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JACEK PSZCZOLA

SAM LEV

WINNERS OF THE 2004 CAVENDISH INVITATIONAL PAIRS

May 9, 2004, Las Vegas

Sam Lev, of New York, and Jacek Pszczola, of Poland, won this year's Cavendish Invitational Pairs. It is their second victory in this event, each having won before with different partners. They overtook the runners-up from Italy, Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes, on the next to last round, by defeating a four-spade contract made at several other tables. (Read the details about this hand in the June issue of Bridge Today e-Magazine.)

Results of the Cavendish Invitational Pairs Las Vegas, May 2004
1 Score PLayers Bid Owner's Prize Player's Prize
1 3495 Sam Lev - Jacek Pszczola $35K $243,308 $26,810
2 3424 Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes $36K $156,412 $17,236
3 3363 Bob Hamman - Zia Mahmood $32K $104,274 $11,490
4 2895 Norberto Bocchi -Giorgio Duboin $53K $78,206 $8,618
5 2565 Paul Chemla - Guido Ferraro $17K $69,516 $7,660
6 1757 Eric Greco - Geoff Hampson $30K $60,828 $6,702
7 1531 Bjorn Fallenius - Roy Welland $27K $52,138 $5,744
8 1522 Brian Glubok - Jim Robison $12.5K $43,448 $4,788
9 1488 Andrea Buratti - Massimo Lanzarotti $35K $34,760 $3,830
10 1389 Rose Meltzer - Peter Weichsel $12.5K $26,070 $2,872

Cavendish Pairs Winners
2004 Sam Lev - Jacek Pszczola
2003 Fred Gitelman - Brad Moss
2002 Bobby Levin - Steve Weinstein
2001 Michal Kwiecien - Jacek Pszczola
2000 Marty Fleisher - Eric Rodwell
1999 Bobby Levin - Steve Weinstein
1998 Bob Hamman - Nick Nickell
1997 Michael Seamon - Harry Tudor
1996 Fred Stewart - Steve Weinstein
1995 Paul Soloway - Harry Tudor
1994 Neil Silverman - Kit Woolsey
1993 Fred Stewart - Steve Weinstein
1992 Amos Kaminski - Shmuel Lev
1991 Johan Bennet - Anders Wirgren
1990 Piotr Gawrys - Elyakim Shoufel

Cavendish Pairs Winners
1989 Marty Bergen - Larry Cohen
1988 Bjorn Fallenius - Magnus Lindkvist
1987 Drew Casen - Jim Krekorian
1986 Matt Granovetter - Michael Rosenberg
1985 Irving Litvack - Joseph Silver
1984 Marty Bergen - Larry Cohen
1983 Robert Lipsitz - Neil Silverman
1982 Ed Manfield - Kit Woolsey
1981 James Cayne - Fred Hamilton
1980 Lou Bluhm - Thomas Sanders
1979 Roger Bates - Daniel Mordecai
1978 Roy Fox - Paul Swanson
1977 Alan Sontag - Peter Weichsel
1976 Alan Sontag - Peter Weichsel
1975 James Jacoby - Gerald Westheimer

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