A squad of Pennsylvanians so thoroughly controlled the 0–10,000 Swiss Teams they had the event clinched after the penultimate round. Barry Gorski and Albert Bingaman Jr. from Reading, Bill Parks, Macungie and Deepak Khanna, Blandon amassed 136 VPs, to outdistanced the runners-up by almost 25 points.

The Gorski team led the field going into the second day, and recorded but three losses over two days of play: by 1 VP, by 7VPs and by 8 VPs. Gorski said they played with controlled aggression and “we never gave up a big number.”

Finishing second were Guss Ginsburg, New

Orleans; Mike Doyle, Houston TX; Daniel Jackson, Spring RX and Bill McCarty, San Antonio TX.

In the kind of goodbye Jeff Johnston would surely have approved, friends and co-workers bid him an emotional farewell on Saturday night with tears, laughter and expressions of gratitude for all his contributions to the ACBL, the staff and the players he served for more

than 20 years.“Jeff’s heart was service – that’s who he was,”

said Wendy Sullivan, Johnston’s top assistant and emcee of the late-night ceremony that drew dozens of tournament directors, staff, friends and family. A common theme among those who spoke was that their friend will not be forgotten.

Johnston, just short of his 60th birthday, died of an apparent heart attack on Dec. 29 in Memphis, where he lived. At the time, he was the ACBL’s senior director of bridge operations.

Retired TD Martin Ware was one of several co-workers to offer remembrances of their late friend.

Ware recalled his first time working on the services drew at an NABC – in San Diego in 1994.

Daily Bulletin Sunday, March 15, 2015 Volume 58, Number 3

58th Spring North American Bridge Championships NABCDailyBulletin@acbl.org Editors: Sue Munday and Brent Manley

March 12-22

You can be competitive and still be friendly caring and ethical.Sandy DeMartino, Goodwill Chair

Pre-registration required for national knockouts Pre-registration for the Vanderbilt Knockout

Teams is required by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Teams entering the 0–10,000 Knockout must pre-register no later than 10 a.m. Monday, March 16 (the day of the event). See Matt Smith in the Grand Ballroom on the third floor.

Tuesday is St. Patrick’s Day, which means the return of the Daily Bulletin Limerick Contest. Limericks will be judged by the Daily Bulletin staff. There will be prizes for the top three entries. Most will be published in the Daily Bulletin.

Limerick writers are encouraged to compose verses with references to bridge/and or New Orleans. Limericks must be in good taste and signed by the authors. The deadline for entries is Midnight, Monday, March 16.

Deliver your limericks to the Daily Bulletin office, fourth floor (Bacchus Room) at the Marriott. Look for the box labeled “Place your Limerick here.”

LIMERICK CONTEST

Between handling the business end of running a bridge club and satisfying players’ demands, booking directors, arranging teachers, securing partnerships, submitting reports and everything else that club managers have on their plate, sometimes they just don’t have the time or energy left to creatively plan ways to promote bridge.

Help is a quick click away. In November of last year, the ACBL launched its online Resource Center.

Darbi Padbury, ACBL’s marketing manager, describes the Resource Center as “a convenient, easy-to-use tool that allows managers, teachers and unit and district volunteers to order or download virtually anything they need to grow the game.” More than 2,500 users have visited the site since it went live.

Collected within the Resource Center are all the marketing materials, publicity aids and educational tools the ACBL offers. Some are physical products, such as the popular “Welcome to the World of Duplicate Bridge” booklets and Zero Tolerance posters, while others are templates that can be downloaded and customized.

“Ordering online is as easy as shopping on Amazon,” Padbury says, “and everything, including shipping, is free.”

Resource Center “customers” are encouraged to submit product reviews. “Feedback helps others seeking implementation advice and we’re listening, too,” says Padbury. “The reviews are great input as we develop new materials and revise existing pieces.”

She explains that in addition to making everything easily accessible, the marketing team wanted to offer tips and ideas on using the materials effectively. And so the blog Tricks of the Trade was created.

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Johnston hailed inemotional tribute

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Parisians lead Platinum

Last year’s Platinum Pairs runners-up lead the 28-pair field as the six-session event enters the final day. With a carryover of 26.51 points, Cedric Lorenzini and Thomas Bessis from Paris, France, lead Jie Li and Fu Zhong from Bejiing, China, by a negligible .46 matchpoints. In third are Roger Lee, Las Vegas and Steve Weinstein, Andes NY with 19.04 points.

Bates, Kasle winLebhar IMP PairsRoger Bates and Dennis Kasle, 7.05 IMPs off

the pace with a session to go in the Lebhar IMP Pairs, took advantage of a slip by the leading pair to win the event by .54 IMPs over the pair who posted the best game of the session.

Gorski team dominates 0–10,000 Swiss

Winners of the 0–10,000 Swiss Teams: Barry Gorski (captain), Deepak Khanna, Albert Bingaman Jr. and Bill Parks.

Wendy Sulivan at the Jeff Johnston tribute

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Roger Bates and Dennis Kasle, winners of the Lebhar IMP Pairs.

Daily BulletinPage 2 Sunday, March 15, 2015

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

Meetings are at the Marriott unless otherwise notedSunday, March 15

8-10 am Audrey Grant’s Modern Techniques for Bridge Teachers. Audrey Grant’s hands-on approach and creative use of the table, cards and bid boxes keeps students engaged, excited and focused. She will share these teaching techniques in this breakfast seminar. Fee: $20 covers breakfast and materials. (Sheraton, Bayside, 4th floor)

9:30 am-12:30 pm WBF Meeting. (St. Charles, 41st floor)10-11:30 am Board of Governors. All members of the ACBL Board of

Governors are invited to attend the Spring NABC meeting. This meeting is also open to the general membership of the ACBL. (Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor)

10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Audrey Grant. Grant has an international reputation in the field of bridge education. Her vision and commitment have been key to the success of her official Better Bridge series textbooks, TV shows, lectures, the Better Bridge magazine and the Better Bridge Teacher Accreditation Program. Free coffee and pastries will be served. (Sheraton, Bayside, 4th floor)

Noon-2 pm BridgePlus+ Game. A special game for newer (0-20 MP) players. 14 boards, no card fee. (Sheraton, Gallery, 1st floor)

1-6 pm Learn Bridge in a Day?™ This popular session is designed especially for true beginners, those returning to bridge after long absences and those merely wanting to “test the waters” before committing to formal classes. The concentrated course includes both class instruction and coached play. No pre-registration required. Fee: $20 covers textbook and door prizes. (Sheraton, Bayside, 4th floor)

6:30-9 pm Learn Bridge in a Day?™ Teacher Accreditation. Teacher training includes information on organizing and marketing LBIAD as well as maximizing retention rates, writing effective grant requests and the presentation of the seminar. (Sheraton, Bayside room, 4th floor)

Monday, March 16GOODWILL DAY

9 am-Noon Zero Tolerance workshop. The goal of this lively two–hour workshop is to make the club experience more inviting for new members and more pleasurable for everyone by encouraging and empowering directors and managers to deal with unacceptable behavior. (St. Charles, 41st floor)

10 am-Noon Competition and Conventions Committee. (Lafayette, 41st floor)

10 am-Noon USBF Board meeting. (Beauregard, 5th floor)10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Jerry Helms followed by a

special game for newer players. Free coffee and pastries will be served. (Sheraton, Bayside, 4th floor)

Noon-2 pm Bridge-Plus+ Game. A special game for newer (0-20 MP) players. 14 boards, no card fee. (Sheraton, Bayside, 4th floor)

4-8 pm Professional photographer. ACBL has retained a professional photographer to update images for our publications and website. We are looking for you – Hall of Famers, NABC winners, tournament staff, Grand Life Masters, soon-to-be Grand Life Masters and Platinum Life Masters, Bulletin contributors, I/N speakers, etc. (Jackson, 5th floor)

5-7 pm Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee members only. (Riverview, 41st floor)

Tuesday, March 179 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing education

course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. Sign up at the door. (St. Charles, 41st floor)

11 am-Noon History of Bridge. (Lafayette, 41st floor)

Wednesday, March 189 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A continuing

education course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. (St. Charles, 41st floor)

Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! (Mardi Gras Ballroom, 3rd floor)

Speakers and topics are subject to change.Sunday, March 15

9:15 am Daryl Fisher Overcall with a Purpose6:45 pm Robert Todd Preempts

Monday, March 169:15 am Kevin Wilson Fitting Honors6:45 pm Michael Huston Finessing

Tuesday, March 179:15 am Phillip Alder Play the Right Card6:45 pm Donna Compton Let the Opponents do the Work

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

HOSPITALITYLate-night snacks will be served at 10:15 pm at the Marriott in the Preservation Hall lobby (2nd floor) and Grand Ballroom lobby (3rd floor).

Sunday, March 15Ice cream bars

Monday, March 16Red beans and rice

Tuesday, March 17Jambalaya

Email usGot a hand to share or a nice story? We’d love

to see it.The Daily Bulletin has its own email address:

NABCDailyBulletin@acbl.org. You’ll also find it on the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” between the date and the editors’ names.

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.

You oughta be in picturesACBL has retained a professional

photographer to update images for our publications and website. We are looking for you – Hall of Famers, NABC winners, tournament staff, Grand Life Masters, soon-to-be Grand Life Masters and Platinum Life Masters, Bulletin contributors, I/N speakers, etc.

On Monday, March 16 from 4 to 8 p.m., the photographer will be located in the Jackson room on the 5th floor. Please try to look nice. If you’ve had your photograph taken at one of the past three NABCs, you are off the hook for now.

Questions? Email the Daily Bulletin folks at NABCDailyBulletin@acbl.org.

Check cashing and bridge bucks

The check cashing desk, located in the foyer outside the Grand Ballroom on the third floor, will be open every day between noon and 1 p.m. through Saturday, March 21.

There is a limit of $500 per day for check cashing. Members must provide their ACBL number.

Bridge bucks are available for purchase at the check-cashing desk. Visa, MasterCard and Discover can be used only to purchase bridge bucks.

Smoking PolicySmoking is not permitted in the playing area

during any bridge playing event at an NBAC. This includes electronic smoking devices.

SeniorsThe definition of a Senior (for the purpose of

Senior events, tournaments, special games, etc.) has matured — from 55 to 60 years old. Those ‘tweeners who previously qualified as a Senior and who have been magically rejuvenated are still eligible. If you were born before Jan. 1, 1959, you’re still a Senior for the purposes of playing in any ACBL Senior event.

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JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSGetting the most from

your conventions, part 2By Brent Manley

Vivian Ozbirn of Huntsville AL reported this episode. Two players new to duplicate were playing at the local bridge club. Dealer opened 1♦, the next player passed and dealer’s partner bid 1♥. Dealer Alerted. Asked why, dealer said, “Oh, because I don’t have any hearts.”

In yesterday’s column, the discussion centered on abuses of Blackwood, namely bidding 4NT with two or more quick losers in a side suit or when holding a void in a side suit.

Before getting to a better way to get to slam, there’s another part of Blackwood worth discussing: the 5NT follow-up, asking about kings.

In the original version of Blackwood, a bid of 5NT asked for numbers of kings, just as 4NT asked for numbers of aces. A much better method is to use 5NT to ask for specific kings.

Here’s how it works: Say you have agreed on spades as your trump suit and partner has bid 4NT, checking on key cards. Your response encourages partner to try for a grand slam. That’s what 5NT is used for, after all, and it guarantees the partnership holds all the aces and the king of trumps. You must discuss this with partner to be sure you are on the same page.

Okay, so partner has bid 5NT, inquiring about kings. Instead of showing the number of kings, if you have any, bid them up the line – that is, lowest ranking first, etc. By showing your kings up the line, if you skip a suit, you deny holding a king in that suit. For example, a response of 6♦ to 5NT denies holding the ♣K. If the bid is 6♥, it denies holding the ♣K and ♦K.

With no kings, you simply go back to the trump suit.

Say you hold♠A K Q J 10 7 ♥6 ♦K 5 ♣A Q J 9

You open 2♣, partner bids 2♦ then raises your 2♠ to 3♠, showing a better hand than if he had jumped to 4♠. You try 4NT and partner shows two key cards without the trump queen.

If partner responds number of kings to 5NT and shows one, you won’t know if it’s the ♥K or ♣K. If it’s the ♥K, you should stop in 6♠. You don’t want to be in 7♠ needing the club finesse. If you have agreed to show specific kings and partner’s response to 5NT is 6♣, you can count 13 tricks (six spades, one heart, two diamonds and four clubs). You can bid 7NT, planning to claim when the opening lead is made.

This sounds a bit complicated, but it’s pretty simple. Over partner’s 5NT, simply start with your lowest-ranking king. Discuss this with partner and write out the responses to help you remember them. If you have no kings, just bid the suit you have agreed upon as trumps.

Another tool for better slam bidding is the cuebid, something I rarely see newer players use. Say you are dealt♠A 4 ♥K Q J 9 8 7 ♦K 10 9 ♣6 3.

You open 1♥ and partner bids 2♣ (forcing to game). You rebid your heart suit and partner raises to 3♥. Partner is cooperating by leaving bidding space, so you join in the exploration by bidding 3♠ – the next suit “up the line.” This is not an offer to play in spades – it shows first- or second-round control of the suit. A “control” means no more than one quick loser. It could be an ace, a guarded king, a singleton or a void. In the up-the-line scheme, if a suit is skipped, that means two or more quick losers. If say, partner bids 4♦ over your 3♠, you know you have a problem in clubs. If partner’s hand is♠K 6 5 ♥A 10 6 ♦A Q ♣Q J 10 7 5,slam is out of the question.

Cuebidding in this fashion facilitates

Thinking bridgeBy Eddie Kantar

Using the bidding to guide you in play and defense – part 3 Dlr: East ♠ K J Vul: None ♥ 10 9 7 5 ♦ K 6 5 3 ♣ 6 5 4 ♠ 10 9 5 4 3 ♠ A Q 8 7 ♥ 8 3 ♥ A 6 ♦ Q 4 ♦ 9 8 7 ♣ Q 8 3 2 ♣ J 10 9 7 ♠ 6 2 ♥ K Q J 4 2 ♦ A J 10 2 ♣ A K West North East South Pass 1♥ Pass 2♥ Dbl 4♥ All Pass

Opening lead: ♠10 Bidding commentary: East’s original pass

followed by a takeout double shows 9-11 high-

card points with shortness in the bid suit. With as few as 9 HCP, East is likely to have a singleton heart. South’s 4♥ bid is clear.

Defensive commentary: From combinations headed by two adjacent honors, the A-K, K-Q, Q-J, J-10 or 10-9, the higher honor is led at a suit contract. At notrump, three adjacent honors or the third card in the sequence missing by one place – e.g., Q-J-9 – are necessary to lead an honor. As East, cash the first two spades and shift to the ♣J.

Play commentary: After winning the ♣A (higher equal for deceptive purposes), drive out the ♥A. Once East turns up with the ♥A, you have seen 11 HCP come out of the East hand. East passed as dealer, so West has the ♦Q. Draw trumps and play the ♦A and ♦J, intending to finesse if the jack is not covered.

Tip: Assume that a passed hand has fewer than 12 HCP. However, if a passed hand turns up with a six-card suit or two five-card suits, assume fewer than 11 HCP as 11 HCP is enough to open with either of those distributions.

Blackwood because of the controls shown. Bear in mind, of course, that cuebids give information to alert opponents. It’s worth it, of course, to get to good slams and avoid bad ones.

This concept is a bit more complicated than responses to 5NT, but a thorough discussion and using hand records for bidding practice will help you make it a part of your system. Just pick the deals where Deep Finesse says slam is makeable and discuss how you might get there with cuebidding along with Blackwood.

Doug Turnbull and Ken Crissman are in town to compete in the NAP Flight C. Ken defines their partnership this way: “Ken’s the smart one and I’m the good-looking one.” They play at the West Side Bridge Club in Cleveland OH.

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Electronic Device Policy The electronic device policy

at NABCs allows 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 session

The 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.

Tromso – way up north but worth the trip

The European Bridge League opened its summer championships to all comers for the first time in 2003 and has continued in odd-numbered years ever since. ACBL players have been a presence at the open tournaments from the inception.

The tournament features teams and pairs competitions in Mixed, Open, Women’s and Senior categories.

In 2013, on the initiative of EBL President Yves Aubry, the event has been broadened to include also daily side-events in order attract a wider range of players. This also provides alternative playing opportunities for non-qualifiers in the medal events.

The 2015 edition is scheduled for Tromso, Norway, from June 27 to July 11 for the Open Championships and July 18 to July 26 for the Youth Championships.

Aubry is in New Orleans to attend meetings of the World Bridge Federation – and to encourage players at the Spring NABC to consider a trip to the land of the midnight sun.

Aubry notes that Tromso, although situated in the far north of Norway, is easy to get to, with multiple flights from various European cities, including Oslo. “It’s not hard to get there,” he says. There are daily, on-the-hour flights from Oslo, with direct flights from London, Paris, Stockholm, Munich and Murmansk.

The tournament venue is in the center of town and. Restaurants and shopping are within five to 10 minutes walking time. The drive from the Tromso airport to the city center takes seven minutes.

