Totally Unauthorized

Sometimes to win you just have to keep plugging. Playing in bracket 2 of the Jack Lemmon KO’s in Monterey today, the team of DanRubinfeld, Keith Gunn, Linda Bandler and Tom Jacobson played hard and steady and made it to the finals.

Then, it just got harder.  They finished the first 12 boards, compared scores and were tied, 36 to 36.  So they played the next 12 boards, and were still tied, 57 to 57.  114 total imps in a 24 board match is a huge number, and it is astonishing to still be tied.

The rules required a 4 board playoff, and that is where consistency and stamina paid off–they won imps on all 4 boards and won the event.

It was a double win day for the Bandler family, as Mike, playing with Danny Friedman, Bruce Tuttle and some fourth they dragged up, outlasted Billy Miller & company to win bracket 1, as well.