Mike Cappelletti
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Biography
Cappelletti was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of carpenter Armand "Mondo" Cappelletti and Rose Marie (née Pugliese). Both sets of his grandparents were born in Italy.[4]
He later lived in Alexandria, Virginia,[5] where he practiced for the U.S. Department of Justice and later as a public defender in Washington, D.C.[2] Among poker players he is known as the author of the books Cappelletti on Omaha, The Best of Cappelletti on Omaha, Poker at the Millennium,[6] and How to Win at Omaha High-Low Poker,[7] and also as columnist for the poker magazine, CardPlayer.[8] He is well known among bridge players as the inventor of the Cappelletti convention. Cappelletti was an American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master with more than 24,000 masterpoints. He won a bronze medal in the 1974 World Mixed Teams. Cappelletti also authored the book 100 Bridge Problems: Using Poker Tactics in Contract Bridge.[9]
Cappelletti made some contributions to bridge bidding including Cappelletti over notrump, Cappelletti over one-of-a-major doubled, Cappelletti two-suited cuebids.[2][10]
Bridge accomplishments
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (2)
- Master Mixed Teams (1) 1967[11]
- Silver Ribbon Pairs (1) 2013[12]
Runners-up
- North American Bridge Championships (7)
- Reisinger (1) 1991
- Men's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1979
- North American Swiss Teams (1) 1985
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 1973, 1977
- Mixed Pairs (2) 1967, 1988
- Other notable 2nd places:
- Goldman Pairs (1) 1968
References
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- ↑ Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Social Security Administration.
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- ↑ "Mike Cappelletti, Sr. 1942–2013". ACBL. November 15, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ 1930 United States Census; 1940 United States Census
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External links
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- 1938 births
- 2013 deaths
- Place of death missing
- People from Providence, Rhode Island
- American people of Italian descent
- American contract bridge players
- American contract bridge writers
- American poker players
- Lawyers from Alexandria, Virginia
- Public defenders
- 20th-century American lawyers
- Lawyers from Providence, Rhode Island