Monday, March 16, 2015 Volume 58, Number 4

Daily BulletinMarch 12-22 58th Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Sue Munday and Brent Manley French claim the platinum crown Bates, Kasle In a four-way game of musical chairs, it was Parisians Thomas Bessis and Cedric Lorenzini who leading in finished in the winner’s seat when the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs came to a close. SilverDennis Kasle Ribbon and Roger Bates, runners-up Pairs in Bessis and Lorenzini, the runners up in last the Lebhar IMP Pairs, are leading the field of 156 year’s contest, entered the last day of the three-day pairs in the Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs with contest as the leaders. Two above-average sessions two final sessions to play today. Kasle lives in – 54% in the afternoon and 52% in the evening – Scottsdale AZ, Bates in Las Vegas. proved enough to secure the victory. The two start play today with a carryover The win is Lorenzini’s first NABC title. It score of 210.82. The next three pairs are tightly is the first pairs title for Bessis, who won the bunched and trailing the leaders by fewer than 10 Vanderbilt Knockout Teams in 2010 and 2012. matchpoints. Andrea Manno and Massimiliano Di Franco In second are Kathy and Don Sulgrove of from Palermo, Italy, surged to the top with a round Twinsburg OH, with a carryover of 191.98. to go, but their solid 59% evening performance left In third are Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA, and Marty them just a half a matchpoint short. Nelson, Annapolis MD, with 191.16. The leaders after five sessions, Alexander In fourth place, with a 191 carryover, are Kolesnik from Los Angeles CA and Jim Munday Richard Higgins and Greg Frank of Hot Springs from Southaven MS came in third. Robert Village AR. Blanchard and William Pollack from New York Cedric Lorenzini and Thomas Bessis, winners The event is named in honor of Peter Levintritt, NY finished in fourth place. of the Platinum Pairs. ACBL president in 1954 and assistant treasurer. He represented North America in the Bermuda Bowl, LIMERICK CONTEST placing second in 1957, 1961, 1963 and 1965. Tuesday is St. Patrick’s Day, which means the return of the Daily Bulletin Limerick Contest. Californians lead Limericks will be judged by the Daily Bulletin staff. There will be prizes for the top three entries. NAP Flight B Most will be published in the Daily Bulletin. Polly Siegel of Los Altos CA and Ron Karr of Limerick writers are encouraged to compose Sunnyvale CA, representing District 21, have a slim verses with references to bridge/and or New carryover lead as the Golder North American Pairs Orleans. Limericks must be in good taste and Flight B wraps up today with two final sessions. signed by the authors. The deadline for entries is Siegel and Karr will start with a carryover of Midnight, Monday, March 16. 55.74 matchpoints, 3.06 ahead of Debnarayan Dhar Deliver your limericks to of Oak Hill VA and Mel Yudkin of Annandale VA. the Daily Bulletin office, They are representing District 6. fourth floor Aaron Jones and Sylvia Shi, winners of the In third, just 1.1 matchpoints behind second, (Bacchus Room) Lebhar IMP Pairs. are District 11 representatives Ryan Schultz, at the Marriott. Dayton OH, and Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH. Look for the Shi, Jones back on top They are only .55 matchpoints ahead of Brian box labeled Archer, Hattiesburg MS, and William McCaskill, “Place your in Lebhar IMP Pairs A frustrating and confusing period ended on Richton MS, representing District 10. Limerick Sunday for Sylvia Shi and Aaron Jones with the here.” pair celebrating victory in the Lebhar IMP Pairs. When the final scores in the event were posted on Saturday night, Shi and Jones were in first District 6 pair lead by less than an IMP. The victory didn’t last the night. Runners-up Roger Bates and Dennis Kasle NAPTwo District Flight 6 players have Ca carryover field lead of Today is picture day: appealed a director’s ruling, but it didn’t go to 14.34 matchpoints going into the final day of play committee. In appeals screening, it was determined in the President’s Cup NAP Flight C. The event You know who you are! the ruling being appealed was incorrect and the concludes with two sessions. ACBL has retained a professional score was changed. The change put Bates and The leaders, with 99.78 matchpoints, are Blake photographer to update images for our publications Kasle into first place with a score of 114.72 to Schwartzbach, Bethesda MD, and Adam Gann of and website. 114.18 for Shi and Jones. Washington DC. Today from 4 to 8 p.m., the photographer will Things changed for Shi and Jones after an In second are a District 11 pair – Joyce Tedrick, be located in the Jackson room on the 5th floor. appeal that did not involve them or Bates and Loveland OH, and Barry Wauligman, Hamilton Please try to look nice. Kasle. A committee ruling on a board from the final OH. They enter play today with a carryover of We are looking for you – Hall of Famers, session changed a score of plus 460 to minus 150, 85.44 matchpoints. NABC event winners, tournament staff, Grand a swing so significant that it affected every pair. In third are Douglas and Sheryl Riley of Life Masters, soon-to-be Grand Life Masters and Continued on page 5 Vestavia Hills AL, representing District 10. Platinum Life Masters, Bulletin contributors, I/N Representing District 7 and lying in fourth speakers, ACBL CEOs, etc. place are Benjamin Kompa and Xiyuan Ge of If the Bulletin editors have ever threatened to Chapel Hill NC. do a story about you – even if you just appear in a Pre-registration co-starring role – please set aside the few minutes required for national On Goodwill Day we like it will take to get this done. to remember: It’s nice to be If you’ve had your photograph taken at one knockout important, but it’s more important of the past three NABCs, you are off the hook for Teams entering the 0–10,000 Knockout must pre-register no later than 10 a.m. today. See Matt to be nice. now. Questions? Email the Daily Bulletin editors at Sandy DeMartino, Goodwill Chair [email protected]. Smith in the Grand Ballroom on the third floor. Page 2 Monday, March 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Meetings are at the Marriott unless otherwise noted publications and website. We are looking for you – Hall Monday, March 16 of Famers, NABC winners, tournament staff, Grand Life GOODWILL DAY Masters, soon-to-be Grand Life Masters and Platinum Life 9 am-Noon Zero Tolerance workshop. The goal of this lively two– Masters, Bulletin contributors, I/N speakers, etc. (Jackson, hour workshop is to make the club experience more 5th floor) inviting for new members and more pleasurable for 5-7 pm Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill everyone by encouraging and empowering directors and Committee members only. (Riverview, 41st floor) managers to deal with unacceptable behavior. (St. Charles, 41st floor) Tuesday, March 17 10 am-Noon Competition and Conventions Committee. (Lafayette, 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing education 41st floor) course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants 10 am-Noon USBF Board meeting. (Beauregard, 5th floor) must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. Sign 10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Jerry Helms followed by a up at the door. (St. Charles, 41st floor) special game for newer players. Free coffee and pastries 11 am-Noon History of Bridge. (Lafayette, 41st floor) will be served. (Sheraton, Bayside, 4th floor) Noon-2 pm Bridge-Plus+ Game. A special game for newer (0-20 MP) Wednesday, March 18 players. 14 boards, no card fee. (Sheraton, Bayside, 4th 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A continuing floor) education course for club directors to increase their skills. 4-8 pm Professional photographer. ACBL has retained a Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers professional photographer to update images for our both days. (St. Charles, 41st floor)

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Opener might take 10 tricks in Getting the most from spades on a miracle lie of the cards, but 4♠ will go down much more often your conventions, part 3 than not. By Brent Manley This situation is where Jacoby Transfers come in. With the first At her hand listed, after partner opens 1NT, bridge club responder bids 2♥, asking opener to in St. George bid 2♠. Over 2♠, responder bids 2NT UT, Colleen to show an invitational hand with five McFarland spades. With three or four spades and started a game a minimum 1NT, opener signs off by introducing in 3♠. With a doubleton spade and a two players who minimum, opener passes 2NT. With were new to ♠Q J 9 8 4 3 ♥A 4 ♦ 9 6 2 ♣ J 10, duplicate. “Their responder bids 3♠ to show names were invitational values with six spades. Myrtle and Fae,” If responder is strong enough to McFarland insist on game, he can transfer with recalled, “but a five-card suit and bid 3NT, giving I stood there and loudly introduced them as opener a choice of games (opener Fertile and Mae. It took me a few minutes to usually prefers the suit with three- or get everyone settled down to proceed with the four-card support). If responder jumps game.” to game in the transfer suit, it shows at least six cards. One of the best conventions ever invented Remember that when a player is the Jacoby Transfer, introduced in the U.S. limits his hand – as with a 1NT opener in 1956 by Oswald Jacoby, one of the all-time – partner is in charge. Responder greats of the game (transfers were used in knows about opener’s hand within 3 Sweden as early as 1953). HCP. Opener initially knows nothing The transfer is used after opener’s 1NT or about responder’s strength. 2NT opening or 2NT rebid after a strong 2♣. Beyond the basics, there are The convention is especially useful with other points worth discussing so that intermediate hands responding to a strong 1NT agreements can be formed regarding opening (15-17). Say you hold this hand transfers ♠Q J 9 8 4 ♥A 4 2 ♦ 9 6 2 ♣ J 10 What if responder transfers and and partner opens 1NT (15-17). bids a new suit, as with 1NT – 2♦; If you are not playing transfers, what do you 2♥ - 3♦? Does that show 5-5 in the red do? You could bid 2♠ to play and find partner suits? Could responder have only four diamonds? with play it as a super acceptance: maximum for Is 3♦ forcing? If so, is it forcing for one round or to ♠A K 3 ♥K 10 9 8 ♦A 4 ♣Q 6 4 3. the range with four-card support. There are game? You must discuss these points. Opener is a heavy favorite to make game many wrinkles you can add to your transfer What if an opponent bids over the transfer or with five spade tricks, two hearts, the ♦A, a agreements, such as super accepting by bidding doubles the artificial bid? Does a pass by opener diamond ruff in hand and a club trick. some other suit, as with 1NT – 2♦; 3♣. Some deny three or more cards in the transfer suit? It So maybe you should just bid game and risk agree that 3♣ shows a super acceptance with should. finding partner with a low doubleton in clubs. Others play that is What if opener accepts the transfer by jumping, ♠7 3 ♥Q 10 5 3 ♦A K 5 4 ♣A Q 6. shows a side suit with a source of tricks. as with 1NT – 2♥; 3♠? What does that show? Most

response with only 16 high-card points. The bid four spade tricks by leading the ace and then a Thinking bridge shows 18-19. South’s 2♦ rebid is not forcing, but low spade. Incidentally, if your spades were the By Eddie Kantar can conceal as many as 17-18 points. The 3NT bid Q-J-10-2, you should shift to the ♠2, to cater to is obvious. declarer’s having the singleton king. If you lead Using the bidding to guide you in play and Defensive commentary: South has nine red the queen, you can take only three spade tricks. defense – part 4 cards and figures to have nine red-suit tricks once Play Commentary: As South, if East returns on lead. The lead of the ♣2 shows a four-card a club at trick two, don’t look a gift horse in Dlr: North ♠ 9 8 7 6 4 suit, indicating South has three clubs and only one the mouth. Win the ♣K and take your 10 tricks Vul: None ♥ K Q spade. No matter what that spade is, you can take before they wake up and switch to a spade. ♦ K Q 7 3 ♣ 9 4 ♠ Q 5 3 ♠ A J 10 2 ♥ 10 6 5 ♥ 9 8 2 ♦ 10 6 4 ♦ J 5 Here’s a celebrated novelist ♣ Q 10 6 2 ♣ A 8 7 3 and her proud partner ♠ K between sessions in the ♥ A J 7 4 3 I/N room. After a good ♦ A 9 8 2 finish in the morning game, ♣ K J 5 Jane Foster, who divides West North East South her time between Palm Pass Pass 1♥ Beach and Paris, and Polly Norris of Palm Beach, Pass 1♠ Pass 2♦ couldn’t wait to try their Pass 3♦ Pass 3NT luck again in the afternoon. All Pass Foster’s first novel, “Below Opening lead: ♣2 Sea Level” won the 2013 Bidding commentary: Normal. Granted, it Illumination Book Award is tempting for North to bid 3♥ over 2♦, but the bronze medal for fiction. bid promises three hearts. South should resist the temptation of leaping to 2NT after the 1♠ Page 4 Monday, March 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

