The Mini-Vanderbilt or "10K Knockout Teams" national bridge championship is held at the Spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The 10K Knockout Teams is a fixed three-day event. Half-day 28 board matches are played until such time as the field can play 56-board matches and complete the event in three days. This event is open to teams of four, five, or six members who must be ACBL Members with fewer than 10,000 masterpoints. [1]
The inaugural 10K Knockout teams was held at the 2014 Spring NABC in Dallas, Texas.
| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Peggy Ware, Spencer Jones, Garth Yettick, Robert Todd | Meyer Kotkin, Kelley Hwang, Corey Krantz, Eric Robinson, Michael McNamara, Sylwia McNamara |
| 2015 | Ray Jotcham, Morrie Kleinplatz, Stephen Mackay, Jonathan Fleischmann, Ned Irving, Donald Rumelhart | Yauheni Siutsau, William Higgins, Sean Gannon, Blake Sanders |
| 2016 | Mark Jones, Stephen Stewart, Vladislav Isporski, James Melville | Leon Fisher, Mac Busby, Paul Darin, Sam Madison-Jammal |
| 2017 | Alan Daniels, Ellen Kent, Viktor Anikovich, Igor Milman, David Pelka, Robert Kent | Michael Ranis, Jim McKeown, Michael Wolf, Lee Bukstel, Donald Dalpe, Albert Shrive |
| 2018 | Michael Ranis, Saul Gross, Donald Dalpe, Albert Shrive, Anthony Barre, Juan Castillo | Alan Daniels, Ellen Kent, Viktor Anikovich, David Pelka, Robert Kent |
| 2019 | Louis Glasthal, Michael Massimilla, Robert Lass, Tom Fogarty | David Bogolub, Rick Schoenfield, Charles Nemes, Michael Gibson |
| 2020 | Competition not held (COVID-19) | Competition not held (COVID-19) |
| 2021 | Competition not held (COVID-19) | Competition not held (COVID-19) |
| 2022 | Kyle Rockoff, Sarik Goyal, Victor Xiao, Eric Xiao, Jeff Xiao | Michael Ranis, Carlos Hoyos, Michael Wolf, Lee Bukstel |
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