Those who advance to the next round are:
ap
awulf
dposada
dugfin
dshelton
eroseman
stevenr
mallery
nickb
shek
rpverret





The results of the first round were:

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ap: 16        
awulf: 12        
alecs: 8
alarson: 4
bih: 0
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dposada: 16        
cstaab: 8     (*)
bradleyw: 8   (*)
brianj.ss: 8  (*)
brandoni: 0
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dugfin: 14         
dshelton: 13         
drj4ever: 8
edpizzi: 5
elspeth: 0
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eroseman: 16         
gmitch: 8     (*)
higuera: 8    (*)
htct: 8       (*)
ericjean: 0
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stevenr: 20         
mallery: 16         
lipinski: 12
lmelchor: 8
kaas: 4
kmb: 0
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nickb: 20         
mitali.ss: 10  (*)
mrsmith: 10    (*)
venkatc.ss: 10 (*)
mtiteren: 8
maxl: 2
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shek: 20         
rpverret: 14   (**)
stefan83: 14
wade: 6
seleniat: 4
siddik: 2
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(*)
  Some three-way ties for second-place were caused by 
  all players essentially playing first.ss.
  In those situations, none advance
  (I later confirmed that none of them would be able to
  beat any of 3 tournament winners.)

(**) rpverret vs. stefan83:
  They split the match against each other,
  but rpverret won in only 56 turns while stefan83 required 70.