Saturday, December 2, 2017 Volume 90, Number 9 Daily Bulletin 90th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Sue Munday, Brent Manley and Chip Dombrowski Ciao, Francesca! You may CanadiansIn a back-and-forth struggle with winthe eventual Senior Mixed Pairs not be aware of runners-up, Gerry McCully and Rhonda Foster had a Francesca Canali 60.26% game in the second final session of the Senior as she quietly Mixed Pairs to win the event by less than a board (55 roams the playing top). With the win, McCully became a Grand Life area. She’s a Master. petite little thing, The husband and wife qualified for the two bending behind final sessions in 13th place, followed by Francisco a big camera and Bernal, Miami FL, and Sylvie Willard, Paris, France. standing on chairs McCully and Rhonda Foster were ahead by just 3.26 to get overhead continued on page 7 shots. She catches Winners of the Senior Mixed Pairs: Rhonda players at the Foster and Gerry McCully table in a smile or a moment of intense study or Miles, Zmuda win 10K Fast Pairs puzzlement; she Fresh off her win in the Whitehead Women’s captures the happy faces of players who become new Pairs, Justyne Zmuda of Poland notched another Life Masters; she directs the winner’s circle as she win, this time with Daniel Miles of Toronto in the chronicles achievements for publication in the Daily 0–10,000 Fast Pairs. They finished half a board ahead Bulletin. of Radu Nistor of Woodside NY and Joan Brody of Francesca is ACBL’s official NABC Livingston NJ. photographer. She also posts photos to the “She wins everything,” Miles said of Zmuda. organization’s Facebook and Instagram during the “The Polish ladies have done well.” 10-day tournament. Zmuda acknowledged she’s having a very good “I especially like candids,” says Francesca in her tournament. Asked if it was her time, she simply said lyrical Italian-accented English. “I like capturing the yes. expressions of the players when they are laughing continued on page 11 continued on page 5 Daniel Miles and Justyne Zmuda won the 0–10,000 Fast Pairs. winners poised Player roundup If a genie could grant you a game with anyone you wanted for a partner, who you choose? Daily Bulletin atop The four-handed John Diamond team leads the staff wandered through the playing areas Friday asking people this question: If you could play with any person, pack going into the semifinal day of the Reisinger living or dead, who would you choose, and why? Here are their answers. continued on page 13 Board-a-Match. Diamond, playing with Brian continued on page 11 Granovetter sets pace in Swiss The team captained by Pamela Granovetter carries a 7 VP lead into the semifinal round of the North American Swiss. She is playing with Matt Granovetter, Riki Tulin, Tracey Bauer and Jason “Eddie Kantar. Because of “Warren Buffet or “Omar Sharif. He knew a “My son. I’d prefer to Chiu. all his books. I use them Bill Gates. Just for the lot about bridge and was come in second to last continued on page 11 a lot.” pleasure of playing with sure good looking.” with him than win with Carol Hellebrand someone famous.” Kris St. Clair anyone else.” Attendance through Friday Yorba Linda CA George Welch Brea CA San Jose CA New York NY 10,171.5 tables U.S. wins Gold in Lyon U.S. Teams acquitted themselves well at the 43rd home with gold medals in two of the major events – Transnational Junior Teams. The winners are shown World Bridge Championships Lyon, France, coming and d’Orsi Senior Trophy – and in the below.

They won the Transnational Junior Teams and Bermuda Bowl winners: Michael Rosenberg, Winners of the d’Orsi Trophy (Seniors): Steve the Board-a-Match Teams for Juniors at the Brad Moss, npc Jan Martel, Martin Fleisher, Garner, Mike Becker, Jeff Wolfson, Neil World Championships in Lyon, France: Zach Chip Martel and Joe Grue. Not pictured: Jacek Silverman, David Berkowitz, Alan Sontag and Grossack, Adam Grossack, Adam Kaplan, Anam Pszczola. Allan Graves. Tebha, Kevin Rosenberg and Christian Jolly. Page 2 Saturday, December 2, 2017 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Meetings are at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. TBA Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA)

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss this free lecture. Talk will be held in Harbor Ballroom GH, second floor. Speaker and topic are subject to change. Saturday, Dec. 2 9:15 a.m. GS Jade Barrett How Not to Lose

HOSPITALITY Enjoy late-evening snacks in the Registration Desk area on the second floor. Saturday, Dec. 2 Sunday, Dec. 3 Cookies Tomato Bisque Soup

Watch your valuables There have been thefts in the playing areas Goodwill Message during this tournament. Players are cautioned not to leave their valuables unattended, even for short Smile often. A warm smile is the universal periods of time. language of kindness – don’t estimate its power or that of a kind word or honest compliment. Sandy DeMartino, Chair Free Ride Service Aileen Osofsky Goodwill Committee The Free Ride offers free rides End of tournament sale throughout the Commemorative NABC shirts are on sale! Get downtown area, a jump on holiday gift shopping. At noon at the approximately a Welcome Desk on the second floor. Polo shirts (XL 1.5-mile radius only) are going for $10; T-shirts in most sizes – $5; of the Hyatt. This Maritha Pottenger’s “Bridge Detective A-Z” – $5; includes the Gaslamp Quarter, Little Italy and East and keychain/flashlights for $1. Village. An app can be used to summon a driver, or Cash or check only. you can hail them on the street. Hours are 8 a.m. to midnight Saturday; and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. To download the app, go to thefreeride.com/san-diego.php.

Parking discount Players not staying at the hotel can pick up discounted parking tickets at the Information Desk beginning today at the following times: 8:30-10 a.m., noon-1 p.m., 2:30-3 p.m., 6:30-7:30 p.m. The tickets are good for a discount rate of $11. Intermediate-Newcomer players may pick up validations at the I-N desk 12:15-12:45 p.m. and 6:30-7 p.m.

Parking shortage Bridge Bucks and Commuters are asked to park carefully and Check Cashing considerately in the Hyatt parking garage. The garage Through Saturday, Dec. 2, is running out of room because of cars that are taking the hours of operation of the up two spaces. Bridge Bucks and check cashing desk will be 9:30-10 a.m. and noon -1 p.m. The table is located Video support library on the second floor outside In addition to calling ACBL with support Harbor Ballroom (near the escalator). questions, you now have Players may use VISA, MasterCard, Discover video assistance to help with and American Express to purchase Bridge Bucks. common issues at your club. There is a $500 limit on check cashing. Have a question about the new 2017 Laws? We’ve got you covered. Need help with a process in ACBLscore? We have videos for that, too. We’re here to help with situations you face every day. Access the videos at New: Credit cards acbl.org/videoresources accepted for entry fees Purchase your entries for all events at the NABC Book sale via credit card! All major credit cards are accepted Stop by the tournament wherever entries are sold. Charges will appear from book table today for a sale on PurplePass. To use this option, the entire pair or team used books, selected classics and entry must be charged to a single card. Please be software. The book vendor is patient with directors using this new system. Bridge located on the second floor near Bucks also remain available as an alternative to cash. the Registration Desk area. Daily Bulletin Saturday, December 2, 2017 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Dummy at least one more. You are counting on partner to Have you discussed? ♠ 6 5 2 provide the information you need to play low the ♥ Q 9 7 correct number of times. This situation is why it’s Defensive signals ♦ K Q J 10 9 important to discuss signaling. With an odd number By Brent Manley ♣ 7 6 of diamonds, West should play his lowest diamond. In this series, With an even number, he plays high, starting a I have stressed You high-low signal to show two cards in the suit (West how important it is ♠ 9 8 7 cannot have four diamonds because that would for partners to be ♥ A 10 8 5 leave South with only one). on the same page ♦ A 6 3 On this occasion, partner plays the ♦2, which in the bidding. ♣ 6 4 3 is a singleton or the lowest card of three. If it’s a The best way to singleton, declarer will always have four diamond accomplish that South opens 1NT (15-17) and North bids 3NT. tricks. You must hope partner’s card is from a goal is to work Your partner leads the ♣J, which is taken by South holding of three. on it. That means with the ace. At trick two, South leads the ♦4. You Declarer plays the king and you play low. Now lots of discussions. know this is a key suit for declarer, so you will have declarer calls for the ♦Q. What’s your play? My wife and I to play carefully to keep him from scoring four If partner started with three diamonds, declarer had an effective diamond tricks. Declarer has at least two diamonds has only one left. You must win the ♦A and return partnership for some years by practicing our (he wouldn’t open 1NT with a singleton), so you a club. Dummy is now dead and declarer will go bidding regularly and keeping a book of our are going to have to withhold your ♦A at least down. If you had taken the first diamond, South agreements for referral when questions came up. once. If you win the first diamond, declarer will would have made his contract. Declarer’s hand: We also worked on our defensive signals have four diamond tricks because you know he has ♠A K 3 ♥J 3 2 ♦5 4 ♣A K Q 5. and we became good defenders, taking most of the tricks we were entitled to when we were on defense. In my years of playing bridge, I have noticed that many new players do not truly give signals on defense. The closest they come is to discard from a suit they want led. If someone pitches the ♥2, I know that player has some high cards in hearts. I do not recommend this scheme for signaling on defense. You are better off using standard defensive signals indicating “count” and “attitude.” In case you need clarification on these two concepts, count signals are meant to indicate whether the number of cards held in a suit is an even number or an odd number. Attitude is meant to indicate whether you want that suit led or continued. It can also indicate that you have high cards in the suit in case partner needs help deciding what to discard. The count signal is vitally important in many cases. This one is common:

