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Daily Bulletin Saturday, December 7, 2013 Volume 86, Number 9

86th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley and Sue Munday

ATTENDANCE through Friday

10,892 tables

Goodwill Message

Always be courteous toward your partner and opponents.

Sandy DeMartino, Goodwill Chair

Chief Corporate Sponsor Fall NABC

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Please note the hotel assignment and

starting time for these events on Sunday:

Sheraton10 a.m. A/X Swiss B/C/D Swiss11 a.m. North American Swiss Teams Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams

Hyatt10 a.m. Stratified open pairs Side games Regional knockouts Intermediate/newcomer events 299er Swiss teams

Play With the StarsThe report in the Friday Daily Bulletin about

the Parkinson’s fundraiser in Florida next month did not include the website for those interested in participating – in Boca Raton FL or possibly in a bridge club where the same deals will be played via the Common Game. To learn more visit www.playwiththestars.org.

Members of Sweden’s Junior and Youth teams traveled to Phoenix for a training session — and to go up against the world’s best in NABC events.

Clearly the training is taking: The young Swedes qualified for the second day of the Reisinger.

Coach Jill Mellstrom leads an entourage of five: Ida Gronkvist, Mikael Gronkvist, Daniel Gullberg, Ola Rimstedt and Johan Safsten.

Ida and Mikael Gronkvist are brother and sister from Orebro who have been in the junior program for six years. Rimstedt, who lives in Halmstad, is part of an internationally successful bridge family. His sisters are Cecilia, a three-time NABC women’s champion, and Sandra, who finished second in the 2011 Women’s BAM; his twin brother, Mikael, is also in the youth program. Like the Gronkvists, Rimstedt has been participating in the junior program for six years.

Twenty-two year old Gullberg, who hails from Stockholm, started in the junior program four years ago. Safsten, 15, from Uppsala is the new kid on the block — he is in his first year.

Mellstrom, who played on Sweden’s international women’s teams for 17 years, says that the country’s junior program is about 40 strong. “The kids practice online, of course. They attend bridge camps and tournaments in Sweden and also travel all over the world to compete and learn.”

Sessions at this NABC are followed by group discussions and analysis. “We also have to write

Study abroad

(back) Johan Safsten, Ida Gronkvist, Daniel Gullberg (front) Mikael Gronkvist, Ola Rimstedt

The victory by the U.S. team in the Venice Cup in Bali about two months ago was noteworthy in many respects, not the least of which was the squad’s ability to come back from significant deficits to claim the championship by defeating England.

But that wasn’t all for Migry Zur Campanile, Hjordis “Disa” Eythorsdottir, Jill Levin, Jill Meyers, Janice Seamon-Molson and Jenny Wolpert. The win provided Meyers with her seventh gold medal in World Bridge Federation competition, the most all time for a woman.

For Eythorsdottir and Campanile, victory meant that each had become the first woman from her native country to win a world championship. It’s actually a dual distinction for Campanile, a native of Romania who played many years for Israel. She is the only person of either gender to win a world title for Romania and the only woman from Israel to do so. Both of them ended up in the U.S. because of bridge.

Eythorsdottir was born in a Sandgerdi, Iceland, population 400, not far from the Reykjavik, the capital. After seven years, she moved to a fishing village and later to the big city. In college she studied languages and history.

Bridge came into her life when her father, Eythor Pjorbinsson, called one Friday and told her there was a bridge tournament in Sandgerdi and she was invited to play with him. “I don’t play,” she said. “I’ll teach you,” said her father.

Venice Cup champions make their marks

Migry Zur Campanile Hjordis “Disa” Eythorsdottir

Despite the handicap of not knowing the game, the 20-year-old Eythorsdottir and her father managed an average game in their first session. “We were so thrilled,” she says.

Back in Reykjavik, Eythorsdottir found a bridge-playing friend whose mother was Annathora Jonsdottir, whom Eythorsdottir remember as one of the top players in the country.

Jonsdottir took the two under her wing and soon had them playing in Nordic championships. In 1990, Eythorsdottir was on the unheralded women’s team that won the Nordic championships in a strong field that included Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

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Fleisher leadingReisinger BAM

The team captained by Martin Fleisher takes a carryover lead of a half board into today’s two semifinal sessions of the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams. Fleisher is playing with Mike Kamil, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Chris Willenken and Chip Martel.

The team scored 19.5 in the first qualifying session and followed with 16 in the second session.

Fleisher’s 11.83 board carryover is just ahead of the 11.33 held by the James Cayne team, who are only .16 ahead of the third-place Eric Greco squad.

Missing from the list of qualifiers is the powerful Nick Nickell team, who finished the day in a three- way tie for the final qualifying spot, which went to the Daniel Zagorin squad.

Lynch out frontin NA Swiss

With a huge carryover score of 30 victory points, the Carolyn Lynch team is out front in the Keohane North American Swiss Teams as the event enters the semifinal stage. Lynch is playing with Mike Passell, Garey Hayden, Cezary Balicki and Adam Zmudzinski.

In second place, with carryover of 22.24, is the team captained by Andre Asbury, whose teammates are John Stiefel, Jonathan Steinberg and Jeffrey Juster.

In a tie for third place, another 6.72 VPs back, are teams led by Ahmed Hussein and Rose Meltzer.

We’ve got email!Many of you have discovered our email address: [email protected]. If you have a hand or story, we’d love to hear from you.

Daily Bulletin Saturday, December 7, 2013

Don’t miss the following free lectures being held at the Hyatt, on the first floor in the Regency Ballroom.Saturday, Dec. 7

6:45 p.m. Lowell Andrews Are You Preempting Enough

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Sunday, Dec. 8Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph Theater presentation. Room:TBA.

ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITYSaturday, Dec. 7

10:30 p.m. Spinach artichoke dip with pita chips. Sheraton, 2nd floor.

Hyatt Regency, 2nd floor9:30 - 10 a.m. daily(Friday, Nov. 29 - Saturday, Dec. 7)Sheraton, 2nd floorNoon - 1 p.m. daily (Friday, Nov. 29 - Saturday, Dec. 7)

Bridge Bucks and Check Cashing

Dining and drinking at the Hyatt

Networks Be sure to come to Networks, the Hyatt Regency

Phoenix’s headquarters for top-of-the- line cocktails, burgers and salads. We open each day at 11 a.m. and our kitchen is open nightly until midnight.

We’ll be featuring special drinks throughout the NABC. Mention the secret password “DUMMY” and receive a 10% discount on all food items!

Our featured drink of the day will be: 12-7 Major Opening (Bloody Mary)12-8 Overall (Margarita on the rocks) Networks Bar and Grill is located on the first

floor of the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. Terrace Café: Open daily at 6 a.m., the Terrace Café features a

full breakfast buffet. The Terrace Café is located on the second floor of the Hyatt Regency Phoenix.

Cash food sales:Cash food sales are open daily, 9 a.m.–6 p.m.

on the second floor of the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. We’ll be featuring grab-and-go items all day such as beverages and snack items. From noon to 3 p.m., the menu will be expanded to include lunch items including burgers, salads, sandwiches and a host of other items all very reasonable priced!

For coffee service after 6 p.m., Networks Bar and Grill sells $2 cups of coffee to go.

Price includes state sales tax and is on a cash only basis (no ACBL vouchers).

Compass:Visit the Hyatt’s award-winning revolving

restaurant on the 24th floor for dinner or just for drinks and desserts. Reservations are recommended and can be made with the Hyatt concierge, located on the first floor of the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. The Compass Restaurant opens daily at 5:30pm.

Lost and foundAll lost items at this tournament will be taken to the Registration Desk on the third floor of the Sheraton. The hours are as follows: 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., noon to 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Email usGot a hand you just have to share? The

Daily Bulletin has its own email address: [email protected]. You’ll also find it on the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” between the date and the editors’ names. (Thanks, Adam Wildavsky, for a splendid idea!)

This email address won’t be checked with any regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please continue to use our office email addresses for non-tournament–related correspondence.

Runners-up in the Mini Blue Ribbon Pairs: Terry Schleppegrell and Marion Kelly

Leveraging the opponents’ strength

Doug and Sandra Fraser of Victoria BC left the Sheraton Thursday night as the newly crowned Senior Mixed Pairs champions. A subsequent scoring change removed them from the winning slot and dropped them to second by .99 matchpoints.

Board 20 in the second final session was in no way responsible for the drop. Here is Doug Fraser at the helm playing 1NT. With an entryless dummy, he needed the opponents to do some of the work for him. Dlr: West ♠ 8 2 Vul: Both ♥ 6 5 4 2 ♦ Q 6 ♣ 10 9 7 6 5 ♠ A K 10 9 ♠ J 7 4 ♥ A 10 8 ♥ Q 7 3 ♦ K 9 7 ♦ 10 5 4 3 2 ♣ A J 2 ♣ 8 4 ♠ Q 6 5 3 ♥ K J 9 ♦ A J 8 ♣ K Q 3 West North East South D. Fraser S. Fraser 1♣ Pass Pass Dbl 1NT All Pass

North led a low heart: 3, jack, ace. Hoping to create an entry to dummy, declarer played the ♠10 from hand. South cooperated, winning the ♠Q, and led back a spade. Fraser won the jack in dummy and led a diamond to his king, which held.

He cashed his spades and exited with a low diamond. North, in with the ♦Q, led another heart to South’s 9 and West’s 10.

Declarer threw South in with the last diamond. South was able to cash a heart, but then had to break the club suit. Fairly certain that South had the ♣K Q for his double (else he would have balanced 1NT), Fraser played South for both honors and, when the ♣3 was tabled, inserted a confident jack. Three spade tricks, two heart tricks, a diamond and two clubs added up to a well above average board — plus 120 and 48 of 68 matchpoints.

Clear the air, pleaseTournament Director Terry Lavender relates that

she has had several appeals from players who find it difficult to cope with heavy scents of perfume and cologne they have encountered. Some can become ill in the presence of such scents.

“Please,” said Lavender, “be considerate of those who are sensitive to perfumes and colognes.”


JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSHave you discussed...?

By Brent ManleyAt a bridge club in Lancaster PA, a handful of

players had convinced the director that they really needed North-South entries – bad back, bad feet, illness, pregnant, not pregnant, etc., etc. Then in walked bridge legend Benito Garozzo, who was given a North-South seat. All of a sudden, all the hurting bridge players rushed back to the entry desk so they could be East-West and play against Benito (he won).

Most players know that when partner opens and the next person makes a takeout double, a redouble shows 10 high-card points. Is that all there is? Do you have to redouble when you have 10 HCP – or are there other options?

Actually, there are many occasions when you will decide not to redouble because of what might happen afterwards. Here’s an example:

Your partner opens 1♥ and your right-hand opponent doubles for takeout. You hold♠4 3 ♥A Q 6 5 ♦K J 6 5 4 ♣10 5

That’s 10 high-card points, enough – technically – to redouble, but consider how the auction might go from there. It is likely that the opponents have a spade fit, so if you redouble, the auction might be at the three level or higher by the time it gets back to you.

In an earlier installment of this series, you learned that when your partner doubles and the next player redoubles, a jump by doubler’s partner does not show strength – it shows a long suit and weakness.

So, how would you like it if you redouble with the example hand and the next player bids 3♠, weak and preemptive? It is unlikely that opener will have a hand strong enough to bid at the four level – you and RHO likely have more than half the high-card points and LHO has a little something.

So partner, not knowing you have that excellent heart support, most likely will pass. Now it’s back to you. Yikes! You want to bid 4♥, but what if partner has a minimum opener? Now you’ve

let them stampede you into an unmakeable contract. Okay, partner might have a hand good enough to make game, but why guess?

In yesterday’s issue, you learned that there is a good way to show your support for partner’s suit and more than just a simple, competitive raise. Over an opening of one of a major, when the next player doubles, 2NT tells partner you have good trump support and at least 10-11 support points.

You can use this convention when you have enough for game because 2NT is not a natural bid. Partner must bid again. If she signs off in three of her suit, you can raise to game to indicate the stronger hand – or you could bid another suit to show even more and at least mild interest in slam. Remember, your 2NT showed support for partner’s opener, so partner won’t think you are trying to play in a new suit. You established the trump suit with your 2NT bid.

Always strive to show support when you have it. That’s far better than trying to catch up in an auction that has taken off on you.

So when is redouble appropriate? Check your convention card (left-hand side) under “Over Opp’s Takeout Double.” There is a little box that says “Redouble implies no fit.” That tells you just about all you need to know. When you can’t raise partner’s opener, a redouble conveys two pieces of information – at least 10 HCP and at most a doubleton in partner’s suit. This will help partner make better decisions if the auction becomes competitive – and it will help in the defense should the other side win the auction.

This is an ideal hand for a redouble, especially if the opponents are vulnerable:♠6 ♥Q 9 8 7 ♦A J 9 4 ♣Q J 10 5

Unless the opponents want to defend 1♠ redoubled – doubtful – they’re going to have to bid 1NT or something at the two level. You will double whatever thay bid and expect to get a good plus score. I have seen many low-level doubled contracts produce 800 or 1100 for the doublers.

Tomorrow: More tips for dealing with competition.

Thinking bridgeBy Eddie Kantar

Dlr: West ♠ A 4 3 2 Vul: Both ♥ J 3 2 ♦ Q 3 ♣ A 10 7 5 ♠ 8 6 ♠ K 7 ♥ A K Q 6 ♥ 8 5 4 ♦ J 10 9 5 ♦ 7 6 4 2 ♣ J 9 2 ♣ K 8 4 3 ♠ Q J 10 9 5 ♥ 10 9 7 ♦ A K 8 ♣ Q 6

West North East South Pass Pass Pass 1♠ Dbl 2NT Pass 3♠ All Pass

Opening lead: ♥Q (queen from A-K-Q).The bidding is normal. North shows a limit

raise, keeping in mind that unsupported jacks and queens are frequently worthless, as is the ♦Q in this hand.

Now the defense: East easily recognizes the lead being from the A-K-Q with the jack in dummy and gives count: the 4 playing standard, the 8 playing upside-down.

When West cashes a second heart, East gives suit preference for clubs. However, a stubborn West may be tempted to shift to the ♦J after cashing the third heart.

Let’s take a look at either shift. If West shifts to a club, South is in trouble.

South knows that West, a passed hand, started with 9 high-card points in hearts, has the ♦J for 10, and cannot have a side-suit king. The best South can do is duck the club and later play the ♠Q to the ace, hoping the king falls. Not this time – down one.

However, if West shifts to a diamond, South wins the queen, cashes the ♦A and ♦K, discarding a club, and then leads the ♠Q to the ace hoping to drop the king. No luck, but wait! South exits a spade to East, who wins and must lead a club from the king or give South a ruff-sluff by leading a diamond. Making three!

Not too many pairs would defeat 3♠ on this layout against a strong declarer unless West shifts to a club at trick four.

A thank-you note from a newcomer

On behalf of the Intermediate/Newcomer players at the Hyatt, we wish ACBL to know that we are very appreciative of the information, assistance and special classes you have made available to us.

The I/N Chairs, David and JoAnn Zapatka, are always on hand to answer the myriad of questions from players, to guide the volunteer assistants and Ambassadors in their duties, to handle all the other situations that arise and at all times, with great charm and warmth.

Their constant presence and support has had a tremendous effect our enjoyment of the I/N tournament, and we want to especially thank them for their dedication, time and commitment.

With gratitude,Susan StewartSun Lakes AZ


Leveraging the power of 10s

A well-earned top on this board in the second final session helped Harjinder Ajmani and Suman Agarwal to a win in the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs on Thursday night. Board 23 ♠ Q J Dlr: South ♥ 9 Vul: Both ♦ J 9 7 5 3 ♣ A Q J 9 5 ♠ 8 7 6 ♠ A 10 2 ♥ K 10 8 7 6 ♥ A 5 4 3 2 ♦ K 4 2 ♦ Q 10 ♣ 10 3 ♣ K 8 7 ♠ K 9 5 4 3 ♥ Q J ♦ A 8 6 ♣ 6 4 2 West North East South Agarwal Ajmani Pass Pass Pass 1♥ 1♠ 2♠ (1) Dbl (2) Pass Pass 3♥ 3♠ Dbl Pass 4♥ All Pass

(1) Limit raise in hearts.(2) Responsive.Ajmani was more than happy to defend 3♠

doubled, but his partner — not so much. When dummy came down with three spades, Ajmani had a good idea that North had raised to 3♠ with two-card support.

The opening lead was a low club to the ace. North shifted to the ♠Q: ace, 3, 6. From the lead and shift at trick two, it looked suspiciously like North’s doubleton might be specifically the ♠Q J. Ajmani tucked that information away for future use.

He pulled two rounds of trumps, played ♣K and ruffed a club in dummy to eliminate that suit, then led a diamond to his queen and South’s ace.

South can’t bang down the ♠K — declarer’s 10 becomes a winner. Nor can he profitably lead anything else, so he underled his ♠K to North’s now-bare ♠J.

North can’t lead a club without giving up a ruff-sluff. While he can pin East’s ♦10 by getting out with the ♦J, he didn’t find that play; instread, he led a low diamond. Ajmani won the 10, crossed to dummy with a heart and pitched his losing spade on the ♦K. Plus 620 was worth all 38 matchpoints.

New Bronze Life MasterTony Wencl, “a proud graduate of the Junior

program,” has graduated to Bronze Life Master by advancing to the finals of a two-day knockout. Wencl, of Eagan MN, is playing with Tom McGuire Jr. from Oakland CA. Their teammates are Mark and Cathy Brader from Toronto ON.

MITCHELL OPEN BAM (CORRECTED) 66 Tables / Based on 129 Tables140.00 1 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire England; Jean Quantin, Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany 36.77105.00 2 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Robert Levin, Key Biscayne FL; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Jenny Wolpert, Jupiter FL 36.03 78.75 3 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland 34.79 62.22 4 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk 09-230 Poland; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona 080 Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 34.60 56.00 5 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Fredrik Nystrom, 11427 Stockholm Sweden; Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 34.06 50.91 6 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan 525 Israel; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, 4838 Arendal Norway 33.57 46.67 7 Berend Van Den Bos, Zuid-Holland 2 Netherlands; Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY; Joris Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands 33.55 43.08 8 Mikael Groenkvist - Daniel Gullberg, Orebro 70360 Sweden; Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad 30571 Sweden; Johan Saefsten, Uppsala Sweden 33.50 40.00 9 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Mustafa Cem Tokay - Okay Gur, Istanbul Turkey; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 33.29 37.33 10 Paul Swanson, Jupiter FL; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA 32.94 35.00 11 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 32.58 32.94 12 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus - Drew Casen - Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 32.53 31.11 13 Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein - Brian Glubok, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Gary Cohler, Miami FL 32.07 29.47 14 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; William Pollack, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE 32.06 28.00 15 Michael Moss, New York NY; Tom Hanlon, Dublin 6 Ireland; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 31.55 26.67 16 Kiki Ward-Platt, Chestnut Hill MA; Franck Multon - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, 98000 Monaco 31.53 25.45 17 Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA 30.55 24.35 18 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel 30.29 23.33 19 Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL; Weimin Wang, People’s Republic of China 30.26 22.40 20 Junjie Hu - Yichao Chen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Yinghao Liu, Xicheng Distric People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN 30.03 21.54 21 John Adams, Silver Spring MD; Jonathan Steinberg - Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD 30.02 20.74 22 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Warren Cederborg, Visalia CA; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 29.51 20.00 23 Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland 29.29 19.31 24 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands 29.05 18.67 25 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 28.83 18.06 26 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA 28.52 17.50 27 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 28.51 16.97 28 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, Menlo Park CA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 28.50 16.47 29 Payeu - Thierry De Sainte Marie - Mauberquez - Soulet, Paris France; Lebel Alexandre, Hahtes France 28.43 15.78 30/31 Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 28.30 15.78 30/31 Martin Fleisher - Chris Willenken - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chip Martel, Davis CA 28.30

TUESDAY-THURSSDAY MORNING KO BRACKET IV (CORRECTED) 6 Tables 6.23 1 Jacqueline Montgomery - Barbara Baker - Mary Cotham, Fort Worth TX; Diane Washabaugh, Aledo TX 3.30 2 Vickki Shelley - Clysta Kittlaus, St George UT; Joan Fedor, Sun City West AZ; George Shelley, Saint George UT


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Study Abroad

Strauch makes GLMJohn Strauch, from San Diego, is ACBL’s newest

Grand Life Master. Strauch needed 1.4 points. He and his wife /bridge partner Bette had decided to head home, but changed their minds to see if they could pick up the stray masterpoints in a side game. They did — overkill, really — hauling in 2.24 points.

