Hubertus Johannes Antoinetta (Huub) Bertens (born 24 May 1960) is a Dutch professional bridge player from Tilburg, Netherlands. Bertens has won numerous national and some international tournaments including the Cavendish Invitational, NEC Cup, the Yeh Brothers Cup, the European Open Team Championships. In world championships for national teams, he earned a Bronze medal in 2007 and played on the Dutch teams that finished 5th to 8th (quarterfinalists) in 2008 and 2009.
His regular partners in the Netherlands included Ton Bakkeren"Partner's Signal Saves the Day", Philip Alder, The New York Times, 18 May 2006. . and Berry Westra. Married to Jeanne van den Meiracker, he has one son and one daughter.
Bertens and Curtis Cheek have established a partnership that represented the United States in the SportAccord World Mind Games at Beijing in December 2014.
Controversy On 31 January 2021, following an investigation into the alleged use of illicit knowledge of deals he was playing in an Invitational Online Bridge Tournament from 30 May 2020 to 3 June 2020, the United States Bridge Federation announced that with immediate effect Bertens is: Barred from membership in the USBF until January 1, 2028, at which time he may reapply for membership in the USBF; On probation for a three-year period commencing on the date, if any, that he is re-admitted as a member of the USBF; and Barred for life from serving on the Board of Directors of the USBF.Huub Bertens USBF Verdict
Dutch championships
Bertens has won the following Dutch Championships: 1986–1987 Champion MK foursome 1999–2000 Champion MK foursome 2001 NK Mixed foursome 2001–2002 Champion MK foursome 2003–2004 Champion MK foursome 2004–2005 Champion MK foursome 2006–2007 Champion MK foursome 2007–2008 MK Champion Pairs 2009–2010 Champion MK foursome 2010 NK Mixed foursome
Runner up in the Champion MK foursome in 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009 and 2011. Bertens won the Transfer Race, a yearly individual ranking of the best Dutch player, from 2006 to 2009 and in 2011.
International results
Bertens has played on Netherlands in world championship tournaments 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009.Huub Bertens player record. World Bridge Federation. In odd years (Bermuda Bowl) that implies a top-six rank in the preceding European Bridge League open teams championship.
2005: 1st place, European Open in Tenerife 2006: 1st place (pairs), Cavendish Invitational in Las Vegas with Ton Bakkeren Cavendish Invitational 2006: 1st place, Patton Pinkster Tournament at it Onstein with Ton Bakkeren, Vincent Ramondt and Berry Westra 2007: 1st place, NEC Cup in Yokohama"Bridge: Winning Play Was Found From a Pause in the Bidding", Philip Alder, The New York Times, 28 January 2011. . 2007: 1st place, White House Tournament in Amsterdam 2007: Bronze medal (Netherlands), World national teams (Bermuda Bowl) 2008: 5th place (Netherlands), national teams at the first World Mind Sports Games 2009: 1st place, Yeh Bros Cup in Australia with Ton Bakkeren, Sjoert Brink and Bas Drijver 2009: 5th place (Netherlands), World Teams Championships (Bermuda Bowl) 2011: Quarter final ('t Onstein) World Transnational Teams Championships 2020: 1st place, USBF Invitational #1
See also Cheating in bridge
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