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Gaard, Sam
Current rating: 1480

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2017 (modern) (modern) starting rating: 1474
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 940 Macias, Mason (1419) Won 2-0 +171491
2modern 2117 Lepper, Lantz (1385) Lost 0-2 -201471
3modern 1264 Cullerton, Evan (1411) Won 2-0 +171488
4modern 465 Gillespie, Andrew (1477) Won 2-1 +181506
5modern 431 Miller, Wilson (1462) Lost 1-2 -191487
6modern 732 Stevens, Todd (1620) Won 2-0 +211508
7modern 573 Fournier, Daniel (1981) Lost 1-2 -101498
8modern 649 Nagasawa, Kazuhiro (1503) Lost 0-2 -181480
top average opponent: 1532record: 4-4 new rating: 1480

Grand Prix Denver 2016 (KLD standard) starting rating: 1485
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 367 Gautschi, Stephen (1500) Lost 1-2 -181467
2standard 536 Bonner, Ram (1434) Lost 0-2 -181449
3standard 651 Preston, Brian (1464) Won 2-0 +181467
4standard 641 KEEHNER, JOSHUA (1486) Won 2-1 +181485
5standard 430 Cahill, Steve (1588) Won 0-0 +201505
6standard 434 Tousi, Cameron (1461) Lost 1-2 -191486
7standard 488 Huynh, Anthony (1815) Lost 1-2 -121474
top average opponent: 1535record: 3-4 new rating: 1474

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2015 (2) (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1477
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 483 Weyer, Kevin (1500) Won 2-1 +191496
2sealed 120 Foss, Gregory (1512) Won 2-1 +181514
3sealed 66 Dominguez Roldan, Fernando De Jesus (1804) Won 2-1 +231537
4sealed 89 Hall, Bradley (1575) Lost 1-2 -171520
5sealed 185 Leigh, Donald (1598) Lost 0-2 -171503
6sealed 177 Sloan, Shawn (1494) Lost 0-2 -181485
top average opponent: 1581record: 3-3 new rating: 1485

Grand Prix Omaha 2015 (modern) starting rating: 1464
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 119 Rau, Trevor (1500) Won 2-0 +191483
2modern 110 Le-Dang, Tan (1439) Won 2-0 +171500
3modern 111 Cunningham, Daniel (1520) Won 2-0 +191519
4modern 28 Mackl, Valentin (1962) Lost 1-2 -111508
5modern 221 Castillo, Ryen (1728) Lost 1-2 -141494
6modern 170 Bush, James (1561) Lost 0-2 -171477
top average opponent: 1618record: 3-3 new rating: 1477

Grand Prix Denver 2015 (KTK standard) starting rating: 1518
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 20 Penrod, Jacob (1588) Lost 1-2 -171501
4standard 360 Neumann, Gregory (1485) Lost 1-2 -181483
5standard 483 Grodsky, Ben (1450) Lost 0-2 -191464
top average opponent: 1508record: 0-3 new rating: 1464

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1534
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 283 Overland, Chase (1625) Won 2-0 +191553
2modern 111 Overturf, Ryan (1707) Lost 1-2 -151538
3modern 552 Dunnewold, Sam (1501) Lost 0-2 -191519
4modern 735 Martin, Bob (1484) Won 2-0 +181537
5modern 585 Connor, John M. (1499) Lost 0-2 -191518
top average opponent: 1563record: 2-3 new rating: 1518

Grand Prix Albuquerque 2013 (THS standard) starting rating: 1558
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 281 Robinson, Phillip (1500) Won 2-0 +171575
2standard 212 Chang, Calvin (1430) Lost 0-2 -201555
3standard 312 Baca, David (1500) Lost 0-2 -191536
4standard 475 Joslin, Jimmy (1447) Won 2-0 +161552
5standard 375 Okada, Luke (1532) Lost 1-2 -181534
top average opponent: 1482record: 2-3 new rating: 1534

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2013 (MMA limited) starting rating: 1506
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 1444 Tackaberry, Bramwell (1522) Lost 0-2 -181488
2sealed 1722 Peabody, Joel (1484) Won 2-0 +181506
3sealed 1568 Boyer, Chad (1500) Won 2-0 +181524
4sealed 1585 Kontoulis, Steve (1523) Lost 1-2 -181506
5sealed 1197 Webber, Charles (1459) Won 2-0 +171523
6sealed 1157 Marinescu, Claudiu (1484) Won 2-1 +171540
7sealed 839 Baron, Geoffrey (1520) Won 2-1 +181558
8sealed 644 Vegso, Brian (1532) Won 2-0 +171575
9sealed 507 Reda, Derek (1622) Lost 0-2 -171558
top average opponent: 1516record: 6-3 new rating: 1558

Grand Prix Denver 2013 (legacy) starting rating: 1521
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1legacy 200 Friend, Kristopher (1522) Won 2-1 +181539
2legacy 143 McCary, Sean (1518) Lost 0-2 -181521
3legacy 177 Juarez, Chad (1624) Lost 0-2 -161505
4legacy 300 Fosdick, Ryan (1481) Won 2-1 +171522
5legacy 241 Mooney, Clayton (1621) Lost 0-2 -161506
6legacy 256 Finnegan, Michael (1518) Won 2-1 +181524
7legacy 191 O'Brien-Cockson, Brendan (1502) Lost 0-2 -181506
top average opponent: 1541record: 3-4 new rating: 1506

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2012 (AVR standard) starting rating: 1542
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 165 Hurlburt, David (1518) Lost 0-2 -181524
3standard 357 Fuge, Patrick (1503) Lost 1-2 -191505
4standard 468 Schmitz, Selleck (1478) Won 2-1 +181523
5standard 292 Whittemore, Charles (1433) Won 2-0 +161539
6standard 289 Schuett, Court (1526) Lost 0-2 -181521
top average opponent: 1492record: 2-3 new rating: 1521

