KEN COHEN
REACHES THE 20,000 MASTERPOINT LEVEL
Unit
141 player Ken Cohen arrived at the Wilkes-Barre Regional with 19,993
masterpoints, and after winning two matches in the first knockout event,
went over 20,000 total masterpoints.
Ken
has won four national events with District 4 players. He won a National
Mixed Team event with Evie Cogan, a National Mixed Pairs with JoAnn
Sprung, a National Open Pair event with Bob Thomas and most recently
a National Senior Swiss Team, playing with Neal Satten with Tom Weik
and Rick Rowland as teammates.
In
1977, Ken won the Fishbein Trophy for the best overall performance at
the Summer Nationals, coming in second in both the Life Master Pairs
and the Spingold, playing in both events with first time partners.
Ken
won the national Ace of Clubs race in both 2006 and 2007, breaking the
record in 2006 and finished seventh in the top 500 masterpoint winners
in 2007.
Ken
has won the Dave Treadwell award for top finisher in District 4 events
for the last three years and has won the most points at PCBA sectional
tournaments in each of the last four years.
Ken
has also had articles published in the ACBL Bulletin and is a frequent
lecturer at District 4 tournaments. He has been a full time professional
player since 1978.
Congratulations
to Ken, the first Unit 141 member to reach this plateau and the first
District 4 player to join the late, great Dave Treadwell in this accomplishment!!!