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Liu, Brian
Current rating: 1937 (#357)

Grand Prix Toronto 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1954
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 352 Wiseman, Dylan (1500) Won 2-0 +111965
2modern 112 Nikoletsos, Dimitri (1518) Won 2-0 +101975
3modern 92 Ragsdale, Adam (1935) Lost 1-2 -191956
4modern 364 Latendresse, Michel (1450) Lost 0-2 -261930
5modern 394 Lechner, Thomas (1500) Won 2-1 +101940
6modern 215 Dillman, Mitchell A (1525) Lost 0-2 -251915
7modern 323 Harabas, Chris (1515) Won 2-0 +111926
8modern 226 Zuber, Jonathan (1485) Won 2-0 +111937
top average opponent: 1553record: 5-3 new rating: 1937

Grand Prix Montreal 2018 (GRN limited) starting rating: 1995
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 253 Lachance, Chantal (1500) Won 2-0 +102005
2sealed 117 Stanton, Ted (1568) Won 2-1 +102015
3sealed 32 Li, Eric (1776) Lost 0-2 -221993
4sealed 159 Irons, Bill (1545) Lost 0-2 -261967
5sealed 257 Lai, Biing Chyn (1506) Won 2-1 +111978
6sealed 283 Gryn, Maksym (1690) Lost 1-2 -241954
top average opponent: 1597record: 3-3 new rating: 1954

Grand Prix Hartford 2018 (modern) starting rating: 2083
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 408 Arthurs, Marshall (1724) Lost 0-2 -242059
2modern 493 Cleveland, Nate (1483) Won 2-1 +82067
3modern 614 Benjamin, David (1500) Lost 0-2 -272040
4modern 732 Perrotta, Jake (1451) Won 2-1 +82048
5modern 658 Raymond, Patrick (1530) Lost 0-2 -262022
6modern 580 Russell, Tania (1525) Lost 1-2 -271995
top average opponent: 1536record: 2-4 new rating: 1995

Grand Prix Toronto 2018 (modern) starting rating: 2130
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 90 Blanchette, Jamie (1826) Won 2-1 +132143
4modern 128 Maijala, Kirk (1518) Lost 1-2 -282115
5modern 312 Renaud, Benoit (1532) Won 2-0 +82123
6modern 96 Whipple, Ethan (1652) Won 2-0 +102133
7modern 103 Goldfarb, David (1836) Lost 0-2 -232110
8modern 161 Hartog, Michael (1563) Lost 1-2 -272083
top average opponent: 1654record: 3-3 new rating: 2083

Grand Prix Toronto 2017 (HOU limited) starting rating: 2075
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 222 Filimonow, Jamie (1326) Won 2-0 +72082
2sealed 299 Rubin, Sam (1466) Lost 1-2 -282054
3sealed 306 Whitsitt, Steven (1304) Won 2-1 +62060
4sealed 251 Staley, Brian (1505) Won 2-0 +92069
5sealed 128 Weisner, Jacob (1517) Won 2-1 +92078
6sealed 73 Pauloff, Nicholas (1806) Won 2-0 +132091
7sealed 53 McManaway, Dan (1514) Won 2-1 +92100
8sealed 32 McCamish, Ryan (1722) Lost 1-2 -252075
9sealed 46 Plouffe, Jeremi (1694) Won 2-1 +112086
10draft 15 Beland, Nicolas (1627) Won 2-1 +112097
11draft 58 Schnayer, David (1758) Won 2-0 +122109
12draft 89 Bardwell, Christopher (1641) Lost 0-2 -262083
13draft 140 Lombardi, Robert (2031) Won 2-0 +172100
14draft 41 Fortanely, Bobby (1819) Won 2-1 +132113
15draft 75 Hoaen, Rich (2093) Won 2-0 +172130
top average opponent: 1655record: 12-3 new rating: 2130

