Results and Winners Bidders Challenge 2023-6

The Top Bidders for Set 2023-6

The average score was up above 50/80 this month, and selecting the most popular choice of competition entrants on every deal would have scored 58/80. However, we have our first perfect score of the year and, like London buses, you wait ages for one and two come along together. Our joint winners’ with scores of 80/80 are:

Barry Bragin (bbragin) from Ft Pierce FL, USA, and
Ugis Jansons (ugisj) from Latvia

Ugis is 47 years old and began his international career as a member of the Latvian University team at the 2000 World Championships. He has been a member of his country’s Open team since making his debut at the 2002 European Championships. He has twice been a member of Latvian teams that just missed medals at the European Small Federations Championships, finishing fourth in in 2019 and fifth in 2021.

Barry says, “The strongest part of my bridge game is being able to predict how experts will handle tough bidding problems.” He has previously been a panelist on The Bridge World’s ‘Master Solvers Club’ panel due to high overall finishes in their bidding contest.

We will be glad to welcome them both as guest panelists onto our expert panel for the August competition.

Also on the June 'Roll of Honor’:

With a score of 79/80

Recai Saylik (denizs) from Turkey

And, with a score of 78/80:

Andy Stark (creemore) from Canada,
Jay Weinstein (microcap) from USA,
Brad Theurer (batmanbrad) from USA, and
John Bryden (tw0wayhook) from Canada

The average score this month was 51.38 (up from 46.74 last month). In what has proven to be a high-scoring month, you need a score of 72/80 or more to make the leader-board this month. Congratulations to everyone who makes the list.

