BBO Prime bidders challenge: results and winners – June

The Top Bidders for Set 2021-6

This month, we have three players who have returned the highest scores from any competition entrant this year. They are also the first contestants to outbid every member of the expert panel. Unfortunately for two of them, they were just pipped by the Set 2021-5 winner, who went one step better this month, producing a perfect 80/80:

Peter Law (BBO: PETELAW) from Broadstairs, Kent, England

Peter has played bridge for over 50 years in congresses and national knockouts, also representing his county (Kent) regularly. He recently discovered online bridge thanks to lockdown. He the co-pioneer of the strong club system that he plays with Patrick Collins, where opening one diamond promises 4card major.

Congratulations to him, he 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:

Ying Chow (BBO: ywchow)

Congratulations to Ying Chow who wins a 3 month subscription to Prime!

Also on the June ‘Roll of Honor’:

with an impressive score of 78/80:

Laura Mancini (BBO: 801dna) from Paris, France

Maciek Macieszczak (BBO:1cola) from Raszyn, Poland

Laura says, “Still at university, my husband taught me to play bridge more than half a century ago. Nowadays I play a few times a week (l’après midi) in bridge clubs (avant covid). Ideally, however, you spend the evening at home with friends, playing bridge. Only we miss the fourth more and more often, unless la petite-fille has some time.”
Maciek was born in Poland, and was taught bridge by his parents some twenty-something years ago. He now runs a small sports equipment company. He says, “I like to play bridge while working in my company, preferably with my girlfriend, who plays even better than me. In the game of bridge, I like anything that is fun and funny.”

and with a score of 72/80:

Matthias Abracadabra (BBO: lala2) from Warsaw, Poland

Honourable mentions also go to those who at least matched a panel members’ score:

73/80	Earle Ferguson (BBO: Fergus) from Halifax NS, Canada
71/80	Stelios Touchtidis (BBO: Stelios_t)
69/80	Alexander Cook (BBO: spade7) from Australia
68/80	Anne-Sybil Bragadir (BBO: asb10) from Lausanne, Switzerland
	Dave Williams (BBO: dave251164) from Wales
	Mithun Mukherjee
67/80	Nina Goel (BBO: ngoel) from Mumbai, India
66/80	Peter Hudson (BBO: p_t_red) from Coppell TX, USA
	Douglas Schmickrath (BBO: P0STM0RTEM) from San Francisco CA
65/80	Csaba Daday (BBO: gwnn) from Gottingen, Germany,
	Kukuh Indrayana (BBO: ITSurabaya) from Surabaya, Indonesia,
	Stephen Kwan (BBO: sk1958)
	Minku Minku (BBO: nitesharor) from Delhi, India
64/80	Roy Caldwell (BBO: DrZed) from Canton NY, USA

We had over 100 entries for this month’s competition, so congratulations to all of those who made it onto the honor roll.

Remember, if you top the Annual Leaderboard this year, you will win 200 BB$! So come on down to this month’s hands to participate!

Find all results here: https://blog.bridgebase.com/2021/05/04/bbo-prime-bidders-challenge-all-results-may/

Annual competition leaders (after 6 months)

Luwen had his worst result of the year so far. That means that Carla, after an excellent performance as a guest panelist, closed the gap to just 5 points, leapfrogging Thomas on the way. Watch out for Earle, though, who has missed two months but is averaging an impressive 70.5.

