Volume 49, Number 6 49th Spring North American Bridge Championships Daily Bulletin Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Dave Smith TDs from Texas Upsets abound in Check this space each day for profiles of Tuesday’s Vanderbilt Texas-based ACBL Tournament Directors who are working here at the Dallas NABC. action Bridge clubs and tournaments thrive Of the sixteen matches in yesterday’s when players volunteer. Just ask Tom Vanderbilt Knockouts, six saw lower-seeded teams Whitesides of Dallas. defeat their higher-ranked opponents. “When I started playing duplicate The #2 seed led by George Jacobs lost to bridge, I lived in east Texas. There original #34 seed captained by the similarly were no clubs, however, and nobody wanted to named Dan Jacob 114-102. start one,” he said. Also out is the original #4 seed (Weed, npc) So, while still in college, Whitesides took it led by Jimmy Cayne. They were ousted by the upon himself to Dutch squad Team Orange (#36 seed), 130-49 in Victoria McCullough, archives specialist, is start a club in east three quarters of play. shown here with a copy of Time magazine Texas. (#10) got shown the door by featuring Charles Goren on the cover. After college, Mike Moss’s (#23) team, 156-107. Whitesides Continued on page 4 moved to Dallas ACBL’s past being where he began a club there, too. As Rainwater, Jarigese preserved with other Archival of the bridge bridge history is directors in this lead Mixed Pairs moving into high gear. Plans to create a virtual series, however, a Ross Rainwater and Jackie Jarigese of museum on the ACBL web site are well underway. twist of fate got Vancouver WA are narrowly in first place in the “These artifacts are irreplaceable,” said him involved in after Tuesday’s qualifying Victoria McCullough, archives specialist. The tournament round. artifacts include pictures, photos, books, videos directing. Rainwater and Jarigese posted a two-session and movies. “We haven’t been preserving them “In the late Seventies I attended a sectional in total of 793.50 properly. They should be available to future Oklahoma City, run by the late National TD Ken In second with 791.14 are Mike Cappelletti members. We want to have a record of where we Stone and his wife Mary. The turnout was much Jr., and Bronia Jenkins. Third were Joan Jackson were then and where we are now,” she added. larger than expected and they desperately needed and Norman Beck with 789.21. McCullough uses a sophisticated software help, so I pitched in,” he said. 296 pairs entered the event, and 156 pairs package which helps organize the matter by date Whitesides became more and more involved survived to today’s two-session final. or subject. The long-term goal is to have this in the tournament directing scene over the years, completed by 2012, the ACBL’s 75th anniversary. where he eventually earned the rank of National Pickup slips a thing She hopes to be at a point where new material can Tournament Director. Whitesides — who, in be added. addition to his bridge career, also was a florist for of the past? “We plan to have an exhibition at the Chicago 10 years — became one of ACBL’s Field NABC this summer,” said McCullough. “We will Representatives, the director in charge of other At last fall’s World Championship in Estoril, have examples for bridge players to see exactly directors in a geographic region. In Whitesides’s Portugal, North American players saw something what we are trying to preserve.” case, it’s District 16 (most of Texas and Mexico) new in the pair games. Instead of filling out a The Goren Club is an offshoot of the project. and District 17 (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, pickup slip after each round was completed, North The ACBL is producing a full season of and parts of Nevada, Utah and Wyoming). entered the contract and result onto a hand-held, “Championship Bridge with Charles Goren” on As Field Representative, it’s Whitesides’s job wireless device called Bridgemate. East or West DVD. A booth has been set up near the Landmark to assign directors to various tournaments pushed a button to confirm the result after Ballroom (Lobby Level) and ACBL members throughout this region, and to write evaluations checking the . Each table had its own device. have supported the project with $10 donations. On Continued on page 4 “Bridgemate acts like Wi-Fi, except that it has Saturday, $480 was collected and on Sunday, a different radio frequency,” said its creator, Ron $780, including a $500 donation by TD Peter Bouwland, who was here in Dallas earlier this Marcus. Today’s Goodwill week. “The results are sent to a central receiver Message which is connected to a computer that does the “Only a few of us will win championships but Continued on page 4 all of us can win new friends. And, unlike the coveted silver trophies, we keep the friends without having to win them again and again.” Ron The late Dick Frey, editor Bouwland of The Bridge Bulletin, wrote enters a these words in 1960, but they result on are still applicable 40 years later. Bridgemate, , Chairman a wireless National Goodwill Committee scoring device that he created. At the Monday evening meeting of the ACBL Attendance through Tuesday evening: Goodwill Committee, Goodwill Chair Aileen Osofsky introduced the 2005 Presidential Volunteer Members of the Year: Cindy Kirk of Novato CA and Roni Gitchel Atkins of 5630 Tables Pittsburgh PA. With them is District 5 Director Sharon Fairchild. Page 2 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Wednesday, April 5 Thursday, April 6 9 a.m. - Club Directors Update Course with Guillermo 9 a.m. - Club Directors Update Course with Guillermo 12:30 p.m. Poplawsky. Continuing education for bridge directors to 12:30 p.m. Poplawsky. Continuing education for bridge directors to increase their skills. Certificate given for successful increase their skills. Certificate given for successful completion of all three days. Wednesday: the Proprieties, completion of all three days. Thursday: Advanced running a successful club, dealing with problem people. ACBLscore. Room: Pryor AB. Room: Pryor AB. 10: 30 a.m. - Team Trials meeting. Room: Sanger B. Friday, April 7 Noon 11:30 p.m. - Women's Team Trials meeting. Room: Cumberland D. 2 a.m. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Daily at 12:15 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. in Landmark Ballroom D. Thursday, April 6 Wednesday, April 5 12:15 p.m. Chuck Said, Extensions of the 12:15 p.m. Shannon Cappelletti, Slam Bidding 6:45 p.m. Steve Shirey, Avoid Ace-Asking 6:45 p.m. Michael Huston, Unmanageable Hands 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 6, Thursday April 5, Wednesday "The Not-So-Newlywed Game" Poker: No Limit Texas Hold' em Tournament Hosted by Mike and Nancy Passell $10 buy-in, cash prizes. Be sure to sign up early Wednesday Sign up at the Entertainment Table to be a contestant. evening to get an entry. Prizes will be awarded. April 7, Friday Karaoke Naked king, flying jack appear that his last two cards were the ♦K J. 1NT range Announcement Declarer pondered this for a moment before On this deal (rotated), from the second Announcing your 1NT range remains a finally deciding to take the . Gwozdzinsky qualifying session of the , requirement in ACBL-sanctioned tournament play. claimed the last two tricks. Flight A, Margie Gwozdzinsky and Ira Herman Failure to Announce your 1NT range, while rarely Holding declarer to 10 tricks was worth 11 out pulled out all the stops on defense to create an penalized, remains a procedural infraction. Please of 13 matchpoints. illusion that ensnared declarer. make life easy for your opponents and your ♠ Q 9 4 3 tournament directors by Announcing the high-card ♥ AQ 9 Dining in the Hyatt point range of your 1NT opening bids. ♦ 8 5 Regency ♣ K 10 9 6 Antares Registration, Prizes and ♠ ♠ J 10 6 5 7 2 Revolving restaurant presents stellar New ♥ ♥ Partnerships 8 4 7 5 3 American cuisine amid the stars. Located atop ♦ ♦ The Registration Desk, the Prize Desk and the K 7 J 9 6 4 3 2 Reunion Tower. Reservations recommended. ♣ ♣ Partnership Desk are located on the Lower Level A J 8 5 4 7 3 Lunch: Mon.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. ♠ near Marsalis Hall. AK 8 Dinner: Daily 6–10:30 p.m. ♥ K J 10 6 2 Centennial Café ♦ AQ 10 On the second level, our bright and charming Play in a world ♣ Q 2 café ♥ championship South was declarer in 4 after an auction in Breakfast: Mon.–Fri. 6 a.m.–1 p.m., Sat.–Sun. which South showed a strong (18-20 HCP), Your chance to play in a world championship 6 a.m.–1 p.m. without having to win a trials event is just around . Lunch: Offering soup/salad bar or Gwozdzinsky, West, led the ♠J, won by the corner — the 8th World Bridge Southwestern cuisine a la carte menu. Sample our Championships in Verona, Italy, this June. declarer’s ace. A heart to dummy’s queen was heart-healthy Cuisine Naturelle selections. followed by a club to the queen and Gwozdzinky’s Play begins June 10 with the Mixed Pairs and Mon.–Sun. 11:30 a.m.– 4 p.m. continues with a full slate of events, concluding ace. She exited with a to dummy’s ace. Dinner: 4–10 p.m. Declarer drew the last trump, Gwozdzinsky June 24. Besides the Mixed Pairs, there are the Parrino’s Oven Rosenblum and McConnell teams (open and pitching a club, and continued with a club to Located on the second floor Atrium Level, ♣ women’s respectively), Senior Teams, Open, dummy’s king. The 10 was called from dummy Italian Buffet. as Herman, East, pitched a diamond perforce. Women’s, Senior and IMP pairs. Lunch: Daily, 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m. All events are transnational — teams or pairs Declarer ruffed and played the last trump, on Dinner: Daily, 5–10 p.m. ♦ may be made up of players from any countries. which Gwozdzinsky discarded the 7 in , Coffee’s Post baring the king. There are no quotas or restrictions, but you must It’s the place for a quick meal. We have a register for the tournament before May 8 through This was the position: variety of gourmet coffees, espresso, cappuccino ♠ your national bridge organization. For players in Q 9 4 and snacks. ♥ North America, that would be the ACBL or the — Lobby Level, open 24 hours. ♦ 8 Canadian Bridge Federation. If you have ♣ 9 questions, you may contact Ann Gudge, World ♠ 10 6 5 ♠ — Bridge Federation liaison, at [email protected]. ♥ — ♥ — Verona is one of Italy’s top cities, famous ♦ K ♦ J 9 6 4 3 internationally as the setting for Shakespeare’s ♣ J ♣ — Romeo and Juliet. Players who are interested in ♠ K 8 the rich culture and heritage of the area (Verona is ♥ — only 68 miles from Venice) will find much to ♦ AQ 10 enjoy. ♣ — The playing facility is a modern, air Declarer cashed the ♠K, took the spade conditioned convention center. finesse, cashed the ♠Q and played a diamond. For travel arrangements and more information, Herman alertly flew with jack, trying to make it visit www.worldbridgehouse.com Daily Bulletin Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Sweeping out the corners of the bridge mind By Bruce Greenspan Well, it’s almost time to go. Let’s hope a few indication that a trump is the right lead. of the synapses are still firing. Most people don’t For example, if the opponents end up in a think of bridge as a physical activity, but several secondary suit, lead a trump. Say the days of intense concentration can be grueling. opponents bid without competition: 1♠— Many matches are won or lost at the very end of 1NT; 2♣—Pass. This screams for a trump the session. Keep focus, stay in the present and lead. Dummy probably has one spade, and as the Grateful declarer is going to crossruff for his Dead sang, contract. Lead trumps early and often. “Keep on Another occasion that calls for a trump truckin.” lead is when you are strong in declarer’s Most secondary suit and you think he’s going to bridge try to that suit in dummy. expressions are One expression I believe in is “6—5 totally come alive.” If I had a choice between a meaningless. 18-point flat hand or a minimum opening Eight ever, nine hand with a six-card suit and a five-card never is one suit, give me the latter every time. Long that pops to suits provide tricks. mind. Often, a A couple of defensive tips: when you decision about break a new suit in the middle of the play finessing for a as a defender, use attitude leads. The queen depends on whether there a dangerous lower the card, the more you like the suit. opponent (no, not your partner). If you have a A high card says if you win trick, do nine-card suit, but you can avoid losing the lead something else. to answer and I told her that it was just same as to the dangerous opponent by taking a finesse, Make the defense easy for partner. aces. At first, my partner squinted at me, but take the finesse. How can you tell the dangerous Inexperienced players rarely overtake a trick later she smiled and thought it was a great thing opponents? The player in a position to play partner is going to win and hope that partner will to do. through an unprotected honor is the dangerous do the right thing. I often tell my partner, “There One of my role models was the late Tom opponent. Look at this layout: is no hope in bridge.” If you know what to do, Belle. He was an excellent player, but an even Dummy overtake the trick. better person. No matter how badly he got fixed ♠K 6 5 Two final notes. I see so many players who or how terrible a mistake his partner made, Tom turn from Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde as soon as would always have a smile and quip. You could You they enter the bridge room. We play the greatest not have a better partner, and I have resolved to ♠7 5 game ever invented, and yet so many take the be more like Tom. See you at the table. In this scenario, your left-hand opponent is joy out of it. I know I’m an atypical bridge The author, who lives in Danvers MA, is the dangerous opponent. If RHO leads spades, player, but one time playing in a club game director of bridge services for World Winner you are guaranteed a spade trick. If LHO gets in, against a lovely woman, her partner bid Bridge (formerly ACBL Online). He is an ACBL- the next thing you know a spade comes flying Blackwood and she responded. Now, her partner accredited teacher and club manager. He is also through. If RHO has the ace, your king is dead. bid 5NT and she blurted out, “I don’t know what former president of the Eastern Massachusetts Another meaningless expression: when in that means.” I said that her partner was asking Bridge Association. doubt, lead a trump. There is usually a clear you how many kings she had. She asked me how Defensive commentary: East knows from the sees the discouraging club and glances at the Thinking Bridge lead that three hearts are cashing. impressive diamonds in dummy, East should By Eddie Kantar Further defensive commentary: On the play a fourth heart, looking for a trump third heart, West has a choice of discards — a low promotion, ruff-sluff or no ruff-sluff. ♠ Dlr: East 10 9 5 club or a low diamond. Any difference? West can ♥ Vul: None 7 5 2 “see” that the contract will be defeated if East ♦ A K J 10 plays a fourth heart, promoting West’s ♠J to the Gold Point event ♣ 8 6 2 setting trick. In order to encourage East to lead a There will be a two-session 0-49er ♠ ♠ J 4 3 7 6 heart, West discards a low club, denying interest Gold Point event today. Each partnership ♥ ♥ 9 3 A K Q 8 4 in the suit partner will be tempted to lead. East is must play both sessions and must be ACBL ♦ ♦ 8 5 4 3 9 6 2 not about to lead a diamond! Important concept. members. This is the only Gold point event ♣ ♣ 9 7 4 3 Q J 10 Further defensive commentary: When East that will be held in the IN area. ♠ A K Q 8 2 ♥ J 10 6 ♦ Q 7 Celebrity lecture series ♣ AK 5 continues West North East South There’s no such thing as a free lunch. There 1♥ Dbl are such things as free bridge lessons and they are Pass 2♦ Pass 2♠ a great opportunity. Forty-five minutes before the Pass 4♠ All Pass afternoon and evening gametime, celebrity bridge players give talks and answer questions. : ♥9. Jerry Helms, a regular contributor to the Bidding commentary: South’s takeout Bridge Bulletin, spoke Saturday. “I stay pretty double followed by bidding a suit typically busy for a man without a job,” he said, referring to shows 17-18 high-card points with five cards in the fact that he is a full-time player and teacher. the bid suit. Given this, North’s leap to 4♠ is Here are some “Jerryisms.” reasonable. 3♠ is also a possibility. Passing is • “What you should bid depends on your beneath contempt! preferences and your partner’s sense of humor.” Lead commentary: The lead of a high • “The only issues are where and how high. Jerry Helms is one of many top bridge players spot card in partner’s unsupported suit shows a Go slow until you know where to go. When you who give lessons each day. singleton or doubleton. With three (or four) low know where to go, get there in a hurry.” game tries. When you can’t decide, bid a game ones, the lowest card is the proper lead. • “I believe in what I call North Carolina and try to make it.” Page 4 Daily Bulletin