Another possibility is to show high-card points Thinking bridge at once by steps. A fourth method is to show By Eddie Kantar controls (ace and kings) by steps. Each method has its plusses and minuses. What’s important is a Dlr: South ♠ 8 6 5 4 partnership agreement. Even a bad agreement is Vul: N-S ♥ 9 4 2 better than no agreement. In this case, 2♦ followed ♦ 4 3 2 by 3♦ over 3♣ was used to show a bust. ♣ 9 3 2 Defensive commentary: East plays the ♦10 at ♠ 7 3 2 ♠ J 10 9 trick one, higher equal when encouraging. Given ♥ 10 8 7 ♥ K J 6 3 the looks of this dummy, a passive defense (avoid ♦ K Q 8 6 5 ♦ A 10 9 7 breaking new suits) is in order. As West, continue ♣ 6 5 ♣ 8 7 with a low diamond at trick two as requested. ♠ A K Q Play commentary: As South, ruff the second ♥ A Q 5 diamond high! If clubs divide 2-2, you can pull ♦ J trumps then use ♣9 for an entry to dummy – ♣ A K Q J 10 4 assuming you saved the precious ♣4. After clubs West North East South divide 2-2, it can’t cost to play your spades in case 2♣ the suit breaks 3-3. It’s your lucky day: they do! Pass 2♦ Pass 3♣ Now it is easy enough to cross to the ♣9, discard a Pass 3♦ Pass 5♣ heart on dummy’s ♠8, and take the heart finesse for All Pass an overtrick. Be sure to tell your partner after you Joseph Schoensee of San Diego has been Opening lead: ♦K. make an overtrick that in the future you expect her playing for four years, but it could have been Bidding commentary: How should one to bid more aggressively with wonderful hands. a lot longer. “I found (bridge) when I was a respond to a 2♣ opening bid with a bust (no ace, no When holding a powerful trump suit facing kid, but I couldn’t find anybody to play with king and no two queens)? One method is to respond a bleak dummy and forced to ruff early, consider me when I was 7, so I didn’t think about it for 2♥ directly. Another is to start with 2♦, denying a ruffing high rather than low. That low trump may 20 years.” Now 33, he’s not only playing at his strong suit. If opener bids 2♥ or 2♠, a rebid of 3♣, be your salvation – it may be your only entry to first NABC but also took the class and passed the test to become a club director. “I’m loving artificial, shows a bust. If opener bids 3♣, a 3♦ rebid dummy! it,” he said. by responder, artificial, shows a bust. Page 4 Saturday, December 2, 2017 Daily Bulletin

NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAM - QUALIFIERS 62 Tables / Based on 124 Tables Carryover 1 Pamela Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Jason Chiu, San Jose CA 87.13 2 Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL; Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Andrew Russell, St. Catharines ON 79.75 3 Yeshayahu Levit - Orenstein Eitan, Tel-Aviv Israel; Adrian Schwartz, Tel Aviv Israel; Shalom Zeligman, Bat-Yam Israel 79.73 4 Chen Zhao, College Park MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 78.83 Curiosities 5 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 76.78 6 Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL; Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH 75.77 7 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Peter Gill - Adam Stokka, This activity is illegal in local lakes. Sydney Australia 75.65 8 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, Stockholm Sweden 74.35 9 Agnes Snellers - Wubbo De Boer, Groenekan Netherlands; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands 72.12 10 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; This contaminant is a problem for Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Adam Mesbur, Dublin Ireland 71.09 swimmers at Children’s Pool in La Jolla. 11 Dan Morse, Houston TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 70.51 12 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden; Jenny Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardens FL 69.30 13 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Daniel Korbel - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; You’re getting very sleepy. This practice is Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Bend OR 69.25 banned by public schools in San Diego. 14 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England; Dror Padon - Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Netherlands 68.90 15 Victor Markowicz - Victor Melman, Boca Raton FL; Apolinary Kowalski - Moszozynski Krzyszef, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland; Jerzy Russyan, Warsaw Poland 68.70 16 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Bo Liu, Irvine CA; A cluster of little houses in La Jolla were Weidong Pei, Brea CA 68.62 built for the diminutive actors who played 17 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX; these famous movie characters. Chris Compton, Dallas TX; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 67.63 18 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN 67.14 19/20 Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ; Samuel Baskinger, Totowa NJ; Piotr Olszewski, Hackettstown NJ; John Hogan Jr., Wayne NJ; Susan Fulton, Maplewood NJ 66.51 Iris Kenna was birdwatching in Cuyamaca 19/20 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Rancho State Park in 1994 when she met Guillermo Minutti, Montevideo Uruguay; Maximo Crusizio - Michael Whibley, Argentina 66.51 an untimely death in this way. 21 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Kenneth Schutze, Austin TX; James Griffin, Sausalito CA 66.46 22 James Fox, Virginia Beach VA; Karen Allison, Las Vegas NV; Sally Woolsey, Answers found on page 8 Kensington CA; Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA; Leigh Gold, Melbourne Australia; Kitty Muntz, East Malvern Australia 65.83 23 Tim Verbeek - Danny Molenaar, Netherlands; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Bob Drijver - Bart Nab, Netherlands; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy 65.74 24 Maciej Klis, Krakow Poland; Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Piotr Kucharski - Janusz Gaisecki, Krakow Poland 65.53 25 Michael Crawford - Dorn Bishop, San Diego CA; David Abelow, La Jolla CA; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 65.12 26 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Dawei Chen, Tokyo Japan; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; John McLaughlin, Melrose MA 65.10 27 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC; Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA 64.23 28 Fred King, McLean VA; Robert Bell, Silver Spring MD; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 64.03 29 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 63.88 30 Tom Van Overbeeke, Utrecht Netherlands; Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Francois Combescure, Villeurbanne France; Allan Graves, St. Johnsbury VT; Maarten Schollaardt, Netherlands; Jerome Rombaut, Hem France 63.85 31 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 63.68 32 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus - Joshua Donn - John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland 63.64 33 Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Lyle Poe Jr., Ellicott City MD; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Jim Darvey, Rancho Mirage CA; Neil Stern, Indio CA 62.79 34 Barbara Ames, Bethesda MD; Thomas Musso, Charleston SC; Katherine Field, Chapel Hill NC; Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA 62.37 35 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Billy Cohen - Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 62.16 36 Philip Goulding, Wexford PA; Greg Michaels, Cleveland OH; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Barry Goulding, Scottsdale AZ 61.88 37 Erwin Linzner, Santa Rosa CA; Kathleen Bobbitt, Sarasota FL; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA; David Neuman, San Francisco CA 61.87 38 Joyce Hill, Hobe Sound FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 61.41 39 Bulent Kaytaz - Tuna Aluf - Mehves Pisak, Istanbul Turkey; Gokhan Yilmaz, Instanbul Turkey 61.27 40 Magnus Olafsson, New York NY; Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN; Hugh Brown Jr., Greenwood SC; Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA 61.10 41 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Bruce Tuttle - Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Robert Munson, Danville CA 61.08 42 Eric Pan - Evan Zhuang, Burnaby BC; Yanong Han - Miao Jian Hua, Milpitas CA 61.01 43 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Sheng Li, New York NY; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA 60.90 44/45 GS Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Michael Hughes, Jefferson City MO; Thomas Maccormac, Dublin Ireland; James Heneghan, Washington DC; Benedicte Cronier, Paris France 60.81 Daily Bulletin Saturday, December 2, 2017 Page 5

44/45 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr., Birmingham AL; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 60.81 Francesca 46 Kevin Choi - Matthew Dyer, Chicago IL; Jacob Vrooman, Mathews VA; Zachary Madden, continued from page 1 Bethesda MD 60.80 47 Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA; James Glickman, Las Vegas NV; John Feo, and enjoying bridge or thinking very hard during a Kennewick WA; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT 60.72 tough board. I hope that my pictures can go outside 48 Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway; Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA; Lee De Simone, the world of bridge and show everybody what an Paso Robles CA; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN; Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina 60.58 amazing mixture of fun and mental challenge this 49 Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA; Leszek Rabiega, Watsonville CA; Farid Assemi - game is.” Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Edward Wojewoda, Tempe AZ 60.18 All around the world 50 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warsaw She performs similar functions for other bridge Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; organizations: Her bridge assignments take her Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland 60.17 all over the world, working for the World Bridge 51 Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; William Doroshow, Skokie IL; Christophe Grosset - Borislav Popov, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Stefan Skorchev, London Bulgaria 60.07 Federation, the European Bridge Federation and 52 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Gary Soules, Elk Grove CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; other national bridge organizations and invitational James Tritt, Anaheim CA 59.99 tournaments. From San Diego she flies directly to 53 Wilfried Libbrecht, Clichy France; J-f Allix - Thuillez - Flecery, Asnia France 59.64 China for the invitational IMSA Elite Mind Games 54 Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; in Huai’an, China. There she will write the daily William Harker, Santa Fe NM 59.63 bulletins in addition to doing the photography. 55 Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Robin Taylor, She primarily works for the Italian Bridge Gaithersburg MD; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 58.99 Federation, where she writes and lays out the 56 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan Poland; Benito Garozzo, bulletins, posts website news, manages the blog Wilmington DE; Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Kamil Nowak, Kielce Poland; and attends championships. “In Italy, we have more Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland 58.97 57 Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL; Luisana Madueno, Aventura FL; Juan Reyes, championships than in America – at least one a month Pompano Beach FL; Jorge Barrera, Bogota Colombia 58.82 – but they are much smaller.” 58 Anders Brogeland - Jomar Undheim, Northern Ireland; Carl Ragnarsson, Swaziland; Francesca lives in Padova, Italy, a small town in Leif Bjorn Odden, Drangedal Norway 58.77 the northeast part of the country close to Venice, but 59 Jack Waller, Dana Point CA; Paul Gelb, Palm Springs CA; John Emmerson, she isn’t there much. All told, Francesca estimates she Federal Way WA; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI 58.05 spends 36 weeks of the year away from home. 60 Veri Kiljan - Luc Tijssen, ; Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Migry Zur Campanile, Francesca was introduced to the ACBL by Brent New York NY 57.51 Manley, retired Bridge Bulletin editor and one of 61 Jason Ji, Kendall Park NJ; Chongmin Zhang, Getzville NY; Tiger King, Plano TX; the daily bulletin editors who covers bridge events Ying Peng, Baldwin WI 57.50 around the world. 62 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Thomas Bessis - Jean Quantin, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Cedric Lorenzini, “I worked with Francesca at numerous Cachan France 57.13 tournaments overseas,” says Brent, “and it was obvious to me right away that she is serious about her work as a photographer. She is small in stature but Buy Your NABC big in determination.” Brent says that Francesca is never satisfied until Entry Online she gets just the right shot. “I’ve never seen a bad Don’t wait photo from Francesca. I convinced the ACBL that in line! Buy calling on Francesca to take photos at NABCs would your entries be in the organization’s best interest. I am happy to in advance for say I was proved right – and then some. Francesca is all national- NABC Results a gem – a valuable member of the team.” level events in by Email/Text While Francesca is best known throughout the San Diego at Want to be notified when results and the Daily bridge community for her photography, she grew BridgeWinners. Bulletins from the NABC are posted online? Want to up as the writer in the family. She has interviewed com. see your results in the events you played in? ACBL and profiled some of the best players in the game Entries must Live does just that. including Thomas Bessis, Benito Garozzo, Dennis be purchased With the ACBL Live notification system, you Bilde and Michal Klukowski. She plans to interview by 10 a.m. the will receive emails and/or text messages after each Brad Moss in China later this month. day of the event except for events that require pre- session with links that go directly to the information “I like writing articles very much,” she says, registration, in which case the ACBL deadline, or the you’re looking for. The email/text message will “but I think that photos are very powerful because earlier of the two, applies. contain your score for the session and a link to your they are more immediate. Plus, photography is A nice feature: You can buy entries in advance results. (These results will also be available on your an international language that does not need to be and be charged for the total number of sessions MyResults page at MyACBL.) Players will also translated.” played after the event is over. receive a notification to indicate when the Daily A BBO director when she was 20, Francesca Note: Players may not redeem ACBL coupons, Bulletin for that day is available. had the chance to be a BBO operator at a World free plays or Bridge Bucks to purchase entries online. This service is automatic for members unless Championships. During the event she took pictures of they have specifically opted out. To receive text players to post in a blog for home spectators. messages, go to MyACBL at acbl.org and select “The blog had so many visitors that I decided Masterpoint disclaimer Update My Information to enter your email address to run it after the championship was over,” she says, Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject and/or cell phone number. “and I added bridge-related articles. The president to change because of score changes or corrections. Also at MyACBL, visit the Privacy Settings tab of the Italian Bridge Federation liked the idea and The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also to make sure you’ve selected the Subscribe setting asked me to run a news website for the Federation … subject to change. for General Email Communication and Cell Phone provided that I would close my own blog.” Text Communication to receive these notifications. continued on page 7 Page 6 Saturday, December 2, 2017 Daily Bulletin

