Monday, November 30, 2015 Volume 88, Number 4 Daily Bulletin 88th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley and Sue Munday Mary Jane Farell 1920–2015 Four-time world champion and ACBL Hall of national titles and six medals in world-level contests. Fame member Mary Jane Farell died Oct. 5. In a The 95-year-old lived in Los Angeles. career that spanned five decades, Farell amassed 19 Farell grew up in Cincinnati. “I saw bridge at home and was fascinated by the time I was nine. I couldn’t wait to get home from school to kibitz whenever my mother had the game at our house.” She was introduced to duplicate at age 17 when the family moved to Los Angeles. “The local rubber bridge club had twice-monthly duplicate sessions, and I began playing duplicate in those games with the young men I dated. Once I began playing duplicate, I couldn’t play often Winners of the 10K Swiss Teams: Gur and enough.” Margaret Baykal, Bill Kertes and Ina Demme. One of those young men, Arnold Kauder, became her mentor and her husband. They were later divorced, but Farell remembered Kauder as “a Toronto squad wins marvelous bridge player. It was he who put the polish on my game.” 10K Swiss Teams The team captained by Gur Baykal, sitting in Peter Rank, ACBL League Counsel and veteran fifth place after the first day of qualifying in the 10K player, says he met Farell at a regional in Denver in Swiss Teams, took the lead in the event after four 1958. sessions of the final and held on to win by 12.37 “I was a sophomore at Stanford with 13 victory points. The winners are from the Toronto masterpoints. I arrived at the old Albany Hotel – area. continued on page 5 continued on page 9 TD Charlie MacCracken Jones, Kasle lead Super Seniors still fascinated by bridge Markland Jones of Phoenix AZ and Dennis Kasle The other day, Jerry Helms walked by while pre-teen,” he says. from Bloomfield MI lead the Super Senior pairs after Charlie MacCracken was talking to someone and MacCracken, a the first day of qualifying play. Colorado players said, “Hi, Pete.” McCracken replied, “Hi, Sam.” national tournament Chuck Henke and Allen Kane start the first and Helms explained that it’s an inside joke based on a director since the second final sessions in second position. teacher training program he and MacCracken took mid-1990s, was Last year’s winners – Craig Robinson and Jeffrey part in “a thousand years ago.” The teacher trainer, predestined to love Taylor – are in the hunt at third. The event, restricted Helms said, couldn’t remember anyone’s names, bridge, growing up in a to players 70 years and older, ends today. so she just made up a name when she addressed a card-playing home. He trainee. played pinochle and Now, says MacCracken, he and Helms always canasta, even bridge Nitabach leads Women’s BAM greet each other using random names. Helms is one when the need for a The team captained by Linda Nitabach will take of many in the bridge world with whom MacCracken fill-in was desperate. lead of 1.9 points into today’s final two sessions of goes way back. MacCracken was the Women’s Board-a-Match Teams. Nitabach, of That’s no surprise, considering that MacCracken born in Los Angeles, N. Plainfield NJ, is playing with Sandra Rimstedt, worked his first NABC 52 years ago. In all the year later moving to Texas. When he was 11, the family Ceclia Rimstedt, Ida Groenkvist, all of Sweden, and since, he has lost none of the enthusiasm for bridge moved to Boston (his father worked for the U.S. State Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL, and Tobi that he had when he first realized its greatness. “The Department).” By the time he entered college to study Sokolow, Austin TX. game still holds the same fascination as when I was a continued on page 8 Senior KO in semifinals Teams captained by Vinita Gupta, Rose Meltzer, When it’s your hand, just bid the grand Jerry Helms and Gaylor Kasle will do battle in the On Sunday Her opponents and partner – each looking at a club semifinal round of the Baze Senior Knockout Teams. morning in the void – passed. Zwonitzer claimed after the opening Gupta takes on Meltzer. Helms faces Kasle. The Daylight Gold Rush lead for plus 2140 – her side was vulnerable, the event concludes tomorrow. Swiss Teams, when opponents were not. Kym Zwonitzer took At the other table, the player in Zwonitzer’s seat her hand out of the opened 1♣, allowing the opponents to get into the Schwartz, Chmurski board and started to bidding. The result was that they found a good save tied for lead in sort the cards, she at 7♦, down only three for minus 500. That was a 17- thought she had been IMP gain for the Cheyenne WY team: Zwonitzer’s Mitchell Open BAM targeted by a prankster. husband Dave, Char Roney and Beulah Jones. Teams captained by Richard Schwartz and “My birthday was When Zwonitzer’s teammates were asked if they Bartosz Chmurski finished the first day of the yesterday,” she said, were at the table when the deal was made, Jones Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams in a tie and “and I thought it was a allowed that she had made the board, reported to the will each take a carryover of 7 into today’s final two joke.” Daily Bulletin by TD Dianne Barton-Paine. sessions. Tied for 3rd-4th are squads led by Jeffrey It was nothing like that. Zwonitzer said she has never held a hand even Wolfson and Eric Leong, both with carryovers of Zwonitzer’s hand, part of a board dealt by the close to the single-suiter from Sunday. Asked if 5.95. The event concludes today. players at the other table, was all clubs – from the she considered opening anything other than 7♣, ace to the deuce. “I looked around for a director,” she Zwonitzer said, “No, that’s what you do when you Goodwill Message said, “but then I thought I could always get one after have 13 clubs.” You can be competitive and still be I played the board.” In case you are wondering, the percentage chance friendly, caring and ethical. Zwonitzer was the dealer, so she took the bull by of being dealt 13 cards of any suit is 0.0000000006. Sandy DeMartino, Chair the horns and opened the bidding at the seven level. For a specific suit, it’s 0.0000000002%. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee Page 2 Monday, November 30, 2015 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS The Sheraton has two buildings: Tower and Plaza. You can cross between 10 am-Noon USBF Board meeting. Plaza Court 3, Plaza Bulding, the buildings on the concourse level and the second level. Concourse level. Monday, Nov. 30 5-7 pm Goodwill Reception. Reception for members of the ACBL 9 am-Noon Zero Tolerance Workshop. The lively two-hour workshop, Aileen Osofsky Goodwill Committee. Windows, Tower developed for club managers and directors, goes well beyond Building, 2nd level. the Laws to address how to communicate with problem Tuesday, Dec. 1 players. TD Dan Plato’s presentation incorporates real-life 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. Continuing education experience dealing with club players, the differences between for bridge directors to increase their skills. Continues on club and tournament situations and suggestions for how to Wednesday, must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both be proactive. The goal is to make the club experience more sessions. Sign up at the door. Vail room, Tower Building, inviting for new members and more pleasurable for everyone Majestic level. by encouraging and empowering directors and managers to 10 am-Noon GNT/NAP Coordinators. Plaza Court 2, Plaza Bulding, deal with unacceptable behavior. Vail room, Tower Building, Concourse level. Majestic level. Wednesday, Dec. 2 10 am-Noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. Plaza 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. Part 2. Continued from Court 7, Plaza Bulding, Concourse level. Tuesday. Vail room, Tower Building, Majestic level. 10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Jerry Helms, followed by BridgePlus+ (special game for new players -14 boards, no card fee). Windows, Tower Building, 2nd level. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss the following free lectures. Monday, November 30 Wednesday, December 2 9:15 am Kevin Wilson Fitting Honors 9:15 am Phillip Alder Cornerstones of Competitive Bidding 6:45 pm Emily Harrell Mental Skills: Better Focus 6:45 pm Jennifer Jones Losing Trick Count Tuesday, December 1 Thursday, December 3 9:15 am Ellen Kent Minor-Suit Slam 9:15 am Lisa Berkowitz Playing to Trick One 6:45 pm Tom Carmichael New Minor Forcing and Friends 6:45 pm Mike Flader Ruling the Game ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY Evening hospitality will be served in the Plaza Building, Concourse level. Monday, Nov. 30 Wednesday, Dec. 2 10:30 pm Hot dogs. 10:30 pm Soft pretzels. Tuesday, Dec. 1 Thursday, Dec. 3 10:30 pm Haagan Daz ice cream bars. 10:30 pm Soup of the day.

10K IMP Pairs starts today No more lines See who’s hanging The first-ever playing of the 0–10,000 IMP Pairs Don’t wait in starts today. The contest consists of two qualifying line! Buy your entries out at the new sessions and two final sessions and is limited to in advance for all players with fewer than 10,000 masterpoints. It pays national-level events platinum points at 10% of the overall award up to a in Denver at www. Partnership Desk. maximum of 10 platinum points. BridgeWinners.com. Entries must be purchased by 10 a.m. Notice to Players Who Live the day of the event Outside North America EXCEPT for events Participation in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs is that require pre- limited to those ACBL members who have earned a registration, in which case the ACBL deadline time Blue Ribbon qualification (or those members on the applies. Lifetime Top 100 masterpoint list). Foreign players A nice feature: You can buy entries in advance who have not earned a Blue Ribbon qualification and be charged for the total number of sessions but feel they are otherwise qualified must receive a played after the event is over. Best of all: The service waiver prior to the commencement of these contests. is free. Once you’ve purchased your entry, all you do Previously granted waivers will not be honored for is check your email for your table assignment, show the Blue Ribbon Pairs. up at game time, sit down at your table and play For waiver information, please arrive early and cards. see the Director-in-Charge at the selling site. Note: Players who wish to redeem ACBL Log into MyACBL. Update your profi le, coupons or free plays or use Bridge Bucks may not browse for partners and play. purchase entries online. Visit acbl.org/partnershipdesk for Complimentary Internet See BridgeWinners.com for details. more information. 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Daily Bulletin Monday, November 30, 2015 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS opener. If your agreement is to bid spades Essential tools first with both majors and opener prefers to By Brent Manley play in hearts after the 2NT invitation, you land at the three level. Going down could be Les Davidoff of Melville NY was in a game a wretched score for you. when an opponent bid 2♦. When asked, the player The next important convention is known explained that the bid showed five hearts, four as the Jacoby transfer after Oswald Jacoby, spades and 11-15 who introduced the convention in The high-card points, Bridge World magazine in 1956. The bid a convention was first used in Sweden roughly three years known as Flannery earlier. because it was Jacoby transfers are most useful when invented by William partner opens 1NT and you have a hand with Flannery. The invitational values – 8 or 9 high-card points opponents ended – and a five-card major. If you are not using in 4♠ and went Jacoby transfers, you may find yourself in a down one. Davidoff difficult spot. Say you have offered, “See, ♠7 6 ♥ K Q 6 5 4 ♦ A 8 7 2 ♣4 2. Flannery gets you You could bid Stayman, which is nowhere!” supposed to deliver invitational values, and if partner bids hearts you can raise. If partner You may not care to play Flannery – and it’s bids 2♠, you can bid 2NT, but if partner has best to go slowly in adding conventions to your only three hearts, she will not bid that suit partnership agreements – but there are some and you will miss your best spot. conventions even beginning players should master. Your other choices are 2♥, 2NT and 3♥, The first is Stayman, a bid of 2♣ by responder none of which is appropriate for this hand. after opener starts off with a bid of 1NT. The most A bid of 2♥ is to play. Partner is directed to popular high-card range for this bid is 15-17, but pass. But what if partner has you can use a different range. For the sake of ♠ K Q 3 ♥A J 10 7 ♦Q 10 ♣A 9 3 2? discussion, assume you are playing 15-17 1NT You will have missed a cold game. If openers. you roll the dice and make a game-forcing When partner opens 1NT and you have at bid of 3♥ - not recommended – you may find least one four-card major and at least 8 high-card partner with points, you can employ the convention invented by ♠A K 2 ♥3 2 ♦ Q 5 4 3 ♣A Q 3 George Rapee but popularized by Sam Stayman, Partner would need a lot of luck to come hence the name. Perhaps you have this hand: to nine tricks with your hand as dummy. ♠A J 8 7 ♥Q J 9 3 ♦J 10 9 ♣6 4 A bid of 2NT is correct on values, but Bid 2 ♣. This asks partner to bid a four-card again you could miss a heart fit that makes values, transfer and bid game in the major. major. With none, opener bids 2♦. That says game cold in many cases. When you have two five-card suits and one is nothing about diamonds. It says opener has no If you use Jacoby transfers, these hands are a major, transfer to that major and bid your second four-card major. In this particular case, responder much easier to bid. With 8-9 HCP and a five-card suit, a bid opener cannot pass. That describes your bids 2NT, inviting opener to bid game with a major, simply transfer and bid 2NT. Partner will hand and gives partner options on proceeding. “good” 16 HCP or any 17. “Good” in this context pass or bid on depending on his holding in your means good “texture” – 10s and 9s – and honors in major and his high-card strength. the long suits and/or possession of a five-card suit. With five of a major and enough to be in game, Finding your I/N game If partner has one four-card major, he bids it. simply transfer and bid 3NT, giving partner a I/N games are located in the Tower With both, he should bid hearts first. That allows choice: pass and play 3NT or bid four of the major. Building on the Majestic level. Go to the street the partnership to stop at the two level when no fit When you hold six or more of your major with level of the Tower Building and walk toward is found. After 1NT – 2♣; 2♥ - 2♠, opener can end enough to invite, transfer and raise to the three the fitness center. Then follow the ACBL signs the auction by bidding 2NT: no spade fit, minimum level. With six or more of your major and game to the playing area.

