Achievements

In 1995 in Maxim hotel in Las Vegas, 4 gin rummy players including Bill Ingram, John Hainline, Jeff Mervis and a pool player from Florida split a $160,000 prize in 85-player Las Vegas International Gin Rummy

Tournament of Champions, leaving each of the four with a $40,000 cash prize. The top four players, then, played for a tournament trophy and Bill Ingram, the real estate broker from Texas and a very good gin rummy player, won and was declared a tournament winner.

Other Winners:

Partnership

• 1st Place Howard Holderness - Fred Strebel
• 2nd Place Steve Cloud - Don Chooljian
• 3rd Place Bob Parker - Bob Kenny
• 4th Place Joel Montgomery - Chuck Montgomery
• 5th Place Gary Levin - Jeffrey Karp
• 6th Place Joe Pointer- Jim Banwart

Singles

• 1st Place Terry Masline
• 2nd Place Herb Cropper
• 3rd - 4th Bob Parker & Jerry Ritchie

Free Roll

• 1st Place Ben Agajanian
• 2nd Place Tom Cobb
• 3rd - 4th Dennis Watkins & Sheldon Earn