Aubry says affordable hotel rooms are plentiful, including some at $80 US per night. Rooms comparable to what’s available at the Marriott in New Orleans can be had for $120 US per night.

Aubry notes that Tromso sometimes is viewed as far away and expensive. “It is not so far,” he says, “and not so expensive.”

There are many tourist attractions in Tromso, including daily cruises and mini-cruises along the coast of the country, as far as the North Cape, the point where the Norwegian Sea, part of the Atlantic Ocean, meets the Barents Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean.

The midnight sun can be seen from mid-May to July 31. The sun reaches its lowest point from 12:14 – 12:24 a.m. during those days. There are other activities for those who might want to take time off from bridge, including fishing, golf and cable-car rides. Car rentals are not expensive for those who like to explore on their own time schedules.

For more information about the tournament and activities in the area, visit

www.tromso2015.no and www.eurobridge.org.

The Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs gets underway today. Paid-up ACBL members born before January 1, 1959 who have a Silver, Red or Blue Ribbon qualification are eligible to play.

The Silver Ribbon Pairs consists of two qualifying and two final sessions. The winners will have their names inscribed on the Leventritt Trophy and will receive a certificate of recognition.

The trophy honors Peter Leventritt of New York, ACBL president in 1954 and assistant treasurer 1945–46. He served as president of the Greater New York Bridge Association and the Card School of New York, which he co-founded.

Leventritt (1916–1997) pioneered the use of the Schenken System in partnership with its inventor, Howard Schenken. He represented North America in the Bermuda Bowl and placed second in 1957, 1961, 1963 and 1965.Previous winners:1992 James Leary, S. Irving Steinfeldt1993 Joan Remey Moore, Helen Shanbrom1994 Virgil Anderson, Jayne Thomas1995 Gene Freed, Peter Benjamin1996 Phil Karani, Martin Hoffman1997 Chuck Said, John Russell1998 Eli Borok, Bill Sides1999 Jim Kirkham, Corinne Kirkham

2000 Rhoda Walsh, Charles Coon2001 Fred Hamilton, Steve Catlett2002 Marilyn Hemenway, Mike Albert2003 Roger Lord, Alan Popkin2004 Joseph Godefrin, Ed Schulte2005 Marla Chaikin, Bill Esberg2006 Lew Finkel, Gaylor Kasle2007 Allan Siebert, Alan Stout2008 Sheldon Kirsch, Morrie Kleinplatz2009 Dan Suty, Jim Hilton2010 Les Bart, Gloria Bart2011 Richard DeMartino, John Stiefel2012 James Marsh Sternberg, Fred Hamilton2013 Mike Cappelletti Sr., Richard Wieland2014 Allen Hawkins, Bernie Yomtov

The Silver Ribbon Pairs champs in 2014 were Bernie Yomtov and Allen Hawkins.

Silver Ribbon Pairs

Competition begins today in the Golder North American Pairs, Flight B — a grassroots event limited to players with 0–1500 masterpoints.

The first stage is conducted at the local club level and qualifiers advance to unit competition. Those qualifiers then advance to the district finals where three pairs — more, depending upon attendance — qualify for the North American final.

Winners will have their names inscribed on the Golder Cup and will also receive a certificate of recognition.

The trophy is presented in memory of Benjamin M. Golder (1894–1946) of Philadelphia, who died the day before the close of his term as 1946 ACBL president. He was named ACBL Honorary Member of the Year for 1947.Previous winners:1992 Peter Worley, Kevin Young1993 Robert Sewell, Paul Janicki1994 Brendan Dempsey, Ian Crowe1995 Jay Levy, William Rushmore1996 Robert Johnson, David Rosenstein1997 Bill Drewett, Kirk Twiss1998 Adam Beneschan, Brian Gilbert1999 Andy Kaufman, Greg Burch2000 Hal Hindman, Mark Chen2001 Walter Lee, Jonathan Weinstein2002 Wieslaw Kalita, Marian Krasowski

2003 Jordan Chodorow, Harvey Katz2004 Jim Alison, Dayn Beam2005 Pete Whipple, Jamie Radcliffe2006 Fletcher Thompson, Bruce Todd2007 Mark Golding, Rob Kitchen2008 Sidney Kanter, Ron Nelken2009 Robert McCaw, Lewis Gamerman2010 Fred Schenker, Dian Petrov2011 Roger Webb, Philippe Galaski2012 Joseph Rice, Bjorgvin Kristinsson2013 Daniel Jackson, Bill McCarty2014 Miroslav Kovacevic, Aleksandar Vujic

Golder North American Flight B champs from last year: Miroslav Kovacevic and Aleksandar Vujic from District 2.

Golder NAP Flight B begins play today

The ACBL Laws Commission (LC) agreed to consider the Lynn Baker team’s request for a further review of the Appeal Committee’s decision from the final of the 2014 Wagar Knockout Teams. This review was according to Law 93 C.1, election 8 a. (“A further appeal to the Regulating authority may be allowed only as follows:a. On a point of law to and at the discretion of

the ACBL Laws Commission.”)The LC reviewed the case and the

submissions from the two teams. The LC determined that the Appeal Committee ruling did not violate the laws, so the Appeal Committee ruling stands. The vote was 7–2 with six (of the 15) LC members recused. Committee: Peter Boyd, Chris Compton, Allan Falk, Ron Gerard, Chip Martel (chair), Becky Rogers, Aaron Silverstein, Roger Stern, Howard Weinstein. Compton and Stern dissented.

Laws Commission notice

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Raising clubsPlayers in the North American Pairs Flight C,

a grassroots event limited to players who have not yet become Life Masters, will begin competition today for the Presiden’s Cup.

The trophy was presented in 1942 by Morgan Howard, ACBL president that year. The trophy was previously awarded to the winners of the President’s Pairs event, held at the Summer NABC.

The competition began last summer at the local club level and qualifiers then advanced to unit competition. Those qualifiers advanced to the district finals and three pairs from each district C more, depending upon attendance C qualified for the North American final.Previous winners:1987 12. David Deaderick, Bill Thomas 12. Leo Austern, Bernard Pollack 1988 Brad Moss, Aaron Silverstein

1989 Jeffrey Brown, Warren King1990 Moske Harel, Philip Leung1991 Eric Greco, Philip Greco1992 Gail Joelson, Alan Kasner1993 Everett Boyer, Mark Micheli1994 Weizhong Bao, Jingdong Guo1995 Edward Lee, Brett Roby1996 Ruoyu Fan, Yue Zuo1997 Michael Corker, Thomas Franklin1998 TienChun Yang, Fang Wu1999 James Gunn, Harry Shaffer2000 Meredith Beck, John Johnson2001 Hailong Ao, JianJian Wang2002 Jacek Leznicki, Jerry Owczarek2003 John Christensen, Robert Wissman2004 Ryan Connors, Daniel Wilderman

2005 Jiang Chen, Nongyu Li2006 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Vladimir Reznik2007 Jon King, Dayou Zhou2008 Dmitri Bourlikov , Abraham Pallas2009 Michael Bodell, Elenalani Lam 2010 Vladimir Oudalov, Stanley Weiss2011 Rajeev Bansal, Michael Hughes2012 Chase Bonnette, Jeffrey Tsang2013 Reid Barton, Emily Shen2014 Donald Richards, Sharlene Tyler

District 9’s Sharlene Tyler and Donald Richards won the North American Pairs, Flight C, in 2014.

NAP–C Pairs compete for President’s Cup

“It’s not enough to provide marketing resources, we need to share best practices,” Padbury says. “The blog is emailed bi-monthly and features a new campaign each month.”

In January, The Tricks of the Trade announced a new “Game Face” template, which received more than 200 downloads from the Resource Center. February’s “Get in the Mix” is a flexible template design that club managers, teachers and tournament chairs can use to customize posters, fliers and print advertisements.

“We encourage people to reach out and let us know if they need something,” Padbury says. “We are eager to do all that we can to support our clubs and teachers, and if one person needs something, chances are pretty good that many others will put it to good use, too.”

Access the Resource Center through the Marketing tab at acbl.org. Once in the Resource Center, there’s a link to The Tricks of the Trade blog at the right of the green bar across the top of the page, or you may navigate directly to: tricksofthetrade.acbl.org.

0-10,000 SWISS TEAMS 32 Tables / Based on 63 Tables 70.00 1 Barry Gorski - Albert Bingaman Jr, Reading PA; Bill Parks, Macungie PA; Deepak Khanna, Blandon PA 136.00 52.50 2 Guss Ginsburg, New Orleans LA; Mike Doyle, Houston TX; Daniel Jackson, Spring TX; Bill McCarty, San Antonio TX 111.57 39.38 3 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Bart Nab - Judith Nab, Amsterdam Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands 110.51 31.11 4 Edmund Wu - Steve Smolen, San Francisco CA; Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA 109.49 28.00 5 Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA 109.11 25.45 6 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Julie Arbit, Rochester Hills MI; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI 108.47 23.33 7 William Higgins, Cincinnati OH; Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH; Michael Oechsler, Greenville SC; Ann Rickard, Greer SC 106.49 21.54 8 Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON; J Mark Siegrist, Gloucester ON 101.04 20.00 9 Greg Michaels, Cleveland OH; Charlene Predmest, Delray Beach FL; Muriel Altus - Philip Altus, Tampa FL 100.60 18.67 10 Miroslav Kovacevic, Markham ON; Aleksandar Vujic - Gabriel Tatar, Toronto ON; Dorin Toma, Mississauga ON 97.62 17.50 11 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Corey Krantz, Philadelphia PA; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL; Sylwia McNamara - Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 97.23 16.47 12 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richland Hls TX; Joan Jackson, Dallas TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 96.68 15.56 13 Bruce Wick - Susan Stubinski, Houston TX; Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 96.66 14.74 14 Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH; Robert Fisk - A J Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 94.57 14.00 15 Mac Busby - Paul Darin, San Diego CA; David Abelow, La Jolla CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Jim Johnsen, San Mateo CA 94.30 13.33 16 Larry Levin - George Fillis - Karen Fillis, San Antonio TX; Jerrold Harrington, Helotes TX 90.28 12.73 17 Debbie Feldman - Christopher Cowan, Oakville ON; John McWhinnie, Hillsburgh ON; Doug Barnes, Caledon ON 86.64 12.17 18 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Arun Savara, Honolulu HI; Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 86.55 11.67 19 Mark Bennett, Honolulu HI; Richard Carle, Longview WA; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR; Bill Cook, Shreveport LA 82.28 11.20 20 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 81.55 10.77 21 Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Paul Janicki, Markham ON; Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 80.64 10.37 22 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Alex Hudson - Michael Ventura - Matthew Frame, Raleigh NC 80.04

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Johnston

On the loading dock at the hotel, one of the veteran TDs, Bill “Curly” Holt, expressed some doubts about Johnston, a non-bridge player, as the leader of the crew. “Within a week,” Ware said, “Curly approached his new boss and said, ‘Jeff, you’ll be good at this.’ ”

Ware said those were prophetic words: “The skill set he brought was a whole new one for the ACBL at that time.” More than that, Ware said, Johnston was a friend. “I loved Jeff like a brother. I’m sad he’s gone and, like all of you, I’m so happy to have known him.”

After taking the podium, Sullivan said she let Ware talk before her because “I can’t go first.”

“I don’t know how to think about him,” she said. “He was my co-worker, boss, mentor and best friend. He inspired me in a way that will be part of me forever. He always told me that if I wasn’t making mistakes I wasn’t trying and learning new things.”

Although he held a position in the hierarchy of ACBL management, Sullivan said, Johnston “never thought he was better than anyone.” His commitment, she noted, was “to be there if anyone wanted anything at any time.”

Sullivan related that Johnston loved gadgets and had a sense of humor not widely known outside his circle of friends and close associates.

TD David Cotterman related a story about a lunch break the services crew took during the 2012 Spring NABC in Memphis. At a restaurant known for slow service, Johnston and the others, including Sullivan, were sitting outside waiting for their orders. Johnston spotted a pizza parlor across the street and told Sullivan to order a pie. She pretended to do so, but when that order was slow to come, Johnston got up and headed for the pizza place. To Sullivan’s horror, he returned a few minutes later with a pizza box which he gleefully revealed to be empty, saying to Sullivan, “Gotcha!”

Sullivan said she took on the role of the Ask Me Girl NABCs at Johnston’s suggestion, and she wrote a book called “Confessions of An Ask Me Girl.” She gave it to Johnston one Bosses Day. She was more than pleased that he liked the gift and enjoyed reliving Ask Me Girl adventures with her. “I’m so grateful for those memories,” she said.

In her friend’s absence, Sullivan added, “I need to hear his words of encouragement as I work at my first NABC without him. I only want to make him proud of me. Thank you, Jeff, for being you and my best friend. I miss you.”

Continued on page 13

Daily BulletinPage 6 Sunday, March 15, 2015

Whine, whine, whine!By Barry Rigal

My partners have a lot to complain about. I rarely give them trump support – and when I finally do they complain about the trumps being too good. Check this deal from the second qualifying session of the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs. The deal was played against Louk Verhees Jr. (Netherlands) and David Bakhshi (England).

Dlr: North ♠ 9 8 Vul: E-W ♥ J 7 ♦ 10 8 6 3 ♣ A Q 8 6 2 ♠ 10 7 ♠ A Q 6 5 4 3 2 ♥ A Q 8 4 3 ♥ K 6 ♦ A Q ♦ J ♣ K 10 5 3 ♣ 9 7 4 ♠ K J ♥ 10 9 5 2 ♦ K 9 7 5 4 2 ♣ J West North East South Verhees Rigal Bakhshi Milgrim Pass 1♠ Pass 2♥ Pass 2♠ Pass 2NT Pass 3♠ Pass 4♣ Dbl Pass Pass 4♠ All Pass

Milgrim led the ♣J, covered by the king and ace. Two more rounds of clubs allowed Milgrim to ruff. He could see that if he ruffed with the ♠J, declarer might drop the king. So he tried the effect of ruffing the club with the trump king!

Now consider how Bakhshi would have played with six spades had he held either the ♠9 or ♠8 – or seven spades without the ♠9. He would surely have played to take two finesses in trumps.

As it was, he had no choice but to play for the drop. Sorry, partner – my bad.

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 6 Tables 25.12 1 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland 17.58 2 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Sanford FL; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 7 Tables 12.18 1 Stephen Heffner, Springfield LA; Diane Schwartz, Covington LA; Arnaldo Partesotti, New Orleans LA; Doris Liukkonen, Metairie LA 8.53 2 Stephen Cooper, Belle Mead NJ; Leonard Myers, Elizabeth NJ; Mary McCarron - David McCarron, Austin TX

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KNOCKOUT BRACKET 3 6 Tables 8.00 1 Sue Hanneman - Mark Hanneman, Plainfield IL; Linda Leaming, Rockford IL; Per Halvorsen, Laksevag Norway 5.60 2 Gina Bresler, Lansdale PA; Harriet Schwartz, New Hope PA; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Chang-Li Lu, Strongsville OH

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KNOCKOUT BRACKET 4 8 Tables 7.62 1 Alan Mannheimer, Charlotte NC; Darlene Mannheimer, Pittsburgh PA; Pat Sandler - Guy Gundaker, Scottsdale AZ 5.33 2 Mary McIntyre - Margaret Rich - Robert Pfeffer - Larry McIntyre, Saint Paul MN

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KNOCKOUT BRACKET 5 8 Tables 6.14 1 Valerie Fraser - Floyd Fraser - Delores Courtney, Mobile AL; Janet Connell, Spanish Fort AL 4.30 2 Lee Smart, Olive Branch MS; Linda Sherrell, Collierville TN; Joan Chrestman, Bartlett TN; Susan Ray, Germantown TN 2.18 3/4 Rita Rocys, Toronto ON; Wendy Wade, Mississauga ON; Richard Osborn, Gulf Breeze FL; Larry Clark, Keene NH; Kathryn Johnson, Baker LA

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.

