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Puls, Matt
Current rating: 1611

Regional Championships Atlanta 2023 (pioneer) starting rating: 1649
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 102 Kuang, Raynor (1500) Won 2-0 +161665
2pioneer 120 Blankenship, Bennett (1519) Won 2-0 +151680
3pioneer 71 Blackwell, Andrew (1506) Lost 1-2 -211659
4pioneer 164 McGarry, Quinn (1456) Lost 1-2 -221637
5pioneer 227 Kusenberger, Christopher (1435) Lost 1-2 -211616
6pioneer 443 Bain, Kyle (1455) Lost 1-2 -211595
7pioneer 405 Kolaventy, Rajarshi (1520) Won 2-0 +161611
top average opponent: 1485record: 3-4 new rating: 1611

Regional Championships Dallas 2023 (pioneer) starting rating: 1689
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 117 Lutes, Tyler (1503) Won 2-0 +151704
2pioneer 264 Crowson, Matt (1427) Won 2-0 +131717
3pioneer 40 Ehrig, Mason (1537) Lost 0-2 -211696
4pioneer 195 Young, Brock (1510) Lost 1-2 -221674
5pioneer 262 McClelon III, Robert (1547) Won 2-1 +161690
6pioneer 231 Haker, Steven (1690) Lost 1-2 -181672
7pioneer 315 Yula, John (1502) Won 2-1 +151687
8pioneer 247 Schlott, James (1569) Lost 1-2 -201667
9pioneer 233 Bond, Matthew (1700) Lost 0-2 -181649
top average opponent: 1554record: 4-5 new rating: 1649

Regional Championships Atlanta 2022 (pioneer) starting rating: 1643
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 1044 Stern, Zach (1788) Lost 0-2 -161627
2pioneer 1427 Mindt, Aaron (1628) Won 2-0 +181645
3pioneer 1152 Liu, Bruce (1651) Won 2-0 +191664
4pioneer 1141 Connolly, Robert (1680) Won 2-0 +181682
5pioneer 1034 Curry, Brian (1571) Won 2-1 +161698
6pioneer 1034 Schaefer, Scott (1577) Lost 0-2 -201678
7pioneer 1094 Colon, Gustavo (1589) Lost 1-2 -201658
8pioneer 1147 Holt, Ben (1522) Won 2-1 +161674
9pioneer 1124 Liu, Jeff (1652) Won 2-0 +171691
10pioneer 1100 Lutack, James (1567) Won 2-0 +161707
11pioneer 1040 Kemper, Jayson (1576) Lost 0-2 -201687
12pioneer 1072 Nollen, Dylan (1937) Won 2-0 +221709
13pioneer 1067 DeLozier, Dawn (1602) Lost 1-2 -201689
top average opponent: 1642record: 8-5 new rating: 1689

Players Tour Online 2 (MTGA IKO standard) starting rating: 1672
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 9 Luong, Marcus (1931) Lost 0-2 -131659
2standard 69 Milechman, Max (1850) Won 2-1 +211680
3standard 73 Hosokawa, Yuya (1942) Lost 1-2 -131667
4standard 82 Hurtado Sanchez, Diego (1523) Lost 0-2 -211646
5standard 86 Lounsbury, Christopher (1643) Won 2-0 +181664
6standard 71 Ishibashi, Koutarou (1478) Lost 1-2 -211643
top average opponent: 1728record: 2-4 new rating: 1643

Grand Prix Oklahoma City 2019 (ELD standard) starting rating: 1658
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 6 Green, Tyler (1452) Won 2-1 +141672
3standard 63 Mok, Andrew (1534) Won 2-0 +161688
4standard 27 Hubbard, Alan (1661) Lost 0-2 -191669
5standard 58 Laleff, Charles (1536) Won 0-0 +161685
6standard 25 Demetruk, Matthew (1548) Lost 1-2 -211664
7standard 62 Raval, Mahendra (1817) Won 2-1 +211685
8standard 36 Wyatt, Joseph (1479) Won 2-0 +141699
9standard 16 Pitts, Jason (1629) Lost 0-2 -191680
10standard 24 Ambler, Kevin (1681) Won 2-1 +181698
11standard 25 Barr, Richard (1587) Lost 0-2 -201678
12standard 27 Solis, Edward (1658) Lost 1-2 -181660
13standard 29 Low, Arthur (1440) Won 2-0 +141674
14standard 20 Riveros, Julian (1665) Won 2-1 +181692
15standard 20 Xu, Tianhao (1612) Lost 0-2 -201672
top average opponent: 1593record: 8-6 new rating: 1672

