Friday, March 19, 2010 Volume 53, Number 8 Daily Bulletin

53rd Spring North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Dave Smith Meet your TDs Heavy timber falls This is part of a Fortunately for the game, along the way new series of articles Perkins discovered bridge, and although the route in Vanderbilt KO profiling tournament was circuitous, he finally made his way into the Three of the top five seeds in the Vanderbilt directors who work tournament director ranks. Knockout Teams are out as Nos. 1, 2 and 5 were at NABCs. Perkins originally went to UT on a scholarship defeated in the round of 16. For awhile to study mechanical engineering. After three years Now on the sidelines are No. 1 Nick Nickell, there, it looked as of that, he decided engineering was not what he toppled by the French-Norwegian squad captained though the bridge wanted to do with his life. He had always liked and continued on page 18 world might never excelled at math, so he changed his major, “and I Bean Red Ribbon Pairs be graced with Kevin had to start all over.” Perkins’ friendly At one time during his studies, Perkins thought concludes today presence. He was, he might want to become a math professor at a Marcus Ballinger of Burlingame CA and after all, apparently college. In reality, he says, “I was dragging my feet Eugene Sor of Richmond CA lead the qualifiers set on a career as a because I didn’t know what I wanted to do.” after two sessions. The pair scored 72.21% in the student. At an off-campus dormitory where he lived evening session Their carryover is 221.19.. He graduated high school in Denison TX in during college, the building had a huge lobby with Ivanie Yeo of Brighton MA and Lou Sunshine 1985. Eleven years later, he had just barely finished lots of tables where students played a wide variety of Framingham MA have the second-highest a master’s degree in math at the University of of games, including numerous card games. carryover with 203.46. In third are Lee Maddocks Texas at Austin, the city he calls home today. Time Perkins came from a games-playing family, and Stewart Tunick, both of Modesto CA. to begin the doctorate program. continued on page 16 Icelanders leading Boats, planes and automobiles in Silodor Open Jon Baldursson and Thorlakur Jonsson, two “Planes, trains and automobiles” is a 1987 2000, averages two to four tables, but that’s in the former world champions from Iceland, will start movie starring Steve Martin and John Candy. It’s winter. During the summer, the club closes down – today’s play in the Silodor Open Pairs with a about a man who struggles to travel home for players are busy doing other things. carryover lead of 32 matchpoints. The two were Thanksgiving. Roger Schnabel is a construction contractor on Iceland’s winning team in Martin and Candy have nothing on four players who builds roads. Shields is a jeweler and Yokohama, Japan, in 1991. who came from Alaska to play here in Reno. former mayor of Haines. Bigsby is a commercial Right behind them are David Lindop of John and Roger Schnabel, Gregg Bigsby and fisherman. John Schnable, father of Roger, is 90 Toronto ON and Marc Nathan of New York Fred Shields are bridge players from Haines AK years old, but still works. He’s a gold miner who City. In third with two final sessions to play are (775 miles southeast of Anchorage AK). To get owns his own mine. Albert Chow of Folsom CA and George Lim of here they took a four and one-half hour ride on a “My Dad has a little more than 500 points,” Sacramento CA. ferryboat from Haines to Juneau. Then they flew says Roger, “but he would have at least five from Juneau AK to Seattle WA to Reno. Finally, times as many if he lived where there were more Lewis and Burger lead they took a shuttle from the airport. tournaments.” This is the first NABC for Roger Schnabel Haines is part of Unit 428 and has only 51 Womens and Shields. Bigsby went to the NABC in San players. It has one sectional each year during late Scoring a whopping 69.08% in the first Francisco a little more than two years ago and John April. qualifying session, Linda Lewis of Sioux Falls SD Schnabel has been to several. “Haines has a wonderful tournament,” says and Suzy Burger of West Bloomfield MI lead the “It’s been wonderful,” says Bigsby. “We’ve Shields. “The weather is great and we have terrific qualifiers in the Whitehead Women’s Pairs. The really had fun.” food. We have halibut and smoked salmon that pair followed with a 53.19% in the second session The bridge club in Haines, population of about continued on page 6 and have nearly a two-board carryover of 48.0 matchpoints. The top in today’s two final sessions will be 25. K. Fung and Susan Culham, both of Edmonton AB, qualified second. Gigi Simpson and Cecilia Rimstedt are third. Goodwill message Today’s opponent may be tomorrow’s partner – a good reason to treat opponents and partner with respect and courtesy: the way you expect to be treated. Aileen Osofsky, Chairman

National Goodwill Committee Attendance 9375 Tables Players from Haines AK: Gregg Bigsby, John Schnabel, Roger Schnabel and Fred Shields. Page 2 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Friday, March 19 Saturday, March 20 9 a.m Hall of Fame Interviews. Room: 10 a.m. Hall of Fame Interviews. Room: Ruby 2. Ruby 2. 11:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. Women’s Team Trials meeting. Sunday, March 21 Room: Sierra 2. 11 am - 5:30 p.m. Vugraph. Room: TBA. 8 p.m. til Vugraph. Room: TBA. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these free expert lectures in Carson Ballroom. Saturday, March 20 Friday, March 19 9:15 am Barry Harper The 30‑Point Deck 9:15 a.m. McKenzie Myers Partnership Defense 6:45 pm Jeff Roman The Difference Between Pairs & Robert Todd and Teams 6:45 p.m. Ellen Kent Parameters of Preempts ENTERTAINMENT / FOOD Nevada Foyer — Lower Level Nevada Foyer — Lower Level Friday March 19 Friday, March 19 10:30 p.m. Fifties Sock Hop 10:30 p.m. Fruit Cup Free Beer and cash bar. Saturday, March 20 10:30 p.m. Veggies Electronic Device Policy Today’s hosts the individual clubs and game times, please visit their website at: www.bridgescore.com/oahubridge/ The electronic Each day, a different group of units will host locations.php. device policy is revised the NABC. The host for today is Area 4. Their as follows: representative is Lily Johannessen. The units in Kihei and Maui Unit 471 1. For all NABC+ Area 8 are: Unit 471 is located on the beautiful island of rated events at NABCs: The Big Island Unit 469 Maui and has one bridge club. It is probably one Electronic devices, Hawaii’s Big Island isn’t just big — It’s still of the few clubs in the world, other than the clubs including but not limited growing! Famous for the active Kilauea volcano, on Oahu, that has an ocean view and is only steps to, phones, cameras, Hawaii’s Big Island is home to a list of fascinating from a sandy beach. In the winter, it gets humpback PDAs, and others anomalies. whale activity directly offshore and close to the capable of sending or Eleven different climate zones generate club. The unit has a membership of 50 with an receiving electronic everything from lush rain forests to arid deserts, increase during the winter months. communication are excluded from the playing black sand beaches to snow-capped mountaintops. The Maui Bridge Club has games on Monday, areas during any session of play. This does not The unit has a membership of 95 with three bridge Wednesday and Saturday. In the winter months, apply to health-related equipment. clubs. they add an additional game on Thursday. They 2. For all events at an NABC other There is a beautiful club in Kona, which is have one sectional each year in the month of than a NABC+ rated event: Except for located at the Hualalai Academy Building. They February. health‑related equipment, or by permission of the have games on Monday, Thursday and Friday. Director‑in‑Charge of the tournament, cell phones, In the winter months, they also have a game on audible pagers or similar equipment may not be Tuesday. The club in Waikoloa offers games on operated or operable in any manner in the playing Monday and Friday at the Waikoloa Village Golf area during a session of play. Any such equipment Club House. A third club in Hilo hosts a game only must not be visible during the session. Sponsoring on Sunday at the Eagles Lodge. organizations of other ACBL‑sanctioned events are The unit holds one sectional a year in late encouraged to adopt a similar policy. February. 3. These restrictions in numbers 1 and 2 above apply to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, Honolulu Unit 470 play recorders (except those designated by ACBL) In the Hawaiian language, Honolulu means and kibitzers and are in throughout any actual “sheltered bay” or “place of shelter” and is located playing session or segment of play. on the island of Oahu. The unit has a 433 members 4. A violation of any of the restrictions in with bridge clubs on the islands of Oahu, Kauai numbers 1 and 2 above will result in a disciplinary and Guam making it the 13th largest unit in the penalty of one full board (12 IMPs at that form ACBL. of scoring) for the first offense. A second offense They host the Hawaii Regional in January will result in disqualification from the event for the at a beautiful hotel in Waikiki that overlooks the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this policy will be ocean and yacht harbor. They will be celebrating removed from the playing area for the remainder of their 60th anniversary in 2011 and expect to have a the session. fantastic party for this occasion. They also hold five sectionals each year. These tournaments are held in Hawaii Day March, May, July, September and November. Today is Hawaii Day at the Reno NABC. The unit has a multitude of bridge clubs in You are encouraged to wear floral attire. Leis will which you can play bridge every day except be handed out from noon until 1 p.m. There are Saturday. Each club has its own individual scenic limited quantities. Tonight’s hospitality will be view, ranging from the Koolau Mountains to fruit cups and a Fifties Sock Hop after the evening beautiful ocean views. For further information on session. Daily Bulletin Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Overcall protocols 16 or 17. Most players with more HCP than this double first and then bid their suit. By Lynn Berg Fifty years ago, the policies were different: There’s not a lot on With 17 points and a good suit, you could make the convention card a jump overcall to tell your story. Not today, about overcalls, when we use the jump overcall as a weak bid. though the few boxes Note the word “usually” on the top line of the you should consider box. You are showing what partner expects, will help clarify though you might occasionally deviate. If your your partnership’s style is often to overcall four-card suits or policies. usually to bid very light hands, indicate your Start with the policy. point range you use The next line is often neglected in at the one level. How partnership discussions. What does it mean low are you willing if partner changes the suit when you have to go? If you held: overcalled? Not many players call this a forcing ♠K Q J 7 4 ♥6 5 ♣9 8 3 ♣5 4 2, would bid. The likelihood that you’d have a good you be willing to bid 1♠? It’s only 6 high-card enough hand for a forcing bid is small. points, but you want this suit led, and your bid has At the other end of the bidding spectrum, great preemptive value. Some players want to say “NF” implies that partner can (and probably that a one-level overcall shows 10 points, but I should) pass when you change the suit of the think this is too much of a restriction. Remember, overcall. This policy has always seemed to me there are three reasons to overcall at the one level: quite dangerous: partner didn’t invite you to the (1) as with this hand, to suggest a lead, (2) to be party. Your job is not to rescue partner when obstructive and (3) although only occasionally, there may not be any peril. Should there be a your side might have the majority of the strength. penalty double, you might think again, but be The better the hand, the weaker your suit can be, careful not to elevate the level and invite yet for example: another penalty double. ♠Q 8 7 6 5 ♥K J 6 ♦A 8 ♣K 3 2. On the other hand, if you have tolerance for The check boxes do not address the question partner’s suit (a doubleton, for example) and of values for an overcall at the two level, but you another suit to suggest with a decent hand, you’d and your partner should discuss it. Unless you The bottom line of the box deals with your bid. This is the “NF Const” (for “constructive”) just like risk, don’t think 10 points is enough to jump raise in partner’s suit. Is it forcing? That’s approach. For example, if the bidding has gone overcall at the two level just because you can not too common. Remember that you have a 1♦ - 1♥ - Pass to you and you hold bid a new suit at the two level when partner has cuebid of opener’s suit to force the bidding. ♠K Q 10 8 4 ♥J 2 ♦6 4 ♣A 8 3, you could bid opened. The two situations are quite different. Jump raises of overcalls should be weak and 1♠ and not be too distressed if partner went back It’s safer to have close to an opening hand for preemptive in nature. to 2♥. a two-level overcall. Otherwise, you are risking a The protocols of overcalls don’t grab our What would it mean if you made a jump in penalty double. attention the way, for instance, preempts or strong a new suit after partner overcalled? A cuebid of A reasonable policy would be to have a lower bids do, but it’s worth taking time for situations opener’s suit is available as a forcing bid, so you limit like 6 HCP—to allow an overcall with a fine that are so common in your bidding. could use this jump as preemptive. suit at the one level—and an upper limit around Thinking bridge double, particularly at tournament bridge, where ruffs in dummy. Our diamond tricks aren’t going you compete like a tiger on nearly every board. anywhere. Patience.” By Eddie Kantar Lead commentary: In order to lead an honor against a suit contract, you only need the IN Top 100 Dlr: North ♠ 10 9 8 next lower honor. Against notrump the ♥6 is the Vul: E-W ♥ K 9 proper lead from the West hand. To lead a jack masterpoint race ♦ 10 3 2 playing standard leads, the suit should be headed 1 13.94 Jerry Burrill, Newhall CA ♣ A Q 10 8 6 by the A-J-10-(x), K-J-10-(x), J-10-9-(x) or J-10- 2 13.94 Ruth Baker, Valencia CA ♠ K 5 ♠ 4 3 2 8-(x). 3 12.08 Frank Pierce, San Mateo CA ♥ J 10 7 6 ♥ A Q 8 Play commentary: East is marked with the 4 12.08 Eleanor Battaglia, Foster City CA ♦ K 9 8 7 ♦ J 6 5 ♥A Q from the lead, and as South is no rush to 5 11.42 Scott Denison, Santa Barbara CA ♣ 5 4 2 ♣ K J 9 7 see East win and return a trump, South plays low 6 11.42 Phyllis Denison, Santa Barbara CA ♠ A Q J 7 6 from dummy. 7 10.71 Gina Kirk, San Luis Obispo CA ♥ 5 4 3 2 Defensive commentary: East, who has 8 10.71 Louise Abbott, Los Osos CA ♦ A Q 4 dummy’s long club suit all bottled up, knows that 9 10.32 Melinda Westgate, Mercer Island ♣ 3 this dummy is useful for only one thing – ruffing WA West North East South hearts. East overtakes the ♥J and leads a spade. 10 10.28 Norma Titus, Kingston WA Pass Pass 1♠ If South ducks, West wins and returns a second 11 10.28 Barbara Hamal, Kingston WA Pass 2♠ All Pass spade. When South plays a second heart, East 12 9.64 Daniel Ellsworth, Anchorage AK Opening lead: ♥J. wins and plays a third spade. Declarer stands a 13 9.60 Lisa Darcy, Visalia CA Bidding commentary: East is not strong good chance of losing seven tricks against this 14 9.60 Bonnie Chan, Visalia CA enough, nor does he have the right shape, to defense. 15 9.54 Sheila Davis, Las Vegas NV make a takeout double of 2♠. West has the right When West, looking at those scary clubs, 16 9.54 Oscar Chiodi, Las Vegas NV distribution to double 2♠ (short spades, plus four sees East shift to a trump, a passive return, East 17 9.36 Kathy Rodeman, Washougal WA hearts), but is not strong enough. With another is telling West (and South, for that matter): 18 8.86 Donald Dufour, Weyburn SK king, even a queen, West could chance a takeout “Partner don’t worry about clubs, let’s stop heart 19 8.86 Bernie Dufour, Weyburn SK continued on page 7 Page 4 Daily Bulletin

Platinum problems By Barry Rigal TOURNAMENT APPEALS Russ Ekeblad gave me an opening lead In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeal results in a timely fashion, the problem. You hold NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is made to ensure that these ♠8 6 5 3 ♥6 2 ♦K 7 ♣Q 9 8 6 3 reports are accurate and complete. Before they are published in the NABC Appeals The opponents bid 1♥ 1♠; 1NT – 3NT. Casebook, however, revisions may be made. I admitted I was too much of a peasant to lead APPEAL CASE #: 5 spade values. North-South had marked transfers over takeout anything but a fourth-best club. “That’s what I Event: doubles on both convention cards. did,” said Russ. This was the full deal (rotated): Session: Second Final The director was called back after play was ♠ Q 4 Rick Kaye complete as the South hand did not match the late ♥ Q J 10 Board # ♠ K 8 Alert information. ♦ A Q 10 3 Vul: Both ♥ K 5 4 Director’s Ruling: The director determined ♣ A J 10 2 Dlr: West ♦ Q 9 7 6 5 3 that there was no misinformation that impacted the ♠ 8 6 5 3 ♠ K J 10 9 7 ♣ A 7 result as West was given a chance to change her call ♥ 6 2 ♥ K 8 7 Lynda Rosenblatt Marvin Rosenblatt at an opportune time in accordance with Law 21B1. ♦ K 7 ♦ J 8 5 ♠ 10 4 ♠ Q J 9 5 Therefore, the table result of 4♥ by East down one ♣ Q 9 8 6 3 ♣ 5 4 ♥ 9 3 2 ♥ A Q J 8 6 was allowed to stand for both sides. ♠ A 2 ♦ K J 4 2 ♦ A The Appeal: East-West appealed the director’s ♥ A 9 5 4 3 ♣ K Q 9 3 ♣ J 10 6 decision and all four players attended the hearing. ♦ 9 6 4 2 Beverly Gardner West felt that the location of her and her partner’s ♣ K 7 ♠ A 7 6 3 2 honors was improved after being informed of the Said Russ, “On my club lead, declarer finesses ♥ 10 7 opponent’s agreement. North-South apologized for first in clubs, then hearts then diamonds. He ♦ 10 8 their errors. now had 12 tricks. Our matchpoint score was a ♣ 8 5 4 2 The Decision: The committee saw no round zero – not entirely surprising given North’s West North East South justification for East-West to bid ♥3 and 4♥. In “imaginative” 1♠ response and South’s not entirely Pass 1♦ Dbl 1♠ (1) any case 1♠ seems to have been a misbid, because automatic 1NT rebid. 1NT Pass 2♥ Pass both North-South convention cards were marked “To make matters worse, North-South were 3♥ (2) Pass 4♥ All Pass identically, so aside from the late Alert, there was our teammates from the trials last year. When you (1) Transfer to clubs. Not Alerted until after no irregularity. Therefore, the table result of 4♥ by friend fix you, what hope do you have of scoring West had passed 2♥, but before North made a call. East down one was allowed to stand for both sides. well?” (2) West was given an opportunity to change While the committee did not feel the appeal her pass over 2♥, and did so by bidding 3♥. had merit, the players were not advised at all in the Mixed mélange Facts: The director was called before the third screening process; so had no reason not to continue By Barry Rigal pass to 2♥ and again after the deal was played. with the appeal. Mel Colchamiro gave me this deal from the 1♠ was not Alerted by North until after West [Note: The committee was mistaken regarding Rockwell Mixed Pairs. had passed to 2♥, and before North called in the the prerequisites for assessing an AWMW. East- Sitting South, you hear your lady partner open passout seat. West had signed the appeal form which states “I 1♦, followed by 1♠ on your right, then a (male The director determined that there had been understand that . . . .a committee, should it judge chauvinist) piggish 3NT from you to end the misinformation because of the late Alert. The this appeal to be substantially without merit, may auction. director reopened the auction and allowed West to assess discipline or refer the matter to the Director- West leads the ♠6 and this is what you can see change her final call from a pass to ♥3 . She had in-charge.] (spots approximate) when dummy comes down: said away from the table that she would have still The committee: Dick Budd (chair), Ellen ♠ 7 4 bid 1NT but would have raised 2♥ to 3♥ instead of Kent, Ed Lazarus, Tom Peters and Jim Thurtell. ♥ K 6 5 3 passing. ♦ A K Q 10 2 West said that the new information increased ♣ 6 3 the value of club cards and her partner’s possible Sensational ending ♠K to pitch a diamond, then played a club to the ♠ Q 10 8 10 and West’s ace. West returned a low trump, Nick By Barry Rigal ♥ A J 7 winning in dummy to lead a club to the king. This deal was played in the NABC+ Platinum ♦ 6 4 East switched to the ♦Q, covered by the king Pairs. ♣ A Q 10 5 2 and ace. This was the ending after West cashed the Dlr: North ♠ K 8 4 3 East gladdens your heart by winning the ♥K: Vul: Both ♥ A 10 9 8 ♠K instead of ducking to retain communication. ♠ 8 ♦ 8 6 2 Back comes a club to the 10 and jack, and West ♥ 10 ♣ 6 5 accurately reverts to spades, East winning the ace. ♦ 8 6 ♠ 10 9 6 ♠ J 7 5 2 East continues with a club, and the queen holds the ♣ – ♥ K J 5 3 ♥ 2 trick. You cash two black-suit winners, on which ♠ – ♠ J ♦ A 9 7 ♦ Q J 10 3 West lets go of two hearts, as does dummy. ♥ 5 ♥ – ♣ A 7 3 ♣ K J 8 4 Now is the time for some counting: East is 6-4 ♦ 9 7 ♦ J ♠ A Q in the blacks, so he holds only three red cards. You ♣ 7 ♣ J 8 ♥ Q 7 6 4 play the ♦A, East following, then the ♥K and the ♠ – ♦ K 5 4 ♥A, East following to both. West plays the ♥Q, so ♥ Q ♣ Q 10 9 2 you cash the jack and take the marked finesse in ♦ 5 West North East South diamonds for the overtrick. ♣ Q 10 Pass Pass 1♣ West does best to return a diamond, then the ♠J Pass 1♦ (1) Pass 1♥ would allow declarer to ruff high and West could Pass 1♠ Pass 2♥ pitch a club to allow him to ruff the ♣Q and score No smoking All Pass the ♦9 at trick 13. West, however, returned a trump, There is no smoking in the (1) Hearts. squeezing his partner instead. If East pitched a playing areas or the hallways Nick L’Ecuyer sat South and received the lead spade, he would be endplayed with a diamond. If he outside. You can smoke in the of the ♠10 to his ace. How would you continue? pitched a diamond, declarer could cash the ♣Q and casino area except where signs say Nick cashed the ♠Q and played a low heart, winkle a trick from the ♦8. Finally, if East pitched otherwise. intending to insert the 8, but West foiled him by a club, declarer would have two tricks in that suit. playing the ♥J. so Nick won the ♥A, cashed the Daily Bulletin Page 5