Making an unmakeable slam The black swan New ways to win Recently, I wound up in a slam off two aces. By Barry Rigal By Paul Goldfinger Neither dummy nor I had a void. There was nothing to ruff in dummy. In fact, dummy had just 1 HCP Just because you’ve never seen something All of the following point. Despite all that, the slam made. Here’s what doesn’t mean it can’t happen. One of the most stories really happened to happened. I held aesthetically beautiful (and bizarre) endings you me and various partners at ♠J ♥A K Q 9 3 2 ♦K ♣A K Q 9 4. are ever likely to see came up on this deal from the the bridge table. Some players don’t like to start with a strong first semifinal session of the Norman Kay Platinum 2♣ with a two-suiter like this, but that’s what I bid. Pairs. Declarer was Martin Fleisher, playing with Forgive me, partner, My partner, new to me, responded with a Chip Martel. for I have sinned “waiting” 2♦. I figured I had 11 top tricks if hearts Dlr: West ♠ Q 10 8 3 2 One time, my partner and clubs split normally, so all I needed was one Vul: Both ♥ 10 8 Marty and I were playing ace from my partner for a possible small slam, two ♦ 9 in a tournament and I knew for a possible grand slam. ♣ Q 9 8 5 4 we weren’t doing well, so My next bid was 4NT (Blackwood). My partner ♠ K 9 7 5 4 ♠ A I figured we didn’t have much to lose by being bid 5♦, indicating one ace. I bid 6♥. After my left- ♥ A ♥ K 5 4 2 aggressive. hand opponent led a club, I was stunned to see that ♦ A 7 4 ♦ Q J 8 5 When he opened 1♣, I looked over my hand. It dummy didn’t have an ace. In fact, his only point ♣ K 7 3 2 ♣ A J 10 6 was pretty miserable. I had five spades to the queen was a doubleton ♥J. ♠ J 6 (my only points), two low clubs, another doubleton After overcoming my shock at dummy, I saw ♥ Q J 9 7 6 3 and four cards in the other suit. one slim hope – some subterfuge might work. I won ♦ K 10 6 3 2 I knew that I shouldn’t respond with only 2 the opening lead of a club, crossed to the ♥J and ♣ — high-card points, but I also didn’t want to pass with led a low diamond, hoping that I could steal a trick West North East South my poor club holding. I figured that my fifth spade with my singleton king. My right-hand opponent Martel Fleisher was worth a point and the doubletons were worth didn’t fall for this and went up with the ♦A. 1♠ Pass 2♣ 3♥ a point each – not recommended, by the way, As he won the trick, however, another card fell 4♣ Pass 5♣ All Pass without a known trump fit. Anyway, I upgraded my out of his hand and landed face up on the table – The play proceeded in moderately accurate hand to 5 “points,” and bid 1♠. As I was doing this, the ♠8. fashion: ♥Q to the ace, spade to the ace, ♦Q, I was mentally saying, “Forgive me, partner, for I What happened next is not recommended ducked (nice defense), ♦J, king, ace, ruff. Perhaps have sinned.” for anyone: We made our own ruling at the table, a heart back at that point would have been best, but My partner promptly raised me to 4♠! Marty erroneously making the ♠8 a penalty card to be North played a spade to dummy’s king. Fleisher had his bid –four good spades and 19 HCP. With played at the first opportunity. RHO did so and cashed the ♣K, took the marked trump finesse, every finesse working and a critical suit splitting my singleton jack held the trick. RHO had the top ruffed a heart in dummy and took another club 3-3, I made my contract for a top score. three honors in spades and took no tricks in the suit finesse. As the ♣A is led, look at the ending: Afterwards I told him that I had only 2 HCP. and I made the slam. ♠ Q 10 8 Feeling guilty, I also said, “I’ll never do that again. Had we called the director as we should have, ♥ — In the future, if I respond to your opening bid, I’ll he would have invoked Law 50C, making the ♠8 ♦ — have at least three points!” a minor penalty card which would not have to ♣ Q be played at the first opportunity. In fact, if I had ♠ 9 7 5 ♠ — pulled trumps and led the ♠J from my hand, RHO ♥ — ♥ K Another partner means no promises In a different tournament, my partner Carl could have played any of his high spades to win ♦ 7 ♦ 8 5 opened 1♦. We were vulnerable. I held the trick. Further, there would have been no lead ♣ — ♣ A ♠8 4 ♥9 ♦J 7 5 4 2 ♣10 9 8 3 2 penalties on his partner. ♠ — I had only 1 HCP, but I hate to pass. It’s like We benefited from what happened, but we ♥ J 9 waving the surrender flag to the opponents. Also, should not have. Please consider this a lesson, ♦ 10 6 I’ve never guaranteed Carl that I’d have at least 3 especially for new players. When an irregularity ♣ — HCP to respond to his opening bid. I felt that my occurs, call the director! Declarer plans to draw the trump, lead a hand was worth a 2♦ response. diamond from hand, forcing South to win and give After all, he probably had four diamonds for declarer the rest, but there is a snag: South can play A very descriptive bid his opening bid, giving us a great nine-card fit, This next deal doesn’t really fit into the theme low on the ♦5, and all the spades in dummy are and I have ruffing power in two suits. Plus, look at of new ways to win – or anywhere else, for that losers. those clubs! As I bid 2♦, I mentally sent a signal matter. The solution: On the ♣A, South is squeezed for my partner to pass. Back when I was trying to learn as much bridge out of a loser. If he pitches a heart, declarer cashes Carl didn’t pick up on my telepathy. He bid 2♠. as I could, I also played as often as possible and the ♥K and leads a diamond to score one more As I laid down the 3♦ card, I felt a wave of regret wasn’t very selective about the quality of the game. trick. If South discards a diamond, he can’t play for bidding at all. My partner was not discouraged It was during this time that I was playing with low on the ♦5! – he bid 3♥. I couldn’t leave him there, so I bid 4♦, an unfamiliar partner. I opened 1♣, the next hand now cursing myself for bidding at all. Carl then bid passed, and my partner raised to 2♣, which was Electronic Device Policy 5♦. Yikes! passed out. The electronic device policy But Carl made it! He had 20 HCP and When my partner laid out dummy I saw that he at NABCs allows players to 4=4=4=1 shape. He played like he could see all made what might be called the most descriptive bid bring electronic devices such as the cards. He won the opening lead of the ♣K with of all time – he had exactly two clubs! cell phones into the playing area his singleton ace, ruffed the opponent’s ♣J on the provided that such devices are second lead of that suit, and then ruffed out their Paul Goldfinger lives on Whidbey Island, turned off. ♣Q to set up dummy’s ♣10 9 for his 10th and 11th Washington, and is the author of “Goldfinger’s Further, any such equipment must not be tricks. Rule of Thumb: Bidding Basics and Other Bridge visible during the session Tips.” The book is available on Amazon.com. The policy applies to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders, except those designated by the ACBL and are in to save the history of bridge from oblivion. force throughout any actual playing session or The Past Comes Alive Therefore they launched a free website: segment of play. 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Daily Bulletin Monday, March 16, 2015 Page 5 LEHMAN IMP PAIRS - REVISED 78.0 Tables / Based on 165 Tables IMP pairs 100.00 1 Aaron Jones, Orange CA; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD 114.50 continued from page 1 75.00 2 Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Dennis Kasle, Scottsdale AZ 111.93 Shi and Jones went from 114.18 to 114.51. 56.25 3 Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 95.54 Bates and Kasle dropped from 114.72 to 114.37. 44.44 4 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 91.80 Shi and Jones were the winners by .14 IMPs. 40.00 5 Fred Gitelman - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV 85.98 A later appeals decision involving Bates and 36.36 6 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 82.00 33.33 7 Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 79.27 Kasle dropped their final score to 111.93. Shi and 30.77 8 Iype Koshy, Gretna LA; Tim Joder, Lanesboro MA 69.36 Jones finished with 114.50. 28.57 9 Susan Kissinger - John Kissinger, San Clemente CA 67.57 Shi and Jones found out about the change 26.67 10 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX 63.94 in the standings on Sunday morning, but were 25.00 11 Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania; Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV 63.89 understandably cautious about celebrating. 23.53 12 Michael Roche - Tim Ayers, Victoria BC 59.62 “I knew there might be score corrections that 22.22 13 Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 59.40 could change the standings,” said Shi, an artist who 21.05 14 Spencer Hurd, Meigs GA; John Hurd, New York NY 57.50 lives in Rockville MD. “I didn’t know there was an 20.00 15 Russell Shoup, Dayton OH; Marc Low, Centerville OH 57.01 appeal. I would have been devastated to go out and 19.05 16 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI 54.92 celebrate and then find out we lost.” 18.18 17 Perla Sultan, Aventura FL; Steve Hamaoui, Milono Italy 54.61 17.39 18 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Paul Street, Delray Beach FL 53.92 Jones, an office worker in Orange County CA, 16.67 19 Ned Irving, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 52.95 added that the initial victory didn’t sink in for him 16.00 20 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 52.50 at first. 15.38 21 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 52.12 The two were playing in a North American 14.81 22 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, New York NY 51.41 championship for the first time. They met at the 21.40 23 Jeovani Salomao, Lago Norte Brazil; Paulo Brum, Rio De Janiero Brazil 47.77 year-end regional in Charleston SC last year. 13.79 24 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Tom Edwards, Austin TX 46.45 They started the final session of the IMP Pairs 13.33 25 Nicholas Gartaganis - Gordon Campbell, Calgary AB 44.85 in 19th place, but fashioned a huge final session, 12.90 26 Tobi Sokolow - Louis Sachar, Austin TX 44.71 scoring plus 74.82 IMPs, far and away the top score 12.55 27 Buddy Hanby - Sally Wheeler, The Woodlands TX 42.92 in the evening. 12.12 28 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Robert Cappelli, Birmingham MI 38.86 11.76 29 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Julius Sigurjonsson, Iceland 38.34 “We made a lot of contracts we shouldn’t have 17.85 30 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 36.91 made,” Jones said. 11.11 31 Winthrop Allegaert - Scott Levine, New York NY 36.53 11.26 32 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 35.29 20.76 33 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 35.06 Our partners doubled us! 10.26 34 Richard Probst - Alex Hydes, 33.46 Mike Roberts was working the compact 10.00 35 Ahmed Hussein - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 33.24 knockouts earlier in the tournament when he heard 18.73 36 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 32.82 two calls for the director from the same general 9.52 37 Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Sigridur Kristjansdottir, Wilmington DE 32.54 area. 9.30 38 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 32.51 When Roberts arrived in the vicinity, a quick 9.09 39 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Robb Gordon, Sedona AZ 31.30 look at both tables revealed that the issue was 8.89 40 Richard Brown, Easley SC; Boyce Robbins, Greenville SC 31.22 identical at each: a player had doubled his partner’s 11.16 41 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Dave Swarthout, San Antonio TX 31.07 bid. 8.51 42 Bob Hamman - Chris Hamman, Dallas TX 30.94 Standing between the tables, Roberts rendered 8.33 43 Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA 30.49 8.16 44 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 30.12 his ruling to both at the same time. The doubles 8.00 45 Mark Bumgardner, N Richland Hls TX; Bill Staats, Southlake TX 30.10 were canceled and each doubler was told he/she 7.84 46 Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV; Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK 30.06 could make any call, but whatever the call, each 8.77 47 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 30.02 doubler’s partner was required to pass for the 10.52 48 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Brett Adler, Norwalk CT 29.83 duration of the auction. 7.41 49 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 29.43 Both tables, Roberts reported, were happy with 9.08 50 Robert Morin, Val-Morin QC; Serge Hamelin, Montreal QC 28.13 the ruling as rendered. FRIDAY-SATURDAY SIDE GAME SERIES FINAL 97.00 Tables / Based on 35 Tables 13.78 1/2 Thierry De Sainte-Marie, Paris 131.86% Use of the Bidding 13.78 1/2 Bernard Payen, France 131.86% 10.30 3/4 Philippe Soulet, 130.68% Box — Alerts and 10.30 3/4 Christophe Oursel, Clichy 130.68% Announcements 7.18 5 David MacRae, Horn Lake MS 121.77% When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires 9.82 6/7 Susan Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT 114.93% that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the 9.82 6/7 Felix Springer, West Hartford CT 114.93% same time. 3.33 8/9 Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 114.76% 3.33 8/9 Laura Brill, White Plains NY 114.76% When making an Announcement, use the 3.41 10/11 Nancy Peterson, Euless TX 113.96% Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap 3.41 10/11 Amy Reznik, Tallahassee FL 113.96% the Alert strip at the same time. 2.34 12/13 Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ 111.54% A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must 2.34 12/13 Samuel Baskinger, Totowa NJ 111.54% make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or 2.83 14 Robert Porter, Henderson NV 111.07% Announcement has been made. 1.97 15 Burrell Humphreys, Wayne NJ 110.66% 1.85 16 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI 110.46% 1.75 17 Percy Wu, Grand Rapids MI 110.39% 1.98 18/19 Barbara Mackay, Fredericton NB 109.62% 1.98 18/19 Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY 109.62% Page 6 Monday, March 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

GOLDER NAP FLIGHT B QUALIFIERS Throw a diamond, 26.0 Tables Carryover 1 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Ron Karr, Sunnyvale CA 55.74 hold a diamond 2 Debnarayan Dhar, Oak Hill VA; Mel Yudkin, Annandale VA 52.68 By Barry Rigal 3 Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 51.58 4 Brian Archer, Hattiesburg MS; William McCaskill, Richton MS 51.03 This deal from the Educational Fund A/B/C 5 Paul Spear, Sun City West AZ; Audrius Mizeikis, Scottsdale AZ 49.96 Pairs helped two Argentine players to victory. 6 Malik Magdon-Ismail, Albany NY; Kamal Gupta, Latham NY 45.67 The winners were Pablo Lambardi and Ricardo 7 Richard Jeng - Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 40.99 Angeleri. 8 Michael Christensen, Redmond WA; Michael Ring, Bothell WA 40.91 Dlr: South ♠ K Q 7 2 9 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Bruce Altshuler, Los Angeles CA 40.17 Vul: E-W ♥ 6 5 10 Barry Goulding, Scottsdale AZ; Kent Goulding, Germantown MD 39.25 ♦ 10 8 5 2 11 Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA 38.52 ♣ 7 3 2 12 Guy Martin - Roy Martin, Birmingham AL 35.60 13 Jim Stepnes, Richfield MN; Joseph Koester, Brooklyn Park MN 32.59 ♠ A 9 5 3 ♠ J 10 14 Michael Ellgass, Niles IL; Mark Holle, Downers Grove IL 31.62 ♥ Q 10 3 ♥ A 7 2 15 Steven Mehta - Mehdi Sadeghi, Mississauga ON 31.31 ♦ K Q ♦ 7 6 4 3 16 Jonathan Cohn, Elkhorn NE; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE 28.42 ♣ A Q 10 5 ♣ K 8 6 4 17 T Brian Zaugg - Liliana Diaconescu, Burien WA 28.07 ♠ 8 6 4 18 Stephane Reiher, Beloeil QC; Eric Reiher, Longueuil QC 27.35 ♥ K J 9 8 4 19 Yan Song - Hua Yang, Plano TX 26.77 ♦ A J 9 20 Tim Rilling, Vancouver WA; Don Herring, Lake Oswego OR 25.30 ♣ J 9 21 Peter Van Zijl, Elkridge MD; Richard Wissing, Columbia MD 23.08 West North East South 22 Etty Yenni - Michael Gritz, Santa Barbara CA 22.33 Lambardi Angeleri 23 Weiming Hu, Portland OR; Daniel Neill, Beaverton OR 18.93 24 Art McCann, Finksburg MD; David Grabiner, Columbia MD 18.75 Pass 25 Leonard Myers, Elizabeth NJ; Stephen Cooper, Belle Mead NJ 18.05 1NT Pass Pass 2♥ 26 Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA; Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA 17.41 Pass Pass Dbl Pass 27 Dave Chipman - Jerry Sloan, Lawrence KS 17.15 2♠ Pass 2NT All Pass 28 Thomas Ferch - John Molt Jr, Grand Rapids MI 16.79 29 Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA 15.56 North led the ♥6, ducked by Lambardi. 30 Patrick White, Bellevue WA; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 15.48 South won the king and returned the suit, taken 31 Russell Sheldon, Pittsburgh PA; James Fox, Canonsburg PA 14.90 in dummy. Lambardi ran the ♠J to North’s queen. 32 Bruce Miller, Athens GA; Peter Martin, Kennesaw GA 12.98 Back came a diamond to the ace and the ♦J to the 33 Dennis Cerkvenik, Minnetonka MN; William Voedisch, Marine MN 12.75 king. South had shown 9 high-card points, so the 34 John Dickenson, North Wales PA; Thomas Kriz, Breinigsville PA 12.55 35 Chetan Mody, Greenville PA; Francis Tseng, Erie PA 12.43 second spade finesse was sure to lose. Lambardi 36 Jon Neimand - Tom McKenna, Eugene OR 12.36 cashed the ♣A and ♣Q, happy to find the 3-2 split. 37 Lorraine Jarboe - Daniel Jarboe, Ft Walton Beach FL 12.22 When he cashed the ♥Q, North erred by failing to 38 Trisha Malazdrewicz - Gerardo Malazdrewicz, Halifax NS 12.11 discard the ♦10. He would soon rue that decision. 39 Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY; James Carroll, Lyons NY 10.79 After cashing the heart, Lambardi played 40 Robert Sievers, Champaign IL; Martha Leary, Urbana IL 10.06 the ♣10 to dummy’s king, and South erred by 41 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Taylor Mill KY; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 9.14 discarding the ♦9. This was the position: 42 Romuald Mindak, Elmwood Park IL; Wieslaw Kalita, Woodridge IL 8.93 ♠ K 7 43 Andrea Johnson, Longmont CO; Robert McKenzie, Denver CO 8.78 ♥ — 44 Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA; Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA 6.38 ♦ 10 8 45 Julie Arbit, Rochester Hills MI; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI 6.01 46 Doug Barnes, Caledon ON; John McWhinnie, Hillsburgh ON 5.98 ♣ — 47 Edward So, Pleasanton CA; Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA 5.56 ♠ A 9 5 ♠ 10 48 Paul Amer - Samuel Amer, Newark DE 3.71 ♥ — ♥ — 49 Jan Popiel, Lexington MA; Murat Azizoglu, Concord MA 3.35 ♦ — ♦ 7 6 50 Michael Lieberman, Medford MA; Reid Barton, Arlington MA 1.93 ♣ 5 ♣ 8 51 Brian De Long - Frances DeLong, Kingston NS 0.45 ♠ 8 6 52 Ann Gardner - Alan Gardner, Floral Park NY 0.00 ♥ 9 8 ♦ — PRESIDENT’S CUP NAP FLIGHT C QUALIFIERS 26.0 Tables / Based on 44 Tables Carryover ♣ — 1 Blake Schwartzbach, Bethesda MD; Adam Gann, Washington DC 99.78 The last club forced North to discard a 2 Joyce Tedrick, Loveland OH; Barry Wauligman, Hamilton OH 85.44 diamond – and at that point it didn’t matter which 3 Douglas Riley - Sheryl Riley, Vestavia Hills AL 76.10 one he threw. Lambardi put North in with the 4 Benjamin Kompa - Xiyuan Ge, Chapel Hill NC 70.72 diamond, giving him the choice of a low spade to 5 Terry Klein, Brookeville MD; Myron Goldstein, Silver Spring MD 67.50 let the ♠10 and ♦6 take the last two tricks, or the 6 Susan Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT; Felix Springer, West Hartford CT 65.91 ♠K, to give Lambardi two tricks in that suit. Plus 7 Monty Gray - Thomas Brown, Seattle WA 59.06 150 was an excellent score for the winners. 8 Sean Casey, Atlantic Hlds NJ; Jason Tokuda, Livingston NJ 58.74 9 Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Thomas Greehan III, Southborough MA 55.43 10 James Beha, New York NY; Christopher Beha, Brooklyn NY 52.22 11 Linda Szilagyi - Peter Wise, Georgetown DE 50.13 Masterpoint disclaimer 12 Steve Johnson, Laguna Woods CA; Robert Carlson, Costa Mesa CA 48.55 Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are 13 Christian Hemphill, Brooklyn NY; Scott McDermott, New York NY 47.24 subject to change because of score changes or 14 Benjamin Leitner, Mountain View CA; Michael Leitner, San Jose CA 46.68 15 John Schlundt, Eden Prairie MN; Nicholas Erpelding, Minnetonka MN 45.24 corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, 16 Denis Ouellette, Laval QC; Gaetan St-Pierre, Saint-Come QC 44.67 therefore, also subject to change. 17 Ronald Carter, Youngstown OH; Robert Kramer, Poland OH 39.78 18 Chris Sloan - Phillip Vest, Nashville TN 36.71 SATURDAY ZIP KO 19 Susan Eggebrecht - John Miller, Chicago IL 34.22 7 Tables 20 Amber Lin - Xuhua Lin, Edison NJ 33.48 2.58 1 Jess Jurkovic, New York NY; Ankur Rathi, 21 Richard Brown - Candace Brown, Duluth GA 33.25 Fort Worth TX; Anant Rathi, San Diego CA; Edmund Wu, San 22 George Jenkins, Boca Raton FL; Gregory Perkowski, Lansing MI 33.03 Francisco CA 23 Bill Bumbarger, Hickory NC; Tim Hemphill, Granite Falls NC 31.54 1.81 2 Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON; Shan Huang, Scarborough ON; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD; Peter J Boyd- 24 Qucheng Gong, San Jose CA; Antony Lee, Berkeley CA 30.09 Bowman, Greensboro NC 25 Janee Oleson, Evansdale IA; Sally Meixner, Jesup IA 27.62 26 Barbara Pastine - Ellen Pedersen, Bozeman MT 27.11 ZIP KNOCKOUT TEAMS 27 Anirudh Pandit - Arun Pandit, Mason OH 27.07 4 Tables 28 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Mark Marty, Clayton CA 26.37 2.12 1 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; McKenzie 29 Klaus Brondum - Corey Powell, Ann Arbor MI 24.01 Myers, Beaverton OR 30 Sharon Reback, N Palm Beach FL; Valerie Goldstein, Royal Plm Beach FL 22.11 1.48 2 Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Dennis 31 Cynthia Quinn - Robert Beckman, Laguna Woods CA 21.65 Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Michael 32 Charles Smith, Bolton ON; Gaye Villa, Caledon East ON 21.46 Askgaard, Gentofte Denmark 33 Jack Rudy, Camp Hill PA; Alexis Peffer, Enola PA 21.39 34 John Olsen, Chester NS; Donald Lutz, Fall River NS 20.95 35 Ginny Dimond - Mike Dimond, Elmhurst IL 18.87 36 Amy Mitura - Michael Berkowitz, New York NY 16.02 Daily Bulletin Monday, March 16, 2015 Page 7

