Sylvia Shi
Sylvia Shi (born July 24, 1988) is an American multi national champion and world champion in contract bridge.
Career
Shi started playing bridge in 2011 when she picked it up over learning to fly planes as a much-needed new hobby after a break-up.[1] While she is well-versed in many systems, she has a fondness for playing TOSR (transfer-oriented systemic relay),[2] a form of Precision Club.[3] Shi currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband, Daniel Korbel, a bridge champion originally from Canada. Shi became a Grand Life Master in December 2019 at the San Francisco NABC.
Shi has now admitted to cheating at online bridge through self-kibitzing[4] and has been suspended by the American Contract Bridge League pending a misconduct hearing.[5]
Bridge accomplishments
Wins
- Grand National Teams Flight C 2012, Flight A 2016
- Lebhar IMP Pairs 2015
- NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams 2015
- Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams 2016
- 10K Mixed Swiss Teams 2016
- Torlontano Trophy 2016
- Smith Life Master Women's Pairs 2017
Runners-up
References
- ^ Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 90, November 26, 2017
- ^ Transfer-Oriented Symmetric Relay Precision, retrieved 25 January 2018
- ^ "Sylvia Shi's Bridge Winner Profile". www.bridgewinners.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Confession of a Self Kibitzer Pt 2". Bridge Winners. 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ ACBL List of players under discipline.