My breakdown of the pools.
Pool A:
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x|A|B|C|D|E A = Anakin (4-0)
A|x|W|W|W|W B = Kane (3-1)
-|-|-|-|-|- C = Rip (2-2)
B|L|x|W|W|W D = ZTS (1-3)
-|-|-|-|-|- E = PRA (0-4)
C|L|L|x|W|W
-|-|-|-|-|-
D|L|L|L|x|W
-|-|-|-|-|-
E|L|L|L|L|x
Not super confident on this outcome. Feel like Rip is the wildcard here. He could win or lose to any of these people. Down on Project Runaway due to the experience difference. I'm gonna be down on a lot of the LCQ players.
Pool B:
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x|A|B|C|D|E A = Geesemaster (3-1)
A|x|W|L|W|W B = Rickstah (3-1)
-|-|-|-|-|- C = Mateo (3-1)
B|L|x|W|W|W D = Spero Gin (0-4)
-|-|-|-|-|- E = Princess Ling (1-3)
C|W|L|x|W|W
-|-|-|-|-|-
D|L|L|L|x|L
-|-|-|-|-|-
E|L|L|L|W|x
I don't know how they'll deal with 3-way tiebreakers, but I'm giving Rickstah the edge because of Akuma. I think Mateo gets a win over Geesemaster thanks to his familiarity with Feng. Down on Spero Gin because he has to be mad tired after yesterday, and his T7 knowledge didn't look all that great either. Great skill though, not counting him out completely for a win or two.
Pool C:
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x|A|B|C|D|E A = Speedkicks (3-1)
A|x|L|W|W|W B = Naps (4-0)
-|-|-|-|-|- C = Tekken Tim (0-4)
B|W|x|W|W|W D = Renzo (2-2)
-|-|-|-|-|- E = MYK (1-3)
C|L|L|x|L|L
-|-|-|-|-|-
D|L|L|W|x|W
-|-|-|-|-|-
E|L|L|W|L|x
I have little confidence in the picks here. I don't know Tim/Renzo/MYK super well in tournament. I'm not even all that sure Naps will beat Speedkicks. This pool will be super interesting though. Shame that the two Steve's in tournament ended up in the same pool.
Pool D:
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x|A|B|C|D|E A = Brawlpro (1-3)
A|x|L|W|W|L B = Kodee (3-1)
-|-|-|-|-|- C = JustFrameJames (2-2)
B|W|x|L|W|W D = WayGamble (2-2)
-|-|-|-|-|- E = Jackie Tran (2-2)
C|L|W|x|W|L
-|-|-|-|-|-
D|W|L|L|x|W
-|-|-|-|-|-
E|W|L|W|L|x
I really like Brawlpro as a player but the tournament experience level in this pool is pretty high relative to his own. It wouldn't surprise me if his win/loss record flipped though. If I were a gambler, JFJ and WayGamble would be total stay aways, I can't trust them. I have Kodee losing to James because...well that seems like something that would happen.
Can't wait to be completely wrong about it all.