37 Margaret Brom, Vancouver WA; Nancy Swanson, Portland OR 15.11 38 Mike Peiffer, Colleyville TX; Finlay Higgins, Arlington TX 14.73 No more lines! 39 Dianne Kiehl, Muskego WI; Sharon May, Waukesha WI 14.24 The ACBL and Bridge Winners have teamed 40 Larry Chase - William Neely, Boise ID 14.21 up to enable you to buy entries for NABC events 41 Carolyn Luesing - Libba Wight, Atlanta GA 13.26 online in advance. 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76 David Rogers - Sandy McCay, Naples FL 63.40 77 Glenn Eisenstein - Irene Frary, New York NY 61.63 78 Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC; Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC 61.41 79 Barbara Sartorius - Robert Sartorius, Palm Bch Gdns FL 60.08 80 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Susan Perez, Maryland Hgts MO 58.65 81 Brian Ransley - Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain 54.16 82 Robert Cappelli, Birmingham MI; William Winokur, West Bloomfield MI 53.70 83 John Hoffman, Mountain View CA; Suzanne Cook, McKinleyville CA 52.59 84 Claire Watson, Jacksonville FL; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 52.32 85 Lesley Decker Lucas - Stephen Lucas, Woodbury NY 51.65 86 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 51.63 87 Stephanie Alexander - Robert Alexander, Mentor OH 50.86 88 Beverley Bessey - Glen Williamson, Sarnia ON 49.47 89 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Ken Gee, Regina SK 48.77 90 James Slinger - Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 48.42 91 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 45.00 92 Barbara Doran, Silver Spring MD; Rich Kasprowicz, Schenectady NY 43.89 Amy Lieberman and her daughter, 10-year- 93 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 43.75 old Caroline, enjoy a game of gin at the 94 James Senter - Gale Senter, San Clemente CA 43.64 Starbucks in the Marriott, unaware that a 95 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA 43.16 bridge tournament is going on all around them. 96 Dave Swarthout, San Antonio TX; William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI 40.79 Caroline likes to play cards, so bridge may 97 Tom Clarke - Jim Barrow, Lake Charles LA 40.25 be her next interest. The Liebermans live in 98 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Eileen Houghton, Silver Spring MD 40.13 Overland Park KS, in the Kansas City area. 99 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; L James Phillips, Chicago IL 39.02 SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 1 100 Robert Hopkins Jr - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA 38.98 6 Tables 101 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 38.57 Molly O’Neill, Fort Lauderdale FL; Michael Wolf, Coral Springs 102 Robert Bell, Washington DC; Fred King, Falls Church VA 37.59 FL; Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Maris Zilant, North Miami FL vs 103 Georgiana Gates, Houston TX; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 37.30 Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; 104 Steve Hamaoui, Milono Italy; Perla Sultan, Aventura FL 36.36 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; 105 Rose Burke, Bloomfield Hls MI; Margaret Moore, Naples FL 36.21 Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 106/107 Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT; Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL 35.69 106/107 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Yas Takeda, Hacienda Hgts CA 35.69 SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 2 7 Tables 108 Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; June Pocock, New Westminster BC 34.80 John Peer - James Rowen, Indianapolis IN; Howard Montemurro, 109 Kathy Logue, Davie FL; Abe Jakob, Fort Lauderdale FL 34.19 Vineland ON; Won Yang, Clermont FL 110 Kenneth Bland, Saint Louis MO; Tom Oppenheimer, Clayton MO 34.17 vs 111 Fred Hawa - Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 33.85 B Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC; Bill Carson, Ltl Switzerland 112 Tim Joder, Lanesboro MA; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 28.79 NC; Edward Banta - Katherine Trubey, Spruce Pine NC 113 V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 27.27 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; M. David 114 Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 25.17 Jackson, Alexandria VA; Royald Zell, Tampa FL 115 Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN; Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN 25.02 vs 116 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 24.16 Beth Todd - David Wolf - Di Lapeyre - Cappy McIver, New 117 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Tom Edwards, Austin TX 22.64 Orleans LA 118 Brenda Keller, Palm Springs CA; Nancy Cord, Sun Valley ID 22.39 119 Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 22.36 SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 3 8 Tables 120 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Leslie Strong, Santa Ynez CA 21.35 Fred Lay - Claudette Lay, Kenner LA; Suzanne Baer, Biloxi MS; 121 Gayle Covey - Steven Devico, Hendersonville NC 19.51 Susan Gibbens, Metairie LA 122 Robert Mendelson, Troy MI; Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI 18.87 vs 123 Roark Johnson, Edina MN; Chuck Cummins, Minneapolis MN 17.58 Henry Bodenheimer - J Walker Jones Jr - Robert Pettit, New 124/125 Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Pn CA 17.51 Orleans LA; E Hugh Lawson, Metairie LA 124/125 David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA 17.51 Stephane Reiher, Beloeil QC; Eric Reiher, Longueuil QC; Nanette 126 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Jim Russell, Sarasota FL 16.18 Hittmeier, Olympia WA; Carol Kirkland, Madison MS 127 Gary Kessler, Springfield IL; Kimmel Jones, Euless TX 15.07 vs 128 David Bailey - Bonnie Gall, Bartlesville OK 14.28 Larry Jackson - Sarkis Kish - Deborah Harrington, Memphis TN; 129/130 Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL; William McFall, New Berlin WI 14.19 Roseann Buckley, Ventura CA 129/130 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Harvey Katz, Marina Del Rey CA 14.19 SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET 1 131 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Annette Lee McHann, Flowood MS 13.78 9 Tables 132 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Mary Oshlag, Memphis TN 11.96 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Gokhan Yilmaz, 133 Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA 11.75 Uskudar/Instanb Turkey; Valerio Giubilo, Italy; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy 134 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 11.53 vs 135 Bob Zeller, Kanata ON; J Mark Siegrist, Gloucester ON 11.16 Mike Giesler - Allison Brandt, Philadelphia PA; Paul Sorensen, 136 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 10.92 Berwyn AB; Rodney Paxton, Las Vegas NV 137 Carson Arnett, Cloutierville LA; Richard Kuti, Poinciana FL 10.52 138 Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH; Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH 9.34 Larry Federico - Bob Bowers, Metairie LA; Iype Koshy, Gretna 139 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 9.09 LA; Fred Woodruff, Baton Rouge LA vs 140 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Frank Collecchia, Louisville KY 8.87 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Arun 141/142 Natan Erdberg, Fishers IN; Linda Leedy, Zionsville IN 7.32 Savara, Honolulu HI; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY; Peter Merker, 141/142 Michael Carmen, Saint Louis MO; Kathleen Safranski, Chesterfield MO 7.32 Mentor OH 143 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 6.65 144 Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA; David Abelow, La Jolla CA 5.32 SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET 2 145 Kenneth Llacera, Santa Cruz CA; Mick Friedberg, Aptos CA 4.58 9 Tables James Stevens - Sandra Stevens, Paige TX; Robert Curl, Houston 146 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 3.30 TX; David Curl, Fort Worth TX; Thomas Schmalz, Galveston TX; 147 Shekhar Sengupta, Marlborough MA; Helen Johnston, Ajax ON 2.44 John Ionescu, Long Beach CA 148 Carolyne Fox, Manvel TX; Phillip Grothus, Houston TX 2.16 vs 149 Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA; Mike Bandler, Alamo CA 2.00 Phillip Cummins - Karen Cummins, Coconut Creek FL; Carolyn 150/151 Bob Feller, Bloomington IN; Simon Kantor, Feeding Hills MA 1.55 Lewis, Louisville KY; Theri Andino, Niceville FL 150/151 Jane Ball, Doylestown PA; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ 1.55 Laura Tolkow - David Feldman, New York NY; Estera Lisker, 152 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA 1.33 Remsenburg NY; Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Germany; Phil 153 Joe Rickman, Maryville TN; Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN 1.11 Feldman, Los Angeles CA 154 Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL; Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL 0.89 vs 155 Richard Burton - Beatrice Kemp, Dacula GA 0.22 Aaron Jones, Orange CA; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD; Andrew 156 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 0.00 Cavalier - Christian Jolly, Huntsville AL SUNDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET 3 10.0 Tables 16 Tables Natalie Silverstein - Phil Dowd, Toronto ON; Louise Morel, A B C Chapala Mexico; Ethan Macaulay, Bedford NS 2.63 1 1 Mark McKenzie, Shaftsbury VT; Ann McKenzie, Jaffrey NH 69.05% vs 1.97 2 Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY; Robert Gray, Prnce Frederick MD 62.80% Alan Mannheimer, Charlotte NC; Darlene Mannheimer, Pittsburgh 1.48 3 2 Ruth Rosenthal - Jean Frank, New Orleans LA 61.31% PA; George Retos, Washington PA; Lloyd Steger, Watertown MA 1.11 4 Jan Benson - Jett Elmer, Topeka KS 60.71% 0.73 5/6 Louella Josset - Selwyn Josset, Dallas TX 58.33% William Drake, Minnetonka MN; Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL; John Crouch, Edina MN 1.43 5/6 3 1 Joe Jones, Memphis TN; Stephanie Threlkeld, Germantown TN 58.33% vs 0.79 4 Annette French - Shirley Cooper, Sault Ste Marie ON 53.57% Glen Dexter - Margie Knickle, Halifax NS; Judith Arbus, Toronto 1.07 2 Judy Swerens - Barbara Heisele, Wheeling WV 47.32% ON; Patty Michael, San Mateo CA 0.80 3 Alan Cohen - Mara Cohen, Porter Ranch CA 47.02% Daily Bulletin Monday, March 16, 2015 Page 9 NORMAN KAY PLATINUM PAIRS 14.0 Tables / Based on 60 Tables 200.00 1 Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Thomas Bessis, Paris France 399.42 150.00 2 Andrea Manno - Massimiliano Di Franco, Palermo Italy 398.67 112.50 3 Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 395.01 92.31 4 Robert Blanchard - William Pollack, New York NY 393.90 85.71 5 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland 387.25 80.00 6 Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA; Daniel Boye, Farmington NY 381.53 75.00 7 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 380.73 70.59 8 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 374.05 66.67 9 Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA; Tim Verbeek, Netherlands 370.33 63.16 10 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 370.15 60.00 11 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 368.64 57.14 12 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 366.31 54.55 13 Susan Picus, New York NY; Timothy Nelsen, Chicago IL 365.57 52.17 14 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 360.53 50.00 15 Jie Li - Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China 360.05 48.00 16 Louk Verhees Jr, Sh Voorhout Netherlands; David Bakhshi, London England 355.69 46.15 17 Joe Grue - Valerie Westheimer, New York NY 350.85 44.44 18 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 349.43 42.86 19 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA 344.35 41.38 20 Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 344.22 They finished second in the Platinum Pairs: 40.00 21 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 344.16 Andrea Manno and Massimiliano Di Franco. 38.71 22 Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands 343.60 37.50 23 Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 338.47 36.36 24 Reda Wasfi Yaacoub, Cairo Egypt; Wael Mohsen, 6th of October Egypt 334.88 Active ethics 35.29 25 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 331.04 This deal comes from the Fall 2003 NABC in 34.29 26 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON 320.71 New Orleans. Playing in the Reisinger, Aviv Shahaf 33.33 27 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC 313.50 of New York City called the director after he looked 32.43 28 Kasper Konow, Frederiksberg Denmark; Michael Askgaard, Gentofte Denmark 302.85 at just the first four cards of his hand. SUNDAY STRATIFIED PAIRS ♠ 5 4 36.0 Tables ♥ K 10 8 2 A B C ♦ 10 7 20.56 1 Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 61.47% ♣ K 10 7 4 2 15.42 2 Jack Bonney - Dianne Bonney, Venice FL 61.00% 11.57 3 Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 59.32% ♠ A 6 3 ♠ K J 10 9 2 8.67 4 Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH; William Higgins, Cincinnati OH 59.25% ♥ 9 6 5 ♥ A 4 6.85 5 Steve Shirey - Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 58.46% ♦ K J 8 4 2 ♦ A Q 6 5 5.87 6 Richard Wieland, Reading CT; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 57.40% ♣ A 6 ♣ J 8 5.14 7 Susan Jackson - Stephen Jackson, Roseville MN 57.33% ♠ Q 8 7 4.57 8 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 56.86% 4.11 9 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 56.57% ♥ Q J 7 3 4.10 10 Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Sweden; Jessica Hayman, New York NY 56.57% ♦ 9 3 3.43 11 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Gary Hann, Interlochen MI 56.54% ♣ Q 9 5 3 5.53 12 Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Robert Morris, Houston TX 56.50% The cards Shahaf saw were the ♥A, the ♠2, 3.31 13 Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan 56.35% the ♠J and the ♥4. When the director arrived, he 4.59 14 Radu Nistor - Melanie Tucker, New York NY 56.18% 2.57 15 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 56.07% explained that he knew how to play the hand. 8.58 16 1 Chantal Dube - Andre Houde, Montreal QC 55.15% From the order of the cards, he worked out that his 2.56 17 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; David Walker, Salem VA 54.88% predecessor had won the opening lead with the ♥A, 3.28 18 Paul Morris, Brooklyn NY; Ron Haack, New York NY 54.86% led a spade to the ace, finessed the ♠J on the way 6.56 19 2 1 Renate Siefmund - Michael Knoll, Graz Austria 54.55% back, losing to the queen, and South had cashed a 4.83 3 Doug Herron - Howard Sloan, New York NY 53.45% 3.93 4 2 Oleg Bekker - Viktor Berdnikov, Tucson AZ 52.28% top heart. 2.86 5 Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland Hls TX; Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX 52.20% After studying the board for a short time, the 2.45 6 Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Larry Adler, Memphis TN 52.11% director instructed the players to shuffle and redeal 2.86 7 James Abbott, Chicago IL; Jan Abbott, Leland NC 51.46% the board. 1.91 8 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 50.98% The incident was reported to the Daily Bulletin 1.72 9 Jodi Coren, Highland Beach FL; Lisa Adelberg, Camden ME 50.03% 2.07 3 Janice L Wild, Briarcliff NY; Curtis Jacobsen, Stamford CT 48.63% by Bob Hamman. 2.04 4 Kathleen Malcolmson, Richmond TX; Wilma Booth, Houston TX 48.61% SUNDAY A/B SWISS 54 Tables / Based on 122 Tables Saving dummy’s entry A B 29.36 1 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Joshua (New Orleans 2003) Parker, Briarcliff NY; Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; David Grainger, By Hamish Bennett Roseville CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 117.00 Bruce Noda of Corte Madera CA made a nice 22.02 2 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Judith Bianco, New York NY 111.00 play on this deal from the Senior Knockout Teams. 16.52 3 1 Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Dlr: West ♠ K Q J 6 4 Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA 105.00 Vul: Both ♥ 6 5 4 3 12.39 4 2 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Nancy Keller, West Newbury MA; Xiaoqian ♦ K 5 4 Liu - Maxim Siline, Hudson MA 104.00 ♣ Q 9.79 5 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Joris Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands; ♠ A ♠ 9 2 Piotr Tmczynski, Poznan Poland; Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland 102.00 ♥ K Q J ♥ A 10 8 7 8.39 6 Mark Bumgardner, N Richland Hls TX; Bill Staats, Southlake TX; Leo ♦ A J 2 ♦ Q 10 9 8 Bell, Long Beach CA; Jeff Roman, Sun City West AZ 100.00 ♣ K J 9 7 4 2 ♣ 10 8 5 7.34 7 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL; Ellen Kent ♠ 10 8 7 5 3 - Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 96.00 6.52 8 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Adam Grossack - ♥ 9 2 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 94.00 ♦ 7 6 3 6.76 9/11 3 Gary Brinker, Maumee OH; Joseph Ernsthausen, Sylvania OH; Grant ♣ A 6 3 Petersen, Taylor MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI 93.00 West North East South 5.37 9/11 Gabrielle Sherman - Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL; Michael Noda Bennett Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 93.00 5.37 9/11 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Ron Smith - John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; 1♣ 1♠ Dbl 3♠ Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 93.00 4♠ Pass 5♣ All Pass 4.36 12/13 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Adam North led the ♠K and Bruce won his ace. He Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Bart didn’t want to use dummy’s only entry right away, Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 92.00 so he led the ♣K – dropping North’s stiff queen. 4.36 12/13 Bob Todd - Douglas Fisher, Winnipeg MB; Don Domansky - David McLellan, Thunder Bay ON; Bill Ream, Burleson TX; Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK 92.00 South won his ♣A and returned a spade. Bruce 5.07 14 4 David Brower, Portland OR; Ray Miller - David Taylor, Seattle WA; Kim ruffed and drew trumps, ending in dummy. Eng, Issaquah WA 91.00 He led the ♦Q and North ducked. Now Bruce 4.00 5 Alison Wilson - Chris Willenken - Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY 89.00 cashed four rounds of hearts, pitching his ♦J, and 3.43 6 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, claimed six for plus 620. Halmstad Sweden; Johan Saefsten, Uppsala Sweden 86.00 3.00 7 Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; At the other table, 5♣ went down (declarer Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 81.00 misguessed clubs) and Noda had a 12-IMP gain. Page 10 Monday, March 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

See who’s hanging out at the new Partnership Desk.

