At the age of 17 in 1981 he became the youngest winner of any North American Bridge Championship,[3] the ACBL's annual Life Master Pairs, playing with his stepfather Fred Stewart.
[3] Weinstein worked on Wall Street until 2002 when he became a full-time professional bridge and poker player.
[9] Weinstein's regular partner for more than a decade is Bobby Levin, who may still be known best as the youngest winner of a world teams championship, the 1981 Bermuda Bowl.
[10] When forming their partnership, they spent a week with Marty Bergen in Florida to put together their system.
[12] The professional teams hired by Nickell had won four of the preceding nine biennial Bermuda Bowls, from 1995.