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Michael, Kevin
Current rating: 1837 (#1397)

Regional Championships Atlanta 2022 (pioneer) starting rating: 1760
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 1249 Nguyen, Minh (1644) Lost 1-2 -211739
2pioneer 1370 Kahovec, Nate (1736) Lost 0-2 -181721
3pioneer 1389 Rudzena, Jack (1554) Won 2-0 +151736
4pioneer 1336 Papis, George (1474) Won 2-1 +141750
5pioneer 1202 Sperling, Matthew (1885) Won 2-0 +201770
6pioneer 1121 Shiels, Brian (1767) Won 2-1 +181788
7pioneer 1124 Baker, Kazi (1736) Won 2-0 +171805
8pioneer 1056 Alford, Gerrick (1750) Won 2-0 +171822
9pioneer 1063 Panuccio, Conor (1553) Lost 1-2 -231799
10pioneer 1092 Marquez, Adrian (1808) Won 2-1 +181817
11pioneer 1061 Mize, Logan (2024) Won 2-0 +221839
12pioneer 1041 Lundquist, Ben (1956) Lost 0-2 -161823
13pioneer 1066 Cushing, Mickey (1594) Won 2-1 +141837
top average opponent: 1729record: 9-4 new rating: 1837

Grand Prix Washington DC 2019 (MH1 limited) starting rating: 1831
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 109 Plamondon, Brandon (1463) Lost 0-0 -241807
3sealed 400 Najafpoor, Omid (1555) Lost 1-2 -231784
4sealed 397 Neal, Brian (1401) Lost 0-2 -241760
top average opponent: 1473record: 0-3 new rating: 1760

Grand Prix Cleveland 2019 (RNA limited) starting rating: 1858
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 146 Wilson, Mike (1439) Won 2-0 +111869
3sealed 250 Larratta, Leonard (1520) Lost 1-2 -241845
4sealed 285 Hamasoor, Delan (1645) Won 2-0 +141859
5sealed 255 Murray, Matt (1570) Lost 0-2 -231836
6sealed 321 Byerly, Steven (1552) Won 2-0 +131849
7sealed 134 Gellis, Dylan (1849) Lost 1-2 -181831
top average opponent: 1596record: 3-3 new rating: 1831

Grand Prix Atlanta 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1911
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 312 Baker, Christian (1679) Won 2-0 +141925
4modern 64 Sochurek, Petr (1924) Lost 1-2 -181907
5modern 122 Cockrell, Joseph (1610) Lost 0-2 -231884
6modern 331 Fortuno, Nicholas (1451) Lost 0-2 -261858
top average opponent: 1666record: 1-3 new rating: 1858

Grand Prix Orlando 2018 (M19 standard) starting rating: 1884
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 183 Vaught, Tim (1588) Won 2-0 +131897
2standard 105 Greenberg, Jacob (1521) Won 2-0 +111908
3standard 225 Nicolas, Victor (1819) Won 2-1 +171925
4standard 80 Carter, Paul (1495) Won 2-1 +101935
5standard 23 Casatti, Vagner William (1990) Won 2-0 +191954
6standard 12 Daniels, Vincent (1570) Lost 0-2 -241930
7standard 23 San Roman, Gabriel (1584) Won 2-1 +121942
8standard 35 Keene, Nathan (1633) Lost 0-2 -241918
9standard 86 Daniels, Brandun (1506) Won 2-1 +111929
10standard 29 Gifford, Valentino (1598) Won 2-0 +121941
11standard 10 Lou, Violet (1928) Lost 1-2 -181923
12standard 29 Egan, Kevin (1756) Lost 1-2 -211902
13standard 49 McCord, Kristopher (1724) Won 2-0 +151917
14standard 50 Austin, Lance (1797) Lost 0-2 -201897
15standard 64 Prieto, Luis Delfin (1699) Won 2-0 +141911
top average opponent: 1680record: 10-5 new rating: 1911