2010 NABC Puzzle 43. Asian taxi 46. Canine covering By Steve Picus 47. Nosey ones Across 65. Early pamphleteer 50. Husband of Ruth 1. Jazzy riffs 66. Orange “Sesame Street” Muppet 51. Host and found in 17,27,45,and 60 Across 6. Deep opening 67. Tanglewood Music Festival town 52. “Dies ___” (hymn) 11. Red ___ (sushi order) 68. Good ___ 53. Verne’s captain 14. ___ a time (singly) 54. Cameo stone 15. Phil Mickelson’s nickname Down 56. Snakeless isle 16. Command posts, briefly 1. They might be renewed 57. Ignore, with “out” 17. Lyle Gorch in “The Wild Bunch” 2. Art school subj. 58. Fish-eating duck 19. Non’s opposite 3. Nothing more than 61. Stimpy’s TV partner 20. Galley mark 4. Series continuation 62. Bad Ems, e.g. 21. Giant slugger Mel 5. Sault ___ Marie 22. Mehrabad International Airport site 6. Thrombus The author, who lives in Milwaukee, composed 24. Suffix in political studies 7. Qualifying race crossword puzzles for the Bridge Bulletin for 26. Cuba or Mallorca 8. In the stern several years. 27. Third in a series of six novels by 9. It may be felt on the range Frank Herbert 10. “I Can’t Help ____” (1965 #1 hit for the 34. Sheepish reply Four Tops) Restaurant Shuttle 35. Subject of the 1999 best seller “Dutch” 11. Hammer-hurling god If you’re interested in dining off site, a shuttle 36. “Put a lid ___!” 12. Marine shade is available to increase your dining options. 37. New Balance rival 13. “The doctor ___” Departing the Grand Sierra to Downtown 39. Hoops legend, familiarly 18. ___ guerre Reno: 40. “___ Majesty’s Secret Service” 23. Wore The RTC* (public transportation) bus departs 41. Anti-apartheid activist Steven 25. Some 35mm cameras every 30 minutes beginning at 3:51 p.m. It will 42. Like a short play 26. Stuck continue to pick up at 4:21, 4:51 and 5:21 p.m 44. Rocks, to a bartender 27. Timex competitor (final RTC departure). 45. Brush-off line 28. 17-syllable poem You will depart just past the Grand Sierra front 48. Fed. power dept. 29. Pennsylvania home of TV Guide desk at the south entrance. 49. Country singer David Allan ___ 30. Everglades wader The bus will take you to the RTC Citicenter 50. Kind of shower 31. Square which has numerous restaurants and casinos. 53. Name in Cambodian history 32. Elizabeth II, to Edward VIII The cost is $2 one way ($1 for seniors born 55. New Jersey five 33. To be, in Bordeaux before Jan. 1, 1950). 59. Anthem preposition 34. Pebbles, e.g., on “The Flintstones” *The times listed above are for the 60. The Mediterranean, to the Romans 38. Worked on an apple NABC dinner hour. This bus provides public 63. Santa ___ (Pacific wind) 40. “Beetle Bailey” pooch transportation from the Grand Sierra every 30 64. Kind of territory 42. Like most covered bridges minutes at :21 and :51 after the hour until 6:51 p.m., after which the bus picks up and drops off 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 every hour. Returning to the Grand Sierra — 2 Options: 14 15 16 1. The Silver Legacy and Circus Circus Casinos are sponsoring free return shuttles from both hotels. These buses will depart each hotel at 17 18 19 6:30 and 7 p.m. from the valet areas. There will be a sign welcoming NABC attendees to ride the 20 21 22 23 shuttle. Please advise the driver that you are going to the Grand Sierra. There is no cost for the Silver Legacy and 24 25 26 Circus Circus return shuttles. 2. The RTC* bus will pick up at the RTC 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Citicenter at 5:15, 5:45 and 6:15 p.m. (final RTC departure) to return you to the Grand Sierra. 34 35 36 The cost is $2 one way ($1 for seniors born before Jan. 1, 1950). *The times listed above are for the 37 38 39 40 NABC dinner hour. This bus provides public transportation from the RTC Citicenter every 30 41 42 43 44 minutes at :15 and :45 after the hour until 6:15 p.m., after which the bus picks up and drops off every hour. 45 46 47 RTC Passes: A 7‑day pass is available for $21 ($10.50 for 48 49 seniors born before Jan. 1, 1950). A 24‑Hour pass is $2 ($1 for seniors born before Jan. 1, 1950) at the 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 Reno Transit Center or at www.rtcwashoe.com. For more information, visit the Reno NABC Information Desk. 59 60 61 62 Lost and Found 63 64 65 Missing something? There is a lost and found at the Information Desk. They have convention 66 67 68 cards, glasses, earrings, bracelets and name tags. Page 6 Daily Bulletin

Alaska Vanderbilt variations ♠ – ♥ Q 6 5 By Barry Rigal continued from page 1 ♦ J In our round of 32 loss in the Vanderbilt ♣ K 10 7 5 Knockout Teams, this entertaining deal presented ♠ Q 10 7 ♠ 9 5 4 2 itself. ♥ A J 10 8 4 ♥ 7 3 Dlr: North ♠ 4 ♦ – ♦ Q Vul: E-W ♥ Q 6 5 ♣ – ♣ J ♦ J 8 2 ♠ A J ♣ A K 10 7 5 4 ♥ K 9 2 ♦ 6 5 4 ♠ A J 3 ♣ – ♥ K 9 2 With the lead in the South hand, you need six ♦ A K 6 5 4 of the last eight tricks. If you lead a low heart to the ♣ 8 2 queen, you will never score your ♠A. If you cash West North East South it, West will be able to cash out his spades when in 1♣ Pass 1♦ with the ♥A. 1♥ Pass Pass 3NT The is simple but elegant. Advance the All Pass ♥K. West must win because if he ducks you will West led the ♠K, asking for attitude. East lead a low heart to the queen. West can do no better followed with a discouraging ♠6. West went into than return a top heart. You win with the queen and the tank and emerges with the ♣6. Over to you. run the clubs. At trick 12, you lead dummy’s losing You can see that it will be fatal to let East diamond to East, who must give you your ♠A at gain the lead, so you rise with the ♣K and lead a trick 13. low diamond, hoping to duck it to West, but East This deal also contributed to our defeat. Fred Shields, of Haines AK, considers his bid. meanly plays the ♦9 and you are forced to win Dlr: East ♠ K 6 5 3 as West plays the 3. Now you play a club up, and Gregg provides,” he says, referring to commercial Vul: Both ♥ A K J 7 2 when West produces the queen, you duck. West fisherman Bigsby. ♦ K returns a second diamond, the 7, and you cover How have they done so far this week? The four ♣ A 6 4 players have been competing in the knockout team with the 8. East covers with the ♦9, forcing you to win the ace. This is the position with the opponents’ games and have won some gold points. ♠ A Q 9 4 2 cards sure to look something like: “We’re after the gold,” says Bigsby. “We’ve ♥ 8 6 5 4 done okay, but we want more!” ♦ A J 5 The foursome plans to return to Alaska on Reno tee shirts on sale ♣ 9 Saturday. No word as to whether they plan to add a Souvenir tee shirts are on sale at the West North East South bus-ride to their trip. Information Desk for $12 each. Only three shirts Pass 1♠ are left. 3♣ 3♥ Pass 4♥ Pass 6♠ All Pass Puzzle Answers from page 5 West leads a low diamond to dummy’s king. You cash the ♠K, both opponents following. When 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 you lead a second trump from dummy, East pitches V A M P S C H A S M T A I a diamond. He discards another diamond on the 14 15 16 ♠A. What next? O NEAT L EFTY H QS In case hearts are 4-0, ruff a diamond, cash ♣ 17 18 19 the A, ruff a club, play a heart to dummy’s ace, W ARREN OATES O UI noting West’s discard, to get to this ending: ♠ – 20 21 22 23 ♥ K J 7 2 S TET O TT T EH RAN ♦ – 24 25 26 ♣ 6 I S M I SLA ♠ – ♠ – 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 ♥ – ♥ Q 10 9 C H ILDR E NOFDU N E ♦ – ♦ 10 8 ♣ Q J 10 3 2 ♣ – 34 35 36 ♠ 9 B AA R EAGAN O NIT ♥ 8 6 5 37 38 39 40 ♦ A A SIC S D RJ O NHER ♣ – 41 42 43 44 On the lead of the ♣6 from dummy, East is B IKO O NEAC T I CE caught in a non-material squeeze. If he pitches a 45 46 47 heart, declarer easily sets up the suit by ducking. Y OURE NOTMYTY PE If East pitches a diamond, declarer ruffs the club, cashes the ♦A and ducks a heart for the endplay. 48 49 E NER C OE Masterpoint disclaimer 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are B R I DAL N O L N E T S subject to change because of score changes or 59 60 61 62 corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, O ER M AR ENOS TRUM therefore, also subject to change. 63 64 65 A NA E NEMY P AINE 66 67 68 Z OE L ENOX A SNEW Daily Bulletin Page 7

IN Top 100 56 6.19 Nancy Serne, Sacramento CA 95 4.67 Marvin Warner, San Diego CA 57 6.19 Marilyn Philips, Bellevue WA 96 4.66 Leigh Stamets, Carmichael CA continued from page 3 58 6.10 Joanie Gates, Austin TX 97 4.66 Mary Kaye Stamets, Carmichael CA 20 8.69 Eileen Milligan, Corvallis OR 59 6.07 Janet Sebranek, Eau Claire WI 98 4.59 Jacqueline Chandler, Reo NV 21 8.67 Pat Vanderford, Lincoln NE 60 6.03 Rose Kaufmann, Los Angeles CA 99 4.47 Karin Heidi Hollmann, Monterey CA 22 8.67 Juanita Washburn, Lincoln NE 61 5.79 Gloria Hersch, Healdsburg CA 100 4.46 Doris Weiner Gluckman, Alameda CA 23 8.45 D Sorenson, San Bruno CA 62 5.75 Marie Miller, Rockaway Beach OR 24 8.45 Mark Sorenson, San Bruno CA 63 5.75 Paul Miller, Rockaway Beach OR A little trump grows up 25 8.24 Robert Doan, Sun City Center FL 64 5.74 Roma Yvonne Rehfisch, Oakland CA On this deal from the Rockwell Mixed Pairs, 26 8.24 Shirley Passeri, Sun City Center FL 65 5.64 Estelle Baum, Oakland CA Yiji Starr of Boston worked very hard to promote 27 8.03 Jeanne Cochran, Danville CA 66 5.64 Esther Rubke, Piedmont CA an extra trump trick for her partner. The end result 28 8.03 Fred Cochran, Danville CA 67 5.52 Dennis Uthe, Roseville CA was somewhat surprising. 29 7.78 Linda Struthers, Carmichael CA 68 5.50 Helen Spalding, San Francisco CA Dlr: West ♠ 7 6 30 7.78 Carol Whitelaw, Carmichael CA 69 5.50 Linda Bucklin, San Francisco CA Vul: Both ♥ 7 4 2 31 7.77 Ann Clemmons, Langley BC 70 5.47 Georgeann Dorn, Pls Verdes Ests CA ♦ K 10 7 6 4 32 7.75 Barbara Pyles, Portland OR 71 5.47 Carole La Caze, Rolling Hills CA ♣ K 6 3 33 7.71 Alan Bostrom, San Francisco CA 72 5.41 Dan Thatte, Palo Alto CA ♠ 8 4 ♠ A K Q 10 9 5 3 34 7.42 Dee Minazzoli, Newbury Park CA 73 5.41 Manda Thatte, Palo Alto CA ♥ 10 ♥ K Q 8 35 7.42 James Rhew, Raleigh NC 74 5.37 Maggie Burke, Tacoma WA ♦ A 9 8 3 2 ♦ Q 36 7.38 Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD 75 5.37 M. David Jackson, Alexandria VA ♣ A 10 9 5 2 ♣ Q 7 37 7.38 Everett Dorsey, Sun City West AZ 76 5.36 Frances Opheim, Lethbridge AB ♠ J 2 38 7.28 Lydia Yang, Basking Ridge NJ 77 5.36 Wendell Opheim, Lethbridge AB ♥ A J 9 6 5 3 39 7.28 Patrick Yang, Basking Ridge NJ 78 5.30 Laurie David, Rolling Hills E CA ♦ J 5 40 7.27 Richard Rodeman, Washougal WA 79 5.30 Elizabeth Biggins, Palos Verdes CA ♣ J 8 4 41 7.18 Charles Hall, Pasadena CA 80 5.26 Paul Mershon, Santa Barbara CA In an auction best forgotten, East wound up 42 7.18 Randy Ryals, Menlo Park CA 81 5.26 Gennelle Linville, Santa Barbara CA playing in 3♣. Starr, South, started with the ♥A, 43 7.01 William Pearman, Honolulu HI 82 5.21 Janice Hess, Santa Rosa CA switching to the ♠J at trick two. Declarer won in 44 6.94 Cyann Martin, Neenah WI 83 5.11 Patricia Newman, Solana Beach CA hand, cashed the ♥K and ♥Q for diamond pitches, 45 6.94 Jeri Nelson, Neenah WI 84 4.87 Sharon Weintrob, Wayne PA then played the ♦Q to the ace and ruffed a diamond 46 6.65 Marcia Jameson, Austin TX 85 4.86 Patty Harberson, Petaluma CA with the ♣7. He played a spade to dummy’s ace 47 6.51 Kathleen Adams-Parke, Lincoln CA 86 4.86 Carolynn Zocchi, Petaluma CA and ruffed another diamond with the ♣Q. 48 6.51 Steven Parke, Lincoln CA 87 4.85 Dee Alexander, Modesto CA He then played a high spade, ruffing with 49 6.49 Rudi Metzner, Camas WA 88 4.85 Jeanne Russo, Modesto CA dummy’s 5. North overruffed with the ♣6 and 50 6.49 Betty Metzner, Camas WA 89 4.83 Sharon Henning, Larkspur CA returned a diamond. Declarer, now down to all 51 6.26 Marilyn Duncan, Seattle WA 90 4.73 Juanita Painter, Austin TX spades, discarded one of them, and Starr ruffed 52 6.26 Kayel White, Federal Way WA 91 4.73 David Myers, Austin TX with the ♣J, overruffed with the ace. The ♣10 then 53 6.25 Joanne Onstine-Dill, Sparks NV 92 4.71 Jan Schwitters, Las Vegas NV went to North’s king and another diamond allowed 54 6.21 Leslie Perkins, Sunnyvale CA 93 4.67 Lori Hamm, San Diego CA Starr to ruff with the ♣8. Declarer overruffed with 55 6.21 Lynn Bartz, Los Gatos CA 94 4.67 Gary Gelman, San Diego CA the ♣9, but at trick 13, dummy was left with the ♣2, taken by North with the only remaining trump – the 3. Convention card reminder Each player is required to have a convention card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a session. Both cards of a partnership must be identical and include the first and last names of each member of the partnership. If a director determines that neither player has a substantially completed card, the partnership may play only the Standard American Yellow Card and may use only standard carding. This restriction may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round after convention cards have been properly prepared and approved by the director. Further, the partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each board played, commencing with the next round and continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the director. If the director determines the partnership has at least one substantially completed convention card but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, the director may give warnings or assign such penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the circumstances. The objective of these warnings and penalties is the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL regulations. Page 8 Daily Bulletin Vanderbilt Knockout Teams 88 Tables Romain Zaleski - Albert Faigenbaum - Dominique Pilon John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston - Jean Quantin, Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La IL; Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA; Fred Gitelman - Geoff Reine France Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA vs 50.00 9/16 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Eric NJ; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Zia Mahmood, London Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY England; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 50.00 9/16 Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las NY; Louk Verhees, 2215 SH Voorhou Netherlands; Vegas NV; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Jan Jansma, Malden Moscow Russia; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Netherlands; Ron Rubin, Miami FL; Matt Granovetter, Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland Cincinnati OH vs 50.00 9/16 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Michael Becker, Boca Seamon, Dania FL; - Lorenzo Lauria, Raton FL; Fulvio Fantoni, Rome Italy; Claudio Nunes, Rome Italy; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Roma Italy; Erik Saelensminde, Bergen Norway; Boye Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland Brogeland, Norway 50.00 9/16 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Jorgen Molberg, Trondheim Norway; John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Gary Cohler, Miami Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, FL; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt; Jim Venice FL; Joe Grue, New York NY Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV 50.00 9/16 Robert Hampton, Blythewood SC; Gavin vs Wolpert, Singer Island FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Pierre Zimmerman, Geneva C Switzerland; Franck Joel Wooldridge, Williamsville NY; Krzysztof Buras, Multon, Nice France; Michel Bessis, Paris France; Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Tor Helness, Oslo Norway; 50.00 9/16 Justin Lall - Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Geir Helgemo, Trondheim Norway Judith Bianco - Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY; Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Jaggy Shivdasani, Pleasantville Martin De Knijff, Las Vegas NV; Frederic Wrang, NY Stockholm Sweden; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Bjorn 50.00 9/16 Dennis Dawson, Santa Fe NM; Walter Fallenius, New York NY; Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Johnson, Columbus OH; Kalin Karaivanov - Rumen Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden Trendafilov, Varna Bulgaria; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia vs Bulgaria; Valentin Kovachev, Stony Brook NY

1. Nickell 178 64. Ng 96 1. Nickell 11 25 73 92 32. Koneru 197 24 39 55 85 33. King 97 32. Koneru 1. Nickell 10 22 69 89 17. Polowan 170 17 59 80 98 48. Blanchard 61 17. Polowan 16. Zimmerman 1. (16) Zimmerman 37 68 79 WD 16. Zimmerman 131 73 118 177 49. DeFalco 107 16. Zimmerman

9. Onstott 192 56. Hung 65 9. Onstott 8. (9) Onstott 48 74 117 24. Drijver 129 17 31 37 WD 9. Onstott 41. Rogoff 131 23. (41) Rogoff 22 75 107 156 31 73 83 118 25. Morse 104 8. (40) Carmichael 40. Carmichael 150 25. (40) Carmichael 53 69 82 117 37 91 97 110 8. O’Rourke 125 8. O’Rourke 57. Texan Aces 88

5. Cayne 96 5. Cayne 60. Whitworth 14 WD 47 81 131 195 38 80 101 121 28. (63) Van Prooijen 175 28. (63) Van Prooijen 37. Marshall 112 5. Cayne 30 37 71 105 21. (53)Berg 154 17 54 86 112 21. (43) Berg 44. Falk 105 12. Strul 28 46 64 71 52 75 115 162 12. Strul 191 5. (12) Strul 12. Strul 53. Litwin 111

13. Mahaffey 207 13. Mahaffey 52. Caldwell 191 31 52 69 95

37 76 117 132 20. Hampton 129 4. Lynch 20. Hampton 13. (20) Hampton 45. Lebi 77 19 32 45 WD 48 88 133 29. Rigal 227 29. Rigal 4. Lynch 36. Barrett 87 50 74 77 92 36 71 101 161 4. Lynch 117 4. Lynch 61. Hiraki 68 Daily Bulletin Page 9 Vanderbilt Knockout Teams 50.00 9/16 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Hoorn Netherlands Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; David Grainger, Etobicoke 25.00 17/32 Seymon Deutsch, Laredo TX; John ON; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Nikolay Demirev, Kranyak, Bay Village OH; David Bakhshi, London Arlington Hts IL; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY England; Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; 25.00 17/32 Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland Larsen, San Francisco CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg 25.00 17/32 Barry Rigal - Michael Moss, New MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Apolinary York NY; Alex Ornstein, Roslyn Heights NY; George Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Mittelman, Toronto ON; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Brady Poland Richter, Summit NJ 25.00 17/32 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; 25.00 17/32 Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Bialystok Poland; Jacek Jerzy Antonio Sementa, Parma PR 43100 Italy; Eddie Wold, Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legiowowo Houston TX; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV Poland 25.00 17/32 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Peter 25.00 17/32 Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL; Ulf Nilsson, Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Sam Lev, New York NY; Jacek Dalby Sweden; Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Harry Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Tudor, Miami FL Republic of China; Jie Zhao, Tianjin People’s Republic of 25.00 17/32 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Ira China Chorush, Houston TX; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Neil 25.00 17/32 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Chambers, Schenectady NY Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; 25.00 17/32 Bruce Rogoff, Tenafly NJ; Joshua Parker, Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY; Douglas Doub, W Briarcliff NY; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Wafik Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA 25.00 17/32 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Jacob 25.00 17/32 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; James Morgan, Madison WI; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Griffin, Sausalito CA; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC Foster, Birmingham AL 25.00 17/32 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein, 25.00 17/32 Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; Kumar New York NY; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Michael Bhatia, Pepper Pike OH; Yuxiong Shen, Shangha People’s Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; David Gold, Reading Republic of China; Yi Zhong, Cockeysville MD Great Britain; Tom Townsend, London England 25.00 17/32 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep 25.00 17/32 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; John Netherlands; Jessica Piafsky - Barry Piafsky, New York Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; Huub Bertens, Tilburg NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON Netherlands; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Bauke Muller,

2, Schwartz 151 2, Schwartz 63. Bettadapura 105 32 66 118 150 51 88 109 144 31. Jones 158 2. Schwartz 31. Jones 34. Lindop 156 36 68 97 131 39 77 130 165 18. Rosenthal 116 15. DeKnijff 2. (15) DeKnijff 18. Rosenthal 47. Lusky 100 13 40 83 104 26 51 103 133 15. DeKnijff 150 15. DeKnijff 50. Byrnes 78 WD

10. Jacobs 115 7. (26) Zaleski 10. (55) Brody 55. Brody 141 35 52 94 117 25 47 97 141 23. Lall 90 10. (23) Lall 23. Lall 14 45 83 118 42. Lombardi 57 38 95 128 169 7. (26) Zaleski 26. Zaleski 148 26. Zaleski 39. Hollman 85 44 53 77 95 16 35 46 88 7. Welland 145 7. (58) Becker 58. Becker 156

6. Meltzer 169 6. Meltzer 59. Wiss 52 WD 20 33 49 90 43 92 101 115 27. Stansby 41 WD 27. (38) Dawson 6. (38) Dawson 38. Dawson 144 25 44 78 128 30 97 126 136 22. Deutsch 109 22. Deutsch 11. Fleisher 43. Wickham 104 24 47 100 132 34 81 118 172 6. (11) Fleisher 11. Fleisher 171 11. Fleisher 54. (73) Agica 65

14. Robinson 229 14. Robinson 51. Millikan 89 29 88 90 142 36 57 118 147 3. Diamond 19. Gordon 185 19. Gordon 14. (19) Gordon 46. Gromova 125 28 54 86 103 30. Walczak 159 28 54 120 155 30. Team Poland 35. Joel 144 3. Diamond 25 38 71 86 30 59 65 106 3. Diamond 210 3. Diamond 62. Sulgrove 71 Page 10 Daily Bulletin

THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT 1 THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES 16 Teams 21.0 Tables David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY; Rumen A B C Trendafilov – Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria vs 4.70 1 R Muggia, Andover MA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 71.13% William McFall, New Berlin WI; James Melville, Springfield IL; 3.53 2 John Veltri, Bradenton FL; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 70.54% Will Engel, Freeport IL; Sun-O Ho, Brookfield WI 2.64 3 John Coone, Vernon BC; Jack Triplett, Inkom ID 61.61% 1.98 4 Robert Boggs - Phillip Schiffert,Roseville CA 59.23% Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Jeff Strutzel, Redondo Beach CA; 4.10 5 1 Daniel Carter - June Wood, Encinitas CA 58.93% Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA 3.08 6 2 Dian Petrov, Buffalo NY; Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA 57.14% vs Linda Glynn - Burt O’Dell, Jacksonville FL; Pam Himes - Jerry 2.31 3 Diane Campbell - Janet Sharpe, Calgary AB 56.25% Himes, Merritt Island FL 1.73 4 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Patricia Young, Erie PA 55.65% 1.30 5 W Turner - Jane Turner, College Station TX 55.06% THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT 2 2.88 6 1 Thomas Bergstrom – Martha Bergstrom, Ashland OR 54.46% 16 Teams 2.16 2 Robert Hope, Honolulu HI; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA 53.87% Jerrold Harrington, Garden Ridge TX; Susan Hernandez, Fair Oaks Ranch TX; Fran Vanecko - Marilyn Arnold, San Antonio TX 1.62 3 Marvin Weitzenhoffer – Helen McCourt, Las Vegas NV 52.38% vs 1.22 4 Massimo Gallotti - Ronald Krueger, Spokane WA 51.19% Stuart Foster, Park City UT; Bruce Boje, Chanhassen MN; Bert 0.91 5 Bob Weise - Cathy Weise, Reno NV 50.89% Sheldon, San Antonio TX; Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN SECOND THURSDAY MORNING 100/200/300 PAIRS William Cummings, Monticello MN; Wayne Gergen, Minneapolis 18.0 Tables MN; Linda Hays - Jill Burtram, Albuquerque NM vs A B C Cheryl Berens, Oakland OR; Jackie Donnelly, Phoenix OR; Gee 3.96 1 Robert Houghton, Fair Oaks CA; Valerie Williams, Cameron Park CA 64.29% Gee Walker, Medford OR; Rebecca Ostrom, Ashland OR 2.97 2 Edgar Fried - Cynthia Maas, Benicia CA 63.69% 2.23 3 James Maniscalco - Barbara Maniscalco, La Quinta CA 62.50% THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT 3 3.46 4 1 Sharon Larcom - Darrel Larcom, North Bend OR 60.12% 16 Teams 2.60 5 2 1 Melinda Westgate, Mercer Island WA; Marilyn Philips, Bellevue WA 58.93% Peter Harris, Milton DE; Mary Boyd, Lewes DE; Donald Rentzel – Cathy Davenport, Discovery Bay CA 1.95 6 3 Betty Metzner - Rudi Metzner, Camas WA 58.04% vs 1.46 4 David Glasspiegel - Lynn Puri, Lincoln CA 55.36% David Moody - Violet Corkle, Salt Lake City UT; Coleen Cronin, 1.61 5 2 William Maack, Ofallon MO; Ralph Britton, Wentzville MO 55.06% Holladay UT; Thomas Reeves, Lehi UT 1.13 6 Rosemary Hagman - Eileen Thompson, Oakland CA 53.27% 1.20 3 Jean Milner, Reno NV; Carol Burton, Virginia City NV 52.68% Jerry Keeran - Paul Harris, Tampa FL; Susan Powers, Newport Beach CA; Terrence Rawlings, Prescott Valley AZ 0.79 4/5 Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD; Everett Dorsey, Sun City West AZ 52.38% vs 0.79 4/5 Pam Stoner, Menlo Park CA; Carolyn Drozdiak, Saratoga CA 52.38% Loretta Wahl, Placerville CA; Frances Ash, Thornhill ON; Patricia Penty, Aurora ON; Madison Morgan Jr, Bethlehem PA TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES 32.0 Tables THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 4 A B C 16 Teams 6.37 1 Diana Holt, Palm Beach FL; Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL 66.51% Fred Shields - Gregg Bigsby - John Schnabel - Roger Schnabel, Haines AK 4.78 2 Karol Monroe - Guy Monroe, Newport OR 64.42% vs 5.46 3 1 1 Charles Bisesi, Berea OH; Vern Vanderpol, Pasadena CA 63.14% Jackson Bell - Allen Grissom, Virginia Beach VA; Joan Fedor, Sun 3.59 4/5 2/3 Judy Guyer, El Macero CA; June Kasparian, Sacramento CA 59.29% City West AZ; Karen Wong, Seattle WA 3.59 4/5 2/3 Gayle Koedel - Robert Koedel, Lincoln CA 59.29% 2.30 6 4 E Lawrence Kolton, San Francisco CA; Ann Longknife, San Mateo CA 59.13% Marjorie Russell - Carroll Brooks, Walnut Creek CA; Alan 1.73 5 Donald Olderness - Gwen Olderness, Kimberley BC 58.01% Bostrom - Robert Chase, San Francisco CA vs 1.30 6 Patricia Rasmus, Hamburg NY; Thalia Fudor, Murrysville PA 57.69% Molly Anderson, Larkspur CA; Frank Aftowicz, Novato CA; 2.96 2 Janice Williams, Montague CA; Gloria Harmon, Sacramento CA 54.17% Susan Angel, Greenbrae CA; Jean Marchant, Kentfield CA 2.22 3 James O’Hearn - Sabrina O’Hearn, Surprise AZ 53.85% 1.66 4 Susan Minder - Douglas Minder, Caledonia MI 53.04% THURSDAY-FRIDAY COMPACT KO CONSOLATION I 1.09 5/6 Harold Deroos Jr, Modesto CA; Donna Deroos, Reno NV 52.40% 8 Teams Vernon De Jong, Sharon PA; Fay Teal, Mesa AZ; Carol Mahoney, 1.44 5/6 Lucia Teulecke, Laguna Woods CA; Clinton Gorsuch, Rowland Kokomo IN; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC Heights CA 52.40% vs Robert Webster, Ripon WI; Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI; Judith DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS Lichter, Sparta WI; David Vaclavik, Appleton WI 48.0 Tables A B C THURSDAY-FRIDAY COMPACT KO CONSOLATION 2 8 Teams 20.30 1 George Drake - Helene Drake, Phoenix AZ 61.22% James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA; 15.23 2 1 1 Y Chen, Fremont CA; Don-Min Tsou, Cupertine CA 61.14% Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Nancy Fleming, Weston MA 11.42 3 2 Arlie Lamb, San Mateo CA; Edward Hornung, San Bruno CA 60.34% vs 8.56 4 Sandra Hammer, New Smyrna Bch FL; Courtney Nelson, Wells VT 59.38% Charles Loos - Kay Loos, Rapid City SD; Judy Gutschenritter – 7.80 5 3 Robert Knowles - Dawne Parker, Albuquerque NM 59.05% Martin Gutschenritter, North Platte NE 5.80 6 Phillis Herbster - Louis Herbster, Tucson AZ 58.97%

THURSDAY-FRIDAY COMPACT KO CONSOLATION 4 5.08 7 David Siebert - Jane Dickey, Little Rock AR 58.73% 8 Teams 4.51 8 Dan McCaw, Toronto ON; Antonia Okany, Etobicoke ON 58.49% Karin Meyers, Hastings On Hud NY; Martha Rosen, Hartsdale 4.55 9 Samuel Haveson, Los Angeles CA; Eugene White Jr, Playa del Rey CA 57.93% NY; Lydia Yang - Patrick Yang, Basking Ridge NJ 6.31 10 4 2 Larry Sherkow, West Bend WI; Don Scholz, Grafton WI 57.61% vs 3.38 11 Jane Rubin - Bruce Rubin, Henderson NV 57.29% Randy Corr, Alamo CA; Pat Krock, Walnut Creek CA; John White – Lynne White, Lincoln CA 3.12 12 Charles Williams, Port Angeles WA; Vern Nunnally, Sequim WA 57.21% 4.09 13 Carlos D’Assumpcao, San Francisco CA; Leslie Balascoe, Reno NV 57.13% James Brown - Cathryn Brown, Coldstream BC; Billie Dalton, 4.73 5 3 Xiaolun Yi, Fredericton NB; Peter Coates, Hanwell NB 56.41% Garland TX; Delilah Perkinson, Addison TX 3.96 6 Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Rolf Paul, Needham MA 56.09% vs 4.13 7 4 Rita Levin, Los Angeles CA; Beverly Goldner, Beverly Hills CA 55.69% Betsy Bloechl - Gina Schultz, Lubbock TX; Jack Farmer – Martha 3.08 8 Dorothy Moore - Tom Moore, Keller TX 55.13% Farmer, Salem OR 2.77 9 Timothy Jeans, Vallejo CA; Donald Powell, Vacaville CA 54.89% WEDNESDAY-FRIIDAY MORNING KOS BRACKET 1 3.50 10 David Gambelin, San Jose CA; William Yetter, Saratoga CA 54.17% 8 Teams 2.80 5 Mischel Postas - L John Postas, Campbell CA 52.24% Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; 2.40 6 Geoffrey Stokes - Gladys Turissini, Gardnerville NV 51.92% Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA 2.25 7 Reatha Thiessen, Lake Country BC; Arlene Hawrelak, Kelowna BC 51.68% vs Hua Poon, Singapore 31022 Singapore; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Singapore; Kelvin Ng, Singapore Singapore; Gemma Mariano, Metro Manila Philippines; Allen Tan, Singapore Singapore Daily Bulletin Page 11

SECOND THURSDAY MORNING 20/50 PAIRS WEDNESDAY-FRIIDAY MORNING KOS BRACKET 2 5.0 Tables 8 Teams A B Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Melissa Baker, West Harrison NY; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; Teresa Thurman, 1.58 1 1 Marie Miller - Paul Miller, Rockaway Beach OR 60.50% Lakeport CA 1.19 2 2 Marilyn Bailey - John Bailey, Sparks NV 58.50% vs 0.78 3/4 3/4 Holly True, Saratoga CA; Ann Eppinga, Los Gatos CA 56.50% Jeff Luo - Melissa Luo, North York ON; Yan Wang, Scarborough 0.78 3/4 3/4 Jane Schwartz - Ed Schwartz, Sparks NV 56.50% ON; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA

SECOND THURSDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS WEDNESDAY-FRIIDAY MORNING KOS BRACKET 3 8 Teams 21.0 Tables Marc Franklin, Portland OR; Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI; A B C Bruce Pynnonen - Francine Kaminsk-Pynnon, Midland MI 4.38 1 1 Lynn Bartz, Los Gatos CA; Leslie Perkins, Sunnyvale CA 66.67% vs 2.88 2/3 2 Janice Tingler - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 65.18% Madhusudan Patel, Houston TX; Terry Wolfe, Clinton MT; Joyce 2.88 2/3 James Lindy - Judith Lindy, Memphis TN 65.18% Remsen, Sparks NV; Chuck Smith, Arlee MT 1.50 4/6 3/5 Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 57.74% WEDNESDAY-FRIIDAY MORNING KOS BRACKET 4 1.98 4/6 3/5 1/2 Diane Elliott, Torrance CA; Joe Henry, Salem OR 57.74% 8 Teams 1.98 4/6 3/5 1/2 Monica Brandl - Marjorie Quaglieri, Reno NV 57.74% Lucia Teulecke, Laguna Woods CA; Art Linderman, Anaheim CA; 1.48 6 3 Cindy Daugherty - Pat Ingoglia, Sacramento CA 56.25% Tracy Boys, Sherman Oaks CA; Glenn Eddy, Whittier CA 0.95 4 Joanie Gates, Austin TX; Joanne Mott, Baltimore MD 52.68% vs 0.72 5 Jack Fitzgerald, Lodi CA; Bob Champion, Carmel CA 52.08% Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Sidney Porter, Poulsbo WA; James Thompson, Richland WA; Nick Tipton, Seattle WA

WARREN HUBBLE STRATIFIED OPEN WEDNESDAY-FRIIDAY MORNING KOS BRACKET 5 31.0 Tables 6 Teams A B C Cathie Hayes, Larkspur CA; Alex Kinas, Sausalito CA; Sissel 14.35 1 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 62.50% Grove - Claudia Sims, Mill Valley CA 10.76 2 Marianne Spanier - Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ 62.34% vs 8.07 3 Gerald Fox, Napa CA; George King, Reno NV 61.38% Cecilia Ip, Walnut Creek CA; Sue Thomas, Portland OR; Joyce Mirwald - Harold Mirwald, Concord CA 6.05 4 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; R Muggia, Andover MA 59.94% 8.86 5 1 Bobbi Kauffman - John Link, Houston TX 59.70% WEDNESDAY-FRIIDAY MORNING KOS BRACKET 6 6.65 6 2 1 Lotte Optekamp - Britt Siem, Houston TX 59.21% 6 Teams 3.59 7 Russell Johnson - Gregory Trautman, Olympia WA 57.85% Mike McClain - Dixie Sue Allsbrook, Las Vegas NV; Judith 3.19 8 Linda Smoak - J Fletcher Smoak, Roanoke VA 57.77% Higbee – Ann Walter, Tempe AZ vs 2.87 9 Barry Senensky, Thornhill ON; John Laufer, Toronto ON 57.53% Dennis Patrick - Darlene Patrick, Redmond WA; Marynel Musch – 4.98 3 John Christensen - Larry Brafman, Baltimore MD 56.17% Bill Musch, Orting WA 3.84 4 Catherine Fortney - Terry Darwin, Millbrae CA 55.53% 3.25 5 Brian Kelly, Clive IA; Larry Anfinson, Waterloo IA 55.05% WEDNESDAY-FRIIDAY MORNING KOS BRACKET 7 2.53 6 Barbara Grzegorzewski, Meadville PA; Chet Mody, Greenville PA 54.57% 6 Teams 4.08 2 Alexander Lovejoy, Stanford CA; Jonathan Bittner, Cambridge MA 52.88% Emily Marcus - David Maze, Somerville MA; Catherine Cooper – Ira Cooper, Woburn MA 3.06 3 Michael Petrescu - Allan Becker, Prince George BC 51.04% vs 2.30 4 Shyam Giridharadas, Chevy Chase MD; Prem Garg, Potomac MD 50.72% Barbara Hamal - Norma Titus, Kingston WA; Bill Faley - Dawn 1.81 5 James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Nancy Fleming, Weston MA 49.36% Faley, Ridgefield WA 2.22 6 Thomas Shudic - Elaine Moore, Burbank CA 47.12% WED ZIP KO 14 Tables 3.64 1 Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA; Andre 2010 World Bridge Production Pairs (WBP) Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Frank Asbury, Valdosta GA; Matthew Dyer, Chicago IL 2.55 2 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, PPlaylay thisthis yearyear andand w winin a nan invitation invitation and and free free entry entry (US (US $2,800 $2,800 value) value) to n extto Lexington MA; Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Tony Ames II, next year’s Pairs (CIP). Minnetonka MN year’s Cavendish Invitational Pairs (CIP). 1.46 3/4 Shawn Abernethy, Seattle WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah The winning pair will have standing in the 2011 CIP player’s pool WA; Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Michael Shaw, Winnipeg MB The winning pair will have standing in the 2011 CIP player’s pool courtesy of 1.46 3/4 David Rogers, Southern Pines NC; Douglas courtesy of World Bridge Productions. Further, it will be your option Kuschner, Newhall CA; John Veltri, Bradenton FL; Julie Zhu, Worldto be auctionedBridge Productions. in the Calcutta Further, Pool* it will atbe a your Gala option Cocktail to be party auctioned on in the Vero Beach FL CalcuttaThursday Pool* evening at a(where Gala Cocktailthe minimum party bid on Thursdayon each pair evening will be (where $US the THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET 1 minimum12,500). Thisbid on free each entry pair willis available be $US 12,500). to the 2010This free winning entry ispair available only, andto the 13 Teams the winning pair must play together. Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan 2010 winning pair only, and the winning pair must play together. Mexico; Huub Bertens, Tilburg 50 Netherlands; Ton Bakkeren, Dates: May 8 and 9, 2010, Green Valley Ranch, Henderson Nevada. Oisterwijk Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon Dates: May 8 and 9, 2010, Green Valley Ranch, Henderson Nevada. Convention De Wijs, Doorn Convention rate at the GVR is $125 and includes resort fee (world 304G Netherlands ratefamous at the spa GVR onsite), is $125 with and aincludes cut-off resort date feeof March(world famous30th. spa onsite), with a vs cut-off date of March 30th. Daniel Zagorin, Skokie IL; Kevin Bathurst, New York NY; Sjoert Breakfast for participants will be served at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, May Brink, Rotterdam 3 Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den th Netherlands; Ishmael Delmonte, Sydney Australia; Ashley Bach, Breakfast8th. The auctionfor participants for this will event be served(minimum at 9:00 bid a. mUS. on $1,000) Saturday, begins May at8 . The Germany auction9:30 and for is this run event by the (minimum estimable bid BobUS $1,000) Hamman. begins This at 9:30is a three-sessionand is run by the contest (two on May 8 and one on May 9). The event will conclude Dano De Falco, 35030 Rubano (P Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, estimable Bob Hamman. This is a three-session contest (two on May 8 and one at 3:00 pm with a closing cocktail party on Sunday. Anyone arriving Alessandria Italy; Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New York NY on May 9). The event will conclude at 3:00 pm with a closing cocktail party on vs early is invited to attend the 2010 CIP cocktail party and Auction on Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Sunday.Thursday Anyone night arrivingMay 7th early at 6:00 is invited pm. to attend the 2010 CIP cocktail party Legiowowo 0 Poland; Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Bialystok 15 and Auction on Thursday night May 7th at 6:00 pm. Poland; Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Waldemar Frukacz - If you have any questions, or are interested, please contact Giulia Nastase, IfPatty you Magnushave any onsitequestions, (cell or 203-253-4006) are interested, please or send contact an` emailPatty Magnus to onsite Gloucester ON [email protected]. We will be happy to answer any questions (cell 203-253-4006) or send an` email to [email protected]. We will be THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET 2 you may have. 12 Teams happy to answer any questions you may have. William McFall, New Berlin WI; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL; *If you are the winning pair and choose to participate in the 2011 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; James Melville, Springfield IL; Sun-O *If you are the winning pair and choose to participate in the 2011 auction, and Ho, Brookfield WI; Will Engel, Freeport IL auction, and are not bid on, you be responsible for the entire $12,500. vs areIf you not bareid on,purchased you be responsible by someone for else,the entire you $will12,500 be. requiredIf you are to purchased buy 10% by Robert Klein - Jennifer Jones - Erwin Linzner, Santa Rosa CA; someoneof yourselves else, youand willhave be the required unfettered to buy right 10% to buy of yourselves up to 40% and (or havemore the Laurence Hansen, Healdsburg CA unfeat thetter owner’sed right to discretion). buy up to 40% (or more at the owner’s discretion). Page 12 Daily Bulletin

Tom Jacobson, Fairfield CA; Linda Bandler - Mike Bandler, THURSDAY STRATIFIED SWISS TEAMS Alamo CA; Dan Scarola, Oakland CA; Donald Mamula, Mill 36 Tables Creek WA A B C vs Birger Holmquist, Kaneohe HI; Arun Savara, Honolulu HI; 16.10 1 Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; David Rogers, Southern Pines NC; Buddy Charlotte Sturm - Stephen Sturm, Fullerton CA Hanby, Spring TX; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 112.00 12.08 2 Carolyne Fox, Manvel TX; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Anton THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET 3 (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX; Jo Smith, Abilene TX 109.00 12 Teams 9.06 3 Suzanne Cederborg, Visalia CA; Hugh Ross - Min Ross, Oakland Pam LaShelle, Round Rock TX; James La Fountain, Temple TX; CA; Darwin Afdahl - Kay Afdahl, Oro Valley AZ; Peggy Craig, El Robert Shapley, Chula Vista CA; Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX vs Paso TX 108.00 Donald Pearsons - Leonard Doerksen - Neil Kimelman - Marielle 6.79 4 Walter Fontaine, North Providenc RI; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Brentnall, Winnipeg MB Mary Gorkin, Hallandale Bch FL; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 107.00 10.04 5/6 1 James Flint - Mark Jernigan, Ashland OR; Mike Fierman, Encino Robert Donaldson, Ogden UT; Louise Price, Layton UT; R Ian CA; Richard Maison, Yakima WA 100.00 Martindale - Charlene Martindale, Boise ID vs 4.99 5/6 Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Brady Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte Richter, Summit NJ; Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT 100.00 NC; Nancy Michael, Youngstown OH; Lynn Rafferty, Columbiana 4.03 7 Martin Blain, Sherman Oaks CA; Walter Rassbach, Westminster CO; OH; Dan Roseberry, Dover OH Nancy Zakim, Kentfield CA; Michael Hartnett, Mill Valley CA 99.00 3.58 8 Jess Stuart - Lois Stuart, West Chester PA; Marie Filandro - THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET 4 Peter Filandro, Wilmington DE 98.00 15 Teams Michael Strong, Winfield IL; W Harris Jr, Lombard IL; Raymond 3.22 9 Gordon Estrada, Surrey BC; Kai Hiraki, Tokyo Japan; Larry Yuenger, Campbell CA; Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA Pocock, New Westminster BC; Samantha Nystrom, Port Moody BC 94.00 vs 2.93 10 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield Brenda Pugsley - Paul Pugsley - Donna McLeod, Carson City NV; MI; Suzette Wynn - Steve Scott, Phoenix AZ 93.00 David Vidaver, Sacramento CA 6.59 2/3 1/2 Edna Pierson, Jerome ID; Shirley Tschannen, Gooding ID; Joe Blackford, Filer ID; Peggy Hackley, Twin Falls ID 89.00 Sonja Smith, North Granby CT; Helen Pawlowski, Westfield MA; Ernest Olness Jr, Billings MT; Milton Gottlieb, Kernersville NC 6.59 2/3 1/2 Michael Ravera - Sharon Ann Sava, San Jose CA; Douglas Blagdon, vs Lakewood CA; Valentin Vieru, Citrus Heights CA 89.00 Angela Taylor, Nanaimo BC; Sandra Robson, New Westminster 4.24 4 3 Thomas Porter, Castlegar BC; J Williams, Saint Paul MN; Thomas BC; Dwayne Hoffman, Manassas Park VA; Larry Lowell Jr, Racciatti, Minneapolis MN; Michael O’Rourke, Baden ON 85.00 Knoxville TN 3.35 5 Barbara Thacker - Jay Shapiro, Clovis CA; Doris Frazer - THURSDAY-FRIDAT KO BRACKET 5 Stephen Sharp, Fresno CA 83.00 16 Teams 2.87 6 Harold Farnsworth - J Christensen, Salt Lake City UT; Leon Richard Feinberg, Union City CA; Jack Fulcher - Lisa Evans, Smith, Salt Lake Cty UT; Barbara Lundy, Park City UT 81.00 Danville CA; Rajan Jeyakumar, Fremont CA; Daniel Raider, San 2.37 7/8 Steve Tuggle, Pearland TX; Nina Lubick-Reich, Fullerton CA; Mateo CA Nance Lodge - David Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA 80.00 vs 2.61 7/8 4 Virginia Taylor - Marilyn Cameron - Lorraine Lazowick - Marge Peter Klebofski, San Carlos CA; Ronald Jauch, Nevada City CA; C Stephen Banwarth, Aiken SC; Rich Perry, Grass Valley CA Duval, Roseville CA 80.00 2.06 5 Paul Weader - Barbara Ritter, Sun City AZ; Martin Hurwitz, Henry Caspar - Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX; Woodland Hls CA; Anne Hurwitz, Woodland Hills CA 77.00 Terry Richardson, Austin TX vs ANN PETERSON SIDE SWISS TEAMS David Willmott, Folsom CA; Nancy Cook - Dora Lee - Doug 50 Tables Hawrelak, Edmonton AB A B C THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET 6 9.10 1 David Gold, Reading R Great Britain; Aaron Silverstein - 16 Teams Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle Deborah Davidson, Foresthill CA; Connie Sayler, Beaverton OR; NY; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Tom Townsend, London W9 1sd England 74.00 Lani Staab, Vancouver WA; Gloria Pliska, Damascus OR 6.83 2 Roger Snowling, Hamilton ON; Roman Klein, Oakville ON; Jack vs Frank Concepcion, Walnut Creek CA; Hedy Wee, San Ramon CA; Shinehoft, Dundas ON; Wendy Dooley, Mississauga ON 66.00 Jim Solomon, Hayward CA; Carl Lomelino, El Sobrante CA 5.12 3 Larry Sullivan - Judy Kay, Beaverton OR; Paul O’Brien - Ann Stark, Portland OR 64.00 Troy Lemons - Roberta Lemons, Danville CA; Valerie Petersen - 6.67 4/5 1 1 Mike McClain - Dixie Sue Allsbrook, Las Vegas NV; Judith Higbee Al Petersen, Walnut Creek CA - Ann Walter, Tempe AZ 55.00 vs 3.36 4/5 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Jim Kirkham - Eric Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH; Mary Skavaril, Columbus OH; Phil Kaiser, Goleta CA; Patricia Foutz, Christianburg VA Corinne Kirkham, Leawood KS 55.00 2.16 6 Trudy Hurdle - John Hurdle, Richmond BC; Gay Parrish - Jay THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET 7 Brandt, Bellingham WA 54.00 16 Teams 5.00 2 Ray Macdonald, Musquodoboit Hb NS; Bilgin Batman, Bridgewater Peter Harris, Milton DE; Mary Boyd, Lewes DE; Mary McCarron NS; Rosemary Sampson - Jim Mathers, Halifax NS 53.00 - David McCarron, Austin TX 3.75 3 Marc Franklin, Portland OR; Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI; Lenore vs Terry Brown - Belinda Brown, Sugar Land TX; Charles Lanni, Cavallero, Hillsborough CA; Robert Roman, Greenbrae CA 51.00 Houston TX; Kevin Miner, Calgary AB 2.81 4 Brenda Olsen - Mary Beth Bartel, Creswell OR; Randy Jean Hiltbrand, Eugene OR; Sharron Lyons, Springfield OR 49.00 G Douglas Frost - Jane Frost, White Bear Lake MN; Leslie Bakan, 3.09 5/6 2/3 Joan Cremin, Mercer Island WA; Joyce Williamson, Kirkland WA; Powell River BC; Thomas Din, Rockville MD Dianne Cox, Redmond WA; Dennis Duryea, Bellevue WA 48.00 vs Rachael Gosling, Paget Bermuda; Craig Hutton - Stephen 3.09 5/6 2/3 Dawne Dickenson, Yountville CA; John Rothschild, Sonoma CA; Cosham, Hamilton Bermuda; Stephan Juliusburger, Dania FL Susan Karsh, Denver CO; Lynn Blankfort, Mill Valley CA 48.00 1.74 4/5 Rose Ann Kase - Eileen Thompson - Rosemary Hagman, Oakland CA; THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET 8 Elizabeth Silverman, Piedmont CA 44.00 16 Teams 1.74 4/5 Craig Dean - Leo Carney - Ralph Tarter, Penn Valley CA; Jeff Fred Shields, Vestavia Hills AL; Gregg Bigsby - John Schnabel - Taggart, Caldwell ID 44.00 Roger Schnabel, Haines AK vs 1.12 6 Paulette Hauck, Edmonds WA; Susan Johnson, Bellevue WA; Ada Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Denise Pitsch, Palo Alto CA; Ronald Frenock, Sammamish WA; Rosemarie Jesse, Redmond WA 43.00 Goodman - Louis Lipset, San Francisco CA Support the Seattle Dennis Kendig, Ashland OR; Mary Lee Bishop, Port Washington Top five reasons to buy a tee shirt: NY; Angie Knight - Donald Walker, Central Point OR 5. Support the Seattle NABC vs Fall NABC - 2011 Michael Folkert, Captain Cook HI; Marlene Sabo, Kailua Kona For sale: 4. Logo designed by Kathy Angstadt HI; J W Jack Meng - Judy Keilin, Danville CA • Tee shirts • Vests • Jackets 3. Distract your opponets with bridge red color Available for sale one hour prior to the afternoon 2. Have something to wear to the gym session. See booth by the Registration area. 1. Doubles as a nightshirt to replace your stinky PJs. Daily Bulletin Page 13

