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Samms, Phil
Current rating: 1743 (#4215)

Pro Tour Amonkhet (AKH standard) starting rating: 1766
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 171 Takaoka, Yusuke (1545) Won 2-0 +141780
2draft 84 Milewicz, Mateusz (1724) Won 2-1 +171797
3draft 141 Froehlich, Eric (2096) Lost 0-2 -121785
4standard 54 Aithaj-Kaddour, Benjamin (1765) Lost 0-2 -191766
5standard 118 Duke, Reid (1995) Lost 0-2 -141752
6standard 149 Majlaton, Alex (1986) Won 2-0 +231775
7standard 99 Lipp, Scott (2029) Lost 1-2 -141761
8standard 102 Nightingale, Tyler (1738) Lost 0-2 -181743
top average opponent: 1860record: 3-5 new rating: 1743

Grand Prix Quebec City 2015 (BFZ standard) starting rating: 1778
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 8 Morrill, Ethan (1518) Won 2-1 +131791
4standard 72 Black, Samuel (2068) Won 2-0 +231814
5standard 5 English, Eric (1846) Lost 1-2 -181796
6standard 101 Tremblay, Sebastien (1651) Lost 1-2 -201776
7standard 76 Van Vaals, Michael (1602) Won 2-1 +151791
8standard 100 Hirmiz, Fadi (1430) Lost 0-0 -251766
top average opponent: 1686record: 3-3 new rating: 1766

Grand Prix Ottawa 2014 (KTK limited) starting rating: 1785
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 171 McCaldin, Shane (1535) Won 2-1 +141799
4sealed 124 Choi, Jerome (1561) Won 2-1 +131812
5sealed 45 Damien, Francois (1580) Lost 1-2 -221790
6sealed 118 Pine, Michael (1584) Lost 1-2 -211769
7sealed 134 Martin, Cory (1508) Won 2-0 +131782
8sealed 104 Clement, Martin (1562) Won 2-1 +141796
9sealed 60 Yu, Ben (1774) Lost 1-2 -181778
top average opponent: 1586record: 4-3 new rating: 1778

Grand Prix Boston-Worcester 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1822
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 855 Corney, Derrick (1627) Lost 1-2 -211801
3modern 1083 Wegman, Timothy (1517) Won 2-1 +131814
4modern 870 Sullivan, David (1528) Won 2-1 +121826
5modern 924 Kwiatkowski, Andrew (1578) Won 2-0 +141840
6modern 797 Riebling, Daniel (1351) Won 2-1 +101850
7modern 777 Frank, Christopher (1571) Lost 1-2 -231827
8modern 820 Myers, Ryan (1560) Lost 0-2 -231804
9modern 821 Berteaux, Julien (1752) Lost 1-2 -191785
top average opponent: 1561record: 4-4 new rating: 1785

Grand Prix Montreal 2014 (BNG limited) starting rating: 1891
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 287 Longo, Andrew (1589) Won 2-1 +121903
3sealed 427 Moody, Mitchell (1500) Lost 0-2 -251878
4sealed 426 Jette, Fabien (1629) Lost 0-2 -221856
5sealed 494 Cole, James (1636) Won 2-0 +141870
6sealed 374 Sanderson, Scott (1508) Lost 1-2 -251845
7sealed 329 Wong, Luan (1541) Lost 0-2 -231822
top average opponent: 1567record: 2-4 new rating: 1822

Grand Prix Toronto 2013 (THS limited) starting rating: 1811
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 253 Chung, Michael (1498) Won 2-0 +121823
4sealed 249 Boese, Travis (1637) Won 2-1 +151838
5sealed 15 Elenbogen, Andrew (1756) Won 2-1 +161854
6sealed 457 Maddock, Todd (1671) Won 2-0 +151869
7sealed 18 Goodfellow, Daniel (1607) Lost 0-2 -231846
8sealed 55 Julie, Yvon (1696) Won 2-0 +161862
9sealed 19 Barnello, Adam (1755) Won 2-0 +161878
10draft 42 Farrenkopf, Brian (1579) Won 2-1 +121890
11draft 75 LeRoux, Colette (1589) Lost 1-2 -231867
12draft 11 Goodfellow, Daniel (1629) Won 2-0 +141881
13draft 73 Linton, Richard (1624) Won 2-1 +131894
14draft 43 Lax, Ari (1937) Lost 1-2 -171877
15draft 13 Bouzane, Lawrence (1625) Won 2-0 +141891
top average opponent: 1662record: 10-3 new rating: 1891