Whitesides Continued from page 1 TOURNAMENT APPEALS In order to keep the result to stand. for each of these ACBL employees annually. bridge public informed of The Appeal: There was no dispute that there Whitesides will be right at home with the appeals results in a timely was a break in tempo. E-W argued that North, by NABC here in Dallas, but like all the other fashion, the NABC Daily bidding 4♣, had shown significant extra values tournament directors who are part of the staff, he Bulletin staff publishes and was “bid out.” With a weaker hand and a works in whatever capacity he’s needed. write-ups. Every effort is weak red suit, she could have bid her other red “At the NABCs, national and lower-ranking made to ensure that these reports are accurate and suit, else bid 3NT. The hesitation made it likely TDs are assigned to all levels of games — complete. However, before they are published in the that South had the needed red-suit controls. national events, regional games and Intermediate- NABC Appeals Casebook revisions may be made. The Decision: The committee partially agreed Newcomer games — to allow everyone to get with EW’s assertion about the 4♣ bid, but thought experience.” APPEALS CASE 2 4♣ would also be bid with certain prime minimums, e.g. , Subject: Tempo Vanderbilt ♠K x ♥x x x ♦x x x x ♣K Q x x, DIC: Henry Cukoff or, Continued from page 1 Event: ♠x x ♥A x x ♦ x x x x ♣K Q x x. Session: First Final The team captained by Fred Chang (#44) beat They noted that South would not have shown Brd: #10 ♠ K 9 12th-seeded Michael Kamil’s squad by a single clubs with 5-2-2-4 shape unless interested in slam; Vul: Both ♥ Q 4 2 IMP —- 124-123. if not, she would have just bid 3NT. Therefore, Dlr: East ♦ A 7 6 3 Michael Polowan’s #14 team fell to Paul when South bid 5♣, she was marked with extra ♣ K Q 9 6 Marston’s (mainly) Australian squad 115-105. distribution and a minimum for her previous ♠ J 10 ♠ 8 7 5 2 Marston was originally the # 46 seed. auction. The finite, but small possibility that South ♥ A 10 8 6 ♥ J 9 7 5 3 The #20 seed led by Grant Baze defeated the had two losing hearts, did not make pass a logical ♦ 10 8 4 2 ♦ Q J 5 #13 seed (Team Robison) with John Onstott at the alternative; on all other hands, slam should be ♣ 8 4 3 ♣ 2 helm. laydown. (A slam that is cold 75% of the time, ♠ A Q 6 4 3 Today’s round of 16 will be played behind and has no play the other 25%, is still a good ♥ K screens. slam, although not in the familiar sense. For this ♦ K 9 hand.a 75% estimate is conservative.) ♣ A J 10 7 5 Bridgemate The only hand presented to show that 6♣ had North South Continued from page 1 any danger was: 1♣ (1) ♠A Q J x x ♥J x ♦K ♣A J x x x 1NT (2) 2♥ (3) scoring.” Accordingly, the committee decided that there 2♠ 3♣ The devices are about eight inches by four was no logical alternative to bidding 6♣ and it 4♣ 5♣ (4) inches and runs on batteries. Bridgemate sends its ruled that the table result was to stand. (The 6♣ Pass using encryption. That means the data is possibility that South’s slow 5♣ call did not (1) Strong and artificial. encoded for protection. Sending the signal after demonstrably suggest slam interest as opposed to (2) 8+ high-card points, game forcing. each hands results in real-time delivery to either doubt about strain was also considered in passing (3) Transfer to spades. the Internet or to . but not pursued since the first argument was (4) Break in tempo. The ACBL is considering using Bridgemates persuasive.) The Facts: 1♣ bid was strong and artificial, at tournaments and distributing them for units or E-W, experienced players, should have showing 16+ HCP if unbalanced. 1NT denied a clubs that may wish to purchase them. Using recognized that North with four super cards four-card major or a five-card minor and showed Bridgemate devices, fewer caddies are needed. opposite a black two-suiter in the 16+ HCP range, 8+ HCP (game forcing) and a balanced hand. 2♥ Directors can be assigned to other duties. The had a slam drive, even without the matchpoint was a transfer to spades and was duly alerted. 2♠ initial cost, however, is an important issue. considerations. The possibility that slam might go showed exactly a doubleton spade (hence a 2-3-4- Bouwland comes from a bridge-playing down opposite a particularly poor and carefully 4 pattern). There was a break in tempo before family, but doesn’t play bridge himself. Eight chosen South hand, does not make pass a logical South bid 5♣. The final contract was 6♣ making years ago, a tournament director in his native alternative for North. Having tried and failed once six, on the opening lead of the ♥A; plus 1370 for Netherlands asked him how to get rid of travelers with the director, E-W should have known to give N-S. and an idea was born. up their pursuit. Therefore, the committee gave the The Ruling: The directors consulted with Bouwland’s background is business, not EW pair an Appeal Without Merit Warning. three (unnamed) world-class players, each of computers, so he formed a team that included The Committee: Bart Bramley, chair; Ed whom said he would not pass because his hand hardware and software engineers. Beginning in Lazarus, Bruce Rogoff, Michael Huston and John was so good. The directors decided that pass was 2000, Bridgemate was used in clubs in the Solodar Netherlands. Initially, there were some flaws, but not a logical alternative and allowed the table soon these were ironed out. In October 2004, the Winners will have their names added to the Fifth used Bridgemate in its Chair Trophy. The Fifth Chair Foundation is an Champions Cup. Then it was used again in the international non-profit organization dedicated to Open European Championships during the promoting bridge on the Internet and attracting summer of 2005. In two weeks, over 75,000 new players to the game. scores were processed. Additional events for newer players include Bridgemate is currently used in Australia and the 199er Pairs at the Summer NABC and the 99er the Scandanavian countries. France and Italy are Pairs at the Fall NABC. considering it. Past winners: Besides tournaments, local clubs can also use 1998 Roberta Lyon, Jim Washburn the devices. After entering the result, a button can 1999 Linda C. Bell, Kristina Bohdanowicz be pushed that allows Bridgemate to show results 2000 Daniel Taylor, Judith Hunt that look like a traveling scoresheet. 2001 Bill Nabors, John Balog Winners of the 2005 were 2002 Brian Duran, Stephen McDevitt Cell phones Joan Dixon and Bernie Weiss 2003 Paul Weintraub, Marilyn Weintraub Cell phones, audible 2004 Candace Carlton, Terry Carlton pagers or any similar National 49er Pairs 2005 Joan Dixon, Bernie Weiss communication equipment The National 49er Pairs begins today as may not be operated or players compete for and the Fifth Calling all new Life operable in the playing area Chair Trophy. during a session of play at The National 49er Pairs is a two-session event Masters NABCs except for health-related limited to players with less than 50 masterpoints. Players who earn Life Master status here in equipment or by permission of the Sessions begin at 1 and 7:30 p.m. Entries are Dallas, please report in to the Daily Bulletin office director-in-charge of the tournament or event. $16.50 per player per session and will be played located in Cumberland Hall B. Your hometown, in the Landmark D Ballroom. name and hometown of your partner or Masterpoint awards are red — except overall teammates, the event in which you earned your awards, which are paid at 95% red and 5% gold. gold card and how many and what kind of points The first National 49er Pairs was held in 1998. you needed should be included. Daily Bulletin Page 5

he played dummy’s good ♣Q and ruffed it instead. Silver lining The last trump was then extracted from West. Vandy dandy Lew Finkel and Gaylor Kasle won the Finkel realized it would do him no good to By Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs that ended Monday take the heart finesse, since even if it worked, he We left our Vanderbilt round of 64 sufficiently evening by the healthy margin of two boards. Here would still be left with a heart loser. The only early that maybe I should forget about it and move are two deals (rotated) that helped them to victory. layout that would allow him to avoid a loser in the on to the next event. Nonetheless there were a This was the very first deal they played on suit was when East began with a singleton king. couple of neat defenses. ♠ Monday, the final round: So Finkel took his only chance by dutifully Dlr: East Q 8 ♠ ♥ Dlr: South Q 5 leading a low heart to the ace, dropping the Vul: N-S A 10 9 8 ♥ ♦ Vul: N-S Q 7 singleton honor, and claimed. AK 8 6 ♦ ♣ K 10 8 5 4 Plus 620 was worth 59-1/2 out of 65 J 9 6 ♣ ♠ ♠ 10 8 4 2 matchpoints. K 10 9 6 2 A7 4 3 ♠ 10 9 4 ♠ 7 6 ♥ K J 7 ♥ Q 3 ♥ J 10 8 2 ♥ A K 5 4 ♦ Q 7 4 ♦ 10 9 5 3 2 ♦ A9 ♦ 7 6 2 ♣ Q 7 ♣ 10 2 ♣ A Q 5 3 ♣ J 9 7 6 ♠ J 5 ♠ A K J 8 3 2 ♥ 6 5 4 2 ♥ 9 6 3 ♦ J ♦ Q J 3 ♣ A K 8 5 4 3 ♣ K West North East South West North East South Pass Pass Finkel Kasle 1♠ Pass 2♠ 3♣ 1♠ Pass 4♣ All Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2♠ Stretching for points we overreached to 4♣. All Pass Hemant Lall led a spade to the ace, won the spade Finkel led the ♥J, overtaken by Kasle with the continuation and shifted to a trump. king. He immediately switched to a trump. Declarer won in hand and advanced the ♦J: Declarer tried a second round of hearts hoping to Second in the Silver Ribbon Pairs were Marla queen, ace low. The ♦K was next followed by a be able to ruff a third round later in dummy, but Chaikin and Bill Esberg. diamond ruff, a high club to draw the remaining Kasle won the ace and played a second trump. trumps, a heart to the ace and a diamond ruff to This defense held declarer to exactly eight Partscore defense reach this ending: tricks, earning the winners 53-1/2 out of 65 ♠ — By Barry Rigal matchpoints. ♥ 10 9 8 This deal comes from the first final session of The very last deal they played on Monday ♦ — the Silodor Open Pairs: featured Finkel in action as declarer: ♣ J Dlr: North ♠ Q 10 Dlr: East ♠ K 10 ♠ 10 9 ♠ 7 4 Vul: None ♥ 3 2 Vul: Both ♥ A7 5 ♥ K J ♥ Q ♦ A 10 9 5 ♦ Q J 7 6 ♦ — ♦ 10 ♣ K 6 5 4 3 ♣ Q 10 6 3 ♣ — ♣ — ♠ K 5 3 2 ♠ 8 4 ♠ Q 7 3 ♠ 5 2 ♠ — ♥ AJ 5 ♥ Q 9 7 4 ♥ 9 8 6 3 2 ♥ K ♥ 6 5 ♦ 8 7 6 3 ♦ Q J 4 ♦ 4 ♦ A K 10 9 8 5 3 2 ♦ — ♣ J 2 ♣ A 10 9 8 ♣ A K 8 7 ♣ J 4 ♣ 8 5 ♠ A J 9 7 6 ♠ A J 9 8 6 4 When South led the ♥6 from his hand, Lall ♥ K 10 8 6 ♥ Q J 10 4 “crocodiled” his partner’s queen by rising with the ♦ K 2 ♦ — king, allowing him to cash the ♥J for down one. ♣ Q 7 ♣ 9 5 2 On the next deal, both sides declared 4♥. West North East South West North East South ♠ Q 8 5 Pass Pass 1♠ Kasle Finkel ♥ AJ 9 6 Pass 1NT Pass 2♥ 3NT Pass ♦ 9 Pass 2♠ All Pass 4♣ Pass 4♦ 4♠ ♣ A K J 10 3 Perhaps a low trump lead by West stands out, All Pass ♠ A 10 9 2 ♠ J 7 3 but it’s not clear that dummy will be able to ruff a 3NT was “gambling,” promising a long, ♥ K 3 2 ♥ 8 5 heart. strong with little else on the outside. ♦ A Q 10 8 5 ♦ K 7 4 2 On the ♣J lead passed around to the queen, 4♣ asked the preempter to pass or correct. East, of ♣ Q ♣ 9 7 5 2 declarer quite naturally led a diamond to the ace. course, bid diamonds, and only now did Finkel ♠ K 6 4 Now a heart to the king and ace produced the enter the auction with 4♠. ♥ Q 10 7 4 belated trump shift. Dummy’s ♠10 scored and a West began with the two top clubs and then ♦ J 6 3 second heart was played. gave his partner a club ruff. East then tried the ♣ 8 6 4 It looks natural to win the ♥Q to play a spade. ♦A, but Finkel ruffed and took stock. On the lead of the ♣Q, East signaled with the 9 I thought my partner (Eric Leong) did well as East Since East likely had an eight-card diamond (“obvious shift” meaning “please play a diamond, to put in the ♥7. This might have persuaded suit for the and had exactly two clubs, our suit”). Declarer led a diamond from dummy and declarer not to put up the jack if he had started Finkel knew that East had three major-suit cards. East hopped up with the ♦K to give a club ruff. with K-J-x-x. At trick five, therefore, he played a spade toward Wet ruffed and exited with a top diamond, At the table, South put in the ♥8, letting West dummy and called for the 10 when West played letting dummy ruff. win the ♥J to play a second trump to defeat 2♠ in low. When this worked, he cashed the ♠K, noting Now declarer had to find a way back to his the fullness of time. that East followed. A likely pattern for his right- hand. He played the ♠Q, tempting a cover, but West hand opponent, therefore, was 2=1=8=2. declined and declarer’s goose was cooked. He had Finkel figured he couldn’t return to his hand ♠♥♦♣ to play the ♥A, hoping for a miracle, but when the via a diamond ruff since West would overruff, so ♥K failed to drop he was down one. Page 6 Daily Bulletin

Who will win the 2006 Mott-Smith Trophy? Ruling the Game have psyched, then, we have an agreement was the 2005 winner of the Mott- regarding the use of this call. In ACBL-sanctioned Smith Trophy, given to the player who earns the events, it is no longer legal to have an agreement most masterpoints at regarding psychic bids. Psychs are actually the Spring NABC. regulated in a number of ways, and these Wold won 282.05 regulations have arisen over a number of years. points, narrowly For example, a player is not permitted to psych edging out partners an artificial opening bid or an artificial response to Steve Weinstein and an opening bid. Thus, opening a strong Robert Levin who conventional 2♣ on a hand such as tied for second with ♠ 5 ♥ 8 2 ♦ Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 ♣ K 3 2 271.11 points. would not be allowed. A player who did this would Wold earned 130 be subject to penalty. If the opponents were masterpoints for his damaged as a direct result of this action, the victory in the Silodor director would assign an adjusted score. Even if Open Pairs with there were no damage, the director would assign a partner Bob Morris, By Associate National Tournament procedural penalty to a player who was 125 points for Director Mike Flader knowledgeable enough to know that his action was making it to the semifinal round of the Vanderbilt illegal. Knockout Teams as part of the squad led by Peter Partnership Not all such actions would result in a penalty. Schneider and 27.05 points for finishing tied for Understandings For example, if a player opens 2♦ with a hand such 13th in the . Law 40A states that a player may make any call as The trophy or play, including an intentionally misleading one ♠ 6 4 ♥ K 3 2 ♦ K Q 10 9 5 3 ♣ 9 4 2, The trophy was donated by friends in memory such as a or one that departs from and it turns out that his partnership agreement was of Geoffrey Mott-Smith in 1961 and made commonly accepted or previously announced use of that 2♦ was , most likely this action would retroactive to 1958 to include all the winners. a convention without prior announcement, provided not be treated as a psychic bid since his hand seems Mott-Smith that such a call is not based on a partnership to indicate that it is more likely that he forgot what (1902—1960) was understanding. he was playing rather than that he desired to co-chairman of the Law 40B says that a player may not make a mislead his opposition. In order for a call to be ACBL Laws call or play based on a special partnership considered a psychic bid, there must be intent to Commission, editor understanding unless an opposing pair may mislead the opponents on the part of the bidder. of the ACBL Bridge reasonably be expected to understand its meaning, Another agreement that is illegal in ACBL- Bulletin 1935—36, a or unless his side discloses the use of such call or sanctioned tournaments is the agreement to open contributor to The play in accordance with the regulations of the 1NT with a singleton or unless the opening is Bridge World, a sponsoring organization. by agreement strong, forcing, and artificial. A writer and What exactly does the foregoing mean? player may choose to open 1NT with a hand like cryptographer. Basically, our obligation as bridge players is to ♠ K ♥ A 10 4 2 ♦ K J 3 ♣ A 9 7 6 5. Mott-Smith was ensure that our opponents know as much about our As long as his partner is as surprised as the one of the first to agreements as we do. We have a further obligation opponents by that singleton spade, there has been operate a bridge club to be aware of and to follow the regulations of the no violation of law and there will be no penalty. As and to direct bridge organization sponsoring the bridge tournament in soon as partner comes to expect the possibility and tournaments. He was the director of the annual which we play. possibly make allowances for it, then an agreement intercollegiate tournaments and other “par” bridge Within that framework, we are allowed to do as exists and the ACBL regulations forbid that events. we please. Thus, it is okay to make a psychic bid as agreement. During World War II, Mott-Smith served as long as our partner is just as surprised as the There are a number of other regulations that chief instructor for the OSS in the training of opponents. When the use of a psychic bid comes to affect our actions as bridge players in ACBL- cryptographers and cryptanalysts. be expected by partner or when partner begins to sanctioned tournaments. They will be the subject of He authored or co-authored more than 29 make calls that allow for the possibility that we further articles. books on games and served as games consultant for the Association of American Playing Card Manufacturers. 1981 166 Restaurant/ Mott-Smith was regarded as a great player, 1982 David Berkowitz, Harold Lilie 198 brilliant theorist and one of the soundest and most 1983 Mike Passell 214 Transportation lucid of the early writers on . 1984 Lew Stansby 172 Information Winners of the trophy: 1985 Jeff Meckstroth 196 1986 Lew Stansby 207 There are many restaurants in the West End 1958 Ivar Stakgold including Landry’s Seafood House, On the Border, 1959 Lew Mathe 1987 Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd 200 1988 Roger Bates 193 Spaghetti Warehouse and The Butcher Shop. The 1960 Norman Kay West End is a few minutes from the Hyatt on the 1961 Robert Jordan 1989 Eddie Wold 167 1990 300* DART light rail system. DART rail passes can be 1962 Robert Jordan purchased from the ticket vending machines on 1963 /Norman Kay 1991 Zia Mahmood 183 1992 Roger Bates 186 the platform at Union Station. Single-trip tickets 1964 Lew Mathe are $1.25 and are valid for 90 minutes. Day passes 1965 Phil Feldesman 1993 196 1994 Chip Martel 250 are $2.50. Fares for seniors 65 and older are .50 1966 Phil Feldesman for a single trip ticket and $1 for a day pass. 1967 Lew Mathe 1995 Michael Polowan 242 1968 Norman Kay 1996 Zia Mahmood 252 These are the Mott-Smith Trophy winners 1997 Bart Bramley 292 Bid Box Alerts and since 1968, along with their point totals. An 1998 Eddie Wold 243 Announcements asterisk indicates the record was broken that year. 1999 Petra Hamman 265 1969 Sue Sachs 168 2000 Jeff Meckstroth 313* When using bid boxes, ACBL requires that 1970 Barry Crane 155 2001 Jill Meyers 234 players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the 1971 Barry Crane 135 2002 357* same time. 1972 , Jack Blair 159 2003 317 When making an Announcement, use the 1973 233* 2004 Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes 364* Announcement word — such as “transfer” — and 1974 Ron Andersen 250* 2005 Eddie Wold 282 tap the Alert strip at the same time. 1975 Roger Bates 203 A player who Alerts or Announces a bid 1976 Larry Cohen 225 should make sure his opponents are aware that an 1977 Mark Blumenthal 200 Alert or Announcement has been made. 1978 Mike Passell 250* 1979 Jeff Meckstroth 215 1980 Jeff Meckstroth, 173 Daily Bulletin Page 7

