Friday, March 14, 2008 Volume 51, Number 8 Daily Bulletin Detroit, Michigan

51st Spring North American Bridge Championships Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Dave Smith Quarterfinal action Cappelli, Culham, Fung in Vanderbilt KO Bitterman lead set pace in The team led by Jim Mahaffey (Mahaffey, Gunnar Hallberg, Fredrik Nystrom, , Zhao Jie and Fu Zhong) won their quarterfinal match against IMP Pairs quals Women’s Pairs Barnet Shenkin’s squad, 163-152. Shenkin’s team was Local player Robert Cappelli and Robert The Edmonton AB duo of Susan Culham and , Bart Bramley and Nikolay Demirev. Bitterman of Charlotte NC were remarkably Kiz Fung led the field of qualifiers in yesterday’s Mahaffey enjoyed a 28-IMP lead at the half, but consistent in their first-place performance in the opening round of the Whitehead Women’s Pairs. Shenkin came roaring back to lead by 1 IMP after qualifying round of the Lebhar IMP Pairs. Cappelli Culham and Fung scored 61.62% in the afternoon three quarters. Mahaffey won the last set, however, and Bitterman posted a score of plus 50.31 IMPs in and followed it with a 57% in the evening session to 53-41 to make it to the semifinal round. the afternoon session and plus 50.94 IMPs in the finish with a total of 758 matchpoints (25 was top). Ron Rubin led his team to victory in the second, to finish with plus 101.25. Close behind with 755 are Diane Walker of remaining quarterfinal match-up, defeating Ralph In second place with plus 96.30 IMPs are Peter Gaithersburg MD and Mickie Kivel of Potomac Katz’s squad 137-103. Rubin (Russ Ekeblad, Peter Boyd of Silver Spring MD and Steve Robinson of Falls VA. Weichsel, Marcin Lesniewski, Louk Verhees and Jan Arlington VA. Lynn Baker of Austin TX and Karen McCallum Jansma) built a significant halftime lead and did not Cappelli and Bitterman had the best score of the are third with 749.50. look back. 246 entrants. The final will feature the top 130 pairs. In the qualifying round, there were 70 pairs. Mahaffey will face Rubin in the semifinal. See page 11 for the list of top qualifiers. Forty will play in today’s two-session final. The Meltzer squad continues to cruise. The See page 10 for the complete list of qualifiers. original No. 7 seed captained by Rose Meltzer has Memories of Detroit won its Vanderbilt matches by an average of 85 IMPs. By Chuck Said Red Ribbon Pairs: Yesterday, they dispatched the squad led by Winthrop Part 2 in a series. Expert Chuck Said shares Allegaert 153-125. Meltzer’s lineup includes Kyle stories of his early bridge education in Michigan. Develin, Chen Larsen, Alan Sontag, Roger Bates, Tor Helness and And then came Zeke Geir Helgemo. Allegaert played with Judith Bianco, , Kevin Bathurst, and While playing in front Lapt Chan. bridge in Ann Arbor With a huge 69.72% game in the second Team Poland led by captain Krzysztof Martens in the late Sixties, I qualifying session, Mike Develin of Berkeley CA continued their winning ways by taking out John had heard a great and Li-Chung Chen of Cupertino CA jumped into Onstott’s team 122-87. The Poles led all four quarters deal about Zeke the lead in the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs. of the contest. Their roster includes Martens, Krzystof Jabbour. He was a Develin and Chen scored 56.85% in the first Jassem, Boguslaw Gierulski and Jerzy Skrzypczak. legend: Everyone session, and finished the day with a score of 822.26 Meltzer takes on Team Poland in the other spoke of how great (top was 25). semifinal bracket. a player he was, In second with 804.50 are Jingsong Liu of even though he had Kirkland WA and Brian Zaugg of Burien WA. Cappelletti achieves been absent from Total number of pairs who entered the event: the scene for years. 176. Total number of pairs that qualified for the But slowly he final: 88. Grand Life Master returned to playing See page 12 for the complete list of qualifiers. Shannon Cappelletti once in a while at Brooks Hughes’s club. of Hollywood FL has I got to know Zeke a little, and he was always advanced to Grand Life cordial and polite. In those days, he was mostly E-ban takes effect at Master, a rank requiring involved in political activities as well as directing plays a win in an unrestricted for the local theater. (I saw a play he directed titled Summer NABC NABC event and more Romanoff and Juliet and enjoyed it immensely.) Zeke Players are reminded that a new ban on than 10,000 also ran a construction business. At the time, I was electronic devices goes into effect for all . jobless and in dire need of funds to pay my school nationally rated events at the 2008 Summer Cappelletti, a full-time tuition and living expenses — though I was always NABC. The new policy reads as follows: player, won the Mixed sure to have enough to pay card fees! Electronic devices, excluding health-related Pairs in 1999. She Needing a job badly, I got up enough courage to equipment, capable of sending or receiving played on the Junior go to Zeke’s office. After all, I was from Iraq and he communication, including but not limited to, team in the Nineties and has served as their coach. was Lebanese. We were both Arabs, and I hoped he headphones, earphones, cellular phones and She says one-on-one teaching is her favorite part of has some position for me. He greeted me nicely, but as mini-computers: (1) shall not be allowed in the bridge. “I’m the luckiest person I know,” she said. “I we conversed I became aware that business was slow playing areas, adjacent hallways, restrooms or get to do what I want with people I like.” and Zeke was struggling to keep the company afloat. accessible break areas; and (2) shall not be used He assured me that he would think of me if a position during a session. became open. He regretted that he couldn’t help Goodwill Message These restrictions shall apply to all pairs, immediately, but promised that he would be in touch. I Today’s opponent may be team members, captains, coaches, recorders and didn’t get the job, but I left his office with a few bridge tomorrow’s partner — a good kibitzers and shall apply throughout any actual tips. reason to treat opponents and playing session or segment. Later in years we became close friends. We played partner with respect and A violation of this policy shall result in a on teams together, and we won a couple of courtesy: the way you expect to disciplinary penalty of one full (or 12 championships including one I put together in which I be treated. IMPs at that form of scoring) for the first invited Zeke to play with me, Russ Arnold, Dan Morse , Chairman offense. A second offense shall result in and . Later, Zeke returned the favor and National Goodwill Committee disqualification from the event for the pair/team. invited me to play on his team with Tommy Sanders, Kibitzers violating this policy shall be and we won that event as well. Zeke and I both won Smoking notice removed from the playing area for the remainder our first NABC together. the 1994 Senior Knockouts, All Marriott hotels, which include of the session. and became Grand Life Masters at the same time. Renaissance properties, are smoke-free. These devices are not permitted near the Zeke and I have many things in common. We lived Smoking is not permitted inside these playing area, even if they are turned off. hotels, including the guest rooms. Continued on page 4 Page 2 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Friday, March 14 Saturday, March 15 11:30 pm - 2 am Women's Team Trials meeting. Room: Marquette B, Level 5. 1 - 5:30 pm . Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 8 pm til Vugraph. Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these free expert lectures daily at the Detroit NABC in the Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3. Saturday, March 15 Friday, March 14 12:15 pm George Jacobs Have Fun with Bridge 12:15 pm Jim Priebe Matchpoint Defense 6:45 pm Jeff Roman The Differences Between Pairs 6:45 pm Barry Harper Cue Bids & Q Bids and Teams LATE NIGHT/ENTERTAINMENT Live entertainment and food will be provided each evening at 11 p.m. Saturday, March 15 Friday, March 14 VuGraph (if available); Shady the Clown (strolling). Door prizes: local Shady the Clown (strolling). Door prizes: Local Michigan products. Michigan products. Food: Boston Coolers (read your Restaurant Guide) and Better Made chips Food: Cherry and apple strudel with vanilla sauce

Entertainment at the Parking? Two Great Deals! Friday’s Buffet Detroit NABC Park in the Beaubien Place Parking Garage at The River Café has a nightly buffet. Along with amazingly low rates: $8 per day on weekdays and just a full salad bar, soup, rolls and amazing desserts, Detroit is home to one of the world’s most justly $1 per day on weekends. You must present a there is a carving station. The fee is $22 (not famous music scenes, and the staff of the discount coupon to get these rates. (Standard rates including tax and gratuity). Compuware Spring 2008 has lined up a sampling of are $12 and $5.) These coupons are available at the The River Café is located on Level 3, adjacent some of the outstanding musical talent that the Tournament Information Desk (Level 4, West Foyer). to the hotel lobby, and dinner begins at 4 p.m. Detroit area has to offer. The Beaubien Place Parking Garage is attached nightly. All performances will be held in the directly to the RenCen via an interior, covered Friday’s menu: Chicken and gravy, fried perch, Mackinac Ballroom on Level 5 and will begin walkway. You don’t have to go outside to get to the pork chops, carved turkey and risotto Florentine. shortly after the end of the evening session. These playing site. artists have been carefully chosen to make the 2008 When you enter the garage, pull the parking Detroit NABC especially enjoyable and memorable Detroit Tour Information ticket. When you exit, present the ticket and the for you. You will not want to miss these exciting For all tours, meet at Tours Desk on the 4th coupon to the cashier to receive the discounted price, acts. Level of the RenCen. All tours will return in time for which is also good for multiple night stays. Please Friday, March 14: Gia Warner is one of those the 1 p.m. game. note that there is a handy map on the back of each Free van transportation will be provided, when artists you have undoubtedly heard but rarely heard coupon. needed, in 15-passenger vans. Tours are limited in size of. She has performed in film scores for composers The least expensive parking during the week is at (there are three vans). Please register at the Tours Angelo Badalamente and Joseph LoDuca, for the GM Lot along the river. This is a very large Desk at least 24 hours in advance. A $5 reservation fee television as the singer of theme songs and other surface lot near the Marriott. It costs only $3 per day. is required; it will be refunded during the tour on the music, and in commercials for such clients as NBC, return trip. All van trips are round trips. All tours are On weekdays, you will not find a less expensive place Chiquita and Cadillac. With a control of voice and subject to availability. to park. style that is exceptional, Gia will be performing a Both of these parking facilities are located east of Tours of the RenCen will be available daily, mix of standards and originals at the Detroit NABC the RenCen. March 7-15, except Sunday. To go on a free private accompanied by guitarist and father, Bobby Lewis, tour conducted by a guide for our group only, please himself a legendary studio musician and a former Child care register at the Tours Desk by 9 a.m. for the 10 a.m. Motown artist. Her recently released debut album, tour on the same day. In addition, free public tours are Child care is available from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. “Gia,” is starting to gain her the wider recognition available each day (except Sunday) at 10 a.m., noon, 2 and 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. Contact Donna Compton in she deserves. On stage, Gia is a refreshing and p.m. and 4 p.m. Tours of the RenCen will be listed room 6320. below only when there is no other tour on a given day. engaging personality. Friday, March 14 Detroit Institute of Arts. Leave hotel at 9:45 a.m. Individuals pay fees ($8 per adult maximum). Saturday, March 15 RenCen Tour only.

