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Sous le Haut Patronage de SAS le Prince Albert II de Monaco MONACO WELCOMES THE CAVENDISH VI C I A V V E H N D I S 3 - 8 FEBRUARY 2019 DDailyaily BBulletinulletin Vincent Labbé, Coordinator, Editor www.cavendish.bridgemonaco.com Francesca Canali, Layout & Social Media Editor, Photographer www.facebook.com/cavendishmonaco/ Liz Wright, Reviewer @CavendishMonaco MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4th 2019 Issue No 2 THE DAY OF THE WARRIORS CONTENTS CLICKABLE ON WEB Results & Butler Ranking Antonio Riccardi monitors the tournament p. 2 -3 At the end of the first day, the Warriors took the lead. Three Israelis (Alon Spicy Appetizer p. 4 Birman, Amir Levin, Josef Roll) and a Hungarian (Gabor Winkler) capitalized nearly 46 points in three matches. Close on their heels are the French team Vinciguerra Kingdom of the Outlands p. 4 (Cédric Lorenzini, Jérôme Rombaut, Philippe Soulet and Hervé Vinciguerra) and the formation of Juan Carlos Ventin (with the Swedish stars Fredrik Nystrom, Betwin Ola & Mikael Rimstedt p. 5 Johan Upmark, Frederic Wang, and the Portuguese Antonio Palma). Three favorite teams got off with a bad start: Lavazza (14th), Mahmood (20th) and Pepsi closing the Lorenzini: Rambo Warrior p. 6 march. They have four matches left today to make a comeback. Cavendish Teams: Hall of Fame p. 7 BBO MATCHES — ROUND 1 SCHEDULE TODAY WARRIORS - VINCIGUERRA VENTIN - TEAM K1 10.00 14 boards 14.00 14 boards 16.15 14 boards PLEASE HELP OUR GREAT BBO SCORERS 18.30 14 boards FOR THE SHOW, SHOW YOUR CARDS! BBO will broadcast two THE BETTER THE DIALOGUE, THE BETTER THE RESULT! matches from every round Cavendish VI Monaco, 3rd-8th February 2019 CAVENDISH TEAMS - RESULTS ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 impsimpsp vpsvpsp imimpspsp vvpspsp imimpspsp vvpspsp LaLavazzavazza 18 110.0000.00 ZiZimmermannmmermann 3300 1515.26.226 ZiZimmermannmmermann 2211 44.4.5454 VyVytastas 18 110.0000.00 TeTeamam KK11 10 44.74.774 WaWarriorsrriors 4422 1515.46.446 SoSSouthuth SwSSwedenedden 2244 1010.97.997 MoMMoranran 7 55.5.1515 ViVVinciguerranciguerra 51 118.2988.29 MuMussosso 21 99.03.003 WaWarriorsrriors 2255 1414.85.885 VyVytastas 12 11.71.771 PePPepsipsi LiLLightghht 44 99.34.334 TwTTwinin OaksOakks 26 110.3300.33 GaGGassss 1166 33.3.6262 ErEraa 466 110.6600.66 VeVentinntin 2255 99.9.6767 TeTeameama KK11 42 116.3866.38 TeTTeamam KK11 59 118.9888.98 ViVinciguerrancigi uerra 32 113.4833.48 MaMMadnessdnd ess 38 99.34.334 GoGolfarellilfarelli 1144 1.0211.02 SoSouthuth SwSwedeneden 2200 66.6.5252 TwTwinin OaksOaks 40 110.6600.66 VeVVentinnttini 2288 1111.58.558 BlBlackack 21 88.72.772 ErEEraa 32 115.6655.66 MaMadnessdness 23 88.42.442 ErEraa 25 111.2811.28 LaLavazzavazza 10 44.34.334 ZiZimmermannmmermann 5533 1919.65.665 LaLLavazzavazza 42 111.8711.87 VeVVentinnttini 5599 2020.00.000 RoRosenthalsenthal 1 00.0.3535 PePepsipsp i LightLighg t 36 88.13.113 GoGolfarellilfarelli 1 00.00.000 RuRRussiassiai OOpenpen 28 44.15.115 VyVVytastat s 26 114.1944.19 MoMMoranran 12 00.53.553 