Brian Platnick

Platnick was born and raised in Bluefield, West Virginia, in Mercer County, West Virginia. He was taught bridge by his mother and played in tournaments with his brother as his partner throughout his school years.{{cite web|url=https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/in-the-well-brian-platnick/|title=In the Well: Brian Platnick|website=BridgeWinners.gov|date=September 23, 2016|author=Brian Platnick|access-date=September 27, 2019}}

In 1988, he graduated from Virginia Tech with a Master's degree in engineering. After a brief but successful professional bridge career, he temporarily retired from bridge and attended the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary. His full-time career is options trading.

He currently lives in Evanston, Illinois with his wife and two sons and continues to play bridge professionally while working as an options trader.

Platnick, along with his longtime bridge partner John Diamond, were mentored by noted Dallas Aces captain and former president of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Bobby Wolff.{{cite book|last=Wolff|first=Robert|date=February 1, 2008|title=Lone Wolff: Autobiography of a Bridge Maverick|publisher=MasterPoint Printing|pages=[https://archive.org/details/lonewolffautobio00bobb/page/230 230–231]|isbn=978-1897106372|url=https://archive.org/details/lonewolffautobio00bobb/page/230}}

He won his first major tournament victory, the World Junior Teams Championship, in 1991 alongside Diamond. After a 17-year hiatus from the game, Platnick resumed playing professionally as part of a team in the late 2000s, alongside Diamond and a few others.

• Rosenblum Cup (1) 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbridge.org/world-open-teams.aspx|title=Rosenblum Cup Winners|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004034954/http://www.worldbridge.org/world-open-teams.aspx|archive-date=2014-10-04|df=mdy-all}}
• North American Bridge Championships (4)
• Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2010{{cite web|title=Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners|publisher=ACBL|url=https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinners?event=Jacoby+Open+Swiss|access-date=2016-07-31|df=mdy-all}}
• Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2012{{cite web|title=Blue Ribbon Winners|publisher=ACBL|url=https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinners?event=Kaplan+Blue+Ribbon+Pairs|access-date=2016-07-31|df=mdy-all}}
• Roth Open Swiss Teams (2) 2012, 2015{{cite web|title=Roth Open Swiss Previous Winners|publisher=ACBL|url=https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinners?event=Reisinger+Board-a-Match+Teams|access-date=2016-07-31|df=mdy-all}}
• Spingold (2) 2010, 2017{{cite web|title=Spingold Previous Winners|publisher=ACBL|url=https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinners?event=Spingold+Master+Knockout+Teams|access-date=2016-07-31|df=mdy-all}}

• North American Bridge Championships (3)
• Fast Open Pairs (1) 2008{{cite web|title=NABC+ Fast Pairs Previous Winners|publisher=ACBL|url=https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinners?event=NABC%2B+Fast+Open+Pairs|access-date=2016-07-31|df=mdy-all}}
• Vanderbilt (3) 2009, 2012,2015{{cite web|title=Vanderbilt Previous Winners|publisher=ACBL|url=https://web3.acbl.org/nabcwinners?event=Vanderbilt+Knockout+Teams|access-date=2016-07-31|df=mdy-all}}
• Reisinger 2016Reisinger{{Circular reference|date=March 2021}}

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