TODAY’S PAIRINGS IN THE VANDERBILT KO TEAMS Nick Nickell, New York NY; Richard Freeman, Atlanta GA; Bob vs 25.00 17/32 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Christal Henner- Hamman, Dallas TX; Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA; Eric Michael Moss, New York NY; , Herefordshire Welland, New York NY; , Taby Sweden; Fredrik Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL England; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden; Claudio Nunes - Fulvio Fantoni, vs Westmount QC Rome Italy (Opponent is one of these two teams. Appeal pending at press 25.00 17/32 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Garey time.) Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Dennis Dawson, Santa Fe NM; Hayden, Tucson AZ; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Jim Krekorian, Mike Passell - Eddie Wold, Las Vegas NV; Larry Cohen - David New York NY; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Glenn Groetheim, Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL; Peter Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL Melhus Norway Weichsel, Encinitas CA; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; vs 25.00 17/32 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Adam Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Boise ID; Wildavsky, Jackson Heights NY; Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Poland , San Francisco CA; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Migry Zur Campanile, Tel Aviv Israel OR Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Huntsville AL 25.00 17/32 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Stephen Landen, Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA; John Fout, New York NY; Bruce Ellicott City MD; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Powell OH; Boris Rogoff, Upper Grandview NY; Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY , Pebble Beach CA; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC; - Winthrop Ishmael Delmonte, Double Bay NSW 2 Australia; George Allegaert, New York NY Mittelman, Toronto ON; Tadashi Teramoto, Yokohama Japan 25.00 17/32 Tony Kasday, Puyallup WA; Michael Shuman, - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Chip Martel, vs Pasadena CA; Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Nels Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA; Adam Zmudzinski, Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; , Toronto ON; Nagy Erickson, Sparks NV; Paul Ivaska, Las Vegas NV; Thorlakur Katowice Poland; Cezary Balicki, Wroclaw Poland Kamel, Plano TX; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; John Zilic, Jonsson, Kopavogur Iceland vs Houston TX; Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX 25.00 17/32 Melanie Tucker - John Kranyak, New York Paul Marston, Australia; Hugh Grosvenor, Ljubljana, ; Zolton NY; - Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Guido Ferraro, Torino Nagy, Woodville West Australia; Richman Robert, Double Bay Grant Baze, San Diego CA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Italy; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina Australia Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; Krzystof Buras, Chorzow 25.00 17/32 , Seattle WA; Neil Chambers, St. Lucia; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Schenectady NY; Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Venkatrao Koneru, Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY; Michael Becker, Boca vs San Antonio TX; Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD Raton FL; Louk Verhees, Voorhout Netherlands; Jan Jansma, Bas Dryver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdan 25.00 17/32 Sartaj Hans - Tony Nunn - Kieran Dyke - Malden Netherlands; - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Netherlands; Berry Westra, Krmpen Den Yssel; Vincent David Wiltshire, Egypt Ramondt, Alphen Ran Den 25.00 17/32 Walter Johnson - Douglas Simson, Columbus vs OH; Marc Zwerling - Mark Tolliver, Portland OR; Dan Fred Chang, Flushing NY; Gunnar Hallberg, London England; 25.00 17/32 George Jacobs - Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL; Zia Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Zhao Jie, Tianjin Mahmood, New York NY; , New Rochelle 25.00 17/32 Leonard Helman, Santa Fe NM; , People’s Republic of China; Seymon Deutsch, Laredo TX NY; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy Romford Essex England; , New York NY; 25.00 17/32 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Pony Nehmert, Wiesbaden Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Seamon, Aventura FL; Robert Levin, Bronx NY; Steve Germany; , London England , Bloomington NY; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA Weinstein, Andes NY; Geir Helgemo, Trondheim Ca Norway; 25.00 17/32 Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA; John Fout, New vs Tor Helness, Oslo Norway York NY; Bruce Rogoff, Upper Grandview NY; Joshua Parker, Ron Rubin, Miami FL; Russell Ekeblad, Providence RI; Brad 25.00 17/32 Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, Briarcliff NY Moss, New York NY; Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Geoff San Francisco CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Roger Bates, OR Hampson, Los Angeles CA; Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA Mesa AZ; Mark Feldman, New York NY; Bart Bramley, Dallas Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL; Peter TX Weichsel, Encinitas CA; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas 25.00 17/32 Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; John Mohan, Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw NV; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Magnus Lindkvist, Hoor Huixquilucan Me Mexico; , New York NY; Jacek Poland Sweden; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Norberto Bocchi, Milano Pszczola, Las Vegas NV; Steve Garner - Howard Weinstein, 25.00 17/32 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Irina Italy Sarasota FL Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Jill Levin, Bronx NY; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; JoAnna Stansby, Castro Valley CA

1. Nickell 172 32. Hans (33) 103 1. Nickell 16. Roman (49) * * Appeal pending at press time 17. Strul *

8. Lynch 141 25. Kasday 116 8. Lynch 9. Meltzer 111 24. Hollman 24. Hollman 156

13. Team Robison 143 20. Baze161 20. Baze 4. Weed – NPC 49 29. Team Orange (36) 29. Team Orange (36) 130

5. Schwartz 160 28. Johnson 120 5. Schwartz 12. Kamil 123 21. Chang (44) 21. Chang (44) 124

3. Welland 140 30. Schermer 116 3. Welland 14. Polowan 105 19. Marston (46) 19. Marston (46) 115

6. Robinson 200 27. Tucker 134 6. Robinson 11. Rubin 126 11. Rubin 27. Gordan 85

7. O’Rourke 148 26. Helman (39) 117 7. O’Rourke 10. Milner 107 23. Moss 23. Moss 156

15. Narasimhan (50) 141 18. Shugart 169 18. Shugart 2. Jacobs 102 31. Jacob (34) 31. Jacob (34) 114 Page 8 Daily Bulletin

Clubbed in the auction LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS (CORRECTED) By Barry Rigal (There were some late scoring changes. Here are the corrected final standings.) One of the most unlikely results you will ever 65.0 Tables see came up in the Round of 32 Vanderbilt 100.00 1 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 2277.95 Knockout match between the Meltzer and 75.00 2 William Esberg, Long Branch NJ; Marla Chaikin, Monmouth Beach NJ 2144.82 56.25 3 Joe Quinn, Richmond TX; Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA 2088.06 Hollman teams. 44.44 4 Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV; Simon Kantor, Agawam MA 2085.19 With both vulnerable, you hold the East cards: 40.00 5 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 2080.32 ♠ ♦ ♦ ♣ Q J 4 J 10 8 3 A K Q J 7 2 —- 36.36 6 Tom Kniest, University City MO; James Murphy, Chesapeake VA 2073.00 Here’s the auction: 33.33 7 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Robert Schwartz, San Pedro CA 2065.28 West North East South 30.77 8 Jim Kirkham - Corinne Kirkham, San Bernardino CA 2036.07 1♠ 1NT Dbl 2NT 28.57 9 Herbert Wilton, Fredericksburg TX; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 2026.69 Pass 3♣ 4♣ Pass 26.67 10 Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD; Linda Maloney, Rockville MD 2006.33 4♥ Pass 4♠ Pass 25.00 11 John Fisher - Tarek Radjef, Dallas TX 1979.98 Pass 5♣ 5♦ Pass 23.53 12 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA 1979.13 6♦ 6NT Dbl Pass 22.22 13 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Fred Paul, Cliffside Pk NJ 1978.48 21.05 14 Jim Barrow, Lake Charles LA; Don Caton, Pensacola FL 1975.04 Pass 7♣ Dbl All Pass 20.00 15 Carlos Munoz - Warren Rosner, White Plains NY 1972.45 2NT is a run-out showing a weak hand with 19.05 16 Linda Spangler, Duncanville TX; Charles Price, Sherman TX 1961.10 clubs. 18.18 17 Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; James Deegan, Richardson TX 1955.31 You elect to double 1NT then drive toward 17.39 18 Franklin Kasle, Flint MI; Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI 1945.02 slam. You are happy to get cooperation from 16.67 19 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 1944.42 partner, but rightly decide not to try for the grand 16.00 20 Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY 1938.54 slam. 15.38 21 Shirley Presberg - Sharon Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 1909.30 North, however, has his own ideas and bids 14.81 22 Karen Lee Barrett, Vancouver WA; Ethel Birnbach, Portland OR 1906.00 7♣. What do you lead? 14.29 23 Robert Klein, Rohnert Park CA; David Neuman, San Francisco CA 1898.37 ♠ A 13.79 24 Richard Ekstrum, Crystal MN; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL 1890.38 13.33 25 Jane Segal, Villanova PA; Judy Kay-Wolff, Las Vegas NV 1884.78 ♥ 9 7 6 5 4 2 ♦ 12.90 26 Mark Shaw, Laurel MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 1878.71 — 12.50 27 Tom Clarke, Lake Charles LA; Alan Le Bendig, Los Angeles CA 1873.46 ♣ A K Q J 9 6 12.12 28 Nunzio Martorina, Chino CA; Berneice Anglea, Pasadena CA 1869.71 ♠ K 10 8 7 6 2 ♠ Q J 4 11.76 29 Steve Bruno - Darrell Keel, Peoria AZ 1864.23 ♥ AK Q ♥ J 10 8 3 11.43 30 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Sharon Colson, Kirkland WA 1861.42 ♦ 10 8 4 3 ♦ A K Q J 7 2 11.11 31 Kathy Baum, Germantown TN; Jim Reiman, Mansfield OH 1858.34 ♣ — ♣ — 10.81 32 Doug Hansford - Donald Sache, Delta BC 1845.41 ♠ 9 5 3 10.53 33 Mary Ruth Blustein - Maurice Blustein, Bellevue WA 1844.34 ♥ — 10.26 34 Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; John Potter, Panama City FL 1841.70 ♦ 9 6 5 10.00 35 Cal Newlin Jr - Flo Newlin, Aurora CO 1841.41 9.76 36 Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 1839.50 ♣ 10 8 7 5 4 3 2 ♣ 9.52 37 Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA; Carolyn Sessler, Boca Raton FL 1838.61 It doesn’t matter what you lead! 7 is cold! 9.30 38 Judy Schwarz - Phil Schwarz, Lakeville MN 1836.04 Yes, the 1NT bid may be a little off center, but 9.09 39 Larry Griffey, Daytona Beach FL; Henry Meyer, Indn Riv Shrs FL 1834.63 we’ve come to expect that sort of thing from 8.89 40 Fred King, Falls Church VA; Walter Schenker, Pine Brook NJ 1825.22 Bruce Ferguson, the North player in this case, who 8.70 41 Charles Gray, Philadelphia PA; Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA 1824.65 was playing with Bob Hollman. 8.51 42 Scott Levine - R Jay Becker, New York NY 1817.83 Not to worry —- in the other room, Larsen- 8.33 43 Bryan Storey, Plano TX; Tom Edwards, Grand Prairie TX 1817.50 Meltzer also reached 7♣ doubled by a more 8.16 44 Judi Radin - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 1816.95 traditional route. No swing! 8.00 45 Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA; Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA 1813.96 7.84 46 Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ; Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ 1810.88 MIDNIGHT COMPACT KNOCKOUT 10.97 47 Marvin Schenk - Kathy Schenk, Phoenix AZ 1809.31 11 Tables 7.55 48 James Priebe - Joan Priebe, Mississauga ON 1808.61 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center 7.41 49 Pat Cassidy, Arlington TX; Billy Leeper, Fort Worth TX 1806.14 MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Denis Murphy, Belleville ON TUESDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS vs Diana Marquardt, Del Mar CA; Shawn Abernethy, Seattle WA; 27.0 Tables McKenzie Myers, Portland OR; G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA ABC 5.61 1 1 1 James Andre - Lily Andre, Rockville MD 67.70% Karen Tabak, Sugarland TX; Phyllis Crandall - Marsha Sachs, 4.21 2 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA 63.99% Sugar Land TX; Daksha Adhia, Missouri City TX 3.16 3 Martin Moltz, Chicago IL; M Miller, Skokie IL 62.20% vs 2.37 4 Arthur Ash, Bronxville NY; Stephen Czecha, Potomac MD 60.89% Joyce Neville, White Marsh VA; Tracy Brines, Suffolk VA; Brian Duran, Somerville MA; Lorraine Cable, Dorchester MA 3.30 5 2 2 Edward Weisberger, Wayland MA; Steven Ansell, Hopkinton MA 60.84% 2.48 6 3 3 Wendel Archer - Brian Archer, Hattiesburg MS 60.42% MONDAY-THURSDAY MORNING KO # 1 1.86 4 R Liguori - Jack Jordan, El Paso TX 58.63% 12 Tables 1.39 5 Dolat Bhakta, Oklahoma City OK; Marjorie Jann, Clark NJ 57.27% G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA; Diana Marquardt, Del Mar CA; 1.49 6 Rose Calvin - Shih-Liang Hsu, Houston TX 56.25% Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Miguel Reygadas, Polanco Mexico; Michael Katz, San Ramon CA 1.35 4 Carl Brame, Tacoma WA; Molly Cusano, Hobe Sound FL 55.65% vs 1.01 5 Adam Kaplan - Todd Kaplan, New Port Richey FL 55.36% Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach 0.89 6 Susan Johnson, Newport Beach CA; Naomi Orsay, Brentwood MO 55.27% CA; Peter Petruzzellis - John Collins, Toronto ON; Martin Morris, Wheeling IL TUESDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 14.0 Tables Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Sheldon Margulis, Saint Louis MO; Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI; Michael D Alioto, ABC Birmingham MI; William Hunter, Reading MA; Shome 3.39 1 1 1 Cathy Struck - Raymond Struck, Hattiesburg MS 67.23% Mukherjee, Randolph MA 2.54 2 Rhonda Huser - Phyllis Savell, Dallas TX 65.34% vs 2.10 3 2 2 Nancy Dean - Marilyn Sharratt, Austin TX 59.66% Susan Rechter - En Xie, Saint Louis MO; Linda Hughes, 1.43 4 Beverly Geurin, Albuquerque NM; Dianne Decker, Austin TX 59.09% Edmond OK; Spencer Stanley Sr, Lawton OK 1.58 5 3 Grant Sutton, Lawrence KS; Carol Hall, Horseshoe Bay TX 57.01% MONDAY-THURSDAY MORNING KO #2 1.18 6 4 Ray Ramer - Maribeth Ramer, Spring TX 54.55% 12 Tables 0.93 5 Mary Calise, Cordillera CO; Diane Newsom, Avon CO 53.98% Mike Compton - Jane Dickey, Little Rock AR; Ronnie Burns - 0.66 6 Pamela Elsner, Avon CO; Rick Lepscier, Tinley Park IL 53.22% Darlene Ray, Fort Smith AR 1.01 3 V’Anne Desch, Topeka KS; Marilee Leming, Overland Park KS 48.67% vs 0.89 4/5 James Hayhoe, Las Cruces NM; Donna Butcher, Winnipeg MB 47.54% Jim Dick - Linda Dick, Woodbridge VA; Judith Inker, Wellesley Hills MA; Ronnie Frank, Saint Louis MO 0.67 4/5 Diane Beardsley, The Woodlands TX; Nancy Carlin, Spring TX 47.54%

Lynn Brown, Palm Coast FL; Kathy Stanford, Leesburg FL; , Destin FL; Ellen Miller, Highland Park IL vs Betty Capodice - Gail Moon, Bloomington IL; Eric Gettleman, Normal IL; Paul Holmes, Champaign IL Daily Bulletin Page 9

TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES 23.0 Tables Overcoming bad breaks ABC By Barry Rigal 5.01 1 1 1 Carl Merlin - Bernie Weiss, New Orleans LA 69.68% The father-son pair of Hemant and Justin Lall 3.76 2 Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara McLendon, New York NY 62.50% was in action on this deal from the Vanderbilt 2.82 3 Robert Klein, Rohnert Park CA; David Neuman, San Francisco CA 61.11% Knockouts, Round 2: 2.11 4 Mary Terell - Peggy Bailey, Banning CA 58.80% ♠ J 7 6 4 1.59 5 John Schwartz, Plano TX; Barry Turner, Richardson TX 58.33% ♥ 8 7 4 3.19 6 2 2 Brian Archer - Wendel Archer, Hattiesburg MS 57.87% ♦ Q 7 6 2 2.39 3 3 Bernard Gordon - Frances Gordon, Green Valley AZ 56.71% ♣ 1.79 4 4 Helen Gregg - Gloria Stroud, Dallas TX 55.79% A4 ♠ ♠ 1.18 5/6 Chris Potter - Julian Wernick, Birmingham England 55.32% 8 K 10 3 1.18 5/6 5 Meg Andrews, San Francisco CA; Ian Kidger, Port of Spain ♥ K Q J 10 9 3 2 ♥ 5 Trinidad & Tobago 55.32% ♦ 10 ♦ AJ 4 0.92 6 Houston Holmes Jr - Fonse Ragland, Dallas TX 50.46% ♣ J 9 8 5 ♣ K Q 10 6 3 2 ♠ A Q 9 5 2 TUESDAY AFTERNOON 5/20/50 PAIRS ♥ A6 9.0 Tables ♦ K 9 8 5 3 ABC ♣ 7 2.00 1 1 1 Phyllis Kuchta, Pearland TX; Jenny Cannon, Atlanta GA 67.86% West North East South 1.32 2/3 2/3 Bill Estes - Lila Estes, Mesquite TX 58.33% 1.32 2/3 2/3 Robert Johnstone - Kay Johnstone, Sherman TX 58.33% Justin Hemant ♣ ♠ 0.84 4 4 2 Eloise Meachum - Susan Copeland, Dallas TX 56.75% 1 1 0.63 5 5 Nancy Estes, Denton TX; Jerry Hastings, Claremore OK 54.76% 4♥ 4♠ Dbl All Pass 0.50 3 Jo England - Joan Daniel, Dallas TX 54.37% 4♠ doubled is a pretty fair spot, but with 0.50 4 Wendy Spiziri - Leslie Conant, Dallas TX 50.40% diamonds and spades not breaking, bringing home 10 tricks looks tough. TUESDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS Hemant found the right route on the ♥K lead. 23.0 Tables He won the ♥A, crossed to the ♣A and finessed in ABC spades. Then he played the ♦K from his hand, 4.66 1 1 Ray Ramer - Maribeth Ramer, Spring TX 65.48% ducked, and led another diamond. East cashed his 3.06 2/3 2/3 1/2 Max Frey, Dallas TX; Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX 61.90% 3.06 2/3 2/3 1/2 Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX 61.90% two diamonds and exited with a club, but after 1.97 4 Marnell McCarthy, W Reading PA; Robert Edwards, Glen Burnie MD 58.63% declarer ruffed, East was then thrown in with his 1.47 5/6 4/5 3/4 Margaret King, Dallas TX; Martha Gehrig, Richardson TX 58.33% trump to give declarer a ruff and discard, so the 1.47 5/6 4/5 3/4 Pamela Elsner, Avon CO; Clairlee Hirsch, The Woodlands TX 58.33% heart loser went away. 1.55 6 Madelaine Kleinman - Robert Kleinman, Vail CO 56.85% On a diamond lead, the play looks rather harder. 0.83 5 Marie Collins, Medford MA; John Larking, Dallas TX 56.55% But say declarer ducks the first trick in dummy and 0.79 6 Susan Flick - Carla Guthrie, Mc Kinney TX 55.36% wins the ♦K. He can cross to the ♣A and finesse in spades, TUESDAY FAST PAIRS then cash the ♥A and the play transposes. Even if 15.0 Tables East wins the ♦A and returns a diamond for the ruff, ABC 14.70 1 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 62.78% the best West can do is exit with a club. Declarer ♣ 9.65 2/3 Howard Siegel, Chestnut Hill MA; Howard Piltch, Andover MA 57.67% wins the A, in spades to find the bad 9.65 2/3 S Moore, Roanoke VA; David Walker, Salem VA 57.67% news, then goes to the ♦Q to eliminate clubs. 6.20 4 Peter Filandro - Marie Filandro, Wilmington DE 57.01% Now he cashes the ♠A, the ♥A and runs 4.65 5 Lynne Tarnopol - John Hurd, New York NY 56.53% diamonds. Even if East refuses to ruff, he gets 3.49 6 Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA; Richard Anderson, Regina SK 56.06% thrown in with the ♠K for the ruff-sluff. 5.31 1 1 Janice Diamond, Palm Beach FL; H Bossman, Brookline MA 51.80% 3.98 2 Judith Ortiz, San Antonio TX; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 50.76% MONDAY-THURSDAY MORNING KO #3 2.99 3 2 Denny Penticoff, Mountain Home AR; Vi Ganeles, Dallas TX 50.57% 12 Tables 2.24 4 Judy Worden - Linda McRay, Fort Smith AR 49.81% Maurice Cahm, Surrey England; James Bochsler, Davenport FL; 1.68 5 Brian Duran, Somerville MA; Denis Murphy, Belleville ON 48.20% Mimi Zavitkovsky, Dallas TX; Elaine Wood, Southlake TX 1.95 3 Judy Carter-Johnson, Seal Beach CA; Annamarie Tippins, Hermosa vs Beach CA 46.31% Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Ivan Uys - Milton Birmingham, Fort Worth TX; Donald Pigg, Burleson TX

TUESDAY SENIOR OPEN STRATIFIED PAIRS Kirk Elyakin - Marilyn Elyakin, East Windsor NJ; Melissa Baker - 36.0 Tables Robert Baker, West Harrison NY ABC vs 12.04 1 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Richard Budd, Portland ME 60.10% Jeff Dater - Kevin Pheiffer, Dallas TX; Lorraine Little - Shirley 9.03 2 1 Jeannette Austin, Atlanta GA; Stephen Becker, Hatfield PA 58.41% Prewitt, Fort Worth TX 6.77 3 Seymour Reich - August Boehm, New York NY 58.33% MONDAY-THURSDAY MORNING KO # 4 5.08 4 W Lease, Houston TX; L Laird, Sugar Land TX 57.85% 12 Tables 6.20 5 2 Natalie Rollier, Allen TX; Johanna Pietsch, Dallas TX 57.61% Marlow Muldoon - Joyce Muldoon, Irving TX; Walter Carlson - 4.65 6 3 1 John Osterberg - Donna Osterberg, Surprise AZ 56.89% Charlene Carlson, Sarasota FL 3.59 4 2 Frances Simmons - James Simmons, Kingwood TX 56.65% vs John Lawler - Gloria Bridges - Barbara Ahlers, Evansville IN; 3.54 5 David Reiter, Hollywood FL; Jay Wasserman, Boca Raton FL 55.93% Israel Bar-Nir, Highland Vill TX 2.45 6 3 Joan Delisle, Plano TX; Diane Klein, Dallas TX 55.61% 2.00 4 Dale Hankins - Susan Hankins, Bakersfield CA 55.53% Laura Nash, Stephenville TX; Ken Quinton - Jeri Quinton, Ft Worth 2.33 5 William Schulthess, St Augustine FL; Dixie Adair, Rose Hill KS 54.41% TX; Stewart De Journett, N Richland Hls TX 1.11 6 Marre Greenhut - Sue Vaughan, Rockwall TX 53.21% vs Gene Summ, San Diego CA; Felicia Linder, Montecito CA; Ronald Mankoff - Alan Kahn, Dallas TX TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES 28.0 Tables SENIOR BRACKETED KO BRACKET 1 ABC 8 Tables / Based on 13 Tables 5.76 1 Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Ken Gee, Regina SK 69.71% 14.11 1 Joyce Hampton, Blythewood SC; Happoldt 4.55 2 1 Karen Coe - John Coe, Ewing IL 60.42% Neuffer - Lucas Lebioda, Columbia SC; Andrzej Wilkosz - 3.41 3 2 Jules Schoenberg - Hazel Schoenberg, Plano TX 59.78% Wlodzimierz Wala, Krakow Poland 10.58 2 Charles Galloway, Caledon ON; William 2.56 4 3 Keith Smith, Lees Summit MO; Allen Rew, Independence MO 59.62% Allison, Decatur GA; Judie Belyea - Lachman Advani, Ottawa ON 2.24 5 Kris Alladi, Phoenixville PA; Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 58.33% 1.57 6 William Cook, Amarillo TX; Elizabeth McPherson, Arlington TX 57.21% SENIOR BRACKETED KO BRACKET 2 3.19 4 1 Steven O’Brien, Camillus NY; Bing Wines, Oklahoma City OK 56.89% 9 Tables 2.39 5 2 Marianne Van Gelder, Monterey CA; Denise Cobb, Surrey BC 55.13% 8.13 1 Rita Callahan, Bristol RI; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Donna Mulkey - Judy Phillips, Fort Worth TX 1.79 6 3 John Caban, Ind Hbr Bch FL; Peter Sheiman, West Melbourne FL 54.33% 6.10 2 Bill Carson - Katherine Trubey, Ltl Switzrlnd 1.87 4 John Stonebroker, Indiana PA; Brian Linderman, Duncansville PA 54.01% NC; B Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC; Guy Ross, Lte 1.31 5 Judy Corey Edmiston - George Roach, Dallas TX 53.21% Switzerland NC 1.24 6 Jane Smith, Flatts Bermuda; Gertrude Barker, Warwick Bermuda 51.60% 4.07 3/4 Gloria Rowland - Billie Lewis - Bonnie Magee, Mabank TX; Sandy Molander, Malakoff TX 4.07 3/4 Charles Grimes, Midland TX; Irene Oppenheim, Cherry Hill NJ; Sherrill Crawford, Trenton ON; Loretta Green, Dodd City TX Page 10 Daily Bulletin

TUESDAY OPEN PAIRS Handling it just right 42.0 Tables Diana Schuld, playing with Ruth Stober, ABC found herself in a ticklish slam Monday evening 24.15 1 1 Joe Freeman, Flower Mound TX; Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC 60.43% in the Compact KO Teams. She found the line of 18.11 2 Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS; Paul Theroff, Kansas City KS 59.31% play to bring home her contract on this deal 13.58 3 Jan Galey, Baton Rouge LA; Marcia Hutchison, Dallas TX 58.73% (rotated). 10.19 4 Ralph Buchalter, South Orange NJ; , New York NY 58.38% Dlr: South ♠ Q 9 6 7.64 5 2 Grady Gravel, Pineville LA; Bob Friz, Leonard TX 57.67% Vul: N-S ♥ 4 3 5.73 6 3 Doris Rich - Johnie Imes, Lake Ozark MO 57.26% 4.30 7 John Collins - Peter Petruzzellis, Toronto ON 57.11% ♦ J 9 6 ♣ 3.22 8 Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 57.06% A J 10 7 5 5.44 4 1 Kenneth Dye, Morrisville NC; Christopher Galbraith, Antioch CA 55.34% ♠ ♠ - K J 7 5 4.08 5 2 William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 55.04% ♥ K 8 7 ♥ Q J 9 6 5 2.80 6 Christoph Eick, Houston TX; Jerome Tilles, San Antonio TX 54.93% ♦ A K Q 10 8 7 5 3 2 ♦ 4 3.06 3 Ray Lytle, New Orleans LA; Carl Spencer, Farmington NM 53.47% ♣ 6 ♣ 9 4 3 2.58 4 Pam Lashelle, Round Rock TX; James Flint, Zillah WA 51.97% ♠ A 10 8 4 3 2 2.58 5 James Hawkins Jr, Odessa TX; Jimmy Cox, Midland TX 51.37% ♥ A 10 2 2.04 6 Jerry Scoville - Patricia Scoville, Santa Rosa CA 50.38% ♦ - ♣ K Q 8 2 TUESDAY EVENING SWISS TEAMS 75 Tables West North East South ABC Stober Schuld 11.58 1 Gene Keidan - Bruce Keidan, Pittsburgh PA; Janet Robertson, ♠ 1 Timonium MD; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 114.00 5♦ Dbl Pass 6♣ 8.69 2 Jessie Sanford, Falmouth NS; Hugh Shankel, Windsor NS; Raymond All Pass Depew - Norman Dressler, Kingston PA 109.00 At the other table Schuld’s teammates, Buddy 6.51 3 Bob Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Barry Harper, Regina SK; Gerry Marsh and Marianne Spannier, were allowed to Marshall, Calgary AB; Edward Zaluski, Ottawa ON 102.00 play 5♦ doubled, making for a score of plus 550. 4.89 4 Linda Green - Martin Hester - Chris McNaughton, Scottsdale AZ; Players sometimes complain about computer-dealt Larry Delfs, Donna TX 95.00 hands, but this one was hand dealt. 3.66 5 Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA; Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Daniel Denison - Mary Lou Denison, Solana Beach CA 93.00 Schuld ruffed the ♦A opening lead and played ♣ 2.75 6 Raymond Yuenger, Campbell CA; Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA; the K and a low club to the 10. When West Manuel Nowick, Shawnee Mission KS; Rosemary Searcy, Lees Summit MO 91.00 showed out, Schuld switched gears and led the 8.65 7 1 J C Meyers - Greg Reich, New York NY; Janice Diamond, Palm ♠Q covered and won by the ace. Declarerer led Beach FL; H Bossman, Brookline MA 86.00 another spade to the 9 in dummy, ducked by East. 1.55 8 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; James Greer, New Canaan CT; Kelley Schuld led yet another spade, won by East. Hwang, New York NY; Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 85.00 East now switched to a heart, but Schuld was 6.49 2 Joyce Ryan - Stephen Reichek - Robin Ladin, Houston TX; Marcia in control. She won the ace, drew the last trump Bryant, Southern Pines NC 84.00 and claimed. Making six was an 18-IMP pickup. 5.16 3 1 Carol Holcomb - Sherry Wortsmith - Diane Lord, Little Rock AR; Margaret Mathews, Maumelle AR 81.00 APRIL SHOWERS KO 1 3.20 4/5 Inger Lise Blount, Horseshoe Bay TX; Jeanette Hughes - Shirley 16 Tables Naumann, Marble Falls TX; Virginia Ray, Meadowlakes TX 80.00 Larry Kolker, Saint Louis MO; Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; Rod Beery, Lincoln NE; James Murphy, Chesapeake VA 3.87 4/5 2 Robert Reiley - Susan Reiley, Great Falls MT; Latricia vs McConnell, San Diego CA; Molly Cusano, Hobe Sound FL 80.00 Gene Freed - William Wickham, Los Angeles CA; Bryan Storey, 2.90 6 3 Carol Poritz - Ted Poritz, W Palm Beach FL; Brion Keller - Plano TX; Tom Edwards, Grand Prairie TX Ellen Keller, Binghamton NY 77.00 2.18 4 Jeff Dater - Kevin Pheiffer, Dallas TX; Lorraine Little - Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Shirley Prewitt, Fort Worth TX 66.00 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; , Thornhill ON; Vincent Demuy, Montreal-Nord QC 1.43 5/6 Paula Warren - Mary Rita de Hoyos, New Braunfels TX; Virginia vs Wynne, Nixon TX; Beula Mae Pearce, Karnes City TX 58.00 Bartosz Chmurski, Warsaw Poland; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; 1.43 5/6 Marcy Cochran, Georgetown TX; Anne McKamy, Belton TX; Loretta - Krzysztof Martens, Poland Green, Dodd City TX; Sherrill Crawford, Trenton ON 58.00 APRIL SHOWERS KO 2 16 Tables TUESDAY EVENING 5/20/50 PAIRS Keith Garber, Las Vegas NV; Walter Fontaine, North Providenc RI; 3.0 Tables Ron Haack, New York NY; Ruth Stober, Great Neck NY; James ABC Gordon, S Burlington VT 1.37 1 1 Lila Estes - Bill Estes, Mesquite TX 58.75% vs Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; David Butler, Keswick VA; Frederick 1.03 2 Joe Jewell - Gaylene Jewell, Houston TX 57.50% Allenspach, Potomac MD; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 0.84 2 Judy Yonack - Beverlly Friedman, Dallas TX 53.75%