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You should have eight in 1934, but his count cards of 8 or higher. Mere high-card was adopted and points sometimes are not enough. popularized by the giant Good spots will help you to more of mid-20th Century tricks. bridge, . The modern approach to point The Work count, as it was called for a long time, count tends to use HCP and length was simple and easy to remember. It gave value to for before a fit has unsupported queens and to jacks, which were been discovered. It can be scary to largely ignored with the earlier quick trick open a hand because it has method. shortness, only to have partner insist If we rely only on those 40 high-card points in on your short suit. A short suit, for evaluating hands, we ignore common sense. In the instance, is not really an asset when first place, length clearly is also important in you are playing in an eight-card fit developing tricks. where you have five and dummy Dummy has three: ♣9 7 6 5 ♠K J 9 7 2 ♥6 ♦A Q 8 7 ♣K 6 5 You’re playing spades after the You ♥A . Dummy comes ♣8 4 3 2 down with four low hearts. Each Even if you are missing all five honors, this time the opponents gain the lead, suit will often produce a trick. All it takes is for they’ll lead hearts. And then, to ice you to realize that the outstanding cards are likely the cake, trumps split 4—1. You’ve to be divided 3-2. You just lead the suit until your ruffed two hearts and now have a 3- last two cards in the suit are good. If you wonder 3 spade fit, while one of the opponents has longer wonderfully if you are considering a takeout why someone else makes more tricks in notrump trumps than you do. double. A big part of your message with the typical than you do, it’s likely that the potential of suits Shortness in dummy, however, can be a huge is that you are short in the opener’s like this is recognized by them. asset. Consider this hand: suit but can support any of the others. Consider: It’s easy to argue, too, that aces are somewhat ♠Q 10 5 ♥6 ♦K J 8 7 ♣Q 6 5 4 2. ♠K 7 5 4 ♥A 7 3 2 ♦6 ♣Q J 9 8. undervalued at only four points. Why? Think It has only 8 HCP, but when playing in a spade Most of us would nott open this hand, but it’s about it. If you have a king or queen, you might contract, the singleton heart is useful – you can use certainly worth a double if your right-hand not be able to win the trick. An opponent might dummy’s trumps to . One of the best questions opponent opens 1♦. That singleton isn’t just have a higher card. you can ask yourself as declarer is, “Is there worth two points, but three, and it’s second- round If you have the ace, you have control. Unless anything I should do before I draw ?” There’s control just like a king. Count a for five —- the ace is singleton, you can win the trick when a fairly large book entitled, The Drawing of Trumps even more than an ace. Why? Because you can you want to — gaining the advantage of playing and Its Postponement. win the trick or not as you please. next. Using dummy count evaluation also works Thinking bridge the question with a singleton in an unbid major, and ♣K, denying the queen. Defenders take tricks overcalling on a crummy four-card suit is also off with the lower or lowest equal. By Eddie Kantar the wall. ♥ ♠ Play commentary: South has to find the Q Dlr: East K 7 Defensive commentary: After East cashes two ♥ holding nine trumps between the two hands. Vul: E-W A J 5 4 spades, he shifts to a low club rather than the ace. ♦ We’ve come too far to play by nursery rhymes. A K 10 7 6 After all, declarer may have the king and misguess ♠ ♣ East, a passed hand, has turned up with the AQ J 8 by playing low, thus losing two club tricks. As it ♣ ♠ ♠ plus the A for a total of 10 HCP. Most players J 10 9 8 A Q 4 3 happens, West has the king and returns the ♣3 ♥ ♥ open 12-point hands these days, so it is odds on Q 9 2 8 (original fourth best showing four clubs) to East, ♥ ♦ ♦ that West has the Q. South does best to cash the Q J 9 5 3 2 who gets out with a club to South’s queen. South ♥ ♣ ♣ K and lead a heart to the jack. K 10 4 3 A 7 6 2 must have the queen as West won trick three with ♠ 6 5 2 ♥ K 10 7 6 3 ♦ 8 4 Top 48 Intermediate Newcomer masterpoint leaders ♣ Q 9 5 1 14.01 Douglas Sweeder, Bloomfield MI 25 7.58 Tova Reinhorn, Williamsville NY 2 13.46 Margaret Davis, Rochester Hills MI 26 7.57 Diane Pasik, Sterling Hts MI West North East South 3 10.61 Anne Czuchna, Kalamazoo MI 27 7.49 Catharine Gilmour, Toronto ON Pass Pass 4 10.61 Carl Czuchna, Kalamazoo MI 28 7.35 Melvin Rueppel, Estes Park CO Pass 1♦ Pass 1♥ 5 10.54 Norman Crandell Sr, Hiawassee GA 29 7.35 Rich Subrin, Rochester Hills MI Pass 3♥ All Pass 6 10.20 Wilma Swayze, Auburn Hills MI 30 7.34 Shirley Carpenter, Harbor Springs MI 7 9.61 Raj Patil, Bloomfield Hill MI 31 7.31 Debbie Stavro, Toronto ON Opening lead: ♠J. 8 9.39 Cynthia Luce, Grosse Pt Farms MI 32 7.20 Henry Lee Evans, Ann Arbor MI Bidding commentary: Responder should not 9 9.39 Catherine Nierle, Detroit MI 33 6.99 Peggy Harbers, Franklin TN think twice about responding 1♥ or 1♠ to an 10 9.30 Wendy Subrin, Rochester Hills MI 34 6.99 Mike Harbers, Franklin TN 11 9.11 Frances Kawalec, Ann Arbor MI 35 6.89 Ilene Latsko, Rochester Hills MI opening bid with 5 high-card points and a five- 12 8.97 Constance Van Ditzhuyzen, Stouffville ON 36 6.88 Dorothy Facer, Mississauga ON card major. Do it! However, after the 1♥ response, 13 8.52 Mary Lovrics, Don Mills ON 37 6.88 Ken Facer, Mississauga ON South shouldn’t give any real thought to bidding 14 8.52 Barbara Murray, Caledon ON 38 6.75 Gary Severn, Grosse Pte Park MI ♥ 15 8.42 Tom Jager, Macomb MI 39 6.74 Brenda Cornock, Rochester Hills MI 4 . The North hand counts to 17 support points 16 8.39 Richard Brewer, Rochester Hills MI 40 6.72 Flora More, Ann Arbor MI (forget the ♣J). North has 15 HCP plus one 17 8.02 Harrison Fletcher, Shelby Township MI 41 6.72 Keith More, Ann Arbor MI support point for each doubleton. The jump raise 18 7.98 Sharon Maaske, Troy MI 42 6.71 Peggy Rankin, Mississauga ON promises 16-18 support points, so North is on 19 7.89 Bob Poglits, West Bloomfield MI 43 6.71 Veronica Wuschenny, Mississauga ON 20 7.89 Ellen Poglits, West Bloomfield MI 44 6.67 Martha Radek Smith, Bloomfield MI target. East, a passed hand, has a perfect takeout 21 7.86 Abra Dennis, Jamesville NY 45 6.67 Carol Diebold, Birmingham MI double if North opens 1♥, but he can’t come in 22 7.58 Katherine Busch, Oakland MI 46 6.60 James Dickinson, Port Huron MI intelligently over the 1♦ bid. A double is out of 23 7.58 Charles Busch, Oakland MI 47 6.60 Hal Langolf, Lexington MI 24 7.58 Andrei Reinhorn, Williamsville NY 48 6.51 Vishwas Gadgil, Troy MI Page 4 Daily Bulletin

determination to make this happen.” Meneilley. Special guests The players had mixed reactions. “I’m drained but I survived!” exlaimed Jeanne There were 26 special guests playing yesterday. “I was nervous,” said Raj Patil of Bloomfield Kabeck of Farmington Hills MI. “Don’t get me Why were they special? Each had 0—20 Hills MI. “Who wouldn’t be?” wrong. The people were lovely; it was me,” she masterpoints. Most of the group were playing in “I was excited, but I wasn’t nervous,” said Sue explained. their first tournament. Classes began last May at the Bridge Connection in Southfield MI, where Linda Golumbia is teacher and part-owner. They have been preparing for the trip since then. “They came with the expectation of a great experience,” said Golumbia. “We did a lot of prep,” she said. “We covered what they should expect, including basics such as how to fill out the .” The players meet each Thursday. At the beginning, Golumbia gives a 30 minute lecture with handouts. Mostly the basics are covered. “Nothing fancy,” she said. Then the students play an 18-board duplicate game. Afterwards, Golumbia stays and answers questions or discusses problem hands. “The students are wonderful,” added Golumbia. “They are a terrific group, and so much fun to work with. Their enthusiasm is amazing.” Golumbia doesn’t use a specific curriculum for her lessons. “At first, I didn’t know what I was going to do, so basically, I just winged it,” she said. Newcomers from the local bridge club played