EVENTS

General Information

  • USBGF membership is required for all ABT events which are championship and intermediate divisions.  A $10 ABT fee is required for participation in ABT events. This is included in your hospitality fee. Beginner and Advanced Beginner events are not ABT and USBGF membership is not required.
  • Hospitality fee is $100 for Championship & Intermediate players. You will received a discount if you pre-register and pre-pay.
  • Optional Side Pool purchase with each Re-entry;  Side Pool does NOT carry over. 
  • No dice on checkers - Dice landing on checkers must be rerolled. Players may agree to play dice on checkers and should document this agreement on their score card.
  • Responsible moves - If an illegal checker move occurs, the opponent must either require it to be corrected or to stand. No other type of infraction may be condoned.
  • One pair of dice required.
  • Start Times & Penalty Points - Matches are expected to start 10 minutes after the pairing is determined. The first penalty point will occur after an additional 5 minutes delay and every 5 minutes thereafter.

Main Event

All divisions will be single elimination with a progressive consolation and progressive last chance.
There will be re-entries in championship and intermediate divisions on Friday, January 7 until 4 PM. Re-entry matches must finish by 8 PM Friday. (It may be necessary for re-entries to play through the dinner break.

ABT Championship

Single elimination with a progressive consolation and progressive last chance.

$400; Optional $200 Side Pool.

$260 re-entry

11 Point Matches in the Main & Fighter Brackets;
9 Point Matches in the Consolation Bracket
Clocks required in Championship.

Eligibility - Everyone is welcome to play in the championship division, but typically PR's are under 7.

Friday, January 8

12:00 pm

ABT Intermediate

Single elimination with a progressive consolation and progressive last chance.

$150; Optional $50 Side Pool - $100; re-entry

9 Point Matches in the Main;
7 Point Matches in the Consolation Bracket
Clocks preferred.

Eligibility - Intermediate players typically have average PR's over 7.

Friday, Jan. 8

12:00 pm

Advanced BEGINNER

The Advanced Beginner division will be single elimination with a progressive consolation and progressive last chance.

$80, Optional $20 Side Pool. + $25 Hospitality Fee

7 Point Matches. Clocks not required. 

Friday, Jan. 8

7:00 pm

BEGINNERS

For true novices who have never played tournament backgammon before and are new to using the cube. 

$30 + $25 Hospitality Fee

5 Point Matches.  Clocks not required.

Saturday, Jan. 9

11:00 am

BMAB & SIDE Events

Player's Cup BMAB

The Players Cup event will move back to Wednesday.

Part of the Player's Cup point race, this event is a swiss style 5 round event. The winner(s) will receive a share of a legacy iron star and points towards the annual point race and prizes. Five 11-point matches for 55 EP

There is a separate $100 registration fee for this event which covers recording, transcription, BMAB, Player's Cup, and director fees.

$150 Entry Fee + $100 recording/transcription

Wednesday, JAN. 6

10:00 am

High Roller Doubles – 9 pts

The Open Doubles event is a single elimination event. Two entrants will partner up to compete against other teams. Pre-registration is required. This event will fill to 32 entries. A partner is required, no single player teams allowed.

$5000 per team; $2000 side pool

9 Point matches. Fresh draw after first round.

Thursday, Jan. 7

6:30 pm

NY Doubles Tournament

A crowd favorite, join with your favorite team mate, or ask to be paired with a pro!

$200 per team; $100 side pool.

7 Point matches. No re-entries.

Pre-registration is available for both doubles events. Please include your partner’s name when registering. You are not guaranteed a spot until both partners have registered. We are accepting up to 64 teams (no rebuys). Doubles is very popular and will fill up.

Thursday, Jan. 7

6:30 pm

Super Jackpot

Limited to 32 players. Pre-registration is mandatory for this event.

$1200; $300 side pool

13 Point matches. No re-entries.

Thursday, Jan. 7

6:30 pm

Liberty Cup Masters

$500; $200 side pool

11 Point matches. Continuous entries and re-entries to 32.

Thursday, Jan. 7

6:30 pm

Limited Jackpot

$150; $50 side pool

9 Point matches. Continuous entries and re-entries to 32.

Thursday, Jan. 7

6:30 pm

Lady Liberty Cup - Championship

Sponsored by Women’s World of Backgammon (WWB)

$80

Single Elimination, continuous entry until we fill a 32 player bracket.

7 pts, 9 pts Final, $500 added

Thursday, Jan. 7

2:30 pm

Lady Liberty Cup - All other divisions

Sponsored by Women’s World of Backgammon (WWB)

$50

Single Elimination, continuous entry until we fill a 32 player bracket.

7 pts, 9 pts Final, $250 Added Money,

Thursday, Jan. 7

2:30 pm

CancelGammon!

Play the incredible game of second chances. You have 1 "CANCEL" per game, where you can force your opponent to re-roll. Use it wisely, win the day, and see what makes CancelGammon the ultimate game of second chances.

$50 

7 Point Matches. Continuous Entry. $2000 added!

Thursday, Jan. 7

2:30 pm

Seniors Tournament

For Players age 60 and over.

$50

7 Point matches. Single elimination, continuous entries.

Thursday, Jan. 7

6:30 pm

Young and Restless

For Players age 59 and under.

$50

7 Point matches. Single elimination, continuous entries.

Thursday, Jan. 7

6:30 pm

P-40 Board Event

Win a beautiful tournament board sponsored by P-40.

$80

1st place – wins board, 2nd place – $500 (based on full field of 32)

7 Point matches. Single elimination, Continuous entries.

Thursday, Jan. 7

6:30 pm

$20 DMP

2 point matches with doubling cube.
Re-entries allowed and encouraged.
A player may have no more than 2 live entries at a time.

All Week

Anytime

$20/$50 Hat Tricks

Win three matches and get paid! ($20 pays $130, $50 pays $320). Dynamic pairing each round (1-0 vs 1-0, 2-0 vs 2-0). Enjoy this new alternative to 8 player jackpots, with much less time spent waiting for an opponent.

Single elimination, continuous entry.

All Week

Anytime