Grand Prix Quebec City 2013 (GTC standard) starting rating: 1820
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 132 Roy, Billy-Sam (1535) Won 2-0 +131833
4standard 96 Sachlas, Peter (1576) Won 2-1 +141847
5standard 31 Carvalho, Pedro (1784) Lost 0-2 -201827
6standard 79 Burdet, Nicholas (1555) Won 2-1 +141841
7standard 38 Sullivan, David (1555) Won 2-0 +121853
8standard 18 Walker, Noah (1781) Lost 1-2 -191834
9standard 59 Bilodeau, Sebastian (1526) Lost 1-2 -231811
top average opponent: 1616record: 4-3 new rating: 1811

Grand Prix Toronto 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1847
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 50 Qian, David (1576) Lost 0-2 -231824
4modern 197 Delduca, Alex (1501) Lost 0-2 -231801
5modern 328 Winter, John (1497) Won 2-1 +121813
6modern 297 Shen, Justin (1517) Won 2-1 +131826
7modern 108 Lapierre, Matt (1446) Won 2-1 +121838
8modern 155 Gryn, Maksym (1726) Won 2-0 +151853
9modern 97 Arsenault, Frederique (1553) Won 2-1 +131866
10modern 58 Giles, Devon (1527) Lost 0-2 -241842
11modern 53 Ouimet, Guillaume (1618) Lost 0-2 -221820
top average opponent: 1551record: 5-4 new rating: 1820

Grand Prix Boston-Worcester 2012 (M13 limited) starting rating: 1731
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 84 Gennari, Justin (1518) Won 2-1 +141745
4sealed 48 Brink, David (1562) Won 2-0 +151760
5sealed 54 McClure, Blake (1555) Lost 0-2 -221738
6sealed 116 Jacobson, Joshua (1550) Won 2-1 +141752
7sealed 70 Westbrook, Matthew (1548) Won 2-0 +151767
8sealed 21 Guzman, Charle (1613) Won 2-0 +151782
9sealed 23 Taylor, Dustin (1735) Won 2-1 +171799
10sealed 21 Dionne, David (1625) Won 2-0 +151814
11draft 94 Krempels, Craig (2049) Won 2-1 +221836
12draft 61 Farr, Errol (1674) Lost 1-2 -211815
13draft 20 Dziekan, Lukasz (1673) Lost 0-2 -201795
14draft 41 Jaskolka, Jason (1621) Won 2-1 +151810
15draft 64 Nakamura, Shuhei (1867) Won 2-1 +191829
16draft 17 Lee, Jackie (1865) Won 2-1 +181847
top average opponent: 1675record: 11-3 new rating: 1847

Grand Prix Montreal 2011 (M12 limited) starting rating: 1690
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 83 Littlefield, Mark E (1568) Lost 0-2 -201670
3sealed 172 Skelly, Lee (1499) Won 2-0 +151685
4sealed 109 Benoit, Felix (1519) Won 2-0 +151700
5sealed 79 MacRae, Daniel (1492) Won 2-0 +141714
6sealed 70 Alkema, Andrew (1553) Won 2-1 +151729
7sealed 43 Potter, Doug (1654) Won 2-0 +171746
8sealed 13 Nguyen, Dinh (1574) Lost 0-2 -211725
9sealed 22 Long, Noah (1713) Won 2-0 +181743
10draft 32 Darby, Scott (1676) Won 2-1 +161759
11draft 36 Davidian, Adrian (1595) Lost 1-2 -211738
12draft 51 Cohen, Matthew (1585) Won 2-0 +161754
13draft 41 Bello, Hashim (1723) Draw 1-1 -11753
14draft 14 Cleveland, David (1506) Lost 0-2 -221731
top average opponent: 1589record: 8-4-1 new rating: 1731

