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Patrick Gibson earned 13 master points, winning the OCTOBER point's race. Our 2009 Player-of-the-Year'race' is progressing with Steve leading and Patrick, George and the rest of us following. To see the details: (Choose menu item -- 'Year-to-Date Points'). ** We did one have a first time winner this month, Rafael LaHera. Congratulations to all the master point winners!
Results for: Gammon Associates' LOS ANGELES OPEN Backgammon Tournament JUNE 12-13-14, 2009
held at: Airtel PLaza Hotel & Convention Center Van Nuys, California OPEN (56): 1- Ray Fogerlund (CA), 2- Stick Rice (OH), 3- Malcolm Davis (TX) (ABT= 20.36, 10.18, 5.09 points) 1C- Dorn Bishop (CA), 2C- Jona Alexander (CA), 3C/4C- Mark Antranikian (CA) / Zafer Yasa (CA) (ABT= 10.18, 5.09, 2.55, 2.55 points) Side Pool: 36- entries 1st= R.Fogerlund, 2nd= S.Rice ADVANCED (31): 1-Trisha Hegland (CA), 2-Cheryl Andersen (CA), (ABT= 6.20, 3.10 points) 1C- David Taniguchi (CA), 2C- Lynn Lusk (CO), 3C/4C- Jenann Nakamura (CA) / Joe Nolan (NV) (ABT= 3.10, 1.55, 0.78, 0.78 points) Side Pool: 19- entries 1st= T.Hegland, 2nd= C.Andersen LIMITED (9): 1-Liam Zaidel (CA), 2-Susan Lee (AZ) (ABT= 0.78, 0.39 points) 1C- Don Thompson, Sr. (CA) (ABT= 0.39 points) Paul Dingwell Amateur (32): 1-Jerry Jabagchourian (CA), 2- Bruce Newberg (CA), 3/4- J.L.Carter (CA) / Lynn Lusk (CO) Side Pool: 15- entries 1st= B.Newberg, 2nd= L.Lusk SUPER 32 (32): 1- Dorn Bishop (CA), 2- Neil Kazaross (IL), 3/4- Jason Lee (NV) / Steve Sax (CA) Side Pool: 25- entries 1st & 2nd = N.Kazaross,D.Bishop,S.Sax 2-PT QUICKIES (32): 1- Ted Chee (CA) BLITZ (96): 1- Ron Bruns (CA) DOUBLES (24 teams): 1- Reza Daryabegi (CA)/Azzam Masarani (CA), 2- Ray Fogerlund (CA) /Rob Maier (WV), 3- Larry Bosen (CA) / Justin Nunez (CA) Side Pool: 23- entries 1st= Reza/Azzam, 2nd= Ray/Rob $50-Jackpots #1 (8): 1- Josh Racko (CA), #2 (8): 1- Larry Bosen (CA), #3 (4): 1- Trisha Hegland (CA) 102 players in total, and we had new 22 new (or long time away) players: Andy Plat Ben Ben-Horin Cheryl Andersen Don Thompson, Sr Evan Bargnesi Jason Switzer Joe Nolan Kristina Vig Larry Bosen Liam Zaidel Marcel Molderings Maria Heiner Max Levenstein Paul Heidecker Ramon Eleazar Rob Virnig Rod Covlin S. Nasser Sandy Krause Susan Lee Takis Sakkalis Uri Sefchovich Our long-time tournament players and these new ones contriubte the most to making a successful event. Thanks for joining in the competition, ______patrick and team (Carla, Ceci, Rynell, Dan and Ray) The next G/A Invitational (the CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP) is scheduled for December 4-5-6, 2009 and the next "LOS ANGELES OPEN" on June 11-12-13, 2010 Both to be held at the Van Nuys Airtel Plaza Hotel and Convention Center. These will be ABT {American Backgammon Tour} events. We hope to see you all there.Results of: Gammon Associates' VIETOR CUP, Invitational September 19-20, 2009
held at: Jon Vietor's Home La Jolla, California ----R E S U L T S ---- 28 players ($300 entry) -%-- 1st 40 Jason Lee Henderson, NV 2nd 15 Julius High New York, NY 2nd 15 Nick Maffeo Palm Desert, CA 2nd 15 Steve Sax West Hollywood, CA 2nd 15 Mike Ungerleider Fullerton, CA
Winner: jumped in jacquzzi
2009 WINNER: Jason LeeAt our Weekly Tournaments we award Master Points to prize winners. In addition, Bonus Point tournaments (extra 3,2,& 1 area added on) are the last playing Tuesday & Sunday each month. In those events, the Master Points are 8,5,3,3,1,1,1,1 for 1st thru 8th (or 7,4,2,2,1,1,1,1) depending on the number of rounds played (6 or 5).
NOTE: The top 16 players, from each venue, at year-end will be invited to the "Tournament of 2009 Champions" in January 31st, 2010. For those who qualify at both locations, they will receive a bye into round-2.
Tournament of 2008 Champions (held January 2009): Norm Wiggins overcame five opponents to win our 'Tournament of 2008 Champions'. This event is by invitation only and consists of the top-16 players (from each of our two weekly venues) based on Master Points achieved during the weekly tournaments throughout 2008. In the early years it was only the top-16, e.g total points across both venues. However starting in 2004, we modified our selection criteria. Since we hold two weekly events and some players only play on Sunday or only on Tuesday, we decided to level the playing field. We began tracking the top-16 from each location. If at year-end, a player qualified in both locations, s/he received a bye into round two of the Tournament-of-200x-Champions. For 2007, We had 16 players who started in round-one and 8 more who received byes into round-two.