Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Volume 57, Number 5 Daily Bulletin 57th Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley and Sue Munday An emotional moment at the Goodwill reception In the long history of the ACBL Goodwill Committee, there have been many magic moments at the committee’s thrice-yearly receptions. It would be hard to top Monday’s introduction of Kitty Gottfried as one of the two recipients of the Nadine Wood Volunteer of the Year award for 2014. There were few dry eyes in They won the Levintritt Silver Ribbon Pairs: the audience when the diminutive Bernie Yomtov and Allen Hawkins. Gottfried was called to the podium by Goodwill Chair Sandy Hawkins, Yomtov capture DeMartino. Gottfried seemed Silver Ribbon Pairs overwhelmed by the honor and Lifelong friends Allen Hawkins and Bernie was speechless for a few minutes Yomtov reunited to win the Levintritt Silver Pairs as she listened to praise after on Monday night. It was touch and go –­ they dipped praise for her long service to the to second going into the last round, but emerged the Washington Bridge League as the victors by 52 points – less than a board (on a 77 top). queen of hospitality. The win is the first North American Championship Margot Hennings, who for both men. represents District 6 on the ACBL Finishing second, with 2532 points, were Allan Former Board of Directors, said Gottfried ACBL Siebert from Little Rock AR and Don Caton from was the late Nadine Wood’s top President Pensacola FL. Bill Cook Jr. helper for more than 40 years. Hawkins says he and Yomtov played with Nadine “It’s nice to be able to recognize competitively 40 years ago, but family and work Wood people who have given so much became priorities. They got back together a couple of Volunteers to bridge,” said Hennings. years ago. “We play recreationally,” he says, and only of the When she took the at NABCs. Earlier this week the pair nabbed third Year Kitty microphone, Gottfried said place in the IMP Pairs. Gottfried she had a lot of help with her Hawkins, a bank examiner, hails from and Silvana hospitality duties. “We had lots Scotto. Birmingham AL. Yomtov is an investor who lives in of good people from the WBF,” Cambridge MA. she said. “Volunteers need other volunteers.” As she made her way back to her seat after offering thanks for Carl Dencker, Goodwill Member of the Year, with the honor, she received a standing Goodwill Chair Sandy DeMartino, left, and Georgia ovation. Heth, representing District 8, where Dencker does his good work. continued on page 5 Taking care of business Gianarrigo Rona is a busy man. Having just Bridge finished running a meeting of the World Bridge Association Federation management committee in Dallas, the are preparing WBF president now turns his attention to the World to accept 200 Youth Team Championships in Turkey, where at teams and 400 least seven ACBL teams will travel in August. His Second place in the Levintritt Silver Ribbon to 450 pairs Pairs went to Don Caton and Allan Siebert. schedule also includes promotion of the 14th Red for the various Bull World Bridge Series in Sanya, China, this fall. events. There are many other tasks, including cementing Rona Two KO events continue a relationship with the International Olympic said bridge is The Vanderbilt Knockout Teams is in full swing Committee, planning other world championships in undergoing a today after eight teams were eliminated from the faraway places and seeking sponsors for tournaments. renaissance in original field of 72, most teams having byes. Rona said he is optimistic that the tournament China, which The 0-10,000 KO will reduce to eight teams for in China will attract a large contingent of ACBL will send many players to the world championship. Wednesday’s play via four three-way matches with members. “I have spoken to many Americans who “It is a big occasion for them to play against the best one team eliminated from each. are interested,” he said. players in the world,” he said. The Sanya tournament is the largest of the WBF The addition of Red Bull (makers of a popular events and is open to anyone who is in good standing energy drink) as a sponsor is a big deal for bridge, with his national bridge organization (e.g., the Rona said. It is noteworthy, he said, that Red Bull Goodwill Message ACBL). There are open, women’s, mixed and senior has a high sponsor profile in many sporting events, pairs and teams. All play will be at the MGM Grand including Formula One racing. It is your responsibility that bridge remain the Sanya and the Sheraton Sanya Resort, which are five “This is important for us,” Rona said. “Red Bull game you enjoy so much. minutes’ walk from each other. is well known around the world. We may be opening Sandy DeMartino, Chair He said the WBF and the Chinese Contract continued on page 5 Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee Page 2 Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Tuesday, March 25 Wednesday, March 26 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing education 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A continuing course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants education course for club directors to increase their skills. must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. Sign Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both up at the door. (Sheraton Hotel, Central Tower, 4th floor, days. (Sheraton Hotel, 4th floor, Remington) Remington) Friday, March 28 11 pm-Midnight Women’s International Team Trials meeting. (Sheraton Hotel, 4th floor, Remington) CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! (Conference Center, 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom) Thursday, March 27 Tuesday, March 25 9:15 a.m. Lisa Berkowitz Play to Trick One 9:15 a.m. Emily Harrell Mental Skills Training for Bridge 6:45 p.m. GS Jade Barrett The Power of Fits 6:45 p.m. TBA Friday, March 28 Wednesday, March 26 9:15 a.m. Tom Carmichael Cuebids: More Than a Slam Try 9:15 a.m. Phillip Alder Play the Right Card 6:45 p.m. Donna & Chris Compton Strip ‘em & End ‘em 6:45 p.m. Jeff Hand Play These Notrump Contracts ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY Late-night snacks served at 10:30 p.m. in the Grand Hall on the first floor of the Conference Center. Thursday and Friday, March 25-26 Tuesday, March 26 9 11:30p.m. Texas Holdem Poker Tournament. $10 entry and rebuys Southern-fried chicken and slaw sandwich until midnight. (Conference Center, 3rd floor, Houston Wednesday, March 27 Ballroom) Cheese cake lollipop Deadline looms for Wash your hands Right slam Open U.S. Bridge This is the cold and flu season, so please be By Barry Rigal considerate of your fellow players by washing Dlr: North ♠ K 10 8 6 Championship entries your hands frequently and making use of the hand Vul: N-S ♥ Q 9 2 The United States Bridge Federation will select sanitizers provided for you in the playing area. ♦ 5 2 the USA1 Team for the 2015 Bermuda Bowl in team There are 15 of them. Note, however, that health ♣ A 10 9 2 trials that begin on Friday, May 9. officials emphasize such devices are no substitute for ♠ 4 2 ♠ Q J 6 The deadline for entries is Monday, April 7, at thorough hand washing with soap and warm water. ♥ A 5 3 ♥ J 10 7 6 4 midnight. The tournament is open to USBF members ♦ 6 4 ♦ 10 9 3 who have paid their 2014 dues. Check cashing and ♣ 8 7 6 5 4 3 ♣ Q J The 10-day event is being held in Phoenix AZ at ♠ A 9 7 3 the Scottsdale Embassy Suites. Organizers anticipate bridge bucks ♥ K 8 conducting the contest in five, two-day stages: the The check-cashing desk, located on the second floor ♦ A K Q J 8 7 first stage will be a round-robin among all teams of the conference center, will be open between noon ♣ K except those with byes to the knockout phase; the and 1 p.m. every day through Saturday, March 29. Eric Leong sat South, and after opening 1♦ in other stages will be 120-board knockout matches. There is a limit of $500 per day for check cashing. third seat and hearing a 1♠, response from partner, Visit usbf.org for complete information. Members must provide their ACBL number. he judged his hand too good for a 4♣ splinter raise Bridge bucks are available for purchase at the check- of spades. Not everyone would agree, but he bid 2♥ cashing desk. Visa, MasteCard and Discover can be and heart 3NT (roughly 9-11 high-card points). A Parking used only to purchase bridge bucks. 4♣ cuebid for spades got a bid of 5♣, so he offered a Discounted parking is available for all bridge choice of slams with 6♦, which North was happy to players: $15 a day if you self park, $20 a day valet. Use of the Bidding Box ­– pass. If you are staying at the Sheraton, the cost will be West led a club, and Leong drew trumps, applied to your room charges. If you are not staying Alerts and Announcements discarding a club from dummy, and led a low heart at the hotel, you must pick up a parking validation. When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires from hand. With the ♥A onside, he had a perfect You can get your parking validation at the that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the Morton’s Fork Coup. If West took his ♥A, declarer Information Desk on the third floor of the Conference same time. had two discards for his low spades. If he ducked, the Center. When making an Announcement, use the ♥K would go on the ♣A and declarer would lose just The Information Desk is open 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the one spade. noon to 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Alert strip at the same time. The fall of the doubleton ♣Q J was irrelevant Attention! You will not be able to pick up a A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must and annoying because it meant 6NT might make, but validation after the game, so think ahead. make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or taking 12 tricks in 6♦ was still a fine score. Announcement has been made. Daily Bulletin Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS accuracy. In RKCB, Director, please! the trump king is By Brent Manley counted as a key card. Responses: Here are a couple of famous bridge quotes from 5♣ = zero or three anonymous sources. key cards (there are “We had a partnership misunderstanding. My five key cards) partner assumed I knew what I was doing.” 5♦ = one or four “You know you’re in trouble when the first 5♥ = two key thing the opponents do is draw trumps – and you’re cards without the the declarer.” trump queen 5♠ = two key Most people think of Blackwood 4NT – cards with the trump arguably the world’s favorite convention – as a queen. way to get to slam. Although many iterations of the Some reverse the convention these days seem designed to do just that, meanings of 5♣ and Easley Blackwood 5♦ in a version known originally intended as 1430 (1 or 4, 3 or 0 the use of his key cards). convention as It’s easy enough a way to avoid to learn the responses bidding bad slams to regular Blackwood, – i.e., when the RKCB or any of the opponents have too other permutations. many aces. What apparently It its basic is not so easy for form, 4NT asks some new players partner to tell the is figuring out when number of aces he holds. Responses: using Blackwood 5♣ = All or none of any flavor is 5♦ = One ace inappropriate. 5♥ = Two aces Do not use 5♠ = Three aces Blackwood if: If the 4NT bidder can tell the opponents have (1) You have two two more aces, he can sign off in the agreed trump or more quick losers suit. If the 4NT bidder finds that his side has all the in any suit. You might aces and he thinks a grand slam is in the offing, he find you are off just can bid 5NT to ask about kings. Responses are the one ace, but if you same. Note that bidding 5NT guarantees that the have a low doubleton bidder’s side is missing no aces. or worse in a side suit, There’s actually a better way to use 5NT. the opponents could Instead of responding numbers of kings, bid them easily cash the ace up the line. Say you have a couple of kings and and king in that suit to partner bids 5NT. Instead of bidding to show two beat your slam. kings, information that might not help partner, bid (2) You have a your lowest-ranking king first: 6♣ says you have void in a side suit. If bidding 4NT if you have only one ace because the ♣K and possibly others. Skipping a king denies partner has the ace in your void suit, it might well partner might bid 5♦ (one ace), which you can’t possession of a lower-ranked king. For example, be useless to you, and you could miss a grand slam pass. You’ll end up in slam off two aces. Playing 5NT – 6♦ shows possession of the ♦K and denies because you won’t know if partner has the ace to RKCB, if partner shows two key cards, one of possession of the ♣K. With no kings, return to the cover your singleton. them might be the trump king, in which case the trump suit. (3) Partner’s response could get you too high. opponents still have two aces. Ouch! In recent times, Roman Key Card Blackwood Say your agreed suit is clubs and you feel like slam has surged in popularity because of the increased might be in the offing. You could get in trouble

can’t have any more hearts. If she did, she would Thinking bridge have ruffed them before drawing trumps. Your By Eddie Kantar hearts are worthless. Partner’s discard of the ♣Q (an honor discard) Dlr: South ♠ 4 3 2 tells you of a strong sequence in clubs and also Vul: Both ♥ 2 tells you that it is safe for you to discard clubs, ♦ 6 4 3 2 even the king, if necessary. ♣ 6 5 4 3 2 It’s unthinkable to lose points holding that ♠ 6 5 South hand, but one defensive inference (not ♥ K Q 10 7 ruffing any hearts in dummy) and one discard (the ♦ 10 8 7 5 ♣Q) tells you all you need to know. ♣ K 8 7 The full deal:

West North East South Dlr: South ♠ 4 3 2 7♠ (!) Vul: Both ♥ 2 Pass Pass Pass ♦ 6 4 3 2 ♣ 6 5 4 3 2 Opening lead: ♥K ♠ 6 5 ♠ 7 Declarer wins the ♥A and proceeds to rattle ♥ K Q 10 7 ♥ J 9 8 6 5 4 3 off seven top spades. Partner follows to one spade, ♦ 10 8 7 5 ♦ J discards the ♣Q on the second, and then discards ♣ K 8 7 ♣ Q J 10 9 Identical twins John Wolf and Jim Wolf came from Colorado to play in the Intermediate/ hearts. You have to reduce to five cards. What ♠ A K Q J 10 9 8 Newcomer games. should they be? ♥ A Clutch those four diamonds for dear life! And ♦ A K Q 9 it doesn’t matter what your other card is. Declarer ♣ A Page 4 Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Daily Bulletin

MONDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS Platinum Pairs reflections 11.0 Tables By Adam Wildavsky A B C Doug Doub and I did not do well in the Norman 2.97 1 Irma Lopez-Solache - Norma Fajardo-Solache, Montreal QC 62.20% Kay Platinum Pairs, failing to make the first cut, but 2.66 2 1 Jim Wolf, Littleton CO; John Wolf, Fort Collins CO 60.42% as usual there were some fun deals. John Kranyak did 2.00 3 2 Cheryl Floyd - Patricia Phillips, Little Rock AR 55.95% 1.90 4 3 1 Denys Slater Jr - Neil O’Brien, Dallas TX 54.76% well against us on board 10 of the Friday evening set. 1.25 5/6 4/5 2/3 Freda Gail Stern - Joyce Schiff, Dallas TX 54.46% Dlr: East ♠ A 5 2 1.25 5/6 4/5 2/3 Theodore Bender, Allen TX; Pat Glaser, Richardson TX 54.46% Vul: Both ♥ K 7 6 3 0.63 6 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 54.17% ♦ 10 4 0.80 4 Cindy Whitton, Southlake TX; Lynda Fitzjarrell, Hurst TX 53.87% ♣ A 10 9 5 ♠ Q J 6 4 ♠ 10 9 MONDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS ♥ 10 5 4 ♥ A Q J 9 8 6.5 Tables ♦ K 7 2 ♦ 5 3 A B C ♣ J 3 2 ♣ Q 8 6 4 1.79 1 1 Deborah Bricker - Patty Garvy, Palm Beach FL 67.84% ♠ K 8 7 3 1.34 2 2 Tom Orndorff - Al Mince, Arlington TX 63.05% 1.01 3 J David Hill - Wilma Hill, Arlington TX 60.91% ♥ 2 0.76 4 3 1 Helen Slaughter - Sheila Hillhouse, Fort Collins CO 52.84% ♦ A Q J 9 8 6 0.57 5 Carolyn Baker - Lacy Peterson, Dallas TX 51.00% ♣ K 7 0.57 2 Frank Harris, Oakland CA; Willa Brinkley, San Clemente CA 50.35% I was East. Joe Grue, South, opened 1♦ and John bid an invitational 2NT, which was raised to MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES game. Expecting a doubleton or tripleton ♥K on my 17.0 Tables right, and knowing my partner held any entries for A B C our side, I tried leading the ♠10. We play Rusinow, so 4.10 1 1 1 Kristy Garrison - Zach Garrison, Spring TX 68.37% it showed the jack or shortness. Was this a good lead? 3.08 2 Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 63.83% Only time would tell. 2.96 3 2 2 Martha Norman - Anita Albert, Austin TX 63.12% 2.22 4 3 Dee Androus - Warren Androus, Avon CO 62.12% Doug encouraged with the 4 and declarer won in 1.79 5 4 3 Michael Thorpe, Montrose CO; Adam White, Colleyville TX 58.71% hand to take the diamond finesse. Doug won the king 1.35 6 5 4 Gool Castleberry, Irving TX; Liane Tsai, Plano TX 56.39% on the second round and shifted accurately to the 1.26 6 Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD; Carol Lombardino, Spring TX 56.11% ♥10. This is a card he would have led with or without 1.10 5 Mary Knox, Lawton OK; Susan Chun, Las Vegas NV 53.56% the ♥A. John thought long and hard and eventually 0.85 6 Joe Cameron, Frisco TX; G Brantz, Plano TX 53.55% decided to duck. He ducked again when Doug continued the suit, and the best I could do was win SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE SERIES and cash my ace to hold the contract to nine tricks 23.0 Tables and a huge swing for North-South. They scored 47 on A B C a 53 top – the scores would have roughly reversed for 5.01 1 Cal Newlin Jr - Flo Newlin, Aurora CO 60.91% 3.76 2 James Lenobel, West Vancouver BC; Don Brazeau, Burnaby BC 60.07% down two. 3.08 3 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 59.61% My favorite deal was board 7 from the same 2.11 4 Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN; Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 59.41% session. 2.16 5 Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; Rolf Paul, Needham MA 58.91% Dlr: South ♠ K 10 7 4 1.54 6 Matt Smith - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 58.83% Vul: Both ♥ A J 6 3 3.79 1 Vi Ganeles - Mary McGinnis, Dallas TX 57.23% ♦ 10 8 2.84 2 Arthur Crystal - Debbie Benner, Fairfield CT 56.78% ♣ J 10 8 2.13 3 Jan Hart - Mary Adams, Temple TX 55.26% ♠ J 8 ♠ A Q 6 5 2.24 4 Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Bonnie Wilke, Aspen CO 54.64% ♥ K 4 2 ♥ 8 7 5 2.43 5 1 Jennifer Rao - Renee Levy, Dallas TX 54.51% ♦ A 9 7 6 4 2 ♦ K Q 5 0.90 6 Darrel Peckinpaugh - Clare Peckinpaugh, Yorktown IN 54.38% 1.82 2 Gay Anderson - Gerald Toole, Garland TX 53.02% ♣ A 9 ♣ K 6 2 1.37 3 Dean Anthony, Denton TX; Jerry Hollon, Argyle TX 52.17% ♠ 9 3 2 1.03 4 Paul Andre Paquin - Suzanne Arsenault, Saint-Bruno QC 49.53% ♥ Q 10 9 ♦ J 3 MONDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS ♣ Q 7 5 4 3 34.0 Tables West North East South A B C Doug Me 15.40 1 Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY; Carol Wiles, Lake Worth FL 62.59% Pass 11.55 2 Malle Andrade - Erez Hendelman, New York NY 60.70% 1♦ Pass 1♠ Pass 10.10 3 1 Tommy Latham - Patricia Latham, White House TN 60.48% 2 ♦ Pass 3♣ Pass 7.58 4 2 Brian Snell, Columbus OH; Judith Auer, Dublin OH 60.08% 5.13 5 Bob Glasson - Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 58.96% 3♥ Pass 3NT All Pass 4.40 6 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 58.30% 3.85 7 Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV; Martin Caley, Montreal QC 57.71% South led the ♣4 and I decided to win in hand 5.68 8 3 1 Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Alan Godes, Needham MA 57.37% and lead a spade to the jack. North won and returned 5.02 9 4 Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA; Shailesh Gupta, Alison Viejo CA 56.59% a club. When I ran the diamonds, each defender 3.37 10 5 Karl Zaman, Strongsville OH; Joan Ann Waletzky, Shaker Hts OH 55.85% had to make four discards. South threw two clubs, 2.89 6 James Olson - Ellen Olson, Charleston WV 55.66% a spade and a heart. North pitched three hearts and 5.02 7 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 54.82% a club. These made the most sense if the cards were 3.15 2 Judy Bagley, Point Venture TX; Josh Bank, Austin TX 52.35% distributed as they in fact were, so I exited with a low 2.36 3 Jill Graham - David Graham, Boca Raton FL 50.54% heart from dummy to score 11 tricks. This was worth 1.96 4 Deepak Dighe, W Bloomfield MI; Patrick Callaghan, Greater Manches United Kingdom 50.48% 35 out of 53 MPs. I had hoped for more, but given 1.40 5 Kristie Tooley - Sally Lair, Canyon TX 49.38% the way the rest of our session went it would not have helped! 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SUNDAY NIGHT MIDZIP KO think his greeting sounded enthusiastic, so he was 6 Tables Goodwill surprised when one of the new opponents, a woman, 2.43 1 Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Dennis Bilde, continued from page 1 said, “That’s the nicest thing anyone has said to me Aarhus C 8000 Denmark all week!” Hartman said it felt good to know he 1.29 2 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah helped someone enjoy the game a bit more. WA; Aaron Mohrman, Seattle WA; Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR Hartman was about to step away from the podium when District 23 Director Rand Pinsky SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KOS BRACKET I shouted, “How did you get table three?” It was a 5 Tables 17.40 1 John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ; Mary Vickers, Apex reference to the position normally reserved for top- NC; Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA seeded pairs. 9.22 2 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Choon Chou Loo, Not missing a beat, Hartman replied, “I’m a seed Singapore 60027 Singapore; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Fred in the 99er games.” Hamilton, Palm Desert CA ACBL President Phyllis Harlan welcomed the SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KOS BRACKET II group and praised them for being “the epitome 5 Tables of what goodwill should be. You wouldn’t have 6.77 1 Andy Villastrigo, San Antonio TX; Christophr Tsai - Liane Tsai, Plano TX; Gool Castleberry, Irving TX goodwill pins if you weren’t. We thank you for all the good work you do.” SUNDAY-MONDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET I DeMartino closed the meeting by reminding 11 Tables Goodwill Committee members that, “you can 9.04 1 Richard Kuti, Carteret NJ; William Epperson, Sarasota FL; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, be competitive, but you can also be friendly and San Francisco CA ethical.” 6.33 2 Ronald Orr, Falling Waters WV; Timothy Smith, Dallas TX; Daniel Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch FL; James Milam, Idaho Falls ID Goodwill Chair Sandy DeMartino with Kitty 4.07 3 Keith Meyer - Marci Meyer, Long Beach IN; Ken Rona Gottfried. Cornelius - Mary Cornelius, Portland OR continued from page 1 3.16 4 Mark Hanneman - Sue Hanneman, Plainfield IL; Virginia Swift - Joseph Barbary, Midway AL The honor for Gottfried was part two of the Volunteer of the Year award presented by 2014 ACBL a small window to get other sponsors.” MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET III President Bill Cook, who said he could not select just Rona said players who are interested in 5 Tables one recipient from the list of candidates given to him. competing in Sanya should consider registering as Robert Barber - Debbie Schweiss, San Antonio TX; Jan Wingate - Ann Kuehler, New Braunfels TX As president, it was his duty to select the volunteer soon as possible because space could be a problem. vs award winner or winners. He said there are direct flights to Sanya from Kathy Bergman - Sue Gainer - Enid Bross - Doreen Marek, Co-winner Silvana Scotto was hailed for her many locations in Asia, including Hong Kong and Goodyear AZ vs dynamic performance as the top fundraiser during Beijing. The weather in the seaside resort is expected Jabeen Farooki, Sugar Land TX; Rhonda Bryant, Friendswood TX; the joint operation between the ACBL and the to be in the mid-70s most days, similar to Bali, Lisa Zummo, Houston TX; Cheryl Mathias, Sugarland TX Alzheimer’s Association last summer during the Indonesia, where last year’s world championships MONDAY-TUESDAY SENIOR KO BRACKET I Longest Day event. Scotto’s Sagamore Bridge took place. “Bali was one of the best events WBF 16 Tables Club in Syosset NY (Long Island) raised more than has had, and Sanya has many points in common with Gary Bernstein - Hayk Bosnakyan - Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don $80,000 for the cause. Bali,” Rona said. For more information, visit www. Piafsky, Toronto ON Al Levy, who represents the district that worldbridge.org. vs Joseph Gill, Richardson TX; Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX; Bob encompasses Long Island, said Scotto has few All efforts of the WBF and the local organizing McNeill, Frisco TX; Scott Nason, Dallas TX peers when it comes to energy. “She is an amazing committee are aimed at making sure players are woman,” Levy said. “She has run a number of comfortable where they stay and where they play. Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Lawrence Diamond, Tacoma WA; Peter Kyper, West Chester PA; Susan Kestenbaum, Jenkintown PA businesses but took some time off to grow her Pairs events will be enhanced by the ability of players vs family.” Noting that Scotto has five daughters, Levy to scan their tournament badges to get printed results Lee Huber, Rockwall TX; Mark Hatkoff, Rowlett TX; Barbara said, “That alone gets you a medal.” and matchpoints immediately after every session. Phillips, Spring TX; Charles Collins, Shenandoah TX Levy said Scotto is a dynamic recruiter, The tournament in Sanya will take place after MONDAY-TUESDAY SENIOR KO BRACKET II outstanding club owner and volunteer, serving on the the big event in Istanbul, where there will be five 11 Tables unit board. U.S. teams and two from Canada. Another U.S. team Beth Gale - Dolores Reiley - Kathy Sinkin-Amor, San Antonio TX; Scotto said her success has been a team effort. has been invited to play in the team championship John Hilbig, Bulverde TX vs “I could not do it by myself. There is an incredible for players 13 to 15 years old. That event includes Jack Harkey, Dallas TX; Bill Frazee - Bob Frink, Plano TX; Bob group at my club.” free entries and free room and board for the invited Dingle, Addison TX Her family comes first, Scotto said, “but bridge is squads. In all, 10 teams have been invited for that Zia Kazimi - Nadine Kazimi, Clancy MT; Evelyn Ellis, Atlanta GA; the second most rewarding thing in my life.” event. So far, Israel, France and Poland have agreed A. Josephine St Louis, Dunwoody GA There were other honorees at the meeting. to send teams. vs Karl Dencker of Lake in the Hills IL was Rona said there will be 60 to 65 teams in Istabul. Shreedhara Ramarathnam - Joyce Hahn - Paula Edwards, Tyler TX; introduced as the Goodwill Member of the Year for The tournament is hosted by Koc University, one of Beth Loehnen, Missoula MT his energetic promotion of bridge through tournament the country’s most prestigious institutions. organizing and a dogged determination to make sure The WBF president said the efforts to attract Be Scent-sitive! any player who has attended one of his tournaments more young players “are starting to have good Some people have an extreme sensitivity to knows there’s a welcome mat waiting at the next. If results, and this is important. The young players want fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL someone misses one or two of his tournaments, that to compete. Many countries now accept that youth clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that person can count on receiving a postcard urging him are the guarantee of the future.” prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The or her to play again soon. Rona said he is happy with the WBF’s decision ACBL has not issued an official policy on the District 8 Director Georgia Heth said that when to do away with appeals committees, as the European matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of Dencker started helping out in the district, “he came Bridge League did last summer. He noted that its members to refrain from using fragrances. on at full speed and did it all. He is always looking when he was elected president of the Italian Bridge Because duplicate bridge requires players to be for new ways to help the players and support bridge.” Federation in 1986, “the first thing I did was get rid in close proximity to each other, individuals who Dencker said, “It’s a great honor to be among all of appeals committees because of the politics.” suffer from fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid of you nice people.” He said players have accepted the decision, those who are wearing them. Among the commonly District 16 Director Dan Morse presented a in large measure because of the expertise of the reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, certificate of appreciation from the ACBL to Charlie tournament directors rendering the ruling and the fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine Price, longtime District 16 volunteer. Price has process by which they arrive at their decisions. “We sufferers) or breathing-related problems. For these served in numerous positions in the district, including have a good team of TDs,” he said. individuals, the issue is much more serious than president, vice president, treasurer, mediator and simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real health tournament chair for 25 years. Slow Play problem. The meeting got off to a lively start after Slow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful The ACBL asks everyone to give this issue the DeMartino opened the proceedings with a welcome. play, is discourteous to your opponents -- and to all consideration it deserves. Please, if you’re going to CEO Robert Hartman thanked Gottfried and other competitors as well. Players and pairs who take play in a club or a tournament, don’t wear cologne, Silvana for traveling such a long distance, then he more than their allotted time are subject to penalty. perfume or scented lotions. recounted a story of how he made someone’s day at In general, pairs who are rarely late will be the bridge table – and it wasn’t by going for 800. warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or Hartman said he wasn’t feeling good about the Masterpoint disclaimer pay no attention to time limits will be penalized. Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are session because things were going wrong left and subject to change because of score changes or right, and when a pair came to his table, he said, corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, “Welcome to table three.” Hartman said he didn’t therefore, also subject to change. Page 6 Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Daily Bulletin

