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Tom's site lists World Cup Champions...

Posted By: happyjuggler0
Date: Thursday, 28 August 2008, at 11:43 p.m.

In Response To: Tom's site lists World Cup Champions... (Chuck Bower)

From Harrington on Hold 'em [book one], page v,

In 1976 he started playing backgammon, a game which he also quickly mastered. He was soon one of the top money players in the Boston area, and in 1981 he won the World Cup of backgammon in Washington D.C., ahead of a field that included most of the world's top players.

Earlier on the page it explained he was also a strong chess player, hence the "also".

I figure if he put it in his book it is a good bet that it happened. I also read, or heard in an interview, somewhere that he didn't get paid off by whoever was the organizer, and he decided to take up poker immediately after that.

Messages In This Thread

• Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
  Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 28 August 2008, at 7:11 p.m.
  • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
    Stick -- Thursday, 28 August 2008, at 7:20 p.m.
    • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 28 August 2008, at 9:03 p.m.
  • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
    Tom Keith -- Thursday, 28 August 2008, at 7:28 p.m.
    • Anyone remember this tournament?
      Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 28 August 2008, at 8:39 p.m.
      • Tom's site lists World Cup Champions...
        Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 28 August 2008, at 8:44 p.m.
        • Tom's site lists World Cup Champions...
          happyjuggler0 -- Thursday, 28 August 2008, at 11:43 p.m.
          • Tom's site lists World Cup Champions...
            happyjuggler0 -- Thursday, 28 August 2008, at 11:46 p.m.
          • Tom's site lists World Cup Champions...
            Marty Storer -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 8:40 a.m.
      • Anyone remember this tournament?
        Marty Storer -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 8:37 a.m.
  • The name of it was different
    mamabear -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 11:42 a.m.
  • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
    Marty Storer -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 11:58 a.m.
    • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
      Marty Storer -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 11:59 a.m.
    • exact text from FABN (via CJC)
      Chuck Bower -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 2:33 p.m.
      • exact text from FABN (via CJC)
        Tom Keith -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 2:50 p.m.
        • exact text from FABN (via CJC)
          jdg -- Saturday, 30 August 2008, at 3:34 p.m.
      • Perhaps someone should correct this at Wiki
        neilkaz -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 4:10 p.m.
        • Perhaps someone should correct this at Wiki
          happyjuggler0 -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 5:16 p.m.
          • Perhaps someone should correct this at Wiki
            Stick -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 5:26 p.m.
        • Perhaps someone should correct this at Wiki
          Tom Keith -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 5:21 p.m.
      • Las Vegas Backgammon Magazine Volume IX, No. VII - September 1981 Page 7
        KenB -- Sunday, 31 August 2008, at 2:35 a.m.
        • Las Vegas Backgammon Magazine Volume IX, No. VII - September 1981 Page 7
          Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 31 August 2008, at 6:51 p.m.
        • So people were stiffed
          neilkaz -- Monday, 1 September 2008, at 6:38 a.m.
          • So people were stiffed
            Marty Storer -- Thursday, 4 September 2008, at 8:38 p.m.
  • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
    Randy -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 10:31 p.m.
    • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
      happyjuggler0 -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 11:02 p.m.
      • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
        happyjuggler0 -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 11:12 p.m.
        • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
          happyjuggler0 -- Friday, 29 August 2008, at 11:15 p.m.
        • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
          Marty Storer -- Saturday, 30 August 2008, at 8:40 a.m.
          • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
            happyjuggler0 -- Saturday, 30 August 2008, at 4:53 p.m.
          • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 31 August 2008, at 7:16 a.m.
            • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 31 August 2008, at 7:36 a.m.
              • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
                Marty Storer -- Sunday, 31 August 2008, at 11:56 a.m.
                • Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?
                  Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 31 August 2008, at 3:11 p.m.