THURSDAY ZIP KO SENIOR MIXED PAIRS 10 Tables 3.73 1 Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY; Wesley 56.0 Tables / Based on 114 Tables May, Menlo Park CA; Aaron Mayerson, Redwood City CA; Doug 80.00 1 Gerry McCully - Rhonda Foster, Sun City West AZ 1815.53 Couchman, Berkeley CA 60.00 2 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Sylvie Willard, Paris France 1776.18 2.61 2 Alan Malloy, West Hollywood CA; Laura de 45.00 3 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 1749.59 Vesine, San Jose CA; Becky Stevens - Michael Christensen, Mercer 35.56 4 Audrey Rennels, Laguna Woods CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 1740.63 Island WA 32.00 5 William Pollack - Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 1709.15 1.49 3/4 L. Allison Rudary - Daniel Lev, New York NY; Samuel Amer, Astoria NY; Yoko Glubok Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Mike 29.09 6 Jeff Hand - , New York NY 1700.08 Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 26.67 7 Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 1699.55 1.49 3/4 Philip McPeek - Matthew Dyer, Chicago IL; Saul 24.62 8 Steve Mansfield - Janet Daling, Sun Lakes AZ 1695.91 Priever, Los Angeles CA; Frank Dinoff, New York NY 22.86 9 Louis Sachar - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 1693.70 21.33 10 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 1692.33 WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO 1 20.00 11 Suzi Subeck - Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 1670.00 9 Tables 16.10 1 Eric Pan - Evan Zhuang, Burnaby BC; Jack Lee, 18.82 12 Michael Yuen - Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC 1663.86 Richmond BC; Alex Hong, West Vancouver BC 17.78 13 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 1663.46 11.27 2 Jacques Leblanc, Maria QC; Carol Lombardino, 16.84 14 Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA 1654.03 Tomball TX; Robert Huber, Minneapolis MN; Won Yang, Clermont 16.00 15 Karen Turner - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 1652.68 FL 15.24 16 Janet Becker – R. Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 1649.57 7.25 3 Merrily Van Zevern - Linda Harder - Elizabeth Thornton, Aurora CO; June Clayton, Denver CO 14.55 17 Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 1648.52 13.91 18 Ann Borgschulte, San Francisco CA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 1632.65 WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO 2 13.33 19 John Strauch - Bette Strauch, San Diego CA 1623.76 9 Tables 12.80 20 Fran White - Wicker Gamble, Fallbrook CA 1617.90 9.66 1 Edward Benda - Stefanie Woodburn - Paul 12.31 21 Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA; Tom Jacobson, Fairfield CA 1604.66 Stanko, Los Angeles CA; Monique Thomas, Laguna Beach CA; 11.85 22 Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Linda Epstein, Delray Beach FL 1594.45 Brian Reynolds - Samantha Macdouglas, Canoga Park CA 6.76 2 Keith Hibbert - Jean-Philipp Weber - Holly 11.43 23 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 1593.36 Boudreau - Esther Wiebe, Victoria BC 11.03 24 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Bonnie Macbride, Lafayette CA 1590.64 4.35 3 Susan Halfaker - Marianne Kuzma - Susan Van 10.67 25 Malle Andrade - Erez Hendelman, New York NY 1581.86 Cott, San Diego CA; Mary Thead, Poway CA 10.32 26 Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA; George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA 1580.44 10.00 27 Bob Glasson - Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 1579.95 THUSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 9.70 28 Maritha Pottenger - Pat Chapman, San Diego CA 1568.35 14 Tables 7.99 1 Arnold Ullevig - James Nichols - Joy Roberts - 9.61 29 Lynn Blumenthal, Santa Rosa CA; David Johnson, Calgary AB 1567.01 Lois Beyer, Green Valley AZ 13.76 30 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 1559.12 5.59 2 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, 8.89 31 Mary Tenenbaum - Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 1557.16 Vienna VA; Hal Jones Jr., Lorton VA; Marvin Raines, Fort 8.65 32 Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA 1552.34 Washington MD 8.42 33 Mary Ose - Dave Vidaver, Sacramento CA 1552.27 3.60 3 Linda Tuff, Lower Sackville NS; Bud Feron, Dartmouth NS; Maureen Donovan - Jane Filbee, Halifax NS 8.21 34 Eugene Kales, Arlington VA; Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD 1551.31 2.80 4 Kathy High - Pam Sands - Vicki MacClyment - 8.00 35 Judy Harris, Salmon Arm BC; Peter Herold, Namaimo BC 1549.42 Dee Alexander, Modesto CA 7.80 36 Eddie Rose - Ann Gillespie, Laguna Niguel CA 1544.40 9.47 37 Don Stack, Kansas City KS; Nancy Phillips, Tulsa OK 1543.97 FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1 7.44 38 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX 1533.79 11 Tables 10.32 39 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 1533.23 Betsy Mayers, Weaverville NC; Russell Mayers, Tucson AZ; Danielle Tremblay, Outremont QC; Pat Ingoglia, Sacramento CA 7.04 40/41 Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA; Marta Monheim, West Hills CA 1532.87 vs 7.04 40/41 Jeffrey Polisner, Walnut Creek CA; Lisa Evans, Danville CA 1532.87 Victoria Bamberger - Larry Bamberger - Kathleen Hennessy, Bonita 6.81 42 Steve Gross, Westlake Village CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 1528.38 CA; Kathleen Byrne, San Diego CA 6.67 43 Linda Tipton – V. Jay Tipton, Irvine CA 1526.90 6.81 44 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 1522.55 Allan Palansky, Henderson NV; Neal Kleiner, San Pedro CA; David 6.40 45 Wirt Gilliam, San Diego CA; Chris Benson, Leroy IL 1515.82 Peim, Torrance CA; David Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA vs 6.27 46 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 1506.43 Marlene Case, Stony Point NY; Andrea Luckey, Kinnelon NJ; Mary 8.00 47 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 1505.33 Giannella, Wayne NJ; Barbara Fingerhut, Clifton NJ 6.04 48 Robert Moore - Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA 1499.38 11.25 49 Jerry Goldberg - Jane Dillenberg, New York NY 1498.54 FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 2 5.82 50 Ronald Weissberger - Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 1491.29 15 Tables Thuy Tran, San Franciso CA; Tony Greenberg, Malibu CA; Jo Ellen Drisko, Windermere FL; Margaret Getman, St. Paul MN 0-10,000 FAST PAIRS vs 18.0 Tables / Based on 32 Tables Pauline Bullert - Cynthia Brogan - Barbara Charlton - Carol 54.40 1 Daniel Miles, Toronto ON; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland 557.42 Nystrom, Vancouver WA 40.80 2 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 548.10 30.60 3 Jim Gaarder, Columbia MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 542.71 Deborah Cool, Blaine WA; Harry Satanove - Sid Segal, Vancouver 24.18 4 Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA 536.69 BC; Shael Smith, Richmond BC vs 21.76 5 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 535.33 Niraj Jain - Rajeev Jog, San Jose CA; Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA; 19.78 6 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 531.14 Aaron Mayerson, Redwood City CA 18.13 7 Muriel Altus - Philip Altus, Tampa FL 526.15 16.74 8 Len Vishnevsky - Jo Ginsberg, San Francisco CA 522.47 15.54 9 Mariusz Krasnicki - Andrzej Kozikowski, Lodz Poland 516.08 Email us 14.51 10 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Iulian Rotaru, New York NY 507.67 Got a hand you just have to share or a nice story? 13.60 11 Steven Smolen - William Zhu, San Francisco CA 499.84 We’d love to see it. 12.80 12 Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 495.34 The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: 12.09 13 Cameron Cotton, Chula Vista CA; Greg House, San Diego CA 490.83 [email protected]. 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REISINGER B-A-M - QUALIFIERS 20 Tables Carryover Francesca 1 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; , continued from page 5 Flekkefjord Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway 13.75 Young love 2 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Francesca started playing bridge for romantic Taby Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Jacob Roen, Copenhagen Denmark 13.54 reasons. 3 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, “My mum is a bridge teacher in Italy,” she says. Cupertino CA; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 13.40 4 Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Allan Liugard; Glenn Groetheim, Melhus Norway; “I was not much interested in the game and did not Petter Tondel, Tronheim Norway 13.33 want to learn till a handsome boy joined her courses. 5/6 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; I immediately fell in love with him.” Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Sjoert Brink - Bas Drijver, Netherlands 12.92 The local club organized an “open air” game 5/6 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Vladimir Marashev - in the square, and the handsome boy did not have Ivan Tsonchev - Rosen Gunev, Sofia Bulgaria; Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria 12.92 a partner. That was all the motivation Francesca 7/10 Richard Coren - Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, needed. The teenage girl undertook intensive lessons Oro Valley AZ; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 12.50 from her mother over two days to get ready to play. 7/10 Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; Kirubakara Moorthy, She says that when the day of the tournament Chennai India; Uttam Gupta, Bangalore India 12.50 came, she felt her head was exploding because there 7/10 Yuxiong Shen - Zijian Shao, Shanghai China; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Yinghao Liu, Minneapolis MN 12.50 were too many things to remember. 7/10 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; “I was extremely worried because I was sure that Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 12.50 I would make mistakes and look stupid. When we 11/13 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Ron Pachtmann, sat down at the table in the middle of the square, my Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland 12.29 hands were trembling, and I did not even remember 11/13 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, how to count points. But suddenly a heavy summer Cupertino CA; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, storm came and the organization had to dismiss Dolnoslaskie Poland 12.29 the tournament because of the weather. We found a 11/13 Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Venkatrao Koneru, shelter in a bar and talked all the day long and finally San Antonio TX; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 12.29 ended up together!” 14/15 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York NY; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; , Dallas TX; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 12.08 She says she wishes she could play more, “but I 14/15 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; David Gold, London Great Britain; Michael Bell, don’t have much time.” London England; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria 12.08 Playing in a 299er game in the San Diego NABC, 16 Setton NPC; Romain Tembouret, France; Nicholas Lhuissier, Rueil Malmaison Francesca and partner Stephanie Threlkeld – who is France; Quentin Robert - Godefroy De Tessieres, Paris France; Pierre Franceschetti, ACBL’s Education and Communications manager – Montpellier France 12.01 placed second overall and first in Flight C. 17/18 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal; Bill Eisenberg, “That was my biggest achievement,” she says Perris CA; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Massimiliano with a radiant smile. “We got a beautiful trophy! I Di Franco, Italy 11.88 love my trophy.” 17/18 Wei-Bung Wang, Redmond WA; Chien-Yao Tseng, Cerritos CA; Eric Chenteh Tang, If you see her camera pointed your way, smile City Industry CA; Cheng-Hung Yeh, Diamond Bar CA 11.88 19 , Dallas TX; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Oren Kriegel - Ron Smith, and say, “Ciao, Francesca!” Chicago IL 11.80 20 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Senior Mixed Pairs Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 11.46 continued from page 1