MONDAY STRATIFIED SIDE IMP PAIRS Goodwill – 14.0 Tables A B C in limerick form 3.64 1 Sandra Marlin - Mike Marlin, Versailles KY 35.92 by Sandy Arlinghaus 2.73 2 Samuel Baskinger, Totowa NJ; Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ 30.33 Though your scores may go to and fro, 2.05 3 Glenn Eisenstein - Irene Frary, New York NY 26.92 And the play becomes dreadfully slow, 1.54 4 James Ward - Karen Walker, Champaign IL 24.75 A few kind words from the heart 3.03 5 1 Serl Zimmerman - Steven Lipson, Palm Desert CA 23.00 Will make you look smart, 2.27 6 2 Carolyn Campbell, Houston TX; Laura Jones, Katy TX 21.83 As goodwill makes your partnership grow! 1.70 3 Joan Slaughter - Carol Nicoud, Dallas TX 20.00 1.28 4 Claudia Tinajero - Jorge Nischli, Mexico Mexico 17.42 1.01 5 Elaine McClure - William McClure, Longboat Key FL 7.92 Bridge matters may come or may go 0.72 6 Nancy Reader - Ann McDougal, Houston TX 7.00 A “fix” can deliver a blow; 1.97 1 Joyce Graf - Sue Alter, Dallas TX 4.92 But kind word from the heart 1.48 2 Roxanne King, Houston TX; Goldie Rose, Sugar Land TX -5.33 Will make you look smart As goodwill builds your confidence flow! MONDAY AFTERNON 49ER PAIRS 4.0 Tables When a smile is the style of the day, A B C It holds sarcasm and meanness at bay 1.47 1 1 Patty Garvy - Deborah Bricker, Palm Beach FL 61.81% A bit of goodwill 0.97 2/3 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 59.03% Is a potent pill; 0.97 2/3 2 Tom Orndorff - Al Mince, Arlington TX 59.03% A prescription to be here to stay! MON AFT 299ER PAIRS 12.5 Tables A B C Struggles in 3NT 3.25 1 1 James Archibald - Marianne Archibald, Bossier City LA 66.69% 2.44 2 2 Kathleen Stone - Carolyn New, Dallas TX 62.73% by Barry Rigal 1.83 3 Stan Hsu, Denton TX; Gail Rutledge, Lewisville TX 60.84% This deal posed a tough declarer play problem 1.37 4 Robert Frisch - Bill Pfeiff, Carrollton TX 57.30% for East players in 3NT. 1.90 5 3 1 Eileen Pleticha, Moraga CA; Darrell Berry, Little Rock AR 56.64% Dlr: West ♠ J 9 7 6 1.24 6 4 Jack Schober, Dallas TX; Jerry Frankel, Plano TX 55.79% Vul: E-W ♥ K 10 4 0.93 5 John Mason - Annie Mason, Ft Worth TX 55.16% ♦ J 10 7 4 1.43 6 2 Leslie Hollingsworth - Helen Herr, Little Rock AR 53.60% ♣ 8 2 1.07 3 Larica Taylor - Carla Joiner, Dallas TX 51.20% ♠ 8 5 2 ♠ K Q 0.80 4 Sue Scala - Judy Yarbrough, Frisco TX 51.09% ♥ Q 9 3 2 ♥ A 8 5 ♦ A 8 5 ♦ Q 9 3 SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE SERIES ♣ K 9 4 ♣ A Q J 6 5 59.75 Tables / Based on 24 Tables ♠ A 10 4 3 8.33 1/2 Robert Craig, El Paso TX 123.26% 8.33 1/2 Peggy Craig, El Paso TX 123.26% ♥ J 7 6 5.13 3/4 Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 120.19% ♦ K 6 2 5.13 3/4 Thomas Corlett, Waco TX 120.19% ♣ 10 7 3 4.35 5/6 Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC 114.72% After South intervened over East’s strong 1♣ 4.35 5/6 Walter Pease, Anchorage AK 114.72% opening and North-South found their spade fit, East 4.86 7/8 Renee Levy, Dallas TX 110.92% played 3NT on the lead of a fourth-highest ♠3. He 4.86 7/8 Jennifer Rao, Dallas TX 110.92% won then ran clubs. Dummy pitched spades, North spade, spade, ♦7, South discarded a low diamond and VANDERBILT BYE SWISS a low heart. 17 Tables This was the position as declarer saw it: 9.45 1 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Boynton Beach FL; Jacek Romanski, Lublin 20-532 ♠ 9 Poland; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw 0 Poland 95.00 ♥ ? x x ♦ ? x x MONDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS ♣ -- 10.5 Tables ♠ -- ♠ Q A B C ♥ Q 9 3 2 ♥ A 8 5 2.97 1 1 1 Martin Gibler - Susan Stacy Vanstone, West Chester OH 61.18% ♦ A 8 5 ♦ Q 9 3 2.23 2 2 Harold Kless, Rowlett TX; Nancy Young, Dallas TX 57.58% ♣ -- ♣ -- 1.67 3 3 Annie Mason - John Mason, Ft Worth TX 57.53% ♠ A 10 4 1.25 4 4 Mary Steiner - Ann Stone, Dallas TX 55.95% ♥ ? x 1.52 5 5 2 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH 55.93% 0.74 6 6 Richard Chappell - Barbara Chappell, Houston TX 54.13% ♦ ? x 1.14 3 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Deborah Wojtowicz, Pleasanton CA 53.09% ♣ -- 0.85 4 Scott Phelps - Mary Ellen Roy, New Orleans LA 52.97% My instincts are to trust the opponents and lead 0.71 5 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 52.60% a low heart to the 9. If South can duck his now- doubleton ♥K, he deserves to beat me. The defenders FLIGHT A/X SIDE SWISS TEAMS will cash their spades, but you can cross to the ♦A 29 Tables / Based on 69 Tables and advance the ♥Q to pin South’s remaining high A X spot card. 11.25 1 Jo Smith, Abilene TX; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Virginia Declarer actually led a heart to the queen and Noelke, San Angelo TX; Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX 91.00 king. North returned a spade and South cashed out 7.39 2/3 Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Robert Ng, Millbrae CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Ashraf El Sadi, the suit. This was the ending now: Union City CA 89.00 ♠ -- 7.39 2/3 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Steven Schatzow, Washington DC; Pam ♥ 10 4 LaShelle, Round Rock TX; Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA 89.00 ♦ J 10 6.97 4/5 1/2 Peter Petruzzellis - Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON; John Collins, Toronto ON; ♣ -- Leigh Ives, Barrie ON 83.00 ♠ -- ♠ -- 6.97 4/5 1/2 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL; David Fleischer, ♥ 9 3 ♥ A 8 Alexandria VA; Gary Helman, Syosset NY 83.00 ♦ A 8 ♦ Q 9 4.48 6 3 Dennis Carman - Susan Bailey Carman, Plainwell MI; Catherine Gay, ♣ -- ♣ -- Kalamazoo MI; William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI 81.00 ♠ 4 2.00 7 Richard Kuti, Carteret NJ; Martin Robins - Charlene Predmest, Delray Beach FL; Jeffery Jacob, Vancouver WA 73.00 ♥ J 2.94 4/5 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Ronnie Burns, Fort Smith AR; Norman ♦ K 6 Dressler, Kingston PA; Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI 68.00 ♣ -- 2.94 4/5 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Terry On the ♠ 4, West pitched a diamond, North the Currie, Houston TX; Carolyn Sprague, Anchorage AK 68.00 ♦10 and East the ♥8. Now when a heart comes back, 1.89 6 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Jerry Marchant, Green Lake WI; declarer can win and lead the ♦Q to scoop up North’s Robert Webster, Ripon WI; Won Yang, Clermont FL 63.00 jack and take trick 13 with the ♦9. Daily Bulletin Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Page 7

LEVINTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS 78.0 Tables / Based on 147 Tables 100.00 1 Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 2584.54 75.00 2 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Don Caton, Pensacola FL 2532.70 56.25 3 Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 2460.48 44.44 4 Steve Zolotow - Harold Lilie, Las Vegas NV 2436.98 40.00 5 Robert Bernstein, Albuquerque NM; Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX 2430.98 36.36 6 Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 2416.05 33.33 7 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 2403.55 30.77 8 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 2388.02 28.57 9 Sumner Steinfeldt, Laud by Sea FL; Hal Hindman, Vienna VA 2386.35 26.67 10 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 2368.15 25.00 11 John Zilic, Houston TX; Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX 2363.98 23.53 12 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 2361.43 22.22 13 Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA 2360.78 21.05 14 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 2358.84 20.00 15 Scott Levine, New York NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 2355.39 19.05 16 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 2326.93 18.18 17 Michael Fleisher, Santa Clara CA; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 2322.42 17.39 18 Kay Joyce - Randy Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 2322.04 16.67 19 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA 2318.56 16.00 20 Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 2306.09 15.38 21 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richlnd Hls TX 2305.01 14.81 22 Howard Engle, Highland Park IL; Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL 2304.74 14.29 23 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA 2295.47 13.79 24 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 2294.64 13.33 25 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 2291.91 Cedric Lorenzini and Thomas Bessis finished 12.90 26 Phillip Grothus, Houston TX; Carolyne Fox, Manvel TX 2288.80 second in the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs. 12.50 27 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD 2288.49 12.12 28 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 2274.78 No losing option 11.76 29 Carole Miner, Rochester MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 2274.16 On this deal from the Silver Ribbon Pairs, Larry 11.43 30 Susan Picus, New York NY; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 2267.19 11.11 31 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 2266.69 Sealy’s opponent missed an opportunity to give him a 10.81 32 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 2265.32 losing option. Sealy was playing with Jim Foster. 10.53 33 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 2249.46 10.26 34 Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 2242.47 Dlr: South ♠ Q 9 6 4 3 10.00 35 Helen Hackner, Willowdale ON; David Horner, Carrollton TX 2241.04 Vul: N-S ♥ K 10 3 2 9.76 36 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 2238.80 ♦ A 9 9.52 37 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 2236.97 ♣ J 6 9.30 38 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 2234.35 ♠ 10 8 ♠ K J 2 9.09 39 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; William Wickham, Los Angeles CA 2209.12 ♥ A Q J 9 8 4 ♥ 6 5 8.89 40 Jack Bryant - Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO 2208.87 ♦ 7 6 2 ♦ Q 5 4 3 8.70 41 Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 2207.70 8.51 42 Richard Bender - Jon Nance, Springfield MO 2206.03 ♣ 9 7 ♣ 5 4 3 2 8.33 43 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Don Stack, Overland Park KS 2202.28 ♠ A 7 5 8.16 44 Jonathan Green, Kingston NY; Norman Rubin, Monticello NY 2197.06 ♥ 7 8.00 45 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 2196.07 ♦ K J 10 8 7.84 46 Ted Gibbs, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 2190.92 ♣ A K Q 10 8 7.69 47 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI 2186.25 West North East South 7.55 48 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 2180.74 Sealy Foster 7.41 49 Brian Ellis - Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 2173.59 1♣ 7.27 50 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 2163.93 2♥ 2♠ Pass 3♦ Pass 3NT Pass 4♠ MONDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 44.0 Tables All Pass 7 3 East led a low diamond to dummy’s jack, which 13.35 1 D Abraham, Windsor ON; Patti Stoner, Wayne MI 63.39% held. Sealy then played a low spade, covering West’s 10.01 2 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 63.10% 8 with the 9, East winning the jack. Now a heart went 8.27 3 1 Daniel Solow - Arthur Heuer, Cleveland OH 60.86% to West’s ace and a diamond was returned. Sealy won 6.20 4 2 Jeanie Wolff, Scottsdale AZ; Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA 58.78% the ♦A and played the ♠Q, covered by the king and 4.65 5 3 John Robbins, Fort Worth TX; Dwight Hill, Grand Prairie TX 58.33% pinning West’s 10. Plus 650 was good for 48 out of 3.81 6 4 Judith Busby - Sheila Harrison, Houston TX 57.89% 51 matchpoints. 3.16 7/8 Ildiko Baxter, Allison Park PA; Tammy Tjader, Pittsburgh PA 57.74% Sealy reflected that West might have given him 3.16 7/8 Ninfa Sada - Patricia Schroeder, Mexico City Mexico 57.74% a losing option by playing the ♠10 on the first round 2.40 9/13 5/7 Kathi Byrne - John Byrne, Atlanta GA 57.59% 2.40 9/13 5/7 Gay Schleicher, Richardson TX; Jo Driscoll, Plano TX 57.59% of the suit, which might well have been from a 2.40 9/13 5/7 Ed McMullen - Rhonda McMullen, Searcy AR 57.59% doubleton ♠J 10. Sealy would cover with the queen, 2.26 9/13 Dale Grady - Val Grady, Pearland TX 57.59% losing to the king. 2.26 9/13 Beryl Hancock - Peter Hancock, Shreveport LA 57.59% In that scenario, after regaining the lead Sealy 3.20 8 Jean Hoffman, Dallas TX; Jean Rogers, Santa Barbara CA 56.85% would have had to decide whether to run the ♠9, trying to pin West’s 8, or play to dummy’s ♠A, SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE SERIES picking up the now-singleton ♠J offside. 25.0 Tables A B C 5.31 1 Geoff Booth - Robert Sandfield, Houston TX 64.29% Smoking Policy 3.98 2 Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC; Walter Pease, Anchorage AK 63.92% Smoking is not permitted in the playing area 2.99 3 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 63.23% during any bridge playing event at an NBAC. This 2.24 4 Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY; Shirley Matthews, Lindale TX 60.32% includes electronic smoking devices. 2.29 5 Elizabeth Jankord - Amit Chakrabarti, Manhattan KS 59.96% 1.26 6 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 59.43% 3.49 1 1 Sven Frey, Ch 8800 Thalwil Switzerland; Claudia McDonald, Vendor locations Williamsburg VA 53.94% There are several vendors – books, jewelry and 2.62 2 Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Bonnie Wilke, Aspen CO 53.48% other items – on the first floor of the Conference 1.96 3 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Meg Myers, Beaverton OR 52.75% Center in the area where regional and national events 1.51 4 James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Tara McCabe, Ottawa ON 52.47% 1.82 5 2 John Hilbig, Bulverde TX; Dolores Reiley, San Antonio TX 51.92% are being played. 0.83 6 Margot Hirsch - Charles Gibson Jr, Arlington TX 50.44% 1.37 3 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 50.37% 1.03 4 Patty Michael, San Mateo CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 48.99% Cash concessions The cash concession stand is in the Grand Hall on the first floor of the Conference Center (near the bookseller). Page 8 Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Daily Bulletin

