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Samson, Daniel
Current rating: 1836 (#1423)

MagicCon Las Vegas 2023 Limited Open (WOE limited) starting rating: 1840
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 3501 Masters, Chase (1760) Won 2-1 +161856
2sealed 3352 Froberg, Jason (1481) Won 2-0 +121868
3sealed 3014 Runyon, Sean (1540) Won 2-0 +121880
4sealed 3064 Clark, Jason (1689) Lost 0-2 -221858
5sealed 3176 Williams, David A (1735) Lost 0-2 -201838
6sealed 3153 Beatty, Robert (1741) Won 2-0 +161854
7sealed 3161 Yam, Philip (1807) Lost 0-2 -181836
top average opponent: 1679record: 4-3 new rating: 1836

Grand Prix Vancouver 2018 (UMA limited) starting rating: 1839
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 88 Taekema, Jordan (1549) Won 2-0 +131852
2sealed 58 Yu, Justin (1428) Won 2-1 +111863
3sealed 116 Greenwell-Baker, Dustyn (1591) Lost 0-2 -231840
4sealed 265 Cole, Nathan (1674) Won 2-0 +151855
5sealed 84 Campbell, Chantelle (1552) Won 2-1 +131868
6sealed 106 Cracraft, Justen (1560) Won 2-0 +121880
7sealed 54 Rand, Kevin (1705) Lost 0-2 -211859
8sealed 56 Yu, Haiyue (1587) Won 2-0 +131872
9sealed 56 Leyland, Eli (1726) Won 2-0 +161888
10draft 68 Yam, Philip (1839) Lost 1-2 -191869
11draft 73 Svelnis, Toby (1568) Won 2-0 +121881
12draft 57 Wang, Haotian (1685) Lost 0-2 -211860
13draft 12 Brown, Ethan (1732) Lost 0-2 -201840
top average opponent: 1630record: 8-5 new rating: 1840

Grand Prix San Jose 2017 (AER limited) starting rating: 1864
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 254 McCormick, Morgan (1500) Lost 1-2 -251839
top record: 0-1 new rating: 1839

Grand Prix Vancouver 2016 (OGW limited) starting rating: 1856
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 380 Minturn, John (1464) Won 2-0 +111867
2sealed 319 Fancy, Rachel (1518) Won 2-0 +121879
3sealed 240 Plots, Rebeka (1518) Won 0-0 +111890
4sealed 15 Wilson, Jacob (1965) Lost 1-2 -161874
5sealed 319 Gidlof, Dylan (1575) Won 2-0 +121886
6sealed 165 Fang, Percy (1842) Lost 1-2 -181868
7sealed 149 Wigglestove, Chancy (1539) Draw 1-1 -61862
8sealed 242 Kerschen, Jackson (1539) Won 2-0 +121874
9sealed 171 Wlasichuk, Michael (1527) Won 2-0 +121886
10draft 171 Sollows, Matt (1543) Won 2-0 +121898
11draft 149 Asbjornsen, Chad (1558) Lost 1-2 -241874
12draft 105 Clarke, Chris (1571) Won 2-0 +131887
13draft 20 Jeffery, Ben (1603) Lost 1-2 -231864
top average opponent: 1597record: 8-4-1 new rating: 1864

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2015 (2) (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1888
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 124 Gibbs, Tom (1693) Lost 0-2 -211867
4sealed 157 Tan, Al Andy (1392) Lost 1-2 -261841
5sealed 259 Isom, Gregory (1468) Won 2-0 +111852
6sealed 199 Rodriguez, Juan (1468) Won 2-0 +121864
7sealed 130 Shore, Trenton (1585) Won 2-0 +131877
8sealed 77 Young, Kelvin (1709) Lost 0-2 -211856
top average opponent: 1553record: 3-3 new rating: 1856

Grand Prix Washington DC 2014 (JOU limited) starting rating: 1790
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 219 Morse, Sean (1456) Won 2-1 +121802
3sealed 237 Walters, Joshua (1522) Won 2-0 +131815
4sealed 132 Fournier, Daniel (1841) Won 2-0 +181833
5sealed 32 Savage, Sam (1627) Won 2-0 +151848
6sealed 41 Guy, Timothy (1696) Won 2-0 +151863
7sealed 16 Stanco, Andrew (1615) Lost 0-2 -221841
8sealed 50 Haas, William (1655) Lost 0-2 -221819
9sealed 55 Wescoe, Craig (1864) Won 2-1 +191838
10draft 48 Ellis, Jamie (1577) Won 2-1 +131851
11draft 64 Kim, Isaac (1648) Won 2-0 +151866
12draft 32 Kassis, Eli (1735) Won 2-1 +151881
13draft 35 Visco, David (1756) Lost 0-2 -201861
14draft 76 Collins, Jason (1678) Won 2-1 +151876
15draft 24 Donaldson, Mark (1567) Won 2-0 +121888
top average opponent: 1660record: 11-3 new rating: 1888