LEBHAR IMP PAIRS 78.0 Tables / Based on 165 Tables100.00 1 Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Dennis Kasle, Scottsdale AZ 114.72 75.00 2 Aaron Jones, Orange CA; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD 114.18 56.25 3 Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 95.79 44.44 4 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 89.03 40.00 5 Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 79.55 36.36 6 Fred Gitelman - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV 73.58 33.33 7 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 70.24 30.77 8 Iype Koshy, Gretna LA; Tim Joder, Lanesboro MA 69.65 28.57 9 Susan Kissinger - John Kissinger, San Clemente CA 67.86 26.67 10 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Paul Street, Delray Beach FL 66.32 25.00 11 Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania; Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV 64.17 23.53 12 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX 63.65 22.22 13 Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 59.72 21.05 14 Michael Roche - Tim Ayers, Victoria BC 59.29 20.00 15 Russell Shoup, Dayton OH; Marc Low, Centerville OH 57.31 19.05 16 Spencer Hurd, Meigs GA; John Hurd, New York NY 57.20 18.18 17 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI 54.60 17.39 18 Perla Sultan, Aventura FL; Steve Hamaoui, Milono Italy 54.39 16.67 19 Ned Irving, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 52.65 16.00 20 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 52.22 15.38 21 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 51.85 14.81 22 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, New York NY 51.69 21.40 23 Jeovani Salomao, Lago Norte Brazil; Paulo Brum, Rio De Janiero Brazil 47.50 13.79 24 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Tom Edwards, Austin TX 46.76 13.33 25 Nicholas Gartaganis - Gordon Campbell, Calgary AB 45.12 12.90 26 Tobi Sokolow - Louis Sachar, Austin TX 44.98 12.91 27 Buddy Hanby - Sally Wheeler, The Woodlands TX 43.21 12.12 28 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Robert Cappelli, Birmingham MI 39.15 11.76 29 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Julius Sigurjonsson, Iceland 38.57 17.85 30 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 37.17 11.11 31 Winthrop Allegaert - Scott Levine, New York NY 36.25 20.76 32 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 35.28 11.12 33 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 34.98 10.26 34 Ahmed Hussein - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 33.50 10.00 35 Richard Probst - Alex Hydes, 33.18 18.73 36 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 32.61 9.41 37/38 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 32.25 9.41 37/38 Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Sigridur Kristjansdottir, Wilmington DE 32.25 9.09 39 Richard Brown, Easley SC; Boyce Robbins, Greenville SC 31.46 8.89 40 Bob Hamman - Chris Hamman, Dallas TX 31.22 8.70 41 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Robb Gordon, Sedona AZ 31.01 11.16 42 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Dave Swarthout, San Antonio TX 30.75 8.33 43 Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA 30.18 10.52 44 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Brett Adler, Norwalk CT 30.10 8.00 45 Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV; Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK 29.83 7.77 46/47 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 29.80 7.77 46/47 Mark Bumgardner, N Richland Hls TX; Bill Staats, Southlake TX 29.80 8.77 48 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 29.77 18.26 49 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI 29.35 7.32 50 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 29.12

SATURDAY A/B PAIRS 51.0 Tables / Based on 100 Tables A B 36.70 1 Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 60.31% 27.53 2 Gerry McCully, Victoria BC; Peter Herold, Namaimo BC 59.71% 20.64 3 Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA 59.31% 15.48 4 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 59.23% 12.23 5 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA 57.08% 16.80 6 1 Sean Gannon, Decatur GA; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 57.03% 9.18 7 Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner, New York NY 56.28% 12.60 8 2 Carole Silverstein, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Levey, Bethesda MD 55.85% 8.66 9 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Shan Huang, Scarborough ON 55.65% 8.66 10 Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 55.32% 6.12 11 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI 54.99% 5.65 12 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY 54.82% 5.24 13 Barbara Cunliffe, Bentleyville OH; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 54.53% 4.89 14 Gary Brinker, Maumee OH; Joseph Ernsthausen, Sylvania OH 54.32% 4.59 15 Stan Schenker - David Milton, Herndon VA 53.99% 4.33 16 Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan 53.91% 4.08 17 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Martin Harris, Chicago IL 53.87% 3.86 18 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA 53.75% 3.67 19 James Partridge, Birmingham AL; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 53.73% 3.50 20 Petra Hamman - Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 53.68% 9.45 21 3 Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA 53.61% 3.19 22 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 53.45% 3.06 23 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA 53.23% 7.09 24 4 Ben Takemori - William Ge, Burnaby BC 53.14% 2.82 25 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA 53.09% 5.60 26 5 Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Wei Tian, China People’s Republic of China 52.93% 6.06 6 John Demeulemeester, Burnaby BC; Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC 52.92% 4.20 7 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA 52.71% 6.17 8 Xiaoqian Liu - Maxim Siline, Hudson MA 52.69% 4.41 9 Carol Rynders - Jay Olson, Saint Paul MN 52.29% 3.05 10 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX 52.10% 2.80 11 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 51.79% 2.58 12 Dale Freeman - Frances Freeman, Englehart ON 51.56% 2.40 13 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 51.54% 2.24 14 Alan Kudisch, Farmingdale NY; Frank Anshen, Setauket NY 51.54%

Page 7Daily Bulletin Sunday, March 15, 2015

Be Scent-sitive!Some people have an extreme sensitivity to

fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The

ACBL has not issued an official policy on the matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of its members to refrain from using fragrances.

Because duplicate bridge requires players to be in close proximity to each other, individuals who suffer from fragrance-related reactions

cannot avoid those who are wearing them. Among the commonly reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine sufferers) or breathing-related problems. For these individuals, the issue is much more serious than simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real health problem.

The ACBL asks everyone to give this issue the consideration it deserves. Please, if you’re going to play in a club or a tournament, don’t wear cologne, perfume or scented lotions.

A change of mindBy Barry Rigal

Mark Aquino, winner of the Baldwin North American Pairs Flight A with Shome Mukherjee, admits to being a gambler. In their winning effort on Thursday, the two had their share of good fortune. On this deal from the final session, Aquino bid boldly and played safe.

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

When Mukherjee showed the right number of key cards (two), Aquino gambled on finding no club loser.

After West stewed over his opening lead and asked about the auction, Aquino posited that when West eventually led a diamond, he might have been thinking about leading a singleton club.

Before committing himself, Aquino drew trumps. Now the 4-0 trump split changed his mind. He pulled all the trumps, cashed the ♣K and finessed in clubs to claim plus 1010.

SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 1 6 TablesMiguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; Ellis Feigenbaum - Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA vsMolly O’Neill, Fort Lauderdale FL; Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL; Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Maris Zilant, North Miami FL

Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Veronika Strauss, 4532 Rohr Im Kr Austria; Peter Steiner, Semriach Austria; Andrea Muliar, Vienna Austria vsZane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM

SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 2 7 TablesJohn Peer - James Rowen, Indianapolis IN; Howard Montemurro, Vineland ON; Won Yang, Clermont FL vsBeth Todd - David Wolf - Di Lapeyre - Cappy McIver, New Orleans LA

George Parkins, Vienna VA; Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; M. David Jackson, Alexandria VA; Royald Zell, Tampa FL vsB Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC; Bill Carson, Ltl Switzerland NC; Edward Banta - Katherine Trubey, Spruce Pine NC

SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 3 8 TablesFred Lay - Claudette Lay, Kenner LA; Suzanne Baer, Biloxi MS; Susan Gibbens, Metairie LA vsLarry Jackson - Sarkis Kish - Deborah Harrington, Memphis TN; Roseann Buckley, Ventura CA

Stephane Reiher, Beloeil QC; Eric Reiher, Longueuil QC; Nanette Hittmeier, Olympia WA; Carol Kirkland, Madison MS vsHenry Bodenheimer - J Walker Jones Jr - Robert Pettit, New Orleans LA; E Hugh Lawson, Metairie LA

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.

SATURDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 14.0 Tables A B C 4.55 1 1 Gail Kahan, Santa Barbara CA; John Kahan, Century City CA 64.20% 3.41 2 2 Joseph Koester, Brooklyn Park MN; Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL 62.88% 2.56 3 3 1 Christopher Young - David Williams, New Orleans LA 62.12% 1.92 4 Peter Kyper, West Chester PA; Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD 61.93% 1.44 5 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Sandi Foreman, Delray Beach FL 58.14% 1.96 6 4 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 57.20% 1.32 5 Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain 55.68% 0.99 6 Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; Leslie Cassoff, Philadelphia PA 53.41% 1.73 2 Anne O’Meara - Rajiv Kapadia, Mankato MN 51.89% 1.29 3 David Woods, New Orleans LA; Stephen Kishner, Metairie LA 47.92% 0.97 4 Donald Keyes - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 46.97%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 34.0 Tables A B C 8.34 1 Philippe Soulet, France; Christophe Oursel, Clichy France 71.06% 6.26 2 Bernard Payen, France France; Thierry De Sainte-Marie, Paris France 65.19% 5.02 3 Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA 64.73% 3.52 4 Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 62.15% 6.26 5 1 Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY 61.89% 1.98 6 Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY; Barbara Mackay, Fredericton NB 59.93% 4.70 7 2 1 Christopher Young, New Orleans LA; David Williams, LA 59.77% 3.52 8 3 2 Peter Jack - Sylvia Wade, Medford OR 59.31% 2.64 4 3 Roseann Buckley, Ventura CA; Deborah Harrington, Memphis TN 58.99% 1.98 5 Leslie Kolb, Mandeville LA; Jerrilyn Jones, Ponchatoula LA 58.08% 1.49 6 Fredric Weiner, Monroe Township NJ; Howard Halpern, Sarasota FL 58.03% 1.11 7 Todd Fisher, Chicago IL; David MacRae, Horn Lake MS 56.96% 1.23 4 Krista Garver - Katherine Leonard, Portland OR 52.62% 0.92 5 Donald Keyes - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 51.70%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 58.0 Tables 7 8 9 15.62 1 D Abraham, Windsor ON; Edmond Douville, Hobart IN 63.41% 11.72 2 1 Samuel Lane, Olathe KS; Robert Tung, Leawood KS 62.18% 8.79 3 2 Mary Vernick - Martin Vernick, Savannah GA 61.78% 6.59 4 3 Rosalyn Millar - Malcom Millar, Summerside PE 61.76% 5.21 5 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 61.61% 4.46 6 Sam Taylor - Joseph Melton, Colorado Spgs CO 60.42% 3.91 7 4 1 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Wendy Marks, Austin TX 59.38% 3.47 8 Will Sutherland, North York ON; Robert Sprick, Windermere FL 59.25% 3.12 9 5 George Jenkins, Boca Raton FL; Gregory Perkowski, Lansing MI 58.33% 2.84 10 John Miller - Susan Eggebrecht, Chicago IL 58.16% 2.60 11 6 Ron Nath, Aliso Viejo CA; Steve Rakower, Corona Del Mar CA 57.85% 2.40 12 Barbara Bayone - Kiendl Gordon, New York NY 57.59% 2.23 13 7 Joan Ritter - Keith Ritter, Katy TX 57.44% 2.36 14 8 Chuck Theis, East Lansing MI; Kathy Stepanovich, Haslett MI 57.42% 1.97 2 Terry Jonas - Sheila Cesarano, Miami Beach FL 54.46% 1.68 3 Susan Eisner, Huntington Bay NY; Faith Lerner, Syosset NY 49.85% 1.11 4 Jane Foster - Polly Norris, Palm Beach FL 49.70%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 19.5 Tables A B C 3.94 1 1 1 Sally Sassen - Ron Sassen, Austin TX 62.80% 2.96 2 Nancy Raiche - Gerry Gastelum, Manhattan Beach CA 62.15% 2.51 3 2 2 John Musser IV - Stephanie Musser, New Orleans LA 59.90% 1.66 4 Jeanne McLeod - Wilson McLeod, Cape Town South Africa 58.04% 1.88 5 3 Judith George - Marilynn Hatcher, Baton Rouge LA 57.99% 1.12 6/7 John Schlundt, Eden Prairie MN; Fred Spitzzeri, Dixon IL 57.44% 1.41 6/7 4 Barbara Lombardy - Mary Apple, Billings MT 57.44% 1.38 5 3 Virginia Brooks - Barbara Neustadtt, Atlanta GA 56.03% 1.03 6 4 Diana Powell - Janice Zazulak, Metairie LA 55.65% 0.78 5 Virginia Brier, Tucson AZ; Murl Estes, Maitland FL 55.48% 0.83 6 Seymour Epstein - Gloria Epstein, Toronto ON 52.08%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 8.5 Tables A B C 1.94 1 1 1 Joe Jones, Memphis TN; Stephanie Threlkeld, Germantown TN 67.00% 1.46 2 2 Daphne Lesage - Leslie Lanusse, New Orleans LA 62.10% 1.09 3 3 Cynthia Brettschneider - Ralph Brettschneider, San Marcos TX 60.09% 0.82 4 Judy Pyeatte, New Orleans LA; Virginia Dabbs, Metairie LA 56.45% 0.71 5 4 Lynne Peterson, Metairie LA; Carolyn Abadie, Kenner LA 54.91% 0.53 5 Judy Swerens - Barbara Heisele, Wheeling WV 54.84% 0.87 2 Janet Genusa, Harahan LA; Mary Lou Adragna, Metairie LA 51.17%

Daily BulletinPage 8 Sunday, March 15, 2015

Playing in an NABC+ pairs game? Please buy your

entry early!NABC+ pairs events requires time to allow

for proper seeding. The ACBL asks participants to please buy entries at least 15 minutes before game time. This is especially true if you expect to be a seeded pair.

Avoid the lines by buying your entry online. Go to BridgeWinners.com – your initial transaction extends as long as your pair or team remains in the event and you pay only the cost of the entry – there is no service charge.

Play or defend?By Barry Rigal

This board comes from the first qualifying session of the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs.

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

I assume this auction was entirely normal. Without focusing on what should have happened, I guess what happened at our table was not uncommon.

North led the ♥10: K, ace, 3. The ♣4 went to the ace, followed by the ♣Q to the king. I took a losing diamond finesse, ruffed the club return and played the ♦A and ♦7. North could win and kill the club menace, and I had no squeeze. A mundane plus 90.

Obviously the defenders could have done better – but it’s not obvious what happens if, after ♥10, king, duck by South – as he surely should.

Declarer leads a diamond to the queen and king. How what? If the defenders take their heart ruff (and who wouldn’t?), North may exit with the ♣A and another club. But then he is squeezed in the black suits.

North does better to exit with the ♣Q before cashing the ♣A. Declarer wins the ♣K and cannot play a second club or North gets in to play clubs at every turn to kill the menace.

Instead, declarer must ruff the fourth heart back to hand (not a sensible play except at double dummy) and will then later be able to squeeze North in the black suits.

The defenders can eliminate this whole black-suit squeeze thing at trick three. Don’t take the heart ruff. Play the ♣A and ♣Q and lock declarer in dummy. He will doubtless ruff a club to hand. North then gets in with a second diamond to play a heart to partner’s ace and take the heart ruff and play a fourth club. End of squeeze?

Not so fast. After that heart lead to trick one, let’s revert to trick two and discover how to make 2♦ by force.

Win the ♥K and play a heart!? The defenders take the ♥A and the ruff and do best to play the ♣Q. You win the king and play a second club to put North back on play. He can do no better than lead a third club.

You ruff, play the ♠9 to the ace, ruff a fourth club and exit with the ♠Q. North wins the king and can do no better than lead his fifth club. You overruff South and exit with the ♦Q to endplay North in trumps at trick 12!.

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 11.0 Tables A B C 2.76 1 Helen Vagle - Ede Donovan, Edina MN 68.75% 2.07 2 Deborah Lundahl, Palo Alto CA; Donna Raynor, Los Altos CA 65.18% 2.23 3 1 1 Jeanie Kwong - Katherine Kwong, Foster City CA 62.80% 1.67 4 2 Lucy Crichton, Concord NH; Deborah Drysdale, San Francisco CA 60.71% 1.25 5 3 Annette French - Shirley Cooper, Sault Ste Marie ON 56.55% 0.69 6 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA 55.06% 1.23 4 2 Alan Cohen - Mara Cohen, Porter Ranch CA 53.87% 0.92 5 3 Bonnie Zeran - Sterling Zeran, Lakefield ON 52.38% 0.69 4 Mary Boudreau, Little Rock AR; Cecilia Vinson, Maumelle AR 50.30%

SATURDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 35.0 Tables A B C 8.53 1 1 1 Susan Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT; Felix Springer, West Hartford CT 62.85% 6.40 2 2 Irva Neyhart - Brian Breckenridge, Corvallis OR 62.15% 4.80 3 Shekhar Sengupta, Marlborough MA; Helen Johnston, Ajax ON 60.46% 3.60 4 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA 60.23% 2.70 5 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 59.15% 3.59 6 3 Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Veronika Strauss, 4532 Rohr Im Kr Austria 58.46% 2.57 7 Natalie Hertz - Dan Hertz, Harrison NY 58.23% 2.40 8 4 Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD; Ronnie Malasky, Longboat Key FL 57.77% 1.80 5 Jane Trahms, Lakeville MN; Phyllis Anderson, Saint Paul MN 57.23% 1.35 6 Barbara Phillips, Spring TX; Charles Collins, Shenandoah TX 56.62% 1.80 7 Claudia Tinajero - Jorge Nischli, Mexico Mexico 56.15% 1.95 2 Barbara Robinson - David Robinson, Denver CO 54.69% 1.46 3 Klaus Brondum - Corey Powell, Ann Arbor MI 52.08% 1.10 4 Robert Hartley, Meridian ID; Darrel Mooney, Boise ID 49.15% 1.23 5 Sarah Ellison - Bill Cox, Jonesboro AR 49.08%

SATURDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 18.0 Tables 7 3 6.43 1 Emelie Quennell, Calgary AB; Melissa Martin, Big Sky MT 59.57% 4.82 2 1 George Steele, Austin TX; Janet Weins, Plantation FL 57.52% 3.62 3 2 Christian Hemphill, Brooklyn NY; Scott McDermott, New York NY 56.85% 2.71 4 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Jacqueline Zayac, Lafayette CA 56.65% 1.99 5/6 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Kathi Marcus, Lake Oswego OR 56.55% 2.18 5/6 Michael Thompson - Eva Thompson, West Orange NJ 56.55% 2.33 7 David Snyder, Oakland CA; Carol Warren, Piedmont CA 56.50% 2.10 8 3 Andrew Rottenbacher, South Pasadena CA; Joerg Rottenbacher, Arcadia CA 56.25% 1.58 9 4 Dominick D’Ascoli, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Jonathan Thompson, Montclair NJ 54.32% 1.25 5 Jett Elmer - Jan Benson, Topeka KS 53.37%

