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August 29th, 2006

Jacobs wins USBC

Trailing 210-188 in the finals with 5 boards to play, Jacobs managed a 27 IMP rally in those 5 boards to beat Ekeblad by the final total of 218-213.
Congratulations to George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein, Michael Rosenberg and Zia Mahmood.  Good luck next year in the Bermuda Bowl.
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August 27th, 2006

USBC Update, Finals

The winners of the semi-final round were Ekeblad and Jacobs.  These teams are currently half way through the finals, where Jacob leads by 26, 113 to 87.
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August 24th, 2006

USBC Update, Round of 8 results.

The round of “8″ completed tonight.  Final scores:

Jacobs defeated Weed (npc), 240-169.
Meltzer defeated Robinson, 193-191.

Like the previous round, the final match was decided on the final board.  Robinson was ahead after the next-to-last deal.
The 2 teams with byes are joining into the semi-final matches.  The new match ups are Meltzer vs Ekeblad, Jacobs vs. Nickell.
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August 23rd, 2006

USBC Update

The round of “16″ is now complete. The results are:

Jacobs defeated Fout, 252-208
Robinson defeated Brod, w/d after 5/6 190-97
Meltzer defeated Welland, 171-149
Weed (npc) defeated Schwartz, 167-158.

The last match was decided on the final board.
The round of 8 matches will be:

Jacobs vs Weed (npc)
Robinson vs Meltzer

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August 22nd, 2006

Playing in the ABA, part 2.

In the first part of this series, we were faced with the following declarer problem after West bid both majors:
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August 21st, 2006

US Bridge Championships

The US Bridge Championships are currently underway. This event determines one of the 2 teams that will be sent to represent the US in the next major international team event, such as the Bermuda Bowl or Olympiad.
The format of the event is a round robin, followed by a series of single elimination KO matches. […]

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August 18th, 2006

World Youth Team Championships completed, USA1 wins Juniors.

The WYTCs are now over.  USA1 had a big lead going into the final segment of the event, 100 IMPS.  This is good, since Italy put on a massive rally in the final segment, winning that segment 82 to 1.  However, USA1 was still victorious.
Congratulations to Josh Donn, Jason Feldman, Ari Greenberg, Joe Grue, John […]

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August 18th, 2006

Playing in the ABA, part 1.

In addition to the ACBL, there is another American bridge orginization, one which has been around about as long: The American Bridge Association. The ABA was created back in the days of racial segregation. Most of its membership consists of Black bridge players, however all events (just as in the ACBL) are […]

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