MoMoranran 51 115.8555.85 HuHurdrd 1111 55.5.8181 BlBlackack 62 119.4799.47 HuHHurdrdd 2255 99.9.3434 MuMMussosso 23 33.45.445 SoSSouthutth SwSSwedenedden 2266 1515.85.885 BlBlackack 27 110.6600.66 GaGassss 5500 1616.55.555 PePepsipsp i LightLighg t 3 44.4.1515 MaMMahmoodhmh ood 1155 88.8.1313 MaMMadnessdnd ess 33 114.6444.64 HuHHurdrdd 7788 2020.00.000 TwTwinin OOaksaks 21 111.8711.87 MaMahmoodhmood 16 55.36.336 PePepsipsp i 5 00.0.0000 ViVVinciguerrancigi uerra 4466 1111.58.558 PePPepsipsi 26 110.0000.00 RuRRussiassiai OOpenpen 44 113.7233.72 GaGassss 4411 88.8.4242 RuRussiassia OOpenpep n 26 110.0000.00 MaMahmoodhmood 31 66.28.228 PePPepsipsi 2200 4.3444.34 GoGGolfarellilfarellli 6666 2020.00.000 MuMMussosso 39 22.66.666 WaWarriorsrriors 4422 1515.66.666 RoRosenthalsenthal 9 00.0.0000 RoRosenthalsenthal 71 117.3477.34 RANKING AFTER ROUND 3 1 Warriors 45.97 WINKLER, LEVIN, BIRMAN, ROLL 2 Vinciguerra 43.35 VINCIGUERRA, ROMBAUT, LORENZINI, SOULET 3 Ventin 41.25 VENTIN, UPMARK, PALMA, NYSTROM, WRANG 4 Team K1 40.10 NANEV, STEFANOV, MIHOV, ZAHARIEV 5 Zimmermann 39.45 ZIMMERMANN, LAURIA, GAWRYS, MULTON, VERSACE, KLUKOWSKI 6 Black 38.85 BLACK, HALLBERG, McINTOSH, BERTHEAU, PATTERSON, KING 7 Era 37.60 BRENNER, KNAP, ARLOVIC, VILLAS-BOAS, WASIK, VAINIKONIS 8 Hurd 35.15 HURD, O. RIMSTEDT, M. RIMSTEDT, DEMUY 9 South Sweden 33.34 APTEKER, MORATH, GOWER, BJERREGARD 10 Twin Oaks 32.86 MAARI, HESHMAT, ROHOWSKY, FOUAD, YASSA, DELIMPALTADAKIS 11 Madness 32.40 LUND MADSEN, F. HELNESS, EDGTTON, ANDRESEN 12 Gass 28.59 ANDERSSON, HULT, STOKKA, EKENBERG 13 Russia Open 27.87 KHIUPPENEN, MATUSHKO, ORLOV, KHOKHLOV, RUDAKOV 14 Lavazza 26.21 BOCCHI, G. DUBOIN, DONATI, MADALA, SEMENTA, BILDE, ORTENSI, LAVAZZA 15 Vytas 25.90 V. VAINIKONIS, SKRZYPCZAK, JASSEM, OLANSKI, GIERULSKI, ZATORSKI 16 Pepsi Light 21.62 DIKHNOVA, PONOMAREVA, GULEVICH, KRASNOSSELSKI, DUBININ, GROMOV 17 Moran 21.53 HANLON, MORAN, CARROLL, MacAONGHUSA 18 Golfarelli 21.02 GOLFARELLI, DELLE CAVE, FRANCHI, MONTANARI 19 Mahmood 19.77 MAHMOOD, MECKSTROTH, GOLD, T, BESSIS 20 Rosenthal 17.69 ROSENTHAL, GREEN, E. ASSARAF, O. ASSARAF, NAQVI 21 Musso 15.14 MUSSO, GUERMANI, REVIGLIO, MINERO, MANTINEO, E. DUBOIN 22 Pepsi 14.34 SACR, PSZCZOLA, MARTENS, EIDI, FILIPOWICZ, VROUSTIS 2 Monaco, 3rd-8th February 2019 Cavendish VI BUTLER RANKING Points boards Name Points boards Name 1 1.86 14 Yassa Karim 54 -0.11 28 Donati Giovanni 2 1.72 28 Zimmermann Pierre 55 -0.15 28 Sakr May 3 1.72 28 Multon Franck 56 -0.15 28 Pszczola Jacek 4 1.46 28 Black Andrew 57 -0.15 28 Hallberg Gunnar 5 1.46 28 Bertheau Peter 58 -0.15 28 Patterson Derek 6 1.45 42 Stefanov Julian 59 -0.22 28 Matushko Georgy 7 1.45 42 Zahariev Zahari 60 -0.22 28 Khokhlov Jouri 8 1.17 42 Hurd John 61 -0.22 42 Helness Fredrik 9 1.17 42 Demuy Vincent 62 -0.22 42 Andresen Martin 10 0.96 28 Brenner Diego 63 -0.25 42 Golfarelli Vittorio 11 0.96 28 Villas-Boas Miguel 64 -0.25 42 Delle Cave Giuseppe 12 0.90 42 Ventin Juan Carlos 65 -0.25 42 Apteker Alon 13 0.90 42 Wrang Frederic 66 -0.25 42 Gower Craig 14 0.89 42 Levin Amir 67 -0.27 42 Nanev Ivan 15 0.89 42 Roll