SATURDAY C/D PAIRS 24.0 Tables / Based on 48 Tables C D 19.03 1 1 Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland Hls TX 62.63% 14.27 2 Catherine Gay, Kalamazoo MI; William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI 56.16% 10.70 3 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 55.84% 8.03 4 2 Larry Smith - David Warner, Austin TX 55.74% 6.34 5 Paul Matheson, The Villages FL; Charles Showalter, Lady Lake FL 55.69% 5.44 6 Glenda Calkins - R Barkley Calkins, Allendale NJ 55.50% 4.76 7 Hazel Schoenberg - Jules Schoenberg, Plano TX 54.88% 4.23 8 3 Iris Libby, Cincinnati OH; Zag Kadah, Seattle WA 54.59% 3.81 9 4 Tim Rilling, Vancouver WA; Don Herring, Lake Oswego OR 53.27% 3.72 10 Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN; Sam Graham, Germantown TN 53.24% 3.17 11 5 Janis Ellis, Seminole FL; Wendy Margraff, St Petersburg FL 53.21% 2.93 12 6 Samuel Amer - Paul Amer, Newark DE 53.20%

FRIDAY-SATURDAY BRACKETED KO 1 9 Tables 46.80 1 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 32.76 2 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy 18.72 3/4 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Sanford FL; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland 18.72 3/4 Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway

FRIDAY-SATURDAY BRACKETED KO 2 13 Tables 35.57 1 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan Poland; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands; Joris Van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands 24.90 2 Vitas Vainikonks - Olansk, ; Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland 14.23 3/4 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Johan Saefsten, Uppsala Sweden 14.23 3/4 Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Veronika Strauss, 4532 Rohr Im Kr Austria; Robert Walters, New Westminster BC; John Ionescu, Long Beach CA

FRIDAY-SATURDAY BRACKETED KO 3 16 Tables 21.60 1 William Drake, Minnetonka MN; Joseph Koester, Brooklyn Park MN; John Crouch, Edina MN; Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL 15.12 2 Barbara Newman - Betsi Tunnell, Nashville TN; Dloye Swift - Sandra Weber, Slidell LA 8.64 3/4 Douglas Fjare, Ponca City OK; Becky Lowe - David Bailey - Bonnie Gall, Bartlesville OK 8.64 3/4 Trisha Malazdrewicz - Gerardo Malazdrewicz - Glen Dexter - Margie Knickle, Halifax NS

FRIDAY-SATURDAY BRACKETED KO 4 16 Tables 16.48 1 Natalie Silverstein - Phil Dowd, Toronto ON; Louise Morel, Chapala Mexico; Ethan Macaulay, Bedford NS 11.54 2 Karen Hudesman - Dave Drischell, Seattle WA; Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA; Bonnie Broders, Port Townsend WA 6.59 3/4 Louis Tousignant, Brooklyn NS; Janet Parsons, St John’s NL; Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS; Carolyn Wood, Cobbs Creek VA 6.59 3/4 Jerry Nolte - Elizabeth Nolte, Oak Hill VA; Tony Robson, Arlington VA; James Augustine, Alexandria VA

FRIDAY-SATURDAY BRACKETED KO 5 16 Tables 12.71 1 Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry - Carol Bagalman, Metairie LA; Sherrie Goodman, New Orleans LA 8.90 2 Gerald Parker - Susan Parker, Durham NC; John Aluise - Douglas Steele, Chapel Hill NC 5.08 3/4 Trisha Oconnor - Carroll Brooks, Walnut Creek CA; Lynne Humphrey - Mark Humphrey, Moraga CA 5.08 3/4 Valarie Remmers - Dale Remmers, Plano TX; Linda Echtenkamp - Burt Echtenkamp, Boise ID

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Entry FeesPlayers must be ACBL members whose service

fees or dues are current in order to compete in any of the following national-ranked events: Kay Platinum Pairs, Silodor Open Pairs, Vanderbilt Knockout Teams, Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs, Rockwell Mixed Pairs, Lebhar IMP Pairs, Smith Life Master Women’s Pairs, NABC+ Fast Pairs, Jacoby Open Swiss Teams, and the Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams.

The entry fees for these NABC+ contests are $20 per player per session. For NABC+ events when screens are in use, the entry fee will be $30 per player per session. Note: $1.50 per person per session benefits the International Fund.

Players must also be current ACBL members to play in the 0-10,000 Swiss Teams and the 0-10,000 Knockout Teams. The entry fee is $17 per player per session.

Regional championships are $16 per player per session for ACBL members, $20 for non-members.

All other events are $15 per player per session for ACBL members, $19 for non-members. (Note: There is no entry fee for any flight of the North American Pairs, but participants who have qualified to play in these events are still required to be paid members.)

Flattened bulletsBy Barry Rigal

This deal from the first qualifying session of the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs reminds me of what Hilaire Belloc said: “I shoot the hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum because if I use copper ones his hide is sure to flatten ‘em.”

But enough of such frivolity. Dlr: North ♠ J 10 6 4 Vul: None ♥ J 10 8 5 ♦ 7 3 ♣ Q 7 6 ♠ 9 8 5 2 ♠ K Q ♥ A 7 6 ♥ Q 9 3 ♦ K J 6 ♦ A 10 9 4 ♣ 10 8 4 ♣ A K J 3 ♠ A 7 3 ♥ K 4 2 ♦ Q 8 5 2 ♣ 9 5 2 West North East South Pass 1♣ Pass 1♠ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

I have tested the patience of the bridge world with far too many examples of the vise squeeze, so my partner Glenn Milgrim felt obliged to show how (with a little help) it should be done.

South led a diamond, and when the jack held in dummy, Milgrim led a club to the jack, which also held.

Now came the ♦10, covered by the queen and king and a spade to the king lost to the ace.

Back came a spade to the 8, 10 and queen. Milgrim cashed his two club winners (South helpfully discarding his spade) and then took the diamond winners. This was the position as the last winner was cashed: North was caught in the traditional matrix of the vise squeeze. ♠ 10 ♥ J 10 8 ♦ — ♣ — ♠ 9 ♠ — ♥ A 7 6 ♥ K 9 3 ♦ — ♦ 9 ♣ — ♣ — ♠ — ♥ K 4 2 ♦ 8 ♣ —

When the last diamond was cashed, declarer discarding a low heart from dummy, North had to discard a heart, and declarer led a heart to the ace and a heart to the jack, queen and king. The ♥9 took trick 13.

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 61.0 Tables / Based on 100 Tables A B C 36.70 1 Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA 66.40% 27.53 2 Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL; Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL 60.35% 20.64 3 1 Dennis Cerkvenik, Minnetonka MN; William Voedisch, Marine MN 60.17% 15.48 4 Stephen Lucas - Lesley Decker Lucas, Woodbury NY 59.67% 12.23 5 Tom Cogan - Suellen Poland, Pikesville MD 58.48% 10.49 6 Paul Deal, New Orleans LA; Jan Galey, Baton Rouge LA 57.54% 9.18 7 Malle Andrade - Erez Hendelman, New York NY 57.19% 8.16 8 Jean Talbot - Bob Bowers, Metairie LA 57.14% 13.54 9 2 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 57.14% 6.67 10 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 56.48% 6.12 11 Lamar Daniel, Ellijay GA; Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL 56.18% 5.65 12 Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 56.17% 10.15 13 3 Gary Nitzberg - Douglas Smith, Carson City NV 55.89% 7.61 14 4 Bruce Greenspan - Judy Cardin, Bonita Springs FL 55.80% 4.59 15 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 55.79% 6.02 16 5 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Robert Johnson, Portland OR 55.71% 5.16 17 6 Lois Boagni - K Boagni Jr, Opelousas LA 55.66% 4.51 18 7 Beverley Bessey - Glen Williamson, Sarnia ON 55.57% 3.67 19 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 55.56% 4.01 20 8 Douglas Drew - Richard Johnson, Sarasota FL 55.53% 3.34 21 Craig Cordes - Carole Cordes, Baton Rouge LA 55.44% 3.19 22 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 55.40% 8.40 23 9 1 Charles Young - Rich Pestien, Peoria IL 55.26% 2.94 24 Joan Van Geffen - Judy Katz, Metairie LA 54.99% 6.30 25 10 2 Tim Perry, Corbin KY; Gina Austin Fresh, Wichita KS 54.34% 2.72 26 George Colter - Helen Colter, Fredericton NB 54.31% 2.62 27 William Ehlers, Livingston NJ; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 54.21% 5.70 28 11 James Gray, Murrysville PA; Christopher Wang, Pittsburgh PA 54.08% 3.06 29 Barbara Shukov, Los Altos Hills CA; James Griffin, Sausalito CA 53.83% 6.13 30 Donna DePesa - Stephen Maltzman, Tucson AZ 53.83% 2.78 31 12 F Corredine, Slidell LA; Robert Woodyard, Picayune MS 53.61% 4.73 13 3 Matthew Just - Marilyn Riese, Louisville KY 53.36% 4.38 14 4 Bruce Mann, Aledo TX; George Mann Jr, Kinnelon NJ 53.15% 2.26 15 Darla Petersen, Pickering ON; Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD 53.12% 2.80 16 5 Jill Graham - David Graham, Boca Raton FL 53.05% 2.71 17 6 Paul Johnston, Austin TX; Harry Ingham, San Marcos TX 52.77% 2.25 18 7 Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Justin Beck, Sherwood OR 52.76% 1.81 19 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Lake Mary FL 52.71% 2.32 20 8 Brady Lotridge - Leanne Lotridge, New Orleans LA 52.71% 1.68 9 James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA 52.43% 1.53 10 Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA; Edward So, Pleasanton CA 52.18% 1.40 11 Mark Heumann, Watertown MA; Marsha Gerstein, Somerville MA 51.83%

NORMAN KAY PLATINUM PAIRS QUALIFIERS 14.0 Tables / Based on 60 Tables Carryover 1 Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Thomas Bessis, Paris France 26.51 2 Jie Li - Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China 26.05 3 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 19.04 4 Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 18.22 5 Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands 13.80 6 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON 12.07 7 Robert Blanchard - William Pollack, New York NY 11.01 8 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 10.39 9 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 9.44 10 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 9.35 11 Andrea Manno - Massimiliano Di Franco, Palermo Italy 9.17 12 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 8.66 13 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 8.64 14 Joe Grue - Valerie Westheimer, New York NY 8.06 15 Susan Picus, New York NY; Timothy Nelsen, Chicago IL 6.28 16 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 5.14 17 Kasper Konow, Frederiksberg Denmark; Michael Askgaard, Gentofte Denmark 4.70 18 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 4.40 19 Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA; Tim Verbeek, Netherlands 4.03 20 Reda Wasfi Yaacoub, Cairo Egypt; Wael Mohsen, 6th of October Egypt 2.08 21 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 1.86 22 Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 0.97 23 Louk Verhees Jr, Sh Voorhout Netherlands; David Bakhshi, London England 0.69 24 Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 0.42 25 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland 0.25 26 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA 0.06 27 Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA; Daniel Boye, Farmington NY 0.03 28 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC 0.00

The Past Comes AliveDutch players Frank van Wezel and Hans van

de Konijnenberg collect books, magazines and Daily Bulletins about bridge. They especially enjoy reading Daily Bulletins from the pre-Internet era. These periodicals are a treasure trove of wonderful photographs, marvelous sketches, splendid deals and tremendous stories and anecdotes.

Van Wezel and van de Konijnenberg decided that this material should be at the disposal of all bridge players. At the same time, they want

to save the history of bridge from oblivion. Therefore they launched a free website: www.bridgedailybulletins.nl

On this site you may find thousands of bulletins, both from the digital era and before. WBF, EBL and ACBL championship bulletins are posted, as well as many from miscellaneous tournaments around the world.

If you have bulletins that they are missing, please contact them. Contact details can be found on the website.

Daily BulletinPage 10 Sunday, March 15, 2015

New Life Master news Congratulations to

Yvonne Tiscornia, who, with a win in Saturday’s compact KO, earned her gold card. Tiscornia, from San Andreas CA, was playing for the first time with Bill Parker, who lives in Groveland CA.

“We’ve played against each other, but we’d never played together until yesterday.” Their teammates were Susan and Alan Hamilton of Angel’s Camp CA. Tiscornia needed five gold points and three points more of either the red or gold variety. The win paid almost nine points.

New Life Master Toni Latimer of Westlake LA was prodded into the Bulletin office by his teammates, who wanted to see their names in the paper. Latimer picked 3.9 gold points with a third in the

compact KO. Latimer’s partner is Joyce Clarke of Lake Charles LA; they played with Bob Cooper and Richard White, also from Lake Charles.

Zane Brown of San Francisco CA became a Diamond Life Master in the Lebhar IMP Pairs. An overall section top won him 16 platinum points

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A photo booth and a few props allowed partyers attending the opening reception to go a little wold.

Frolicking in the Photo booth

to go over 5000. Brown was playing with regular partner Stephen Goldstein of Anaheim CA.

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No more lines!The ACBL and Bridge Winners have teamed

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Except for the Vanderbilt, which requires pre-registration by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 15, entries may be purchased up to 10 a.m. the morning of the event. Your initial transaction extends as long as your pair or team remains in the event. Your credit card will not be charged until after the event is over.

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Daily BulletinPage 12 Sunday, March 15, 2015

A gloat too soonThis happened in the second qualifying session

of the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs. Names are withheld for a reason that should be obvious. Dlr: West ♠ 10 6 4 Vul: None ♥ 7 ♦ K 9 6 5 ♣ A 9 7 3 2 ♠ 3 ♠ A K 5 ♥ A K Q 10 9 5 4 ♥ J 6 ♦ Q ♦ A J 10 7 ♣ J 10 5 4 ♣ K Q 8 6 ♠ Q J 9 8 7 2 ♥ 8 3 2 ♦ 8 4 3 2 ♣ — West North East South 4♥ Pass 4NT Pass 5♠ Pass 6♥ All Pass

Before leading, North asked some questions about the auction and was told that West’s opening bid showed a “not-so-good” 4♥. North had been thinking about trying a diamond lead, hoping partner had the queen. North wondered, of course, how poor the opening bid could be if West held two key cards – surely the ♥A and ♥K – plus the trump queen, as indicated by the response to Roman Key Card Blackwood.

Anyway, North figured dummy was going to be really strong considering what East expected his partner to have.

Finally, North decided that cashing the ace might save an overtrick and pay off in some extra matchpoints, or even result in a club ruff for a much better score.

When North put the ♣A on the table, East, the dummy, piped up.

“That’s just the lead I was hoping for,” he said, and then started counting the number of tricks he expected his partner to take: seven or eight hearts, two spades, two clubs and a diamond.

East’s cheerful attitude changed to chagrin when East called for a low club from dummy and South showed out!

The subsequent club ruff gave North-South plus 50 and 48.5 out of 59 matchpoints.

East’s only other comment: “Oh, what a lucky lead!”

MonitoringAt this and future North American Bridge

Championships, ACBL will monitor NABC+ events with visible, real-time cameras. The images will be recorded and 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.