Strauch won the Open Pairs I (now the Silodor Pairs) at the Spring NABC in Phoenix in 1995. His partner was Evan Bailey.

15.14 32 Thomas Bessis - Cedric Lorenrini, Paris 75015 France; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV 27.97 14.74 33 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England 27.77 14.36 34 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Ron Rubin, Las Vegas NV; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard 8732 Denmark; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark 27.55 14.00 35 Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; David Caprera, Denver CO; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 27.52 13.66 36 Cindy Bernstein, Matthews NC; Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Jim Gobert, New York NY; Elliot Shalita, Newtown Square PA 27.05 13.33 37 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 26.77 13.02 38 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Fred Hamilton, Palm Desert CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 26.55 12.73 39 David Walker, Salem VA; Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; Gabrielle Sherman, Santa Clara CA 26.31 12.44 40 David Lehman, Glenview IL; Dick Melson - Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Tom Fox, West Fargo ND; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 26.29 12.17 41 Danny Sprung - JoAnn Sprung, Las Vegas NV; Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 26.26 11.91 42 Shelley Lapkoff, Berkeley CA; Vandana Vidwans, Foster City CA; Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA; Rajeev Gupta, San Mateo CA 26.03 11.55 43/44 Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Hiroaki Miura - Tadashi Teramoto, Tokyo Japan 26.02 11.55 43/44 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA 26.02 11.20 45 Marcin Mazurkiewicz - Jakub Wojcieszek - Jassem Pawel, Poland; Piotr Zatorski, 25.55

Convention card reminderEach player is required to have a convention

card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a session. Both cards of a partnership must be identical and include the first and last names of each member of the partnership.

If a director determines that neither player has a substantially completed card, the partnership may play only the Standard American Yellow Card and may use only standard carding. This restriction may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round after convention cards have been properly prepared and approved by the director. Further, the partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each board played, commencing with the next round and continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the director.

If the director determines the partnership has at least one substantially completed convention card but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, the director may give warnings or assign such penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the circumstances.

The objective of these warnings and penalties is the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL regulations.

FRIDAY MORNING SIDE GAME (THURS-SAT MORNING SIDE SERIES) 25.0 Tables A B C 5.31 1 Katherine Love - Donald Smith, Mountain House CA 67.80% 3.98 2 Barbara Feeley - Jo Ann Aiken, Tucson AZ 65.34% 2.99 3 Kerry Brothers, Oxbow ND; Linda Webb, Fargo ND 63.26% 2.24 4 John Strauch - Bette Strauch, San Diego CA 61.17% 4.55 5 1 1 Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA; Catherine Bardsley, McLean VA 60.98% 3.41 6 2 2 Wayne Bardsley, McLean VA; Kellen Leister, Mc Lean VA 58.90% 2.56 3 Dick Wilson, Rochester NY; Ronald Mittleman, Pittsford NY 57.95% 1.92 4 Joan Renzoni, Palm City FL; Dave Kuschel, Minot ND 57.01% 1.44 5 Cory Perkers, Chicago IL; Carolyn Rowley, Evanston IL 56.63% 1.87 6 Julianne Wooden, North Vancouver BC; Jeannette Bourbonnais, West Vancouver BC 55.11% 1.96 3 Jurgen Stielow - Rosemary Stielow, Austin TX 54.55% 1.29 4/5 Joanne Dawson - Keith Dawson, Chatham ON 51.14% 1.29 4/5 Sandra Hedlund, Aloha OR; Dawn Campbell, Portland OR 51.14% 1.48 6 Claire Genser, Green Valley AZ; Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD 50.38%

FRIDAY MORNING BRIDGEMIX DUPLICATE 49ER PAIRS 10.0 Tables A B C 2.10 1 Gail Ostermann - Judi North, Atlanta GA 60.12% 1.58 2 1 1 Kathleen Ashby, Scottsdale AZ; Anita Mcclintock, Phoenix AZ 56.55% 1.18 3 Carol Urben, Scottsdale AZ; Faye Comstock, Cave Creek AZ 56.25% 1.05 4 2 2 Bruce Yee, Paradise Valley AZ; Janelle Engle, 55.65% 0.78 5 3 Susan Johnson - Mary Souliere, Edmonton AB 54.17% 0.74 6 4 Regi Boulais - Bev Hart, Buckeye AZ 53.87%

FRIDAY MORNING BRIDGEMIX DUPLICATE 299ER PAIRS 21.5 Tables A B C 4.52 1 1 1 Hillary Goulding, Bethesda MD; Dale Block, Phoenix AZ 69.18% 3.39 2 2 2 Susan Stewart - Nadine Sutter, Sun Lakes AZ 62.82% 2.54 3 3 3 Ralph Witmer - Carolyn Witmer, Mattoon IL 61.35% 1.91 4 4 Dalia Hernandez, Long Beach CA; Colleen Bilas, Palos Verdes CA 60.42% 1.43 5 5 4 Carol Meade, The Woodlands TX; James Meade, Spring TX 59.84% 1.48 6/7 6 5 Bernard Levine, Paradise Valley AZ; Jerry Gross, Phoenix AZ 57.74% 1.04 6/7 Wayne Beagle - William Raines, Woodland Hills CA 57.74% 0.74 6 Robert Carver, Chandler AZ; Eugene Zanelli, Scottsdale AZ 56.28%

THURSDAY-FRIDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 36.5 Tables A B C 7.13 1 Phyllis Gravitz, Mercer Island WA; Helene Fornia, Clyde Hill WA 63.00% 5.92 2 1 Gabrielle Sherman, Santa Clara CA; Riki Tulin, Highland Beach FL 62.43% 4.44 3 2 1 Theodore Clemens, Grayslake IL; Beverly A’Hearn, Sarasota FL 61.70% 3.64 4 3 Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL; Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK 60.45% 2.50 5 4 Barbara Steiner, Purchase NY; Judy Soley, Scarsdale NY 60.36% 2.55 6 5 Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA; Elianor Kennie, Kentville NS 59.77% 1.82 6 Charles Bennett, Spokane WA; Nit Buckhout, Palm Harbor FL 59.27% 3.19 2 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA 57.71% 2.39 3 Barbara Ritter - Paul Weader, Sun City AZ 55.88% 1.79 4 Diane Denton - Joanne Dove, Sun City AZ 53.10% 1.34 5 Charles Conrad - Ann Conrad, Castro Valley CA 53.08% 1.22 6 Michael Silverberg, Scottsdale AZ; Carol Thompson, Calgary AB 52.07%

about all our mistakes for our captain,” Mikael Gronkvist says.

Sweden’s youth enjoyed a significant victory this past summer, winning the Youngsters’ division in the European Team Championships. Mikael Gronkvist, Rimstedt, and Safsten were part of the successful squad, which was coached by P.O. Sundelin (Mellstrom’s husband).

Says Mellstrom,“I’ve been bringing teams to NABCs for 25 years.” Mellstrom is more than just a coach — she’s drums up corporate support and she’s also the team’s primary sponsor.

The emailboxSan Diegans Pat Sullivan and Pam Nuccio played

in the National 99er Pairs on Wednesday. They were disappointed they had a 46% game in the first session. During the break, Pam said they relaxed, decided they couldn’t win and just played to have fun.

The second session came in at 72.92%, which brought them to fourth in the event and they won their first real gold. Clear lesson: just play to have fun.

Maritha PottengerSan Diego


FRIDAY AFTERNOON SUN LAKES DBC 49ER PAIRS 8.0 Tables A B C 1.89 1 1 Maxeen Claymon - William Claymon, Scottsdale AZ 58.04% 1.42 2 2 1 Barbara Freeman - Marc Freeman, Indianapolis IN 55.06% 1.06 3 3 Gary Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Marcia Dalton, Frisco CO 54.17% 0.80 4 4 2 Julie Bosserman - Dave Bosserman, Scottsdale AZ 52.38% 0.53 5/6 Carol Urben, Scottsdale AZ; Faye Comstock, Cave Creek AZ 51.49% 0.53 5/6 Joann Scott, McCormick SC; Luanne Stoltz, Portland OR 51.49%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SUN LAKES DBC 299ERS 16.0 Tables A B C 3.67 1 1 1 Eugene Zanelli, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Carver, Chandler AZ 67.56% 2.75 2 2 Mady Stoll - Jeanie Wolff, Scottsdale AZ 61.31% 2.06 3 3 2 Kathryn Papermaster, Menlo Park CA; Vera Baum, Los Altos CA 60.42% 1.36 4/5 4/5 Cheryl Moher - Donna Farnham, Scottsdale AZ 59.23% 1.36 4/5 4/5 Michael Kassenbrock, Phoenix AZ; Stephen Brown, Olympia WA 59.23% 1.17 6/7 6/7 3/4 Margaret Whittaker - Gretchen Caiazzo, Chandler AZ 58.33% 1.17 6/7 6/7 3/4 Pam Barksdale - Gail Wood, Houston TX 58.33% 0.89 5 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 53.57% 0.67 6 Anna Smith, Auburn AL; Alan Polish, Palo Alto CA 52.98%

DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 72.5 Tables / Based on 74 Tables A B C 26.61 1 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 63.70% 19.96 2 Susan Gilison, West Palm Bch FL; Alfred Tuckman, Laguna Woods CA 61.86% 14.97 3 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL 60.42% 11.23 4 Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi, Berkeley CA 60.16% 8.87 5 Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK 59.54% 7.60 6 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 58.93% 6.65 7 Sheryl Martin - Dianne Schechter, Scottsdale AZ 58.81% 5.91 8 Michael Flader, Eagan MN; Jill Flader, Saint Paul MN 58.77% 5.32 9 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 58.54% 4.84 10 Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA; Stephen Rzewski, South Dennis MA 58.33% 4.44 11 Walter Pease, Anchorage AK; Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC 57.93% 4.09 12 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA 57.53% 3.80 13 Lynne O’Neill - Pat Chapman, San Diego CA 57.53% 15.35 14 1 Michael Jeshion - Marilyn Jeshion, Wanaque NJ 56.82% 3.36 15/17 Ronald Schick, Prescott Valley AZ; James Showalter, Prescott AZ 56.81% 3.29 15/17 Carol Mahoney, Rochester MN; Sharon Christenson, Sun City AZ 56.81% 3.14 15/17 Christie Showalter - Joan Shay, Prescott AZ 56.81% 3.42 18 John Derdall - Jan Derdall, Western Springs IL 56.71% 11.51 2 1 Shari Winston - Gary Winston, Houston TX 56.49% 8.63 3 Carl Kallina - Robert Brussel, Tucson AZ 56.41% 6.48 4 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Michael Lipp, Trenton OH 56.09% 5.12 5 Michael Kammermayer - Darlene Scott, Oakville ON 55.69% 4.39 6 William Basler, Calgary AB; Clifford Podewell, Surprise AZ 54.79% 3.84 7 Kang Hong, Tempe AZ; Frank Stone, Phoenix AZ 54.46% 3.41 8 Vi Metter - Shay Kinney, Goodyear AZ 54.32% 3.07 9 Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN; Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN 53.89% 5.01 10 2 Hugh Metzger, South Bend IN; Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA 53.45% 2.96 11 Marion McLaren - Barbara Linn, Honolulu HI 53.43% 2.36 12 Reginald Graves - Raymond Grady, Tucson AZ 53.40% 3.79 3 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Marcel Dadon, 92100 France 53.16% 3.11 4 Susan Schulman, Fountain Hills AZ; Ronald Grantz, Scottsdale AZ 53.14% 2.62 5 Harriett Finger - Paul Finger, Phoenix AZ 52.89% 2.30 6 Mary Jo Rode - Perry Sells, Scottsdale AZ 51.79%

THURSDAY EVENING ZIP KO, BRACKET I 10 Tables 3.03 1 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Theresa Venhuis, Denver CO; Chris Moore, Bellevue WA 2.12 2 Michael Christensen - Becky Stevens, Redmond WA; Dong Yan, Sammamish WA; John Krah, Seattle WA 1.21 3/4 Farley Mawyer - Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Eric Schwartz, Arlington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA 1.21 3/4 Elaine Ware - Martin Ware - Linda Ball - Monica Jarvis, Vernon BC

THURSDAY EVENING ZIP KO BRACKET II 10 Tables 3.03 1 Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA; Christina Parker, Newton Centre MA; Jane Adams, Lexington MA; Lisa Procter, Dover MA 2.12 2 Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark 1.21 3/4 Melissa Martin - Sandy Jean Robinson - Emelie Quennell - Faiz Nadir, Calgary AB 1.21 3/4 Marshall Williams - Marguerite Gousie, Woonsocket RI; Linda Ahrens, Lincoln RI; Lois DeBlois, Warwick RI

THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO BRACKET I 7 TablesKen Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Kornel Lazar, Vienna Austria Austria; Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan; Yukiko Tokunaga, 1800002 Japan vsWon Yang, Clermont FL; Connie White, Oak Harbor WA; Johnnie Dayton, Lubbock TX; Carl Jones, Chicago IL

THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO BRACKET II 6 TablesJan Dragoo - Mary Blanchard, Sierra Vista AZ; Martin Leftik, Honolulu HI; Nancy Holt, Oro Valley AZ vsKevin George, Chandler AZ; Tony Wencl, Eagan MN; Jim Mulbrandon, Verona WI; Shirley Liss, Fairbanks AK

THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO BRACKET III 6 TablesFrank Maxwell - Janie Maxwell, Delhi LA; Parkerlene Pillans - Joyce Attebury, Amarillo TX vsDon Robinson - Burt Echtenkamp - Roy Grice, Boise ID; Julia Lunn, Southampton Bermuda

FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET I 9 TablesBuddhadeb Biswas - Madhusree Biswas, Lexington MA; Bryant Town, Edmonton AB; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA vsPam Himes - Jerry Himes - Gerald Duncan - Franklin Fine, Albuquerque NM

Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Weishu Wu - Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA vsJulian Dupuis, Kelso WA; Harriet Anderson, Portland OR; Wanda Burness, Rainier OR; Rita Fontaine, Longview WA

FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET II 16 TablesDoug Coppock - Lonnie Coppock - Jane Coleman, Scottsdale AZ; Grace Anderson, Eden Prairie MN vsJames Keegan, Cambridge MA; Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA; Wesley Albinger - Charles Pierce, New York NY

Gene Hendricks - Marilyn Hendricks, Vail AZ; Sharon Terrill - Garrett Terrill, Wilmot SD vsMary Ann Bond, Fargo ND; Nancy Gaunt, Evansville IN; Dennis Hoffelt - Susan Hoffelt, Sun Lakes AZ

FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET III 16 TablesDavid Robinson - Barbara Robinson, Denver CO; Ronald Stanek, Anchorage AK; Lindsay Cantoni, Sun Lakes AZ vsPaul Weader - Barbara Ritter - Joanne Dove - Diane Denton, Sun City AZ

Kathleen Bredlie - Rick Bredlie - Kevin Amos - Lilah Amos, Surprise AZ vsDonna Ozark - Edward Ozark, Silverthorne CO; Christine Boller - Ronald Boller, Frisco CO

FRIDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 5.5 Tables A B C 1.98 1/2 Jeanie Wolff - Mady Stoll, Scottsdale AZ 64.58% 1.98 1/2 1 1 Pam Barksdale - Gail Wood, Houston TX 64.58% 1.34 3 2 Carol Meade, The Woodlands TX; James Meade, Spring TX 54.69% 1.01 4 3 Pat Sullivan, El Cajon CA; Pam Nuccio, Vista CA 52.98% 0.76 4 Carla Pierce - Bruce Pierce, Daphne AL 50.00% 1.07 2 Laura Palmer, Auburn AL; Judi North, Atlanta GA 45.83%

GOLD RUSH PAIRS 57.0 Tables 7 3 16.57 1 Susan Driggers - David Driggers, Casper WY 61.76% 12.43 2 Jane Trahms, Rochester MN; Judith Kulka, Cottonwood AZ 60.86% 9.32 3 Kevin George, Chandler AZ; D Abraham, Windsor ON 60.57% 6.99 4 Karl Drew - Fay Drew, Las Vegas NV 60.42% 5.52 5 Betty McCauley, Oklahoma City OK; Colleen Bicket, Edmond OK 58.78% 7.42 6/7 1/2 Teresa Didrickson - Sandy Thompson, Albuquerque NM 58.48% 7.42 6/7 1/2 Dale Frink, Bismarck ND; Sid Stern, Scottsdale AZ 58.48% 3.68 8 Richard Bargar - Terry Kay Bargar, Andover MA 58.40% 3.16 9/10 Michael Bird, Grand Rapids MI; Donna Bouman, Wyoming MI 58.33% 3.16 9/10 Val Irvin - Linda Herman, Toronto ON 58.33% 4.77 11 3 Alexander Robertson - Marguerite Robertson, Nellysford VA 57.74% 2.48 12/13 Donald Hixson - Virginia Hixson, Rapid City SD 57.59% 2.46 12/13 Mirjana Reams - Douglas Wake, Seattle WA 57.59% 2.32 14 Andrea Miller, Victoria BC; Loretta Chadderdon, Sun Lakes AZ 57.44% 2.07 15 Linda Vernon - Joyce Michaelson, Anchorage AK 56.99% 3.58 4 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Sandra Hedlund, Aloha OR 56.70% 2.83 5 Mike Moser, San Diego CA; Brett Moser, Atascadero CA 56.25% 2.67 6 Holly Campbell, Lolo MT; Jay Byrne, Spokane WA 56.10% 2.12 7 Sallie Dillian, Scottsdale AZ; Annie Berle, Fountain Hills AZ 55.65% 1.88 8 Kris Wong - Gail Gabiati, San Francisco CA 54.70% 1.98 9 Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 54.61%

Slow PlaySlow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful

play, is discourteous to your opponents – and to all other competitors as well. Players and pairs who take more than their allotted time are subject to penalty.

In general, pairs who are rarely late will be warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or pay no attention to time limits will be penalized.