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1646
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 1 Brown, Keenan (1535) Won 2-0 +161662
3modern 67 Bauer, John (1784) Won 2-1 +211683
4modern 80 Darby, Wyatt (1884) Lost 1-2 -151668
5modern 148 Rowe, Jeffrey (1524) Lost 0-2 -201648
6modern 157 Kienert, Tyler (1516) Won 2-0 +151663
7modern 85 Wells, Nathan (1536) Lost 1-2 -201643
8modern 152 Melanson, Chris (1470) Won 2-1 +151658
top average opponent: 1607record: 4-3 new rating: 1658

Grand Prix Dallas-Fort Worth 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1686
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 94 Rodriguez, Edward (1536) Lost 1-2 -201666
3modern 345 Rodriguez, Christopher (1326) Won 2-1 +121678
4modern 326 Stewart, Drew (1629) Won 2-1 +171695
5modern 162 Andrew, Ian (1578) Won 2-1 +161711
6modern 101 Barnes, Michael (1674) Lost 1-2 -191692
7modern 221 Wallace, Brandon (1344) Lost 0-2 -241668
8modern 225 Ervin, Gregory (1475) Lost 1-2 -221646
top average opponent: 1509record: 3-4 new rating: 1646

Grand Prix Kansas City 2019 (WAR standard) starting rating: 1671
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 149 Edwards, Brian (1460) Won 2-0 +141685
3standard 57 Ruwe, Jacob (1579) Won 2-0 +161701
4standard 32 Cabral, Sean (1549) Draw 0-0 -21699
5standard 47 Boyce, Andrew (1555) Won 2-0 +151714
6standard 21 Kidd, Zach (1622) Won 2-1 +161730
7standard 10 Bormet, Aaron (1365) Lost 1-2 -241706
8standard 41 Nixon III, Richard (1618) Lost 1-2 -201686
top average opponent: 1535record: 4-2-1 new rating: 1686

Grand Prix Oklahoma City 2017 (modern) starting rating: 1657
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 99 Wilson, David (1438) Won 2-0 +141671
2modern 25 Wolgamot, Kenneth (1518) Lost 0-2 -211650
3modern 299 Hudspeth, Jake (1437) Won 2-1 +141664
4modern 284 Riddle, Glenn (1517) Won 2-0 +161680
5modern 138 Ellis, Bennett (1630) Lost 0-2 -191661
6modern 227 Hamzah, Raith (1504) Lost 0-2 -211640
7modern 394 Soderstrum, Tanner (1408) Won 2-0 +141654
8modern 292 Wersal, Gunther (1600) Won 2-1 +171671
9modern 139 Nass, Matthew (2075) Won 2-0 +251696
10modern 196 Wyss, Thomas (1570) Won 2-0 +151711
11modern 101 McQuary, Andrew (1588) Lost 0-2 -201691
12modern 114 Lowther, Evan (1578) Lost 1-2 -201671
top average opponent: 1572record: 7-5 new rating: 1671

Grand Prix Indianapolis 2016 (modern) starting rating: 1578
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 349 Reigle, Henry (1491) Won 2-0 +171595
2modern 269 Bosyj, Jason (1499) Won 2-1 +161611
3modern 359 Wilder, Scott (1537) Won 2-1 +171628
4modern 199 Strauch, Jeff (1559) Lost 0-2 -201608
5modern 395 Adams, Richard (1658) Won 2-0 +191627
6modern 104 White, Drew (1683) Won 2-1 +191646
7modern 81 McDaniel, Kyle (1753) Won 2-0 +201666
8modern 95 Musser, Dan (2000) Draw 1-1 +61672
9modern 53 Pasquino, Justin (1619) Won 2-1 +171689
10modern 858 Cravens, Josh (1626) Lost 0-2 -191670
11modern 911 Gamez, Dale (1594) Won 2-0 +171687
12modern 874 Lin, David (1852) Lost 1-2 -151672
13modern 925 Zachow, Andrew (1688) Won 2-0 +181690
14modern 890 Hartman, Reed (1827) Lost 1-2 -161674
15modern 929 Mangum, James (1700) Lost 0-2 -171657
top average opponent: 1672record: 9-5-1 new rating: 1657

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2015 (1) (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1546
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 20 Garbanati, Robert (1482) Won 2-1 +171563
2sealed 106 Statler, James (1518) Won 2-0 +171580
3sealed 181 Huteson, Tom (1733) Lost 1-2 -151565
4sealed 198 Conlin, Chantz (1523) Lost 1-2 -191546
5sealed 227 Wymes, Chris (1496) Won 2-0 +171563
6sealed 134 Williams, Jesse (1517) Won 2-0 +171580
7sealed 121 Manna, Frank (1534) Won 2-0 +171597
8sealed 47 Rodriguez, Maximiliano (1538) Lost 1-2 -191578
top average opponent: 1543record: 5-3 new rating: 1578

