Season Wraps up in Style

The Inaugural Rattler Cup season is in the books, and it ended in style at the Finals held at Imperial Outpost this past weekend. Here is a review of the action:


Round 1 - Unlike most tournaments that feature random pairings for the first round, pairings were determined based on the season standings coming into the event. Similar to March Madness, there were some notable upsets

• Top two seeds Derek Page & Scott Freeman made it through with 7-4 and 6-1 wins, respectively
• Don Hooson, the #3 seed, suffered a 9-1 loss to Noah Dominguez
• Jaminh Vo, #4 seed, also suffered an opening loss to at large qualifier Gabriel Rocha 7-1

Round 2 - the featured match of the round was between our two heavyweights Derek Page & Scott Freeman. A win in this game could not only determine the Finals champion but also the season championship. Derek has held the lead spot all season and was able to fend of Scott with a 11-0 win. In other games:

• Gabriel Rocha continued to makes some noise with a 2-1 win over Noah Dominguez. This game would set the tone for the next round as scores became much tighter than any games I have seen all season
• in a match up of first round upset victims, Jaminh Vo was able to get back on track by defeating Don Hooson
• Brandon Minor and Jason McCormack each suffered their second loss on the day knocking them out of contention

Round 3 - we end the season like started the season: The final table match up of Derek Page vs Herb Shaffer. Herb had revenge on his mind plus and opportunity to capture the top spot for his faction on the national rankings. But history repeats itself as Derek pulls out the win

• Adam Steffen quietly had an awesome day going 3-0 and actually outscoring Derek on the day, but Derek's strong seeding from his season long dominance sealed the championship. Adam finished second.
• Jaminh Vo made a run for the title with another victory in his last game but the comeback was just not enough

So the final results

• Rattler Cup Final Champion: Derek Page
• Rattler Cup Season Champion: Derek Page
• Rattler Cup Finals Wildcard winner: Gabriel Rocha (highest ranked player with 0 seeding points)
• Rattler Cup Above the Table Award: Jaminh Vo (awarded to a player who was instrumental to the success of the Rattler Cup)
• Huge thank you to Imperial Outpost for adding to our prize supported unsolicited!

Thanks again to everyone all season long and we will see you next season.

Player Name		Army	Best General
Derek	Page	Imperial Knights	4033
Adam	Steffen	Necrons	3462
Jaminh	Vo	Tyranids	2881
Herb	Shaffer	Dark Eldar	2815
Jay	Gardner-Hajek	Demons	2775
Dave	Hat	Space Marines	2484
Michael	Newsom	Necrons	2016
Gabriel	Rocha	Dark Eldar	2013
Scott	Freeman	Orks	1979
Don	Hooson	Space Marines	1952
Mark	Fallows	Space Marines	1731
Calen	Peterson	CSM	1537
Nicholas	Morgan	Space Marines	1014
Noah	Dominguez	Orks	1013
Brandon	Minor	Tau	690
Jason	McCormack	Imperial Knights	541
Eric	Cacace	Dark Eldar	325

Rattler Cup Award Winners