in dummy, cash the top spades, discarding two clubs, has both honors, so win the king and lead low to Take all your chances and ruff a spade, removing all of West’s spades. Now the 10. The full deal: at bridge - 4 exit with the ♣K. West has only minor-suit cards ♠ K Q 6 5 By Eddie Kantar left and is not in a wonderful position. If West exits ♥ 10 9 2 ♠ K Q 6 5 with a club you have an established club trick for a ♦ A 10 8 ♥ 10 9 2 diamond discard. ♣ J 10 9 ♦ A 10 8 West must get out with a diamond. If West exits ♠ J 9 8 2 ♠ 10 7 4 3 ♣ J 10 9 a low diamond, chances are dummy’s 8 will win the ♥ 5 2 ♥ 6 4 trick! West, might well lead a low diamond from ♦ Q J 3 ♦ 7 6 4 2 ♠ A Q-J-x-(x), hoping partner has the 9. If the 8 is ♣ A Q 9 6 ♣ 7 4 3 ♥ A K Q J 8 7 covered, win the king and lead a diamond to the ♠ A ♦ K 9 4 10.The 10 will win the trick! If West exits with a ♥ A K Q J 8 7 ♣ K 8 7 diamond honor, one normally plays for split honors, ♦ K 9 4 With both sides vulnerable, you open 1♥ in but given the bidding, it is far more likely that West ♣ K 8 7 fourth seat, West doubles, partner finds a redouble, East coughs up 1♠, and you wind up in 6♥. West leads the ♠2. Plan the play. Hearts are 2-2. Solution What are they bidding on? You and partner Susan Lehman and Judy Courtney, from Evergreen CO, have 30 high-card points between your two are smiling so broadly because hands, West has made a passed-hand, vulnerable the two 0-5 players won their takeout double with a doubleton heart (usually a own strat plus the 0-20 and vulnerable passed hand will have a singleton in 0-50 strats on Sunday. Said the opener’s suit), so unless East has the ♠J, West Lehman, “This is so much fun!” figures to have all the remaining HCP. In so many words, the ♣A Q are hanging out over your king. Win the ♠A (nice play), draw trumps ending Page 4 Monday, November 30, 2015 Daily Bulletin

MITCHELL OPEN BAM TEAMS QUALIFIERS Think twice 66 Tables / Based on 120 Tables Carryover By Barry Rigal 1/2 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye Brogeland, These deals were played in the second session of Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Daniel Korbel, the Nail LM Pairs. Hamilton ON 7.00 Dlr: North ♠ K 10 5 1/2 Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan 60-433 Poland; Piotr Vul: E-W ♥ 10 8 4 2 Nawrocki, Warsaw Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk 80-467 Poland 7.00 3/4 Jeffrey Wolfson - Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; ♦ K Q 9 3 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL 5.95 ♣ K 2 3/4 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux ♠ J 8 6 3 2 ♠ Q 4 QC; Jeff Hand, New York NY 5.95 ♥ J 9 ♥ 6 5 5 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; David Berkowitz, Boca ♦ 7 4 ♦ A J 8 6 5 2 Raton FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Alan ♣ Q 10 4 3 ♣ A J 9 Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 5.60 ♠ A 9 7 6/7 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Arun Bapat, Andheri East India; Andrea Manno, ♥ A K Q 7 3 Palermo Italy; Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy 5.25 ♦ 10 6/7 Mark Perlmutter - Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA; Wafik ♣ 8 7 6 5 Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Hussein Sheriff, Alexandria Egypt 5.25 8/10 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Robert Not all nice hands produce great results. The field Levin, Henderson NV; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 4.90 played in 4♥ on this deal. With trumps 2-2 and the 8/10 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jim Munday, ♣A wrong, 10 tricks were easy. What’s the big deal Southaven MS; Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA 4.90 then? 8/10 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Justin Lall, Plano TX; The point is that after North opens 1♣ (two or Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson, Las more clubs, 11-13 HCP) and East overcalls 1♦, when Vegas NV 4.90 West leads the ♦7 you must duck in dummy. Imagine 11/13 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Erik Berg, Dublin Norway; that the cards lie as in the diagram but put the ♥5 in Steffen Simonsen, Oslo Norway 4.55 the West hand and the ♣3 in the East hand. 11/13 Jeffrey Rothstein - Allen Kahn - Ira Herman, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 4.55 Now if you go up with the ♦K, East wins and 11/13 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse plays a trump. Try and make it now! When declarer Netherlands 4.55 plays a club to the king and ace, East exits in clubs 14/18 Louk Verhees Jr, Sh Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep and you can no longer take two ruffs in dummy. Netherlands; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; If you play low from dummy on the opening Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Jean Quantin, Paris France 4.20 diamond lead, East wins the jack, but you can later 14/18 Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Rich Pavlicek ruff out the ace and have two pitches on the ♦Q and Jr, Santa Clara CA; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 4.20 ♣9. 14/18 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Fredrik Nystrom - When you play with me, defense becomes Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Curtis Cheek - Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV 4.20 especially hard – you have to overcome my opening 14/18 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; leads. I was North on this deal. James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 4.20 14/18 Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy; Danny Molenaar, Dlr: South ♠ A 7 3 Den Haag Netherlands; Tim Verbeek, Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Vul: Both ♥ 10 8 5 3 Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands 4.20 ♦ 6 3 2 19/20 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; ♣ A 3 2 Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 3.85 ♠ Q J 10 8 6 2 ♠ 9 19/20 Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan ♥ Q ♥ A 9 7 Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands 3.85 ♦ Q J ♦ K 10 9 8 7 5 21/26 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Julius Sigurjonsson, ♣ K 7 5 4 ♣ J 10 6 201 Kopavogur Iceland; David Grainger, Roseville CA; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 3.50 ♠ K 5 4 21/26 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; Harvey ♥ K J 6 4 2 Brody, San Francisco CA 3.50 21/26 Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL; ♦ A 4 Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 3.50 ♣ Q 9 8 21/26 Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Massimiliano Di West North East South Franco, Sicily Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 3.50 1♣ (1) 21/26 Ron Rubin - Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; 2♠ All Pass Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland 3.50 (1) Two or more clubs, 11-13 HCP 21/26 James Cayne - Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy 3.50 I put the ♦2 on the table (third/lowest). Ulf 27/28 David Caprera, Denver CO; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Nilsson ducked dummy’s ♦7 and declarer won in hand Barbara CA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 3.15 to lead a low trump. Nilsson won and shifted to a 27/28 Boang Xiang Zhang - Jian Wei Li, Guangdong People’s Republic of China; Xiao Shi, spectacular ♥K, a Merrimac Coup to dislodge the ♥A, Quangdong People’s Republic of China; Xinli Gan, China People’s Republic of China 3.15 29/31 Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen 1 Sweden; Uday Ivatury - Jessica Hayman - Christal which worked better than he could have hoped for. Henner, New York NY 2.80 Declarer should now run the ♣J, but he played a 29/31 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; diamond. Nilsson won to force declarer with a heart. Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 2.80 I took the ♠A to force him again, then rose with the 29/31 Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Ahu Zobu, Istanbul Turkey; Diana Marquardt, Del ♣A on the first club to force declarer a third time. Mar CA; Viktor Aronov, Sofia Bulgaria 2.80 Declarer could cash the ♣K but he had to concede 32/33 Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Hansa Narasimhan, tricks 12 and 13 to Nilsson for down one and a 75% Los Altos Hills CA; Maarten Schollaardt, 1811 Et Netherlands; Nikolay Demirev, score for us. Arlington Hgts IL 2.45 32/33 Tom Townsend, London England; Brian Glubok - Michael Polowan, New York NY; SATURDAY-SUNDAY MORNING COMPACT KNOCKOUT Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO 2.45 BRACKET 1 34/39 Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Gerry Marshall, Las Varas Mexico; Joel Datloff, 10 Tables Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 2.10 11.14 1 Teri Smoot, Placerville CA; Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, 34/39 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA; Richard Meffley, Oakland CA Fresno CA; Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA 2.10 7.80 2 Adair Karlin - Joan Merrill - Jo-Ann Vaughn - 34/39 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; Sheng Li, New York Jared Boulds, Tucson AZ NY; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 2.10 5.01 3 Lianne Walliser, Golden CO; Marilyn Graham, 34/39 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; John Carruthers, Evergreen CO; Margaret Musgrove, Denver CO; Helen Fitzpatrick, Arvada CO Kingsville ON; Joseph Silver, Hampstead QC; Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 2.10 3.90 4 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Mark Ambrose, 34/39 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Sam Lev, New York NY; Russell Louisville KY; Rodney Organt - Judy Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Piotr Gawrys - Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland 2.10 34/39 Bob Drake, Wassenaar Netherlands; Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague Netherlands; Anne SATURDAY-SUNDAY MORNING COMPACT KNOCKOUT Lamport, Ryde Nsw Australia; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 2.10 BRACKET 2 40/43 Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bruce Tuttle - Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark 10 Tables 5.19 1 G Steve Wheeler - Susan Wheeler, Castle Rock Ralph, San Francisco CA 1.75 CO; Susan Campbell - Joan Duffy, Marietta GA 40/43 J-f Allix, Asnia France; Joanna Neve, Boulogne France; Vanessa Reess, 92100 Clichy 3.63 2 Gary Corbett, Bellevue WA; Tony Marshall, France; Wilfried Libbrecht, Clichy France 1.75 Seattle WA; Michael Moses - Liza Moses, New York NY 40/43 Pablo Lambardi - Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Liam Milne, Sydney 2.34 3 Laura Bro, Blythewood SC; Sallie Blackwell, Australia; Andy Hung, Brisbane Australia 1.75 Columbia SC; David Robinson - Barbara Robinson, Denver CO 40/43 Steven Price - Vic Quiros, Scottsdale AZ; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA; Bill Parks, 1.82 4 William Brooks - Gena Brooks, Broomfield CO; Sunny Gilbert, Boulder CO; Barbara Yoshimura, Lyons CO Macungie PA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 1.75 Daily Bulletin Monday, November 30, 2015 Page 5