SUE MALY SATURDAY A/B/C SWISS 47 Tables / Based on 41 Tables A B C 12.95 1 Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan Israel 79.00 9.71 2 Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL 61.00 7.28 3 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland 59.00 5.92 4 1 Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA; Lawrence Diamond, Tacoma WA; David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 57.00 4.10 5 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Magdalena Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer, The Netherlands Netherlands 56.00 3.07 6 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass - Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland 55.00 2.02 7/8 Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI; Joan Braender, Newnan GA; Roberto Barbosa, Ap Brazil; Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 54.00 2.02 7/8 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA 54.00 1.44 9 John Rayner - Robert Lebi - Jill Thompson - Jill Foran, Toronto ON 52.00 1.24 10/11 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL; Irina Kislitsyna, Ellenton FL; Michel Rapoport, Sarasota FL 50.00 1.24 10/11 Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; David Gold, Reading Great Britain; Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA 50.00 1.08 12 Tony Ames - Judy Nassar, Minnetonka MN; Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 48.00 3.89 2/3 Thomas Musso, Woodbridge VA; Kathrine Loh, Walnut Creek CA; La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 46.00 4.25 2/3 1 Bill Riley - Nancy Riley, Kingwood TX; Eleanor Sherwyn - Donald Varvel, Corpus Christi TX 46.00 2.50 4 Charles Anderson, San Benito TX; Charles Hilding, Rosharon TX; Mike McGill, Andover KS; David Erickson, Wichita KS 45.00 1.87 5 Ilker Ayaz - Hakan Peyret - Pinar Ayaz, Istanbul Turkey; Zeynep Yilmaz, Erenkoy-Istanbl Turkey 42.00 2.79 6/8 2/3 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA; Jane Dickey, Little Rock AR; Jane Champion, Naples NC 41.00 2.79 6/8 2/3 Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ; Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 41.00 1.08 6/8 Charles Nauen - Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN; Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 41.00 1.79 4 Peter Kyper, West Chester PA; Marilyn Elyakin, Monroe Township NJ; Marilyn Kogan, Avon By The Sea NJ; Susan Kestenbaum, Jenkintown PA 40.00 1.34 5 Brian De Long - Frances DeLong, Kingston NS; Lydia Prange, Wolfville NS; Marjorie Wandler, Italy Cross NS 38.00

SUE MALY SATURDAY D/E/F SWISS 31 Tables D E F 4.04 1 1 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC; Julianne Wooden, North Vancouver BC; Jeannette Bourbonnais, RW-Vancouver BC 59.00 3.03 2 Beth Todd - Cappy McIver - Di Lapeyre - J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA 56.00 1.99 3/4 Mark Zeitlin, Denton TX; Robert Bever, Flower Mound TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX 54.00 1.99 3/4 Charles Pierce - Wesley Albinger, New York NY; Marc Franklin - Mary Lou Moriarty, Portland OR 54.00 2.06 5 2 1 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; James Barnes, Towson MD; Neil Sandson, Timonium MD; Edgar Taylor, New Orleans LA 53.00 1.55 6 3 2 Ronald Carter, Youngstown OH; Robert Kramer, Poland OH; Ken Crissman - Douglas Turnbull, Strongsville OH 52.00 0.72 7 Rodney Bias, Phoenix AZ; Clair Kretschmann, Tucson AZ; Claire Gardner, Newport NH; Nora Miller, Grantham NH 50.00 1.02 4/5 Catharine Gilmour, Charlotte NC; Debbie Stavro - Judith Arbus, Toronto ON; Patty Michael, San Mateo CA 48.00 1.02 4/5 Sue Hanneman - Mark Hanneman, Plainfield IL; Per Halvorsen, Laksevag Norway; Linda Leaming, Rockford IL 48.00 0.57 6/7 Dianne Kiehl, Muskego WI; Marlene Backus, Brookfield WI; Sharon May - Irene Bolton, Waukesha WI 45.00 0.60 6/7 Barbara Weinstein - Carol Henderson, Pittsburgh PA; Susan Israelson, Murrysville PA; Carol Gibboney, Latrobe PA 45.00

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Torments of Deep FinesseBy Barry Rigal

Deep Finesse does terrible things to the bridge analyst. When you get an answer you don’t understand, you keep looking for the solution – and eventually you cave in and ask DF, “Pretty, please – tell me how.”

Of course, I’m not asking y’all to stay up all night . . . but maybe you’d like to consider my my tormentor tells me 2♠ can be made by North on this deal from the second qualifying session of the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs.

And, no – I didn’t find the answer at the table or in the discussion after the game. Dlr: North ♠ 10 9 6 5 4 Vul: Both ♥ 3 ♦ A K 7 ♣ A K 4 2 ♠ A K J 3 ♠ 7 2 ♥ K Q 9 4 ♥ J 10 7 6 ♦ Q 6 5 ♦ 10 8 4 3 ♣ Q 3 ♣ J 8 5 ♠ Q 8 ♥ A 8 5 2 ♦ J 9 2 ♣ 10 9 7 6

The defense must lead hearts. If you win and play trumps, the defenders tap you, win the next trump and tap you again and can’t be endplayed. You have to lose a diamond, four trumps and the long heart.

I asked, why not duck the first heart? Okay, there are plenty of reasons not to duck in theory, but that’s not the point. What DF wants, DF gets.

Ruff the next heart, give up a trump. Now the defense have a choice: If they cash two more high trumps then play a heart, win the ace, pitching a club, advance the ♦J (of course!), covered by the ♦Q and ♦K, and draw the last trump to catch East in a three-suit squeeze.

If they don’t take the high trumps but play back a heart, you can win the ace, ruff a heart, cash the ♣A and ♣K and play a trump to force the defenders to lead diamonds for you at trick 11.

Daring saveBy Barry Rigal

This deal from the first qualifying session of the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs is a rare example of a profitable save at unfavorable vulnerability. When the opponents bid on, Eric Leong and Eddie Wold made them pay. Dlr: North ♠ Q J 9 7 5 Vul: E-W ♥ 9 ♦ 3 ♣ 10 9 8 7 6 5 ♠ 6 3 ♠ K 8 4 ♥ A Q 8 4 ♥ K J 10 5 2 ♦ J 7 5 4 2 ♦ A K 8 6 ♣ Q 4 ♣ 3 ♠ A 10 2 ♥ 7 6 3 ♦ Q 10 9 ♣ A K J 2 West North East South Leong Wold Pass 1♥ Dbl 2NT 3♠ 4♥ Pass Pass 4♠ Pass Pass 5♥ Pass Pass 5♠ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass

The miraculous double fit means that (coupled with the spade finesse), North-South are favorites to take 11 tricks in spades. Not against Wold, who led his singleton club. Leong saw declarer win the ♣A in dummy and play a heart. He was quick to hop up with the ♥A and give Wold the ruff. A high diamond took the setting trick.

Note that on a diamond lead and club shift, declarer can ruff a diamond to hand for the trump finesse and plus 650. The vul-against-not save at 5♥ would have been off only one.

They finished second in the 0–10,000 Swiss Teams: Bill McCarty, Daniel Jackson, Mike Doyle and Guss Ginsburg.

Cotterman recalled the day that the services crew was packing up after the Fall NABC in Providence last year. Johnston, he said, told the crew proudly that “if I hadn’t been here, the only two things that would not have been done would have been picking up the papers (Daily Bulletins) and hanging the Goodwill banner. Everything else would have been done.”

Said Cotterman, “Unfortunately, we have to prove him right at this tournament, but Jeff created the ability for the staff to carry on at his high standard without him. Jeff was truly a good dude.”

Jay Bates, a TD from North Carolina and part of the services crew, added, “I can’t say enough about how much I learned from Jeff Johnston.”

TD McKenzie Myers, a member of the services crew for three years, told the crowd that “having Jeff as my boss, mentor and friend changed me and improved me.”

Another TD, Ken Horwedel, moved to the Memphis area to join the Headquarters staff. “I didn’t have the privilege of working with Jeff as long as the others,” Horwedel said, “but I worked with him side by side for five years. Jeff was so honest in the way that he lived it was easy to learn from him. He epitomized leading by example. I’m going to miss him terribly.”

Robert Hartman, ACBL’s chief executive, said Johnston was “the first person I met when I came to the ACBL. He showed me the ropes because he knew it better than anyone.” Hartman likened the ACBL to a family and Jeff as father, brother and mentor to various workers at Headquarters. “Jeff cared the most about the people, and he had a special place in his heart for the volunteers.”

Hartman echoed a sentiment expressed by more than a few people at the Spring NABC – that he has “seen” Johnston in various places. “I see him around,” Hartman said. “I saw him here. Why is he here? To see his dear Wendy and see the wonderful job she is doing. Wendy, he would be so, so proud of you.”

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During the past few years, the Educational Foundation has approved applications for a variety of bridge programs across the U.S. and Canada, including:

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Use of the Bidding Box — Alerts and Announcements

When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same time.

When making an Announcement, use the Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the Alert strip at the same time.

A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made.

SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 16 Tables 30.17 1 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 21.12 2 Patricia Tucker - Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC 13.58 3 Pablo Lambardi - Ernesto Muzzio, Buenos Aires Argentina; Hector Camberos, Charlotte NC; Ricardo Angeleri, Mar Del Plata Argentina 10.56 4 Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt

SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 16 Tables 23.32 1 Junjie Hu - Yichao Chen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Yinghao Liu, Stanford CA 16.32 2 Joan Cremin, Paradise Valley AZ; Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ 10.49 3 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Alison Wilson - Andrew Rosenthal - Chris Willenken, New York NY 8.16 4 Isabella De Andrade - Maria Graca Garcia Poncioni, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Stanley Barg, Washington DC; Ana Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro Brazil

SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 3 16 Tables 17.74 1 James Bauer - James Thurtell, Dallas TX; Gerry McKim, Garland TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 12.42 2 Molly O’Neill, Fort Lauderdale FL; Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL; Maris Zilant, North Miami FL; Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL 7.98 3 Leslie Strong, Santa Ynez CA; Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Bill Begert - Jess Jurkovic, New York NY 6.21 4 Allison Gayfer - Michael Davis, London England; Brian McGuire - Brian Ransley, United Kingdom Great Britain

SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 4 16 Tables 14.06 1 Jeffery Jones, Vero Beach FL; Michael Zeller, York PA; Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA; Glen Perry, Voorheesville NY 9.84 2 Geoff Bridges - Kendra Bridges, Carmel IN; Craig Jones - John Cissel, Boise ID 6.33 3 Barry Spector, Springfield VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Monique Smith, Arlington VA 4.92 4 Joan Soifert - John Marskell, Grimsby ON; James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Patricia Estes, Maitland FL

SATURDAY COMPACT KO BKT 5 16 Tables 11.01 1 James Hamilton - Billie Coopwood, Redmond WA; Margaret Moen, Seattle WA; Paula Strand, Kirkland WA 7.71 2 Kyle Lueders - Marilyn Joyner, Houston TX; Debra Bellan, Sugar Land TX; Kitty Wong, Pearland TX 4.95 3 Daniel Demuy, Laval QC; Johanne Piecken, Boucherville QC; Sylvie Labelle, Brossard QC; Marie Duval, Montreal QC 3.85 4 Anant Rathi, San Diego CA; Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; William Aeschbacher, Park City UT

SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 6 16 Tables 8.76 1 Alan Hamilton - Susan Hamilton, Angels Camp CA; Yvonne Tiscornia, San Andreas CA; William Parker, Groveland CA 6.13 2 Won Yang, Clermont FL; Howard Montemurro, Vineland ON; John Peer - James Rowen, Indianapolis IN 3.94 3 Toni Latimer, Westlake LA; Joyce Clarke - Richard White - Robert Cooper, Lake Charles LA 3.07 4 Kathleen Carr - James Richman, Dallas TX; Robert Schmidt, Murphy TX; Ari Sippola, Irving TX

SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 7 16 Tables 6.55 1 Alan Mannheimer, Charlotte NC; Darlene Mannheimer, Pittsburgh PA; George Retos, Washington PA; Lloyd Steger, Watertown MA 4.59 2 Marlene Benny, London ON; Susan Trumper, Grand Bend ON; Carol Kirkland, Madison MS; Nanette Hittmeier, Olympia WA 2.95 3 Eric Marshall - Judith Marshall, Middleton NS; Jane Walker - Bruce Walker, Lakeland FL 2.29 4 Stephen Mast - Holli Mast, Cypress TX; Jo Anne Knodel, Pearland TX; Gail Wood, Houston TX

Runners-up in the Lebhar IMP Pairs: Aaron Jones and Sylvia Shi.

Kasle, of Scottsdale AZ, won his first North American championship. Bates, of Las Vegas, won his 13th.

The two were in second place behind Aaron Jones and Sylvia Shi when the results were first posted, but Bates and Kasle were successful in appealing a director’s ruling and the scoring change moved them into first. The winners’ final score was 114.72 to 114.18 for the runners-up. Third place went to Nagy Kamel of Plano TX and Dan Morse of Houston with 95.79.

Jones, of Orange CA, and Shi, of Rockville MD, had a huge game at plus 72.84 IMPs to move from 19th place after the first final session to first before the scoring change.

The leaders after the first final session were Cheri Bjerkan, of Elmhurst IL, and Pam Wittes, of Venice CA. They scored only 10.39 IMPs in the second session, however, and finished in fourth place.

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IMPs

IMP Strategy (for Swiss Teams, Knockout Teams

and IMP Pairs)By Steven Gaynor

In a matchpoint event, we are always looking for that extra trick or playing in a risky major suit or notrump rather than a poorer-scoring, but safer, minor suit. Why? Because it pays off big time when it works.

We may even risk our contract to make a play for an overtrick. On defense we strive not to blow a trick rather than beat a contract.

In IMP scoring, however, the considerations change drastically. Now just making or beating a contract can give us a big score, but extra tricks are chump change. (OK, I know we have all won or lost a match by 1 IMP.)

Winning IMP strategies include:1. Make your contract. Do not worry about

overtricks or undertricks. If you are in the right spot, things will usually work out in your favor.

2. Trust your bidding system. Even at pairs, you will be a winner if you are in the right suit at the right level despite blowing an overtrick once in a while.

3. Stretch to bid a game. If vulnerable, game should be bid even if it is as a low as a 40% chance. If not vulnerable, it should be a 50% prospect.

4. If you bid three vulnerable games that your opponents do not bid and you make only one of them, you break even. If you are in an auction and the decision is now in your hands whether to bid game or not --- if you have to think about it, bid game.

5. Do not double their partial. You better have them down two in your own hand before you

chance a double of a bid below game. And ‘down two in your own hand’ means you have a fistful of trump tricks. Do not count on your partner for many of these tricks.

6. Do not go for numbers. Don’t make some wild, preemptive bid just because you have six or seven (or more) cards in one suit. It is not worth it.

7. Your competitive bidding should be more constructive at IMP scoring. Upgrade your overcalls by at least a queen. This means that if you would overcall with 8 points at pairs, overcall with 10 or more at IMPs.

8. Play your safest contract. If in the bidding you find you have a better fit in a minor than a major, play in the minor, especially at a partial. You want to make whatever contract you bid. Plus 110 is only a bit worse than plus 140 and it may not even make a difference.

9. This also applies to game and slam bidding. If partner opens 1NT and you have a four-card major with at least invitational values, bid Stayman. Plus 620 and plus 630 are the same at IMPs.

10. Do not stretch to bid slams. Bid slams only when they have at least 75% probability of success.

11. Do not stretch to bid slams. Oh, is this a repeat? Well, good. The point needs extra emphasis.

12. You have partners at the other table. Don’t make a risky bid or play because you think you are down in a match.

13. Once, in a seven-board match, we bid a slam down two vulnerable for minus 200, bid 3NT with a combined 21 high-card points after a bidding misunderstanding — which my partner played well for down one and minus 100 — and doubled them in 4♥, making five for minus 990. We thought we were slaughtered. Wrong. We won IMPs on all three boards and blitzed the other team.

14. Don’t be a hero. Do not make a confusing bid that (1) may be passed when it is forcing or (2) shows extra values that you don’t have. Make the call that shows your strength.

15. Take out insurance. In every team game, there will be a deal where both sides can make game. Usually it is a wild hand with lots of distribution, double fits and long suits. It is usually right to bid one more – unless you are sure they are going down and you cannot make your bid.

16. On defense, strive at all costs to beat the contract even when it means giving up an overtrick. You may take risks that you would never dream of at matchpoints – such as leading the king from K-x, hoping to find your partner with the ace of that suit or the queen and a quick entry in trumps. Sometimes you give up an overtrick, so you lose 1 IMP. If your bold play sets a contract just one time in 10, you are ahead.

17. If it’s hard for you, it’s hard for them. The player sitting in your seat at the other table is holding the same cards you are. This guiding principle will help you on several of the points already listed. Steven Gaynor is an Emerald Life Master who

lives in St. Louis Park MN. He is a member of the national Charity and Goodwill committees.

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Slow PlaySlow play, especially habitual slow play, is a

violation of law and subject to penalty. When a pair has fallen behind, it is incumbent on them to make up the time lost as quickly as possible whether at fault or not. All players are expected to make a concerted effort to catch up when they have fallen behind, regardless of the reason for their lateness.

In the absence of compelling evidence to the contrary, the director should presume that a pair finishing a round late by more than two or three minutes on more than one occasion during a session is responsible for the lateness. There is a strong expectation that the director will penalize such a pair. The size of a penalty will tend to increase for subsequent instances of slow play and for chronic or egregious slow play.

While warnings typically will be given before a penalty is assessed, failure to do so in no way limits the director’s authority to issue a penalty.

Players are expected to be aware, in a general sense, of time used and remaining in a segment in which they are playing regardless of whether a clock is in use or a time announcement has been made. An excuse of “no announcement” or “no clock immediately visible” will not be considered persuasive.

In consultation with the DIC of the tournament, the TD may require that a particular pair not play in a specified segment, not play against a specified pair or not play together as a pair. The foregoing is expected to be applied only due to egregious circumstances or to unduly repetitious offenders.

An appeal of an action taken by a TD with regard to time may be taken to the Director in Charge of the tournament, and no further. For NABC+ KO events, the TD is charged with the responsibility to ensure that each KO match segment finishes within the allotted time. While a time monitor may be employed, the lack of a monitor in no way limits the TD’s authority to apply one or more of the remedies listed below.

The TD may choose to ignore an occasional minor late finish. The TD may remove one or more boards from a segment. The TD may award no score (when neither team is more at fault), an assigned score (when a result already exists at one table which the TD wishes to preserve) or an artificial score in IMPs. Every effort should be made to remove boards before they can be played at either table, but not having done so does not preclude removing one or more later.

Convention card reminderEach player is required to have a convention

card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a session. The convention card must include the first and last name of each member of the partnership, and the cards must be identical.

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.

So you want to appealBy Michael Huston, Chair

National Appeals CommitteeOccasionally, irregularities occur at the bridge

table. When that happens, the proper procedure is for a player to politely summon a director. Discussing the possible irregularity with your opponents is generally not a good idea. Sometimes it just aggravates the situation by creating a social problem where there wasn’t one before, and sometimes the legal issues become much more complicated as a result of what is revealed in such a discussion.

