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2012 ABT PLAYER OF THE YEAR
NEIL KAZAROSS

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FINAL 2012 AMERICAN BACKGAMMON TOUR STANDINGS

228 players earned points in 20 events

Top three finishers win trophies. 1st through 20th earn solid silver dollar mementos.

# NAME PTS.
1 Neil Kazaross 44.98
2 Alfred Mamlet 38.04
3 Victor Ashkenazi 35.64
4 Carter Mattig 26.45
5 Ted Chee 25.20
6 Phil Simborg 25.00
7 Steve Sax 23.09
8 Howard Markowitz 22.55
9 Masayuki Mochizuki 22.22
10 Stick Rice 21.78
11 Mike Senkiewicz 21.51
12 Ray Fogerlund 21.38
13 Bill Davis 21.33
14 Ed O'Laughlin 19.64
15 Gary Bauer 18.94
16 Grant Schneider 17.82
17 Matt Cohn-Geier 16.48
18 Jeb Horton 16.33
19 Mark Andrus 16.07
20 Barry Silliman 14.81
21 Bill Phipps 14.25
22 Cheryl Andersen 13.71
23 Justin Nunez 13.30
24 Stacy Turner 13.30
25 Steve Sherbel 11.64
26 John O'Hagan 11.60
27 Frank Talbot 11.60
28 Bob Glass 11.27
29 Alan Grunwald 10.60
30 Keene Marin 10.48
31 Arthur Sutton 9.10
32 David Rennie 8.80
33 Peter Wisniewski 8.73
34 Julius High 8.73
35 Oleg Raygorodsky 8.62
36 Sal Chehayeb 8.51
37 Jesse Eaton 8.40
38 Falafel Natanzon 8.35
39 Bill Calton 8.17
40 Patrick Gibson 7.80
41 Jeremy Bagai 7.80
42 John Jennings 7.80
43 Heribert Lindner 7.80
44 Patty Geoffroy 7.62
45 Tom Fahland 7.60
46 Alex Owen 7.22
47 David Escoffery 7.20
48 Alan Epstein 6.80
49 Phyllis Shapiro 6.77
50 Chen-Fu Yu 6.67
51 Damon Singer 6.66
52 Alex Gerding 6.64
53 Cengiz Yakut 6.47
54 Mark James 6.25
55 John Klein 6.25
56 Gary Margosian 6.25
57 Greg Adamavich 6.20
58 Jeff Acierno 6.11
59 Steve Brown 6.10
60 Dennis Culpepper 5.91
61 Neal Weiner 5.86
62 Michael Margosian 5.82
63 Michael Flohr 5.80
64 Tak Morioka 5.80
65 Marv Porten 5.80
66 Alvaro Savio 5.56
67 Akiko Yazawa 5.56
68 Sandra Sha 5.45
68 Judy Field 5.38
70 Dmitriy Obukhov 5.33
71 Emil Mortuk 5.33
72 Michael Edge 5.04
73 Fernando Neumark 5.04
74 Frank Raposa 5.04
75 Steve Hess 4.96
76 Roz Ferris 4.96
# NAME PTS.
77 David Presser 4.90
78 Rob Tansi 4.84
79 LEW Webber 4.73
80 Gus Contos 4.58
81 Bob Carpenter 4.50
82 Lawrence Wilson 4.48
83 Steve Hast 4.45
84 Joe Roth 4.40
85 Doug DeWitte 4.40
86 Lee Genud 4.40
87 Stuart Thomson 4.40
88 Malcolm Davis 4.36
89 Bruce Ballance 4.20
90 David Taniguchi 4.10
91 Eric Hiner 4.10
92 Rachel Rhodes 4.08
93 Tobias Hellwag 4.08
94 Arkadiy Tsinis 4.07
95 Antonio Ortega 4.07
96 Odis Chenault 3.90
97 Gerry Tansey 3.90
98 Wendy Kaplan 3.90
99 Nash Jost 3.80
100 Irving Gold 3.80
101 Abby Biss 3.80
102 Cloyd Laporte 3.70
103 Keith Gershenson 3.70
104 Kevin Ahtou 3.60
105 Tom Zarrinnam 3.60
106 Dorn Bishop 3.60
107 Richard Weaver 3.60
108 Rob Farmer 3.58
