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 the Young 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
edit| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Mark Bartusek, John Jones | Craig Zastera, Stanford Christie |
| 2004 | Henry Meyer, Brian Gunnell | Jane Dillenberg, Jerry Goldberg |
| 2005 | David Maidman, Marin Marinov | Will Engel, Jim Melville |
| 2006 | Mike Cassel, Andy Kaufman | Al Blinder, Craig Zastera |
| 2007 | Karl Hicks, Brian Alexander | Barry Purrington, Michael Cassel |
| 2008 | Steve Johnson, Mark Teaford | Daniel Lavee, Barbara McLendon |
| 2009 | Carolyne Fox, George Fox | Cindy Sealy, Owen Lynch |
| 2010 | Michael McNamara, Sylwia McNamara | Barry Falgout, Rusty Krauss |
| 2011 | Howard Engle, Mark Weisman | Sam Miller, Marc Passman |
| 2012 | Donald Caplin, Zachary Grossack | Jeff Ruben, Andrew Stayton |
| 2013 | Randy Thompson, Barry Spector | David Wakeman, Rita Wakeman |
| 2014 | Ronald Kay, Joe Houde | Robert Bernstein, Jay Barron |
| 2015 | Norman Schwartz, Richard Reitman | Kevin Bolan, Ron Beall |
| 2016 | Michael Smith, Susan Smith | H John Edmonds, Larry Kahn |
| From 2017 onward, the masterpoint limited was raised to 6000 masterpoints | ||
| 2017 | Daniel Bertrand, Allan Simon | H Hunt, Zachary Brescoll |
| 2018 | JJ Johnsen, Rick Gold | Jenny Lin, Aaron Jones |
| 2019 | Henri Farhi, Norman Schwartz | Philip Goulding, Robert Zimmermann |
Sources
edit"ACBL - NABC Winners". acbl.com. ACBL. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
"ACBL - NABC Winners David Bruce LM Pairs (0-6000)". acbl.com. ACBL. Retrieved 21 Feb 2018.
List of previous winners, Page 5 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81–1, July 24, 2009, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21
2009 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81–4, July 27, 2009, archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2015
External links
edit- Special Conditions of Contest for the Bruce LM-5000 Pairs. Retrieved from the ACBL official website December 28, 2016.