yesterday. The organizer was Linda Golumbia (front row “My children are grown, so I have the time and on the far right). Memories Vanderbilt vugraph on BBO “Retract, or I’ll sue!” Continued from page 1 A vugraph presentation of the Vanderbilt An irritated Howard Weinstein came into the Knockout Teams is available on the Bridge Base Daily Bulletin office on Monday, the same day that his in the same city, we both come from Arab descent, we Online web site at www.bridgebase.com. name appeared in a front-page story in our modest both like to eat and we love to play bridge. We both On Saturday, March 15, a vugraph show will be publication. The piece, by former local hot-shot Zeke married late in life to two of the most popular and presented at the Detroit NABC at 1 and 8 p.m. in the Jabbour, incorrectly included Weinstein in a list of well-liked women in : his lovely and Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3. famous Michigan players. Mr. Weinstein objected, endearing Sharon, and my beautiful and compassionate primarily due to the fact that, prior to this year’s Elaine. Without a doubt, they were the best things that Lost: Cell phone NABC in Detroit, he has never set foot in the state. ever happened to us. “I’ve lived in the Chicago area and Florida, and I Glenn Peters reported a lost cell phone to the (Continued in tomorrow’s issue.) went to school in Minnesota, but I’ve never been to Daily Bulletin office. Peters had his cell phone in a Michigan. Never. Not once. I deny it. The Daily red registration bag that he kept at his table in the Bulletin piece linking my name to the state of U.S. Senior trials dates set Ontario West Ballroom on March 12 (Wednesday) in Michigan is damaging not only to me, but also to my The United States Senior Bridge Championship the 7:30 p.m. session. Peters believes someone reputation. Retract it forthwith, or I’ll sue,” said committee, at its meetings here in Detroit, has picked up the wrong bag with his cell phone, a Weinstein, through his attorneys. affirmed Monday, June 16 as the starting date of the Verizon model with phone number 313-580-3207. So just to be clear, dear readers, Howard U.S. Senior trials in Sturbridge MA. The home number for Peters is 313-884-3479 Weinstein is not, repeat NOT, from Michigan. For more information, please visit the USBF (which may be found in his cell phone address book In tomorrow’s issue: Howard Weinstein, the Whiz web site at www.usbf.org. under the listing “ICE.” Kid of Lansing!

RED RIBBON PAIRS - SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS O P EAST-WEST 1 Jingsong Liu, Kirkland WA; Brian Zaugg, Burien WA 59.85% 1 Lee Ohliger - Jonathan Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ 63.54% 2 Clarke Cunningham, Dearborn MI; R Lisa, Grosse Ile MI 59.46% 2 Ron Nelken - Sidney Kanter, Clifton NJ 62.85% 3 Susan Cohen - Jerry Cohen, Winnipeg MB 58.85% 3 Larry Rosen, Albany NY; Steven Shaye, Slingerlands NY 58.92% 4 Jadwiga Polujan, Port Coquitlam BC; Zoran Peca, Vancouver BC 57.92% 4 Ron Birnbaum, Los Angeles CA; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 57.92% 5 Bob Jones, Acworth GA; Donna Marks, Atlanta GA 57.46% 5 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; Ben Feinswog, Coconut Grove FL 57.85% 6 Adam Lally, Cold Spring NY; Dana Rossi, Norwalk CT 57.15% 6 Michael Kolacki, Chicago IL; Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL 57.15% 7 Bruce Scott, Des Plaines IL; James Abbott, Chicago IL 56.23% 7 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA 55.08% 8/9 Nancy Joe - Qiang Zhang, Austin TX 54.62% 8 Jeff Dater, Dallas TX; Carla Burke, Pensacola FL 54.38% 8/9 Donna Sparks - Fred Feigley, Houston TX 54.62% 9 Harry McKinney, Troy MI; Paul Pomeroy, Livonia MI 53.62% 10/11 Deitrich Ford, Pikesville MD; J Pujol, Jacksonville FL 53.15% 10 David Cohen, Thornhill ON; Bing Le, North York ON 52.85% 10/11 Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN; Bert Sheldon, San Antonio TX 53.15% 11 Cyrinda Forth - Dwight Goden, Peterborough ON 52.08% 12 Bill Huepenbecker, Huron OH; Jonathan Holmes, Houston TX 52.69% 12 Matthew Dyer - Lorraine Cable, Dorchester MA 52.00% 13 David Vaclavik, Appleton WI; Tim Luker, Green Bay WI 52.62% 13 Richard Steck, Chicago IL; Bindiganavel Srivatsan, Elk Grove Villa IL 51.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS Q R EAST-WEST 1 Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; Juan Castillo, Wilton Manors FL 61.38% 1 Mike Develin, Mountain View CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 69.72% 2 John Philbrook, Manchester MI; John Allen, Tecumseh MI 61.23% 2 James Schmidt - David Robinson, Harrison Twp MI 62.77% 3 Patrick Moos - Charles Young, Peoria IL 59.38% 3 Daniel Cecchelli - Laurie Due, Hamilton ON 59.15% 4 Long Xie, Burnaby BC; Baixiang Liu, Vancouver BC 57.38% 4 Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD; Margie Coccodrilli, Rockville MD 58.49% 5 Robert Todd - Bob Soni, Tallahassee FL 57.00% 5 Stephannie Russo, New York NY; David Morrow, Brooklyn NY 58.46% 6 L Coryell, Pontiac MI; Howard Abrams, Huntington Wd MI 55.00% 6 Laurie Gordon, Warren MI; James Saionz, Lakeland FL 56.56% 7/8 Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA 54.46% 7 Daniel McKinley - Kathleen Mulligan, Pittsburgh PA 55.95% 7/8 Howard Engle, Highland Park IL; Mark Weisman, Glenview IL 54.46% 8 Renee Alpert, Orange CA; C L M Duff, Costa Mesa CA 55.83% 9 Marcia White, Lakeville MA; Eileen O’Neill, Fall River MA 53.92% 9 Randi Adelman - Bill Begert, New York NY 52.80% 10 Duaine Benard, Redford MI; Willis Mitchell, Dearborn MI 53.38% 10 Leroy Boser - David McNitt, Elkhart IN 52.64% 11 James Edmiston, Cincinnati OH; Rob Weidenfeld, Lebanon OH 53.31% 11 David Dressman, Burlington KY; Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI 51.87% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS S T EAST-WEST 1 Richard Brummer, Effingham IL; Claire Krukenberg, Charleston IL 62.54% 1 Bob Bartko, Aurora OH; Wayne Ward, Newbury OH 59.00% 2 Henri Barki, Westmount QC; Hayk Bosnakyan, Montreal QC 59.23% 2 Jennifer Kuhn - Philip Kuhn, San Mateo CA 57.77% 3 Edward Zujko, Clinton Twp MI; Sardarsinh Gohel, Troy MI 56.85% 3 Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON; Bing Wong, Whitby ON 57.31% 4 Mark Churchman - Larry Custead, Saskatoon SK 56.69% 4 Richard Mellor, Cleveland TN; Michael Sherman, Chickamauga GA 56.77% 5 Frances Prus, Pittsburgh PA; Xinlei Ma, Canton MI 56.46% 5 Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; David Weisman, Englewood NJ 55.85% 6 Steven Gewirtzman, Ambler PA; Clifford Wilson Jr, Skillman NJ 55.77% 6 Jason Clevenger - Sasanka Ramanadham, Saint Louis MO 54.92% 7 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA 55.62% 7 Christine Miley - Gene Miley, Hinsdale IL 54.77% 8 Tom McCrackin, Carpinteria CA; Kalon Kelley, Santa Barbara CA 55.15% 8 Frank Pataky, Toronto ON; Suneel Korde, Whitby ON 54.31% 9 Calvin McLeod - Richard Gaucher, Regina SK 53.77% 9 Gloria Tsoi, Arlington MA; Brian Duran, Somerville MA 54.00% 10 Ronald Rogers, Troy MI; Michael Kraut, Royal Oak MI 53.00% 10 Don Maupin - Thomas Rossow, South Bend IN 53.92% 11 William Graber, Markham ON; Ron Haney, West Hill ON 52.69% 11 Gary Robertson, Blenheim ON; Lee Easterbrook, Chatham ON 53.69% Daily Bulletin Page 5

