Thank you for coming to Orlando Mini-Youth NABC hits the Dolphin ...

Daily BulletinSunday, December 4, 2016 Volume 89, Number 10

89th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Brent Manley

ATTENDANCEthrough Saturday10,009 tables

Goodwill MessageIt’s nice to be important, but it’s

more important to be nice.Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee

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Tournament chairs: Thank you for coming to Orlando

By Barbara Jones and Jane FormetAs chairs of the local

committee for the Fall 2016 NABC in Orlando, we’d like to thank so many people for making this tournament a success.

We’re very grateful to our committee chairs and other local volunteers. They worked hard to make sure the players enjoyed themselves. We must also mention the generosity of Unit 128, District 9, Florida’s Natural and Tupperware for their sponsorship support.

Our thanks goes to the ACBL staff and tournament directors, too, who provided such a professional job in

The Orlando tournament committee: (front row): Peggy Higginbotham, Co-Chairs Barbara Jones and Jane Formet, Harriet Morris; (back row): John Moschella, Anne Landry, Martha McGhee, Joann Vergnolle, Betty Harris, Susan Rowley and Linda McEwan; (not pictured): Laurie Jones, Betty Sandifer, Shirley Seals, George Syme and Julie Zimmerman.

Mini-Youth NABC hits the Dolphin

When Susan Rowley, president of Unit 240 in Orlando, noticed that there was no special game for young players at the Fall NABC, she went to work. The result was two separate Card Rook games on Saturday. Forty-eight players 19 and younger took part. For most, it was not the first tournament experience.

“We have one of the largest groups of kids” said Rowley, “and we have games for them at our regional. They’re used to playing in tournaments and they’re learning discipline. When the boards hit the table, they are serious, quiet and in control. They behave

Some of the players in the Cardrook Pairs on Saturday. In all, 48 players from two area schools competed.

better than some of the adults.”A lot of the students also have experience at the

Youth NABCs, which have attracted players from all over the world since the first one in 2008. The 10th Youth NABC is scheduled for the 2017 Summer NABC in Toronto. The parents of some said they are making plans to be in Toronto next summer.

The student players who attended the Fall NABC on Saturday come from two area schools with bridge programs: Bear Lake Elementary School in Apopka and Teague Middle School in Altamonte Springs.

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Ed Foundation reorg targets talent, donations

The ACBL Educational Foundation is in the midst of a major organizational restructuring aimed at attracting specialized trustees and an executive director who can guide large fundraising projects.

ACBL President Ken Monzingo created the Education Task Force early this year. According to Ed Foundation President Barbara Heller, its recommendation was “to adopt new bylaws, create a new slate of trustees and empower them to determine the needs for the future.”

According to the Ed Foundation, “We know that most growth in ACBL membership comes from the work of bridge teachers and clubs. Providing support and incentives for this work is key. It is very unlikely that the ACBL will have the resources needed

to widely support bridge education. It is very likely, with the restructured Foundation, that many tax-deductible funds can be acquired to support bridge education. The bylaw changes … will allow for trustees to assume greater responsibility for fundraising and, with the increased continued on page 5

Two special visitors attended the Orlando NABC Saturday morning: Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse. The duo posed with many players during their tournament visit, including recently crowned World Open Pairs champions Roy Welland and Sabine Auken.

Friedman leads Mixed Swiss

The all-New York squad led by Sandra Friedman topped the qualifying round of the NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams. They will have a carryover edge of 5 victory points over the team captained by China’s Yuxiong Shen in today’s two-session final.

Fireman has lead in Reisinger

The team captained by Paul Fireman enters play today in the final two sessions of the Reisinger Board-a-Match teams with a lead of 1.09 boards. There are 10 teams in the field of arguably the toughest event on the ACBL tournament schedule.

Fireman, of Chestnut Hill MA, is playing with Gavin Wolpert and Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY, and John Hurd, New York City. The team’s carryover is 3.81.

Right behind them with a carryover of 2.72 are

NA Swiss: Berg leads quals

After Saturday’s semifinal round of the Keohane North American Swiss Teams, the squad led by Mary Ann Berg of Atherton CA is in front. Berg’s carryover is 25.37 victory points, just ahead of Patricia Cayne and company. Cayne, of Boca Raton, has a carryover of 23.67.

In third, just 0.01 VPs behind Cayne, is the team captained by Hemant Lall of Dallas.

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Barbara Heller

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SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

Sunday, December 4 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Australia 3, lobby level)

VendorsLooking for books, jewelry, clothing, software or

dealing machines? The vendors for the Fall NABC are located on the first level, between the Atlantic and Pacific Ballrooms.

Parking validationParking validation tickets are available at the

Information Desk (see hours below) on the lobby level.

Please note: Exiting the parking gate requires a credit card to pay.

To save time exiting the parking lot, pay for parking before leaving the hotel at the Valet station just outside the lobby. The Valet takes cash or credit.

Information Desk The hours of operation for the Information Desk

on Sunday are as follows:8:30-10 am1-2 pm

Vugraph operators neededVugraph operators are needed for the final of the

Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams on Sunday, Dec. 4. Interested parties should contact Jan Martel at [email protected]. Ten operators are needed. The first session begins at 11 a.m. and the second session begins at 5 p.m Vugraph operators are paid $50 per session.

Appealing a ruling Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal a

director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking with the director who delivered the original ruling. The table director will fill out paperwork regarding the appeal, and the appellants will explain what is wrong with the initial ruling. From there, the case may be handled by a variety of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the case, the circumstances of that particular case will determine whether the case can be resolved by the original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law or regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or even a committee-type hearing which could include bridge experts.

Life Master newsJane Gardner of

Northville MI is a new Life Master, earning her gold card in the first session of the Gold Rush Pairs on Saturday. Her partner was Bob Ondo of Ann Arbor MI. At the start of the NABC, Gardner needed 9.09 masterpoints to get to 500. A section top in the Saturday event pushed her over the top.

Correction: In the announcement in yesterday’s edition that Dee Dee Harris became a Life Master, her partner was identified incorrectly. Marlene McKinnon was Harris’s partner.

Myrna Mackey of Niagara Falls ON became a Silver Life Master (1000 masterpoints) when her team made the final of the Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams, Bracket 3. She was playing with Sharon Stevens of Vineland-Stn ON. The two play often at the Bridge Centre of Niagara in St. Catherines ON. Their teammates were Susi Pitts of Cumming GA and Joan Bentz of Ann Arbor MI.

Better news for GatlinburgPete Misslin, chair of the Gatlinburg Regional

scheduled for April next year, reported on Saturday that the situation has improved in the city that was damaged by wildfires that hit the city and the area seven days ago.

Misslin said authorities are letting some people, accompanied by insurance adjustors, back into the city to inspect their properties. The city had been under evacuation orders since the wildfires came near. About 300 buildings in Gatlinburg were damaged but the downtown area of Gatlinburg was spared. The convention center where the tournament will be played is the site of a convention starting this week.

Misslin also said the weather forecast called for three days of rain, starting on Saturday, which should help the firefighters in the area.

Meanwhile, fundraisers have been reported from a variety of places, Misslin said. Bill Waters, president of Unit 165 in Knoxville, reported a game at the Knoxville Bridge Center that raised $600 for relief efforts.

Misslin said he is confident that the regional will go on as planned.

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JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSDo’s and Don’ts to help

your game – Part 10By Brent Manley

DOListen to the

bidding. This admonition could have been included with the part about maintaining concentration.

Everything that happens during the auction provides information – data that can be used by both sides once the final contract is reached. Think about it. If your left-hand opponent passes as dealer, the information is already flowing: LHO does not have enough high-card strength to open. He almost surely has fewer than 12 HCP. Remembering this can help you locate key honors as you strive to make your contract or go for overtricks.

Say one of your opponents enters the auction to show a two-suited hand. Conventions such as the Michaels cuebid and Unusual 2NT typically promise at least 5-5 in the two long suits – more information you can use as you play the contract. As pointed out in a previous article on this page, declarer has a huge advantage in these situations just from knowing that the Michaels or 2NT bidder has at most three cards outside his two long suits.

If LHO opens the bidding, partner passes and RHO also passes, you have more information you can use. For example, if RHO shows up with an ace, the highest other card in his hand would be a jack.

Sometimes the opponents help you straighten out your own auction. Say you open 1NT, LHO passes and partner bids 2♦, a transfer to hearts. RHO doubles to show length and strength in diamonds. If you pass, partner knows you do not have three hearts. If you accept the transfer by bidding 2♥, partner knows you have a fit. You will await his decision about how high you should go in the bidding. Without the double, it would take at least one more round of bidding to find out if you and partner have a heart fit.

There are many more examples of how listening to the bidding and interpreting the information can help you take more tricks. Suffice it to say it’s in your interest to make listening an important part of your growth as a player.

DON’TMake the “normal” lead if the auction screams

for a trump lead. Consider the following auction. You are South.

West North East South 1♠ Pass 1NT Pass 2♥ Pass 2NT Pass 3♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass

You hold♠ K J 9 8 6 ♥8 7 6 ♦K Q J 10 ♣A 5

The ♦K looks like an automatic lead, but if

you consider the auction, your choice will be a low heart. Think about the bidding. It’s highly likely that West has only three hearts. With four, he probably would have bid 3♥ at his second turn. You can also count on dummy to have no more than two spades. East will certainly start right in on spades so he can take some spade ruffs in dummy – if you let him. The auction tells you East likely has at least 10 cards in the majors, so he will be able to get back to his hand by ruffing one of the minors, probably diamonds.

If you start with a trump and dummy has a doubleton spade, you will certainly get in again to lead another trump, limiting declarer to just one spade ruff. Even if you don’t defeat the contract by leading a heart, you will certainly hold down the overtricks, which could give you a good score.

Take all your chances, No. 10

By Eddie Kantar

Dlr: West ♠ A 6 Vul: N-S ♥ Q 8 7 4 3 2 ♦ J 4 3 2 ♣ 3

♠ 5 ♥ A K ♦ K 7 ♣ A Q J 10 9 5 4 2

With only your side vulnerable, West opens 3♠, partner passes and East ups the ante to 4♠. You have no qualms about bidding 5♣, and everyone passes. The ♠Q is led. Plan the play.

Solution You are in the dummy for the last time and

have to decide whether to lead up to the ♦K or take the club finesse. The club finesse is much less than 50% because you can’t pick up K-x-x(x) in

the East hand. Play the odds and lead a diamond up to the king, a 50% play unless West started with a singleton diamond and didn’t lead it – not too likely as most players lead singletons even when they don’t have one. If the ♦K loses to the ace and today is your lucky day, the ♣K will drop under the ace (13%). You will make this contract about 55% of the time.

Even if you had eight clubs to the A-K-J-10, you should still lead a diamond at trick two as you have a reasonable chance of dropping the ♣Q (a little more than 50%) if the diamond king loses to West’s ace. Two chances are better than one. The full deal:

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

In Saturday afternoon’s 299er Pairs: Partners Carol McCracken and Polly Norris from Palm Beach FL.


It’s George’s World – get used to it

This deal from the Mixed Swiss Teams shows how the other-worldly influences of the universe converge at George Jacobs’ bridge table from time to time. He was playing with Bernace DeYoung. Spots are approximate. Jacobs was South. Dlr: North ♠ A K Q 5 4 Vul: Both ♥ 10 9 6 ♦ Q 10 ♣ J 9 6

♠ 3 2 ♥ A 8 7 ♦ A K 8 7 4 2 ♣ A 4 West North East South 1♠ Pass 2♦ Pass 2♠ Pass 3♦ Pass 4♦ Pass 4♥ Pass 5♦ Pass 6♦ All Pass

Jacobs and DeYoung are not a practiced partnership, so when she raised him to 4♦, he thought it was Kickback, asking about key cards in diamonds. His 4♥ response showed one or four. When DeYoung “signed off” in 5♦, Jacobs thought he was supposed to go on to slam with the higher of the two key card possibilities.