Grand Prix Atlanta 2011 (extended) starting rating: 1534
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2extended 126 Watkins, Vincent Y (1517) Won 2-0 +171551
3extended 46 Rivera, Braulio (1407) Won 2-0 +161567
4extended 55 Yarbrough, Christopher (1536) Won 2-0 +171584
5extended 12 Runyon, John (1606) Lost 0-2 -171567
6extended 52 Oliff, Jesse (1607) Won 2-0 +181585
7extended 31 Ward, David J (1523) Won 2-1 +171602
8extended 11 Kaplan, Louis (1686) Won 2-0 +201622
9extended 17 Sodaro, Daniel (1569) Won 2-1 +171639
10extended 21 Belfatto, Michael (1675) Won 2-1 +181657
11extended 13 Lanthier, Dan (1622) Won 2-0 +181675
12extended 4 Utter-Leyton, Josh (2130) Won 2-1 +261701
13extended 2 Wescoe, Craig (1811) Lost 1-2 -161685
14extended 9 Greer, Joseph (1646) Lost 1-2 -191666
15extended 10 Scott-Vargas, Luis (2032) Won 2-0 +241690
top average opponent: 1669record: 11-3 new rating: 1690

Grand Prix Toronto 2010 (SOM limited) starting rating: 1442
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 30 McFadden, Robert (1557) Lost 1-2 -151427
5sealed 110 Boivin, Miguel (1502) Won 2-1 +191446
6sealed 72 Wheelan, Beau (1555) Won 2-1 +201466
7sealed 45 Bonder, Gabriel G (1572) Won 2-0 +201486
8sealed 10 Doshi, Vishvas (1645) Lost 0-2 -151471
9sealed 58 Elarar, Jay (1844) Won 2-1 +241495
10sealed 37 Van Lunen, Jacob (1617) Lost 1-2 -161479
11draft 40 Moore, John E (1731) Lost 1-2 -131466
12draft 64 Held, Jeffrey R (1562) Won 2-1 +201486
13draft 44 Leister, Nicole (1547) Won 2-0 +191505
14draft 34 Sonne, Jonathan (1967) Lost 1-2 -101495
15draft 14 Egolf, Marlon (1613) Won 2-0 +201515
16draft 23 Johnson, Paul (1561) Won 2-0 +191534
top average opponent: 1636record: 8-5 new rating: 1534

Grand Prix Montreal 2007 (Time Spiral block) starting rating: 1370
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 84 Terry, Jason (1421) Lost 0-2 -171353
4block 137 Shanks, Michael (1529) Draw 1-1 +31356
5block 166 Richardson, Justin (1500) Won 2-0 +211377
6block 110 Sciascia, John (1535) Won 2-0 +201397
7block 70 LaRose, Justin (1591) Won 2-1 +221419
8block 39 Grudzina, John (1572) Won 0-0 +211440
9block 21 Bakht, Sacha (1591) Draw 0-0 +21442
top average opponent: 1534record: 4-1-2 new rating: 1442

Grand Prix Toronto 2006 (DIS limited) starting rating: 1397
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 75 Curto, Jonathan P (1500) Lost 1-2 -161381
2sealed 143 Berrill, Eugene (1470) Lost 1-2 -171364
3sealed 186 Macdonald, Rick J (1482) Draw 1-1 +21366
4sealed 208 Bott, Chris (1464) Won 2-0 +201386
5sealed 163 Brown, Devin (1482) Lost 0-2 -161370
top average opponent: 1480record: 1-3-1 new rating: 1370

Grand Prix Montreal 2001 (ODY limited) starting rating: 1463
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 5 Loeb, Davy (1500) Lost 1-2 -171446
5sealed 34 Nahmias, Jean-Philippe (1538) Lost 0-2 -171429
6sealed 60 Conner, Jake (1519) Lost 0-2 -161413
7sealed 65 Skolnik, Mike (1504) Lost 0-2 -161397
top average opponent: 1515record: 0-4 new rating: 1397

Grand Prix Boston 2001 (PLS limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 140 Race, Allan (1500) Lost 1-2 -181482
2sealed 165 Patronick, Tony (1429) Lost 1-2 -191463
top average opponent: 1465record: 0-2 new rating: 1463