ABT: 2nd GAMMON GEAUX NEW ORLEANS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
September 9-13, 2026; New Orleans, Louisiana
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (55+21 rebuys): 1-Carter Mattig (IL), 2-Bill Phipps (NV); 1C-Cary Hoarty (CO), 2C-Doug Mayfield (TX), 3C/4C-Steve Sax (CA) / Max Stockslager (NC); 1LC-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2LC-Petko Kostadinov.
ABT INTERMEDIATE (45+15 rebuys): 1-Daniel Boylen (LA), 2-Rob Reynolds (GA); 1C-Patrick Horton (CA), 2C-Olivia Upbin (NY), 3C/4C-Robert Henry (TX) / Carter McLean (NY); 1LC-Martha Ghio (NY), 2LC-Don Teuton (GA).
$1500 SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Wilcox Snellings (Costa Rica), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 3/4-Paul Moulton (United Kingdom) / Ethan Wen (NY).
MARDI GRAS MASTERS JACKPOT (40): 1-Richard Lloyd (TN), 2-Albert Steg (MA), 3/4-Doug Mayfield (TX) / Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 5-Todd Obadal (IA).
LAFITTE LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Aaron Foust (NV), 2-James DeRosier (LA), 3/4-Ma Lang (NY) / Daniel Rockoff (NJ).
PLAYERS CUP GAMMON GEAUX BMAB (30): 1-Ken Bame (CA), 2/6-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Ben Friesen (MI) / Kent Goulding (MD) / Paul McCloskey (Australia) / Paula Pipes (TX). PR winners: 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) at 3.47, 2-Albert Steg (MA) at 3.81, 3-Kent Goulding (MD) at 3.90, 4-Abe Mosseri (NY) at 4.25, 5-Ben Friesen (MI) at 4.76, 6-Ken Bame (CA) at 5.18, 7-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI) at 5.21, 8-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 5.33. Unlucky Dice Award: Ma Lang (NY) at -14.12. Ken Bame (CA) wins Iron Star #22.
WOMEN’S OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Hannah DeRosier (LA), 2-Ma Lang (NY).
SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Paul McCloskey (Australia).
SENIORS (32): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Scotty Kelland (CT), 3/4-Teri Harmon (NV) / Dennis Rutkowski (CA).
DMP (16): 1-Carter McLean (NY).
MIXED BLITZ # 1 (8): 1-Teri Harmon (NV).
MIXED BLITZ # 2 (8): 1-Todd Obadal (IA).
Results courtesy of ChicagoPoint.com