TOURNAMENT APPEALS In order to keep the held the ♠Q J and the ♦A, while East held the ♠K 9 AWMW. While the other three members disapproved bridge public informed of and the ♥K. Dummy came down to the ♠8 5 and the strongly with this view, the committee decided not to appeals results in a timely ♥Q. award an AWMW. fashion, the NABC Daily At this point East stated that he would hold the ♠K. DIC: Henry Cukoff Bulletin staff publishes West then stated that she would hold the ♦A. The Committee: (Chair), Jerry Gaer, write–ups. Every effort is The Ruling: The table director applied Law 57 Jeff Meckstroth, Tom Peters and Jim Thurtell. made to ensure that these reports are accurate and (Premature Play) ruling that West, in effect, lost the complete. However, before they are published in the ♦A. Directorial review determined that the appropriate YOU'RE SO NABC Appeals Casebook revisions may be made. law was 68A (Claim Defined) as this was determined to be a claim, not a premature play. In accordance with CLOSE YOU APPEAL CASE 4 Law 70 (Contested Claim), it was determined that in Subject: Claim light of the auction and play up to the point of the claim CAN ALMOST Event: it would be irrational for East to discard the ♦A. Session: First Qualifying Therefore, the result of 5♣ by North down one, North- TASTE IT. Bernace DeYoung South minus 50, was instated. ♠ Board: 17 10 4 The Appeal: South claimed to have seen some or ♥ FIND US ON Vul: None —- all of East’s cards when he made his statement about ♦ Dlr: North K Q 8 3 the spade king. South wanted the committee to consider ♣ LEVEL 1 A K Q 7 6 5 4 a procedural penalty (PP) against East-West. Judy Nassar Richard Ekstrum When asked, South refused to quantify the ♠ ♠ AQ J 7 K 9 6 2 likelihood that East would have kept a heart not a spade ♥ ♥ J 10 7 3 K 6 5 for trick 13 or that West would pitch the ♦A prior to ♦ ♦ AJ 5 4 10 9 7 trick 13. ♣ ♣ 9 J 3 2 Neither North nor West saw East’s cards. West Cam Doner knew East had four spades from the auction so would ♠ 8 5 3 never keep a second high spade to discard the ♦A. ♥ A Q 9 8 4 2 The Decision: The committee agreed with the Weekdays: ♦ 6 2 director’s corrected ruling. Law 57 was not on point. ♣ 6:30am - 7:00pm 10 8 East’s statement was tantamount to a claim. The Weekends West North East South committee judged that East would keep the ♠K in the ♣ ♥ 1 Pass 1 one-card ending, both because she had seen North pitch 8:00am - 7:00pm ♣ ♠ "Starbucks and the Starbucks logo are registered Dbl 3 3 Pass on the ♥A and ruff a heart and because she said that she ♣ trademarks of Starbucks US Brands, LLC" Pass 4 Pass Pass would keep it in her claim statement. West would then ♠ ♣ 4 5 All Pass retain the ♦A as her 13th card both because she knew The Facts: The director was called after trick 10. from East’s 3♠ bid and the play so far that North held The play had proceeded as follows: no more spades and because the ♠Q was not a winner. ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ 1. 2 3 A 4 The committee upheld the final director decision of 5♣ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 2. 4 K 7 2 by North down one, North-South minus 50. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 3. 3 9 6 J The committee considered a PP and determined ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 4. 9 A 2 8 that East’s actions were possibly unfortunate but ♦ ♦ ♣ ♦ 5. 8 10 10 5 certainly understandable – a PP was not warranted. ♥ ♥ ♠ ♥ Sushi 6. A 3 10 5 The only conceivable reason for not awarding an ♥ ♥ ♣ ♥ Located on Level 1 7. 2 7 4 6 appeal without merit warning (AWMP) was the initial Declarer then played three rounds of clubs. incorrect ruling. Two members of the committee felt the Monday - Friday ♦ North was left with two clubs and the Q, West incorrect ruling was enough reason not to award an 10:30 AM - 7 PM

WHITEHEAD WOMENS PAIRS - SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I J EAST-WEST 1 Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 60.08% 1 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; , Dallas TX 58.57% 2 Sue Weinstein, Las Vegas NV; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 59.46% 2 Susan Wexler, New York NY; Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI 58.38% 3 Joan McKean, Grosse Pointe MI; Liz Kalb, Bloomfield MI 58.38% 3 Ljudmila Kamenova, Stony Brook NY; Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY 57.68% 4/5 Jean Talbot - Joan Van Geffen, Metairie LA 58.00% 4 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 56.54% 4/5 , New York NY; Migry Zur Campanile, East Palo Alto CA 58.00% 5 Irina Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 55.66% 6 Linda McGarry, Stuart FL; Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH 57.62% 6 Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Susan Picus, New York NY 55.38% 7 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL 57.23% 7 Beverly Brown, Fishers IN; Eleanor Grinslade, Indianapolis IN 54.45% 8 Sue Himel - Deana Liddy, Omaha NE 57.08% 8 Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI; Mary Smith, Detroit MI 54.38% 9 Susan Culham - Kiz Fung, Edmonton AB 57.00% 9 Donna Compton, Dallas TX; Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY 53.45% 10 Margaret Williams, Forest Hill MD; Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC 55.46% 10 Malle Andrade, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 52.71% 11 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, US 55.23% 11 Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 52.61% 12 Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD 54.92% 12 A Netherwood - Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 52.20% 13 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Ethel Birnbach, Portland OR 52.69% 13 Kathy Baum, Germantown TN; Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 52.15% 14 Jane Segal, Villanova PA; Judy Kay-Wolff, Las Vegas NV 51.62% 14 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 50.63%

IMP PAIRS - SECOND QUAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D EAST-WEST 1 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 53.71 1 Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 67.51 2 Linda Smith - , Hixson TN 52.22 2 , Vancouver BC; Melih Ozdil, Astoria NY 61.36 3 Chester Johnson - Carl Sharp, Chicago IL 42.61 3 Sylwia McNamara - Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 61.29 4 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Martin Fleisher, New York NY 38.84 4 Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI; Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 50.94 5 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 37.31 5 William Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 46.80 6 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN 36.00 6 Marlene Mandell - Seymour Mandell, Southfield MI 40.91 7 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 35.41 7 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; James Gordon, S Burlington VT 37.84 8 Helen Johnston - Robert Hanly, Ajax ON 33.86 8 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 30.61 9 Niel Waletzky, Shaker Heights OH; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH 33.27 9 Donald Simmons - August Boehm, New York NY 29.95 10 Bryan Maksymetz, Alert Bay BC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 33.12 10 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 28.33 11 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 31.52 11 Martin Bloom, Sydney 2031 Australia; Kieran Dyke, Glebe Nsw Australia 22.98 12 James Tritt - Farid Assemi, Fresno CA 29.49 12 Bruce Ferguson, Boise ID; Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA 22.73 13 Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON; Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 28.18 13 Josef Blass - Jerzy Zaremba, Chapel Hill NC 20.67 14 Bernie Chazen, Lake Worth FL; Richard Coren, Delray Beach FL 24.61 14 Robert Hampton, Blythewood SC; , New York City NY 18.38 15 Steven Picus, Mequon WI; Jimmy Pelham, North Baldwin NY 20.55 15 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; James Murphy, Concord NC 17.55 16 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; , New York NY 20.49 16 Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 15.96 17 Gerard Laquerriere, Clovis CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 20.11 17 Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Robert Crafton, W Bloomfield MI 15.75 18 Bjarni Einarsson, 740 Neskaupstad Iceland; Kristjan Blondal, Kopavogur Iceland 17.86 18/19 Myron Charfoos, West Bloomfield MI; Walter Goldsmith, Bloomfield MI 13.73 19 Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 17.41 18/19 Phil Schaefer - Nell Schaefer, Los Angeles CA 13.73 20 Malcolm Collins, Dundas ON; Michael Kammermayer, Hamilton ON 14.80 20 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Bud Biswas, Lexington MA 13.47 21 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, Brooklyn NY 11.08 21 Howard Weinstein - Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Sarasota FL 12.71 22 Mike Aliotta, Edmond OK; Raymond Zekauskas