After asking a lot of questions about the auction, West led the ♥K and Jacobs took the ace. He played a spade to dummy at trick two, cashed the ♠K and tried the ♠Q. East ruffed low, however, and Jacobs overruffed. He then played a diamond to dummy’s 10, and when it held he played a fourth spade from dummy, on which East discarded a heart.

Now a diamond from hand went to West’s jack and dummy’s queen, pulling the last trump. On the fifth spade, East pitched another heart as Jacobs discarded his losing club. Now the ♣J from dummy was covered by the king and Jacobs’ ace.

When Jacobs played another diamond, discarding a heart from dummy, East pitched yet another heart. Jacobs, down to the ♥8 7, exited his hand with the ♥7. West, who had led the ♥K from a doubleton K-Q, had to play the queen. East, down to the singleton ♥J, followed with that card. Miraculously (maybe you can think of another way to put it), Jacobs’ ♥8 was trick No. 12.

Welcome to George’s World. The full deal: ♠ A K Q 5 4 ♥ 10 9 6 ♦ Q 10 ♣ J 9 6 ♠ J 10 9 8 ♠ 7 6 ♥ K Q ♥ J 8 5 3 2 ♦ J 9 ♦ 6 5 3 ♣ Q 10 7 6 3 ♣ K 8 5 ♠ 3 2 ♥ A 8 7 ♦ A K 8 7 4 2 ♣ A 4

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QUALIFIERS IN THE NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS 52 Tables / Based on 102 Tables Carryover 1 Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY; Cynthia Colin - Jeff Hand - Michael Rosen, New York NY 27.76 2 Yuxiong Shen - Zijian Shao - Ran Jingrong, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Li Yiting, Herndon VA; Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC 22.58 3 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 22.25 4 Janie Woo - Peggy Ellis - Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 21.74 5 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA; Mary Tenenbaum - Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD; Ann Lindley - Alfred Duncker, Gaithersburg MD 19.61 6 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Sandra Rimstedt - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC 19.23 7 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA; Simon Kantor, Feeding Hills MA 18.43 8 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH; Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH 17.94 9 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden; Cecilia Rimstedt, Onsala Sweden; Magnus Eriksson, Sweden 14.79 10 Shane Blanchard - Jessica Hayman - Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner - Joe Grue, New York NY; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL 14.70 11 Peg Waller - Ronald DeHarpporte, Edina MN; Jay Baum - Kathy Baum, Vero Beach FL 13.75 12 Elliott Grubman - Ava Grubman, Brooklyn NY; Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 13.22 13 Melanie Tucker - Hjordis Eythorsdottir, New York NY; Radu Nistor, Sunnyside NY; Iulian Rotaru, Woodside NY 11.87 14 Pierre Schmidt, Beaumont Le Rog France; J-f Allix, Asnia France; Joanna Zochowska, Boulogne France; Wilfried Libbrecht, 92110 Clichy France; Vanessa Reess, 92100 Clichy France 10.69 15 Gerty Nassi - Sedat Nassi, Aventura FL; Maureen Loeb, Orlando FL; David Loeb, Lake Mary FL 9.78 16 Linda McGarry - Dennis McGarry, Palm City FL; Candace Griffey - Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 9.63 17 Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL; Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Terry McHenry - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 9.51 18 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY; Rob Gordon, Northport NY; Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA 9.42 19 Ruth Zowader, Madison NJ; Robert Heitzman Jr, Ramsey NJ; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 9.26 20 Barry Ko, Arlington VA; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH; Jui Wang, Durham NC 9.04 21 Leon Lowe - JoAnne Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ; Steve Mansfield - Janet Daling, Sun Lakes AZ 8.58 22 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO; Patricia Dovell - Adrian Dovell, Gainesville FL 7.80 23 Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; William Bailey, Palo Alto CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 7.68 24 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Will Ehlers, Madison NJ; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Richard Ritmeijer - Magdalena Ticha, The Netherlands 7.59 25 Charles Fortney, Wheaton IL; Leigh Anne Shafer - Raymond Hornby - Marielle Brentnall, Winnipeg MB 7.47 26 Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON; Sean Ganness, Miami FL; Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY; Kay Beck, Noblesville IN 6.99 27 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Marusa Basa, Ljubjana; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 5.96 28 Richard Vatter - Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI; Dave Fred - Patty Fred, Interlochen MI 5.90 29 Robert Gardner - Susan Finkelman, Glenview IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL; James Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Deborah Cohen, Lisle IL 5.86 30 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV 5.70 31 Rosanne Schabinger, Mount Prospect IL; Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD; Jerry Poliquin - Jennifer James, Gurnee IL 5.16 32 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA 5.01 33 Scott Hiller - Raymond Depew, Naples FL; Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB; Judith Argento, Kingston PA 4.76 34 Walter Schuster - Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Bernardo Biondo, Rome 00137 Italy 4.42 35 Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague ; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; Susan Picus, New York NY; Ronald Carriere, Kirkland QC 3.96 36 Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD; Lynn Jones, Timonium MD; Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 3.52 37 Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 3.43 38 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Olathe KS; Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 2.97 39 Henry Meyer, Indian River Sh FL; Linda Epstein, Delray Beach FL; Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 2.95 40 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL; Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Spgs CO; Ken Monzingo, San Diego CA 2.84 41 Arline Fulton, Neptune NJ; Harold Antonson, Olympia WA; Andie Sheaffer, Lancaster PA; Barry Gorski, Reading PA 2.40 42 Becky Stevens - Michael Christensen, Redmond WA; Donald Sache - Sheila Sache, Delta BC 1.93 43 Joanne Weingold - Jack Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Jan Assini - Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 1.85 44 James Marsh Sternberg, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV 1.59 45 Corey Krantz - Rhoda Kratenstein - Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 1.46 46 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL; Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Chattanooga TN; Mark Cohen - Stasha Cohen, West Orange NJ 1.28 47 Jack Jones, Lauderdale Bts FL; Bella Ionis-Sorren - Robert Ramos, Fort Lauderdale FL; Esther Litmanovic, Miami FL 0.97


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Tournament Chair

Orlando. Most important, thanks to all the players who

attended. We’re so happy you came to visit us in Orlando, and we hope you had a wonderful time. Please come to our other District 9 tournaments, and remember that the Fall NABC in 2022 will be back in Orlando here at the Dolphin.

funds, the hiring of a professional staff to facilitate and oversee the bridge education projects funded by the Foundation. Donors want assurance their gifts make a difference.”

The Ed Foundation is searching for trustees that “bring one of the three W’s to the table: work, wisdom or wealth. It is believed that, over time, the Foundation would have the funding to become a leading force in bridge education, frankly something that no other bridge organization has the dollars to accomplish. One key reason for the need to change is that donors have stated that under the present structure they were not willing to make meaningful donations to the Ed Foundation.”

The foundation hopes to complete the transition to the new structure by mid-2017. The ACBL Education Foundation is an independent, tax-deductible 501c3 nonprofit organization.


Ed Foundation

48 Ellen Cherniavsky - William Cole, Silver Spring MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 0.88 49 Harry Tudor, Miami FL; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Sylvia Summers, Montreal QC; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 0.85 50 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Judith Gushner - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 0.53 51 Bernard Dauvergne - Sophie Dauvergne, Ramonville France; Ja Ra Mie Tignel - Corinne Faivre, Castanettolosan France 0.40 52 James Fox - Judy Fox, Virginia Beach VA; Alan Schwartz - Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 0.00

QUALIFIERS FOR THE KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAM FINAL

24 Tables / Based on 95 Tables Carryover 1 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Aleksander Dubinin - Andrew Gromov, Moscow Russia 25.37 2 Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam ; Bart Nab, Tilburg ; Tim Verbeek, ; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag 23.67 3 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, Stockholm Sweden; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 23.66 4 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Louk Verhees Jr, 2215 Jx Voorhou ; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep ; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 15.88 5 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Aaron Jones, Oceanside CA 15.50 6 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Jarosleaw Cieslak, Paradzice Poland; Marek Wojcicki, Przemysl Poland; Marek Pietraszek - Jacek Znamirowski, Poland 13.69 7 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland 11.66 8 Tuna Aluf - Bulent Kaytaz - Namik Kokten, Istanbul Turkey; Gokhan Yilmaz, Uskudar/Instanb Turkey 8.23 9 Jeffrey Wolfson - Ron Smith - Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 8.07 10 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan Poland; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk Poland 6.91 11 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Marc Jacobus - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Simon De Wijs, Doorn ; Bauke Muller, Hoorn 5.80 12 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; John Mohan - Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland 5.3813 G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Donna Lombardini , Alcester SD; John Moschella, Winter Springs FL; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 5.33 14 Peter Stein, Hillsborough NJ; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ; Susan Fulton, Maplewood NJ; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 5.03 15 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Robert White, Raleigh NC; Clay Hall, Vestavia AL 4.72 16 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA; David Lindop - Doug Baxter, Toronto ON 4.46 17 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Robert Fendrick, Marietta GA; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC 4.37 18 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag ; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam 3.33 19 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL; Rosen Gunev - Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria; Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria 2.96 20 Thomas Carmichael - Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Larry Robbins, Deerfield IL; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; William Pollack, New York NY 2.78 21 Drew Casen, Metarie LA; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX 2.55 22 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 2.45 23 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL 0.53 24 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 0.08

QUALIFIERS FOR THE REISINGER B-A-M TEAMS FINAL 10 Tables / Based on 42 Tables Carryover 1 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Hurd, New York NY 3.81 2 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Pinhas Romik, Rehovot Israel; Adrian Schwartz, Tel Aviv Israel; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden 2.72 3 Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Singapore; Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal; Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA 2.66 4 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 2.38 5 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt; Michael Kamil, Spartanburg SC; Richard Coren, Aventura FL 1.50 6 Bart Bramley - Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 1.03 7 James Cayne - Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy 0.47 8 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Justin Lall, Charlotte NC 0.22 9 David Mossop, Switzerland; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Jason Hackett - Justin Hackett, Manchester England; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 0.19 10 Barry Rigal - Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 0.00


Reisinger

Gaylor Kasle and Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Pinhas Romik and Adrian Schwartz, Israel, and Simon Hult and Simon Ekenberg, Sweden.


