Cavendish 2005

[Aberlour10]

Hello Everybody!

 

The Cavendish Invitational 2005 is coming soon....

 

I would like to invite you for a following contest-

the rules are very simply:

We try to guess the TOP 6 of the pairs event,

for every exactly guess of the place you will earn 2 points,

for every pair you have in TOP 6 you become 1 point

 

You will find the starting field of the pairs event at:

 

http://www.thecavendish.com/

 

Have fun :lol:

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My winning line up:

 

1) F. Fantoni -C.Nunes

2) E. Greco - G. Hampson

3) B. Hamman - Zia Mahmood

4) C. Balicki - A.Zmudzinski

5) B. Moss - F. Gitelman

6) M. Lanzarotti-A. Buratti

[Gerben42]

1. Balicki - Zmudzinski

2. Fantoni - Nunes

3. Buratti - Lanzarotti

4. Zia - Hamman

5. Kwiecien - Bizon

6. Gromov - Dubinin

[helene_t]

1) Andrei Gromov - Alex Dubinin

2) Czary Balicki - Adam Zmudzinski

3) Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes

4) Steve Garner - Howard Weinstein

5) Peter Fredin - Magnus Lindkvist

6) Sam Lev - Jacek Pszczola

[Walddk]

1. Fantoni - Nunes

2. Sadek - El Ahmady

3. Zmudzinski - Balicki

4. Zia - Hamman

5. Fredin - Lindkvist

6. Lanzarotti - Buratti

 

Sorry Fred ;)

 

Roland

[Deanrover]

1) Brad Moss - Fred Gitleman

2) Bobby Levin - Steve Weinstein

3) Norberto Bocchi - Giogerio Duboin

4) Eric Greco - Geoff Hampson

5) Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes

6) Bob Hamman - Zia Mahmood

[Jangvik]

Easy.

 

 

1. Fantoni - Nunes (No one will/can beat them)

2. Bocchi - Duboin (The italians are the best right now)

3. Johnson - Meckstroth (If there are many 3NT boards, they will be in top 3. Else place 20 something)

4. Balicki - Zmudzinski (Here or they will be dead last)

5. Fredin - Lindkvist (Go Sweden!)

6. Hamman - Zia (Because Zia is Zia and Bob is Bob)

[pclayton]

1. Sadek / El Ahmady

2. Bocchi / Duboin

3. Fantoni / Nunes

4. Bramley / Lazard

5. Lev / Pszczola

6. Lanzarotti / Buratti

 

And my sentimental pick: Chris Larsen / Gene Freed, although I wish Chris was playing with Joe Kivel.

[paulg]

Similar to many although I failed to get any locals into the list.

 

1. Sadek / El Ahmady

2. Fantoni / Nunes

3. Bocchi / Duboin

4. Balicki / Zmudzinski

5. Lanzarotti / Buratti

6. Gromov / Dubinin

 

paul

[olegru]

Andrei Gromov - Alex Dubinin

Massimo Lanzarotti - Andrea Buratti

Czary Balicki - Adam Zmudzinski

Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes

Sam Lev - Jacek Pszczola

Bocchi - Duboin

[luke warm]

1. fantoni/nunes

2. gromov/dubinin

3. duboin/bocchi

4. sadek/el ahmady

5. lanzarotti/buratti

6. greco/hampson

[keylime]

top 3:

 

1. Fantoni-Nunes (I want these two, on my team, at any time).

2. Fallenius-Wellan (I have good feeling, and their system, sswweeeett).

3. Buratti-Lanzarotti (these two are surging).

[twcho]

1. Fantoni - Nunes

2. Sadek - El Ahmady

3. Bocchi - Duboin

4. Levin - Weinstein

5. Lanzarotti - Buratti

6. Johnson - Meckstroth

[DenisO]

1. Bocchi -Duboin

2. Balicki - Zmudzinski

3 Fantoni - Nunes

4. Levin - Weinstein

5. Gitelman - Moss

6 Hamman - Zia

[doofik]

1. Balicki-Zmudzinski (take a look at Gatlinburg results)

2. Lev-Pszczola (a repeat?)

3. Fantoni-Nunes (how can you not?)

4. Duboin-Bocchi

5. Fallenius-Welland

6. Gromov-Dubinin

[shoeless]

1. Sam Lev - Jacek Pszczola

2. Czary Balicki - Adam Zmudzinski

3. Brad Moss - Fred Gitleman

4. Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes

5. Bob Hamman - Zia Mahmood

6. Joe Grue - Curtis Cheek

[Aberlour10]

TOP 6 after 2nd session:

 

1)- Bobby Levin - Steve Weinstein

2)- Norberto Bocchi - Giorgio Duboin

3)- Cezary Balicki - Adam Zmudzinski

4)- Bob Hamman - Zia Mahmood

5)- Eric Greco - Geoff Hampson

6)- Andrea Buratti - Massimo Lanzarotti

 

still 3 sessions to go....

[andych]

Could someone explain more on the auction?

 

All the money $9xx,000 make up by the players?

 

Everyone (indivudual or a pair?) has to make a bet?

 

Does someone make a bet of $5x,xxxx that Bocchi-Duboin winning?

 

Do we know how much and whom each player bet on?

 

Are the players all very rich ?!

 

 

Thanks :ph34r: :ph34r:

[Elianna]

I'm sure that someone else can do a better job explaining, so I shall leave it to them. I just wanted to mention that "Bridge Bum" by Alan Sontag has a big section on a contest of this type (I don't remember if it was the Cavendish or not, my memory for names is awful) and it's one of the more interesting sections of the book, and might give you a fell for what goes on in this competition.

[Aberlour10]

Hi Andych,

 

Fred explained it last year..

 

http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?sho...cavendish&st=31

[Walddk]

Top 10 after 4th session:

1. Buratti - Lanzarotti 2667 - 2. Lambardi - Ventin 2298 - 3. Levin - Weinstein 2020 - 4. Hamman - Zia 1950 - 5. Balicki - Zmudzinski 1827 - 6. Cohler - Willenken 1349 - 7. Greco - Hampson 1259 - 8. Berkowitz - Pollack 1225 - 9. Multon - Quantin 1146 - 10. Goren - Wolpert 1067

[DenisO]

Just had a look at the 1997 auction - total was $1,288,500 !! (60 pairs) WOW - significantly more than 2005 and there's been 8 years of inflation. More big money for Bridge then? Top prices were Lauria/Versace at $64K amd Helness/Helgemo at $62.5K

[Deanrover]

Just had a look at the 1997 auction - total was $1,288,500 !! (60 pairs) WOW - significantly more than 2005 and there's been 8 years of inflation. More big money for Bridge then? Top prices were Lauria/Versace at $64K amd Helness/Helgemo at $62.5K

You are not thinking about this is in the right way. Inflation has nothing to do with it. See why?

[Aberlour10]

Overalls after 5th session:

 

1) Andrea Buratti - Massimo Lanzarotti

2) Cezary Balicki - Adam Zmudzinski

3) Pablo Lambardi - Juan Ventin

4) Bobby Levin - Steve Weinstein

5) Gary Cohler - Chris Willenken

6) David Berkowitz - Bill Pollack

 

 

..and the winner of the contest is...

 

DenisO with 6 points

 

 

See you all next year, same time, same place :P