peter (1507) Lost 1-2 -211637
7standard 120 Murdock, Charley (1749) Won 2-0 +201657
8standard 111 Miller, Nicholas (1417) Lost 1-2 -221635
top average opponent: 1626record: 3-5 new rating: 1635

Grand Prix Boston-Worcester 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1728
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4modern 127 Burger, Erik (1503) Won 2-1 +141742
5modern 14 Manner, Joey (1566) Lost 0-2 -211721
6modern 55 Hadayia, John (1558) Won 2-0 +151736
7modern 57 Wilson, Miles (1576) Won 2-1 +151751
8modern 32 Frado, Jean-Louis (1640) Won 2-1 +161767
9modern 22 Wilson, Jacob (2006) Lost 0-2 -141753
10modern 120 Victory, Robert (1778) Lost 1-2 -171736
11modern 126 Robinson, Bradley (1649) Lost 1-2 -201716
12modern 131 Fischer, Brandon (1636) Lost 0-2 -191697
13modern 125 Carl, Scott (1546) Lost 1-2 -211676
top average opponent: 1646record: 4-6 new rating: 1676

2009 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1755
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 168 Kurihara, Shingou (2057) Won 2-0 +241779
2standard 37 Skiba, Jacek (1611) Lost 1-2 -221757
3standard 61 Meza, Raimundo (1507) Lost 1-2 -221735
4standard 167 Romao, Carlos (1724) Lost 1-2 -181717
5standard 180 Floch, Ivan (1844) Lost 1-2 -161701
6standard 188 Mottram, Peter (1514) Won 2-0 +151716
7draft 105 Wolf, Christopher (1643) Lost 0-2 -201696
8draft 145 Cheung, Justin (1753) Lost 0-2 -171679
9draft 186 Ootsuka, Koutarou (1968) Won 2-0 +241703
10draft 132 Voda, Bogdan (1455) Won 2-0 +131716
11draft 88 Kratter, Filippo (1660) Won 2-0 +171733
12draft 140 Kopec, Mateusz (1711) Won 2-1 +181751
13extended 84 Luo, Ryan (1628) Won 2-0 +151766
14extended 95 Hebky, Michal (1827) Lost 0-2 -161750
15extended 109 Tai, Kei Leung (1564) Lost 1-2 -221728
top average opponent: 1698record: 7-8 new rating: 1728

Grand Prix Tampa 2009 (ZEN limited) starting rating: 1720
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 94 May, John (1630) Won 2-0 +171737
5sealed 10 Loeb, Davy (1723) Won 2-1 +181755
6sealed 21 Fruchtman, Kurt (1688) Won 2-1 +161771
7sealed 13 Vidugiris, Gaudenis (1874) Lost 1-2 -161755
8sealed 42 Ruel, Olivier (1852) Lost 0-2 -161739
9sealed 78 Dudley, Glen (1524) Won 2-0 +141753
10draft 14 Efland, Zach (1803) Won 2-0 +191772
11draft 41 Vieira, Guilherme (1748) Lost 1-2 -181754
12draft 3 Parke, Jamie (1900) Won 2-0 +201774
13draft 24 Littlefield, Mark E (1645) Lost 1-2 -201754
14draft 50 Hoaen, Rich (1890) Lost 0-2 -161738
15draft 33 Hostutler, Justin (1672) Won 2-0 +171755
top average opponent: 1746record: 7-5 new rating: 1755

Pro Tour Austin 2009 (extended) starting rating: 1624
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 73 Jackson, Jeremy (1476) Won 2-1 +151639
2extended 41 Jensen, Axel (1604) Won 2-1 +171656
3extended 36 Sadin, Steven (1645) Won 2-0 +181674
4extended 15 Nakamura, Shuhei (1990) Won 2-1 +241698
5extended 6 Bessey, Stan (1728) Won 2-0 +181716
6draft 25 Zafra, Marcel Angelo (1689) Won 2-0 +181734
7draft 85 Kibler, Brian (1926) Lost 0-2 -151719
8draft 45 Asahara, Akira (1985) Won 2-0 +231742
9draft 23 Damo da Rosa, Paulo Vitor (2043) Lost 1-2 -131729
10draft 14 Levy, Raphael (2027) Lost 0-2 -121717
11draft 34 Estratti, Samuele (1813) Won 2-0 +191736
12extended 10 Kelly, John-Paul (1723) Lost 0-2 -181718
13extended 24 Maubert, Noham (1619) Won 2-1 +161734
14extended 13 Gaviglio, Luca (1630) Won 2-1 +161750
15extended 15 Imperiale, Jason (1849) Lost 1-2 -161734
16extended 15 Takahashi, Yuta (1968) Lost 0-2 -141720
top average opponent: 1795record: 10-6 new rating: 1720

