Mike Becker

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Mike Becker was born in 1943 and is an American bridge player and official. [1] Becker is from Boca Raton, Florida. [2] He is a son of B. Jay Becker. [1]

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As of 1979, Becker and Ron Rubin were partners in a New York City options firm and at the bridge table. Becker trained more than 50 bridge players, 15 of whom were national champions. At bridge they used a strong one-club, relay bidding system that they called "the Ultimate Club". [3] They played on the last of the "Aces" teams sponsored by Dallas businessman Ira Corn, which won the 1983 Bermuda Bowl world team championship. [1]

In the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Becker was President of the Greater New York Bridge Association in 1980, chaired committees governing the U.S. International Team Trials from 1996 to 2012, and the Hall of Fame in 2003. He was the founding president of the United States Bridge Federation, established in 2001 primarily to select and support teams that represent the United States in world competition. [1] He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2006. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Becker, Michael". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  2. ↑ Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 571. ISBN   0-943855-48-9. LCCN   96188639.
  3. ↑ "Bridge: Becker and Rubin Triumph In '80 trophy Computation". Alan Truscott. The New York Times. January 2, 1981. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  4. 1 2 "Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  5. ↑ 1977 edition: Amazon.com display. 2014-11-19.
  6. ↑ 1981 edition: it:Ultimate Club (in Italian); OCLC   9924628 (WorldCat). 2014-11-19.
  7. 1 2 "von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-06-18. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  8. 1 2 "Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-27. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  9. 1 2 "GNT Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2009-07-24. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  10. 1 2 "Vanderbilt Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-24. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  11. 1 2 "Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  12. 1 2 "Spingold Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  13. ↑ "Becker Team wins Reisinger Board a Match" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2016-12-05. p. 1. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  14. ↑ "Reisinger Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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