The Tri-City Signal - ACBL District 19The Tri-City Signal Unit 442 Newsletter ... Page 2 of 5 TOURNAMENT RESULTS Spokane Lilac Sectional Spokane, WA June 9-11 Lucie Fritz 1.77 Donna

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The Tri-City Signal Unit 442 Newsletter

July 2017

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Last month I received a letter from Dudley Brown acting in his capacity as District 19 Election Chairman. Dudley told me that the DINO Board of Directors “At Large” position for Eastern Washington, a three year term, would be open for election this year. Every member of Unit 442 is eligible to run for this seat, currently held by Ron Krueger, of Spokane (Unit 448). Anyone interested in running should send a written or email declaration to Dudley, along with a brief platform/resume statement which would be used if more than one individual files. Dudley needs this information by July 15th. His home address is 611 West 5th St., Grandview WA 98930, and his email address is [email protected]. Dudley asked me to make this information available to all of you. You should also know that, if more than one candidate files, and there is an election, the electors are the members of the Unit Boards of all eastern Washington Units. Thanks to Corky Greenfield, who has donated a substantial supply of cocktail napkins and cutlery to be used for Unit Game refreshments.

Joe Diven

CONGRATULATIONS

New Sectional Masters (50+ masterpoints)

Urban Jenquin Terry Liu

New Gold Life Master (2500+ masterpoints)

John Feo

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 7/06 Doug Baxter 7/09 Audrey Pfluger 7/13 Brian Moon 7/14 Bruce Dudzik 7/17 Salli Beitinger 7/18 Michael Feo 7/22 Sandra Hendry 7/28 Arnold Ferguson 7/31 Jim Adams 8/02 Normand Dominique

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TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Spokane Lilac Sectional Spokane, WA

June 9-11 Lucie Fritz 1.77 Donna Parkes 1.77 Kiki Powers 1.77 Marilyn Steele 1.77

FIRST PLACE FINISHERS

Sunday Swiss Teams-C Lucie Fritz, Donna Parkes, Kiki Powers, Marilyn Steele

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Penticton Regional Penticton, BC

June 12-18

Jim Dukelow 20.52 Jim Tritz 7.62

FIRST PLACE FINISHERS

Thu-Fri Shiraz KOs-4 Brian Busby, Bruce Busby, Jim Dukelow, Beau Hovda

LONGEST DAY RESULTS

June 21 Lynne Paasch 4.86 John Van Keuren 2.99 LeAnne Zaring 2.90 Jim Adams 2.61 Tom Edwards 2.56 Karen DeMeritt 2.28 Molly Ferguson 1.98 Jane Hunt 1.98 Usha Subrahmanyam 1.98 Bruce Dudzik 1.31 Normand Dominique 1.30

Terry Liu 1.30 David Orcutt 1.30 Donna Parkes 1.30 Marilyn Steele 1.30 Shakir Zaman 1.30 Kay Teal 1.14 David Gelles 1.13 Richard Collingham 0.98 Tarene Collingham 0.98 Marjorie Gilmore 0.75 Joe Kraus 0.68 Marilyn Toher 0.68 Bob Matsen 0.59 Susan Dunn 0.58 Gary Wagenblast 0.58 Dolly Ammann 0.53 Chris Gorchels 0.53 Peter Smith 0.53 Diane Chesney 0.23 Siglinde Koellner 0.23

FIRST PLACE FINISHERS

Morning Individual A: Lynne Paasch B: LeAnne Zaring

Afternoon Pairs

A: Tom Edwards & Lynne Paasch B: Karen DeMeritt & Jane Hunt C: Jim Adams & Bruce Dudzik

Evening Lucky Draw Swiss

A: Molly Ferguson, Usha Subrahmanyam, John

Van Keuren, LeAnne Zaring C: Dudley Brown, David Gelles,

Joe Kraus, Marilyn Toher

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Ruling the Game By: Tom Edwards

Dear Mr. Director: May a player violate an announced partnership agreement? The other day my opponent opened with 2H and had J98654 of hearts. His convention card said he always holds two of the top three honors. I went wrong playing the suit! Dear Mr. Wrong: A player may violate a partnership agreement, so long as partner is unaware of the violation. No player has an obligation to disclose to the opponents that he has violated an announced partnership agreement. If the opponents are subsequently damaged, as through drawing a false inference from such violation, they are not entitled to redress. If a player knows that his partner has violated an agreement (he has two of the top three honors in his hand), he is not in any way required to disclose this. When explaining the significance of partner’s call or play in response to an opponent’s inquiry, a player should disclose special information that he has from both partnership agreement and partnership experience. He need not disclose inferences drawn from his general knowledge and experience. When asked about a bid, he should never say, “I am taking his bid to mean……..” To do this is to disclose information that is unauthorized for the partnership. If a player subsequently recognizes his own error, or that his explanation was erroneous or incomplete, he should call the Director right away. The Director will apply law 21, Call based on Misinformation, or law 40, Director’s Option to Award an Adjusted Score in Partnership Misunderstandings.

If a player recognizes his partner’s error, he must not let on in any way whatsoever! Calling the Director away for a consultation is terrible! He is not allowed to take advantage of the unauthorized information in any way. If his side is the declaring side, he must call the Director right away after the final pass of the auction and before the opening lead is faced. The last person to pass on the non-offending side may change his call and the bidding proceeds if the pass was based on misinformation. If the side that gave the misinformation becomes the defender, nothing is said until the last card is played for that hand. This is the one case in the laws where the offending side must own up to its own infraction! The Director can award an adjusted score if he deems that the non-offending side was damaged by receiving the misinformation. A partnership misunderstanding can give misinformation to the opponents. If the misinformation is from a mistaken explanation, it must be called to the attention of the opponents at the proper time. If there is damage, an adjustment will be awarded to the innocent side. If the misinformation is from a mistaken bid, there is no infraction of law, since the proper explanation of the bid was made, but a player has unauthorized information and must not base subsequent bids on that knowledge. If he does, the Director shall award an adjusted score. Here is the bottom line: Know your agreements and bid accordingly. If your partner gives an incorrect explanation, do not let on until the proper time. If your partner does a mistaken bid, do not let on ever, and base your future calls upon the proper explanation even if you know of the mistake.

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THE LONGEST DAY

Thanks to all for the support and

contributions. I think it was a big success.

$1,026.11 was collected the day of the event.

ACBL will be sending $68 to Alzheimer’s

Association on our behalf, a grand total of

$1094.11. Thanks to the Unit for picking up

the expenses of $322. Special thanks to

Jane Hunt for managing the monies. Thanks

to Tom Edwards, Larry Lang and John Van

Keuren for directing. Thanks to all who

helped move from one room to the other and

for helping clean up. I am ready for next year

are you? It will be Thursday June 21. Larry

Lang has agreed to organize the games.

Looking for volunteers for several tasks:

silent auction , advertising, and non-ACBL

section of bridge or a beginner section for

new players and non-ACBL. Food will be my

thing, but I will be contacting those of you who

offered help this year.

THANK YOU

Marilyn Steele

Marilyn Steele

Lynne Paasch

John Van Keuren

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Jane Hunt & Karen DeMeritt

Larry Lang

RICHLAND DUPLICATE

BRIDGE CLUB PLAYER OF THE MONTH IN

JUNE

1st: Bruce Dudzik 3.81 Masterpoints 2nd: Dolly Ammann 3.80 Masterpoints 3rd: Jim Adams 3.00 Masterpoints

London Bridge?

London Bridge?