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68 Entries, 10
Tournaments, 44 Players, £1160 Prize Fund,
George Miltiadou wins the
Jackpot.
Player numbers was down slightly this month - only 44. Is this a worry?
No, not at all. For a starter it's winter so outside play on the balcony
is not where players want to be (though I think a few hardly souls did do
so under the heaters) and The Lockside Lounge had accepted a birthday
party booking to occupy the sunken section - I need to have further words
with them on this matter - so with the addition of a few extra tables we
just about had enough room for all matches to proceed. But the biggest
reason that numbers were down this week is that some geezer called
MikeMadMonk is running another backgammon event in London this weekend
where over 100 people will be attending. So 44 turning up to BG in Camden
4 days before the annual
Backgammon Live in London is a more than
respectable number.
The star of the show this evening was George Miltiadou. For the first time
in living memory he entered the 1st Tournament of the evening - The
Jackpot - and won it. Has he adopted a long term strategy in improving his
tournament play over the last few months in the smaller entry tournaments
and this month reaping the rewards of his self-training by entering and
winning the big one? If so is George our "Special One?" He's about the
right height though I'm happy to say he doesn't employ the gamesmanship
that Jose M. does. Bravo George.
Al Hogg did his usual of entering the Jackpot Auction, dropping out when
the money went up higher than he was willing to play for, then playing in
what I'm now calling the 2nd Jackpot and this month winning it.
In the "mass entry" £10 entry 8 player, 5 pointers that kicked off next it
was (an unusually quick playing) Mick V. and a delayed Andy B. (had been
hoping to enter the Jackpot but was delayed in what sounded like a
horrible experience manner) who won Tournaments 3 and 4.
T5 was the £5 entry, 8 player, 5 pointers. This is now very much part of
the staple diet of the evening and allows those that are maybe not so good
at backgammon and don't want to invest quite so much money in a
tournament. 6 players signed up as soon as they could for it and the
remaining two slots were taken by players tat arrived at about 7.40. Once
again Ian T. got to the final but once again he came second place in it -
this month it was Tim S. who took the honours.
T6 was another 8 player, £10 entry, 5 pointer - this time the players were
more 7.45 pm+ arrivals and those knocked out of earlier tournaments. This
was the last tournament of the evening to complete ended by Peter B.
taking a re-cube that had it not been so late e wouldn't have taken - a
shame that - I'd have been happier to see him drop it and play on despite
the fact that the staff were putting chairs on tables in other parts of
the pub a good few minutes before they needed to do so. Geoff C. was the
victor.
T7 was a 4 player, £25 entry, 7 pointer for those knocked out of T1 & T2.
Mourad continued his good run from last month and won this.
T8 was an 8 player, £5 entry, 5 pointer for those knocked out of earlier
Tournaments and was won by Monica B.
T9 was a 4 player, £10 entry, 5 pointer and was also won by Mourad - a
name to be considerable respected.
T10 was a 4 player, £5 entry, 5 pointer for those that just couldn't get
enough and was won by Simon M. who is a consistent winner these days.
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