Michels, Sam
Current rating: 1704 (#6287)
Record: 53-41-3
| Grand Prix Las Vegas 2019 (limited) (MH1 limited) | starting rating: 1714 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 164 | Connolly, Jeffrey (1601) | Lost 0-2 | -201694 |
| 3sealed | 330 | Aparicio, Sonny (1683) | Won 2-0 | +181712 |
| 4sealed | 218 | Ferry, Sergio (1735) | Lost 0-2 | -171695 |
| 5sealed | 390 | Bugarin, Mikaela (1382) | Won 2-0 | +121707 |
| 6sealed | 346 | Patrick, Brendan (1518) | Won 2-1 | +151722 |
| 7sealed | 129 | Ueda, Jay (1723) | Lost 1-2 | -181704 |
| top | average opponent: 1607record: 3-3 | new rating: 1704 | ||
| Grand Prix Las Vegas 2019 (modern) (modern) | starting rating: 1742 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2modern | 197 | Chrisman, Christopher (1518) | Lost 1-2 | -221720 |
| 3modern | 681 | Gayatinea, Ryan (1539) | Won 2-1 | +151735 |
| 4modern | 322 | Day, Jaxon (1742) | Lost 1-2 | -181717 |
| 5modern | 401 | Guimaraes, Victor (1565) | Draw 1-1 | -31714 |
| top | average opponent: 1591record: 1-2-1 | new rating: 1714 | ||
| Grand Prix Minneapolis 2019 (modern) | starting rating: 1751 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2modern | 31 | Bradley, William (1516) | Lost 0-2 | -221729 |
| 3modern | 260 | Varholdt, Drew (1499) | Won 2-0 | +141743 |
| 4modern | 232 | Ward, Peter (1917) | Lost 0-2 | -151728 |
| 5modern | 237 | Hiner, David (1508) | Won 2-0 | +141742 |
| top | average opponent: 1610record: 2-2 | new rating: 1742 | ||
| Grand Prix Portland 2018 (modern) | starting rating: 1694 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2modern | 390 | Malain, Nikki (1431) | Won 2-0 | +141708 |
| 3modern | 104 | Coonan, Ryan (1429) | Won 2-1 | +131721 |
| 4modern | 70 | Carleton-Barnes, Gabriel (1865) | Lost 1-2 | -161705 |
| 5modern | 170 | Bradford, William (1509) | Won 2-0 | +151720 |
| 6modern | 156 | Onagan, Chris (1414) | Won 2-0 | +121732 |
| 7modern | 66 | Crone, Jason (1633) | Won 2-0 | +171749 |
| 8modern | 34 | Brock, Kadar (1648) | Won 2-1 | +161765 |
| 9modern | 40 | Milechman, Daniel (1674) | Lost 1-2 | -201745 |
| 10modern | 40 | Johnson, Brendon (1864) | Won 2-1 | +201765 |
| 11modern | 41 | LeBlanc, Joseph (1630) | Lost 1-2 | -201745 |
| 12modern | 77 | Burkhart, Corey (1896) | Won 2-0 | +211766 |
| 13modern | 30 | Pickett, Alastair (1967) | Lost 1-2 | -151751 |
| 14modern | 75 | Slone, Ryan (1686) | Won 2-0 | +171768 |
| 15modern | 38 | Jones, Derrick (1843) | Lost 1-2 | -171751 |
| top | average opponent: 1678record: 9-5 | new rating: 1751 | ||
| Grand Prix Orlando 2018 (M19 standard) | starting rating: 1732 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 84 | John, Julian (1821) | Lost 1-2 | -161716 |
| 4standard | 298 | Calabrese, Jared (1552) | Won 2-0 | +151731 |
| 5standard | 199 | Miller, Blake (1766) | Lost 1-2 | -181713 |
| 6standard | 259 | Gosche, Jacob (1657) | Lost 0-2 | -191694 |
| top | average opponent: 1699record: 1-3 | new rating: 1694 | ||
| Grand Prix Minneapolis 2018 (M19 limited) | starting rating: 1749 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 177 | Locke, Steve (1994) | Lost 1-2 | -141735 |
| 4sealed | 332 | Tambornino, Taylor (1476) | Won 2-1 | +141749 |
| 5sealed | 97 | Carleton-Barnes, Gabriel (1960) | Won 2-1 | +211770 |
| 6sealed | 96 | Smith, Greg (1699) | Lost 1-2 | -191751 |
| 7sealed | 139 | Utting, Ashby (1536) | Won 2-0 | +141765 |
| 8sealed | 110 | Perigo, Nathanael (1817) | Won 2-1 | +191784 |
| 9sealed | 78 | Rolen, Cameron (1681) | Lost 0-2 | -201764 |
| 10draft | 277 | Reiser, Michael (1574) | Lost 0-2 | -211743 |
| 11draft | 277 | Thompson, Taylor (1563) | Won 2-0 | +151758 |
| 12draft | 277 | Freas, Gerald (1613) | Lost 0-2 | -211737 |
| 13draft | 307 | Blackwood, Andrew (1683) | Won 2-1 | +171754 |
| 14draft | 298 | Sullivan, John (1539) | Lost 0-2 | -221732 |
| top | average opponent: 1678record: 6-6 | new rating: 1732 | ||
| Grand Prix Seattle 2018 (standard) (RIX standard) | starting rating: 1701 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 119 | Cotton, Cory (1554) | Won 2-0 | +151716 |
