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6669 Tables Tds from Texas Kniest, Walker Take Mixed Pairs Crown Volume 49, Number 7 49th Spring North American Bridge Championships Daily Bulletin Thursday, April 6, 2006 Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Dave Smith TDs from Texas Kniest, Walker take Check this space each day for profiles of Texas-based ACBL Tournament Directors who are Mixed Pairs crown working here at the Dallas NABC. Pairing a 56.67% game in the first final session with a 63.91% effort in the (Editor’s note: OK, we realize the title of this second final, Tom Kniest and Karen series is ‘TDs from Texas’ and that Guillermo Walker won the four-session Rockwell Poplawsky is actually from Mexico which is, of Mixed Pairs Wednesday evening. course, not in Texas - although with the border Kniest, of the St. Louis MO area, situation these days, that point is rapidly and Walker, of Champaign IL, finished becoming irrelevant. Anyway, just think of 52nd in Tuesday’s qualifying game, and Guillermo as being from, well, south Texas.) moved up to 12th after the first final. “There were no disasters, no Guillermo Poplawsky remembers numbers, no giant screw-ups,” said his first NABC very well. It took Walker, describing their win. This is the first NABC place in 1978 at the old Shamrock championship for both players. The duo Hilton Hotel in Houston. has been second on three previous “They made me suffer,” he occasions. recalls, referring to fellow tournament directors Walker teaches English and who had the habit of hazing the new guys. advertising online for a community In those days, directors posted results and college. She is known to many ACBL Kniest is a semi-retired CPA. matchpointed the sheets by hand. Poplawsky was members as a regular contributor to the The winners posted a final total of 2521.79, placing them about given two sheets. “They put me between Roger Bridge Bulletin with her “Bidding a half board ahead of the runners-up, Kitty and Steven Cooper of Putnam and Julie Matters” column. Albuquerque NM. The Coopers finished with 2491.00 (top was 77). Greenberg,” he recalls ruefully, noting that those Oklahoma pair wins Vanderbilt QF round two are among the best ever at NABC 49er Pairs begins today doing the sheets Eight teams remain in the Vanderbilt by hand. Knockout Teams. “I was proud In yesterday’s round of 32, top seeds Nickell to finish posting (#1), Welland (#3) and Robinson (#6) cruised to my first section,” victory. he says, “until I Hollman (original #24 seed) continued its saw that Roger march, walloping the Lynch squad (#8) by 70 IMPs. In the second quarter, Hollman dished out a and Julie already 96-1 punishment of Lynch. had both of Grant Baze’s team (#13) stopped Team theirs, posted and Orange (original #36) 144-127. matchpointed, on the wall. I thought I was the Chang continues to impress, defeating #5 worst tournament director ever.” Schwartz 148-135. Today, the Mexico City TD is considered one Eric Sieg and Jim Thompson won NABC 49er Moss ousted higher-ranked O’Rourke 118- of the best and is a fixture at NABCs and the Pairs 103, and Shugart (#18) handled giant-killer World Bridge Federation’s tournaments. Besides Eric Sieg and Jim Thompson put together a Jacob 145-94. his directing expertise, Poplawsky is attractive to huge game in the second session to win the NABC 49er Pairs. They had a modest 56% game in the Continued on page 8 afternoon and 66.67% in the evening. Play bridge with Thompson, from Oklahoma City, is an accounting professor at Oklahoma City University. Zia for $10! Goodwill Message He began playing last summer while on teaching Zia Mahmood loves bridge, but recently Have you said “thank you” to a caddy during assignment at Washington State University. Sieg, of another passion has become just as important to this NABC? The caddies pick up slips each round Norman OK, is a student at Oklahoma University. him: earthquake relief for his native Pakistan. during pair games and move He saw a campus ad for a special 0-50 bridge More specifically, Zia is trying to raise funds for boards during team games — game, went and played, and was hooked. Both the construction of a secondary school in the despite players’ best efforts began playing at the game held on the Oklahoma earthquake-affected area. to hide the score slips and University campus and eventually became partners. Zia is hoping bridge players can help. A the boards. “It was hard to tell,” said Sieg when asked if he charity raffle is being held here in Dallas, at the A word of thanks will knew they were winning. “We knew we had