Smoking policySmoking at the Sheraton is permitted only in

designated areas, and smokers must be at least 20 feet from all entrances. Hotel security will be monitoring the smoking areas during this tournament. Violators will be subject to discipline by the ACBL.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY SIDE SERIES 15.0 Tables A B C 3.79 1 1 Sydney Sides, Chandler AZ; Priscilla Kelly, Mesa AZ 61.06% 2.84 2 Esther Watstein, Stratford CT; Doris Greenwald, Stamford CT 60.42% 2.51 3 2 1 Mary Radin, Palo Alto CA; Valerie Hatton, Los Altos CA 58.17% 1.63 4 Harold Emme - Carol Emme, Plainfield IL 56.73% 1.88 5 3 Joan Renzoni, Palm City FL; Leia Berla, Old Greenwich CT 55.61% 1.41 6 4 Jo Neesvig, San Antonio TX; Donald Robinson, Boise ID 55.45% 1.71 5 2 Penny Shui - Peter Shui, Clarence NY 54.65% 1.28 6 3 Frank Siffrinn - James Fox, Canonsburg PA 54.49% 1.15 4 Sandy Desilets, Port St Lucie FL; Rhoda Chickering, E Montpelier VT 53.21%

STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 44.5 Tables / Based on 103 Tables A B 29.63 1 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 64.81% 22.22 2 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 61.05% 16.67 3 Lynn Jones, Timonium MD; Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD 60.13% 17.40 4 1 Barbara Hopewell - Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA 59.86% 9.18 5/6 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 59.37% 9.18 5/6 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 59.37% 13.05 7 2 Mark Litterman, Scottsdale AZ; David Folger, Lincoln CA 59.10% 6.58 8 Tezcan Sen - Bulent Kaytaz, Istanbul Turkey 58.44% 9.79 9 3 Takahiro Honda, Tokyo Japan; Yuki Harada, Setagaya Ku Tok Japan 58.00% 5.39 10 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Marilyn Loesberg, Rancho Mirage CA 57.28% 4.94 11 Cynthia Goatz - Phillip Goatz, Las Vegas NV 57.14% 4.56 12 Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Chantal Dube, Montreal QC 56.66% 7.34 13 4 Tom Olsson - Ann Olsson, Urbandale IA 56.17% 3.95 14 Leonard Marks, Tempe AZ; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 55.77% 3.70 15 Daniel Coughenour, Fountain Hills AZ; Gayle Quiros, Scottsdale AZ 55.57% 4.36 16 Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA; Kay Beck, Noblesville IN 55.48% 3.29 17 Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA; D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA 55.45% 5.80 18 5 Bob Borengasser - Darcy White, Tempe AZ 55.23% 2.96 19 Carol Kasle, Bloomfield MI; JoAnne Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ 55.14% 3.41 20 Susan Stark, Cleveland OH; Judy Barnett, Oro Valley AZ 55.04% 4.97 6 Allan Karro, Surrey BC; John Crouch, Edina MN 54.05% 4.35 7 Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA; Paul Wacks, Peabody MA 53.70% 3.87 8 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA 53.16% 3.48 9 Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 52.89% 3.16 10 Ian Gatenby - Mike Christensen, Red Deer AB 51.31% 2.90 11 Ruth Bunin, Mercer Island WA; Marsha Rayton, Anthem AZ 51.02% 2.68 12 Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD; Diana Thompson, Bellevue WA 50.89% 2.49 13 Paul Harris, Phoenix AZ; Janet Newman, Scottsdale AZ 50.49%

STRATIFIED SIDE SWISS 51 Tables A B C 9.25 1 Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI; Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 61.00 7.58 2 1 Ann Shaylor, Tucson AZ; Marjorie Gerhardt, Cottonwood AZ; Catherine McCulloch - Barbara Ballard, Sedona AZ 60.00 5.20 3 Alain Schreiber - Allen Reiter, Bellevue WA; Christopher Young, San Diego CA; Judy Rimer, La Jolla CA 59.00 3.90 4 Barbara Glickman, Boca Raton FL; Morton Glickman, Willowdale ON; Carolyn Feldman, Toronto ON; Jacqueline Syer, Oakville ON 58.00 2.93 5 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Arun Savara, Honolulu HI 56.00 5.69 6 2 Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX; Stan Fong - Louise Morel - Phil Dowd, Toronto ON 55.00 3.73 3/4 1/2 Shelley Burns, N Vancouver BC; Richard Nelson, Surrey BC; Samuel Krikler, Vancouver BC; Greg Morse, Richmond BC 54.00 3.73 3/4 1/2 Mary Ann Bond, Fargo ND; Nancy Gaunt, Evansville IN; Michael Kiernan - Maureen Kiernan, West Fargo ND 54.00 2.40 5 Alan Gross - Estelle Bogart, Newtown Square PA; Malcolm Morris, Se1 4yx United Kingdom; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 51.00 2.13 6 3 Sonya Collins, Grand Island NE; Deborah Watson - Judith Edinger - Glenn Struck, Gilbert AZ 50.00 1.60 4 Lynne White - John White, Lincoln CA; Peter Clay - Kathleen Clay, Wellesley MA 42.00 1.20 5 Linda Miller, Cincinnati OH; Mary Ann Hudecki, Palm City FL; Eve Jensen, Yuma AZ; Howard Montemurro, Vineland ON 41.00

THURSDAY-FRIDAY SIDE SERIES88.00 Tables / Based on 35 Tables 12.60 1 James Tanner, Highland CA 117.34% 8.27 2/3 Carol Emme, Plainfield IL 117.03% 8.27 2/3 Harold Emme, Plainfield IL 117.03% 7.13 4/5 Helene Fornia, Clyde Hill WA 114.12% 7.13 4/5 Phyllis Gravitz, Mercer Island WA 114.12% 3.38 6/7 Jacqueline Syer, Oakville ON 112.16% 3.38 6/7 Carolyn Feldman, Toronto ON 112.16% 6.52 8 Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY 111.42% 2.52 9 Jerry Cohen, Winnipeg MB 108.76% 2.29 10 Timothy Flaherty, San Diego CA 108.46%

Highs and lowsBy Jeff Schuett

Two rounds from the end of the Senior Mixed Pairs evening session came a board that presaged the highs and lows that would come later.

My wife, Ginny, and I have come to greatly appreciate the bridge writings of Marty Bergen and the value he has shown in preemption, especially at favorable vulnerability.

This deal was from the second final session: Dlr: South ♠ 6 Vul: E-W ♥ A K 2 ♦ 8 4 2 ♣ Q 10 9 8 6 5 ♠ A K Q 9 3 ♠ J 8 5 ♥ 10 8 7 4 3 ♥ J ♦ Q 7 5 ♦ A K J 9 6 3 ♣ — ♣ A K J ♠ 10 7 4 2 ♥ Q 9 6 5 ♦ 10 ♣ 7 4 3 2

West North East South Jeff Ginny Pass 1♠ 3♣ 4♣ 5♣ 5♠ Pass 6♠ 7♣ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass

Ginny, sitting South, took the bold save at 7♣, and when dummy hit, I was disappointed, thinking that I might be able to cash my two high hearts and defeat the slam.

When East turned out to have a singleton heart, disappointment turned to elation because it became clear 6♠ is cold. Minus 1100 for down five was good for 56.5 of 64 matchpoints.

At the end of the session, we learned we were second overall by 0.01 matchpoints. As you can imagine, we were crushed, to say the least.

Then we heard from the Daily Bulletin editor, who called us in the hotel to tell us a score correction had given us one additional matchpoint, putting us in first by .99. Elation returned.

Bridge is such a fantastic hobby/sport. In bridge, you can sit down against the finest players in the world for the price of an entry.

You couldn’t play against Tiger Woods in golf or Roger Federer in tennis – and if you did you wouldn’t have a chance.

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Spread the word and introduce your friends to the greatest game on earth. They, too, can enjoy the highs that bridge can offer.

Editor’s note: The score correction that helped the Schuetts to the victory may well have come from Mel Colchamiro of Merrick NY. He thought his game had matchpointed much too well, so he investigated and found that he had erroneously scored plus 120 for his side instead of the opponents, Paul and Linda Lewis. Colchamiro reported the error to the directors, dropping him and his partner, Ruth Grant of Tarrytown NY, from 20th to 33rd and boosting the Lewises from 21st to 15th.

Associate editor openingThe ACBL is seeking candidates for the position

of associate editor of the Bridge Bulletin. It is not possible to apply for the job at this tournament, but you can get general information by contacting Brent Manley, editor, in the Daily Bulletin office at the Sheraton between the afternoon and evening sessions of bridge play.

The main responsibility of the associate editor is to work on the monthly publication, generating story ideas and editing contributors, plus other writing. Bridge Bulletin editors are also responsible for the Daily Bulletin staff at NABCs.

Send formal inquiries to [email protected]. The ACBL is an equal opportunity employer.

Masterpoint disclaimerScores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are

subject to change because of score changes or corrections.

The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also subject to change.


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Bringing it homeOn this deal from the first semifinal session of

the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, Li-Chung Chen of Cupertino CA took advantage of a subtle error by the defense to land a difficult contract in spectacular fashion. Chen, East, was playing with Ari Greenberg of Menlo Park CA. Dlr: South ♠ 6 3 Vul: Both ♥ K J 9 7 2 ♦ K 8 6 ♣ 9 6 5 ♠ J 8 4 2 ♠ A Q ♥ Q 6 4 ♥ A 10 8 5 3 ♦ A Q 4 ♦ J 3 2 ♣ A J 7 ♣ Q 3 2 ♠ K 10 9 7 5 ♥ — ♦ 10 9 7 5 ♣ K 10 8 4 West North East South Pass 1♣ Pass 1♥ 1♠ Dbl (1) Pass 4♥ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass

(1) Three-card heart support.South started with the ♦10, ducked to North’s

king. At this point, North must switch to a club to defeat the contract, but that is far from clear – and his partner did overcall spades, making a switch to that suit at trick two perfectly normal.

Chen went up with the ♠A and played a low heart from hand, South pitching a spade. North took dummy’s queen with his king and continued with a spade to South’s king.

When South exited with a diamond, Chen won the Queen and played dummy’s ♥6 to the 7, 8 and a low diamond from South.

Chen played a club to dummy’s jack, followed by dummy’s last heart, covered by the 9 and 10, South discarding his last diamond. Chen then played his third diamond to the ace in dummy. This was the end position:

♠ — ♥ J 2 ♦ — ♣ 9 6 ♠ J 8 ♠ — ♥ — ♥ A 5 ♦ — ♦ — ♣ A 7 ♣ Q 3 ♠ 10 9 ♥ — ♦ — ♣ K 10

When Chen played the ♠J, North had no answer. If he discarded a club, Chen would also pitch a club, cash the ♣A and catch North in a trump coup at trick 12. In practice, North ruffed with the ♥2, and when Chen overruffed, South was squeezed in the black suits.

Plus 790 was good for 75 out of 77 matchpoints for Chen and Greenberg, who qualified for the Blue Ribbon final and finished 20th overall.

Switching to a club allows the defenders to play the suit twice, breaking up the squeeze that caught South in the end.

MonitoringAt this and future North American

Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ events with visible, real-time cameras. The images will be recorded and will be available for later official inspection and review.

By general monitoring of the session and participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of information that may be useful in determining facts and settling issues arising from some types of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon a director if a problem occurs at the table.

This procedure is intended to assure everyone that the playing field is level and that misbehavior will not be tolerated.

JAN BRICKLIN KO BRACKET I 9 Tables 26.44 1 Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara McLendon, New York NY; Samantha Nystrom, Toronto ON; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 18.51 2 Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON; Danny Ioannidis, Grassie ON; Stephen Young, Kitchener ON; Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON 10.58 3/4 La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX; Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 10.58 3/4 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan; Yukiko Tokunaga, 1800002 Japan

JAN BRICKLIN KO BRACKET II 16 Tables 21.99 1 Don Little, Steamboat Spr CO; Donald Patterson - Andrea French, Fort Collins CO; Robert Solick, Berthoud CO 15.39 2 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Plsades CA; Barbara Simon - Wayne Kaneko, Honolulu HI 8.80 3/4 Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON; Steve Graves, Olney MD; Brenda Thomas, Columbia MD 8.80 3/4 Malcolm Morris, Se1 4yx United Kingdom; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Alan Gross - Estelle Bogart, Newtown Square PA

JAN BRICKLIN KO BRACKET 111 16 Tables 17.31 1 Michael Bowes - Ginger Bowes - Phillip Frankel - Leslie Reynolds, McKinleyville CA 12.12 2 Jon Wolkenstein - Sheri Wolkenstein, Dallas TX; Joyce Gautier - Norman Gautier, The Woodlands TX 6.92 3/4 Andrea Scott - Jerry Wolter, Cottonwood AZ; Michael Jenks, Williamsburg VA; Walt Williams, Seattle WA 6.92 3/4 Gary Delestine - Shirley Gibson, Palm Springs CA; Howard Montemurro, Vineland ON; Volker Mitterhammer, Austria

JAN BRICKLIN KO BRACKET IV 16 Tables 15.06 1 Mark Brader - Catherine Brader, Toronto ON; Thomas McGuire Jr, Oakland CA; Tony Wencl, Eagan MN 10.54 2 Bill Carstens - David Goodman, Anthem AZ; Michael Simpson, Scottsdale AZ; Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ 6.02 3/4 Dominic Antonelli, Altoona IA; Niki Coons, Toronto ON; Frederick Eriksen, Murray NE; Leon Galecki, Langston AL 6.02 3/4 Ronald Morris - Deborah Steffen - Susan Panter, Santa Barbara CA; Phil Kaiser, Goleta CA

JAN BRICKLIN KO BRACKET V 16 Tables 11.11 1 Barbara Webster, Calgary AB; Eugene Wadas - Lawrence Campodonico - Susan Walton, Billings MT 7.78 2 Barbara Vervenne, Austin TX; Randall Jones, Albuquerque NM; Janet French, Rio Rancho NM; Margie Patterson, Spring TX


Sharon Lynn Dare1944 – 2013

San Francisco-area players were sad to learn of the death on Oct. 26 of Sharon Lynn Dare, a well-liked player who, as Sharon Soules (aka Kehoe) won the Smith Life Master Women’s Pairs with Karen Singer in 1984. She was 68.

She retired from bridge in the early 1990s to pursue a career in real estate.

The obituary can be found online at www.legacy.com/obituaries/contracostatimes

Grand BiddingBy Sue Munday

Josh Donn and Adam Kaplan found their way to the top spot twice in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, producing sophisticated auctions to get there each time.

This one was from the second qualifying session. Dlr: West ♠ Q 4 Vul: ♥ A Q 9 4 2 ♦ K J 9 5 3 2 ♣ — ♠ 9 8 6 3 ♠ J 10 7 5 2 ♥ 5 3 ♥ J 10 7 ♦ 8 4 ♦ Q ♣ K Q 10 6 5 ♣ 9 8 7 2 ♠ A K ♥ K 8 6 ♦ A 10 7 6 ♣ A J 4 3 West North East South Kaplan Donn Pass 1♥ Pass 2♣ Pass 2♦ Pass 2♥ Pass 3♦ Pass 3♠ Pass 3NT (1) Pass 4♠ (2) Pass 4NT (3) Pass 5♣ Pass 5♦ (4) Pass 5♠ (5) Pass 5NT Pass 6♦ (6) Pass 7NT All Pass

(1) Non-serious 3NT: mild slam try.(2) Roman Key Card Blackwood for hearts.(3) One or four key cards.(4) ♥Q and ♦K.(5) Grand slam try.(6) Focus on diamonds.Having already denied five diamonds to the

K-Q – with that hand he would have bid 7♦ – Kaplan could infer that he was facing at least three diamonds and probably four, or his partner would not have been looking for a grand slam. So he went for all the marbles.

This one was from the first semifinal session. Dlr: North ♠ Q J 10 3 Vul: Both ♥ Q 8 7 5 4 ♦ 7 5 2 ♣ 8 ♠ A 6 ♠ 8 ♥ A K J 3 ♥ 10 9 6 ♦ J 10 8 ♦ A K Q 9 6 ♣ A K 7 3 ♣ Q J 4 2 ♠ K 9 7 6 5 2 ♥ 2 ♦ 4 3 ♣ 10 9 6 5 West North East South Donn Kaplan Pass 1♦ Pass 1♥ Pass 2♣ Pass 2♠ Pass 3♥ Pass 4♣ Pass 4♦ (1) Pass 4♥ (2) Pass 5♦ Pass 5♥ Pass 5♠ Dbl Pass Pass 5NT Pass 6NT Pass 7♣ All Pass

When Kaplan heard his partner deny the ♠K by the pass of 5♠ doubled and deny the ♥Q by the 6NT bid, he knew that his partner had to have a diamond holding equivalent to a doubleton or tripleton jack or he would have bid 6♣. So Kaplan could see the spade ruff for the 13th trick, while notrump could never bee better than a heart finesse.

(1) Roman Key Card for clubs.(2) One or four key cards.

KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 39.0 Tables / Based on 159 Tables190.00 1 Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 1734.95142.50 2 Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 1675.49106.88 3 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Martin Fleisher, New York NY 1672.96 87.69 4 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 1668.76 81.43 5 Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland 1657.48 76.00 6 Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, 4838 Arendal Norway 1629.26 71.25 7 Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ricardo Angeleri, Mar Del Plata, Argentina 1618.67 67.06 8 Linda Gordon - Robb Gordon, Sedona AZ 1607.82 63.33 9 Michal Klukowski, Wroclaw Poland; Piotr Twczynski, Poznan Poland 1605.06 60.00 10 Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel 1596.32 57.00 11 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; David Bakhshi, London, England 1594.11 54.29 12 Hector Camberos, Charlotte NC; Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina 1591.84 51.82 13 Junjie Hu - Yichao Chen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 1591.18 49.57 14 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK 1590.73 47.50 15 Berend Van Den Bos, Zuid-Holland 2 Netherlands; Joris Lankveld, Netherlands 1584.06 45.60 16 Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 1580.89 43.85 17 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 1572.42 42.22 18 Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland 1570.86 40.71 19 Gary Gottlieb, Brooklyn NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 1556.32 39.31 20 Ari Greenberg, Menlo Park CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 1554.84 38.00 21 Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 1553.54 36.77 22 Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 1552.86 35.63 23 Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Michael Polowan, New York NY 1550.58 34.55 24 Larry Kozlove - Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL 1549.10 33.53 25 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 1546.68 32.57 26 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Richard Coren, Delray Beach FL 1541.81 31.67 27 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Walter Schafer Jr, Huntington Bch CA 1534.15 30.81 28 Thomas Bessis, Paris 75015 France; Cedric Lorenzini, Paris France 1525.16 30.00 29 Michael Roche, Victoria BC; John Rayner, Mississauga ON 1523.36 29.23 30 Mustafa Cem Tokay - Okay Gur, Istanbul Turkey 1519.33 28.50 31 Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 1518.60 27.80 32 Robert Kuz, St Andrews MB; Barry Senensky, Toronto ON 1517.40 27.14 33 Michael Moss, New York NY; Tom Hanlon, Dublin 6 Ireland 1511.26 26.51 34 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Gary Cohler, Miami FL 1509.78 25.91 35 John Adams, Silver Spring MD; Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD 1499.77 25.33 36 Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC; Marius Agica, New York NY 1499.20 24.78 37 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL 1498.63 24.26 38 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY 1488.81 23.75 39 Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 1488.75 23.27 40 Jonathan Steinberg - Shan Huang, Toronto ON 1483.65 22.80 41 Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL 1479.76 22.35 42 Yanhong Wang - Rui Li, Beijing 100028 People’s Republic of China 1478.44 21.92 43 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 1473.79 21.51 44 Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 1472.83 21.11 45 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 1466.63 20.73 46 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 1458.70 20.36 47 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Weimin Wang, People’s Republic of China 1458.17 20.00 48 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 1450.57 19.66 49 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Justin Lall, Las Vegas NV 1449.54 19.32 50 Bill Staats, Southlake TX; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA 1446.52 19.00 51 Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL 1442.52 18.69 52 Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 1441.12 18.39 53 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 1433.73 18.10 54 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 1426.13 17.81 55 Jie Li - Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China 1425.76 17.54 56 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 1424.29 17.27 57 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 1419.34 17.01 58 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA 1417.40 16.76 59 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden 1409.87 16.52 60 Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY 1401.52 16.29 61 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Victor King, Hartford CT 1386.30 16.06 62 John Hurd, New York NY; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 1383.42 15.83 63 Andrew Robson, Pebble Beach CA; Rita Shugart, Monterey CA 1377.87 15.62 64 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 1375.97 15.41 65 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 1375.61 15.20 66 Alex Fowlie, San Marcos CA; Matthew Mallory, San Diego CA 1375.52 15.00 67 Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA 1372.75 14.81 68 Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy; Emanuela Pramotton, Libero Italy 1359.54 15.85 69 Don Domansky - David McLellan, Thunder Bay ON 1358.84 14.43 70 John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Paul Swanson, Jupiter FL 1350.29 14.25 71 Bob Todd - Douglas Fisher, Winnipeg MB 1350.19 14.07 72 Brian Schoenfeld, Va Beach VA; Richard Unger, San Diego CA 1342.91 13.90 73 Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Elliot Shalita, Newtown Square PA 1334.45 13.73 74 Nancy Katz, Carolina PR; Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 1318.46 13.57 75 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 1302.77 13.41 76 Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 1213.38 13.26 77 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Jun Shi, Palo Alto CA 1188.01 13.10 78 Massimiliano Di Franco - Saverio Margiotta, Palermo Italy 1178.03

Electronic Device Policy The electronic device policy at NABCs has been revised to allow players to bring electronic devices such

as cell phones into the playing area provided that such devices are turned off.Further, any such equipment must not be visible during the sessionThe policy applies to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders, except those

designated by the ACBL and are in force throughout any actual playing session or segment of play.A violation of the policy will result in an automatic disciplinary penalty of one full board (or 12 IMPs at

that form of scoring) for the first offense. A second offense will result in disqualification from the event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed from the playing area for the remainder of the session.


