Playing: Sprue Posse Invitational Participant List and First Round Pairings

Below is our RSVP'd list of Sprue Posse Invitational participants and their seeds:

Rank Name              Rating    Tourney Wins    Points  

1   Regul, Jon          1630         1             7.0
2   Shepard, Ryan       1625         1            10.0
3   Townsend, Brad      1625         1             8.5
4   Burdine, Patrick    1625                       9.5
5   Alvarez, Sergio     1620         1             5.5
6   Northover, Mike     1620                       7.5
7   Joos, Levi          1610         1             6.5         
8   Pait, Robert        1610                       7.0

The above is the player's seed, their ELO rating, the number of tourney victories this season at the Sprue Posse open circuit and their total battle points for the season. Battle points are awarded 1 point for a win, half point for a tie and zero points for a loss.

In seeded Swiss pairings the top player of the top bracket plays the top player of the bottom. This is done to give the top ranked player the best potential strength of schedule.

That means the first round pairings will be as follows:

Regul vs. Alvarez
Shepard vs. Northover
Townsend vs. Joos
Burdine vs. Pait

I'll start putting up player profiles of each of the competitors this month leading up to the main event. Let the speculation begin!