Grand Prix Salt Lake City 2012 (DKA standard) starting rating: 1590
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 267 Robbins, Casey (1482) Won 2-1 +161606
3standard 136 Hawley, Bryan (1458) Lost 1-2 -211585
4standard 191 Knight, Michael (1518) Lost 0-2 -191566
5standard 413 Bock, James (1483) Won 1-0 +161582
6standard 290 Meyer, Sam (1463) Lost 0-2 -201562
7standard 276 Crimin, Kevin (1452) Lost 0-2 -201542
top average opponent: 1476record: 2-4 new rating: 1542

Grand Prix Lincoln 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1606
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 85 Stohr, Matt (1500) Won 2-0 +161622
2modern 91 Moldenhauer, Ryan E (1500) Lost 0-2 -211601
3modern 161 Heron, Xavier (1502) Lost 0-2 -191582
4modern 314 Wilson, Tim S (1467) Lost 0-2 -201562
5modern 291 Rasmussen, Kevin (1463) Won 2-0 +161578
6modern 243 Huff, Zach (1464) Won 2-1 +161594
7modern 199 Wonderly, Jonathan R (1482) Won 2-1 +161610
8modern 126 Pettice, Aaron (1502) Lost 0-2 -201590
top average opponent: 1485record: 4-4 new rating: 1590

Grand Prix Kansas City 2011 (NPH limited) starting rating: 1665
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 154 Higdon, Nigel (1677) Lost 0-2 -181647
3sealed 290 Wilson, Payne (1452) Lost 1-2 -211626
4sealed 316 Weil, Alan (1511) Lost 0-2 -201606
top average opponent: 1547record: 0-3 new rating: 1606

Grand Prix Denver 2011 (MBS limited) starting rating: 1614
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 135 Stumpp, Kendrik (1500) Won 2-0 +161630
2sealed 82 Zezula, Thomas (1451) Won 2-1 +151645
3sealed 10 Riley, Jordan (1544) Lost 1-2 -201625
4sealed 108 Piazza, Brett (1643) Won 2-0 +191644
5sealed 61 Keithley, Gregg (1558) Won 2-1 +161660
6sealed 48 Terry, Richard (1531) Won 2-0 +161676
7sealed 23 Ma, Thomas (1710) Won 2-0 +181694
8sealed 13 Schousboe, Jason (1738) Lost 1-2 -171677
9sealed 30 Nemeth, Mark (1535) Won 2-1 +151692
10draft 14 Summers, Ryan (1561) Lost 0-2 -201672
11draft 34 Adams, Tommy (1578) Lost 1-2 -201652
12draft 54 Helton, Jason C (1551) Won 2-0 +171669
13draft 9 Adams, Tommy (1580) Draw 1-1 -21667
14draft 29 Smith, Ian (1550) Lost 1-2 -201647
15draft 42 Tucker, Tyler (1657) Won 2-0 +181665
top average opponent: 1579record: 9-5-1 new rating: 1665

Grand Prix Atlanta 2011 (extended) starting rating: 1629
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 471 Goins, John (1493) Won 2-1 +161645
2extended 425 Arndt, Adam (1482) Lost 1-2 -211624
3extended 551 Piedra, Christopher (1506) Won 2-1 +151639
4extended 523 King, Ryan T (1505) Lost 0-2 -201619
5extended 565 Pike, Maitland (1416) Won 2-1 +141633
6extended 544 Parson, Lukas (1580) Lost 0-2 -191614
top average opponent: 1497record: 3-3 new rating: 1614

Grand Prix Houston 2010 (extended) starting rating: 1618
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2extended 103 Hartwig, Logan (1518) Won 2-0 +161634
3extended 6 Ohlschwager, Andrew (1610) Won 2-0 +181652
4extended 23 Turning, Travis (1759) Lost 0-2 -161636
5extended 51 Green, Robert C (1473) Won 2-1 +151651
6extended 58 Garza, Robert (1486) Draw 1-1 -31648
7extended 57 Raflowitz, Taylor (1598) Lost 1-2 -191629
top average opponent: 1574record: 3-2-1 new rating: 1629

Grand Prix Oakland 2010 (extended) starting rating: 1541
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 67 Erickson, Shannon (1453) Draw 1-1 -11540
2extended 190 Padilla, Angel (1500) Lost 0-2 -191521
3extended 277 Placone, Tristan (1500) Won 2-0 +181539
4extended 250 Vyas, James (1500) Won 2-1 +171556
5extended 186 Doran, Brian (1518) Won 2-0 +171573
6extended 119 Schmit, Mark (1632) Won 2-1 +191592
7extended 77 Massicard, Yann (1778) Won 2-1 +221614
8extended 43 Marr, Mat (1889) Won 2-1 +231637
9extended 27 Phelps, Michael (1612) Lost 1-2 -191618
top average opponent: 1598record: 6-2-1 new rating: 1618

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2009 (ZEN limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 226 Johnson, Jarrett (1500) Won 2-0 +181518
2sealed 281 Balling, Victor (1519) Lost 0-2 -181500
3sealed 382 Carroll, David (1499) Lost 1-2 -181482
4sealed 380 Ho, Jasper (1482) Won 2-0 +181500
5sealed 399 Studley, James (1555) Won 2-1 +191519
6sealed 183 Gorz, Philip (1523) Won 2-0 +181537
7sealed 201 Ojeda, Manny (1534) Won 2-0 +181555
8sealed 94 Efland, Zach (1797) Lost 0-2 -141541
top average opponent: 1551record: 5-3 new rating: 1541