4.44 3/4 Mary Ann Hudecki, Palm City FL; Eve Jensen, Yuma AZ; Jane Loughlin, Greenwich CT; Linda Miller, Cincinnati OH 4.44 3/4 Terry Strand - Cindy Selberg, Palm Desert CA; Carolyn Murphy - Ginny Kopacz - Nancy Jonske, Portland OR

ZEKE JABBOUR FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET I 15 TablesJim Howie - Deborah Thomas-Howie, Toronto ON; Fred Lerner, Unionville ON; Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL vsChris Champion - Wendy Turk, Colorado Spgs CO; Mary Olson - Richard Olson, Colorado Sprgs CO

Herman Louie - Ming Louie, Henderson NV; Xingping Kang, El Monte CA; Alfred Lee, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Peter Cheung, Fremont CA vsRichard Katz - Charlotte Katz, Gilbert AZ; Thomas Moran - Marcia Moran, Mesa AZ

ZEKE JABBOUR FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET II 12 TablesDennis Carman - Susan Bailey Carman, Plainwell MI; Henry Williams - Rosemary Wade Williams, Oro Valley AZ vsGlenn Cossey - Cindy Cossey, Innisfail AB; Lisa McCarthy - Don McCarthy, West Kelowna BC

Won Yang, Clermont FL; Carl Jones, Chicago IL; James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Richard Allison, Fulton MD vsDave Douglass, Oro Valley AZ; Aaron Carnes - Al Peters - Derek Graybill, Tucson AZ

ZEKE JABBOUR FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET III 16 TablesPatty Michael, San Mateo CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON; Carol Johns, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Walters, New Westminster BC vsLiliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA; Stuart Sechriest, San Diego CA; Mark Robertson - Richard Jacobson, Phoenix AZ

Diane Winiger - Ofra Blonder, New York NY; Harriet Wagman - Judy Bromley, Toronto ON vsLorine Lorino, Cleveland TN; Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL; David Rosenberg, Paradise Valley AZ; Stephen Pozez, Tucson AZ

ZEKE JABBOUR FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET IV 16 TablesMarj Russell - Carroll Brooks, Walnut Creek CA; Bert Adams - Carolyn Adams, Steilacoom WA vsKathy Bergman - Sue Gainer, Goodyear AZ; Normand Malette, Sudbury ON; Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ

Brian Samuels - Jan Samuels, Los Altos CA; Merle Orelove, Palo Alto CA; Barbara Shukov, Los Altos Hills CA vsMartin Deneroff - Valerie Deneroff - Wesley Albinger - Charles Pierce, New York NY

ZEKE JABBOUR FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET V 16 TablesClaude Le Feuvre - Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Sanae Zaveloff, Austin TX; Alex Roman, Burnaby BC vsJames Nulty - Randi Nulty - James Utter - Eileen Utter, Sun Lakes AZ

Fred Sutherland - Kathryn Sutherland - Ken Voit - James Kelso, Surprise AZ vsDebbie Reichow, Scottsdale AZ; Mel Heitger, Glendale AZ; Irene Shankelbirch - Wendell Shankelbirch, Central Lot 16 PE

ZEKE JABBOUR FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET VI 15 TablesAllan McGale - Eleanor Geisthardt, Cobble Hill BC; Mike D Aguiar, Calgary AB; Charles Littlejohn, Buellton CA vsRobert Cooper - Donna Cooper, Lake Charles LA; Kate Stewart, Rutland VT; Kim Likakis, Bennington VT

Kellen Leister, Mc Lean VA; Catherine Bardsley - Wayne Bardsley, McLean VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA vsJames Lopes - Bill Freeman, la Quinta CA; Henry Harris - Carol Lefcourt-Harris, Palm Desert CA

KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS QUALIFIERS 92 Tables / Based on 181 Tables Carryover 1 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland 30.00 2 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX 22.24 3/4 Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt; Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Weimin Wang, People’s Republic of China; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 15.52 3/4 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina 15.52 5 Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY; Bruce Rogoff, River Vale NJ; David Lindop - Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 15.00 6/7 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 13.97 6/7 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Blake Rundquist, Clovis CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Warren Cederborg, Visalia CA 13.97 8 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 13.459/12 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE; Martin Rabinowitz, Narberth PA 12.939/12 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Mark Feldman, Washington DC; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 12.939/12 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Justin Lall, Las Vegas NV; Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Roger Lee, Arcadia CA; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; David Grainger, Roseville CA 12.939/12 Dano De Falco, 35030 Rubano (P Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New York NY 12.9313/14 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; John Lewis, Fort Myers FL 12.4113/14 Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Walter Schafer Jr, Huntington Bch CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 12.4115/17 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD; John Adams, Silver Spring MD 11.9015/17 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL 11.9015/17 Piotr Klimowicz, Edmonton AB; Gerry McCully, Sun City West AZ; Doran Flock, Calgary AB; James Galand, Victoria BC 11.9018/19 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Eric Stoltz, Portland OR; Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 11.3818/19 Eric Robinson, New York NY; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Timothy Nelsen, Chicago IL; Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 11.38 20 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 304G Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 10.86 21 Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC; Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON; Jie Li - Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC 9.8322/24 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom; John Holland, Stockport England; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Sam Lev, New York NY 9.3122/24 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; George Retek, Montreal QC; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 9.3122/24 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 9.3125/28 Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; William Wickham, Los Angeles CA; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 8.7925/28 Yuxiong Shen, Shanghai 20004 People’s Republic of China; Yi Zhong, Cockeysville MD; Jihong Ma, Tainjin People’s Republic of China; Xinli Gan, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 8.7925/28 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Peter Lesnik, Burke VA; Kevin Dwyer, Tampa FL; Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC; Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 8.7925/28 David Hildebrand, Lake Forest Par WA; Ronald Tracy, Edmonds WA; Paul Schwaighart, Normandy Park WA; John Aslin - David Taylor, Seattle WA 8.7929/30 JoAnn Sprung - Danny Sprung, Las Vegas NV; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 7.7629/30 David Gold, Reading R Great Britain; Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 7.7631/32 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Diana Miller, Las Vegas NV; Manuela Marani, Los Gatos CA; Ove Jonsson, St-Aubin Switzerland 7.2431/32 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Hiroaki Miura - Tadashi Teramoto, Tokyo Japan 7.2433/36 Steve Bruno - Carol Bruno, Oceanside CA; Ben Blacik, Phoenix AZ; Ole Godefroy - Julie Godefroy, Bellevue WA 6.7233/36 Phil Clayton, Mission Viejo CA; James Lafave, Minneapolis MN; Aaron Jones, Long Beach CA; Peter Benjamin, Culver City CA; Jayendu Patel, Newton MA; Cole Powell, Oakland CA 6.7233/36 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX; Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Peder Langsetmo, Minneapolis MN 6.7233/36 Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Gerry Marshall, Las Varas Mexico; Daniel Bertrand - Allan Simon, Calgary AB; Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Ray Miller, Seattle WA 6.7237/39 Ron Zambonini, Nepean ON; John Valliant, Ottawa ON; Michael Polowan, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON 6.2137/39 Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA; Pat Leary - Jim Leary, Livermore CA; Alex Fowlie, San Marcos CA; Barry Pritchard, Edmonton AB 6.2137/39 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Jon Wittes - Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 6.2140/43 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Beth Bromberg - John Bromberg, Dallas TX; Tom Edwards, Grand Prairie TX 5.6940/43 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA; Michael Fleisher, Santa Clara CA; Melinda Foos, Campbell CA 5.6940/43 V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA; John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger - James Senter - Gale Senter, San Clemente CA 5.69


Taking a zeroBridge players are wont to report fine play, even

if it’s not by them. That was the case on this deal from the first final session of the Nail Life Master Pairs. It was reported by Nik Demirev, who sat West. Dlr: North ♠ 3 Vul: None ♥ J 5 4 3 ♦ Q J 9 5 ♣ A K 10 8 ♠ 5 4 2 ♠ Q 10 8 7 ♥ A 8 7 6 ♥ Q ♦ 10 2 ♦ A K 8 3 ♣ 7 4 3 2 ♣ J 9 6 5 ♠ A K J 9 6 ♥ K 10 9 2 ♦ 7 6 4 ♣ Q West North East South 1♦ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♣ Pass 3NT All Pass

Demirev led the ♦10 to the queen and king, East switching to a low spade. Declarer went up with the ace and desperately played the ♥K from hand. Demirev won the ♥A and was disappointed to see his partner follow with the queen.

A second diamond went to the jack and East’s ace and a low club put declarer in hand with his singleton queen.

Declarer then cashed one of his heart winners and played a diamond to dummy’s 9. He then cashed the top two clubs to arrive at this position: ♠ — ♥ J 5 ♦ 5 ♣ 10 ♠ 5 ♠ Q 10 ♥ 7 6 ♥ — ♦ — ♦ 8 ♣ 7 ♣ J ♠ K J ♥ 10 2 ♦ — ♣ —

When declarer cashed the ♥J, East was squeezed in three suits. Discarding a spade would allow declarer to enter his hand with the ♥10 to take two spade tricks. The discard of either minor would allow declarer to discard the ♠J on dummy’s winner in that minor. Ten tricks for declarer on this deal meant no matchpoints for Demirev and his partner.

40/43 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Ron Rubin, Las Vegas NV; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard 8732 Denmark; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark 5.6944/46 Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Weidong Pei, Brea CA; Richard Chan, Markham ON; Bo Liu, Santa Ana CA 5.1744/46 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA 5.1744/46 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA; Ethan Yi Liu, Fremont CA; Sheng Li, New York NY 5.1747/54 Jack Bryant - Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO; Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; James Ward, Champaign IL; Tom Oppenheimer, Ballwin MO 4.6647/54 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus - Roger Bates - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Ishmael Delmonte, New South Wales Australia 4.6647/54 Bill Gates, Kirkland WA; David Smith - Sharon Osberg, Tiburon CA; Richard Friesner, New York NY 4.6647/54 Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Mark Tolliver - Marc Zwerling, Portland OR 4.6647/54 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL; Kitty Cooper - Steven Cooper, Lakeside CA 4.6647/54 Bernard Payen, Chennevieres France; Michel Lebel, Hahtes France; Erick Mauberquez - Philippe Soulet - Thierry De Sainte-Marie, Paris France 4.6647/54 Dong Lu - Haitao Liu - Rui Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Yanhong Wang, Beijing 100028 People’s Republic of China 4.6647/54 Dora Lee - Judy Chapman, Edmonton AB; Allan Sorensen - Paul Sorensen, Berwyn AB 4.66 55 Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY; Michael Rosen, New York NY; Robert Gordon, Northport NY; Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY 4.1456/61 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA 3.6256/61 Art Gulbrandsen, Monrovia CA; Mike Spero, Burbank CA; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 3.6256/61 Pamela Galligan, Bartlett IL; Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA; Sally Clark, Carlsbad CA; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX 3.6256/61 Steve Cohen, Reno NV; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Ron Feldman, Redondo Beach CA; Susan Picus, New York NY; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA 3.6256/61 Irwin Kostal Jr - Shawnee Kostal, Indio CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 3.6256/61 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Harry Tudor - Barbara Wallace, Miami FL 3.6262/63 Bob Zeller, Kanata ON; John Morgan, Navan ON; J Mark Siegrist, Gloucester ON; Tim Edwards-Davies, Ottawa ON 3.1062/63 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY; Peter Merker, Mentor OH 3.1064/68 HongMou Cheong - Yizhong Sha - Oiwen Shen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Daniel Chang - Hao Jiang, Chandler AZ; Wei Kang Yu, San Francisco CA 2.5964/68 Geeske Joel - Eugene Hung, Palo Alto CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Steve Chen, Fremont CA 2.5964/68 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Gary Cohler, Miami FL 2.5964/68 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire England; Jean Quantin, Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany 2.5964/68 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI; Richard Budd, Portland ME; Howard Piltch, South Bend IN; Wallace Young, Honolulu HI 2.5969/71 Bill St Clair Jr, Cypress TX; Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA; James Glickman, Las Vegas NV; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT 2.0769/71 Dennis Dawson, Santa Fe NM; Leon Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ; Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI; Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC; David Caprera - Anne Brenner, Denver CO 2.0769/71 Liz Reese - Robert Watts, Richmond United Kingdom; Vince Lambert, Sun City West AZ; Karen Long, Edmonton AB 2.0772/76 Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Saul Agranoff, Newton MA; Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center MA 1.5572/76 Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN 1.5572/76 Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 1.5572/76 Ernie Ivey - Joan Ivey, Litchfield Park AZ; Sheila Bleiman - Jim Woodside, Sun City West AZ; Marianne Spanier - Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ 1.5572/76 Bob Todd - Douglas Fisher - Neil Kimelman, Winnipeg MB; David McLellan - Don Domansky, Thunder Bay ON; Brad Bart, Burnaby BC 1.5577/82 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Kent Goulding, Germantown MD 1.0377/82 Pascale Gaudreault, Chicoutimi QC; Marc-Andre Fourcaudot, Montreal QC; Marius Moldovan, Pointe-Claire QC; Allison Howard, Cookeville TN; Ranald Davidson, North York ON 1.0377/82 Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA; Scott Nelson, Encinitas CA; William Grant - James Andrews, San Diego CA 1.0377/82 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR; Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 1.0377/82 Neil Chambers - Donna Chambers, Schenectady NY; Pam Stratton, Las Vegas NV; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 1.0377/82 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS; Brad Carmichael, Kansas City MO 1.0383/87 Gerald Fox, Napa CA; Tom Jacobson, Fairfield CA; Darwin Afdahl - Kay Afdahl, Oro Valley AZ 0.5283/87 Sammy Tigert, Tulsa OK; Aeron Ries, Bellingham WA; William Thorp, Dana Point CA; Dorothy Conway, Ottawa ON 0.5283/87 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Jim Jacobson, Sioux City IA; Jacek Romanski, Lublin 20-532 Poland; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA 0.5283/87 Lawrence Diamond, Tacoma WA; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Scott Stearns, Elberta AL 0.5283/87 Raymond Hornby - Marielle Brentnall - David Brough - Leonard Doerksen, Winnipeg MB 0.52

Another key figure in Eythorsdottir’s development was Asmunder Palsson, arguably Iceland’s best player. She met him at a tournament and asked if he would play with her some time. He said yes, but “it took me five months to get up the nerve to call him for game,” she recalls.

“He took me under his wing,” says Eythorsdottir. “He taught me everything I know.”

Eythorsdottir’s spectacular success in Iceland – she won every women’s event multiple times – caught the attention of Ron Andersen, the late superstar who also introduced Sabine Auken to North American players.

In 1994, Eythorsdottir accepted Andersen’s invitation to play in the U.S., and she crossed the Atlantic to enter a new phase of her bridge career. In late 1994, she met Curtis Cheek and they married in the summer of 1995. The two played together for 14 years, a period Eythorsdottir describes as “the best experience ever.” The two are now divorced but are still friends. “He’s one helluva bridge player and a great person,” she says.

After Cheek and Ismael Del’Monte won the Nail Life Master Open Pairs at this tournament, she quipped, “Well, I guess I taught him something.”

One of her fondest memories is winning the Keohane North American Swiss Teams in Hawaii in 2006, playing with four Icelanders as part of the Tony Kasday team. That was the same day that Cheek was


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88/92 Stephen Apodaca, Santa Fe NM; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 0.0088/92 John Dickenson, North Wales PA; David Cohan, Richboro PA; Mike Giesler - Allison Brandt, Philadelphia PA; John Williams, Cincinnati OH 0.0088/92 Hemant Lall - Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; Bob Balderson Jr, Eden Prairie MN; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN; Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL 0.0088/92 Ludmila Antonova, San Francisco CA; Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Steve Kreiner - Yan Zhang, Chicago IL 0.0088/92 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Sylvie Willard, Paris 75014 France; Benedicte Cronier, Paris 75018 France; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 0.00

REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH QUALIFIERS 20 Tables Carryover 1 Martin Fleisher - Chris Willenken - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chip Martel, Davis CA 11.83 2 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 11.33 3 Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 11.17 4 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk 09-230 Poland; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona 080 Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 10.67 5 Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 9.83 6 Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Cedric Lorenzini, Paris France; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Thomas Bessis, Paris 75015 France 9.67 7 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 9.508/14 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL 9.338/14 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 9.338/14 Pierre Zimmerman - Franck Multon - Tor Helness - Geir Helgemo - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, 98000 Monaco 9.338/14 Michael Moss, New York NY; Tom Hanlon, Dublin 6 Ireland; Peter David Gill, Sydney Australia; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia 9.338/14 Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Fred Hamilton, Palm Desert CA 9.338/14 Krishnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Saverio Margiotta - Massimiliano Di Franco, Palermo Italy 9.338/14 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA; Dick Yarington, Seattle WA 9.33 15 Marcin Mazurkiewicz - Pawel Jassem, Poland; Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland; Piotr Zatorski, Legnicki Poland; Jakub Wojcieszek, Szczecin Poland 9.1716/18 Mikael Groenkvist, Orebro 70360 Sweden; Daniel Gullberg, Stockholm Sweden; Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad 30571 Sweden; Johan Saefsten, Uppsala Sweden 9.0016/18 Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Victor King, Hartford CT 9.0016/18 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 9.00 19 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Jan Van Cleeff, Ah Den Haag 250 Netherlands 8.94 20 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam 3 Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh Voorhou Netherlands 8.83

REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION SECTIONS A C 1 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 20.00 2 Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 17.50 3 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Jan Van Cleeff, Ah Den Haag 250 Netherlands 16.00 4 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 15.50 5/6 Pierre Zimmerman - Franck Multon - Tor Helness - Geir Helgemo - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, 98000 Monaco 14.50 5/6 Krishnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Saverio Margiotta - Massimiliano Di Franco, Palermo Italy 14.50 7/8 Marcin Mazurkiewicz - Pawel Jassem, Poland; Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland; Piotr Zatorski, Legnicki Poland; Jakub Wojcieszek, Szczecin Poland 14.00 7/8 Michael Moss, New York NY; Tom Hanlon, Dublin 6 Ireland; Peter David Gill, Sydney Australia; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia 14.009/12 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 13.509/12 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL 13.509/12 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 13.509/12 Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Cedric Lorenzini, Paris France; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Thomas Bessis, Paris 75015 France 13.50 SECTION B 1/2 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 16.50 1/2 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 16.50 3 Martin Fleisher - Chris Willenken - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chip Martel, Davis CA 16.00 4 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Robert Brady, McLean VA; Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA 14.50 5 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY; William Pollack, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE; David Bakhshi, London England; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL 14.00 6 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Bas Drijver, Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Jr. Netherlands 13.50

Slow play: the curse of the game

Patty Johnson, Sebring FL, is a National Tournament Director and the Director-in-Charge for all District 9 (Florida) tournaments.