SARA FASOLDT TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET 9 154.75 Tables 16 Teams 13.72 1/2 Larry Sherkow, West Bend WI 130.13% Sheila Patterson, Napa CA; Barbara Lemme - Marsha Horowitz - Thomas Sheahan, Sonoma CA 13.72 1/2 Don Scholz, Grafton WI 130.13% vs 8.70 3/4 Joan Van Geffen, Metairie LA 129.16% James Shoenhard - Roy Robson, Arlington VA; M. David Jackson, 8.70 3/4 Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 129.16% Alexandria VA; Jeff Weed, Houston TX 4.86 5/6 John Wong, Anaheim Hills CA 122.15% 4.86 5/6 Tien Zee, Long Beach CA 122.15% Frank Aftowicz, Novato CA; Molly Anderson, Larkspur CA; 6.08 7/8 Donald Olderness, Kimberley BC 121.79% Helene Warwick, Sausalito CA; Susan Bowser, San Rafael CA vs 6.08 7/8 Gwen Olderness, Kimberley BC 121.79% Dennis Sager - Jean Sager, Stanwood WA; Joe Moore - Chris 5.56 9/10 Sherry Steigmann, Urbana IL 119.39% Moore, Delta BC 5.56 9/10 Robert Steigmann, Urbana IL 119.39% 2.79 11/12 Bob Luebkeman, Walnut Creek CA 118.59% The Insider 2.79 11/12 Charlotte Falk, Reno NV 118.59% The Insider was looking ahead to future 7.18 13/14 Nancy Wainer, Soquel CA 118.43% NABCs and sees that there are some pretty good 7.18 13/14 Mark Wainer, Soquel CA 118.43% cities on the schedule. This summer we’re off to SECOND THURSDAY EVENING 100/200/300 PAIRS New Orleans, followed by Orlando in the fall. Dust 9.5 Tables off your Marriott Rewards Cards–the principal A B C hotels in both cities are Marriotts. 2011 will take us 2.83 1 Ann Grill - George Grill, Breckenridge CO 63.60% to Louisville, Toronto and Seattle. For ACBL’s 75th 2.12 2 Janice Levin, Elk Grove CA; Jane Kennedy, Sacramento CA 62.60% anniversary we’ll stay right at (almost) home in 1.59 3 Frances Grogan - Candyce Pfluger, San Angelo TX 61.18% Memphis, then to Philadelphia and San Francisco. 2.26 4 1 1 Pat Ingoglia - Cindy Daugherty, Sacramento CA 60.24% NABCs are scheduled in various parts of North 0.99 5 Bee Melendez - Barbara Deasy, Salinas CA 59.51% America to try to bring one close to as many 0.71 6 Anne Mason, Beavercreek OR; Joann Szeimies, Oregon City OR 54.02% players as possible. We have a core list of the most 1.70 2 Thomas Fagan - Katie Fagan, Kailua HI 53.89% popular cities that we go to on a regular rotation 1.27 3 Sharon Nordmark, Longview WA; Richard Gettmann, Woodland WA 51.65% 1.25 4 2 Robert Parish - Phyllis Parish, Twin Falls ID 49.52% with room on the schedule to plug in an especially 0.94 5 3 Joel Speiser - Wendy Speiser, Holland OH 48.80% good deal, a different city or the S.C.’s birthplace when appropriate. We hope you enjoy all the cities SECOND THURSDAY 299ER SWISS TEAMS we visit, we hope you’ll let us know if you have 10 Tables suggestions. A B C The S.C. and his right-hand maiden will be 2.83 1 1 1 Gloria Hersch, Healdsburg CA; Abbe Cohen, Santa Rosa CA; Sharon heading back to Memphis tomorrow. They have Henning, Larkspur CA; Sheilah Wasserman, San Rafael CA 59.00 searched every inch of the 42nd floor luxury suite 2.12 2 Rudolph Ruff - Marilyn Ruff, Huntsville AL; Margaret Butler - looking for the key – no luck. They even spent Edgar Butler, Buena Vista CO 52.00 eight hours in the spa yesterday, in case they left it 1.66 3/4 2/3 Susan McLaurin - Janet Williams, Houston TX; Eileen Milligan, Corvallis OR; Kathy Rodeman, Washougal WA 43.00 there – no luck. The is mounting as the 1.66 3/4 2/3 2 Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD; Everett Dorsey, Sun City West AZ; Insider understands the furniture liquidator has Scott Denison - Phyllis Denison, Santa Barbara CA 43.00 shown up at 2990 Airways and removed several 1.07 4 Rob Fought, West Vancouver BC; Geoffrey Trafford, North desks, chairs and bookcases. Some employees are Vancouver BC; Carol Wilkinson, Desert Hot Spgs CA; William working on card tables and folding patio chairs. Phillips, Vancouver WA 42.00 The Insider hopes that when the S.C. arrives home he finds the key is on the keychain he gave the SARA FASOLDT TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES valet parking guy when he left his car at the lot. 19.0 Tables The Insider understands the building key is a close A B C approximation of a Bentley key (just as the leather 4.40 1 Tutty Wetzel - Neal Moore, Reno NV 64.58% 3.64 2/3 1 1 James O’Hearn - Sabrina O’Hearn, Surprise AZ 63.89% on the S.C’s new luxury penthouse office chair 2.89 2/3 Jeffrey Smith, Ottawa ON; Jonathan Ferguson, Austin TX 63.89% is a close approximation of the Beluga leather of 1.86 4 Tien Zee, Long Beach CA; John Wong, Anaheim Hills CA 61.57% a Bentley seat.) So the confusion may be easily 2.73 5 2 Robert Coole - Anne Kendal, Prince George BC 59.72% explained. Stay tuned, the Insider will check with 2.05 6 3 2 Jeff La Caze, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Charles Stofer, Hot Spgs Villag AR 59.49% Right-Hand Maiden Saturday afternoon to see if the 1.54 4 Gordon Binder, Millbrae CA; Alyce Shoenhard, Green Valley AZ 59.26% key turns up. 1.54 5/6 3 Burke Snowden, Ft Collins CO; Jan Parker, Reno NV 55.56% In bridge news: The Vanderbilt enters the 1.49 5/6 Barbara Vann, Carmichael CA; Zelna Morrow, Grass Valley CA 55.56% quarter finals today. In addition to the UConn 1.15 4 Erby Satter, Incline Village NV; Marjorie Feldman, Roseburg OR 49.31% women’s basketball team being the favorite to 1.15 5 Ronald Foerster - Glen Bates, Bend OR 48.15% win the , the oddsmakers over in the Grand Sierra sports book have made them the prohibitive favorite in the Women’s Swiss starting You talk, we listen (and record) tomorrow. Murray State fans are happy to report that not only will Vanderbilt not win a single game Players are invited to drop by the Ruby 2 in the NCAA tournament, they will not win the Room on the mezzanine level to tell a story Vanderbilt in the Reno tournament either. Go, about bridge that will be recorded and Racers! possibly used in a video celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Bid Box Alerts and ACBL (2012). Announcements Here are the hours that When using bid boxes, the ACBL requires that recording will go on: players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the Friday – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and same time. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. When making an Announcement, use the Saturday – Noon to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap Drop by even if you don’t have a story but just want the Alert strip at the same time. to offer good wishes for the anniversary video, A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made. Page 14 Daily Bulletin

A late summer’s tale Dlr: West ♠ – Vul: None ♥ K Q 7 3 By Mark Adair ♦ K 5 4 2 ♣ K Q J 4 3 It is the fate of those who flounder in the lower ♠ A K 6 5 2 ♠ J 10 9 8 7 4 circles of life to be rather driven by the fear of ♥ 9 ♥ J 2 mortification than attracted by the hope of glory; ♦ J 10 9 7 ♦ A 8 6 3 exposed to disgrace without the expectation of ♣ 10 7 2 ♣ 6 triumph; humiliated by reproach, or punished for ♠ Q 3 futility, where every success would be without ♥ A 10 8 6 5 4 applause, and every effort without reward. Give ♦ Q yourself a pat on the back if you recognize ♣ A 9 8 5 the famous 18th century model for this tumid West North East South paraphrase (answer at the end). Vivienne Mark Pass 1♣ 1♠ 2♥ Among these lowly mortals are the 2♠ 4♥ 4♠ 5♥ lightweights of , the puny wits At other tables, the auction fizzled out here sparring for trivial successes, invisible to (North-South can actually make 6♥), but not at humankind, while just a few feet away, A-level Mark and Vivienne Adair ours. No sooner had LHO put her 5♥ upon the titans collide with thunder, lightning and table with firmness and finality, than Vivienne convulsions of the Earth. We, the Adairs, are system isn’t the point of the article. I wanted to tell reared back and slammed down 5♠. I thought we members of that smaller race. We never expect you how fortune smiled upon a couple of amateurs were already rashly overbid at 4♠ so, mirabile to win but, six years into our bridge careers, and made them champs for a day. dictu, I acted badly. Burying my face in my hands don’t expect the shame of last place either, and The regional hosted a Gold Rush Pairs Game, – this pains me to report –I discharged an invective. whenever we lose touch with reality, even dream of a chance for bridge Lilliputians having fewer The opponents passed, the director was not called, . than 750 masterpoints to win gold. In the past and South led the ♥A, followed by the ♥4, which I We long ago perceived that the chains of we’ve avoided these limited-point events, having ruffed low in dummy. ineptitude which entangled us, instead of growing discovered years ago that we do just as badly in I cleared trumps with the ace and king, saving weaker as we played more, were instead becoming these as in open pairs games and, for our trouble, a low trump in my hand, and played a losing more durable, obliging us to accept failure with learn less. This time, however, seduced, like 160 club, hoping South would win and foolishly imperturbable serenity, a state of mind which I other pairs, by the emoluments of gold, we gave it make a diamond lead. But North won anyway, have now perfectly achieved, and for which I am a try. disappointing my wishful thinking, and continued becoming well known and much remarked. In the morning game we continued our clubs. I ruffed high in my hand, leaving this But equanimity was remote at the Nashua maladroit play, scoring 36%, a personal low, configuration: Regional last fall. Vivienne and I, slumming for red we think, in tournaments, a result inflicting an ♠ – shards, languished in the gloom of uninterrupted exquisite sting. But we soldiered on, beginning ♥ K Q failure for a day and one-half, but then, somehow, the final game by failing to bid a cold small slam ♦ K 5 4 in our last game, won big. This story is chiefly, and letting another pair bid and make a contract in ♣ K Q therefore, a glory grab, but I contribute this as a diamonds when we could have made a part score in ♠ 6 5 ♠ J 7 4 token of gratitude to our bridge friends in Vermont, spades. ♥ – ♥ – people who have gone out of their way to help Then a benevolent force moved through the ♦ J 10 9 7 ♦ A 8 6 3 us become better players, distinguished people room. Our opponents bid an unmakeable game in ♣ 10 ♣ – who don’t deserve this outrage against their good hearts, we made an unmakeable game in notrump, ♠ – taste, kind people who, after reading this essay and on another board one of us, by actual skill, ♥ 10 8 6 5 and finding their time squandered, will say, “Your developed an overtrick. ♦ Q thanks really wasn’t necessary.” Finally, I offer it If you will indulge this silly flight of ♣ A 9 as inspiration to those who, like us, despair of real imagination, it was as though God, delighting As usual, I had no precise knowledge where success in bridge, and for good reason. in the most sublime part of His Creation, was kibitzing in Nashua. When He who notes the fall the cards were. Good players should try this kind of blindness sometimes, just to recall how unpleasant In the spring and early summer of 2009, of a sparrow and numbers the (sparse) hairs on it is to have no clue. Clueless, I blindly guessed at we were cutting a swath, imperceptibly narrow, our heads detected our wretchedness, the divine a solution that might protect us from going down through the Vermont bridge world, scratching in sadism, which directs most human affairs, was two. I thought I’d lead a low trump and overtake nearly every game we played. Then, just as we satiated. Mercy entered his heart and he did in dummy, from which I could lead ♦J toward thought we had passed some sort of threshold, we corrective neurosurgery on us. At least, I have no my ace, in the infinitesimal chance, (1) that RHO rediscovered our old game, once again arriving at better way to explain how our bidding became held the ♦K Q and (2) was like me and would fail every decision, as Click and Clack the “Car Talk” supernaturally logical, our defense unnaturally to split his honors. Then, after running the jack, I guys say, unimpeded by the thought process. effective, and our luck mysteriously providential. could lead the ♦10 and go down one for a good We had hoped, then, to snap out of our stupor At one table we faced a dour and formidable sacrifice. at the regional, but in the very first game returned couple, of whom it could be said that graciousness I lead the ♦J, RHO played the king, and I to our errors. We scored somewhere in the low-40s was not the most conspicuous of their virtues. They think, okay, we’re down one. So I cover with the in that one, and sank to 39% in the second game, ignored our gestures of friendliness. They curtly ace and – Lo, as if summoned by the black arts a result redeemed, however, by earning .99 red. demanded explanations of our every bid. Opponent – the queen appeared on to my left and dropped When I reported this grotesquerie to Mary Savko, surliness usually inspires an effusion of errors, but deliciously beneath the ace. RHO, lifting her cards Ellie Hanlon, and Frank Hacker, who were at that on this magical afternoon we trampled on their high above her head as if to throw them at her moment huddling over their knockout results, Ellie necks. First, we made six in a 4♥ contract for a top, partner shouts, “Get out of here!” and we make 5♠, said that, if I cared anything about my personal and then bid and made a small slam in hearts for a vindicating Vivienne’s intrepidity, for a top. dignity, I should return the red point. I tried, and near-top and indecent satisfaction. But this still isn’t the reason for this the director said revocation was against the rules, The following board, however, best typified magnificent essay. After the last board, I but otherwise, definitely, it would be the right our game. I’d like to say that our accumulated approached the postings of the next-to-last round thing to do. Frank, being skeptical, examined the experience and skill, prudently applied, turned the scores, hoping to find us in the high-40% range but results for himself and discovered that we were cards to our advantage, but it was more Vivienne’s bracing myself for the usual really bad result. But one of only two C pairs in that game, the other pair intuition and the opponents’ bad luck. Here is the there we were, the morning goats, now browsing at somehow doing worse than we did. deal: the summit with more than 57%. But our disturbingly forgiving masterpoint Knowing from bitter experience how good Daily Bulletin Page 15

rankings go bad when all the scores are toted up, I WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS QUALIFIERS said nothing to Vivienne, but crept up behind the 28.0 Tables Carryover chattering printer (or maybe that sound was my 1 Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI 48.00 teeth) and watched it churn out the final standings. 2 K Fung - Susan Culham, Edmonton AB 45.48 Reader, if it can happen to us, it can happen to 3 Gigi Simpson, Sarasota FL; Cecilia Rimstedt, Partille Sweden 42.78 anyone: 4 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 38.07 Adairs – Percent: 59.82, Session Rank: 1 5 Elizabeth Marcus - Vicki Lerner, San Francisco CA 34.82 6 Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, New York NY 33.97 (A); 1 (B); 1.57 Gold. 7 Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI; Beverly Gardner, Farmington Hls MI 32.87 Our first and perhaps, God only knows, last 8 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH 32.65 win. I hugged my bewildered partner, reported 9 Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 32.35 the astonishing news, and then we frantically 10 Ann Economidy, Albuquerque NM; Carol Schaffer, Saint Louis MO 32.27 sought Hanlon and Savko, our guardian bridge 11 Judi Callaham, Fair Oaks CA; Patricia O’Toole, Wilton CA 29.44 angels, knowing that they would share our delight, 12 Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV; Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA 29.17 assuming we could get them to believe us. They’d 13 Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT 28.50 hidden well, so we taped a copy of the game 14 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Ellasue Chaitt, Palm Bch Gdns FL 25.07 summary on their door, gleefully calculating how 15 Maria Pendergast, W Hollywood CA; Judi Radin, New York NY 23.74 many passersby would see it before Ellie and Mary 16 Maria Abbott - Joan Weiss, San Francisco CA 22.67 17 Alison Wilson - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 21.93 could remove it, and then sped home to Vermont, 18 Susan Wexler, New York NY; Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI 21.11 exulting in our stupendous triumph, forgetting 19 Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ; Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 20.98 for at least a few fine hours all our numberless 20 Brenda Keller, Palm Springs CA; Nancy Arnold, La Quinta CA 20.06 tribulations.1 21 Victoria Gromova, Moscow 117296 Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 19.87 Promised answer: The opening of Dr. Samuel 22 Kathy Baum, Germantown TN; Joan Eaton, North York ON 19.76 Johnson’s great preface to his 1756 dictionary. 23 Irene Pickett, Portland OR; Diane Cullen, Beaverton OR 19.07 The author and his wife live in Worcester VT. 24 Chiye Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Kim Wang, Torrance CA 16.65 His article was originally published in Table Talk, 25 Sally Strul, Delray Beach FL; Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL 16.49 the newsletter of the Vermont Bridge Association 26 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 16.38 (Unit 175) 27 Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN; Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN 16.28 28 Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL; Bernace De Young, Miami FL 16.24 29 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Sheila Pies, Osprey FL 15.27 Entry fees 30 Sandy McCay, Chapel Hill NC; Debbie Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 13.43 Players must be ACBL members whose service 31 Barbara Swan, Roseville CA; Joan Mesias, Temple City CA 13.24 fees or dues are in order to compete in any 32 Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 12.94 of the following nationally ranked events: NABC+ 33 Cindy Bernstein, Memphis TN; Sally Wheeler, Spring TX 12.27 Platinum Pairs, Silodor Open Pairs, Vanderbilt 34 Laurie Vogel, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 12.19 Knockout Teams, Leventritt Silver Ribbon 35 Diane Graese - Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 11.33 36 Rosemary Kelley - Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 9.63 Pairs, Rockwell Mixed Pairs, Lebhar IMP Pairs, 37 Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD; Hui Lin Zhu, Chongqing People’s Republic of China 9.18 Whitehead Women’s Pairs, Jacoby Open Swiss 38 Terry James, Upper Arlington OH; Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 6.60 Teams, and the Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams. 39 Cheryl Mandala, Cupertino CA; Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 5.93 The entry fees for these contests are $20 per player 40 Elizabeth De Paola, San Jose CA; Pat Thomas, Salinas CA 5.77 per session. 41 Loretta Bromberg, Bel Tiburon CA; Lynn Blumenthal, Santa Rosa CA 5.48 Players must also be current ACBL members to 42 Aida Saldzieva, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Laura Kenney, San Rafael CA 5.41 play in the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs. The entry fee is 43 Janet Daling, Peoria AZ; Amy Deshaw, Seattle WA 5.11 $17 per player per session. 44 Chris Wiegand, Portland OR; Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 4.74 Regional championships are $16 per player per 45 Ann Lindley, Alexandria VA; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 4.37 session for ACBL members, $18 for non‑members. 46 Susan Wiebe, Oakland CA; Shirley Nedham, Orinda CA 4.11 47 Claudia Vander Salm - Anke Wijma, The Netherlands Netherlands 4.04 All other events are $15 per player per session 48 Shannon Cappelletti, Dania Beach FL; Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 3.08 for ACBL members, $17 for non‑members. 49 Diane Shannon, Saratoga CA; Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA 2.78 (Note: There is no entry fee for any flight of 50 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Kit Humphrey, Los Gatos CA 2.26 the North American Pairs, but participants are still 51 Teri Casen, Las Vegas NV; Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA 2.25 required to be paid‑up members.) 52/53 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA 1.76 52/53 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA 1.76 54 Isabelle Smith, Ottawa ON; Sondra Blank, Saint-Laurent QC 1.05 55 Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Susan Picus, New York NY 0.17 56 Margo Sinclair - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 0.00

