Joshua Donn
# Joshua Donn

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 as well as author. 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. He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada with his daughter.

## Publications

Donn authored a popular online column called "Breakin' the Rules" from 2011 to 2015. He also co-authored a book called More Breaking the Rules: Second Hand Play with Barry Rigal in 2013.

## Bridge accomplishments

### Awards

* Joan Gerard Youth Award, World Bridge Federation
* 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
* 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

### Wins

* World Youth Bridge Team Championships 2006
* Roth Open Swiss Teams 2008
* Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs 2011
* Roth Open Swiss Teams 2016
* Roth Open Swiss Teams 2019

### Runners-up

* NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams 2016
* Grand National Teams 2016
