Pollanen3-2 at 2019 Prague Classic

Hyvinkaa, Finland

Fourth
Jere
Sullanmaa

Third
Jason
Moore

Second
Iikko
Santti

SKIP
Jermu
Pollanen

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	6.47
PA/G:	6.47
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.28
Force Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Jermu Pollanen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 3-2 in the 22 team Prague Classic qualifying round, held November 7 - 10, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Pollanen lost 4-3 to Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER), then responded with a 7-3 win over Mattia Giovanella (Cembra, ITA). Pollanen won 5-3 against Gabor Bor Zelinka (Ljubljana, SLO), then won 6-4 against Dominik Svarc (Prague, CZE). Pollanen went on to lose 8-1 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

Pollanen earned 2.938 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 122nd place overall with 31.197 total points. Pollanen ranks 94th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.124 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	3	2	0	0.600	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	34	22	22	6.47	6.47	0.00	4.41	3.82	1.47	1.69	1.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	18	14	7	4	0-0	1-0	3-2	0.78	0.39	0.29	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	16	8	15	2	0-0	0-1	2-5	0.50	0.94	0.25	0.38

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