clock immediately visible” will not be considered Slow Play persuasive. Slow play, especially habitual slow play, is a In consultation with the DIC of the tournament, violation of law and subject to penalty. When a pair the TD may require that a particular pair not play in a has fallen behind, it is incumbent on them to make up specified segment, not play against a specified pair or the time lost as quickly as possible whether at fault not play together as a pair. The foregoing is expected or not. All players are expected to make a concerted to be applied only due to egregious circumstances or effort to catch up when they have fallen behind, to unduly repetitious offenders. regardless of the reason for their lateness. An appeal of an action taken by a TD with regard In the absence of compelling evidence to the to time may be taken to the Director in Charge of the contrary, the director should presume that a pair tournament, and no further. For NABC+ KO events, finishing a round late by more than two or three the TD is charged with the responsibility to ensure They were second in the Senior Mixed Pairs: minutes on more than one occasion during a session that each KO match segment finishes within the Francisco Bernal and Sylvie Willard. is responsible for the lateness. There is a strong allotted time. While a time monitor may be employed, matchpoints. McCully and Foster have homes in expectation that the director will penalize such a the lack of a monitor in no way limits the TD’s Victoria BC and Sun City West AZ. pair. The size of a penalty will tend to increase for authority to apply one or more of the remedies listed After the first final session, Bernal and Willard subsequent instances of slow play and for chronic or below. had taken the lead. McCully and Foster were in sixth egregious slow play. The TD may choose to ignore an occasional place. While warnings typically will be given before a minor late finish. The TD may remove one or more Over the final 26 boards, the winners rallied for penalty is assessed, failure to do so in no way limits boards from a segment. The TD may award no score a 60.26% game while Bernal and Willard scored the director’s authority to issue a penalty. (when neither team is more at fault), an assigned score 53.70%. The winners’ final score was 1815.53. Bernal Players are expected to be aware, in a general (when a result already exists at one table which the and Willard finished with 1176.18 matchpoints. sense, of time used and remaining in a segment TD wishes to preserve) or an artificial score in IMPs. McCully and Foster have been playing together in which they are playing regardless of whether a Every effort should be made to remove boards before for 25 years. She has twice been a member of the clock is in use or a time announcement has been they can be played at either table, but not having done winning squad in the Canadian Women’s Teams made. An excuse of “no announcement” or “no so does not preclude removing one or more later. Championship. Page 8 Saturday, December 2, 2017 Daily Bulletin

FRIDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 25.5 Tables A B C 7.80 1 Clay Hamner, Chapel Hill NC; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 62.22% 5.85 2 Joyce Neville, White Marsh VA; Tracy Brines, Virginia Beach VA 60.52% 6.72 3 1 Harry Rogers, Wailuku HI; Alan Arakawa, Kahului HI 59.03% 5.04 4 2 Claire Valente - Karen Morton, Walla Walla WA 58.32% 2.94 5 Donald Cline, Ventura CA; Frank Morgan, Allentown PA 58.19% 3.78 6 3 Midori Saito, Indio CA; Jim Cheney, Hilo HI 57.64% 3.28 7 4 1 Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO; Robert Gray, Prince Frederick MD 56.22% 2.30 8 5 Penny Kallaus, Holualoa HI; Robert Liu, Honolulu HI 55.97% 2.10 6 2 Debbie Lundahl, San Carlos CA; Donna Raynor, Los Altos CA 55.57% 1.20 7 Stephanie Singer, Belmont CA; Arthur Mirin, Castro Valley CA 55.56% 1.58 3 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 54.16% 1.18 4 Toby Burke - Linda Humphreys, San Diego CA 54.03%

FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 22.0 Tables A B C 4.80 1 1 1 Debe Nelson, Basalt CO; Deirdre Osofsky, Palm Beach FL 68.75% Have a question? The volunteers staffing the 3.60 2 Helene Miller - Lynne Anderson, San Diego CA 57.74% Information Desk stand ready with answers. 3.08 3 2 2 Jonathan Nowitz, Olympia WA; Juliane Deluccio, Long Beach CA 57.44% Here’s Tournament Chair Ken Monzingo with 2.31 4 3 3 Aaron Dewell, Coalville UT; Shannon Luck, Sandy UT 57.14% Information Desk Chairs Debbie and Alan 1.73 5 4 Carol Snyder - John Snyder, Goleta CA 56.55% Gailfus. 1.14 6 Alyse Galvin - Patrick Galvin, Anchorage AK 55.06% 1.30 5 4 Ethan Fingerman - Charles Mann, San Francisco CA 54.76% ZZ Un-Top 0.98 6 5 Kenneth Grissinger, Indio CA; Carol McConnell, Bermuda Dunes CA 54.46% First-time partners Zach Grossack and Zia 0.67 6/8 Ronald Bloom, Los Angeles CA; Allen Jones, Ketchum ID 54.17% Mahmood had their adventures in the Kaplan Blue 0.67 6/8 Elvira Kudia, La Grange Park IL; Susan Judd, Omaha NE 54.17% 1.31 6/8 Cindy McColl, Los Altos Hills CA; Kelly Villareal, Austin TX 54.17% Ribbon Pairs, bidding a crazy slam in the opening set that made with the help of an opponent’s revoke. FRIDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS There were some hiccups, but they made it to the 4.0 Tables final of the event. A B On the third and final day, they survived the 1.63 1 Robert Davis - Anita Davis, Durango CO 69.08% following deal from the second final session to move 1.22 2 Cecily Einck - Jan Prondzinski, Peoria AZ 60.42% up from 27th place after the first final session to 21st 0.92 3 Kathy Crail, Chula Vista CA; Barbara Main, Bonita CA 51.69% overall at the end. FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE SWISS Their opponents were Russ Ekeblad and Diego 18 Tables Brenner. A B C Dlr: West ♠ 9 7 5.23 1 1 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; Kathy Twomey, Vul: E-W ♥ A 9 8 7 Bloomfield Village MI; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 68.00 ♦ 9 7 5 3.92 2 2 1 Gina Otto - Rolland Otto - Kristin St. Clair, Brea CA; Carol ♣ K J 7 5 Hellebrand, Yorba Linda CA 52.00 ♠ Q 6 5 4 3 ♠ K 10 8 2.58 3/4 3/4 Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Janet ♥ 4 2 ♥ J 10 3 Tainty, Santa Cruz CA; Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL 48.00 2.58 3/4 3/4 2 Bill Christian - Carolyn Berger - Virginia Wofford - Dean ♦ A 3 ♦ J 10 8 6 4 Vestre, San Diego CA 48.00 ♣ 10 9 6 4 ♣ 3 2 1.45 5/6 5/6 Jan McLennan, Port St. Lucie FL; Diane Palmer - Carolyn Kish - ♠ A J 2 Rita Sorgi, San Diego CA 46.00 ♥ K Q 6 5 1.45 5/6 5/6 Jake Williams - Luke Williams - William Bidermann, San Diego CA; ♦ K Q 2 Larry Wagner, Cupertino CA 46.00 ♣ A Q 8 West North East South Zia Ekeblad Zach Brenner Pass Pass Pass 1♣ (1) 1♠ Dbl (2) Redbl Pass Pass 2♠ (3) Dbl Redbl (4) All Pass (1) Precision: strong, artificial (16+) (2) Alerted and explained as 5-7 high-card points (3) Looking for a spade stopper (4) Showing spade stop Grossack could have assured defeat of the contract by leading the ♦J, but he started with the ♠10. Ekeblad went up with dummy’s ace and played ♠2 to his 9 and Grossack’s king. Ekeblad won the club switch with dummy’s ace and he continued with the ♠J to Zia’s queen. No matter what Zia returned, Ekeblad had four club tricks, two hearts, a diamond and a spade for eight tricks and plus 640 – a cold top. That board helped Ekeblad and Brenner to move up from 28th after the first final session to 15th overall.