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2013 (MMA limited) starting rating: 1677
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 1353 Parkinson, Aric (1502) Won 2-0 +151692
4sealed 1046 Werner, Jesse (1523) Won 2-0 +151707
5sealed 803 Wijaya, Vidianto (1961) Won 2-0 +221729
6sealed 662 Sloan, Stephen (1598) Won 2-1 +161745
7sealed 530 Hughes, Nick (1523) Won 2-1 +141759
8sealed 415 Larena, Daniel (1733) Won 2-0 +181777
9sealed 327 Markeson, Scott (1695) Lost 1-2 -201757
10draft 61 DeMars, Brian (1986) Won 2-0 +221779
11draft 101 Pugliese, Tyler (1587) Won 2-0 +151794
12draft 15 Surkamp, Florian (1822) Won 2-1 +181812
13draft 150 Chan, Robbie (1666) Won 2-1 +161828
14draft 92 Oliver, Neal (1706) Lost 1-2 -211807
15draft 18 Zafra, Marcel Angelo (1830) Lost 0-2 -171790
top average opponent: 1703record: 10-3 new rating: 1790

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2013 (GTC limited) starting rating: 1687
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 138 Sadowsky, Joel (1554) Won 2-0 +151702
4sealed 184 Fabiano, Gerard (2069) Won 2-1 +251727
5sealed 72 Reed, David (1543) Won 2-1 +141741
6sealed 7 Bernal, Joseph (1711) Won 2-0 +181759
7sealed 21 Pascal, Brandon (1579) Lost 1-2 -211738
8sealed 112 Kassis, Eli (1787) Won 2-0 +181756
9sealed 13 Menlibai, Paul (1596) Won 2-0 +161772
10sealed 307 Lewis, Jonathan D (1763) Lost 1-2 -191753
11draft 73 Pascal, Brandon (1591) Lost 0-2 -211732
12draft 14 Gonzales, Roberto (1783) Lost 1-2 -171715
13draft 67 Sharfman, David (1968) Lost 1-2 -131702
14draft 6 Searles, James (1681) Won 2-0 +171719
15draft 18 Michael S., (1547) Lost 0-2 -211698
16draft 66 Lis, Dan (1516) Lost 0-2 -211677
top average opponent: 1692record: 7-7 new rating: 1677

Grand Prix Charlotte 2013 (GTC limited) starting rating: 1702
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 731 Looman, Dane (1423) Won 2-1 +131715
5sealed 682 Martin, Justin (1497) Won 2-0 +141729
6sealed 663 Kemper, Greg (1758) Lost 1-2 -171712
7sealed 734 Shiver, Michael (1578) Won 2-0 +151727
8sealed 361 Spezzo, Vincent (1639) Lost 1-2 -191708
9sealed 390 William L., (1536) Lost 0-2 -211687
top average opponent: 1572record: 3-3 new rating: 1687

Grand Prix Atlantic City 2013 (RTR standard) starting rating: 1770
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4standard 108 Lima, Nikolas (1460) Lost 1-2 -231747
5standard 264 Sees, William (1458) Lost 1-2 -231724
6standard 394 Singer, Sean (1534) Lost 1-2 -221702
top average opponent: 1484record: 0-3 new rating: 1702

Grand Prix Charleston 2012 (RTR standard) starting rating: 1764
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 52 Cook, Samuel (1534) Won 2-1 +141778
4standard 32 Michael, Stephen O (1519) Lost 1-2 -231755
5standard 102 Dooley, Jason (1606) Lost 1-2 -201735
6standard 111 Ortiz, Jose (1516) Won 2-1 +141749
7standard 92 Sotter, Paul (1540) Won 2-1 +141763
8standard 79 Usary, Marsh (1690) Won 2-1 +171780
9standard 50 Stamper, Michael (1523) Won 2-1 +131793
10standard 39 Johnson, Christopher (1596) Lost 1-2 -221771
11standard 34 Yan, Yan (1546) Won 2-0 +141785
12standard 30 Stark, Ben S (2004) Lost 1-2 -141771
13standard 36 Fennell, Christopher (1946) Lost 1-2 -151756
14standard 34 crawford, Nic (1519) Won 2-1 +141770
15standard 27 Pastorinni, Luckas (1652) ID 01770
top average opponent: 1630record: 7-5-1 new rating: 1770

Grand Prix Philadelphia 2012 (RTR limited) starting rating: 1674
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 568 Seck, Ben (1805) Lost 1-2 -151659
4sealed 788 Bishop, D Z (1516) Lost 0-2 -211638
5sealed 737 Rubinstein, Iz (1501) Won 2-0 +161654
6sealed 704 Hancher, Gregory (1490) Won 2-0 +151669
7sealed 597 Mikhail, Peter (1547) Won 2-0 +151684
8sealed 625 Ring, Levi (1541) Won 2-1 +161700
9sealed 575 Ottaway, Sean (1538) Won 2-0 +151715
10sealed 97 Utter-Leyton, Josh (1984) Won 2-1 +231738
11draft 74 Sowers, Travis (1622) Lost 0-2 -201718
12draft 58 Efelis, George P (1600) Won 2-1 +151733
13draft 36 Mabie, Craig (1693) Won 2-1 +181751
14draft 58 Hartzler, Adam B (1668) Won 2-0 +161767
15draft 55 Lazaro, Andrew (1609) Lost 1-2 -211746
16draft 35 Ngo, Kiet (1728) Won 2-0 +181764
top average opponent: 1632record: 10-4 new rating: 1764