WOMENS PAIRS -SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D EAST-WEST 1 Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, New York NY 63.96% 1 Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 65.64% 2 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 63.37% 2 Ann Economidy, Albuquerque NM; Carol Schaffer, Saint Louis MO 62.30% 3 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Ellasue Chaitt, Palm Bch Gdns FL 63.02% 3 Maria Abbott - Joan Weiss, San Francisco CA 61.87% 4 Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ; Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 62.41% 4 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Sheila Pies, Osprey FL 59.72% 5 K Fung - Susan Culham, Edmonton AB 61.26% 5 Alison Wilson - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 59.53% 6 Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL; Bernace De Young, Miami FL 57.63% 6 Gigi Simpson, Sarasota FL; Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden 58.60% 7 Brenda Keller, Palm Springs CA; Nancy Arnold, La Quinta CA 57.10% 7 Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV; Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA 58.32% 8 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH 57.09% 8 Victoria Gromova, Moscow 117296 Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 58.08% 9 Judi Callaham, Fair Oaks CA; Patricia O’Toole, Wilton CA 56.18% 9 Lynn Yokel, Campbell CA; Georgianna Spinazze, Saratoga CA 57.16% 10 Susan Wexler, New York NY; Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI 55.45% 10 Aida Saldzieva, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Laura Kenney, San Rafael CA 56.73% 11 Chiye Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Kim Wang, Torrance CA 55.25% 11 Kathy Baum, Germantown TN; Joan Eaton, North York ON 55.83% 12 Malle Andrade, New York NY; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY 54.88% 12 Maria Pendergast, W Hollywood CA; Judi Radin, New York NY 55.11% 13 Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT 54.47% 13 Margo Sinclair - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 54.88% 14 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA 54.18% 14 Isabelle Smith, Ottawa ON; Sondra Blank, Saint-Laurent QC 53.40% 15 Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI; Beverly Gardner, Farmington Hls MI 53.85% 15 Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI 53.19% 16 Merle Stetser - Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 53.34% 16 Florence Beaird, Lake Forest Pk WA; Marsha Brouillet, Ventura CA 52.87% 17 Irene Pickett, Portland OR; Diane Cullen, Beaverton OR 53.28% 17 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Hills CA; Pam Stratton, Las Vegas NV 52.50% 18 Diane Shannon, Saratoga CA; Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA 53.01% 18 Barbara Swan, Roseville CA; Joan Mesias, Temple City CA 52.20% 19 Sally Strul, Delray Beach FL; Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL 52.20% 19 Georgiana Gates, Houston TX; Abby Heitner, Wheaton MD 51.81% 20 Elizabeth Marcus - Vicki Lerner, San Francisco CA 51.73% 20 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 51.74% 21 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 51.58% 21 Terry James, Upper Arlington OH; Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 50.67% 22 Claudia Vander Salm - Anke Wijma, The Netherlands Netherlands 51.51% 22 Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI 50.64% 23 Marian Maley - Larue Stott, Dallas TX 51.42% 23 Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN; Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN 50.19% 24 Ann Lindley, Alexandria VA; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 51.32% 24 Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 50.18% Page 16 Daily Bulletin

Perkins SILODOR OPEN PAIRS QUALIFIERS 65.0 Tables Carryover continued from page 1 1 Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 252.64 2 David Lindop, Toronto ON; Marc Nathan, New York NY 220.64 but bridge was not among their pastimes. “I didn’t 3 Albert Chow, Folsom CA; George Lim, Sacramento CA 214.52 know anything like bridge,” he says. 4 Daniel Levin, Aurora IL; Christopher Monsour, Hartford CT 196.54 After settling in as a regular in the hearts 5 Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 190.22 and spades games, Perkins discovered he had an 6 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA 183.42 aptitude for cards, especially hearts. “No one would 7 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Jill Levin, Lake Ariel PA 182.21 play hearts with me because I won every time,” he 8 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Jim Munday, Camarillo CA 171.65 recalls. 9 William Cole, Silver Spring MD; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA 168.31 10 Kirshnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; K Venkatraman, Chennal India 155.45 One night in the spades game, one of the 11 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 155.05 players asked if anyone knew about bridge. Perkins 12 Ron Smith, San Francisco CA; Chris Willenken, New York NY 154.09 said no, but he was intrigued. The player explained 13 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 147.74 some of the game, but it was clear the spades 14 Suresh Agarwal, Charlottesvle VA; Curtis Bare, Charlottesville VA 142.36 players weren’t going to become bridge players 15 Catherine D’Ovidio, Courbevoie 9240 France; Philippe Cronier, Paris 75018 France 140.66 overnight, so Perkins got a copy of 5 Weeks to 16 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 136.28 Winning Bridge, by Alfred Sheinwold. He read it in 17 Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX; John Zilic, Houston TX 134.63 18 Bart Bramley - Chris Compton, Dallas TX 133.32 one weekend. 19 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 129.96 “I was immediately hooked,” he says. “We 20 Elliot Shalita, Elkins Park PA; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 128.97 played bridge any time we could get four people.” 21 Charles Fortney - Kathleen Fortney, Wheaton IL 128.96 Soon they discovered a bridge club about two 22 Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 128.58 miles away from the dorm – and most nights they 23 Steve Clark, Carlsbad CA; Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA 126.41 walked to the games. 24 Grazyna Brewiak, Gdansk 80- Poland; Jaroslaw Piasecki, Buffalo Grove IL 125.88 After the term ended, Perkins’ bridge-playing 25 Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 125.56 26 Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 124.94 friends went home, and when they returned to 27 Jack Lee, Richmond BC; Joel Martineau, Vancouver BC 124.43 school in the fall, most had lost interest, so Perkins 28 Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 124.22 had to go to the bridge club by himself. One of his 29 Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 123.66 first regular partners was a graduate student from 30 John Kohler, Litchfield Park AZ; Beverly Hartin, Rancho Mirage CA 120.16 France named Manuel. He also played a lot with 31 Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 118.31 another student, Sharon Hoger. 32 Michael Moss, New York NY; George Mittelman, Toronto ON 117.27 33 Stephannie Russo, New York NY; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH 116.40 His best partner was Al Remer, who he met at 34 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 116.33 the Austin club. They played together 10 years until 35 Walter Schafer Jr, Buena Park CA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 115.97 Remer moved to Florida. 36 Ole Godefroy, Bellevue WA; Howard Epley, Kent WA 114.65 As players at the club got to know Perkins 37 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD 111.87 better, they persuaded him to serve on the board of 38 Kenneth Grafton, Dayton NV; Robert Garret, Gardnerville NV 111.19 Austin Unit 207. At his first board meeting, Perkins 39 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 109.98 was nominated as the president. He served two 40 John Kranyak, Bay Village OH; David Bakhshi, London England 107.34 41 Henry Wong, Long Isl City NY; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 106.14 three-year terms and was chair or co-chair of every 42 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY 106.06 tournament in the area during that time. 43 Michael Strebinger, Port Coquitlam BC; Les Fouks, Vancouver BC 104.48 Working at sectionals and regionals, he got 44 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Warren Cederborg, Visalia CA 103.42 to know veteran TDs Tom Marsh, Guillermo 45/46 Gene Fomin, Glacier WA; Ronald Woodard, Olympia WA 102.50 Poplawsky and the late Jack Mehrens. The more 45/46 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai India 102.50 Perkins was around them and saw how they 47 Shugo Tanaka, Funabashi Chiba Japan; Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 101.31 worked, the keener his interest in the directing 48 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 100.79 49 Steve Clements, Aliso Viejo CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Petah Tikva 493 Israel 96.97 profession. 50 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 96.19 Eventually, Perkins was asked to run some of 51 Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY 96.18 the games at the Austin club. He became the virtual 52 Mark Tolliver, Portland OR; Troy Horton, Clatskanie OR 95.52 manager of the club, but it closed when the owners 53 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 93.81 of the building sold it for a different use. 54 Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 93.61 About that time, Perkins was nearing the end 55 Hua Poon, Singapore 31022 Singapore; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Singapore 93.41 of his schooling, and he needed more income 56 Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 91.83 57 Roger Clough, Culver City CA; Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA 91.44 than was available from running club games and 58 James Griffin - Patricia Griffin, Sausalito CA 90.84 tutoring math in Austin. 59 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Keith Garber, Las Vegas NV 89.07 Encouraged by Marsh, Perkins made it known 60 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Ira Chorush, Houston TX 87.79 to Field Supervisor Tom Whitesides that he was 61 Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 87.68 interested in directing. Perkins became a part-time 62 Philippe Galaski - Roger Webb, Amherst MA 86.89 TD in 2003, and has been full-time since the fall of 63 Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV; James Gordon, S Burlington VT 86.10 64 Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA 84.52 2007. 65 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Bryan Maksymetz, Squamish BC 84.32 He has no regrets about leaving math and 66 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 83.54 engineering behind. “I love the game,” he says, 67 Nader Hanna, Willowdale ON; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 80.97 “and I like the people I work with. The job attracts 68 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 79.98 the kind of people I really enjoy.” 69 Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 78.96 His one regret: “I do miss playing.” 70 David Caprera, Denver CO; Clement Jackson, Albuquerque NM 78.42 71 Eric Stoltz - John Lusky, Portland OR 77.34 72 Rob Crawford - Ellen Crawford, Henderson NV 77.21 73 Apolinary Kowalski - Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland 77.12 74 Michael Richey, Springfield VA; Lloyd Rawley, Greenbelt MD 77.06 75 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 76.42 76 Craig Kavin - Nancy Kavin, Oxnard CA 76.15 77 Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 75.99 ♠♥ 78 Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 73.29 79 Les Bart - Gloria Silverman Bart, Bradenton FL 71.14 80 Peter Herold, Ladysmith BC; Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 68.92 81 Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 68.32 ♦♣ 82 Ralph Buchalter, South Orange NJ; Keyzad Anklesaria, Reno NV 67.96 Daily Bulletin Page 17

83 Gary Macgregor - Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA 66.89 84 Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Sabina Lim, Cerritos CA 64.56 Life Master news 85 Christopher Marlow, Wilmington DE; Andy Muenz, Brookhaven PA 62.71 Pam Himes of Merritt Island FL is a new 86 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA 61.81 Gold Life Master. She went past 2500 masterpoints 87 Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD; Martha Katz, Burr Ridge IL 61.53 playing in the Jon Coffee Memorial Knockout, 88 Carlos Munoz - Fred Hawa, White Plains NY 60.88 bracket four. Her partner was her husband, Jerry. 89/90 Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Mark Leonard, Ypsilanti MI 60.62 Their teammates were Gloria McCain of Orlando 89/90 Rajeev Gupta, San Mateo CA; Vandana Vidwans, Burlingame CA 60.62 FL and Mara Tuttle of Lake Mary FL. 91 Kelley Hwang - Erez Hendelman, New York NY 60.42 92 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 59.04 The Himes weren’t content with their own 93 Yuxiong Shen, Shanghai 20004 People’s Republic of China; Yi Zhong, Cockeysville MD 56.67 success. Playing on a knockout team with Linda 94 Kelvin Ng, Singapore 80609 Singapore; Allen Tan, Singapore 30760 Singapore 56.27 O’Dell and her husband, Burton, they helped Linda 95 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 55.69 become a Silver Life Master (1000 masterpoints). 96 Jerry Bigler, Austin TX; George Pisk, Manchaca TX 54.89 The O’Dells live in Jacksonville FL. 97 Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 53.10 98 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 52.32 99 Verbeek, Rotterdam ND; Zwol Van, Tilburg ND 51.53 Monitoring 100 Kumar Bhatia, Pepper Pike OH; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH 50.57 At this and future North American 101 Henri Farhi - Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 47.02 Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ 102 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA 46.39 events with visible, real-time cameras. The images 103 Victoria Vallone - Michael Crane, Macomb MI 45.21 will be recorded and will be available for later 104 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 44.42 official inspection and review. 105 Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA; David Yang, Chicago IL 43.47 By general monitoring of the session and 106 Matt Klimesh, Pasadena CA; David Kempe, Los Angeles CA 41.23 107 Jennifer Ballantyne, Vancouver BC; Dudley Brown, Grandview WA 40.67 participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source 108 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA 39.28 of information that may be useful in determining 109 Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Brad Bart, Burnaby BC 38.33 facts and settling issues arising from some types of 110 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Tom Oppenheimer, Ballwin MO 37.50 ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please 111 Brady Allen, Dallas TX; Bob Friz, Leonard TX 35.53 summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. 112 James Priebe, Mississauga ON; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 33.36 This procedure is intended to assure everyone 113 Stephen Fuerst - Marty Rogers, Rancho Cordova CA 32.83 that the playing field is level and that misbehavior 114 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 31.58 115 Shirley Blum, Fresno CA; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 31.38 will not be tolerated. 116 Ray Loftis - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 30.98 117 Ronald De Harpporte, Edina MN; Dave Setterholm, Issaquah WA 30.79 118 Rod Caldwell, Snoqualmie WA; Stanford Christie, Federal Way WA 29.03 119/120 Fred King, Falls Church VA; Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD 28.61 119/120 Steven Cooper, Ft Collins CO; Paul Bethe, New York NY 28.61 121 Pamela Miller - James Rasmussen, Cambridge MA 28.28 122 Eric Mayefsky, Palo Alto CA; Steve Smolen, San Francisco CA 26.47 123 John Potter, Panama City FL; Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC 24.20 ♠♥ 124 Thomas Weik, Reading PA; R Jay Becker, New York NY 22.89 125 John Stafford, Seattle WA; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA 19.40 126 Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont CA 18.74 127 Paul Kelley Jr, Austin TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX 16.50 128 Maurice De La Salle - Chris Buchanan, Edmonton AB 15.77 129 Jason Chiu, San Jose CA; Matthew Haag, Walnut Creek CA 2.17 ♦♣ 130 Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA 0.00

SILODOR OPEN PAIRS - SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS J K L EAST-WEST 1 Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 61.99% 1 William Cole, Silver Spring MD; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA 69.21% 2 David Lindop, Toronto ON; Marc Nathan, New York NY 61.94% 2 John Kranyak, Bay Village OH; David Bakhshi, London England 61.85% 3 Rob Crawford - Ellen Crawford, Henderson NV 59.87% 3 Eric Stoltz - John Lusky, Portland OR 61.61% 4 Bart Bramley - Chris Compton, Dallas TX 58.81% 4 Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX; John Zilic, Houston TX 58.87% 5 Steve Clements, Aliso Viejo CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Petah Tikva 493 Israel 57.29% 5 Matt Klimesh, Pasadena CA; David Kempe, Los Angeles CA 57.99% 6 Kelvin Ng, Singapore 80609 Singapore; Allen Tan, Singapore 30760 Singapore 56.78% 6 Ron Smith, San Francisco CA; Chris Willenken, New York NY 57.37% 7 Kenneth Grafton, Dayton NV; Robert Garret, Gardnerville NV 54.55% 7 Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 56.58% 8 Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY 54.40% 8 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Bryan Maksymetz, Squamish BC 56.43% 9 Yuxiong Shen, Shanghai 20004 People’s Republic of China; Yi Zhong, Cockeysville MD 54.20% 9 Michael Richey, Springfield VA; Lloyd Rawley, Greenbelt MD 56.41% 10 G Gard Hays, Veradale WA; Jo Ginsberg, San Francisco CA 54.10% 10 Ralph Buchalter, South Orange NJ; Keyzad Anklesaria, Reno NV 56.30% 11 Matt Meckstroth, Gainesville FL; Anam Tebha, Las Vegas NV 53.90% 11 Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Brad Bart, Burnaby BC 56.15% 12 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 53.29% 12 Gary Porter - Paul Cornelius, Redwood City CA 54.60% 13/14 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Keith Garber, Las Vegas NV 53.09% 13 Catherine D’Ovidio, Courbevoie 9240 France; Philippe Cronier, Paris France 54.48% 13/14 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 53.09% 14 Eric Mayefsky, Palo Alto CA; Steve Smolen, San Francisco CA 52.86% 15 Craig Hemphill, Jacksonville FL; John Morris, Atlanta GA 52.38% 15 Eugene Hung, San Jose CA; Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA 52.82% 16 Elliot Shalita, Elkins Park PA; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 51.92% 16 Henri Farhi - Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 52.76% 17 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 51.37% 17 Rod Caldwell, Snoqualmie WA; Stanford Christie, Federal Way WA 51.67% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS M N O EAST-WEST 1 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA 63.58% 1 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 62.30% 2 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Jill Levin, Lake Ariel PA 62.61% 2 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD 60.16% 3 Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 62.29% 3 Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 58.63% 4 Grazyna Brewiak, Gdansk 80- Poland; Jaroslaw Piasecki, Buffalo Grove IL 61.50% 4 Les Bart - Gloria Silverman Bart, Bradenton FL 57.17% 5 Henry Wong, Long Isl City NY; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 60.06% 5 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Ira Chorush, Houston TX 57.12% 6 Suresh Agarwal, Charlottesvle VA; Curtis Bare, Charlottesville VA 58.24% 6 Paul Kelley Jr, Austin TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX 56.95% 7 Shugo Tanaka, Funabashi Chiba Japan; Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 57.99% 7 Stephannie Russo, New York NY; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH 56.16% 8 Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 56.58% 8 Mark Tolliver, Portland OR; Troy Horton, Clatskanie OR 56.09% 9 John Kohler, Litchfield Park AZ; Beverly Hartin, Rancho Mirage CA 56.46% 9 Walter Schafer Jr, Buena Park CA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 55.98% 10 Christopher Marlow, Wilmington DE; Andy Muenz, Brookhaven PA 56.29% 10 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 55.77% 11 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA 54.66% 11 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 54.56% 12 Ole Godefroy, Bellevue WA; Howard Epley, Kent WA 53.33% 12 Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 54.53% 13 Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 53.01% 13 Apolinary Kowalski - Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland 52.64% 14 Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 52.52% 14 Bipin Patel, Moraga CA; Larry Cohen, Las Vegas NV 52.58% 15 Michael Moss, New York NY; George Mittelman, Toronto ON 51.79% 15 Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD; Martha Katz, Burr Ridge IL 52.17% 16 Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA 51.72% 16 Pamela Miller - James Rasmussen, Cambridge MA 51.96% 17 Weidong Pei, Brea CA; Stanley Snyder, La Habra CA 51.52% 17 Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA; David Yang, Chicago IL 51.27% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H I EAST-WEST 1 Daniel Levin, Aurora IL; Christopher Monsour, Hartford CT 60.68% 1 Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 66.14% 2 Roger Clough, Culver City CA; Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA 59.62% 2 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Jim Munday, Camarillo CA 64.88% 3 Albert Chow, Folsom CA; George Lim, Sacramento CA 58.45% 3 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 60.63% 4 Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 58.15% 4 Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 58.35% 5 Jack Lee, Richmond BC; Joel Martineau, Vancouver BC 57.89% 5 Hua Poon, Singapore 31022 Singapore; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Singapore 57.34% 6/7 Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 57.49% 6 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 55.82% 6/7 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 57.49% 7 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA 55.62% 8 Nader Hanna, Willowdale ON; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 57.24% 8 Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 55.52% 9 Philippe Galaski - Roger Webb, Amherst MA 56.63% 9 Kevin Dwyer, Fort Myers FL; Zachary Brescoll, Versailles KY 55.47% 10 Jerry Bigler, Austin TX; George Pisk, Manchaca TX 56.58% 10 Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 55.16% 11 Gerard Cohen, Las Vegas NV; David Paull, East Meadow NY 56.38% 11 Kirshnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; K Venkatraman, Chennal India 55.01% 12/13 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 54.45% 12 Steve Clark, Carlsbad CA; Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA 54.91% 12/13 Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont CA 54.45% 13 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai India 54.86% 14 Peter Herold, Ladysmith BC; Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 54.15% 14 Ray Miller, Seattle WA; Ken Christiansen, Bothell WA 54.76% 15 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Tom Oppenheimer, Ballwin MO 53.19% 15 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY 54.20% 16 Purnima Gupta, Raleigh NC; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 52.02% 16 Ed Ulman - Hadi Allahverdian, Portland OR 53.59% 17/18 Ronald De Harpporte, Edina MN; Dave Setterholm, Issaquah WA 51.11% 17 Jennifer Ballantyne, Vancouver BC; Dudley Brown, Grandview WA 53.04% 17/18 Gene Fomin, Glacier WA; Ronald Woodard, Olympia WA 51.11% Page 18 Daily Bulletin

