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Monte Carlo World Backgammon Championship 2010The new World Backgammon Champion is a Dane backgammon and poker player named Lars Bentzon and nicknamed “Buster”, who is mostly known as Gus Hansen’s former manager. To win the €60.000 1st prize and the most prestigious title in backgammon, Lars “Buster” Bentzon had to defeat Spanish/Lebanese Ricardo Mala 25-9 at the finals, and previously, at the semi-finals, to beat fellow countrywoman, and one of the leading female players in backgammon, Pia Jeppesen 23-16.
158 backgammon players have attended the 35th Monte Carlo World Backgammon Championship Main division, plus several dozens more the Intermediate and Beginners’ divisions, which opened on July 11 and planned to end on July 19, with a special after tournament. The semi finalists are Olivier Décultot of France and Pia Jeppesen of Denmark and the Doubles Tournament was won by Fuat Erdag and Ilhan Koc of Turkey.
Lars Bentzon is the fifth Dane to win the World Backgammon Championship. He was preceded by Lars Trabolt, who won the 2008 title (and the Super Jackpot event in 2010), Peter Hallberg (2004), Mads Andersen (2002) and Peter Jes Thomsen who broke the ground in 1993. Last year’s world champion, Japanese Masayuki Mochizuki (Mochy) has dropped already at the second round, but returned as a semi-finalist at the 2nd consolation event.
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