Play begins today in the 0-10,000 Knockout. The premiere running of the event last year was won by Robert Todd, Garth Yettick, Peggy Ware and Spencer Jones. SUNDAY C/D SWISS 38 Tables / Based on 78 Tables C D PARTNERSHIP 20.32 1 1 Jack Conway - Anne Beaurivage, Lincoln NE; Gina Austin Fresh, Wichita KS; Tim Perry, Corbin KY 121.00 15.24 2 2 Beth Todd - Di Lapeyre - Cappy McIver - J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA 104.00 DESK 11.43 3 3 Jerrold Harrington, Helotes TX; Larry Levin - George Fillis - Karen Fillis, San Antonio TX 103.00 8.57 4 R Barkley Calkins - Glenda Calkins, Allendale NJ; Rand Pinsky - KathySwaine, Valencia CA 102.00 Log into MyACBL. Update your profi le, 7.43 5 4 Jill Thompson - Jill Foran, Toronto ON; Larry Legault - Lyn Legault, Coe Hill ON 98.00 browse for partners and play. 5.87 6/7 5 Jerry Nolte - Elizabeth Nolte, Oak Hill VA; James Augustine, Visit acbl.org/partnershipdesk for Alexandria VA; Tony Robson, Arlington VA 97.00 more information. 5.45 6/7 Eugene Kales, East Lansing MI; Florence Belford, Milton ON; Patricia Miller - Roger Miller, Highlands Ranch CO 97.00 4.52 8 Brian Breckenridge - Irva Neyhart, Corvallis OR; Marc Franklin - Mary Lou Moriarty, Portland OR 96.00 5.03 9/10 6 Ann Romeo, Bellevue WA; Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer SUNDAY-MONDAY MORNING COMPACT KO Island WA; Bonnie Broders, Port Townsend WA 94.00 14 Tables 3.88 9/10 Ray Lytle, Savannah GA; James Thornton, New Orleans LA; Phyllis Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Peter Kyper, West Chester PA; Siegel, Ballwin MO; Jay Shah, Saint Louis MO 94.00 Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Mary Ose, Sacramento CA 4.40 7 Monica Taylor - Lewis Richardson Jr, Astoria OR; Carol Raimondo, vs Cayucos CA; Marvin Weitzenhoffer, Las Vegas NV 89.00 Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO; Jay Shah, Saint Louis MO; Josh Rich, Acton IL; Carol Phillips, Godfrey IL SUNDAY GOLD RUSH SWISS 20 Tables Louis Tousignant, Brooklyn NS; Janet Parsons, St John’s NL; 7 3 Margaret Crawford, Wichita KS; Esperanza Tejano, Newton KS 5.51 1 Laurie Faulkner, Saratoga CA; Glen Scroggins, Olympia WA; Jacqueline vs Zayac, Lafayette CA; Lee Weiss, Plymouth Meetng PA 114.00 Sue Hanneman - Mark Hanneman, Plainfield IL; Per Halvorsen, 4.13 2 1 James Jeffers - Shirley Jeffers, China Grove NC; Kay Rogers, Manakin Laksevag Norway; Linda Leaming, Rockford IL Sabot VA; Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA 96.00 3.10 3 2 Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA; Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 95.00 Monitoring 2.32 4 3 Jane Bragg - Judy Nibler, Fresno CA; Margaret Crawford, Wichita KS; At this and future North American Bridge Esperanza Tejano, Newton KS 94.00 1.84 5 4 Bonnie Nackley - Elizabeth Strasen, Woodacre CA; Cindy Lewis, Luling Championships, ACBL will monitor NABC+ LA; Gail Fayard, Gretna LA 92.00 events with visible, real-time cameras. The images 1.57 6 David Fotland - Wendy Fotland, San Jose CA; Joseph Kivel - Michelle will be recorded and be available for later official Steege, Apple Valley MN 90.00 inspection and review. SUNDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS By general monitoring of the session and 19.0 Tables participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source A B C of information that may be useful in determining 5.50 1 Stephen Mackay, Markham ON; Ray Jotcham, Scarborough ON 65.33% facts and settling issues arising from some types 4.55 2 1 1 Debbie Stavro, Toronto ON; Catharine Gilmour, Charlotte NC 62.49% 3.41 3 2 Sam Graham, Germantown TN; Caryn Villalon, Fallbrook CA 61.83% of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. 2.56 4 3 2 Gabriel Tatar, Toronto ON; Dorin Toma, Mississauga ON 59.95% Please summon a director if a problem occurs at 1.92 5 4 3 Barry Ko, Berkeley CA; George Mitchell, Douglas NB 58.93% the table. 1.69 6 Ricardo Angeleri, Mar Del Plata Argentina; Pablo Lambardi, This procedure is intended to assure everyone Buenos Aires Argentina 58.82% that the playing field is level and that misbehavior 1.44 5 Vicki Rivera, Lafayette CA; Sheryl Nagy, Danville CA 58.14% 1.08 6 Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO; Therese Koller, Pueblo CO 56.02% will not be tolerated. 1.65 4 Sandra Musbach, Carlsbad CA; Mary Lou Kammerer, Del Mar CA 54.29% Daily Bulletin Monday, March 16, 2015 Page 11

2015 Youth North American Bridge Championships

August 6–8

Navy Pier • Millennium Park • Shedd Aquarium • Field Museum of Natural History • Buckingham Fountain

FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - FINAL 28.75 Tables / Based on 13 Tables Life Master news 8.05 1 Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 120.80% Amy Cox of 5.29 2/3 Sandi Foreman, Delray Beach FL 118.68% Hammond LA 5.29 2/3 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 118.68% became a Life 5.19 4 Dave Adelman, Calgary AB 117.72% 4.69 5 Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL 115.40% Master playing 4.09 6 Joseph Koester, Brooklyn Park MN 111.39% in the Stratified 2.56 7 Christopher Young, New Orleans LA 107.95% Swiss Teams on Sunday. Her partner IDGAS SUNDAY A/B/C SWISS was Karen Lea of 13 Tables Ponchatoula LA. A B C 5.92 1 Bulent Kaytaz - Tezcan Sen - Hakan Peyret - Ilker Ayaz, Istanbul Their teammates, Turkey 52.00 also from 3.89 2/3 Namik Kokten - Tuna Aluf - Nazan Kokten - Mehves Pisak, Istanbul Ponchatoula, were Turkey; Sam Gattenio, Sariyer Istanbu Turkey 51.00 Beryl Trawick and 3.89 2/3 1 Karen Sylvester, Court House NJ; Marianne Goff, Margate City NJ; Bob Dale. Carole Craige, Pomona NJ; Margaret Coe, Linwood NJ 51.00 2.50 4 2 Kathrine Loh, Walnut Creek CA; Thomas Musso, Woodbridge VA; La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 49.00 2.13 5/6 3/4 1/2 Hugh Humphries - Kay Humphries, Bellaire TX; Catherine Miller - Get your results by text Hugh Miller, Spring TX 47.00 2.13 5/6 3/4 1/2 Dee Moses - Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA; Jerrilyn Stumpf - message! Bobbie Gattuso, Gretna LA 47.00 IDGAS SUNDAY D/E/F SWISS 16 Tables D E F 2.56 1 1 Carolyn Marks - Karen Collins, Fort Worth TX; Laura Nash, Stephenville TX; Janet Jordan, Aledo TX 65.00 1.92 2 2 Sue Hanneman - Mark Hanneman, Plainfield IL; Linda Leaming, ACBL Live allows members to receive their Rockford IL; Per Halvorsen, Laksevag Norway 62.00 results by text. Simply text your name and ACBL 1.44 3 Nurit Elis - Ami Elis - Alan Colker - Lynne Colker, Pittsburgh PA 57.00 player number to 901-289-2094 or to text@acbl. 1.21 4 3 1 Frank Morgan, Allentown PA; Roger Zessis, Westwood MA; Joanna org. As soon as results are available, you’ll receive Gleason, Chestnut Hill MA; David Dong, Rockville MD 49.00 your personal results by a reply text. 0.84 5 4 Carolyn Rogers, Germantown TN; Sarah Pentecost, Dresden TN; Garel Fulks, Springville TN; Roberta Meyer, Puryear TN 44.00 0.63 5 Dave Drischell - Martha Potter - Roberta Reaber, Seattle WA; Melinda Westgate, Mercer Island WA 41.00 0.91 2 Phyllis Chak - Michael Simpson - Mark Bruce - Kathleen Burnham, Ocala FL 39.00 Page 12 Monday, March 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin Vanderbilt Knockout Teams The premier event of the Spring North American Championships is the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams. The history of the prestigious contest stretches back to 1928 when the man who invented contract bridge, Harold S. Vanderbilt, put the trophy bearing his name into play. The winners list is a who’s who of bridge, a parade of the titans of the game. As part of the ACBL’s ongoing archiving project, photos of some of the winners are included with this history.

The Vanderbilt Trophy 2004 Vanderbilt champions Lorenzo Lauria, The Vanderbilt Trophy for the Vanderbilt Alfredo Versace, Giorgio Duboin, Ralph Katz, Knockout Teams was donated in 1928 by Harold S. George Jacobs and Norberto Bocchi are Vanderbilt, who won the event in 1932 and 1940. presented the Vanderbilt trophy by ACBL The Vanderbilt was contested annually in New President Bruce Reeve. York — as a separate championship — until 1958 when it became part of the Spring North American Championships. Vanderbilt winners receive replicas of the trophy — a practice initiated by Vanderbilt from the first running of the event and perpetuated by a $100,000 trust fund administered by ACBL under the terms of Vanderbilt’s will. On display at ACBL Headquarters in Horn Lake MS are the Vanderbilt Trophy, as well as replicas donated by the families of Caroline Taylor, who won the Vanderbilt in 1928, and Helen Sobel Smith, a Vanderbilt winner in 1944 and 1945.

2005 Vanderbilt champs: front, Larry Cohen, Previous winners: Richard Schwartz, David Berkowitz; rear, 1928 Ralph Richards, Gratz Scott, Edwin Wetzlar, Mike Becker, Massimo Lanzarotti and Andrea Wilbur Whitehead tied with Abraham Buratti. Brown, Mrs. Sidney Lovell, Caroline Taylor, Nils Wester 1929 Michael Gottlieb, Lee Langdon, Jean Mattheys, Harry Raffel 1930 Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson, Theodore Lightner, Waldemar von Zedtwitz 1931 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Sam Stayman Karn, P. Hal Sims 1951 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George 1932 Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims, Harold S. Rapee, Sam Stayman Vanderbilt, Waldemar von Zedtwitz 1952 Ned Drucker, Irvin Kass, Sidney Mandell, 1933 Phil Abramsohn, Benjamin Feuer, Francis Milton Moss, Jesse Sloan Rendon, Sydney Rusinow 1953 Richard Kahn, Edgar Kaplan, Peter 1934 David Burnstine, Richard Frey, Michael Leventritt, William Lipton, Ruth Sherman 2006: ACBL President Harriette Buckman Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken 1954 Kalman Apfel, Francis Begley, Ned Drucker, presents the Vanderbilt Trophy to Fred Chang, Sidney Mandell, Milton Moss captain of the winning team. (From left) Jack 1935 David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns 1955 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Zhao, Chang, Fu Zhong, Gunnar Hallberg and Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor Seymon Deutsch. 1936 Phil Abramsohn, Irving Epstein, Harry Fishbein, Fred Kaplan 1956 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George 1937 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns 1957 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George 1938 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns 1958 Harry Fishbein, Sam Fry Jr., Leonard 1939 Melville Alexander, Sigmund Dornbusch, Harmon, Lee Hazen, Ivar Stakgold Syl Gintell, Lee Hazen, Harry Raffel 1959 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, Norman Kay, 1940 Edward Hymes Jr., Charles Lochridge, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone Robert McPherran, Harold S. Vanderbilt, 1960 John Crawford, Norman Kay, Sidney Waldemar von Zedtwitz Silodor, Tobias Stone 1941 John Crawford, Myron Fuchs, Robert 1961 Charles Coon, Robert Jordan, Eric Murray, Arthur Robinson 2007: ACBL President Sharon Fairchild, McPherran, Sherman Stearns second from left, presents the Vanderbilt 1942 Lester Bachner, Sigmund Dornbusch, 1962 Larry Kolker, Carolyn Levitt, Jerry Levitt, Trophy to the winners of the event: Bjorn Richard Frey, Lee Hazen, Sam Stayman Garrett Nash, George de Runtz Fallenius, Antonio Sementa, Christal Henner- 1943 Harry Fagin, Harry Fishbein, Fred Kaplan, 1963 Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Welland, Roy Welland, Adam Zmudzinski and Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone Clifford Russell, William Seamon, Albert Cezary Balicki. 1944 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Weiss Silodor, Helen Sobel 1964 Bob Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Don Krauss, 1945 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Peter Leventritt, Lew Mathe, Howard Silodor, Helen Sobel Schenken 1946 John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby, George 1965 Philip Feldesman, John Fisher, James Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Ira Rubin, Albert 1947 David Clarren, Harry Feinberg, Harry Weiss Fishbein, Larry Hirsch, Joseph Low 1966 Philip Feldesman, Bob Hamman, Sami 1948 Robert Appleyard, Jay T. Feigus, William Kehela, Lew Mathe, Ira Rubin Lichtenstein, Harry Sonnenblick, Albert 1967 James Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Lew Mathe, Weiss Bobby Nail, Ron Von der Porten, Lew 1949 Morrie Elis, Harry Fishbein, Lee Hazen, Stansby 2008: The 2008 Vanderbilt Knockout champions: Larry Hirsch, Charles Lochridge 1968 Bobby Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, npc Piotr Walczak, Jerzy Skrzypczak, Boguslaw 1950 John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Arthur Robinson, Bill Root, Alvin Roth Gierulski, Krzystof Martens and Krzystof 1969 Gerald Hallee, Paul Soloway, John Swanson, Jassem. Daily Bulletin Monday, March 16, 2015 Page 13 Vanderbilt Knockout Teams Hugh Ross, Steve Robinson, Chip Martel 1988 Eddie Kantar, Alan Sontag, John Mohan, Roger Bates 1989 Ron Rubin, Michael Becker, Bart Bramley, Robert Levin, Lou Bluhm, Peter Weichsel 1990 Dan Morse, John Sutherlin, Michael Kamil, Ron Gerard, Tom Sanders, Bill Pollack 1991 Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield 1992 Andy Goodman, John Mohan, Roger Bates, John Schermer, Neil Chambers 1993 Howard Weinstein, Peter Nagy, Dan Morse, John Sutherlin, Tom Sanders, Russ Arnold 1994 Seymon Deutsch, Gaylor Kasle, Michael Rosenberg, Zia Mahmood, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby 1995 Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Michael 2009: Vanderbilt winners with the official Polowan, Marc Jacobus trophy: seated, Steve Weinstein, Walid 1996 Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon Elahmady and Tarek Sadek; standing, George Jacobs, Robert Levin and Ralph Katz. Deutsch, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby 1997 Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman 1998 Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman 1999 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace 2000 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 2001 Andrei Gromov, Aleksander Petrunin, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski 2010: Vanderbilt champs: front, Thomas 2002 Reese Milner, Marc Jacobus, Sam Lev, John Bessis, Tor Helness, Geir Helgemo; rear, Mohan, Jacek Pszczola, Piotr Gawrys ACBL President Rich DeMartino, Pierre 2003 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Zimmermann, Franck Multon, Michel Bessis. Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell Richard Walsh 2004 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Lorenzo Lauria, 1970 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami Kehela, Alfredo Versace, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Sidney Lazard, Eric Murray, George Rapee Duboin 1971 Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob 2005 Richard Schwartz, Michael Becker, Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz, Massimo Bobby Wolff Lanzarotti, Andrea Buratti 1972 Steven Altman, Eugene Neiger, Thomas 2006 Fred Chang, Seymon Deutsch, Gunnar Smith, Alan Sontag, Joel Stuart, Peter Hallberg, Jack Zhao, Fu Zhong Weichsel 2007 Christal Henner-Welland, Antonio Sementa, 1973 Mark Blumenthal, Bobby Goldman, Bob Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Cezary Hamman, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski 2011: Vanderbilt winners: seated, Lew Stansby, Bobby Levin, Mike Kamil; standing, Chip 1974 David Crossley, Robert Crossley, Eric 2008 Boguslaw Gierulski, Krzysztof Jassem, Martel, Steve Weinstein, Martin Fleisher. Kokish, Joey Silver Krzysztof Martens, Jerzy Skrzypczak 1975 Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, 2009 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Bobby Levin, John Mohan, George Rosenkranz Steve Weinstein, Tarek Sadek, Walid 1976 Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, Elhamady John Mohan, George Rosenkranz 2010 Pierre Zimmerman, Michel Bessis, Thomas 1977 Mike Becker, Mark Blumenthal, Fred Bessis, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Franck 2014 ACBL President Phyllis Harlan presents Hamilton, Mike Lawrence, Ron Rubin, John Multon the Vanderbilt Trophy to the triumphant Nick Swanson 2011 Martin Fleisher, Lew Stansby, Bobby Levin, Nickell squad: Ralph Katz, Steve Weinstein, 1978 Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Mike Kamil, Chip Martel, Steve Weinstein Bobby Levin, Eric Kokish (coach), Eric Rodwell Kantar, Billy Eisenberg, Mike Passell, Paul 2012 Les Amoils, Joe Grue, Darren Wolpert, and Jeff Meckstroth. Nickell is not pictured. Soloway Curtis Cheek, 1979 Lou Bluhm, Richard Freeman, Mark Lair, Ismael Cliff Russell, Tom Sanders, Eddie Wold Del’Monte, 1980 Russ Arnold, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Thomas Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell Bessis 1981 B. Jay Becker, Michael Becker, Edgar 2013 Sabine Kaplan, Norman Kay, Ron Rubin Auken, Roy 1982 James Jacoby, Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Passell, Welland, Eric Rodwell, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Morten Bilde, Wold Dennis Bilde 1983 Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Norman Kay, 2014 Nick Nickell, Edgar Kaplan Ralph 1984 Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Hugh Ross, Peter Katz, Steve Pender Weinstein, 1985 Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Ron Rubin, Bobby Mike Lawrence, Michael Becker, Peter Levin, Eric Weichsel Rodwell, Jeff 1986 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, Meckstroth, Richard Pavlicek coach Eric 1987 Peter Pender, Peter Boyd, Lew Stansby, Kokish Page 14 Monday, March 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