Vanderbilt RED RIBBON PAIRS QUALIFIERS 65.0 Tables Carryover continued from page 1 1 Marcus Ballinger, Burlingame CA; Eugene Sor, Richmond CA 221.19 by Pierre Zimmerman, who prevailed 98-89. 2 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 203.46 No. 2 Richard Schwartz was beaten 165-131 3 Lee Maddocks - Stewart Tunick, Modesto CA 201.59 by the squad led by Martin De Knijff of Las Vegas 4 Frank Shih, Pasadena CA; Robert C.F. Wang, El Monte CA 200.34 NV. 5 Alan Shotkin, Santa Rosa CA; Maria Tsoukalas, New York NY 197.08 6 Robert Abrams, Atlanta GA; Michael Abrams, Pasadena CA 195.13 No. 5 James Cayne fell 112-105 to the 7 Brian Zaugg - Liliana Diaconescu, Burien WA 191.82 Aubrey Strul squad that includes four world 8 Blair Hoffman, Moraga CA; James Kuhn, Oakland CA 187.63 champions – Italians Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio 9 Robert Levey - Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 184.38 Nunes and Norwegians Boye Brogeland and Erik 10 Greg Humphreys - Meg Myers, Charlottesville VA 173.30 Saelensminde. 11 Terry Visentin - Michael Shaw, Winnipeg MB 161.76 No. 3 John Diamond had no trouble with 12 Zhu Liu, Edison NJ; Vincent Weng, Lawrenceville NJ 156.04 Mark Gordon, prevailing 155-103, and No. 4 13 James Breeden - Margaret Breeden, Carson City NV 153.76 Carolyn Lynch had it even easier, playing only 14 Eric Pan, Burnaby BC; Baixiang Liu, Vancouver BC 151.11 three quarters before their opponents, the Robert 15 Rozi Alhale - Jack Alhale, New York NY 147.32 Hampton squad, withdrew trailing 133-45. 16 Chris Moore, Bellevue WA; Cristal Nell, Redmond WA 146.59 17 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; David Taylor, Seattle WA 145.94 18 John Cagney - Edith Cagney, N Fort Myers FL 143.66 Barry Crane 19 J Sutcliffe, Agoura Hills CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 142.22 20 Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE 141.38 Top 500 leaders 21 Gilbert Reeser - Gary Minnig, Pleasanton CA 139.14 1. Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 466 22 Jill Thompson - Josee Hammill, Toronto ON 134.28 2. Eddie Wold, Houston TX 466 23 Bonnie Fortune, Newberg OR; Marta Cannell, Hood River OR 129.82 3. Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC 464 24 Stephen Castellino - Colette Castellino, Fremont CA 127.29 4. Michael Seamon, Dania FL 463 25 Renjun Guo - Qiang Zhang, Mountain House CA 126.31 5. Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 462 26 Richard Lawson, Plymouth MN; Andy Caranicas, St Paul MN 124.75 6. Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 447 27 Sidney Porter, Poulsbo WA; Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 124.11 7. Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV 431 28 Bruce Boje, Chanhassen MN; Stuart Foster, Park City UT 121.51 29 Keith Hafen - Susan Hafen, Long Beach CA 120.20 8. Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL 427 30 Kay Jones, The Villages FL; Geoff Jones III, Orlando FL 119.05 9. Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 412 31 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Ludmila Antonova, New York NY 117.27 10. Gary Cohler, Miami FL 375 32 Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA; Dian Petrov, Buffalo NY 113.36 11. Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 364 33 George Dragich - Rosemary Dragich, Windsor ON 110.43 12. Chris Compton, Dallas TX 363 34 Ken Goodridge - Neil Goodridge, Winnipeg MB 108.15 13. Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA 345 35 Paul Vevera, El Dorado Hills CA; Cary Breech, Danville PA 107.62 14. Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 335 36 Dana Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jonathan Ullman, Cambridge MA 103.43 15. Reanette Frobouck, Vero Beach FL 326 37 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 103.09 16. Robert Teel Jr., Birmingham AL 321 38 John Osher, Denver CO; Robert Woodward, Las Vegas NV 101.96 17. Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 320 39 Jeff Ford, Redmond WA; Adam Ruprecht, Seattle WA 98.38 40 H Vince Mueller, San Rafael CA; Raija Davis, Reno NV 98.20 18. G Gard Hays, Veradale WA 315 41 Thomas Franklin III - Brian Eisenberg, Martinez CA 97.32 19. Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 302 42 Don McCarthy, West Kelowna BC; Glenn Cossey, Innisfail AB 96.82 20. Allan Graves, Barnet VT 295 43 Max Aeschbacher - William Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 96.51 21. Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 289 44 Dave Slegel, The Dalles OR; Hank Eng, Jacksonville FL 96.10 22. Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 283 45 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 94.47 23. Gloria Silverman Bart, Bradenton FL 277 46 George Goewey, Chicago IL; Brian Beecher, Sr, Park Forest IL 93.17 24. Les Bart, Bradenton FL 276 47 Stanley Weiss, Livingston NJ; Vladimir Oudalov, Nutley NJ 91.21 25. Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ 276 48 Daniel McGuire - Molly Hosford, Las Vegas NV 89.58 26. Tom Rutledge, Charleston SC 269 49 Chris Kleis, Lyndhurst OH; Charles Scholl, Shaker Heights OH 87.59 27. Joe Grue, New York NY 267 50 Robert Forster, New York NY; Gideon Tan, Denver CO 84.29 51 Daniel Harting, Mountain View CA; Chris Chung, Palo Alto CA 84.25 28. David Caprera, Denver CO 262 52 Jerome Yeamans, Lorain OH; W Thomas Stahl, Vermilion OH 83.99 29. Jane Teel, Birmingham AL 261 53 Douglas Keller - Marion Robertson, San Francisco CA 81.80 30. Ellen Anten, Encino CA 260 54 Kenneth Llacera - Neil Joseph Smyth, Santa Cruz CA 81.54 31. Clement Jackson, Albuquerque NM 255 55 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Jennifer Gu, Sunnyvale CA 80.14 32. Sam Lev, New York NY 249 56 Richard Michelsen - David Weinberg, Reno NV 79.85 33. Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 247 57 Zizhuo Wang, Palo Alto CA; Zhuo Wang, Philadelphia PA 79.82 34. Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL 247 58 Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 78.92 35. Robert Morris, Houston TX 245 59 Anne Taylor - Robert Taylor, Newark DE 78.18 36. Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA 242 60 Terry Wolfe, Clinton MT; Chuck Smith, Arlee MT 77.53 37. Justin Lall, Dallas TX 242 61 Nelda Linman, Bend OR; Joe Conti, Thousand Oaks CA 76.88 62 Ned Kohler, Scottsdale AZ; Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI 76.78 38. Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 238 63 Paul Jorgensen - Gary Nitzberg, Carson City NV 76.19 39. Hans Jacobs, Downsview ON 237 64 Laura Huss, Gresham OR; Renee Ferrera, Portland OR 75.90 40. Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 235 65 Renee Alpert, Orange CA; Lorrie Schramm, Anaheim CA 73.29 41. Melanie Tucker, New York NY 234 66 H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Tim Baird, White Plains NY 73.05 42. Shannon Cappelletti, Dania Beach FL 233 67 Steve Reed, Arlington VA; Stephen Drodge, McLean VA 72.32 43. Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 229 68 Dennis Ryan - Barbara Tysdahl, Menomonie WI 71.82 44. Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL 228 69 Ryan Schultz - David Camillus, Dayton OH 71.34 45. Jim Looby, Burbank CA 225 70 Matthew Dyer, Chicago IL; Lorraine Cable, New York NY 70.17 46. Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 225 71 Jadwiga Polujan, Port Coquitlam BC; Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC 70.04 47. William Harker, Copperopolis CA 224 72 Jerry Thorpe, Tacoma WA; N Scott Cardell, Pullman WA 67.85 73 William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 67.55 48. Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL 224 74 Tanya McCully, Whitefish MT; Susan Ledford, Oakley CA 67.43 49. Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 222 75 W Oates - P Oates, Brighton MI 65.01 50. George Bloomer, Pittsboro NC 218 76 Jenna Tichon, Winnipeg MB; Rajeev Bansal, Overland Park KS 64.82 51. Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI 216 77 Darryl Hendershot, Desert Hot Spgs CA; Gordon Link, Peachland BC 60.79 52. Leon Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ 215 78 Marcia White, Lakeville MA; David Pimental, Dartmouth MA 60.74 53. Roger Bates, Mesa AZ 214 79 Eddie Cormier, St Louis PE; Cecil Henry, Kingman AZ 58.96 Daily Bulletin Page 19

80 Gloria McCain, Orlando FL; Mara Tuttle, Lake Mary FL 58.64 81 Steven Towner - Brady Hixson, Salt Lake City UT 56.88 Winners take a chance 82 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 55.72 Suppose in the second-final session of the 83 Steven Hudson, Revere MA; Richard Hudson, Peabody MA 55.29 Rockwell Mixed Pairs, your left-hand opponent 84 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; Eric Rolfe, Kansas City MO 55.08 opens 2♥, partner bids 2♠ and RHO bids 3NT. 85 Kurt Fritz, Kailua HI; Vicki Sutton, Honolulu HI 52.12 What call would you make holding: 86 Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON; Bing Wong, Whitby ON 50.85 ♠K ♥A J 4 2 ♦A 10 6 4 3 ♣J 9 6? 87 Steven Gugick, San Diego CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 50.13 Let’s suppose you choose to double, and it 88 Ann Faget, Houston TX; Walter Smith Jr, Washington DC 49.84 passes out --- your lead. 89 John Zamboni, Caldwell ID; Ian Kirk, Tualatin OR 49.50 The player who held this hand against the 90 Audrey Miller - Foxx Silveira, Santa Fe NM 48.86 winners, Judi Radin and Scott Levine, led the ♠K. 91 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Katherine Rabenstein, Washington DC 44.63 92 Susan Johnson - John Johnson, Newport Beach CA 44.53 Here are all four hands: 93 Fred Zhang, Los Angeles CA; Shiu-Ming Huang, San Marino CA 43.98 Dlr: South ♠ A 7 94 Thomas Coleman - Nathan Wilmes, Oakland CA 42.95 Vul: E--W ♥ – 95 Jane Ettelson - Chuck Ettelson, Saint Louis MO 42.58 ♦ 9 8 5 96 John McCall - Diane McCall, Zephyr Cove NV 41.07 ♣ A K Q 10 8 7 4 2 97 Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC; John Langer, Santa Clarita CA 38.03 ♠ J 10 8 6 5 4 3 ♠ K 98 Darla Petersen, Ajax ON; Ginny Poulter, Oakland Twp MI 37.91 ♥ K 8 6 ♥ A J 4 2 99 William Glass, Clovis CA; J Leonard, Davis CA 36.16 ♦ K Q 2 ♦ A 10 6 4 3 100 Alex Stagner, Menlo Park CA; John Rollin, Hayward CA 35.14 ♣ – ♣ J 9 6 101 Brij Mohan Banda, Fremont CA; David Wheeler, Palo Alto CA 34.39 ♠ Q 9 2 102 Belinda Gu, Sunnyvale CA; Adam Portley, San Francisco CA 33.55 ♥ 103 John Kozero, Santa Rosa CA; Gary Robinson, Forestville CA 32.58 Q 10 9 7 5 3 104 James Edmondson - Judy Edmondson, Santa Barbara CA 30.85 ♦ J 7 105 Audrius Mizeikis, Scottsdale AZ; Joanna Chau, Arvada CO 30.54 ♣ 8 3 106 Jim Rowland, Phoenix AZ; Frederick Berry, Scottsdale AZ 28.57 West North East South 107 William Thorp, Dana Point CA; Dorothy Conway, Ottawa ON 27.36 Radin Levine 108 Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR; Paul Craviotto, Eugene OR 27.31 2♥ 109/110 Shirley Mueller - Theodore Flach, Louisville KY 26.71 2♠ 3NT Dbl All Pass 109/110 Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Am Ma Germany; Estera Lisker, East Quogue NY 26.71 As you can see, the lead was not a success. 111 Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA 26.40 Radin won the ♠A, and collected 10 tricks 112 Wayne Kaneko - Barbara Simon, Honolulu HI 25.41 for a score of plus 650. That was good for 85 113 Mary Giannella, Wayne NJ; Barbara Fingerhut, Clifton NJ 24.11 114 Catherine Gay, Kalamazoo MI; William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI 23.33 matchpoints on a 90 top. A diamond lead would 115 Richard Saval, Wayland MA; Barbara Murphy, Needham MA 23.13 result in East-West taking the first seven tricks and 116 Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY; Stanca Ciupe, Lafayette LA 22.48 a score of plus 500. 117 Justin Graver, Omaha NE; Jeffrey Buckwalter, Papillion NE 20.85 To win championships, sometimes you have to 118 Tuba Unlu, Beaverton OR; James Wheeler, Ridgefield WA 19.22 take a chance. 119 Warren Wertheimer, San Rafael CA; Diane Williams, Mill Valley CA 16.61 Looking deeper, however, you can see that 120 Andrew Straus, San Francisco CA; Steven Picus, Mequon WI 14.98 West can make 5♠, so plus 500 would only be 121 Reginald Williams, Lafayette CA; Dennis Teifel, Fairfield CA 14.01 an average score. In fact, plus 500 for East-West 122 Michael Boothby, Wenatchee WA; Robert Kroupa, Idaho Falls ID 13.62 scored 48 matchpoints (and 42 for North-South). 123 John Babb - Dennis Mitchell, Scottsdale AZ 11.73 Radin, therefore, wasn’t risking much with her bold 124 Wayne Gergen, Minneapolis MN; William Cummings, Monticello MN 9.45 125 David Bryant, San Francisco CA; Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 8.96 bid. 126 Mildred Artman - Jon Oheren, Canfield OH 8.47 Would East-West want to be in 6♦? Deep 127 Patricia Perry, Lafayette CA; Shirley Rodenborn, Oakland CA 6.52 Finesse says that East-West can make 6♦, but only 128 Bob Wierman, Anderson CA; July Ratley, Redding CA 3.58 if played by West (otherwise, South can lead a 129 Keith Gunn, Orinda CA; Daniel Rubinfeld, Berkeley CA 2.61 heart for North to ruff). 130 Marlys Haraden, Anaheim CA; Sydney Stephan, Corona Del Mar CA 0.00

RED RIBBON PAIRS – SECOND QUALIFIEG SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AAA BBB CCC DDD EAST-WEST 1 Marcus Ballinger, Burlingame CA; Eugene Sor, Richmond CA 72.21% 1 Blair Hoffman, Moraga CA; James Kuhn, Oakland CA 61.88% 2 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Ludmila Antonova, New York NY 63.76% 2 Andrew Straus, San Francisco CA; Steven Picus, Mequon WI 60.26% 3 Frank Shih, Pasadena CA; Robert C.F. Wang, El Monte CA 62.03% 3 Chris Moore, Bellevue WA; Cristal Nell, Redmond WA 59.46% 4 Jadwiga Polujan, Port Coquitlam BC; Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC 61.01% 4 Robert Abrams, Atlanta GA; Michael Abrams, Pasadena CA 59.43% 5 Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA; Dian Petrov, Buffalo NY 60.41% 5 George Dragich - Rosemary Dragich, Windsor ON 58.07% 6 Keith Gunn, Orinda CA; Daniel Rubinfeld, Berkeley CA 60.11% 6 Stanley Weiss, Livingston NJ; Vladimir Oudalov, Nutley NJ 57.92% 7 Alan Shotkin, Santa Rosa CA; Maria Tsoukalas, New York NY 60.07% 7 Mildred Artman - Jon Oheren, Canfield OH 57.65% 8 John Osher, Denver CO; Robert Woodward, Las Vegas NV 59.46% 8 Ken Goodridge - Neil Goodridge, Winnipeg MB 57.39% 9 Nelda Linman, Bend OR; Joe Conti, Thousand Oaks CA 58.82% 9 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; David Taylor, Seattle WA 57.13% 10 Greg Humphreys - Meg Myers, Charlottesville VA 58.33% 10 John Kozero, Santa Rosa CA; Gary Robinson, Forestville CA 57.01% 11 Robert Levey - Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 57.24% 11 George Goewey, Chicago IL; Brian Beecher, Sr, Park Forest IL 56.90% 12 Keith Hafen - Susan Hafen, Long Beach CA 57.01% 12 Chuck Abramo - Jo Murray, Ketchum ID 56.52% 13 Sidney Porter, Poulsbo WA; Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 56.86% 13 Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE 54.34% 14 Jeff Ford, Redmond WA; Adam Ruprecht, Seattle WA 56.71% 14 Jenna Tichon, Winnipeg MB; Rajeev Bansal, Overland Park KS 53.73% 15 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Jennifer Gu, Sunnyvale CA 55.81% 15 Dave Slegel, The Dalles OR; Hank Eng, Jacksonville FL 53.66% 16 Brenda Glaze - Robert Hill, Anchorage AK 55.35% 16 Claudette Roush, Houston TX; Brian Thurston, Carmichael CA 53.21% 17 Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY; Stanca Ciupe, Lafayette LA 53.51% 17 James Breeden - Margaret Breeden, Carson City NV 52.60% 18 Bruce Boje, Chanhassen MN; Stuart Foster, Park City UT 52.90% 18 William Thorp, Dana Point CA; Dorothy Conway, Ottawa ON 52.45% 19 Bob Wierman, Anderson CA; July Ratley, Redding CA 52.45% 19 Terry Wolfe, Clinton MT; Chuck Smith, Arlee MT 52.38% 20 Belinda Gu, Sunnyvale CA; Adam Portley, San Francisco CA 51.62% 20 Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Am Ma Germany; Estera Lisker, East Quogue NY 52.22% 21 Phillip Jaeger, Austin TX; Thomas Hackenberg, Round Rock TX 51.13% 21/23 Shirley Mueller - Theodore Flach, Louisville KY 51.43% 22 Charles Alexander, Northbrook IL; Norman Segal, Deerfield IL 50.57% 21/23 Ambrish Bansal, West Chester OH; D. Thomas Terwilliger, Cincinnati OH 51.43% 23 Ryan Schultz - David Camillus, Dayton OH 50.53% 21/23 Laura Huss, Gresham OR; Renee Ferrera, Portland OR 51.43% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS TT SS UU VV EAST-WEST 1 H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Tim Baird, White Plains NY 63.30% 1 Douglas Keller - Marion Robertson, San Francisco CA 72.13% 2 Kay Jones, The Villages FL; Geoff Jones III, Orlando FL 60.06% 2 Renjun Guo - Qiang Zhang, Mountain House CA 65.62% 3 Jane Ettelson - Chuck Ettelson, Saint Louis MO 59.25% 3 John Cagney - Edith Cagney, N Fort Myers FL 60.35% 4 Gilbert Reeser - Gary Minnig, Pleasanton CA 59.18% 4 Steven Gugick, San Diego CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 59.64% 5 Lee Maddocks - Stewart Tunick, Modesto CA 58.99% 5 Eric Pan, Burnaby BC; Baixiang Liu, Vancouver BC 59.60% 6 Brian Zaugg - Liliana Diaconescu, Burien WA 58.56% 6 Marcia White, Lakeville MA; David Pimental, Dartmouth MA 59.28% 7 Bill Cubley, San Leandro CA; Mark Kornmann, Richmond CA 57.57% 7 Zhu Liu, Edison NJ; Vincent Weng, Lawrenceville NJ 58.94% 8 Terry Visentin - Michael Shaw, Winnipeg MB 57.56% 8 Paul Vevera, El Dorado Hills CA; Cary Breech, Danville PA 57.18% 9 Dana Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jonathan Ullman, Cambridge MA 57.24% 9 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 55.34% 10 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Kunio Okui, Castro Valley CA 56.89% 10 Beth Nelowet - Don Nelowet, Englewood CO 53.94% 11 Stephen Castellino - Colette Castellino, Fremont CA 56.70% 11 Judith Lichter, Sparta WI; David Vaclavik, Appleton WI 53.88% 12 Dennis Ryan - Barbara Tysdahl, Menomonie WI 56.40% 12 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 53.66% 13 Derek Fiero - Teddi Fiero, San Jose CA 55.51% 13 Steven Hudson, Revere MA; Richard Hudson, Peabody MA 53.43% 14 Rozi Alhale - Jack Alhale, New York NY 55.47% 14 Thomas Franklin III - Brian Eisenberg, Martinez CA 53.23% 15 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; Eric Rolfe, Kansas City MO 55.21% 15 Bonnie Fortune, Newberg OR; Marta Cannell, Hood River OR 53.15% 16 Thomas Coleman - Nathan Wilmes, Oakland CA 54.54% 16 Gloria McCain, Orlando FL; Mara Tuttle, Lake Mary FL 53.03% 17 Darryl Hendershot, Desert Hot Spgs CA; Gordon Link, Peachland BC 54.02% 17 Richard Michelsen - David Weinberg, Reno NV 52.97% 18 Jerry Thorpe, Tacoma WA; N Scott Cardell, Pullman WA 53.68% 18 Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC; John Langer, Santa Clarita CA 52.44% 19 Ned Kohler, Scottsdale AZ; Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI 53.68% 19 John Zamboni, Caldwell ID; Ian Kirk, Tualatin OR 52.42% 20 Audrius Mizeikis, Scottsdale AZ; Joanna Chau, Arvada CO 53.40% 20 Erin Gove, Los Gatos CA; Fung Bao, Cupertino CA 52.22% 21 Darla Petersen, Ajax ON; Ginny Poulter, Oakland Twp MI 53.37% 21 David Bryant, San Francisco CA; Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 51.43% 22 John McCall - Diane McCall, Zephyr Cove NV 53.07% 22 Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 51.43% 23 Jim Rowland, Phoenix AZ; Frederick Berry, Scottsdale AZ 53.04% 23 Sean Casey, Atlantic Hlds NJ; Jason Tokuda, Livingston NJ 51.38% 24 Susan Johnson - John Johnson, Newport Beach CA 52.83% 24 Karen Levy - Nancy Klym, Calgary AB 51.28% Page 20 Daily Bulletin

SECOND THURSDAY EVE 100/200/300 PAIRS - THURSDAY EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Ann Grill - George Grill, Breckenridge CO 63.60% 1 1 1 Pat Ingoglia - Cindy Daugherty, Sacramento CA 60.24% 2 Janice Levin, Elk Grove CA; Jane Kennedy, Sacramento CA 62.60% 2 Bee Melendez - Barbara Deasy, Salinas CA 59.51% 3 Frances Grogan - Candyce Pfluger, San Angelo TX 61.18% 3 Anne Mason, Beavercreek OR; Joann Szeimies, Oregon City OR 54.02% 4 1 Thomas Fagan - Katie Fagan, Kailua HI 53.89% 4 2 Sharon Nordmark, Longview WA; Richard Gettmann, Woodland WA 51.65% 2 1 Don Cohen, Oak Park IL; Marilyn Philips, Bellevue WA 47.39% 2 Robert Parish - Phyllis Parish, Twin Falls ID 49.52% 3 Jackson Bell, Virginia Beach VA; Norma Callender, Houston TX 46.95% 2 Janis Brown, Alameda CA; Bill Bussboom, Sacramento CA 44.62%

WARREN HUBBLE STRATIFIED OPEN THURSDAY EVENING – SECOND OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 61.38% 1 1 Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC; Linda Shallit, Belfair WA 62.82% 2 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; R Muggia, Andover MA 60.90% 2 2 Theresa Andino, Tallahassee FL; Tammy Moll, Raleigh NC 57 .21% 3 David Sokolow - P Burka, Austin TX 56.25% 3 3 Clinton Heiple, Boulder CO; Woody Dillinger, Golden CO 56.89% 4 1 Brian Kelly, Clive IA; Larry Anfinson, Waterloo IA 55.61% 4 4 1 Alexander Lovejoy, Stanford CA; Jonathan Bittner, Cambridge MA 56.09% 5 David Lim, Nanaimo BC; William Lim, Vernon BC 55.45% 5 2 Michael Petrescu - Allan Becker, Prince George BC 53.04% 6 Barry Senensky, Thornhill ON; John Laufer, Toronto ON 53.69% 6 Jerry Ranney - Jane Ranney, Morrison CO 52.40% 2 1 Emma Lou Scherf - Dick Roberts, Eugene OR 53.37% 3 Jim Lucas, Idaho Falls ID; Mona Hubble, Vancouver WA 50.80% 4 2 Leo Wolfe - Marian Wolfe, Seattle WA 45.67% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Marianne Spanier - Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ 67.31% 1 1 John Christensen - Larry Brafman, Baltimore MD 60.90% 2 Linda Smoak - J Fletcher Smoak, Roanoke VA 63.30% 2 Cindy Patterson, Sooke BC; Molly Harris, Portland OR 60.26% 3 Gerald Fox, Napa CA; George King, Reno NV 62.98% 3 2 Bobbi Kauffman - John Link, Houston TX 58.65% 4 Russell Johnson - Gregory Trautman, Olympia WA 62.18% 4 3 1 Lotte Optekamp - Britt Siem, Houston TX 56.57% 5 1 Catherine Fortney - Terry Darwin, Millbrae CA 55.93% 5 4 Barbara Grzegorzewski, Meadville PA; Chet Mody, Greenville PA 56.41% 6 Bill Ream, Burleson TX; Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 55.61% 6 Gail Bell - Raymond Raskin, King of Prussia PA 54.33% 2 Daniel Jarboe - Lorraine Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch FL 51.12% 2 Shyam Giridharadas, Chevy Chase MD; Prem Garg, Potomac MD 50.48% 3 Patricia Young, Erie PA; Paul Nickerson, Morristown NJ 48.72% 4 1 Carol McCartney - Janet Tucker, Bend OR 43.43% 2 Thomas Shudic - Elaine Moore, Burbank CA 42.79% 3 Don Sturmer - Paul Newton, Danville CA 42.31%