PlayerScore
Barry Bragin (Bbragin) From United States80
Ugis Jansons (Ugisj) From Latvia80
Recai Saylik (Denizs) From Turkey79
Andy Stark (Creemore) From Canada78
Jay Weinstein (Microcap) From United States78
Brad Theurer (Batmanbrad) From United States78
John Bryden (Tw0Wayhook) From Canada78
Bora Belgü (Ebeb) From Turkey77
Kah Loong Chue (Chuekl) From Singapore77
Milko Slavov (Milko_Sl) From Bulgaria77
Francois Duffour (Toutmo) From France77
Chris Wright (Cw1943) From United Kingdom76
Peter Teisen (Tyso111) From Denmark76
Paul Friedman (Guido) From United States76
Yoram Egozy (Egozy) From Israel76
Matti Niemi (M_Niemi) From Finland76
Tianyang Chen (Cty1120) From China76
Fikri Ugur (Fikri) From Turkey76
András Nádas (Umbriel2) From Hungary76
Nebi Talat Demirel (Ntalatd) From Turkey76
Olivier Metzdorff (Meol) From France76
Jim Cheney (Hawnhawk) From United States76
Adam Pawlowski (Adameba) From Poland76
Claus Hastrup (Cphastrup) From Denmark76
Hans Van Der Heijde (001Hans) From Netherlands76
Ian Berrington (Ian Berr) From New Zealand75
Lysandra Zheng (Opal_P) From New Zealand75
Than Econ (Diogo7) From Greece75
Karel De Raeymaeker (Ewion) From Ireland75
Piotr Marcinowski (Dyplomata) From Poland75
Gert-Jan Den Hartog (Gertonl) From Netherlands75
Kang-Wei Fan (Firebolt) From Taiwan75
Mircea Mihalcica (Sekhmet) From Romania75
Michael Penick (Mpp8) From United States75
Ned Irving (Mrned2) From United States75
Arseny Shur (Kammerer) From Israel75
Kenneth Tatz (Tater11) From United States75
Sasha Cooper (Jinksy) From Netherlands75
Kevin Podsiadlik (Kjpod) From United States75
Lawrence Malone (Larrymal) From Canada75
Örjan Törnblom (Unperfect) From Sweden75
Hanoi Rondón (Hanoi5) From Chile75
Ronald Vickery (Rvickery) From United States75
Jean-Dominique Sarrola (Jideo) From France75
Piotr Szewczyk (Jam21All) From Poland74
Alexandr Volkov (Titan0118) From Russia74
Cameron Barbian (Cameronpeter) From United States74
Geoff Smith (Oz98) From Australia74
Rafael Luis Palazzo (Pala) From Argentina74
Alan Chapelle (Nightmayor) From Canada74
Remzi Azizoglu (Farqin) From Turkey74
Luo Cheng (Iverson200) From Singapore74
Philippe Blaevoet (Le Elabel) From France74
Turgay Sesyilmaz (Firstofall) From Turkey74
Jose Miguel Goncalves (Miguelgon) From Spain74
Serban Criscota (Dodog) From Romania74
Leandro Ronderos (Dosxtres) From Spain74
John Lusky (Pachyderms) From United States74
Said Sbili (Bily) From Belgium74
Paul Boudreau (Pons_) From United States74
Bob Boudreau (Bonafide57) From United States74
Jim Stogner (Jim St) From United States74
Michael Aslett (Mjaslett) From United Kingdom74
Alexander Cook (Spade7) From Australia74
John R Mayne (Jrmayne) From United States74
Andrei-Alex Eckstein (Arnhem) From Romania73
Kevin Castner (Jafra) From United States73
Gérard Scarsi (Ciotas) From France73
(Peter)Graham Orsmond (Grammmy) From United Kingdom73
Jon Brissman (Heartdead) From United States73
Zhiyu Cheng (Tutu99) From United States73
Paul Gipson (Paulg) From United Kingdom73