Grand Prix Montreal 2016 (EMN limited) starting rating: 2046
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 2220 Leonard, Dan (1503) Won 0-0 +92055
4sealed 2088 Hum, Barry (1691) Won 2-1 +122067
5sealed 2002 Brouillet, Jean-Luc (1605) Won 2-1 +102077
6sealed 2023 Boudreault, Damien (1703) Won 2-0 +122089
7sealed 2003 Schnayer, Tobias (1864) Won 2-1 +142103
8sealed 2004 Madill, Jamie (1680) Lost 0-0 -262077
9sealed 2803 Jacques, Francis (1613) Draw 1-1 -82069
10draft 2005 Yamasaki, Shogo (1804) Won 2-0 +142083
11draft 2048 Sclauzero, Joseph (1916) Lost 0-2 -212062
12draft 2152 Bourgoin, Zakari (1644) Won 2-0 +112073
13draft 2067 Gotimer, Daniel (1896) Won 2-0 +142087
14draft 2004 Aw, Roland (1826) Won 2-1 +142101
15draft 2060 Demers, Hugo (1668) Lost 1-2 -262075
top average opponent: 1724record: 9-3-1 new rating: 2075

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 2036
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 95 Ascott, Ryan (1696) Won 2-0 +122048
4standard 67 Travis, Brian (1519) Lost 1-2 -272021
5standard 246 Body, Tyler (1536) Lost 0-2 -261995
6standard 315 Skaggs, Shawn (1507) Won 2-0 +102005
7standard 146 Bernett, Evan (1540) Won 2-0 +102015
8standard 201 Wray, James (1682) Won 2-0 +122027
9standard 101 Gunn, Kwame (1534) Won 2-0 +102037
10standard 329 Wang, Jacky (1859) Won 2-0 +152052
11standard 274 Sulaiman, Raja (1637) Won 2-1 +102062
12standard 278 Schrantz, Mac (1807) Won 2-0 +142076
13standard 267 O'Shaughnessy, James (1841) Won 2-1 +142090
14standard 261 Petre, Evan (1933) Lost 1-2 -212069
15standard 275 Rocco, Craig (1827) Lost 0-2 -232046
top average opponent: 1686record: 9-4 new rating: 2046

Grand Prix Toronto 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1972
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 137 Levstein, Alexander (1715) Won 2-1 +131985
4standard 165 Palmatier, Lorne (1585) Won 2-0 +111996
5standard 60 Ascott, Ryan (1656) Won 2-1 +122008
6standard 32 Anderson, Neil (1966) Lost 1-2 -181990
7standard 102 Zarichny, Brandon (1500) Won 2-0 +91999
8standard 1005 Anteri, Fabrizio (2302) Lost 0-2 -121987
9standard 125 Wright, Christopher (1537) Won 2-0 +101997
10standard 40 Watson, Brad (1759) Won 2-1 +142011
11standard 38 Karpukhin, Mikhail (1685) Lost 0-2 -241987
12standard 61 Giraldeau, Renaud (1564) Won 2-0 +111998
13standard 37 Dove, Steven (1725) Won 2-1 +132011
14standard 38 Li, Eric (1796) Won 2-0 +142025
15standard 21 Worrell, Lucas (1617) Won 2-0 +112036
top average opponent: 1724record: 10-3 new rating: 2036

Grand Prix Detroit 2016 (modern) starting rating: 1918
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 251 Santini, Joseph (1482) Won 2-1 +111929
4modern 58 Buchholz, Evan (1582) Won 2-1 +121941
5modern 6 Heilig, Justin (1624) Won 2-0 +121953
6modern 26 Vasovski, Michael (1984) Draw 1-1 +11954
7modern 31 Peterson, Danny (1596) Won 2-0 +111965
8modern 18 Alley, Dean (1540) Won 2-0 +111976
9modern 8 Krautmann, Wenzel (1903) Lost 1-2 -191957
10modern 38 Duan, Daniel (1767) Won 2-0 +141971
11modern 21 LaChance, Alex (1647) Won 2-1 +131984
12modern 12 Livernois, Andrew (1652) Lost 0-2 -241960
13modern 38 Valko-Dib, Devon (1652) Won 2-1 +121972
14modern 21 Copeland, Samuel (1770) Lost 0-2 -211951
15modern 46 Damo da Rosa, Paulo Vitor (2133) Won 2-1 +211972
top average opponent: 1718record: 9-3-1 new rating: 1972

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2015 (modern) starting rating: 1824
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 464 Murray, Sean (1776) Won 2-1 +171841
4modern 228 Broderick, Benjamin (1498) Won 2-1 +121853
5modern 101 Johnson, Jon (1895) Lost 1-2 -171836
6modern 141 Coover, Tyler (1435) Won 2-1 +111847
7modern 65 Velzy, Mat (1480) Won 2-0 +121859
8modern 62 Pringle, Craig (1532) Won 2-1 +121871
9modern 34 Penny, Jack (1573) Won 2-1 +121883
10modern 30 Benns, Brian (1625) Won 2-1 +141897
11modern 15 Siembor, Michael (1632) Draw 1-1 -51892
12modern 14 Hickey, Matthew (1657) Won 2-0 +141906
13modern 7 Campbell, Derek (1708) Lost 1-2 -221884
14modern 22 Benson, Jonathan (1875) Won 2-1 +181902
15modern 13 Brumby, Gene (1788) Won 2-1 +161918
top average opponent: 1652record: 10-2-1 new rating: 1918