Luwen Koh (BBO: XReborned) from Singapore	403
Thomas Gardner (BBO: thomasg_16) from England	382
Ian Findlay (BBO: findles) from Canada	370
Csaba Daday (BBO: gwnn) from Gottingen, Germany	364
Bradley Johnston (BBO: Nohk) from Dunedin, New Zealand	354
Ricardo Cardoni (BBO: Patan) from Buenos Aires, Argentina	353
Anne-Sybil Bragadir (BBO: asb10) from Lausanne, Switzerland	348
Peter Hudson (BBO: p_t_red) from Coppell TX, USA	347
Harry Gordon (BBO: hflsh) from Lexington KY, USA	344
Douglas Schmickrath (BBO: P0STM0RTEM) from San Francisco CA	338
Stephen Kwan (BBO: sk1958)	337
Dave Williams (BBO: dave251164) from Wales	336
Hanoi Rondon (BBO: hanoi5) from Santiago, Chile	335
Tony Burt (BBO: Tone999) from Vancouver BC, Canada	334
Dave Horton (BBO: mfearth) from Calgary AB, Canada	332
GjivoTikvica(BBO: KhazadDoom) from Dubrovnik, Croat	269
Dave Williams (BBO: dave251164) from Wales	268
Barbara Giesbrecht (BBO: BabsG) from Qualicum Beach BC, Canada	330
GjivoTikvica(BBO: KhazadDoom) from Dubrovnik, Croatia	330
Kresten Sandager Kristensen (BBO: kesse) from Copenhagen, Denmark	325*
Kathrine Loh (BBO: nicnat) from Walnut Creek CA, USA	309
Kevin Wu (BBO: kevinwu77) from Taipei City, Taiwan	307
H.R. Leong (BBO: lhrljr) from Singapore	306
Joseph P Newhouse (BBO: jpn2) from Cambridge MA, USA	295
Milko Slavov (BBO: milko_sl) from Varna, Bulgaria	294*
Earle Ferguson (BBO: Fergus) from Halifax NS, Canada	282**
Ashot Harutyunyan (BBO: ashoth_14) from Montreal PQ, Canada	279
Philip Hydes (BBO: S138tq) from Barnsley, England	277*
Paul Dubois (BBO: Pottsca) from El Cajon CA, USA	277
Mary Eldridge (BBO: msphola) from Old Tappan NY, USA	266
Judy Morissette (BBO: juju4) from Saint Colomban PQ, Canada	262*
Matthias Abracadabra (BBO: lala2) from Warsaw, Poland	251**
Karle Joys (BBO: KJOY) from Dartmouth NS, Canada	244*
Felix Wenyan Ge (BBO: felixw) from Tokyo, Japan	238*
Alper Daldal (BBO: sazan68) from Istanbul, Turkey	237**

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. Players with an asterisk (*) have only five counting scores so far, and with ** have only four counting scores.

Compare your results with the panel

Find all your results here: https://blog.bridgebase.com/2021/05/04/bbo-prime-bidders-challenge-all-results-may/

And Panels’ results are there!

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TOTAL
Wen Fei WANG	4	4NT	1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Dbl	76
Earle FERGUSON	5	4NT	1	4NT	Pass	2	Dbl	Pass	73
Carla VEGA	2	4NT	1	Pass	Pass	2	Dbl	Pass	72
David BIRD	4	5	1	4NT	1	2	Dbl	Pass	71
Simon DE WIJS	5	4NT	1	Pass	Pass	2NT	Pass	Pass	71
Larry COHEN	4	Pass	1	5NT	Pass	Pass	Dbl	Pass	70
Michal KLUKOWSKI	4	4NT	1	4NT	1	2NT	Pass	2	69
Jessica LARSSON	4	Pass	1	4NT	Pass	2	2	2	69
Andrew ROBSON	4	Pass	1	4NT	2	Pass	2	Pass	69
Zia MAHMOOD	2	4NT	1	4NT	Pass	Pass	Dbl	Dbl	68
Gabriel CHAGAS	5	Pass	4	4NT	Pass	2NT	Dbl	Dbl	66
Alan SONTAG	3	4NT	1	4NT	2	Pass	Pass	2	66
Casa DADAY	4	5	Dbl	Pass	1	2	Pass	Dbl	65
Daniel LAVEE	4	Pass	1	4NT	1	2NT	2	Dbl	65
Eric KOKISH	3NT	Pass	3	5NT	2	2	Pass	Dbl	67
P.O. SUNDELIN	2	Pass	1	6NT	Pass	1NT	Pass	Pass	64

TOP SCORES	4	4NT	1	4NT	Pass	2	Pass	Dbl

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