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.
History
The inaugural 10K Knockout teams was held at the 2014 Spring NABC in Dallas, Texas.
Winners
+ [North American] Mini-Vanderbilt 10K Knockout Teams, 2014 to present 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 Gibson2020Competition not held (COVID-19)Competition not held (COVID-19)2021Competition not held (COVID-19)Competition not held (COVID-19)2022Kyle Rockoff, Sarik Goyal, Victor Xiao, Eric Xiao, Jeff XiaoMichael Ranis, Carlos Hoyos, Michael Wolf, Lee Bukstel2023James Fox, Judy Fox, Maximo Crusizio, Rodrigo Garcia Da RosaJane McLaughlin, Ethan Wood, Sibrand Van Oosten, Barbara Shukov, Stefan Thorpe2024John Hinton, Tom Bishel, John Bishel, Rajagopal SriramanMichael Botwin, Barry Plotkin, Rusty Krauss, David Rodney2025Kyle Rockoff, Ron Vickery, Stephen Tu, Ron PowellZheng Zhang, Yan Wang, Michael Wang, Shihong You
Sources "Search Results: 10K Knockout Teams". 2014to present. ACBL. Visit "NABC Winners"; select a Spring NABC. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
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