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FRIDAY DAYLIGHT ABC PAIRS THURSDAY-FRIDAY DAYLIGHT KO 1 79.0 Tables / Based on 120 Tables 9 Tables A B C 24.52 1 Kyoko Sengoku - Hiroki Yokoi - Kotomi Asakoshi - Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 44.31 1 Kathy Newman - Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 65.46% 17.16 2 Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX; Richard 33.23 2 Carl Michelet, Goleta CA; Charles Clarke, Ventura CA 62.88% D’Litzenberger, Leavenworth WA; John Cox, St. Maries ID; Michael 24.92 3 Mark Bennett - Iku Donnelly, Honolulu HI 60.85% Kolacki, Chicago IL 23.25 4 1 Michael Kelley - Martina Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 60.77% 9.81 3/4 Stephen Weiner - Renay Danto Weiner, Scottsdale 14.77 5 Ronald Huffaker, Alpine CA; Harold Huffaker, Redmond WA 60.22% AZ; Richard Becher, Bloomfield Hills MI; Jack Shartsis, Huntington 12.66 6 James Flesher, Salt Lake City UT; Suzanne St. Thomas, Boise ID 59.40% Woods MI 9.81 3/4 Carole Liss - Peggy Tatro, San Rafael CA; 17.44 7 2 Joan Clark, Fremont CA; David Sterling, Murrieta CA 59.08% Raymond Sachs, San Diego CA; Penny Berman, Poway CA 13.08 8 3 Barbara Tysdahl - Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI 58.82% 8.86 9 Sharon Goldman, Secaucus NJ; Suleyman Kolata, Istanbul Turkey 58.81% THURSDAY-FRIDAY DAYLIGHT KO 2 8.06 10 D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 58.31% 16 Tables 7.39 11 Joe Houde, Vista CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 58.08% 24.36 1 Randal Gentillon - James Milam - Beth Milam, Idaho Falls ID; Ray Fink, Jackson WY 6.82 12 Cliff Campbell - Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON 57.73% 17.05 2 Judson Jones, Tucson AZ; Sheila Puz, Kitchener 6.33 13 Roger Doughman - Suzanne Lebendig, San Diego CA 57.69% ON; Phillip Yorston, Abiquiu NM; Nancy Holt, Oro Valley AZ 12.00 14 4 1 Tom Bishel - John Bishel, Columbus OH 57.42% 9.74 3/4 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rita Callahan - 6.17 15/16 Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Robert Morris, Houston TX 57.38% Ariel Shefer, Las Vegas NV; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA 5.38 15/16 Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC; Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC 57.38% 9.74 3/4 Kim Corbin - Donna Johnson - Ken Batko, 4.92 17 Bruce Luttrell - Barbara Luttrell, San Jose CA 57.19% Scottsdale AZ; David Ochiai, Phoenix AZ 9.00 18 5 2 William Bartley, San Diego CA; G. Thomas Rush, Houston TX 57.13% THURSDAY-FRIDAY DAYLIGHT KO 3 6.64 19 6 Leda Fields, Arroyo Grande CA; Torre Houlgate-West, 16 Tables San Luis Obispo CA 56.88% 18.95 1 Lee Smart, Olive Branch MS; Susan Ray, 4.22 20 Cynthia Goatz - Phillip Goatz, Las Vegas NV 56.53% Germantown TN; Deborah Harrington, Memphis TN; Roseann 5.81 21 7 Edward Rubac, Oklahoma City OK; Stephen Swatek, Platte City MO 56.42% Buckley, Ventura CA 6.75 22 8 3 James Breeden - Margaret Breeden, Carson City NV 56.23% 13.27 2 Martha Woodworth - Julie Halliday, San Diego CA; Victor Woodworth, Newport Beach CA; Ross L. Rossman, El 3.69 23 Phyllis Rakevich, Yuma AZ; Ronald Woodard, Olympia WA 56.15% Cajon CA 3.54 24 John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 55.94% 7.58 3/4 Sam Dodson, Houston TX; Thomas Racciatti, 3.41 25 Jim Leary - Pat Leary, Livermore CA 55.77% Minneapolis MN; Christine Barkley, Modesto CA; Libby Longstreth, 3.68 26 Rodney Organt - Judy Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT 55.74% Riverbank CA 5.06 27 9 4 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 55.67% 7.58 3/4 William Bidermann, San Diego CA; Ines Baucia, Argentina; Kathy Wagner, Cupertino CA; Elaine Brestel, Durham 6.83 28 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH 55.62% NC 4.20 29 Sherman Gao, Santa Ana CA; Robert Micone, Tustin CA 55.54% 6.00 30 Will Ehlers, West Orange NJ; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 55.50% THURSDAY-FRIDAY DAYLIGHT KO 4 3.13 31 Lester Gottlieb, White Plains NY; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY 55.46% 16 Tables 4.23 32 10 Katherine Moyer - Thomas Herzog, San Diego CA 55.38% 14.39 1 Donald Bierman, San Ramon CA; Russ 4.28 33 11 Jerry Astrove, San Diego CA; Robert McConnell, Bermuda Dunes CA 55.31% Kirschenbaum - Steven Drucker, Oakland CA; Shailesh Shah, Hayward CA 3.58 34 12 Paul Irvine - Margaret Irvine, Allentown PA 55.08% 10.07 2 Raj Patel - Harry Arora - Harvey Goldstein, San 4.00 35 13 5 Bruce Maier, Tampa FL; Patrick Sweeney, Spring Hill FL 55.02% Diego CA; Edward Zevely, San Marcos CA 3.20 36 14 Jay Baudler, San Jose CA; Cordelia Menges, New York NY 54.92% 5.76 3/4 Cathy Staver, Encinitas CA; Paula Alexander, 2.33 37 Nancy Heck - Danny Kleinman, Los Angeles CA 54.73% Oceanside CA; Sandra Musbach, Carlsbad CA; Mary Lou 3.63 38/39 15/16 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 54.19% Kammerer, Del Mar CA 2.83 38/39 15/16 Eusebio Menezes, Cupertino CA; Bill Noyes, Monument Beach MA 54.19% 5.76 3/4 Brian Turner, Carlsbad CA; William Etnyre, Wadsworth IL; Ann Stephens - Martha Potter, Seattle WA 2.58 40 17 Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL; John Crouch, Minneapolis MN 54.04% 5.25 18 Regena Edwards, Laurel MD; Linda Dunn, Memphis TN 53.63% 2.33 19 Lawrence Sherman, San Diego CA; John Boackle Jr., Poway CA 53.54% 2.21 20 Lamya Agelidis, La Jolla CA; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 53.31% 3.68 21 Carol Foster - Gary Waldron, Laguna Beach CA 52.79% 2.02 22 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 52.79% 3.43 23 6 Bill McGeary - Sheryl Clough, Clinton WA 52.73% 3.15 24 7 Burton Voorhees - Kinga Voorhees, Victoria BC 52.62% 1.79 25 Jeanette Bentley, Encinitas CA; Cheryl Rodzach, Solana Beach CA 51.81% 3.13 26 8 Gerald Mitchell, Los Altos CA; Audrey Mitchell, Santa Clara CA 51.65% 2.52 9 Jennifer O’Neill, Greenwood Village CO; Phil Debus, Centennial CO 51.30% 2.73 10 Matthew Kidd, San Diego CA; N. (Kaya) Chua, Chula Vista CA 51.27% 2.00 11 Deborah Lackey, Washougal WA; Virginia Sinclair-Brooks, Portland OR 50.42% 1.85 12 Lee Johnson - Fred Dyle, Huntington Beach CA 49.96% 4.20 13 Douglas Bone, Los Altos CA; Jennifer Lin, San Francisco CA 49.81% 2.61 14 Martha Keller - Jeanette Shinsako, San Francisco CA 49.73% 1.50 15 Suzy Ryder - Thomas Ryder, Boise ID 49.65%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 44.0 Tables A B C 10.24 1 1 Andrea Luckey, Kinnelon NJ; Marlene Case, Stony Point NY 61.39% 7.68 2 Roxana Tom - Roxie Tom, San Antonio TX 60.12% 5.04 3/4 Douglas Jansen, Happy Valley OR; Mona Hubble, Spokane WA 58.00% 5.04 3/4 Tom West - Loie West, Shelby MI 58.00% 3.24 5 Alan Arakawa, Kahului HI; Harry Rogers, Wailuku HI 57.89% 2.92 6 Raymond Depew, Naples FL; Judith Argento, Kingston PA 57.84% 4.55 7 2 Susan Jones - Mark Hartzell, Arcadia CA 57.34% 2.04 8 David Kennedy, San Bernardino CA; Corliss Serber, Yucaipa CA 57.31% 1.55 9 Glenn Ponto - Melinda Ponto, Coquitlam BC 57.14% 1.55 10 David Caprera, Denver CO; Louis-Amaury Beauchet, Sherwood OR 57.11% 3.41 3 Kitty Muntz, East Malvern Australia; Leigh Gold, Melbourne Australia 55.87% 2.56 4 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 55.16% 1.92 5 Donna Raynor, Los Altos CA; Debbie Lundahl, San Carlos CA 54.81% 1.81 6 Dalia Hernandez, Long Beach CA; Yuzhang Liu, Beijing China 54.45% 1.26 7 Michel Tuszewski, Riverside CA; Philip Savage III, San Bernardino CA 54.07%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 14.5 Tables A B C 3.75 1 1 1 Sonja Mooradian - Art Mooradian, Fort Myers FL 66.20% 2.81 2 2 2 Cindy McColl, Los Altos Hills CA; Kelly Villareal, Austin TX 61.56% 2.11 3 3 3 Ronald Bloom, Los Angeles CA; Allen Jones, Ketchum ID 61.11% 1.58 4 4 Bryan Barrett - Liz Barrett, Annapolis MD 60.84% 1.19 5 5 4 Jackie Thomas, Dublin CA; Marian Renvall, Walnut Creek CA 60.21% 0.89 6 6 Carol Snyder - John Snyder, Goleta CA 57.28% 0.80 5 Elizabeth Smith - Betty Dugan, Davis CA 54.77% Page 10 Saturday, December 2, 2017 Daily Bulletin