Mark Bumgardner, Carrollton TX; Bill Staats, Southlake TX; Colby TUESDAY EVENING 100/200/300 PAIRS Vernay, Lacon IL; Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Kimmel Jones, Euless 13.0 Tables TX; Hugh Hillaker, Grand Prairie TX vs ABC Victor Markowicz, Boca Raton FL; Julian Klukowski, Warsaw 2.85 1/2 1 1 Susan Flick - Carla Guthrie, Mc Kinney TX 59.66% 0 Poland; Aleksander Jezioro, Krakow Poland; Shalom Zeligman, 2.85 1/2 Christopher Hayes - Yvonne Hayes, Allen TX 59.66% Bat-Yam 59 Israel; Jerzy Zaremba, Pittsboro NC; Victor Melman, 2.10 3 2 2 James Thompson, Oklahoma City OK; Eric Sieg, Norman OK 59.09% Scarsdale NY 1.58 4 3 Donna McKay, Dallas TX; Barbara O’Dell, Richardson TX 58.90% APRIL SHOWERS KO 3 1.20 5 4 3 Linda Hartt, Westmount QC; Bruce Eisen, Newton MA 58.71% 16 Tables 0.89 6 5 Julia Lunn, Hamilton Bermuda; Betty Outerbridge, Smith’s Bermuda 58.14% Donald Sache - Doug Hansford, Delta BC; Bradley Bart, Burnaby 0.90 6 4 Beverly Laster, Plano TX; Anne Schmieder, Dallas TX 57.01% BC; Dennis Groden, West Vancouver BC 0.82 5 Sheila Cook - Catherine Patchett, Dallas TX 55.49% vs Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX; Diane Schaffer, Frisco TX; Tomi Fitzgerald, Plano TX TUESDAY EVENING 299ER SWISS TEAMS 12 Tables Leo Cardillo, Fairfax VA; Jerry Jackson, Wood Dale IL; Jerry ABC Poliquin, Gurnee IL; J Louis Hortobagyi, Clearwater FL 3.11 1 1 1 Cathy Struck - Raymond Struck, Hattiesburg MS; Kathleen McCool - vs Jane Hendrix, Breckenridge CO 99.00 Jack Borenstein - Murray Berger - Kevin Podsiadlik, Dallas TX; Jim Clark, Double Oak TX; Ned Nolte, Fort Worth TX 2.33 2 John Daniels, Dallas TX; Phil Merkel, Plano TX; Randy Field, Overland Park KS; Bret Carrender, Blue Springs MO 89.00 APRIL SHOWERS KO 4 1.75 3 Merlene Gager, Conroe TX; Susan Stone - RaeDonna Jones, Kingwood 16 Tables TX; Paul Cuneo, Spring TX 82.00 Brady Allen - Mark Lombard - Shaun Chooi, Dallas TX; Ian 1.90 4 2 2 Karen Franklin - William Franklin, Rowlett TX; Carol Rieger - Friedland, Alameda CA vs Pat Lewis, Rockwall TX 71.00 Fred Chasalow, Millbrae CA; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; 1.42 3 Mary Calise, Cordillera CO; Diane Newsom - Barbara Miller, Avon Paul Soper - George Willis, Sierra Vista AZ CO; Jo Dee Bowen, Avon/Beaver Crk CO 59.00 1.07 4 Steven Conover, McKinney TX; Burt Echtenkamp - Linda Echtenkamp, Sandra Marlin - Mike Marlin, Versailles KY; Kurt Brescoll - Janet Richardson TX; Rick Carter, Dallas TX 57.00 Brescoll, Mansfield TX vs David Schultz, Washington DC; Martha Lackey, Mc Lean VA; La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Alexandria VA Daily Bulletin Page 11

APRIL SHOWERS KO 5 LEADING QUALIFIERS IN ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS 16 Tables Below are the top 78 qualifiers in the Rockwell Mixed Pairs out of 156 total qualifiers. Contestants should check Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Thomas Cheng, Halifax NS; John recap sheets for qualification status. Bronson, Lopez Island WA; Jay Armstrong, Albuquerque NM vs Carryover Cathy Fritsch - Terry Visentin - Jim Ball - Wendy Richardson, 1 Jackie Jarigese - Ross Rainwater, Vancouver WA 233.44 Winnipeg MB 2 Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL 229.87 3 Joan Jackson - Norman Beck, Dallas TX 227.70 Joyce Zachry - Henrietta Morris, Arlington TX; Walter Tauber, Longmeadow MA; Marvin Ellis, Tyler TX 4 Jim Hall, Minneapolis MN; Melody Bi, Woodbury MN 218.27 vs 5 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, Spring TX 205.94 Bill Perry, Tupelo MS; Carol Fielder, Jackson MS; Paul Wright Jr, 6 Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY 200.64 Mt Pleasant SC; Linda Luther, N Charleston SC 7 Polly Dunn - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 190.28 Pam Phillips - Kathy McCabe, Austin TX; Bram Bevis Dresden - 8 Carolyne Fox - Edward Groner, Houston TX 182.89 Beverly Tait Dresden, Greenbrae CA 9 Helen Abbott, Mercer Island WA; Dan Romm, Seattle WA 178.68 vs 10/11 Mike Aliotta, Edmond OK; Carol Pielsticker, Tulsa OK 177.41 Larry Davis - Robert Donathan, Austin TX; Shirley Ashby - Tom Pearce, Dallas TX 10/11 Georgiana Gates - August Plate, Houston TX 177.41 12 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Sharon Colson, Kirkland WA 175.89 APRIL SHOWERS KO 6 13 Geoffrey Mallette, Port Richey FL; Carole Grob, Alexandria VA 167.44 16 Tables 14 Terry Riely - Carolyn Riely, San Antonio TX 166.05 John Dimmer - Kathleen Dimmer, Cordova TN; Cecile Skaggs - Marvin Skaggs, Memphis TN 15 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL 165.29 vs 16 Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA; Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA 159.99 Cleopatra Guastella, Red Bank NJ; Richard Dixon, Frontenac KS; 17 Donna Compton - Chris Compton, Dallas TX 158.47 Sylvia Gindi, Oakhurst NJ; Sydelle Shamah, Deal NJ 18 David Stevenson, Wirral England; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 154.93 Kirk Elyakin - Marilyn Elyakin, East Windsor NJ; Melissa Baker - 19 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ 153.93 Robert Baker, West Harrison NY 20 Judy Schwarz - Phil Schwarz, Lakeville MN 153.17 vs 21 Betty Scull - Martin De Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ 150.21 A Probst - Helen Probst - Stefan Davis - Ronni Davis, Wichita Falls TX 22 Janet Daling, Peoria AZ; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 144.84 23 Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 143.33 Linda Lee, Destin FL; Lawton Hutchison - Dean Truair, Austin TX; 24/25 Jennifer Williams, Wilton CT; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 141.82 Lynn Brown, Palm Coast FL; Kathy Stanford, Leesburg FL 24/25 Ljudmila Kamenova, Cambridge MA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 141.82 vs Maurice Cahm, Surrey England; Mimi Zavitkovsky, Dallas TX; 26 Kathy Newman - Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 141.06 Ralph Meyer, Ridgewood NJ; James Bochsler, Davenport FL 27 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 136.51 28 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Judy Fisher, Monte Sereno CA 134.46 APRIL SHOWERS KO 7 16 Tables 29 Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 134.24 Steven Bronstein - Donald Kurson - Paul Fireman - Phyllis 30 Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 129.70 Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 31 Kitty Cooper - Steven Cooper, Albuquerque NM 126.91 vs 32 Mary Orock - Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 126.79 Barbara Fine, Setauket NY; Lindsay Pearlman, New York NY; Mike Develin, Berkeley CA; John Barth, Santa Cruz CA 33 Fredi Consolo, Aventura FL; Allan Cokin, Wellington FL 125.16 34 Sanda Enciu, Givataim 53106 Israel; Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL 122.31 Brian Baresch, Ft Worth TX; Bill Schutzel, Kansas City MO; 35 Jane Segal, Villanova PA; Stephen Shane, White Plains NY 115.62 Thomas Little - Doris Little, Pharr TX 36 Marianne Spanier - Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ 115.31 vs Anita Cokins - George Richards - Ellen Meyer, Austin TX; Wiley 37 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Shirley Blum, Fresno CA 114.55 McMinn III, Cedar Park TX 38 Teri Casen, Las Vegas NV; Robert Morris, Houston TX 113.80 39 Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ; Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ 111.01 John Taylor, Lago Vista TX; Sue Gerard - Janite Borovoy, Mexico Mexico; Hilda Kreimerman, Huixquilucan Mexico 40 Nadine Wood - William Cole, Silver Spring MD 110.37 vs 41 Shawn Quinn, Richmond TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 110.01 James McKay - Ann Prehn, Thousand Oaks CA; Hans Verveer, 42 Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; John Grantham, Amarillo TX 109.25 Utrecht 35 Netherlands; Hetty Kallman, Agoura CA 43 Jenni Hartsman, Kennesaw GA; William Ehlers, West Orange NJ 107.35 APRIL SHOWERS KO 8 44 Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 107.10 16 Tables 45 Carolyn Pinto - Billy Leeper, Fort Worth TX 106.98 Ronald Neben - Ann Couch, Fort Worth TX; Virginia Reinier, 46/47 Annette Lee McHann, Brandon MS; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 106.23 Joshua TX; Barbara Jones, Cleburne TX 46/47 Aidan Ballantyne - Katrin Litwin, Burnaby BC 106.23 vs Margaret Jones, Breckenridge CO; Joyce Cooper, Austin TX; 48 Jess Stuart - Lois Stuart, West Chester PA 105.47 Jerrold Harrington, Garden Ridge TX; Milton Birmingham, Fort 49 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN 104.98 Worth TX 50 Elaine Landow - Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 104.71 Michele Brown - Patricia Barham - Ann Williams, Monroe LA; 51 Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 104.17 Patricia Howard, West Monroe LA 52 Tom Kniest, University City MO; Karen Walker, Champaign IL 103.20 vs 53 Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI 101.80 Donna Gerber - Beverly Greer - Jo McDaniel, Georgetown TX; 54 Mildred Breed, Austin TX; , Cambridge MA 101.11 Helen Simonette, Salado TX 55 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; John Russell, North Barringto IL 100.92 APRIL SHOWERS KO 9 56 Donald Rothschild, Sunnyvale CA; Vivian Kilstrup, Denver CO 100.17 13 Tables 57 Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD; Michael White, Atlanta GA 98.65 Stephen Hibbard - Penny Mixon, Arlington TX; David Pearlman, 58 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 97.90 Trophy Club TX; Joseph Gill, Richardson TX; Stewart De Journett, N Richland Hls TX 59 Maeve Mahon, New Canaan CT; Brett Adler, Westport CT 97.14 vs 60 Candace Griffey, Daytona Beach FL; Henry Meyer, Indn Riv Shrs FL 96.81 Jerry McCarter - Rebecca McCarter, Lake Kiowa TX; Barbara 61 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 96.50 Hadaway - George Davis, Gainesville TX 62 Eunice Portnoy, Boca Raton FL; Charles Gill, St Petersburg FL 96.38 Peter Galbraith, Bellingham WA; Phil Brown, San Antonio TX; 63 Panette Talia, Campbell CA; Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA 94.87 Don Morgan, Houston TX; Sarah Hardin, Montgomery TX 64 George Tornay Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Linda Epstein, Delray Beach FL 93.35 vs 65 Barbara Flanagan - Michael Flanagan, Scottsdale AZ 92.38 Roger Ellingson - Connie Ellingson, Little Rock AR; Carl Gray, Benton AR; Dick Heil, N Little Rock AR 66 Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO; Donald Stack, Overland Park KS 89.29 67/68 Robert Ciaffone, Saginaw MI; Ina Demme, Maple ON 88.81 APRIL SHOWERS KO 10 67/68 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Ruth Nakano, Kirkland WA 88.81 12 Tables 69/70 Barbara Nist, Kent WA; Stephen Hosch, Olympia WA 87.29 Becky Hamilton, Seminole TX; Mark Hatten, Carrollton TX; Robert Razon - Daniel Fife, Dallas TX 69/70 Richard Schmieder - Jyme Schmieder, Boerne TX 87.29 vs 71 Jack Rollier, Allen TX; Jeanne Kretz, Mc Kinney TX 86.54 Mark McDermott, Syracuse NY; Gary Philips, Liverpool NY; 72 Judy Kay-Wolff - Bobby Wolff, Las Vegas NV 86.11 Diane Dillman, Irving TX; Rebecca Deaux, Collierville TN 73 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Diane Travis, Cincinnati OH 85.93 Warren Wilson, Atlanta GA; Sheila Rohrer, Lenexa KS; Ed Harris, 74 Herbert Wilton, Fredericksburg TX; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 85.02 Forest City NC; Ruth Ruyle, Roseville CA 75 Jacqueline Sincoff - Roger Lord, Saint Louis MO 84.27 vs 76 Ralda St Pierre - John Erickson, Houston TX 83.51 Karen Tabak, Sugarland TX; Marsha Sachs - Phyllis Crandall, Sugar Land TX; Daksha Adhia, Missouri City TX 77/78 Barbara Doran, Silver Spring MD; Richard Ferrin, Washington DC 82.75 77/78 Ethan Stein, Irvington NY; Halina Jamner, Hawthorne NY 82.75 Page 12 Daily Bulletin Looking back: Dallas, 1997 Dallas last hosted the North American Bridge trumps at all. If you draw trumps by taking the problem with a 3–2 or a 4–1 break — the only Championships in the spring of 1997. Yesterday we trump finesse, the defense can exit with a third holding he had to worry about was a 5–0 split. began a review of what happened and some trump, leaving you with no chance. He already knew West started with five spades interesting deals. Here are some more. (from his bid) and four hearts (from the play). But Three toughies And finally, your defensive problem, which also East had opened the bidding and had showed up These next three hands posed a series of involves come good declarer play problems. with only 7 HCP so far. So the ♣9 had to be third problems — one in the bidding, one in declarer play Dlr: South ♠ 9 8 6 3 2 best from the king-queen. and one in defense. Vul: N–S ♥ 2 Cohen decided that West was likely 5–4–0–4, First a bidding problem. ♦ K Q 10 3 so he lead a diamond from dummy and put in the 9! ♠ 9 8 ♣ Q 3 2 That’s right – a first round finesse for the 10!!And ♥ AK 9 6 ♠ Q 7 5 ♠ K 10 4 he was right, so he wrapped up a top by making his ♦ K 5 3 2 ♥ K J 3 ♥ 9 8 7 5 4 doubled contract. ♣ K Q 10 ♦ J 9 7 4 ♦ 8 Vulnerable against not, you open a 15–17 point ♣ J 10 5 ♣ A8 7 4 Good card play wins events 1NT. You hear 3♣ on your left, double by partner ♠ AJ Eric Greco and Geoff Hampson won their first showing values. Passing would be an option at other ♥ A Q 10 6 (as partners) of many NABCs, capturing the Open vulnerabilities, but is it right here? And if not, what ♦ A6 5 2 Pairs I title. Greco was a senior at the University of should you do? ♣ K 9 6 Virginia at the time. This hand was from the final Dlr: South ♠ AJ 4 3 When South played in 3NT, he got the lead of session. Vul: N–S ♥ 10 8 4 2 the ♣J. Declarer makes his first good move when Dlr: North ♠ Q J 4 3 ♦ AJ 9 he runs this to his king and crosses to a top diamond Vul: None ♥ 3 ♣ 9 7 to play a spade to the jack. This play holds your ♦ AK 6 5 ♠ 9K 7 ♠ Q 10 6 5 2 spade losers to two tricks when East has the 10 ♣ K J 4 3 ♥ Q ♥ J 7 5 3 doubleton. South wins his ♠Q and plays the ♣10. ♠ K 9 8 7 ♠ A2 ♦ 10 7 6 ♦ Q 8 4 North wins, now what? ♥ 10 8 6 ♥ A K 7 5 4 2 ♣ A J 6 5 4 3 2 ♣ 8 Well, South’s play of the ♣10 denies the 9, so ♦ 4 3 2 ♦ 9 ♠ 9 8 playing a third club will set up a winner — but that ♣ 6 5 2 ♣ Q 10 8 7 ♥ AK 9 6 is not enough to beat the hand. Play the ♥9 and ♠ 10 6 5 ♦ K 5 3 2 declarer is caught on the horns of a dilemma. If he ♥ Q J 9 ♣ K Q 10 puts up the 10 or queen, South wins cheaply and ♦ Q J 10 8 7 The winning action at the table was to bid 3NT. reverts to clubs to establish the defense’s fifth trick. ♣ A9 If you bid 3♥, you get raised to 4♥ and will have to If declarer plays the ace of hearts and clears spades, West North East South guess well to succeed, but 3NT on a small club lead East wins the third round and plays a heart, enabling Hampson Greco was easy. You cash the ♥A and take a diamond South to cash two hearts for one down. 1♦ 1♥ 1NT finesse. The defense can’t prevent you from taking a Pass Pass 2♣ 2♦ second-round heart finesse and you come home How do you play this suit? Pass Pass 2♥ 2NT with 10 tricks for plus 630 for 10 matchpoints out You hold ♦A K 9 in your hand and ♦Q J 7 6 3 All Pass of 12. Plus 620 was worth only 5 matchpoints. in the dummy. How do you play this combination? West led the ♥6 to East’s ace and East returned No, it’s not a trick question, but a problem Larry the ♥2 as Greco won his queen and discarded a low On the next deal, you reach 4♥ on the lead of Cohen faced playing with Arleen Lehman. spade from dummy. the ♦6, the unbid suit. Plan the play. Dlr: West ♠ A Five rounds of diamonds followed. East Dlr: East ♠ AQ 4 2 Vul: None ♥ K 9 7 6 5 2 followed to one round and discarded the ♠2, ♣7 Vul: N–S ♥ K 8 7 ♦ Q J 7 6 3 and two hearts. ♦ A8 7 ♣ 4 Now Greco cashed the ♣A and exited with his ♣ 7 5 4 ♠ K 10 7 6 4 ♠ J 9 5 2 ♥J. East could cash two hearts and the ♠A but was ♠ J 9 7 5 ♠ K 10 8 6 3 ♥ A 10 4 3 ♥ — forced to lead into dummy’s ♣K J. Plus 150 was ♥ Q 4 2 ♥ 10 3 ♦ — ♦ 10 8 5 4 2 good for 62 of 77 matchpoints. ♦ 6 5 ♦ Q J 3 2 ♣ K Q 9 6 ♣ A 10 8 2 ♣ K 10 9 2 ♣ J 3 ♠ Q 8 3 The pair also earned top marks on defense. ♠ — ♥ Q J 8 Dlr: North ♠ J 9 3 ♥ A J 9 6 5 ♦ AK 9 Vul: E–W ♥ J ♦ K 10 9 4 ♣ J 7 5 3 ♦ K Q 9 6 2 ♣ AQ 8 6 West North East South ♣ 10 6 4 3 The best line is to take the ♦K and play two Lehman Cohen ♠ 10 4 ♠ 8 7 2 more rounds of diamonds at once. East wins and 1♠ 2♠ 4♠ 5♥ ♥ Q 10 6 5 ♥ 9 8 3 2 probably exits with a club. You put in the queen and Dbl All Pass ♦ J 10 8 4 3 ♦ A5 it loses to the king. Back comes a club to your ace. Cohen was put on the spot by that 4♠ bid. But ♣ AJ ♣ K 8 5 2 Now you lead the ♦10 and it is up to West to he had more than his share of high cards, his partner ♠ A K Q 6 5 defend well by nonchalantly ruffing with the ♥2, a was marked with spade shortness and he knew he’d ♥ AK 7 4 difficult play since it seems to be giving up a sure find at least five hearts opposite, so he bid 5♥ ♦ 7 trump trick. If West does this, you will have to which West promptly doubled. ♣ Q 9 7 guess the trump position to make your contract. The opening spade lead went to the ace and Against South’s 4♠ contract, Greco led the ♦J. But note that if West does not ruff, the Cohen led a heart to the queen and ace. West shot Hampson won his ace and shifted to the ♣2. consequences are catastrophic. Declarer can infer back the ♣9 to East’s ace. At this point, East could Declarer followed with a low club and Greco that West’s failure to ruff marks him with the ♥Q. have defeated the contract by returning a diamond, could have won his jack and cashed the ♣A. He can pitch a club from dummy on the ♥10, run and considering the Michaels bid, there was a good Instead, he won with the ace and returned the jack. the ♥J from hand, draw a second round of trumps, case for doing exactly that. But he tried the ♠J, Hampson won the king and returned another club, ruff one club and pitch a second club on the ♠A for ruffed. ruffed for down one – 56.6 of 77 matchpoints. an overtrick. Cohen drew the rest of the trumps and took Stay tuned for more hands from the 1997 Dallas The key to the hand as declarer is not to touch stock of the diamond situation. There would be no NABC.

