Art Moore earned 18 master points, winning the AUGUST point's race. Our 2008 Player of the Year 'race' continues: Justin is leading followed by Frank, Jona & then the rest of us. 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' LOS ANGELES OPEN Backgammon Tournament June 6-7-8, 2008
held at: Airtel PLaza Hotel & Convention Center Van Nuys, California ----R E S U L T S ---- OPEN-62 players ($240 entry) A-B-T -%-- Master Pts 1st 36.36 Ray Fogerlund Bakersfield, CA 22.55 2nd 18.18 Ray Gandy Santa Barbara, CA 11.27 3rd 9.09 John Rockwell Los Angeles, CA 5.64 1st Con. 18.18 George Matthews San Francisco, CA 11.27 2nd Con. 9.09 Eliot Bean Monrovia, CA 5.64 3/4 Con. 4.55 Ron Bruns Ojai, CA 2.82 3/4 Con. 4.55 Zev Vered Studio City, CA 2.82 Side Pool: 40- entries 1st= Ray Fogerlund, 2nd= Roy Gandy -------------------------------------------------------------------- A-B-T Advanced 32 players ($120 entry) Master Pts -%-- 1st 40.00 = David Escoffery Scotts Valley, CA 6.40 2nd 20.00 = Carl Blumenstein Piedmont, CA 3.20 1stCons 20.00 = Richard Armbruster West Hollywood, CA 3.20 2ndCons 10.00 = David Settles Lansing, IL 1.60 3/4 Con. 5.00 = Comet Redwood City CA 0.80 3/4 Con. 5.00 = Charles Toots Echo Park, CA 0.80 Side Pool: 22 entries 1st= Carl Blumenstein, 2nd= Richard Armbruster -------------------------------------------------------------------- A-B-T Limited 5 players ($60 entry) Master Pts 1st 50.0 % Gene Meyers Los Angeles, CA 0.63 2nd 25.0 % Chris Kelly San Diego, CA 0.31 1stCons 25.0 % Sean Cooper Pasadena, CA 0.31 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPER-32 32 players ($400 entry) 1st 50% Ray Fogerlund Bakersfield, CA 2nd 25% Dorn Bishop San Diego, CA 3rd/4th 12.5% Odis Chenault San Francisco, CA 3rd/4th 12.5% J.P.Deleurme Los Angeles, CA Side Pool: 23 entries 1st = Ray Fogerlund, 2nd= Odis Chenault ------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Dingwell Amateur-16: 16 players ($180 each) 1st 2/3 Ron Bruns Ojai, CA 2nd 1/3 David Taniguchi Gardena, CA Side Pool: 11 entries 1st = Ron Bruns, 2nd= David Taniguchi ------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Dingwell Amateur-16 (overflow): 16 players ($180 each) 1st 2/3 Todd Crosner Glendale, AZ 2nd 1/3 George Haskour Long Beach, CA Side Pool: 7 entries 1st = Todd Crosner, 2nd= George Haskour ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doubles 16 teams ($160 per team) 1st Harvey Gillis / Norm Wiggins Bellevue, WA / Lancaster, CA 2nd Alan & Joan Grunwald Morganville, NJ Side Pool: 14 entries 1st = Gillis/Wiggins, 2nd= Grunwald's -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Flow-Doubles 8 teams ($160 per team) 1st Bob Glass / Joe Russell Northridge, CA / Sherman Oaks, CA 2nd Reza Daryabegi / Azzam Masarani West L.A., CA / Laguna Niguel, CA Side Pool: 5 entries 1st = Glass/Russell, 2nd= Deleurme/Gedigian/Meir/Safarian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two-point Quickies-- 56 players ($20 per entry) 1st Comet Redwood City, CA 2nd John Rockwell Los Angeles, CA --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackpots-- 8 players each ($50 per entry) JP#1 J.P.Deleurme Los Angeles, CA JP#2 Saul Meir Beverly Hills, CA --------------------------------------------------------------------- We thank you all for making this a great tournament, 108 players in total; 32 in the SUPER-32, 32 in the PaulDingwell-Amateur, 62-players in the OPEN, 32 in the ADVANCED, 5 in the LIMITED, 24 Doubles teams and 56-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 21 first time (or long absent) participants: Issac Aldo, Armen Ayvazyan, Chris Christidi, Comet, Don Dizon, Rudy Gessie, Julius High, Chris Kelly, Bob Koca, John Lear, George Matthews, Dave Maybury, Gene Meyers, Pete Mostoufi, Nicky Niknam, Josh Racko, Paul Sebastian, Esthre Vered, Paul Weaver, Chris Yep and John Zahabian... ---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 ongoing 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 CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP) is scheduled for December 5-6-7, 2008 and the next "LOS ANGELES OPEN" on June 19-20-21, 2009 Both to be held at the Van Nuys Airtel Plaza Hotel and Convention Center. These will also be ABT {American Backgammon Tour} 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.