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS Grand ideas 3.0 Tables By Phillip Alder A B Playing in a pairs game, with your side 1.52 1 1 Laura Mirsky - Saul Mirsky, West Des Moines IA 61.36% 1.00 2/3 2/3 Geri Raichel, Fort Collins CO; Adam Raichel, La Jolla CA 56.82% vulnerable, you hold: 1.00 2/3 2/3 Jimmy Stevens, La Mesa CA; Phillip Robzyk, San Diego CA 56.82% ♠J ♥A K Q 9 2 ♦9 2 ♣A K J 10 5. The bidding begins: FRIDAY AFTERNOON GOLD RUSH PAIRS West North East South 68.0 Tables You Partner 7 5 2 Pass 1NT (1) 19.38 1 1 1 Mark Spiro, Encinitas CA; Ben Moraine, Carlsbad CA 63.69% Pass 2♦ (2) Pass 2♥ 14.54 2 2 Joseph Hollis, Charlevoix MI; Nancy Colbert, Harbor Springs MI 61.46% Pass 3♣ Pass 3♥ 10.90 3 3 Gary Mankin - Howard Neckel, San Francisco CA 60.71% 8.18 4 James Alstad, Rancho Palo Verdes CA; Roberta Gotfried, Palos Verdes Pass ? Estates CA 60.57% (1) 15-17 6.96 5 4 Tracy Selmon, Branford CT; Howard Cohen, Orange CT 60.42% (2) Transfer to hearts 5.54 6 5 Margaret Bennett, Orange CA; Sunila Kulkarni, Ladera Ranch CA 60.12% How would you continue? 4.85 7 6 Julie Greenberg, San Diego CA; Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA 59.97% Suppose you drive it to 7♥ in this fashion: 4.31 8 7 Michael Kole, Del Mar CA; Barry Anderson, Encinitas CA 59.82% West North East South 4.15 9/10 8 2 Andrew Ries - Shelley Basson, San Diego CA 59.67% You Partner 3.70 9/10 Josh Rosenbluth, Oxnard CA; Jack Rudy, Camp Hill PA 59.67% Pass 1NT (1) 3.23 11 B. Lantz, Salt Lake City UT; Richard Dunie, Oro Valley AZ 59.38% Pass 2♦ (2) Pass 2♥ 3.30 12 9 3 David Merenbach - Lisa Merenbach, Belmont CA 59.08% 3.00 13 10 4 Helen Prowse - Kathryn MacIsaac, Halifax NS 58.63% Pass 3♣ Pass 3♥ 3.28 14 11 Randi Berkson - Monica Quinlan, Tucson AZ 58.48% Pass 4NT Pass 5♥ 2.42 15 Michael Salscheider, Rochester MN; D. Larry Frink, Sun Lakes AZ 57.89% Pass 7♥ All Pass 2.45 16/17 12/13 Stephen Queen, Newport Beach CA; Larry Shannon, Yorba Linda CA 57.29% This deal was played by me and Frani Ridder. I 2.45 16/17 12/13 5 Michael Olson - Alice Olson, Reno NV 57.29% was North. We were using regular Blackwood. 2.04 18 Jeannene Levitre - Greg Foss, Reno NV 57.14% Put yourself in Ridder’s place. How would you 2.32 19 14 Dana Taylor, Laguna Hills CA; Ed Kurinsky, Laguna Woods CA 56.40% play to make 13 tricks? 1.94 20/22 15/17 Leslie Brucker, Los Angeles CA; Ramey Farah, La Jolla CA 56.25% Dlr: East ♠ J 2.30 20/22 15/17 6 Geraldine Richard - Tom Richard, Sun City Center FL 56.25% 2.14 20/22 15/17 Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA 56.25% Vul: N-S ♥ A K Q 9 2 1.70 23/24 18/19 Andy McKaig - Pamela Caravan, Calgary AB 55.95% ♦ 9 2 2.60 23/24 18/19 Jules Borack - Robert Mann, San Diego CA 55.95% ♣ A K J 10 5 1.65 25 20 Joyce Field, Torrance CA; Nancy Karnes, Hermosa Beach CA 55.80% 2.49 26 21 Darrick Chee, Orange CA; Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA 55.65% ♠ A Q 9 4 1.86 27/28 22/23 Kenneth Agress, Anaheim CA; Sharon Ray, Newport Beach CA 55.36% ♥ J 10 5 1.75 27/28 22/23 Jerome Smith - Melanie Smith, Long Beach CA 55.36% ♦ A Q 3 1.58 29 24 7 Robert Kahn - Christine Kahn, Pleasanton CA 55.21% ♣ Q 9 6 1.46 30 25 Jim Wolf - John Heieck, Tucson AZ 54.91% West led a trump from three low. My partner 1.97 31 26 Carolyn Delino, Laguna Beach CA; Juniel Worthington, Laguna Woods CA 54.76% drew trumps and ran the clubs, coming down to this 1.18 32 27 Samuel Smith - Dwight Stafford, Oklahoma City OK 54.61% position: 1.23 33/34 Cindy Ferguson - Caenie Pyrcz, Calgary AB 54.46% ♠ J 1.23 33/34 28 8 George Klein, North York ON; Salim Bhimji, Brea CA 54.46% ♥ Q 9 1.31 29 Rolf Houtkooper - Elizabeth Hamilton, Las Vegas NV 54.02% ♦ 9 2 ♣ — FRIDAY EVENING SIDE SWISS 22 Tables ♠ A Q 9 A B C 8.53 1 1 Weiling Zhao, Brookfield CT; Jim Liu - Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA; ♥ — D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA 62.00 ♦ A Q 6.40 2 2 Mary Alice Seville - Eileen Milligan, Corvallis OR; Michael Green, ♣ — Yamhill OR; Randy Naef, McMinnville OR 59.00 West has parted with three spades and one 4.20 3/4 Massimo Vassallo - Barbara Dessi - Cristiana Morgantini, Rome Italy; diamond, East with two diamonds. How would you Bernardo Biondo, Rome Italy 55.00 continue? Ridder led the ♠J to her ace and ruffed the 4.20 3/4 3 Margie Cole - Leonardo Fruscoloni - Raluca Dobrescu, New York NY; ♠9 in dummy. Then she might have cashed her last Pierre Franceschetti, Montpellier France 55.00 trump, but that risked down two if West had both 2.70 5 Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL; Gen Geiger - Terry McHenry, Sarasota FL; Rahn Smith, Brandon FL 49.00 kings. Instead, she took the diamond finesse to land 2.16 6 4 Merrily Van Zevern - Linda Harder - Elizabeth Thornton, Aurora CO; the grand slam and give us 59.5 matchpoints out of June Clayton, Denver CO 48.00 64. The full deal: 1.62 5 Gloria Darke, Atherton CA; Patty Michael - Alfred Lee, San Mateo CA; ♠ J Stan Chow, San Francisco CA 45.00 ♥ A K Q 9 2 1.82 1 Mary Ann Bond - Mary Staahl - Barbara Johnson, Fargo ND; ♦ 9 2 Nancy Gaunt, Evansville IN 40.00 ♣ A K J 10 5 ♠ K 10 8 6 5 3 ♠ 7 2 participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of ♥ 7 6 3 ♥ 8 4 Monitoring information that may be useful in determining facts ♦ 6 5 4 ♦ K J 10 8 7 At this and future North American and settling issues arising from some types of ethical ♣ 3 ♣ 8 7 4 2 Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon ♠ A Q 9 4 events with visible, real-time cameras. The images a director if a problem occurs at the table. ♥ J 10 5 will be recorded and available for later inspection and This procedure is intended to assure everyone ♦ A Q 3 review by officials. that the playing field is level and that misbehavior ♣ Q 9 6 By general monitoring of the session and will not be tolerated. 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FRIDAY A/X PAIRS 38.0 Tables / Based on 107 Tables 10K Fast Pairs A X continued from page 1 42.82 1 Marusa Basa, London Great Britain; Victor King, Hartford CT 62.73% 32.12 2 1 Nancy Frank, Glencoe IL; Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA 61.38% After a slow start in the first qualifying session, 24.09 3 JoAnne Lowe - Leon Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ 59.69% the pair was consistent through the last three sessions, 19.27 4 2 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 57.77% scoring 58.96%, 58.25% and 57.52%. 14.27 5 William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA; Adrienne Green, Los Angeles CA 56.63% “It was my first fast pairs, but it was really fun 12.23 6 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 56.55% for me,” Zmuda said. “I’m not a fast player.” 14.45 7 3 Vandana Vidwans, Fremont CA; Rajeev Gupta, Oakland CA 56.39% Miles prefers the faster pace. “There’s less 9.52 8 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH 55.72% waiting around, and it’s nice to have the evening off,” 8.56 9 James Weeks, Palm Desert CA; Jean Barry, Livermore CA 55.38% he said. 7.79 10 Nancy Popkin - Alan Popkin, St. Louis MO 54.81% The pair is hoping to make it back to the winner’s 6.87 11/12 Gregory Chaffee, La Jolla CA; Mac Busby, San Diego CA 54.29% circle one more time in the Mixed Swiss. 10.84 11/12 4 Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX; Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX 54.29% 6.12 13 Roger Pennell - Hachy Pennell, Aurora CO 53.87% 8.56 14 5 Michael Rosen, New York NY; Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY 53.48% 7.34 15 6 Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA 53.33% 6.42 16 7 Paul Foster, Oceanside CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 53.20% 5.71 17 8 Ahmed Soliman, Astoria NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 52.83% 4.51 18 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 52.78% 4.28 19 Hjordis Eythorsdottir - Bill Begert, New York NY 52.52% 4.91 9/10 Donald Berman, Laurel MD; Hank Meyer, Greenbelt MD 52.23% 4.91 9/10 Allan Sorensen - Paul Sorensen, Berwyn AB 52.23% 4.28 11 Frances Corney - Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC 51.98% 3.95 12 Virginia Kellermeyer, Reno NV; Carrie Touslee, Roseville CA 51.92% 3.67 13 Thomas Jennings, McLean VA; Phillip Tseng, Arlington VA 51.87%

FRIDAY B/C PAIRS 29.0 Tables B C 14.63 1 1 Faye Gilraine - Gary Gilraine, Vancouver BC 60.94% Second in the 0–10,000 Fast Pairs: Radu Nistor 10.97 2 Michael Mezin, San Diego CA; Elaine Chan, La Jolla CA 58.77% and Joan Brody. 8.23 3 2 Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC; Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC 58.40% 6.17 4 3 Ivy Steinberg - Allan Quaile, Stouffville ON 56.09% 4.88 5 4 Martyn Cooper, Katy TX; Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 55.94% Open Swiss 4.18 6 Phillip Frankel - Leslie Reynolds, McKinleyville CA 55.26% continued from page 1 3.66 7 5 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 55.25% 3.25 8 Ken Imboden, San Jose CA; Tsao-Tung Tsai, Cupertino CA 55.19% Michael Gamble, Bruce Lang, Corey Krantz and 2.93 9 Millie Garrison, Riverside CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, La Mesa CA 55.03% Andrew Russell follow in second, and on their heels, 2.66 10 6 Susan Rechter, St. Louis MO; Gale McMullin, Vero Beach FL 54.48% the Israeli squad of Yeshayahu Levit, Orenstein Eitan, 2.63 11 William Kutscher, Broomfield CO; Donna Givner, Golden CO 54.44% Adrian Schwartz and Shalom Zeligman. 2.25 12 7 Michael Goldman, Rockville MD; William Mendez Jr., Alexandria VA 54.38% The North American Swiss Teams drew 124 2.09 13 Norman Gautier - Joyce Gautier, The Woodlands TX 54.05% teams; 62 will play on the second day of the three- 1.95 14 Alan Kudisch - Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 53.91% day event. 2.73 15 8 Aaron Mayerson, Redwood City CA; Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA 53.86% 1.62 9 John Weinberg - Sarah Weinberg, Mercer Island WA 53.25% Reisinger

FRIDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS continued from page 1 20.0 Tables Platnick, Boye Brogeland and Espen Lindqvist, won A B C the Spingold at the Summer NABC in Toronto. 6.50 1 1 1 Jake Williams - Luke Williams, San Diego CA 66.34% Sitting in second is the John McAllister squad: 4.88 2 Raymond Depew, Naples FL; Judith Argento, Kingston PA 64.60% Peter Fredin, Peter Bertheau, Daniel Zagorin and 4.07 3 2 Michael Hartnett - Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 59.48% Jacob Roen. 3.05 4 3 Shmuel Greenberg, Israel; Monica Quinlan, Tucson AZ 58.61% Missing from the list of qualifiers are some big 2.29 5 4 Tom Moore - Dorothy Moore, Keller TX 56.86% names: the Jimmy Cayne team, the Lavazza team and 1.71 6 5 Calista Graham - Curtis Bare, Charlottesville VA 56.43% 2.45 7 6 2 Lois Beyer - Joy Roberts, Green Valley AZ 55.56% the Fleisher squad all failed to make the cut. 20 teams 1.58 3 Tom Bishel - John Bishel, Columbus OH 51.20% will be trimmed to 10 for final play on Sunday. 1.18 4 Frank Paynter, Grove City OH; Arjun Singh, Lakewood CO 50.76% Page 12 Saturday, December 2, 2017 Daily Bulletin

Delicious loss I enjoyed the article in the Daily Bulletin “When It’s Good For The Game To Lose.” A few years ago, I teamed up with Martin Henneberger and a pair of Thai gentlemen in the Swiss Teams event at the Winners of the 2016 NABC+ Mixed Swiss: annual Bangkok tourney. Billy Miller, Anam “Hamburger” and I had already won the Swiss Tebha, Vinita Gupta, Pairs event, but on the last hand of the team event Sandra Rimstedt, yours truly screwed up an XYZ auction to land us Fredrik Nystrom and second, a pip of a victory point out of the win. Zia Mahmood. The winners turned out to be a foursome of young college kids from here in Thailand (where I am currently hanging my hat). They were so thrilled and “over the moon” with their win that none of us minded eating the loss. We felt almost as thrilled for NABC+ Mixed Swiss starts today them as they did! Mike Dorn Wiss The NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams, which made its 2015 Kerri Sanborn, Steve Sanborn, Sylvia Shi, Thailand debut in 2015, starts today. The event, which qualifies Steve Robinson winners for Grand Life Master, pays platinum points 2016 Vinita Gupta, Billy Miller, Sandra Rimstedt, An unsung hero for overall placements. It’s a two-day affair consisting Zia Mahmood, Fredrik Nystrom, Anam Tebha I would like to give thanks to a woman who I of two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. know works tirelessly for the bridge community: Marjorie Michelin. FRIDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS She is not a listed volunteer nor does she receive 5.0 Tables any benefits for her efforts. Those in the know 7 3 know her as the secret partnership desk. She has an 3.94 1 Rebecca Turnbull, Springfield OR; Ray Barber, Lafayette CA 59.31% 2.96 2 Toby McEvoy - Christopher Hahn, Henderson NV 56.51% uncanny way of matching partners of equal strength. 2.22 3 Pamela Williams, Albuquerque NM; Nanette Hittmeier, Olympia WA 53.33% She does this even at tournaments where she isn’t in 1.66 4 Fred Douglis, Basking Ridge NJ; Mark Rindner, Anchorage AK 52.08% attendance. Even at the last minute, you can see her running around to put together a team or partnership; FRIDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS some pairs have developed into lasting partnerships 6.0 Tables as well as friendships. A B C When her husband fell ill, she kept on doing what 2.40 1 1 1 Patrick Chen, San Diego CA; Stefan Mrozewski, Sudbury ON 62.08% she does. Her phone never stops ringing, and she also 1.80 2 2 Ronald Rybak, Worthington OH; Debe Nelson, Basalt CO 61.25% helps players out finding rides, roommates and more. 1.35 3 3 Clare Smith, Walnut Creek CA; Jeanette Bartz, Clayton CA 56.25% At the parties, she dances with everyone and makes 1.40 4 4 2 Danning Lu - Andrew Rowberg, Santa Barbara CA 54.58% 1.05 3 Lynn Sager, South Pasadena CA; Joan Riback, Altadena CA 48.75% everyone happy with her infectious smile. She is a great teacher/mentor and all-around “Grand Life Master of Goodwill.” We are all ♠ — fortunate to have her amongst us and I am No slam, partner? ♥ — particularly pleased to call her my friend. By Barry Rigal ♦ K 7 Paul Gelb The late Rixi Markus penned a volume titled, ♣ 8 Palm Springs CA “Bid Boldly, Play Safe.” Marty Fleisher, fresh off his ♠ — ♠ — world title in Lyon, has announced the first volume ♥ — ♥ K Q of his projected autobiographical trilogy will be ♦ Q 10 ♦ 2 tentatively titled, “Bid boldly, play like a lunatic.” ♣ Q ♣ — This deal, from the first semifinal session of the ♠ Q Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, will be on the title cover. ♥ — Fleisher was playing with Chip Martel. ♦ J 5 Dlr: East ♠ A 10 9 7 5 3 ♣ — Vul: N-S ♥ — West could not keep his guard in both minors ♦ K 7 4 and Fleisher had 12 tricks. Martel consoled the ♣ 8 7 6 5 opponents: “You were lucky he didn’t bid the slam.” ♠ K ♠ 6 4 ♥ J 4 ♥ A K Q 10 9 7 6 ♦ Q 10 8 6 3 ♦ 9 2 Appealing a ruling ♣ Q 10 9 4 2 ♣ K J Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal ♠ Q J 8 2 a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking ♥ 8 5 3 2 with the director who delivered the original ruling. ♦ A J 5 The table director will fill out paperwork regarding ♣ A 3 the appeal, and the appellants will explain what West North East South they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. Fleisher Martel From there, the case may be handled by a variety 1♥ Dbl of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the 1NT (1) 4♠ 5♥ Pass case, the circumstances of that particular case will Pass 5♠ All Pass determine whether the case can be resolved by the (1) Clubs original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law or Having bid spades five levels higher than I regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or even managed with his cards, Fleisher had to justify his a committee-type hearing which could include bridge approach after a top heart lead. He ruffed and decided experts. East had the singleton ♠K, so he laid down the ace. Right result, wrong idea, but it’s results that count. Now Fleisher crossed to the ♣A to ruff a heart and New LM Alert! If you make Life Master at this tournament, then played a low club from hand to East’s king. please share! We’d love to take your picture and Fleisher won East’s diamond shift with the ace, publish your achievement in the Daily Bulletin. The ruffed a third heart, ruffed a club, ruffed a heart then Daily Bulletin office is located in Balboa A on the drew the last trump. This was the position as Fleisher second floor of the Seaport tower. played the ♠Q: Daily Bulletin Saturday, December 2, 2017 Page 13

If you could play with any person, living or dead, Roundup continued from page 1 who would you choose, and why? How come no one else found the play? By Barry Rigal After the first final session of the Mitchell Board- a-Match Teams, Steve Sanborn was full of praise for his wife’s play in 4♠ doubled . . . but nobody else recognized the deal. Steve and Kerri played against Dennis Bilde and Giorgio Duboin. Dlr: West ♠ 3 Vul: N-S ♥ 8 7 2 ♦ 6 5 2 “Alfred Sheinwold. I “Sylvia Shi. Because “Belladonna. I love the “Barry Crane. He’s ♣ A K J 7 5 2 think his book ‘Five she’s of Chinese descent way he plays. I read probably the best ♠ Q 10 9 8 6 4 2 ♠ K 7 5 Weeks to Winning Bridge’ and so am I and she’s a the books. Also Lew matchpoint player of all ♥ A 4 ♥ J 10 6 is the best ever.” very smart player.” Stansby.” time.” ♦ A Q 7 ♦ J 8 3 Randy Naef Barbara Tang Vandana Vidwans George Kuppler ♣ 3 ♣ Q 10 9 8 McMinnville OR Bethesda MD Fremont CA Brookings OR ♠ A J ♥ K Q 9 5 3 ♦ K 10 9 4 ♣ 6 4 West North East South Kerri Bilde Steve Duboin 1♠ 2♣ 2♠ Dbl 4♠ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass The late John Lowenthal (everyone’s No. 1 choice for “mad scientist on opening lead”) might “Joe Grue. He was my “Bruce Ferguson. I like “Michael Rosenberg. I won a “Barry Crane. He’s the have led a red suit at trick one. Bilde led a top club mentor for 22 years. He the way he enjoys the club date with him in a raffle, only guy I didn’t play and shifted to a diamond: 3, 9, queen. taught me not only how to game. And my mother. so this is a wish that will with. I have a picture of Kerri played the ♠10 to the king and ace, won the play bridge but how to be She died just as I was come true. Also my father, him kibitzing me on my spade return and peeled off the trumps. This was the at the bridge table.” starting to play.” who I played with for 40 business card.” position as the penultimate trump hit the baize: Ruth Stober Matt Smith years to great enjoyment.” Ron Smith ♠ — Floral Park NY Tournament director John Hoffman Chicago IL ♥ 8 7 ♦ 6 5 ♣ K J ♠ 4 2 ♠ — ♥ A 4 ♥ J 10 6 ♦ A 7 ♦ J 8 ♣ — ♣ Q ♠ — ♥ K Q 9 ♦ K 10 ♣ 6 Duboin had to discard a heart and then a club “Judi Hager. My old “Bob Hamman. He’s “Agustin Madala. He’s “Jeff Meckstroth. He’s on the last spade. Sanborn then played the ♥A and partner who passed away always been an idol of maybe the fastest, very good and I’ve never another heart and Duboin was endplayed to concede about 15 years ago. That mine.” strongest active player played with him.” the last two tricks in diamonds. Plus 590 was good was my first high-level Virgil Massey now.” Agustin Madala for a win on the board. partnership.” Driftwood TX Bernardo Biondo Buenos Aires So how come no one else knew the deal? It was Jeff Jacob Rome Italy Argentina board 28 in a 14-table section, but other sections had Tournament director 13 tables so the board was not played there.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 1 9 Tables Richard Morris - Katherine Morris, Beaverton OR; Jacques Leblanc, Maria QC; Robert Huber, Minneapolis MN vs Kathy Bergman, Goodyear AZ; Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ; Jeanette Roberts, Delta CO; Michael Thorpe, Montrose CO