When the director arrives, the person who called for the director speaks first about the possible irregularity. If this is one of your opponents, you should not interrupt. The director will make sure everyone has an opportunity to be heard in an orderly fashion. He will be interested in hearing the legal arguments about the presumed irregularity, if they are not clear from the factual presentation.

Sometimes the director consults with other directors before making a ruling. When he makes his decision, he informs both pairs of his ruling.

If a pair believes the ruling was not in accord with the Laws, they may appeal the director’s decision. In a pairs event, both members of the partnership must concur in making the appeal. In a team event, the team captain’s concurrence is necessary.

If a pair decides to move forward with an appeal, it is important they be absolutely certain that they understand the reasons for the director’s ruling. Directors are usually helpful in explaining why they ruled, but they are loath to argue about the decision with players. If, after the explanations are exhausted, a pair still believes that the ruling contravenes the Laws, they have the right to appeal the director’s decision.

In national events, this appeal is on track to be heard by an appeals committee (AC) made up of members (who are all players) of the National Appeals Committee. In lower-ranked events, the appeal is heard by an AC made up of directors who were not involved in the original ruling.

The director gives the players an appeal form to fill out. The players’ signature on the form acknowledges that they are aware of the site and time of the hearing. Non-appearance and untimely appearance are reasons for the cancellation of the appeal. The players also acknowledge that there could be penalties for lodging appeals without substantial merit.

The director usually indicates the legal basis for his ruling on the appeal form. Both the appellants and the appellees (the “other side”) are informed of the time and place of the hearing, and their right to be in attendance and present evidence and argument on the issue. The appellants must appear for the hearing, but the appellees are not required to be present. If the appellees do not wish to attend, it is considered good form for them to notify the director so as not to waste the time of people who might wait until they arrive.

Before appearing before the AC, the appellant pair is asked to present the issue to a screening director – usually a director who was not involved in the original ruling. The screening director reviews the facts and hears the players’ legal arguments. He also explains the basis of the ruling. Occasionally the screening director will reverse the previous ruling if he believes it to have been wrong. Not infrequently, players choose not to go through with the appeal hearing after meeting with the screening director.

Once the screening director is confident that he understands the basis for the appeal and is relatively confident that he has done his best to explain the basis for the ruling, the case is ready to be heard by the AC. The screening director does not offer an opinion concerning whether the appeal has substantial merit.

The case may have to wait to be heard by the AC because appeals are taken in the order in which they finish screening and it is often not possible to assemble an AC at the drop of a hat. However, all appeals are heard before the ACs are released from their committee work.

At the beginning of an appeal hearing, the players are seated, and they and the committee members introduce themselves. If a player has reason to believe that a member of the committee might have a prejudice (or appear to have one) concerning his case, there is an opportunity to challenge the committee’s composition. Ultimately, however, the committee members are the final arbiters of who participates in the hearing.

The floor is turned over to the director, who presents the case. He relates the facts and the directing staff’s legal basis for making the ruling that it did. The players are often asked whether they agree with the director’s representation of facts, and they are given the chance to correct any statements they believe are incorrect. They do this one pair at a time. Interruptions of an opposing pair are not permitted.

Once the factual understandings are clear, the appellants are given the opportunity to explain why they believe the directing staff’s ruling to be contrary to the Laws. The appellants’ presentation may be made by one or both members of the partnership as long as the explanation does not become repetitive. The committee may ask questions during this discourse.

Following the appellants’ account, the appellees have an opportunity to provide support for the director’s ruling. This process of explanation and counter-explanation continues until it becomes repetitive or the players say that they have nothing new to add.

In unauthorized information (UI) cases, it is crucial to explain what the unauthorized information was, including the duration of hesitations or breaks in tempo, what was said or what other behavior presumably gave rise to the unauthorized information. In misinformation cases (MI), if there is some question as to the meaning of a bid, it is useful to have convention cards and system notes ready for perusal by the committee (and the director).

At the conclusion of the player-involved portion of hearing, the committee commences deliberations. Sometimes the deliberations are swift and sometimes rather long – there’s no way of knowing in advance and it’s pointless to ask. When the AC makes its determination, the committee chair informs the players what has been decided and why. The players are not required to be present for the verdict.

At this point, the hearing is over. The committee does not discuss the case with any of the players. The individual committee members should not be approached to discuss the decision either.

It is possible that the appeal did not have substantial merit. If that is the case, then the AC may issue an appeal-without-merit warning. This is a warning to the players that appeals with little to no merit should not be pursued. Repeat warnings (more than two) can lead to a disciplinary hearing.

Perhaps the best way to deal with the prospect of appeals is to avoid them altogether. Players who abide by the Laws and comply with Zero Tolerance – being polite, maintaining an even bidding tempo and not revealing or acting on unauthorized information – will create an atmosphere most conducive to good will and good bridge.

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LEHMAN IMP PAIRS SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L M N S T EAST-WEST 1 Aaron Jones, Orange CA; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD 72.84 1 Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 59.95 2 Ned Irving, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 54.69 2 Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 53.96 3 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 53.52 3 Robert Morin, Val-Morin QC; Serge Hamelin, Montreal QC 45.07 4 Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Mike Bandler, Alamo CA 48.91 4 Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Dennis Kasle, Scottsdale AZ 43.13 5 Michael Roche - Tim Ayers, Victoria BC 41.67 5 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 39.78 6 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 41.20 6 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 31.45 7 Winthrop Allegaert - Scott Levine, New York NY 33.88 7 Buddy Hanby - Sally Wheeler, The Woodlands TX 26.94 8 Susan Hinton, Vancleave MS; Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 32.22 8 Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Vicki Lerner, San Francisco CA 25.30 9 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Robb Gordon, Sedona AZ 28.90 9 Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania; Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV 25.21 10 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY 25.83 10 Russell Shoup, Dayton OH; Marc Low, Centerville OH 23.67 11 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Paul Street, Delray Beach FL 24.18 11 Robert Dennard, Orlando FL; David Kent, Lake Mary FL 23.66 12 Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA 23.90 12 Tezcan Sen - Bulent Kaytaz, Istanbul Turkey 23.23 13 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 23.79 13 Robert Mendelson, Troy MI; Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI 21.92 14 Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Sigridur Kristjansdottir, Wilmington DE 22.42 14 Ahmed Hussein - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 21.60 15 June Pocock, New Westminster BC; Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC 22.01 15 Bob Hamman - Chris Hamman, Dallas TX 20.92 16 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI 17.52 16 Charlie Garrod - Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA 18.98 17 Rita Ellington, Charlotte NC; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 16.05 17 Fred Gitelman - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV 17.04 18 Spencer Hurd, Meigs GA; John Hurd, New York NY 13.40 18 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, New York NY 16.44 19 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 11.39 19 V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 15.21 20 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY 11.18 20 Nancy Keller, West Newbury MA; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH 14.73 21 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 10.39 21 Andre Asbury, Atlanta GA; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 13.28 22 Haldun Giveiner, ; Yusuf Sohtorik, Istanbul Turkey 10.10 22 Richard Brown, Easley SC; Boyce Robbins, Greenville SC 12.32 23 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL 7.92 23 Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy 12.10 24 Richard Probst - Alex Hydes, 7.51 24 Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ; Ken Horwedel, Memphis TN 11.49 25 Philip Hiestand - Shoichi Yoshihiro, Irvine CA 7.27 25 Michael Ash, Edinburgh Scotland; Alan Goodman, Edinburgh United Kingdom 11.40 26 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 6.57 26 Bob Boyd, Alexandria VA; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 9.83 27 Jessica Piafsky, New York NY; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 5.93 27 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Brett Adler, Norwalk CT 9.65 28 William Muir - Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 5.67 28 Nicholas Gartaganis - Gordon Campbell, Calgary AB 8.69 29 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 5.60 29 Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; Phil Hook, Atlanta GA 8.48 30 Bob Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 5.01 30 Gillian Miniter - Judi Radin, New York NY 7.99 31 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX 4.93 31 Susan Kissinger - John Kissinger, San Clemente CA 7.21

NORMAN KAY PLATINUM PAIRS 2ND SEMI SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS Q R EAST-WEST 1 Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 62.46% 1 Jie Li - Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China 65.67% 2 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 59.33% 2 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 63.60% 3 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 58.62% 3 Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Thomas Bessis, Paris France 62.89% 4 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 57.91% 4 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON 56.70% 5 Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA; Tim Verbeek, Netherlands 57.55% 5 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 55.48% 6 Susan Picus, New York NY; Timothy Nelsen, Chicago IL 55.77% 6 Andrea Manno - Massimiliano Di Franco, Palermo Italy 55.34% 7 Robert Blanchard - William Pollack, New York NY 54.63% 7 Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA; Daniel Boye, Farmington NY 54.99% 8 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 54.27% 8 Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark 54.27% 9 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 52.07% 9 Kasper Konow, Frederiksberg Denmark; Michael Askgaard, Gentofte Denmark 54.20% 10 Justin Lall, Plano TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL 51.78% 10 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 52.99% 11 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 51.35% 11 Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA 52.14%

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Jeanie Kwong - Katherine Kwong, Foster City CA 62.80% 1 Helen Vagle - Ede Donovan, Edina MN 68.75% 2 2 Annette French - Shirley Cooper, Sault Ste Marie ON 56.55% 2 Deborah Lundahl, Palo Alto CA; Donna Raynor, Los Altos CA 65.18% 3 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA 55.06% 3 1 Lucy Crichton, Concord NH; Deborah Drysdale, San Francisco CA 60.71% 4 3 2 Alan Cohen - Mara Cohen, Porter Ranch CA 53.87% 4/5 2 1 Bonnie Zeran - Sterling Zeran, Lakefield ON 52.38% 4/5 Jane Bragg - Judy Nibler, Fresno CA 52.38% 3 2 Eileen Norris - Jackie Sanders, Beaverton OR 49.70%

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.

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SATURDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Emelie Quennell, Calgary AB; Melissa Martin, Big Sky MT 61.11% 1 David Snyder, Oakland CA; Carol Warren, Piedmont CA 57.64% 2 Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA; Mark Rindner, Anchorage AK 54.57% 2 1 Jett Elmer - Jan Benson, Topeka KS 57.04% 3 1 George Steele, Austin TX; Janet Weins, Plantation FL 54.04% 3 2 Christopher Beha, Brooklyn NY; James Beha, New York NY 56.52% 4 Elizabeth Rice, Madison MS; Helen Taylor, Jackson MS 53.38% 4 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Jacqueline Zayac, Lafayette CA 55.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Christian Hemphill, Brooklyn NY; Scott McDermott, New York NY 61.31% 1 1 Dominick D’Ascoli, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Jonathan Thompson, Montclair NJ 59.52% 2 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Kathi Marcus, Lake Oswego OR 59.23% 2/3 Mark Greensfelder, New Orleans LA; Ray Gandolfi, Metairie LA 52.38% 3 Michael Thompson - Eva Thompson, West Orange NJ 52.68% 2/3 2 Charlene Gallaty, Bedford TX; Kay Rogers, Manakin Sabot VA 52.38% 4 2 Barbara Pastine - Ellen Pedersen, Bozeman MT 51.49% 4 Deborah Reed, Sugar Land TX; Sheryl Thomas, Richmond TX 50.30%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME (FRIDAY-SATURDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 3RD OF FOUR SESSION) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS RR TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Philippe Soulet, France; Christophe Oursel, Clichy France 71.06% 1 Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA 64.73% 2 Bernard Payen, France France; Thierry De Sainte-Marie, Paris France 65.19% 2 Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 62.15% 3 1 Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY 61.89% 3 1 1 Christopher Young, New Orleans LA; David Williams, LA 59.77% 4 Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY; Barbara Mackay, Fredericton NB 59.93% 4 2 2 Peter Jack - Sylvia Wade, Medford OR 59.31% 5 2 1 Roseann Buckley, Ventura CA; Deborah Harrington, Memphis TN 58.99% 5 3 Leslie Kolb, Mandeville LA; Jerrilyn Jones, Ponchatoula LA 58.08% 6 3 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI; Robert Zboralski, Evanston IL 56.76% 6 4 Fredric Weiner, Monroe Township NJ; Howard Halpern, Sarasota FL 58.03% 7 4 B Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC; Bill Carson, Ltl Switzerland NC 56.10% 7 5 Todd Fisher, Chicago IL; David MacRae, Horn Lake MS 56.96% 8 5 Paul Lindauer, Varna IL; Tom Codey, Palm Springs CA 55.66% 8 John Moffat, Bellingham WA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 55.99% 9 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 54.98% 9 6 Percy Wu, Grand Rapids MI; Eileen Houghton, Silver Spring MD 55.07% 10 6 Dee Moses, New Orleans LA; Jerrilyn Stumpf, Gretna LA 54.27% 10 7 Leonard Doerksen - Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB 54.11% 11 Bonnie Angers - Gerald Angers, Lafayette LA 53.47% 11 8 Holly Campbell, Stevensville MT; Gary Helman, Syosset NY 53.57%12/13 7/8 Serl Zimmerman - Steven Lipson, Palm Desert CA 52.54% 12 9 3 Krista Garver - Katherine Leonard, Portland OR 52.62%12/13 7/8 Charles Anderson, San Benito TX; Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL 52.54% 13 10 Roberta Meyer, Puryear TN; Garel Fulks, Springville TN 52.48% 14 9 2 Donald Keyes - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 51.70% 14 Russell Johnson - Gregory Trautman, Olympia WA 52.22% 3 Ronald Carter, Youngstown OH; Robert Kramer, Poland OH 46.62% 4 Fred Kolb, Mandeville LA; Marie Hughes, Covington LA 51.62%

LEBHAR IMP PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L M N S T EAST-WEST 1 Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Dennis Kasle, Scottsdale AZ 59.97 1 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 72.12 2 Susan Kissinger - John Kissinger, San Clemente CA 52.39 2 Perla Sultan, Aventura FL; Steve Hamaoui, Milono Italy 55.43 3 Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 47.62 3 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Dave Swarthout, San Antonio TX 45.94 4 Iype Koshy, Gretna LA; Tim Joder, Lanesboro MA 46.90 4 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX 42.62 5 Fred Gitelman - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV 43.73 5 Jeovani Salomao, Lago Norte Brazil; Paulo Brum, Rio De Janiero Brazil 42.51 6 Tobi Sokolow - Louis Sachar, Austin TX 43.23 6 Spencer Hurd, Meigs GA; John Hurd, New York NY 38.92 7 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 35.22 7 Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL; Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 37.48 8 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Julius Sigurjonsson, Iceland 32.65 8 James Melville, Springfield IL; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 35.36 9 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, New York NY 32.05 9 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Paul Street, Delray Beach FL 34.96 10 Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 31.99 10 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 34.91 11 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Tom Edwards, Austin TX 30.42 11 Aaron Jones, Orange CA; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD 32.18 12 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 29.53 12 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 30.78 13 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Robert Cappelli, Birmingham MI 28.49 13 Stephanie Alexander - Robert Alexander, Mentor OH 30.49 14 Russell Shoup, Dayton OH; Marc Low, Centerville OH 25.03 14 Sharon Gerstman, Buffalo NY; John Duquette, Oshawa ON 29.25 15 Nicholas Gartaganis - Gordon Campbell, Calgary AB 24.81 15 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI 28.18 16 Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania; Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV 22.62 16 Mark Bumgardner, N Richland Hls TX; Bill Staats, Southlake TX 25.91 17 Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 21.58 17 Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV; Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK 25.01 18 Ishmael DelMonte - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 20.87 18 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Jeff Roman, Sun City West AZ 20.47 19 Paul Morris, Brooklyn NY; Joseph Byrnes, Long Beach NY 16.83 19 Richard Dubrovsky - Leora Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 19.71 20 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 14.58 20 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI 19.62 21 Les Fouks, Vancouver BC; Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC 14.38 21 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 19.58 22 Roy Martin - Guy Martin, Birmingham AL 13.87 22 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 19.19 23 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 11.73 23 Lars Tofte - Emil Jepsen, 18.00 24 Jason Tokuda, Livingston NJ; Sean Casey, Atlantic Hlds NJ 11.22 24 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 17.64 25 Marc Jacobus - Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 11.08 25 Mel Yudkin, Annandale VA; Debnarayan Dhar, Oak Hill VA 17.53 26 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA 10.25 26 David Rodney, Fairfax VA; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 16.62 27 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Bruce Altshuler, Los Angeles CA 9.49 27 Yaqi Zhu - Ying Yuan, Kalamazoo MI 15.01 28 Richard Brown, Easley SC; Boyce Robbins, Greenville SC 8.97 28 Richard Probst - Alex Hydes, 14.27 29 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Chuck Said, Nashville TN 8.06 29 Elaine Said, Nashville TN; James Bush, New Orleans LA 13.52 30 Edward Wilson, Airmont NY; Paul Fagan, Suffern NY 7.95 30 Michael Roche - Tim Ayers, Victoria BC 12.84 31 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 6.79 31 Phillip Grothus, Houston TX; Carolyne Fox, Manvel TX 12.77