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2018 (DOM standard) starting rating: 1978
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 14 McNeil, William (1549) Lost 1-2 -251953
2standard 269 Shipman, Dakotah (1481) Won 2-1 +101963
3standard 253 Desposito, Nicolas (1403) Lost 0-2 -271936
4standard 385 Wilcox, Robert (1479) Lost 0-2 -261910
5standard 379 Klein, Spencer (1462) Lost 0-2 -261884
top average opponent: 1475record: 1-4 new rating: 1884

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2018 (modern) (modern) starting rating: 1918
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 659 Drake, Darryl (1694) Won 2-1 +141932
2modern 28 Diaz, Daniel (1643) Lost 1-2 -241908
3modern 614 Cluphf, Tim (1494) Won 2-1 +111919
4modern 375 Rollins, Justin (1521) Won 2-0 +111930
5modern 325 Lowery, William (1522) Won 2-1 +111941
6modern 248 Lundgren, Benjamin (1605) Won 2-1 +121953
7modern 179 Huang, Jim (1604) Won 2-1 +121965
8modern 58 Paglia, Vincent (1785) Won 2-1 +151980
9modern 5030 Takeda, Hiroki (1739) Won 2-1 +141994
10modern 5018 Gay, Robert (1665) Won 2-1 +122006
11modern 5006 Thompson, Gerry (2053) Lost 1-2 -171989
12modern 5021 Loveman, Eli (1897) Won 2-1 +162005
13modern 5021 Murch, Andrew (1798) Won 2-0 +142019
14modern 5005 De Silva, Travis (1863) Lost 0-2 -201999
15modern 5035 Friedman, Samuel (1868) Lost 1-2 -211978
top average opponent: 1717record: 11-4 new rating: 1978

Grand Prix Hartford 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1849
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 520 Kelly, Jordan (1500) Lost 0-2 -241825
2modern 630 Bakker, Jonathan (1448) Won 2-0 +121837
3modern 450 Lupica, Matthew (1444) Won 2-1 +111848
4modern 303 Giguere, David-Alexandre (1488) Won 2-0 +111859
5modern 125 Winston, Ezra (1538) Won 2-1 +131872
6modern 130 Patalano, Christopher (1687) Won 2-0 +141886
7modern 135 Derczo, Michael (1885) Won 2-1 +181904
8modern 25 Hare, Ryan (1810) Won 2-0 +171921
9modern 208 Dore, Maxime (1797) Won 2-1 +151936
10modern 206 Li, Tianjian (1711) Lost 1-2 -221914
11modern 266 Sabia, Sean (1608) Lost 1-2 -231891
12modern 286 Hargrove, Derek (1597) Won 2-0 +131904
13modern 255 Joseph-Pare, Bertrand (1822) Lost 1-2 -201884
14modern 283 Thompson, Kale (2010) Won 2-0 +211905
15modern 264 Pronovost, Stephen (1621) Won 2-0 +131918
top average opponent: 1664record: 11-4 new rating: 1918

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2017 (AER standard) starting rating: 1912
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 102 Harris, Zach (1575) Lost 1-2 -241888
2standard 401 Slaff, Steven (1523) Lost 1-2 -251863
3standard 592 Cilione, Nicki (1465) Won 2-0 +111874
4standard 550 Gadus, Matthew (1465) Lost 0-2 -251849
top average opponent: 1507record: 1-3 new rating: 1849

Grand Prix New York 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1933
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 85 Abel, Taran (1463) Won 2-0 +101943
2standard 257 Carmola, Daren (1499) Won 2-1 +111954
3standard 341 Mondello, Jake (1729) Lost 1-2 -221932
4standard 573 Fullen, Brittany (1518) Won 2-0 +101942
5standard 227 Kurant, Michael (1521) Won 2-0 +111953
6standard 244 Aune, Eirik (1831) Lost 1-2 -201933
7standard 355 Jennings, Dylan (1562) Won 2-1 +121945
8standard 166 Hopkins, Michael (1797) Won 2-0 +151960
9standard 124 Demicco, Edward (1613) Won 2-1 +121972
10standard 74 Lindo, Aaron (1743) Lost 1-2 -221950
11standard 106 Calcano, Christian (1993) Lost 1-2 -181932
12standard 213 Battistelli, Alex (1768) Lost 0-2 -201912
top average opponent: 1670record: 7-5 new rating: 1912

