2012 Posty Awards - voting thread #1

[daveharty]

Here are links to the "Thread of the Year" nominees:

 

Antrax http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/50414-the-blunder-blog/

S2000magic http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/50574-forcing-nt/

SimonFa http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/49868-21-game-force-alerts-in-ebu/

Wayne_LV http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51017-skill-level/

Antrax http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/50722-an-ominous-hand/

fred http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/50898-declarer-play-problem/

inquiry http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51200-avoidable-defensive-mistakes/

gwnn http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/50509-pet-peeve-thread/

Fluffy http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/54450-bad-popular-game-at-mps/

Zelandakh http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/54808-mandatory-falsecarding/

 

Voting will remain open until midnight EST on Sunday, January 13.

 

Following mgoetze's excellent suggestion, I am allowing people to vote for multiple nominees in each category. Vote for as many (or as few) as you wish for each award; the top vote-getter at the end of the voting period will be declared the winner in each category.

 

EDIT: Part 2 of the poll is here.

[cherdano]

Can someone summarize the real-world bridge achievements of the nominees?

[Antrax]

Good call on the multiple choice thing, last year I was torn between two for most categories.

[nige1]

Thank you Daveharty :) Pity these polls can't be public :)

[diana_eva]

lord molyb is a newcomer too and he's quite active. Too late now I guess.

[Fluffy]

Can someone summarize the real-world bridge achievements of the nominees?

 

yes please, I'm wondering who nominated me and for what. Getting married is a real world award, but don't think it is really a bridge one.

[JLOGIC]

Me: Winning Platinum Pairs

 

Frances/Jeffrey: Winning the English Premier league

 

Fred: Second in Vanderbilt

 

Fluffy: Representing Spain in World Championship

[daveharty]

Can someone summarize the real-world bridge achievements of the nominees?

 

I don't know anything about the accomplishments of the European nominees; perhaps someone else could enlighten us. But here is a summary of what the two North American nominees did in 2012, at least in major events:

 

Fred Gitelman

Spring NABC: 2nd in Vanderbilt KO Teams; 16th most MP won

Summer NABC: 1st in Roth Open Swiss Teams; T9th/16th in Spingold KO Teams

Fall NABC: 9th in LM Pairs; T14/16 in Mitchell Open BAM

USBC: 2nd in Open Trials

 

Justin Lall

Spring NABC: 1st in Norman Kay Platinum Pairs; 12th most MP won

Summer NABC: 7th in Freeman Mixed BAM

Fall NABC: 12th in LM Pairs; 4th in Mitchell Open BAM; 5th in Blue Ribbon Pairs; 3rd in Reisinger BAM; 2nd most MP won

USBC: T3/4 in Open Trials

 

This list isn't intended to be complete, it's just the result of a quick scan back through the NABC and USBC results of the past year.

[Antrax]

I suggest you link to voting thread #2 from this one, since it seems odd that 20 people voted in this one but only 17 in the other one.

[mgoetze]

I suggest you link to voting thread #2 from this one, since it seems odd that 20 people voted in this one but only 17 in the other one.

Uhm, he did. ;) BTW I have voted in #2 but not yet in #1 as that needs more consideration.

[daveharty]

Voting is closed. Thanks all.