0-10,000 FAST PAIRS (CORRECTED)The masterpoint awards for this event which appeared in the Saturday edition were incorrect. Below is the updated list. 59.20 1 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 570.89 44.40 2 Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY; Rob Gordon, Northport NY 561.58 33.30 3 Steven Ashe, Tampa FL; Jourdain Patchett, Sarasota FL 537.96 26.31 4 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Minneapolis MN; Gunnar Helgason, Reykjavik Iceland 534.26 25.67 5 Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 522.23 21.53 6 Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO; Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL 520.97 19.73 7 Janet Lee, Oakton VA; Frederick Allenspach, Plantation FL 510.44 18.22 8 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 501.65 16.91 9 Marjorie Boldus, Tarpon Springs FL; Matthew Weingarten, Safety Harbor FL 501.35 15.79 10 Maritha Pottenger - Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 499.36 14.80 11 Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Charles Fortney, Wheaton IL 498.80 13.93 12 Cameron Shunta - Renee Shunta, Grand Haven MI 496.09 13.16 13 Joel Banks, St Petersburg FL; Jeff Edelstein, Tampa FL 492.96 12.46 14 John Hassett, Johns Creek GA; Charles Davis, Duluth GA 491.29 11.84 15 David Rodney, Fairfax VA; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 488.06 11.28 16 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Jenna Rivet, Glen Ellyn IL 485.86 10.76 17 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Lily Johannessen, Honolulu HI 479.44 10.83 18 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; David Binney, Seattle WA 479.04

0-10,000 IMP PAIRS (CORRECTED)The masterpoint awards for this event which appeared in the Wednesday edition were incorrect. Below is the updated list. 70.40 1 Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV 89.43 52.80 2 Anthony Barre, Marco Island FL; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL 77.76 39.60 3 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA 72.00 31.29 4 Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 67.99 28.16 5 Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 66.87 25.60 6 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Lesley Davis, La Jolla CA 60.68 23.47 7 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia 53.10 21.66 8 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 47.27 20.11 9 Freerk Polling - Betty Parker, Palm Bch Gdns FL 35.46 18.77 10 Alvin Levy, Commack NY; George Retek, Montreal QC 29.73 17.60 11 Scott Hiller, Naples FL; Mary Anne Geppert, Fort Myers FL 22.81 16.56 12 Dexter Senft, Saratoga Spgs NY; Michael McNamara, White Plain NY 22.49 15.64 13 Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico; Alberto Cohen, Naucalpah Mexico 18.38 14.82 14 Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 18.14 14.08 15 Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; David Cantor, Charlotte NC 17.91 13.41 16 Philip Benner - Carolyn Benner, El Dorado Hills CA 13.40 12.80 17 Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY; Rob Gordon, Northport NY 12.69 12.24 18 Lesley Decker Lucas - Stephen Lucas, Woodbury NY 10.89 11.73 19 Lynne Newman - Randall Dougherty, San Diego CA 8.85 11.26 20 Morris Jones, Monrovia CA; Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA 5.53 10.83 21 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 3.21


Card Rook Pairs

Barb and Larry Steiner started the bridge club at Teague a year ago. The turnout was 13 students. The club now has 26 members and a shortage of space. The Steiners said they have had to turn some students away because the classroom they use for the lessons doesn’t have room for more.

The parents are happy with their children’s interest in bridge in part because it takes them away from video games. Cesar Molina said his 11-year-old son, Joseph, started bridge this year. “He likes to think on the game,” Molina said. “We try to encourage our children to look for activities beyond what kids usually do, things that require them to use their brains.”

Joseph said he likes bridge because “it’s a nice game for partners.” Joseph plays with Soor Hansalia, who started bridge two and a half years ago at Bear Lake before moving to Teague.

“It’s just fun,” said Soor.Michael Moschella, of Winter Springs, learned

bridge from his father, John, who took him to bridge lessons. “I like the logical aspect,” said Michael.

Laney Rosenblatt, 12, attends Teague and learned bridge from a friend’s grandmother. She went to the Youth NABC in Washington DC last summer and has hopes to go again next year. Bridge is fun for her, she said, “because I get to use my mind and be with my friends.”

Barb Steiner said she has received comments from parents of the students in the bridge club endorsing the effort. “They said their kids are better at math and they concentrate better on the school work.”

Christy Cartar, who lives in Longwood, said her 13-year-old son, Colin Fair, loves math and has thrived in the bridge club. “It’s challenging,” he said. “It’s always something different.”

Eleven-year-old Eliana Nemasango, a Teague student, said she likes bridge because “it’s competing and I like winning.” Her partner is Nya Runde, also 11. She added, “I like how complex bridge is but simple at the same time.”

Student players from Teague Middle School

Student players from Bear Lake Elementary School

Susan Rowley, president of Unit 240

Christy Cartar and her son, Colin Fair

Michael Moschella and Elise Bedell

Nya Runde and Eliana Nemasango

Joseph Molina and Soor Hansalia

FRIDAY MIDNIGHT ZIP KO 7 Tables 3.17 1 Jesse Laird, Fort Lauderdale FL; Elizabeth Gompels, Cambridge MA; Jeff Jacob, Vancouver WA; Timothy Hill, Wellesley MA 2.22 2 Dustin Hoover - Karl Sokalski, Pittsburgh PA; Regena Edwards, Laurel MD; Linda Dunn, Memphis TN

FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 12 Tables 11.02 1 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Thomas Din, Rockville MD; Patricia Andrews, Lumberville PA; Helen Walker, Lafayette Hill PA 7.71 2 Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Westlake OH; Jianfeng Luo - Edward Xu, North York ON 4.96 3 Dale Rands, Palm Beach FL; Rawy Shediac, Englewood FL; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Theri Andino, Niceville FL

3.86 4 Mel Volmert, Springfield MO; John Steffan, Marco Island FL; Sue Bailey, Stockport ; Bernardo Flasterstein, Palm Bch Gdns FL

FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 12 Tables 5.72 1 Penelope Rudolph - Fred Batten, Grosse Pointe MI; Richard Peacock - Lucy Peacock, Grosse Pt Shore MI 4.00 2 Michael Kudrna - Doris Dunn, Arroyo Grande CA; Eli Zinner - Jan Grieff Zinner, Nipomo CA 2.57 3 Dana Bauer - Mary Cady, Lakewood Ranch FL; Diane Baldwin - Carol Franklin, Bradenton FL 2.00 4 Blondelle Grant, Pawleys Island SC; Morris Mitchem Jr, Columbia SC; Anni Amend, Whitehouse Stat NJ; Yara Barretta, Celebration FL


Be Sce nt -siti ve!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.

fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid those who are wearing them. Among the commonly reported

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.

World champions and brilliant minds unite

for the promotion of bridgeBy Francesca Canali

What do Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, the former Vice Prime Minister of China Zeng Peiyan, the family of the famous coffee brand Lavazza and the Asian entrepreneur Chen Yeh have in common? Their love for bridge, of course!

In organizing the Yeh Online Bridge World Cup, World Bridge Federation President Emeritus José Damiani united some of the most brilliant minds of our times and world bridge champions for the promotion of bridge.

The tournament was held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2. The USA-BBO Team featured Gates, Bob

Hamman, Jill Meyers, Fred Gitelman, Sharon Osberg and Sheri Winestock. The Europe-LAVAZZA team was Maria Teresa and Emanuela Lavazza, Sylvie Willard and Bénédicte Cronier (first and second in the World Women’s rankings), Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Agustin Madala and Massimo Ortensi (coach). The Chinese Contract Bridge Association team featured Zeng Peiyan, Guo Jinlong, Dai Jianming, Yang Lixin, Zhang Bangxiang, Gu Ling, Lu Yan, Li Jianwei, Lin Rongqiang and Chen Deying. The YEH team included Chen Yeh, Shih Juei-Yu, Chen Dawei, Sun Ming, Zhang Ya-lan and Wang Ping.

The event was played entirely online on BBO and Ourgames. The Americans played from Seattle, the Europeans from Turin and the Asian teams from Beijing. The participants played through their computers under the supervision of international tournament directors. The show was broadcast on BBO vugraph and through live webcams on You Tube and on the Chinese television. That was an extraordinary opportunity for the promotion of bridge, attracting coverage by newspapers and television around the world.

For those wondering who won the event, it was the Lavazza team (see photo below), who led the friendly competition from start to finish. Of course, with such extensive media coverage, the real winner is the game of bridge.

SATURDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 13.0 Tables A B C 4.36 1 1 1 Craig Wakefield, Des Plaines IL; Lynne Marley, Downers Grove IL 64.20% 3.27 2 2 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Jin Hu, Wappingers Fls NY 63.07% 2.45 3 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 60.80% 1.88 4 Elizabeth Harris, Auburndale FL; Martha McGhee, Mount Dora FL 58.52% 2.13 5 3 Phillip Cummins - Karen Cummins, Coconut Creek FL 57.95% 1.60 6 4 William Fitch, Rockingham VA; Gerald Botkin, Staunton VA 57.20% 1.20 5 Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC; Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC 56.25% 1.10 6 David Begin, W Melbourne FL; Alan Owiesny, Melbourne FL 54.92% 1.97 2 Michael Lynch - Berton Solomon, Edwards CO 53.60% 1.48 3 Sharon Sutton, Melbourne FL; Pamela Harmeson, Satellite Beach FL 50.00% 1.11 4 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Jacqueline Zayac, Lafayette CA 43.18%

SATURDAY MORNING SWISS TEAMS 15 Tables A B C 4.67 1 1 Carmon Lee Woodley, Niceville FL; Sylvia Jackson, Edmond OK; Robert Hauger - Alice Hauger, Tulsa OK 60.00 3.50 2 2 Victoria Lanier - Steve Kimmel - Carol Kimmel, Amelia Island FL; Bobbie Fost, Fernandina FL 59.00 2.63 3 3 Lynn Chapman, Jacksonville FL; Mark Franzoni, Jacksonville Bc FL; Jim Dick, Harlingen TX; Nancy Martin, Neptune Beach FL 54.00 1.97 4 4 Kathy Mullen, Amagansett NY; Jean Johnson, East Hampton NY; Joan Renzoni, Palm City FL; Barbara Phillips, Stuart FL 51.00 1.30 5/6 Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA; Betsy Stanton, Hartsville SC; Nancy Colter, Dublin GA; George Russell, Moore SC 46.00 1.33 5/6 5 Ann Latta, Mesa AZ; Stephen Horwitz, Avalon NJ; Ralph Croskey, Jacksonville FL; Lynn Kramer, Palm Bch Gdns FL 46.00 1.84 1 Dorothy Zeide, Stamford CT; Ilene Mankoff, Delray Beach FL; Gary Segal - Eileen Rush, The Villages FL 41.00 1.21 2/3 Bernard Cope - Ann Cope, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Monique Goldwasser - Dan Goldwasser, New York NY 33.00 1.21 2/3 Raymond Nix, Myrtle Beach SC; Sally Ziemba, Pawleys Island SC; Richard Lanzarone, Surfside Beach SC; Barbara O’Brien, Conway SC 33.00

THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES43.50 Tables / Based on 23 Tables 11.55 1 Dave Fred, Interlochen MI 116.57% 7.58 2/3 Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA 113.67% 7.58 2/3 Patti Martin, Richmond VA 113.67% 4.36 4/5 David Begin, W Melbourne FL 112.78% 4.36 4/5 Alan Owiesny, Melbourne FL 112.78% 3.10 6/7 Sara Bossert, Cypress TX 112.60% 3.10 6/7 Michael Bossert, Cypress TX 112.60% 2.57 8 Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC 112.57% 3.42 9 Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC 111.30% 2.66 10/12 Karen Cummins, Coconut Creek FL 110.73% 2.66 10/12 Phillip Cummins, Coconut Creek FL 110.73% 2.04 10/12 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 110.73%

SATURDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 12.0 Tables A B C 2.89 1 1 1 Betty Ginter - John Logan, Marietta GA 65.48% 2.17 2 Joyce Hitchman - Anne Bell, Winter Haven FL 64.29% 1.95 3 2 2 Claire Barnett - Alan Barnett, Bedford NS 58.63% 1.46 4 3 3 Richard Nathenson - Carol Nathenson, Monroeville PA 58.04% 0.91 5 Sheila Naylor - Bill Lau, The Villages FL 55.36% 1.10 6 4 4 Stephen Curry, Celebration FL; Tonja Curry, Morris CT 54.17% 0.78 5/7 Mrs Sue Malin - Bill Malin, Greensboro GA 52.68% 0.78 5/7 5/6 Tom Richard, Dover FL; Geraldine Hadley, Sun City Center FL 52.68% 0.63 5/7 5/6 Victoria Hess, Jackson WY; Jill Kolody, Pasadena MD 52.68%

SATURDAY MORNING CARD SHARKS 6.0 Tables A B 1.49 1 1 Spencer Dyen - D Carter Wilson, Maitland FL 76.27% 1.12 2 Michael Moschella, Winter Springs FL; Elise Bedell, Apopka FL 62.93% 1.07 3 2 Colin Fair, Longwood FL; Sam Swaggerty, Altamonte Sprgs FL 56.93% 0.80 4 3 Gabriella Morano, Satellite Beach FL; Hallie Presiev, Altomonte Spring FL 55.43% 0.60 4 Leah Sommerio - Jolie Hartley, Longwood FL 49.80%


♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

Fast finishOn their way to their third win in the Kaplan

Blue Ribbon Pairs as partners, Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell needed a strong finish in the event. In the second final session, they scored 61% on their last eight boards to win by 47.27 matchpoints on a top of 38. The following two deals helped them to the victory.

