Joshua Donn
American bridge player
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Joshua Samuel Donn (born June 1, 1982 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a multi national champion and a gold medal world junior champion in contract bridge. He is known as a bridge lecturer[1][2][3] as well as author. Donn is an American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master. He is the all-time leader of Richard Pavlicek's monthly polls that ran from 2000-2006 and had thousands of participants from over 90 countries.[4] He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada with his daughter.[5]
Publications
Donn authored a popular online column called "Breakin' the Rules" from 2011 to 2015.[6] He co-authored a book called More Breaking the Rules: Second Hand Play with Barry Rigal in 2013.[7] He also has moderated and written a column in the ACBL Bridge Bulletin called "The Bidding Box" since 2021.[8]
Bridge accomplishments
Awards
- Joan Gerard Youth Award, World Bridge Federation[9]
- Finalist, International Bridge Press Association "Yeh Bros. 2014 Best Bid Deal of the Year" for Josh Donn & Adam Kaplan in "Grand Bidding" by Sue Munday[10]
- Finalist, International Bridge Press Association "2014 Master Point Press Book of the Year" for More Breaking the Rules - Second-Hand Play by Barry Rigal and Josh Donn[10]