1959 John Crawford, Dorothy Hayden 1994 Jillian Blanchard, Geoff Hampson 1960 Elsie Abrams, William Passell 1995 Cindy Bernstein, Bob Bernstein 1961 Art Comstock, Margaret Muirhead 1996 Margery Tamres, Joseph Brady 1962 Clarice Holt, Paul Levitt 1997 Phyllis Quinn, Wafik Abdou 1998 Joan Eaton, Leslie Amoils A similar, three-session event was held at the 1999 Shannon Lipscomb, Mike Cappelletti Spring NABC from 1958 to 1962. Winners: 2000 Linda Gordon, Bernie Chazen 1958 Mrs. M. J. Novak, John Gerber 2001 Barbara Shaw, Mark Shaw 1959 Mary Jane Farell, Al Roth 2002 Linda Webb, Richard Ekstrum 1960 Shirlee Harris, Edward Rosen 2003 Jim Kirkham, Corinne Kirkham 1961 Carol Sanders, Tommy Sanders 2004 Peggy Kaplan, Bill Kent 1962 1-2. Jessie Cook, Grant Marsee 2005 John Kranyak, Laurie Kranyak 1-2. Shirlee Harris, Edward Rosen 2006 Tom Kniest, Karen Walker 1963 Agnes Gordon, Eric Murray 2007 Mildred Breed, Richard Zeckhauser 1964 Dan Morse, Mary Margaret Swan 2008 Gail Greenberg, Jeffrey Hand 1965 Betty Kaplan, Edgar Kaplan 2009 Karen Walker, Tom Kniest Paul and Linda Lewis won the Rockwell Mixed 1966 Robert Sharp, Louise Sharp 2010 Scott Levine, Judi Radin Pairs last year. 1967 Gertrude Machlin, Kit Woolsey 2011 Lloyd Arvedon and Carolyn Sessler Rockwell Mixed Pairs 1968 Marilyn Johnson, Peter Rank 2012 Sheila Gabay and Pat McDevitt The Mixed Pairs is a four-session event with 1969 Peggy Parker, Steve Parker 2013 Paul Lewis, Linda Lewis two qualifying and two final sessions. Each pair 1970 George Dawkins, Carolyn Flournoy must consist of a male and female partnership. The 1971 Eugenie Mathe, Lew Mathe Electronic Device Policy Rockwell Trophy, donated by Helen Rockwell in 1972 John Mohan, Peggy Sutherlin The electronic device policy at NABCs allows 1946, is presented to the winners. 1973 Bernie Chazen, Marilyn Johnson players to bring electronic devices such as cell The record holder in the Mixed Pairs is Sidney 1974 Gerald Caravelli, Helen Utegaard phones into the playing area provided that such Silodor, who won the event five times --- including 1975 Barry Crane, Kerri Shuman devices are turned off. 1955 and 1956 with Helen Sobel. John Crawford 1976 Peggy Lipsitz, Steve Parker Further, any such equipment must not be visible won the event three times --- in 1948 and 1949 with 1977 Joel Friedberg, Nancy Gruver during the session Margaret Wagar and in 1959 with Dorothy Truscott, 1978 Ahmed Hussein, Gail Moss The policy applies to the first time they had ever played together. 1979 Juanita Skelton, Mike Smolen all pairs, team members, Previous winners: 1980 Jeff Meckstroth, Patty Meckstroth captains, coaches, kibitzers 1946 Anne Burnstein, Alvin Roth 1981 Esta Van Zandt, Jim Zimmerman and play recorders, except 1947 Evelyn Ansin, Charles Goren 1982 Barry Crane, Kerri Shuman those designated by the 1948 John Crawford, Margaret Wagar 1983 John Gustafson, Helen Gustafson ACBL and are in force 1949 John Crawford, Margaret Wagar 1984 Kathy Sulgrove, Larry Rock throughout any actual 1950 Peter Leventritt, Ruth Sherman 1985 Beth Palmer, Steve Robinson playing session or segment 1951 Edith Rosenbloom, Sidney Silodor 1986 Lisa Berkowitz, David Berkowitz of play. 1952 Anne Burnstein, Alvin Roth 1987 Lisa Berkowitz, David Berkowitz A violation of the policy will result in an 1953 Jewel Hodge, Paul Hodge 1988 Claire Tornay, Michael Moss automatic disciplinary penalty of one full board (or 1954 Said Haddad, Betty Windley 1989 Dorothy Truscott, Alan Truscott 12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for the first offense. 1955 Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel 1990 Jo Ann Manfield, Ken Cohen A second offense will result in disqualification from 1956 Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel 1991 Jo Ann Manfield, Danny Sprung the event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this 1957 Bee Gale, Howard Schenken 1992 Kitty Bethe, Larry Mori policy will be removed from the playing area for the 1958 Carol Ross, Edwin Smith 1993 Libby Fernandez, Happoldt Neuffer remainder of the session.

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FLIGHT B/C/D SIDE SWISS 41 Tables / Based on 42 Tables Ante up amigo! B C D You can’t leave Texas without playing Texas 7.58 1 1 Richard Kalkbrenner - Lisa Rowland, Little Rock AR; Kathy holdem! The poker tournament will be held Thursday Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 105.00 and Friday nights beginning at 11:30 – entries and 4.98 2/3 2 Catherine Supple, Seguin TX; Linda Banks, San Marcos TX; Paula rebuys until midnight. The entry cost is $10. All Warren - Barbara Morgan, New Braunfels TX 96.00 the money goes into the prize pool. Blinds will be 4.98 2/3 Russell Sheldon - Christopher Wang, Pittsburgh PA; Joseph increased every 10 minutes to ensure an early finish. Volanski, Spring TX; Jeffrey Kroll, Conroe TX 96.00 3.67 4 3 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA; Ann The tourney will be held in the Conference Center, Atcheson, Fairfax VA; M. David Jackson, Alexandria VA 90.00 third floor, Houston Ballroom. (Psssssst … if Steve 2.41 5/6 4/5 Keith Meyer - Marci Meyer, Long Beach IN; Mary Cornelius - Ken Weinstein sits down at your table, move!) Cornelius, Portland OR 83.00 2.41 5/6 4/5 Jenny Widmer - La McLeod - Catharine Gilmour, Charlotte NC; Josee Hammill, Toronto ON 83.00 Looking for 11 1.55 6 Michael Farebrother - Ellen Kuiper, Calgary AB; Chris Anderson By Barry Rigal - Nancy Fellman, Dallas TX 80.00 On this deal from the second qualifying session 3.34 1 Reid Fleming, Arlington MA; Tyler Fleming, Richmond BC; Blake of the Kay Platinum Pairs, the field played in 3NT on Fleming, Calgary AB; Stephanie Williams, Delta BC 75.00 the East-West cards. 2.51 2 Patt Corbin, Amelia Island FL; Ellen Flenniken, Fernandina Beac FL; Betty Nielsen, Fernandina Bch FL; Barbara Weinstein, Dlr: South ♠ K 10 7 4 Pittsburgh PA 71.00 1.65 3/4 Jim Goza - Kay Bickham, Edmond OK; Ernest Diamond - Betsy Vul: Both ♥ A J 6 3 Braver, Oklahoma City OK 66.00 ♦ 10 8 1.65 3/4 Ann Parker - Donna McKay - Anita Pupols, Dallas TX; Janet Bell, ♣ J 10 8 Richardson TX 66.00 ♠ J 8 ♠ A Q 6 5 ♥ K 4 2 ♥ 8 7 5 MONDAY A/B OPEN PAIRS ♦ A 9 7 6 4 2 ♦ K Q 5 64.0 Tables / Based on 108 Tables ♣ A 9 ♣ K 6 2 A B ♠ 9 3 2 30.06 1 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Naples FL 65.48% ♥ Q 10 9 22.55 2 Kathy Benjamin, Bedford MA; Edward Scolnick, Wayland MA 61.38% ♦ J 3 16.91 3 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Ethan Stein, Irvington NY 60.20% 12.68 4 Vicki Goodykoontz - Jack Goodykoontz, Morgantown WV 59.38% ♣ Q 7 5 4 3 10.02 5 Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ; Ken Barbour, Scottsdale AZ 58.23% If East declared 3NT, a heart lead would hold 8.59 6 Jennifer Koonce, Odenton MD; Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD 58.06% declarer to nine tricks. If West was declarer, North 7.52 7 Wallace Goldban, Palm Desert CA; Rhoda Walsh, Carlsbad CA 58.03% had to steer clear of a major-suit lead and start with a 14.02 8 1 Barbara Tysdahl - Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI 57.95% passive club. 6.01 9 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Judith Gushner, Boca Raton FL 57.75% With the spade finesse working, declarer has 10 5.47 10 Jim Hilton, Austin TX; Daniel Suty, Houston TX 57.46% winners. How to maneuver an 11th? 5.01 11 Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; Richard Brown, Easley SC 57.38% Deep Finesse might give you more than one 4.62 12 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV 57.18% solution, but at our table North had felt obliged to 5.52 13 Robert Shapley, Chula Vista CA; Debbi Myers, Billings MT 57.00% double a 1♦ opening, so all the missing major-suit 4.37 14 Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 56.68% 3.76 15 Andy Kaufman, Fort Washington PA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 56.13% honors are marked with North. 3.59 16 Barry Senensky - Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 55.69% The simplest route to 11 tricks is to win the ♣K 10.52 17 2 Ross Driedger, London ON; Douglas Cote, Woodstock ON 55.43% and run the diamonds, reaching this position: 3.16 18 Louis Sachar - Robert Donathan, Austin TX 55.42% ♠ K 10 7 4 3.01 19 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR 55.31% ♥ A J 6 2.86 20 Migry Zur Campanile - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 55.14% ♦ -- 7.89 3 Daniel Neill, Portland OR; Paul Heller, Marietta GA 53.65% ♣ -- 5.91 4 Jerrold Albom, Dallas TX; Theresa Ann Brantley, Mabank TX 52.85% ♠ J 8 ♠ A Q 6 5 4.67 5 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 52.72% ♥ K 4 2 ♥ 8 7 4.01 6 Jack Conway - Anne Beaurivage, Lincoln NE 52.60% ♦ 2 ♦ -- 5.13 7 Alison Wilson, New York NY; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 52.52% 3.12 8 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 52.18% ♣ A ♣ 6 2.80 9 Laurie Shapka - Robert Short, Red Deer AB 52.16% ♠ 9 3 2 2.55 10 Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA 52.12% ♥ Q 10 9 ♦ -- ♣ Q The Insider have been with the League for 20+ years, but only On the last diamond, North throws a heart. East So, on Sunday the Insider made four promises. began playing this year. They took different paths to and South discard clubs. Declarer discards a spade Let’s review how that went: earn their points. Carol learned from a live teacher from dummy takes the spade finesse, then ducks a We won’t move cash concessions – The hotel during the Wednesday afternoon ACBL lesson series. heart. If North pitches a spade, declarer discards a went back to the default position, then we asked them Wendy was an early adopter of the new online “Learn heart from dummy and leads the ♠J, ducking when to go back to where they had been on Saturday. In to Play Bridge” course. North covers. Declarer loses just one more trick. other words, we moved the cash concession. 0 for 1. Bridge is alive, well and growing in the Greater Jan Jansma achieved 11 tricks as West on a AMG will track the NABC count for TDs – She Horn Lake Metroplex. (And, contrary to the thoughts slightly different variation after a top club lead by went into overtime answering questions and didn’t of the conspiracy theorists, they did not “find” their North. get the posterboard up. 0 for 2. points on the floor outside the ACBL mastrerpoint He won the ace and ran the diamonds, South The down escalator would break – It beeped and vault.) making the slight error of discarding spades. This moaned and groaned and eventually quit for a few Don’t forget to pick up your Vanderbilt bracket was the ending: minutes. 0 for 3. sheet, fill it out and turn it in to the Press Club. We’re ♠ K 10 7 4 It will be warmer on Sunday – the high was three going to give everyone some time to complete their ♥ A J degrees cooler than Saturday. 0 for 4. brackets; the deadline for submission is 1 p.m. on ♦ -- As a result, the Insider was suspended without Wednesday. We assume many of you will be able to ♣ -- pay for the day. No Insider, no Insider column get most of the round of 64 matches correct. (Those ♠ J 8 ♠ A Q 6 5 yesterday. A punishment for the Insider? Or, a reward of you who only subscribe to the Daily Bulletin to ♥ K 4 2 ♥ 8 for Daily Bulletin readers? The decision is yours. read the Insider columns may miss a few matches ♦ -- ♦ -- Now, about the masterpoint scandal: Years ago in this round, but that is what you get for being the ♣ 9 ♣ K the majority of ACBL headquarters staff played Insider’s fan.) ♠ 9 bridge. In recent years, employees such as Richard Remember, a perfect bracket could win you a ♥ Q 10 9 Oshlag and Jay Baum accumulated their share of free breakfast Buffett! ♦ -- masterpoints. Various others from Horn Lake picked ♣ Q 7 up the stray point when their schedules allowed. Notice to players The ♠J went to the king, ace and 9. Jansma BUT, recently there has been an explosion Each player must have an ACBL convention cashed the ♣K to squeeze North out of his ♥J, then of masterpoints awarded to those working at card filled out and on the table. Please note that led a spade to the 8. If North won, he could cash headquarters. Over a third of the HQ employees now other types of convention cards, such as the WBF his ♥A but would then have to lead from ♠7 4 to play. Eight employees grabbed their first points in the convention card or homemade cards that do not dummy’s ♠Q 6. If North ducked the ♠8, he would last six months, three of them in the month of March. sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are be thrown in with a heart to give dummy one more Two of these, Carol Robertson and Wendy Sullivan, not acceptable substitutes. spade trick. Page 10 Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Daily Bulletin

SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET I 5.22 4 Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON; Leo Weniger - Sympathy 10 Tables Adele Stewart - Mary MacKay, Halifax NS By Barry Rigal 29.07 1 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Valerio Giubilo - Leonardo Cima, Rome MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET III Dlr: North ♠ A K Q 10 8 5 Italy 16 Tables Vul: E-W ♥ K Q 10 2 20.35 2 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary 11.43 1 Joel Koransky, Saratoga CA; Ken Rosenfeld, San ♦ A Q Brown, San Francisco CA; James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Jose CA; Don Doolittle, Burlingame CA; Edward Frymoyer, Half Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL Moon Bay CA ♣ 6 11.63 3/4 David Cox - Betty Cox, Randolph NJ; Preston 8.00 2 Barbara Newman - Betsi Tunnell, Nashville TN; ♠ 4 ♠ 9 7 2 Morrow, Dallas TX; Barbara Mackay, Fredericton NB Susan McLaurin - Terry Harrison, Houston TX ♥ A J 8 6 3 ♥ 7 4 11.63 3/4 Norman Beck, Dallas TX; Ned Hager, Tulsa OK; 5.14 3 Kathy Swaine - Rand Pinsky, Valencia CA; Gerri Geoff Booth - Robert Sandfield, Houston TX Soffa Carlson, Rncho Pls Vrds CA; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA ♦ J 9 6 4 3 ♦ K 8 5 2 4.00 4 Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD; Margaret Hansell, ♣ K 3 ♣ 10 9 7 5 SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET II Champaign IL; Cynthia Keaton, Dallas TX; Carol Lombardino, ♠ J 6 3 15 Tables Spring TX ♥ 9 5 21.84 1 Lindsey Weinger, New York NY; Tim Verbeek, 3971Ma Netherlands; Stefanie Scott, Plano TX; Kathleen Loeb, Lake MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET IV ♦ 10 7 Mary FL; Luz Ortega, Melbourne FL 16 Tables ♣ A Q J 8 4 2 15.29 2 Henrietta Morris, Arlington TX; Timothy Smith, 9.02 1 Richard Leonardon - Donna Sirubi - Francesca You have to sympathize with Jeff Roman on Dallas TX; Ronald Orr, Falling Waters WV; Susan Eastman, Altamont Stedman - Joan Vernick, Santa Fe NM NY 6.31 2 Charles Burke - Caron Peck - Karen Caton, this deal from the Kay Platinum Pairs. He ran into 8.74 3/4 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Won Yang, Arlington TX; Michael Cain, Decatur TX an unfriendly life of the cards and, after trick one, a Clermont FL; Jerry Marchant, Green Lake WI; Robert Webster, Ripon 4.06 3 Tom Moore - Dorothy Moore, Keller TX; Colleen diabolical defense. WI Bicket, Edmond OK; Betty McCauley, Oklahoma City OK 8.74 3/4 Lorraine Jarboe - Daniel Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch 3.16 4 Sheri Wolkenstein - Jon Wolkenstein, Dallas TX; Roman declared 6♠ from the North hand FL; Beth Milam - James Milam, Idaho Falls ID Joyce Gautier - Norman Gautier, The Woodlands TX and received the friendly lead of a low diamond. Naturally, he led a top heart from hand. Sartaj Hans SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET III MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET V as West won and led a low trump. Roman won in 16 Tables 10 Tables 12.55 1 Martin Klein - Carol Klein, Valley Village CA; 5.82 1 Rod Southworth - David Zwonitzer - Daniel hand, played his second top heart, then tried to ruff Elaine Moore - Thomas Shudic, Burbank CA Zwonitzer, Cheyenne WY; Bill Carstens, Anthem AZ his two heart losers in dummy. 8.79 2 Kathy Bergman - Sue Gainer - Enid Bross - 4.07 2 Andy Villastrigo, San Antonio TX; Liane Tsai - Peter Gill alertly ruffed in with the ♠9, so Roman Doreen Marek, Goodyear AZ Christophr Tsai, Plano TX; Gool Castleberry, Irving TX 5.02 3/4 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Lisa Eisenstein, 2.62 3 Rosa Materson - Susan Stone, Kingwood TX; John overruffed and reached this point: Loveland OH; Martin Gibler - Susan Stacy Vanstone, West Chester Stieber - Glenda Stieber, Houston TX ♠ K Q 10 8 5 OH 2.04 4 Peter Jacquest, Souris MB; John Gitzen, Mercedes ♥ 10 5.02 3/4 Paul Harris - Jerry Keeran, Rio Rancho NM; TX; John Burgoin, Brownsville TX; Dominique Guay, Orleans ON ♦ A Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; Claire Genser, Green Valley AZ MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET VII ♣ 6 MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET I 16 Tables ♠ -- ♠ 7 16 Tables 5.21 1 Marsha Young - Roslyn Miller - Frances Schmitz, ♥ J 8 ♥ -- 24.22 1 James La Fountain, Temple TX; Carolyn Riely, Dallas TX; Jo Ann Slaten, Colleyville TX San Antonio TX; Derrell Childs, Garland TX; Alan Copeland, Merkel 3.65 2 Jacqueline Montgomery, Fort Worth TX; Ginny ♦ 9 6 4 3 ♦ K 8 5 TX Collett - James Atteberry, Ft Worth TX; Robert Scanland, Arlington ♣ K 3 ♣ 10 9 7 5 16.95 2 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Richard TX ♠ 6 DeMartino, Riverside CT; Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton 2.34 3 Darcy Cline - Whittie Rainwater - Betsy Parks - Subeck, Glenview IL Martha McCartney, Lawton OK ♥ -- 10.90 3 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Jeffrey Rothstein, 1.82 4 Barbara Aide - Leah Margerison - Rick ♦ 10 New York NY; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ann Borgschulte, Margerison, Dallas TX; Ginger Morgan, Gordonville TX ♣ A Q J 8 4 2 Lexington MA Roman guessed correctly not to try to ruff his 8.48 4 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Susan Stark, Cleveland MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET VI OH; Ron Haack, New York NY; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 11 Tables heart in dummy. Instead, he returned to hand with a 5.47 1 Tommie Anglemyer, Plano TX; Bonnie Arnold, trump, on which Hans discarded his ♣3 (he could see MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET II Frisco TX; E J Nowak, McKinney TX; Jackie Hertweck, Edmond OK the squeeze coming). 16 Tables 3.83 2 Jim Logsdon, Lantana TX; Thomas Miyake - 14.90 1 Albert Shrive, Dalton PA; Jim McKeown, State Steven Russell - Lori McCline, Denton TX Now when Roman ran his winners and came College PA; Scott Hiller, Eden Prairie MN; Anthony Barre, El Dorado 2.46 3 Jabeen Farooki, Sugar Land TX; Rhonda Bryant, down to the two-card ending, he had squeezed West Hills CA Friendswood TX; Lisa Zummo, Houston TX; Cheryl Mathias, but did not know it. Roman took the club finesse and 10.43 2 John Bromberg - Beth Bromberg, Dallas TX; Sugarland TX went two down. Michael Camp, Fort Lee NJ; Richard Margolis, Melbourne FL 1.91 4 Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Betty Riley, 6.71 3 Jack Borenstein - Florence Beaird, Dallas TX; Ned Waukesha WI; Earl Mast, Arlington TX; Margie Patterson, Spring TX Nolte, Arlington TX; Steve Brower, Summerfield FL

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VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; vs 72 Tables Gerry Marshall, Las Varas Mexico; Gonzalo Herrera, Naucalpan G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Bjorgvin Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Mexico; Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA; Michael Shuster, Kristinsson, Boynton Beach FL; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Apolinary Nunes - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness, Monaco Collegeville PA Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland vs Dima Nikolenkov, Trogen Switzerland; Stephan Magnusson, Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL; Piotr Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Lausanne Switzerland; Victor Chubukov - Eric Mayefsky, San Gawrys - Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Russ Ekeblad, Portsmouth Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach G FL; John Francisco CA RI; David Bakhshi, London England Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY vs vs Nick Nickell, New York NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Steve Bloom - Betty Bloom, Duanesburg NY; Geoffrey Brod, Boca John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Kevin Dwyer, Tampa FL; Peter Weinstein, Andes NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Eric Rodwell - Jeff Raton FL; Pat McDevitt - Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; Franklin Gill, Sydney Australia; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon Australia Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL Merblum, Bloomfield CT vs Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Radu Nistor, Edison NJ; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Russia; Ahmed Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Piotr Zak, Lodz Poland; Jerzy Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New York NY; Benito Garozzo, Yousry, Cairo Egypt; Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV Zaremba, Chapel Hill NC; Jaroslaw Cieslak, Paradzice Poland; Wilmington DE Dominik Filipowicz, Kalisz Poland vs John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Eric vs Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs QC; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Bruce Rogoff, River Vale NJ vs CA; Berend Van Den Bos, Zuid-Holland Netherlands; Joris Van Namik Kokten - Tuna Aluf - Melten Ozumerzifon - Mehves Pisak, Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Richard Ritmeijer - Magdalena Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Dan Instanbul Turkey; Nazan Kokten, Istanbul Turkey Ticha, Jacob, Vancouver BC; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON Groningen Netherlands vs Marty Fleisher - Chris Willenken - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Jeff Chip Martel, Davis CA; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Steve Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Michael Kamil, Santa Clara CA; Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; John Lusky, Garner, Chicago IL Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Dror Padon Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI vs - Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel Ray Grace, Sherwood Park AB; Garry Karst, Edmonton AB; Oleg vs Bekker - Viktor Berdnikov, Tucson AZ Lidang Dong, Xian People’s Republic of China; Xiao Feng Zhang - NABC 0-10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Yu Wei Wu, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Haitao Liu, People’s 20 Tables Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Bart Republic of China Richard Gabriel - Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL; Kay Beck, Noblesville Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Cezary Balicki, IN; Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland Warren Spector, Palm Bch FL; Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Bob vs vs Hamman, Dallas TX; Sam Lev, New York NY; Rosen Gunev, Sofia Russ Jones - Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; Rick Roeder, La Bulgaria; Ivan Nanev, Hernando MS; Tom Turgeon, Memphis TN Mesa CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield vs vs CT; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Andy Beach FL; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Sylvie Willard - Benedicte Cronier, Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Paris France Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Spencer Jones - Peggy Ware - Garth Saba Israel; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL Yettick, Denver CO vs Chuancheng Ju - Zheng Jun Shi, Beijing People’s Republic of China; vs Hua Yang - Edward Wang - Yan Song, Plano TX; Hank Eng, San Ze Jun Zhuang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Hoajun Shi, Gary Hann, Interlochen MI; David Anding, Poway CA; Wayne Chu, Antonio TX; Tiger King, Houston TX Shang Hai People’s Republic of China ; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina vs Del Rey CA Louk Verhees, Voorhou Netherlands; Ricco Van Prooijen, Nieuw William Pollack - Rozanne Pollack - Shane Blanchard - Robert vs Vennep Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Blanchard, New York NY Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH; Peter Whipple, Mason OH; Barry Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Spector, Springfield VA; Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM Gdns FL; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Jacek Dan Zagorin, Chicago IL Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Michael McNamara - Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Kelley vs Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Hwang - Eric Robinson, New York NY; Corey Krantz, Philadelphia Yanhong Wang, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Wen Hu - Ling Poland PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ Gan - Yan Huang - Yiting Li - LiXuan Li, People’s Republic of China vs vs Janet Macchi, Statham GA; Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Roger Lee, Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA; David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Agustin Arcadia CA; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Chris Compton, Dallas Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; TX; David Grainger, Roseville CA vs Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Erli Zhou, Menlo Park CA; Zhou He, Shanghai People’s Republic of Poland Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY; Ross China; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN; Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA; vs Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE; Mark Cao Yi, People’s Republic of China Irving Litvack, Toronto ON; Ian Findlay - Ranald Davidson, North Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA York ON; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY vs Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Terry Richardson, Austin TX; Tom Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Larry Ottley, Anchorage AK; Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Bjorn Fallenius, New York Robbins, Deerfield IL; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ed Davis, vs NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Johan Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, Seal Beach CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA Eric Hendrickson, Minneapolis MN; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN; Stockholm Sweden Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN vs Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Peter vs Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Adam Kaplan, New Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Sweden; Tom A J Stephani - Isaac Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Michael Gladfelter - Port Richey FL; Josh Donn, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan Hanlon - John Carroll, Dublin Ireland Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH Poland; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland vs Hans Graverson, Aalborg Denmark; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt; Alex Smirnov, Lubeck Denmark; Kare Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY; Henrik Caspersen, Aarhus Electronic Device Policy Denmark Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Sabine Auken, The electronic device policy at NABCs allows Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY vs Justin Lall - Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton players to bring electronic devices such as cell Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Jo Anna FL; Judith Bianco - Win Allegaert, New York NY; Jim Krekorian, phones into the playing area provided that such Stansby, Dublin CA; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Suleyman Kolata Pensacola FL devices are turned off. - Ismail Kandemir, vs Brian Glubok, New York NY; Chris Hamman, Dallas TX; Gabrielle Further, any such equipment must not be visible Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Sherman, Santa Clara CA; David Gurvich, Brooklyn NY; Daniel during the session Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Jacek Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Tom Carmichael, Kennesaw GA The policy applies to all pairs, team members, Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders, vs Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li - Sheng Shan, Beijing People’s Republic Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Sandip Datta - Bhabesh Saha of China; Patrick Huang, Taipei Taiwan; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON except those designated by the ACBL and are in force - Kaustabh Nandi, Kolkata West Be India; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata vs throughout any actual playing session or segment of W Bengal India; Debabrata Majumder, West Bengal India Ernesto d’Orsi - Joao Paulo Campos - Miguel Villas-Boas - Mauricio Figueiredo, Sao Paulo Brazil; Alejandro Bianchedi - Ernesto Muzzio, play. Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Joe Grue - Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Buenos Aires Argentina A violation of the policy will result in an Thomas Bessis - Cedric Lorenzini, Paris France; Brad Moss, Denver automatic disciplinary penalty of one full board (or CO Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; 12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for the first offense. Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark; vs A second offense will result in disqualification from Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Krishnan Ramaratnam, Jersey Ron Rubin, Las Vegas NV; Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH City NJ; Pritish Kushari - Debasish Ray, Kolkata India vs the event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Adam policy will be removed from the playing area for the Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL; Doug Doub, W Hartford CT Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus - Curtis Cheek - remainder of the session. Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Ishmael Delmonte, New South Wales Australia; Eddie Wold, Houston TX Okay Gur - Gokhan Yilmaz - Mustafa Cem Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; vs Nik Demirev, Arlington Hts IL Ron Zambonini, Nepean ON; Michael Polowan, New York NY; vs Playing in an David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON Wen Wang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Wang Hongli - JingRong Ran - Qi Shen - Lihua Zhou, People’s Republic of China; NABC+ pairs game? Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Huub Bertens, Yan Lu, Beijing People’s Republic of China Bend OR; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Buy your entry early! Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 304G Netherlands Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Steve vs Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Diego In an effort to speed up the start of all NABC+ Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Junjie Hu - Yichao Chen, Shanghai Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires pairs events – which require additional time for People’s Republic of China; Yinghao Liu, Beijing People’s Republic Argentina proper seeding – the ACBL asks participants to of China vs Peter Grover, Aurora OH; Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Nick please buy their entries at least 15 minutes before Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Fitzgibbon - Adam Mesbur, Dublin Ireland game time. This is especially true if you expect to be Boye Brogeland, Norway; Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; a seeded pair. Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan Israel Janet De Botton - Nick Sandqvist - Tom Townsend - Thor Eric vs Hoftaniska, London England; Artur Malinowski, Harrow United Kingdom; Thomas Charlsen, Bergen Norway Page 12 Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Daily Bulletin