An old tournament director friend of mine, John “Spider” Harris, was famous for the saying: “Slow play is the curse of the game.” Nothing is more frustrating for tournament directors than having to herd players along like cattle when slow play isn’t actually the problem.

If you take a moment to think about it, most of your opponents do not take that long to bid or play a deal — yet before you know it, the round is being called and you are nowhere near finished with the last board.

Here are some suggestions which, if followed, would solve many of our problems.

First: do not post mortem between deals whether you are in a pair game or a Swiss team event. Finish the round and then discuss hands if there is still time. We, as directors, will not cut your time but I think you will find yourselves under less pressure by following this suggestion. Remember: we provide hand records in pair games so you don’t have to worry about forgetting a particular holding.

Second: if you are on opening lead, make your lead before recording the contract in your private score. You will have plenty of time after leading to record the information and still see the entire first trick.

Third: unless you have a legitimate reason to leave the table, such as the restroom or a smoke break, please remain at the table and visit with your opponents. You might actually find this enjoyable and a new way to make friends or future Swiss team partnerships.

I wish we could make these suggestions into rules enforceable by penalty, but none of us wants a bridge event decided by the pair with the fewest penalties. All I can do as a director is to ask the cooperation and help of all players because I think not only you but everyone else will enjoy their tournaments more.

Remember: those who enjoy a tournament will continue to play. Do your part to make bridge enjoyable for yourself, your partner and your opponents — you can’t play without them.

Over Rosenberg’shoulderBy Joe Stokes

Kibitzing Michael Rosenberg is always a pleasure and a source of well-played hands. This deal from the first qualifying session of the Reisinger Board-a-Match illustrates his solid, thoughtful play. Bd# 14 ♠ A 8 3 Dlr: East ♥ A K Q 5 4 Vul: None ♦ — ♣ K Q 9 4 3 ♠ J 6 ♠ Q 10 7 4 ♥ J 9 3 ♥ 7 6 ♦ A 9 7 6 ♦ Q J 8 4 2 ♣ J 10 6 5 ♣ A 7 ♠ K 9 5 2 ♥ 10 8 2 ♦ K 10 5 3 ♣ 8 2

West North East South Pass Pass Pass 1♥ Dbl 2♥ (1) Pass 4♥ All Pass (1) Weak heart raise.

East led the ♦Q, ducked in dummy and ruffed by Rosenberg. He then led the ♣K from hand, taken by East’s ace. Rosenberg won the spade return with the ace, cashed the ♣Q and ruffed a club. The ♦K from dummy, covered by West and ruffed by declarer, transferred the diamond threat to East.

Rosenberg ruffed a second club, played a heart to his hand and cashed his remaining hearts and club, squeezing East.

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In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeal results in a timely fashion, the NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups.

Every effort is made to ensure that these reports are accurate and complete. Before they are published in the NABC Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may be made.

TOURNAMENT APPEALS

APPEAL CASE 5Event: Blue Ribbon PairsSession: 1st SemifinalSubject: Unauthorized information

Mark Gordon Board 2 ♠ J 10 9 7 5 3 Vul: N–S ♥ 3 Dlr: East ♦ K 10 8 5 ♣ 10 8 Jocek Kalita Michel Nowosadzki ♠ — ♠ 4 2 ♥ Q 5 4 ♥ K J 9 8 6 2 ♦ Q 9 4 3 ♦ A 2 ♣ Q 9 7 5 4 3 ♣ A K 2 Pratap Rajadhyaksha ♠ A K Q 8 6 ♥ A 10 7 ♦ J 7 6 ♣ J 6 West North East South 1♥ 1♠ 2♥ 4♠ Dbl (1) Pass 5♣ Pass 5♥ Dbl All Pass

(1) Disputed break in tempo (BIT).Contract: 5♥ doubled by EastOpening lead: ♠KTable result: Making five, East-West plus 650Director ruling: 4♠ doubled by South, making

four, North–South plus 790Committee ruling: 4♠ doubled by South,

making four, North–South plus 790Facts: South called the director after West’s 5♣

bid. He said there was a break in tempo before East’s double of 4♠. South claimed it was a hesitation of approximately 30 seconds, North said 15 seconds and East–West both said 10–15 seconds. East did not think he exceeded the skip-bid time allotted. East–West said that they played 2♦ as a weak heart raise, so West’s 2♥ bid was a constructive raise showing values. East–West further said that over 4♠ it was not a forcing pass situation.

Director’s ruling: Despite no Stop card being used, the director decided there was a BIT. Although East–West play a slightly different system, previous polling on the same hand in response to a director call was considered sufficient and pass was judged a logical alternative (Laws 12.C.1.e & 16.B.7). The result was adjusted to 4♠ doubled by South, making four, North–South plus 790.

The Appeal: East–West appealed the ruling and all four players attended the hearing. North–South felt the BIT was long enough to signify doubt and that West’s trump void (indicating the likelihood that partner has a trump trick) and his three-card heart holding would make pass a logical alternative.

West raised the issue that according to their system, in which a 2♦ bid would have been a weaker way to raise, his 2♥ bid suggested more defensive cards than he actually held.

The director, who was present at the hearing, informed the Committee that North’s failure to make any skip-bid Announcement did not damage his side’s equity.

The Decision: The AC considered three issues separately:

Was there a break in tempo? In a reenactment, both sides agreed that the pause lasted about 13–15 seconds. Furthermore, West testified that eight seconds was simply not enough time to consider a problem like this (thereby indicating that his thought

processes required more time than he usually takes, even with a jump bid in front of him). Regardless of whether it took 10, 15 or more seconds for East to double, the timing constituted a BIT. The director at the hearing stated that the actual number of seconds does not automatically confirm or deny a tempo break. The Committee determined that there was a BIT.

Did the fact that West had misrepresented the strength of his heart raise give him the right to bid despite the BIT? Again the Committee determined that it did not.

Was South to be allowed to make 4♠ doubled when the defense might be able to take two club tricks and two diamond tricks? The Committee felt that the ♥4 was the most likely lead after which declarer would strip the hand and lead a club. Either East or West is endplayed, which allows declarer to hold his diamond losers to one. However, if a club was led, declarer would likely make the hand by finessing East for both the ♦Q and the ♦9.

Based on the above, the Committee decided that the table ruling was correct: 4♠ doubled by South, making four, North–South plus 790, East–West minus 790.

DIC: Bernie GorkinChairperson: Gail GreenbergCommittee members: David Caprera, Scott

Stearns, Ray Miller, Patty Tucker

APPEAL CASE 6Event: Senior Mixed PairsSession: 2nd QualifyingSubject: Misinformation

Dennis McGarry Board #13 ♠ 8 4 3 Vul: Both ♥ Q 9 8 6 4 Dlr: North ♦ Q J 5 ♣ 7 3 June Pocock Michael Yuen ♠ Q 9 ♠ A 7 6 ♥ 7 5 3 2 ♥ K 10 ♦ K 10 9 3 ♦ A 8 7 6 ♣ 10 5 4 ♣ A K Q 6 Molly O’Neill ♠ K J 10 5 2 ♥ A J ♦ 4 2 ♣ J 9 8 2 West North East South Pass 2NT Pass 3♣ Pass 3♦ Pass 3♠ (1) Pass 3NT All Pass

(1) Not Alerted, but explained as showing five spades.

Contract: 3NT by EastOpening lead: ♣2Table result: Making three, North–South minus

600Director ruling: Making three, North–South

minus 600Committee ruling: 3NT by East, down one,

North–South plus 100Facts: Before the opening lead, South inquired

as to the meaning of the 3♠ bid. East explained that it showed five spades and four hearts. When the dummy was tabled, it was revealed that West forgot the agreement and had intended 3♠ to show a four-card heart suit, as in a puppet Stayman auction. The East–West convention card did not have puppet Stayman marked, nor did it indicate that they play Smolen. North–South claimed that had they known West had only two spades, the opening lead would have been a spade, which would then have resulted in down four.

Director’s ruling: The director maintained that North–South received a correct explanation of the East–West agreement about the meaning of 3♠, and that this was a case of a mistaken call rather than a mistaken explanation. As per Law 75.C, there was no infraction and the table result was allowed to stand,

3NT by East, making three, North–South minus 600.The Appeal: North–South appealed the ruling

and attended the hearing. North–South felt that with a correct explanation, South would have led a spade, which would have defeated the contract.

The Decision: Prior to the opening lead, West should have summoned the director and stated that in her opinion, there had been a failure to alert the 3♠ bid (Law 20.F.5.b). Because this infraction caused damage to the non-offending side, the contract and result were changed for both sides to 3NT by East, down one: North–South plus 100, East–West minus 100.

DIC: Su DoeChairperson: Aaron SilversteinCommittee members: Dick Budd, Ed Lazarus,

Richard Popper, Fred King


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part of the winning squad in the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams. The win in Hawaii was her first open championship and the seventh of nine titles overall.

The team that won the Venice Cup in Bali started out as a four-woman squad: Valerie Westheimer, captain, plus Eythorsdottir, Wolpert and Levin. In the tournament to decide the two representatives to the Venice Cup, the Westheimer squad had to come back after losing in the semifinal round to the eventual USA1, led by Barbara Sonsini.

In the playoff to determine USA2, Westheimer was down 14 to the Lynn Baker squad with one set to go but won the final set 38-20 to earn the berth in the Bali tournament.

Westheimer, however, could not go to Bali because of illness, so it was necessary to recruit three new members.

In Bali, Eythorsdottir played with Seamon-Molson. In the semifinal round against a strong team from the Netherlands, the Americans found themselves down 14 with four boards to play but rallied to win by 16.

Against England in the final, Eythorsdottir and company had a slim lead but lost the fourth of six sets 49-1 to trail by 43. Eythorsdottir remembers Levin exiting the playing room with an entreaty: “Just go in there and get us 30 and we’ll be fine.”

Eythorsdottir knew what to say: “We’re getting 50.”

She missed by one. She and Seamon-Molson teamed with Meyers and Campanile to win the fifth set by 51, more than enough to claim the title after a relatively quiet final set.

“I felt on top of the world,” Eythorsdottir remembers. “It was amazing. When one pair didn’t perform, the other pair picked them up.”

Her win was front-page news in Iceland, where the bridge stars are celebrities. Is she one of them? “Maybe a little bit,” Eythorsdottir says. “They are very proud.”

It was a bit different for Campanile, whose win did not attract much notice in the mainstream Israeli press. She doesn’t mind, though. The memories of the experience in Bali are still too sweet.

“Everything was so perfect with the team,” she says. “We all wanted to win. It was wonderful.”

Campanile has come a long way from her beginnings in the game. Born in Bucharest, she learned bridge at age 14 by reading a Goren book translated into Romanian. “You had to have two aces and two kings to open the bidding,” she recalls. A quick study, she started playing bridge in clubs before the repressive regime of Nicolae Ceausescu clamped down on such activities. She knew at age 15 that she was good at the game.

When Campanile was 18, her parents decided to move to Israel. There was a big problem, however. She had a boyfriend with a motorcycle, a major



A Look BackExtra tricky play (2002)

By Barry RigalHal Hindman, playing with Marshall Kuschner,

achieved a coup in a 2002 single session Board-a-Match Teams.

Dlr: South ♠ J 8 6 Vul: None ♥ 10 6 3 2 ♦ — ♣ A K 10 9 5 4 ♠ Q 5 3 2 ♠ A K 7 ♥ J 9 ♥ A K Q 8 5 ♦ A J 6 5 ♦ 7 3 ♣ Q 6 2 ♣ 8 7 3 ♠ 10 9 4 ♥ 7 4 ♦ K Q 10 9 8 4 2 ♣ J West North East South 3♦ Pass Pass 3♥ Pass 3NT All Pass

Having eschewed plus 500 from 3♦ doubled, Hal received the present of a low club lead to his queen. He carefully cashed his spades before the hearts – an essential move – and cashed five heart tricks. This was the ending:

♠ — ♥ — ♦ — ♣ A K 10 ♠ — ♠ — ♥ — ♥ — ♦ A J 6 ♦ 7 3 ♣ — ♣ 8 ♠ — ♥ — ♦ K Q 10 ♣ —

Now Hal led a diamond from dummy and ducked South’s ♦Q. The forced diamond return allowed him to take the last two tricks for plus 490 and a clear win. He was the only declarer to collect plus 490.

It’s all in the timing (2002)Betty Ann Kennedy and Don Krauss were

impressed with the way their teammate, Marv Dauer, played this 3NT contract in the 2002 Senior Knockout Teams. Dauer was playing with Rhoda Walsh.

Dlr: West ♠ 7 6 5 2 Vul: E–W ♥ 10 9 ♦ Q J 9 8 ♣ K J 10 ♠ K Q J 4 ♠ 10 8 3 ♥ K Q J 7 ♥ 8 6 4 ♦ A 10 7 4 ♦ K 6 2 ♣ 4 ♣ A Q 5 3 ♠ A 9 ♥ A 5 3 2 ♦ 5 3 ♣ 9 8 7 6 2 West North East South Walsh Dauer 1♦ Pass 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

South led the ♣9: 4, king, 3. North continued the ♣J and Dauer won his queen, pitching a diamond from dummy. He played a spade to dummy’s king and continued with a low spade to his 10 and South’s ace.

South continued with a club to North’s 10 and Dauer ducked again. North had no more clubs and Dauer had time to knock out the ♥A and claim his contract.

At the other table, where Kennedy and Krauss defended 3NT, Kennedy also led the ♣9. Krauss played the ♣K and declarer won his ace. Declarer

played a spade to dummy and a spade to his 10 and Kennedy’s ace. Kennedy continued clubs and declarer ducked the ♣J but won the ♣10 continuation. Now when he led a heart, Kennedy took her ace and cashed two good clubs to set the contract.

Bring your “A” game (2002)By Barry Rigal

Some people wouldn’t know a good hand if it jumped up and bit them on the nose. On the other hand, when Jay Stiefel gives you a play problem you can be sure of two things: first, it will be good material for the Bulletin and second, you’d better concentrate pretty hard.

You (South) declare 5♥ on the following auction:

West North East South 1♠ Pass 4♠ Dbl Pass 5♥ All Pass

West leads the ♠J and this is what you see: ♠ A 7 4 ♥ K 10 9 6 3 ♦ A 5 ♣ A Q 2

♠ 6 ♥ A 8 5 4 2 ♦ K 7 3 ♣ 10 9 6 4

The best approach is to assume that unless trumps are 3–0, you are cold and if either club honor is right, you are in great shape. So prepare for the worst.

To make your contract, you have to strip the side suits to effect an endplay, but the problem is that if you ruff two spades, you run out of trumps. The really odd feature is that you don’t mind losing a diamond overruff to East; if you do, you’ll be able to endplay him later on.

So win the ♠A, ruff a spade, cash the ♦A, lead a diamond to the king and ruff a diamond. Say East overruffs. Ruff the spade return, cash the ♥K A and pass the ♣10 to endplay East.

The full layout:

♠ A 7 4 ♥ K 10 9 6 3 ♦ A 5 ♣ A Q 2 ♠ J 10 3 2 ♠ K Q 9 8 5 ♥ — ♥ Q J 7 ♦ Q 10 9 6 4 2 ♦ J 8 ♣ 8 7 5 ♣ K J 3 ♠ 6 ♥ A 8 5 4 2 ♦ K 7 3 ♣ 10 9 6 4

As it happens, East does best not to overruff in diamonds but to pitch a spade. You now ruff a spade and pass the ♣10 to East – who is then endplayed in two suits, one of which is trumps.

♠ — ♥ K 10 6 3 ♦ — ♣ A Q ♠ J ♠ Q ♥ — ♥ Q J 7 ♦ Q 10 9 ♦ — ♣ 8 7 ♣ K 3 ♠ — ♥ A 8 5 ♦ — ♣ 9 6 4

If East leads a spade, declarer ruffs in hand and pitches the club loser. Either a heart or club play gives up a trick in that suit.

Jay admitted he missed this line – (as indeed has

everyone else I’ve given the problem to!) – so all the more thanks to him for bringing this to our attention.

For the defense (2002)By Barry Rigal

When you sit down with a new partner, the first deal is often a critical indication as to how things will go. Of course, Bobby Wolff is expected to get everything right, but ... it is always nice to have one’s expectations fully satisfied.

Dlr: North ♠ A K Vul: E–W ♥ 8 6 4 ♦ K J 6 4 2 ♣ J 9 8 ♠ Q 10 9 4 3 2 ♠ 7 5 ♥ 10 9 3 2 ♥ K Q 7 ♦ A 9 ♦ 10 7 5 ♣ 4 ♣ A 10 6 3 2 ♠ J 8 6 ♥ A J 5 ♦ Q 8 3 ♣ K Q 7 5 West North East South Rigal Cappelletti Wolff Smith 1♦ Pass 2NT(1) Pass 3NT All Pass

We were playing against Mike Cappelletti Jr. and Ron Smith (San Francisco).

I led a spade. (Yes, there is a case for a heart lead, but on the very first deal of a partnership, should you risk it?) Ron won dummy’s ♠K and led a club. Bobby took his ace and played a second spade. When declarer played on diamonds, I took my ace and cashed my spades.

Minus 400 would have given us 29 out of a possible 51 matchpoints (declarer can make his contract by playing on diamonds at trick two) but down two — plus 100 — was a nice start: 48.5 out of 51 possible matchpoints.

My defensive play on this hand was more challenging and, I have to admit, I got it wrong.

Dlr: East ♠ K Q 8 5 2 Vul: E–W ♥ J 10 3 2 ♦ J 7 2 ♣ 9 ♠ J 9 6 4 ♠ A ♥ 7 4 ♥ 9 8 5 ♦ A K ♦ 9 6 4 3 ♣ A 10 8 6 2 ♣ K Q 7 4 3 ♠ 10 7 3 ♥ A K Q 6 ♦ Q 10 8 5 ♣ J 5 West North East South Rigal Wolff Pass 1♥ Pass 3♣(1) Dbl 3♥ 4♣ 4♥ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass

(1) Bergen raise.