109 Vadim Nuniyants 3.58
110 Robert Lessard 3.33
111 Lorenzo Morales 3.33
112 Bob Schumacher 3.20
113 Yury Millman 3.20
114 Perry Gartner 3.20
115 Gregg Cattanach 3.20
116 Don Marek 3.17
117 Donny Lomuto 3.15
118 Bob Koca 3.13
119 Andy Palumbo 3.00
120 Prince Barlow 2.91
121 Chuck Bower 2.90
122 Steve Klesker 2.90
123 Mario Savan 2.90
124 Jesse Jestadt 2.90
125 Peter Zacks 2.82
126 William Womack 2.80
127 Stan Livingston 2.80
128 Kit Woolsey 2.78
129 Ben Elliott 2.70
130 Carol Joy Cole 2.67
131 Dan Gruby 2.50
132 Aaron Foust 2.48
133 Ethan Nissani 2.48
134 Azzam Masarani 2.40
135 Maria Heiner 2.38
136 Tim Mabee 2.23
137 Mark Gordon 2.23
138 Paul Berg 2.23
139 Dan Burke 2.20
140 Bill Riles 2.20
141 Petko Kostadinov 2.04
142 Carl Bommarito 2.03
143 Dan Wittkopp 2.03
144 Bill Harpell 1.90
145 Donald Gabbai 1.85
146 Milton Gonzalez 1.85
147 Ruben Martirosyan 1.85
148 Rick Wolf 1.85
149 Steve Binenstock 1.80
150 Hugh Morris 1.80
151 Larry Liebster 1.80
152 Claudia Imatt 1.80
# NAME PTS.
153 Larry Arnold 1.80
154 Dan Cramer 1.79
155 Sue Will 1.79
156 Jim Opre 1.79
157 Blaine McClendon 1.78
158 Joan Grunwald 1.75
159 Steven O'Connor 1.75
160 Roger Abbey 1.69
161 Richard Catalano 1.69
162 Steve Grund 1.67
163 Bruce Russell 1.60
164 Mike Corbett 1.60
165 Mark Murray 1.55
166 Joe Potts 1.55
167 Susan Randall 1.50
168 Marc Grutka 1.50
169 Alvin Reed 1.45
170 Dale Rose 1.45
171 Erwin Hom 1.42
172 Cliff Mayoh 1.38
173 Craig Anderson 1.35
174 Fouad Maroun 1.33
175 Dan Smith 1.24
176 Al Lunder 1.24
177 Comet 1.20
178 Hideo Tateno 1.20
179 Pam Dodsworth 1.11
180 Michelle Andersen 1.10
181 Erik Sawyer 1.10
182 Gina Hartwick 1.10
183 Stephen Collins 1.06
184 Jonathan Leusden 1.00
185 Brian DeMatt 1.00
186 Harry Glinos 1.00
187 Ghada Ashoo 0.98
188 Larry Saltzman 0.95
189 John Skratulia 0.95
190 Michael Earl 0.95
191 Kathy Weiner 0.95
192 Shawn Cary 0.94
193 George Steele 0.94
194 Brandon Macklin 0.93
195 Jim Ryan 0.93
196 Jim Kennis 0.93
197 John Zimdars 0.90
198 Kyle Wagner 0.90
199 Gordon Miller 0.89
200 Mike Clapsadle 0.89
201 Fran Miller 0.88
202 Ken Andonisio 0.88
203 Julia Sommer 0.88
204 Nick Retzkin 0.88
205 Marcy Kossar 0.85
206 Dave Settles 0.85
207 Larry Andersen 0.83
208 Max Crosner 0.83
209 Amber McLean 0.75
210 Alan Timm 0.67
211 Doreen Saccardo 0.65
212 Rich Hallbeck 0.63
213 Ken Brown 0.63
214 Randy Hromadik 0.63
215 Joe Davidson 0.56
216 Andrew Wice 0.55
217 Daniel Roybal 0.55
218 Katherine Hochberg 0.50
219 Stephen Earl 0.48
220 D. Westra-Hanaback 0.48
221 Michael Corman 0.44
222 Suzanne Auer 0.44
223 Sheri Peters 0.44
224 Ed Salem 0.44
225 Dimitur Alipiev 0.43
226 Kevin Kahl 0.31
227 Robert Hartley 0.28
228 Sonia Delima 0.11

