Results: Los Angeles Open Backgammon Tournament

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June 11-15, 2025; Los Angeles, California

Results courtesy of Chicago Point

ABT OPEN (64+40 rebuys): 1-Richard Munitz (NY), 2-Steve Sax (CA), 3-Kit Woolsey (CA), 4/5-Art Benjamin (CA) / Kara Schultz (CA); 1C-Marty Storer (NH), 2C-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3C/4C-Ed Rosenblum (NM) / Peter Wisniewski (CA).

ABT ADVANCED (41+25 rebuys): 1-Daniel Bluestone (VA), 2-David Cohen (CA), 3-Jim Glover (FL), 4/5-Marjie Harbrecht (CO) / Cameron Stangel (AZ); 1C-Travis Swenson (CA), 2C-Enrique Gomez (Mexico).

ABT INTERMEDIATE (23): 1-Reza Mazaheri (CA), 2-Travis Kalanick (CA); 1C-Joe Pepper (CA), 2C-Dave Simpson (CA).

PLAYERS CUP LOS ANGELES BMAB (22): 1/5-Ray Cifani (OH) / Marjie Harbrecht (CO) / Thomas Keisler (CA) / Bob Wachtel (CA) / Peter Wisniewski (CA). PR winners: 1-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.40, 2-Bob Wachtel (CA) at 3.73, 3-Frank Talbot (MI) at 3.79, 4-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.13, 5-Dorn Bishop (CA) at 4.23, 6-Tom Keisler (CA) at 4.64. Unlucky Dice Award: Teri Harmon (CA) at -14.33.

SUPER JACKPOT (10): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Bill Phipps (NV).

MASTERS JACKPOT (25): 1-David Wells (CA), 2-Allen Tish (CA), 3/4-Al Hodis (NV) / Adrian Nedelcu (IL).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (29): 1-Dave Simpson (CA), 2-Travis Swenson (CA), 3/4-Lynda Clay (CO) / Jerry Slomkoski (CA), 5-Stan Winsten (CA).

HOLLYWOOD STARS (64): 1-Wayland Augur (CA), 2-Sho Sengoku (CA), 3/4-Lynda Clay (CO) / Ed Rosenblum (NM).

DOUBLES I (16 teams): 1-Thomas Keisler (CA) & Jerry Slomkoski (CA), 2-Ted Chee (CA) & Alyosha Zim (CA). 
DOUBLES II (15 teams): 1-Long Nguyen (CA) & Peter Wisniewski (CA), 2-David Lippe (NY) & Shahrooz Moreh (NY).

DMP (92): 6 winners: Wayland Augur (CA), Judy Collins (CA), John Kinkead (CA), Isaac Sengoku (CA) (twice), Michael Showkati (CA).

BLITZ (68): 1-Jim Thinnsen (CA), 2-Lynda Clay (CO), 3/4-Teri Harmon (CA) / Isaac Sengoku (CA).

WONDER WOMAN JACKPOT (14): 1-Jennifer Kim (CA), 2-Gigi Goyette (CA).

SPEEDGAMMON (24): 1-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3-Matthew Soleimani (CA).

$100 KNOCK-OUTS (5×4): 5 winners: Art Benjamin (CA), Alex Farzan (CA), Hans Ghaffari (CA), Enrique Gomez (Mexico), Anastacia Shimek (PA).

WARM-UP (19): 1-Dave Simpson (CA), 2-Enrique Gomez (Mexico).

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