The Top Bidders for March 2021
This month’s competition winner, with a score of 68/80 on a tough set of hands, is:
Alper Daldal (BBO; sazan68)
from Istanbul, Turkey
52 years old, Alper has been playing bridge for 30 years. He also enjoys solving bridge problems and discuss interesting bridge hands. Like most bridge players, he has not been able to play live bridge due to Corona, but thanks to his bridge club and BBO he has been able to play online bridge for the past year.
Congratulations to Alper who wins 50 BB$ and a 1 month subscription to Prime!
But remember, we also randomly drew a winner from among the participants and…. tadaaaaa the winner is:
Maura King (Spaceace6)
Congratulations to Maura King who wins a 3 months subscription to Prime!
Also on the March ‘Roll of Honor’:
with a score of 66/80:
| Barbara Giesbrecht (BBO: BabsG) from Qualicum Beach BC, Canada, |
| Adam Pawlowski (BBO: adameba) from Kutno, Poland |
| Kresten Sandager Kristensen (BBO; kesse) from Copenhagen, Denmark |
Honourable mentions also go to all of those who outscored any member of the expert panel:
| 65/80 | Daniel Finn (BBO: Wobegon) from St Cloud MN, |
| Luwen Koh (BBO: XReborned) from Singapore | |
| 61/80 | Tony Burt (BBO: Tone999) from Vancouver BC, Canada |
| 60/80 | Carla Vega (BBO: 01vega) from Warsaw, Poland |
| Philip Hydes (BBO: S138tq) from Barnsley, England | |
| 59/80 | Steve Raine (BBO: rabidbean) from England |
| Neill Currie (BBO: jota981) from Staten Island NY, USA | |
| William Woodfine (BBO: Bwoodfine) from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | |
| 58/80 | Thomas Gardner (BBO: thomasg_16) from England |
| Ashot Harutyunyan (BBO: ashoth_14) from Montreal, Canada, | |
| Ian Findlay (BBO: findles) from Canada | |
| Özgür Sayın (BBO: kayzer) from Istanbul, Turkey | |
| 57/80 | Claudio Caselli (BBO: claudio555) from Italy, |
| Kalya Naraman (BBO: kaylanv) from Austin TX, USA | |
| Dave Horton (BBO: mfearth) from Calgary AB, Canada | |
| 56/80 | Kevin Wu (BBO: kevinwu777) from Taipei, Chinese Taipei |
| Matthias Abracadabra (BBO: lala2) from Warsaw, Poland | |
| Luciano Galletti (BBO: Gallett) from Tuscany, Italy | |
| Joseph P Newhouse (BBO: jpn2) from Cambridge MA, USA | |
| Mark T. Sundelin (BBO: minorwood) from USA | |
| 55/80 | Anne-Sybil Bragadir (BBO: asb10) from Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Bruce Ebanks (BBO: bre992) from Louisville KY, USA | |
| Milko Slavov (BBO: milko_sl) from Varna, Bulgaria | |
| Harry Pollitt (Pollitt) from Chapel Hill NC, USA | |
| Terence (BBO: poirotni) from Shanghai, China and Wen Liu | |
| 54/80 | Kathrine Loh (BBO: nicnat) from Walnut Creek CA, USA |
| Jean-Michel Boivin (BBO: jim92) from Puteaux, France | |
| Andy Wells (BBO: wellsandy) from Bristol, England | |
| Waldemar Topolnicki (BBO: waldemar53) from London, England | |
| Cora Robey (BBO: femmef) from Reno NV, USA |
Once again, we had more than 100 entries for this month’s competition, so congratulations to all of those who made it onto the honor roll.
Remember, if you win the most challenges this year, you can win 200BB$! So come on down to this month’s hands to participate!