Mary Jane Farell continued from page 1 where the tournament was being played – handed my suitcase to the bellman and went off to play in the The Taylors made men’s pairs.” yesterday’s Learn At one point Bridge in a Day? during the game, seminar a family affair. They’re Rank found himself learning to play at a table playing as a surprise for against the bellman. Grandma! The “We took them for Denver quintet: 1100 and 800. I told Tully (dad), my partner, ‘I really Heather and feel sorry for that daughters Logan, bellman.’” Brooke and Paige. Rank’s partner replied, “That was no bellman. That was Barry Crane.” When Rank returned to the lobby, his suitcase was still where he’d left it. Later that evening, Rank was at the partnership 44/48 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Adam Grossack- Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 1.40 desk, looking for a woman to play with him in the 44/48 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; mixed pairs. He was approached by Barry Crane, Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 1.40 who had a glamorous woman with him. 44/48 Jiaxiang Shen - Lin Le - Rui Wang - Xin Li - Nan Wang, Guangdong People’s Republic “‛Young man,’ Barry said, ‘I have a partner for of China 1.40 you.’ And that’s how I met Mary Jane.” 44/48 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Farell and Rank won the event. “My first regional Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, win was with a pick-up partner and that partner was Chapel Hill NC 1.40 Mary Jane Farrel,” Rank says. 44/48 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Tor Helness - Geir Helgemo, Monaco 1.40 Crane and Farell were best friends. They were 49/52 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Barry Senensky, Toronto ON; Morrie Kleinplatz, never partners, Rank says, but frequently played on Windsor ON; Robert Kuz, Selkirk MB 1.05 49/52 Radu Nistor - Melanie Tucker - Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY; Iulian Christian, teams together. “There was such a difference in their Bucharest Romania 1.05 styles and Farell refused to discuss hands with Barry. 49/52 Shui No Wong, Hong Kong; Alex Hong, West Vancouver BC; Andrzej Kozikowski - When it came time to compare, Mary Jane would sit Mariusz Krasnicki, Lodz Poland 1.05 up straight in her chair and ask, ‘Just tell me, did we 49/52 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Jianfeng Luo - Edward Xu, North York ON; Yan Wang, win or lose? Let’s not talk about the hands. Let’s go Scarborough ON 1.05 to dinner.’” 53/54 Martin Fleisher - Roy Welland - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Farell had three rules, according to Rank: Wear Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Brad Moss, Denver CO 0.70 a coat and tie; play fast and don’t chew gum. “Her 53/54 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Taylor Mill KY; Stephen Moese, strengths were that she was quick-thinking and had West Chester OH; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 0.70 incredible street smarts. She was also very impatient. 55/58 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Robert Cappelli - Michael D Alioto, Birmingham MI 0.35 If she was dummy and she thought you were taking 55/58 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert - Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; too long, she’d say, ‘Just play any card so we can get John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 0.35 on to the next hand.’ 55/58 Howard Epley, Kent WA; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA; Michael Christensen, Redmond Mary Jane had a tremendous sense of humor, WA; Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA 0.35 a biting sarcastic wit,” says Rank. “Her right 55/58 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; McKenzie Myers, eyebrow would go up just a little as she delivered her Seatac WA; Anam Tebha - Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 0.35 punchline.” 59/66 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; William Cole, Silver Spring MD; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Rank credits his own matchmaking for bringing Rose Yan, Beijing People’s Republic of China 0.00 his two favorite partners, Farell and Marilyn Johnson, 59/66 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda; together. “For two years, I kept after them to play Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD 0.00 59/66 Michael McNamara, Scarsdale NY; William Ehlers, Madison NJ; Howard Liu, San Mateo together. I thought they’d be well matched.” CA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 0.00 Rank describes Johnson as a steady partner and 59/66 Vytautas V Vainikonis, Trakai Lithuania; Olanski Wojtek, Poland; Boguslaw wonderful technician. “Mary Jane was the high- Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar risk taker, high-profit maker. They were a perfect Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland 0.00 partnership.” 59/66 David Gold, Reading Great Britain; Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; Rita Shugart, In 1978, Farell and Johnson became the first Monterey CA; Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina Argentina 0.00 women to win the six-session Life Master Pairs – 59/66 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Richard Popper, they remain the only women’s pair to have their Wilmington DE; John Miller, Discovery Bay CA 0.00 names engraved on the von Zedtwitz Gold Cup. 59/66 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Steven Schatzow, Washington DC; Bob Simkins, Decatur Farell and Johnson won the 1970 World GA; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 0.00 59/66 Victor King, Hartford CT; Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA; Alexander Women’s Pairs and the 1978 Venice Cup with Ornstein, New York NY; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Simon Kantor, Feeding Hills MA 0.00 teammates Dorothy Truscott, Emma Jean Hawes, Jacqui Mitchell and Gail Greenberg. She added the 0-10,000 SWISS TEAMS World Women’s Team Olympiad crown in 1980 22 Tables / Based on 44 Tables with the same team. She won the 1966 World Mixed 70.00 1 Gur Baykal - Margaret Baykal, Markham ON; Bill Kertes, York ON; Ina Pairs with Ivan Erdos. Farell and Truscott were the Demme, Maple ON 125.37 first two American women to earn the rank of World 52.50 2 Marcia Dean - Robert Dean, San Jose CA; Richard Williams - Jody Williams, San Carlos CA 113.00 Grand Master, the World Bridge Federation’s highest 39.38 3 Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Bjorgvin ranking. Kristinsson, Sanford FL; Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI 108.51 Farell calls the victories highlights, but she 31.11 4 Albert Shrive, Naples FL; Jim McKeown, State College PA; Audrey Rennels, describes her election to the Bridge Hall of Fame in Laguna Hills CA; Brian Schoenfeld, Virginia Beach VA 107.00 1998 as “the apex of my bridge career.” 28.00 5 Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman - Steven Zlotnick, Brooklyn NY; Linda Mary Jane met her second husband, Jules Farell, Rothstein, New York NY 105.95 through bridge. Farrel described theirs as a great 25.45 6 Philip Altus - Muriel Altus, Tampa FL; Irina Kislitsyna, Bradenton FL; marriage. “We are a very good husband-and-wife Michel Rapoport, Sarasota FL; Vladimir Oudalov, Plainsboro NJ 104.98 partnership – we play together without bickering.” 23.33 7 Dmitri Shabes, San Ramon CA; Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA; Jules died in 2005. Gregory Vance, Pacifica CA 104.88 21.54 8 Mac Busby - Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Jim Johnsen, San Mateo CA; Bruce “Mary Jane and Jules had an incredible love,” Wick - Susan Stubinski, Houston TX 101.17 says Rank, “they laughed all the time.” Interestingly, 20.00 9 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale - Joseph Meyers - Beverly Pogoda, New York NY 97.12 Rank notes, “Jules was an extraordinarily slow 18.67 10 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Peter Bonfanti, Walnut Creek CA; Michael player.” Cohen, Denver CO; Joel Singer, Santa Clara CA 95.22 Farell began teaching after World War II. 17.50 11 Michael Gosnell - Julia Gosnell, Walnut Creek CA; Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 93.71 continued on page 7 Page 6 Monday, November 30, 2015 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY ZIP KNOCKOUT SUPER SENIOR PAIRS QUALIFIERS 6 Tables 2.43 1 John Dukellis - Vinay Jha - Joe Luk, Colorado 18.0 Tables Carryover Spgs CO; John Grossmann, Greeley CO 1 Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 35.08 1.70 2 Kevin Rosenberg - Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino 2 Chuck Henke, Aurora CO; Allen Kane, Highlands Ranch CO 32.76 CA; Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Yoko Glubok Sobel, 3 Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 30.58 Brooklyn NY 4 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 29.68 SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 5 Bert Newman - Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI 28.44 6 Tables 6 John Cox, Saint Maries ID; Joan Kaye, Corona Del Mar CA 27.80 Robert Munson - Nancy Munson, Danville CA; Mike Munson, La 7 Larry Bausher, West Haven CT; Steve Becker, Old Greenwich CT 25.02 Jolla CA; Lawrence Sherman, San Diego CA 8 Alan Popkin - Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO 23.43 vs Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Pawel 9 Libby Fernandez - Stella Rainey, Tuscaloosa AL 23.13 Niedzielski, Lodz Poland; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Gerald Lackner - 10 David Corbin, Boulder CO; Judith Hardie, Broomfield CO 22.40 Senta Lackner, Graz Austria 11 Barry Gorski, Reading PA; Andie Sheaffer, Lancaster PA 20.35 12 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 19.06 Roberta Toll, Bloomfield Hls MI; Linda Perlman, Wellington FL; 13 Katherine Grant, Riverview FL; Virginia Bright, Nokomis FL 18.87 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Jonathan 14 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 18.47 Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI vs 15 Virginia Gunter - Warren Garrett, Arvada CO 18.00 Kay Enfield - Dolores Brenner - Mary Dougherty, Santa Fe NM; 16 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Donald Sache, Delta BC 17.65 Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 17 Natalie Hertz - Dan Hertz, Harrison NY 15.59 18 Nie Lih Kalat - Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 15.19 SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 19 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Steven Parker, Littleton CO 14.79 7 Tables Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Won Yang, Clermont FL; Lucia Enica, 20 David Sterling, Walnut Creek CA; Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA 13.40 Belmont MA; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD 21 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 11.42 vs 22 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 10.33 John Logan - Patricia Logan - Susan Driggers - David Driggers, 23 David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA 6.65 Casper WY 24 Don Stack, Kansas City KS; Nancy Phillips, Tulsa OK 6.35 25 Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA; Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA 5.12 Helen Newton - Ronda White, Santa Fe NM; Katherine Jabs, Billings MT; Linda Moses, Scottsdale AZ 26 Don Kern, Bay Minette AL; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 4.27 vs 27 Judy Clark, Broomfield CO; Richard Brummer, Effingham IL 3.19 Pat Ingoglia, Sacramento CA; Marlene Sabo, Kailua Kona HI; 28 Deana Liddy, Omaha NE; Jonas Drobulis, Fraser CO 3.18 Danielle Tremblay, Outremont QC; Pierrette Matteau, Mont-Royal 29 Cecil Henry, Kingman AZ; Lionel Larriva, Tucson AZ 3.02 QC 30 James Slinger - Susan Slinger, Corralitos CA 2.98 31 Helene Drake - George Drake, Phoenix AZ 2.28 32 Richard Vatter, Bradenton FL; Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 2.22 33 Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC; Elaine Ware, Vernon BC 1.87 Electronic Device Policy 34/35 John Osher, Denver CO; Charles Reed, Thornton CO 1.49 1.11.1 The electronic device policy at NABCs 34/35 Brian Ellis - Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH 1.49 allows players to bring electronic devices into the 36 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 0.00 playing area. Except for health-related equipment and/or by permission of the Director-in-Charge of the MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN BAM QUALIFIERS tournament, all such devices must be inoperable and 10 Tables Carryover turned off. 1 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, 1.11.2 Any device capable of either sending Vastra Frolunda Sweden; Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden; Janice Seamon-Molson, or receiving electronic signals must not be visible Hollywood FL; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 5.00 during the session. 2 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO; Sylvia Summers, Montreal 1.11.3 This policy QC; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 3.10 applies to all pairs, team 3 Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Samantha Nystrom, St members, captains, Catharine’s ON; Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN 2.38 4/5 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Ellen Kozlove - Lisa Berkowitz - Sally Strul, Boca coaches, play recorders and Raton FL; Anne Brenner, Denver CO; Flo Newlin, Aurora CO 1.43 kibitzers with the exception 4/5 Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX; Juanita Chambers, Garland TX; Migry Zur Campanile, New of those persons designated York NY; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Victoria Gromova - Tatiana Ponomareva, by the ACBL. This policy Moscow Russia 1.43 is in force throughout any 6/7 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; actual playing session or Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Pamela Granovetter, segment of play. Cincinnati OH 1.19 1.11.4 A violation of the policy will result in an 6/7 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Rozanne Pollack, New automatic penalty pursuant to Law 91 of the Laws of York NY; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 1.19 Duplicate Bridge of one full board at matchpoints/ 8 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA 0.95 board-a-match scoring, 12 IMPs at IMP pairs/ 9 Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX; Lindsey Weinger, New York NY; Kristen Onsgard - knockouts or 20% maximum of VPs available per Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 0.71 match in a Swiss team event for the first offense. A 10 Teri Smoot, Placerville CA; Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Lynda Hirst, Vancouver WA; second offense will result in disqualification from the Kathryn Von Dohre, Concord CA 0.00 event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this policy will be required to leave the playing area for the SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS remainder of that session. 15.5 Tables A B C 3.41 1 1 Susan Hines - Kathy Denholm, Rapid City SD 66.45% Parking discount 2.56 2 2 Daniel Fox, Madison NJ; Judy Sosin, Indianapolis IN 64.17% Discount tickets for self-parking are available at 1.92 3 Karol Lanigan - John Lanigan, Colorado Spgs CO 62.42% the Registration Desk. The cost is $28.90. 2.22 4 3 1 Michael Olson - Alice Olson, Reno NV 60.63% 1.67 5 4 2 Kevin Hill - Rita Simas, Denver CO 57.68% 1.25 6 5 3 Linda Bowles - Richard Fuerst, Littleton CO 57.55% 1.05 6 4 Jeanne Rohner - Donald Rohner, Evergreen CO 55.20% 0.74 5 Marcia Dalton, Frisco CO; Bruce Urben, Whitefish MT 52.39% Daily Bulletin Monday, November 30, 2015 Page 7

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 8.0 Tables Mary Jane Farell A B C continued from page 5 1.84 1 1 1 Judy Courtney - Susan Lehman, Evergreen CO 61.31% 1.38 2 2 Harriet Hartmann - Irene Donelan, Centennial CO 57.74% “Women used to call me up and ask for advice on 0.91 3/4 Jodi Wyss, Monument CO; Debra Kirkendall, Colorado Spgs CO 56.55% bidding, play of the hand, defense – whatever. Then 0.91 3/4 Sandi Ogin - Bruce Ogin, Denver CO 56.55% groups of women would get together at one home 1.02 5 3 2 Charles Drotar, Parker CO; Donna Agee, Centennial CO 55.36% and hire me to teach them.” 0.59 4/5 Bettye Clement, Denver CO; Doris Mingione, Highlands Ranch CO 53.27% Her professional playing began in much the same 0.77 4/5 3 Thomas Hoaglin - Ann Hoaglin, Columbus OH 53.27% way. “People made me a pro. They offered to pay for 0.57 4 Brenda Cartwright, Littleton CO; Vera Alexander, Westminster CO 48.51% babysitters and card fees, and they would pick me up and transport me to the tournaments. It’s really nice SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER SWISS to have a hobby that turned into a living. I feel very 4 Tables fortunate. Bridge has been good for me and to me.” A B 1.47 1 1 Christopher Dorton - Shari Dorton, Silverthorne CO; Jerry Eggleston, Rank calls Farell classy, a superstar. “When we Breckenridge CO; Patricia Stuehler, Glenelg MD 40.00 played together at regionals in Hawaii, she would instruct me to wear my best coat and tie. ‘We’ll be SUNDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS dining with the governor after the game.’ That was 36.0 Tables Mary Jane.” A B C At NABCs, Farell hosted “Coffee with Mary 20.13 1 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 65.66% Jane.” At these events, Mary Jane would mix hands 15.10 2 D Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 60.22% and humor, says Rank. “She was one of the earliest to 11.32 3 Larry Borsian, Petaluma CA; Lourdes Abdon, Sao Paulo Brazil 59.53% play five-card majors, and she would talk about her 8.49 4 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; R Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 59.47% system at these popular seminars.” 7.43 5 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 59.40% 7.43 6 Richard Higgins, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 59.27% In 1964, the Los Angeles Times named Farell 11.03 7 1 Frank Knier, Fargo ND; Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN 58.78% “Woman of the Year” in recognition of her gaining 8.27 8 2 John Gassenheimer - Jill Fisch, Wynnewood PA 58.68% first place among women in the all-time masterpoint 4.03 9 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 57.63% rankings. At the time of her death, Farell’s 3.66 10 Robert McKenzie, Denver CO; Andrea Johnson, Longmont CO 57.41% masterpoint total was just short of 25,000. 3.36 11 Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 56.92% 5.46 12 Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 56.15% 6.20 13 3 Ann Ankrum - Sheila Harrison, Houston TX 56.10% 4.65 14 4 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 55.99% Farell’s NABC Wins 3.68 15 5 Frank Wharton, London England; Douglas McCormac, North von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs Dartmouth MA 55.80% 1978 3.95 16 6 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 55.64% Whitehead Women’s Pairs 2.28 17 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 55.48% 1960 3.25 18 7 Susan Charczenko - Nick Charczenko, Aurora CO 54.45% Mixed Pairs (Hilliard Trophy) 2.45 8 Magnus Weiman - Maureen Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 53.78% 1949, 1959 3.68 9 Bill Beard - Lori Beard, Highlands Ranch CO 53.58% Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams 2.01 10 Carol Foster - Gary Waldron, Laguna Beach CA 53.30% 1957, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1.84 11 Tamera Mowrey, Lincoln NE; Valerie Lager, Aurora CO 53.10% 1982, 1984, 1990 2.35 12 Joseph Browan, Maplewood MN; Jim Hacker, Faribault MN 52.91% Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams 4.59 13 1 Joel Brand, Colorado Spgs CO; Kris Klamut, Aurora CO 52.36% 3.44 2 Sherry Levitt, Denver CO; Linda French, Tucson AZ 52.35% 1982 2.58 3 Elizabeth Ronning, Denver CO; Wade Biggs, Highlands Ranch CO 51.17% Barclay Trophy 1.94 4 Alma Farley - Robert Clarke, Richardson TX 49.87% 1949, 1950, 1955 1.53 5 Melissa Stranzl - Howard Sloan, New York NY 49.30% 1.31 6 Jack Cookson - Patty Cookson, Butte MT 48.90% Farell’s World Medals SUNDAY DAYLIGHT SWISS TEAMS 1966 World Mixed Pairs 38 Tables / Based on 86 Tables A B C Gold medal 27.98 1 1 1 Ole Nordhild - Michael Houlik, Longmont CO; Spencer Carr, 1970 World Women’s Pairs Broomfield CO; James Smith, Boulder CO 84.00 Gold medal 20.99 2 2 Michael Saltzman - Linda Saltzman, Aurora IL; Claude Le Feuvre, 1972 World Women’s Teams Van Nuys CA; Ping Hu, Naperville IL 81.00 Bronze medal 13.77 3/4 3 Peter Lindon - Dee Lindon, Buckinghamshire England; Jonell 1976 World Women’s Teams Comerford - Leo Comerford, Broomfield CO 80.00 Bronze medal 13.77 3/4 Chuck Goudey, Englewood CO; Jeanne Achziger, Denver CO; Jeanne 1978 World Women’s Teams Gray, Niwot CO; Carol Ward, Arvada CO 80.00 Gold medal 9.33 5 4 2 Kurt Simmons - Scott Needham, Boulder CO; Richard Gardner - 1980 World Women’s Teams Susan Marshall, Denver CO 75.00 7.50 6/7 Jerry Ranney - Jane Ranney, Morrison CO; Jonathan Hellman, Gold medal Centennial CO; Gary Morrison, Overland Park KS 72.00 7.50 6/7 5 3 J C Chupack - Scott Chupack, Seattle WA; Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Becky Stevens, Redmond WA 72.00 Be scent-sitive! 6.22 8 6 Brian Gelles - Janet Gelles, Fairview TX; Michael Bossert - Sara Some people have an extreme sensitivity to Bossert, Cypress TX 71.00 fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL 5.35 9/10 7/8 Ginny O’Toole, Yarmouth Port MA; Sheila Middleton, Milton MA; clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that Susan Mullin, Naples FL; Mickey MacMillan, Osterville MA 70.00 prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The 5.35 9/10 7/8 Gary Kulbitski - Lee Kulbitski - Richard Olson, Colorado Spgs ACBL has not issued an official policy on the CO; Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL 70.00 matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of 3.54 4 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; Bill Oates - Pat Oates, Brighton MI 68.00 its members to refrain from using fragrances. 2.80 5 Elliott Grosh, Bradenton FL; Edward Banta, Spruce Pine NC; David Because duplicate bridge requires players to be Evans - Yvonne Evans, Greensboro NC 65.00 in close proximity to each other, individuals who 2.40 6 Paul Andre Paquin - Suzanne Arsenault, Saint-Bruno QC; Therese suffer from fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid Huot - Suzanne Viau, Boucherville QC 64.00 those who are wearing them. Among the commonly reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine SATURDAY-SUNDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 SATURDAY-SUNDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 sufferers) or breathing-related problems. For these 9 Tables 12 Tables 20.72 1 Jason Larrivee, Regina SK; Holly Campbell, 12.58 1 Karen Hudesman - Donald Stark - Lorenzo individuals, the issue is much more serious than Stevensville MT; Jeremy Lewis, Glen Allen VA; Lawrence Diamond, Migliorini - Thomas Brown, Seattle WA simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real health Tacoma WA 8.81 2 Daniel Zwonitzer - Justin Browning, Cheyenne problem. 14.50 2 Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Pawel Niedzielski, WY; Marjorie Sandoval - Sara Lynn Thomas, Colorado Spgs CO The ACBL asks everyone to give this issue the Lodz Poland; Yukiko Tokunaga, Japan; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo 5.03 3/4 Susan Kraght, Scottsdale AZ; Joan Renzoni, Palm Japan; Ken Gee, Regina SK City FL; Sharon Boal, Bath ON; Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC consideration it deserves. Please, if you’re going to 8.29 3/4 Nancy Klym - Karen Levy - Douglas Mann - 5.03 3/4 Michael Hu - Linzhi Hu - Qing Lu, San Jose CA; play in a club or a tournament, don’t wear cologne, Crystal Mann, Calgary AB Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA perfume or scented lotions. 8.29 3/4 Malcolm Morris, London United Kingdom; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Marie Duval - Claude Bitar, Montreal QC Page 8 Monday, November 30, 2015 Daily Bulletin