Josef 68 -0.27 42 Mihov Vladimir 16 0.85 28 Assaraf Ory 69 -0.29 42 Rohowsky Roland 17 0.81 42 Heshmat Mohamed 70 -0.29 42 Delimpaltadakis Nikos 18 0.70 42 Vinciguerra Herve 71 -0.31 42 Andersson Gunnar 19 0.70 42 Soulet Philippe 72 -0.31 42 Stokka Adam 20 0.63 42 Winkler Gabor 73 -0.33 28 Vainikonis Vytautas 21 0.63 42 Birman Alon 74 -0.33 28 Olanski Woycech 22 0.62 42 Guermani Paolo 75 -0.38 42 Assaraf Eran 23 0.62 42 Mantineo Emanuele 76 -0.43 42 Moran Mark 24 0.60 42 Upmark Johan 77 -0.43 42 Macaonghusa Donal 25 0.60 42 Nystrom Frederik 78 -0.48 42 Hanlon Tom 26 0.58 28 Orlov Sergey 79 -0.48 42 Carroll John 27 0.58 28 Rudakov Evgueni 80 -0.51 28 Lauria Lorenzo 28 0.57 28 Knap Andrzej 81 -0.51 28 Versace Alfredo 29 0.57 28 Wasik Arturo 82 -0.58 28 Madala Agustin 30 0.55 28 McIntosh Andrew 83 -0.58 28 Bilde Dennis 31 0.55 28 King Phil 84 -0.65 42 Montanari Matteo 32 0.51 28 Gawrys Piotr 85 -0.65 42 Franchi Arrigo 33 0.51 28 Klukowski Michal 86 -0.70 14 Dikhnova Tatiana 34 0.49 42 Rombaut Jerome 87 -0.70 14 Krasnoselskiy Mikhail 35 0.49 42 Lorenzini Cedric 88 -0.74 28 Vainikonis Erikas 36 0.47 28 Skrzypczak Jerzy 89 -0.74 28 Arlovich Andrey 37 0.47 28 Gierulski Boguslaw 90 -0.89 28 Jassem Krzysztof 38 0.47 42 Morath Anders 91 -0.89 28 Zatorski Piotr 39 0.47 42 Bjerregard Sven-ake 92 -0.96 28 Khiuppenen Yury 40 0.31 28 Bocchi Norberto 93 -0.96 28 Kholomeev Vadim 41 0.31 28 Sementa Antonio 94 -1.07 28 Ponomareva Tatiana 42 0.29 42 Hult Simon 95 -1.07 28 Dubinin Alexander 43 0.29 42 Ekenberg Simon 96 -1.11 42 Mahmood Zia 44 0.29 28 Maari Remi 97 -1.11 42 Gold David 45 0.22 42 Gulevich Anna 98 -1.51 28 Naqvi Waseem 46 0.22 42 Gromov Andrey 99 -1.59 28 Martens Krzysztof 47 0.20 42 Rimstedt Mikael 100 -1.59 28 Filipowicz Dominic 48 0.20 42 Rimstedt Ola 101 -1.72 28 Green Marcia 49 0.20 42 Meckstroth Jeff 102 -1.79 28 Eidi Michel 50 0.20 42 Bessis Thomas 103 -1.79 28 Vroustis Vassilis 51 0.17 42 Lund Madsen Christina 104 -1.95 42 Musso Piercarlo 52 0.17 42 Edgtton Nabil 105 -1.95 42 Reviglio Piero 53 -0.11 28 Duboin Giorgio 106 -2.11 42 Rosenthal Lee 3 Cavendish VI Monaco, 3rd-8th February 2019 SPICY APPETIZER by Vincent Labbé Board 1. Dealer North. None Vul. This is the very first deal of the 2019 Cavendish [ J 9 8 6 5 4 edition… How many pairs were able to detect the ] J laydown grand slam? { Q 7 4 3 4 out 22. Gass (against the all-French team } 10 2 Vinciguerra, after this accelerating auction: 2{ [ A K Q 7 [ - multi by North, 2] by South, 6] by West, 7]! by ] A K Q 10 9 5 4 2 ] 8 6 East), Warriors (against Pepsi), Era (against Pepsi { J { A 10 9 8 2 Light) and Russian Open (against Pepsi Lemon… } - } J 9 8 7 4 3 uh, sorry, Moran).
