Mark Lair
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Mark Lair (born 1947) is a professional American bridge player from Canyon, Texas.[1]
Lair is ranked 5th all-time on the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Top 500 listings with over 77,000 masterpoints (as of January 18 2025).[2] He is an ACBL Grand Life Master and World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Life Master; he was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2009.[3]
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2009[3]
- Honorary lifetime appointment to the ACBL Goodwill Committee, 1997
Awards
- Fishbein Trophy (1) 1986
- Barry Crane Trophy (1) 1990[4]
- Herman Trophy (1) 1994[5]
Wins
- World Championships (2)
- North American Bridge Championships (22)
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 1984, 1994 [8]
- Reisinger (2) 1988, 1992 [9]
- Spingold (2) 1986, 1989 [10]
- Vanderbilt (3) 1979, 1997, 1998 [11]
- Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 1991, 2000 [12]
- Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2008 [13]
- Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2009 [14]
- Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1998 [15]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (4) 1986, 1988, 1993, 2024 [16]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (4) 1977, 1978, 1979, 1990 [17]
Runners-up
- North American Bridge Championships
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1972 [8]
- Reisinger (6) 1978, 1980, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2000 [9]
- Spingold (1) 1994 [10]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1984, 2005 [17]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1995 [16]
References
External links
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