I nearly doubled 3♥; I had my defense all planned. It was more lucrative, however, to double 4♥.

I led the ♦A K, showing a doubleton, and Bobby followed with the ♦3, 9. If I had trusted him, I would have led a spade then. He wins the ♠A and gives me a diamond ruff, ruffs a spade, then leads a club to me for a second spade ruff. But I failed to trust him enough.

I underled my clubs at once and gave him only one spade ruff. That meant plus 500 instead of plus 800. I was afraid that might cost us a few matchpoints, since our side would score plus 600 in 5♣, but we actually collected 49 out of a possible 51 matchpoints.


attraction for a young Romanian woman. She told her parents she wasn’t moving without the lad, but they didn’t approve. The result was an impulsive decision to marry the boyfriend. The motorcycle didn’t make the trip to Israel, however, and the marriage didn’t last.

After a move to Haifa as another expression of independence, she returned to Tel Aviv, having decided that what she wanted to do with her life was play bridge. At the bridge clubs, she didn’t have to try hard to find partners. “I was 21 and pretty and people wanted to pay with me,” she recalls.

Campanile formed a partnership with Ruth Levit Plrat that lasted 15 years, and they had success in women’s events, representing Israel in international competition.

Another partner, Michael Barel, helped her advance her career and success came more quickly. She has won the NEC Cup, an invitational tournament in Japan, four times, with success in other open championships.

Soon Campanile was making her living directing and teaching bridge in addition to playing. “I have never worked a 9-to-5 job in my life,” she says. “I’m proud of that.”

Before she met Pietro Campanile, she had a two-year marriage to man who, she says, was “not quite a bridge player.”

She met Campanile in 1999 on OKbridge. He was living in London at the time, and after a brief period they arranged to meet at a bridge festival in Eilat, in southern Israel.

Campanile remembers hiding in the bushes at the airport waiting for the man she had met only online, hoping that the images she had seen on the computer would match the man she was meeting that day.

It couldn’t have worked out better, Campanile says. Meeting and marrying Pietro Campanile, she says, “is the best thing that ever happened to me.” The two now live in New York City, and she has represented the U.S. the past three years.

The 2013 championships nearly eluded her, however.In the U.S. Women’s Bridge Championships in

Orlando FL, Campanile’s team didn’t make it out of the round-robin. Feeling glum, she flew back to New York and hoped something would develop, perhaps with a four-handed team that would need an extra pair for the world championships.

Nothing happened for three weeks, but she received an email inviting her to play with Jill Meyers on the team originally captained by Westheimer. Never having played with Meyers, Campanile arranged to meet with her during the 2013 Summer NABC in Atlanta. During a two-hour dinner meeting to discuss system, dinner took up most of the time.

The real challenge for Campanile was just getting to Bali. Because Israel does not have diplomatic relations with Israel, there were major problems regarding Campanile’s visa (she still has an Israeli passport). Finally, she was instructed to fly to Singapore, where the visa arrangements were supposed to happen.

After five days of waiting and with the start of the tournament only a couple of days away, Campanile was told on a Friday that there would be no visa. Disconsolate, she was making plans to return to New York when she received an email telling her to go to the Indonesian embassy.

She says she has no idea what happened, but she was granted a visa and flew to Bali. She made a dramatic entrance halfway through the opening ceremony, walking down the center aisle, her fiery red hair attracting the usual attention.

Campanile and Meyers were stalwarts on the team, playing a simple system necessitated by the unfamiliar partnership. Says Meyers, “Migry is extremely practical and a very pleasant partner. She is very easy to play with.”

In New York, her husband was on pins and needles as he watched the play whenever USA2 was on Bridge Base Online. “Pietro didn’t sleep for 10 nights,” she says.

Campanile says she doesn’t mind that her win isn’t big news in Israel. “I know my friends are happy for me,” she says, “and that’s what matters.”

Too high? No sweatTop players occasionally find themselves in less-

than-optimum contracts. They’ve been there before, so they know that sometimes you can turn a lemon into lemonade, as Eddie Wold did on this deal from the second qualifying session of the Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams. Wold was playing with Roger Bates.

Dlr: West ♠ 9 6 Vul: E-W ♥ Q 9 ♦ Q J 8 7 2 ♣ Q 9 8 2 ♠ A J 5 3 ♠ K 7 2 ♥ J 8 6 4 ♥ A K 7 2 ♦ 10 ♦ A 4 3 ♣ A K 10 7 ♣ 6 5 4 ♠ Q 10 8 4 ♥ 10 5 3 ♦ K 9 6 5 ♣ J 3 West North East South Bates Wold Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2♣ Pass 2♥ Pass 3♠ (1) Pass 3NT (2) Pass 4♦ Pass 4♠ (3) Pass 5♦ (4) Pass 6♥ All Pass

(1) Unspecified singleton.(2) Asking about singleton.(3) Key Card Blackwood for hearts(4)Two without the queen.

Wold acknowledged that the slam was stretching it a bit, but he soldiered on after South made the seemingly innocuous lead of the ♣J, a choice he would regret.

Wold took the ♣A and played three rounds of hearts, pulling trumps (North discarding a low diamond), then played a spade to the king and a spade to the jack, North pitching another diamond.

When Wold played the ♠5, North was in a tight spot. When North pitched a third diamond, Wold knew what to do in this end position: ♠ — ♥ — ♦ Q J ♣ Q 9 8 ♠ — ♠ — ♥ 8 ♥ — ♦ 10 ♦ A 4 3 ♣ K 10 7 ♣ 5 4 ♠ — ♥ — ♦ K 9 6 5 ♣ 3

Wold cashed the ♦A, noting the fall of North’s jack, and played a low diamond from hand. There was no defense at that point. If South follows low, Wold pitches the ♣7 from dummy, leaving North on lead with the ♣Q 9 8 to lead into dummy’s tenace.

If North executes a crocodile coup, going up with the ♦K, Wold ruffs and plays the ♣7 from dummy, again leaving North to lead into the ♣K 10.

As it happened, Wold and Bates didn’t need to bid the slam. Just taking 12 tricks would have been a win on the board. At the other table, East-West played 4♥, making five for plus 450.

Tournament Terminology 101

If you’re confused by the terms used to describe the different types of bridge events played at clubs and tournaments, you’re not alone. Here’s a list of common bridge events with explanations.

Knockout Teams: an event in which a team (of four, five or six players, with four playing at a time) plays another team. The losers are eliminated or “knocked out” while the winners play other winners until only one winning team remains.

The length of a KO match may vary from a single session to a full day (the Vanderbilt and Spingold) to a multi-day event (the Bermuda Bowl).

Bracketed Knockout Teams: a KO event in which teams are divided into groups, usually of 8, 16 or 32 teams, based on their masterpoint holdings. The top group (Bracket I) and all other groups compete in a separate event with their own set of winners.

Compact Knockout Teams: a shorter version of Bracketed KO teams.

Swiss Teams: an event in which a team (of four, five or six players, with four playing at a time) plays other teams in seven-, eight- or nine-board matches. Team A sits North-South at Table 1 and East-West at Table 2 while Team B sits East-West at Table 1 and North-South at Table 2. The results are compared and scored by International Match Points (IMPs).

Pairings for the first round are random. Pairings for succeeding rounds are determined by a team’s win-loss record or Victory Point total.

International Match Points (IMPs): the most common method of scoring Swiss Team matches. Scoring example: if Team A scores plus 620 for bidding and making 4♠ on a particular deal and Team B scores only plus 170 (they didn’t bid the game), the difference is 450, which converts to 10 IMPs. The IMP chart is shown on the inside of your convention card.

Victory Points (VPs): a method of scoring Swiss Team matches. After the scores are compared and converted to IMPs, the IMP total is converted to Victory Points. A team’s VP total may be used to determine its next opponents and its final standing.

Side Game Series: a series of single-session pair games that pay red points. These series include at least three sessions and may have as many as six. You may play in as many sessions as you like, but only pairs who play in at least two sessions are eligible for overall gold points. Your best two sessions are used for determining overall winners.

Flighted pairs: When flighting is used, the field is divided by expertise or experience or both into several separate games. Flight A ( “unlimited masterpoints”) will be open to all players while the remaining flights will be limited. Flight B might be 0-500 MPs or 0-1000 MPs while Flight C might be 0-300 or 0-500.

Each flight is scored individually, and masterpoint awards are made for each flight.

The masterpoint holdings of the players determine their flight. If one player is quite expert while his partner is new to the game, the pair must compete in Flight A.

In flighted events, you may play up but not down. That means you may play in Flight A or Flight B even if your masterpoint holding qualifies you for Flight C. Conversely, you may not play in Flight B or Flight C if you are a Flight A player.

Stratified Pairs: The idea is to compete against everyone but to be ranked only with your peers.

Each pair is assigned a stratum or “strat” based on the masterpoint holding of the partner with more masterpoints.

Example: A = 1000+ masterpoints; B = 300-1000; C = 0-300.

Thus, the most experienced players are placed in Strat A, intermediate players in Strat B and less experienced players in Strat C. Masterpoints are awarded for placings in all strats but gold points are awarded only in A and B.

The game proceeds normally; the difference comes when the scores are tabulated and ranked.

In a three-strat game, the scores are ranked three

times. The first ranking is done as in a regular open game. These are the Strat A results.

If a B or C pair does well in this ranking, they receive full credit for that performance. It is not all that uncommon for a Strat C pair to place first overall, and they receive the full masterpoint award for that game.

Note: A pair is eligible for only one set of masterpoint awards and automatically receives the highest award.

The second ranking compares the scores of only the B and C pairs: The scores of the Strat A pairs are eliminated. Once again, if a C pair does well, they receive points for their finishing position in the Strat B results.

The third and final ranking compares the scores of only the C pairs: All the scores of the Strat A and B pairs are eliminated.


Venice Cup


THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES FRIDAY 2 OF 4 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Barbara Feeley - Jo Ann Aiken, Tucson AZ 65.34% 1 Katherine Love - Donald Smith, Mountain House CA 67.80% 2 Kerry Brothers, Oxbow ND; Linda Webb, Fargo ND 63.26% 2/3 1 Julianne Wooden, North Vancouver BC; Jeannette Bourbonnais, West Vancouver BC 55.11% 3 1 1 Wayne Bardsley, McLean VA; Kellen Leister, Mc Lean VA 58.90% 2/3 Richard Higgins, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 55.11% 4 2 Cory Perkers, Chicago IL; Carolyn Rowley, Evanston IL 56.63% 4 2 1 Claire Genser, Green Valley AZ; Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD 50.38% 5 3 2 Jurgen Stielow - Rosemary Stielow, Austin TX 54.55% 5 3 2 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Elizabeth Gompels, Needham MA 50.00% 4 Marjorie Gerhardt, Cottonwood AZ; Catherine McCulloch, Sedona AZ 50.76% 4 3 Anne Lea Patterson, Little Rock AR; Patricia Pearcy, Delray Beach FL 48.67% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA; Catherine Bardsley, McLean VA 60.98% 1 John Strauch - Bette Strauch, San Diego CA 61.17% 2 2 Joan Renzoni, Palm City FL; Dave Kuschel, Minot ND 57.01% 2 1 Dick Wilson, Rochester NY; Ronald Mittleman, Pittsford NY 57.95% 3 Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA; Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA 56.44% 3 2 Michael O’Rourke, Baden ON; Joan Dunbar, South Mountain ON 53.03% 4 Walt Cummins, Prescott AZ; Edward Cowan Jr, Laguna Woods CA 54.92% 4 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 52.46% 5 3 John D Aguiar - Faiz Nadir, Calgary AB 53.79% 5 3 Lindsey Weinger - Evan Markowitz, New York NY 51.52% 4 Robert Kruger, Elgin IL; Randall Roberts, Chicago IL 52.46% 4/6 Alan Cummings, Los Altos CA; Jerry Nakamura, El Dorado Hills CA 51.14% 2 Paul Schommer, Visalia CA; John Schommer, Chicago IL 49.05% 4/6 1/2 Joanne Dawson - Keith Dawson, Chatham ON 51.14% 3 Layne Benben - Harriet Hegge, Portland OR 48.30% 4/6 1/2 Sandra Hedlund, Aloha OR; Dawn Campbell, Portland OR 51.14%

FRIDAY MORNING BRIDGEMIX DBC 49ER ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Gail Ostermann - Judi North, Atlanta GA 60.12% 1 1 1 Bruce Yee, Paradise Valley AZ; Janelle Engle, 55.65% 2 1 1 Kathleen Ashby, Scottsdale AZ; Anita Mcclintock, Phoenix AZ 56.55% 2 2 Regi Boulais - Bev Hart, Buckeye AZ 53.87% 3 Carol Urben, Scottsdale AZ; Faye Comstock, Cave Creek AZ 56.25% 3/4 3/4 Roger Clayton, Phoenix AZ; Mark Kaiser, Tempe AZ 52.98% 4 2 Susan Johnson - Mary Souliere, Edmonton AB 54.17% 3/4 3/4 Sandy Beutler - Judy Alspaugh, Scottsdale AZ 52.98%

FRIDAY MORNING BRIDGEMIX DBC 299E ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Bernard Levine, Paradise Valley AZ; Jerry Gross, Phoenix AZ 57.74% 1 1 Dalia Hernandez, Long Beach CA; Colleen Bilas, Palos Verdes CA 60.42% 2 2 Mary Shapiro, Scottsdale AZ; Barbara Rothman, Phoenix AZ 53.27% 2 Wayne Beagle - William Raines, Woodland Hills CA 57.74% 3 3 Elizabeth Burrell - Kent Burrell, La Habra CA 52.08% 3 2 Betty Kendall, Sun City West AZ; Pat Linck, Spring Lake MI 54.76% 4/5 4/5 Charles Rhea - Louise Rhea, Indio CA 51.79% 4 3 1 Kathryn Papermaster, Menlo Park CA; Vera Baum, Los Altos CA 52.68% 4/5 4/5 2 Karla Reynolds - Lorraine Allen, Scottsdale AZ 51.79% 4 2 Nancy Frisbee, Bakersfield CA; Dave Dove, Scottsdale AZ 52.38% 3 Linda Bateman, Scottsdale AZ; Colleen Howard, La Jolla CA 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Hillary Goulding, Bethesda MD; Dale Block, Phoenix AZ 69.18% 1 1 1 Ralph Witmer - Carolyn Witmer, Mattoon IL 61.35% 2 2 2 Susan Stewart - Nadine Sutter, Sun Lakes AZ 62.82% 2 2 2 Carol Meade, The Woodlands TX; James Meade, Spring TX 59.84% 3 3 Terry Smith - Penny Smith, Warrenton OR 54.64% 3 3 3 Robert Carver, Chandler AZ; Eugene Zanelli, Scottsdale AZ 56.28% 4 4 3 Carla Pierce - Bruce Pierce, Daphne AL 54.14% 4 4 Jay Quella - Catherine Quella, Weyauwega WI 52.34%

DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS - FRIDAY FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Sheryl Martin - Dianne Schechter, Scottsdale AZ 64.58% 1 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 66.35% 2 1 1 Robin Thompson - Gerald Lollis, Maricopa AZ 58.81% 2 Walter Pease, Anchorage AK; Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC 63.46% 3 2 J Kozma, Dearborn MI; Barbara Kalnick, Trenton MI 58.17% 3 Gabriel Tawil, Glendale WI; Lana Putter, Boynton Beach FL 58.01% 4/5 3 Michael Kammermayer - Darlene Scott, Oakville ON 55.45% 4 1 Carl Kallina - Robert Brussel, Tucson AZ 57.85% 4/5 Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK 55.45% 5 2 Elaine Sorensen, Lake Country BC; Judy Clerke, Vernon BC 55.29% 6 Paul Ivaska, Las Vegas NV; Carol Stewart, Henderson NV 53.04% 6 Renay Danto Weiner, Scottsdale AZ; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI 54.49% 2 Christine Greenberg, Byron MN; Margaret Lichty, Rochester MN 49.52% 3 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Frank Knier, Fargo ND 50.80% 1 Alan Godes, Needham MA; Bud Pate, Silver Springs NV 48.88%

FRIDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION SECTION DDD A B C 1/2 Jeanie Wolff - Mady Stoll, Scottsdale AZ 64.58% 1/2 1 1 Pam Barksdale - Gail Wood, Houston TX 64.58% 3 2 Carol Meade, The Woodlands TX; James Meade, Spring TX 54.69% 4 3 Pat Sullivan, El Cajon CA; Pam Nuccio, Vista CA 52.98% 4 Carla Pierce - Bruce Pierce, Daphne AL 50.00% 2 Laura Palmer, Auburn AL; Judi North, Atlanta GA 45.83%

THURSDAY-FRIDAY SIDE SERIES FOURTH SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Sydney Sides, Chandler AZ; Priscilla Kelly, Mesa AZ 61.06% 1 Esther Watstein, Stratford CT; Doris Greenwald, Stamford CT 60.42% 2 Harold Emme - Carol Emme, Plainfield IL 56.73% 2 1 1 Mary Radin, Palo Alto CA; Valerie Hatton, Los Altos CA 58.17% 3 2 Jo Neesvig, San Antonio TX; Donald Robinson, Boise ID 55.45% 3 2 Joan Renzoni, Palm City FL; Leia Berla, Old Greenwich CT 55.61% 4 3 1 Sandy Desilets, Port St Lucie FL; Rhoda Chickering, E Montpelier VT 53.21% 4 3 2 Penny Shui - Peter Shui, Clarence NY 54.65% 5 4 2 Avril Sawyer - Harvey Sawyer, Vancouver BC 52.56% 5 4 Frank Siffrinn - James Fox, Canonsburg PA 54.49% 6 Annette Caron - Sidney Caron, Northfield IL 52.24% 6 5 Ilene Morgan, Rolla MO; James Morgan, Albany CA 53.21%