McCracken SUNDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH SWISS TEAMS 41 Tables continued from page 1 7 3 1 engineering, the family had moved to San Francisco. 9.37 1 Sandy Thor, Seattle WA; Christine McKenna - Valerie Lycette, College lasted one year – “I had lousy study habits,” Issaquah WA; Janet Crossley, San Rafael CA 96.00 he says – so he followed the family to the West Coast. 7.03 2 1 Pravina Jani, Austin TX; Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Jeffrey Rapp - Vinay Jha, Colorado Spgs CO 86.00 After another year of college – same results 5.27 3 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL; Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake – MacCracken started playing bridge, developing MN; Albert Stock, Valencia CA; Jeffrey Stock, Manchester CT 83.00 a friendship with Doug Drury, who invented the 3.54 4/5 Tommie Kadotani, Denver CO; Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Melba convention bearing his name, and his wife, Peggy. Turner - Sandra Ahlquist, Morrison CO 79.00 In 1960, he moved into their Victorian home, which 3.54 4/5 Bill Hendrick, Boulder CO; Wayne Densmore, Superior CO; Deborah had a bridge club on the ground floor. A lot of bridge Laut, Lafayette CO; Judy Walker, Erie CO 79.00 learning went on while he was with the Drurys. 2.68 6 Lucy Strait - Phyllis Coelho, Boulder CO; Nancy Stuehler - James “We probably spent 13 or 14 hours a day playing or Stuehler, Broomfield CO 77.00 discussing bridge,” MacCracken says. 2.96 7 2 1 Robert O Connor, Silver Spring MD; William Lowry, Alexandria VA; While he was developing as a player – he has Ed Gould - Cornelia Gould, Incline Village NV 74.00 2.22 8 3 2 Mary Ann Rose, Erie CO; Mary Wright, Arvada CO; David Smith, won more board-a-match teams than he can count – Centennial CO; Stephen Smith, Westminster CO 73.00 MacCracken helped run the bridge club and filled in 1.87 9 David Zwonitzer - Charlotte Roney - Kym Zwonitzer - Beulah as a partner when needed. MacCracken’s best result Jones, Cheyenne WY 71.00 in high-level competition is his second-place finish in 1.63 10/11 John Crittenden - Ann Gruidel, Boulder CO; Edward Doran - Linda the Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams in 1969. He also Doran, Broomfield CO 69.00 proudly recalls winning a regional mixed pairs with 1.63 10/11 Lorena Soares, Louisville CO; Jared Johnson - Katherine Demong, Hall of Famer Mary Jane Farell. Denver CO; Max Farnsworth, Aurora CO 69.00 Directing at the Drurys’ club eventually led to 1.66 4 Jean Miller - Jane Haflich, Westminster CO; Karen Lamb, North tournament work, and he honed his skills picking up Glenn CO; Shirley Brown, Broomfield CO 68.00 sheets in the days when the posting of results and 1.31 5 Ed Hartshorn - Heather Gallegos, Buena Vista CO; Vard Nelson - Frances Nelson, Evergreen CO 62.00 scoring were done by hand. In 1962, he was hired to work at the huge Bridge Week tournament in Las SUNDAY FLIGHT A SWISS TEAMS Angeles, at the time the largest regional on the ACBL 24 Tables / Based on 66 Tables calendar. A B C The Western Confernce merged with the ACBL 25.57 1 James Glickman - Karen Allison, Las Vegas NV; Howard Einberg, in the late 1960s and when it was decided that ACBL Los Angeles CA; Claire Tornay, Palm Bch Gdns FL 99.00 Headquarters should move from Greenwich CT to 19.18 2 Tony Ames, Minnetonka MN; George Bleskachek, Eau Claire WI; Memphis, MacCracken was recruited to help with the Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center MA; Greg Caucutt, Rochester MN 93.00 14.38 3 1 1 Dustin Stout - Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA; Rodney Organt - Judy transition and to become tournament coordinator. Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT 92.00 In the fall of 1972, MacCracken loaded up his 10.79 4 Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; 1961 Ford Falcon with all his worldly possessions – Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Gary plus two cases of California wine – and drove from Kessler, Springfield IL 91.00 San Francisco to western Tennessee, where he has 10.19 5 2 2 Dennis Carman - Susan Bailey Carman, Plainwell MI; Mark lived ever since. Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Bob Rasmussen, Ann Arbor MI 88.00 Of the time he spent at ACBL Headquarters, 7.31 6 Mary Olson - Joe Luk, Colorado Spgs CO; Sarah Imig, Sioux City MacCracken is proudest of his contributions to the IA; Lars Moquist, Nybro Sweden 85.00 development of the first computer scoring program, 7.64 3 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; which was written by Merlin Vilhauer and Marvin Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 81.00 5.73 4 3 Steve Caplan, Hampstead QC; Gary Bernstein, Montreal QC; Pamela Hamm of Portland OR. Nisbet, Kanata ON; Diane K.M. Gordon, St Catharines ON 80.00 The introduction of computer scoring was the 4.53 5 Janet Wickersham, Sierra Madre CA; Ann Cressman, Laguna Niguel beginning of the end of hand-scored games, which CA; Mary Dougherty - Dolores Brenner, Santa Fe NM 71.00 provided more personal interaction between players 3.71 4 Chuck Adelman, Warren NJ; Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Bruce and TDs, but MacCracken says it was inevitable: Scott, San Jose CA; Robena Foland, Grand Island FL 68.00 “You can’t stop progress. It had to come.” MacCracken worked at ACBL Headquarters until SUNDAY FLIGHT B SWISS TEAMS 1989, when he returned to the field. Even after more 26 Tables than five decades, he still keeps a busy schedule. He B C D reckons he is away from home 35 weekends a year, 8.82 1 1 Donna Barrow - Wilt Cooper, Littleton CO; Dan Stern - Nancy Rainwater, Denver CO 103.00 but wouldn’t change jobs for anything. 6.62 2 2 David Johnson - Dorothy Mersereau - Emelie Quennell, Calgary Being a TD, he says, “means never working in a AB; Melissa Martin, Whitefish MT 101.00 closed environment where people get on your nerves 4.96 3 3 Kathy Bergman, Goodyear AZ; Rodney Bias, Phoenix AZ; Sudhakar day in and day out and the problems are always there. Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ; Clair Kretschmann, Tucson AZ 95.00 Also, I’m dealing with intelligent people, and that 3.72 4 4 George Parkins, Vienna VA; M David Jackson, Alexandria VA; Won keeps me thinking and trying to make things better. Yang, Clermont FL; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR 92.00 The work can be stressful, but it’s a good stress.” 2.94 5 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA; Ofra The TDs, he says, have a saying: “Monday always Blonder - Diane Winiger, New York NY 88.00 comes.” 2.52 6 5 John Simpson, Madera CA; Pat Simpson, Prescott AZ; Mary Ellen The endless variety of TD work is stimulating to Davis, Barefoot Bay FL; Judy Calley, Sebastian FL 87.00 2.21 7 Adair Karlin - Joan Merrill - Jo-Ann Vaughn - Jared Boulds, MacCracken. “Sometimes I think I’ve seen it all,” he Tucson AZ 83.00 says. “Not true.” 2.63 6 1 Silvana Zangri, Syosset NY; Richard Morici, Port Washington NY; He recalls the time when he was called to the Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY; Sheila Pohly, Jericho NY 75.00 table at a sectional in Nashville. One of the players 1.97 2 Nanette Hittmeier, Olympia WA; Roswitha Frerichs, Lincoln NE; told him that board 12 of the set they were playing Liza Moses - Michael Moses, New York NY 67.00 was the same as board 11. Sure enough, the two hands were identical. He went to the table where the boards had been played on the previous round MacCracken’s admirers. “When I was there he was Masterpoint disclaimer and found a woman sitting by herself. “Did you like a senior senator,” says Beye. “He always had Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject notice anything unusual about boards 11 and 12?” he time to listen to me and he was a wise advisor, plus he to change because of score changes or corrections. asked. “Yes,” said the woman, “they were the same.” is a very nice person.” The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also MacCracken asked if it had occurred to anyone at When he is not running tournaments or working subject to change. the table to call a director. Apparently, they thought them, MacCracken likes to fish and go for bike rides. it happened by chance. The postscript: On the two He has ridden on long bike tours in France and Spain. boards in question, the players bid to 4♥ making on Leisure time is great, but the job is MacCracken’s board 11 and 4♠ down one on 12. focus, thanks in part to his fellow TDs. “They have a Through the years, MacCracken has developed very good work ethic,” he said, “and they’re fun to be countless friendships and influenced many who have around.” followed in his footsteps. Rick Beye, a national TD assigned to ACBL Headquarters from 2001 to 2011, is one of Daily Bulletin Monday, November 30, 2015 Page 9

PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S BAZE SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS 21 Tables WA; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Mike Passell, Clerkin, Bloomington IN Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas Plano TX 30.15 5/8 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese NV; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Bart Bramley, Dallas vs Milner, Sarasota FL; Philippe Cronier - Michel TX; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Robert Bitterman, Bessis, Paris France; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Rodwell, Clearwater FL Sarasota FL; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Edward Poland; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland vs Nagy, Danville CA 30.15 5/8 Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan, Las Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Mark Dahl, Richmond Vegas NV; Steve Garner - Ron Smith, Chicago IL; 30.15 5/8 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter VA; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington OR; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Neil 30.15 5/8 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Bruce Chambers, Schenectady NY; John Schermer, Seattle Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry

2 Robinson 1 Gupta 46 79 106 16 55 133 177 15 (18) Wittmann 16 Cooper 8 12 28 w/d 25 51 66 77

1 Gupta 2 Robinson 40 44 93 130 62 75 96 110 8 DeMartino 7 Helms (10) 24 53 78 96 29 54 82 125

9 Dunn 10 Helms 22 47 89 95 1 Gupta 40 78 97 120 8 DeMartino 1 4 Meltzer 7 Levine 6 64 105 144 20 22 50 86

5 Osofsky 6 Lall 85 171 237 274 21 55 114 155 12 (21) Geisler 2 (10) Helms 11 (12) Parker 26 27 39 60 3 Kasle 40 80 115 127

8 Lall 24 5 Osofsky 41 73 87 58 89 125 143 3 Kasle 4 Meltzer 33 55 76 141 51 85 128 160 13 (20) Rothstein 14 (19) Evans 31 67 73 99 5 19 31 52 4 Meltzer 3 Kasle 32 52 104 159 40 81 148 203

SUNDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 10K Swiss winners 12.0 Tables A B C continued from page 1 4.17 1 Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ 65.48% 3.79 2 1 Amy Shumway - Patricia Bruden, Madison WI 63.10% 2.35 3 Greg Caucutt, Rochester MN; Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center MA 60.71% 2.57 4 Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC; June Pocock, New Westminster BC 57.74% 2.49 5/6 2/3 Marcia Christopher - Bill Darden, Estes Park CO 56.85% 2.49 5/6 2/3 1 Arjune Bose, Houston TX; Ranjit Bose, Albuquerque NM 56.85% 1.60 4 Therese Koller, Pueblo CO; Carroll Frogge, Kansas City MO 55.95% 1.36 5 Dee Androus - Warren Androus, Avon CO 52.38% 1.49 6 2 Mark Krinsky, Great Neck NY; Richard Morici, Port Washington NY 50.89%

SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 19.5 Tables A B C 3.94 1 1 Kevin Hill - Rita Simas, Denver CO 67.86% 2.96 2 2 1 Barbara Starr, Sewickley PA; John Ganzar, Littleton CO 66.74% 2.22 3 Anita Holmes - Christine Markman, Denver CO 63.39% 1.66 4 3 Carol Jacks, Littleton CO; Ruby Brooks, Chevy Chase MD 60.71% 1.25 5 Douglas Smith - Joanne Smith, Steamboat Spgs CO 58.63% They were second in the 10K Swiss Teams: 1.38 6 4 Michael Olson - Alice Olson, Reno NV 58.15% Marcia and Robert Dean and Rich and Jody 0.89 5 Clifford King - Anita King, Fountain Hills AZ 56.89% Williams. 0.66 6 William Halteman, Orono ME; Edward Halteman, Boulder CO 54.76% Baykal played with his wife. Their teammates 1.31 2 Paige Sodergren - Kathleen McKeeta, Vail CO 53.27% were Bill Kertes and Ina Demme. 0.98 3 Lynette Teichman, Granby CO; Dawn Schoen, Fraser CO 51.65% Second place went to the California team of 0.73 4 Laura Taht - Linda McCarthy, Boulder CO 48.26% Marcia and Robert Dean, San Jose, and Richard and 0.55 5 Patricia Robbins - Orrin Robbins, Olympia WA 46.73% Jody Williams, San Carlos. They were the leaders FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - FINAL after the first day. 23.75 Tables / Based on 11 Tables Gur Baykal is a partner in a window components 7.35 1 Donna Yeargain, Billings MT 116.19% company. He and his wife met playing bridge 23 5.51 2 Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC 114.59% years ago. They have been married for 21 years. 3.62 3/4 James Carroll, Lyons NY 111.66% Kertes is a retired investment banker. Demme 3.62 3/4 Jim Mulbrandon, Orlando FL 111.66% works for the Canadian Bridge Federation. The 4.12 5 Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC 111.02% two won the 0-5000 Mini Blue Ribbon Pairs in 2.95 6/7 Joann Miller, Lakewood CO 108.39% 2.95 6/7 Sandra Koller, Arvada CO 108.39% Providence RI last year. Page 10 Monday, November 30, 2015 Daily Bulletin

Defenders double-crossed The Official Record Part 1 By Adam Grossack A primer on the ACBL’s formal disciplinary procedure at tournaments Zach Grossack played with Richard Budd in the By Christina Van Leeuwen Nail LM Pairs. The pair came in third overall in an Many clubs and tournaments employ the ACBL’s event, which started with more than 300 pairs. Zero Tolerance Policy to deal with instances of Grossack and Budd have a pretty good track unacceptable behavior. Unfortunately, there are record. They have played in only two national sometimes incidents of a more serious nature or events together – this one, and the 2014 Silodor patterns of offensive behavior that must be addressed Open Pairs, in which they finished second. Budd and in a more severe manner. Grossack complement each other perfectly. Budd is All ACBL units and districts are required to fast, sharp with the card play and a simple, practical have a recorder. A recorder’s responsibilities bidder. Grossack plays a very aggressive game. His include receiving and investigating both reports of laser-sharp table feel enables him to put maximum objectionable conduct and allegations of unethical pressure on the opponents in both the bidding and the behavior that occur within their jurisdiction. For play. Needless to say, it is highly effective. example, a complaint regarding an incident that This is board 17 from the final session of the occurred during a sectional tournament should be event. sent to the sponsoring unit’s recorder. Dlr: North ♠ Q J 6 There is also a national recorder, Sam Whitten, Vul: None ♥ 9 who is a full-time employee of the ACBL. ♦ K Q 9 4 3 Incidents can be reported using a player memo, ♣ A K 6 4 also known as a recorder form. You can obtain ♠ 10 8 5 2 ♠ A K 9 7 4 one of these forms from a tournament director, but ♥ A J 7 6 3 ♥ K 4 any written complaint (including email) that is sent ♦ J 7 ♦ A 6 5 to the recorder will be accepted in lieu of an actual ♣ 5 2 ♣ Q 8 7 player memo. The complaint should include your ♠ 3 name and contact information, the name of your ♥ Q 10 8 5 2 partner, the name of your opponents (noting if one or ♦ 10 8 2 Complaints fall into one of two general both are responsible for the incident in question), a ♣ J 10 9 3 categories: behavioral and bridge. Behavioral complete description of what occurred and thorough West North East South complaints are fairly self-explanatory, and the documentation of the hand in question. Reporting any Lindqvist Grossack Brogeland Budd recorder must simply decide if the behavior warrants behavioral violation or questionable bridge action 1♦ 1♠ Pass a disciplinary committee or if it should simply be during a tournament should always go to a TD first. 2♠ 3♣ Dbl All Pass recorded in the event that more such complaints are The TD will ensure that the complaint reaches the presented about the same individual in the future. appropriate parties, including the recorder. East led the ♠A and West played the 8, suit Bridge complaints should include as much detail Once a recorder has received a complaint, he will preference. At trick two, East shifted to the ♥K and about the deal as possible, including the exact hands investigate the complaint by talking to the individuals continued a heart: 8, jack, ruff. Declarer now led the (hand records are very useful for this purpose). One involved and any witnesses that can be located. Then ♠Q, covered by the king and ruffed. Grossack led a should also include the bidding, the opening lead the recorder will make one of three determinations. If low diamond from dummy to the king, ducked by and, when relevant, the play of the hand. Recorders the complaint and subsequent investigation uncovers East. Now declarer cashed his ♠J, pitching a diamond use these player memos documenting unusual action a violation that the recorder believes is serious from dummy and led the ♦Q from his hand to East’s taken at the table to build cases against partnerships enough to bring before a disciplinary committee, ace, smothering West’s jack. Here’s the end position that are using covert methods to signal information he will present the complaint to the unit or district with East on lead: to each other. Prearranged partnership collusion president, who will become the charging party ♠ — by means of signaling to exchange information and will ask the unit or district disciplinary chair to ♥ ---- is the most serious form of cheating that exists convene a disciplinary committee to hold a hearing. ♦ 9 4 3 within bridge. While a single complaint is very This process and the procedures followed by the ♣ A K 6 rarely sufficient to prove such a case, a number of disciplinary committee are outlined in the ACBL ♠ 10 ♠ 9 7 hands demonstrating unusual actions can bring a Code of Disciplinary Regulations (CDR). ♥ A 7 6 ♥ — pattern to light. It will be up to an ethics committee If, after completing the investigation, the ♦ — ♦ 6 to determine if this pattern proves cheating. It is recorder is unconvinced that the complaint warrants ♣ 5 2 ♣ Q 8 7 important to keep in mind that public accusations a disciplinary committee but feels the incident is ♠ — of cheating are not tolerated. All such accusations still troubling, he will keep this complaint on file ♥ Q 10 5 must be made in private to a tournament director or and forward a copy to the National Recorder’s ♦ — recorder. To do otherwise is a violation of the CDR. office. This complaint may then be used in a future ♣ J 10 9 The CDR, Recorder Regulations, and many disciplinary case as part of a pattern of behavior At this point, the defense has taken a spade, other resources outlining the ACBL Recorder System demonstrated by the subject. This is known as a heart and the ♦A and needs two more tricks to are available on the ACBL website at acbl.org/ recording the complaint. prevail, but it isn’t in the cards. tournaments_page/ethics-and-discipline/. Lastly, if the recorder does not feel that a If East plays a trump, Grossack can claim, as he The ACBL Recorder Office is more than happy violation has taken place, he can choose not to record is now in control and his diamonds are good. At the to discuss any issue members may have encountered the incident and the complaint will go no further. table, East tried the ♦6. Grossack ruffed it in dummy while playing in an ACBL-sanctioned event and While recorder complaints and investigations are and led a heart and ruffed it with the ♣A as East direct them to the proper authority under ACBL confidential, the recorder will notify the parties relinquished a spade. Now declarer led a diamond. If regulations. You can reach the National Recorder’s involved which of these three actions he has taken East ruffs with the queen, he will again be helpless. office at [email protected] or 662–253–3146. with the complaint. He can’t lead trump – declarer simply draws trumps and claims, and if he leads his last spade, declarer can crossruff by taking the spade ruff in hand. East SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES FINAL pitched on the diamond and Grossack ruffed on the 68.00 Tables / Based on 26 Tables board, ruffed a heart back to his hand with the king 11.03 1/2 Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 127.67% and led another diamond to score his ♣J en passant. 11.03 1/2 Brian Trent, Fullerton CA 127.67% North-South’s plus 470 was good for all of the 9.82 3/4 Joan Duffy, Marietta GA 124.93% matchpoints. 9.82 3/4 Susan Campbell, Marietta GA 124.93% 5.66 5/6 Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 121.10% 5.66 5/6 Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 121.10% Email us 7.62 7/8 Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD 119.37% Got a hand you just have to share or a nice story? 7.62 7/8 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD 119.37% We’d love to see it. 2.41 9/10 Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 113.52% The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: 2.41 9/10 La Quitta Talbot, Keller TX 113.52% [email protected]. You’ll also find it on 2.27 11 Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 113.12% the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” between the 2.65 12/13 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ 112.64% date and the editors’ names. 2.65 12/13 Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV 112.64% This email address won’t be checked with any regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please continue to use our office email addresses for non- tournament–related correspondence. Daily Bulletin Monday, November 30, 2015 Page 11

SUNDAY BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 8 Tables Life Master news A B C Leo Comerford of 3.00 1 1 Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL; Ralph Cox, Centennial CO; Judith Broomfield CO earned Pogge, Greenwood Vlg CO; Vinay Jha, Colorado Spgs CO 16.00 enough masterpoints in 2.25 2 2 Douglas Mann - Karen Levy - Crystal Mann - Nancy Klym, Calgary AB 14.50 the Open Swiss Teams 1.69 3 Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; Steven Kipperman - Steve Smolen - on Sunday to become a Kimberly Fanady, San Francisco CA 13.50 Silver Life Master (1000 1.84 3/4 1 Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC; Sharon Boal, Bath ON; Susan masterpoints). He was Kraght, Scottsdale AZ; Joan Renzoni, Palm City FL 13.00 playing with his wife, 1.40 3/4 Rita Dodge, Vancouver BC; Mary Lou Kerr, York ON; Lamya Abougoush, Calgary AB; Julia Price, Toronto ON 13.00 Jonell. Their teammates were Peter and Dee Lindon SUNDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS of Buckinghamshire, 7.0 Tables England. A B C 2.23 1 1 1 Jodi Wyss, Monument CO; Debra Kirkendall, Colorado Spgs CO 62.92% 1.46 2/3 Jeffrey Phillips - William Voss, Grand Junction CO 58.75% Convention card reminder 1.46 2/3 Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA 58.75% Each player is required to have a convention 1.49 4 2 Susan Hines - Kathy Denholm, Rapid City SD 57.08% card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a 1.14 5 3 2 Nancy Llewellyn - Jackie Khilling, Fort Smith AR 55.42% session. The convention card must include the first 0.84 4 Patricia Robbins - Orrin Robbins, Olympia WA 54.17% and last name of each member of the partnership, and the cards must be identical. SUNDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 20.0 Tables If a director determines that neither player has A B C a substantially completed card, the partnership may 5.69 1 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 66.67% play only the Standard American Yellow Card and 4.27 2 1 Marcel Dadon, France; Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA 66.33% may use only standard carding. This restriction may 3.50 3 Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 63.76% be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round 2.40 4 Mauricio Smid, Mexico Mexico; Jean Ehrenberg, Vail CO 60.48% after convention cards have been properly prepared 3.13 5 2 Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA; Catherine Bardsley, Mc Lean VA 58.61% and approved by the director. Further, the partnership 2.60 6 3 1 Qing Lu, San Jose CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 57.76% will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each 1.23 7 Charles Durrin III, Madison AL; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 57.55% board played, commencing with the next round and 1.76 4 David Porter, Aurora CO; Sheila Wimer, Arvada CO 56.63% continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team 1.50 5 Susan Woodrow, Waterford MI; Philip Smith, Fenton MI 56.15% 1.07 6 Carol Rynders, Saint Paul MN; Rebecca Anspach, Minneapolis MN 55.26% games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the 1.95 2 Melissa Cooke - John Boshart, Mountain City GA 53.56% director. 1.46 3 James Dam - Edna Dam, Vashon WA 52.52% If the director determines the partnership has at 1.10 4 Annabelle Mann, Warwick Bermuda; Julia Lunn, Southampton Bermuda 51.05% least one substantially completed convention card 0.82 5 Barbara Kelley, Avon CO; Jo Dee Bowen, Austin TX 50.03% but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, the director may give warnings or assign such SUNDAY OPEN PAIRS penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the 27.0 Tables circumstances. A B C The objective of these warnings and penalties is 16.19 1 Mark Teich - Gretchen Teich, Bluffton SC 60.42% the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL 12.14 2 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 58.88% 9.11 3 Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR 58.77% regulations. 6.83 4 Wagner Van Vlack, Carmel IN; Larry Hudgens, Bass Harbor ME 58.54% 5.40 5 William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 58.12% 6.23 6 Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Joan Brooke, Newport Beach CA 57.69% 4.05 7 Leon Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ; Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 57.42% ACBL 3.60 8 Richard Ekstrum, Crystal MN; Warren Nelson, Cloquet MN 56.46% 3.24 9 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Jack Shartsis, Huntington member perks Wds MI 56.15% 5.40 10 Judy Zhu - Jack Snyder, Naperville IL 56.08% 2.70 11 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 55.65% 3.78 12 Geoff Booth - Robert Sandfield, Houston TX 55.27% 2.54 13 Donald Boyarsky, Denver CO; Dan Marthaler Jr, Aurora CO 55.23% 6.74 14/15 1 Roberta McIlwain - Sandy McIlwain, Invermere BC 55.15% 2.09 14/15 Giuseppe Delle Cave, Rome 00135 Italy; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 55.15% 5.06 2 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 51.54% 3.79 3 Wayne Hintz, Helena MT; Lloyd Neumann, Littleton CO 50.42% 2.84 4 Beth Loehnen, Missoula MT; Terry Wolfe, Clinton MT 49.88% 2.99 5 1 Douglas Snow, Paducah KY; Klaus Buechner, Toronto ON 49.08% 2.03 6 Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK; Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 48.92% 2.24 2 Elizabeth Erling, Phoenix AZ; John Baragona, Tempe AZ 46.50%

