I recall we used to utilize a system locally, that there was a "strength coeffitient" for every tournament run under this system. Based on rankings of every player involved. And finishing high at a "stronger" (harder) tournament added to player's ranking more than similar finish at a lesser tournament.

mikepage said:

Bob had a typo. The one you prefer is 840 and the other is 826.

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But how can a 830 vs 820 result in a HFS of 840 ... higher than the individuals.

jbart65 said:

Why MR uses Atlantic City instead of NY is odd to me. Esp with MR moving the US Open from AC.

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I guess they will correct that. When next US Open comes, haha. Until then, they wouldn't care.

sudocrushms said:

No one ever cares about the Central Time Zone...<sigh>

Thanks for posting the schedule and remote start times.

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Just use a great tool at timeanddate.com, it is Time Zone Converter. Enter any regions you need to compare, and there you get your local time for the case!

Bob Jewett said:

The first is (850/1+780/2)/(1/1+1/2) = 826.66

The second is (830/1+820/2)/(1/1+1/2) = 826.66

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I would be definitely more interested in the second event (830 vs 820) over a 850 vs 780 although the HFS is the same for both events. Maybe going to 16 or 32 will present a truer picture of the strengths of the events.
Funny that the numbers came out the same in my example though lol

mikepage said:

Bob had a typo. The one you prefer is 840 and the other is 826.

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Okay, now I feel better

(garczar, as usual, tends to forget this is an open forum for any pool-related questions we have , and seems to fail just walking by anything he does not feel fitting his own framework)

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benjaminwah said:

Would removing him affect people’s ratings?

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I just chimed in to suppose it will. Provided on how FargoRate works, as per Mike Page described. FR numbers for players depend on those racks played against their opponents, to such extent that even if a certain player was on hold for a year or two, his FR is going to fluctuate, based on how his opponents are performing during such a hiatus from the game.

No, really, let's stick to one thread, shall we? It will be more convenient in the end. This one started occasionally, and was based on some delusional news article (with yesteryear team rosters). While we have a nice special thread for Reyes Cup 2025 already:

VVP said:

I would be definitely more interested in the second event (830 vs 820) over a 850 vs 780 although the HFS is the same for both events. Maybe going to 16 or 32 will present a truer picture of the strengths of the events.
Funny that the numbers came out the same in my example though

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Bob had a typo. The one you prefer is 840 and the other is 826.