In our first tournament of the year 11 players attended, including John Baron from the Cleveland area. This was John’s first regular Columbus tournament (he also attended the special USBGF added money tournament in February 2018). Chris Yep won the event, defeating David Steinberg in the Main Bracket final. In the Consolation final Stu Cohen defeated Maron Cury. This was the first tournament with the new payout allocation (Main Winner 40%, Main Runner-Up 25%, Consolation Winner 25%, Consolation Runner-Up 10%).
The full tournament bracket for January can be found here. The current Masters Points standings can be found here. Thank you again to all who came out to play, welcome again to John Baron, and congratulations to our January winners:
1st – Chris Yep
2nd/3rd – David Steinberg
2nd/3rd – Stu Cohen
4th – Maron Cury
The next tournament will be held on February 10. Similar to the February 2018 tournament, the February 2019 tournament will be a special tournament with an extra side pool donated by the US Backgammon Federation (USBGF) exclusively for USBGF members. Check back here for more details.