APRIL SHOWERS KO 11 Andy Villastrigo - Jay Thorne - Paula Wissman, San Antonio TX; 12 Tables James Robenson, Floresville TX Fall NABC schedule Kay Laird - William De Shane - Pat Prichard, San Antonio TX; vs Kimi Lambert, Austin TX Maurice Krug - Carol Krug, Sarasota FL; Henning Toensmann, St change vs Augustine FL; Edward Draiss Sr, Leesburg FL The start time for the Senior Knockout at the Jim Harp - J Reagan Dixon - David Clegg, Dallas TX; Glenda Cooper, Carrollton TX Fall NABC in Hawaii will be 1:30 and 8:00 p.m. Please note that this has been changed from the times printed on the Hawaii schedule being handed out at this tournament. Daily Bulletin Page 13

TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES - TWO OF SIX SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Kris Alladi, Phoenixville PA; Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 58.33 1 1 Karen Coe - John Coe, Ewing IL 60.42 2 1 1 Marianne Van Gelder, Monterey CA; Denise Cobb, Surrey BC 55.13 2 2 Keith Smith, Lees Summit MO; Allen Rew, Independence MO 59.62 3 Mike Sloan, Jeffersonville IN; Sara Parks M D, Owensboro KY 54.97 3 3 1 Steven O’Brien, Camillus NY; Bing Wines, Oklahoma City OK 56.89 4 Peggy Bailey - Mary Terell, Banning CA 52.72 4 Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara McLendon, New York NY 55.77 5 2 2 Jane Smith, Flatts Bermuda; Gertrude Barker, Warwick Bermuda 51.60 5 4 2 John Caban, Ind Hbr Bch FL; Peter Sheiman, West Melbourne FL 54.33 6/7 Jo Anne Newby, Knoxville TN; Dimple Mounger, Celina TX 51.12 6 Judy Singer, Scarborough ON; Anne Derkat, Edmonton AB 51.76 6/7 3 Evelyn Ruby, Chestnut Hill MA; Elin Schultz, Brookline MA 51.12 4 Jim Martin - Joyce Martin, Scotts Valley CA 47.60 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Ken Gee, Regina SK 69.71 1 1 Jules Schoenberg - Hazel Schoenberg, Plano TX 59.78 2 Lachman Advani - Judie Belyea, Ottawa ON 55.93 2 William Cook, Amarillo TX; Elizabeth McPherson, Arlington TX 57.21 3 1 1 John Stonebroker, Indiana PA; Brian Linderman, Duncansville PA 54.01 3 2 Jon Downing, Solihull England; Chris Potter, Birmingham England 54.01 4 2 2 Judy Corey Edmiston - George Roach, Dallas TX 53.21 4 3 Wayne Christensen Jr, Laporte TX; Larry Washburn, The Woodlands TX 53.21 5 Wladyslaw Nowak, Waterloo ON; Roman Kurzydlowski, Kitchener ON 51.92 5 Harold Schachter, Lakewood NJ; Evelyn Kleinsasser, Alachua FL 52.56 6 3 Suresh Agrawal, Rowlett TX; Bob Scallan, Dallas TX 51.28 6 4 Jim Truitt - Brenda Truitt, Santa Fe NM 51.44 4 Claudette Roush, Houston TX; Kenneth McAllister, Pearland TX 50.96 1 Scott Wansbrough, Dallas TX; Daralynn Cameron, Carrollton TX 50.00 2 Grace Michael, Grayslake IL; William Clarke, Wilmette IL 49.04

TUESDAY OPEN PAIRS – 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center MA 61.64 1 Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS; Paul Theroff, Kansas City KS 59.87 2 Allan Smith, Peterborough ON; Brian Johnston, Toronto ON 60.02 2 Chris Shanklin, Fort Myers FL; Robert Bridger, Raleigh NC 56.83 3 Alice Brown, Midlothian VA; Carol Leedes, Richmond VA 59.67 3 1 1 Michael Sherman, Chattanooga TN; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA 52.99 4 Jan Galey, Baton Rouge LA; Marcia Hutchison, Dallas TX 59.36 4 Sun-O Ho, Brookfield WI; William McFall, New Berlin WI 52.38 5 1 1 James Hawkins Jr, Odessa TX; Jimmy Cox, Midland TX 56.63 5 2 Carol Powell, El Dorado AR; Jeanne Lloyd, Little Rock AR 50.81 6 Joe Cointment III, Dallas TX; George Pisk, Manchaca TX 54.30 6 3 James Thomas, Hernando FL; Mary Petit, East Windsor CT 49.44 2 2 Kenneth Dye, Morrisville NC; Christopher Galbraith, Antioch CA 51.97 2 Joan Slaughter - Cissy Brown, Dallas TX 45.85 3 Robert Walters, White Rock BC; Peggy Pfeifer, Anchorage AK 50.76 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Doris Rich - Johnie Imes, Lake Ozark MO 62.75 1 1 Kathy Swaine - Rand Pinsky, Valencia CA 56.63 2 Rodney Wilton - Kathryn Ritterbush, Albuquerque NM 61.08 2 Millie Williams - Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 56.43 3 Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 56.98 3 2 Patricia Jackson, Kerrville TX; Linda Scibienski, Grand Junction CO 53.39 4 Bobbi Kauffman, Katy TX; Jolie Hess, Houston TX 56.68 4 Sue Dreier, Laguna Woods CA; Patricia Worthley, Andover MA 52.94 5 2 1 Rita Fagan - Gordon Fagan, Flint MI 54.50 5 3 1 William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 52.18 6 Gerry McKim, Garland TX; Nancy Kiskis, San Rafael CA 52.38 6 Grady Gravel, Pineville LA; Bob Friz, Leonard TX 52.13 3 2 Jerry Scoville - Patricia Scoville, Santa Rosa CA 52.13 2 Suzanne Nichols - Grady Nichols, Diamondhead MS 51.21 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 W Reynolds, South Pasadena CA; James Rosenstiel, Alhambra CA 56.38 1 1 Christoph Eick, Houston TX; Jerome Tilles, San Antonio TX 62.85 2 Ralph Buchalter, South Orange NJ; Chris Willenken, New York NY 55.92 2 2 Joe Freeman, Flower Mound TX; Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC 62.50 3 Elaine Ware, Vernon BC; Aileen Osofsky, Phoenix AZ 55.01 3 David Siebert - Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 59.16 4 Svetlana Oden, Missouri City TX; Jeanne Linzel, Stafford TX 53.69 4 3 1 Ray Lytle, New Orleans LA; Carl Spencer, Farmington NM 57.09 5 Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL; Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI 51.32 5 John Collins - Peter Petruzzellis, Toronto ON 56.83 6 1 1 J White, Mt Carmel IL; Patricia Dawson, Mount Carmel IL 50.30 6 Gary Zeiger, Phoenix AZ; Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV 52.48 2 Robert Bennett, Sterling City TX; Jean Ray, San Angelo TX 45.50 2 Pam Lashelle, Round Rock TX; James Flint, Zillah WA 51.06

TUESDAY EVENING 5/20/50 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION SECTION AAA AB C 1 1 Lila Estes - Bill Estes, Mesquite TX 58.75 2 Joe Jewell - Gaylene Jewell, Houston TX 57.50 2 1 Judy Yonack - Beverlly Friedman, Dallas TX 53.75 2 Elizabeth Donner - Sue Scala, Frisco TX 48.75

TUESDAY EVENING 100/200/300 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1/2 1 1 Susan Flick - Carla Guthrie, Mc Kinney TX 59.66 1 1 1 James Thompson, Oklahoma City OK; Eric Sieg, Norman OK 59.09 1/2 Christopher Hayes - Yvonne Hayes, Allen TX 59.66 2 2 2 Linda Hartt, Westmount QC; Bruce Eisen, Newton MA 58.71 3 2 Donna McKay, Dallas TX; Barbara O’Dell, Richardson TX 58.90 3 3 3 Sheila Cook - Catherine Patchett, Dallas TX 55.49 4 3 Julia Lunn, Hamilton Bermuda; Betty Outerbridge, Smith’s Bermuda 58.14 4 4 4 Sandra Delfs, Donna TX; Dick Simon, Ft Worth TX 54.92 5 4 2 Beverly Laster, Plano TX; Anne Schmieder, Dallas TX 57.01 5/6 Gina Lancaster, Fort Worth TX; Sandy Partridge, Ft Worth TX 51.52 3 Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX; Max Frey, Dallas TX 52.65 5/6 Pamela Elsner, Avon CO; Clairlee Hirsch, The Woodlands TX 51.52

MIXED PAIRS - SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D EAST-WEST 1 Nadine Wood - William Cole, Silver Spring MD 65.11 1 Renay Danto Weiner, Scottsdale AZ; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI 58.46 2 Jane Segal, Villanova PA; Stephen Shane, White Plains NY 60.80 2 Janet Daling, Peoria AZ; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 57.38 3 Sanda Enciu, Givataim 53106 Israel; Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL 60.48 3 Polly Dunn - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 56.85 4 Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 58.54 4 Eunice Portnoy, Boca Raton FL; Charles Gill, St Petersburg FL 56.23 5 Mary Orock - Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 58.09 5 Beatrice Kemp - Richard Burton, Dacula GA 55.31 6 Barbara Flanagan - Michael Flanagan, Scottsdale AZ 56.90 6 Robert Heitzman Jr - Helen Raleigh, Suffern NY 54.62 7 Candace Griffey, Daytona Beach FL; Henry Meyer, Indn Riv Shrs FL 55.81 7 Leslie Strong, Santa Ynez CA; V Everett Boyer, San Bruno CA 54.31 8/9 Geoffrey Mallette, Port Richey FL; Carole Grob, Alexandria VA 54.53 8 Kassie Munoz - Warren Rosner, White Plains NY 53.69 8/9 John Fisher - Fran Beard, Dallas TX 54.53 9 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Shirley Blum, Fresno CA 52.62 10 Lois Borok - Eli Borok, Los Angeles CA 53.84 10 Tom Kniest, University City MO; Karen Walker, Champaign IL 52.38 11 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 53.40 11 Suzanne Jones, Boulder CO; Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 52.00 12 Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA; Roni Gitchel, Pittsburgh PA 53.38 12 Linda McGarry - Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL 51.46 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G J EAST-WEST 1 Ljudmila Kamenova, Cambridge MA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 61.15 1 Kathy Newman - Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 63.69 2 Jay Baum - Kathy Baum, Germantown TN 60.69 2 Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA; Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA 57.38 3 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ 59.31 3 Jess Stuart - Lois Stuart, West Chester PA 57.15 4 Jackie Jarigese - Ross Rainwater, Vancouver WA 57.00 4 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Ruth Nakano, Kirkland WA 56.69 5 Shawn Quinn, Richmond TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 56.77 5 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 56.62 6 George Tornay Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Linda Epstein, Delray Beach FL 56.15 6 Penelope Smith - Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 56.38 7 Helen Hackner, Willowdale ON; David Horner, Carrollton TX 53.92 7 William Malesevich, Mayville WI; Joan Stein, Milwaukee WI 55.15 8 Britain Beezley - Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK 52.38 8/10 Mark Teaford, Kapaa HI; Yasuko Shrenzel, Kihei HI 54.62 9 Chris Karabinas, Tucson AZ; Lynn Condon, West Redding CT 51.15 8/10 Richard Schmieder - Jyme Schmieder, Boerne TX 54.62 10 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Steven Conrad, Manhasset NY 51.00 8/10 Jim Russell, Bradenton FL; Maris Zilant, North Miami FL 54.62 11 Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; Peggy Duffey, Dallas TX 50.85 11 Fred King, Falls Church VA; Linda Maloney, Rockville MD 53.23 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS H K EAST-WEST 1 Annette Lee McHann, Brandon MS; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 62.38 1 Joyce Menezes, Staten Island NY; Peter Clinch, New York NY 60.92 2 Elaine Landow - Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 61.08 2 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Sharon Colson, Kirkland WA 58.31 3 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL 59.38 3 Dan Parish Jr - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 57.00 4 Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 58.92 4 Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH 56.77 5 Teri Casen, Las Vegas NV; Robert Morris, Houston TX 56.77 5 Panette Talia, Campbell CA; Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA 56.08 6 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA 55.08 6 Terry Riely - Carolyn Riely, San Antonio TX 55.54 7 Susi Ross - Harry Ross, Winter Spgs FL 55.00 7 Donna Compton - Chris Compton, Dallas TX 54.77 8 Gaylor Kasle - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 54.77 8 Gail Carns - Mary Paulone Carns, Export PA 54.31 9 Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 52.77 9 Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI; Peter Friedland, Los Altos CA 53.92 10 Martha Katz, Hinsdale IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 52.38 10 William Atteberry, Clearwater FL; Leelyn Main, St Petersburg FL 53.23 11 Ned Kohler, Scottsdale AZ; Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI 51.92 11 Gary Macgregor - Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA 51.31 12 Jeff Ford - Laura Delfeld, Austin TX 51.08 12 Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; Randy Sahae, Millbrae CA 50.92 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS P Q EAST-WEST 1 Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL 62.23 1 Carolyne Fox - Edward Groner, Houston TX 64.08 2 Rosemary Shaw, Silver Spring MD; John Potter, Panama City FL 60.85 2 Charles Price, Sherman TX; Merri-Jo Hillaker, Grand Prairie TX 60.62 3 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN 60.08 3 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Judy Fisher, Monte Sereno CA 58.62 4/5 David Priest, Bakersfield CA; Margery Gould, Los Angeles CA 56.62 4 Joan Jackson - Norman Beck, Dallas TX 57.77 4/5 David Stevenson, Wirral England; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 56.62 5 Judy Kay-Wolff - Bobby Wolff, Las Vegas NV 56.92 6 Diane Shannon, Saratoga CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 55.00 6 Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO; Donald Stack, Overland Park KS 55.69 7 Michael Diesel - Stephanie Hamilton-Diesel, Saugus MA 54.92 7 Betty Scull - Martin De Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ 55.38 8 Kitty Cooper - Steven Cooper, Albuquerque NM 53.62 8 Ellen Hessel - Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 53.15 9 Jenni Hartsman, Kennesaw GA; William Ehlers, West Orange NJ 53.23 9 Phil Schaefer - Nell Schaefer, Los Angeles CA 52.23 10 Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI 53.00 10 Harriet Berenbaum, Denver CO; Chuck Germeyer III, Houston TX 52.00 11 Craig Cordes - Carole Cordes, Baton Rouge LA 52.08 11 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Diane Travis, Cincinnati OH 51.08 12 Faye Marino, Greenwich CT; Richard Laufer, Hartsdale NY 51.85 12 Magy Mohan, Huixquilucan Ed Mexico; Miguel Reygadas, Polanco Mexico 51.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F EAST-WEST 1 Robert Ciaffone, Saginaw MI; Ina Demme, Maple ON 60.15 1 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, Spring TX 64.05 2 Donald Rothschild, Sunnyvale CA; Vivian Kilstrup, Denver CO 58.31 2 Jim Hall, Minneapolis MN; Melody Bi, Woodbury MN 59.69 3 Jennifer Williams, Wilton CT; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 56.92 3 B Wayne Stuart III, Santa Cruz CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 57.33 4 Barbara Nist, Kent WA; Stephen Hosch, Olympia WA 56.77 4 Scott Humphrey, Austin TX; Diane Olson, San Antonio TX 56.92 5/6 Ralda St Pierre - John Erickson, Houston TX 55.46 5 Louis Sachar - Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 55.84 5/6 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 55.46 6 G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA; Diana Marquardt, Del Mar CA 55.46 7 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; John Russell, North Barringto IL 54.92 7 Ray Grace - Helene Grace, Sherwood Park AB 55.23 8 Marianne Spanier - Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ 54.31 8 Richard Ekstrum, Crystal MN; Minna Lou Mercer, Omaha NE 55.23 9 Georgiana Gates - August Plate, Houston TX 54.23 9 Thomas Moran - Marcia Moran, Mesa AZ 55.00 10 Judy Schwarz - Phil Schwarz, Lakeville MN 53.85 10 Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 53.71 11 Fredi Consolo, Aventura FL; Allan Cokin, Wellington FL 53.31 11 Marvin Deneroff, North Bergen NJ; Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 51.38 12 Frances Dickman, San Jose CA; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 53.08 12 Brenda Jaffe, Farmington MI; Jon Coffee, Scottsdale AZ 51.08