SUNDAY DAYLIGHT SWISS TEAMS Support the ACBL 56 Tables / Based on 57 Tables A B C Educational Foundation 23.10 1 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Wojciech The ACBL Educational Foundation supports Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; activities that instruct bridge and that ncrease the Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland 114.00 enjoyment of playing and the number of players. 17.33 2 Vythutas Vainikonis, Trahai Lithuania; Wojtek Olanski, Zielona The Foundation has nine members: three from the Gora Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Board of Directors and six from the general bridge Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland; Ron Pachtmann - Bar Tarnowski, Kfar membership. Members are elected for three-year Saba Israel 113.00 terms, with a two-term limit. The Foundation 12.99 3 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass - Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa meets three times a year – once at each NABC – to Poland 109.00 consider grant applications. 9.75 4 Richard Probst - Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; David Gold, The Educational Foundation is funded by Reading Great Britain; Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA 108.00 voluntary contributions made when members 7.70 5 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Bruce join or renew their ACBL membership, through Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Magdalena Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer, special games and events and through individual The Netherlands Netherlands 107.00 donations. Donations are tax deductible. 6.60 6 Joan Cremin, Paradise Valley AZ; Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden; During the past few years, the Educational Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ 101.00 Foundation has approved applications for a variety 13.48 7/8 1 Geoff Bridges - Kendra Bridges, Carmel IN; Craig Jones - John of bridge programs across the U.S. and Canada, Cissel, Boise ID 97.00 5.46 7/8 Judith Gartaganis - Nicholas Gartaganis - Gordon Campbell, including: Calgary AB; K Fung, Edmonton AB 97.00 • After-school bridge clubs 8.85 9/11 2/3 Lanier Cansler - Barbara Cansler - Mary Katherine Bolch, • In-school bridge programs Raleigh NC; Mary Witt, Cary NC 93.00 • Summer Youth bridge camps 8.85 9/11 2/3 Alan Hamilton - Susan Hamilton, Angels Camp CA; Bonnie Landis, • American Bridge Teacher Association Pine Grove CA; Yvonne Tiscornia, San Andreas CA 93.00 conference 4.22 9/11 David Kent, Lake Mary FL; Robert Dennard, Orlando FL; David • Online course module for teaching bridge to Morgan, Melbourne Australia; Stephen Fischer, Stuart Park, NT school teachers Australia 93.00 • Bridge lesson programs to develop new 5.09 12/13 4/5 Robert Webster, Ripon WI; Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI; Garland players Hall - Susan Hall, Bentonville AR 92.00 5.09 12/13 4/5 Karen Lea - Beryl Robertson, Ponchatoula LA; Robert Dale - Amy • North American Collegiate Bridge Team Cox, Hammond LA 92.00 Championships 3.41 14/16 6/8 Catherine Bardsley, Mc Lean VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA; The Educational Foundation encourages ACBL Amanda Carter, Arlington VA; Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI 91.00 members who want to start a bridge program to 3.41 14/16 6/8 Stanley Hurwitz - Parnell Porter - Barbara Porter, Bluffton SC; consider applying for a grant for financial support. Richard Shaw, Greenville SC 91.00 The application form is on the ACBL web site 3.41 14/16 6/8 Kyle Lueders - Marilyn Joyner, Houston TX; Kitty Wong, Pearland at www.acbl.org (select the “Foundations and TX; Debra Bellan, Sugar Land TX 91.00 Commissions” link under the “Administration” 2.70 9 Bob Dowlen - Jere Hines - Sherry Greisen, Houston TX; Connie heading). Davidson, Shawnee Mission KS 90.00 For more information, contact Foundation 6.62 10 1 Ginger Hebert - Dee Daigle, Lafayette LA; William Freeman, Raymore MO; Lola Crochet, Broussard LA 89.00 President Barbara Heller at [email protected]. 2.25 11 Mark Zeitlin, Denton TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX; Robert Bever, Flower Mound TX 88.00 Glossary 4.97 2 Susy Philhours - Eddie McDanal, Birmingham AL; Martha Brand, Bridge terminology: Masterpoints and Hoover AL; Nancy Fridlin, Pelham AL 87.00 masterpoint races 3.26 3/4 Carroll Wood - Sharon Wood - Barbara Zelenka, Mandeville LA; Masterpoints measure competitive bridge Elaine Wilczynski, Covington LA 84.00 3.26 3/4 Helen St Romain - Gaye Wilson - Fay Batt, Metairie LA; Patricia success. They are awarded at ACBL clubs and Kessler, New Orleans LA 84.00 tournaments in amounts proportional to the size 2.05 5/6 Chris Trower - Sarah Falgoust - Penny Saunders, Atlanta GA; and classification of the event and the rating of the Linda Hagood, Marietta GA 78.00 club or tournament. 2.05 5/6 Joseph Ashcroft - Mollie Whalen, Vineyard Haven MA; Susan • Black points are awarded at club games. Some Collinson, Oak Bluffs MA; Diana Dozier, Edgartown MA 78.00 special club games award red, gold and silver 1.57 7/8 Donald Hopes, Diamondhead MS; Janelle Kunellis, Gulfport MS; points. Ueli Geissmann, Slidell LA; Tom Dunn, Pearl River LA 77.00 • Red points are awarded for section placements 1.57 7/8 Deborah August, Villanova PA; Andrew Rosenberg, Philadelphia at regional tournaments and North American PA; Myra Rosenberg, Bala Cynwyd PA; Randee Braslow, Wynnewood PA 77.00 Bridge Championships (NABCs). Red points SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS are also awarded at clubs for special events 22.0 Tables such as the qualifying rounds of the North A B C American Open Pairs and the Grand National 6.07 1 Joshua Donn - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV 64.05% Teams. 4.55 2 Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 61.55% • Silver points are awarded for sectional firsts 3.73 3 Russell Johnson - Gregory Trautman, Olympia WA 61.22% and overall placing at sectional tournaments. 2.61 4 Gillian Miniter - Judi Radin, New York NY 60.89% 4.93 5 1 Riley Cole - Elizabeth Mounger, Greenwood MS 60.02% Silver points are also awarded at Sectional 1.44 6 Sharon Fairchild - Barbara Bacon, Rocky River OH 59.48% Tournaments at Clubs (STaC). 3.70 7 2 Anne Cline - Donald Cline, Ventura CA 58.61% • Gold points are awarded for section firsts and 2.91 3 1 Neil Sandson, Timonium MD; Edgar Taylor, New Orleans LA 57.52% overall placing in regional-rated events that 2.08 4 Kathy Watkins - Terri Orlean, Houston TX 57.41% have no upper masterpoint restriction. 1.56 5 M. David Jackson, Alexandria VA; Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA 56.97% One gold point may also be awarded to section 1.79 6 Dee Moses, New Orleans LA; Jerrilyn Stumpf, Gretna LA 56.32% winners in the annual ACBL Instant Matchpoint 2.18 2 Paul Rosenblum, New Orleans LA; Jacob Karno, Metairie LA 55.99% Game in sections of seven or more tables. 1.64 3 Lyn Shapiro, Maitland FL; Faisl Kayali, Belle Isle FL 53.49% A major source of gold points is the bracketed 1.08 4/5 Wallace McOuat - Claire Young, San Anselmo CA 50.44% knockout teams. The overall awards for the top 1.08 4/5 Barbara Robinson - David Robinson, Denver CO 50.44% brackets are all gold while the lower brackets SUNDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS may receive a percentage of gold points and 42.0 Tables / Based on 9 Tables the remainder in red points. Also popular are 7 3 1 Gold Rush Pairs and Gold Rush Swiss Teams 4.36 1 Robert Sprick, Windermere FL; Will Sutherland, North York ON 67.26% at regionals and NABCs, which award gold for 3.27 2 Sandra Baggett, Hattiesburg MS; Bill McLemore, Columbia MS 61.80% overall finishes in two-session games that have a 3.54 3 1 Jeanne McLeod - Wilson McLeod, Cape Town South Africa 61.23% masterpoint limit of 750 points. 2.50 4 Norma Postudensek - Jim Postudensek, Duluth MN 60.71% 2.17 5 George Mitchell, Douglas NB; Karen Gold, Jenkintown PA 60.42% Platinum points are awarded for NABC+ 2.66 2 Peter Schmitt - Freddie Schmitt, Stoney Creek ON 56.10% events. 0–10,000 events also pay 10% platinum 1.99 3 John Robbins, Fort Worth TX; Dwight Hill, Grand Prairie TX 55.80% points for overall placings (10 points maximum). 1.49 4 Anne Julian, Highlands NC; Lana Jordan, Atlanta GA 55.51% 1.88 5 Ellen Li, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Qi Yao, Beijing Continued on page 15 People’s Republic of China 55.04% Daily Bulletin Monday, March 16, 2015 Page 15

SUNDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 31.0 Tables / Based on 62 Tables Glossary A B C continued from page 14 31.25 1 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 59.63% 23.44 2 1 Magnus Weiman - Maureen Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 58.90% The individual earning the most platinum points in 17.58 3 Fred Hamilton - James Brier, Las Vegas NV 58.72% a calendar year is recognized as Player of the Year. 13.18 4 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL 58.56% Online points are earned playing in sanctioned 10.42 5 Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 58.56% Internet club games. They are considered 8.93 6 Leo LaSota, Glen Burnie MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 58.45% “colorless.” 7.81 7 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 57.77% Barry Crane Top 500 race: This trophy is 6.94 8 Jesus Arias - Nancy Garvey, New York NY 56.92% presented to the ACBL player who wins the most 9.64 9 2 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 56.18% masterpoints during a calendar year. 7.23 10 3 Joyce Nakasaki - Joseph Thomas, Redondo Beach CA 56.08% Mini-McKenney races: Named for former 5.21 11 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 55.52% ACBL Chief William McKenney, the Mini- 5.42 12 4 J Howard Tate - F Ruth Tate, Toronto ON 55.08% 4.46 13 William Epperson, Sarasota FL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 54.78% McKenney masterpoint contests recognize the 4.17 14 Marin Marinov, New York NY; Bart Reiss, New York City NY 54.32% ACBL members who win the most points during a 5.98 15 5 John Cagney - Edith Cagney, N Fort Myers FL 54.32% calendar year in their respective categories. Leaders 3.68 16 6 James Baker, Brooklyn NY; Louis Ray, San Antonio TX 54.09% ACBL-wide are generally recognized in the April 4.84 7 1 Bruce Mann, Aledo TX; George Mann Jr, Kinnelon NJ 52.63% issue of the Bridge Bulletin. All points won during 2.86 8 Carol Maggipinto - Mark Maggipinto, Aptos CA 52.30% a calendar year are counted in these races. 2.57 9 Ilana Seror, New York NY; Joseph Byrnes, Long Beach NY 52.13% Helen Shanbrom Ace of Clubs contests: 3.63 2 Mark Humphrey - Lynne Humphrey, Moraga CA 50.88% This competition was created in 1984 to recognize 2.72 3 Thomas Eby - Ewan Eby, Marina CA 49.92% achievement at the club level. The contest is named 2.04 4 Sandy Palmer - Dennis Hawtin, Shorewood WI 48.35% in honor of Shanbrom, a Grand Life Master from 1.61 5 Richard Furlow - Sarah Furlow, Ann Arbor MI 47.69% Tamarac FL, who won her category an astounding SUNDAY AFTERNOON FERNAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS PAIRS 20 times. Winners are recognized at the unit level 10.5 Tables as well as ACBL-wide. Only points won only at A B C clubs (excluding Sectional Tournaments at Clubs) 2.76 1 1 Wendy Buttermore - Richard Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 60.63% are counted in these races. 2.10 2 2 1 Dawn Ligon - Maria Black, Santa Barbara CA 60.26% These are the Ace of Clubs and Mini- 1.58 3 3 2 Jane Foster - Polly Norris, Palm Beach FL 57.10% McKenney categories (defined by an individual’s 1.38 4 4 3 Janice Zazulak - Susan Martin, Metairie LA 54.62% masterpoint total at the beginning of a calendar 0.97 5 5 4 Dorothy McElwee, Chapel Hill NC; Robert Keeter, Durham NC 54.42% year): 0.69 6 6 5 Doris Struble, Huntington Bch CA; Jackie Olsted, Costa Mesa CA 53.26% 0–5 masterpoints SUNDAY AFTERNOON FERNAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS TWO 5–20 points 6.0 Tables 20–50 points A B C 50–100 points 1.63 1 1 Jeanette Bogart - Frederk Bogart, Boca Raton FL 66.00% 100­–200 points 1.22 2 Judy Pyeatte, New Orleans LA; Virginia Dabbs, Metairie LA 59.82% 200­–300 points 1.05 3 2 Judy Swerens - Barbara Heisele, Wheeling WV 59.47% 300–500 points 0.79 4 3 Amanda Riley, Vestavia Hills AL; Alka Gupta, Latham NY 56.08% 500–1000 points 0.59 4 Delphine Butler - Claudine Cannon, New Orleans LA 56.00% 1000–2500 points 1.18 1 Mara Cohen - Alan Cohen, Porter Ranch CA 48.08% 2500–5000 points 0.89 2 Charlotte Bailey, Needham MA; Cecile Ruiz, Metairie LA 47.91% 5000–7500 points SUNDAY AFTERNOON KEENAN ROMIG PAIRS 7500­–10,000 points 4 Tables 10,000 or more points 1.47 1 Susan Anthony - Susan Morse, Flourtown PA; Alison Shoemaker, Wyndmoor PA; Masterpoint races: ACBL recognizes the Margaret Packer, Plymouth Meetng PA 47.00 players who win the most masterpoints in their categories during the calendar year. SUNDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS Youth: age 19 and younger. 8.5 Tables Junior: age 25 and younger. A B C Sectional: points won only at sectional 3.60 1 1 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Taylor Mill KY; Vijay Vasudevan, tournaments Cincinnati OH 63.60% 2.70 2 Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 61.68% Senior: Players must have been born prior to 2.03 3 Sandi Foreman, Delray Beach FL; Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 60.54% January 1, 1959. Only points won in Senior events 2.27 4 2 1 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; David Dong, Rockville MD 58.70% are counted. 1.14 5 Tony Ames - Judy Nassar, Minnetonka MN 55.35% Online: points won in online (computer) play. 1.70 3 Jon Kirshner - Cathy Kirshner, Floral Park NY 54.52% Richmond Trophy: awarded to the Canadian 1.28 4 Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL; Helen Moskowitz, Ocala FL 52.52% Bridge Federation member who wins the most 1.61 2 John Krah - Daniel Poore, Seattle WA 51.28% points in a calendar year. 1.20 3 Sandy Silverman - Vicki Shepperd Chin, San Diego CA 45.97% SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS Youth and Junior entries 18.5 Tables Coupons will be made available for junior A B C members in good standing for entry into events at 3.81 1 1 1 Shirley Abels, Biloxi MS; Kurt Ramig, New York NY 62.05% NABCs: 2.86 2 Richard Buttermore - Wendy Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 60.16% 1. Any player under the age of 26 years who 1.88 3/4 Jean-Noel Willk - Karen Irico, Little Rock AR 60.12% is a full-time student (must provide proof of 1.88 3/4 Elizabeth Bolles - Mimi Groome, New Orleans LA 60.12% 1.21 5 Margaret Getman, Saint Paul MN; Mary Sievers, Champaign IL 59.82% eligibility) will be entitled to coupons that can 1.25 6 Sandra Dubroc, Mandeville LA; Dan Cliffe, New Orleans LA 59.52% be used for any event. These coupons will have 2.01 2 Janice Zazulak - Susan Martin, Metairie LA 58.93% a value of $10 per session. 1.51 3 Jane Foster - Polly Norris, Palm Beach FL 57.44% 2. Any player under the age of 21 years will be 1.13 4 Frances Strawn - Laura Hoskins, Burnsville NC 56.85% entitled to coupons that can be used for any 1.22 5 2 Barbara Martin - Godfried Schwering, Lakeland FL 56.29% event. These coupons will have a value of $10 0.92 6 3 Karen Birck, Wilton CT; Susan Tandlmayer, Harrisburg PA 55.06% per session. 0.91 4 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA; Don Nakasaki, Chino CA 52.68% 3. Any player 19 years and under will be granted free plays for each session of regionally rated SUNDAY MORNING BRIDGE-PLUS+ events. 6.0 Tables A B C 1.49 1 Deborah Drysdale, San Francisco CA; Lucy Crichton, Concord NH 68.33% 1.27 2 1 1 Carolyn Abaunza, New Orleans LA; Susan Thompson, Waveland MS 59.17% 0.74 3/4 Jackie Sanders - Eileen Norris, Beaverton OR 57.50% 0.95 3/4 2 Stephen Katz, Metairie LA; Darylan Stratten, Sebastopol CA 57.50% 0.76 3/4 2/3 Raynell Bourgeois, Gretna LA; Lois Grumet, Delray Beach FL 53.33% 0.76 3/4 2/3 Winifred McCarthy, Metairie LA; Marjorie Beer, New Orleans LA 53.33% Page 16 Monday, March 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

SUNDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Mark McKenzie, Shaftsbury VT; Ann McKenzie, Jaffrey NH 69.05% 1 Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY; Robert Gray, Prnce Frederick MD 62.80% 2 2 Ruth Rosenthal - Jean Frank, New Orleans LA 61.31% 2 Jan Benson - Jett Elmer, Topeka KS 60.71% 3 Louella Josset - Selwyn Josset, Dallas TX 58.33% 3 1 1 Joe Jones, Memphis TN; Stephanie Threlkeld, Germantown TN 58.33% 4 Annette French - Shirley Cooper, Sault Ste Marie ON 53.57% 4 Judy Nixon - James Nixon, Flower Mound TX 56.85% 1 Alan Cohen - Mara Cohen, Porter Ranch CA 47.02% 2 2 Judy Swerens - Barbara Heisele, Wheeling WV 47.32%

SUNDAY EVENING STRATIFIED PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS OO PP QQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 63.24% 1 1 1 Renate Siefmund - Michael Knoll, Graz Austria 62.88% 2 Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Robert Morris, Houston TX 59.92% 2 Radu Nistor - Melanie Tucker, New York NY 61.51% 3 Richard Wieland, Reading CT; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 59.20% 3 Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Sweden; Jessica Hayman, New York NY 61.13% 4 Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan 58.64% 4 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 60.85% 5 Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH; William Higgins, Cincinnati OH 57.86% 5 2 Doug Herron - Howard Sloan, New York NY 60.28% 6 Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 57.59% 6 Irina Kislitsyna, Ellenton FL; Michel Rapoport, Sarasota FL 59.01% 7 Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 57.34% 7 Susan Jackson - Stephen Jackson, Roseville MN 58.47% 8 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 56.68% 8 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 58.23% 9 Caren Epstein, Naples FL; Alvin Levy, Lake Worth FL 54.77% 9 Jack Bonney - Dianne Bonney, Venice FL 56.52% 10 Laurie Vogel, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 54.65% 10 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Gary Hann, Interlochen MI 56.25% 11 Jonathan Shute - L. Anne Posch, Sackville NB 54.33% 11 Ben Takemori - William Ge, Burnaby BC 56.12% 12 Catherine Gay, Kalamazoo MI; William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI 53.83% 12 3 2 Monika Senf, Scottsdale AZ; Craig Snowden, Fort Collins CO 54.55% 13 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; David Walker, Salem VA 52.96% 13 4 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 52.78% 14 1 1 Oleg Bekker - Viktor Berdnikov, Tucson AZ 52.77% 14 Hazel Schoenberg - Jules Schoenberg, Plano TX 52.21% 2 Chantal Dube - Andre Houde, Montreal QC 52.68% 5 3 Janice L Wild, Briarcliff NY; Curtis Jacobsen, Stamford CT 51.59% 3 Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Larry Adler, Memphis TN 52.54% 6 Karen Nimmons - Ann McDougal, Houston TX 51.23% 4 Jason Holliday, Baton Rouge LA; Sherrie Goodman, New Orleans LA 50.74% 7 Jorge Nischli - Claudia Tinajero, Mexico Mexico 47.77% 5 Jodi Coren, Highland Beach FL; Lisa Adelberg, Camden ME 50.50% 6 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON; Ranjan Bhaduri, Dundas ON 49.52% 2 Kathleen Malcolmson, Richmond TX; Wilma Booth, Houston TX 47.30%

