Results: Miami Open Backgammon Championship

Results: Miami Open Backgammon Championship
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November 19-25, 2024; Sunny Isles Beach, Florida

ABT OPEN DIVISION (142+54 rebuys): 1-Joe Urso (NY), 2-Carter Mattig (IL), 3-Alberto Showaki (FL), 4/5-Vlad Eydelman (IL) / Adam Prager (Israel), 6/8-Ben Friesen (OH) / Alexander Handin (CA) / Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 9/13-Shay Asraff (Israel) / Joe Feldman (MI) / Mark Moskowitz (FL) / Tom Rebelo (Canada) / Stacy Turner (FL); 1LC-Frank Frigo (CA), 2LC-Herman Arzuman (NJ), 3LC/4LC-Ronald Amorim (Brazil) / Phil Simborg (FL).

ABT ADVANCED DIVISION (58+20 rebuys): 1-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 2-Shahrooz Moreh (NY), 3-Nick Ricciardi (CT), 4/5-Ann Maher (Ireland) / Ioannis Rizos (NY); LC-Hozkel Vurnbrand (Peru), 2LC-Jim Glover (FL).

ABT INTERMEDIATE DIVSION (37 + 13 rebuys): 1-Gigi Goyette (CA), 2-Sayat Dedeoglu (GA), 3-Elliott Howard (NY); 1LC-Richard Battin (FL), 2LC-Sam Rappaport (NY).

TBT – (NO CUBE) TRADITIONAL BACKGAMMON TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION (24): 1-Bob Kamp (MI), 2-John Barnett (NY), 3-Israel Shaar (MD).

ED O’LAUGHLIN SUPER JACKPOT (32):1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-David Wells (CA), 3/4-Jack Edelson (MN) / Thomas Kazemieh (Germany).

SUPER JACKPOT OVERFLOW (8): 1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Greg Merriman (MI).

LIMITED JACKPOT (64): 1-Jonathan Hardigree (GA), 2-Mehmet Agirbas (GA), 3/4-Herman Arzuman (NJ) / Nick Ricciardi (CT).

MEGA JACKPOT 2K (16):1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Jose Farca (FL).

BMAB PLAYERS CUP MIAMI (38): 1-Turker Eflanli (FL), 2/9-Bob Azari (FL) / Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Malcolm Hutson (Australia) / Alec Izzo (FL) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Ron Szlaifer (FL) / Joe Urso (NY) / Steven Waller (MN). PR winners: 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.35, 2-Karen Davis (FL) at 4.54, 3-Joe Urso (NY) at 4.57, 4-Tomy Levy (Argentina) at 4.70, 5-Alfredo Unes (Brazil) at 5.21, 6-Catalin Bucur (United Kingdom) at 5.69. Unlucky Dice Award: Alfredo Unes (Brazil) at -13.20.

MIAMI BEACH DOUBLES (102 teams): 1-Shahrooz Moreh (NY) & Hersel Namdar (NY), 2-Jose Luis Canavesi (FL) & Ron Szlaifer (FL), 3/4-Alex Farzan (CA) & Gigi Goyette (CA) / Tomy Levy (Argentina) & Alfredo Unes (Brazil).

YOUTH EXHIBITION MATCH (2): 1-Hannah Derosier (LA), 2-Zachary Kohan (NY).

WOMEN’S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON CUP (24): 1-Maggie Diamantidis (Greece/CA), 2-Samra Hadden (GA).

LOIS MERRIMAN SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): Tony Diamantidis (Greece/CA), 2-Hernan Cortes (GA), 3/4-Henrik Bodholdt (Denmark/Costa Rica) / Ray Fogerlund (NV).

LOIS MERRIMAN JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-David Habib (Canada), 2-Lev Rosenfeld (Israel).

BOARD TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Roland Leutert (FL), 2-Mark Flannery (MO).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Mehmet Agirbas (GA), 2-Zachary Kohan (NY), 3/4-Elli Nache (CA) / Solomon Zonana (Mexico).

SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 2-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom).

DMP CHALLENGE (64): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Alan Steffen (FL), 3/4-Henrik Bodholdt (Denmark/Costa Rica) / Natalia Pantea (Ukraine).

ABT AFTER TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Rafael Garcez (Brazil).

FREEROLL BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Ricardo Braschi (Peru), 2-Natalia Pantea (Ukraine).

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