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Topic: 2015 Seattle Open August 22-23 4 Star Tournament

Posted By: Vince64
Subject: 2015 Seattle Open August 22-23 4 Star Tournament
Date Posted: 06/09/2015 at 1:28am

Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club (SPTTC) and Butterfly North America announce the 2015 Seattle Open 4 Star Tournament on August 22-23 at Bellevue College in Bellevue, WA. $7000.00 in cash prizes. All events (except doubles) are RR to SE format. Top 2 players advance from RR. Entry form can be printed from the Butterflyonline.com website. You can also enter online at omnipong.com. Max entry fee is $99 this includes rating and official fee.

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 06/09/2015 at 5:32pm

The tournament is now listed on the USATT tournament event page.

Posted By: ThePongProfessor
Date Posted: 06/11/2015 at 4:20pm

The idea of a max fee of $99 is awesome. Sign up people - this promises to be a great event.

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 06/11/2015 at 5:02pm

patrickhrdlicka wrote:

The idea of a max fee of $99 is awesome. Sign up people - this promises to be a great event.

We also have added a free tournament T-Shirt for anyone who enters two or more events. For people who mail their entry forms circle your shirt size. If you enter via omnipong.com click on the "goodies" button under Actions and choose your shirt size. Sizes are small to XXL. Additional shirts can be purchased also.

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 06/20/2015 at 4:00am

The entry form is also now online at the spttc.net website. We have also worked out a deal with the Days Inn (425-643-6644 book directly with them)in Bellevue for a 10% discount for tournament players. The block of rooms will be held until August 11th. When calling for reservations give them the code SPTTC to receive the discount.

Posted By: FlatHitter
Date Posted: 06/20/2015 at 12:52pm

Some of us from the modesto table tennis club might be going...is coach jeff mason going to be there?

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 06/20/2015 at 4:44pm

FlatHitter wrote:

Some of us from the modesto table tennis club might be going...is coach jeff mason going to be there?

I believe Jeff lives in the Portland area.

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 06/25/2015 at 1:13pm

Just another bit of info for the tournament. We will be live (no live commentary) steaming on both days. The plan is that the finals of all of the events will be on the table with the camera. From open singles down to the lowest rated event. So if your coming from out of town and you make the finals you can let your friends back home when your match is and they can watch it live.

Posted By: mhnh007
Date Posted: 06/25/2015 at 1:43pm

Just watch last year tournament. What event is the 1st match in this video and what US rating are these 2 players? I just want to understand the level of competition for this Tournament and US Rating in general.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_0yZCIM9S4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_0yZCIM9S4

BTW - What setup will Fatt be using for this coming tournament? Smile

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 06/25/2015 at 2:12pm

mhnh007 wrote:

Just watch last year tournament. What event is the 1st match in this video and what US rating are these 2 players? I just want to understand the level of competition for this Tournament and US Rating in general.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_0yZCIM9S4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_0yZCIM9S4

BTW - What setup will Fatt be using for this coming tournament? Smile

The first match on the day one video was a open singles RR match. Both players usatt rated 1950-2050. They are from the same club and have played each other many times. The first two matches on day two video were the semifinals of the 2400 singles. The third match on day 2 was open singles semifinals. The guy in the black shirt is rated 2700+ The other player is just under 2600. As for Fatt's set up I don't know what he will be using but rest assured what ever it is will cause him to randomly utter words in French during the match and you have no idea if he's yelling at himself or trying to put hex on his opponent! Lol

Posted By: NextLevel
Date Posted: 06/25/2015 at 3:53pm

Hopefully, the bionic Seattle 1200 juniors will be on display as well!

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 06/25/2015 at 4:03pm

Those were Portland Bionic 1200 junior players not Seattle juniors! Lol

Posted By: NextLevel
Date Posted: 06/25/2015 at 4:45pm

I stand corrected. Have a great event and I hope the bionic juniors don't come over and steal all your rating points!

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 06/26/2015 at 12:52am

NextLevel wrote:

I stand corrected. Have a great event and I hope the bionic juniors don't come over and steal all your rating points!

The bionic juniors from Portland area aren't a problem. Now the Canadian junior player who hasn't played in a usatt tournament in a year or two, that has nightmare written all over it.

Posted By: ThePongProfessor
Date Posted: 06/26/2015 at 1:09am

Amen to that, Vince !!!

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 06/26/2015 at 1:12am

patrickhrdlicka wrote:

Amen to that, Vince !!!

Oh yea, you had that experience last weekend.

Posted By: ThePongProfessor
Date Posted: 06/26/2015 at 1:16am

Yep - at least this top 10 Canadian cadet was USATT unrated it turns out...

