gammons and backgammons count only after the cube has been turned, is named after him. He wrote several books on various card games, with a particular interest in gin rummy and canasta. Bridge accomplishments Honors ACBL Hall of Fame, 1965 ACBL Honorary Member of the Year 1967 Honorary World Bridge Federation Grand Master Awards Charles H. Goren Award (Personality of the Year), 1983, from the International Bridge Press Association McKenney Trophy 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963 Herman Trophy 1960 Wins IBL World Championship (1) 1935 North American Bridge Championships (31) Vanderbilt (7) 1931, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1965 Asbury Park Trophy (now Spingold) (4) 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937 Masters Teams-of-Four (now Spingold) (2) 1934, 1936 Spingold (5) 1938, 1939, 1945, 1950, 1959 Chicago (now Reisinger) (1) 1955 Reisinger (1) 1983 Men's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1952, 1959 Master Mixed Teams (1) 1968 Life Master Pairs (1) 1936 Fall National Open Pairs (2) 1935, 1960 Open Pairs (1) 1964 Men's Pairs (3) 1934, 1939, 1949 Master Individual (1) 1935 United States Bridge Association (5) Grand National Open Teams (3) 1934, 1935, 1937 Open Pairs (2) 1936, 1937 American Bridge League (2) Men's Teams (2) 1931, 1932 Runners-up North American Bridge Championships (21) Vanderbilt (3) 1930, 1941, 1949 Spingold (4) 1941, 1948, 1949, 1957 Chicago (now Reisinger) (5) 1931, 1932, 1939, 1956, 1960 Men's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1954, 1956 Master Mixed Teams (2) 1935, 1941 Life Master Pairs (2) 1939, 1941 Fall National Open Pairs (1) 1932 Hilliard Mixed Pairs (2) 1931, 1939 Publications Bridge 438 pages. 492 pages. 302 pages. 96 pages. 158 pages. 32 pages. 31 pages. 64 pages. 32 pages. The Complete Book of Duplicate Bridge (1965). 222 pages. 128 pages. Jacoby Transfer Bids (1981). Major Suit Raises (1981). 140 pages. Poker Poker, 1940 Oswald Jacoby on Poker. Revised edition, 1948 Winning poker, 1949 Oswald Jacoby on Poker (1981), Backgammon The Backgammon Book (with John R. Crawford), 1970, Rummy Laws of Oklahoma, 1946 Oswald Jacoby on Gin Rummy, etc., 1947 Oswald Jacoby on Oklahoma, the wild, wild rummy game, 1948 How to Win at Gin Rummy, 1959 Canasta Oswald Jacoby's Complete Canasta, 1950 How to win at canasta, 1951 Other card games The book of card game rules and strategies, 1989 The fireside book of cards, 1957 Oswald Jacoby on Gambling, 1963, New Recreations with Magic Squares (with William H. Benson), 1976 Jacoby on card games, 1986 Magic cubes :