Jay's View
REPORT ON PLAY FROM WEDNESDAY, October 14, 2026
I’d like to think— and I hope most of you agree— that playing backgammon at our club is a prime opportunity to gather with fellow backgammonites for an evening of competitive play, friendly banter across the board and even have a a few laughs. That’s the more positive reference to things prime at our club. But as most of you regulars know, whenever with an odd number in attendance— usually a prime number— it delays our play for the night because of a bye being assigned to someone. That creates for a less than prime situation in terms of play moving along in the tournament that keeps us on schedule. On the plus side, the number of players that showed up was 19, a prime number but also a solid number of players in our bracket. So yes, a prime number creates delays but that didn’t detract from the fun and competitive I saw last night.
Some very solid players duked it out in the Consolation Bracket last night with Albert Simonovich defeating Carter Mattig in the final match, not an easy feat to accomplish. With the master points they earned, Albert held onto the number six slot in the standings while Carter moved up one notch from 12th to 11th. In the Main Bracket, Michael Peters continued to make his presence known, both with his play as well as his “in yo face” banter, making it all the wey to a chance to play in the final match. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, Michael and yours truly were forced to split the master points and price money for the bracket. The master points awarded kept Michael in eighth place in the standings but a bit closer to moving into the top six. The points I received were enough to bump me up from seventh to fifth place.
The race for the top ten as well as the top six that will make up our team for the Illinois Challenge Cup is definitely heating up. Join the fray and come to play next week. I hope to see you then. In the meantime, have a great weekend!
Jay
REMINDER:
The Pub Club will be hosting a tournament on Sunday, October 25th in memory of long time backgammon great and Hall of Fame, Bill Davis.
LOCATION: Hide Away Restaurant, 207 W. Main Street in Bensenville, IL
DATE & TIME: Sunday October 25th and 12:00pm
ENTRY FEE: $25.00, plus optional side pools of $20.00 and $40.00
MATCHES: 9 points and 7 points
NOTE: Clocks are required
REGISTER BY EMAILING PAULETTE DUONG AT THE PUB CLUB AT,
admin@pubclubchicago.com