Grand Prix Quebec City 2015 (BFZ standard) starting rating: 1834
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 42 Neveu, Pierre Antoine (1454) Lost 1-2 -241810
4standard 110 Chenard, Francois (1483) Won 2-0 +121822
5standard 83 Klomparens, Jadine (1729) Lost 0-2 -201802
6standard 216 Polyakov, Alexander (1579) Won 2-0 +141816
7standard 152 Ladouceur, Sebastien (1578) Won 2-0 +141830
8standard 102 Nessman, Maddison (1520) Won 0-0 +121842
9standard 69 Tomajko, Oliver (1815) Lost 1-2 -181824
top average opponent: 1594record: 4-3 new rating: 1824

Grand Prix Charlotte 2015 (modern) starting rating: 1848
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 1389 Deal, John (1498) Won 2-0 +121860
4modern 1293 Kibler, Brian (1876) Won 2-1 +191879
5modern 1082 Wildes, Julian (1750) Lost 0-2 -211858
6modern 1092 Forst, Mitchell (1544) Lost 1-2 -231835
7modern 1134 Kilby, Jarrod A (1533) Won 2-0 +121847
8modern 845 Johnson, Chris (1475) Won 2-0 +121859
9modern 749 Becker, Jason (1486) Lost 1-2 -251834
top average opponent: 1595record: 4-3 new rating: 1834

Grand Prix Toronto 2015 (DTK standard) starting rating: 1855
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 224 Li, Yuanji (1747) Won 2-1 +161871
4standard 59 Utter-Leyton, Josh (2000) Won 2-0 +201891
5standard 12 Benn, Adam (1750) Lost 0-2 -201871
6standard 202 Bickle, Josh (1554) Lost 1-2 -241847
7standard 212 Gordillo, Massimo (1541) Won 2-1 +131860
8standard 191 Lapierre, Matt (1477) Lost 0-2 -251835
9standard 158 Omar-Bujak, Hakim (1570) Won 2-0 +131848
top average opponent: 1663record: 4-3 new rating: 1848

Grand Prix Ottawa 2014 (KTK limited) starting rating: 1882
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 179 Patelakis, Steve (1651) Won 2-0 +141896
3sealed 86 Flannagan, Jaxon (1520) Won 2-0 +111907
4sealed 23 Lussier, Alexandre (1645) Lost 0-2 -221885
5sealed 217 Proano, Gina (1705) Won 2-0 +141899
6sealed 70 Maynard, Pascal (1715) Lost 0-2 -211878
7sealed 197 Measures, Jeff (1589) Lost 0-2 -231855
top average opponent: 1637record: 3-3 new rating: 1855

Pro Tour Journey into Nyx (Theros block) starting rating: 1856
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 110 Ellis, Jason (1494) Lost 0-2 -241832
2draft 106 Landeta, Ricardo (1466) Won 2-0 +121844
3draft 99 Baeckstrom, Andrew (1645) Lost 1-2 -221822
4block 98 Kennedy, Daniel (1401) Lost 0-2 -251797
5block 151 Simpson, Matthew (1378) Won 2-0 +111808
6block 93 Dagen, Pierre (1811) Lost 1-2 -181790
7block 164 Mead, Canon (1402) Won 2-0 +111801
8block 101 Butakov, Dmitriy (1752) Won 2-0 +171818
9draft 5 Hames, James (1455) Won 2-1 +121830
10draft 92 Lax, Ari (1853) Won 2-0 +181848
11draft 43 Wescoe, Craig (1847) Won 2-1 +181866
12block 33 Wijaya, Vidianto (1988) Won 2-1 +201886
13block 33 Majors, Michael (2006) Lost 1-2 -151871
14block 42 Rabionet Janssen, Raul (1771) Won 2-0 +161887
15block 22 Heinrich, Tobias (1758) Lost 0-2 -211866
16block 48 McLaughlin, Morgan (1736) Won 2-0 +161882
top average opponent: 1673record: 10-6 new rating: 1882

