Curtis Cheek of Las Vegas and Zia Mahmood of New York won the Kay Platinum Pairs, posting a final tally of 414.01 matchpoints (13 top), while New Yorkers Barry Rigal and Glenn Milgrim were second with 409.89.
The results of the contest were delayed until early in the morning due to an appeal filed by Zia before the last round was completed.
In third was the French pair of Thomas Bessis and Frederic Volcker with a total of 399.53.