Results: Ohio State Backgammon Championship

Results: Ohio State Backgammon Championship
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March 20-23, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio

Results Courtesy of ChicagoPoint

ABT OPEN (48): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Ben Friesen (OH), 3-Art Benjamin (CA), 4/5-Joe Calvaruso (OH) / Boris Dekhtyar (NY); 1C-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2C-John O’Hagan (IN).

ABT ADVANCED (35): 1-Maggie Sweeney (MI), 2-Kevin Kelly (NJ), 3-Ed Johnson (GA), 4/5-Jeff Cunningham (OH) / Jesus Ibarra (PA); 1C-Robert Lessard (Canada), 2C-Donald Gabbai (VA).

NOVICE (3): 1-Edward Isla (OH).

OHIO MASTERS (20): 1-Boris Shafransky (MD), 2-Chris Trencher (NY), 3/4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Carl Sellars (Canada), 5-Michael Neagu (Canada).

LIMITED JACKPOT (12): 1-Ray Cifani (OH), 2-Bernard Pollara (NY), 3-Teri Harmon (CA).

DOUBLES (20 teams): 1-Bernard Pollara (NY) & Mal Woolley (NY), 2-Rhonda Masterson (MI) & Frank Talbot (MI), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Paul Stebbing (Canada) / Chris & Patty Knapp (MA).

BLITZ (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL).

QUICKIES (32): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Donald Gabbai (VA).

PLAYERS CUP BMAB OHIO (20): 1/5-Joe Calvaruso (OH) / Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Jeremy Ly (NY). PR Winners: 1-Carl Sellars (Canada) at 2.68, 2-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.16, 3-Art Benjamin (CA) at 3.41, 4-John O’Hagan (IN) at 3.64, 5-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.04, 5-David Wu (NY) at 4.64, 6-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 4.75. Unkucjy Dice Award: Ray Cifani (OH) at -12.22.

WARM-UP (20): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3-Bonnie Rogoff (OH).

AFTER TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Joe Miller (OH), 2-Doug Roberts (MA).

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