SARA FASOLDT TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES -- THURSDAY EVENING SIXTH OF SIX SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 James O’Hearn - Sabrina O’Hearn, Surprise AZ 63.89% 1 Jeffrey Smith, Ottawa ON; Jonathan Ferguson, Austin TX 63.89% 2 Tien Zee, Long Beach CA; John Wong, Anaheim Hills CA 61.57% 2 1 Robert Coole - Anne Kendal, Prince George BC 59.72% 3 2 2 Burke Snowden, Ft Collins CO; Jan Parker, Reno NV 55.56% 3 Joseph Fox, Oakhurst CA; B Marshall, Tulsa OK 59.26% 4 3 Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS; Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI 52.55% 4 2 Jeanette Brandt, Monmouth OR; Robert Peery, Corvallis OR 47.69% 3 1 Walter Herrick, Frankfort MI; Carolyn Sprague, Anchorage AK 47.22% 2 Larry Eulner, Freeport NY; Steven Perrin, Baldwin NY 44.21% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Tutty Wetzel - Neal Moore, Reno NV 64.58% 1 1 1 Jeff La Caze, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Charles Stofer, Hot Spgs Villag AR 59.49% 2 1 Barbara Vann, Carmichael CA; Zelna Morrow, Grass Valley CA 55.56% 2 2 Gordon Binder, Millbrae CA; Alyce Shoenhard, Green Valley AZ 59.26% 3 Jack Ochs, Chugiak AK; Walter Pease, Anchorage AK 54.40% 3 Richard Schroeder, Davenport IA; Beth Kelly, Bettendorf IA 58.80% 4 2 Steven Bruns - Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 51.62% 4 3 Douglas Allan - Anthony Trigg, Lincoln CA 50.69% 1 Ronald Foerster - Glen Bates, Bend OR 48.15% 2 Normand Malette, Sudbury ON; Normandy Hamilton, Richfield MN 45.37%

TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES - THURSDAY AFTERNOON - FIFTH OF SIX SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Allan Mazer - Ruth-Anne Mazer, Towson MD 55.61% 1 Karol Monroe - Guy Monroe, Newport OR 64.42% 2 1 Marcus Evans, La Palma CA; Annette Goldberg, Berkeley CA 55.13% 2 1 E Lawrence Kolton, San Francisco CA; Ann Longknife, San Mateo CA 59.13% 3 2 1 Janice Williams, Montague CA; Gloria Harmon, Sacramento CA 54.17% 3 2 Donald Olderness - Gwen Olderness, Kimberley BC 58.01% 4/5 Marjorie Blunt, Federal Way WA; Betty Larson, Tacoma WA 52.40% 4 3 Pat Zieger - Jo Anne Murdock, Yuba City CA 55.93% 4/5 3 2 Harold Deroos Jr, Modesto CA; Donna Deroos, Reno NV 52.40% 5 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Jimmy Pelham, North Baldwin NY 54.33% 6 4 3 Edward Hsi, Arcadia CA; Tai Wang, Rosemead CA 52.08% 6 4 1 James O’Hearn - Sabrina O’Hearn, Surprise AZ 53.85% 5 Kent White - Sten Akerlund, Lincoln CA 49.52% 2 Carole Benkelman, Ballwin MO; Thomas Burger, Englewood CO 49.36% 3 Jan Schwitters - Barbara Lotief, Las Vegas NV 44.87% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Diana Holt, Palm Beach FL; Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL 66.51% 1 1 1 Charles Bisesi, Berea OH; Vern Vanderpol, Pasadena CA 63.14% 2 1 Nancy Lowry, Virginia Beach VA; Peter Salmon-Cox, Millersville MD 54.97% 2/3 2/3 Judy Guyer, El Macero CA; June Kasparian, Sacramento CA 59.29% 3 Rene Reid, Reno NV; Nels Erickson, Sparks NV 54.33% 2/3 2/3 Gayle Koedel - Robert Koedel, Lincoln CA 59.29% 4 Berneice Anglea, Pasadena CA; Nunzio Martorina, Midland TX 53.69% 4 4 Patricia Rasmus, Hamburg NY; Thalia Fudor, Murrysville PA 57.69% 5 2 1 Lucia Teulecke, Laguna Woods CA; Clinton Gorsuch, Rowland Heights CA 52.40% 5 5 Ann Derwin, Roseville CA; Irene Harlow, Reno NV 56.41% 6 3 Sally Blewett, Beaumont TX; Patsy Pierce, Hardin TX 51.76% 6/7 6/7 2 Susan Minder - Douglas Minder, Caledonia MI 53.04% 4 Gerry Piaget - Joan Piaget, Portola Valley CA 49.68% 6/7 6/7 Anthony Trigg - Douglas Allan, Lincoln CA 53.04% 5 2 George Clarke, Redding CA; Umakant Dash, Sacramento CA 49.36% 3 Linda King - Barbara Earley, Hollister CA 51.12% 3 Joann Szeimies, Oregon City OR; Anne Mason, Beavercreek OR 49.04% 4 David Luzzatto, Richardson TX; Gretchen Schmeeckle, San Mateo CA 48.88%

SECOND THURSDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Lynn Bartz, Los Gatos CA; Leslie Perkins, Sunnyvale CA 66.67% 1 1 1 Cindy Daugherty - Pat Ingoglia, Sacramento CA 56.25% 2 2 Janice Tingler - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 65.18% 2 Joan Fedor, Sun City West AZ; Karen Wong, Seattle WA 53.57% 3 3 Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 57.74% 3 2 2 Joanie Gates, Austin TX; Joanne Mott, Baltimore MD 52.68% 4 Elizabeth Meteer, Wildwood MO; Martha Hanley, Chesterfield MO 52.38% 4/5 3/4 Jack Fitzgerald, Lodi CA; Bob Champion, Carmel CA 52.08% 1 Charles Rhea - Louise Rhea, Indio CA 44.94% 4/5 3/4 Mary Thompson - Attress Harder, Redmond OR 52.08% 2 Lael Cooksley - Jan Hart, Redmond OR 40.18% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Y EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 James Lindy - Judith Lindy, Memphis TN 65.18% 1 1 1 Monica Brandl - Marjorie Quaglieri, Reno NV 57.74% 2 1 1 Diane Elliott, Torrance CA; Joe Henry, Salem OR 57.74% 2 Shirley Passeri - Robert Doan, Sun City Center FL 57.44% 3 Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA; Sharon Weintrob, Wayne PA 56.55% 3 Greg Foss - Jeannene LeVitre, Reno NV 54.17% 4 2 Daniel Ellsworth, Anchorage AK; Harry Westmoreland, Chicago IL 55.95% 4/5 2/3 Rudi Metzner - Betty Metzner, Camas WA 50.60% 3 Jackson Bell, Virginia Beach VA; Norma Callender, Houston TX 52.08% 4/5 2/3 2 Pam Stoner, Menlo Park CA; Carolyn Drozdiak, Saratoga CA 50.60% 2 Abbe Cohen, Santa Rosa CA; Gloria Hersch, Healdsburg CA 47.02%

DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS THURSDAT AFTERNOON SECOND OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Bob Meixner, Hinsdale IL; Michael Kutska, River Forest IL 63.14% 1 George Drake - Helene Drake, Phoenix AZ 60.42% 2 Dan McCaw, Toronto ON; Antonia Okany, Etobicoke ON 60.42% 2 1 1 Alan Yngve, Saint Paul MN; Normandy Hamilton, Richfield MN 57.05% 3 1 Arlie Lamb, San Mateo CA; Edward Hornung, San Bruno CA 55.77% 3 2 Dorothy Moore - Tom Moore, Keller TX 56.73% 4 2 1 Sally Fishman - Barbara Pastine, Bozeman MT 53.53% 4/5 3/4 Robert Knowles - Dawne Parker, Albuquerque NM 56.41% 5 3 2 Margaret Anderson, Sausalito CA; Jane Mc Laughlin, San Francisco CA 51.60% 4/5 3/4 2 Mischel Postas - L John Postas, Campbell CA 56.41% 6 4 3 Donald Lynam - Ben McMakin, Bandon OR 50.64% 6 5 3 Arlene Mahlberg - Benny Mahlberg, Discovery Bay CA 53.37% 5 Lucille Sorenson - Barry Sorenson, North Bend OR 50.00% 4 Linda Babcock, Folsom CA; Judy Serrano, Lincoln CA 47.12%

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NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1/2 1/2 David Gambelin, San Jose CA; William Yetter, Saratoga CA 58.01% 1 Phillis Herbster - Louis Herbster, Tucson AZ 66.19% 1/2 1/2 1 Joanne Cobeen - Arthur Cobeen, Hercules CA 58.01% 2 1 Bernie Weiss, New Orleans LA; Todd Knapp, Costa Mesa CA 58.01% 3/4 Mario Mory - Phyllis Mory, Los Angeles CA 57.37% 3 2 Kathy Ball, Tucson AZ; Kazuko Nojima, Reno NV 56.57% 3/4 3 2 Geoffrey Stokes - Gladys Turissini, Gardnerville NV 57.37% 4 Charles Williams, Port Angeles WA; Vern Nunnally, Sequim WA 56.09% 5 4 3 Joseph Verdirame - Karen Verdirame, Bennington NE 54.97% 5 David Siebert - Jane Dickey, Little Rock AR 55.77% 6 5 Bill Lampton, Lincoln CA; Thomas Hall, Penn Valley CA 54.01% 6 3 Judith Clark, Santa Clara CA; James Sremba, Spokane WA 53.69% 4 Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Rolf Paul, Needham MA 52.72% 1 Anne Bigelow - Larry Phillips, Winnipeg MB 50.80% 2 Rita Levin, Los Angeles CA; Beverly Goldner, Beverly Hills CA 49.52% 3 Richard Markell, Los Gatos CA; Wendy Dewell, San Jose CA 45.99% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Carlos D’Assumpcao, San Francisco CA; Leslie Balascoe, Reno NV 59.78% 1 Sandra Hammer, New Smyrna Bch FL; Courtney Nelson, Wells VT 63.78% 2 1 1 Y Chen, Fremont CA; Don-Min Tsou, Cupertine CA 58.33% 2 1 1 Larry Sherkow, West Bend WI; Don Scholz, Grafton WI 55.93% 3 2 John Christopher - Dorothy Christopher, Milford MI 57.37% 3 Samuel Haveson, Los Angeles CA; Eugene White Jr, Playa del Rey CA 55.77% 4 3 Timothy Jeans, Vallejo CA; Donald Powell, Vacaville CA 55.45% 4/5 2 2 Reatha Thiessen, Lake Country BC; Arlene Hawrelak, Kelowna BC 54.97% 5 James Tilzey - Arlene Nunnally, Sequim WA 55.13% 4/5 James Tanner, Highland CA; Milton Kalikman, Azusa CA 54.97% 6 4 Lynn Boardman, Gaithersburg MD; Ronald Clawson, Kearneysville WV 52.72% 6 3 3 Mary Beth Bartel - Brenda Olsen, Creswell OR 54.49% 5 2 Bev Ziegel, Oakville ON; Marilyn Walsh, Ancaster ON 52.40% 4 Xiaolun Yi, Fredericton NB; Peter Coates, Hanwell NB 53.69% 3 Marilyn McDonald, San Diego CA; Diana Ellis, Kennewick WA 48.08% 5 Susan Challen, Davis CA; Elizabeth Sachs, Sacramento CA 52.72%

SILODOR OPEN PAIRS - FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H I EAST-WEST 1 Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 63.26% 1 Albert Chow, Folsom CA; George Lim, Sacramento CA 66.07% 2 Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 63.06% 2 Daniel Levin, Aurora IL; Christopher Monsour, Hartford CT 61.54% 3 Kirshnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; K Venkatraman, Chennal India 61.94% 3 Rajeev Gupta, San Mateo CA; Vandana Vidwans, Burlingame CA 58.86% 4 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 60.15% 4 Paul Schwaighart, Normandy Park WA; Vic Quiros, Renton WA 58.30% 5 Gene Fomin, Glacier WA; Ronald Woodard, Olympia WA 59.06% 5 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 56.98% 6 Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV; James Gordon, S Burlington VT 58.88% 6 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 56.88% 7 Steve Clark, Carlsbad CA; Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA 58.32% 7 Kelley Hwang - Erez Hendelman, New York NY 56.00% 8 James Griffin - Patricia Griffin, Sausalito CA 57.67% 8 Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 55.95% 9 Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Mark Leonard, Ypsilanti MI 56.68% 9 Jack Lee, Richmond BC; Joel Martineau, Vancouver BC 55.09% 10 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY 56.43% 10 Sharon Goldman, New York City NY; Melih Ozdil, New York NY 54.78% 11 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai India 55.31% 11 Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 54.71% 12 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Jim Munday, Camarillo CA 54.15% 12 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 54.45% 13/14 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 53.87% 13 Verbeek, Rotterdam ND; Zwol Van, Tilburg ND 54.25% 13/14 Brady Allen, Dallas TX; Bob Friz, Leonard TX 53.87% 14 Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 53.29% 15 Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 53.11% 15 Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 53.01% 16 Michael Levin - Don Friedman, San Francisco CA 52.15% 16 Mike Roney, San Jose CA; Paul Nelson, Santa Clara CA 52.58% 17 Hua Poon, Singapore 31022 Singapore; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Singapore 51.67% 17 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA 52.38% 18 Dennis Groden, Surrey BC; Zoran Peca, Vancouver BC 51.62% 18 Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Gerry Marshall, Calgary AB 52.28% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS J K L EAST-WEST 1 Catherine D’Ovidio, Courbevoie 9240 France; Philippe Cronier, Paris 75018 France 60.58% 1 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 63.92% 2 Ron Smith, San Francisco CA; Chris Willenken, New York NY 59.41% 2 David Lindop, Toronto ON; Marc Nathan, New York NY 63.36% 3 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Warren Cederborg, Visalia CA 59.26% 3 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 62.65% 4 Kumar Bhatia, Pepper Pike OH; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH 57.24% 4 Elliot Shalita, Elkins Park PA; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 61.64% 5 Victoria Vallone - Michael Crane, Macomb MI 57.03% 5 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 61.13% 6 Craig Kavin - Nancy Kavin, Oxnard CA 56.78% 6 Michael Strebinger, Port Coquitlam BC; Les Fouks, Vancouver BC 59.82% 7 Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX; John Zilic, Houston TX 55.36% 7 Kenneth Grafton, Dayton NV; Robert Garret, Gardnerville NV 56.83% 8 Andrew Hoskins, Mountain View CA; William Campbell, Pacific Grove CA 55.01% 8 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Keith Garber, Las Vegas NV 55.47% 9 Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Sabina Lim, Cerritos CA 54.00% 9 Bart Bramley - Chris Compton, Dallas TX 55.31% 10 John Stafford, Seattle WA; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA 53.90% 10 Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY 55.06% 11 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Marshall Miles, Redlands CA 53.54% 11 Stephen Fuerst - Marty Rogers, Rancho Cordova CA 54.15% 12 John Potter, Panama City FL; Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC 52.07% 12 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 53.64% 13 Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA; Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA 52.02% 13 Steve Clements, Aliso Viejo CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Petah Tikva 493 Israel 52.23% 14 William Rudman Jr, Castro Valley CA; Glenn Quinn, San Jose CA 51.97% 14 Mark Teaford, Seal Beach CA; Tadashi Teramoto, Tokyo Japan 51.82% 15 Roger Zellmer, San Diego CA; Carolyn Timmermann, Vancouver WA 51.47% 15 Ray Loftis - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 51.67% 16 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Bryan Maksymetz, Squamish BC 51.42% 16 Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 51.52% 17 Steve Bruno, Peoria AZ; Jon Bartlett, Portland OR 50.61% 17 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 51.47% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS M N O EAST-WEST 1 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 59.89% 1 Charles Fortney - Kathleen Fortney, Wheaton IL 64.78% 2 Ole Godefroy, Bellevue WA; Howard Epley, Kent WA 58.45% 2 Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 60.48% 3 Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 58.40% 3 Michael Moss, New York NY; George Mittelman, Toronto ON 60.17% 4 Carlos Munoz - Fred Hawa, White Plains NY 57.69% 4 Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 59.39% 5 Suresh Agarwal, Charlottesvle VA; Curtis Bare, Charlottesville VA 57.14% 5 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Jill Levin, Lake Ariel PA 57.77% 6 Stephannie Russo, New York NY; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH 55.85% 6 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA 56.91% 7 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 55.36% 7 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 56.48% 8 Faye Marino, Greenwich CT; Richard Laufer, Hartsdale NY 55.21% 8 Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA 56.15% 9 Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA 55.16% 9 John Kohler, Litchfield Park AZ; Beverly Hartin, Rancho Mirage CA 55.97% 10 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 54.81% 10 David Caprera, Denver CO; Clement Jackson, Albuquerque NM 55.57% 11 Walter Schafer Jr, Buena Park CA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 54.50% 11 Gary Macgregor - Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA 54.73% 12 Apolinary Kowalski - Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland 54.33% 12 Farid Assemi, Fresno CA; Edward Wojewoda, Clovis CA 54.66% 13 Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA 52.88% 13 Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 54.33% 14 Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD; Martha Katz, Burr Ridge IL 52.76% 14 Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 54.05% 15 Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA; David Yang, Chicago IL 51.44% 15 Ronald Tracy, Edmonds WA; Tom Hammond, Redmond WA 53.24% 16 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 51.39% 16 Mark Tolliver, Portland OR; Troy Horton, Clatskanie OR 53.19% 17 Jason Chiu, San Jose CA; Matthew Haag, Walnut Creek CA 51.27% 17 Grazyna Brewiak, Gdansk 80- Poland; Jaroslaw Piasecki, Buffalo Grove IL 53.09%

RED RIBBON PAIRS – FIRST OF FOUR SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AAA BBB CCC DDD EAST-WEST 1 James Breeden - Margaret Breeden, Carson City NV 62.93% 1 Robert Levey - Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 61.84% 2 Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE 59.77% 2 Robert Abrams, Atlanta GA; Michael Abrams, Pasadena CA 60.90% 3 Daniel McGuire - Molly Hosford, Las Vegas NV 58.33% 3 Alan Shotkin, Santa Rosa CA; Maria Tsoukalas, New York NY 60.48% 4 Steve Reed, Arlington VA; Stephen Drodge, McLean VA 58.30% 4/5 Kenneth Llacera - Neil Joseph Smyth, Santa Cruz CA 59.46% 5 Eddie Cormier, St Louis PE; Cecil Henry, Kingman AZ 57.09% 4/5 Greg Humphreys - Meg Myers, Charlottesville VA 59.46% 6 Marlys Haraden, Anaheim CA; Sydney Stephan, Corona Del Mar CA 56.00% 6/7 Frank Shih, Pasadena CA; Robert C.F. Wang, El Monte CA 58.90% 7 Jack Windecker, Toronto ON; Arlene Dick, Sherman Oaks CA 55.81% 6/7 Bruce Boje, Chanhassen MN; Stuart Foster, Park City UT 58.90% 8 Anne Taylor - Robert Taylor, Newark DE 55.47% 8 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 57.96% 9 Chris Moore, Bellevue WA; Cristal Nell, Redmond WA 55.24% 9 Blair Hoffman, Moraga CA; James Kuhn, Oakland CA 57.58% 10 Dave Slegel, The Dalles OR; Hank Eng, Jacksonville FL 55.20% 10 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; David Taylor, Seattle WA 57.50% 11 Laura Huss, Gresham OR; Renee Ferrera, Portland OR 55.09% 11/12 Renee Alpert, Orange CA; Lorrie Schramm, Anaheim CA 57.28% 12 Chris Poulos, Eugene OR; Brian Breckenridge, Corvallis OR 54.86% 11/12 Tanya McCully, Whitefish MT; Susan Ledford, Oakley CA 57.28% 13 Judith Timmons - Richard Timmons, Alamo CA 54.68% 13 John Babb - Dennis Mitchell, Scottsdale AZ 56.71% 14 Terry Wolfe, Clinton MT; Chuck Smith, Arlee MT 54.34% 14 Kurt Fritz, Kailua HI; Vicki Sutton, Honolulu HI 56.49% 15 Wayne Kaneko - Barbara Simon, Honolulu HI 54.07% 15 Fred Zhang, Los Angeles CA; Shiu-Ming Huang, San Marino CA 55.66% 16 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Vincent Fish, Westford MA 53.47% 16 Ryan Schultz - David Camillus, Dayton OH 55.47% 17 Reginald Williams, Lafayette CA; Dennis Teifel, Fairfield CA 53.32% 17 Sidney Porter, Poulsbo WA; Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 55.24% 18/19 Audrey Miller - Foxx Silveira, Santa Fe NM 52.94% 18 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Katherine Rabenstein, Washington DC 54.75% 18/19 Wayne Gergen, Minneapolis MN; William Cummings, Monticello MN 52.94% 19 Keith Hafen - Susan Hafen, Long Beach CA 54.64% 20 George Dragich - Rosemary Dragich, Windsor ON 52.45% 20 Richard Saval, Wayland MA; Barbara Murphy, Needham MA 54.03% 21 Ann Faget, Houston TX; Walter Smith Jr, Washington DC 52.30% 21 Iris Libby, Orinda CA; Carol Cottam, Concord CA 53.92% 22 George Goewey, Chicago IL; Brian Beecher, Sr, Park Forest IL 51.62% 22 Michael Farebrother, Calgary AB; Marek Foff, Canmore AB 53.73% 23 Mary Giannella, Wayne NJ; Barbara Fingerhut, Clifton NJ 51.47% 23 Ken Goodridge - Neil Goodridge, Winnipeg MB 52.87%