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Posted By: hidasjoki
Date Posted: 06/26/2015 at 2:30am

4 of us(myself included) from Alaska are coming down for the tournament Beer

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Posted By: mhnh007
Date Posted: 06/26/2015 at 8:31am

Vince64 wrote:

mhnh007 wrote:

BTW - What setup will Fatt be using for this coming tournament? Smile

As for Fatt's set up I don't know what he will be using but rest assured what ever it is will cause him to randomly utter words in French during the match and you have no idea if he's yelling at himself or trying to put hex on his opponent! Lol

Ha ha, that's funny. I hope to see 'une célébration sur la table'.

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 06/26/2015 at 10:27am

hidasjoki wrote:

4 of us(myself included) from Alaska are coming down for the tournament Beer

if you're going to need a hotel to stay at I highly suggest you take advantage of the deal we arranged with the Days Inn. Information is on the entry form on how to get the discount. All the other hotels/motels in the area are charging nearly double the price we worked out with the Days Inn

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 06/30/2015 at 11:50pm

I was just informed today by the manager from the Days Inn that they will only hold the room block till July 31st. So if anyone was planning on staying there for the tournament and want the 10% discount make your reservation before July 31st.

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 07/17/2015 at 1:27am

Just a reminder. For people coming to the Seattle Open Aug 22-23 if you want to take advantage of the 10% discount at the Days Inn (425-643-6644 book directly with them, give them code SPTTC) you need to make your reservations by July 31st.

Posted By: ThePongProfessor
Date Posted: 07/24/2015 at 12:38am

Cool - 28 people have already signed up, one month before the tournament is set to start !!!

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 07/24/2015 at 2:09am

patrickhrdlicka wrote:

Cool - 28 people have already signed up, one month before the tournament is set to start !!!

I think we had 164 people last year. Hoping for somewhere from 175-225 this time.

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 07/31/2015 at 11:58am

Just a reminder. Today is last day to make reservations at the Days Inn and receive the 10% discount. Also if this happens to be a persons first USATT sanctioned tournament and your not really sure you want to buy the required USATT membership the SPTTC club will cover the 10.00 one time tournament pass it you enter 3 or more events or we will apply the 10 towards you buying a membership if you decide to buy a membership. And lastly when you enter ( via mail or on omnipong.com) remember to choose your shirt size for the free tournament T-Shirt.

Posted By: KiwiPong
Date Posted: 07/31/2015 at 1:37pm

I know several of us from Portland area are planning on going up. These guys are procrastinators so they will probably sign up at the last minute! (myself included lol) Sleepy

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 07/31/2015 at 2:12pm

KiwiPong wrote:

I know several of us from Portland area are planning on going up. These guys are procrastinators so they will probably sign up at the last minute! (myself included lol) Sleepy

You procrastinators from Portland will be punished, you will be "by just chance" all in the same RR groups in your events! Lol. See you in three weeks Yun.

Posted By: KiwiPong
Date Posted: 07/31/2015 at 3:17pm

Vince64 wrote:

KiwiPong wrote:

I know several of us from Portland area are planning on going up. These guys are procrastinators so they will probably sign up at the last minute! (myself included lol) Sleepy

You procrastinators from Portland will be punished, you will be "by just chance" all in the same RR groups in your events! Lol. See you in three weeks Yun.

Thanks Vince! I guess it wasn't difficult to guess who KiwiPong is in real life LOL, impressive! Clap

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 07/31/2015 at 3:50pm

KiwiPong wrote:

Vince64 wrote:

KiwiPong wrote:

I know several of us from Portland area are planning on going up. These guys are procrastinators so they will probably sign up at the last minute! (myself included lol) Sleepy

You procrastinators from Portland will be punished, you will be "by just chance" all in the same RR groups in your events! Lol. See you in three weeks Yun.

Thanks Vince! I guess it wasn't difficult to guess who KiwiPong is in real life LOL, impressive! Clap

Seeing the name Yun on your profile page helped just a little! Lol

Posted By: ThePongProfessor
Date Posted: 08/07/2015 at 5:26pm

Two weeks to go !!!

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/07/2015 at 5:43pm

patrickhrdlicka wrote:

Two weeks to go !!!

Just a reminder, when you enter via omnipong.com don't forget to "Actions" and select goodies and choose your shirt size. If your mailing your entry check your size on the entry form. First time USATT tournament players we will pay the 10.00 one time pass fee for you or if you want to buy a membership will apply the 10.00 towards that. All events are RR and top 2 players advance to SE(except doubles). Max entry fee is 99.00 (includes rating and official fee) you can enter all events eligible for as long as they don't start at same time.

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/14/2015 at 12:39am

Just over a week to go till the tournament. Up to 73 entries.