Grand Prix Kansas City 2013 (modern) starting rating: 1568
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 78 Beltz, James (1790) Lost 1-2 -141554
3modern 233 Haskitt, Chris (1499) Won 2-0 +171571
4modern 193 McGregor, Ben (1465) Lost 0-2 -201551
5modern 310 Slingerland, Maxfield (1502) Won 2-1 +171568
6modern 257 Grokowsky, David (1518) Won 2-1 +171585
7modern 126 Glass, Jason (1492) Lost 0-2 -201565
8modern 179 Zarichny, Brandon (1486) Lost 0-2 -191546
top average opponent: 1536record: 3-4 new rating: 1546

Grand Prix Chicago 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1542
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 31 Naidu, Akash (1570) Lost 1-2 -181524
4modern 292 Stevens, Chris (1501) Won 2-1 +181542
5modern 219 Allbright, Bob (1607) Lost 0-2 -171525
6modern 338 Tokarsky, Adam (1485) Won 2-1 +171542
7modern 121 Holmes, Eric (1476) Won 2-0 +171559
8modern 157 Bohnhoff, Benjamin (1566) Won 2-1 +181577
9modern 99 Hunt, Matthias (1929) Won 2-0 +241601
10modern 54 Pino, Greg (1625) Won 2-1 +191620
11modern 47 Yost, Brett (1539) Lost 0-2 -201600
12modern 51 Gauker, Dylan (1575) Won 2-1 +181618
13modern 40 Kowal, Brian (1758) Lost 0-2 -161602
14modern 56 Jones, Nathan [CAN] (1619) Lost 0-2 -171585
15modern 51 Jacob, Maxwell (1648) Lost 1-2 -171568
top average opponent: 1608record: 7-6 new rating: 1568

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2012 (AVR standard) starting rating: 1516
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 26 Vergel, Vincent Paul R (1578) Won 2-0 +191535
4standard 39 Ghan, Jon (1556) Won 2-0 +181553
5standard 10 Motchkavitz, Matt (1691) Won 2-0 +211574
6standard 19 Calcano, Christian (1735) Lost 1-2 -151559
7standard 69 Hink, Stephan (1504) Won 2-1 +171576
8standard 16 Bogner, Ryan (1733) Lost 0-2 -151561
9standard 85 Steinwand, Tyler (1506) Lost 0-2 -191542
top average opponent: 1615record: 4-3 new rating: 1542

Grand Prix Lincoln 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1484
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 2 Herstead, Nicholas (1555) Lost 1-2 -171467
4modern 214 Budler, Jon (1505) Won 2-1 +191486
5modern 118 Mechler, Kyle (1722) Won 2-0 +221508
6modern 71 Blum, Tyler (1681) Won 2-0 +211529
7modern 62 Marriott, Nick (1592) Won 2-1 +191548
8modern 17 Baugh, Jacob (1632) Lost 0-2 -161532
9modern 135 Wright, Henry (1638) Lost 0-2 -161516
top average opponent: 1618record: 4-3 new rating: 1516

Pro Tour Philadelphia 2011 (modern) starting rating: 1475
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 39 Holland, Kitt (1681) Won 2-0 +221497
2modern 12 Goertzen, Simon (1763) Draw 1-1 +41501
3modern 54 Pskowski, Timothy (1565) Won 2-1 +191520
4modern 28 van Medevoort, Robert (1719) Lost 0-2 -141506
5modern 67 Corda, Adrien (1509) Draw 1-1 01506
6draft 131 Black, Samuel (1765) Lost 1-2 -131493
7draft 12 Yasooka, Shota (2053) Lost 0-2 -91484
top average opponent: 1722record: 2-3-2 new rating: 1484

Grand Prix Kansas City 2011 (NPH limited) starting rating: 1486
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 165 Hammond, Dakota (1518) Lost 0-2 -181468
3sealed 232 Young, Stillman A (1500) Won 2-0 +191487
4sealed 212 Maestas, Elesaio (1502) Won 2-0 +181505
5sealed 86 Nettles, Logan (1711) Lost 1-2 -141491
6sealed 185 Mclane, Ryan (1599) Lost 1-2 -161475
top average opponent: 1566record: 2-3 new rating: 1475

Grand Prix Kansas City 2008 (ALA limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 195 Kwan, Lung (1537) Lost 0-2 -171483
2sealed 258 Mispagel, Joey (1523) Won 2-0 +181501
3sealed 223 Tonianse, Andranik (1500) Lost 0-2 -181483
4sealed 292 Pettit, Jeffrey (1489) Won 2-0 +181501
5sealed 188 Gillette, Clayton (1624) Lost 1-2 -151486
top average opponent: 1534record: 2-3 new rating: 1486