37 4.54 Jeanie Wolff, Scottsdale AZ 78 2.86 Larica Taylor, Dallas TX Intermediate/Newcomer 38 4.46 Barbara Chappell, Houston TX 79 2.83 Glen Scroggins, Olympia WA masterpoint leaders 39 4.46 Richard Chappell, Houston TX 80 2.83 Kathleen Matsubara, Lacey WA (through Monday afternoon, March 24) 40 4.23 Jeanette McDonald, Flower Mound TX 81 2.83 Barbara Horowitz, Frisco TX 41 3.92 Tom Orndorff, Arlington TX 82 2.83 Dee Bridgewater, Frisco TX 1 8.11 Scott Dunlop, Smiths Falls ON 42 3.92 Al Mince, Arlington TX 83 2.76 Melanie Munnell, Dallas TX 2 8.11 Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 43 3.90 Rick Margerison, Dallas TX 84 2.75 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH 3 7.25 Denys Slater Jr, Dallas TX 44 3.90 Leah Margerison, Dallas TX 85 2.75 Clifford King, Sanbornton NH 4 7.02 Carole Goldstein, Wyckoff NJ 45 3.84 Karen Cohen, Dallas TX 86 2.75 Anita King, Sanbornton NH 5 7.02 Geri Raichel, Ft. Collins CO 46 3.67 Richard McGaughy, Sugar Land TX 87 2.75 Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH 6 6.74 Jerry Frankel, Plano TX 47 3.67 George Steele, Austin TX 88 2.74 Mary Lynn Genovesi, Fairview TX 7 6.72 Tom Collins, Texarkana AR 48 3.59 John Hartel, McKinney TX 89 2.65 Mary Ellen Little, Trophy Club TX 8 6.72 Marcia Collins, Texarkana AR 49 3.59 Jill Hartel, McKinney TX 90 2.65 Sandra Lovin, Grapevine TX 9 6.47 Patsy Rainwater-Maddu, McKinney TX 50 3.58 Martha Ward, Plano TX 91 2.62 Jeffrey Brooks, Levittown PA 10 6.47 Connie Van Patter, McKinney TX 51 3.58 Linda Lindley, Dallas TX 92 2.62 Jay Winter, Highland IL 11 6.16 Jack Schober, Dallas TX 52 3.53 Barbara Abney, Kingwood TX 93 2.56 Susan Smith, Grapevine TX 12 5.73 David Garman, Austin TX 53 3.53 Saundra Dickinson, Kingwood TX 94 2.54 Ron Botsko, Granbury TX 13 5.73 Bennett Neiman, Austin TX 54 3.39 Rebecca Elder, McKinney TX 95 2.54 Carmond Fitzgerald, Granbury TX 14 5.35 Jane Slater, Dallas TX 55 3.39 Clint Pruett, McKinney TX 96 2.48 Charlotte Ewing, Baton Rouge LA 15 5.30 Judy Nixon, Flower Mound TX 56 3.35 Fran Hewitt, Shreveport LA 97 2.48 Gail Davis, Baton Rouge LA 16 5.21 Mindy Kerber, Austin TX 57 3.35 Beth Castleberry, Richardson TX 98 2.47 Eileen Pleticha, Moraga CA 17 5.21 Thomas Hughes, Austin TX 58 3.35 Susan Young, Shreveport LA 99 2.47 Jane Clark, Arlington TX 18 5.19 Neil Lorenz, Alamo TX 59 3.35 Josephine Basel, Dallas TX 100 2.47 Linda Pempsell, Arlington TX 19 5.15 Deborah Bricker, Palm Beach FL 60 3.27 Zane Sherrill, Frisco TX 20 5.15 Patty Garvy, Palm Beach FL 61 3.27 Jim Riffell, Frisco TX 21 5.09 Wayne Detmer, Woodbury MN Email us 62 3.25 James Archibald, Bossier City LA 22 5.09 Jesse Crane, Woodbury MN Got a hand you just have to share or a nice story? 63 3.25 Marianne Archibald, Bossier City LA 23 5.04 Nancy Llewellyn, Ft. Smith AR We’d love to see it. 64 3.15 Rodney Bond, Ft. Worth TX 24 5.04 Jackie Khilling, Ft. Smith AR The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: 65 3.15 Virgina Bond, Ft. Worth TX 25 4.92 Wayne Tindall, San Juan TX [email protected]. You’ll also find it on 66 3.13 Fred Seipp, Dallas TX 26 4.80 Gloria Schuford, Ft. Worth TX the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” between the 67 3.13 Sharon Seagraves, Dallas TX 27 4.80 Linda Neal, Grapevine TX date and the editors’ names. 68 3.11 Patricia Lysaught, Overland Park KS 28 4.80 Stacie Russell, Springtown TX This email address won’t be checked with any 69 3.11 Rachell Jackson, Austin TX 29 4.80 Anne Curry, Dallas TX regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please 70 3.11 Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 30 4.80 Anne Williams, Desoto TX continue to use our office email addresses for non- 71 3.11 Marjorie Butler, Austin TX 31 4.80 Jeanne Wyatt, Dallas TX tournament–related correspondence. 72 2.97 Irma Lopez-Solache, Montreal QC 32 4.61 Vicki Funk-Koble, Bartlesville OK 73 2.97 Norma Fajardo-Solache, Montreal QC 33 4.61 David Koble, Bartlesville OK 74 2.95 Jim Wolf, Littleton CO 34 4.58 David Langford, Tacoma WA 75 2.95 John Wolf, Ft. Collins CO 35 4.58 David Hopkins, Shelton WA 76 2.91 Sheryl Rokyta, Frisco TX 36 4.54 Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA 77 2.91 Ginny Peterson, Vancouver WA Daily Bulletin Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Page 13

\MON EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION V EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Harold Kless, Rowlett TX; Nancy Young, Dallas TX 57.58% 1 1 1 Martin Gibler - Susan Stacy Vanstone, West Chester OH 61.18% 2 2 Annie Mason - John Mason, Ft Worth TX 57.53% 2 2 Mary Steiner - Ann Stone, Dallas TX 55.95% 3 3 1 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH 55.93% 3 3 Richard Chappell - Barbara Chappell, Houston TX 54.13% 4 Robert Frisch - Bill Pfeiff, Carrollton TX 53.82% 4 4 Jill Thompson - Karen Roland, McKinney TX 53.54% 4 2 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Deborah Wojtowicz, Pleasanton CA 53.09% 2 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 52.60% 3 Leonard Epstein - Daniel Butler, Dallas TX 52.48%

MONDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Daniel Solow - Arthur Heuer, Cleveland OH 67.26% 1 D Abraham, Windsor ON; Patti Stoner, Wayne MI 68.75% 2 Richard Clements - Barbara Clements, Austin TX 61.31% 2 1 Wayne Evans, Richardson TX; Robert Stewart, Garland TX 58.63% 3 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 57.74% 3 John Pelletti, Dallas TX; Michael McShane, Addison TX 56.25% 4 Sue Kay Reeder - G Morey, Arlington TX 55.95% 4 2 Louise O’Brien - Marj Frederiksen, Dallas TX 53.57% 2 Kay Jennings, Fort Worth TX; Stacie Russell, Springtown TX 51.19% 3/4 Kevin Glasgow, Rogers AR; Judy Bappe, Bella Vista AR 51.19% 3/4 Joyce Easson - Carolyn Ahart, Springfield MO 51.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1/2 1 Jean Hoffman, Dallas TX; Jean Rogers, Santa Barbara CA 54.17% 1 Ildiko Baxter, Allison Park PA; Tammy Tjader, Pittsburgh PA 71.13% 1/2 Letty Garek, Bedford TX; Bobbie Benson, Houston TX 54.17% 2 1 Janis Koenig, Kingsland TX; Sharon Gassman, Burnet TX 59.52% 3 2 Janice Fletcher - Geneva Johnson, San Antonio TX 53.57% 3 2 Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 58.63% 4 3 Kathi Byrne - John Byrne, Atlanta GA 52.68% 4 3 Robert Orvis - Gayle Orvis, Burleson TX 55.65% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Jeanie Wolff, Scottsdale AZ; Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA 65.18% 1 1 Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY; Beverly Lefkowitz, Mount Sinai NY 59.52% 2 John Davis, Lake Kiowa TX; Bert Dempsey, Sherman TX 62.50% 2 2 Will Sutherland, North York ON; George Mitchell, Douglas NB 57.14% 3 2 Gay Schleicher, Richardson TX; Jo Driscoll, Plano TX 61.01% 3 3 Genny Lemeshev - Yuri Lemeshev, Dallas TX 53.87% 4 3 Ruth Lessinger, Plainview NY; Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY 50.60% 4 4 Judy Nixon - Jeanette McDonald, Flower Mound TX 52.38% 5 4 Rosemary Stielow, Austin TX; Kam Harrell, Mayflower AR 49.70% 5 Suzanne Justice, Arlington TX; Corinne Easley, Ft Worth TX 52.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Dale Grady - Val Grady, Pearland TX 60.12% 1 1 John Robbins, Fort Worth TX; Dwight Hill, Grand Prairie TX 64.29% 2 1 David Langford, Tacoma WA; David Hopkins, Shelton WA 58.33% 2 2 Sharon Whatley, Longview TX; Linda Harrison, Pittsburg TX 60.71% 3 Anita Albert - Martha Norman, Austin TX 57.14% 3 Beryl Hancock - Peter Hancock, Shreveport LA 57.74% 4 Ninfa Sada - Patricia Schroeder, Mexico City Mexico 53.57% 4 3 Judith Busby - Sheila Harrison, Houston TX 54.46% 2 Wally Anderson, Boxford MA; Mark Anderson, Cedar Park TX 48.81%

SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE SERIES MON EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MM NN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Geoff Booth - Robert Sandfield, Houston TX 64.29% 1 Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC; Walter Pease, Anchorage AK 63.92% 2 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 63.23% 2 Elizabeth Jankord - Amit Chakrabarti, Manhattan KS 59.96% 3 Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY; Shirley Matthews, Lindale TX 60.32% 3 Janet Wickersham, Sierra Madre CA; Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH 58.38% 4 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 59.43% 4 Harold Emme, Brentwood CA; Carol Emme, Plainfield IL 56.35% 5 Martha Leary, Urbana IL; Richard Ellis Jr, Kokomo IN 58.20% 5 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 55.77% 6 Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC 55.91% 6 Jack Smith - Gail Wells, Dallas TX 55.59% 7 Courtney Nelson, Wells VT; Barbara Doran, Silver Spring MD 54.76% 7 Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA; Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA 55.04% 8 Douglas Dye - Dale Dye, Wyndmoor PA 54.49% 8 1 1 Sven Frey, Ch 8800 Thalwil Switzerland; Claudia McDonald, Williamsburg VA 53.94% 9 Larry Rich, Cumming GA; Bob Heller, Knoxville TN 53.97% 9 Anam Tebha, Las Vegas NV; Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC 53.30% 10 1 Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Bonnie Wilke, Aspen CO 53.48% 10 2 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Meg Myers, Beaverton OR 52.75% 2 James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Tara McCabe, Ottawa ON 52.47% 3 2 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 50.37% 3 1 John Hilbig, Bulverde TX; Dolores Reiley, San Antonio TX 51.92% 4 3 Patty Michael, San Mateo CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 48.99% 4 Margot Hirsch - Charles Gibson Jr, Arlington TX 50.44% 5 Susan Theiss - Yoli Herrmann, Houston TX 48.94% 5 Valerie Deneroff - Martin Deneroff, New York NY 49.18% 2 William Belanich, Sandston VA; Jurgen Stielow, Austin TX 48.68%

LEVINTRITT SILVER RIBBON 2ND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D E F EAST-WEST 1 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 64.78% 1 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Don Caton, Pensacola FL 62.52% 2 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 62.03% 2 Robert Bernstein, Albuquerque NM; Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX 61.77% 3 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI 60.98% 3 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA 61.43% 4 Phillip Grothus, Houston TX; Carolyne Fox, Manvel TX 59.86% 4 Melody Gann, Arlington TX; Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Fort Worth TX 60.52% 5 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 59.06% 5 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richlnd Hls TX 59.17% 6 Michael Fleisher, Santa Clara CA; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 58.79% 6 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD 58.62% 7 Jack Weingold - Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL 58.09% 7 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA 57.85% 8 Kay Joyce - Randy Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 57.85% 8 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 56.90% 9 Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 57.14% 9 Carole Miner, Rochester MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 56.82% 10 Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 57.06% 10 Sumner Steinfeldt, Laud by Sea FL; Hal Hindman, Vienna VA 56.20% 11 Steve Zolotow - Harold Lilie, Las Vegas NV 56.94% 11 Susan Picus, New York NY; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 56.20% 12 Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON; Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 56.64% 12 Laurence Rivkin, Dunwoody GA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 55.97% 13 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA 56.59% 13 Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV; Bipin Patel, Oakland CA 55.50% 14 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA 56.26% 14 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 54.27% 15 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 55.56% 15 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA 54.13% 16 Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 55.44% 16 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 53.88% 17 Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX; Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX 55.09% 17 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 53.65% 18/19 Dave Adelman - David Johnson, Calgary AB 54.11% 18 Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA 53.54% 18/19 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 54.11% 19 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; William Wickham, Los Angeles CA 53.30% 20 Larue Stott, Dallas TX; Gerrie Owen, Celina TX 53.77% 20 David Rock, Westfield MA; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 53.10% 21 Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 53.56% 21 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 52.76% 22 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 53.19% 22 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 52.68% 23 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 52.39% 23 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 52.59% 24 Janet Becker, Timonium MD; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 52.09% 24 Si Dombu - Adis Dombu, Las Vegas NV 52.20% 25 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA 51.91% 25 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Bch CA 51.98% 26 Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; Donald Spaulding, Mount Kisco NY 51.83% 26 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 51.78% 27 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Don Stack, Overland Park KS 51.57% 27 Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Tom Clarke, Lake Charles LA 51.70% 28 Mike Giacaman, Saint Louis MO; Richard Haacke, Olivette MO 51.31% 28 Brian Ellis - Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 51.58% 29 Susan Duval, Irvington NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 51.27% 29 Richard Higgins - Greg Frank, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 51.50% 30 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 50.86% 30 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 51.45% 31 Bob Feller, Guilderland NY; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY 50.80% 31 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 51.15%