Grand Prix Indianapolis 2015 (BFZ standard) starting rating: 1792
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 67 Pannel, Adam (1500) Won 2-1 +131805
2standard 37 Wise, Jacob (1597) Won 2-0 +141819
3standard 45 Moffett, Brad (1536) Won 2-0 +131832
4standard 30 Carney, Benjamin (1556) Lost 0-2 -231809
5standard 162 Merriam, Ross (2016) Won 2-0 +221831
6standard 52 Harrell, Chase (1582) Won 2-0 +141845
7standard 37 Deng, Steven (1622) Won 2-0 +141859
8standard 16 Coisson, Stefan (1661) Draw 1-1 -41855
9standard 34 Eckert, Jacob (1550) Won 0-0 +131868
10standard 16 Mireles, Ambrocio (1614) Won 2-1 +131881
11standard 11 Morgan, Christopher (1785) Lost 0-2 -191862
12standard 28 Fennell, Christopher (1886) Won 2-1 +181880
13standard 14 Manfield, Seth (2206) Won 2-1 +241904
14standard 9 Kuchar, Craig (1682) Won 2-1 +141918
15standard 7 Mironovich, Andrew (1783) Won 2-0 +151933
top average opponent: 1705record: 12-2-1 new rating: 1933

Grand Prix Providence 2015 (DTK standard) starting rating: 1818
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 233 Esslinger, Kevin (1500) Lost 0-2 -241794
2standard 327 Tilley, Ryan (1482) Won 2-0 +121806
3standard 356 Torres, Ivan (1598) Won 2-0 +151821
4standard 331 Lallman, Gregory (1517) Won 2-0 +121833
5standard 159 Stein, Mathew (1643) Lost 1-2 -211812
6standard 277 Sciesinski, Marcin (1728) Lost 0-2 -201792
top average opponent: 1578record: 3-3 new rating: 1792

Grand Prix Washington DC 2014 (JOU limited) starting rating: 1833
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 138 Katz, Alan (1518) Won 2-0 +121845
3sealed 244 Punzalan, Raymond (1517) Won 2-0 +131858
4sealed 18 Young, Brett (1517) Lost 1-2 -241834
5sealed 135 Clark, Dan (1656) Won 2-1 +141848
6sealed 90 McNamara, Brendan (1660) Won 2-1 +151863
7sealed 45 Pyka, Jeffrey (1956) Won 2-1 +201883
8sealed 31 Kastelein, John (1536) Lost 1-2 -241859
9sealed 76 Zyla, Sarah (1517) Won 2-1 +121871
10draft 6 Older, Patrick (1621) Won 2-1 +131884
11draft 86 Knepper, Bryan (1584) Won 2-0 +131897
12draft 11 Visco, David (1735) Lost 0-2 -211876
13draft 61 Saito, Tomoharu (2050) Lost 1-2 -151861
14draft 23 Snow, Daniel (1613) Lost 0-2 -221839
15draft 55 Aiken, Simone (1664) Lost 1-2 -211818
top average opponent: 1653record: 8-6 new rating: 1818

Grand Prix Philadelphia 2014 (BNG limited) starting rating: 1806
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 111 Calderon, Christopher (1498) Won 2-0 +121818
4sealed 169 McGraw, Justin (1501) Lost 0-2 -231795
5sealed 125 Ingram, Stuart (1540) Won 2-0 +131808
6sealed 385 Falcioni, Matthew (1664) Won 2-0 +161824
7sealed 39 Baugh, michael (1595) Won 2-0 +131837
8sealed 50 Haas, William (1562) Lost 0-0 -221815
9sealed 118 Tuttle, Marc (1600) Won 2-0 +141829
10draft 87 Guzman, Roberto (1575) Won 2-0 +131842
11draft 57 Liang, Yong Li (1572) Lost 0-2 -231819
12draft 74 Morrison, Kyle (1559) Won 2-1 +141833
13draft 22 Cuneo, Andrew (1981) Lost 1-2 -161817
14draft 10 LaFreniere, John (1683) Won 2-0 +161833
15draft 13 Gerhardt, Scott (1744) ID 01833
top average opponent: 1621record: 8-4-1 new rating: 1833

