January 15-19, 2026
Jersey City, New Jersey
Results courtesy of Chicago Point
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (178+74 rebuys): 1-Vlad Eydelman (WI), 2-Dirk Schiemann (Germany), 3/4-Doron Claxton (South Africa) / Josh Findley (TX), 5/8-Steve Sax (CA) / Julian Schulman (NY) / Blake Sorem (WA) / Marty Storer (NH); 1C-Chris Trencher (NY), 2C-Richard Munitz (NY), 3C/4C-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Petko Kostadinov (SC), 5C/8C-Jeff Acierno (NJ) / Martin Barkwill (England) / Brandon Macklin (MD) / Charles Raichle (CO); 1LC-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2LC-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3LC/4LC-Mariano De Osma (Peru) / Grant Schneider (VA).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (156+68 rebuys): 1-Eric Sosna (NY), 2-Daniel Bluestone (VA), 3/4-Gene Eydelman (IL) / David Tuminaro (DE), 5/8-Daniel Adler (NY) / Monty Haskins (NY) / Babak Hosseini (Canada) / Douglas Ljungkvist (NY); 1C-Argyris “Eddie” Argitakos (NY), 2C-Ryan Jarvis (NM), 3C/4C-Robert Lum (CA) / Atti Riazi (NY); 1LC-Tom Kennedy (VA), 2LC-Scott Salisbury (CT), 3LC/4LC-Elliot Howard (NY) / Nicholas Vlamis (NY).
ADVANCED BEGINNER (71): 1-Joseph Barello (NY), 2-Alanna Curet (NY), 3/4-James Iademarco (NC) / Leda Rosenthal (NY); 1C-Grace Zweig (CT), 2C-Neal Bergman (NY), 3C/4C-Christopher Kashuba (MD) / Taylor Wald (NY); 1LC-Ender Ozturk (NJ), 2LC-Karen Janowsky (NY).
BEGINNER (37): 1-Otto Hibbett (NY), 2-Zachary Landzberg (NJ); 1C-Jonathan Corbblah (NY), 2C-Dennis Berk (NY); 1LC-Jennifer Evans (Canada).
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Mario Kühl (Germany), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3/4-Doron Claxton (South Africa) / John Veltri (NY).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (64): 1-Alexander Handin (CA), 2-David Habib (Canada), 3/4-Johannes Levermann (Germany) / Melissa Shin (CA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (64): 1-Dan Whitney (CT), 2-Howard Markowitz (OR), 3/4-Alex Brill (NY) / Josh Findley (TX).
LADY LIBERTY CUP – CHAMPIONSHIP (16): 1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Maggie Diamantidis (Greece/CA).
LADY LIBERTY CUP – INTERMEDIATE (32): 1-Liz Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Dina Laksiouer (NY), 3/4-Karen Janowsky (NY) / Anastacia Shimek (PA).
2-POINT MINI MATCH (16): 1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Vlad Eydelman (WI).
CANCELGAMMON (64): 1-Gregory Swinehart (CT), 2-John Klein (MD), 3/4-Michael Levi (England) / Paul Linderman (NC).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Molly Anderson (NM), 2-David Shadi (NJ), 3/4-Art Benjamin (CA) / Selwyn Scarborough (NY).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (24): 1/3-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / John O’Hagan (IN) / Marty Storer (NH).
YOUNG & RESTLESS (64): 1-Herman Arzuman (NY), 2-Jamie Weinstein (CT), 3/4-Manny Olszynko (Canada) / Sean Payne (Barbados).
YOUNG & RESTLESS OVERFLOW (24): 1/3-Lina Laksiouer (Canada) / Jason Lee (MD) / Carter McLean (NY).
P-40 BOARD TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Michael Paleos (NY), 2-Eli Rosenblith (NY).
NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (64 teams): 1-Alfred Kohan (NY) & Self, 2-Doron Claxton (South Africa) & Sarah Upbin (NY), 3/4-Brian Cohen (NY) & Debra Solomon (NY) / Fred Levin (FL) & FrankTalbot (MI).
NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT II (24 teams): 1-David Shadi (NJ) & Ray Zamani (FL), 2-Karen Davis (FL) & Tony Wuersch (MA), 3-Anca Morar (RI) & Joseph Syta (NY).
HIGH ROLLER DOUBLES (11 teams): 1-Alberto Showaki (FL) & Ethan Wen (NY), 2-Blake Fleetwood (NY) & Mario Kühl (Germany).
NEW YORK PLAYERS CUP BMAB (48): 1-David Wu (NY), 2/9-Karen Davis (FL) / Kent Goulding (MD) / Garry Kallos (Canada) / Hooman Masoumi Rad (Canada) / Dan Minardi (CO) / Michael Rosen (NY) / David Stein (IL) / Tony Wuersch (MA). PR winners: 1-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 3.24, 2-David Wu (NY) at 3.42, 3-Catalin Bucur (England) at 4.41, 4-David Stein (IL) at 4.56, 5-Kent Goulding (MD) at 4.62, 6-John O’Hagan (IN) at 4.79, 7-Alan Steffen (FL) at 4.87, 8-Marty Storer (NH) at 5.38, 9-Karen Davis (FL) at 5.82. Unlucky Dice Award: John O’Hagan (IN) at -25.34.