a good upcoming world championships in Verona, the game going, and then had a monstrous last round.” brighten their day — and Summer NABC in Chicago and in special Internet Runners-up were Nadine Barker and Suzie yours, too. venues to help Zia in his goal of raising nearly Herman, both are from Forth Worth TX. They play Aileen Osofsky, Chairman regularly at home and are close friends as well as $150,000 for his World Bridge School project. National Goodwill Committee bridge partners. About one-fourth of the funds have already been The winners will have their names added to the raised since the project started at the world Attendance through Wednesday evening: Fifth Chair Trophy. The Fifth Chair Foundation is championships in Estoril. an international non-profit organization dedicated to For just $10 each, players can enter the 6669 Tables promoting bridge on the Internet and attracting new players to the game. Continued on page 4 Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Thursday, April 6 11:30 p.m. - Women's Team Trials meeting. Room: Pryor AB. 9 a.m. - Club Directors Update Course with Guillermo 2 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Poplawsky. Continuing education for bridge directors to increase their skills. Certificate given for successful completion of all three days. Thursday: Advanced ACBLscore. Room: Pryor AB. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Daily at 12:15 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. in Landmark Ballroom D. Saturday, April 8 Thursday, April 6 12:15 p.m. Lowell Andrews, Are You Preempting Enough? 12:15 p.m. Chuck Said, Extensions of the Negative Double 6:45 p.m. Jeff Roman, Game Ties 6:45 p.m. Steve Shirey, Avoid Ace-Asking Friday, April 7 12:15 p.m. Karen Walker, Opening Leads 6:45 p.m. Zeke Jabbour, Winsome & Loathsome LATE NIGHT / ENTERTAINMENT Check out the following attractions after the evening session: April 7, Friday April 6, Thursday Poker: No Limit Texas Hold’em Tournament "The Not-So-Newlywed Game" $10 buy-in, cash prizes. Be sure to sign up early Friday Hosted by Mike and Nancy Passell evening to get an entry. Sign up at the Entertainment Table to be a contestant. Magic show with Norman Beck Prizes will be awarded. In your face Devious defense So let’s say you begin by drawing three ♠ rounds of trump ending in dummy, noting that Your left-hand opponent opens 3 , partner Dutch expert Jan Jansma, playing with fellow overcalls 4♥ and your right-hand opponent ups West began with three, East two. Since East bid countryman Louk Verhees, hit upon a fiendish the ante to 6♠. You hold: spades and hearts, his likely pattern is 5-4-2-2. If plan as a defender on this deal from the round of ♠Q ♥A Q J ♦A K J 8 4 3 ♣AK 9. this is true, you have a chance to hold your 64 of the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams. Naturally, you are vulnerable and the diamond losers to one if East has A-x. Take the cards of the victim, declarer, first. opponents are not. What do you bid? So you play a low diamond from dummy. East You hold: The hand was played in the Wednesday plays the 8 and you put up the queen, which holds. ♠7 6 3 ♥K 8 2 ♦Q 7 4 2 ♣A9 5 Compact KO Teams. The player holding this hand Excellent! So it appears that East did start with the This is the auction, with your side only decided to bid 7♥. When the opponents sacrificed doubleton ♦A. You therefore play a low diamond vulnerable: in 7♠, he doubled. The declarer, Australian Sartaj toward dummy, inserting the 9 when West follows West North East South Hans playing with Tony Nunn, managed to escape low . only to see East win the 10! What’s going ♥ Jansma Partner Verhees You on? Here the full deal: for minus 800. Here’s the hand. Note that 7 ♠ Pass Pass 1 Pass ♠ 8 4 doesn’t make, since you are off an ace! ♣ ♥ Dlr: West ♠ K 2 2 (1) Dbl (2) 2 Pass ♥ Q 9 4 ♠ ♣ Vul: N-S ♥ K 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Pass Pass 3 ♦ K 9 3 ♦ — All Pass ♣ K Q J 10 2 ♣ Q J (1) Drury. ♠ A 10 2 ♠ K Q J 9 5 ♠ A J 9 6 5 4 ♠ 10 8 7 3 (2) Clubs. ♥ 10 7 5 ♥ A J 6 3 ♥ — ♥ 2 Some, obviously, would prefer passing to ♦ A J 6 5 ♦ 10 8 ♣ ♦ Q 9 6 5 ♦ 9 7 2 bidding 3 , but it’s not a ridiculous choice. ♣ 7 6 3 ♣ 8 4 ♠ ♣ 5 4 3 ♣ 10 9 7 6 2 West leads the A, and this is what you see: ♠ 7 6 3 ♠ ♠ Q 8 4 ♥ K 8 2 ♥ ♥ AQ J Q 9 4 ♦ Q 7 4 2 ♦ ♦ A K J 8 4 3 K 9 3 ♣ A9 5 ♣ ♣ AK 8 K Q J 10 2 Here’s the reason you’re down two: West, West North East South Jansma, also knew his partner was likely 5-4-2-2 ♠ Pass 4♥ Pass 4NT 7 6 3 after the second round of trumps was played.
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