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Dubner Plays in a Tournament — and Loses
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Riding confidence from his solid showing against Mochi, his pairs win in Los Angeles, and even taking a game off Mark Olsson online, Dubner enters Davenport's Monday tournament at a Lower Manhattan hotel. His first opponent is a friendly thirtysomething named Nick who beats him cleanly, knocking him into the consolation bracket, where he loses again. Rather than disappointment, Dubner describes the experience as confirmation of the game's value: he and Nick made plans to play squash, a friendship forged over a backgammon board. The social payoff is immediate and tangible.
