The second place winner in the prediction game was none other than @AmandaB, who is also winner of the unofficial Good Sportsmanship Award for the tournament. I want to thank Amanda for being a model “coach” – her example as an author was very important in setting a tone to keep this whole event light and fun. (Don’t forget that this is not a typical “contest”; none of the “entrants” were voluntarily entered by the authors here!)
Amanda successfully guessed the winner in 24 out of 30 games from Rounds 2 through 5, and in about half of those matches she was the closest in terms of predicting relative score.
The third place in the prediction game goes to @FLACRabbit, who called the winner correctly in 23 out of 30 matchups.