GOLD RUSH PAIRS EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Kevin George, Chandler AZ; D Abraham, Windsor ON 61.61% 1 Moises Saul - Elizabeth Saul, Bellevue WA 58.93% 2 1 Teresa Didrickson - Sandy Thompson, Albuquerque NM 60.71% 2 1 Johnny Glover - Doris Glover, Alamogordo NM 52.98% 3 Michael Bird, Grand Rapids MI; Donna Bouman, Wyoming MI 55.65% 3/4 2/3 Allan Trynz - Teri Trynz, Boynton Beach FL 52.08% 4 2 Sallie Dillian, Scottsdale AZ; Annie Berle, Fountain Hills AZ 52.68% 3/4 2/3 Kris Wong - Gail Gabiati, San Francisco CA 52.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Barbara Bennett, Mesa AZ; Susan Frieder, Wailuku HI 63.10% 1 Betty McCauley, Oklahoma City OK; Colleen Bicket, Edmond OK 61.90% 2 Jane Trahms, Rochester MN; Judith Kulka, Cottonwood AZ 62.50% 2 Andrea Miller, Victoria BC; Loretta Chadderdon, Sun Lakes AZ 57.14% 3 1 Jane Boozalis, Houston TX; Jo Anne Knodel, Pearland TX 53.57% 3 1 Thomas Blean - John Craig, San Francisco CA 55.65% 4 2 Wanda Mikhail, Ocean Springs MS; Betty Riley, Waukesha WI 52.38% 4 2 Julie Cassetta, Tucson AZ; Karla Ramsey, Green Valley AZ 55.36% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Holly Campbell, Lolo MT; Jay Byrne, Spokane WA 58.04% 1 Linda Vernon - Joyce Michaelson, Anchorage AK 70.54% 2 Susan Driggers - David Driggers, Casper WY 56.55% 2 1 Dale Frink, Bismarck ND; Sid Stern, Scottsdale AZ 56.25% 3 2 Howard Emmerman - Fern Emmerman, Riverwoods IL 55.36% 3 Michael Schultz, Clio CA; Kathye Brown, Mesa AZ 55.65% 4 Parkerlene Pillans - Joyce Attebury, Amarillo TX 55.06% 4 Thomas Strong - James O’Brien, Springfield MO 52.68% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Gloria Woloshyn - Barbara Parke, Winnipeg MB 59.23% 1 1 Alexander Robertson - Marguerite Robertson, Nellysford VA 62.50% 2 Richard Bargar - Terry Kay Bargar, Andover MA 56.85% 2 2 Sandra Miles, Las Cruces NM; Susan Wolfe, Deming NM 57.74% 3 2 Charles Wright, Ridgecrest CA; Charles Butler, Chicago IL 55.06% 3 Donald Hixson - Virginia Hixson, Rapid City SD 54.17% 4 Keith Dawson - Joanne Dawson, Chatham ON 51.19% 4 Dianne Dericks - May Young, Tulsa OK 52.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Mike Moser, San Diego CA; Brett Moser, Atascadero CA 66.96% 1 Val Irvin - Linda Herman, Toronto ON 57.74% 2 2 Richard Sontag, Escondido CA; Patricia Frinell, San Diego CA 56.85% 2 Bob Bradley - Daniel Berman, Honolulu HI 53.87% 3 Sue Compton, Escondido CA; Joseph Potts, San Marcos CA 50.89% 3 Patsy Waltemath, Bernnalillo NM; Ellen Brabson, Albuquerque NM 52.68% 4 Ann Gruidel - John Crittenden, Boulder CO 50.60% 4 Homer Stevens - Stephanie Stevens, Boerne TX 52.08% 1 Robert Orvis - Gayle Orvis, Burleson TX 50.89% 2 Charles Butros, Shelton WA; Jon Mercurio, Las Cruces NM 50.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Karl Drew - Fay Drew, Las Vegas NV 60.71% 1 Lois DeBlois, Warwick RI; Linda Ahrens, Lincoln RI 59.23% 2 Gloria Cowie - Joanne Gilbert, Moose Jaw SK 55.06% 2 1 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Sandra Hedlund, Aloha OR 58.93% 3 Darlene Meredith - Judy Armstrong, Vernon BC 54.46% 3 Mirjana Reams - Douglas Wake, Seattle WA 58.04% 4 1 Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 53.27% 4 2 Jill Stainforth - Donald Berry, Victoria BC 51.19% 2 Patricia Ducayet - Edwin Ducayet Jr, Dallas TX 51.19%

STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS RR QQ EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Lynn Jones, Timonium MD; Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD 61.32% 1 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Marilyn Loesberg, Rancho Mirage CA 70.66% 2 Susan Stark, Cleveland OH; Judy Barnett, Oro Valley AZ 59.32% 2 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 65.23% 3 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richlnd Hls TX 55.31% 3 1 Tom Olsson - Ann Olsson, Urbandale IA 58.97% 4 1 Janis Parker - Nick Parker, Delta BC 55.30% 4 2 Ruth Bunin, Mercer Island WA; Marsha Rayton, Anthem AZ 57.92% 5 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Bill Ream, Burleson TX 54.87% 5 Carol Kasle, Bloomfield MI; JoAnne Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ 54.61% 6 Carole Silverstein - Kathy Litterman, Scottsdale AZ 53.84% 6 Kerry Brothers, Oxbow ND; Linda Webb, Fargo ND 54.41% 7 Daniel Coughenour, Fountain Hills AZ; Gayle Quiros, Scottsdale AZ 53.29% 7 3 Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD; Diana Thompson, Bellevue WA 53.86% 8 2 Ken Imboden - Lynn Bartz, San Jose CA 52.78% 8 4 Takahiro Honda, Tokyo Japan; Yuki Harada, Setagaya Ku Tok Japan 53.79% 9 3 Allan Karro, Surrey BC; John Crouch, Edina MN 51.24% 9 James Tullis - Denise Zongas, Yarmouth Port MA 52.76% 4 Carol Pilmar - Lois Jameson, Tucson AZ 48.72% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PP NN EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Anne Marie Harrington - Marvin Schenk, Scottsdale AZ 59.26% 1 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 65.58% 2 1 Barbara Hopewell - Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA 57.63% 2 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 62.31% 3 Leonard Marks, Tempe AZ; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 56.86% 3 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 60.68% 4 2 Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA; Paul Wacks, Peabody MA 54.79% 4 Tezcan Sen - Bulent Kaytaz, Istanbul Turkey 60.02% 5 3 Ian Gatenby - Mike Christensen, Red Deer AB 53.70% 5 1 Mark Litterman, Scottsdale AZ; David Folger, Lincoln CA 56.64% 6 Cynthia Goatz - Phillip Goatz, Las Vegas NV 52.40% 6 Jim Miller, Olive Branch MS; Dan Plato, Atlanta GA 54.58% 7 Jodi Coren, Delray Beach FL; Michael White, Atlanta GA 52.18% 7 2 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA 54.36% 8 4 Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 51.74% 8 Judith Blass Washor, Scottsdale AZ; Steven Adelson, Phoenix AZ 53.38% 9 Sohail Hasan - Patrick Thompson, New York NY 51.09% 9 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Jo Smith, Abilene TX 52.18% 3 Janice Nakao, San Mateo CA; Joanne Titow, San Bruno CA 50.22% 4 Karen Turner, Victoria BC; Louise Klimowicz, Edmonton AB 47.17%

Notice to playersEach player must have an ACBL convention

card filled out and on the table. Please note that other types of convention cards, such as the WBF convention card or homemade cards that do not sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are not acceptable substitutes.


NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Lynne O’Neill - Pat Chapman, San Diego CA 61.37% 1 Stephen Cooper, Toronto ON; Henry Sigal, Piedmont CA 61.29% 2 1 Vi Metter - Shay Kinney, Goodyear AZ 58.16% 2 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 60.00% 3 John Derdall - Jan Derdall, Western Springs IL 57.17% 3 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Donald Crum, Winnetka CA 58.33% 4 Carol Field, Englewd Clfs NJ; Barbara Paton, Scottsdale AZ 56.72% 4 Colin Van Wallegham - Gerald Gray, Mesa AZ 56.17% 5 Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi, Berkeley CA 54.10% 5 Jean Joseph, Scottsdale AZ; David Braverman, Overland Park KS 56.08% 6 Philip Pearl, Fountain Valley CA; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC 53.14% 6 Timothy Flaherty, San Diego CA; Leonard Helfgott, Teaneck NJ 55.30% 2 1 Valerie Baldwin, Portola Valley CA; Margaret Becker, Saratoga CA 50.89% 1 Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN; Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN 54.58% 3 Maxine Sanders, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Judy Zelman, Montreal QC 49.36% 2 1 Harriett Finger - Paul Finger, Phoenix AZ 51.78% 3 Kelly Aanenson - Richard Hunt, Scottsdale AZ 50.23% 4 Jean McCullough, Scottsdale AZ; Linda Ornstein, Paradise Valley AZ 45.15% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Sadu Marrott, Maricopa AZ; Janet Daling, Sun Lakes AZ 59.27% 1 Jon Martin, Fargo ND; Roark Johnson, Edina MN 61.37% 2 Ronald Schick, Prescott Valley AZ; James Showalter, Prescott AZ 58.65% 2 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 57.85% 3 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 58.43% 3 Richard Gitter, Phoenix AZ; Jim Ritts, Knoxville TN 56.85% 4 1 Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 57.41% 4 1 William Basler, Calgary AB; Clifford Podewell, Surprise AZ 55.89% 5 2 Alan Hierseman, Merriam KS; Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO 54.05% 5 2 Reginald Graves - Raymond Grady, Tucson AZ 54.23% 6 Stephen Maltzman - Donna DePesa, Tucson AZ 53.25% 6 3 1 Susan Schulman, Fountain Hills AZ; Ronald Grantz, Scottsdale AZ 52.27% 3 1 Mary Jo Rode - Perry Sells, Scottsdale AZ 51.50% 4 William Sperry - Nancy Sperry, San Diego CA 48.33% 4 Ellen Gross, Northbrook IL; Barbara Sacks, Buffalo Grove IL 51.29% 2 Mark Bloom, Chico CA; James Miller, Scottsdale AZ 47.98% 2 Enid Bross - Cheryl La Motta, Goodyear AZ 43.04% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJJ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Marcel Dadon, 92100 France 59.46% 1 Dave Woods, Sarnia ON; Allan Smith, Tiny ON 62.34% 2 Irene Sonnenklar, Scottsdale AZ; Paula Cohen, Minneapolis MN 59.29% 2 Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA; Stephen Rzewski, South Dennis MA 56.73% 3 Christie Showalter - Joan Shay, Prescott AZ 58.33% 3 Margret Salazar, Green Valley AZ; Bud Stein, Mequon WI 55.61% 4 2 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Michael Lipp, Trenton OH 56.57% 4 1 Tom Cadwell - Nancy Cadwell, Saint Louis MO 54.81% 5 Richard Beye, Mehlville MO; Janise Saul, San Antonio TX 56.41% 5 2 Kang Hong, Tempe AZ; Frank Stone, Phoenix AZ 53.85% 6 Carol Mahoney, Rochester MN; Sharon Christenson, Sun City AZ 55.61% 6 3 Michael Jeshion - Marilyn Jeshion, Wanaque NJ 53.69% 3 2 Howard Kahn, Morris Plains NJ; James Ward, Rio Rancho NM 54.17% 1 Shari Winston - Gary Winston, Houston TX 52.88% 4 Garrison Singer, Phoenix AZ; Jill Grundland, Scottsdale AZ 46.63% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MMM EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL 61.70% 1 1 1 Hugh Metzger, South Bend IN; Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA 62.98% 2 1 Marion McLaren - Barbara Linn, Honolulu HI 57.05% 2 Michael Flader, Eagan MN; Jill Flader, Saint Paul MN 59.13% 3 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 56.25% 3 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA 58.81% 4 2 Shirley Hoffert, Mesa AZ; Jean Blilie, Kerrville TX 56.09% 4 Pat Burrows - Ann Van Ryn, Rochester MN 58.33% 5 Susan Gilison, West Palm Bch FL; Alfred Tuckman, Laguna Woods CA 54.81% 5 2 Nancy Golden, Richmond VA; William Belanich, Sandston VA 55.61% 6 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 54.33% 6 3 Greg Potter - Linda Hughes, Edmond OK 52.24% 3 1 Tish Gainey - Nancy Trotter, Santa Barbara CA 52.08% 2 Gloria Coles - Robert Coles, Tempe AZ 47.60%

THURDAY-FRIDAY SIDE SERIES FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS XX VV WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Phyllis Gravitz, Mercer Island WA; Helene Fornia, Clyde Hill WA 63.00% 1 1 Gabrielle Sherman, Santa Clara CA; Riki Tulin, Highland Beach FL 62.43% 2 1 Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL; Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK 60.45% 2 2 1 Theodore Clemens, Grayslake IL; Beverly A’Hearn, Sarasota FL 61.70% 3 2 Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA; Elianor Kennie, Kentville NS 59.77% 3 3 Barbara Steiner, Purchase NY; Judy Soley, Scarsdale NY 60.36% 4 3 Charles Bennett, Spokane WA; Nit Buckhout, Palm Harbor FL 59.27% 4 4 Alan Cummings, Los Altos CA; Jerry Nakamura, El Dorado Hills CA 55.30% 5 Carolyn Feldman, Toronto ON; Jacqueline Syer, Oakville ON 57.99% 5 5 Marsha Helton - Darryl Helton, Sedona AZ 55.13% 6 4 1 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA 57.71% 6 Jeff Hand, New York NY; Jane Friedman, Prescott AZ 55.02% 7 5 Doug Coppock - Lonnie Coppock, Scottsdale AZ 57.35% 7 6 Fran Smith, Glen Ellyn IL; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA 54.28% 8 6 2 Barbara Ritter - Paul Weader, Sun City AZ 55.88% 8 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL 54.20% 9 Franklin Fine - Jerry Himes, Albuquerque NM 55.33% 9 Georgann Humphrey - Jim Humphrey, Highland Park IL 53.65% 10 7 Susan Cohen - Jerry Cohen, Winnipeg MB 54.37% 10 7 2 Diane Denton - Joanne Dove, Sun City AZ 53.10% 11 8 Morton Glickman, Willowdale ON; Barbara Glickman, Boca Raton FL 54.08% 11 8 3 Charles Conrad - Ann Conrad, Castro Valley CA 53.08% 12 Antoni Baranski, San Mateo CA; Ralph Cole, Anacortes WA 52.45% 12 Barbara Seagram - Alex Kornel, Toronto ON 52.82% 13 Jane Kennedy, Chicago IL; Elle McCarty, Mesa AZ 52.40% 13 9 William Golush, Denville NJ; Jerry Thorpe, Tacoma WA 52.57% 14 9 3 Michael Silverberg, Scottsdale AZ; Carol Thompson, Calgary AB 52.07% 14 10 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; C. Buddy Carls, Huntington Bh CA 52.21% 15 Judy Baur, Sun Lakes AZ; Dick Duff, Denver CO 51.15% 15 11 4 Jim Parks, Atascadero CA; Jo Neesvig, San Antonio TX 52.03% 10 4 Donald Robinson, Boise ID; Margie Mastran, Reston VA 49.96% 12 5 Kris Sommer - Richard Stevenson, Los Angeles CA 51.62% 11 5 Diann Miller, Englewood CO; Shirley Schley, Denver CO 49.95% 6 Sheryl McEwan, Reston VA; Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA 51.45% 12 6 Grace Anderson, Eden Prairie MN; Jane Coleman, Scottsdale AZ 49.82% 7 Nancy Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Martin Leftik, Honolulu HI 50.77% 7 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; Pamela Caravan, Calgary AB 49.64%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON A/B PAIRS 1 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS NN RR EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 64.05% 1 Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA; Kay Beck, Noblesville IN 64.38% 2 Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA; D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA 61.66% 2 1 Barbara Hopewell - Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA 62.09% 3 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 58.06% 3 Cynthia Goatz - Phillip Goatz, Las Vegas NV 61.87% 4 Danny Kleinman, Los Angeles CA; Sally Karbelnig, Beverly Hills CA 56.43% 4/5 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 56.86% 5 Leonard Marks, Tempe AZ; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 54.68% 4/5 2 Allan Karro, Surrey BC; John Crouch, Edina MN 56.86% 6/7 John Samsel, Chesterfield MO; Judy Eaton, Edwardsville IL 53.49% 6 Carol Kasle, Bloomfield MI; JoAnne Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ 55.66% 6/7 J Thomas Holzer, Plymouth MN; Richard Ekstrum, Crystal MN 53.49% 7 Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Suzanne St Thomas, Salem OR 54.79% 8 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe Degaetano, Atkinson NH 53.38% 8 3 Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 54.03% 9 Louise Fontecchio, Nashville TN; Janet Appel, Estill Spgs TN 52.07% 9 David Rottmayer - William Rottmayer, Spokane WA 53.92% 10 1 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA 51.96% 10 4 Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA; Randy Ryals, Menlo Park CA 52.07% 2 Sandra O’Brien - Jim O’Brien, Oconomowoc WI 48.58% 5 Ian Gatenby - Mike Christensen, Red Deer AB 48.91% 3 Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD; Diana Thompson, Bellevue WA 47.93% 4 Shirley Eide - Grace Tanner, Bakersfield CA 47.49% 5/6 Bob Drake, 2243hr Wassenaa Netherlands; Marlene Pontifex, Winnipeg MB 47.06% 5/6 Thomas Phillips, Mesa AZ; David Trandel, Crossville TN 47.06%


NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PP QQ EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Chantal Dube, Montreal QC 66.23% 1 1 Bob Borengasser - Darcy White, Tempe AZ 60.89% 2 1 Takahiro Honda, Tokyo Japan; Yuki Harada, Setagaya Ku Tok Japan 62.20% 2 2 Keith Hafen - Susan Hafen, Long Beach CA 60.24% 3 2 Mark Litterman, Scottsdale AZ; David Folger, Lincoln CA 61.33% 3 Lynn Jones, Timonium MD; Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD 58.93% 4 Daniel Coughenour, Fountain Hills AZ; Gayle Quiros, Scottsdale AZ 59.26% 4 James Joy - Frank Moran, Santa Fe NM 56.10% 5 Tezcan Sen - Bulent Kaytaz, Istanbul Turkey 56.64% 5 3 Mark Sacks, Irvine CA; Harry Sacks, Hacienda Hgts CA 53.81% 6 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 56.21% 6 4 Paul Harris, Phoenix AZ; Janet Newman, Scottsdale AZ 53.05% 7 3 Tom Olsson - Ann Olsson, Urbandale IA 53.16% 7 Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA; Paul Wacks, Peabody MA 52.61% 8 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Jo Smith, Abilene TX 52.51% 8 Jacqueline Ortiz - Evelyn Holtz, Santa Rosa CA 52.07% 9 4 Carol Pilmar - Lois Jameson, Tucson AZ 51.31% 9 Susan Stark, Cleveland OH; Judy Barnett, Oro Valley AZ 50.98%

REISINGER B-A-M 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION SECTIONS A C 1 Martin Fleisher - Chris Willenken - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chip Martel, Davis CA 19.50 2 Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 16.50 3/4 Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Fred Hamilton, Palm Desert CA 16.00 3/4 Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 16.00 5 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA; Dick Yarington, Seattle WA 15.50 6/7 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 15.00 6/7 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warsaw Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 15.00 8/9 Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Mustafa Cem Tokay - Okay Gur, Istanbul Turkey; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 14.50 8/9 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 14.5010/11 Michael Moss, New York NY; Tom Hanlon, Dublin 6 Ireland; Peter David Gill, Sydney Australia; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia 14.0010/11 Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Victor King, Hartford CT 14.00 SECTION B 1/2 Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Cedric Lorenzini, Paris France; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Thomas Bessis, Paris 75015 France 15.50 1/2 Mikael Groenkvist, Orebro 70360 Sweden; Daniel Gullberg, Stockholm Sweden; Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad 30571 Sweden; Johan Saefsten, Uppsala Sweden 15.50 3 Junjie Hu - Yichao Chen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Yinghao Liu, Xicheng Distric People’s Republic of China; Zizhuo Wang - Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN 15.00 4 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL 14.50 5 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; George Mittelman, Toronto ON; Piotr Twczynski, Poznan Poland; Michal Klukowski, Wroclaw Poland 14.00 6 Berend Van Den Bos, Netherlands; Joris Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Tim Verbeek, Ma Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Bz Netherlands; Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY 13.50