New Life Master Notice to players Joe Gill, Richardson TX, earned his gold card Each player must have an ACBL convention Saturday evening when he won 16 masterpoints card filled out and on the table. Please note that playing in the Bracketed KO Teams. He was other types of convention cards, such as the WBF playing with Tom Pearce, Jeff Dater, Kevin or homemade cards that do not Pheiffer, all of Dallas. sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are not acceptable substitutes. Page 14 Daily Bulletin

TUESDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 James Andre - Lily Andre, Rockville MD 67.70 1 Arthur Ash, Bronxville NY; Stephen Czecha, Potomac MD 60.89 2 2 Martin Hester - Chris McNaughton, Scottsdale AZ 55.83 2 1 1 Edward Weisberger, Wayland MA; Steven Ansell, Hopkinton MA 60.84 3 3 2 Susan Johnson, Newport Beach CA; Naomi Orsay, Brentwood MO 55.27 3 2 Dolat Bhakta, Oklahoma City OK; Marjorie Jann, Clark NJ 57.27 4 Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI; Evelyn Kleinsasser, Alachua FL 51.79 4 Jim Truitt - Brenda Truitt, Santa Fe NM 54.17 2 Cecile Skaggs - Marvin Skaggs, Memphis TN 49.79 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Wendel Archer - Brian Archer, Hattiesburg MS 60.42 1 Martin Moltz, Chicago IL; M Miller, Skokie IL 62.20 2 Dorothy Kelleher, Portland ME; Alan Walters, Naples FL 55.06 2 1 Rose Calvin - Shih-Liang Hsu, Houston TX 56.25 3 2 Daniel Blaettler, San Antonio TX; Eva , Barrington RI 51.19 3 Robbie Borchers, New Braunfels TX; Josephine Grabow, San Antonio TX 52.38 4 Elton Lipnick, Houston TX; William Nabors, Colorado Spgs CO 50.00 4 2 F. Marion Fletcher, Statesboro GA; Daniel Sellers Jr, Mobile AL 50.89 1 Francis Chang, Fort Worth TX; Mehmood Kizilbash, Coppell TX 50.60 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA 63.99 1 1 R Liguori - Jack Jordan, El Paso TX 58.63 2 1 Doris Rich - Johnie Imes, Lake Ozark MO 55.65 2/3 2/3 Gay Roach, Nacogdoches TX; Wanda Hartley, Bullard TX 55.65 3 2 Jan Smola, Arlington MA; Toddy Glaser, Salem MA 54.46 2/3 2/3 1 Carl Brame, Tacoma WA; Molly Cusano, Hobe Sound FL 55.65 4 Carolyn Gibson, Annandale VA; Jean Levin, Springfield VA 50.30 4 Adam Kaplan - Todd Kaplan, New Port Richey FL 55.36 1 William Bob Case - Barbara Meiners, Hot Springs AR 47.62

TUESDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Rhonda Huser - Phyllis Savell, Dallas TX 65.34 1 1 1 Cathy Struck - Raymond Struck, Hattiesburg MS 67.23 2 Beverly Geurin, Albuquerque NM; Dianne Decker, Austin TX 59.09 2 2 2 Nancy Dean - Marilyn Sharratt, Austin TX 59.66 3 1 Grant Sutton, Lawrence KS; Carol Hall, Horseshoe Bay TX 57.01 3 3 Ray Ramer - Maribeth Ramer, Spring TX 54.55 4 Warren Wilson, Atlanta GA; Donna Anglin, Hamilton TX 54.36 4 4 Pamela Elsner, Avon CO; Rick Lepscier, Tinley Park IL 53.22 5 2 Mary Calise, Cordillera CO; Diane Newsom, Avon CO 53.98 5 C Black, Grapevine TX; Cynthia Bohnenblust, Euless TX 51.89 6 3 David Dickson - Laura Dickson, Austin TX 51.52 6 Don Morgan, Houston TX; Sarah Hardin, Montgomery TX 51.14 4 1 James Hayhoe, Las Cruces NM; Donna Butcher, Winnipeg MB 47.54 2 Carole Crockett, Ft Smith AR; Betty Lane, Fort Smith AR 47.16

TUESDAY FAST PAIRS MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Jim Munday - Susan Munday, Camarillo CA 59.66 1 S Moore, Roanoke VA; David Walker, Salem VA 64.02 2 1 Margaret Young, Cincinnati OH; Richard Morey, Seattle WA 56.63 2 William Vinson, Boynton Beach FL; R Fieler, Boca Raton FL 59.28 3 Peter Filandro - Marie Filandro, Wilmington DE 54.92 3 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 59.09 4 2 1 Janice Diamond, Palm Beach FL; H Bossman, Brookline MA 54.17 4 Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA; Richard Anderson, Regina SK 56.25 5 Lynne Tarnopol - John Hurd, New York NY 52.65 5 Gail Wells, Plano TX; Michael Walrath, Keller TX 54.92 6 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Robert McNeil, San Francisco CA 52.27 6 Brent Manley - Linda Granell, Memphis TN 54.73 3 Sue Kane, La Jolla CA; Evelyn Sherman, San Diego CA 51.14 1 1 Denny Penticoff, Mountain Home AR; Vi Ganeles, Dallas TX 50.95 2 Brian Duran, Somerville MA; Denis Murphy, Belleville ON 47.16 3 2 Delinda Verner, Abilene TX; John Galey, Dallas TX 46.21

TUESDAY SENIOR OPEN STRATIFIED PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KKK EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Seymour Reich - August Boehm, New York NY 67.95 1 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Richard Budd, Portland ME 65.38 2 W Lease, Houston TX; L Laird, Sugar Land TX 59.94 2 Tom Brown, Sunrise Beach MO; Herbert Williams, Yukon OK 56.57 3 1 Bonnie Myers - Lee Huber, Rockwall TX 59.62 3 1 David Reiter, Hollywood FL; Jay Wasserman, Boca Raton FL 54.97 4 2 Vicky Fisher, Big Lake TX; Nancy Liberty, Midland TX 54.97 4 James Bauer, Dallas TX; Mike Miller, Temple TX 53.53 5 3 Sidney Gordon - Ellen Gordon, Melrose Park PA 54.65 5 2 1 William Schulthess, St Augustine FL; Dixie Adair, Rose Hill KS 52.88 6 4 Chet Bahr - Bea Bahr, Rochester MN 51.28 6 3 Arthur Pfeifer, Little Rock AR; Don Gattinger, Conway AR 52.08 5 Debbie Kemp - Sandra Rea, Midland TX 48.56 4 2 Irene Finn - Robley Garrigan, Blair NE 50.16 1 Arnold Grushkin - Beverly Grushkin, Westport CT 44.87 5 Diane Black, Colorado Spgs CO; Jo Santa, Colorado Sprgs CO 49.52 2 Peter Hanson, Houston TX; Rajesh Seth, The Woodlands TX 44.71 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MMM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Gino Scalamandre - Katie Scalamandre, Surfside FL 58.97 1 1 1 John Osterberg - Donna Osterberg, Surprise AZ 62.02 2 2 Natalie Rollier, Allen TX; Johanna Pietsch, Dallas TX 58.01 2 2 2 Frances Simmons - James Simmons, Kingwood TX 55.45 3 3 1 Dale Hankins - Susan Hankins, Bakersfield CA 55.77 3 3 Sally Werts - Betty Duckwall, Fort Myers FL 55.13 4 Harold Schachter, Lakewood NJ; Aaron Cohen, Manchester To NJ 53.85 4 Raymond Depew - Norman Dressler, Kingston PA 54.01 5 4 David Nurenberg, Dallas TX; Bernard Zions, Naples FL 52.56 5 4 Jeannette Austin, Atlanta GA; Stephen Becker, Hatfield PA 53.37 6 5 Richard Davidson, Pasadena TX; Gilbert Brigham, Issaquah WA 52.08 6 5 Robert Frink - D Bartley, Plano TX 52.88 7 2 Donald Jackson, Kerrville TX; Judith Mantell, Kingwood TX 51.92 7/8 Ellie Oyler - Darlene Baker, Tulsa OK 52.40 7/8 Marre Greenhut - Sue Vaughan, Rockwall TX 52.40

TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES - FIRST OF SIX SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Brian Archer - Wendel Archer, Hattiesburg MS 57.87 1 Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara McLendon, New York NY 62.50 2 2 Adam Ruprecht, Austin TX; Richard Gross, Cantonment FL 55.09 2 John Schwartz, Plano TX; Barry Turner, Richardson TX 58.33 3 3 Aslam Siddiqui - Sandra Siddiqui, Carmel IN 54.86 3 1 1 Bernard Gordon - Frances Gordon, Green Valley AZ 56.71 4 Jacquelyn Jones, Dallas TX; Kraig Mundle, Euless TX 52.08 4 Richard Wieland, Falls Church VA; Carolyn Gibson, Annandale VA 53.01 5 4 Duaine Benard, Redford MI; Jean Carpenter, Harbor Springs MI 51.16 5 2 Margaret Skinner - Leigh Skinner, Charlotte NC 51.85 2 Mary Townhill, Lexington SC; Judy Matlock, Richardson TX 49.77 3 2 Houston Holmes Jr - Fonse Ragland, Dallas TX 50.46 4 Rose Calvin - Shih-Liang Hsu, Houston TX 49.77 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Carl Merlin - Bernie Weiss, New Orleans LA 69.68 1 Robert Klein, Rohnert Park CA; David Neuman, San Francisco CA 61.11 2 Mary Terell - Peggy Bailey, Banning CA 58.80 2 1 1 Helen Gregg - Gloria Stroud, Dallas TX 55.79 3 Latricia McConnell, San Diego CA; M Clark, Arlington TX 56.48 3/4 2/3 Chris Potter - Julian Wernick, Birmingham England 55.32 4 2 2 Edith Iloni, Dallas TX; Lewis Rosenthal, Jamesburg NJ 49.77 3/4 2/3 2 Meg Andrews, San Francisco CA; Ian Kidger, Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 55.32 3 Lance Cooke - Margaret Cooke, Calgary AB 46.99 4/5 Reece Blackwell - Johanna Blackwell, Greenville SC 49.77 4 Ivan Uys, Fort Worth TX; Roger Staneslow, Calgary AB 46.53 4/5 Allen Smith, Encino CA; David Smith, Portland OR 49.77

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 5/20/50 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Phyllis Kuchta, Pearland TX; Jenny Cannon, Atlanta GA 67.86 1 1 Robert Johnstone - Kay Johnstone, Sherman TX 58.33 2 2 Bill Estes - Lila Estes, Mesquite TX 58.33 2 2 1 Eloise Meachum - Susan Copeland, Dallas TX 56.75 3 3 2 Wendy Spiziri - Leslie Conant, Dallas TX 50.40 3 3 Nancy Estes, Denton TX; Jerry Hastings, Claremore OK 54.76 4 Elizabeth Donner - Sue Scala, Frisco TX 49.60 4 2 Jo England - Joan Daniel, Dallas TX 54.37

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Madelaine Kleinman - Robert Kleinman, Vail CO 56.85 1 1 1 Max Frey, Dallas TX; Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX 61.90 2 2 1 Edward Boenker - John Blacklock, Addison TX 54.17 2 Marnell McCarthy, W Reading PA; Robert Edwards, Glen Burnie MD 58.63 3 3 Vicky Renzulli, Irving TX; Erica Walker, Dallas TX 52.68 3 2 Pat Beattie, Australia; Mira Rowe, Newhall CA 56.25 4 Donna McKay, Dallas TX; Barbara O’Dell, Richardson TX 51.79 4 3 2 Susan Flick - Carla Guthrie, Mc Kinney TX 55.36 5 4 Mary Calise, Cordillera CO; Diane Newsom, Avon CO 50.30 5 4 3 V’Anne Desch, Topeka KS; Marilee Leming, Overland Park KS 52.38 4 Shirley Carpenter, Harbor Springs MI; Ian Claiborne, New Roads LA 48.81 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX 61.90 1 1 Ray Ramer - Maribeth Ramer, Spring TX 65.48 2/3 2/3 2/3 Joyce Graf - Barbara Martikan, Dallas TX 55.06 2/3 2/3 1/2 Margaret King, Dallas TX; Martha Gehrig, Richardson TX 58.33 2/3 2/3 2/3 Beverly Laster, Plano TX; Patricia Laurentis, Frisco TX 55.06 2/3 2/3 1/2 Pamela Elsner, Avon CO; Clairlee Hirsch, The Woodlands TX 58.33 4 Joyce Muldoon - Marlow Muldoon, Irving TX 54.46 4 4 Marie Collins, Medford MA; John Larking, Dallas TX 56.55 4 Carol Rieger - Pat Lewis, Rockwall TX 50.60

TUESDAY FAST PAIRS – 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Howard Siegel, Chestnut Hill MA; Howard Piltch, Andover MA 65.15 1 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 66.48 2 Peter Filandro - Marie Filandro, Wilmington DE 59.09 2 Lynne Tarnopol - John Hurd, New York NY 60.42 3 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Robert McNeil, San Francisco CA 56.82 3 Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA; Richard Anderson, Regina SK 55.87 4 Brent Manley - Linda Granell, Memphis TN 53.03 4 1 Judy Worden - Linda McRay, Fort Smith AR 52.46 5 1 Judith Ortiz, San Antonio TX; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 52.27 5 Robert Casey, Worcester MA; Joan Brod, Avon CT 52.08 6 S Moore, Roanoke VA; David Walker, Salem VA 51.33 6 William Vinson, Boynton Beach FL; R Fieler, Boca Raton FL 51.89 2 Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA; Randi Adelman, New York NY 50.19 2 1 Denny Penticoff, Mountain Home AR; Vi Ganeles, Dallas TX 50.19 3 1 Judy Carter-Johnson, Seal Beach CA; Annamarie Tippins, Hermosa Beach CA 49.43 3 2 Janice Diamond, Palm Beach FL; H Bossman, Brookline MA 49.43 Daily Bulletin Page 15

ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS - 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D EAST-WEST 1 Polly Dunn - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 60.69 1 Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY 67.62 2 Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA 57.85 2 Geoffrey Mallette, Port Richey FL; Carole Grob, Alexandria VA 60.92 3 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Shirley Blum, Fresno CA 57.23 3 Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 57.85 4 Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC; Debra Hyatt, Denver CO 56.85 4 Eric Snow - Toni Snow, Houston TX 57.46 5 Leroy Abinanti - Marigail Abinanti, Surprise AZ 56.00 5 Tom Kniest, University City MO; Karen Walker, Champaign IL 56.62 6 Janet Daling, Peoria AZ; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 55.54 6 Annalee Gault - Greg Gault, Raleigh NC 55.62 7 Linda McGarry - Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL 54.92 7 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 54.77 8 Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 52.85 8 Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Sandra Gebhardt, Fleetwood PA 53.54 9 Sonia Kaplan, Tinton Falls NJ; Nan Wang, Eatontown NJ 52.46 9 Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA; R Jay Becker, New York NY 53.38 10 Eunice Portnoy, Boca Raton FL; Charles Gill, St Petersburg FL 51.77 10 Mary Orock - Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 53.15 11 Beatrice Kemp - Richard Burton, Dacula GA 50.62 11 Candace Griffey, Daytona Beach FL; Henry Meyer, Indn Riv Shrs FL 52.54 12 Robert Heitzman Jr - Helen Raleigh, Suffern NY 50.08 12 Jane Sturgis - Mark Shaw, Laurel MD 51.85 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F EAST-WEST 1 Helen Abbott, Mercer Island WA; Dan Romm, Seattle WA 66.85 1 Georgiana Gates - August Plate, Houston TX 62.15 2 Jim Hall, Minneapolis MN; Melody Bi, Woodbury MN 60.85 2 Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; John Grantham, Amarillo TX 61.69 3 Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD; Michael White, Atlanta GA 58.15 3 Judy Schwarz - Phil Schwarz, Lakeville MN 60.08 4 Jim Kirkham - Corinne Kirkham, San Bernardino CA 55.46 4 Steve Scott - Suzette Wynn, Phoenix AZ 59.31 5 Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 55.23 5 Fredi Consolo, Aventura FL; Allan Cokin, Wellington FL 57.77 6 Suzanne Lebendig - Alan Le Bendig, Los Angeles CA 55.08 6 Jennifer Williams, Wilton CT; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 55.85 7 Marty Hoover - Stanislaw Rostkowski, Pasadena TX 54.38 7 Marianne Spanier - Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ 55.77 8 Ruth-Anne Mazer - Allan Mazer, Towson MD 54.08 8 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, Spring TX 55.23 9/10 Carolyn Sessler, Boca Raton FL; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 53.69 9 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 52.85 9/10 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; John Russell, North Barringto IL 53.69 10 Aaron Silverstein - Judith Bianco, New York NY 52.46 11 Sharon Mann - George Mann, Boerne TX 53.31 11 June Byrd, Arlington TX; Roy Baughman, Pantego TX 52.00 12 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Delmas Parker Jr, Mercer Island WA 53.15 12 Ralda St Pierre - John Erickson, Houston TX 51.38 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G S EAST-WEST 1 William Esberg, Long Branch NJ; Marla Chaikin, Monmouth Beach NJ 59.85 1 Mike Aliotta, Edmond OK; Carol Pielsticker, Tulsa OK 67.77 2 Jack Rollier, Allen TX; Jeanne Kretz, Mc Kinney TX 56.77 2 Jackie Jarigese - Ross Rainwater, Vancouver WA 65.08 3 Gloria Tsoi, Somerville MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 56.15 3 Alan Myerson - Abby Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 59.00 4 Maeve Mahon, New Canaan CT; Brett Adler, Westport CT 55.85 4 Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA; Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA 57.23 5 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 55.62 5 Robert Matcha - Jane Matcha, Sugar Land TX 57.08 6 Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI; Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI 54.92 6 Joanne Minken-Levy, Los Angeles CA; , Scottsdale AZ 55.92 7 Jacqueline Sincoff - Roger Lord, Saint Louis MO 54.08 7 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ 54.69 8 Britain Beezley - Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK 53.85 8 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Steven Conrad, Manhasset NY 54.23 9 Ulker Mutlu - Bernard Bernstein, Clearwater FL 53.46 9 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Martin Schiff Jr, Tucson AZ 53.92 10 Jack Longman - Kathy Longman, Clearwater FL 52.92 10 Shawn Quinn, Richmond TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 52.77 11 Richard Schmieder - Jyme Schmieder, Boerne TX 52.62 11 George Tornay Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Linda Epstein, Delray Beach FL 51.69 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS H K EAST-WEST 1 Herbert Wilton, Fredericksburg TX; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 61.38 1 Aidan Ballantyne - Katrin Litwin, Burnaby BC 61.54 2 Joan Vigdor - Charles Wolpert, Boynton Beach FL 60.31 2 Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 59.23 3/4 Terry Riely - Carolyn Riely, San Antonio TX 59.69 3 Carolyn Pinto - Billy Leeper, Fort Worth TX 59.00 3/4 Donna Compton - Chris Compton, Dallas TX 59.69 4 Ethan Stein, Irvington NY; Halina Jamner, Hawthorne NY 58.54 5 Rita Ellington, Aventura FL; Martin Caley, Montreal QC 58.23 5 John Gustafson - Helen Gustafson, Des Moines IA 56.62 6 Barbara Doran, Silver Spring MD; Richard Ferrin, Washington DC 58.00 6 Ken McClenahan, Lone Tree CO; Vera Jaffe, Walnut Creek CA 55.92 7 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Sharon Colson, Kirkland WA 57.92 7 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL 55.77 8 Robert Schwartz, San Pedro CA; Ellen Wallace, Chicago IL 54.85 8 Scott Levine - Judi Radin, New York NY 53.77 9 Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 54.00 9 Ned Kohler, Scottsdale AZ; Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI 53.54 10 Carol Reitz - Ed Bissell, State College PA 53.46 10 Jeff Ford - Laura Delfeld, Austin TX 53.31 11 Panette Talia, Campbell CA; Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA 51.92 11 Teri Casen, Las Vegas NV; Robert Morris, Houston TX 53.15 12 Mimi Bieber, Armonk NY; Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY 51.62 12 Freda Thornbrough - Donald Sloter, Omaha NE 51.85 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS P Q EAST-WEST 1 Joan Jackson - Norman Beck, Dallas TX 63.56 1 Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL 59.48 2 Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ; Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ 61.10 2 Kitty Cooper - Steven Cooper, Albuquerque NM 57.79 3 Betty Scull - Martin De Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ 58.24 3 Mildred Breed, Austin TX; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 57.71 4 Linda Spangler, Duncanville TX; Thomas Hughes Jr, Fort Worth TX 56.44 4 David Stevenson, Wirral England; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 57.49 5 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Diane Travis, Cincinnati OH 56.02 5 Jenni Hartsman, Kennesaw GA; William Ehlers, West Orange NJ 56.19 6 Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI 55.63 6 Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA; David Bryant, San Francisco CA 55.48 7 Harriet Eaton, Miami FL; John Morris, Atlanta GA 54.15 7 Pat Cassidy, Arlington TX; Jack Lacy, Round Rock TX 55.08 8 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA 53.71 8 Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; Susan Fuller, Miami FL 54.59 9 Andrew Garnett - Carol Garnett, St Petersburg FL 53.65 9 Susan Jackowitz - Alan Lechner, New York NY 54.52 10 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Judy Fisher, Monte Sereno CA 53.33 10 Craig Cordes - Carole Cordes, Baton Rouge LA 53.68 11 Gloria Levy - Louis Levy, Los Angeles CA 53.25 11 Eddie Bass, Austin TX; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 52.80 12 Carolyne Fox - Edward Groner, Houston TX 52.86 12 Sally Lieberman, Montrose AL; Steve Clark, Carlsbad CA 51.64

TUESDAY SENIOR OPEN STRATIFIED PAIRS – 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KKK EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 James Bauer, Dallas TX; Mike Miller, Temple TX 58.97 1 William Jenkins - Dena Sanders, Amarillo TX 59.94 2 Walter Pease - Neal Martin, Anchorage AK 58.33 2 1 1 Joan Delisle, Plano TX; Diane Klein, Dallas TX 59.78 3 1 David Reiter, Hollywood FL; Jay Wasserman, Boca Raton FL 56.89 3 2 Marcia Joy Varel - Milton Aston, Dallas TX 59.29 4/5 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Richard Budd, Portland ME 54.81 4 3 Natalie Rollier, Allen TX; Johanna Pietsch, Dallas TX 57.21 4/5 Judie Belyea - Lachman Advani, Ottawa ON 54.81 5 4 Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; David Weisman, Englewood NJ 57.05 6 Frances Cohen - Marilyn Hirschhorn, Wayne NJ 54.17 6 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 56.89 7 2 Jeanine Wofford, Frisco TX; Barbara Nelson, Dallas TX 53.69 7 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Michael Penick, Dallas TX 55.93 3 1 Jean Townsend - Caroline Baumann, Georgetown TX 53.21 5 2 Dale Hankins - Susan Hankins, Bakersfield CA 55.29 4 2 Joan Olson, Mustang OK; Janis Waddle, Oklahoma City OK 52.72 6 Richard Davidson, Pasadena TX; Gilbert Brigham, Issaquah WA 48.72 5 3 Diane Black, Colorado Spgs CO; Jo Santa, Colorado Sprgs CO 51.44 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MMM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Jeannette Austin, Atlanta GA; Stephen Becker, Hatfield PA 63.46 1 1 Debbie Kemp - Sandra Rea, Midland TX 58.33 2 2 1 Frances Simmons - James Simmons, Kingwood TX 57.85 2 William Allison, Decatur GA; Charles Galloway, Caledon ON 57.85 3 Janice Ward, Vero Beach FL; Margaret Desmery, Fort Pierce FL 57.37 3 Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK; Thomas Roel, Mesa AZ 57.53 4/5 3/4 Marlene Weiss - Howard Weiss, Boca Raton FL 54.01 4 2 Sidney Gordon - Ellen Gordon, Melrose Park PA 56.41 4/5 3/4 2 Marre Greenhut - Sue Vaughan, Rockwall TX 54.01 5 3 1 William Schulthess, St Augustine FL; Dixie Adair, Rose Hill KS 55.93 6 5 Tom Weeg - Heinz Gelles, Portland OR 53.69 6 W Lease, Houston TX; L Laird, Sugar Land TX 55.77 7 Ricki Perry - Agnes Anguish, Midland TX 53.53 7 Tom Brown, Sunrise Beach MO; Herbert Williams, Yukon OK 55.45 4/5 Leroy Boser - David McNitt, Elkhart IN 52.40 4/5 William Morris Jr, Fort Worth TX; Ervin Baird, Weatherford TX 52.40 2 Peter Hanson, Houston TX; Rajesh Seth, The Woodlands TX 49.84 3 Esther Eastmure - Pamela Shuter, Toronto ON 48.40

TUESDAY OPEN PAIRS - 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Grady Gravel, Pineville LA; Bob Friz, Leonard TX 63.21 1 1 1 Kenneth Dye, Morrisville NC; Christopher Galbraith, Antioch CA 58.70 2 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; , Las Vegas NV 62.10 2 Jan Galey, Baton Rouge LA; Marcia Hutchison, Dallas TX 58.10 3 Dorothy Kelleher, Portland ME; Alan Walters, Naples FL 55.97 3 2 2 William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 57.89 4 Millie Williams - Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 55.31 4 Kathy Schenk - Marvin Schenk, Phoenix AZ 55.41 5 Alice Brown, Midlothian VA; Carol Leedes, Richmond VA 52.63 5 3 Robert Walters, White Rock BC; Peggy Pfeifer, Anchorage AK 52.23 6 Natalie Greene - Dale Crumbaugh, Houston TX 48.53 6 Sue Dreier, Laguna Woods CA; Patricia Worthley, Andover MA 50.86 2 Priscilla Smith, Marietta GA; Gabriella Bowling, Los Altos Hills CA 47.57 3 1 Barbara Courtright, Houston TX; Kathy Irene Tuggle, League City TX 47.22 2 James Hawkins Jr, Odessa TX; Jimmy Cox, Midland TX 46.10 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Gary Zeiger, Phoenix AZ; Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV 57.59 1 Jean Talbot - Joan Van Geffen, Metairie LA 61.74 2 Bobbi Kauffman, Katy TX; Jolie Hess, Houston TX 56.48 2 1 Kenneth Wilson - Marjorie Wilson, Los Alamos NM 58.55 3 David Siebert - Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 53.80 3 2 Joe Freeman, Flower Mound TX; Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC 58.35 4 1 1 Pam Lashelle, Round Rock TX; James Flint, Zillah WA 52.88 4 John Collins - Peter Petruzzellis, Toronto ON 57.39 5 2 Doris Rich - Johnie Imes, Lake Ozark MO 51.77 5 Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 57.14 6 3 2 Ray Lytle, New Orleans LA; Carl Spencer, Farmington NM 49.85 6 3 Ann Crumpler - Martha De Cou, Corpus Christi TX 55.01 1 Jerry Scoville - Patricia Scoville, Santa Rosa CA 48.63 2 Sally Kellar, Willowdale ON; Herbert Heller, Pittsburgh PA 45.55 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL; Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI 58.50 1 Ralph Buchalter, South Orange NJ; Chris Willenken, New York NY 60.83 2 Svetlana Oden, Missouri City TX; Jeanne Linzel, Stafford TX 57.49 2 Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS; Paul Theroff, Kansas City KS 58.76 3 1 Lorraine Cable, Dorchester MA; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA 57.24 3 Karen Snyder, Spicewood TX; Marilou Powell, Round Rock TX 56.43 4 Maralin Cohen, Great Neck NY; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 56.22 4 Jesus Arias - Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 55.21 5 Chris Shanklin, Fort Myers FL; Robert Bridger, Raleigh NC 54.86 5 1 James Thomas, Hernando FL; Mary Petit, East Windsor CT 52.28 6 Midge Cutler, Dallas TX; Walter Willson, Washington DC 54.55 6 Elaine Ware, Vernon BC; Aileen Osofsky, Phoenix AZ 49.70 2 Dewitt Hudson Jr, Arlington TX; Marjorie Kidd, Plano TX 53.54 2 1 J White, Mt Carmel IL; Patricia Dawson, Mount Carmel IL 44.43 1 Joan Slaughter - Cissy Brown, Dallas TX 51.57 3 2 Donna Butcher, Winnipeg MB; James Hayhoe, Las Cruces NM 43.57 Page 16 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S BRIDGE EVENTS See page 2 for other events Wednesday, April 5, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other Wednesday–Saturday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Monday–Thursday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Monday–Wednesday Morning Side Game Series* 3rd single session Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Stratified 299er Pairs single Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $14.50 $16.50

Wednesday, April 5, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Stratified * 1–2 Reunion D $15.50 $17.50

Wednesday, April 5, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Senior Pairs* 1–2 Reunion B $15.50 $17.50

Wednesday, April 5, 1 p.m. International Fund Game 3rd single session Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Part of the Tuesday–Thursday Side Game Series Claire and Harry Weisz 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Landmark D $14.50 $16.50 0–20, 0–5 Pairs single Landmark D $14.50 $14.50

Wednesday, April 5, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Rockwell Mixed Pairs 1–2 F Landmark C $18 NABC 49er Pairs 1–2 Landmark D $16.50 Stratified Open Pairs* 1–2 Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Wednesday Compact KO Teams 1–2 Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Tuesday–Wednesday Bracketed KO Teams 3–4 Reunion E $15.50 $17.50

Wednesday, April 5, 1 & 8 p.m. Vanderbilt KO Teams Round 4 Landmark A $18

Wednesday, April 5, 7:30 p.m. ACBL-wide Charity Game 4th single session Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Part of the Tuesday–Thursday Side Game Series Stratified Swiss Teams* single Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $14.50 $16.50 299er Stratified Swiss Teams single Landmark D $14.50 $16.50 Claire and Harry Weisz 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Landmark D $14.50 $16.50 0–20, 0–5 Pairs single Landmark D $14.50 $14.50

Wednesday, April 5, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Landmark D $12 per round

*Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted Open and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0–3000); separate from B/C/D (1000–2000, 500–1000, 0–500). Strata breaks for Stratified Open and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750–2000), C (0–750). **Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. TOMORROW’S BRIDGE EVENTS Fort Worth Day Thursday, April 6, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other Monday–Thursday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 4th Marsalis (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Wednesday–Saturday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd Marsalis (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Thursday–Saturday Morning Side Game Series* 1st single session Marsalis (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Stratified 299er Pairs single Marsalis (Lower Level) $14.50 $16.50

Thursday, April 6, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Stratified Fast Open Pairs* 1–2 Reunion D $15.50 $17.50

Thursday, April 6, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Senior Pairs* 1–2 Reunion B $15.50 $17.50

Thursday, April 6, 1 p.m. Tuesday–Thursday Side Game Series* 5th single session Marsalis (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Landmark D $14.50 $16.50 0–20, 0–5 Pairs single Landmark D $14.50 $14.50

Thursday, April 6, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Lebhar IMP Pairs 1–2 Q Landmark C $18 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Whitehead Women’s Pairs 1–2 Q Reunion E $18 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Bean Red Ribbon Pairs 1–2 Q Marsalis (Lower Level) $16.50 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions. Pre-qualification required. Stratified Swiss Teams* 1–2 Marsalis (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Dr. Theodore J. Werb Stratified Open Pairs* 1–2 Marsalis (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Thursday–Friday Bracketed KO Teams 1–2 Marsalis (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50

Thursday, April 6, 1 & 8 p.m. Vanderbilt KO Teams Round 5 Landmark A $18

Thursday, April 6, 7:30 p.m. Stratified IMP Pairs* single Marsalis (Lower Level) $14.50 $16.50 Open to Swiss dropouts and new entries Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Landmark D $14.50 $16.50 Tuesday–Thursday Side Game Series* 6th single session Marsalis (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Landmark D $14.50 $16.50 0–20, 0–5 Pairs single Landmark D $14.50 $14.50

Thursday, April 6, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Landmark D $12 per round

*Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted Open and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0–3000); separate from B/C/D (1000–2000, 500–1000, 0–500). Strata breaks for Stratified Open and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750–2000), C (0–750). **Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.