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2013 (GTC limited) starting rating: 1877
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 117 Vasil, Jeremy (1577) Lost 1-2 -231854
5sealed 181 MSZANSKI, JOE (1540) Lost 0-2 -241830
6sealed 419 Henry, Patrick (1442) Lost 0-2 -241806
top average opponent: 1519record: 0-3 new rating: 1806

Grand Prix Charlotte 2013 (GTC limited) starting rating: 1824
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 846 Legassie, Jason (1535) Won 2-0 +131837
4sealed 811 Autry, Dustin (1556) Won 2-0 +131850
5sealed 695 Money, Kevin (1484) Won 2-1 +121862
6sealed 684 Strasberg, Steven (1601) Won 2-0 +131875
7sealed 663 Braverman, Michael (1757) Won 2-1 +161891
8sealed 307 Kafka, Kyle (1589) Lost 1-2 -231868
9sealed 309 Shiro, Zack (1607) Won 2-1 +131881
10sealed 34 Desposito, Nicolas (1598) Won 2-0 +131894
11sealed 20 Van Cleave, Trey (1776) Lost 1-2 -201874
12draft 12 Adams, Sean (1547) Won 2-0 +121886
13draft 81 Dreher, Gregory (1756) Won 2-0 +161902
14draft 22 Cuvelier, John (1841) Lost 1-2 -191883
15draft 42 Hovis, Ryan (1862) Lost 0-2 -191864
17draft 26 Tubergen, Pieter (1595) Won 2-0 +131877
top average opponent: 1650record: 10-4 new rating: 1877

Grand Prix Atlantic City 2013 (RTR standard) starting rating: 1692
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 43 Wenokor, Eric (1451) Won 2-1 +141706
4standard 170 Barsnica, Jeffrey (1553) Won 2-1 +151721
5standard 80 O'Brien, Matt (1725) Won 2-1 +181739
6standard 37 Robillard, Joe (1539) Lost 1-2 -211718
7standard 46 Guy, Aaron (1577) Lost 0-2 -211697
8standard 174 Lawson, Ace (1547) Won 2-1 +151712
9standard 140 Zawisa, Kevin (1540) Won 2-1 +151727
10standard 55 Gaudreault, Eric (1729) Won 2-1 +181745
11standard 51 Esposito, Kristopher (1614) Won 2-1 +161761
12standard 19 Shenhar, Shahar (2044) Won 2-0 +231784
13standard 20 Jacobson, Mary (1776) Won 2-1 +181802
14standard 6 Sun, Mark (1664) Won 2-1 +151817
15standard 8 Ochoa, David (1973) Won 2-1 +211838
16standard 3 Lax, Ari (2066) Lost 0-2 -141824
top average opponent: 1700record: 11-3 new rating: 1824

Grand Prix Philadelphia 2012 (RTR limited) starting rating: 1721
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 228 Pergola, Tom (1503) Lost 1-2 -221699
3sealed 185 Bengal, Joshua (1503) Won 2-0 +141713
4sealed 139 Kobes, Alex (1545) Lost 1-2 -211692
top average opponent: 1517record: 1-2 new rating: 1692

Pro Tour Return to Ravnica (modern) starting rating: 1787
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 32 Cortesi, Luca (1595) Lost 0-2 -221765
2modern 168 Nassif, Gabriel (1905) Lost 0-2 -151750
3modern 190 Davis, Samuel (1472) Won 2-0 +131763
4modern 154 Rabionet Janssen, Raul (1576) Won 2-1 +151778
5modern 73 Mrozek, Michal (1600) Won 2-1 +141792
6draft 166 Durward, Caleb (1852) Lost 0-2 -161776
7draft 20 Stewart, Arthur (1528) Won 2-0 +131789
8draft 96 Pruchniewicz, Jan (1563) Won 2-0 +141803
9draft 30 Karsten, Frank (1908) Lost 0-2 -161787
10draft 88 West, Alexander (1782) Lost 0-2 -181769
11draft 95 Thielman, Sean (1639) Won 2-0 +161785
12modern 66 Takahashi, Yuta (1767) Won 2-1 +171802
13modern 72 Nabi, Basil (1754) Lost 1-2 -191783
14modern 80 Solorzano, Fernando (1576) Lost 1-2 -211762
15modern 83 Ishiguro, Satoshi (1585) Lost 0-2 -221740
16modern 81 Londos, Ludvig (1650) Lost 1-2 -191721
top average opponent: 1672record: 7-9 new rating: 1721