MONDAY A/B OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS UU VV EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Robert Shapley, Chula Vista CA; Debbi Myers, Billings MT 62.00% 1 Vicki Goodykoontz - Jack Goodykoontz, Morgantown WV 62.23% 2 1 Barbara Tysdahl - Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI 61.20% 2 Jerry Goldberg, New York NY; Walter Schenker, Pine Brook NJ 60.15% 3 Kathy Benjamin, Bedford MA; Edward Scolnick, Wayland MA 60.62% 3 Annette Lee McHann, Flowood MS; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 58.00% 4 Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ; Ken Barbour, Scottsdale AZ 58.31% 4 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Joan Brody, Morristown NJ 56.85% 5 Judy Northup, Trinidad TX; James Bauer, Dallas TX 58.19% 5 Bob Friz, Leonard TX; Brady Allen, Dallas TX 56.15% 6 2 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 57.37% 6/7 Jim Hilton, Austin TX; Daniel Suty, Houston TX 55.23% 7 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL 56.73% 6/7 Ranjan Bhaduri - Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 55.23% 8 3 Michael Myers, Ottawa ON; George Subt, Southampton NJ 55.50% 8 Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ; Richard Langland, Irving TX 55.15% 9 Bo Liu, Santa Ana CA; Somers Collins, Little Rock AR 55.47% 9 1 Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA 54.38% 10 4 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL 53.73% 10/11 Jessica Piafsky, New York NY; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland 53.62% 11 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Judith Gushner, Boca Raton FL 52.19% 10/11 Louis Sachar - Robert Donathan, Austin TX 53.62% 12 Alice Brown, Midlothian VA; En Xie, Saint Louis MO 52.16% 12 Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Patricia Katz, Pittsburgh PA 53.08% 13 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH 51.31% 13/14 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 52.54% 14 Mildred Breed, Austin TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 50.93% 13/14 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR 52.54% 2 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 51.92% 3 Brian King, Redding CA; James Lutz, Laguna Niguel CA 51.62% 4 Jerrold Albom, Dallas TX; Theresa Ann Brantley, Mabank TX 50.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS WW XX EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Ethan Stein, Irvington NY 66.10% 1 Jennifer Koonce, Odenton MD; Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD 62.51% 2 Ray Miller, Seattle WA; Cristal Nell, Redmond WA 60.36% 2 Barry Senensky - Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 61.15% 3 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Naples FL 60.03% 3 1 Laurie Shapka - Robert Short, Red Deer AB 60.86% 4 Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 57.74% 4 Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 57.88% 5 Wallace Goldban, Palm Desert CA; Rhoda Walsh, Carlsbad CA 57.68% 5 2 Wei Tian - Bin Shi, China People’s Republic of China 54.01% 6 Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; Richard Brown, Easley SC 57.45% 6 3 Daniel Neill, Portland OR; Paul Heller, Marietta GA 52.84% 7 Migry Zur Campanile - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 56.66% 7 Jeff Dater, Dallas TX; Tomi FitzGerald, Frisco TX 51.94% 8 Andy Kaufman, Fort Washington PA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 55.26% 8 Eugene Kales, Arlington VA; Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD 51.74% 9 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV 53.74% 9 Richard Dubrovsky - Leora Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 51.48% 10 1 Toni Bales, Pickerington OH; Lynn Blanchard, New York NY 53.58% 10 Bob Gruber - Linda Gruber, Camarillo CA 51.06% 11 2 Richard Ferrin, Washington DC; Kitty Gottfried, Silver Spring MD 52.89% 11 Eugene White Jr, Playa del Rey CA; Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA 50.82% 12 Billy Leeper, Ft Worth TX; Mary Orock, Fort Worth TX 51.38% 12 Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Lila Panahpour, London Swiw England 50.70% 3 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 50.12% 4 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 48.58% Page 14 Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Daily Bulletin

MONDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS --1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AAA CCC DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY; Carol Wiles, Lake Worth FL 66.70% 1 1 Brian Snell, Columbus OH; Judith Auer, Dublin OH 64.25% 2 1 1 Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Alan Godes, Needham MA 62.38% 2 2 Tommy Latham - Patricia Latham, White House TN 61.77% 3 Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 59.65% 3 V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 61.37% 4 2 Karl Zaman, Strongsville OH; Joan Ann Waletzky, Shaker Hts OH 57.58% 4 3 James Olson - Ellen Olson, Charleston WV 57.62% 5 3 Nancy Fellman, Dallas TX; John Pataki, Mesquite TX 56.98% 5 Bob Glasson - Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 57.45% 6 Bill Riley - Nancy Riley, Kingwood TX 56.89% 6 Rhoda Prager, Boca Raton FL; Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 55.68% 7 Malle Andrade - Erez Hendelman, New York NY 56.87% 7 Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV; Martin Caley, Montreal QC 55.09% 8 4 Greg Potter - Linda Hughes, Edmond OK 56.27% 8 4 Senta Lackner, Graz 8141 Austria; Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria 54.45% 9 Jack Bonney - Dianne Bonney, Venice FL 55.06% 9 5 Joyce Hunter, Glen Ellyn IL; Mary O’Neill, Lisle IL 54.21% 10 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 52.85% 10 6 Michael Krasnoff - Judith Krasnoff, Columbus OH 53.31% 11 Martha Easter, Daytona Beach FL; Joanne Behr, New Smyrna Bch FL 52.64% 11 Susan Darsey, La Selva Beach CA; Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA 52.94% 12 5 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Plsades CA 52.21% 12 7 Mary Ross - Martha De Cou, Corpus Christi TX 51.90% 13 Jack Forstadt, Evanston IL; Susan Finkelman, Glenview IL 51.38% 13 8 Sam Dodson, Houston TX; Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN 51.27% 14 6 Grady Fuller - Fran Sparks Fuller, Kennedale TX 50.82% 14 Linda Green, Southaven MS; Madie Brice, Cordova TN 51.18% 7 Terri O’Brien - Laura Delfeld, Austin TX 50.53% 9 Joe Fletcher, Dallas TX; Elinor Fries, Coppell TX 50.41% 8 Jon Browne, Plano TX; Adrianne Feuer, McKinney TX 50.34% 1 Kristie Tooley - Sally Lair, Canyon TX 47.69% 9 Julian Wachs - Elizabeth Wachs, Chapel Hill NC 50.14% 2 Jill Graham - David Graham, Boca Raton FL 47.65% 2 Deepak Dighe, W Bloomfield MI; Patrick Callaghan, Greater Manches United Kingdom 49.82% 3 Reid Fleming, Arlington MA; Blake Fleming, Calgary AB 45.53%

MONDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Cheryl Floyd - Patricia Phillips, Little Rock AR 55.95% 1 Irma Lopez-Solache - Norma Fajardo-Solache, Montreal QC 62.20% 2 2 1 Denys Slater Jr - Neil O’Brien, Dallas TX 54.76% 2 1 Jim Wolf, Littleton CO; John Wolf, Fort Collins CO 60.42% 3 3 2 Freda Gail Stern - Joyce Schiff, Dallas TX 54.46% 3 2 1 Theodore Bender, Allen TX; Pat Glaser, Richardson TX 54.46% 4 4 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 54.17% 4 3 2 Cindy Whitton, Southlake TX; Lynda Fitzjarrell, Hurst TX 53.87% 4 3 Bill Silky - Mary Silky, Syracuse NY 53.27%

MONDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Tom Orndorff - Al Mince, Arlington TX 63.05% 1 1 Deborah Bricker - Patty Garvy, Palm Beach FL 67.84% 2 J David Hill - Wilma Hill, Arlington TX 60.91% 2 2 1 Helen Slaughter - Sheila Hillhouse, Fort Collins CO 52.84% 3 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 47.95% 3 Carolyn Baker - Lacy Peterson, Dallas TX 51.00% 2 Frank Harris, Oakland CA; Willa Brinkley, San Clemente CA 50.35%

MONDAY MORNING MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES 1 OF 3 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Martha Norman - Anita Albert, Austin TX 63.12% 1 1 1 Kristy Garrison - Zach Garrison, Spring TX 68.37% 2 2 Dee Androus - Warren Androus, Avon CO 62.12% 2 Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 63.83% 3 3 Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD; Carol Lombardino, Spring TX 56.11% 3 2 2 Michael Thorpe, Montrose CO; Adam White, Colleyville TX 58.71% 4 4 Susan Eastman, Altamont NY; Jennifer Nisenoff, Dallas TX 55.87% 4 3 3 Gool Castleberry, Irving TX; Liane Tsai, Plano TX 56.39% 5 5 George Cowart - Gayle Cowart, Richardson TX 55.78% 5 4 4 Joe Cameron, Frisco TX; G Brantz, Plano TX 53.55% 6 6 2 Mary Knox, Lawton OK; Susan Chun, Las Vegas NV 53.56% 6 5 Russell Sheldon - Christopher Wang, Pittsburgh PA 52.36% 7 Mike Albert - Kathleen Owen, Omaha NE 53.48% 7 6 Paul Heller, Marietta GA; Daniel Neill, Portland OR 52.22% 3 Donna Sinrud, Fairfax VA; Rosemary Stielow, Austin TX 51.65% 5 Parkerlene Pillans, Amarillo TX; Bill Kalmbach, Austin TX 51.14% 4 Roy Grice - Donald Robinson, Boise ID 51.08%

MONDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Robert Macneal, Prescott Valley AZ; Jane Friedman, Prescott AZ 63.69% 1 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 68.45% 2 Karen Logan, Georgetown TX; Rebecca Elder, McKinney TX 56.85% 2 1 John Caudill, Houston TX; Jo Anne Knodel, Pearland TX 57.44% 3 1 Daniel Solow - Arthur Heuer, Cleveland OH 54.46% 3 2 Judy Nixon - Jeanette McDonald, Flower Mound TX 54.76% 4 Patricia Berry - Rich Ellmer, Austin TX 51.79% 4 Richard Clements - Barbara Clements, Austin TX 51.49% 2 Robert Orvis - Gayle Orvis, Burleson TX 49.70% 3 Molly Gunter, Little Elm TX; Judith Tyler, Allen TX 47.32% 3 Billee Brooks - Carol Stollenwerck, Dallas TX 48.81% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Jean Hoffman, Dallas TX; Jean Rogers, Santa Barbara CA 59.52% 1 1 Kathi Byrne - John Byrne, Atlanta GA 62.50% 2 D Abraham, Windsor ON; Patti Stoner, Wayne MI 58.04% 2 2 Judy Noble - Melanie Munnell, Dallas TX 58.93% 3 John Pelletti, Dallas TX; Michael McShane, Addison TX 55.36% 3 Marilyn Elston, Aledo TX; Judy Phillips, Fort Worth TX 58.04% 4 2 Kevin Glasgow, Rogers AR; Judy Bappe, Bella Vista AR 51.19% 4 3 Gail Wood - Jane Boozalis, Houston TX 53.27% 3 Suzanne Schoenthaler, Addison TX; Asa De Vries, Dallas TX 49.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Judith Busby - Sheila Harrison, Houston TX 61.31% 1 1 Ed McMullen - Rhonda McMullen, Searcy AR 66.67% 2 Beryl Hancock - Peter Hancock, Shreveport LA 57.44% 2 2 Eugene Wuller, Coppell TX; Stephen Wuller, Mansfield TX 56.85% 3/4 Silvana Zangri, Syosset NY; Dominique Schneider, Old Brookville NY 53.27% 3 3 Gay Schleicher, Richardson TX; Jo Driscoll, Plano TX 54.17% 3/4 2 David Koble - Vicki Funk-Koble, Bartlesville OK 53.27% 4 Bill Kalmbach, Austin TX; Parkerlene Pillans, Amarillo TX 53.27% 5 3 Deborah Armstrong, Dallas TX; Sharon Ward, Plano TX 52.98% 5 Cindy Cone, Ft Lauderdale FL; Carolyn Reed-Jones, San Angelo TX 50.00% 4/5 John Robbins, Fort Worth TX; Dwight Hill, Grand Prairie TX 52.38% 4/5 Jeanie Wolff, Scottsdale AZ; Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA 52.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Kevin Broderick, Midlothian TX; Cathy Bruff, Dallas TX 62.20% 1 Ninfa Sada - Patricia Schroeder, Mexico City Mexico 61.90% 2 May Sebel, Dallas TX; Nancy Kelly, Addison TX 58.04% 2 Eloise Meachum - Leslie Conant, Dallas TX 57.44% 3 2 Judy Caroll Taquino - Prema Durairaj, San Antonio TX 54.76% 3 1 Wally Anderson, Boxford MA; Mark Anderson, Cedar Park TX 56.25% 4 3 Glen Scroggins, Olympia WA; Kathleen Matsubara, Lacey WA 53.27% 4 Dale Grady - Val Grady, Pearland TX 55.06% 2 Jane Lucky, McGehee AR; Laura Batey, Plano TX 50.00%

SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE SERIES NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MM NN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 59.61% 1 Cal Newlin Jr - Flo Newlin, Aurora CO 60.91% 2 Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; Rolf Paul, Needham MA 58.91% 2 James Lenobel, West Vancouver BC; Don Brazeau, Burnaby BC 60.07% 3 Matt Smith - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 58.83% 3 Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN; Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 59.41% 4 Danny Molenaar, 2592 Bz Netherlands; Kimberly Whipple, Boca Grande FL 58.48% 4 1 Vi Ganeles - Mary McGinnis, Dallas TX 57.23% 5 1 Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Bonnie Wilke, Aspen CO 54.64% 5 2 Arthur Crystal - Debbie Benner, Fairfield CT 56.78% 6 2 1 Jennifer Rao - Renee Levy, Dallas TX 54.51% 6 John McConnell - Carol McConnell, Cedar Hill TX 55.93% 7 Carol Hamilton - James Hamilton, Sarasota FL 53.67% 7 3 Jan Hart - Mary Adams, Temple TX 55.26% 8 3 Robert Solick, Berthoud CO; Tiger Li Li Williams, Elk Point SD 52.22% 8 4 Darrel Peckinpaugh - Clare Peckinpaugh, Yorktown IN 54.38% 9 4 2 Dean Anthony, Denton TX; Jerry Hollon, Argyle TX 52.17% 9 5 1 Gay Anderson - Gerald Toole, Garland TX 53.02% 5 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI; Joyce Doyle, Jacksonville FL 50.51% 6 2 Paul Andre Paquin - Suzanne Arsenault, Saint-Bruno QC 49.53% 6 James Richman - Kathleen Bumgardner, Dallas TX 48.74% 3 Joe Cameron, Frisco TX; G Brantz, Plano TX 46.09%

MONDAY A/X OPEN PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS UU VV EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Naples FL 70.92% 1 Kathy Benjamin, Bedford MA; Edward Scolnick, Wayland MA 62.15% 2 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Judith Gushner, Boca Raton FL 63.31% 2 1 Ross Driedger, London ON; Douglas Cote, Woodstock ON 60.62% 3 Jim Hilton, Austin TX; Daniel Suty, Houston TX 59.69% 3 Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ; Ken Barbour, Scottsdale AZ 58.15% 4 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR 58.08% 4 Louis Sachar - Robert Donathan, Austin TX 57.23% 5 Vicki Goodykoontz - Jack Goodykoontz, Morgantown WV 56.54% 5 Alice Brown, Midlothian VA; En Xie, Saint Louis MO 55.92% 6 1 Jerrold Albom, Dallas TX; Theresa Ann Brantley, Mabank TX 55.62% 6 Mildred Breed, Austin TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 55.00% 7 Felicity Moore - Mark Brownstein, Albuquerque NM 55.46% 7 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 54.92% 8 2 Cameron Shunta - Renee Shunta, Grand Haven MI 53.08% 8 2 Barbara Tysdahl - Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI 54.69% 9 Ranjan Bhaduri - Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 52.77% 9 David Siebert - Jane Dickey, Little Rock AR 53.54% 10 Jessica Piafsky, New York NY; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Dolny Slask 59- Poland 52.62% 10 Bo Liu, Santa Ana CA; Somers Collins, Little Rock AR 53.15% 11 3 Brian King, Redding CA; James Lutz, Laguna Niguel CA 52.46% 11 Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL; Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA 52.15% 12 Bob Friz, Leonard TX; Brady Allen, Dallas TX 51.85% 12 Walter Pease, Anchorage AK; Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC 51.77% 13 4 Joseph Keim - Bill Gottschall, Dayton OH 51.62% 13 3 Frank Vlach - Karen Vlach, Trophy Club TX 50.23% 14 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Bob Drijver, 3051 Eg, Rotter Netherlands 51.00% 14 Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 50.00% 5 Mark Teich - Gretchen Teich, Bluffton SC 50.31% 4 Michael Myers, Ottawa ON; George Subt, Southampton NJ 48.62% 5/6 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 48.08% 5/6 Edward Hornung, San Bruno CA; Arlie Lamb, San Mateo CA 48.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS WW XX EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Eugene Kales, Arlington VA; Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD 57.92% 1 1 Alison Wilson, New York NY; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 61.92% 2 Richard Dubrovsky - Leora Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 56.00% 2 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV 60.62% 3 Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 55.62% 3 Wallace Goldban, Palm Desert CA; Rhoda Walsh, Carlsbad CA 58.38% 4 James Partridge, Birmingham AL; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 54.77% 4 2 Jack Conway - Anne Beaurivage, Lincoln NE 58.23% 5/6 Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA 54.46% 5 Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; Richard Brown, Easley SC 57.31% 5/6 1 Daniel Neill, Portland OR; Paul Heller, Marietta GA 54.46% 6 Andy Kaufman, Fort Washington PA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 57.00% 7/9 Sarah Corning, Guilford CT; Helen Kobernusz, Madison CT 54.08% 7 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Ethan Stein, Irvington NY 54.31% 7/9 Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA; Peter Lit, Elk CA 54.08% 8 3 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 54.23% 7/9 Michael White, Atlanta GA; Jodi Coren, Highland Beach FL 54.08% 9 Linda Miller, Ormond Beach FL; Mara Tuttle, Orlando FL 54.00% 10 Jennifer Koonce, Odenton MD; Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD 53.62% 10 Migry Zur Campanile - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 53.62% 11 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 53.15% 11 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Anne Lamport, Ryde Nsw Australia 52.23% 12 Bob Gruber - Linda Gruber, Camarillo CA 52.92% 12 Nicolas Hammond, Marietta GA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 51.92% 2 Wei Tian - Bin Shi, China People’s Republic of China 49.15% 4 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 50.15% 3 William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 48.54% MONDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS AFTERNOON--2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AAA BBB CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 61.25% 1 1 Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA; Shailesh Gupta, Alison Viejo CA 66.88% 2 Bob Glasson - Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 60.47% 2 Malle Andrade - Erez Hendelman, New York NY 64.53% 3 Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV; Martin Caley, Montreal QC 60.33% 3 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 63.75% 4 Jack Smith - Gail Wells, Dallas TX 60.04% 4 2 Tommy Latham - Patricia Latham, White House TN 59.19% 5 2 1 Judy Bagley, Point Venture TX; Josh Bank, Austin TX 58.62% 5 Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY; Carol Wiles, Lake Worth FL 58.48% 6 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 58.55% 6 3 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Plsades CA 56.55% 7 Melinda Maclean, Truro NS; James Praught, Summerside PE 58.19% 7 4 Brian Snell, Columbus OH; Judith Auer, Dublin OH 55.91% 8 3 Eusebio Menezes, Cupertino CA; Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 57.41% 8 Jack Forstadt, Evanston IL; Susan Finkelman, Glenview IL 55.77% 9 4 Senta Lackner, Graz 8141 Austria; Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria 54.77% 9 Martha Easter, Daytona Beach FL; Joanne Behr, New Smyrna Bch FL 55.41% 10 5 Mary Ross - Martha De Cou, Corpus Christi TX 54.34% 10 Jack Bonney - Dianne Bonney, Venice FL 54.49% 11 6 Jon Browne, Plano TX; Adrianne Feuer, McKinney TX 53.85% 11/12 5/6 Karl Zaman, Strongsville OH; Joan Ann Waletzky, Shaker Hts OH 54.13% 12 7 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 53.49% 11/12 5/6 Jane Ball, Frenchtown NJ; Linda Bryant, Saint Louis MO 54.13% 13 8 2 Jill Graham - David Graham, Boca Raton FL 53.42% 13 7 James Olson - Ellen Olson, Charleston WV 53.70% 14 9 Sam Dodson, Houston TX; Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN 51.42% 14 8 John Rollinson, Clovis NM; Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI 53.49% 9 Terri O’Brien - Laura Delfeld, Austin TX 52.92% 1 Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Alan Godes, Needham MA 52.35% 2 Deepak Dighe, W Bloomfield MI; Patrick Callaghan, Greater Manches UK 51.14% 3 Kenneth Bickelhaupt, Dallas TX; Denise Shade, Austin TX 45.58% Daily Bulletin Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Page 15

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events All events are played in the Conference Center unless otherwise noted. Wednesday, March 26, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Tuesday-Wednesday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Wednesday, March 26, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Wednesday, March 26, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 3rd floor, Houston Ballroom $16 $20 Wednesday, March 26, 1 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday Side Game Series 3rd single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Wednesday, March 26, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 3 Sheraton Hotel, 2nd floor, Austin $20 ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS 1-2 F 1st floor, Dallas Ballroom $20 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 3 Sheraton Hotel, 2nd floor, Austin $17 Continues until complete Wednesday Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 1st floor, Dallas Ballroom $16 $20 2500+/0-2500 Gold Rush 750/300 Pairs 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750 Wednesday, March 26, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Wednesday, March 26, 7:30 p.m. A/X Swiss Teams single 1st floor, Grand Hall $15 $19 B/C/D Swiss Teams single 1st floor, Grand Hall $15 $19 Tuesday-Thursday Side Game Series 4th single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Wednesday, March 26, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (4000+, 0-4000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2500, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2500+), B (750-2500), C (0-750). *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

LEVINTRITT SILVER RIBBON FIRST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D E F EAST-WEST 1 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 65.96% 1 Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 64.11% 2 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 63.06% 2 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 63.04% 3 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 61.09% 3 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Mark Bennett, Honolulu HI 62.49% 4 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA 59.32% 4 Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA 59.97% 5 Sumner Steinfeldt, Laud by Sea FL; Hal Hindman, Vienna VA 58.74% 5 Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 58.49% 6 Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 58.52% 6 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 57.54% 7 Jack Bryant - Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO 58.04% 7 Scott Levine, New York NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 57.52% 8 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Michael Murphy, Dallas TX 57.54% 8 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 57.32% 9 Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 57.14% 9 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 57.29% 10 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; William Wickham, Los Angeles CA 56.47% 10 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 57.27% 11 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 56.07% 11 Jonathan Green, Kingston NY; Norman Rubin, Monticello NY 56.77% 12 Carole Miner, Rochester MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 55.69% 12 Howard Engle, Highland Park IL; Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL 56.62% 13 Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON; J. Malcolm Lewis, Kent England 55.37% 13/14 Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 56.47% 14 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 54.82% 13/14 Mary Oshlag - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 56.47% 15 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 54.72% 15 John Zilic, Houston TX; Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX 56.07% 16/17 Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Michael Hout, Plano TX 54.55% 16 Ted Gibbs, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 55.79% 16/17 Helen Hackner, Willowdale ON; David Horner, Carrollton TX 54.55% 17 Steve Zolotow - Harold Lilie, Las Vegas NV 55.72% 18 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Don Caton, Pensacola FL 54.10% 18 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 55.24% 19 Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 53.95% 19 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 55.07% 20 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 53.70% 20 Kay Joyce - Randy Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 55.04% 21 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 52.77% 21 Rosanne Schabinger, Mt Prospect IL; Donald Weil, Glencoe IL 54.57% 22 Richard Higgins - Greg Frank, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 52.72% 22 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 54.35% 23 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 52.55% 23 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Don Stack, Overland Park KS 54.12% 24 Mac Busby, San Diego CA; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 52.25% 24 Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 53.47% 25 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 52.22% 25 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 52.77% 26 Richard Bender - Jon Nance, Springfield MO 52.10% 26 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 52.35% 27 Brian Ellis - Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 51.90% 27 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 52.32% 28 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA 51.77% 28 Jay Baum, Vero Beach FL; Royce McCray, Caddo Mills TX 52.30% 29 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richlnd Hls TX 51.42% 29 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 52.17% 30 Kerri Sanborn - Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 51.32% 30 Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 52.10% 31/32 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA 51.27% 31 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 52.07% 31/32 Carlos Munoz - Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 51.27%

MONDAY STRATIFIED SIDE IMP PAIRS SINGLE SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Glenn Eisenstein - Irene Frary, New York NY 26.92 1 Sandra Marlin - Mike Marlin, Versailles KY 35.92 2 1 Serl Zimmerman - Steven Lipson, Palm Desert CA 23.00 2 Samuel Baskinger, Totowa NJ; Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ 30.33 3 2 Joan Slaughter - Carol Nicoud, Dallas TX 20.00 3 James Ward - Karen Walker, Champaign IL 24.75 4 3 Claudia Tinajero - Jorge Nischli, Mexico Mexico 17.42 4 1 Carolyn Campbell, Houston TX; Laura Jones, Katy TX 21.83 5 Sondra Holt - Terrell Holt, Lexington KY 12.58 5 Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO; Alan Popkin, St Louis MO 12.58 6 4 Nancy Reader - Ann McDougal, Houston TX 7.00 6 2 Elaine McClure - William McClure, Longboat Key FL 7.92 1 Roxanne King, Houston TX; Goldie Rose, Sugar Land TX -5.33 3 1 Joyce Graf - Sue Alter, Dallas TX 4.92 4 Jo England - JoAnna Kaspar, Dallas TX -6.83

MONDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS SECTION UUU A B C 1 1 Patty Garvy - Deborah Bricker, Palm Beach FL 61.81% 2/3 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 59.03% 2/3 2 Tom Orndorff - Al Mince, Arlington TX 59.03% 1 Maretta Toler, Lawton OK; Nona Quinn, Geronimo OK 43.06% MONDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 James Archibald - Marianne Archibald, Bossier City LA 66.69% 1 1 Kathleen Stone - Carolyn New, Dallas TX 62.73% 2 Robert Frisch - Bill Pfeiff, Carrollton TX 57.30% 2 Stan Hsu, Denton TX; Gail Rutledge, Lewisville TX 60.84% 3 2 1 Eileen Pleticha, Moraga CA; Darrell Berry, Little Rock AR 56.64% 3 2 Jack Schober, Dallas TX; Jerry Frankel, Plano TX 55.79% 4 3 2 Leslie Hollingsworth - Helen Herr, Little Rock AR 53.60% 4 3 John Mason - Annie Mason, Ft Worth TX 55.16% 5 4 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 53.34% 5 4 1 Larica Taylor - Carla Joiner, Dallas TX 51.20% 5 John Wolf, Fort Collins CO; Jim Wolf, Littleton CO 52.48% 2 Sue Scala - Judy Yarbrough, Frisco TX 51.09% Page 16 Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Daily Bulletin Today’s Bridge Events All events are played in the Conference Center unless otherwise noted. Tuesday, March 25, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Tuesday-Wednesday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 2nd single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Tuesday, March 25, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Tuesday, March 25, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Senior KO Teams 3-4 3rd floor, Houston Ballroom $16 $20 Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 3rd floor, Houston Ballroom $16 $20 Tuesday, March 25, 1 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday Side Game Series 1st single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Tuesday, March 25, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 2 1st floor, Dallas Ballroom $20 ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS 1-2 Q 1st floor, Dallas Ballroom $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 2 Sheraton Hotel, 2nd floor, Austin 2 & 3 $17 Continues until complete Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Tuesday, March 25, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Tuesday, March 25, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Side Swiss Teams single 1st floor, Grand Hall $15 $19 Tuesday-Thursday Side Game Series 2nd single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Tuesday, March 25, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (4000+, 0-4000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2500, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2500+), B (750-2500), C (0-750). *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

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