SATURDAY EVENING SIDE GAME (FRI-SAT SIDE GAME SERIES) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS TT RR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Irva Neyhart - Brian Breckenridge, Corvallis OR 62.15% 1 1 1 Susan Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT; Felix Springer, West Hartford CT 62.85% 2 Shekhar Sengupta, Marlborough MA; Helen Johnston, Ajax ON 60.46% 2 2 Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Veronika Strauss, 4532 Rohr Im Kr Austria 58.46% 3 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA 60.23% 3 Natalie Hertz - Dan Hertz, Harrison NY 58.23% 4 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 59.15% 4 3 Claudia Tinajero - Jorge Nischli, Mexico Mexico 56.15% 5 2 Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD; Ronnie Malasky, Longboat Key FL 57.77% 5 L. Anne Posch - Jonathan Shute, Sackville NB 55.85% 6 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe DeGaetano, Delray Beach FL 57.31% 6 4 John Krah, Seattle WA; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 55.23% 7 3 Jane Trahms, Lakeville MN; Phyllis Anderson, Saint Paul MN 57.23% 7 Phyllis Bausher, West Haven CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 55.08% 8 4 Barbara Phillips, Spring TX; Charles Collins, Shenandoah TX 56.62% 8 5 2 Barbara Robinson - David Robinson, Denver CO 54.69% 9 Magnus Weiman, Eden Prairie MN; Burrell Humphreys, Wayne NJ 55.85% 9 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Betty Schuler, Alexandria VA 54.62% 10 Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland 53.38% 10 Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 53.23% 11 5 Michael Levin, San Francisco CA; Mary Teply, Mill Valley CA 53.23% 11 6 Chris Kelly - Jimmy Justice, Waxahachie TX 53.08% 12 Sandi Foreman, Delray Beach FL; Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 52.00% 12/13 7 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Barbara Jur, Warren MI 52.77% 13 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 50.54% 12/13 Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH; Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH 52.77% 14 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 50.38% 14 8 Therese Koller, Pueblo CO; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 52.54% 6 Monica Taylor - Lewis Richardson Jr, Astoria OR 50.08% 9 3 Klaus Brondum - Corey Powell, Ann Arbor MI 52.08% 7 David White, Lancaster CA; Darrick Chee, Orange CA 49.85% 1 Sarah Ellison - Bill Cox, Jonesboro AR 49.08% 2 Rita Fontaine - Wanda Burness, Longview WA 47.77%

SATURDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS SECOND OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Jacqueline Zayac, Lafayette CA 57.44% 1 Michael Thompson - Eva Thompson, West Orange NJ 60.42% 2/3 Jeffrey Perigoni, Slidell LA; Connie Hester, Baton Rouge LA 55.36% 2 Peter Donnellan - Paul Thompson, Warwick Bermuda 58.04% 2/3 David Snyder, Oakland CA; Carol Warren, Piedmont CA 55.36% 3 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Kathi Marcus, Lake Oswego OR 53.87% 4 Audrey Cerise, New Orleans LA; William Gentry, Metairie LA 54.46% 4 1 Christian Hemphill, Brooklyn NY; Scott McDermott, New York NY 52.38% 1 James Jeffers - Shirley Jeffers, China Grove NC 52.38% 2 Sharyn Pyrz, Bonita CA; Pam Nuccio, Vista CA 50.00% 2 Patricia Ducayet - Edwin Ducayet Jr, Dallas TX 47.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Andrew Rottenbacher, South Pasadena CA; Joerg Rottenbacher, Arcadia CA 62.50% 1 1 George Steele, Austin TX; Janet Weins, Plantation FL 61.01% 2 Ginny Dimond - Mike Dimond, Elmhurst IL 56.55% 2 Emelie Quennell, Calgary AB; Melissa Martin, Big Sky MT 58.04% 3 Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; James Bradford Jr, Alexandria LA 54.76% 3 Elizabeth Rice, Madison MS; Helen Taylor, Jackson MS 53.57% 4 Sharon Reback, N Palm Beach FL; Valerie Goldstein, Royal Plm Beach FL 54.17% 4 2 Bonnie Nackley - Elizabeth Strasen, Woodacre CA 53.27% 2 Harmalene Mathias - KC Casey, Novato CA 50.60%

SATURDAY A/B PAIRS SECOND OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F G H EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Shan Huang, Scarborough ON 62.12% 1 Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 61.96% 2 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA 60.96% 2 1 John Demeulemeester, Burnaby BC; Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC 60.81% 3 Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan 58.92% 3 Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 59.73% 4 Gary Brinker, Maumee OH; Joseph Ernsthausen, Sylvania OH 58.81% 4 Gerry McCully, Victoria BC; Peter Herold, Namaimo BC 59.46% 5 Barbara Cunliffe, Bentleyville OH; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 57.12% 5 2 Debbie Wastle, Victoria BC; Katie Christie, Vernon BC 56.92% 6 1 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 56.73% 6 3 Jacqueline Chang - Sharon Goldman, New York NY 56.85% 7 2 Carole Silverstein, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Levey, Bethesda MD 56.62% 7 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 56.54% 8 3 Andrew Cavalier - Christian Jolly, Huntsville AL 55.69% 8 Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner, New York NY 56.19% 9 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA 55.38% 9 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI 56.12% 10 4 Nanette Noland - Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA 55.08% 10 4 Jerry Goldberg - Eleanor Seaman, New York NY 55.65% 11 Judith Bianco, New York NY; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 54.58% 11 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY 55.31% 12 5 Ben Takemori - William Ge, Burnaby BC 53.96% 12 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA 55.23% 13 6 Linda Epstein, Delray Beach FL; Henry Meyer, Indian River Sh FL 53.81% 13 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 55.15% 14 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 52.69% 14 5 Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Wei Tian, China People’s Republic of China 54.50% 15 7 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA 52.50% 15/16 Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 54.12% 16 Faye Marino, Greenwich CT; Susan Duval, Irvington NY 52.35% 15/16 6 Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA 54.12% 17 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 52.23% 17 Ron Lien, Brea CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 53.69% 18 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Bill Ream, Burleson TX 52.04% 18 Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA 53.62% 19 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Martin Harris, Chicago IL 51.85% 19 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 52.81% 20 Paul Munafo - Virginia Munafo, Huntsville AL 51.81% 20 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA 52.31% 8 Henri Farhi, Berkeley CA; Suzanne Cook, McKinleyville CA 51.62% 7 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX 52.15% 9 Sean Gannon, Decatur GA; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 51.46% 8 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 51.42% 10 Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO; Marvin Shapiro, Saint Louis MO 50.92% 9 Douglas Burke, Fremont CA; Bruce Blakely, San Rafael CA 50.46% 11 George Bessinger - Kathee Bessinger, La Mesa CA 50.85% 10 Marius Moldovan, Pointe-Claire QC; Pascale Gaudreault, Montreal QC 49.73% 12 Frank Collecchia, Louisville KY; Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL 50.81% 11 Alan Kudisch, Farmingdale NY; Frank Anshen, Setauket NY 49.19%

SATURDAY C/D PAIRS SECOND OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I J EAST-WEST C D C D 1 Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN; Sam Graham, Germantown TN 61.19% 1 Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Anne Stein, Mill Valley CA 59.10% 2 Jim Mulbrandon, Verona WI; Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 55.31% 2 1 Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland Hls TX 58.13% 3 1 Tim Rilling, Vancouver WA; Don Herring, Lake Oswego OR 55.15% 3/4 Catherine Gay, Kalamazoo MI; William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI 56.52% 4 2 Iris Libby, Cincinnati OH; Zag Kadah, Seattle WA 54.67% 3/4 Michael Leighton, Grafton ND; Steve Phelps, Grand Forks ND 56.52% 5 3 Samuel Amer - Paul Amer, Newark DE 54.03% 5 2 Larry Smith - David Warner, Austin TX 55.80% 6 Gabriel Perry - Bathsheba Perry, Houston TX 53.70% 6 Jason Holliday - Edward Ashworth, Baton Rouge LA 54.83% 7 4 Janis Ellis, Seminole FL; Wendy Margraff, St Petersburg FL 53.14% 7 Paul Matheson, The Villages FL; Charles Showalter, Lady Lake FL 53.95% 8 Glenda Calkins - R Barkley Calkins, Allendale NJ 52.82% 8 Hazel Schoenberg - Jules Schoenberg, Plano TX 52.98% 9 5 Ann Hudson, Suffield CT; Marie Sengupta, Marlborough MA 52.01% 9 3 Susan Woodrow, Waterford MI; Philip Smith, Fenton MI 52.17% 10 Lyn Yukon, Memphis TN; Clair Berry, Germantown TN 51.69% 10 Judy Rea - Philip Rea, Edmond OK 51.53% 4 Brian Archer, Hattiesburg MS; William McCaskill, Richton MS 48.63%

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SATURDAY A/B PAIRS FIRST OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F G H EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA 64.11% 1 1 Sean Gannon, Decatur GA; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 62.69% 2 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 63.27% 2 2 Carol Rynders - Jay Olson, Saint Paul MN 59.83% 3 Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 60.89% 3 James Partridge, Birmingham AL; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 58.89% 4 Gerry McCully, Victoria BC; Peter Herold, Namaimo BC 59.95% 4 3 Xiaoqian Liu - Maxim Siline, Hudson MA 57.50% 5 Stan Schenker - David Milton, Herndon VA 58.52% 5 4 Art McCann, Finksburg MD; David Grabiner, Columbia MD 56.65% 6 Petra Hamman - Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 57.75% 6 Robert Bell, Washington DC; Fred King, Falls Church VA 56.41% 7 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Randall Rubinstein, Brooklyn NY 56.69% 7 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Martin Harris, Chicago IL 55.83% 8 Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner, New York NY 56.37% 8 5 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 55.27% 9 1 Ranjan Bhaduri, Dundas ON; Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON 56.34% 9 6 Carole Silverstein, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Levey, Bethesda MD 55.19% 10 2 Carl Merlin, New Orleans LA; Nonie Leavitt, Saint Rose LA 56.13% 10 7 Alan Kudisch, Farmingdale NY; Frank Anshen, Setauket NY 53.99% 11 Carlos Munoz - Kassie Munoz, White Plains NY 55.68% 11 Jane Eason - Bill Eason, Nesbit MS 53.48% 12 3 Shelley Burns - Marge Neate, North Vancouver BC 55.62% 12 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA 53.20% 13 4 Dale Freeman - Frances Freeman, Englehart ON 55.47% 13 8 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA 52.97% 14 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA 55.19% 14 Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 52.96% 15 5 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 54.43% 15 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 52.42% 16 6 Barry Senensky - Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 54.38% 16 9 Ben Takemori - William Ge, Burnaby BC 52.41% 17 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY 54.22% 17 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 52.17% 18 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI 53.87% 18 Barbara Cunliffe, Bentleyville OH; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 52.00% 19 7 Dave Adelman, Calgary AB; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 53.67% 19 Darlene Shirey - Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 51.40% 20 8 Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA 53.10% 20 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 51.25% 21 Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 52.13% 21 10 Chris Moore, Mountlake Ter WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA 51.20% 9 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX 52.00% 11 Susan Perez, Maryland Hgts MO; Michael Pitonak, Valley Park MO 50.85% 10 Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Wei Tian, China People’s Republic of China 51.26% 11 Douglas Burke, Fremont CA; Bruce Blakely, San Rafael CA 47.86%

SATURDAY C/D PAIRS SECOND OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I J EAST-WEST C D C D 1 1 Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland Hls TX 67.13% 1 1 Kerry Cotterell - Ellen Cotterell, Clifton Park NY 59.06% 2 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 61.84% 2 Glenda Calkins - R Barkley Calkins, Allendale NJ 57.96% 3 Andrew Clements, La Vista NE; Jonathan Cohn, Elkhorn NE 57.09% 3 Paul Matheson, The Villages FL; Charles Showalter, Lady Lake FL 57.21% 4 Catherine Gay, Kalamazoo MI; William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI 56.07% 4 Hazel Schoenberg - Jules Schoenberg, Plano TX 56.55% 5 Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA 55.90% 5 2 Larry Smith - David Warner, Austin TX 55.56% 6 Bob Dowlen - Jere Hines, Houston TX 53.93% 6 3 Iris Libby, Cincinnati OH; Zag Kadah, Seattle WA 54.52% 7 2 Susan Woodrow, Waterford MI; Philip Smith, Fenton MI 52.63% 7 Tiger Li Li Williams, Elk Point SD; Donna Christensen, Laguna Beach CA 53.68% 8 Judy Chapman, Edmonton AB; Dora Lee, Nanaimo BC 52.13% 8 4 Janis Ellis, Seminole FL; Wendy Margraff, St Petersburg FL 53.04% 9 3 Larry Legault - Lyn Legault, Coe Hill ON 50.83% 9 5 Samuel Amer - Paul Amer, Newark DE 52.37% 10 Mehdi Sadeghi - Steven Mehta, Mississauga ON 50.46% 10 Daniel Baker, Austin TX; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 52.14% 4 Larry Adler - Ann Adler, Memphis TN 50.21%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS SECOND OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST 7 8 9 7 8 9 1 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL; Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN 57.14% 1 Norma Postudensek - Jim Postudensek, Duluth MN 59.82% 2/3 1 1 Susan Eisner, Huntington Bay NY; Faith Lerner, Syosset NY 52.38% 2 1 Vicki Poecker, Hot Springs AR; Bruce Neunaber, Hot Springs Vlg AR 58.93% 2/3 Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 52.38% 3 2 Ron Nath, Aliso Viejo CA; Steve Rakower, Corona Del Mar CA 54.46% 4 2 Mary Ryder Wright - Kay Lang, Loudonville NY 52.08% 4/5 Martha Mazingo - Vivian Lee, Meridian MS 49.70% 4/5 Joyce Tedrick, Loveland OH; Barry Wauligman, Hamilton OH 49.70% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST 7 8 9 7 8 9 1 1 George Jenkins, Boca Raton FL; Gregory Perkowski, Lansing MI 59.52% 1 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 67.56% 2 2 Bonnie Fredenburgh - Sharon Boal, Bath ON 54.76% 2 Carmen Duffek, Anthem AZ; Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ 54.17% 3 1 Nancy Mavar, Gulfport MS; Shirley Hightower, Highlands NC 52.68% 3 1 Michael Nussbaum - Suzanne Nussbaum, Pt Jefferson St NY 52.98% 4 Mary Lee Bishop, Talent OR; Dianne Maffia, Bend OR 51.79% 4 Dianne Kiehl, Muskego WI; Sharon May, Waukesha WI 51.49% 2 Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA 47.02% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST 7 8 9 7 8 9 1 John Miller - Susan Eggebrecht, Chicago IL 60.89% 1 1 Terry Jonas - Sheila Cesarano, Miami Beach FL 59.23% 2 1 Samuel Lane, Olathe KS; Robert Tung, Leawood KS 55.91% 2 Will Sutherland, North York ON; Robert Sprick, Windermere FL 54.80% 3 2 Paul Rosenblum, New Orleans LA; Jacob Karno, Metairie LA 54.13% 3 Arnold Fox, Mount Sinai NY; Patricia Lessard, Port Jefferson NY 54.51% 4 3 Om Garg - Lallie Garg, New Orleans LA 51.15% 4 2 Donna Raynor, Los Altos CA; Deborah Lundahl, Palo Alto CA 54.35% 1 Lynn Flynn - Linda Conner, New Orleans LA 47.32% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST 7 8 9 7 8 9 1 1 Mary Vernick - Martin Vernick, Savannah GA 59.52% 1 Sam Taylor - Joseph Melton, Colorado Spgs CO 62.20% 2 Betty Townsend, La Place LA; Carolyn York, Metairie LA 57.74% 2 Doyle Johnson - Carolyn Johnson, Little Rock AR 55.95% 3 2 Linda Szilagyi - Peter Wise, Georgetown DE 56.55% 3 Rebecca Overton - Tom Mookas, Tallahassee FL 54.17% 4 Gail Fayard - Madonna Abroms, Gretna LA 53.27% 4 Dan Stern, Denver CO; Donna Barrow, Littleton CO 53.57% 1 Michael Heimann - Geoffrey Hadlock, Warsaw IN 51.79% 2 Darlene Palmas, Mission TX; Rhonda James, New Albany IN 44.05% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST 7 8 9 7 8 9 1 1 Janis Roberts - David Roberts, New Orleans LA 59.82% 1 D Abraham, Windsor ON; Edmond Douville, Hobart IN 62.50% 2 2 John Robbins, Fort Worth TX; Dwight Hill, Grand Prairie TX 58.63% 2 1 Chuck Theis, East Lansing MI; Kathy Stepanovich, Haslett MI 59.82% 3 Phyllis Chak - Mark Bruce, Ocala FL 55.95% 3 2 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Susan Stacy Vanstone, West Chester OH 59.23% 4 Everett Newton, Largo FL; Trudy O’Brien, Clearwater FL 53.27% 4 Alma Farley - Robert Clarke, Richardson TX 50.89% 3 Lucy Lacava, Hamden CT; Patricia Bender, Woodbridge CT 52.98% 3 Pierrette Desmarais, Saint-Hyacinthe QC; Michel Trudel, Granby QC 49.70% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST 7 8 9 7 8 9 1 1 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Wendy Marks, Austin TX 62.20% 1 1 Eleanor Thomas - Rex Thomas, Mount Pleasant IA 57.74% 2 2 Rosalyn Millar - Malcom Millar, Summerside PE 57.44% 2/3 Nancy Swanson, Portland OR; Margaret Brom, Vancouver WA 57.14% 3 3 Dianne Butler, New Orleans LA; Barbara Pyburn, Metairie LA 56.55% 2/3 2 Joan Ritter - Keith Ritter, Katy TX 57.14% 4 Sam Dillon, New Orleans LA; Larry Bowman, Storrs CT 53.27% 4 Beryl Hancock - Peter Hancock, Shreveport LA 56.85% 3 Susan Lipsey - Louise Hargon, Baton Rouge LA 55.06%