SUNDAY EVENING SIDE GAME (SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE GAME SERIES) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS TT RR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Sam Graham, Germantown TN; Caryn Villalon, Fallbrook CA 61.83% 1 Stephen Mackay, Markham ON; Ray Jotcham, Scarborough ON 65.33% 2 2 1 Gabriel Tatar, Toronto ON; Dorin Toma, Mississauga ON 59.95% 2 1 1 Debbie Stavro, Toronto ON; Catharine Gilmour, Charlotte NC 62.49% 3 3 2 Barry Ko, Berkeley CA; George Mitchell, Douglas NB 58.93% 3 Ricardo Angeleri, Mar Del Plata Argentina; Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires Argentina 58.82% 4 4 Vicki Rivera, Lafayette CA; Sheryl Nagy, Danville CA 58.14% 4 2 2 Sandra Musbach, Carlsbad CA; Mary Lou Kammerer, Del Mar CA 54.29% 5 5 Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO; Therese Koller, Pueblo CO 56.02% 5 Joseph Byrnes, Long Beach NY; Shelley Fishman, Merrick NY 54.19% 6 Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 55.86% 6 A Lindop - David Lindop, Toronto ON 53.34% 7 Roland Laframboise - Ross Cody, Thunder Bay ON 54.98% 7 3 Jeremy Lewis, Bristow VA; Gary Helman, Syosset NY 51.90% 8 6 Zachary Wasserman, Farmington Hls MI; Joe Monro, Beverly Hills MI 52.90% 8 Joan Braender, Newnan GA; Janet Weins, Plantation FL 51.18% 4 Helen Pawlowski, Westfield MA; Sally Kirtley, North Granby CT 50.79% 5 Joanne Brown - Shirley Llacera, Santa Cruz CA 48.83%

PRESIDENT CUP NAP FLIGHT C SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS N S T EAST-WEST 1 Blake Schwartzbach, Bethesda MD; Adam Gann, Washington DC 63.55% 1 Steve Johnson, Laguna Woods CA; Robert Carlson, Costa Mesa CA 60.02% 2 Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Thomas Greehan III, Southborough MA 59.41% 2 Jack Rudy, Camp Hill PA; Alexis Peffer, Enola PA 58.96% 3 Douglas Riley - Sheryl Riley, Vestavia Hills AL 59.15% 3 Richard Brown - Candace Brown, Duluth GA 58.76% 4 Ronald Carter, Youngstown OH; Robert Kramer, Poland OH 59.11% 4 Benjamin Leitner, Mountain View CA; Michael Leitner, San Jose CA 57.60% 5 Paul Nesvig, Inver Grove MN; Jane Trahms, Lakeville MN 59.01% 5/6 Joyce Tedrick, Loveland OH; Barry Wauligman, Hamilton OH 56.93% 6 Terry Klein, Brookeville MD; Myron Goldstein, Silver Spring MD 57.83% 5/6 Amber Lin - Xuhua Lin, Edison NJ 56.93% 7 Monty Gray - Thomas Brown, Seattle WA 57.19% 7 Denis Ouellette, Laval QC; Gaetan St-Pierre, Saint-Come QC 56.77% 8 George Jenkins, Boca Raton FL; Gregory Perkowski, Lansing MI 56.81% 8 Sean Casey, Atlantic Hlds NJ; Jason Tokuda, Livingston NJ 56.38% 9 Margaret Brom, Vancouver WA; Nancy Swanson, Portland OR 56.73% 9 Susan Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT; Felix Springer, West Hartford CT 55.33% 10 Linda Szilagyi - Peter Wise, Georgetown DE 56.06% 10 John Schlundt, Eden Prairie MN; Nicholas Erpelding, Minnetonka MN 55.21% 11 Barbara Pastine - Ellen Pedersen, Bozeman MT 55.72% 11 Chris Sloan - Phillip Vest, Nashville TN 54.76% 12 Rick Bingham, Fairfax VA; Dean Baird, Fairfax Station VA 54.55% 12 Charles Smith, Bolton ON; Gaye Villa, Caledon East ON 53.49% 13 Benjamin Kompa - Xiyuan Ge, Chapel Hill NC 54.30% 13 Sarah Ellison - Bill Cox, Jonesboro AR 52.78% 14 Klaus Brondum - Corey Powell, Ann Arbor MI 54.07% 14 James Beha, New York NY; Christopher Beha, Brooklyn NY 52.48% 15 Qucheng Gong, San Jose CA; Antony Lee, Berkeley CA 53.80% 15 Donna Hofer, Chandler AZ; Judy Lamers, Sun Lakes AZ 52.29% 16 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Mark Marty, Clayton CA 53.04% 16 Thomas Louchbaum - Allen Weber, Milwaukee WI 52.11% 17 Larry Chase - William Neely, Boise ID 52.94% 17 Janine Corwin, Brookline MA; Rosemary Tator, Waltham MA 51.18%

GOLDER NAP FLIGHT B SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS Q P R EAST-WEST 1 T Brian Zaugg - Liliana Diaconescu, Burien WA 60.67% 1 Vern Swing - Deborah Weiss, Minneapolis MN 59.56% 2 Yan Song - Hua Yang, Plano TX 59.16% 2 Brian Archer, Hattiesburg MS; William McCaskill, Richton MS 58.71% 3 Thomas Ferch - John Molt Jr, Grand Rapids MI 58.61% 3 Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 57.69% 4 Michael Ellgass, Niles IL; Mark Holle, Downers Grove IL 57.92% 4 Barry Goulding, Scottsdale AZ; Kent Goulding, Germantown MD 57.23% 5 Patrick White, Bellevue WA; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 57.71% 5 Doug Barnes, Caledon ON; John McWhinnie, Hillsburgh ON 56.82% 6 Malik Magdon-Ismail, Albany NY; Kamal Gupta, Latham NY 57.26% 6 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Ron Karr, Sunnyvale CA 56.20% 7 Michael Lieberman, Medford MA; Reid Barton, Arlington MA 56.54% 7 Stephane Reiher, Beloeil QC; Eric Reiher, Longueuil QC 55.44% 8 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 55.97% 8 Jim Stepnes, Richfield MN; Joseph Koester, Brooklyn Park MN 55.04% 9 Debnarayan Dhar, Oak Hill VA; Mel Yudkin, Annandale VA 55.13% 9 Paul Matheson, The Villages FL; Charles Showalter, Lady Lake FL 54.77% 10 Romuald Mindak, Elmwood Park IL; Wieslaw Kalita, Woodridge IL 54.96% 10 Art McCann, Finksburg MD; David Grabiner, Columbia MD 54.08% 11 Marcia Vaughan, Irvine CA; Soon Kim, Laguna Hills CA 54.96% 11 Paul Hamper, Chicago IL; Robert Zboralski, Evanston IL 53.79% 12 Guy Martin - Roy Martin, Birmingham AL 54.28% 12 Chetan Mody, Greenville PA; Francis Tseng, Erie PA 53.61% 13 Peter Van Zijl, Elkridge MD; Richard Wissing, Columbia MD 53.96% 13 Jon Neimand - Tom McKenna, Eugene OR 53.16% 14 Weiming Hu, Portland OR; Daniel Neill, Beaverton OR 53.62% 14 Mark Robertson - Richard Jacobson, Phoenix AZ 53.06% 15 Steven Mehta - Mehdi Sadeghi, Mississauga ON 53.59% 15 Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA 52.98% 16 Jonathan Cohn, Elkhorn NE; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE 53.24% 16 Jan Popiel, Lexington MA; Murat Azizoglu, Concord MA 52.91% 17 Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA; Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA 53.06% 17 Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA 52.55% 18 Russell Sheldon, Pittsburgh PA; James Fox, Canonsburg PA 52.89% 18 Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA; Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA 52.45% 19 Etty Yenni - Michael Gritz, Santa Barbara CA 52.81% 19 Bruce Miller, Athens GA; Peter Martin, Kennesaw GA 52.21% LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS B H I J K L EAST-WEST 1 David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA 67.53% 1 Dennis Kasle, Scottsdale AZ; Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV 64.86% 2 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Yas Takeda, Hacienda Hgts CA 63.59% 2 Kathleen Sulgrove - Don Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 63.21% 3 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 62.54% 3 David Rogers - Sandy McCay, Naples FL 60.26% 4 Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 62.11% 4 Dave Smith, Avon Park FL; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 59.47% 5 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Kevin Dybvig, Birmingham AL 61.06% 5 Louis Sachar - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 58.02% 6 William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 60.81% 6 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe DeGaetano, Delray Beach FL 57.89% 7 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 60.69% 7 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 57.54% 8 Glenn Eisenstein - Irene Frary, New York NY 59.17% 8 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 57.04% 9 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 59.07% 9 Claire Watson, Jacksonville FL; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 56.94% 10 Jean Talbot, Metairie LA; Curtis Carpenter, Pollock LA 58.99% 10 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 56.82% 11 Subhash Gulati - Kiran Gulati, Bloomfield MI 58.27% 11 Bob Feller, Bloomington IN; Simon Kantor, Feeding Hills MA 56.72% 12 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA 57.92% 12 Charlene Predmest, Delray Beach FL; Greg Michaels, Cleveland OH 56.14% 13 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 57.64% 13 Bonnie Wood, Vonore TN; Ken Hoy, Maryville TN 55.79% 14 Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT; Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL 57.47% 14 Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 55.74% 15 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 56.19% 15 Juanita Chambers, Garland TX; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 55.57% 16 Spencer Hurd, Meigs GA; John Zilic, Houston TX 55.29% 16 Gerry McCully, Victoria BC; Peter Herold, Namaimo BC 55.22% 17 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 55.24% 17 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Scott Levine, New York NY 54.55% 18 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 54.90% 18 Natan Erdberg, Fishers IN; Linda Leedy, Zionsville IN 54.37% 19 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 54.78% 19 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Glenn Robbins, New York NY 53.97% 20 Kerri Sanborn - Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 54.77% 20 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Harvey Katz, Marina Del Rey CA 53.75% 21 V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 54.15% 21 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 53.67% 22 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 54.05% 22 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 53.02% 23 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 53.37% 23 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 52.95% 24 Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI; Rebecca Lee, Peachtree City GA 53.05% 24 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Jim Russell, Sarasota FL 52.92% 25 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 52.92% 25 Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC; Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC 52.77% 26 John Grantham, Bentonville AR; Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR 52.85% 26 Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA; David Abelow, La Jolla CA 52.50% 27 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 52.65% 27/28 Sandra Marlin - Mike Marlin, Versailles KY 52.25% 28 Steve Hamaoui, Milono Italy; Perla Sultan, Aventura FL 52.32% 27/28 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA 52.25% 29 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 52.17% 29 Ron Feldman, Redondo Beach CA; Steve Cohen, Reno NV 52.07% 30/31 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Ken Gee, Regina SK 51.97% 30 Paul Nimmons - Wolf Schroeter, Houston TX 52.02% 30/31 Gary Kessler, Springfield IL; Kimmel Jones, Euless TX 51.97% 31 William Muir - Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 51.77% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D E F G M EAST-WEST 1 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 63.30% 1 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 66.27% 2 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 63.29% 2 Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 64.06% 3 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI 59.23% 3 Michael Ranis, New York NY; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 63.31% 4 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA 58.93% 4 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 62.21% 5 Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 58.82% 5 John Rayner - Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 60.26% 6 Mike Giacaman - Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO 58.68% 6 Mark Bennett, Honolulu HI; Richard Carle, Longview WA 60.00% 7 Richard Higgins - Greg Frank, Hot Springs Vlg AR 58.41% 7 Elaine Said, Nashville TN; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 59.85% 8 John Burgener - Karen Erlanger, Saint Louis MO 58.31% 8 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 59.35% 9 Vicki Lerner - Don Friedman, San Francisco CA 58.14% 9 Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH 58.70% 10 Kenneth Meyer, Lititz PA; Bruce Silverstein, Scottsdale AZ 58.08% 10 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY 57.39% 11 James Senter - Gale Senter, San Clemente CA 57.89% 11 Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN; Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN 57.19% 12 Ariel Leibovitz - Stephen Reichek, Houston TX 57.66% 12 Paul Janicki - Richard Chan, Markham ON 56.55% 13 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 57.51% 13 Stephanie Alexander - Robert Alexander, Mentor OH 56.28% 14 Fred Hawa - Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 57.18% 14 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA 55.72% 15 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 56.95% 15 Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL; Frank Pancoe, Wheaton IL 55.68% 16 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 56.75% 16 Thomas Peters - Carolyn Peters, Grapeland TX 55.12% 17 Doug Fraser - Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC 55.89% 17 Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 55.01% 18 Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 55.87% 18 Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 54.76% 19 Kenneth Bland, Saint Louis MO; Tom Oppenheimer, Clayton MO 55.55% 19 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 54.17% 20 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Susan Perez, Maryland Hgts MO 55.48% 20 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Mary Oshlag, Memphis TN 54.12% 21 Robert Bell, Washington DC; Fred King, Falls Church VA 54.81% 21 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 54.10% 22 Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 54.61% 22 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 54.02% 23 Robert Mendelson, Troy MI; Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI 54.47% 23 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Leslie Strong, Santa Ynez CA 53.90% 24 Bob Zeller, Kanata ON; J Mark Siegrist, Gloucester ON 54.40% 24 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Eileen Houghton, Silver Spring MD 53.67% 25 John Ashton, Portland OR; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 54.26% 25 Rose Burke, Bloomfield Hls MI; Margaret Moore, Naples FL 53.55% 26 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 54.01% 26 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Alan Kudisch, Farmingdale NY 53.37% 27 Connie Marfell, Milwaukee OR; Larry Sullivan, Vancouver WA 53.56% 27 Lesley Decker Lucas - Stephen Lucas, Woodbury NY 53.35% 28 Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH; Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH 52.65% 28 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 53.32% 29 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Tom Edwards, Austin TX 51.93% 29 Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA 53.30% 30 Kenneth Llacera, Santa Cruz CA; Mick Friedberg, Aptos CA 51.79% 30 James Melville, Springfield IL; Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville IL 51.93% 31 Kathy Logue, Davie FL; Abe Jakob, Fort Lauderdale FL 51.38% 31 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 51.50% 32 James Slinger - Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 51.36% 32 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 51.32% 33 Dennis Ryan - Barbara Tysdahl, Menomonie WI 51.22% 33 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Annette Lee McHann, Flowood MS 51.08% 34 Judy Cardin - Bruce Greenspan, Bonita Springs FL 51.05% 34 Brian Ransley - Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain 51.03% Daily Bulletin Monday, March 16, 2015 Page 17

NORMAN KAY PLATINUM PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION SECTION X 1 Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA; Tim Verbeek, Netherlands 64.20% 2 Andrea Manno - Massimiliano Di Franco, Palermo Italy 59.32% 3 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 57.99% 4 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland 56.51% 5/6 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 53.99% 5/6 Robert Blanchard - William Pollack, New York NY 53.99% 7 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 52.22% 8 Louk Verhees Jr, Sh Voorhout Netherlands; David Bakhshi, London England 51.92% 9/10 Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA; Daniel Boye, Farmington NY 51.63% 9/10 Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Thomas Bessis, Paris France 51.63% 11 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA 51.04% SUNDAY STRATIFIED PAIRS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS OO QQ TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Steve Shirey - Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 66.48% 1 Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 61.30% 2 Jack Bonney - Dianne Bonney, Venice FL 65.49% 2 Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH; William Higgins, Cincinnati OH 60.58% 3 Paul Morris, Brooklyn NY; Ron Haack, New York NY 58.42% 3 Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 59.70% 4 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Gary Hann, Interlochen MI 56.84% 4 Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 58.14% 5 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; David Walker, Salem VA 56.80% 5 1 Chantal Dube - Andre Houde, Montreal QC 57.61% 6 1 James Abbott, Chicago IL; Jan Abbott, Leland NC 56.46% 6 2 Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland Hls TX; Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX 56.54% 7 Susan Jackson - Stephen Jackson, Roseville MN 56.19% 7 Richard Wieland, Reading CT; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 55.59% 8 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 55.15% 8 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 55.46% 9 2 Jill Flader, Saint Paul MN; Vicky Smith, Victoria BC 54.22% 9 Karen Walker - James Ward, Champaign IL 54.38% 10 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 53.12% 10 Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan 54.07% 11 Jonathan Shute - L. Anne Posch, Sackville NB 52.55% 11 Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Robert Morris, Houston TX 53.09% 12 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 52.30% 12 Satya Rami, Morganville NJ; Rajendra Gokhale, Cupertino CA 51.81% 13 Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Sweden; Rosalind Heymann, Hallandale FL 52.08% 13 3 1 Oleg Bekker - Viktor Berdnikov, Tucson AZ 51.78% 14 3 Bryan Delfs, Horn Lake MS; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 50.92% 14 4 Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Larry Adler, Memphis TN 51.69% 4 Joan Kushner, Denver CO; Burke Snowden, Fort Collins CO 50.08% 5 Kenneth Kidd, Ventura CA; Laura Waisler, Santa Monica CA 50.88% 5 1 Kathleen Malcolmson, Richmond TX; Wilma Booth, Houston TX 49.92% 6 Jodi Coren, Highland Beach FL; Lisa Adelberg, Camden ME 49.89% 6 2 Mike Scarsdale - Kathy Scarsdale, Harrison AR 49.67% 2 Susan Bender-Scheer - Perry Scheer, Morristown NJ 46.44% 7 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 49.18% SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME (SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE GAME SERIES) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PP YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Joshua Donn - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV 64.05% 1 Russell Johnson - Gregory Trautman, Olympia WA 61.22% 2 Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 61.55% 2 Gillian Miniter - Judi Radin, New York NY 60.89% 3 1 Riley Cole - Elizabeth Mounger, Greenwood MS 60.02% 3 1 Anne Cline - Donald Cline, Ventura CA 58.61% 4 Sharon Fairchild - Barbara Bacon, Rocky River OH 59.48% 4 2 1 Neil Sandson, Timonium MD; Edgar Taylor, New Orleans LA 57.52% 5 Sandi Foreman, Delray Beach FL; Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 58.06% 5 3 Kathy Watkins - Terri Orlean, Houston TX 57.41% 6 2 Dee Moses, New Orleans LA; Jerrilyn Stumpf, Gretna LA 56.32% 6 4 M. David Jackson, Alexandria VA; Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA 56.97% 7 3 1 Paul Rosenblum, New Orleans LA; Jacob Karno, Metairie LA 55.99% 7 5 Mary Adams, Temple TX; Irene Keating, London ON 55.34% 8 4 Serl Zimmerman - Steven Lipson, Palm Desert CA 55.12% 8 6 Tipping Ellis, New Orleans LA; Rufus Harris, Jr, Metairie LA 53.92% 9 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 51.09% 9 7 2 Lyn Shapiro, Maitland FL; Faisl Kayali, Belle Isle FL 53.49% 5 2 Wallace McOuat - Claire Young, San Anselmo CA 50.44% 3 Barbara Robinson - David Robinson, Denver CO 50.44% 6 3 Carol Warren, Piedmont CA; David Snyder, Oakland CA 49.67% 4 Susan Gibbens, Metairie LA; Suzanne Baer, Biloxi MS 46.30% GOLDER NAP FLIGHT B FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS P Q R EAST-WEST 1 Richard Jeng - Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 69.12% 1 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Bruce Altshuler, Los Angeles CA 62.64% 2 Paul Spear, Sun City West AZ; Audrius Mizeikis, Scottsdale AZ 64.01% 2 Debnarayan Dhar, Oak Hill VA; Mel Yudkin, Annandale VA 59.89% 3 Michael Christensen, Redmond WA; Michael Ring, Bothell WA 63.56% 3 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Taylor Mill KY; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 58.55% 4 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Ron Karr, Sunnyvale CA 59.72% 4 Robert Sievers, Champaign IL; Martha Leary, Urbana IL 56.76% 5 Dave Chipman - Jerry Sloan, Lawrence KS 58.63% 5 Tim Rilling, Vancouver WA; Don Herring, Lake Oswego OR 56.45% 6 Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA 58.34% 6 Guy Martin - Roy Martin, Birmingham AL 55.76% 7 Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 57.01% 7 Malik Magdon-Ismail, Albany NY; Kamal Gupta, Latham NY 55.71% 8 Brian Archer, Hattiesburg MS; William McCaskill, Richton MS 55.83% 8 Paul Amer - Samuel Amer, Newark DE 55.57% 9 Dennis Cerkvenik, Minnetonka MN; William Voedisch, Marine MN 55.39% 9 Steven Mehta - Mehdi Sadeghi, Mississauga ON 55.20% 10 Edward So, Pleasanton CA; Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA 55.28% 10 Jonathan Cohn, Elkhorn NE; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE 54.70% 11 Leonard Myers, Elizabeth NJ; Stephen Cooper, Belle Mead NJ 54.24% 11 Mark Daily - Grant Sterling, Charleston IL 54.54% 12 Jim Stepnes, Richfield MN; Joseph Koester, Brooklyn Park MN 54.12% 12 Ann Gardner - Alan Gardner, Floral Park NY 54.53% 13 Barry Goulding, Scottsdale AZ; Kent Goulding, Germantown MD 53.87% 13 Etty Yenni - Michael Gritz, Santa Barbara CA 53.35% 14 Daniel Jackson, Spring TX; Bill McCarty, San Antonio TX 53.22% 14 Douglas Fjare, Ponca City OK; Becky Lowe, Bartlesville OK 52.74% 15 Robert Schmidt, Murphy TX; Ari Sippola, Irving TX 52.58% 15 Peter Van Zijl, Elkridge MD; Richard Wissing, Columbia MD 52.42% 16 Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA; Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA 52.27% 16 Trisha Malazdrewicz - Gerardo Malazdrewicz, Halifax NS 52.37% 17 Stephane Reiher, Beloeil QC; Eric Reiher, Longueuil QC 52.19% 17 Steve Ramos, Jr, Seal Beach CA; Michael Piken, Torrance CA 52.19% 18 Lorraine Jarboe - Daniel Jarboe, Ft Walton Beach FL 51.87% 18 Weiming Hu, Portland OR; Daniel Neill, Beaverton OR 51.56% 19 Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY; James Carroll, Lyons NY 51.85% 19 Julie Arbit, Rochester Hills MI; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI 51.33%