The order of events: Mixed Pairs; ome to hiladelphia Open Women’s and Senior’s C st th P 1 -16 October 2010 Teams ; Open and Women’s Pairs ; Mixed Teams. All these events are transnational. The Philadelphia, an historic city 1 1/2 hours from New York City and timings - 10:30 and 15:30 - 45 minutes from Atlantic City. For the “World Bridge Series” have been chosen to enable Championship. Most of the events will be held at the Marriott Hotel Downtown with a few at the Convention Center connected to the Hotel. participants to have their You will find all the information (dates and schedule of events, entry evenings free. A full 16 Day fees, reservations in partner hotels) on the official websites of the World Regional Schedule will be offered at Bridge Federation www.worldbridge.org and of the USBF www.usbf.org the same time in the Convention Center. Page 22 Daily Bulletin

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS NN OO PP QQ EAST-WEST 1 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 65.95% 1 J Sutcliffe, Agoura Hills CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 63.12% 2 Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR; Paul Craviotto, Eugene OR 64.93% 2 Lee Maddocks - Stewart Tunick, Modesto CA 62.08% 3 Jill Thompson - Josee Hammill, Toronto ON 63.42% 3 Richard Lawson, Plymouth MN; Andy Caranicas, St Paul MN 61.84% 4 Daniel Harting, Mountain View CA; Chris Chung, Palo Alto CA 60.05% 4 Brian Zaugg - Liliana Diaconescu, Burien WA 61.38% 5 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 59.79% 5 Paul Jorgensen - Gary Nitzberg, Carson City NV 61.06% 6 Bonnie Fortune, Newberg OR; Marta Cannell, Hood River OR 59.62% 6 Max Aeschbacher - William Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 59.49% 7 Brij Mohan Banda, Fremont CA; David Wheeler, Palo Alto CA 58.86% 7 Rozi Alhale - Jack Alhale, New York NY 59.32% 8 Robert Forster, New York NY; Gideon Tan, Denver CO 58.58% 8 Terry Visentin - Michael Shaw, Winnipeg MB 58.90% 9 H Vince Mueller, San Rafael CA; Raija Davis, Reno NV 58.25% 9 Zizhuo Wang, Palo Alto CA; Zhuo Wang, Philadelphia PA 56.85% 10 Jerome Yeamans, Lorain OH; W Thomas Stahl, Vermilion OH 58.09% 10 Don McCarthy, West Kelowna BC; Glenn Cossey, Innisfail AB 56.53% 11 Chris Kleis, Lyndhurst OH; Charles Scholl, Shaker Heights OH 57.13% 11 Jason Schroeder - Darcy Schroeder, Tempe AZ 56.43% 12 Zhu Liu, Edison NJ; Vincent Weng, Lawrenceville NJ 56.86% 12 Matthew Dyer, Chicago IL; Lorraine Cable, New York NY 55.81% 13 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 56.01% 13 Stephen Castellino - Colette Castellino, Fremont CA 55.77% 14 Karen Williams Cox - Ralph Cox, Centennial CO 55.94% 14 Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON; Bing Wong, Whitby ON 55.57% 15 Thomas Franklin III - Brian Eisenberg, Martinez CA 55.77% 15 W Oates - P Oates, Brighton MI 55.30% 16 Eric Pan, Burnaby BC; Baixiang Liu, Vancouver BC 55.63% 16 Virgie Reid, Longview WA; David Stoker, Twin Falls ID 54.85% 17 Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 55.45% 17 Gilbert Reeser - Gary Minnig, Pleasanton CA 54.67% 18 William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 54.29% 18 Jim Harp, Dallas TX; Judith Lotridge, Carrollton TX 54.45% 19 John Cagney - Edith Cagney, N Fort Myers FL 54.01% 19 Steven Towner - Brady Hixson, Salt Lake City UT 53.92% 20 Richard Michelsen - David Weinberg, Reno NV 54.01% 20 Ronald Francey, Corpus Christi TX; Melvin Rueppel, Estes Park CO 53.84% 21 Paul Vevera, El Dorado Hills CA; Cary Breech, Danville PA 53.01% 21 Janet Sharpe - Diane Campbell, Calgary AB 53.26% 22 James Edmondson - Judy Edmondson, Santa Barbara CA 52.67% 22 Ned Kohler, Scottsdale AZ; Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI 52.95% 23 Gloria McCain, Orlando FL; Mara Tuttle, Lake Mary FL 51.49% 23 Dana Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jonathan Ullman, Cambridge MA 52.47% 24 John Zamboni, Caldwell ID; Ian Kirk, Tualatin OR 51.05% 24 Alex Stagner, Menlo Park CA; John Rollin, Hayward CA 52.32%

WARREN HUBBLE STRATIFIED OPEN - THURSDAY AFTERNOON – FIRST OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 63.62% 1 1 1 Lotte Optekamp - Britt Siem, Houston TX 61.86% 2/3 1/2 Bobbi Kauffman - John Link, Houston TX 60.74% 2 Barry Senensky, Thornhill ON; John Laufer, Toronto ON 61.38% 2/3 1/2 Steven Goodman, Overland Park KS; Carol Frana, Ottumwa IA 60.74% 3 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; R Muggia, Andover MA 58.97% 4 3 1 Cory Perkers - Fred Johnston, Chicago IL 56.73% 4 2 Brian Kelly, Clive IA; Larry Anfinson, Waterloo IA 54.49% 5 4 Alene Wrobel, Farr West UT; Becky Shreeve, Ogden UT 56.41% 5 Gail Bell - Raymond Raskin, King of Prussia PA 52.88% 6 Joan Asheroff, Melville NY; Carolyn Carlin, Jericho NY 51.92% 6 3 Barbara Grzegorzewski, Meadville PA; Chet Mody, Greenville PA 52.72% 2 Shyam Giridharadas, Chevy Chase MD; Prem Garg, Potomac MD 50.96% 4 John Christensen - Larry Brafman, Baltimore MD 51.44% 2 Leo Wolfe - Marian Wolfe, Seattle WA 47.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Gerald Fox, Napa CA; George King, Reno NV 59.78% 1 Marianne Spanier - Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ 57.37% 2 Court Smith, Portland OR; Dwayne Brackhahn, Beaverton OR 58.33% 2 Bill Ream, Burleson TX; Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 56.41% 3 1 Patricia Young, Erie PA; Paul Nickerson, Morristown NJ 57.69% 3 1 Catherine Fortney - Terry Darwin, Millbrae CA 55.13% 4 Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD; John Veltri, Bradenton FL 52.08% 4 Jerry Ranney - Jane Ranney, Morrison CO 53.69% 5 2 1 Penny Bourne - Jonathan Bourne, Mammoth Lakes CA 51.44% 5 Russell Johnson - Gregory Trautman, Olympia WA 53.53% 6/7 Lynn Hays, Veradale WA; Brenda Simpson, Spokane WA 51.12% 6 Linda Smoak - J Fletcher Smoak, Roanoke VA 52.24% 6/7 3 2 Paul Berman, Roseville CA; Teresa Jefferson, Seaside OR 51.12% 2 Daniel Jarboe - Lorraine Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch FL 51.76% 4 3 James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Nancy Fleming, Weston MA 49.84% 3 1 Thomas Shudic - Elaine Moore, Burbank CA 51.44% 4 2 Michael Petrescu - Allan Becker, Prince George BC 49.04%

WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS - FIRST QUALIFYING SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D EAST-WEST 1 Elizabeth Marcus - Vicki Lerner, San Francisco CA 64.43% 1 Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI 69.08% 2 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Kit Humphrey, Los Gatos CA 61.58% 2 Gigi Simpson, Sarasota FL; Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden 61.27% 3 Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI; Beverly Gardner, Farmington Hls MI 61.43% 3 K Fung - Susan Culham, Edmonton AB 59.80% 4 Janise Saul - Donna Watkins, San Antonio TX 59.79% 4 Loretta Bromberg, Bel Tiburon CA; Lynn Blumenthal, Santa Rosa CA 58.45% 5 Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT 58.90% 5 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH 58.12% 6 Sandy McCay, Chapel Hill NC; Debbie Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 58.86% 6 Cindy Bernstein, Memphis TN; Sally Wheeler, Spring TX 58.03% 7 Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN; Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN 57.77% 7 Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD; Hui Lin Zhu, Chongqing People’s Republic of China 56.83% 8 Judi Callaham, Fair Oaks CA; Patricia O’Toole, Wilton CA 57.54% 8 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 56.23% 9 Laurie Vogel, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 56.94% 9 Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 56.22% 10 Diane Graese - Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 56.26% 10 Maria Pendergast, W Hollywood CA; Judi Radin, New York NY 56.18% 11 Janet Daling, Peoria AZ; Amy Deshaw, Seattle WA 56.11% 11 Cheryl Mandala, Cupertino CA; Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 56.12% 12 Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV; Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA 55.39% 12 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 56.00% 13 Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Susan Picus, New York NY 54.90% 13 Irene Pickett, Portland OR; Diane Cullen, Beaverton OR 55.78% 14 Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 53.77% 14 Sally Strul, Delray Beach FL; Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL 55.62% 15 Teri Casen, Las Vegas NV; Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA 53.66% 15 Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA; Lori Spaeth, Los Altos CA 55.43% 16 Gail Levy, Melville NY; Reisha Berkowsky, Huntingtn Sta NY 53.47% 16 Rosemary Kelley - Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 55.18% 17 Ann Economidy, Albuquerque NM; Carol Schaffer, Saint Louis MO 52.78% 17 Elizabeth De Paola, San Jose CA; Pat Thomas, Salinas CA 54.79% 18 Shannon Cappelletti, Dania Beach FL; Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 52.75% 18 Susan Wexler, New York NY; Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI 54.50% 19 Charlotte Blaiss - Carol Schoenhals, Lubbock TX 52.53% 19 Sandra Jenkins, Bellevue WA; Rose Bolson, Lake Forest Par WA 54.45% 20 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Melissa Baker, West Harrison NY 52.02% 20 Barbara Swan, Roseville CA; Joan Mesias, Temple City CA 54.34% 21 Ljudmila Kamenova, Stony Brook NY; Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC 51.51% 21 Kathy Baum, Germantown TN; Joan Eaton, North York ON 53.70% 22 Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey, San Jose CA; Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA 51.17% 22 Susan Wiebe, Oakland CA; Shirley Nedham, Orinda CA 53.43% 23 Alison Wilson - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 50.94% 23 Chris Wiegand, Portland OR; Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 53.28% 24 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Ann Brinker Schwall, Houston TX 50.36% 24 Barbara Nist, Seatac WA; Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 53.03%

THURDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - THURSDAY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Dian Petrov, Buffalo NY; Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA 57.14% 1 John Veltri, Bradenton FL; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 70.54% 2 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 56.55% 2 Robert Boggs - Phillip Schiffert, Roseville CA 59.23% 3 2 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Patricia Young, Erie PA 55.65% 3 1 Diane Campbell - Janet Sharpe, Calgary AB 56.25% 4/5 3/4 Judy Isenberg, Highland Park IL; Mike Fierman, Encino CA 52.68% 4 2 W Turner - Jane Turner, College Station TX 55.06% 4/5 3/4 Kent White - Sten Akerlund, Lincoln CA 52.68% 3/4 1/2 Carol McCartney - Janet Tucker, Bend OR 50.00% 1 Marvin Weitzenhoffer - Helen McCourt, Las Vegas NV 52.38% 3/4 1/2 Judy Nielsen - Reese Nielsen, Perry UT 50.00% 2 Bob Weise - Cathy Weise, Reno NV 50.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Daniel Carter - June Wood, Encinitas CA 58.93% 1 R Muggia, Andover MA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 71.13% 2 2 1 Thomas Bergstrom - Martha Bergstrom, Ashland OR 54.46% 2 John Coone, Vernon BC; Jack Triplett, Inkom ID 61.61% 3 3 2 Robert Hope, Honolulu HI; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA 53.87% 3 1 Gregory Vernon, Ridgecrest CA; Cathleen Otvos, Oakland CA 50.60% 4 4 Dawn Travis, Easton MD; Dede Flieder, Annapolis MD 52.98% 4 2 1 Helene Katz, Louisville KY; Carol Warner, Fairview Hgts IL 49.70% 3 John Babb - Dennis Mitchell, Scottsdale AZ 49.40% 2 William Seager - Jean Seager, Coronado CA 48.81%

SECOND THURSDAY AM 20/50 PAIRS = ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Marie Miller - Paul Miller, Rockaway Beach OR 60.50% 1/2 1/2 Holly True, Saratoga CA; Ann Eppinga, Los Gatos CA 56.50% 2 2 Marilyn Bailey - John Bailey, Sparks NV 58.50% 1/2 1/2 Jane Schwartz - Ed Schwartz, Sparks NV 56.50% Daily Bulletin Page 23

SECOND THURSDAY AM 100/200/300 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Robert Houghton, Fair Oaks CA; Valerie Williams, Cameron Park CA 64.29% 1 1 Sharon Larcom - Darrel Larcom, North Bend OR 60.12% 2 Edgar Fried - Cynthia Maas, Benicia CA 63.69% 2 2 David Glasspiegel - Lynn Puri, Lincoln CA 55.36% 3 1 Rosemary Hagman - Eileen Thompson, Oakland CA 53.27% 3 3 1 William Maack, Ofallon MO; Ralph Britton, Wentzville MO 55.06% 4 2 Elise Homer - Gary Homer, Lincoln CA 52.98% 4/5 4/5 Richard Turissini, Gardnerville NV; Luther Dearborn, Rancho Santa Fe CA 51.19% 3 1 Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD; Everett Dorsey, Sun City West AZ 52.38% 4/5 4/5 Joel Speiser - Wendy Speiser, Holland OH 51.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Y EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 James Maniscalco - Barbara Maniscalco, La Quinta CA 62.50% 1 1 1 Melinda Westgate, Mercer Island WA; Marilyn Philips, Bellevue WA 58.93% 2 1 Lynn Bartz, Los Gatos CA; Leslie Perkins, Sunnyvale CA 52.98% 2 2 Betty Metzner - Rudi Metzner, Camas WA 58.04% 3 2 Joanne Onstine-Dill - Richard Casper, Sparks NV 52.68% 3 3 2 Jean Milner, Reno NV; Carol Burton, Virginia City NV 52.68% 4 3 Shirley Staggs, Ridgefield WA; Carol Nystrom, Vancouver WA 50.60% 4 Pam Stoner, Menlo Park CA; Carolyn Drozdiak, Saratoga CA 52.38% 1 Janis Brown, Alameda CA; Bill Bussboom, Sacramento CA 48.81%

THU DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS - FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Rita Levin, Los Angeles CA; Beverly Goldner, Beverly Hills CA 61.86% 1 1 Arlie Lamb, San Mateo CA; Edward Hornung, San Bruno CA 64.90% 2 David Siebert - Jane Dickey, Little Rock AR 61.70% 2 David Pankratz, Santa Rosa CA; Kathy Venton, Petaluma CA 57.85% 3 2 Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Rolf Paul, Needham MA 59.46% 3 2 1 John Rothschild, Sonoma CA; Dawne Dickenson, Yountville CA 56.89% 4 Charles Williams, Port Angeles WA; Vern Nunnally, Sequim WA 58.33% 4 Dan McCaw, Toronto ON; Antonia Okany, Etobicoke ON 56.57% 5 Larry Klein, Cincinnati OH; Stuart Treworgy, Cumberland RI 56.25% 5 Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Paul Lasky, Rancho Santa Fe CA 53.69% 6 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Neal Kleiner, San Pedro CA 53.53% 6 Phillis Herbster - Louis Herbster, Tucson AZ 51.76% 7 3 John Christopher - Dorothy Christopher, Milford MI 50.64% 7 3 2 Donald Lynam - Ben McMakin, Bandon OR 51.12% 4 Bernie Weiss, New Orleans LA; Todd Knapp, Costa Mesa CA 50.16% 4 3 Margaret Anderson, Sausalito CA; Jane Mc Laughlin, San Francisco CA 49.68% 5 2 Layne Onufer, Huntington Bch CA; Anthony Faint, Bishop CA 47.76% 5 Laura Owens, Loveland OH; Marilyn Braun, Cincinnati OH 49.36% 3/4 Devon Beck, N Little Rock AR; Marian Belew, Little Rock AR 44.55% 3/4 Josephine Murray, Campbell CA; Loreta Flynn, San Jose CA 44.55% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Samuel Haveson, Los Angeles CA; Eugene White Jr, Playa del Rey CA 60.10% 1 Barbara Lasky, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 61.06% 2 James Tanner, Highland CA; Milton Kalikman, Azusa CA 58.01% 2 Ronald Huffaker - Mary Huffaker, Alpine CA 60.10% 3 1 1 Gerald Purcell - Bonnie Purcell, Kelowna BC 56.25% 3 1 1 Larry Sherkow, West Bend WI; Don Scholz, Grafton WI 59.29% 4 2 2 Jeff La Caze, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Charles Stofer, Hot Spgs Villag AR 55.29% 4 2 2 Xiaolun Yi, Fredericton NB; Peter Coates, Hanwell NB 59.13% 5 Sandra Hammer, New Smyrna Bch FL; Courtney Nelson, Wells VT 54.97% 5 Mario Mory - Phyllis Mory, Los Angeles CA 55.45% 6/7 3/4 3 Robert Lohse, Discovery Bay CA; Susan Vogtlin, Rio Vista CA 50.32% 6 3 Robert Ipswitch, San Mateo CA; Stan Green, Hayward CA 52.88% 6/7 3/4 David Gambelin, San Jose CA; William Yetter, Saratoga CA 50.32% 4/5 Paul Glick - Mary Lou Glick, Phoenix AZ 49.04% 5 Rita Fagan - Gordon Fagan, Flint MI 49.84% 4/5 Regina Houston - Richard Scoggin, Reno NV 49.04% 3 Reatha Thiessen, Lake Country BC; Arlene Hawrelak, Kelowna BC 48.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 George Drake - Helene Drake, Phoenix AZ 62.02% 1 Jane Rubin - Bruce Rubin, Henderson NV 64.90% 2 1 Robert Knowles - Dawne Parker, Albuquerque NM 61.70% 2 1 1 Y Chen, Fremont CA; Don-Min Tsou, Cupertine CA 63.94% 3 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 56.41% 3 Jeanne McKenzie, Medford MA; Steven Ansell, Hopkinton MA 59.94% 4 James Tilzey - Arlene Nunnally, Sequim WA 56.09% 4 Carlos D’Assumpcao, San Francisco CA; Leslie Balascoe, Reno NV 54.49% 5 2 1 Joseph Kushner, San Francisco CA; Doris Weiner Gluckman, Alameda CA 53.85% 5 2 Timothy Jeans, Vallejo CA; Donald Powell, Vacaville CA 54.33% 6 3 Dorothy Moore - Tom Moore, Keller TX 53.53% 6 3 2 Linda Babcock, Folsom CA; Judy Serrano, Lincoln CA 52.08% 4 2 Tommie Kadotani, Denver CO; Roberta Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 49.36% 4 Lynn Boardman, Gaithersburg MD; Ronald Clawson, Kearneysville WV 51.76% 5 3 Brad Johnson - Judy Iams, Vancouver WA 49.20% 5 3 Marilyn McDonald, San Diego CA; Diana Ellis, Kennewick WA 51.60% 4 Marjorie Feldman, Roseburg OR; Kate Spencer, Brattleboro VT 50.32%

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Ray Ward Day Saturday, March 20, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Summit Ballroom $16 $18 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Summit Ballroom $16 $18 Saturday, March 20, 10 a.m. Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Carson Ballfoom 1 & 2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $15 Saturday, March 20, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Ray Ward Stratified Daylight Pairs 1-2 Crystal Ballroom $16 $18 Saturday, March 20, 1p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Summit Ballroom $16 $18 Saturday, March 20, 1 & 7:30 p.m. 1-2 Q Reno Ballroom $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions MACHLIN WOMEN’S SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Reno Ballroom $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Golder North American Pairs, Flight B 1-2 Q Tahoe Ballroom No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions President’s Cup North American Pairs, Flight C 1-2 Q Tahoe Ballroom No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Eastside Bridge Club (Portland OR) Stratified Pairs 1-2 Summit Ballroom $16 $18 (2000+; 0-2000) Sagebrush Pairs 1-2 Summit Ballroom $16 $18 (300-750; 0-300) Gold points for top flight. Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Summit Ballroom $16 $18 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 20, 1 & 8 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 6 Ruby Room (mezzanine level) $20 Saturday, March 20, 3 p.m. 299er Stratified Swiss Teams single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $15 Saturday, March 20, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Summit Ballroom $15 $17 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Summit Ballroom $16 $18 299er Stratified Swiss Teams single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $15 Saturday, March 20, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Crystal Ballroom $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted 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 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. Page 24 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Friday, March 19, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Summit Ballroom $16 $18 Thursday-Friday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Summit Ballroom $16 $18 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Summit Ballroom $16 $18 Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Summit Ballroom $16 $18

Friday, March 19, 10 a.m. Roger Hallum Memorial 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $17 Roger Hallum Memorial 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $15

Friday, March 19, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Daylight Pairs 1-2 Crystal Ballroom $16 $18

Friday, March 19, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session Summit Ballroom $16 $18

Friday, March 19, 1 & 7:30 p.m. SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F Reno Ballroom $20 WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F Reno Ballroom $20 Bean Red Ribbon Pairs 1-2 F Reno Ballroom $17 Louisville Spring 2011 NABC Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Summit Ballroom $16 $18 Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 Summit Ballroom $16 $18 Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Summit Ballroom $16 $18

Friday, March 19, 1 & 8 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 5 Carson Ballroom 3 & 4 $20

Friday, March 19, 3 p.m. Roger Hallum Memorial 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $17 Roger Hallum Memorial 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $15

Friday, March 19, 7:30 p.m. Strati-Flighted Swiss Teams A/X single Summit Ballroom $15 $17 B/C/D single Summit Ballroom $15 $17 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session Summit Ballroom $16 $18 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Carson Ballroom 1 & 2 $15 $15

Friday, March 19, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Crystal Ballroom $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted 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 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. Today’s Sponsors ‘What’s the problem?’ The guy said, ‘That man a golf tournament and a bridge tournament, bridge called me a horse’s ***.’ The director looked at won out. The only thing Roger loved more than Roger Hallum --- Bridge player and teacher the man and then back to the guy and said, ‘Surely bridge was his Minnesota Vikings. extraordinaire that’s an insufficient call!’” Roger Hallum was born in Austin MN on Feb. Roger Hallum taught high school speech and Roger interjected his personality and wry sense 8 1939, and died in Portland OR on July 1, 2009, drama in Iowa for 15 years. During his retirement, of humor in his teachings that made it fun and after a battle with leukemia. he began to teach bridge in Oregon and at the enjoyable. His students were important to him, and A member of the Vancouver Bridge Club board Vancouver Bridge Club in Vancouver WA. Roger he loved to unlock some bridge enthusiasm within said: “We truly lost a gem.” Another called him served on the unit board and was a director at the them. He was constantly looking for the ways to be “One of a kind.” Vancouver Bridge Club. a better teacher and to find a new angle to get the Roger leaves behind a son and daughter whom One of Roger’s favorite bridge jokes was, learning across. he encouraged to learn bridge, but they both said “Did you hear about the director call last night? He was a huge golf enthusiast as well, but they had a life. The director went to the table and asked the guy, bridge always came first. Given the choice between