An interesting situation occurred in 1977 when there were only three winners: Richard Doughty, Ron Smith and Lou Bluhm (plus these players eligible for session awards only: Bruce Ferguson, Sidney Lazard, Leslie West and Irv Kostal).
Ferguson, whose team had not qualified the previous day, was technically ineligible but was allowed to play only in the afternoon.
In the evening, Doughty recruited Leslie West—his fourth partner in four sessions—and the team went on to victory by a margin of two full boards.
Richard Schwartz, David Gold, Jerry Stamatov, Diyan Danailov.
Michael Bell James Cayne, Alan Sontag, Giovanni Donati, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Mustafa Cem Tokay