“I self-kibitzed during most events I played online starting in late April through the end of June that allowed kibitzers”: Sylvia Shi made her confession by an open letter posted at Bridge Winners and admitted to cheating at online bridge through self-kibitzing.
Sylvia’s Team (#17 Susan Zhang, Sylvia Shi, Joshua Donn, Janice Seamon Molson and David Grainger) promptly withdrew from 2020 Summer NAOBC (North American Online Bridge Championships).
Sylvia Shi is a popular american player, a multi national champion and world champion. In 2016 she reached the Gold Medal at the World Bridge Games (formerly called the Olympiad) in Wroclaw, Poland.
Updates: Sylvia Shi is under indefinite suspension by the ACBL pending a disciplinary hearing.
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