NORMAN KAY PATINUM PAIRS 1ST SEMIFINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS Q R EAST-WEST 1 Joe Grue - Valerie Westheimer, New York NY 64.10% 1 Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands 64.32% 2 Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Thomas Bessis, Paris France 63.25% 2 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 59.33% 3 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 56.55% 3 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 58.48% 4 Jie Li - Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China 55.63% 4 Robert Blanchard - William Pollack, New York NY 58.40% 5 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 54.70% 5 Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 55.63% 6 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland 52.49% 6 Reda Wasfi Yaacoub, Cairo Egypt; Wael Mohsen, 6th of October Egypt 54.70% 7 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC 52.14% 7 Andrea Manno - Massimiliano Di Franco, Palermo Italy 54.20% 8 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON 52.07% 8 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA 53.13% 9 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN 51.14% 9 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 52.85% 10 Louk Verhees Jr, Sh Voorhout Netherlands; David Bakhshi, London England 50.50% 10 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 52.56%11/12 Kasper Konow, Frederiksberg Denmark; Michael Askgaard, Gentofte Denmark 50.07% 11 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 51.85%11/12 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 50.07%

SAT AFT 299ER PAIRS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Sally Sassen - Ron Sassen, Austin TX 62.80% 1/2 John Schlundt, Eden Prairie MN; Fred Spitzzeri, Dixon IL 57.44% 2 Jeanne McLeod - Wilson McLeod, Cape Town South Africa 58.04% 1/2 1 Barbara Lombardy - Mary Apple, Billings MT 57.44% 3 2 2 Seymour Epstein - Gloria Epstein, Toronto ON 52.08% 3 2 1 Diana Powell - Janice Zazulak, Metairie LA 55.65% 4 3 3 William Sewell - Elizabeth Sewell, New Orleans LA 50.30% 4 3 Wendy Buttermore - Richard Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 51.79% 4 Virgina McMurray, Metairie LA; Myra Groome, New Orleans LA 47.62% 4 2 Jan Parks - Fred Parks, Baton Rouge LA 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Judith George - Marilynn Hatcher, Baton Rouge LA 57.99% 1 Nancy Raiche - Gerry Gastelum, Manhattan Beach CA 62.15% 2 Patricia Rutledge, Round Rock TX; Leilani Rose, Austin TX 56.04% 2 1 1 John Musser IV - Stephanie Musser, New Orleans LA 59.90% 3 2 1 Virginia Brooks - Barbara Neustadtt, Atlanta GA 56.03% 3 2 2 Virginia Brier, Tucson AZ; Murl Estes, Maitland FL 55.48% 4 Marsha Addis - Marlene Farbman, Holden MA 50.73% 4 3 Nena Cross, Brandon MS; Gloria Mitchell, Madison MS 50.18% 3 Karen Klug - Norman Jacox, Portland OR 50.70% 2 Peter Schmitt - Freddie Schmitt, Stoney Creek ON 48.60%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS SECOND OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MMM SSS TTT UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Dennis Cerkvenik, Minnetonka MN; William Voedisch, Marine MN 64.84% 1 Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA 67.21% 2 Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL; Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL 63.03% 2 1 Gary Nitzberg - Douglas Smith, Carson City NV 62.76% 3 2 1 Matthew Just - Marilyn Riese, Louisville KY 62.42% 3 Mike Giacaman - Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO 59.67% 4 Paul Deal, New Orleans LA; Jan Galey, Baton Rouge LA 61.94% 4 Barbara Shukov, Los Altos Hills CA; James Griffin, Sausalito CA 59.20% 5 Lamar Daniel, Ellijay GA; Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL 58.99% 5 2 Beverley Bessey - Glen Williamson, Sarnia ON 59.10% 6 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 58.25% 6 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 59.06% 7 Craig Cordes - Carole Cordes, Baton Rouge LA 57.45% 7 3 Howard Engle, Highland Park IL; Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL 58.78% 8 3 2 Tim Perry, Corbin KY; Gina Austin Fresh, Wichita KS 57.24% 8 Tom Cogan - Suellen Poland, Pikesville MD 57.65% 9 Stephen Lucas - Lesley Decker Lucas, Woodbury NY 56.83% 9 Tom Oppenheimer, Clayton MO; Kenneth Bland, Saint Louis MO 55.94% 10 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA 56.62% 10 4 Bruce Greenspan - Judy Cardin, Bonita Springs FL 55.68% 11 Joan Van Geffen - Judy Katz, Metairie LA 56.51% 11 5 1 Benjamin Kompa - Xiyuan Ge, Chapel Hill NC 55.37%12/13 Bart Reiss, New York City NY; Marin Marinov, New York NY 56.31% 12 6 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Lake Mary FL 55.32%12/13 Jean Talbot - Bob Bowers, Metairie LA 56.31% 13 Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 55.30% 14 4 3 Kurt Ramig, New York NY; James Baker, Brooklyn NY 56.26% 14 7 F Corredine, Slidell LA; Robert Woodyard, Picayune MS 55.11% 15 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Peter Mosheim, Miami FL 55.55% 15 8 2 Charles Young - Rich Pestien, Peoria IL 55.02% 16 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 55.25% 16 9 Douglas Drew - Richard Johnson, Sarasota FL 54.90% 17 5 4 James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA 55.23% 17 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 54.88% 18 6 Daryl Fisher, Diamondhead MS; John Liukkonen, Metairie LA 55.18% 18 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 54.78% 19 Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Hailong Ao, Ashburn VA 54.60% 19 10 William Weiss, New Orleans LA; Roy Boucvalt, Rancho Mirage CA 54.39% 20 7 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Robert Johnson, Portland OR 54.09% 20 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 53.89% 21 Linda Green, Southaven MS; Madie Brice, Cordova TN 53.83% 21 11 J Howard Tate - F Ruth Tate, Toronto ON 53.15% 22 8 5 Jill Graham - David Graham, Boca Raton FL 53.30% 22 12 Cecilla Borras, Waltham MA; Barbara Murphy, Newton MA 53.05% 23 9 6 Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA; Edward So, Pleasanton CA 53.26% 23 13 Lois Boagni - K Boagni Jr, Opelousas LA 53.04% 24 10 Rosalyn Silverstein - Philip Silverstein, Bronx NY 52.58% 24 14 Darla Petersen, Pickering ON; Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD 52.55% 11 7 Paul Johnston, Austin TX; Harry Ingham, San Marcos TX 52.55% 15 3 Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Justin Beck, Sherwood OR 51.79% 12 8 Mark Heumann, Watertown MA; Marsha Gerstein, Somerville MA 52.40% 16 4 Sitaraman Sathiamoorthy, Olathe KS; Krishna Saha, Overland Park KS 51.28% 13 Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA; Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA 52.18% 5 Susan Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT; Felix Springer, West Hartford CT 50.64% 14 9 Richard Jeng - Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 51.17% 6 Roy Richardson, Metairie LA; Patricia Kessler, New Orleans LA 49.26% 15 Robert McKenzie, Denver CO; Andrea Johnson, Longmont CO 50.88% 7 Brady Lotridge - Leanne Lotridge, New Orleans LA 49.04% 16 James Gray, Murrysville PA; Christopher Wang, Pittsburgh PA 50.33% 8 Alain Fleurot, Puerto Vallarta Mexico; Mary Seggerman, Houston TX 48.37% 10 George Mitchell - Helen Macdonald, Douglas NB 49.60%

Page 19Daily Bulletin Sunday, March 15, 2015

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events

Today is being sponsored by Adler’s Jewelry. Adler’s New Orleans is located at 722 Canal St., two blocks from the playing site. Since its founding in 1898, Adler’s has been the leading jeweler in New Orleans and throughout the Gulf South.

Coleman E. Adler opened his original shop on Royal Street in the historic French Quarter. The business quickly gained a reputation for excellence and when expansion was necessary, Adler’s moved to its current location on Canal St. With sons Milton and Walter, Adler built his business based on individualized service and merchandise that reflects the highest taste and quality. Please come by Adler’s to see the finest in jewelry, watches and gifts for any occasion.

Sponsored events today include the Fernan

Brothers and Sisters I/N pairs events, the Keenan Romig 299er Stratified Side Swiss and the IDGAS Stratified Swiss Teams.

The Fernan brothers and sisters are a family of twelve siblings, including Unit 134 member Sharon Henry, who is the baby of the family. Sharon’s father died when she was one. Her mother worked nights at Oscar Mayer, and the older kids took care of the little ones in her absence.

As they got older, the children worked as grocery baggers, babysitters and newspaper carriers to help support the family. One even drove a coal truck!

They all played cards – poker, canasta and hearts. As adults, the kids – now married – would return home for Sunday dinner. At 3 p.m., tables

were set up for the family to play “500” at the dining room table and Euchre in the living room. Sharon never knew they were poor! They were rich in harmony, cooperation and creativity. Her only regret? They didn’t playing bridge!

Keenan Romig moved to New Orleans for college, married a local man and took up duplicate bridge in the mid 1990s. A longtime LBA board member, Keenan has given much to the club, including her recent three-year stint serving as LBA president.

The IDGAS Group has been a force in New Orleans bridge for approximately three years. Comprised of four outstanding novices, the group is the future of bridge in Unit 134 and beyond. Be very careful if you meet this team in the Vanderbilt!

Today’s Sponsors

Goodwill DayMonday, March 16, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherJack LaNoue Monday-Wednesday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Sunday-Monday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 1st single session Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20

Monday, March 16, 10 a.m.Bridge-Plus+ Sheraton Hotel, Bayside Room, 4th floor Free Free Free lesson, 14-deal game follows at 12:30 p.m.John Petry 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19John Petry 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Monday, March 16, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Dee Moses Monday-Tuesday Daylight Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Mardi Gras G, 3rd floor $16 $20Strati-flighted Daylight Open Pairs (Unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Mardi Gras D, 3rd floor $16 $20Gold Rush Pairs 750/300/100 1-2 Balcony IJK, 4th floor $16 $20

Monday, March 16, 12:30 p.m.Bridge-Plus+ single Sheraton Hotel, Bayside Room, 4th floor Free 14 deals; follows free 10 a.m. lesson

Monday, March 16, 1 p.m.Sunday-Monday Side Game Series 3rd single session Galeries, 2nd floor $16 $20

Monday, March 16, 1 & 7:30 p.m.VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20 Entry for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams required by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Continues until complete.LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $200–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $17 Entry required by 10 a.m. March 16. 10% platinum overall. Continues until complete.GOLDER NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT B 1-2 F Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor No feePRESIDENT’S CUP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT C 1-2 F Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor No feeMonday Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Sunday-Monday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Strati-flighted Open Pairs A/B (Unlimited/5000) 1-2 Galeries, 2nd floor $16 $20Strati-flighted Open Pairs C/D (3000/1500) 1-2 Galeries, 2nd floor $16 $20Gold Rush Pairs 750/300 1-2 Galeries, 2nd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.

Monday, March 16, 3 p.m.Jackie Madden Stratified Side IMP Pairs single Mardi Gras G, 3rd floor $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Monday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.Mary Jane Dale Strati-flighted A/B/C (Unlimited/5000/3000) Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19Mary Jane Dale Strati-flighted D/E/F (2000/1000/500) Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19Sunday-Monday Side Game Series 4th single session Galeries, 2nd floor $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Monday, March 16, 11:30 p.m.Zip KO Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight strati-flighted events (two-session) are divided: A/B (5000+, 0–5000) separate from C/D (1500–3000, 0–1500) and the Gold Rush (300–750, 0–300); Two-flight strati-flighted events are divided A/B/C (3000+/1500–3000/0–1500) and D/E/F (300–750/100–300/0–100). Strata breaks for stratified and stratified Senior events are: A (unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director.*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.

SATURDAY MORNING SIDE GAME (FRIDAY-SUNDAY SIDE GAME SERIES) NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Gail Kahan, Santa Barbara CA; John Kahan, Century City CA 64.20% 1 1 Joseph Koester, Brooklyn Park MN; Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL 62.88% 2 2 1 Christopher Young - David Williams, New Orleans LA 62.12% 2 2 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 57.20% 3 Peter Kyper, West Chester PA; Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD 61.93% 3 Dave Adelman, Calgary AB; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 52.84% 4 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Sandi Foreman, Delray Beach FL 58.14% 4 Terry Currie, Houston TX; Linda Brodie, Bellaire TX 52.27% 5 3 Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain 55.68% 5/7 3/5 John Crouch, Edina MN; William Drake, Minnetonka MN 51.89% 6 4 Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; Leslie Cassoff, Philadelphia PA 53.41% 5/7 3/5 1 Anne O’Meara - Rajiv Kapadia, Mankato MN 51.89% 5 Inger Hultstrand - Carina Larsson, Northern Ireland 46.97% 5/7 3/5 Lyn Legault - Larry Legault, Coe Hill ON 51.89% 2 Lee Weiss, Plymouth Meetng PA; James Bradford Jr, Alexandria LA 45.83% 2 David Woods, New Orleans LA; Stephen Kishner, Metairie LA 47.92%

1SAT AFT 0-50 PAIRS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Joe Jones, Memphis TN; Stephanie Threlkeld, Germantown TN 67.00% 1 1 Daphne Lesage - Leslie Lanusse, New Orleans LA 62.10% 2 2 Cynthia Brettschneider - Ralph Brettschneider, San Marcos TX 60.09% 2 2 Lynne Peterson, Metairie LA; Carolyn Abadie, Kenner LA 54.91% 3 Judy Pyeatte, New Orleans LA; Virginia Dabbs, Metairie LA 56.45% 3 3 Judy Swerens - Barbara Heisele, Wheeling WV 54.84% 4 3 Darylan Stratten, Sebastopol CA; Ruben Ramirez, Pflugerville TX 53.86% 4 Delphine Butler - Claudine Cannon, New Orleans LA 52.18% 1 Janet Genusa, Harahan LA; Mary Lou Adragna, Metairie LA 51.17%

Today’s Bridge Events: all events played at the Marriott unless otherwise notedSponsor: Adler’s Jewelry & Gifts • 722 Canal Street, New Orleans

Sunday, March 15, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherSunday-Monday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20

Sunday, March 15, 10 a.m.Bridge-Plus+ Sheraton Hotel, Bayside Room, 4th floor Free Free Free lesson, 14-deal game follows at 12:30 p.m.Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Sunday, March 15, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Stratified Swiss Teams 1-2 Mardi Gras G, 3rd floor $16 $20Strati-flighted Daylight Open Pairs (Unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Mardi Gras D, 3rd floor $16 $20Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/100) 1-2 Balcony I J K, 4th floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.

Sunday, March 15, 12:30 p.m.Bridge-Plus+ single Sheraton Hotel, Gallery, 1st floor Free 14 deals; follows free 10 a.m. lesson

Sunday, March 15, 1 p.m.Sunday-Monday Side Game Series 1st single session Galerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20

Sunday, March 15, 1 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.NORMAN KAY PLATINUM PAIRS 1-2 F Galerie 4, 2nd floor $30LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20 Only players born before January 1, 1959, who have a Silver, Red or Blue Ribbon qualification are eligible to play. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsGOLDER NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT B 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsPRESIDENT’S CUP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT C 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsSunday-Monday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Flight A/B Swiss Teams (Unlimited/5000) 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Flight C/D Swiss Teams (3000/1500) 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20Gold Rush Swiss Teams (750/300) 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Galerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20

Sunday, March 15, 3 p.m.Keenan Romig Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19Fernan Brothers and Sisters 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19Fernan Brothers and Sisters 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Sunday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.IDGAS Strati-flighted A/B/C Side Swiss Teams (Unlimited/5000/3000) single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19IDGAS Strati-flighted D/E/F Side Swiss Teams (2000/1000/500) single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19Sunday-Monday Side Game Series 2nd single session Galerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15

Sunday, March 15, 11:30 p.m.Zip KO Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $12/team/match

Note: Entry for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams is required by 6 p.m. Sunday night. Entry for the 0–10,000 Knockout Teams is required by 10 a.m. Monday morning.Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight strati-flighted events (two-session) are divided: A/B (5000+, 0–5000) separate from C/D (1500–3000, 0–1500) and the Gold Rush (300–750, 0–300); Two-flight strati-flighted events are divided A/B/C (3000+/1500–3000/0–1500) and D/E/F (300–750/100–300/0–100). Strata breaks for stratified and stratified Senior events are: A (unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events UPPER CASE = NABC events Green = Regional events Blue = Gold Rush events Red = Intermediate/Newcomer events *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.