The Top Bidders for Set 2021-5

This month’s winner, with a superb score of 76/80, is:

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:

Karle Joys (KJOY)

Congratulations to Karle Joys who wins a 3 month subscription to Prime!

Also on the May ‘Roll of Honor’:

with a score of 75/80:

Thomas Gardner (BBO: thomasg_16) from England

Santi Sembe (BBO: santisembe) from Buenos Aires, Argentina

with a score of 72/80:

Earle Ferguson (BBO: Fergus) from Halifax NS, Canada

Honourable mentions also go to all of those scoring 60 or more:

68/80	Anne-Sybil Bragadir (BBO: asb10) from Lausanne, Switzerland and
	Ricardo Cardoni (BBO: Patan) from Buenos Aires, Argentina
67/80	Barbara Cesari (BBO: baby14)
65/80	Carlos Pellegrini (BBO: carlosp) from Buenos Aires, Argentina
63/80	Ian Findlay (BBO: findles) from Canada
	Carla Vega (BBO: 01vega) from Warsaw, Poland
	Luwen Koh (BBO: XReborned) from Singapore
	Cesare San Martino (BBO: Marklings) from London, England
	H.R. Leong (BBO: lhrljr) from Singapore
62/80	Milko Slavov (BBO: milko_sl) from Varna, Bulgaria
	Bradley Johnston (BBO: Nohk) from Dunedin, New Zealand
	Dave Horton (BBO: mfearth) from Calgary AB, Canada
	Csaba Daday (BBO: gwnn) from Gottingen, Germany
	Maciek Macieszczak (BBO: 1cola) from Raszyn, Poland
61/80	Kevin Wu (BBO: kevinwu77) from Taipei City, Taiwan
	Alexander Cook (BBO: spade7) from Australia
	YanHung Chen (BBO: pjack) from Taipei City, Taiwan
60/80	Kresten Sandager Kristensen (BBO: kesse) from Copenhagen, Denmark

We had a record 160 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 5 months)

Luwen Koh (BBO: XReborned) from Singapore	342
Thomas Gardner (BBO: thomasg_16) from England	331
Carla Vega (BBO: 01vega) from Warsaw, Poland	326
Ian Findlay (BBO: findles) from Canada	307
Csaba Daday (BBO: gwnn) from Gottingen, Germany	299
Ricardo Cardoni (BBO: Patan) from Buenos Aires, Argentina	294
Bradley Johnston (BBO: Nohk) from Dunedin, New Zealand	292
Hanoi Rondon (BBO: hanoi5) from Santiago, Chile	284
Harry Gordon (BBO: hflsh) from Lexington KY, USA Peter Hudson (BBO: p_t_red) from Coppell TX, USA	283 281
Anne-Sybil Bragadir (BBO: asb10) from Lausanne, Switzerland	280
Tony Burt (BBO: Tone999) from Vancouver BC, Canada	278
Dave Horton (BBO: mfearth) from Calgary AB, Canada	276
Barbara Giesbrecht (BBO: BabsG) from Qualicum Beach BC, Canada	273
Douglas Schmickrath (BBO: P0STM0RTEM) from San Francisco CA	272
Stephen Kwan (BBO: sk1958)	272
GjivoTikvica(BBO: KhazadDoom) from Dubrovnik, Croat	269
Dave Williams (BBO: dave251164) from Wales	268
Kresten Sandager Kristensen (BBO: kesse) from Copenhagen, Denmark	263*
H.R. Leong (BBO: lhrljr) from Singapo	261
Kathrine Loh (BBO: nicnat) from Walnut Creek CA, USA	256
Joseph P Newhouse (BBO: jpn2) from Cambridge MA, USA	252
Kevin Wu (BBO: kevinwu77) from Taipei City, Taiwan	247
Ashot Harutyunyan (BBO: ashoth_14) from Montreal PQ, Canada	241
Paul Dubois (BBO: Pottsca) from El Cajon CA, USA	239
Felix Wenyan Ge (BBO: felixw) from Tokyo, Japan	238
Alper Daldal (BBO: sazan68) from Istanbul, Turkey	237*
Milko Slavov (BBO: milko_sl) from Varna, Bulgaria	235*
Philip Hydes (BBO: S138tq) from Barnsley, England	219*
Mary Eldridge (BBO: msphola) from Old Tappan NY, USA	216
Earle Ferguson (BBO: Fergus) from Halifax NS, Canada	209**
Judy Morissette (BBO: juju4) from Saint Colomban PQ, Canada	209*

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 four counting scores so far, and with ** have only three 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
David BIRD	3	Pass	2NT	6	2	3NT	Pass	3	78
Andrew ROBSON	3	Pass	2NT	6	2	Pass	5	3	78
Michal KLUKOWSKI	3	Pass	2NT	6	2	3NT	Pass	Pass	76
Eric KOKISH	Pass	1NT	2NT	6	2	5	5	3	73
Wen Fei WANG	3	1NT	4	6	2	3NT	5	3	73
Jessica LARSSON	3	1NT	4	6	2	Pass	Pass	3	72
Gabriel CHAGAS	3	Pass	2NT	6	2	3NT	4NT	4	71
Sjoert BRINK	3	Pass	4	6	2NT	Pass	5	3	70
Larry COHEN	4	1NT	2NT	6	2	3NT	Pass	3	69
Alan SONTAG	3	1	2NT	6	2	Pass	Pass	3	68
Zia MAHMOOD	Pass	Pass	2NT	6	2	3	Pass	4	67
Simon De WIJS	Pass	1NT	2NT	6	4	3NT	4NT	Pass	66
Sally BROCK	4	1	4	6	1	Pass	5	3	62
Daniel LAVEE	4	Pass	4	6	3	3NT	6	Pass	62
Alper DALDAL	3	Pass	3	Pass	3	Pass	5	3	55
TOP SCORES	3	Pass	2NT	6	2	3NT	5	3

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