Jr, Tulsa OK 6.53 22 David Walker, Salem VA; S Moore, Roanoke VA 11.63 23 Piotr Zak, ; Shawn Quinn, 30-218 Krakow Poland 4.31 23 Chi-Yen Lai, East Brunswick NJ; Bin Dai, Mountain View CA 7.71 24 Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA; Ted Gibbs, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 2.06 24 JoAnne Lowe, Fountain Hls AZ; Leon Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ 6.53 25 Jan Janitschke, Littleton CO; Garth Yettick, Denver CO 1.64 25 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; , Bloomington NY 6.37 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F G H EAST-WEST 1 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 71.12 1 James Melville, Springfield IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 58.43 2 Dennis Hesthaven, Louisville KY; Ron Mitchell, Jeffersonvlle IN 54.45 2 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 55.51 3 Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA; Nels Erickson, Sparks NV 52.20 3 , Stony Point NY; , Palm Bch Grdns FL 49.63 4 Bernie Greenspan - Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH 49.59 4 John Kinst, Batavia IL; W Harris Jr, Lombard IL 47.53 5 Michael Massimilla, Syosset NY; Michael Polowan, New York NY 42.51 5 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 47.29 6 John Rengstorff - John Ramos, New York NY 41.18 6 David Caprera, Evergreen CO; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 44.37 7 Barry Lippitt, Southfield MI; Kelley Hwang, New York NY 34.75 7 Xiaoqian Liu - Maxim Siline, Clifton Park NY 40.65 8 Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA; Fred King, Falls Church VA 31.10 8 Beth Palmer - William Cole, Silver Spring MD 39.49 9 Marc Rabinowitz, Hudson OH; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL 30.37 9 Gary Brinker, Maumee OH; Joseph Ernsthausen, Sylvania OH 30.24 10 James Cayne, New York NY; Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy 29.31 10 Thomas Ahmann Sr, Mexico MO; Connie Pugh, Columbia MO 28.67 11 Peter Weiden, Chicago IL; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 28.51 11 Jim Looby, Burbank CA; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 28.27 12 Fred Chang, Flushing NY; Melody Bi, Woodbury MN 26.20 12 Richard Ferrin, Washington DC; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 25.14 13 Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Dean Panagopoulos, Lynn MA 25.96 13 Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 304G Netherlands 25.12 14 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; Paul Thurston, St Catharines ON 24.86 14 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Jill Levin, Bronx NY 24.82 15 Gail Greenberg - Jeffrey Hand, New York NY 24.63 15 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Jason Rosenfeld, Stoneham MA 23.98 16 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; , Las Vegas NV 21.02 16 Stephen Goldstein, Huntington Bch CA; Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY 22.06 17 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 18.25 17 Judy Dubay - William Dubay, Voorheesville NY 21.08 18 Ira Chorush, Houston TX; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 17.94 18 Marc Robinson, Troy MI; David Robinson, New York NY 20.65 19 Cliff Pleatman - V Netherwood, Cincinnati OH 16.86 19 - George Mittelman, Toronto ON 19.22 20 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Anton Tsypkin, Sharon MA 16.51 20 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 18.24 21 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; , Waterloo ON 16.49 21 Philip Gordon, Las Vegas NV; Brian Glubok, New York NY 17.71 22 Michael D Alioto, Birmingham MI; Robert Stayman, New Rochelle NY 12.55 22 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 11.53 23 Myles Maddox - Marilyn Maddox, Pleasant Ridge MI 12.10 23 Marc Nathan, New York NY; Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY 9.43 24 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 11.86 24 Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; Detlef Ladewig, Toronto ON 7.75 Page 6 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY MIDNITE KOS THURSDAY A.M. 300/150/50 PAIRS 9 Tables 15.0 Tables 2.88 1 G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Diana ABC Marquardt, Del Mar CA; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 3.53 1 1 1 Anne Czuchna - Carl Czuchna, Kalamazoo MI 64.02% 2.02 2 David Wilmington - Suzanne Cook, Eureka CA; 2.65 2 2 Milli Empedocles - Marcia Knapp, Ann Arbor MI 59.47% Robert Levey, Chevy Chase MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 1.99 3 3 Mary Scharff, Beverly Hills MI; Carol Lynch, Bloomfield MI 58.71% 1.15 3/4 Abe Jakob, Ft Lauderdale FL; Priscilla Smith, 1.49 4 Mary Smith, Eureka MO; Joan Wieber, Ballwin MO 58.14% Marietta GA; Margaret Ponda - Shirish Ponda, Tamarac FL 1.24 5 4 Cindy Taylor - Neil Taylor, Holland MI 57.58% 1.15 3/4 David Cappelletti, ; Pamela Hughes - Erica 1.19 6 5 2 Jean Hull, Grosse Pointe MI; Sally Shelden, Grosse Pte Farms MI 56.06% Hughes, Bend OR; Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN; Justin Lall, New York NY 0.69 6 Mary Warren, Wheaton IL; Carolyn Satrum, Downers Grove IL 53.22% 0.89 3 Mary Jung - Kathy Martin, Bloomfield Hills MI 51.70% WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KOS BRACKET I 0.59 4/5 Ronald Riedel - Arlene Riedel, Saginaw MI 50.95% 12 Tables 0.59 4/5 Alice Haggerty - Arlene Lewis, Grosse Pointe MI 50.95% Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA; Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; William McFall, New Berlin WI vs WEST MICH SIDE SERIES VI Richard Ellis Jr, Kokomo IN; Joseph Shull, New Haven IN; James 20.0 Tables Pelletier - Bob Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Dean Robinson, ABC Indianapolis IN; , Stony Brook NY 4.55 1 Ron Mitchell, Jeffersonvlle IN; Dennis Hesthaven, Louisville KY 62.80% 4.10 2 1 1 Jordan Winick - Ross Jamieson, Toronto ON 62.50% Barry Harper, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Jan 2.56 3 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY 62.20% Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland; Witold Turant, Lodz Poland; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 3.08 4 2 Steve Hawthorne, Bloomington IL; Bill Lindemann, Champaign IL 61.90% vs 2.31 5 3 Edward Helpert - Robert Brussel, Tucson AZ 60.71% G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Jim Looby, 2.16 6 4 2 Daniel Stone - Janet Stone, Madison WI 58.63% Burbank CA; Chris Moll, Jefferson City TN; Diana Marquardt, Del 1.31 5 Matthew Duffy, Edina MN; Cezanne Martin, St Louis Park MN 56.55% Mar CA; Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC 1.11 6 Paul Irvine - Margaret Irvine, Allentown PA 56.25% 1.62 3 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Jerome Williams, Westerville OH 55.95% WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KOS BRACKET II 11 Tables 1.48 4 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA 54.17% David Hunt - Martha Woodworth, San Diego CA; Renee Alpert, 1.04 5 Nancy Monasmith, Fostoria OH; Anne Moore, Findlay OH 53.27% Orange CA; C L M Duff, Costa Mesa CA vs BARBARA FRIEDENBERG SENIORS Susanne Galange - Heather Dann, Oakville ON; Dana Bridges - 24.0 Tables Gloria Macdowell, Mississauga ON ABC 9.52 1 Donald Van Arman, Bloomington IN; Stephen Lurie, Charlotte NC 62.04% Glenn Peters - Penelope Rudolph - Nancy Hohlfeldt, Grosse Pointe MI; Jack Lawrence, St Clair Shores MI 7.14 2 Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 61.00% vs 6.14 3 1 1 Gisela Gunderson, Lowell MI; Lois DeBoer, Grand Rapids MI 60.76% Scott Chupack - J C Chupack, Gurnee IL; Bruce Scott, Des Plaines 4.02 4 Shiv Arora, Saginaw MI; George Churchill, Swartz MI 59.49% IL; James Abbott, Chicago IL 3.17 5 Jim Linhart, Raleigh NC; Richard Budd, Portland ME 59.03% 4.61 6 2 2 Glen Macwilliam, Alberton PE; Bernard Griffin, O’Leary PE 58.22% BRENDA FORTUNATE & ED WHITE MORNING KO I 2.38 7 Genevieve Hewitt - Richard Hewitt, New York NY 57.99% 13 Tables 39.28 1 Mike Potoczak, Lincolnshire IL; Jaroslaw 3.45 3 3 Han Wang - Michael Adelberg, Ann Arbor MI 56.83% Piasecki, Buffalo Grove IL; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland; 