PRESIDENT CUP NAP FLIGHT C FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS N S T EAST-WEST 1 Joyce Tedrick, Loveland OH; Barry Wauligman, Hamilton OH 64.42% 1 Benjamin Kompa - Xiyuan Ge, Chapel Hill NC 63.09% 2 Susan Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT; Felix Springer, West Hartford CT 60.78% 2 Blake Schwartzbach, Bethesda MD; Adam Gann, Washington DC 61.66% 3 Christian Hemphill, Brooklyn NY; Scott McDermott, New York NY 60.66% 3 Douglas Riley - Sheryl Riley, Vestavia Hills AL 59.70% 4 James Beha, New York NY; Christopher Beha, Brooklyn NY 59.94% 4 Terry Klein, Brookeville MD; Myron Goldstein, Silver Spring MD 58.70% 5 Susan Eggebrecht - John Miller, Chicago IL 58.72% 5 John Olsen, Chester NS; Donald Lutz, Fall River NS 57.60% 6 Sean Casey, Atlantic Hlds NJ; Jason Tokuda, Livingston NJ 57.80% 6 Monty Gray - Thomas Brown, Seattle WA 57.07% 7 Janee Oleson, Evansdale IA; Sally Meixner, Jesup IA 56.46% 7 Bill Bumbarger, Hickory NC; Tim Hemphill, Granite Falls NC 56.15% 8 Jonathan Thompson, Montclair NJ; Dominick D’Ascoli, Lake Hiawatha NJ 55.83% 8 Michael Jordan - Marlene Jordan, Apollo Beach FL 55.96% 9 Linda Szilagyi - Peter Wise, Georgetown DE 55.80% 9 Anirudh Pandit - Arun Pandit, Mason OH 54.24% 10 John Schlundt, Eden Prairie MN; Nicholas Erpelding, Minnetonka MN 55.33% 10 Ginny Dimond - Mike Dimond, Elmhurst IL 53.95% 11 Amy Mitura - Michael Berkowitz, New York NY 55.31% 11 Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Thomas Greehan III, Southborough MA 53.87% 12 Doug Thompson, Georgetown KY; Marjorie Evans, Versailles KY 53.85% 12 Cynthia Quinn - Robert Beckman, Laguna Woods CA 53.24% 13 Denis Ouellette, Laval QC; Gaetan St-Pierre, Saint-Come QC 53.62% 13 Qucheng Gong, San Jose CA; Antony Lee, Berkeley CA 52.67% 14 Chris Sloan - Phillip Vest, Nashville TN 53.49% 14 W Burns III, E Stroudsburg PA; Arthur Kibbe, Clarks Summit PA 52.56% 15 Benjamin Leitner, Mountain View CA; Michael Leitner, San Jose CA 53.33% 15 Sharon Reback, N Palm Beach FL; Valerie Goldstein, Royal Plm Beach FL 52.50% 16 Carolyn Luesing - Libba Wight, Atlanta GA 52.45% 16 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Mark Marty, Clayton CA 52.43% 17 Dianne Kiehl, Muskego WI; Sharon May, Waukesha WI 52.10% 17 Andrew Rottenbacher, South Pasadena CA; Joerg Rottenbacher, Arcadia CA 52.06% 18 Mike Peiffer, Colleyville TX; Finlay Higgins, Arlington TX 52.03% 18 Brenda Spear, Phoenix AZ; June Cohen, Scottsdale AZ 51.02% NORMAN KAY PLATINUM PAIRS FIRST FINAL SESSION SECTION X 1 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 59.07% 2/3 Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA; Daniel Boye, Farmington NY 56.87% 2/3 Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 56.87% 4 Robert Blanchard - William Pollack, New York NY 55.91% 5 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 55.08% 6 Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Thomas Bessis, Paris France 53.57% 7 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland 53.30% 8 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 53.02% 9 Susan Picus, New York NY; Timothy Nelsen, Chicago IL 52.06% 10 Andrea Manno - Massimiliano Di Franco, Palermo Italy 51.92% 11 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON 51.65% SUNDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS SECOND OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 George Mitchell, Douglas NB; Karen Gold, Jenkintown PA 64.29% 1 Dan Stern, Denver CO; Donna Barrow, Littleton CO 59.82% 2 Norma Postudensek - Jim Postudensek, Duluth MN 60.71% 2 1 1 Ellen Li, Shanghai -- Qi Yao, Beijing People’s Republic of China 59.52% 3 1 Mary Vernick - Martin Vernick, Savannah GA 53.57% 3/4 2 Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY; Robert Gray, Prnce Frederick MD 53.87% 4 Gary Dayton - Sandra Dayton, Austin TX 52.68% 3/4 Alan Godes, Needham MA; Edwin Mah, San Francisco CA 53.87% 2 1 Darrel Mooney, Boise ID; Robert Hartley, Meridian ID 51.19% 3 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Wendy Marks, Austin TX 50.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL; Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN 66.67% 1 Mark Sorenson - D Sorenson, San Bruno CA 61.01% 2 Gary Peterson, Marlborough MA; Christine Pettingell, Everett MA 59.23% 2 D Abraham, Windsor ON; Edmond Douville, Hobart IN 59.52% 3 Jean Clark - Michael Cresap, Baton Rouge LA 56.85% 3 Inger Hultstrand - Carina Larsson, New Orleans LA 58.33% 4 1 Deborah Machlin - Ginny Strock, Los Altos CA 49.70% 4 1 Anne Julian, Highlands NC; Lana Jordan, Atlanta GA 56.55% 2 Phyllis Hearn, Edmond OK; Suzanne Murphy, Oklahoma City OK 49.11% 2 Lucy Lacava, Hamden CT; Patricia Bender, Woodbridge CT 51.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Peter Schmitt - Freddie Schmitt, Stoney Creek ON 59.23% 1 Robert Sprick, Windermere FL; Will Sutherland, North York ON 63.39% 2 Everett Newton, Largo FL; Trudy O’Brien, Clearwater FL 55.36% 2 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 58.04% 3 2 Bonnie Fredenburgh - Sharon Boal, Bath ON 53.57% 3 Howard Nobles Jr - W Arnette Jr, Baton Rouge LA 53.57% 4 Mary Ann Braden - Jonathan Harvey, Riverside CA 52.08% 4 1 David Scherer, Covington LA; Mike Anthony, Mandeville LA 51.79% 2 Patti Toups - Sherry Novas, Baton Rouge LA 47.32% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Jeanne McLeod - Wilson McLeod, Cape Town South Africa 67.90% 1 Sandra Baggett, Hattiesburg MS; Bill McLemore, Columbia MS 63.48% 2 George Steele, Austin TX; Carolyn Vick, Nashville TN 64.60% 2 1 Carolyn Carter - Lori Black, New York NY 55.02% 3 Alexandra Peck, Toronto ON; Sherry Larsen Beville, Oakland CA 57.23% 3 2 Vicki Poecker, Hot Springs AR; Bruce Neunaber, Hot Springs Vlg AR 54.51% 4 2 1 Janet Contrada, Smithtown NY; Carolyn Hazlewood, Mesa AZ 48.51% 4 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Susan Stacy Vanstone, West Chester OH 53.87% 3 Carolyn Taylor, Carbondale IL; Larry Clark, Keene NH 46.94%

SUNDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS OOO PPP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 58.65% 1 1 John Cagney - Edith Cagney, N Fort Myers FL 65.49% 2 1 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 58.35% 2 2 Magnus Weiman - Maureen Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 63.39% 3 Fred Hamilton - James Brier, Las Vegas NV 57.35% 3 Leo LaSota, Glen Burnie MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 61.35% 4 Peter Mosheim, Miami FL; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 56.64% 4 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 59.08% 5 2 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Larry Jones, Pickerington OH 56.31% 5 Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 59.05% 6 Joan Van Geffen - Judy Katz, Metairie LA 55.72% 6 Hailong Ao, Ashburn VA; Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD 58.26% 7 3 1 Mark Humphrey - Lynne Humphrey, Moraga CA 55.37% 7 Bob Soni - Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 56.97% 8 4 2 Bruce Mann, Aledo TX; George Mann Jr, Kinnelon NJ 55.26% 8 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL 56.06% 9 Susan Darsey, La Selva Beach CA; Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA 54.68% 9 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 56.05% 10 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Maria Moore, Lakeland FL 53.92% 10 David Meyer - Marlene Meyer, Scranton PA 55.68% 11 5 3 Thomas Eby - Ewan Eby, Marina CA 53.31% 11 3 J Howard Tate - F Ruth Tate, Toronto ON 55.15% 12 Jesus Arias - Nancy Garvey, New York NY 53.07% 12 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Helen Colter, Fredericton NB 49.62% 6 Carol Maggipinto - Mark Maggipinto, Aptos CA 52.84% 4 1 Richard Furlow - Sarah Furlow, Ann Arbor MI 49.38% 7 James Baker, Brooklyn NY; Louis Ray, San Antonio TX 51.42% 5 Lois Phillips - Joseph Phillips, Queensbury NY 48.51% 6 2 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 47.62% 7 3 David Graham - Jill Graham, Boca Raton FL 47.03% Page 18 Monday, March 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON 1ST QUALYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D E F G M EAST-WEST 1 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 65.63% 1 Richard Higgins - Greg Frank, Hot Springs Vlg AR 64.16% 2 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 61.26% 2 Connie Marfell, Milwaukee OR; Larry Sullivan, Vancouver WA 63.21% 3 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 60.94% 3 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 62.14% 4 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 59.02% 4 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL 61.81% 5 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 58.89% 5 James Melville, Springfield IL; Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville IL 60.14% 6 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Alan Kudisch, Farmingdale NY 58.49% 6 Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 59.14% 7 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 57.97% 7 David Bailey - Bonnie Gall, Bartlesville OK 59.04% 8 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 57.52% 8 Robert Cappelli, Birmingham MI; William Winokur, West Bloomfield MI 58.44% 9 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 56.82% 9 Robert Hopkins Jr - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA 57.72% 10 Carson Arnett, Cloutierville LA; Richard Kuti, Poinciana FL 56.69% 10 Ariel Leibovitz - Stephen Reichek, Houston TX 57.49% 11 Tim Joder, Lanesboro MA; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 56.59% 11 John Burgener - Karen Erlanger, Saint Louis MO 57.42% 12 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 56.34% 12/13 Ann Rickard, Greer SC; Michael Oechsler, Greenville SC 56.69% 13 Brian Ransley - Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain 56.19% 12/13 Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 56.69% 14 Tom Clarke - Jim Barrow, Lake Charles LA 55.39% 14/15 Doug Fraser - Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC 56.62% 15 Roark Johnson, Edina MN; Chuck Cummins, Minneapolis MN 55.37% 14/15 John Hoffman, Mountain View CA; Suzanne Cook, McKinleyville CA 56.62% 16 Mark Bennett, Honolulu HI; Richard Carle, Longview WA 54.30% 16 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI 56.34% 17 Kathy Logue, Davie FL; Abe Jakob, Fort Lauderdale FL 54.05% 17 Beverley Bessey - Glen Williamson, Sarnia ON 56.17% 18 Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL; Frank Pancoe, Wheaton IL 53.97% 18 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA 56.07% 19 Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 53.85% 19 James Slinger - Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 55.12% 20 Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 53.72% 20 Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA; Cecilla Borras, Waltham MA 54.82% 21 Lesley Decker Lucas - Stephen Lucas, Woodbury NY 53.55% 21 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 54.75% 22 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 53.40% 22/23 Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL; Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL 54.47% 23 Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 53.32% 22/23 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Robert Johnson, Portland OR 54.47% 24/25 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA 53.12% 24 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 54.42% 24/25 Ron Lien, Brea CA; Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA 53.12% 25 Georgiana Gates, Houston TX; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 54.37% 26 Richard Vatter - Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 53.10% 26 Kenneth Meyer, Lititz PA; Bruce Silverstein, Scottsdale AZ 54.12% 27 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 53.07% 27 Charles Young - Rich Pestien, Peoria IL 53.67% 28 Paul Janicki - Richard Chan, Markham ON 52.52% 28 Sharon Biederman, Seal Beach CA; Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ 53.35% 29 Richard Brown, Easley SC; Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC 52.40% 29 Thomas Peters - Carolyn Peters, Grapeland TX 53.30% 30 Elaine Said, Nashville TN; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 51.97% 30 Gail Levy, Melville NY; Reisha Berkowsky, Dix Hills NY 53.20% 31 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Eileen Houghton, Silver Spring MD 51.92% 31 Vicki Lerner - Don Friedman, San Francisco CA 52.85% 32 Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY; Tony Petronella, Boca Raton FL 51.90% 32 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 52.52% 33 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Annette Lee McHann, Flowood MS 51.55% 33 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 52.22% 34 Michael Ranis, New York NY; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 51.45% 34 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Susan Perez, Maryland Hgts MO 52.20% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS H I J K L B EAST-WEST 1 Gerry McCully, Victoria BC; Peter Herold, Namaimo BC 65.41% 1 Henri Farhi, Berkeley CA; Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA 63.64% 2 Paul Nimmons - Wolf Schroeter, Houston TX 63.34% 2 Jean Talbot, Metairie LA; Curtis Carpenter, Pollock LA 61.79% 3 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 60.41% 3 Michael Carmen, Saint Louis MO; Kathleen Safranski, Chesterfield MO 59.14% 4 Dennis Kasle, Scottsdale AZ; Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV 60.11% 4 Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; June Pocock, New Westminster BC 58.59% 5 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 59.54% 5 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 58.22% 6 Juanita Chambers, Garland TX; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 59.24% 6 Spencer Hurd, Meigs GA; John Zilic, Houston TX 57.54% 7 Kerri Sanborn - Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 58.87% 7 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 57.49% 8 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe DeGaetano, Delray Beach FL 58.42% 8 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 57.42% 9 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Les Fouks, Vancouver BC 58.24% 9 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; L James Phillips, Chicago IL 57.19% 10 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA 57.39% 10 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 56.79% 11 Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 57.32% 11 Barbara Doran, Silver Spring MD; Rich Kasprowicz, Schenectady NY 56.67% 12 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 57.27% 12 Gayle Covey - Steven Devico, Hendersonville NC 56.52% 13 Kathleen Sulgrove - Don Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 56.99% 13 O. Gordon Lien III, Augusta GA; C Buddy Carls, Huntington Bch CA 56.39% 14 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 56.74% 14 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 56.27% 15 William Muir - Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 56.49% 15 William Aeschbacher - Ann Morin, Park City UT 55.89% 16 Barbara Sartorius - Robert Sartorius, Palm Bch Gdns FL 56.29% 16 Richard Rogers - Stephanie Rogers, San Francisco CA 55.42% 17 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 55.62% 17 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 55.07% 18 Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC; Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC 55.32% 18 Shekhar Sengupta, Marlborough MA; Helen Johnston, Ajax ON 54.92% 19 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 55.04% 19 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 54.80% 20/21 Bonnie Wood, Vonore TN; Ken Hoy, Maryville TN 54.87% 20 Barry Gorski, Reading PA; Andie Sheaffer, Lancaster PA 54.52% 20/21 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Glenn Robbins, New York NY 54.87% 21 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Ken Gee, Regina SK 54.50% 22 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 54.72% 22 Jane Ball, Doylestown PA; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ 54.47% 23 Dave Smith, Avon Park FL; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 54.67% 23 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Kevin Dybvig, Birmingham AL 54.42% 24 Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA; Mike Bandler, Alamo CA 53.85% 24 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA 54.40% 25 David Johnson - Steven Lawrence, Calgary AB 53.25% 25 Dave Swarthout, San Antonio TX; William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI 54.02% 26 Richard Burton - Beatrice Kemp, Dacula GA 52.87% 26 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 53.92% 27 John Albright, Hollywood FL; Donald Faskow, Canonsburg PA 52.65% 27 Joe Rickman, Maryville TN; Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN 53.47% 28/29 Robert Levey, Bethesda MD; Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN 52.50% 28 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 53.27% 28/29 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 52.50% 29 Steve Hamaoui, Milono Italy; Perla Sultan, Aventura FL 52.75% 30 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 52.32% 30 Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL; Howard Engle, Highland Park IL 52.65% 31 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Jim Russell, Sarasota FL 52.12% 31 August Costanzo, Pittsburgh PA; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 52.62%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON FERNAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS 300/200/100 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Janice Zazulak - Susan Martin, Metairie LA 54.62% 1 1 Wendy Buttermore - Richard Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 60.63% 2 2 2 Dorothy McElwee, Chapel Hill NC; Robert Keeter, Durham NC 54.42% 2 2 1 Dawn Ligon - Maria Black, Santa Barbara CA 60.26% 3 3 3 Doris Struble, Huntington Bch CA; Jackie Olsted, Costa Mesa CA 53.26% 3 3 2 Jane Foster - Polly Norris, Palm Beach FL 57.10% 4 4 Karen Klug - Norman Jacox, Portland OR 53.20% 4 4 3 Jean Murphy - Michael Murphy, Charlottesville VA 51.70%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON FERNAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS 50/20/5 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Judy Pyeatte, New Orleans LA; Virginia Dabbs, Metairie LA 59.82% 1 1 Jeanette Bogart - Frederk Bogart, Boca Raton FL 66.00% 2 1 Amanda Riley, Vestavia Hills AL; Alka Gupta, Latham NY 56.08% 2 2 Judy Swerens - Barbara Heisele, Wheeling WV 59.48% 2 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA; Don Nakasaki, Chino CA 49.75% 1 Mara Cohen - Alan Cohen, Porter Ranch CA 48.08% 1 Charlotte Bailey, Needham MA; Cecile Ruiz, Metairie LA 47.91%

