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Tournament Director James Ballie welcomes the players. |
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The Welcome Cocktail party is in full swing. |
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About 400 players are here at the 32nd World Championships. |
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Here is another scene from the party last night. |
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Dr. Jakob Garal presents Partouche Gammon Tour Director and CEO Eric Guedj with a copy of his new book "Fair Backgammon Tournament Rules". |
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Marjorie Serrano Blanco of Costa Rica with Jinelle Girard of Canada. |
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Andreas Grötsch of the Melita Gaming Network, which has Xciting Games, TMG and now TurboGammon. Andreas is also the organizer of the Berlin $250,000 event that took place a couple of months ago. |
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Some of the many players from Armenia. |
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Well known pro players Katja Sophie Spillum and Tobias Hellwag. |
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Two-time World Champ Jorgen Granstedt with BG Giant Jake Jacobs. |
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Antoinette-Marie Williams (front centre) who helps most of the players book their rooms here with Rachel Rhodes (top left) and friends. |
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Martha Ghio (R) with John Clark and Martha's sister. |
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Player International's Stephen Pearson (L), who just launched TurboGammon.com chats with the WBA's Chiva Tafazzoli
and his assistant Antonia.
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| Germany's Volker Sonnabend, Oliver Schneider and Ingrid Sonnabend. |
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One of three tournament rooms. |
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Players playing in jackpots last night. |
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It looks like everyone found one of these delicious dice cakes, made with white and brown chocolate, when they got back to their rooms last night. |
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