Phil Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Congrats Justin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Well, I am not surprised. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Well done Justin. Congrats to you and Bob Hamman. Very happy for you both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_R__E_G Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 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!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 From Bridge Bulletin (pdf) Hamman reckons that of the 156 boards he and Lall played in the Platinum Pairs, system was irrelevant on nearly all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwiggins Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Does anyone know what system Lall and Hamman used? I was rooting for a forcing club system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Does anyone know what system Lall and Hamman used? I was rooting for a forcing club system. I heard they played standard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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