NICKELL is USA1 for 2019 Bermuda Bowl
In an extremely exciting final, the Nick Nickell team defeated the Hemant Lall team by 11 IMPs on the final board of the match. Nickell will be USA1 for the 2019 Bermuda Bowl. Good luck to them in Sanya, and to all the "also rans" there's next year's USBC, which will select USA2 for 2019.
Nickell Team
Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Ralph Katz, "Koach" Eric Kokish,
Bobby Levin, NPC Jill Levin, Steve Weinstein
Lall Team
Kevin Bathurst, Zia Mahmood, Reese Milner, Jacek "Pepsi" Pszczola, Justin Lall, Hemant Lall
2018 Junior World Championship Teams Approved
The USBF Board of Directors has approved the following teams who will represent USBF at the 2018 World Junior Championships in China this August:
For the Patiño Cup (Players Under Age 26):
USA1
Zach Grossack-Oren Kriegel
Christian Jolly-Adam Kaplan
Ben Kristensen-Kevin Rosenberg
NPC Michael Rosenberg
USA2
Sam Amer-Yichen Yin
Arjun Dhir-Will Zhu
Greg Herman-Burke Snowden
NPC David Caprera
For the Damiani Cup (Players Under Age 21)
Cornelius Duffie-Stella Wan
Kevin Huang-Brent Xiao
Richard Jeng-Sarah Youngquist
NPC Sylvia Shi
For the Rona Cup (Women Under Age 26)
Sophia Chang-Lucy Zhang
Emma Kolesnik-Lingyi Ma
Amber Lin-Isha Thapa
NPC Kent Mignocchi
For the Koç University Cup (Players Under Age 16)
Harrison Luba-Michael Xu
Michael Hu-Arthur Zhou
Rory Xiao-Jonathan Yue
NPC Jim Munday
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Dhir Wins Exciting USA2 Final
The Dhir team - Arjun Dhir-Will Zhu, Sam Amer-Greg Herman-Burke Snowden, defeated the Wei team - Hongji Wei-Chang Liu, Yewen Fan-Nian Si, Che Shen-Yichen Yin on the final board of the match, when the declarer in 7 diamonds had to decide whether to take a finesse or play for a squeeze and made the wrong decision. Review the bidding and play in the final segment here for lots of excitement.
2018 USA2 Patiño Cup team
Burke Snowden, Sam Amer, Greg Herman, Will Zhu, Arjun Dhir, photo by Sylvia Shi