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LVBC December 2014 Player of the Month Aaron Foust

LVBC 2014 Maxakuli Cup Champion Ray Fogerlund

LVBC 2014 Player of the Year Ramon Eleazar

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Current 2015 Standings UPDATED THROUGH TUESDAY JANUARY 20TH Top 8 qualify for the LVBC Tournament of Champions (a.k.a. the Maxakuli Cup) Year 1. Tony Anton 50.0 2. Damon Singer 39.0 3. Ray Fogerlund 33.5 4. Jim Pappas 32.5 5. Howard Markowitz 31.0 6. Jack Cohen 29.5 7. Ramon Eleazar 29.0 8. Paul Franks 29.0 9. Aaron Foust 23.5 10.Two tied @ 23.0 Month 1.Tony Anton 41.0 2. Damon Singer 33.0 3. Ray Fogerlund 31.5 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 0.0 10. 0.0 2014 season ends on Dec. 16. Maxakuli Cup will be on Wed., Dec. 17.

Last 12 Players of the Month (Points/Weeks) 12/2014 Aaron Foust (37.5/3) 11/2014 Howard Markowitz (52/4) 10/2014 Aaron Foust (51/4) 9/2014 Ray Fogerlund (68.5/5) 8/2014 Howard Markowitz (50.0/4) 7/2014 Ray Fogerlund (60.5/5) 6/2014 Howard Markowitz (52.5/4) 5/2014 Tony Anton (51.0/4) 4/2014 Jim Pappas (57.0/5) 3/2014 Howard Markowitz (52.0/4) 2/2014 Ramon Eleazar (43.0/4) 1/2014 Ray Fogerlund (50.0/4)

1000 to 1 Club Club members winning 10 or more matches in a row Name Matches Year Ramon Eleazar 10 2014 Damon Singer 12 2014 Barry Lazarus 10 2014 Howard Markowitz 10 2014 Howard Markowitz 11 2014

Upcoming major west coast backgammon tournaments APR 23-27.....*ABT: U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS, FLAMINGO, LAS VEGAS, NV..702/218-8238 MAY 22-26.....*ABT: 34th CHICAGO OPEN, HOLIDAY INN, ROSEMONT, IL......702/218-8238 JUN 20-22.....*ABT: LOS ANGELES OPEN, HILTON LAX, LOS ANGELES, CA.....818/901-0464 JUL 3-6.......*ABT: MICHIGAN SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS, SHERATON, NOVI, MI.810/232-9731

See the Position of the day on Phil Simborg's website.

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• MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
• Welcome to the Las Vegas Backgammon Club. We have tournaments at 7 p.m. every Tuesday evening. Late entries usually available (final spot typically sells out between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.). $10 entries/reentries, optional $10 side pool, 7 point matches (9 point matches in the finals of a 16-player bracket), single elimination. Please bring a board if you have one (if you don't, we have extras). There is no smoking in the main playing room. Our club meets at Jackson's Bar and Grill on the northeast corner of Flamingo and Jones in Las Vegas. Here's a map: 6020 West Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. Call Tony Anton at 702.458.0926 for more information.

  Upcoming schedule: The club will be dark on Tuesday December 22, 2015 and December 29, 2015. The 2015 Maxakuli Cup will be held on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 -- an Invitational tournament for the top 8 in the standings at the end of the year. 2015 Player's Cup to be held same night. Maxakuli-Cup Calcutta Auction to be held fifteen minutes prior to start of tournament.

• Due to changes in the laws of Nevada, minors are no longer allowed access to Jackson's

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On January 20th we had 25 players in attendance.

• Tournament #1 (16): split Tony Anton & Ray Fogerlund
• Tournament #2 (16): split Aaron Foust & Jack Cohen
• Tournament #3 (8): split Howard Markowitz & Jim Pappas
• Tournament #4 (8): 1-Damon Singer & Ted Baehman
• Tournament #5 (8):
• Tournament #6 (8):

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, January 27th.

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2014 Big Daddy Open RESULTS

Tom McEvoy	---	Main event champ - $160 and a new board
Larry Leibster	---	Main event runner up - $100
Tony Anton	---	3rd/4th in the main event - $30
Paul Franks	---	3rd/4th in the main event - $30
Chris LNU	---	Field of 16 champ $90 and prec. dice
Nick Tsoukalis	---	Field of 16 runner up $50
Dave Skrede	---	3rd/4th field of 16 - $10
Sam Orandle	---	3rd/4th field of 16 - $10
Mary Franks	---	Field of 8 #1 champ - $50 and a scorecard
Jeff Burdsall	---	Field of 8 #1 runner up - $30
Maria Tsoukalis	---	Field of 8 #2 champ - $50 and prec. dice
Jack Cohen	---	Field of 8 #2 runner up - $30
Brian Hoeft	---	Field of 8 #3 champ - $50 and prec. dice
Dave Skrede	---	Field of 8 #3 runner up - $30
Howard Markowitz	---	Field of 8 #4 champ - $50 and 2015 entry
Maria Tsoukalis	---	Field of 8 #4 runner up - $30

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Results from the 2014 Maxikuli Cup tournament

Round #1

• Ramon Eleazar def Steven Diano (11 - 5)
• Dennis McFarlin def Howard Markowitz (11 - 9)
• Ray Fogerlund def Tony Anton (11 - 6)
• Aaron Foust def Jim Pappas (11 - 1)

Round #2 (semi-finals)

• Aaron Foust def Ramono Eleazar (11 - 8)
• Ray Fogerlund def Dennis McFarlin (11 - 9)

Round #3 (finals)

• Ray Fogerlund def Aaron Foust (11 - 7)

Congratulations to Ray Fogerlund for winning the 2014 Maxikuli cup.

Results from the 2014 Player's Cup Tournament

Secial Thanks to Drew Larry and Jimmy for sponsoring this event

• Winner: Jona Alexander
• Runner-up: Gary Stern
• Consolation Winner: Larry Liebster
• Consolation Runner-up: Leonard Dangremond

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Updated United States Backgammon Rules.