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MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION SECTIONS C E 1/2 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON 19.00 1/2 Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan 60-433 Poland; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw 02-382 Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk 80-467 Poland 19.00 3 Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Tim Verbeek, Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands 18.50 4 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Justin Lall, Plano TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 18.00 5/6 Mark Perlmutter - Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Hussein Sheriff, Alexandria Egypt 17.50 5/6 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 17.50 7 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 17.00 8 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Julius Sigurjonsson, 201 Kopavogur Iceland; David Grainger, Roseville CA; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 16.00 9 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Erik Berg, Dublin Norway; Steffen Simonsen, Oslo Norway 15.50 10/11 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda; Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD 14.00 10/11 Steven Price - Vic Quiros, Scottsdale AZ; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA; Bill Parks, Macungie PA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 14.00 12 J-f Allix, Asnia France; Joanna Neve, Boulogne France; Vanessa Reess, 92100 Clichy France; Wilfried Libbrecht, 92110 Clichy France 13.50 SECTIONS D J 1 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 17.50 2 Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands 16.50 3/5 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 16.00 3/5 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA 16.00 3/5 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Robert Cappelli - Michael D Alioto, Birmingham MI 16.00 6/9 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Sam Lev, New York NY; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Piotr Gawrys - Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland 15.00 6/9 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Tor Helness - Geir Helgemo, Monaco 15.00 6/9 Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen 1 Sweden; Uday Ivatury - Jessica Hayman - Christal Henner, New York NY 15.00 6/9 Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Gerry Marshall, Las Varas Mexico; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 15.00 10/15 Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Ahu Zobu, Istanbul Turkey; Diana Marquardt, Del Mar CA; Viktor Aronov, Sofia Bulgaria 14.50 10/15 Pramotton Emanuela, Rome 00198 Italy; Okay Gur, Istanbul Turkey; Levent Imamoglu, Besiktas Istanb Turkey; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma 00197 Italy 14.50 10/15 John Fout - Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY; Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 14.50 10/15 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; William Cole, Silver Spring MD; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Rose Yan, Beijing People’s Republic of China 14.50 10/15 Tom Townsend, London W9 1S England; Brian Glubok - Michael Polowan, New York NY; Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO 14.50 10/15 Jerry Goldberg - Jane Dillenberg, New York NY; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 14.50 SECTIONS F H 1 Jeffrey Wolfson - Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL 17.50 2 Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Rich Pavlicek Jr, Santa Clara CA; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 17.00 3/4 James Cayne - Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy 16.00 3/4 Vytautas V Vainikonis, Trakai Lithuania; Olanski Wojtek, Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland 16.00 5/6 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Barry Senensky, Toronto ON; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Robert Kuz, Selkirk MB 15.50 5/6 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA 15.50 7/9 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; McKenzie Myers, Seatac WA; Anam Tebha - Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 15.00 7/9 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC 15.00 7/9 Michael McNamara, Scarsdale NY; William Ehlers, Madison NJ; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 15.00 10/11 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 14.50 10/11 Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR; Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Robert Johnson, Tigard OR; Richard Carle, Longview WA 14.50 12/13 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 14.00 12/13 Jeffrey Rothstein - Allen Kahn - Ira Herman, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 14.00 SECTIONS G I 1 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Curtis Cheek - Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV 19.50 2 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Arun Bapat, Andheri East India; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy 17.50 3 Ron Rubin - Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland 17.00 4/5 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Jeff Hand, New York NY 16.50 4/5 Louk Verhees Jr, Sh Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Jean Quantin, Paris France 16.50 6 David Caprera, Denver CO; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 16.00 7 Boang Xiang Zhang - Jian Wei Li, Guangdong People’s Republic of China; Xiao Shi, Quangdong People’s Republic of China; Xinli Gan, China People’s Republic of China 15.50 8/9 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 15.00 8/9 Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Massimiliano Di Franco, Sicily Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 15.00 10/11 Shui No Wong, Hong Kong; Alex Hong, West Vancouver BC; Andrzej Kozikowski - Mariusz Krasnicki, Lodz Poland 14.50 10/11 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON; Joseph Silver, Hampstead QC; Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 14.50 12 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 14.00 SUNDAY BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS SECTION UU A B C 1 1 Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL; Ralph Cox, Centennial CO; Judith Pogge, Greenwood Vlg CO; Vinay Jha, Colorado Spgs CO 16.00 2 2 Douglas Mann - Karen Levy - Crystal Mann - Nancy Klym, Calgary AB 14.50 3 Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; Steven Kipperman - Steve Smolen - Kimberly Fanady, San Francisco CA 13.50 3/4 1 Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC; Sharon Boal, Bath ON; Susan Kraght, Scottsdale AZ; Joan Renzoni, Palm City FL 13.00 3/4 Rita Dodge, Vancouver BC; Mary Lou Kerr, York ON; Lamya Abougoush, Calgary AB; Julia Price, Toronto ON 13.00

SUNDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Jodi Wyss, Monument CO; Debra Kirkendall, Colorado Spgs CO 62.92% 1 Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA 58.75% 2 Jeffrey Phillips - William Voss, Grand Junction CO 58.75% 2 1 Susan Hines - Kathy Denholm, Rapid City SD 57.08% 3 2 Nancy Llewellyn - Jackie Khilling, Fort Smith AR 55.42% 3 2 1 Patricia Robbins - Orrin Robbins, Olympia WA 54.17%

SUNDAY EVENING SIDE GAME (FOURTH OF FOUR SESSIONS) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS W X EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 66.67% 1 Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 63.76% 2 1 Marcel Dadon, France; Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA 66.33% 2 1 Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA; Catherine Bardsley, Mc Lean VA 58.61% 3 Mauricio Smid, Mexico Mexico; Jean Ehrenberg, Vail CO 60.48% 3 2 1 Qing Lu, San Jose CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 57.76% 4 Charles Durrin III, Madison AL; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 57.55% 4 3 David Porter, Aurora CO; Sheila Wimer, Arvada CO 56.63% 5 2 Susan Woodrow, Waterford MI; Philip Smith, Fenton MI 56.15% 5 Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 54.14% 6 3 Carol Rynders, Saint Paul MN; Rebecca Anspach, Minneapolis MN 55.26% 6 4 2 Melissa Cooke - John Boshart, Mountain City GA 53.56% 7 La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 50.44% 7 Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ 52.61% 8 Gerrie Owen, Celina TX; T Jean Kidd, Lantana TX 50.08% 8 5 3 James Dam - Edna Dam, Vashon WA 52.52% 4 1 Pat Ingoglia, Sacramento CA; Marlene Sabo, Kailua Kona HI 47.75% 4 Annabelle Mann, Warwick Bermuda; Julia Lunn, Southampton Bermuda 51.05% 2 Berton Solomon - Michael Lynch, Edwards CO 44.65%

SUNDAY OPEN PAIRS SECOND OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS U V EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Joan Brooke, Newport Beach CA 62.31% 1 Wagner Van Vlack, Carmel IN; Larry Hudgens, Bass Harbor ME 62.92% 2 Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR 61.31% 2 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 62.46% 3 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI 61.23% 3 Mark Teich - Gretchen Teich, Bluffton SC 59.92% 4 1 Lillian Smith, Boulder CO; Gary Logan, Longmont CO 57.31% 4 Leon Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ; Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 58.85% 5 John Dukellis - Thomas Goings, Colorado Spgs CO 56.92% 5 Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH; Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH 56.31% 6 2 Roberta McIlwain - Sandy McIlwain, Invermere BC 56.77% 6 Giuseppe Delle Cave, Rome 00135 Italy; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 55.69% 7 William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 55.15% 7 Donald Boyarsky, Denver CO; Dan Marthaler Jr, Aurora CO 54.31% 8 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 55.00% 8 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Bill Ream, Burleson TX 53.62% 9 3 1 Douglas Snow, Paducah KY; Klaus Buechner, Toronto ON 53.69% 9/10 Harvinder Sidhu, Scottsdale AZ; Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY 53.38% 10 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Chattanooga TN 52.77% 9/10 Richard Ekstrum, Crystal MN; Warren Nelson, Cloquet MN 53.38% 11 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Sandy Kiesel, Bakersfield CA 51.69% 11 1 Wayne Hintz, Helena MT; Lloyd Neumann, Littleton CO 53.31% 4 Samuel Amer, Newark DE; Arjun Dhir, Alpharetta GA 49.85% 2 Beth Loehnen, Missoula MT; Terry Wolfe, Clinton MT 51.38% 5 Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK; Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 47.69% 3 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 51.00% 4 1 Hellar Nakonechny, Carman MB; Gloria Woloshyn, Winnipeg MB 48.23% 5 Joseph Freedman - Steven Lockwood, Albuquerque NM 44.46% Daily Bulletin Monday, November 30, 2015 Page 13

MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S BAM SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION SECTION SS 1 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, Vastra Frolunda Sweden; Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 19.00 2 Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX; Juanita Chambers, Garland TX; Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Victoria Gromova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 16.00 3 Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Samantha Nystrom, St Catharine’s ON; Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN 15.50 4 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 14.00 SECTION TT 1 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 18.50 2 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO; Sylvia Summers, Montreal QC; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 17.00 3 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Ellen Kozlove - Lisa Berkowitz - Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL; Anne Brenner, Denver CO; Flo Newlin, Aurora CO 16.50 4 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Sylvie Willard - Benedicte Cronier, Paris France 15.50

SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME (SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE GAME SERIES) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS Y Z EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 61.00% 1 1 Judy Bredall - Brian Hegarty, Colorado Spgs CO 66.01% 2 1 Susan Campbell - Joan Duffy, Marietta GA 60.78% 2 2 William Brooks - Gena Brooks, Broomfield CO 57.84% 3 Frank Queen - Judy Goldstein, Denver CO 57.63% 3/5 3 Mitsuko Kodama - Lester Kodama, Mililani HI 55.77% 4 2 1 John Boshart, Mountain City GA; Jim Parks, Atascadero CA 57.30% 3/5 Roger Anderson - Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 55.77% 5 3 Mary Lou Kerr, York ON; Julia Price, Toronto ON 56.21% 3/5 Janise Saul, San Antonio TX; Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 55.77% 6 La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 55.34% 6 4 Carol Rynders, Saint Paul MN; Rebecca Anspach, Minneapolis MN 54.79% 7 Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ 54.03% 7 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL 54.03% 8 4 Kenneth Nelson - Linda Nelson, Sun Lakes AZ 52.94% 8 5 1 Albert Kriznar, Denver CO; John Balzer, Arvada CO 52.94% 9 5 2 Peter Clay - Kathleen Clay, Wellesley MA 52.61% 9 6 2 Rebecca Ames - Franklyn Caine, Weston MA 51.74% 10/11 6/7 Margaret Musgrove, Denver CO; Lianne Walliser, Golden CO 51.85% 10 7 Barbara Robinson - David Robinson, Denver CO 51.09% 10/11 6/7 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Gary Slater, New York NY 51.85% 8 Ralph Cox, Centennial CO; William Foss, Denver CO 51.31% 3 Patricia Rogoski, Memphis TN; Mary Brown, Crested Butte CO 49.46%

