Euchre Tournament Results: The Best of The Best of The Best, SIR!

The big day is over and we have found the euchre team that is "The best of the best of the best."

I would first like to say the Phi Delta Chi Euchre tournament raised $100 for Relay for Life! Big ups to Margo "Mar GO BLUE" Cooklin for putting this on. Ten teams showed up to duke it out for the grand prize fuchsia-colored trophies:

[Highly coveted: These are the BOMB DIGGITY]

THE EVENT

Unfortunately, my partner Brad and I did not take these home this year, despite being the top-seeded favorites. I blame the economy. In any case, check out these 8.0-megapixel photos from the event, where the games were intense and the rivalries fierce:

[Not being fierce at all. FIERCE!]

[Dennis fiercely looks on as Fierce Jordan thinks. He does that on occasion]

[Liz and Erin being fierce. Gabrielle smiling.]

THE FINAL TABLE

After some number of hours, the final table consisted of

[Dominick Rutherford/Matt Lewis]

VS.

[Tiffany Pfundt/Frank Bertone]

THE RESULTS

I'm not sure what the score was, but I assume it was 16-14 in double overtime, with the winners being...

[Matt Lewis and Dominick Rutherford]

Wipe those smug smiles off your faces; I'm coming for you next year

And runner-ups...

[Tiffany Pfundt and Frank Bertone]

Second place is the first loser.

Even Margo thinks so.

THE LOSERS' BRACKET = THE REAL WINNERS

"Hey Eric, if you didn't win it, how did you and Brad do?" Allow me to answer that question. We lost to Dominick and Matt in the second round, but came back to WIN THE LOSERS BRACKET:

[Brad Sisson and Eric Zhao and coozies]

The Best of the Best of the Worst

Yeah, I know. Why cover the World Series of Poker when you have tension and excitement like this all day? I'm talking to you, ESPN. Check out the bracket for a play-by-play analysis:

Sidenote: Since Brad won't be around next year, I will be taking applications for my euchre partner next year. Please email ezhao@umich.edu with a cover letter and CV if interested.

-EZ

Euchre Tournament: Yoo-kur, not ooo-kree

First off, pronunciation of "euchre" for the non-midwesterners (i.e. Californians) out there: yoo-kur. Rhymes with nuker and puker. It's not ooo-kree, ee-yoo-chree, or ee-yook. (\'yü-kər\) if you want to be all techniboring.

Second off, PDC will be hosting it's second Euchre Tournament tomorrow, March 23rd, with all proceeds going towards Relay For Life. We have pretty sexy prizes for the winners and runner-ups: trophies, gift cards, travel mugs, coozies, and window clings. See the flyer and sign up your team NOW!

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Third off, here are the Ten Commandments of Euchre by noted euchre master Harvey Lapp

1. Thou shalt not pass a biddable hand.
2. Thou shalt counteth upon thy partner for one trick.
3. Thou shalt not trumpeth thy partner's ace.
4. Thou shalt trumpeth thy partner's king.
5. Thou shalt leadeth trump to thy partner's order.
6. Thou shalt not leadeth trump to thine opponent's order.
7. When thou hath ordered trump, leadeth thy right bower to smite thy foes.
8. Ordereth not the right bower unto thy partner's hand unless thou canst go alone.
9. Goeth alone whenever thou canst, unless thy team hath eight or nine points.
10. Thou shalt not complaineth about the cards the Lord thy Euchre God hath bestowed upon you.

Source (<-- Dr. Berardi would be so proud)

Just FYI, everyone is playing for second place, since my partner Brad and I will be taking the crown again.

-EZ

Fundraisers Update

Check out this list of upcoming fundraisers:

• Euchre Tournament: March 23rd
  
• Penny Wars: P1 vs P2 vs P3 duke it out until March 29th
  
• Blue Leprechaun Bar Night: March 26th
• Mia Zas: March 31 from 4-10pm
• bd's Mongolian Grill: April 6th at 6pm
• Bucketing
• RFL Jail: On-site fundraiser
• Selling purple ribbons: On-site fundraiser

For those of you interested in our past fundraisers:

• Bake Sale: $284.24 (Heads: Liz Kelly and Alison Van Kampen)
• Bucketing: $537.38 and counting (Head: Dominick Rutherford)
• T-Shirt Sales: $258.13 (Heads: Jenni Cena and Jenna Bognaski)

Our top 5 fundraising individuals. Can you compete?

• Melinda Tran: $410.01
• Carrie Zechmeister: $290
• Philip Kong/Kelly Louie: $280 (I dunno about this pairing up business...)
• Bernard Marini: $260
• Tess Lin: $250

Again, every $20 raised gets an entry into the raffle for a $50 gift card and two $25 gift cards.

-EZ