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

(1) Three-card spade supportThat was a lot of bidding by two passed hands,

but Meckstroth and Rodwell have never been known as timid in the auction. North did well to pull the double of 5♦. Passing would have resulted in minus 750. Rodwell was due to lose only two trumps tricks.

On the opening lead of the ♦10, declarer played the queen and ruffed when Rodwell covered. She played a heart to dummy and took two club pitches on dummy’s good diamonds. The bad trump split meant that North was limited to six trumps and two diamonds for minus 150. That was good for 32 matchpoints out of 38.

Another good score was waiting for them on the next round. Dlr: West ♠ A Q 10 2 Vul: None ♥ K 10 7 4 ♦ J 8 4 ♣ J 7 ♠ K ♠ 8 7 6 4 ♥ A Q 2 ♥ J 9 ♦ A Q 3 2 ♦ K 6 5 ♣ K 10 6 5 4 ♣ A Q 8 3 ♠ J 9 5 3 ♥ 8 6 5 3 ♦ 10 9 7 ♣ 9 2 West North East South Rodwell Meckstroth 1♣ (1) Pass 2♦ (2) Pass 3NT All Pass

(1) Precision: strong, artificial and forcing(2) Balanced hand with 8-10 HCPNorth started with the ♥4 and dummy’s 9 held

the trick. As Rodwell rattled off nine winners in the minors, North was feeling the pressure. He knew from the play that Rodwell had a singleton spade (South gave count at trick one to show two or four hearts). The only question was whether the stiff was the ♠K or ♠J.

At trick 10, Rodwell cashed his last winning diamond and North had to find a pitch from ♠A Q and ♥K 10. North took his best chance by discarding the ♠A. If South had the ♠K, he could win Rodwell’s spade exit and play a heart to get one more trick. As the cards lay, it didn’t matter what North discarded. He was going to be endplayed if he bared his ♠A or his ♥K would fall under Rodwell’s ace.

The resulting plus 490 was good for 29 matchpoints.

SATURDAY MORNING CARD ROOKS 6.0 Tables 1.42 1 Prisha Narne, Altamonte Sprin FL; Jamie Cheperik, Maitland FL 63.75% 1.07 2 Nya Runde - Eliana Nemasango, Altomonte Spring FL 62.50% 0.80 3 Jack Neusch - Bobby Fox, Altamonte Spring FL 57.50% 0.60 4 Brooke Thompson - Sydney Thompson, Apopka FL 56.25%

DAVID BABCOCK A/B/C OPEN PAIRS 45.0 Tables / Based on 85 Tables A B C 34.84 1 Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON; Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON 63.15% 26.13 2 1 1 Anshul Paliwal - Laura Sjoberg, Gainesville FL 61.72% 19.60 3 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 60.53% 14.70 4 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Glenn Robbins, New York NY 60.39% 11.61 5 Brian Schoenfeld - Howard Miller, Virginia Beach VA 59.59% 13.94 6 2 David Stentz - Caroline Davies, The Villages FL 59.57% 8.71 7 Paul Zebrowski, Naples FL; Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ 57.57% 10.45 8 3 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 57.41% 7.84 9 4 2 James Moody - Jerry Barrett, Austin TX 56.07% 6.33 10 5 Stanley Littlefield, Maitland FL; Gordon Cable Jr, Monroe Township NJ 55.87% 5.81 11 Carl Dahl Jr, Sun City Center FL; William Schwarz, Tampa FL 55.85% 5.36 12 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 55.39% 4.98 13 Roderic Kerr, Palm City FL; Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA 54.79% 4.65 14 Ronda O’Farrell - Mary Rutledge, Sun City Center FL 54.76% 4.36 15 Colleen Treanor - Joe Sacco, The Villages FL 54.68% 4.10 16 Suzanne St Thomas, Boise ID; James Milam, Idaho Falls ID 54.12% 5.31 17 6 Weiling Zhao, Brookfield CT; Brian McGuire, United Kingdom 54.10% 4.65 18 7 Peter Tracy - Sherry Tracy, Longboat Key FL 53.97% 3.72 19 Ronald Weissberger, Fort Lauderdale FL; Helene Mathieu, Sherbrooke QC 53.92% 4.13 20 8 Brenda Woodman - James Woodman, Mount Pearl NL 53.74% 3.17 21 Bill Dinner, Port Washington NY; Ruth Stober, Floral Park NY 53.47% 3.72 22 9 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Bryant Town, Edmonton AB 53.43% 3.72 23 John Russell, N Barrington IL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 53.24% 3.38 10 Brian Gelles - Janet Gelles, Fairview TX 52.53% 4.18 11 3 Dexter Senft, Saratoga Spgs NY; S Leech, Pasadena CA 52.51% 3.13 12 4 Pieter Vanbennekom - Christine Matus, Vero Beach FL 52.33% 2.65 13 5 Tom Goodwin, Northville MI; Carl Gentile, Dallas TX 52.15% 2.48 14 Ausra Geaski, Manchester CT; Jonna Robinson, San Jose CA 51.80% 3.14 15 6 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 51.32% 2.19 16 Charles Showalter - Gladys Mikel, Lady Lake FL 51.06% 1.86 7 Rollin Bush, New York NY; Mark Freedman, Jenkintown PA 50.43% 1.65 8 Joan Dann - Lynne Puder, Orlando FL 50.35%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 58.0 Tables 7 5 2 15.62 1 1 Francis Grace, Orlando FL; Donald Grace, Longwood FL 65.48% 11.72 2 2 Bruce Maier - Athena Gordon, Tampa FL 63.24% 8.79 3 3 Lois Lane - Kenneth Lane, Leesburg FL 60.86% 6.59 4 4 Prem Premakumar, Media PA; John Barton III, Swarthmore PA 59.23% 5.21 5 5 Debby Rechnitz - Wayne Rechnitz, Orinda CA 59.08% 4.46 6 Malcolm Millar - Rosalyn Millar, Summerside PE 58.78% 3.91 7 6 Myron Henry - Mary Henry, The Villages FL 57.89% 3.47 8 Trudy Bernsten, Middleton WI; Barbara Jenkins, Boca Grande FL 57.63% 3.12 9 Sharron Brunk - Charles Brunk, Apollo Beach FL 57.14% 3.12 10 7 Robert Cato, High Springs FL; Thomas Young, Gainesville FL 56.99% 2.77 11 8 Barbara Smith, Dallas TX; Beth Castleberry, Richardson TX 56.85% 2.49 12 9 Mary Jean O’Connor, Naples FL; Joseph Hicks, Hendersonville NC 56.70% 2.27 13 10 Margaret Zoltak - Lorie Heiberger, Vero Beach FL 56.57% 2.08 14 Carlos Haupert - Paul Beyersdorf, Merritt Island FL 56.55% 2.08 15 11 Donald Leary, Fernandina Bch FL; Michael Waskew, Amelia Island FL 56.29% 1.92 16 12 Woody Haynes, Chicago IL; Tyrone Loving, Lincoln Park MI 55.99% 2.21 17 13 Beverly Murphy, Casselberry FL; Ruthie Neafach, Pittsburgh PA 55.95% 2.07 18 14 Chris Zogg - Carol Pait, Leesburg FL 55.83% 1.56 19 15 Phil Reilly - Susan Stechschulte, Ocala FL 55.74% 1.49 20 Steve Conaway - Barbara Dahl, San Jose CA 55.36% 2.18 21 Eric Stricoff - Rhonda Cohen, Deerfield Beach FL 55.32% 4.46 22 16 1 Debra Van Gaasbeek - Peter Van Gaasbeek, New Port Richey FL 54.76% 3.35 23 17 2 Larry Shannon, Yorba Linda CA; Salim Bhimji, Brea CA 54.71% 2.51 24 18 3 Mary Massman, Fernandina FL; Jessica Styers, Amelia Island FL 54.61% 1.38 25 Shirley Land - David Land, The Villages FL 54.32% 1.31 26 19 Rosemary Seaman, Dunedin FL; Claudia Maricle, Clearwater FL 54.17% 1.88 27 20 4 Tracey Guice, Seattle WA; Ulla Winkler, Medford MA 54.13% 1.38 28 21 Jane Gardner, Northville MI; Bob Ondo, Ann Arbor MI 53.72% 1.04 29 Per Berg - Richard Perez, Palm Coast FL 53.68% 2.14 22 Frank Cuiffo, Tequesta FL; Barbara Cuiffo, Bronxville NY 53.57% 1.04 23 Marlene Mackinnon - Dee Dee Harris, Naples FL 53.42% 1.00 24 Patricia Holmes, The Villages FL; Doreen Skok, Sparta NJ 53.27% 2.12 5 Elaine Rice - Joanne Leverone, St Petersburg FL 52.98% 1.48 6 Michael Kwiatkowski, Lady Lake FL; Eric Voss, The Villages FL 51.34% 1.12 7 John Hebl - Janel Hebl, Verona WI 50.95%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 9.0 Tables A B C 2.49 1 1 1 Stephen Curry, Celebration FL; Tonja Curry, Morris CT 63.99% 1.87 2 2 2 Michael Cobden - Jane Cobden, Halifax NS 56.55% 1.23 3/4 3/4 Roberta Palmer, Ann Arbor MI; Mary Susan McIntosh, Locust Grove VA 55.95% 1.23 3/4 3/4 Richard Galleher, Bowie MD; Carol Marks, Annapolis MD 55.95% 0.88 5 Sheila Naylor - Bill Lau, The Villages FL 54.76% 0.74 5 Polly Norris - Carol McCracken, Palm Beach FL 54.17% 1.05 3 Claire Barnett - Alan Barnett, Bedford NS 51.79% 0.79 4 Janet Page - Darlyn Counihan, Silver Spring MD 48.51%


Goren Trophy Measures Most Fall NABC Masterpoints

The Goren Trophy is awarded to the player(s) who captures the most masterpoints at the Fall NABC. Last year in Denver it was won by four members of the team that won the Reisinger: Boguslaw Gierulski, Jerzy Skrzypczak, Ron Pachtmann and Pawel Zatorski.

Here are the previous winners of the Goren (originally the Lou Herman) Trophy. (An asterisk indicates the record was broken that year.)

