Mark Lair Explained

Mark Lair (born 1947) is a professional American bridge player from Canyon, Texas.

Lair is ranked 5th all-time on the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Top 500 listings with over 67,800 masterpoints (as of October 2018).^[1] He is an ACBL Grand Life Master and World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Life Master; he was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2009.

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

• ACBL Hall of Fame, 2009^[2]
• Honorary lifetime appointment to the ACBL Goodwill Committee, 1997

Awards

• Fishbein Trophy (1) 1986
• Barry Crane Trophy (1) 1990^[3]
• Herman Trophy (1) 1994^[4]

Wins

• World Championships (2)
  • The d'Orsi Seniors Trophy - Seniors Teams, 2015, Chennai, India^[5]
  • The Rand Cup - Seniors Teams, 2018, Orlando, FL, USA ^[6]
• North American Bridge Championships (21)
  • Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 1984, 1994 ^[7]
  • Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 1991, 2000 ^[8]
  • Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2008 ^[9]
  • Vanderbilt (3) 1979, 1997, 1998 ^[10]
  • Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2009 ^[11]
  • Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1998 ^[12]
  • Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1986, 1988, 1993 ^[13]
  • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (4) 1977, 1978, 1979, 1990 ^[14]
  • Reisinger (2) 1988, 1992 ^[15]
  • Spingold (2) 1986, 1989 ^[16]

Runners-up

• North American Bridge Championships
  • Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1972 ^[7]
  • Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1995 ^[13]
  • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1984, 2005 ^[14]
  • Reisinger (6) 1978, 1980, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000 ^[15]
  • Spingold (1) 1994 ^[16]

External links

• – with video interview

Notes and References

1. https://web3.acbl.org/mpraces/?year=2018&race=500&showDeceased=Y ACBL Top 500 listing at the ACBL official website
2. http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year "Induction by Year"
3. Awarded annually to the winner of the ACBL total masterpoint race. Reference:
4. List of previous Herman Trophy winners,, pages 16–17.
5. http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/wbf-championships/world-bridge-teams-championships/dorsi-seniors-trophy/#2015-chennai-india World Bridge Federation (WBF) 2015 tournament results
6. http://championships.worldbridge.org/orlandows18 World Bridge Federation (WBF) 2018 tournament results
7. News: Blue Ribbon Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 5 . 2013-12-03 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021164044/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db5.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
8. News: Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 9 . 2014-03-29 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163816/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db9.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
9. News: Trustcott/USPC Swiss Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 7 . 2014-07-22 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021050535/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db5.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
10. News: Vanderbilt Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 6 . 2014-03-24 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163636/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
11. News: Baze Seniors Swiss Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 8 . 2013-11-29 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021045907/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db1.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
12. News: Keohane Swiss Teams Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 4 . 2013-12-06 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
13. News: Mitchell BAM Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 8 . 2013-12-01 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
14. News: Mixed BAM Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 14 . 2014-07-24 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
15. News: Reisinger Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 6 . 2013-12-06 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
16. News: Spingold Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 12 . 2014-07-21 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf . 2014-10-21 .