Lars Trabolt - Denmark

Lars Trabolt is another of backgammon master that have emerged from Denmark, the country which holds the record of having the biggest membership of a national backgammon federation. Trabolt has made it to the money at many international events and won $120,080 for taking first place in the Consolation flight of the Atlantis Million event held at the Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas in January of 2007.

In 2001, Lars went all the way at 13th Nordic "Wide" Open in Helsingør, Denmark to best the 106-player field and claim the title of his nation's, and one of Europe's, biggest annual international events.In April of 2008, Trabolt cashed in the Consolation of the Paris Master & Partouche Backgammon Open 9 in Paris, France where he also won the €500 Super Jackpot, and in July the same year he won the World Backgammon Championship in Monte Carlo.

Style of Play

At the table, Lars is one of the most serious players you will come across - totally immersed in concentrating to find the best play on every one of his rolls. He is rated #9 on GammonLuck.com ranking list and comes in with an average checker play error rate of 2.724.

Trabolt likes to travel to different and interesting venues; he went to the WBF's 3rd Caribbean Open on the tiny island of St. Martin in 2006, and the same year to the Bristol International Festival of Backgammon in England. He was also in Bristol the year before for an unusual event, a marriage plus backgammon tournament, to celebrate the wedding of his friends Roland Herrera and Simonetta Barone – both being backgammon players as well as musicians.