Lou Herman Trophy1952 Al Roth1953 John Crawford1954 Paul Hodge1955 Milt Ellenby1956 Paul Hodge1957 Lew Mathe1958 Sylvia Stein1959 Mort Rubinow1960 Oswald Jacoby1961 Phil Feldesman1962 Marshall Miles1963 Eric Murray 2111964 Harold Rockaway 1801965 Mike Lawrence 2111966 Charles Coon 1441967 Sami Kehela 1551968 Henry Bethe 1441969 Sylvia Stein 1501970 Ira Rubin, Chuck Burger 1541971 John Grantham 1501972 Steve Robinson 1811973 Larry Cohen 2071974 Fred Hamilton 2021975 Walt Walvick 1711976 Paul Soloway 1991977 John Mohan 1601978 Bob Hamman 1651979 Robert Levin 233*1980 Jeff Meckstroth 2251981 Chip Martel 2251982 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 1911983 Marty Bergen 233*1984 Grant Baze 2001985 Eric Rodwell 364.75*1986 Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield 211.551987 Jill Meyers 176.001988 Bob Hamman 269.551989 Mark Molson 253.711990 Eddie Wold 276.261991 David Berkowitz 356.651992 Haig Tchamitch 201.661993 Bob Hamman 355.131994 Mark Lair 365.06*1995 Jeff Meckstroth 407.77*1996 Michael Rosenberg 445.77*1997 Bart Bramley, Sidney Lazard 320.311998 Eric Rodwell 328.591999 Geir Helgemo 449.37*2000 George Jacobs 365.222001 George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace 333.752002 Dan Morse 388.812003 Geoff Hampson 374.792004 Jeff Meckstroth 381.162005 Zia Mahmood 416.882006 Drew Casen, Jim Krekorian 334.132007 Lew Stansby 375.28

The Herman Trophy becomes the Goren Trophy2008 Eric Rodwell 623.75*2009 Jeff Meckstroth 377.662010 Steve Garner 326.202011 James Cayne, Michael Seamon 378.632012 Zia Mahmood 348.082013 Agustin Madala 402.222014 Boye Brogeland, Espen Lindqvist 368.892015 Bogulsaw Gierulski, Jerzy

Skrzypczak, Ron Pachtmann, Pawel Zatorski 375.94

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 16.5 Tables A B C 5.12 1 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Rawy Shediac, Englewood FL 67.57% 3.84 2 Jaenita Johansson, Uuas Sweden; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 61.67% 4.36 3 1 Ron Stearns, Westminster CA; William Campbell, Mercer Island WA 60.01% 3.27 4 2 Elizabeth Nock - Robert Nock, Ocean City MD 59.63% 2.21 5 Jerry Thorpe, Tacoma WA; Carol Mahoney, Rochester MN 58.03% 2.45 6 3 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Alex Khrakovsky, Columbus OH 56.76% 1.61 4/5 Sharon Sutton - Alan Owiesny, Melbourne FL 55.96% 1.69 4/5 Dave Anthony, Fort Myers FL; June Stoiber, Put-In-Bay OH 55.96% 1.03 6 Linda Dunn, Memphis TN; Carrolena Key, Venice FL 54.65% 1.99 1 F Peter Szafran - Penelope Szafran, New Port Richey FL 51.04% 1.49 2 Randal Burns, Washington DC; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 50.97%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON CARD SHARKS 5.0 Tables A B 1.40 1 1 Spencer Dyen - D Carter Wilson, Maitland FL 68.08% 1.05 2 2 Meredith Burkett - Natalie Youmans, Apopka FL 61.90% 0.79 3 3 Evan Devaney - Brooke Chepenik, Forest City FL 59.40% 0.59 4 4 Katelyn Ashley - Ashley O’Dowd, Altamonte Spg FL 50.70%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON CARD ROOKS 6.0 Tables 1.42 1 Zachary Burkett, Apopka FL; David Peterson, Satellite Beach FL 67.75% 1.07 2 Matthew O’Dowd, Altamonte Spg FL; Joshua Evender-Wallick, FL 60.81% 0.80 3 Eliana Nemasango - Nya Runde, Altomonte Spring FL 60.11% 0.60 4 Sierra Higgins, Longwood FL; Ashish Narne, Altamonte Spg FL 57.33%

VERO BEACH BRIDGE CLUB STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 22.0 Tables / Based on 23 Tables A B C 14.44 1 1 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 59.54% 10.83 2 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 59.38% 8.12 3 Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO; Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 58.25% 6.09 4 Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ 56.56% 5.17 5 2 Johan Vikstrom, Sweden; Mylene Encontro, Far Hills NJ 56.14% 5.20 6 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 56.11% 3.61 7 Michael Cassel, Roseville MN; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN 55.55% 3.88 8 3 Andrew Krywaniuk - Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC 55.42% 2.89 9 Kelley Hwang - Jesus Arias, New York NY 55.26% 3.37 10 David Erickson, Wichita KS; Mike McGill, Leawood KS 54.72% 2.91 11 4 Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland 54.21% 3.37 12 5 Tim Edwards-Davies - Maureen Murphy, Ottawa ON 53.87% 2.02 6 Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Lowell Phillips, North Potomac MD 53.31% 3.68 1 Nelson Daigle - Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 49.28% 2.76 2 Lance Marrou, Orlando FL; Cabot Jaffee Jr, Maitland FL 47.02% 2.07 3 Liz Jacobson, Fort Worth TX; Judy Nixon, Flower Mound TX 45.03%

SATURDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 18.5 Tables A B C 5.50 1 1 Einar Jonsson, Reykjavik Iceland; Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 65.73% 4.13 2 John Russell, N Barrington IL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 58.85% 3.56 3 2 Wubbo De Boer - Agnes Snellers, Groenekan 58.61% 2.67 4 3 Brian McGuire, United Kingdom; Bill Noyes, Monument Beach MA 57.98% 2.63 5 4 Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC; Edward Youngberg, Surrey BC 56.69% 1.84 6 5 Elizabeth Nock - Robert Nock, Ocean City MD 55.95% 1.32 6 Charles Seelbach, Lexington KY; Jeremy Fournier, Addison TX 55.24% 1.99 1 Alice Hauger - Robert Hauger, Tulsa OK 55.22% 1.49 2 William Bailey, Palo Alto CA; Randal Burns, Washington DC 52.85%

2ND SAT EVE A/X/Y SWISS 13 Tables / Based on 30 Tables A B C 7.52 1/2 Richard Gabriel - Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Ellen Gabriel, Naples FL; Deborah Thomas-Howie, Toronto ON 57.00 7.52 1/2 1 1 R Muggia, Andover MA; Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Jeremy Lewis, Glen Allen VA; Holly Campbell, Stevensville MT 57.00 4.83 3 2 Caru Vidigal - Jaqueline Nunes - Marcio Domenico, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Vilma Domenico, Anapolis 52.00 3.62 4 3 Wayne Bardsley, Mc Lean VA; Jim Dick, Harlingen TX; Michael Ranis, Miami FL; Stephen Mackay, Markham ON 47.00 2.72 5 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Marcel Dadon, France; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 45.00 2.57 4 2 Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA; Alfred Lee, Rancho Palo Vds CA; Andrew Lee, Richmond BC; Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA 40.00 1.93 3 W Daniel Kelsey, Averill Park NY; William Kelsey, Voorheesville NY; Lynda Flanger, Mayfield NY; Alan Godes, Needham MA 39.00

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 4.0 Tables A B C 1.84 1 Karen Birck, Wilton CT; Ulla Winkler, Medford MA 61.11% 1.38 2 Jessica Styers, Amelia Island FL; Mary Massman, Fernandina FL 51.39% 1.04 3 Elfreda Baptist, Arlington VA; Mary Jane Garner, Lady Lake FL 48.61%


Masterpoint disclaimerResults 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.

SATURDAY EVENING B/C/D SWISS TEAMS 17 Tables B C D 4.73 1 Steve Graves - Brenda Thomas, Venice FL; Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN; Sam Dodson, Houston TX 57.00 3.55 2 1 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Thomas Din, Rockville MD; Helen Walker, Lafayette Hill PA; Patricia Andrews, Lumberville PA 56.00 2.33 3/4 Karen Caton - Caron Peck, Arlington TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX 53.00 2.33 3/4 2 1 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Gloria Bennett, Lakeway TX; Lazaro Brener - A Ansari, Austin TX 53.00 1.50 5 Robert Sagor, Greenfield MA; Judith Hyde, Northampton MA; Helen Pawlowski, Westfield MA; Sally Kirtley, North Granby CT 47.00 1.73 3 Maxwell Hughes, Vero Beach FL; Yan Zhang, Jersey City NJ; Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasota FL; William Belanich, Glen Allen VA 44.00 1.30 4 Joel Thomas, Charleston SC; Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Wesley Albinger - Charles Pierce, New York NY 42.00 1.56 2 Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ; Margaret Getman, Saint Paul MN; Jo Ellen Drisko, Windermere FL 40.00 1.17 3 Bob Ondo, Ann Arbor MI; Tyrone Loving, Lincoln Park MI; Jane Gardner, Northville MI; Michael Scher, Tampa FL 39.00

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET 1 12 Tables 26.92 1 Richard Ferrin, Washington DC; Rose Berman - Donald Berman, Laurel MD; Barbara Doran, Silver Spring MD 18.84 2 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Joan Viidik - Tony Viidik, Waterloo ON 10.77 3/4 Jerry Murbach - Rae Murbach, Altadena CA; Linda Gruber - Bob Gruber, Camarillo CA 10.77 3/4 Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Westlake OH; Yan Wang, Richmond Hill ON; Jianfeng Luo - Edward Xu, North York ON

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET 2 16 Tables 24.75 1 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque - Louise Berthiaume - Jean La Traverse, Montreal QC 17.33 2 Malcolm Morris, London ; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Junko Hemus, Windermere FL; Jim Mulbrandon, Orlando FL 9.90 3/4 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; Ben Feinswog - Audrey Frank, Coconut Grove FL; Barbara McLagan, Sudbury MA 9.90 3/4 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; Won Yang, Clermont FL

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET 3 16 Tables 19.80 1 Edmund Lundy - Merle Lundy, Cooper City FL; Marvin Feinstein, Plantation FL; Martin Feinroth, Hollywood FL 13.86 2 Susi Pitts, Cumming GA; Joan Bentz, Ann Arbor MI; Sharon Stevens, Vineland-Stn ON; Myrna Mackey, Niagara Falls ON 7.92 3/4 George Mansour, Scranton PA; Dee Becker, Racine WI; Jonell Comerford - Leo Comerford, Broomfield CO 7.92 3/4 Darryl Helton - Marsha Helton, Sedona AZ; Mary Ann Hudecki - Jane Loughlin, Palm City FL

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET 4 16 Tables 14.34 1 William Fogel, Portland ME; Nancy Martin, Neptune Beach FL; Lynn Chapman, Jacksonville FL; Mark Franzoni, Jacksonville Bc FL 10.04 2 Frank Stoffle - Georgina Little - Bruce Moor - Tom Jolliffe, London ON 5.74 3/4 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Gloria Bennett, Lakeway TX; Lazaro Brener - A Ansari, Austin TX 5.74 3/4 Frances Huber - Glen Woody Woodson, Lakewood CO; Gloria Woloshyn, Winnipeg MB; Hellar Nakonechny, Carman MB

SATURDAY COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET 1 9 Tables 18.56 1 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Kamel Fergani, Montreal QC 12.99 2 Stefan Skorchev, London Bulgaria; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; Mac Busby, San Diego CA 8.35 3 Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville IL; James Melville, Springfield IL; James Thurtell, Dallas TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 6.50 4 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA

