At its meeting on February 3, the USBF Board of Directors voted unanimously to vacate the Invitational 1 Title because of the finding that Huub Bertens, a player on the winning team, had illegally possessed and used information about other players’ hands.
The positions of other teams in the event remain unchanged.
In accordance with the USBF Guidelines for Conducting Adjudicatory Proceedings, the USBF Board appointed an Adjudicatory Committee to hear charges against Huub Bertens relating to the USBF Invitational 1 Tournament in May & June of 2020. The conclusion of the Adjudicatory Committee's Report is:
"The USBF Adjudicatory Committee, after full and careful consideration of all the subject USBF Invitational hands and all of the other evidence, arguments, and testimony presented by the Parties and their Attorney-Advocates, unanimously finds, to its comfortable satisfaction, that Mr. Bertens is guilty as charged.
The Adjudicatory Committee of the USBF imposes the following sanctions.
Effective immediately, Mr. Huub Bertens is:
1. Barred from membership in the USBF until January 1, 2028, at which time he may re-apply for membership in the USBF;
2. On probation for a three-year period commencing on the date, if any, that he is re-admitted as a member of the USBF; and
3. Barred for life from serving on the Board of Directors of the USBF."
Click here for the full decision, in PDF format.
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Baker Bishel Compton Dawson Donn Donner Greenspan Levine Lo Merblum Nickell Rasmussen Reynolds Rosenthal Sanborn Sprung |
Bell Bitterman Blanchard Donnelly Fleisher Hill Joel Lall Lebowitz Lewis Lin Liu Schireson Simson Spector Wu |
Congratulations to WOLFSON (Jeff Wolfson-Steve Garner, Mike Becker-Howie Weinstein, David Berkowitz-Larry Cohen, Bruce Rogoff-Bob Sartorius) on winning the USBF Trials for the Transatlantic Senior Teams Championship, to be played in January & February next year.
The USBF is entitled to enter 4 teams in the Transatlantic Seniors, so congratulations also to the SIMSON (Doug Simson - Jeff Aker, Allan Falk-John Lusky, Glenn Milgrim-Barry Rigal), LEVINE (Mike Levine-Eddie Wold, Mark Lair-Mike Passell, Jeff Meckstroth-Eric Rodwell, Bob Morris NPC), and LALL (Hemant Lall-Reese Milner, Bob Hamman-Peter Weichsel, Ash Gupta-Naren Gupta-Zia Mahmood-Michael Rosenberg who finished 2nd through 4th, and good luck to all 4 teams in the Transatlantic Senior event.
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