2012 ABT TOURNAMENT WINNERS

Sunshine State Classic (Tarpon Springs, Florida; Dec. 7-9)
Open (18): Victor Ashkenazi (NJ)
Intermediate (12): Andy Palumbo (FL)
Novice (7): Ed Salem (FL)

California State Championship (Los Angeles, California; Nov. 30-Dec. 2)
Open (48): Steve Sax (CA)
Advanced (38): Tom Fahland (CA)
Limited (5): Randy Hromadik (CA)

Las Vegas Open (Las Vegas, Nevada; Nov. 14-18)
Championship (75 + 21 rebuys): Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan)
Advanced (67 + 25): Cheryl Andersen (CA)
Novice (19): Bill Harpell (Canada)

Illinois State Championships (Peoria, Illinois; Oct. 5-7)
Championship (39): Neil Kazaross (IL)
Advanced (31): Greg Adamavich (WI)
Novice (8): Fouad Maroun (Lebanon)

Pittsburgh Labor Day Championships (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Aug. 31-Sep. 3)
Championship (58): Alfred Mamlet (MD)
Advanced (34): Patty Geoffroy (MA)
Novice (7): Fran Miller (OH)

Golden Gate Open (South San Francisco, California; Aug. 16-19)
Championship (24): Ted Chee (CA)
Intermediate (24): Mark James (CA)
Beginner (4): Ghada Ashoo (CA)

Wisconsin State Championships (Madison, Wisconsin; Aug. 10-12)
Championship (29): John O'Hagan (IN)
Advanced (28): Sal Chehayeb (MI)
Novice (3): Amber McLean (IL)

Minnesota Open (Bloomington, Minnesota; July 20-22)
Open (16): Keene Marin (WI)
Intermediate (18): Kevin Ahtou (MN)

Michigan Summer Championships (Novi, Michigan; July 5-8)
Open (75): Phil Simborg (IL)
Intermediate (64): Steve Sherbel (MI)
Novice (16): Blaine McClendon (PA)

Los Angeles Open (Los Angeles, California; June 8-10)
Open (62): Howard Markowitz (NV)
Advanced (44): David Rennie (CA)
Limited (15): Maria Heiner (CA)

32nd Chicago Open (Rosemont, Illinois; May 24-28)
Open (64): Bill Davis (IL)
Intermediate (33): Jesse Eaton (MN)
Novice (8): Harry Glinos (IL)

Florida Championship (Fort Lauderdale, Florida; May 11-13)
Championship (16): Neil Kazaross (IL)
Intermediate (5): Dan Gruby (FL)
Beginner (3): Dimitur Alipiev (FL)

Atlanta Spring Classic (Atlanta, Georgia; Apr. 27-29)
Championship (22): Stacy Turner (FL)
Advanced (27): Alan Epstein (GA)
Novice (2): Katherine Hochberg (GA)

Nevada State Championships (Las Vegas, Nevada; Apr. 18-22)
Championship (45): Neil Kazaross (IL)
Intermediate (45): David Escoffery (CA)
Beginner (5): Max Crosner (CA)

Ohio State Championships (Cleveland, Ohio; Mar. 23-25)
Open (24): Stick Rice (OH)
Advanced (30): Chen-Fu Yu (MD)
Novice (6): Brian DeMatt (OH)

Central States Invitational (Rosemont, Illinois; Mar. 9-11)
Championship (49): Jeb Horton (NC)
Advanced (43): Oleg Raygorodsky (IL)
Limited (10): Steven O'Connor (IL)

Pittsburgh Championships (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Feb. 17-19)
Open (49): Grant Schneider (VA)
Advanced (44): Phyllis Shapiro (MO)
Novice (10): Pam Dodsworth (PA)

New Mexico State Championship (Santa Fe, New Mexico; Jan. 26-29)
Open (29): Frank Talbot (MI)
Advanced (20): Judy Field (MI)
Novice (22): Dan Burke (NM)

2012 US Open (South San Francisco, California; Jan. 13-16)
Championship (39): Ted Chee (CA)
Intermediate (29): Marv Porten (CA)
Beginner (6): Erwin Hom (CA)

New York Metropolitan Open (Jersey City, New Jersey; Jan. 5-8)
Championship (55 + 15 rebuys): Victor Ashkenazi (NJ)
Intermediate (50 + 10 rebuys): Arthur Sutton (NJ)
Beginner (14): Joan Grunwald (NJ)