Play65 US Open final qualifier held today on 20:00 Pacific Time after more than one week of sub qualifiers. And the winner, who earned $600 entry to the 2nd US Open Backgammon Championship and 4 nights accommodation in San Francisco, is no other than Mary Hickey.

Also known as Mamabear, Mary Hickey is one of the most outstanding women in backgammon in the US. She has been playing backgammon for over 20 years, writing series of backgammon columns and winning the ABT Ohio Masters Championship for at least four times during the last decade. To win Play65 US Open qualifier, Hickey had battled with the undefeatable Falafel, also known as Matvey Natanzon, but eventually beat him 7-6.

The 1st US Backgammon Open, held last year in Arlington, Virginia, was won by one of the top female players – Carol Joy Cole, who is also a backgammon club director, backgammon magazine editor and supplier of backgammon equipment. This year, the US Open is part of the American Backgammon Tour (ABT) and the World Backgammon Tour (WBGT), so the winner would accumulate ABT points as well as a free entry to the next stop in the 6-stops tour - the Swedish Open on September – where a final $50,000 prize pool is expected. .

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