Grand Prix Baltimore 2012 (DKA standard) starting rating: 1602
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 68 Lochan, Gary (1518) Won 2-0 +161618
4standard 128 Hayne, Alexander (1798) Won 2-0 +211639
5standard 21 White, Harold (1620) Lost 0-2 -181621
6standard 226 Stroh, Brian (1619) Won 2-1 +181639
7standard 54 Turtenwald, Owen (1939) Won 2-1 +231662
8standard 24 Zhang, David (1590) Won 2-1 +171679
9standard 34 Garritillo, Aaron K (1618) Lost 1-2 -191660
10standard 35 Lienhard, Paul (1560) Won 2-0 +161676
11standard 40 Housman, Myles (1595) Won 2-0 +171693
12standard 27 Orellana, Manuel (1673) Lost 1-2 -191674
13standard 37 Cicio, Joshua (1741) Lost 1-2 -171657
14standard 58 Holden, Michael (1761) Lost 0-2 -161641
15standard 69 lacomb, david (1586) Won 2-0 +171658
16standard 50 Cook, Billy P (1543) Won 2-1 +161674
top average opponent: 1654record: 9-5 new rating: 1674

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2011 (M12 standard) starting rating: 1543
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 133 Graves, Robert (1681) Won 2-1 +201563
3standard 49 Wild, Emilien (1518) Lost 1-2 -191544
4standard 262 Daniels, Daryl (1518) Lost 1-2 -181526
5standard 415 Isgur, Benjamin (1490) Won 2-1 +171543
6standard 301 Sayers, Matthew E (1518) Won 2-0 +181561
7standard 291 Schroeder, Paul (1534) Won 2-1 +171578
8standard 135 Giancoulas, Donald (1602) Won 2-0 +191597
9standard 53 Elfgren, Bertil (1841) Won 2-0 +221619
10standard 71 Fulton, Randall (1586) Won 2-1 +181637
11standard 33 Harvie, Donovan (1640) Won 2-1 +181655
12standard 10 Landale, Tim (1823) Lost 0-2 -151640
13standard 36 Henner, Aaron (1554) Lost 1-2 -201620
14standard 50 Burton, Cody (1596) Lost 1-2 -181602
top average opponent: 1608record: 8-5 new rating: 1602

Grand Prix Atlanta 2011 (extended) starting rating: 1509
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2extended 114 Russo, Joseph (1518) Won 2-1 +181527
3extended 51 Pena, Jason (1502) Lost 0-2 -191508
4extended 138 Hetzner, Matthew S (1564) Lost 1-2 -171491
5extended 165 Armstrong, Todd D (1497) Won 2-0 +181509
6extended 167 Guess, Brian (1488) Won 2-0 +181527
7extended 145 Burton, Cody (1469) Won 2-1 +171544
8extended 96 Myhre, Christopher A (1555) Lost 1-2 -181526
9extended 72 Juarez, Chad (1446) Won 2-1 +171543
top average opponent: 1505record: 5-3 new rating: 1543

Grand Prix Nashville 2010 (SOM limited) starting rating: 1527
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 435 Carey, Joey (1537) Won 2-1 +191546
3sealed 503 Graves, Thomas (1535) Lost 1-2 -191527
4sealed 576 Stevens, John (1500) Lost 0-2 -181509
5sealed 623 Armstrong, John (1502) Won 2-1 +181527
6sealed 558 Ballis, Zac S (1518) Lost 1-2 -181509
top average opponent: 1518record: 2-3 new rating: 1509

Grand Prix Washington DC 2010 (ROE standard) starting rating: 1483
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 124 Griffith, Lauren (1518) Lost 1-2 -171466
3standard 72 Bushard, Ryan (1508) Lost 0-2 -171449
4standard 347 Bonelli, David R (1482) Won 2-0 +181467
5standard 333 Butler, Jessie (1533) Won 2-1 +201487
6standard 84 Egolf, Marlon (1599) Won 2-1 +201507
7standard 89 Lambert, Christopher (1499) Won 2-1 +181525
8standard 112 Baroni, Stephen (1653) Lost 0-2 -161509
9standard 101 Au, Ryan (1539) Won 2-0 +181527
top average opponent: 1542record: 5-3 new rating: 1527

Grand Prix Tampa 2009 (ZEN limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 87 Chamberlain, Adam N (1500) Lost 1-2 -181482
3sealed 309 Landreth, Dallas (1500) Lost 0-2 -181464
4sealed 290 Freeman, Alfred J (1482) Won 2-0 +191483
5sealed 240 Medders, Micah (1458) Won 2-0 +171500
6sealed 136 Burks, Brandon (1568) Lost 0-2 -171483
top average opponent: 1501record: 2-3 new rating: 1483