Party Gammon Million
Get ready for backgammon's biggest prize pool!
Party Gammon made history with the first backgammon tournament ever to feature a guaranteed $1 million in prize money!
The tournament took place January 21 through to January 25, 2007 at the famous Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, where the World Championships of Backgammon was held at the peak of its popularity between 1975 and 1978.
The winner of the
Party Gammon Million was Andreas Märtens from Germany defeating Lasse Hjorth Madsen from Denmark in a thrilling 23-point final of the Party Gammon Million tournament organized by Stephen Pearson, Susana Major and Michael Strato of Player International of the UK.
Andreas Märtens is a former billiards player who won an online qualifier to this tournament and came to The Bahamas to prevail in the strongest-ever field in backgammon history taking home an astonishing $600,400! P Andreas was handed a precious $20,000 Swiss watch with a special backgammon theme. Lasse Hjorth Madsen received $144,096 for runner-up place.
The complete Party Gammon Million results:
Winner: Andreas Märtens (Germany)
Runner-Up: Lasse Hjorth Madsen (Denmark)
Semi-Finalist: Nack Ballard (USA)
Semi-Finalist: Ralf Jonas (Germany)
Quarter-Finalist: Alex Lehmann (USA)
Quarter-Finalist: Sander Lylloff (Denmark)
Quarter-Finalist: Arkadiy Tsinis (USA)
Quarter-Finalist: Henrik Veje (Denmark)
Consolation Flight
Winner: Lars Trabolt (Denmark)
Runner-Up: Torsten Haase (Germany)
Semi-Finalist: Kent Goulding (USA)
Semi-Finalist: Yaniv Shimony (Israel)
$200 JACKPOT (11)
Winner: Odin Spillum Svendsen (Norway)
Runner-Up: Steen Grønbech (Denmark)
$500 JACKPOT (16)
Winner: Neil Garvie (Canada)
Runner-Up: Frank Frigo (USA)
$1,000 JACKPOT (18)
Winner: Nodar Gagua (Russia)
Runner-Up: Sakura Sugawara (USA)
$2,000 JACKPOT (16)
Winner: Rick Barabino (USA)
Runner-Up: Morten Holm (Denmark)
5,000 DOUBLES (8 teams)
Winners: Lars Bønding (Denmark) & Mark Teltscher (England)
Runner-Ups: Leo Fernandez (Argentina) & Christian Toth (Brazil)
Read more about how to
qualify for the Party Gammon Million online.
Backgammon Tournaments : Online Backgammon