Posted By: KiwiPong
Date Posted: 08/14/2015 at 5:15pm

Us Portlanders wonder will there be any high level players participating in the Open Single and/or Women Open? p.s. I had to "help" you to remind some people last night they need to sign up still lol Approve

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/14/2015 at 5:28pm

KiwiPong wrote:

Us Portlanders wonder will there be any high level players participating in the Open Single and/or Women Open? p.s. I had to "help" you to remind some people last night they need to sign up still lol Approve

They're waiting for you Portlanders to enter. They didn't want to scare off the competition from down south. Lol. The coaches from up here still have to sign up so that will add a couple more 2500 plus players.

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/15/2015 at 2:57pm

80 entries now including the esteemed mytt member FATT. Let the random French phrases start in the middle of match begin! Lol

Posted By: KiwiPong
Date Posted: 08/17/2015 at 2:06pm

Guo Hao should be playing too, as soon as he figures out how to get himself entered on OmniPong.... Cry

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/18/2015 at 12:48am

KiwiPong wrote:

Guo Hao should be playing too, as soon as he figures out how to get himself entered on OmniPong.... Cry

He could also email his entry to [email protected] also. Up to 106 entries now.

Posted By: ThePongProfessor
Date Posted: 08/18/2015 at 12:44pm

Hao but then no more...I want to remain one of the top 8 seeds in the open event LOL

In all seriousness - I hope many more players will sign up for what promises to be a great tournament !!!

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/18/2015 at 2:08pm

patrickhrdlicka wrote:

Hao but then no more...I want to remain one of the top 8 seeds in the open event LOL

In all seriousness - I hope many more players will sign up for what promises to be a great tournament !!!

I think you will be out of luck on top eight wish. Lol. Two of the coaches from the club still have to enter and if some of the names I'm herring actually do enter it should be a good field. Are you driving over solo or bringing the family with you? We will be at the gym setting up starting about 1pm on Friday.

Posted By: ThePongProfessor
Date Posted: 08/18/2015 at 2:37pm

Yeah, looks like I will be out of luck LOL

but that's fine. I WANT to play many matches and the field looks very strong - there are many dangerous (and underrated) 1800-2050 players in the mix. I'll be more than happy if I leave Seattle with the same rating that I have now. Yes, I'll be bringing my family, but I have no idea what time we will be arriving at yet...

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/19/2015 at 3:02am

Just a update. Up to 135 players now. Entered players include the current U.S. Open champion Jinxin Wang, Hao Guo number one rated (2574) player from Oregon, Eric Zhao (2575) number one rated player from Washington state, Milton Garcia from Mexico. Still a couple of days left to enter.

Posted By: ndotson
Date Posted: 08/19/2015 at 12:27pm

Looks like it's going to be a good turnout. We have at least 5 players coming from Spokane. Not as many as we hoped...but more than usual from us inlanders! See ya Saturday!

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Posted By: cmetsbeltran15
Date Posted: 08/19/2015 at 3:33pm

Vince64 wrote:

Just a update. Up to 135 players now. Entered players include the current U.S. Open champion Jinxin Wang, Hao Guo number one rated (2574) player from Oregon, Eric Zhao (2575) number one rated player from Washington state, Milton Garcia from Mexico. Still a couple of days left to enter.

(ง ͠ ͠° ل͜ °)ง Jinxin Wang gonna lose to Zhao or Hao (ง ͠ ͠° ل͜ °)ง

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Posted By: ThePongProfessor
Date Posted: 08/19/2015 at 5:16pm

Is it just me, or are we missing some B.C Canadians ?? Also, there are at least two SPTTC juniors missing (A.B. and M.G)...I hope they participate !!

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/19/2015 at 9:07pm

patrickhrdlicka wrote:

Is it just me, or are we missing some B.C Canadians ?? Also, there are at least two SPTTC juniors missing (A.B. and M.G)...I hope they participate !!

The Canadian nationals start the 25th. The spttc juniors went to a two week camp back east much to my protests.

Posted By: ThePongProfessor
Date Posted: 08/19/2015 at 11:56pm

and where is the current U2250 + U2400 US Open champ :)

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/20/2015 at 12:28am

patrickhrdlicka wrote:

and where is the current U2250 + U2400 US Open champ :)

He has to work on Saturday. He is part of the team from Japan that is repairing the Bertha drilling machine. Saturday's he works till 5pm.

Posted By: ThePongProfessor
Date Posted: 08/20/2015 at 1:00am

Bummer...

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/22/2015 at 12:31am

12 hours to till the matches start. We will be live streaming on both days starting at 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Saturday https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Lsag4NVU6I? autoplay=1&modestbranding=1" When it comes online Open Doubles matches will be going on. Matches will be going on all day. The plan is to play the finals of all events on table one if possible. I believe if you make it to a final your match should be on the main table no matter the level. Sunday 9-5 will be quarter finals of men singles starting at 10:00am https://www.youtube.com/embed/gCFI4jfqqtA?autoplay=1&modestbranding=1" Also can be viewed at http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Events/2015/August/22/2015-Seattle-Open on the USATT website. Live Streaming will also be at Butterflyonline.com also. If I have time between my matches and overseeing the running of the tournament I will try let everyone know in advance of a event final.