Grand Prix Montreal 2014 (BNG limited) starting rating: 1791
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 211 Duong, Dap (1624) Won 2-0 +151806
2sealed 211 Tampold, Mik (1559) Won 2-1 +131819
3sealed 211 Huot, Simon (1537) Lost 1-2 -231796
4sealed 255 Tang, Jacky (1616) Lost 0-2 -211775
5sealed 211 Hall, Mathew (1632) Won 2-1 +151790
6sealed 211 Godsoe, Keith (1523) Won 2-1 +141804
7sealed 211 Vincent, Dominic (1535) Won 2-1 +131817
8sealed 211 Shaker, Jacob (1513) Won 2-0 +121829
9sealed 211 Anctil, Kevin (1736) Won 2-0 +171846
10draft 949 Gian, David (1577) Lost 0-2 -231823
11draft 902 Omar-Bujak, Hakim (1448) Won 2-1 +111834
12draft 957 Moynihan, Christopher (1590) Won 2-1 +141848
13draft 947 Sun, Blake Chuan Xiang (1614) Won 2-0 +141862
14draft 914 Kelahan, Seamus (1791) Won 2-0 +171879
15draft 972 Wicks, Robert (1646) Lost 1-2 -231856
top average opponent: 1596record: 11-4 new rating: 1856

Grand Prix Richmond 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1540
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 70 Briner, Jeffrey (1500) Won 2-0 +171557
4modern 26 Dempsey, Brandon (1536) Draw 1-1 01557
5modern 78 Daniels, Brandun (1486) Won 2-0 +171574
6modern 43 Murphy, Matt (1573) Won 2-0 +181592
7modern 21 Van Dyke, Michael (1764) Lost 1-2 -151577
8modern 73 Brown, Ryan 628 (1570) Won 2-1 +181595
9modern 36 Teague, Devon (1611) Won 2-1 +181613
10modern 69 Moskal, Greg (1593) Won 2-0 +181631
11modern 86 Evaldi, Mark (1743) Won 2-0 +201651
12modern 17 Hamel, Kevin (1639) Won 2-0 +171668
13modern 10 Chisolm, Steven (1672) Won 2-1 +191687
14modern 6 Felicetti, Ted (1742) Won 2-0 +191706
15modern 3 Calderon, Andrew (1941) Won 2-1 +221728
Qmodern Friedman, Ben (2072) Won 2-0 +241752
Smodern Jones, Oscar (1857) Won 2-0 +201772
Fmodern Chackonal, Vipin (1821) Won 2-1 +191791
top average opponent: 1695record: 14-1-1 new rating: 1791

Grand Prix Toronto 2013 (THS limited) starting rating: 1542
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 211 Bry, Hugo (1500) Won 2-1 +171559
2sealed 35 Barbour, Anthony (1508) Lost 1-2 -191540
3sealed 501 Moskal, Erik (1596) Won 2-0 +191559
4sealed 372 Alexopoulos, Alex (1517) Lost 1-2 -191540
top average opponent: 1530record: 2-2 new rating: 1540

Grand Prix Toronto 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1482
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 78 Gravel, Kevin (1530) Won 2-1 +191501
2modern 188 Garratt, Joshua (1449) Won 2-0 +171518
3modern 162 Bates, Richard (1536) Won 2-0 +181536
4modern 134 Naylor, Jamie (1585) Lost 1-2 -171519
5modern 96 Drummond, Jason F (1525) Won 2-0 +181537
6modern 95 Sebben, Matthew (1504) Won 2-0 +181555
7modern 70 Cox, Patrick (1868) Lost 1-2 -131542
8modern 4 MacCallum, Scott (1525) Won 2-0 +181560
9modern 62 Schwarz, Micheal (1542) Lost 0-2 -181542
top average opponent: 1563record: 6-3 new rating: 1542

Grand Prix Seattle-Tacoma 2012 (DKA limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 57 Merchant, Sameer (1519) Lost 0-2 -181482
2sealed 475 Schwartz, Chanel (1481) Won 2-1 +181500
3sealed 259 Brasel, Ross (1500) Won 2-0 +181518
4sealed 293 Stephens, Jeff (1501) Lost 0-2 -181500
5sealed 273 Dunn, Keven (1500) Lost 0-2 -181482
top average opponent: 1500record: 2-3 new rating: 1482