SATURDAY COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET 2 13 Tables 14.02 1 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 9.81 2 Julia Zucker - Nat Zucker, Monroe Township NJ; Maxime Nault, Montreal QC; Paulin Nault, Saint-Anicet QC 6.31 3 John Vega - Neil Selvin, Naples FL; Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL; Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI 4.91 4 David Morse, New Minas NS; Ted Withers, Windsor NS; Jonathan Williams - Jeff Koltenuk, The Villages FL

SATURDAY COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET 3 16 Tables 11.49 1 Rose-Marie Bullis, Clearwater FL; Richard Wan, Pinellas Park FL; Darlene Scott - Michael Kammermayer, Oakville ON 8.04 2 Byron Southern - Ellen Coffield, Little Rock AR; John Tippet, Fort Collins CO; Loring Harkness III, Kilauea HI 5.17 3 Donna Barrow, Littleton CO; Jennifer O’Neill, Greenwood Vlg CO; Kerry Cotterell - Ellen Cotterell, Clifton Park NY

4.02 4 Anne Mahoney - Leo Mahoney, Moncton NB; Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; Michael Borushok, Davie FL

SATURDAY COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET 4 16 Tables 8.14 1 Don Dettmore - Alexander Vinokurov, Winter Springs FL; Glen Martin, Longwood FL; Satish Konduri, Sanford FL 5.70 2 Peter Rans, Halifax NS; Mike Buist - Janet Parsons, St John’s NL; Carolyn Wood, Cobbs Creek VA 3.66 3 Marion Tumen, Pacific Plsds CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, La Mesa CA; Robert Garin - Marie Garin, San Diego CA 2.85 4 Gerald Tietz - Pamela Tietz - Homer Jeffers, Crossville TN; Fay Lukoskie, Fairfield Glade TN

SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 1 10 TablesCarol Foley, Mount Laurel NJ; Margaret Coe, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; Carole Craige, Pomona NJ; Claire Kern, Voorhees NJ vsCedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Jean Quantin - Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Paul Street, Delray Beach FL

Victor Markowicz - Victor Melman, Boca Raton FL; Apolinary Kowalski - Julian Klukowski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland; Shalom Zeligman, Bat-Yam Israel vsHua Yang - Yan Song - Kun He, Plano TX; Danny Feng, Frisco TX

SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 2 9 TablesMac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC; Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA; Joy McKenzie-Smith, Chapel Hill NC; Liliane Kirchhoff, La Mesa CA vsBarton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; David Binney, Seattle WA; Lynne Newman - Randall Dougherty, San Diego CA

Mark Fitzmorris, Saint Augustine FL; Michael Dalton, Palm Coast FL; Regina Sooey - Bill Page, Jacksonville FL vsStan Schenker - David Milton, Herndon VA; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT; Bill St Clair, Cypress TX; James Glickman, Las Vegas NV; Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA

SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 3 9 TablesMichael Kudrna - Doris Dunn, Arroyo Grande CA; Eli Zinner - Jan Grieff Zinner, Nipomo CA vsLeonardo Fruscoloni - Margie Cole - Raluca Dobrescu, New York NY; Jin Hu, Wappingers Fls NY

Jeffery Jones - Paul Bubendey, Vero Beach FL; Michael Zeller, York PA; Robert Rubinstein, Edgewater NJ vsNorman Cannon, Fort Myers FL; Resa Becher - David Doretsky, Aventura FL; Fran Smith, Estero FL

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.


Crossword PuzzleWho’s the Boss?

Reprinted from “Bridge Crosswords,” by Jeff Chen (Master Point Press)

Across1. Grape used for burgundies6. Wind or wit descriptor12. Part of a drum kit, informally17. Grab ___18. Vaquero’s place19. Flavor similar to fennel20. Masterpiece damaged in 1991 by

a deranged man with a hammer23. Taken for24. Some riding mowers25. Famous misquote from a classic

film30. Make unplayable, as a bridge

board32. Zigged and zagged33. Coated with gold leaf36. Sax section38. Hard, in Havana39. Not allow Time to run out?40. Snag41. Musical based on “The Taming of

the Shrew”

46. End of a Fred Flintstone cry47. Ethereal48. Christian of fame?50. Not beat around the bush, and a

hint to the ends of 20-, 25-, and 41-across

58. Martial arts star of “Romeo Must Die”

59. Good defender’s asset60. Harden (to)62. “Half ___ is better than none”63. Main course64. Film that really takes off?65. Fleeting flash66. Gentlemen (abbr.)67. Little bit

Down1. TV’s Dawber2. Sacred bird of the Pharaohs3. “You read that green perfectly!”4. Murderous Moor5. “Lovergirl” singer Marie

6. São Paulo’s land, to its natives7. Creator of a famous James8. Capt. Picard’s series, to fans9. Luge surface10. Org. that plays its games on

9-down11. Treat12. Brother of Zeus and Poseidon13. Going ballistic14. Group think, a la The Borg15. Purchase proviso16. Shelley and Kirstie’s “Cheers”

co-star21. Spreads (out), like dummy’s hand22. Telegraph, say26. Little bits27. One with a school tie28. “An Inconvenient Truth” star29. Frenzied way to run30. Shoot the breeze?31. Flamenco cheer34. Zodiac creature35. Low spot?

37. One way to get to the top39. Doubles after two passes, at times42. Nest egg letters43. Precision, for example44. Bridge platitudes, e.g.45. Third word in “America”47. Falk who wrote “Spingold

Challenge” and “Team Trial”49. Increased excessively, as the score50. Phone zone51. Parisian possessive52. Certain conifer53. Figs.54. ACBL event VIPs55. Cabinet dept. created in 197756. Surfer’s sobriquet57. Jeff’s partner for decades58. Bender61. Shriek from the funny pages

Answers on page 12


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VERO BEACH BRIDGE CLUB STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS YY ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 58.28% 1 Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ 62.24% 2 1 Johan Vikstrom, Sweden; Mylene Encontro, Far Hills NJ 55.79% 2 1 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 61.26% 3 2 Laurie Igiel, The Villages FL; Jean Prior, Ellenton FL 55.08% 3 2 Andrew Krywaniuk - Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC 60.78% 4 3 1 Lance Marrou, Orlando FL; Cabot Jaffee Jr, Maitland FL 54.95% 4 Michael Cassel, Roseville MN; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN 58.55% 5 Enrico Castellani, Pisa 56040 Italy; Maurizio Di Sacco, Ghezzano Pi Italy 54.75% 5 Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO; Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 56.86% 6 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Lindsey Weinger, Delray Beach FL 54.47% 6 Barry Bragin, Prospect CT; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 55.77% 7 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 54.41% 7 3 Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland 55.20% 8 Kelley Hwang - Jesus Arias, New York NY 53.23% 8 Richard Dubrovsky - Leora Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 54.86% 9 Marc Lachapelle, Saint-Laurent QC; Xavier Combey, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 52.90% 9 David Wakeman - Rita Wakeman, Irvine CA 53.45% 4 Ronnie Malasky, Longboat Key FL; Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD 48.26% 4 Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Lowell Phillips, North Potomac MD 49.49% 2 Paula Coleman - Gail Titus, Oakville ON 47.39% 1 Sandy Fisher, Plymouth MN; Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN 49.17%

SUNDAY EVENING SIDE GAME NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS XX WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 John Russell, N Barrington IL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 58.85% 1 1 Einar Jonsson, Reykjavik Iceland; Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 65.73% 2 1 Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC; Edward Youngberg, Surrey BC 56.69% 2 2 Wubbo De Boer - Agnes Snellers, Groenekan 58.61% 3 2 Elizabeth Nock - Robert Nock, Ocean City MD 55.95% 3 3 Brian McGuire, United Kingdom; Bill Noyes, Monument Beach MA 57.98% 4 3 Charles Seelbach, Lexington KY; Jeremy Fournier, Addison TX 55.24% 4 Gayle Marr, Ft Walton Beach FL; Doris Needham, Navarre FL 55.71% 5 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Liane Turner, Maitland FL 53.83% 5 4 1 Alice Hauger - Robert Hauger, Tulsa OK 55.22% 6 4 Adolfo Madala, Capital Federal Argentina; Robin Fellus, Rome Italy 53.37% 6 5 Fernando Teson - Amy Reznik, Tallahassee FL 54.76% 7 Leif Bjorn Odden, Drangedal Norway; Alex Khrakovsky, Columbus OH 53.24% 7 6 Shirley Liss, Fairbanks AK; Lynne White, Lincoln CA 52.25% 8 Carl Dahl Jr, Sun City Center FL; Babak Shafii, Orlando FL 53.13% 8 Kathy Falkenstern, Ponte Vedra FL; Michael Mihevc, Little Falls NY 52.08% 5 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 52.92% 6 1 William Bailey, Palo Alto CA; Randal Burns, Washington DC 52.85%

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS SECTION V A B C 1 Karen Birck, Wilton CT; Ulla Winkler, Medford MA 61.11% 2 Jessica Styers, Amelia Island FL; Mary Massman, Fernandina FL 51.39% 3 Elfreda Baptist, Arlington VA; Mary Jane Garner, Lady Lake FL 48.61%

REISINGER B-A-M TEAMS 2ND SEMIFINAL SESSION SECTION Y 1 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Pinhas Romik, Rehovot 76303 Israel; Adrian Schwartz, Tel Aviv Israel; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden 19.00 2/3 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Hurd, New York NY 15.00 2/3 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Daniel Korbel, Rockville MD; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; David Gold, Reading Great Britain; David Bakhshi, London England 15.00 4 Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Jerome Rombaut, Lys Lez Lannoy France; Lionel Sebbane, Clichy France 14.50 SECTION Z 1 Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Singapore; Antonio Palma, 7000 Evora Portugal; Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA 17.50 2 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark 15.50 3 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland 14.50 4/5 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Justin Lall, Charlotte NC 14.00 4/5 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt; Michael Kamil, Spartanburg SC; Richard Coren, Aventura FL 14.00

Solution to crossword puzzle

on page 11

Use of the bidding box — Alerts and Announcements

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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.