| 3standard | 95 | Custer, Nicolas (1658) | Lost 0-2 | -191697 |
| 4standard | 451 | Kittinger, Joel (1443) | Won 2-0 | +141711 |
| 5standard | 229 | Hirvonen, Samuli (1511) | Won 2-1 | +141725 |
| 6standard | 134 | Kim, Peter (1477) | Won 2-1 | +141739 |
| 7standard | 89 | Chieng, Lawrence (1529) | Lost 0-2 | -221717 |
| 8standard | 162 | Howell, Kyle (1587) | Won 2-1 | +161733 |
| 9standard | 1102 | Pratt-Bennett, Benjamen (1580) | Won 2-0 | +151748 |
| 10standard | 1076 | Froehlich, Eric (1995) | Lost 1-2 | -141734 |
| 11standard | 1060 | Kumagai, Riku (1934) | Won 2-1 | +221756 |
| 12standard | 1083 | Power, Conor (1603) | Won 2-0 | +151771 |
| 13standard | 1055 | Sulak, Andrew (1632) | Won 2-0 | +151786 |
| 14standard | 1038 | Zhang, Yuxuan (1762) | Lost 1-2 | -181768 |
| 15standard | 1051 | Jones, Callahan (1707) | Lost 0-2 | -191749 |
| top | average opponent: 1641record: 9-5 | new rating: 1749 | ||
| Grand Prix Atlanta 2017 (XLN standard) | starting rating: 1526 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1standard | 278 | Rose, Josh (1393) | Won 2-0 | +161542 |
| 2standard | 24 | Padilla, Hector (1526) | Draw 1-1 | -11541 |
| 3standard | 308 | Dech, David (1518) | Won 2-1 | +181559 |
| 4standard | 166 | Jones, Dave (1540) | Won 2-1 | +181577 |
| 5standard | 83 | Maier, Christopher (1983) | Won 2-1 | +251602 |
| 6standard | 41 | Buck, Carl (1550) | Won 2-0 | +171619 |
| 7standard | 22 | Sneed, Alex (1611) | Won 2-0 | +181637 |
| 8standard | 10 | Hollman, Peter (1808) | Won 2-0 | +211658 |
| 9standard | 5 | Zakrzewski, Sam (1883) | Won 2-1 | +221680 |
| 10standard | 3 | Severa, Matt (2097) | Lost 0-2 | -111669 |
| 11standard | 13 | Schmidt, Zack (1753) | Won 2-0 | +191688 |
| 12standard | 6 | Nelson, Brad (2160) | Lost 1-2 | -101678 |
| 13standard | 19 | Garcia, Marlon (1830) | Won 2-1 | +211699 |
| 14standard | 12 | Ferry, Sergio (1782) | Lost 1-2 | -161683 |
| 15standard | 26 | Lee, Brian (1695) | Won 2-1 | +181701 |
| top | average opponent: 1742record: 11-3-1 | new rating: 1701 | ||
| Grand Prix Omaha 2017 (AKH standard) | starting rating: 1479 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1standard | 249 | Nabach, Jerry (1483) | Won 2-0 | +181497 |
| 2standard | 86 | Hudspeth, Jake (1486) | Won 2-0 | +171514 |
| 3standard | 129 | Hammes, James (1555) | Lost 1-2 | -171497 |
| 4standard | 252 | Pettice, Aaron (1502) | Lost 1-2 | -181479 |
| 5standard | 297 | Wilkinson, Curtis (1509) | Lost 1-2 | -171462 |
| 6standard | 334 | Thomas, Skyler (1483) | Won 2-0 | +181480 |
| 7standard | 191 | Hoban, Liam [CAN] (1504) | Won 2-1 | +191499 |
| 8standard | 177 | Torres, Andy (1512) | Won 2-1 | +181517 |
| 9standard | 131 | Brooks, Paul (1609) | Won 2-1 | +201537 |
| 10standard | 120 | Jackson, Ben (1767) | Won 2-1 | +221559 |
| 11standard | 62 | Gauker, Dylan (1707) | Lost 1-2 | -161543 |
| 12standard | 64 | Endres, Jordan (1581) | Lost 1-2 | -171526 |
| top | average opponent: 1558record: 7-5 | new rating: 1526 | ||
| Grand Prix Minneapolis 2016 (SOI standard) | starting rating: 1454 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 72 | Steiner, Jacob (1550) | Won 2-1 | +191473 |
| 4standard | 139 | Duchow, Lucas (1974) | Lost 0-2 | -91464 |
| 5standard | 172 | Sauter, Sean (1534) | Won 2-0 | +191483 |
| 6standard | 169 | Ruwe, Jacob (1500) | Draw 1-1 | 01483 |
| 7standard | 136 | Melby, Kristopher (1544) | Won 2-1 | +201503 |
| 8standard | 73 | Beltz, James (1865) | Lost 0-2 | -121491 |
| 9standard | 147 | Sim, Chapman (1814) | Lost 1-2 | -121479 |
| top | average opponent: 1683record: 3-3-1 | new rating: 1479 | ||
| Grand Prix Chicago 2014 (JOU standard) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 126 | Faley, Lewk (1675) | Lost 0-2 | -151485 |
| 4standard | 188 | Stinson, Patrick (1518) | Won 2-1 | +191504 |
| 5standard | 149 | Ovel, Tylamin (1555) | Lost 0-0 | -171487 |
| 6standard | 239 | Holosko, Joel (1615) | Lost 0-2 | -161471 |
| 7standard | 225 | Spartz, Gaby (1509) | Lost 0-2 | -171454 |
| top | average opponent: 1574record: 1-4 | new rating: 1454 | ||