Alan James Mayo (Alanmayo) From United Kingdom73
Mauri Saastamoinen (Slammiguru) From Finland73
Ebbe Bech Christensen (Ebbebech) From Denmark73
Elena Prahin (Lena_P) From United States73
Terry Lavender (Mrspurp) From United States73
Sawsan Elabiary (Chantal4) From United Arab Emirates73
Robert Giragosian (Agman) From United States73
Francois Hauseux (Syslapi) From Belgium73
W Crook (Avadakedav) From United Kingdom73
John Patterson (Trump68) From New Zealand73
Vincent Lui (Cheapcheap) From Hong Kong73
Sheldon Natenberg (Shellyn) From United States73
João Fanha (Jfanha) From Portugal73
Fred King (Fredkingkc) From United States73
Matthew Merzbacher (Mmerz) From United States73
Bruce Cameron (Brucecame) From Canada73
Julio Roberto Martinez (Ybob) From Uruguay73
Paul Dolphin (Pdolphin) From United Kingdom73
Michael Van Gulik (Bananatree) From Canada73
Arif Özer Orhan (Ovirtue) From Turkey73
Verghese Jacob (Veekayjay) From India72
Jo Crumley (Bridge4Me) From United States72
Giorgos Flouris (Fgeo) From Greece72
Radu Popescu (Radu120) From Romania72
Erleta Plana (Llamafan) From Norway72
Sándor Varga (Vargas54) From Hungary72
Michel Volcker (Lehcim92) From France72
Francisco Coutinho (Flgpc) From Portugal72
Hubert Ployart (Zabibi) From France72
Michel Beauchamp (Beauchamp0) From Canada72
Santanu Das (Santanu69) From India72
Gabriela Peteri (Gabrielap) From Chile72
Philippe Marchal (Amabph) From France72
Predrag Stanojevic (Djapedjape) From Portugal72
Fra Perry (Perry93) From Italy72
Ünal Gültekin (Unakin) From Turkey72
Maria Oteyza (Msoteyza) From Spain72
Christian Montagnac (Chmtc) From France72
Robbie De Koster (Robbiedk) From Netherlands72
Okan Özcan (Gr8Okan) From Turkey72
Uras Berkay Samiloglu (Bky36) From Turkey72
Catherine Zhang (Cat7777) From Australia72
William Winter (B1936W) From United Kingdom72
Enrico Guglielmi (Dasim) From Italy72
Thijs Veugen (Tveugen) From Netherlands72
Myrna Rochelle (Rux36) From United States72
Ed Schulte (Sarge300) From United States72
George Liossis (Gelio) From Greece72
Boyd Jancey (Boydjancey) From Denmark72
Randy Helmink (Randyhelmi) From United States72
Steve Hollingsworth (Trialbid) From United States72
Tiit Hendrik Piibeleht (Tiiduke) From Estonia72
Raj Gupta (Rajajani1) From United States72
Dorin Costin (Dorin001) From Canada72
Gerald Jacobson (Punxsyphil) From United States72
Garrett Liu (Icefire258) From Canada72
Asim Saha (Asimsaha) From India72
James Krekorian (Jimkrek) From United States72
Mark Kinzer (Thekinz) From United States72
Petar Daskalov (Daskalov) From Bulgaria72
Jim Streisand (Strei1) From United States72
Alison Foote (Alikat2020) From South Africa72
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) From Singapore72
Peter Law (Petelaw) From United Kingdom72
Lee Weiner (Lrweiner) From United States72
Cherry Lee (Cvcherry) From China72
Jon Sorkin (Jsorkin) From United States72
Kürşat Özşahin (Vbman) From Turkey72
Robert Adelman (Bobade) From United States72
Jan Erik Greve-Løberg (Janerikb) From Norway72

