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London Open Saturday Update plus video and links..

Posted By: stw672
Date: Sunday, 10 May 2015, at 8:11 a.m.

115 players contested the London Open 2015 hoping to win one of the most coveted international titles in backgammon. Now only 8 players remain in the running. At 10 a.m. Sunday morning Julian Minwalla will take on Tim Line, Andrew Gibson will play Wayne Joseph, Theodoros Dimarkis takes on John Hurst and Tim Cross will face Kenroy Brown.

The Professionals' Tournament and the Hippodrome Cup are also (very nearly) down to the last 8 with the Quarter-Finals kicking off at 10 a.m.

The matches are as follows...

Professionals

Sean Casey Vs Brian Lever

Michel Lamote Vs Stuart Mann

John Cross Vs Aref Alipour

Romolo Mudu Vs Lawrence Powell

Hippodrome Cup

Paul Mortimer Vs Tim Line

Eric Maillebiau Vs James Newman

Paul Fredheim Vs Andrew Gibson or Tor Saevig

Geoff Oliver Vs Sean Clenell

The Super Jackpot was won by Simon Barget closely edging out Andy Bell in a triple backgame thriller with the cube on 4 at effective DMP in the last game for a prize fund of £8,000

You can watch the final game with commentary from Raj Jansari and Aref Alipour here:

http://youtu.be/1uw-4fNkcyw?t=1h31m53s

Live streaming of Sunday's matches will be available from 10 a.m. here:

http://londonopenbg.weebly.com/

Messages In This Thread

• London Open Saturday Update plus video and links..
  stw672 -- Sunday, 10 May 2015, at 8:11 a.m.
  • Jon Barnes commentating on the Pros Final Casey vs Alipour *NM*
    stw672 -- Sunday, 10 May 2015, at 2:33 p.m.
    • Jon Barnes commentating on the Pros Final Casey vs Alipour
      stw672 -- Sunday, 10 May 2015, at 2:35 p.m.