Grand Prix Boston-Worcester 2012 (M13 limited) starting rating: 1609
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 266 Mira Uribe, Juan Felipe (1500) Won 2-0 +161625
3sealed 68 Costantini, Mark (1455) Won 2-1 +151640
4sealed 68 Yambay, David (1500) Won 2-1 +151655
5sealed 18 Hunt, Matthias (1967) Lost 0-2 -121643
6sealed 106 Jarmak, Chris (1530) Won 2-1 +151658
7sealed 61 Caplan, David (1811) Lost 1-2 -151643
8sealed 202 Kulik, Lirek (1564) Won 2-1 +171660
9sealed 55 Miller, Dylan (1631) Won 2-0 +171677
10sealed 42 Combrink, James (1539) Won 2-0 +161693
11draft 14 Augustine, William (1565) Won 2-1 +151708
12draft 41 Nezin, Alec (1801) Won 2-1 +201728
13draft 9 Lachmann, Chris (1834) Won 2-1 +201748
14draft 38 Giustino, Anthony (1676) Won 2-0 +171765
15draft 61 Ferrando, Matthew (1937) Won 2-1 +211786
16draft 3 Nelson, Brandon (1892) Won 2-1 +201806
Qdraft Lloyd, Alex (1756) Lost 0-2 -191787
top average opponent: 1685record: 13-3 new rating: 1787

Grand Prix Baltimore 2012 (DKA standard) starting rating: 1592
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 130 Lewis, Katie (1607) Won 2-1 +191611
4standard 84 Alvarado, Jonathan (1701) Lost 0-2 -171594
5standard 353 Daly, Kevin P (1588) Won 2-1 +181612
6standard 140 Kandziolka, James (1603) Lost 1-2 -181594
7standard 315 McDonough, Daniel J (1461) Won 2-1 +161610
8standard 216 Marshall, Bob (1565) Won 2-0 +171627
9standard 117 Wiedemann, Grant (1611) Lost 0-2 -181609
top average opponent: 1591record: 4-3 new rating: 1609

Grand Prix Nashville 2010 (SOM limited) starting rating: 1544
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 63 Thompson, Dustin L (1518) Won 2-0 +171561
3sealed 48 Fennell, Christopher (1846) Won 2-1 +231584
4sealed 48 Verhey, Gavin (1707) Lost 0-2 -161568
5sealed 146 Guardiola, Alexander (1587) Won 2-0 +191587
6sealed 51 Lax, Ari (1824) Lost 0-2 -141573
7sealed 108 Kelly, Chris M (1495) Won 2-0 +171590
8sealed 97 Costa, Matthew (1781) Won 2-0 +211611
9sealed 61 Fleming, Nathan (1581) Lost 0-2 -191592
top average opponent: 1667record: 5-3 new rating: 1592

Grand Prix Washington DC 2010 (ROE standard) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 759 Bova, Justin (1518) Won 2-0 +181518
3standard 622 Clabaugh, Michael A (1537) Won 2-0 +191537
4standard 694 Jacob, Michael (1861) Lost 1-2 -131524
5standard 758 Petrosillo, Alex A (1526) Won 2-0 +181542
6standard 658 Smith, Adam (1561) Won 2-1 +191561
7standard 630 Wallace, Chris M (1570) Lost 0-2 -181543
8standard 716 Gough, Marcus (1567) Won 2-0 +181561
9standard 649 Bogner, Ryan (1576) Lost 0-2 -171544
top average opponent: 1589record: 5-3 new rating: 1544