About
At just 25 years old, Justin has already had a 15 year long bridge career with fantastic results. A prodigy, by age 12 Justin had won 3 Flight A regionals and become a life master.
By age 15 Justin was being mentored heavily by then #1 player Bob Hamman and his father Hemant (A 5 time national champion in his own right). He started to play profesionally, and at age 20 he moved from Dallas to New York. Justin has a wealth of experience playing at the highest levels as well as teaching players of all levels. His passion for bridge is clearly shown every time he plays.
At age 24, Justin was the youngest player on the youngest team ever to win the US team trials, the event that determines who represents the USA in the 2011 Bermuda Bowl. In the Bermuda Bowl, he won the silver medal, being the youngest player on the youngest team by average age.
His list of accomplishments include:
- Two time world junior champion
- Silver Medalist in 2011 Bermuda Bowl
- Winner of 2011 USBC championship (commonly known as the trials)
- Representative of USA in the Bermuda Bowl (open world championship), 2011
- Winner of the Super Flight Grand National Teams Summer 2006
- Winner of National LM Pairs Fall 2011
- Second place in LM Pairs Fall 2009
- Second place in NA Swiss Fall 2009
- Bronze Medal in world junior teams
- 9,000 masterpoints
- World International Master (WBF)
- Emerald Life Master (ACBL)
- Winner of over 100 Flight A regionals
- Numerous top 10 finishes in national events
- Participant in the exclusive Cavendish Invitational Pairs 5 times
- Winner of over 1,500 masterpoints in 1 year
- Top youth masterpoint earner 3 years in a row
- Top 50 in Barry Crane Top 500 2008, 2010, 2011
- Winner of all 3 events (junior pairs, open pairs open teams) at the Azores bridge tournament in Azores 2009
- Winner of Swiss Teams (SWPT) at Canberra Bridge Festival 2012
- 3/4th in the National Open Teams (NOT) 2012
- Ranked 64th in the world by the World Bridge Federation (WBF)
- Non playing captain of the USA World University Team
- Panelist on the Master Solver’s Club (Bridge World)
- Contestant in Challenge the Champs (Bridge World)
- Three time contestant in The Bidding Box (Bridge Bulletin)
- Published Bridge Author
- Voted best poster of the year for 2011 on the Bridge Base Forums
- Vugraph Commentator
His list of partners has included:
- Bob Hamman
- Hemant Lall
- Zia Mahmood
- Mike Passell
- Kevin Bathurst
- Joe Grue
- Mark Lair
- Grant Baze
- John Kranyak