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SATURDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Joyce Hitchman - Anne Bell, Winter Haven FL 64.29% 1 1 1 Betty Ginter - John Logan, Marietta GA 65.48% 2 1 1 Richard Nathenson - Carol Nathenson, Monroeville PA 58.04% 2 2 2 Claire Barnett - Alan Barnett, Bedford NS 58.63% 3/4 2/3 Mrs Sue Malin - Bill Malin, Greensboro GA 52.68% 3 Sheila Naylor - Bill Lau, The Villages FL 55.36% 3/4 2/3 2 Tom Richard, Dover FL; Geraldine Hadley, Sun City Center FL 52.68% 4 3 3 Stephen Curry, Celebration FL; Tonja Curry, Morris CT 54.17% 5 4 3 Robyn Williams - Arvis Williams, Pearland TX 50.60% 5 4 4 Victoria Hess, Jackson WY; Jill Kolody, Pasadena MD 52.68%

SATURDAY MORNING CARD SHARKS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Michael Moschella, Winter Springs FL; Elise Bedell, Apopka FL 62.93% 1 1 Spencer Dyen - D Carter Wilson, Maitland FL 76.27% 2 1 Colin Fair, Longwood FL; Sam Swaggerty, Altamonte Sprgs FL 56.93% 2 2 Leah Sommerio - Jolie Hartley, Longwood FL 49.80% 2 Gabriella Morano, Satellite Beach FL; Hallie Presiev, Altomonte Spring FL 55.43%

SATURDAY MORNING CARD ROOKS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZZ EAST-WEST 1 Nya Runde - Eliana Nemasango, Altomonte Spring FL 62.50% 1 Prisha Narne, Altamonte Sprin FL; Jamie Cheperik, Maitland FL 63.75% 2 Brooke Thompson - Sydney Thompson, Apopka FL 56.25% 2 Jack Neusch - Bobby Fox, Altamonte Spring FL 57.50%

DAVID BABCOCK A/B/C OPEN PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GGG HHH III EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 David Stentz - Caroline Davies, The Villages FL 64.52% 1 1 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 64.02% 2 Brian Schoenfeld - Howard Miller, Virginia Beach VA 62.70% 2 2 Sangit Chatterjee - Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL 63.66% 3 Ronald Weissberger, Fort Lauderdale FL; Helene Mathieu, Sherbrooke QC 60.68% 3 3 Peter Tracy - Sherry Tracy, Longboat Key FL 63.41% 4 Bill Dinner, Port Washington NY; Ruth Stober, Floral Park NY 60.12% 4 4 1 Anshul Paliwal - Laura Sjoberg, Gainesville FL 62.55% 5 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Glenn Robbins, New York NY 57.29% 5 Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON; Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON 61.54% 6 2 1 Sandy Desilets, Daytona Beach FL; Rhoda Chickering, East Montpelier VT 56.88% 6 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 60.32% 7 Carl Dahl Jr, Sun City Center FL; William Schwarz, Tampa FL 55.06% 7 5 Brenda Woodman - James Woodman, Mount Pearl NL 57.54% 8 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 54.20% 8 6 Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN; Robert McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL 57.39% 9 3 2 James Moody - Jerry Barrett, Austin TX 53.95% 9 Maria Moore - Marti Cowie, Lakeland FL 56.43% 10 4 Marie Duval, Montreal QC; James Carroll, Lyons NY 53.29% 10 Suzanne St Thomas, Boise ID; James Milam, Idaho Falls ID 56.02% 11 5 3 Tom Goodwin, Northville MI; Carl Gentile, Dallas TX 52.88% 11 Ronda O’Farrell - Mary Rutledge, Sun City Center FL 54.71% 12 6 Keith Gellman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Sandra Juhansoo, Boca Raton FL 52.58% 12 7 2 Rollin Bush, New York NY; Mark Freedman, Jenkintown PA 54.50% 13 7 Brian Gelles - Janet Gelles, Fairview TX 52.28% 13 8 Charles Showalter - Gladys Mikel, Lady Lake FL 53.74% 14 8 Barbara Murphy, Newton MA; James Keegan, Cambridge MA 52.13% 14 9 Weiling Zhao, Brookfield CT; Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain 53.44% 15 Colleen Treanor - Joe Sacco, The Villages FL 51.87% 15 Jimmy Pelham, Tampa FL; Frank Wharton, London NW3 England 53.34% 16 9 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Bryant Town, Edmonton AB 51.82% 16 10 3 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 51.77% 17 10 4 James Kart, Fort Wayne IN; Steven Jackson, Vero Beach FL 51.57% 17 11 4 Dexter Senft, Saratoga Spgs NY; S Leech, Pasadena CA 51.06% 18 11 Stanley Littlefield, Maitland FL; Gordon Cable Jr, Monroe Township NJ 51.37% 18 12 William Brending - Linda Brending, Katy TX 50.76% 12 5 Yan Zhang, Jersey City NJ; Charles Hage, Monmouth Beach NJ 50.81% 5/6 Suzy Ryder - Thomas Ryder, Boise ID 49.75% 13 Roland Miller, Bowdoin ME; Allen McRae, Portland ME 50.00% 5/6 Pieter Vanbennekom - Christine Matus, Vero Beach FL 49.75% 6 Mary Lou Moore - Michael Moore, Hudson FL 49.65%


SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LLL EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Eric Stricoff - Rhonda Cohen, Deerfield Beach FL 57.06% 1 1 Donald Leary, Fernandina Bch FL; Michael Waskew, Amelia Island FL 59.31% 2 1 Pat McKittrick - Joanne Wharton, Clearwater FL 56.25% 2 Elizabeth Aguerrevere, Orlando FL; Margaret Bauerle, Winter Springs FL 59.23% 3 2 1 Tracey Guice, Seattle WA; Ulla Winkler, Medford MA 55.87% 3 2 Charles Pulvino - Carol Pulvino, Sarasota FL 57.06% 4 3 Dan Woodward - Betty Woodward, Fairview TX 54.25% 4 3 Woody Haynes, Chicago IL; Tyrone Loving, Lincoln Park MI 55.74% 1 Philip Klein, Madison WI; Charlotte Bailey, Needham MA 45.34% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MMM EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Francis Grace, Orlando FL; Donald Grace, Longwood FL 64.58% 1 Shirley Land - David Land, The Villages FL 60.71% 2 Mary Glasson - Sue Weller, Vero Beach FL 57.14% 2 1 Lois Lane - Kenneth Lane, Leesburg FL 58.04% 3 2 Bill Jones, Anderson SC; A Wilma Curley, Sun City Center FL 53.27% 3 2 Barbara Sirois - Lee Sirois, Sun City Center FL 54.17% 3 1 Charlotte Floyd - Donna Morris, Raleigh NC 51.49% 1 Barbara Ryburn - Glenn Ryburn, The Villages FL 47.02% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NNN EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Sharron Brunk - Charles Brunk, Apollo Beach FL 61.90% 1 1 Mary Jean O’Connor, Naples FL; Joseph Hicks, Hendersonville NC 59.23% 2 Malcolm Millar - Rosalyn Millar, Summerside PE 60.42% 2 2 Margeret Schiller, Fort Myers FL; Elaine Laurence, Naples FL 57.14% 3 1 Mary Massman, Fernandina FL; Jessica Styers, Amelia Island FL 56.25% 3 3 Marlene Mackinnon - Dee Dee Harris, Naples FL 54.46% 2 Frank Cuiffo, Tequesta FL; Barbara Cuiffo, Bronxville NY 47.92% 1 Barbara Martin - Victoria Nicoll, Orlando FL 49.70% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Myron Henry - Mary Henry, The Villages FL 62.80% 1 1 1 Debra Van Gaasbeek - Peter Van Gaasbeek, New Port Richey FL 58.04% 2 2 1 Gregory Clemmons - Janet Clemmons, Hillsboro OR 57.44% 2 2 Robert Cato, High Springs FL; Thomas Young, Gainesville FL 57.14% 3 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Stacy Vanstone, West Chester OH 53.27% 3 Larry Yarger, West Point NE; Caryl Sundland, Athens GA 53.87% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Margaret Zoltak - Lorie Heiberger, Vero Beach FL 61.35% 1 Trudy Bernsten, Middleton WI; Barbara Jenkins, Boca Grande FL 59.02% 2 Goldie Trager - Morris Trager, Halifax NS 54.85% 2 1 1 Kelley Dryden - Nicholas Pund, The Villages FL 56.00% 3 2 1 Larry Shannon, Yorba Linda CA; Salim Bhimji, Brea CA 54.07% 3 2 George Syme, Altamonte Spg FL; Karin Thomas, Winter Park FL 51.90% 4 3 Chris Zogg - Carol Pait, Leesburg FL 52.13% 4 3 Lynn Warner - Lyman Warner, Calgary AB 50.28% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Beverly Murphy, Casselberry FL; Ruthie Neafach, Pittsburgh PA 58.33% 1 1 Jane Gardner, Northville MI; Bob Ondo, Ann Arbor MI 58.33% 2 2 Gail Farrish, Edgartown MA; Warren Morse, West Tisbury MA 53.27% 2 2 Clayton Farrar - William George, Sebring FL 55.06% 3 3 Lois Sayward, Jacksonville FL; Jessie Turner, Ponte Vedra FL 52.68% 3 3 John Kuyper - Nancy Jaffe, The Villages FL 53.87% 1 Elaine Rice - Joanne Leverone, St Petersburg FL 50.89% 1 Michael Kwiatkowski, Lady Lake FL; Eric Voss, The Villages FL 53.27% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TTT EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Bruce Maier - Athena Gordon, Tampa FL 55.95% 1 1 Debby Rechnitz - Wayne Rechnitz, Orinda CA 60.42% 2 2 Barbara Smith, Dallas TX; Beth Castleberry, Richardson TX 55.36% 2 2 Prem Premakumar, Media PA; John Barton III, Swarthmore PA 60.12% 3 3 Bharat Shrestha, Katy TX; Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 54.46% 3 3 Rosemary Seaman, Dunedin FL; Claudia Maricle, Clearwater FL 56.55%