The 2023 Annual Competition

After six months, we still have a remarkable 14 players who are averaging 70/80 or higher.

Brothers Paul and Bob Boudreau retain their positions in first and second place respectively at the top of the annual competition leader-board. Although they both scored 74/80 this month, they only had three questions on which they made the same choice. Ian had a month that he will be looking to drop later in the year, and he loses his place to Michael as the highest-placed Canadian. Dave’s 71/80 enables him to climb up onto the podium. However, Hanoi (75/80) and Vincent (73/80) both narrow the gap behind Dave to just one and two points respectively.

Remarkably, of that top 14 averaging 70/80 or more, Ian was the only one to score less than 70 this month: an impressively consistent standard from everyone. It is promising to be quite a race to make it onto that podium this year.

Can anyone catch either of the brothers? Experience suggests that the leaders should not get too comfortable. We have seen in previous years how quickly quite large gaps can close when players start dropping their weakest scores towards the end of the year.

You currently need an average score of 60/80 or more to make the annual competition leader-board. Congratulations to everyone who makes the list, which represents around the top 120 bidders from amongst the multiple thousands who take part every month.

PlayerTotal
Paul Boudreau (Pons_) From United States449
Bob Boudreau (Bonafide57) From United States446
David Williams (Dave251164) From United Kingdom440
Hanoi Rondón (Hanoi5) From Chile439
Vincent Lui (Cheapcheap) From Hong Kong438
Michael Van Gulik (Bananatree) From Canada435
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) From Singapore433
Ian Findlay (Findles) From Canada429
John Lusky (Pachyderms) From United States428
Peter Law (Petelaw) From United Kingdom427
Alexander Cook (Spade7) From Australia427
Brad Theurer (Batmanbrad) From United States423
Milko Slavov (Milko_Sl) From Bulgaria422
Arif Özer Orhan (Ovirtue) From Turkey420
Stephen Merriman (Smerriman) From New Zealand419
Enhao Du (Diandian23) From United States418
Babs Giesbrecht (Babsg) From Canada416
Todd Holes (Masse24) From United States416
Capri Bucci (Atp13) From Italy414
Dorin Costin (Dorin001) From Canada413
Jon Cooke (Mugsmate) From United Kingdom409
Stelios Touchtidis (Stelios_T) From United States408
Jonathan Ferguson (Jonottawa) From Canada407
Claude Candillier (Capri13) From France407
Jim Streisand (Strei1) From United States406
Claus Hastrup (Cphastrup) From Denmark406
Jim Hubbard (James01) From United States404
Venkatesh Ramaratnam (Rv) From India402
John Bryden (Tw0Wayhook) From Canada399
Francois Duffour (Toutmo) From France399
Olivier Metzdorff (Meol) From France398
Laura Mancini (801Dna) From France396
Dan Gheorghiu (Dang4503) From Canada394
Stephen Cooper (Scoop) From Canada393
James Krekorian (Jimkrek) From United States392
Bartosz Kopras (Kojman) From Poland392
John R Mayne (Jrmayne) From United States391
John Stell (Johnworf1) From United Kingdom391
Arseny Shur (Kammerer) From Israel389
Nick Roubeglis (Rglis) From Greece389
Dr. Morrie Kleinplatz (Amulet1) From Canada389
Dawei Chen (Dcosh) From Japan388
Prahalad Rajkumar (R_Prah) From India388
Barry Bragin (Bbragin) From United States388
Lei Tsui (Ltsui10) From United States388
Alex Hong (Fhong) From Canada387
Alex Kolesnik (Kolesnik) From United States387
Kevin Podsiadlik (Kjpod) From United States387
Kinpin Chu (Xh2072) From China387
Serban Criscota (Dodog) From Romania386
Veljko Vujcic (Sambolino) From Serbia386
Hans Van Der Heijde (001Hans) From Netherlands384
Rick Prouser (Rickprou) From United States383
Mark De Meer (Maanba) From United Arab Emirates383
Javier Bertran (Patomaquet) From Spain383
Howard Stern (Hstern) From United States383
Jan Bomhof (Bomtest) From Netherlands382
John Leonard (Jl07702) From United States382
Ned Irving (Mrned2) From United States380
Peter Lieberman (Plieber) From United States380
Paul Sontag (Pgs58) From Canada380
Naresh Kumar Gupta (Nkgupt) From India379
Iasonas Iraklis Papaspyrou (Hercules J) From Greece378
Rodney Lighton (Rrhino) From United Kingdom378
Ran Jingrong (Helen Ran) From China377
Alan Shillitoe (The Saint) From United Kingdom377
Maxim Silin (Bigmax) From United States377
Patrick Shields (Patr1Cks) From United Kingdom376
Jon Sorkin (Jsorkin) From United States376
Andreas Meramveliotakis (Kleze) From Greece375
Omer Onem (F2G) From Turkey374
Kelvin Ng (Smoz) From Singapore373
Artem Poliak (Poliart) From Ukraine373
Alex Dialynas (Adial) From Greece373
Robert Giragosian (Agman) From United States372
Craig Cordes (Tallmath) From United States372
João Fanha (Jfanha) From Portugal372
Paul Fearnhead (Ran19Dom) From United Kingdom372
Yoram Bavli (Gur) From Israel372
Mark Chen (Mark_Chen) From United States371
Joe Clark (Joe0) From United Kingdom370
Josh Sinnett (Oshoj) From United States370
Andreas Jansen (Andymanvif) From Norway370
Raj Agarwal (Badesh) From United States370
Adam Pawlowski (Adameba) From Poland369
Sasha Cooper (Jinksy) From Netherlands369
Sayeed Ahmed (Sa001) From Bangladesh369
Gianluca Bergami (Giangibar) From Switzerland368
Sanjay Sondhi (Sondhi) From India368
Gianni Hsieh (Wakanari) From United States368
Fikri Ugur (Fikri) From Turkey367
Stuart Bramzel (Stuzel) From United Kingdom367
Mike Passell (Passell) From United States366
Mark Bolotin (Markboloti) From United States366
Sheldon Spier (Shel1224) From Canada366
John Markakis (Markedo) From Greece366
Lazaros Karagiannopoulos (Lazkar) From Greece366
Wes Hanson (Whist71) From United States365
George Mattos (George Mat) From United States365
Juliano Barbosa (Jbarbosa) From Portugal365
Mani Gupta (Manig) From United States365
Alexey Pyzh (Pyzh) From Ukraine364
David Cole (Davidcole) From Germany364
Len Helfgott (Lenh48) From United States364
Jean-Michel Boivin (Jim92) From France364
Rolf Selander (Rolfseland) From Sweden363
Greg Leblanc (Gnlblnc151) From United States363
Francesco Masini (Gosto56) From Italy362
Tiit Hendrik Piibeleht (Tiiduke) From Estonia361
Bert Eccles (Benellis58) From Canada361
Vincent Perez (Vinch1971) From France361
Peter Lindon (Plidstone) From United Kingdom361
Rajendra Sirohia (Sirohiaraj) From India361
Barbara Drinovec (Drinab) From Slovenia360
Ronald Mak (Maktruck) From United States360
Thomas Terzian (Rmenian) From United States360
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