The Cavendish Invitational Open Pairs is underway in Monaco from 21 to 23 October, 2015.
It was the 1975 when The Cavendish Club of New York started the so called “Cavendish Invitational Pairs”. In few years, the trophy became the most important pairs event in the World. In 1991 the Cavendish Club ceased the activity, but the tourney survived, just transferred to Las Vegas, thanks to WBP (World Bridge Productions, a corporation with Bob Hamman, Roy Welland, Bill Rosenbaum and Bob Blanchard).
Since 2012 he Cavendish Invitational takes place in Monaco.
Before the Cavendish Invitational Pairs there’s a Calcutta auction on the participant pairs; who thinks a pair will win, can “purchase” them, but in competition with others. The money of the auction makes the pool that will be divided between the other bidders in predetermined percentage, depending on the placement of the pair they bid on (or the pairs: in a Calcutta auction had better to wager on several runners).
Cavendis Open Pairs Auctions (October 20, 2015)
HELGEMO – HELNESS 35000
DUBOIN – MADALA 30000
MAHMOOD – BILDE 25000
BURAS – NARKIEWICZ 25000
THOMAS BESSIS – VOLCKER 20000
GUNEV – NANEV 18000
TOKAY – SEMENTA 18000
QUANTIN – LORENZINI 16000
GROMOV – DUBININ 14000
HURD – DEMUY 14000
VERSACE – KUBAC 13000
MULTON – ZIMMERMANN 12000
MARTENS – FILIPOWICZ 12000
HANLON – CARROLL 12000
MOLENAAR – VERBEEK 12000
VAN LANKVELD – VAN DEN BOS 11000
MANNO – DI FRANCO 11000
DIAMOND – PLATNICK 9000
SANDQVIST – TOWNSEND 9000
JOHANSEN – SVINDHAL 8500
HOFTANISKA – PADON 8000
OLA & MIKAEL RIMSTEDT 8000
LEVY – ABECASSIS 8000
KHOKLOV – RUDAKOV 8000
FAHMY – YAACOUB 7000
GUS HANSEN – BOB DRIJVER 7000
BOMPIS – VINCIGUERRA 7000
CRONIER – MICHEL BESSIS 7000
DORON & ISRAEL YADLIN 6000
PALAU – TOFFIER 6000
RUBINS – LORENCS 5500
BIRMAN – ALTSCHULER 5000
MESBUR – FITZGIBBON 5000
BAHBOUT – VANDERVORST 5000
FAILLA – ATTANASIO 5000
WIGODER – PSZCZOLA 5000
CRESTEY – LOUCHART 5000
MOSSOP – HYDES 5000
VAINIKONIS – OLANSKI 5000
DE BOTTON – MALINOWSKI 5000
CASTNER – GOLD 5000
ROMBAUT – COMBESCURE 5000
JONNY HANSEN – BERG 5000
MAUBERQUEZ – DE SAINTE MARIE 5000
PIEDRA – LANTARON 5000
OURSEL – SOULET 5000
MORAN – BOLAND 5000
SOLARI – MOUTTET 5000
VAN CLEEFF – DRAKE 5000
SEBBANE – SEGUINEAU 5000
LHUISSIER – DE TESSIERES 5000
TICHA – RITMEIJER 5000
ROBERT – FRANCESCHETTI 5000
GUILLAUME & JEROME GRENTHE 5000
ROMANOWSKA – SMILGAJS 5000
MEDUGNO – RINALDI 5000
D’AVOSSA – DI BELLO 5000
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