DAVID BABCOCK A/B/C OPEN PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GGG HHH JJJ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Lucy Tillman - Edward Buchanan, The Villages FL 63.31% 1 Paul Zebrowski, Naples FL; Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ 66.21% 2 Jim Foster - Susan Stockham, Birmingham AL 58.15% 2 Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON; Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON 64.76% 3 John Russell, N Barrington IL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 57.95% 3 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Glenn Robbins, New York NY 63.50% 4 Colleen Treanor - Joe Sacco, The Villages FL 57.49% 4 1 1 Anshul Paliwal - Laura Sjoberg, Gainesville FL 60.89% 5 Carl Dahl Jr, Sun City Center FL; William Schwarz, Tampa FL 56.63% 5 Roderic Kerr, Palm City FL; Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA 60.84% 6 2 1 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 55.57% 6 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 60.74% 7 3 Ausra Geaski, Manchester CT; Jonna Robinson, San Jose CA 55.36% 7 2 Stanley Littlefield, Maitland FL; Gordon Cable Jr, Monroe Township NJ 60.37% 8 4 2 Pieter Vanbennekom - Christine Matus, Vero Beach FL 54.91% 8 3 2 James Moody - Jerry Barrett, Austin TX 58.20% 9 Ronda O’Farrell - Mary Rutledge, Sun City Center FL 54.81% 9 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 56.72% 10 5 Weiling Zhao, Brookfield CT; Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain 54.76% 10 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 56.57% 11 6 Lou Rabinowitz, Bradenton FL; Michael Gibson, Sarasota FL 54.20% 11 4 Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD; Toni Schultz, New Port Richey FL 56.49% 12 Adrienne Muslin, Tampa FL; Joe Angermeier, St Petersburg FL 54.15% 12 Brian Schoenfeld - Howard Miller, Virginia Beach VA 56.48% 13 7 3 Dexter Senft, Saratoga Spgs NY; S Leech, Pasadena CA 53.95% 13 5 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Bryant Town, Edmonton AB 55.04% 14 8 Gloria McCain - Mara Tuttle, Orlando FL 53.29% 14 6 David Stentz - Caroline Davies, The Villages FL 54.62% 15 9 4 Joan Dann - Lynne Puder, Orlando FL 52.94% 15 Pam Himes - Jerry Himes, Albuquerque NM 54.31% 16 10 Brian Gelles - Janet Gelles, Fairview TX 52.78% 16 7 Richard Schroeder, Davenport IA; Steven Treiber, Leesburg FL 54.30% 17 Suzanne St Thomas, Boise ID; James Milam, Idaho Falls ID 52.23% 17 8 Leon Zaczek - Bruce Thiher, The Villages FL 51.53% 18 Joan Delaney - Russell Delaney, Sarasota FL 51.82% 18 9 3 Larry Murray, Windsor ON; Ira Grumet, Delray Beach FL 51.45% 11 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 50.81% 10 4 Tom Goodwin, Northville MI; Carl Gentile, Dallas TX 51.42% 12 5 Lawrence Strominger - Gregory Bardes, Tampa FL 50.51% 11 5 David Sarten, Tas Australia; Susanne Sarten, Tasmania Australia 49.90% 13 Brenda Woodman - James Woodman, Mount Pearl NL 49.95% 12 Joan Soifert - John-David Marskell, Grimsby ON 49.61% 6 Bernard Boucher, Pompano Beach FL; Roger Price, Millerton NY 49.85% 13 6 Sherry Allison - Rick Ramey, Delaware OH 47.99%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LLL EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Douglas Smith, Terre Haute IN; Craig Smith, Luzern Switzerland 56.55% 1 1 Chris Zogg - Carol Pait, Leesburg FL 59.52% 2 2 Woody Haynes, Chicago IL; Tyrone Loving, Lincoln Park MI 56.25% 2 2 1 Larry Shannon, Yorba Linda CA; Salim Bhimji, Brea CA 55.36% 3 Eric Stricoff - Rhonda Cohen, Deerfield Beach FL 53.57% 3/4 Goldie Trager - Morris Trager, Halifax NS 51.79% 4 3 Donald Leary, Fernandina Bch FL; Michael Waskew, Amelia Island FL 53.27% 3/4 3 Margaret Zoltak - Lorie Heiberger, Vero Beach FL 51.79% 1 Philip Klein, Madison WI; Charlotte Bailey, Needham MA 52.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Phil Reilly - Susan Stechschulte, Ocala FL 61.61% 1 1 Dustin Hoover - Karl Sokalski, Pittsburgh PA 59.82% 2 2 1 John Logan - Betty Ginter, Marietta GA 58.63% 2 Per Berg - Richard Perez, Palm Coast FL 56.85% 3 Trudy Bernsten, Middleton WI; Barbara Jenkins, Boca Grande FL 56.25% 3 2 1 John Hebl - Janel Hebl, Verona WI 56.25% 4 3 Lynn Warner - Lyman Warner, Calgary AB 51.79% 4 3 Tracey Guice, Seattle WA; Ulla Winkler, Medford MA 52.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MMM EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Lois Lane - Kenneth Lane, Leesburg FL 63.69% 1 1 Michelle Rose - Alan Rose, Newnan GA 59.52% 2 2 1 David Kelly - Susan Kelly, Vero Beach FL 58.93% 2 Janine Buss, Port Washington NY; Debra Lamountain, Forest Hills NY 55.36% 3 Steve Conaway - Barbara Dahl, San Jose CA 58.04% 3 2 Patricia Holmes, The Villages FL; Doreen Skok, Sparta NJ 54.17% 3 Barbara Sirois - Lee Sirois, Sun City Center FL 52.08% 1 Joyce Knapp - Susan Krier, The Villages FL 47.02% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NNN EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Carlos Haupert - Paul Beyersdorf, Merritt Island FL 61.01% 1 1 Francis Grace, Orlando FL; Donald Grace, Longwood FL 66.37% 2 1 1 Leslie Blair - Richelle Sajovec, Raleigh NC 60.12% 2 2 Girolomo Iermiero - Helen Iermiero, Ormond Beach FL 58.33% 3 2 Helen Wiber, North York ON; Magdi Barsoum, Toronto ON 54.46% 3 Mary Glasson - Sue Weller, Vero Beach FL 49.70% 3 Mary Jean O’Connor, Naples FL; Joseph Hicks, Hendersonville NC 54.17% 1 Charlotte Floyd - Donna Morris, Raleigh NC 45.54% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Robert Cato, High Springs FL; Thomas Young, Gainesville FL 56.85% 1 1 Frank Cuiffo, Tequesta FL; Barbara Cuiffo, Bronxville NY 59.23% 2 2 1 Lee Davies, Altamonte Spg FL; Elizabeth Bridges, Sanford FL 56.25% 2 Malcolm Millar - Rosalyn Millar, Summerside PE 57.14% 3/4 3/4 Steven Zimmerman - Julie Zimmerman, Winter Park FL 51.49% 3 2 Kathryn Riess, Naples FL; Susan Schweppe, Boulder CO 53.27% 3/4 3/4 Debra Van Gaasbeek - Peter Van Gaasbeek, New Port Richey FL 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Kathleen McCarthy, Lakewood Ranch FL; Stan Weinstein, Osprey FL 61.01% 1 1 Bruce Maier - Athena Gordon, Tampa FL 70.54% 2 1 David Lebar, Port St Lucie FL; Mimi Klug, Vero Beach FL 58.04% 2 2 Barbara Smith, Dallas TX; Beth Castleberry, Richardson TX 58.33% 3 2 Liga Haiplik - Heather Howie, Mississauga ON 52.38% 3 3 Bharat Shrestha, Katy TX; Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 51.79% 3 John Kuyper - Nancy Jaffe, The Villages FL 51.49% 1 William Carpenter, Rockford IL; Daniel Tordella, Fort Lauderdale FL 43.75% 1 Michael Kwiatkowski, Lady Lake FL; Eric Voss, The Villages FL 49.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TTT EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1/2 Michelle Feeney, Davenport IA; Babs Treiber, Leesburg FL 58.33% 1 1 1 Elaine Rice - Joanne Leverone, St Petersburg FL 55.06% 1/2 1 Prem Premakumar, Media PA; John Barton III, Swarthmore PA 58.33% 2/3 2/3 David Harris - Danny Clark, The Villages FL 53.57% 3 2 Debby Rechnitz - Wayne Rechnitz, Orinda CA 57.74% 2/3 2/3 Beverly Murphy, Casselberry FL; Ruthie Neafach, Pittsburgh PA 53.57% 3 Rosemary Seaman, Dunedin FL; Claudia Maricle, Clearwater FL 51.79% 1 Kelley Dryden - Nicholas Pund, The Villages FL 45.83%


MonitoringAt this and future North American

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

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.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON CARD SHARKS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Spencer Dyen - D Carter Wilson, Maitland FL 68.08% 1 1 Meredith Burkett - Natalie Youmans, Apopka FL 61.90% 2 Elise Bedell, Apopka FL; Michael Moschella, Winter Springs FL 50.23% 2 2 Evan Devaney - Brooke Chepenik, Forest City FL 59.40% 2 Nathan Bedell, Apopka FL; Grace Stoker, Altamonte Spg FL 47.13%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON CARD ROOKS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZZ EAST-WEST 1 Eliana Nemasango - Nya Runde, Altomonte Spring FL 60.11% 1 Zachary Burkett, Apopka FL; David Peterson, Satellite Beach FL 67.75% 2 Sierra Higgins, Longwood FL; Ashish Narne, Altamonte Spg FL 57.33% 2 Matthew O’Dowd, Altamonte Spg FL; Joshua Evender-Wallick, FL 60.81%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Michael Cobden - Jane Cobden, Halifax NS 56.55% 1 1 1 Stephen Curry, Celebration FL; Tonja Curry, Morris CT 63.99% 2/3 2/3 Roberta Palmer, Ann Arbor MI; Mary Susan McIntosh, Locust Grove VA 55.95% 2 Sheila Naylor - Bill Lau, The Villages FL 54.76% 2/3 2/3 Richard Galleher, Bowie MD; Carol Marks, Annapolis MD 55.95% 3 2 Polly Norris - Carol McCracken, Palm Beach FL 54.17% 4 4 Bettyjane Chiota - John Carlson III, The Villages FL 52.68% 4 3 2 Claire Barnett - Alan Barnett, Bedford NS 51.79% 2 Janet Page - Darlyn Counihan, Silver Spring MD 48.51%

VERO BEACH BRIDGE CLUB STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS YY ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO; Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 59.64% 1 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 64.35% 2 David Erickson, Wichita KS; Mike McGill, Leawood KS 58.89% 2 1 Tim Edwards-Davies - Maureen Murphy, Ottawa ON 60.90% 3 1 1 Nelson Daigle - Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 57.97% 3 2 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 57.82% 4 2 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 57.19% 4 Kelley Hwang - Jesus Arias, New York NY 57.30% 5 3 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Dwight Hunt, Granada Hills CA 57.12% 5 3 Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Lowell Phillips, North Potomac MD 57.13% 6 4 Mary C. Ann De Guzman, Manila Philippines; Angeles Quimson, Far Hills NJ 56.93% 6 4 Johan Vikstrom, Sweden; Mylene Encontro, Far Hills NJ 56.48% 7 Sheng Li, New York NY; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 56.52% 7 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Gail Greenberg, New York NY 55.23% 8 Gayle Covey - Steven Devico, Hendersonville NC 54.49% 8 5 Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC; Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ 54.00% 9 Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland 53.22% 9 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 53.94% 2 Liz Jacobson, Fort Worth TX; Judy Nixon, Flower Mound TX 41.27% 1 Paula Coleman - Gail Titus, Oakville ON 42.35%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Elizabeth Nock - Robert Nock, Ocean City MD 59.63% 1 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Rawy Shediac, Englewood FL 67.57% 2 Jerry Thorpe, Tacoma WA; Carol Mahoney, Rochester MN 58.03% 2 Jaenita Johansson, Uuas Sweden; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 61.67% 3 2 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Alex Khrakovsky, Columbus OH 56.76% 3 1 Ron Stearns, Westminster CA; William Campbell, Mercer Island WA 60.01% 4 3 Sharon Sutton - Alan Owiesny, Melbourne FL 55.96% 4 2 Dave Anthony, Fort Myers FL; June Stoiber, Put-In-Bay OH 55.96% 5 4 Linda Dunn, Memphis TN; Carrolena Key, Venice FL 54.65% 5 Gail Giffen - Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA 55.02% 6 Betty Cox - David Cox, Randolph NJ 54.11% 6 3 Cathleen Otvos - Joye Sidoti, Oakland CA 52.42% 7 5 Craig Wakefield, Des Plaines IL; Lynne Marley, Downers Grove IL 52.34% 7 4 1 F Peter Szafran - Penelope Szafran, New Port Richey FL 51.04% 6 1 Randal Burns, Washington DC; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 50.97% 5 Lynn Brown, Palm Coast FL; Don Dvorak, Jacksonville FL 50.42% 2 John Frank, Miami FL; Malvina Feinswog, Coconut Grove FL 49.71%

REISINGER B-A-M 1ST SEMIFINAL SESSION SECTION Y 1 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 20.00 2/3 Bart Bramley - Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 19.50 2/3 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Hurd, New York NY 19.50 4/6 David Mossop, Switzerland; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Jason Hackett - Justin Hackett, Manchester England; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 16.50 4/6 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Jenny Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen 1 Sweden; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 16.50 4/6 James Cayne - Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma 00197 Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy 16.50 7/8 Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Singapore; Antonio Palma, 7000 Evora Portugal; Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA 16.00 7/8 Barry Rigal - Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 16.00

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.


Bridge is Great in Unit 128

Sunday, December 4, 10 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other

Patty Johnson Strati-Flighted A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Harry Falk Strati-Flighted B/C Swiss Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Lynn Berg Gold Rush 750/300 Swiss Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20 All 10 a.m. team games: Two-session playthrough with half-hour break.Karl Miller Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19Jim Thomas 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19Jim Thomas 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15

Sunday, December 4, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.Rick Larkin Stratified Fast Open Pairs 1-2 Southern Hemisphere V, 5th level $16 $20

Sunday, December 4, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.Saturday-Sunday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Atlantic Hall C, 1st level $16 $20

Sunday, December 4, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m.REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Pacific Hall A, 1st level $25 —KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Pacific Hall B, 1st level $25 —NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Pacific Hall C, 1st level $25 —

Sunday, December 4, 2 p.m.Bernie Gorkin Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $16 $20Douglas Parker Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19T.J. Singer 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19T.J. Singer 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (500-750/200-500/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC 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.

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