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    Issue: 14 1st November 1997 Chief Editor: Henry Francis (USA) l Editors: Mark Horton (Great Britain), Brian Senior (Great Britain) l Layout Editor: Stelios Hatzidakis (Greece) France win Bermuda Bowl despite American rally France held off a strong American rally over the last 16 boards to win the Bermuda Bowl, 328- 301.This was France's second success in this event their first victory came 41 years ago in 1956. They defeated the United States on that occasion also. 11th WORLD TEAMS France clearly was a team of destiny.This year for the first time five European teams were quali- fied at the Europeans to play in the Bermuda Bowl the first time that the European allowance had OLYMPIAD been raised to five.And France finished fifth! Now they're world champions.The new champions are Paul Chemla, Christian Mari, Hervé Mouiel, Alain Lévy, Michel Perron and Frank Multon, with npc The Executive Council, at its final meet- Jean-Louis Stoppa. ing here in Hammamet, confirmed the dates That makes two consecutive world titles for France they defeated the Indonesia in the of the 11th World Teams Olympiad and Olympiad final last year. the 2nd World Transnational Mixed Both teams appeared before the vugraph audience and they were greeted with thunderous Teams Championship which will be held applause.The French team arrived one by one, and each got a standing ovation. Chemla got a huge from 26th August through 9th September, cheer when he kissed Omar Sharif on both cheeks they have been frequent partners over the 2000 in Maastricht, Netherlands.
  • Robert "Bob" Hamman President and Founder

    Robert "Bob" Hamman President and Founder

    Robert "Bob" Hamman President and Founder When he's not competing in national and international bridge tournaments, Bob Hamman - ranked the world's top bridge player in 1983, and from 1985 through 2004 - can be found inventing new promotional sweepstakes and gaming contests, and developing the mathematical models used to rate the risks and analyze the odds associated with large money promotions. Hamman, who founded SCA Promotions in 1986, has built the company into the world's largest provider of prize coverage for promotions, contests and games. He is behind many of the million dollar challenges seen at nationally televised sporting events, as well as the online lotteries and sweepstakes that have transformed the promotional industry in recent years. He has planted a $500,000 promotional prize in a Hershey's bar, guaranteed the performance bonuses of professional golfers and race car drivers, and covered prizes in fishing tournaments, fast-food restaurant chain contests, consumer products, scratch-and-win campaigns, casino jackpots, bingo, radio and television contests and even an olive-in-one toss into a martini. Prior to launching SCA Promotions, Hamman managed his own insurance brokerage firm, Hamman Group Insurance Services Inc. He has also spent the past four decades working as a professional bridge player. Arguably the best known name in bridge, Hamman has won 12 world championships, over 50 national championships and was named American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) player of the year three times. He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1999. A native of Los Angeles, Hamman moved to Dallas in 1969 when Ira Corn hired him to play on his professional bridge team, the Aces, which brought the world championship back to the U.S.