Find all results there: https://blog.bridgebase.com/2021/03/04/bbo-prime-bidders-challenge-all-results-march/
Annual competition leaders (after 3 months)
| Luwen Koh (BBO: XReborned) from Singapore | 208 |
| Carla Vega (BBO: 01vega) from Warsaw, Poland | 190 |
| Thomas Gardner (BBO: thomasg_16) from England | 190 |
| Ian Findlay (BBO: findles) from Canada | 183 |
| Peter Hudson (BBO: p_t_red) from Coppell TX, USA | 172 |
| Barbara Giesbrecht (BBO: BabsG) from Qualicum Beach BC, Canada | 171 |
| Tony Burt (BBO: Tone999) from Vancouver BC, Canada | 171 |
| GjivoTikvica(BBO: KhazadDoom) from Dubrovnik, Croatia | 167 |
| Bradley Johnston (BBO: Nohk) from Dunedin, New Zealand | 167 |
| Csaba Daday (BBO: gwnn) from Gottingen, Germany | 164 |
| Harry Gordon from Lexington KY, USA | 164 |
| Kathrine Loh (BBO: nicnat) from Walnut Creek CA, USA | 160 |
| D. Schmickrath (BBO: P0STM0RTEM) from San Francisco CA, USA | 159 |
| Hanoi Rondon (BBO: hanoi5) from Santiago, Chile | 159 |
| Anne-Sybil Bragadir (BBO: asb10) from Lausanne, Switzerland | 158 |
| Dave Horton (BBO: mfearth) from Calgary AB, Canada | 157 |
| Joseph P Newhouse (BBO: jpn2) from Cambridge MA, USA | 155 |
| Stephen Kwan | 155 |
| Dave Williams (BBO: dave251164) from Wales | 154 |
| Ricardo Cardoni | 154 |
Seven of the top eight made the honor roll this month, and Luwen Koh’s excellent score of 65/80 on this tough set widens the gap between himself and the chasing pack. There is still a long way to go in this competition, though.
Remember that only your best nine results during the year count towards the annual competition, so entering every month will allow you to drop your lowest scores. For those with an average score of just below 50/80, one good month will move you up onto the leader board.
Compare your results with the panel
Find all your results here: https://blog.bridgebase.com/2021/03/04/bbo-prime-bidders-challenge-all-results-march/
And Panels’ results are there!
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David BIRD | 2 | Pass | 3NT | 2 | Pass | 3 | 2  | Dbl | 71 |
| Jessica LARSSON | 2 | 3 | 3NT | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 70 |
| Gabriel CHAGAS | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Dbl | 69 |
| Zia MAHMOOD | 2 | 3 | Pass | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 69 |
| Norberto BOCCHI | 2 | 2NT | 3NT | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Dbl | 68 |
| Michal KLUKOWSKI | 2 | 4NT | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Dbl | 68 |
| Jacek PSZCZOLA | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 68 |
| Daniel LAVEE | 2 | 4NT | Pass | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Dbl | 67 |
| Wen Fei WANG | 2 | 4NT | 3NT | 2 | Pass | 3 | 2 | 5 | 67 |
| Larry COHEN | Pass | 3 | 3NT | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 66 |
| Simon DeWIJS | 2 | 3 | Pass | 3 | 3 | 2NT | Dbl | Dbl | 66 |
| Eric KOKISH | Pass | 4 | 3NT | 2 | 3 | 2NT | 2 | Dbl | 66 |
| Luwen KOH | Pass | 3 | Pass | 2 | 3 | 3 | Dbl | 5 | 65 |
| Andrew ROBSON | 2 | 4NT | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Pass | Dbl | 65 |
| Alan SONTAG | 2 | 4 | Pass | 3 | 3 | 3 | Pass | Dbl | 64 |
| Sally BROCK | Pass | 2NT | 3NT | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 63 |
| Sjoert BRINK | 2 | 2NT | Pass | 2 | 3 | 4 | Dbl | Dbl | 60 |
| Peter FREDIN | Pass | 4NT | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Dbl | 55 |
| Karen McCALLUM | 2 | 2NT | Pass | 1 | 3 | 3 | Dbl | 4 | 54 |
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