Jona Alexander earned 19 master points,winning the March point's race. Our 2008 Player-of-the Year 'race' continues: Jona is tied with Justin, & followed by Azzam & Rockwell. To see the details: (Choose menu item -- 'Year-to-Date Points'). ** We had no first time winner this month. Congratulations to all the master point winners!
Results for: Gammon Associates' CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Backgammon Tournament Nov.30 - Dec.2, 2007
held at: The Boulevard Masonic Center Tarzana, California ----R E S U L T S ---- OPEN-53 players ($240 entry) A-B-T -%-- Master Pts 1st 36.36 Adrian Costa Oceanside, CA 19.27 2nd 18.18 Michael Schecter Valley Village, CA 9.64 3rd 9.09 Norm Wiggins Lancaster, CA 4.82 1st Con. 18.18 Azzam Masarani Laguna Niguel, CA 9.64 2nd Con. 9.09 Gary Bauer Hackensack, NJ 4.82 3/4 Con. 4.55 Kourosh Kamali Van Nuys, CA 2.41 3/4 Con. 4.55 Mike Sharp Long Beach, CA 2.41 Side Pool: 36 entries 1st= Adrian Costa, 2nd= Azzam Masarani -------------------------------------------------------------------- A-B-T Advanced 30 players ($120 entry) Master Pts -%-- 1st 40.00 = Kamyar Hosseinian Thousand Oaks, CA 6.00 2nd 20.00 = Niel Borden Irvine, CA 3.00 1stCons 20.00 = David Escoffery Scott Valley, CA 3.00 2ndCons 10.00 = Richard Armbruster West Hollywood, CA 1.50 3/4 Con. 5.00 = Doug DeWitte New Hall, CA 0.75 3/4 Con. 5.00 = Ernie McCombs Dallas, TX 0.75 Side Pool: 22 entries 1st= Kamyar Hosseinian, 2nd= Niel Borden -------------------------------------------------------------------- A-B-T Limited 8 players ($60 entry) Master Pts 1st 50.0 % Larry Saltzman Lancaster, CA 1.00 2nd 25.0 % Charles Kabbani Anaheim Hills, CA 0.50 1stCons 25.0 % Sid Kamrava Encino, CA 0.50 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPER-32 32 players ($400 entry) 1st 50% Dana Nazarian Sunnyvale, CA 2nd 25% Alfred Mamlet Potomac, MD 3rd/4th 12.5% Jason Lee Henderson, NV 3rd/4th 12.5% Andranik Safarian Buenos Aires, Argentina Side Pool: 22 entries 1st = Dana Nazarian, 2nd= Alfred Mamlet ------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Dingwell Amateur-16: 16 players ($150 each) 1st 2/3 Saul Meir Beverly Hills, CA 2nd 1/3 Nash Jost Los Altso Hills, CA Side Pool: 11 entries 1st = Saul Meir, 2nd= Frank Ley / Kaz Shiotani ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doubles 16 teams ($160 per team) 1st Alan Grunwald / Stepan Nuniyants Morganville, NJ / Renton, WA 2nd Bob Glass / Steve Sax Northridge / West Hollywood, CA Side Pool: 14 entries 1st = Grunwald/Nuniyants, 2nd= Glass/Sax -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Flow-Doubles 8 teams ($160 per team) 1st Stick Rice / Bill Riles Columbus,OH / Houston, TX 2nd Harvey Gillis / Paul Stokes Bellevue, WA / Carmel Valley, CA Side Pool: 5 entries 1st = Rice/Riles, 2nd= Gillis/Stokes --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two-point Quickies-- 48 players ($20 per entry) 1st Stevie Grund Pittsburg, PA 2nd Dan Pelton Phoenix,AZ --------------------------------------------------------------------- We thank you all for making this a great tournament, exactly 100 players in total; 32 in the SUPER-32, 53-players in the OPEN, 30 in the ADVANCED, 8 in the LIMITED, 24 Doubles teams and 48-players in the 2-Pt-QUICKIES. Backgammon is alive and well in Los Angeles (after 29-years with Gammon Associates). It's your support that creates a great event -- THANK YOU ALL! Special thanks to our 23 first time (or long absent) participants: Glen Arnold, Karam Ashoo, Lee Baker, Harry Borekcian, Larry Deckel, Bob Faller, Stevie Grund, Kamyar Hosseinian, Sid Kamrava, John Karubian, Ross Klein, David Levy, Alfred Mamlet, Ron Moortgat, Dan Pelton, Maeis Petrosian Stick Rice, Andranik Safarian, Larry Saltzman, Kaz Shiotani, Paul Stokes, Hideo Tateno, & Peter Wallin... ---Thanks for joining our event. The American Backgammon Tour (ABT), Games Grid, FIBS and players spreading the word are definite contributors to the new faces. -- Patrick and Carla Gibson PS: Our continuing policy of a NON-Smoking event continued successfully by allowing an extra break for smokers. We'll keep it that way. The next G/A Invitational (the LOS ANGELES OPEN) is scheduled for June 6-7-8, 2008 with the next "CALIFORNIA STATE" on December 5-6-7, 2008 Both to be held at the Van Nuys Airtel Hotel and Convention Center. These will also be ABT {American Backgammon Tour} 2008 events. We hope to see you all there. Email: pgibsonmfic@roadrunner.com URL: home.roadrunner.com/~pgibsonmficResults of: Gammon Associates' VIETOR CUP, Invitational September 15-16, 2007
held at: Jon Vietor's Home La Jolla, California ----R E S U L T S ---- 29 players ($300 entry) -%-- 1st 44.44 Dennis Rutkowski Oceanside , CA 2nd 22.22 Robert Wachtel Los Angeles, CA 1st Con. 22.22 Art Benjamin Claremont, CA 2nd Con. 11.11 Norm Wiggins Lancaster, CA
MAIN: Dennis Rutkowski besting Robert Wachtel in the finals.
CONSOLATION: Art Benjamin besting Norm Wiggins in the finals.At 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 2006 Champions" in early February, 2007. For those who qualify at both locations, they will receive a bye into round-2.
Tournament of 2006 Champions (held Feb. 2007): Bruce DiMattia overcame four opponents to win our Tournament of 2006 Champions. This event is by invitation only and consisted of the top-16 players (from each of our two weekly venues) based on Master Points achieved during the weekly tournaments throughout 2006. 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 2006, We had 16 players who started in round-one and 8 more who received byes into round-two.