2.59 4 4 Thomas Bode, Toledo OH; Charles Gaeth, Benicia CA 55.79% Grazyna Brewiak, Gdansk 80- Poland; , 2.15 5 Ronald Olsen, Fairport NY; R. Anthony Auriemma, Pittsford NY 55.56% Florianska C19 1.75 6 Prantosh Sengupta - Stanley Robinson, Sarnia ON 53.47% Poland; Kazimverz Omernik, Gdynia Poland 2.05 5 David Miles, Franklin MI; Irving Hershman, Huntington Wd MI 52.20% 27.50 2 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Russell, North Barringto IL; John Zilic, Houston TX; Cameron Doner, Richmond 1.13 6 Richard Brown - Randi Brown, Kingston MI 51.74% BC; Daniel Boye, Victor NY 15.71 3/4 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York ACBL-ABA SIDE SERIES V NY; Rumen Trendafilov - , Varna Bulgaria 12.0 Tables 15.71 3/4 Jean Monette, Hallandale FL; Claude Henin, ABC Ottawa ON; Reiko Raese, Boulder CO; Peter Kyper, West Chester 3.34 1 Elaine Ware, Vernon BC; John Laufer, Toronto ON 64.12% PA 2.88 2 1 1 Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Mary Schultze, Union MI 62.04% BRENDA FORTUNATE & ED WHITE MORNING KO II 1.88 3 Sandra Hammer, New Smyrna Bch FL; Courtney Nelson, Wells VT 61.81% 13 Tables 1.89 4/5 2/3 Robert Stern, Rochester MI; Jacob Schuurman, Three Rivers MI 59.03% 19.18 1 Michael Sherman, Chickamauga GA; Jeffrey 1.89 4/5 2/3 Almond Schock - Chrystyna Schock, Wheatley ON 59.03% Boak, Bethesda MD; Todd Kaplan - Adam Kaplan, New Port 0.79 6 Carolyn Sullivan - James Sullivan, Richfield OH 53.47% Richey FL; Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Paul Wright Jr, Mount 1.31 4 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI; Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK 52.08% Pleasant SC 13.43 2 Adam Parrish, Cincinnati OH; Anton Habash, 0.94 5 Carole Tunick - Judy Soley, Scarsdale NY 50.46% Oxford OH; Marian Charrier, West Chester OH; Jane Burpee, 1.82 2 Janet Kincannon - M. Cook, Detroit MI 50.00% Loveland OH 1.37 3 Robert Anderson, Bridgeton MO; Suzy Seldin, Saint Louis MO 48.38% 7.67 3/4 Theresa Fowler - Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI; 1.15 4 Lynn Giesler - Clare Obermeyer, Cleveland OH 47.69% Dick Wilson - Marilyn Goldman, Rochester NY 7.67 3/4 Wayne Gergen - Richard Kain, Minneapolis MN; Bill Lough, Edina MN; Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX POINTE BRIDGE CENTER 49ER PAIRS 16.0 Tables ABC 2.73 1 1 1 Wendy Subrin - Rich Subrin, Rochester Hills MI 63.91% 2.05 2 Thomas Hebron - Connie Hebron, Jones MI 60.88% 1.54 3 Josie Doherty - Marcia Cowen, Beverly Hills MI 57.98% Corner Market 1.36 4 2 Walter Sackville, Vero Beach FL; Joyce Arnold, Lasalle ON 57.05% 1.02 5 3 Robert McCurry - Maryellen Jones, Clarkston MI 57.01% 0.76 6 4 L Jeanne Kabeck, Farmington Hls MI; Robin Myles, W Bloomfield MI 54.80% Gift & Coffee Shop 0.70 5 2 Carol Winkelman, Southfield MI; Judith Kamins, Bloomfield Hls MI 53.91% 0.52 6 3 Ellen Cole, W Bloomfield MI; Marilyn Nathanson, Farmington Hill MI 53.08% Featuring fresh brewed 0.86 4 Linda Lenchner, Bloomfield Hlls MI; Judy Tann, Bingham Farms MI 52.91% POINTE BRIDGE CENTER 299ERS Illy Coffee 21.0 Tables And a large selection of ABC 4.38 1 1 1 Raj Patil, Bloomfield Hill MI; Vishwas Gadgil, Troy MI 65.77% Coca-Cola products 3.29 2 2 John Drake, Saline MI; Stephen Stewart, Ann Arbor MI 62.50% 2.16 3/4 3 2 David Hirschland - Armin Fischer, West Bloomfield MI 60.42% 2.16 3/4 Joan Wieber, Ballwin MO; Mary Smith, Eureka MO 60.42% 1.51 5 4 Karen Stevenson, Comstock Park MI; Elsie Stanislaw, Grand Rapids MI 57.74% Receive 15% off 1.41 6 5 3 Judy Liss, Birmingham MI; Bonnie Weinstein, Farmington MI 57.14% any one Detroit Souvenir* 0.88 6 B George Holcombe - Carol Holcombe, Anchorage AK 56.55% *With the purchase of any beverage 1.05 4 Carol Diebold, Birmingham MI; Martha Radek Smith, Bloomfield MI 55.36% 0.95 5 Kathy Simpson, Bloomfield Hills MI; Eva Rival, Bloomfield Hls MI 55.06% 0.59 6 Cassandra Rodger, Troy MI; Diane Pasik, Sterling Hts MI 54.76% We are located on the 3rd floor of the Marriott, just off the Main Lobby. 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SECOND THURSDAY BRENDA FORTUNATE & ED WHITE MORNING KO III 7.0 Tables 10 Tables ABC 8.57 1 Michael Sears - Debbie Sears, Boyne City MI; Carol Bertschinger, Harbor Springs MI; Pamela Ziegel, Petoskey 8.75 1 Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON; Don Brock, Brampton ON 57.50% MI 6.56 2 Henry Bethe, Ithaca NY; Allen Tan, Makati Philippines 57.08% 6.00 2 Jason Flinn - Kaushik Veeraraghavan - Jin Hu - 4.92 3 1 Matthew Huntington, Rochester MN; John Kropinak, Columbus OH 53.75% Jeff Hao, Ann Arbor MI 3.69 4 2 Michael Kaleel, Sterling Hts MI; Gerald Skellenger, Rochester 3.43 3/4 Joanne Jocque, Grosse Pte Wds MI; Joann Hills MI 53.13% Miller, St Clair Shrs MI; Thomas Miller, St Clair Shore MI; Marie 2.92 5 3 Surendra Mandava, Saratoga CA; Stewart Cramer, Pittsford NY 52.92% Schwanitz, Gross Pt Woods MI; Martha Henkel, Grosse Pointe MI 3.43 3/4 Richard Peacock - Lucy Peacock, Grosse Pnte Pk ACBL-ABA SIDE SERIES V MI; Richard Smith - Darlene Smith, St Clair Shrs MI 86.50 Tables 9.56 1/2 Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 127.40% Welcome to Detroit, 9.56 1/2 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA 127.40% 6.14 3 Daniel Williams, Denver CO 123.67% mister! 4.27 4/5 Susan Mastrola, Swansea MA 123.03% By Barry Rigal 4.27 4/5 James Murphy, Concord NC 123.03% Larry Cohen, back at the NABC after a family 4.22 6 Elaine Ware, Vernon BC 120.85% bereavement, played the he-man here. 4.95 7 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI 120.54% Dlr: East ♠ AK 5 5.83 8/9 Bert Ward, Waterford MI 119.78% Vul: None ♥ J 8 2 5.83 8/9 Bonnie Ward, Waterford MI 119.78% ♦ 9 8 4 ♣ ACBL-ABA SIDE SERIES V A Q 8 5 ♠ ♠ 17.0 Tables Q 7 2 J 8 6 4 ABC ♥ 7 6 5 ♥ 9 4 3 4.10 1 1 1 Michael Kelingos, Plymouth MI; Kenneth Hays, Ypsilanti MI 66.35% ♦ K Q J 10 ♦ A6 5 3.08 2 Sherby Chernin, Cincinnati OH; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 65.71% ♣ 10 9 7 ♣ 4 3 2 2.31 3 Jacob Schuurman, Three Rivers MI; Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI 58.97% ♠ 10 9 3 2.39 4 2 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Michael Mullendore, Ellicott City MD 58.33% ♥ A K Q 10 1.79 5 3 Ellen Fisher - Franklin Fisher, Cambridge MA 57.05% ♦ 7 3 2 0.88 6/7 Elaine Ware - Martin Ware, Vernon BC 56.73% ♣ K J 6 1.26 6/7 Howard Friedman, Great Neck NY; Lauren Block, Manhasset NY 56.73% West North East South 1.82 4 2 Glen Macwilliam, Alberton PE; Bernard Griffin, O’Leary PE 55.93% 1.31 5 John Gajar - Kai Hsi, Ann Arbor MI 53.85% Cohen Berkowitz ♣ 0.76 6 Lewis Allen - Jill Miller, Rochester NY 53.69% Pass 1 1.37 3 Louis Allen, Southfield MI; Berrye Thompson, Farmington Hls MI 53.04% 1♦ 2♦ Dbl 3♣ 1.32 4 Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Mary Schultze, Union MI 52.08% Pass 3♠ Pass 3NT Dbl Redbl All Pass JON FROEMKE STRATIFIED IMP PAIRS Playing against Niel Waletzky and Phil Becker, 20.0 Tables Cohen first of all overcalled, then found the psychic ABC double of 3NT. 4.55 1 1 Ragi El-Hoss, Willowdale ON; Saad Dahdouh, Whitby ON 73.29 This was not the right moment for this action. 3.41 2 Natalie Hertz - Dan Hertz, Harrison NY 61.65 The opponents turned the cube, and collected 800. 