MMSGS 2009 Tournament:
1960: Making of the President
Tournament rules were: (1) Players roll a die for choice of sides; high roller gets his preferred side. (2) The total electoral votes received are used as a tie-break, if necessary.
The tournament format was a round robin with each player playing all of the others. The tournament was organized and run by Charlie Ward.
Here are the final tournament standings: Column entries have the form Result/Electoral Votes (e.g. 1/319 denotes a win with 319 electoral votes). Unplayed games are designated by "---".
| Player | Mark | Robert | Charlie | Tim | Seth | Dana | Won- Lost | Total Electoral Votes | # Nixon | # Kennedy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | XXX | 0/207 | 0/250 | 0/128 | 0/194 | ---- | 0-4 | 779 | 2 | 2 |
| Robert | 1/330 | XXX | 0/242 | 1/309 | ---- | 0/136 | 2-2 | 1017 | 2 | 2 |
| Charlie | 1/287 | 1/295 | XXX | 0/237 | 1/276 | 1/319 | 4-1 | 1414 | 1 | 4 |
| Tim | 1/404 | 0/228 | 1/300 | XXX | 1/272 | 1/366 | 4-1 | 1570 | 2 | 3 |
| Seth | 1/343 | ---- | 0/261 | 0/236 | XXX | ---- | 1-2 | 840 | 3 | 0 |
| Dana | ---- | 1/401 | 0/218 | 0/171 | ---- | XXX | 1-2 | 790 | 2 | 1 |
The winner was Tim on tiebreak over Charlie. As the tournament winner, Tim received a $30 Valhalla's Gate gift certificate, based on a tournament entry fee of $5 per player.