SUNDAY MORNING SIDE GAME THIRD OF THREE SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Taylor Mill KY; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 63.60% 1 Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 61.68% 2 Sandi Foreman, Delray Beach FL; Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 60.54% 2 1 1 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; David Dong, Rockville MD 58.70% 3 Tony Ames - Judy Nassar, Minnetonka MN 55.35% 3 2 Jon Kirshner - Cathy Kirshner, Floral Park NY 54.52% 4 2 Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL; Helen Moskowitz, Ocala FL 52.52% 4 2 John Krah - Daniel Poore, Seattle WA 51.28% 1 Isaac Hassan - Jacqueline Hassan, Palm Harbor FL 45.78%

SUNDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS FIRST OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS OOO PPP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 62.31% 1 1 Joyce Nakasaki - Joseph Thomas, Redondo Beach CA 62.24% 2 Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 58.08% 2 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL 60.99% 3 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 57.00% 3 Jesus Arias - Nancy Garvey, New York NY 60.62% 4 1 James Baker, Brooklyn NY; Louis Ray, San Antonio TX 56.77% 4 Samuel Jordan - Yoko Jordan, Cardiff CA 60.47% 5 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 56.46% 5 Fred Hamilton - James Brier, Las Vegas NV 60.24% 6 Leo LaSota, Glen Burnie MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 55.69% 6 William Epperson, Sarasota FL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 59.38% 7 2 Mary Allen, Peoria IL; Ann Schuyler, Bloomington IL 55.37% 7 Marin Marinov, New York NY; Bart Reiss, New York City NY 56.46% 8 3 J Howard Tate - F Ruth Tate, Toronto ON 55.00% 8 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 55.00% 9 David Meyer - Marlene Meyer, Scranton PA 54.31% 9 2 Magnus Weiman - Maureen Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 54.40% 10 Barbara Bivins, Las Vegas NV; Richard Price, Fort Worth TX 53.46% 10 3 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 54.00% 11 Susan Darsey, La Selva Beach CA; Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA 52.92% 11 4 Ilana Seror, New York NY; Joseph Byrnes, Long Beach NY 53.22% 12 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Helen Colter, Fredericton NB 52.22% 12 Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV; Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK 52.96% 4 Carol Maggipinto - Mark Maggipinto, Aptos CA 51.60% 5 1 Bruce Mann, Aledo TX; George Mann Jr, Kinnelon NJ 50.00% 5 1 Sandy Palmer - Dennis Hawtin, Shorewood WI 51.38% 6 Gabriel Perry - Bathsheba Perry, Houston TX 49.08% 6 Lois Phillips - Joseph Phillips, Queensbury NY 50.67% 7 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Larry Jones, Pickerington OH 46.62% 7 John Jensen, Maysville KY; Suanne Blair, Morehead KY 50.08% 2 Thomas Eby - Ewan Eby, Marina CA 46.46% 2 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 46.94% 3 Mark Rindner, Anchorage AK; Stuart Treworgy, Cumberland RI 44.54% 3 Mark Humphrey - Lynne Humphrey, Moraga CA 46.38% 4 David Graham - Jill Graham, Boca Raton FL 44.46%

SUNDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS FIRST OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 John Robbins, Fort Worth TX; Dwight Hill, Grand Prairie TX 60.71% 1/2 1 James Muller - Nancy Muller, Orlando FL 60.71% 2 Inger Hultstrand - Carina Larsson, New Orleans LA 58.33% 1/2 Norma Postudensek - Jim Postudensek, Duluth MN 60.71% 3 2 Cherri Ross - Marie-France Ghent, Reno NV 57.14% 3 2 Gloria Woloshyn - Dianne Harley, Winnipeg MB 59.82% 4 Michael Simpson - Mark Bruce, Ocala FL 54.76% 4 George Mitchell, Douglas NB; Karen Gold, Jenkintown PA 56.55% 1 S Reese Koppel - Janet Koppel, Metairie LA 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Robert Sprick, Windermere FL; Will Sutherland, North York ON 71.13% 1 1 John Licharson - Elna Licharson, Kingston ON 59.52% 2 Charles Baker, Mount Sinai NY; Catherine Layden, Coram NY 58.04% 2 Howard Nobles Jr - W Arnette Jr, Baton Rouge LA 58.04% 3 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 53.87% 3 2 Jeanie Kwong - Katherine Kwong, Foster City CA 53.87% 4 1 Deborah Machlin - Ginny Strock, Los Altos CA 52.98% 4 Robert Orvis - Gayle Orvis, Burleson TX 50.60% 2 David Scherer, Covington LA; Mike Anthony, Mandeville LA 52.68% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Sandra Baggett, Hattiesburg MS; Bill McLemore, Columbia MS 60.12% 1 Donald Garner - Margie Lee, South Pasadena CA 61.01% 2/3 Dan Stern, Denver CO; Donna Barrow, Littleton CO 57.14% 2 Jeffrey Perigoni, Slidell LA; Connie Hester, Baton Rouge LA 59.52% 2/3 Alan Godes, Needham MA; Edwin Mah, San Francisco CA 57.14% 3 1 Bonnie Fredenburgh - Sharon Boal, Bath ON 55.95% 4 Mavis Minuck - Sharon Putter, Winnipeg MB 54.46% 4 Mary Ann Braden - Jonathan Harvey, Riverside CA 53.87% 1 Carolyn Carter - Lori Black, New York NY 49.40% 2 Peter Schmitt - Freddie Schmitt, Stoney Creek ON 52.98% 2 Jack Bartle - Stephanie Fogleman, Baton Rouge LA 47.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Malcom Millar - Rosalyn Millar, Summerside PE 61.32% 1 1 1 Sheila Cesarano - Terry Jonas, Miami Beach FL 58.08% 2 2 Kay Lang - Mary Ryder Wright, Loudonville NY 61.31% 2 2 Jeanne McLeod - Wilson McLeod, Cape Town South Africa 54.55% 3 3 Donna Raynor, Los Altos CA; Deborah Lundahl, Palo Alto CA 56.55% 3 Alexandra Peck, Toronto ON; Sherry Larsen Beville, Oakland CA 53.57% 4 1 ZiiZiu Li - Oi Yao, 50.55% 4 3 Carolyn Taylor, Carbondale IL; Larry Clark, Keene NH 52.98% Daily Bulletin Monday, March 16, 2015 Page 19 Today’s Sponsors This day is in memory of Garey Hayden and Sponsored events today include the Jack loving friends named an event at this tournament in in honor of Mike Passell. LaNoue Bracketed KOs, the Dee Moses his memory. Garey Hayden, a Grand Life Master Bracketed KOs, the John Petry I/N events, the Jackie Madden, hard-working hospitality from Tucson AZ, died Feb. 5. Hayden was Jackie Madden IMP Pairs and the Mary Jane chair for this tournament, is a stalwart member of the eighth-ranked all-time masterpoint holder Dale Strati-Flighted Side Swiss Teams. the LBA board and Unit 134. with more than 46,000 masterpoints. He won Jack LaNoue is one of New Orleans’s Mary Jane Dale was a Diamond Life Master five world Senior titles and 10 North American inimitable characters. A Grand Life Master, Jack and a great promoter of bridge in the small towns championships. won the Grand National Pairs in 1990 and finished of south Louisiana as well as on the high seas. Mike Passell has been one of North America’s second in the Reisinger in 1975 and the Grand When she retired from teaching elementary school leading players for more than three decades. He is National Teams in 1987. His partners included and selling real estate, she and her husband Bob one of the leading masterpoint holders with more fellow prominent New Orleans bridge personages cruised the world six times teaching and directing than 64,000 MPs He was a member of the winning Sidney Lazard and John Onstott. A member of Unit bridge games. Bermuda Bowl team in 1979 after placing second 134, Jack died in spring 2006. One memorable game occurred on a Greek in the world championship two years earlier. He Dee Moses, a strong player and hard worker, is cruise that offered a free Mediterranean cruise for has numerous North American championships to co-chair of this NABC. travelers participating in 10 organized recreational his credit, including three victories in the Reisinger John Petry grew up in New Orleans, events. On the day the bridge game was the Board-a-Match Teams, three in the Spingold graduated from Warren Easton High School and featured event, not only did the table count double, Knockout Teams and two in the Vanderbilt attended Soule Business College and Tulane but players streamed into the playing area well Knockout Teams. University. A local businessman and officer of before game time for Mary Jane’s lesson. Always Colonial Golf and Country Club, John enjoyed willing to play with newer players, Mary Jane was playing bridge with his wife, Marian, and others at the heart and soul of the Hammond LA bridge club the LBA. He would be overjoyed to know that his and she is sorely missed.

SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Sandra Dubroc, Mandeville LA; Dan Cliffe, New Orleans LA 59.52% 1 Jean-Noel Willk - Karen Irico, Little Rock AR 60.12% 2 1 Janice Zazulak - Susan Martin, Metairie LA 58.93% 2 1 Jane Foster - Polly Norris, Palm Beach FL 57.44% 3 2 Liza Philpy, Midland TX; Jimmy Rutledge, Round Rock TX 53.27% 3 2 Frances Strawn - Laura Hoskins, Burnsville NC 56.85% 4 3 1 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA; Don Nakasaki, Chino CA 52.68% 4 3 1 Karen Birck, Wilton CT; Susan Tandlmayer, Harrisburg PA 55.06% 2 Delphine Butler - Claudine Cannon, New Orleans LA 48.51% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Shirley Abels, Biloxi MS; Kurt Ramig, New York NY 62.05% 1 Elizabeth Bolles - Mimi Groome, New Orleans LA 60.12% 2 Richard Buttermore - Wendy Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 60.16% 2 Margaret Getman, Saint Paul MN; Mary Sievers, Champaign IL 59.82% 3 Denis Piton - Suzanne Brisebois, Longueuil QC 59.20% 3 Irene Labiche, New Orleans LA; Katsumi Sohma, Metairie LA 56.71% 4 Judith George - Marilynn Hatcher, Baton Rouge LA 53.30% 4 1 1 Barbara Martin - Godfried Schwering, Lakeland FL 56.29% 2 Valerie Fraser - Floyd Fraser, Mobile AL 50.53% 2 Virginia Brier, Tucson AZ; Murl Estes, Maitland FL 52.37%

SUNDAY BRIDGE-PLUS+ NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Z EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Deborah Drysdale, San Francisco CA; Lucy Crichton, Concord NH 68.33% 1 1 1 Carolyn Abaunza, New Orleans LA; Susan Thompson, Waveland MS 59.17% 2/3 Jackie Sanders - Eileen Norris, Beaverton OR 57.50% 2/3 2/3 2/3 Raynell Bourgeois, Gretna LA; Lois Grumet, Delray Beach FL 53.33% 2/3 1 Stephen Katz, Metairie LA; Darylan Stratten, Sebastopol CA 57.50% 2/3 2/3 2/3 Winifred McCarthy, Metairie LA; Marjorie Beer, New Orleans LA 53.33% 1 Jillian Richman, New Orleans LA; Joe Timmreck, San Francisco CA 42.50% Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Edward Madden Memorial Day Tuesday, March 17, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Tuesday-Wednesday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Jack LaNoue Monday-Wednesday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd Preservation Hall. 2nd floor $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 2nd single session Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Tuesday, March 17, 10 a.m. John Federico 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 John Federico 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15 Tuesday, March 17, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Dee Moses Monday-Tuesday Daylight Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 TBA $16 $20 Strati-flighted Daylight Open Pairs (Unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Mardi Gras G, 3rd floor $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/100) 1-2 Balcony IJK, 4th floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Tuesday, March 17, 1 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday Side Game Series 1st single session Galerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20 Tuesday, March 17, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 2 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20 ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 2 TBA $17 10% platinum overall. Continues until complete Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Strati-flighted Open Pairs A/B (Unlimited/5000) 1-2 Galerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20 Strati-flighted Open Pairs C/D (3000/1500) Galerie 1, 2nd floor Gold Rush Pairs 750/300 1-2 Galerie 4, 2nd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Tuesday, March 17, 3 p.m. Ruth Rosenthal 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 Ruth Rosenthal 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15 Tuesday, March 17, 7:30 p.m. Jerrilyn Stumph Strati-flighted A/B/C Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19 Jerrilyn Stumph Strati-flighted D/E/F Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19 Tuesday-Thursday Side Game Series 2nd single session Galerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15 Tuesday, March 17, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight strati-flighted events (two-session) are divided: A/B (5000+, 0–5000) separate from C/D (1500–3000, 0–1500) and the Gold Rush (300–750, 0–300); Two-flight strati-flighted events are divided A/B/C (3000+/1500–3000/0–1500) and D/E/F (300–750/100–300/0–100). Strata breaks for stratified and stratified Senior events are: A (unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. *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. Today’s Bridge Events: all events played at the Marriott unless otherwise noted Goodwill Day Monday, March 16, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Jack LaNoue Monday-Wednesday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Sunday-Monday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 1st single session Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Monday, March 16, 10 a.m. Bridge-Plus+ Sheraton Hotel, Bayside Room, 4th floor Free Free Free lesson, 14-deal game follows at 12:30 p.m. John Petry 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 John Petry 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15 Monday, March 16, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Dee Moses Monday-Tuesday Daylight Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Mardi Gras G, 3rd floor $16 $20 Strati-flighted Daylight Open Pairs (Unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Mardi Gras D, 3rd floor $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs 750/300/100 1-2 Galerie 4, 2nd floor $16 $20 Monday, March 16, 12:30 p.m. Bridge-Plus+ single Sheraton Hotel, Gallery Room, 1st floorFree 14 deals; follows free 10 a.m. lesson Monday, March 16, 1 p.m. Sunday-Monday Side Game Series 3rd single session Galerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20 Monday, March 16, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20 Entry for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams required by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Continues until complete. LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $17 Entry required by 10 a.m. March 16. 10% platinum overall. Continues until complete. GOLDER NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT B 1-2 F Sheraton Hotel, Bayside Room, 4th floor No fee PRESIDENT’S CUP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT C 1-2 F Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor No fee Monday Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Sunday-Monday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Strati-flighted Open Pairs A/B (Unlimited/5000) 1-2 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $16 $20 Strati-flighted Open Pairs C/D (3000/1500) 1-2 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs 750/300 1-2 Galerie 4, 2nd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Monday, March 16, 3 p.m. Jackie Madden Stratified Side IMP Pairs single Mardi Gras G, 3rd floor $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15 Monday, March 16, 7:30 p.m. Mary Jane Dale Strati-flighted A/B/C (Unlimited/5000/3000) Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19 Mary Jane Dale Strati-flighted D/E/F (2000/1000/500) Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19 Sunday-Monday Side Game Series 4th single session Galerie 1, 2nd floor $16 $20 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15 Monday, March 16, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight strati-flighted events (two-session) are divided: A/B (5000+, 0–5000) separate from C/D (1500–3000, 0–1500) and the Gold Rush (300–750, 0–300); Two-flight strati-flighted events are divided A/B/C (3000+/1500–3000/0–1500) and D/E/F (300–750/100–300/0–100). Strata breaks for stratified and stratified Senior events are: A (unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events UPPER CASE = NABC events Green = Regional events Blue = Gold Rush events Red = Intermediate/Newcomer 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.

hicago will buzz with energy and excitement when the Summer North American Bridge Championships toddle into town Aug. 6 through 16, 2015. The best players in the world will vie for the coveted Spingold Trophy while intermediate/newcomer games, free lessons and a celebrity speaker series will draw thousands more eager to learn and improve their game. summer In addition to playing bridge, you’ll find plenty to do in Chicago. The Chicago Hilton, where the North American Bridge Championships tournament is being held, is just minutes from shopping, fine dining and a variety of attractions including Grant Park, Lake Michigan, Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium, Heart of America Soldier Field, the Art Institute of Chicago and Millennium Park.

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