2.56 3 Beverly Gardner, Farmington Hls MI; Jeffrey Lesser, Oro Valley AZ 52.47 1.92 4 Gail Hanson - Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI 52.35 David and Larry staggered away from the table, 2.84 5 2 Paul Markowitz, Westborough MA; Bruce Roberts, Rockville MD 50.35 holding their respective foreheads, to hear one 1.52 6 Riva Akerman - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 46.06 opponent mutter to the other, “Next time, don’t try 2.13 3 Harvey Bernstein - Irene Bernstein, Solon OH 23.88 and mess with us.” 1.60 4 Diana Dahdouh, Whitby ON; M-Christine El-Hoss, Willowdale ON 18.71 2.73 5 1 Thomas Aldrich III, Palatine IL; Monica Jung, Lake Barrington IL 18.35 On the receiving end 0.90 6 Paul Hamper, Chicago IL; Elianor Kennie, Kentville NS 16.88 By Barry Rigal 2.05 2 Mary Ann Laritz, Holland OH; Pat Docis, Toledo OH 15.53 Although I was on the wrong end of this, I 1.54 3 Ann Couch, Colorado Spgs CO; Janet Jordan, Aledo TX 11.35 1.15 4 Rosalyn Silverstein, Bronx NY; Surendra Mandava, Saratoga CA -2.06 thought Michael Yuen and Angela Fenton did very 0.86 5 Donna Frohm, Burtchville MI; Judith Kilcher, Clinton Twp MI -9.12 well here. Dlr: North ♠ A K 9 8 EDYTHE SCHELBERG OPEN PAIRS Vul: E-W ♥ 7 6 3 2 26.0 Tables ♦ J 8 4 2 ABC ♣ 9 12.60 1 1 Leif Bremark, Stockholm; Grace Jeklin, Surrey BC 62.93% ♠ 7 6 4 ♠ J 9.45 2 R Wayne Penrod, Kettering OH; Bobbi Johnson, Centerville OH 60.59% ♥ A Q 5 4 ♥ 10 9 8 7.09 3 Alice Brown, Midlothian VA; En Xie, Saint Louis MO 58.91% ♦ Q 6 ♦ A K 7 5 6.42 4 2 Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 58.89% ♣ 10 7 4 2 ♣ A K J 6 3 4.82 5 3 Gamal Elashhab - James Elliott, Saginaw MI 56.31% ♠ 3.60 6 Robert Sulgrove, Spring Valley OH; William Higgins, Cincinnati OH 55.97% Q 10 4 3 2 ♥ 5.44 7 4 1 Mares Hirchert, Hartland MI; Agnes Colley, Brighton MI 55.80% K J 2.80 8 Adriana Yanez, Mexico Mexico; Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico 55.80% ♦ 10 9 3 2.94 5 John Macksey - Margaret Pioch, Toledo OH 54.39% ♣ Q 8 5 2.45 6 Margaret Bell, Warren MI; Jane Hall, Clinton Twp MI 53.94% West North East South 4.08 2 Edwin Elton, Ridgewood NJ; Michael Atkins, Wayne NJ 53.88% Pass 1♦ 1♠ 3.27 3 Jordan Winick - Ross Jamieson, Toronto ON 53.03% Dbl 2♦ 3♣ Pass 2.30 4 Michael Moran, Farmington MI; Dolores Moran, Livonia MI 52.05% Pass 3♠ All Pass 1.81 5 S Berry, Bath MI; Karen Hoffner, Smithville NJ 51.87% You could say the 1♠ bid deserved a fate worse 1.55 6 Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX; Max Frey, Dallas TX 51.62% than it got. But given that 3♣ is an easy 150, the THURSDAY EVENING 299ER SWISS TEAMS defenders needed the third undertrick to get back to 14 Tables par. ABC Here’s how the defense went. The ♦Q was led 3.39 1 David Hare - Ann McClendon, Monroe LA; Nance Booty, Naperville and ducked all around. Another diamond was led to IL; Ann Witt, Aurora IL 61.00 the ♦K. Yuen made a very thoughtful shift to the ♥8 2.54 2 Nancy Swensen - Bernadine Bonessa - Sumant Lall - Larry Gesoff, to the ♥J and ♥Q. The ♥A was led, East playing the Pittsburgh PA 53.00 ♥9. Then Fenton played a club to the ♣K for the 2.40 3 1 Margaret Davis, Rochester Hills MI; Wilma Swayze, Auburn Hills ♦A and a fourth diamond. Declarer ruffed high as MI; Cassandra Rodger, Troy MI; Diane Pasik, Sterling Hts MI 49.00 Fenton pitched both her hearts. Now declarer had to 1.43 4 Karen Stevenson, Comstock Park MI; Elsie Stanislaw - Donna guess spades, with no reentry to hand. Magrill - Gloria Webster, Grand Rapids MI 48.00 ♠ 1.58 5/6 2/3 1/2 Chuck Busch - Kathy Busch, Oakland MI; Rich Subrin - Wendy Not surprisingly, he led low to the 8, since the Subrin, Rochester Hills MI 42.00 trumps were known to be 3-1. This resulted in down 1.58 5/6 2/3 1/2 Margaret Carden - Glenn Groustra, Ann Arbor MI; Ken Facer - 150 —- mission accomplished. Dorothy Facer, Mississauga ON 42.00 Going to the airport? Anyone wishing to share a ride to the airport, go the information desk on Level 4. Page 8 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S PAIRINGS IN THE Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, San 80.00 5/8 Winthrop Allegaert - Judith Bianco - Francisco CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Justin Lall - Kevin Bathurst - Jaggy Shivdasani, Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Tor Helness, Oslo Norway; New York NY; Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY Geir Helgemo, Trondheim Norway 50.00 9/16 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael vs Seamon, Hollywood FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Team Poland: Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Lauria - Fulvio Fantoni, Rome Italy; Claudio Nunes, , Puszczykoud Poland; Boguslaw Roma Italy Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, 50.00 9/16 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Mragowo Poland Marc Jacobus - Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Eric Greco, Ron Rubin, Miami FL; Russell Ekeblad, Providence Philadelphia PA; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain RI; , Encinitas CA; Marcin 50.00 9/16 Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Louk Verhees, Michael Becker - David Berkowitz - Larry Cohen, Voorhou Netherlands; Jan Jansma, Malden Boca Raton FL; Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA; Netherlands Chip Martel, Davis CA vs 50.00 9/16 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Chuck Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Gunnar Hallberg, Berger, West Bloomfield MI; Stephen Landon, Brighton United Kingdom; Fredrik Nystrom, Ellicott City MD; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Sarasota Stockholm Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; FL; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; , Zhao Jie, Tianjin People’s Republic of China; Fu Houston TX Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China 50.00 9/16 - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland 50.00 9/16 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein 80.00 5/8 Ralph Katz - George Jacobs, Hinsdale - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Fredin, IL; Robert Levin, Bronx NY; Steve Weinstein, Malmo Sweden; Piotr Gawrys - Bartosz Chmurski, Andes NY; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Michael Warsaw Poland Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY 50.00 9/16 Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL; Drew 80.00 5/8 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Jim Casen, Las Vegas NV; Paul Marston, Australia; Krekorian, New York NY; - Walid Stephen Burgess, Sydney Australia Elahmady, Cairo Egypt; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; 50.00 9/16 Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Joergen Molberg, Trondheim Norway Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Henry Bethe, Ithaca NY; 80.00 5/8 Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Allen Tan, Makati Philippines; Wafik Abdou, David Bakhshi, London England; Bart Bramley, Bakersfield CA; Nader Hanna, Willowdale ON Dallas TX; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL

1. Weed, npc 195 64. Grace 102 1. Weed, npc 24 57 109 158 32. Ozdil 185 32. Ozdil 1. Weed, npc 33. Gower 115 34 90 118 139 24 62 79 123.5 16. Mahaffey 17. Moss, M. 132 30 66 95 126 48. Lindop 113 17. Moss, M. 13 32 58 wd 16. Mahaffey 235 16. Mahaffey 49. Jackson 55 52 87 138 1. (16.) Mahaffey 46 92 110 163 9. Robinson 203 8. (24.) Shenkin 56. Huston 56 9. Robinson 45 64 111 152 8 51 90 106 24. Shenkin 141 24. Shenkin 9. (24.) Shenkin 41. Teramoto 120 27 59 84 127 37 64 96 139 8. (40.) Goldberg 25. Hollman 126 36 57 66 101 40. Goldberg 143 25. (40.) Goldberg 55 85 142 1 57 8. Garner 113 8. Garner 57. Hwang 22 32 81 118 141 1. (16.) Mahaffey 4. (12.) Rubin 5. Strul 187 5. Strul 60. Thurston 73 24 65 105 116 28. Wolpert 28. Wolpert 142 14 39 52 95 5. Strul 37. Colchamiro 69 26 70 88 119 12. Rubin 21. Berg 133 21. Berg 63 80 116 155 44. Schaffer 72 33 80 89 103 12. Rubin 12. Rubin 125 5. (12.) Rubin 41 58 100 141 53. Becker 88 35 78 112 137 4. Katz 13. Rosenthal 133 27 40 78 103 13. Rosenthal 52. Yang 115 55 92 118 171 20. Tuszynski 20. Tuszynski 146 27 43 48 66 13. Rosenthal 45. Venkatesh 135 32 60 113 131 4. Katz 29. Moss, S. 102 29. (36.) Araszkiewicz 32 67 94 139 36. Araszkiewicz 146 23 46 55 80 4. Katz 4. Katz 242 30 47 116 141 61. D’errico 68 Daily Bulletin Page 9