Yukiko Tokunaga - Emi Sakata, Japan; Hiroyuki Hagihira, Meguro- Ku Tokyo Japan; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan vs Chris Champion - Wendy Turk - Richard Olson - Mary Olson, Colorado Springs CO “I’m not sure. There’s “Benito Garozzo. He’s a “Bill Gates. Because he’s “Omar Sharif. That good- too many – any of the top bridge legend.” probably really smart.” looking man!” FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 2 women players.” Rajeev Gupta Gina Otto Carol Johns 10 Tables Phyllis Landry, Orleans ON; Patti McCabe - Margaret Taylor, Ottawa Emma Kolesnik Oakland CA Brea CA Scottsdale AZ ON; Margaret Cann, Sydney NS Ventura CA vs Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; Jody Couch, Fullerton CA; Michael Borushok, Davie FL; Marlys Haraden, Anaheim CA

Catharine Gilmour, Bonita Springs FL; Barbara Olsen, Marana AZ; Josee Hammill - Jill Foran, Toronto ON vs Marjorie O’Malley - Charles O’Malley III, San Diego CA; Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 3 9 Tables Deborah Machlin, Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA; Anne Dudman - Colin Hemsley, San Jose CA vs “Terrence Reese. I’ve “My father. Because I “Charles Goren. He was “Myself. I’d like to get Michael Lynch - Berton Solomon, Edwards CO; Eric Schneider, gotten a lot out of his never got to play with Mr. Bridge when I was in insight into what it’s like Boca Raton FL; Bill Multack, Miami Beach FL books.” him. I learned after he my prime.” to play with me.” George Welch - Andy Scott - Karen Rice, San Jose CA; Shirley Leila Sink died.” Merrel Olesen Janice Seamon- Foreman, Santa Clara CA Los Gatos CA Harvey Bush La Jolla CA Molson vs Green Valley AZ Hollywood FL Harvey Lesser, Murrieta CA; Ted Witt, Ketchum ID; Benay Cooper, Boca Raton FL; Jory Segal, San Jose CA Page 14 Saturday, December 2, 2017 Daily Bulletin

but the puzzle from January 1 until my team gets all Listen to the bidding Puzzle madness the answers.” By Phillip Alder JoAnna Stansby is the culprit who sucked Jan into With only the opponents vulnerable, you pick up: welcomes new addicts the madness “I started when JoAnna invited me to It’s coming! The ♠K 10 9 5 3 2 ♥K Q 10 9 2 ♦3 ♣10. join the team she worked with,” says Jan, “which at excitement is palpable. West North East South that time was Barry Rigal and Steve Picus. Later we No, it’s not the arrival 1♦ Pass 1♠ added Dale Johannessen. Our team is the California of Santa Claus nor the 2♣ 3♦ 4♣ ? Dreamers.” dropping of the ball in What would you do now? Here is the full deal: Bart Bramley and his wife, Judy, puzzle-up Times Square. It is Six Dlr: North ♠ Q together. Actually, they’re part of a team – the Degrees of Madness Vul: E-W ♥ A 7 4 Chicago Six. Bart’s teammates are Larry and – formerly known as ♦ A K Q J 10 8 7 Adrienne Cohen, Howie Weinstein and Cheri Bjerkan Puzzleup – an annual rite ♣ 7 5 (who originally brought Puzzleup to her friends’ of January that hardcore ♠ A J 8 7 4 ♠ 6 attention). puzzle-solvers eagerly ♥ J 8 ♥ 6 5 3 Bart describes Madness as a work of genius. “It anticipate (and during Alan Levine ♦ 6 ♦ 9 5 4 2 combines trivia (in all of the standard categories) which non-participating ♣ A K J 9 8 ♣ Q 6 4 3 2 with devilish wordplay. Alan’s depth of knowledge, spouses go into hibernation). Entrants include ♠ K 10 9 5 3 2 especially in movies, Broadway plays, sports and editors from Games magazine and several of the top ♥ K Q 10 9 2 popular music, is encyclopedic. Each year when we crossword solvers in the country. It should come as no ♦ 3 complete it (and we always do, a badge of honor for surprise that this elite circle of masochists includes a ♣ 10 us) we heave a big sigh of relief, followed by a bigger number of bridge players. I have rotated this deal to make South the sigh of disappointment that we will have to wait Six Degrees of Madness is the creation of Alan declarer. another year to do it again.” Levine, a bridge player who lives in Massapequa NY. It must be right to bid 4♥. Given the Bart says that the nature of the challenge has A retired language arts teacher, he has been hosting vulnerability, partner surely has at most two clubs evolved gradually. “We have always used reference and continually developing the contest for 34 years. and therefore some cards in the majors. works (almanac, dictionary, atlas, movie and TV “Originally, Puzzleup was seven mini-contests,” West leads the ♣A: 5, 2 (standard count), 10. compendiums) as basic tools, and at the beginning says Alan, “each unrelated, but with an emphasis on West cashes the ♠A: queen, 6, 5. West continues with we would visit the library sometimes. Later, as the wordplay. I wasn’t totally satisfied with the product. I the ♠4. How would you proceed from there? Internet and search engines became more powerful, wanted something more challenging and unique.” Against me, West tried to cash the ♣K at trick computers became our main tool. Still, I miss the days Alan calls himself a sports, movies and theater two, so I took 12 tricks for 58 out of 64 matchpoints. when we would all gather at Cheri’s house in early fanatic interested in word oddities and recreational If West had found the devilish defense of the ♠A and January armed with our heavy books, and brainstorm linguistics. “The questions have gotten harder because another spade, to win 11 tricks I would have had to into the wee hours until we had cracked enough in the Internet age, it’s difficult to construct a contest ruff with dummy’s ♥7 (or ♥A and then guess West for questions to gain a foothold into that year’s contest.” that’s not readily solvable by straightforward Google ♥J-x). I am glad I was not tested. Alan says there were 114 contestants last year. “It searches.” takes me at least two weeks to finish plowing through Jan Martel is a big fan. “Puzzleup should come the answer sets.” He welcomes all newcomers. “I with a notice: ‘WARNING! This puzzle is totally would prefer a deluge to a drizzle.” Need to join or renew? addicting. Do not expect to do anything else for the Due to laws preventing ACBL staff from The 2018 puzzle will go out Jan. 1 and puzzle- next few weeks.’” manually recording credit card data, we ask that you solvers have six weeks to submit answers. If you’re a Chip, Jan’s husband, doesn’t engage in the renew or reinstate your membership online at acbl. rookie, your entry is free. Otherwise, it’s $20 (which madness. “He has learned not to try to talk to me the org/join, or call 800-264-2743. goes into the prize pool) to enter. If you’re interested, first week and a half of January. It’s great fun. Chip email Alan at [email protected]. claims that I’m completely unavailable for anything Daily Bulletin Saturday, December 2, 2017 Page 15

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Sunday, December 3, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other A/X Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000) 1-2 TBA $16 $20 B/C Swiss Teams (3000/1500) 1-2 TBA $16 $20 Gold Rush Swiss Teams (750/300) 1-2 TBA $16 $20 All 10 a.m. Swiss team games: Two-session playthrough with half-hour break. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single session TBA $16 $20 299er Swiss Teams single TBA $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single TBA $15 $19

0-20, 0-5 Pairs single TBA $15 $15 Sunday, December 3, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Fast Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Harbor G, second level $16 $20 Sunday, December 3, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 3-4 TBA $16 $20 Sunday, December 3, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Grand Hall D, lobby level $25 — KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F TBA $25 — NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Coronado, 4th level Harbor Tower $25 — Sunday, December 3, 2 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single session TBA $16 $20 299er Swiss Teams single TBA $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single TBA $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single TBA $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (500-750/200-500/0- 200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750.BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *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. See you at the Spring NABC in Philadelphia, March 8–18

Life Master News ACBL Club Support Line Elaine Brestel made Gold Life Master (as well as Bronze Life Master) on Friday 855-275-7629 playing in the Thursday- Friday Knockouts. The Single stop for game administration, club services Durham NC resident and marketing support was playing with Kathy Need help with rulings and scoring? Wagner of Cupertino CA; their teammates ACBL TDs available on evenings and weekends! were Ines Baucia from Buenos Aires, Argentina and Bill Bidderman of San Diego. Elaine was in Entries town to visit with family All North American championships with no upper masterpoint limit...... $25 per player per session in addition to attending (For team events, this means $100 per team per session for four-person teams, $125 per team per session the tournament. for five-person teams, and $150 per team per session for six-person teams. OnlyACBL members are eligible to Teammate Bill is her play in NABC+ events. $1.50 per person per session benefits the International Fund.) brother-in-law. Other North American championships...... $17 per player per session Terry Ahern, of (For the team events, this means $68 per team per session for teams of four, $85 per team per session for Santa Clara, entered the teams of five, and $102 per team per session for teams of six. OnlyACBL members are eligible to play in these Thursday Gold Rush events.) Pairs needing about 2.5 Regional championships...... $16 for ACBL members, $20 for non-members per player per session gold points to become (For multi-session team events of three sessions or more, the entry fee is $64, $80 or $96 for teams of four, a Life Master. Playing with Jennifer Duval, also of five or six, respectively. For team events of one or two sessions, the entry fee is $64.) Santa Clara, Ahern earned 4.35 gold points, more All other events...... $15 for ACBL members, $19 for non-members per player per session than enough for her gold card. Page 16 Saturday, December 2, 2017 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Saturday, December 2, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Seaport E, second level $16 $20 Morning Swiss Teams single Seaport E, second level $15 $19 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Seaport E, second level $16 $20 Saturday, December 2, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Harbor G, second level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Harbor G, second level $15 $15 Saturday, December 2, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Harbor A, second level $16 $20 Daylight Gold Rush 750/500/200 Pairs 1-2 Harbor D, second level $16 $20 Gold points for 750. Saturday, December 2, Noon & 7 p.m. REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 SF Grand Hall D, lobby level $25 ­— Saturday, December 2, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Seaport A, second level $16 $20 Saturday, December 2, 1 & 7:30 p.m. KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 SF Grand Hall B, lobby level $25 ­— NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Coronado, 4th level Harbor Tower $25 ­— 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Seaport B, second level $16 $20 Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 1-2 Seaport E, second level $16 $20 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Seaport E, second level $16 $20 Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams 3-4 Seaport E, second level $16 $20 Saturday, December 2, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Harbor G, second level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Harbor G, second level $15 $15 Saturday, December 2, 7:30 p.m. A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams single Seaport E, second level $15 $19 B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams single Seaport E, second level $15 $19 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Seaport A, second level $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Harbor G, second level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Harbor G, second level $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (500-750/200-500/0- 200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750.BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *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.