Grand Prix Sao Paulo 2009 (ARB standard) starting rating: 1631
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4standard 12 Dutra de Lima, Joao Roberto (1522) Lost 1-2 -201611
5standard 106 Moroni Serio, Fernando (1535) Won 2-0 +161627
6standard 53 Vieira, Victor (1513) Won 0-0 +161643
7standard 25 Fagundes, Ian (1572) Won 2-0 +171660
8standard 15 Cespedes, Cristian (1543) Lost 0-2 -201640
9standard 36 de Diego, Pedro (1753) Lost 1-2 -161624
top average opponent: 1573record: 3-3 new rating: 1624

Pro Tour Kyoto 2009 (CON standard) starting rating: 1564
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 87 Calvetto, Marcello (1729) Lost 1-2 -151549
2standard 110 Miller, Rashad (1727) Won 2-1 +221571
3standard 58 de Antonio Canela, Ferran (1568) Lost 0-2 -181553
4standard 132 Saitou, Kotatsu (1559) Won 2-1 +181571
5draft 25 Nabi, Basil (1471) Won 2-0 +161587
6draft 158 Thompson, Jack (1484) Won 2-1 +161603
7draft 70 Tietze, Maxwell (1661) Lost 0-2 -171586
8draft 42 Kozal, Tyler (1597) Lost 1-2 -181568
9draft 22 Kong, Chong Teng (1649) Lost 1-2 -161552
11standard 86 Szleifer, Gadiel (1734) Won 2-0 +211573
12standard 73 De Los Santos, Julian (1647) Won 2-0 +191592
13standard 46 Takeda, Hiroki (1646) Won 2-0 +191611
14standard 45 Kleij, Rogier (1680) Won 2-1 +201631
top average opponent: 1627record: 8-5 new rating: 1631

Grand Prix Rotterdam 2009 (CON limited) starting rating: 1546
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 463 Libeer, Thomas (1537) Won 2-1 +181564
4sealed 439 Possemiers, Ben (1529) Won 2-1 +171581
5sealed 415 Feenstra, Rens (1568) Won 2-1 +181599
6sealed 402 Vieren, Peter (1769) Lost 0-2 -151584
7sealed 426 Noordzij, Wouter (1487) Won 2-0 +161600
8sealed 413 Prost, Andrejs (1580) Lost 0-2 -181582
9sealed 445 Perpete, Fabrice (1618) Lost 1-2 -181564
top average opponent: 1584record: 4-3 new rating: 1564

Grand Prix Buenos Aires 2008 (SHM standard) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4standard 22 Walter, Joaquin (1501) Lost 0-2 -181482
5standard 110 Ferrari Spampinato, Gonzalo (1675) Won 2-1 +211503
6standard 53 Norambuena, Pablo (1537) Won 2-0 +191522
7standard 25 Amalfitano, Agustin (1521) Won 2-0 +181540
8standard 12 Bernabe, Julio (1705) Won 2-1 +211561
9standard 3 Ugalde, Dionisio (1682) Won 2-1 +201581
10standard 2 Braga, Francisco (1634) Lost 1-2 -171564
11standard 10 De Michielli, Luiz Guilherme (1618) Won 2-1 +191583
12standard 7 Borges, Eduardo (1599) Lost 0-2 -181565
13standard 9 Nakamura, Shuhei (2030) Lost 0-2 -101555
14standard 16 Damo da Rosa, Paulo Vitor (2054) Lost 0-2 -91546
top average opponent: 1687record: 6-5 new rating: 1546