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SUN LAKES DBC 49ER PAIRS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Gary Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Marcia Dalton, Frisco CO 54.17% 1 1 Maxeen Claymon - William Claymon, Scottsdale AZ 58.04% 2 2 1 Julie Bosserman - Dave Bosserman, Scottsdale AZ 52.38% 2 2 1 Barbara Freeman - Marc Freeman, Indianapolis IN 55.06% 3/4 Carol Urben, Scottsdale AZ; Faye Comstock, Cave Creek AZ 51.49% 3/4 Mildred West, Quartzsite AZ; Aileen Brock, Bellingham WA 50.00% 3/4 Joann Scott, McCormick SC; Luanne Stoltz, Portland OR 51.49% 3/4 Regina Boulais - Bev Hart, Buckeye AZ 50.00%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SUN LAKES DBC 299ERS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Cheryl Moher - Donna Farnham, Scottsdale AZ 59.23% 1 1 Michael Kassenbrock, Phoenix AZ; Stephen Brown, Olympia WA 59.23% 2 2 1 Margaret Whittaker - Gretchen Caiazzo, Chandler AZ 58.33% 2 2 1 Pam Barksdale - Gail Wood, Houston TX 58.33% 3/4 3/4 Karla Reynolds - Lorraine Allen, Scottsdale AZ 51.79% 3 3 2 Anna Smith, Auburn AL; Alan Polish, Palo Alto CA 52.98% 3/4 3/4 Bruce Pierce - Carla Pierce, Daphne AL 51.79% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Mady Stoll - Jeanie Wolff, Scottsdale AZ 61.31% 1 1 1 Eugene Zanelli, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Carver, Chandler AZ 67.56% 2 2 1 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 53.57% 2 2 2 Kathryn Papermaster, Menlo Park CA; Vera Baum, Los Altos CA 60.42% 3 3 Vickie Thomas - Sandra Kolls, Goodyear AZ 51.79% 3 3 Jay Quella - Catherine Quella, Weyauwega WI 54.46% 3 Jeanne McCleery - Audrey Flynn, Tucson AZ 49.40%

DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 57.85% 1 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 58.65% 2 Janice Hanna, Prescott Valley AZ; Irene Hoy, Fountain Hills AZ 57.53% 2 Stephen Maltzman - Donna DePesa, Tucson AZ 56.73% 3 1 Michael Kammermayer - Darlene Scott, Oakville ON 55.93% 3 Ronald Schick, Prescott Valley AZ; James Showalter, Prescott AZ 54.97% 4 Pat Thomas, Salinas CA; Nancy Driscoll, Capitola CA 55.29% 4 Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO; Peter McLaren, Prince Albert SK 54.49% 5 2 Mary Fisher, Scottsdale AZ; Kitty Page Tomkinson, Hiawassee GA 54.49% 5 1 William Basler, Calgary AB; Clifford Podewell, Surprise AZ 53.69% 6 Renay Danto Weiner, Scottsdale AZ; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI 53.69% 6 2 John Urciuoli, Fountain Hills AZ; Scott Donaldson, Scottsdale AZ 53.53% 3 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Frank Knier, Fargo ND 50.64% 3 1 Mary Jo Rode - Perry Sells, Scottsdale AZ 52.08% 1 Barbara Dali - Terri Richards, Scottsdale AZ 44.07% 4 Ellen Gross, Northbrook IL; Barbara Sacks, Buffalo Grove IL 49.36% 2 Enid Bross - Cheryl La Motta, Goodyear AZ 48.88% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Carol Mahoney, Rochester MN; Sharon Christenson, Sun City AZ 58.01% 1 Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK 63.62% 2 Timothy Flaherty, San Diego CA; Leonard Helfgott, Teaneck NJ 57.05% 2 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 61.06% 3 1 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Michael Lipp, Trenton OH 55.61% 3 1 Carl Kallina - Robert Brussel, Tucson AZ 54.97% 4 2 Kelly Aanenson - Richard Hunt, Scottsdale AZ 54.17% 4 Sheryl Martin - Dianne Schechter, Scottsdale AZ 53.04% 5 Lynne O’Neill - Pat Chapman, San Diego CA 53.69% 5 John Berry, New Hyde Park NY; Scott Hiller, Eden Prairie MN 52.40% 6 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Donald Crum, Winnetka CA 51.76% 6 2 1 Christine Greenberg, Byron MN; Margaret Lichty, Rochester MN 51.76% 3 Charles Kelley - Casey Stern, Scottsdale AZ 45.67% 3 Suzy Ryder - Thomas Ryder, Boise ID 51.44% 2 Abraham Fisher, Concord MA; Leila Mattinger, Cupertino CA 49.20% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 James Cobis, Bisbee AZ; Pauline Sostarich, Hermitage PA 58.49% 1 1 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Nancy Decker, West Linn OR 62.02% 2 2 1 Susan Schulman, Fountain Hills AZ; Ronald Grantz, Scottsdale AZ 54.01% 2 John Derdall - Jan Derdall, Western Springs IL 56.25% 3/4 Richard Gitter, Phoenix AZ; Jim Ritts, Knoxville TN 53.21% 3 Lon Doll - Ann Zorn, Billings MT 55.29% 3/4 Sadu Marrott, Maricopa AZ; Janet Daling, Sun Lakes AZ 53.21% 4 2 1 Harriett Finger - Paul Finger, Phoenix AZ 54.01% 5 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 52.88% 5 3 Susan Minder - Douglas Minder, Caledonia MI 53.37% 6 3 Reginald Graves - Raymond Grady, Tucson AZ 52.56% 6 4 Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN; Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN 53.21% 4 Sue Robinson, Gilbert AZ; Carole Odenreider, Phoenix AZ 51.28% 2 Bill Whatmough, Fountain Hills AZ; Robert Ganelin, Scottsdale AZ 45.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJJ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Susan Gilison, West Palm Bch FL; Alfred Tuckman, Laguna Woods CA 68.91% 1 1 1 Shari Winston - Gary Winston, Houston TX 60.10% 2 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA 56.25% 2 Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA; Stephen Rzewski, South Dennis MA 59.94% 3 1 Fred Batko, Glendale AZ; Ken Batko, Scottsdale AZ 54.49% 3 Lauren Friedman, Daly City CA; Chuck Wong, Danville CA 55.77% 4 Sarah Imig, Sioux City IA; Jill Estrada, Sun City AZ 54.33% 4 Christie Showalter - Joan Shay, Prescott AZ 55.29% 5 Robert Probasco - Marilyn Nesbit, Ketchum ID 52.24% 5 2 2 Fay Kallina, Tucson AZ; John Burgoin, Brownsville TX 55.13% 6 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 51.76% 6 Irene Sonnenklar, Scottsdale AZ; Paula Cohen, Minneapolis MN 53.69% 2 Alan Salem, Scottsdale AZ; Jim Rowland, Phoenix AZ 49.84% 3 Fred Nachman, Paradise Valley AZ; Joy Green, Los Alamos NM 49.68% 3 Barry Segal - Casey Segal, Boynton Beach FL 47.60% 1 Hugh Metzger, South Bend IN; Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA 43.91% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi, Berkeley CA 66.21% 1 1 1 James Gardner, Northridge CA; Sharon Weintrob, Wayne PA 63.86% 2 1 Michael Jeshion - Marilyn Jeshion, Wanaque NJ 59.96% 2 Susan Tane, Westport CT; Gail Greenberg, New York NY 61.13% 3 Constance Sackville, Vero Beach FL; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 58.01% 3 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL 59.14% 4 Joseph Bussen, Kailua HI; Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 56.40% 4 Michael Flader, Eagan MN; Jill Flader, Saint Paul MN 58.41% 5 2 Kang Hong, Tempe AZ; Frank Stone, Phoenix AZ 55.08% 5 2 Robert Ipswitch, San Mateo CA; Douglas Keller, San Francisco CA 53.99% 6 3 Vito Konur - Robert Hinkle, Tucson AZ 54.36% 6 Rosalyn Silverstein - Philip Silverstein, Bronx NY 51.66% 4 Charlotte Alekson, Delta BC; Edgar De Souza, Burlington ON 48.68% 3 Marion McLaren - Barbara Linn, Honolulu HI 49.80% 1 Robert Bixby - Duane Dietrich, Tucson AZ 47.20% 2 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Marcel Dadon, 92100 France 46.87%

GOLD RUSH PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Michael Bird, Grand Rapids MI; Donna Bouman, Wyoming MI 61.01% 1 Kevin George, Chandler AZ; D Abraham, Windsor ON 59.52% 2 Andrea Miller, Victoria BC; Loretta Chadderdon, Sun Lakes AZ 57.74% 2/3 Ann Grill - George Grill, Vancouver WA 58.63% 3 Betty McCauley, Oklahoma City OK; Colleen Bicket, Edmond OK 55.65% 2/3 1 Sallie Dillian, Scottsdale AZ; Annie Berle, Fountain Hills AZ 58.63% 4 1 Cathryn DeYoung, Dana Point CA; Randee Yoder, San Clemente CA 51.19% 4 2 Teresa Didrickson - Sandy Thompson, Albuquerque NM 56.25% 2 Julie Cassetta, Tucson AZ; Karla Ramsey, Green Valley AZ 49.70% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Donald Hixson - Virginia Hixson, Rapid City SD 61.01% 1 1 Larry Monroe - Genneth Hunter, Goodyear AZ 62.50% 2/3 1/2 Alexander Robertson - Marguerite Robertson, Nellysford VA 52.98% 2 Jane Trahms, Rochester MN; Judith Kulka, Cottonwood AZ 59.23% 2/3 1/2 Umesh Reghuram, Fremont CA; Valerie Lycette, Issaquah WA 52.98% 3 2 Jan Capehart - Sherri DeMier, Tulsa OK 54.76% 4 Meg Okada, Seattle WA; Tina Villines, Mesa AZ 50.00% 4 Edmund West - E Kristee West, Green Valley AZ 50.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Jurgen Stielow - Rosemary Stielow, Austin TX 63.99% 1 Douglas Snow, Paducah KY; Klaus Buechner, Mississauga ON 64.29% 2 Dale Frink, Bismarck ND; Sid Stern, Scottsdale AZ 60.71% 2 Karl Drew - Fay Drew, Las Vegas NV 60.12% 3 David Blanchard - Jo Blanchard, Little Rock AR 53.27% 3/5 Gloria Cowie - Joanne Gilbert, Moose Jaw SK 55.95% 4/5 Thomas Strong - James O’Brien, Springfield MO 50.00% 3/5 1 Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 55.95% 4/5 Martha Farmer - Jack Farmer, Salem OR 50.00% 3/5 Darlene Meredith - Judy Armstrong, Vernon BC 55.95% 2 June Cohen - Kenneth Naiff, Scottsdale AZ 40.77% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Val Irvin - Linda Herman, Toronto ON 58.93% 1 Susan Driggers - David Driggers, Casper WY 66.96% 2 Parkerlene Pillans - Joyce Attebury, Amarillo TX 55.95% 2 1 Holly Campbell, Lolo MT; Jay Byrne, Spokane WA 54.17% 3/4 Terry Steinborn - Ed Wright, Prescott AZ 52.08% 3 2 Charles Butros, Shelton WA; Jon Mercurio, Las Cruces NM 52.98% 3/4 1 Liga Haiplik - Heather Howie, Mississauga ON 52.08% 4 Homer Stevens - Stephanie Stevens, Boerne TX 50.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Nick Sehgal - Suzanne Budabin, Lompoc CA 59.70% 1 Richard Bargar - Terry Kay Bargar, Andover MA 59.95% 2 2 Kris Wong - Gail Gabiati, San Francisco CA 57.32% 2 Carolynn Zocchi, Petaluma CA; Christine Evans, Walnut Creek CA 57.70% 3 Johnny Glover - Doris Glover, Alamogordo NM 54.46% 3 1 Karen Young - Mary Collins, Tulsa OK 53.40% 4 Robert Hamilton - Valerie Byrne, Castro Valley CA 54.21% 4 Robert Lynn, Salem VA; Ann Overfield, Arlington TX 51.19% 2 Bonnie Nackley - Elizabeth Strasen, Woodacre CA 49.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Craig Snowden, Fort Collins CO; Waclaw Trebacz, Winnipeg MB 59.82% 1 1 Cornelia Gould - Ed Gould, Walnut Creek CA 59.23% 2 Mirjana Reams - Douglas Wake, Seattle WA 57.14% 2 Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry, Metairie LA 56.85% 3 2 Marshall Williams - Marguerite Gousie, Woonsocket RI 56.85% 3 Vickki Shelley - Clysta Kittlaus, St George UT 53.57% 4 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Sandra Hedlund, Aloha OR 54.46% 4 2 Ann Gruidel - John Crittenden, Boulder CO 51.79%


Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsSunday, December 8, 10 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other

Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $16 $18Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $15

Sunday, December 8, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.Strati-Flighted A/X & B/C/D Swiss Teams 1-2 Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $16 $18 Play-through with half-hour breakStratified Open Pairs 1-2 Hyatt 1st floor, Regency D $16 $18 Two 24-board sessions with half-hour break.Saturday-Sunday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Hyatt 1st floor, Regency B $16 $18

Sunday, December 8, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m.REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Sheraton 3rd floor, Phoenix Ballroom A $20 —KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Sheraton 3rd floor, Phoenix Ballroom C $20 —

Sunday, December 8, 2 p.m.Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $16 $18Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game.*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

International FundIn NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

The Confessional at Clancy’sBy Kelly Aanenson

Trying to learn the difficult game of bridge is often a challenge. Frequently, players become discouraged, especially when the competition is so intense that it appears they will never have a chance of being successful.

After evening games at AZ BridgeWorks, many players stop by the local neighborhood pub, Clancy’s, for a drink or a sandwich. Some of the very best “A” players will be there and will discuss hands with anyone who cares to listen. Imagine having the opportunity to learn from Paul Spear or Harv Sidhu!

I have been very privileged to be part of the “Confessionals at Clancy’s.” It is a great opportunity to learn the game from some of the best, at the same time meeting some very nice people.

Zeke JabbourZeke Jabbour is a Grand Life Master who has

earned more than 32,000 masterpoints. He has played in nine NABC senior knockouts,

and his teams reached the finals in eight of them; they won six and finished second twice. Additionally, he won two Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Team championships. During his successful 1989 Barry Crane Top 500 masterpoint run, he won 71 out of the 202 events he entered.

At the international level, Zeke won a silver in the world senior teams in 1994 and a bronze in 2003.

It is not just because of Zeke’s accomplishments at the bridge table that he is being recognized, but because of what he means to bridge. As a bridge teacher and author of the “Winsome and Loathsome” column in the Bridge Bulletin, he has educated, entertained and charmed bridge players everywhere.

In 2007, Zeke was named the ACBL Honorary Member of the Year. He was appointed to the ACBL Goodwill Committee, and he has served on the Ethical Oversight Committee, the Hall of Fame Committee and the National Appeals Committee. Zeke is District 9’s Sportsman of the Year.

Best of all, Zeke has put a smile on the face of bridge.

Peggy Wilder MemorialPeggy Wilder was part-owner and director of the

Thunder Mountain Bridge Club in Sierra Vista AZ. The Silver Life Master started playing bridge as

a teenager and met Harry, her husband of over 62 years, in college, at a bridge table. Peggy and Harry lived all over the world during Harry’s service in the U.S. Army. The Army is partly responsible for Peggy’s bridge addition: She became hooked on duplicate bridge at the Officers’ Club at Ft. Huachuca in Sierra Vista AZ. and directed the game at the

Huachuca Women’s Bridge Club.Peggy’s longtime partner, Diana Smith, says,

“Peggy was a fierce competitor and loved to play the hand.” Another of her fellow bridge players notes that Peggy was a tenacious player. “She was a sweet, soft-spoken lady who could rip your heart out at the bridge table.”

Peggy had three children, four granddaughters and three great-grandchildren. She is greatly missed by the many people who knew and loved her.

Jan Bricklin MemorialBy Friends of Jan Bricklin

Jan Bricklin will always be remembered for her absolute passion for the game of bridge. She brought grace, style, kindness and charm to the game she loved so dearly. As the owner and operator of the Scottsdale Bridge Club, she provided a forum in which all levels of players could play competitively, challenge their abilities and impart new skills to others who were just beginning to learn the game. The club was also a place to find new friends and create lifelong friendships.

Bridge players were Jan’s second family. She would be so proud and honored to be recognized at the Phoenix Fall Nationals.

Her family would like to thank everyone for participating in this wonderful event and for keeping her memory alive at the bridge table. She would love it!

Sedona Bridge CenterThe Sedona Bridge Center is a nonprofit

duplicate bridge club with more than 165 members. We pride our club on being friendly, yet competitive. We refer to our club members as “our family” and frequently celebrate the successes of our players. We have taken special efforts to grow our club and were ranked No. 12 in all of District 17 in 2012 for tables of play. Many of our club members are working as volunteers to support the 2013 NABC hospitality program.

Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge ClubSun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club welcomes

all out-of-town visitors to Phoenix. We are proud to sponsor several Desert Gold NABC events and support the NABC with our volunteers. Our club is vibrant and with more than 380 members, we host some of the largest club games in the Southeast Valley. Our membership represents a wide spectrum of bridge experience from newcomer through expert.

Bridge players thinking of Arizona for retirement or a second home are invited to check out Sun Lakes. Our goal is to be “the Friendliest Club in the Valley,” and we provide a broad range of bridge lessons, coaching and partnership assistance in pursuit of that goal.

Ed LucasBy Robbin Lieberman and

Ethel Blake-Ward(To the tune of Singin’ in the Rain)

He’s winning at the game.Keeps winning at the game.What a fabulous player,Ed Lucas is his name.

He picks up his cardsAnd plans out his hand.What he knows about the gameFew others can understand.

So, how lucky were weWhen he did agreeTo help us alongTo be the best we can be.

He’s patient and he’s kind.He’s stretching our minds.He’s a winner,A winner at the game!

Joy Balser and Clark RansomRobbin Lieberman and

Ethel Blake-Ward(To the tune of Nobody Does It Better)

Nobody does it better.Makes us feel sad for the rest.Nobody does it half as good as you.Joy and Clark, you’re the best!

We were out lookin’, lucky we found you.Tried other clubs to compare.AZ Bridge was the top.We knew we could stop.Joy and Clark really do care.

And nobody does it better.Fair and square, that’s the appeal.Nobody does it half as good as you.Joy and Clark you’re the real deal!

Today’s Sponsors


Today’s Bridge EventsSaturday, December 7, 9 a.m.

Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $15 $17 Friday-Saturday Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $16 $18Thursday-Saturday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 3rd Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $16 $18Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18

Saturday, December 7, 10 a.m.299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $15

Saturday, December 7, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Hyatt 1st floor, Regency D $16 $18 2500+/0-2500“The Confessional at Clancy’s” Gold Rush 750/300 Pairs 1-2 Hyatt 2nd floor, Phoenix Room $16 $18 Gold points for 0-750.

Saturday, December 7, 1 p.m.Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18

Saturday, December 7, 1 & 7:30 p.m.REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 SF Sheraton 3rd floor, Phoenix Ballroom A $20 —KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 SF Sheraton 3rd floor, Phoenix Ballroom D $20 —Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18Saturday-Sunday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $16 $18 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.Zeke Jabbour Friday-Saturday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $16 $18Saturday Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun B $16 $18

Saturday, December 7, 3 p.m.299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $15

Saturday, December 7, 7:30 p.m.Ed Lucas Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun B $15 $17Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $15

Saturday, December 7, 11:30 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game.*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

International FundIn NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

May 11–18, 2014WESTERN CARIBBEAN CRUISE

on the Royal Caribbean “Navigator of the Seas”with guest speaker, Grand Life Master Mel Colchamiro

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