MITCHELL OPEN BAM TEAMS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION SECTIONS C E 1 Jeffrey Rothstein - Allen Kahn - Ira Herman, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 18.00 2/3 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON 16.50 2/3 Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan 60-433 Poland; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw 02-382 Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk 80-467 Poland 16.50 4/5 Mark Perlmutter - Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Hussein Sheriff, Alexandria Egypt 15.50 4/5 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 15.50 6/12 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Julius Sigurjonsson, 201 Kopavogur Iceland; David Grainger, Roseville CA; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 14.50 6/12 J-f Allix, Asnia France; Joanna Neve, Boulogne France; Vanessa Reess, 92100 Clichy France; Wilfried Libbrecht, 92110 Clichy France 14.50 6/12 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Justin Lall, Plano TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 14.50 6/12 Howard Epley, Kent WA; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA; Michael Christensen, Redmond WA; Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA 14.50 6/12 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 14.50 6/12 Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen 1 Sweden; Uday Ivatury - Jessica Hayman - Christal Henner, New York NY 14.50 6/12 Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands 14.50 13/14 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 14.00 13/14 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Carson Arnett, Cloutierville LA; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 14.00 SECTIONS D J 1 Pablo Lambardi - Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Liam Milne, Sydney Australia; Andy Hung, Brisbane Australia 17.00 2/5 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 16.50 2/5 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA 16.50 2/5 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Erik Berg, Dublin Norway; Steffen Simonsen, Oslo Norway 16.50 2/5 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA; Bill Staats, Southlake TX 16.50 6/7 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 16.00 6/7 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Jianfeng Luo - Edward Xu, North York ON; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON 16.00 8/9 David Gold, Reading Great Britain; Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; Rita Shugart, Monterey CA; Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina Argentina 15.50 8/9 Jiaxiang Shen - Lin Le - Rui Wang - Xin Li - Nan Wang, Guangdong People’s Republic of China 15.50 10/12 Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Ahu Zobu, Istanbul Turkey; Diana Marquardt, Del Mar CA; Viktor Aronov, Sofia Bulgaria 15.00 10/12 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 15.00 10/12 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; John Miller, Discovery Bay CA 15.00 SECTIONS F H 1/2 Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL; Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 17.50 1/2 Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bruce Tuttle - Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 17.50 3 Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Maarten Schollaardt, 1811 Et Netherlands; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL 16.50 4/5 James Cayne - Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy 15.50 4/5 Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Massimiliano Di Franco, Sicily Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 15.50 6/7 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON; Joseph Silver, Hampstead QC; Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 15.00 6/7 Louk Verhees Jr, Sh Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Jean Quantin, Paris France 15.00 8 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 14.50 9/10 Stuart Goodgold, San Jose CA; Raymond Yuenger, Campbell CA; Allan Simon, Calgary AB; Brad Boyle, London ON 13.50 9/10 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA 13.50 11/14 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA 13.00 11/14 Gordon Bower, Rigby ID; Debbi Purvis, Billlings MT; Douglas Dorland, Palmer AK; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 13.00 11/14 Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 13.00 11/14 Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA; Vandana Vidwans, Fremont CA; Shelley Lapkoff, Berkeley CA 13.00

2016 Spring North American Bridge Championships Reno, Nevada March 10–20, 2016

reat bridge is no gamble in Reno NV as the “The Biggest Little City in the World” Ghosts the 2016 Spring North American Bridge Championships, March 10–20. The folks in Reno know how to throw a party! In addition to 11 days of exciting bridge contests for all levels of players – newcomer to expert – the Reno NABC will have free lectures by top players, great after-session snacks, seminars and classes for those who want to be more involved, and much more. Reno, of course, is famous for its terrific gam- ing venues, but it also features great nightlife, shopping and dining. For lovers of the outdoors, you’ll find tremendous skiing and golfing oppor- tunities. Come see for yourself what a great town Reno is for an NABC! Page 14 Monday, November 30, 2015 Daily Bulletin

SECTIONS G I 1 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Jeff Hand, New York NY 17.50 2 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 17.00 3 Jeffrey Wolfson - Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL 16.50 4 Bob Drake, Wassenaar Netherlands; Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague Netherlands; Anne Lamport, Ryde Nsw Australia; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 16.00 5 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Arun Bapat, Andheri East India; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy 15.50 6/8 Radu Nistor - Melanie Tucker - Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Romania 15.00 6/8 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; Sheng Li, New York NY; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 15.00 6/8 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Steven Schatzow, Washington DC; Bob Simkins, Decatur GA; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 15.00 9/11 Boang Xiang Zhang - Jian Wei Li, Guangdong People’s Republic of China; Xiao Shi, Quangdong People’s Republic of China; Xinli Gan, China People’s Republic of China 14.50 9/11 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert - Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 14.50 9/11 Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Rich Pavlicek Jr, Santa Clara CA; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 14.50

SUNDAY AFTERNOON OPEN PAIRS FIRST OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS U V EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Judy Zhu - Jack Snyder, Naperville IL 66.00% 1 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Karen Heath, Henderson NV 60.38% 2 William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 61.08% 2 Geoff Booth - Robert Sandfield, Houston TX 60.15% 3 Mark Teich - Gretchen Teich, Bluffton SC 60.92% 3 Richard Ekstrum, Crystal MN; Warren Nelson, Cloquet MN 59.54% 4 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON 57.23% 4 Bob Glasson - Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 59.46% 5 Donald Boyarsky, Denver CO; Dan Marthaler Jr, Aurora CO 56.15% 5 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL 58.54% 6 Leon Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ; Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 56.00% 6 Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 57.92% 7 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 55.31% 7 Richard Lowens - Elaine Lowens, Little Rock AR 56.46% 8 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Chattanooga TN 54.62% 8 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 56.31% 9 Wagner Van Vlack, Carmel IN; Larry Hudgens, Bass Harbor ME 54.15% 9 Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR 56.23% 10 Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Joan Brooke, Newport Beach CA 53.08% 10 Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL; Martha Marsh, University Park FL 54.69% 11 1 Krzysztof Jarosz - Dorota Jarosz, Edwardsville IL 52.77% 11 Giuseppe Delle Cave, Rome 00135 Italy; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 54.62% 2 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 52.08% 1 Roberta McIlwain - Sandy McIlwain, Invermere BC 53.54% 3 1 Elizabeth Erling, Phoenix AZ; John Baragona, Tempe AZ 51.15% 2 Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK; Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 50.15% 4 Beth Loehnen, Missoula MT; Terry Wolfe, Clinton MT 48.38% 3 Judith Gidden, Chicago IL; Ivor McGloughlin, Pittsburgh PA 47.46% 5 Wayne Hintz, Helena MT; Lloyd Neumann, Littleton CO 47.54% 4 Mike Munson, La Jolla CA; Lawrence Sherman, San Diego CA 46.54% 5 John Sears - Karen Renne, Bozeman MT 46.23% 1 Stephen Dreskin - Joel Russman, Denver CO 44.92%

MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S BAM FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION SECTIONS SS TT 1 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, Vastra Frolunda Sweden; Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 18.50 2/3 Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Samantha Nystrom, St Catharine’s ON; Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN 16.50 2/3 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO; Sylvia Summers, Montreal QC; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 16.50 4/5 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA 16.00 4/5 Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX; Lindsey Weinger, New York NY; Kristen Onsgard - Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 16.00 6/7 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 15.50 6/7 Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD; Chris Benson, Leroy IL; Martha Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 15.50 8 Ora Lourie, Hypoluxo FL; Sandy Friedman, Plainview NY; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 15.00

SUNDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS NNN OOO PPP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 65.45% 1 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 71.06% 2 1 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 62.91% 2 1 Frank Knier, Fargo ND; Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN 68.20% 3 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; R Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 58.89% 3 Larry Borsian, Petaluma CA; Lourdes Abdon, Sao Paulo Brazil 63.02% 4/5 2/3 John Gassenheimer - Jill Fisch, Wynnewood PA 57.46% 4 Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 60.63% 4/5 2/3 1 Elizabeth Ronning, Denver CO; Wade Biggs, Highlands Ranch CO 57.46% 5 Robert McKenzie, Denver CO; Andrea Johnson, Longmont CO 60.26% 6 4 2 Sherry Levitt, Denver CO; Linda French, Tucson AZ 57.20% 6 D Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 57.83% 7/8 5 Frank Wharton, London NW3 England; Douglas McCormac, North Dartmouth MA 57.04% 7 2 Susan Charczenko - Nick Charczenko, Aurora CO 56.61% 7/8 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 57.04% 8 3 Joseph Browan, Maplewood MN; Jim Hacker, Faribault MN 56.24% 9 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 55.93% 9 4 Ann Ankrum - Sheila Harrison, Houston TX 55.50% 10 6 Fiona Freeseman, Fort Collins CO; F. Gilbert Merrill, Broomfield CO 54.66% 10 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 52.86% 11 7 James Baker, Brooklyn NY; Julia Lunn, Southampton Bermuda 54.50% 11 Alan Levine - Marjorie Levine, Massapequa NY 52.59% 12 Richard Higgins, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 54.23% 12 Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 51.69% 13 Sonja Smith, North Granby CT; Ricki Rogers, Mount Laurel NJ 53.54% 13 5 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 51.38% 14 8 Steven Adams - Sally Adams, Thornton CO 51.22% 14 Jo Murray - Marilyn Nesbit, Ketchum ID 50.85% 9 Joan Viidik - Tony Viidik, Waterloo ON 51.16% 6 1 Joel Brand, Colorado Spgs CO; Kris Klamut, Aurora CO 50.58% 10 Tamera Mowrey, Lincoln NE; Valerie Lager, Aurora CO 50.58% 7 Robert Garin - Marie Garin, San Diego CA 50.00% 11 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 50.53% 8 2 John Coil, Aurora CO; Robert Kossman, Denver CO 49.10% 3 Barbara Lemme - Suzie Davis, Sonoma CA 47.78% 9 Robert Haar - Gail Haar, San Rafael CA 48.57% 4 Barbara Starrett - Jo Ann Ellison, Tucson AZ 46.72% 10/11 3 Alma Farley - Robert Clarke, Richardson TX 48.47% 10/11 Ann Parker - Jean Collins, Colorado Spgs CO 48.47% 4 Melissa Stranzl - Howard Sloan, New York NY 48.10%

SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS O P Q EAST-WEST 1 John Cox, Saint Maries ID; Joan Kaye, Corona Del Mar CA 60.50% 1 Bert Newman - Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI 64.66% 2 Katherine Grant, Riverview FL; Virginia Bright, Nokomis FL 60.40% 2 Chuck Henke, Aurora CO; Allen Kane, Highlands Ranch CO 63.20% 3 Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 59.63% 3/4 David Sterling, Walnut Creek CA; Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA 59.10% 4 Natalie Hertz - Dan Hertz, Harrison NY 59.25% 3/4 Larry Bausher, West Haven CT; Steve Becker, Old Greenwich CT 59.10% 5 Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 58.06% 5/6 Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 58.32% 6 Cecil Henry, Kingman AZ; Lionel Larriva, Tucson AZ 56.36% 5/6 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Steven Parker, Littleton CO 58.32% 7 Libby Fernandez - Stella Rainey, Tuscaloosa AL 56.29% 7 Barry Gorski, Reading PA; Andie Sheaffer, Lancaster PA 57.48% 8 Louise Ducharme, Ottawa ON; Eric Swanson, Tucson AZ 56.08% 8 Don Stack, Kansas City KS; Nancy Phillips, Tulsa OK 55.93% 9 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 55.46% 9 Alan Popkin - Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO 55.67% 10 Don Kern, Bay Minette AL; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 54.57% 10 Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA; Nancy Zakim, Kentfield CA 54.63% 11 Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC; Elaine Ware, Vernon BC 54.56% 11 David Corbin, Boulder CO; Judith Hardie, Broomfield CO 53.90% 12 Fran Skinner - Bill Skinner, Nashville TN 53.83% 12 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 53.17% 13 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 53.21% 13 Nie Lih Kalat - Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 53.01% 14 Dick Duff - Edwin Hagerman, Denver CO 52.65% 14 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Donald Sache, Delta BC 52.75% 15 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 52.60% 15 Phyllis Harlan - Bill Harlan, Oklahoma City OK 52.49% 16 Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC 52.13% 16 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 50.52%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Karol Lanigan - John Lanigan, Colorado Spgs CO 62.42% 1 1 Susan Hines - Kathy Denholm, Rapid City SD 66.45% 2 1 1 Michael Olson - Alice Olson, Reno NV 60.63% 2 2 Daniel Fox, Madison NJ; Judy Sosin, Indianapolis IN 64.17% 3 2 2 Kevin Hill - Rita Simas, Denver CO 57.68% 3 3 1 Jeanne Rohner - Donald Rohner, Evergreen CO 55.20% 4 3 3 Linda Bowles - Richard Fuerst, Littleton CO 57.55% 4 4 Jennifer O Brien, Lakewood CO; Lynn Rosen, White Salmon WA 54.32% 5 4 Douglas Smith - Joanne Smith, Steamboat Spgs CO 53.94% 5 5 2 Marcia Dalton, Frisco CO; Bruce Urben, Whitefish MT 52.39% 6 John Logan - Patricia Logan, Casper WY 51.12% 6 6 Wendy Merget, Sebastopol CA; Larry White, Redmond WA 51.11% 5 4 Mary E Ruwell - Edward Gardner, Colorado Spgs CO 49.59% 3 Patricia Robbins - Orrin Robbins, Olympia WA 49.93% 6 Wayne Eckerling, Denver CO; Catherine Geraghty, Spokane WA 49.05%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Harriet Hartmann - Irene Donelan, Centennial CO 57.74% 1 1 1 Judy Courtney - Susan Lehman, Evergreen CO 61.31% 2 Jodi Wyss, Monument CO; Debra Kirkendall, Colorado Spgs CO 56.55% 2 Sandi Ogin - Bruce Ogin, Denver CO 56.55% 3 2 Bettye Clement, Denver CO; Doris Mingione, Highlands Ranch CO 53.27% 3 2 2 Charles Drotar, Parker CO; Donna Agee, Centennial CO 55.36% 3 1 Natalia Dzidziguri - Nicolas Randall, 47.92% 2 Molly Walsh - Jenny Cox, Denver CO 47.02%

FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE GAME NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ 65.48% 1 Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC; June Pocock, New Westminster BC 57.74% 2 1 Amy Shumway - Patricia Bruden, Madison WI 63.10% 2/3 1/2 Marcia Christopher - Bill Darden, Estes Park CO 56.85% 3 Greg Caucutt, Rochester MN; Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center MA 60.71% 2/3 1/2 1 Arjune Bose, Houston TX; Ranjit Bose, Albuquerque NM 56.85% 4 2 Dee Androus - Warren Androus, Avon CO 52.38% 4 3 Therese Koller, Pueblo CO; Carroll Frogge, Kansas City MO 55.95% 5 3 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Ruth Fleischmann, New York NY 49.11% 5 4 2 Mark Krinsky, Great Neck NY; Richard Morici, Port Washington NY 50.89% 4 Michael Klemens, Tarzana CA; Leila Greenfield, Studio City CA 44.94% 1/2 Meg Moore - Margaret Barber, Arvada CO 44.35% 1/2 James Dam - Edna Dam, Vashon WA 44.35%

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SUNDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS SUNDAY MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS NNN OOO PPP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 D Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 62.61% 1 Richard Higgins, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 64.32% 2 Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 60.61% 2 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; R Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 60.04% 3 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 60.26% 3/4 1/2 John Gassenheimer - Jill Fisch, Wynnewood PA 59.90% 4 Karin Kelsey, Albuquerque NM; Carolyn Newcomb, Lakewood CO 58.48% 3/4 1/2 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 59.90% 5 1 Bill Beard - Lori Beard, Highlands Ranch CO 57.91% 5 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 59.33% 6 2 Ann Ankrum - Sheila Harrison, Houston TX 56.70% 6 3 Magnus Weiman - Maureen Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 58.40% 7 Larry Borsian, Petaluma CA; Lourdes Abdon, Sao Paulo Brazil 56.05% 7 Ann Zorn - Lon Doll, Billings MT 57.34% 8 Yoon Jhee, Longboat Key FL; Sarah Wiener, Fort Lee NJ 55.56% 8 4 Carol Foster - Gary Waldron, Laguna Beach CA 56.77% 9/10 3 Frank Wharton, London NW3 England; Douglas McCormac, North Dartmouth MA 54.56% 9 5 Tamera Mowrey, Lincoln NE; Valerie Lager, Aurora CO 55.63% 9/10 Robert McKenzie, Denver CO; Andrea Johnson, Longmont CO 54.56% 10 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 53.92% 11 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Steven Nesseler, Kaneohe HI 54.20% 11 Alan Levine - Marjorie Levine, Massapequa NY 53.63% 12/13 4/5 Robert Haar - Gail Haar, San Rafael CA 54.13% 12 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 53.35% 12/13 4/5 1 Joel Brand, Colorado Spgs CO; Kris Klamut, Aurora CO 54.13% 13 6 Ravi Batra, Broomfield CO; David Osmundsen, Wheat Ridge CO 52.92% 14 Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 53.21% 14 7 Hurlon James Dulan - Pierre Wolfe, Denver CO 52.42% 6 Toni Krueger, Parker CO; Shirley Heinsohn, Highlands Ranch CO 52.63% 8 Kevin Dunn, Centennial CO; Robert Battin, Littleton CO 50.36% 7 Susan Charczenko - Nick Charczenko, Aurora CO 52.28% 9 Khalid AlDoori, Harrison NY; Phyllis Bausher, West Haven CT 50.21% 8/9 2 Alma Farley - Robert Clarke, Richardson TX 51.28% 10 Joseph Browan, Maplewood MN; Jim Hacker, Faribault MN 49.57% 8/9 Joan Garcia - Debra Dezarn, Stockton CA 51.28% 1 Diane Lusin, Billings MT; Richard Wilson, Solomons MD 48.01% 10/11 3/4 Jack Cookson - Patty Cookson, Butte MT 50.50% 2 Sherry Levitt, Denver CO; Linda French, Tucson AZ 47.51% 10/11 3/4 Melissa Stranzl - Howard Sloan, New York NY 50.50% 3 Barbara Lemme - Suzie Davis, Sonoma CA 46.44% 4 Ginger Kennedy, Fort Worth TX; Murlene Williams, Colorado Spgs CO 45.87%

SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS O P Q EAST-WEST 1 Virginia Gunter - Warren Garrett, Arvada CO 58.58% 1 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 62.89% 2 David Corbin, Boulder CO; Judith Hardie, Broomfield CO 58.50% 2/3 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 59.67% 3 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 58.47% 2/3 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 59.67% 4 Richard Vatter, Bradenton FL; Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 57.66% 4 Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 59.41% 5 Alan Popkin - Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO 57.33% 5 Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 58.63% 6 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Donald Sache, Delta BC 57.26% 6 Gayle Quiros - Judith Washor, Scottsdale AZ 56.60% 7 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 57.22% 7 Libby Fernandez - Stella Rainey, Tuscaloosa AL 56.50% 8 Deana Liddy, Omaha NE; Jonas Drobulis, Fraser CO 56.19% 8 John Cox, Saint Maries ID; Joan Kaye, Corona Del Mar CA 54.68% 9 Nie Lih Kalat - Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 55.61% 9 David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA 54.21% 10 Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA; Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA 55.12% 10 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 54.05% 11 Chuck Henke, Aurora CO; Allen Kane, Highlands Ranch CO 54.67% 11 Judy Clark, Broomfield CO; Richard Brummer, Effingham IL 53.59% 12 Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC; Jan Garthe, Suttons Bay MI 54.05% 12 Marvin Rosenblatt, Rocky Hill CT; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ 53.48% 13 Barry Gorski, Reading PA; Andie Sheaffer, Lancaster PA 53.85% 13 Brian Ellis - Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH 53.01% 14 Larry Bausher, West Haven CT; Steve Becker, Old Greenwich CT 53.17% 14 Lois Butler, Chagrin Falls OH; Dee Horwitz, Scottsdale AZ 52.81% 15 James Slinger - Susan Slinger, Corralitos CA 53.12% 15 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 52.13% 16 Alan McLellan, Ottawa ON; Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA 52.75% 16 John Osher, Denver CO; Charles Reed, Thornton CO 51.87%

SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Michael Olson - Alice Olson, Reno NV 58.15% 1 1 1 Barbara Starr, Sewickley PA; John Ganzar, Littleton CO 66.74% 2 Nicole Goldsmith, Indianapolis IN; Consuelo Corbett, Bellevue WA 57.78% 2 Robert Blauvelt - Margaret Blauvelt, Highlands Ranch CO 57.92% 3 2 Clifford King - Anita King, Fountain Hills AZ 56.89% 3 Kay Christensen - Linda Albert, Denver CO 54.79% 4 Paul Hackbert - Joyce Hackbert, Molina CO 52.19% 4 2 Gary Nelson - Alice Nelson, Bend OR 52.80% 3 1 Lynette Teichman, Granby CO; Dawn Schoen, Fraser CO 51.65% 3 Denny O Brien - Judy O Brien, Denver CO 48.08% 2 Vera Alexander, Westminster CO; Brenda Cartwright, Littleton CO 44.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Kevin Hill - Rita Simas, Denver CO 67.86% 1 Anita Holmes - Christine Markman, Denver CO 63.39% 2 Douglas Smith - Joanne Smith, Steamboat Spgs CO 58.63% 2 1 Carol Jacks, Littleton CO; Ruby Brooks, Chevy Chase MD 60.71% 3 2 William Halteman, Orono ME; Edward Halteman, Boulder CO 54.76% 3 2 1 Paige Sodergren - Kathleen McKeeta, Vail CO 53.27% 4 Mary Jo Rutherford, Ridgefield WA; Judith Baer, San Francisco CA 51.49% 4 3 Celeste Landry - Eric Cornell, Boulder CO 50.30% 1 Harriet Hartmann - Irene Donelan, Centennial CO 43.15% 2 Patricia Robbins - Orrin Robbins, Olympia WA 46.73%

SUNDAY BRIDGE-PLUS+ NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Sandy Morrison, Englewood CO; Connie Graham, Denver CO 69.17% 1 1 Judy Courtney - Susan Lehman, Evergreen CO 63.33% 2 2 Donna Agee, Centennial CO; Charles Drotar, Parker CO 65.83% 2 2 1 Megumi Kumano, Westminster CO; Daisy Berl, Denver CO 56.67% 3 3 Ginger Stookesberry - Bob Austin, Denver CO 63.33% 3 Doris Mingione, Highlands Ranch CO; Bettye Clement, Denver CO 55.83% 2 Cindy Brenning - Paula Richards, Aurora CO 45.00% 3 2 Eunice Menezes, Cupertino CA; Brandt Wilkins, Denver CA 55.00% Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Boulder Unit 359 Day Tuesday, December 1, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Tuesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 1st Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Sunday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 3rd Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Monday-Tuesday Morning Compact Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Tuesday, December 1, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15 Tuesday, December 1, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Tower 2nd level, Grand Ballroom $16 $20 Tuesday-Wednesday Daylight Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Tower 2nd level, Grand Ballroom $16 $20 Tuesday, December 1, Noon & 7 p.m. BAZE SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS Final Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Court 1 $30 – Tuesday, December 1, 1 p.m. Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 2nd single session Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Tuesday, December 1, 1 & 7:30 p.m. KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom $20 -- Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions. MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom $17 -- Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions. Limited to players with fewer than 5000 masterpoints. WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 Q Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom D $20 – 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions 0-10,000 IMP Pairs 1-2 F Tower 2nd level, Windows Room $20 -- Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Monday-Tuesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Strati-Flighted A/B/C Open Pairs 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 14 $16 $20 Gold Rush 750/300/100 Pairs 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 15 $16 $20 Tuesday, December 1, 3 p.m. Stratified Side IMP Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15 Tuesday, December 1, 7:30 p.m. Strati-Flighted A/X/Y Side Swiss Teams single Plaza Concourse level, foyer $15 $19 Strati-Flighted B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Plaza Concourse level, foyer $15 $19 Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 4th single session Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15 Tuesday, December 1, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 12 $12/team/match Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (2500+), B (750-2500), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (5000+/0-5000); B/C (1500-2500, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (5000+/3000-5000/0-3000); B/C/D (1500-2500/500-1500/ 0-500) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (2500+/1500-2500/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/100-300/0-100). In B flights, no single player may be over 2500. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Page 16 Monday, November 30, 2015 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Colorado Springs Unit 360 Day Goodwill Day Monday, November 30, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Monday-Tuesday Morning Compact Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Sunday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 2nd Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 1st single session Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Monday, November 30, 10 a.m. Bridge-Plus+ single Tower 2nd level, Windows Room Free Free Free two-hour lesson with Jerry Helms, 14-deal game follows (0-20 MPs) 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15 Monday, November 30, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Strati-Flighted Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs 1-2 Tower 2nd level, Grand Ballroom $16 $20 Daylight Gold Rush 750/300/100 Pairs 1-2 Tower 2nd level, Grand Ballroom $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750. Monday, November 30, 10:30 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 1-2 F Plaza Concourse level,Governor’s Square 15 $20 ­— Monday, November 30, Noon & 7 p.m. BAZE SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS Semifinals Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Court 1 $30 — Monday, November 30, 1 p.m. Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 1st single session Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 16 $16 $20 Monday, November 30, 1 & 7:30 p.m. MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom D $20 — MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S 1-2 F Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom F $20 — BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 0-10,000 IMP Pairs 1-2 Q Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom $17 — 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions. Monday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Monday-Tuesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, foyer $16 $20 Strati-Flighted A/X/Y Open Pairs 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, Plaza Ballroom A $16 $20 Strati-Flighted B/C/D Pairs 1-2 Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 14 $16 $20 Monday, November 30, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15 Monday, November 30, 7:30 p.m. Strati-Flighted A/X/Y Side Swiss Teams single Plaza Concourse level, foyer $15 $19 Strati-Flighted B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Plaza Concourse level, foyer $15 $19 Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 2nd single session Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 16 $16 $20 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Tower Majestic level, Majestic Ballroom $15 $15 Monday, November 30, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Plaza Concourse level, Governor’s Square 11 $12/team/match Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (2500+), B (750-2500), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (5000+/0-5000); B/C (1500-2500, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (5000+/3000-5000/0-3000); B/C/D (1500-2500/500-1500/ 0-500) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (2500+/1500-2500/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/100-300/0-100). In B flights, no single player may be over 2500. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Today is Colorado Springs Unit 360 Day By Chris Champion, unit president in Colorado Springs. First, when you step outside the fundraising campaign. We have raised $5000 each of bridge center, you are embraced by the clear crisp the last three years. Our marathon day starts at 5 a.m. air at over 6000 feet altitude and awe-struck by the and we run four games. We raffle off donations such glorious view of magnificent, snow-capped Pikes as jewelry, quilts and other items. We also raffle off Peak. This 14,110-foot purple-mountain majesty was a professional chef who will come to your home and the inspiration for the song “America the Beautiful.” cook dinner for you and your friends. Second, the bridge center building is fully owned Bridge is a wonderful activity which can combat by the 500-member unit. In the mid-1970s, Bob the symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Players that suffer the Wingeard and 21 Colorado Springs bridge players had symptoms of dementia may have played bridge for the foresight to take personal mortgages to finance the many years. They should stay in the game if they purchase of land and construction of a new building. want to. There are still strats and brackets where they, Mel Levine and Bob Wingeard, underwriters of The risk succeeded beyond the wildest hopes of the their partners and teammates can be competitive and the U360 Bridge Center, and Unit President Chris unit, and the mortgage was paid off five years early. enjoy their tournament bridge experience. Champion. We are huge supporters of the Alzheimer’s Please visit my Power Rankings page at www. Two features immediately strike you about bridge Association and The Longest Day, ACBL’s annual coloradospringsbridge.com/PR_FILES/PR.HTM