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Breaking news Justin Lall and Bob Hamman win Platinum Pairs
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Posted 2012-March-19, 06:41
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Posted 2012-March-19, 07:01
Congratulations both Justin and Bob. Awesome way to make Grand Life Master.
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Posted 2012-March-19, 07:07
Congratulations! Of course I had you winning it all on my bracket sheet. 
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Posted 2012-March-19, 07:19
bluecalm, on 2012-March-19, 06:34, said:
Btw, could someone please link to results/hands/travellers etc. ? I have problems navigating ACBL website.
I couldnt find them either, i wanted to link in News
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Posted 2012-March-19, 07:43
daveharty, on 2012-January-24, 15:00, said:
"Bridge in the Real World" Award (2011 winner: JLOGIC)
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Posted 2012-March-19, 08:40
One of my partners was in good shape for qualifying for Day 3 until they had a crappy final set, so I was checking the recaps constantly.
I kept seeing your name near the top and I thought, hmm I think he's going to win this.
Congratulations on winning the top pairs event on our calendar! Also on getting your GLM - I had no idea you were that close.
I kept seeing your name near the top and I thought, hmm I think he's going to win this.
Congratulations on winning the top pairs event on our calendar! Also on getting your GLM - I had no idea you were that close.
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Posted 2012-March-19, 08:56
Congrats Justin!
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Posted 2012-March-19, 09:08
Well, I am not surprised.
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
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Posted 2012-March-19, 09:21
Well done Justin. Congrats to you and Bob Hamman. Very happy for you both.
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Posted 2012-March-19, 09:23
JLOGIC, on 2012-March-19, 03:26, said:
It is obv a participation award and I know that but it's still something I wanted a lot. It is a cool thing to tell non bridge players since they know grand master in chess, and when you spend your entire life from age 10 on playing a game it's still nice to get a participation award to recognize that.
Becoming a Grand Life Master is far from a participation award.
And btw please start talking to me about this "entire life" business a few years from now. I started playing bridge at age 16 which is FORTY YEARS AGO! Entire life - geez!
Congrats on two major achievements.
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Posted 2012-March-19, 10:04
Congratulations on a great win, and keeping it rolling.
I second the notion that this is far from a participation award - the NABC requirement alone would make it more than that. It's a very impressive achievement, especially now, when the influx of foreign players has made it that much harder to win a national event.
I second the notion that this is far from a participation award - the NABC requirement alone would make it more than that. It's a very impressive achievement, especially now, when the influx of foreign players has made it that much harder to win a national event.
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Posted 2012-March-19, 10:22
Grand LM is not a participation award. Not even close.
Platinum LM (which ironically tends to denote a lack of platinum points) is seen by some as negative.
Platinum LM (which ironically tends to denote a lack of platinum points) is seen by some as negative.
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Posted 2012-March-19, 11:40
ArtK78, on 2012-March-19, 09:23, said:
And btw please start talking to me about this "entire life" business a few years from now. I started playing bridge at age 16 which is FORTY YEARS AGO! Entire life - geez!
Haughty out of stater asks Mainer if he's lived in Maine all his life, he responds: "so far".
I think I've got you both beat by winning my first masterpoints when I was nine, though I haven't been playing quite as long as Art.
Congrats to you, Justin.
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Posted 2012-March-19, 11:40
the 10K part of GrandLM is "attendance points", but is still a pretty serious achievement. The Grand part of GrandLM is - not.
And getting it in arguably the toughest pairs event in North America - possibly even the world - is even more of a big thing.
I am impressed, but I am not surprised. May this be [edit: third!] of many!
And getting it in arguably the toughest pairs event in North America - possibly even the world - is even more of a big thing.
I am impressed, but I am not surprised. May this be [edit: third!] of many!
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Posted 2012-March-19, 13:59
Congrats Justin!! I know you figured you'd do it at the Spring NABC but it's cool that you did it with such style!!
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Posted 2012-March-20, 16:47
Congratulations!
That's impossible. No one can give more than one hundred percent. By definition that is the most anyone can give.
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Posted 2012-March-21, 05:57
From Bridge Bulletin (pdf)
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Hamman reckons that of the 156 boards he and Lall played in the Platinum Pairs, system was irrelevant on nearly all of them.
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Posted 2012-March-27, 22:04
Does anyone know what system Lall and Hamman used? I was rooting for a forcing club system.
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Posted 2012-March-27, 22:06
cwiggins, on 2012-March-27, 22:04, said:
Does anyone know what system Lall and Hamman used? I was rooting for a forcing club system.
I heard they played standard
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