This in from Adam Silverman:

The 5th annual Whipping Tournament was held this past weekend April 19-20 at the Hotel Tomo in SF. We had 22 players total including the TD play 9 boards over 3 rounds. Here are the results.

Top Seven
Champion - Josh Shank
2nd - Matt Shields
3rd - Eric Mead
4th - Nathan Barnes
5th - Mike Hall
6th - Edi Birsan
7th - Micah Krabill

Best Countries
Austria - Mike Hall
England - Graham Woodring
France - Micah Krabill
Germany - Matt Shields
Italy - Don Williams
Russia - Edi Birsan
Turkey - Eric Mead

Special Awards
Best Pirate - Zack Phillips
Hammered - Nick Bendler
Best stab - Jordan Abronson
Best revenge - Chris Brand
Lucky dice - Don Williams
Snail - Dave Maletsky

Full placements:
1. Josh Shank 287
2. Matt Shields 267
3. Eric Mead 264 (by tie-breaker)
4. Nathan Barnes 264
5. Mike Hall 246
6. Edi Birsan 237
7. Micah Krabill 218
8. Adam Sigal 216
9. Chris Brand 209
10. Condy Creek 197
11. Tom Hilton 192
12. Dave Maletsky 169
13. Don Williams 167
14. Graham Woodring 163
15. Louis Abronson 131
16. Joshua Gottesman 114
17. Siobhan Granvold 81
18. Jordan Abronson 57
19. Zack Phillips 44
20. Nick Bendler 41
21. Jack Twilley 10
TD Adam Silverman unscored

Board results
Round 1

Board 1 - end 1910
A: Matt Shields 8
E: Chris Brand 9
F: Adam Sigal 11
G: Jordan Abronson elim 1905
I: Jack Twilley elim 1905
R: Dave Maletsky 2
T: Siobhan Granvold 4

Board 2 - end 1906
A: Edi Birsan elim 1904
E: Nathan Barnes 10
F: Mike Hall 6
G: Graham Woodring elim 1906
I: Zack Phillips 2
R: Tom Hilton 7
T: Condy Creek 9

Board 3 - end 1907
A: Josh Gottesman elim 1906
E: Adam Silverman 12
F: Louis Abronson elim 1907
G: Micah Krabill elim 1907
I: Don Williams 9
R: Eric Mead 7
Turkey: Josh Shank 6

Round 2

Board 1 - end 1905
A: Adam Silverman 8
E: Tom Hilton 9
F: Josh Shank 10
G: Jack Twilley elim 1905
I: Graham Woodring 1
R: Mike Hall 6
T: Micah Krabill elim 1904

Board 2 - end 1907
A: Nathan Barnes 9
E: Edi Birsan 9
F: Siobhan Granvold elim 1907
G: Louis Abronson elim 1906
I: Chris Brand 5
R: Don Williams 1
T: Dave Maletsky 10

Board 3 - end 1907
A: Condy Creek elim 1904
E: Zack Phillips elim 1907
F: Nick Bendler 2
G: Matt Shields 9
I: Jordan Abronson elim 1907
R: Joshua Gottesman 9
T: Eric Mead 14

Round 3

Board 1 - end 1909
A: Eric Mead elim 1906
E: Graham Woodring 12
F: Micah Krabill 16
G: Tom Hilton elim 1908
I: Dave Maletsky elim 1905
R: Jordan Abronson 3
T: Chris Brand 3

Board 2 - end 1906
A: Mike Hall 9
E: Condy Creek 8
F: Joshua Gottesman elim 1904
G: Siobhan Granvold 1
I: Adam Sigal 6
R: Edi Birsan 10
T: Zack Phillips elim 1905

Board 3 - end 1906
A: Josh Shank 7
E: Don Williams 3
F: Adam Silverman 7
G: Nathan Barnes 2
I: Nick Bendler elim 1906
R: Louis Abronson 9
T: Matt Shields 6