Bruce LM–5000 Pairs explained

The David Bruce LM–5000 Pairs bridge event is held at the Summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship. It is open to all players who have earned Life Master status up to 5,000 masterpoints.The event is held at the same time as the Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (open to all Life Masters) and theYoung LM-1500 Pairs event.

The trophy is named in honor of David Bruce, the first player to achieve Life Master status in the ACBL.

Winners

Winners of David Bruce LM–5000 Pairs
Year Winners Runners-up
2003Mark Bartusek, John JonesCraig Zastera, Stanford Christie
2004Henry Meyer, Brian GunnellJane Dillenberg, Jerry Goldberg
2005David Maidman, Marin MarinovWill Engel, Jim Melville
2006Mike Cassel, Andy KaufmanAl Blinder, Craig Zastera
2007Karl Hicks, Brian AlexanderBarry Purrington, Michael Cassel
2008Steve Johnson, Mark TeafordDaniel Lavee, Barbara McLendon
2009Carolyne Fox, George FoxCindy Sealy, Owen Lynch
2010Michael McNamara, Sylwia McNamaraBarry Falgout, Rusty Krauss
2011Howard Engle, Mark WeismanSam Miller, Marc Passman
2012Donald Caplin, Zachary GrossackJeff Ruben, Andrew Stayton
2013Randy Thompson, Barry SpectorDavid Wakeman, Rita Wakeman
2014Ronald Kay, Joe HoudeRobert Bernstein, Jay Barron
2015Norman Schwartz, Richard ReitmanKevin Bolan, Ron Beall
2016Michael Smith, Susan Smith H John Edmonds, Larry Kahn
From 2017 onward, the masterpoint limited was raised to 6000 masterpoints
2017 Daniel Bertrand, Allan SimonH Hunt, Zachary Brescoll
2018JJ Johnsen, Rick GoldJenny Lin, Aaron Jones
2019Henri Farhi, Norman SchwartzPhilip Goulding, Robert Zimmermann

Sources

Web site: ACBL - NABC Winners . acbl.com . ACBL . 17 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204184033/http://www.acbl.org/play/nabc-winners.html . 4 February 2012 .

Web site: ACBL - NABC Winners David Bruce LM Pairs (0-6000) . acbl.com . ACBL . 21 Feb 2018 .

List of previous winners, Page 5

2009 winners, Page 1

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