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/22/2015 at 2:07pm

Open doubles final on table one right now

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/22/2015 at 7:19pm

Womens singles finals next match on the stream. Wenting Zha 2502 vs Bo Wang 2510

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/23/2015 at 11:04am

Today's stream starts at 9am. Quarter finals start at 10am.table 1 matches will be First match Jinxin Wang (2725) vs Joe Law (2482). Next match Milton Garcia (2444) vs Eric Zhao (2575). Semis will start at 11:30am.

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/23/2015 at 12:47pm

Quarter final match between Jinxin Wang vs Joe Law won by Jinxin Wang by default

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/23/2015 at 1:08pm

Open singles quarter from finals on table one Guo Zhao 2574 vs Lingshuai Meng 2465

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/23/2015 at 1:31pm

Up next is Milton Garcia 2444 vs Eric Zhao 2575

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/23/2015 at 2:25pm

Up next 1st semifinal Jinxin Wang 2725 vs Lii Chueng 2530

Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/23/2015 at 3:13pm

Next semifinal Hao Guo 2574 vs Eriic Zhao 2575

Posted By: cmetsbeltran15
Date Posted: 08/23/2015 at 11:43pm

cmetsbeltran15 wrote:

(ง ͠ ͠° ل͜ °)ง Jinxin Wang gonna lose to Zhao or Hao (ง ͠ ͠° ل͜ °)ง

Awaiting confirmation from Vince64 that King Cmets strikes again

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/24/2015 at 12:00am

Hao Guo beat Jinxin Wang 4-1 in open singles final.

Posted By: cmetsbeltran15
Date Posted: 08/24/2015 at 12:21am

fatt wrote:

Yes cmets. The general feel is that the us open champion was too tense. A knowledgeable player told me all he had to do was to manage but instead went for gold too often on a bad day...somebody else told he had vision problems...not sure what credit to give to those comments.

Jinxin lost because I predicted it. That's science.

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Posted By: cmetsbeltran15
Date Posted: 08/24/2015 at 1:05am

He plays a very controlled style game by nature, would be interesting to see video of him going too aggressive.

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Posted By: Vince64
Date Posted: 08/24/2015 at 1:39am

cmetsbeltran15 wrote:

He plays a very controlled style game by nature, would be interesting to see video of him going too aggressive.

Youtube 2015 Seattle Open day 2.

Posted By: benfb
Date Posted: 08/24/2015 at 2:07am

Or we could give Goa Hao credit for great play. I'll admit I didn't have high hopes for Hao mainly because he has no worthy practice partners. If he was still fresh from China, then I would have called it an even match. However, he showed great poise today and a lot of maturity in managing the match (and he had no coach, either). If I knew how to reach his parents, I'd tell them they should be proud.

Let's see... Hao beats Jinxin, but Jinxin beat Crisan. Crisan has beaten Timo Boll numerous times and Timo has beat (at one time or another) all of the top Chinese pros (Ma Long, Zhang Jike, etc.). Therefore, Hao is the best player in the world. LOL

Posted By: benfb
Date Posted: 08/24/2015 at 2:54am

fatt wrote:

it felt so good to watch world class tt in seattle; it was my gift for sure.

Are you talking about the Open singles or about when you and I played?

Posted By: mhnh007
Date Posted: 08/24/2015 at 9:09am

fatt wrote:

Thanks vince64 and all the team for a great time. A few cool wins a few bad losses...another great ping pong weekend. Congrats to the green lake kid in a wheelchair who was 2-0 in games and when I was ahead 9-6 in the last and 5th game he managed to win 13-11. I really wanted to win. Good job Eric you deserved it.

Sorry about your lost, but it's not easy to play against a person in wheelchair, as you may not used to the restriction imposed, and end up giving an easy ball.

Posted By: mts388
Date Posted: 08/24/2015 at 1:00pm

I had the opportunity to play Eric in the U.S. Open. He is a very good player and a nice guy.

Posted By: ThePongProfessor
Date Posted: 08/24/2015 at 5:09pm

Thank you to Vince, Jerry, Jinlong, John Peng and all the others, who sacrifice the possibility to participate themselves in order to arrange an excellent tournament for us others to enjoy. All-in-all a great venue: excellent lighting; no drafts; good tables, nets and balls; sturdy floors providing good footing; good contrast; relatively little disturbing foot traffic, etc. Very good organization. The level of the players was very good, including at the very top. If you haven't yet, you should consider participating in next year's Seattle tournament !!

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