VANDERBILT KNOCKOUTS 25.00 17/32 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Richard 44 Israel; Billy Cohen, Solana Beach CA; Ron Freeman, Atlanta GA; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Smith, San Francisco CA Bch FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Chris Compton 25.00 17/32 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Robert - Bob Hamman, Dallas TX Lebi, Toronto ON; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks 25.00 17/32 Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Howard CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Michael White, Weinstein, Sarasota FL; Antonio Sementa, Parma Atlanta GA; Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN Italy; - Christal Henner-Welland, New 25.00 17/32 Melih Ozdil, Astoria NY; Allan York NY Graves, Vancouver BC; Thomas Carmichael, 25.00 17/32 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Kennesaw GA; Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington Douglas Simson - Walter Johnson, Columbus OH CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY; Dan Morse, 25.00 17/32 Konrad Araszkiewicz, Szczecin Houston TX; Bobby Wolff, Las Vegas NV Poland; Dariusz Kowalski - Jacek Jerzy Kalita, 25.00 17/32 , Los Angeles CA; Sam Warsaw Poland; Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Bialystok Lev, New York NY; Fred Chang, Flushing NY; Poland Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Gary Cohler, 25.00 17/32 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Sioux Miami FL; Grant Baze, San Diego CA Falls SD; Shawn Quinn, 30-218 Krakow Poland; 25.00 17/32 Michael Moss, New York NY; JoAnna Stansby, Castro Valley CA; Keith Garber, Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Las Vegas NV; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX Ira Chorush, Houston TX 25.00 17/32 Steve Bloom - Betty Bloom, 25.00 17/32 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Martin Duanesburg NY; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Fleisher - Adam Wildavsky, New York NY; William John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jonathan Steinberg, Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Steve Beatty, Mill Toronto ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON Creek WA; Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT 25.00 17/32 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian 25.00 17/32 Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Platnick, Evanston IL; , Seattle WA; Farid Assemi - James Tritt, Fresno CA; Edward Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY Wojewoda, Clovis CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; 25.00 17/32 Judith Gartaganis - Nicholas Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland Gartaganis, Calgary AB; David Colbert, Etobicoke 25.00 17/32 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; John ON; , Toronto ON Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; John Swanson Jr, Mission Viejo CA; Huub Bertens, Tilburg Netherlands; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands 25.00 17/32 , New York NY; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; , Moshav Zofit Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba

2. Nickell 231 2. Nickell 63. O’Guin 51 36 62 77 104 31. Allegaert 31. Allegaert 111 2. (31.) Allegaert 15 63 105 122 34. Fireman 21 20 55 75 118 15. Gordon 18. Westheimer 133 32 60 83 95 18. (47.) Diamond 47. Diamond 134 3 20 33 82 15. Gordon 15. Gordon 142 38 49 112 166 2. (31.) Allegaert 50. Apfel 95 3 35 80 125 10. Lynch 131 7. Meltzer 10. (55.) Gartaganis 55. Gartaganis 170 32 77 103 153 23 45 50 50 23. Jones 23. Jones 140 10. (23.) Jones 42 75 109 154 42. Narasimhan 118 7 46 73 74 7. Meltzer 26. Fout 128 40 76 125 157 39. (26.) Bloom 33 47 59 93 39. Bloom 153 7. Meltzer 27 53 125 162 7. Meltzer 220 2. (7.) Meltzer 58. McNamara 60 3. (22.) Team Poland 6. Gromov 6. Gromov 118 49 91 143 178 59. Greenspan 21 27. (38.) Lewis 27. Tucker 125 6. Gromov 21 57 80 90 38. Lewis 38 2 38 62 97 11. (22.) Team Poland 41 51 81 125 22. Team Poland 22. Team Poland 106 46 100 124 148 43. Benson 35 11. Milner 18 54 79 114 11. Milner 215 6. (22.) Team Poland 54. Potoczak 93 26 59 86 122 3. (14.) Onstott 14. Onstott 14. Onstott 148 21 29 57 87 36 63 105 123 51. Milgrim 78 19. Kamil 14. Onstott 51 67 73 102 19. Kamil 87 29 58 90 135 46. McLaughlin 74 3. O’Rourke 35 69 95 114 30. Jacob 30. Jacob 176 8 13 25 wd 35. Kovacich 100 3. O’Rourke 41 79 143 3. O’Rourke 178 62. Abelow 77 Page 10 Daily Bulletin

Oh, so close WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS QUALIFIERS By Barry Regal 20.0 Tables In the round of 64 in the Vanderbilt KO Teams, 1 Susan Culham - Kiz Fung, Edmonton AB 46.13 declarer was nearly able to pull off a rare play. 2 Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 44.91 ♠ Q J 8 7 4 2 3 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, US 42.68 4 Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI; Mary Smith, Detroit MI 39.22 ♥ K 7 3 ♦ 5 Margaret Williams, Forest Hill MD; Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC 38.00 10 5 4 6 Kathy Baum, Germantown TN; Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 36.58 ♣ 2 7 Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Judi Radin, New York NY 36.13 8 Valerie Westheimer, New York NY; Migry Zur Campanile, East Palo Alto CA 32.11 ♠ A 9 Jane Segal, Villanova PA; Judy Kay-Wolff, Las Vegas NV 31.91 ♥ A J 8 4 10 Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD 26.83 ♦ AQ 11 Sue Weinstein, Las Vegas NV; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 25.20 ♣ A K J 8 7 6 12 Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Susan Picus, New York NY 25.00 North South 13 Jean Talbot - Joan Van Geffen, Metairie LA 24.79 2♣ 14 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 24.19 15 Malle Andrade, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 24.04 2♦ 3♣ ♠ 16 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 23.42 3 3NT 17 Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 23.17 Pass 18 Susan Wexler, New York NY; Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI 21.74 Mehmet Ozdil declared 3NT on the unhelpful 19 Irina Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 21.24 ♠9 lead. He won the ♠A, played the ♣A dropping 20 Christine Boylson, Sydney Australia; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 19.71 an ominous ♣Q on his left. He then continued with 21 Joan McKean, Grosse Pointe MI; Liz Kalb, Bloomfield MI 18.29 the ♣K, and the ♣8. West pitched a low spade and 22 Linda McGarry, Stuart FL; Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH 18.09 then a low diamond, so East played the ♥6 to the 23 Beverly Brown, Fishers IN; Eleanor Grinslade, Indianapolis IN 17.64 ♥4, the ♥9, and . . . Ozdil ducked! 24 Sherie Greenberg, Palo Alto CA; Kathy Harper, Woodside CA 17.48 This was the full deal: 25 Kaye Krebs, Virginia Beach VA; Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL 16.66 26 Wendy Sameroff, Las Vegas NV; Linda Perlman, Lake Park FL 16.05 ♠ Q J 8 7 4 2 ♥ 27 Cecily Kohler, Washington DC; Sarah Anne Cressy, Falls Church VA 14.43 K 7 3 28 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL 13.82 ♦ 10 5 4 29 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Ethel Birnbach, Portland OR 13.41 ♣ 2 30 Donna Compton, Dallas TX; Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY 12.36 ♠ 9 6 3 ♠ K 10 5 31 Lynne Feldman, Champaign IL; Chris Benson, Le Roy IL 12.19 ♥ Q 10 9 5 ♥ 6 2 32 Jennifer Ballantyne, Vancouver BC; Angela Fenton, North Vancouver BC 10.53 ♦ K 9 8 3 2 ♦ J 7 6 33 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 9.05 ♣ Q ♣ 109 8 5 4 3 34 Ljudmila Kamenova, Stony Brook NY; Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY 6.67 ♠ A 35 Sue Himel - Deana Liddy, Omaha NE 4.27 ♥ A J 8 4 36 Nadele Spiro, Boca Raton FL; Suzanne Stevenson, Bloomfield MI 2.24 37 Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 1.22 ♦ AQ ♣ 38 Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 1.21 A K J 8 7 6 39 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 0.69 West, Craig Gower, actually played back a 40 Christine Owens, Grand Blanc MI; Sondra Schubiner, Bloomfield MI 0.00 diamond, so declarer had nine tricks. A heart return is more fun: Declarer wins in SID & LORRAINE HEINRICK SWISS TEAMS hand and clears the clubs. When East wins and 21 Tables returns a diamond, declarer flies with the ♦A, and ABC reaches this position: 13.65 1 Konrad Araszkiewicz, Szczecin Poland; Dariusz Kowalski - Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Bialystok Poland 95.00 ♠ Q J ♥ 10.24 2 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Stephen K Lucas - Lesley Decker Lucas, Woodbury NY 81.00 ♦ 10 7.68 3 1 Edward Zuckerberg - Karen Zuckerberg, Dobbs Ferry NY; Eugene ♣ — Fisher - Adrienne Fisher, Potomac MD 74.00 ♠ 6 ♠ K 10 5.76 4 Dano De Falco, 35030 Rubano (P Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, ♥ Q 5 ♥ — Alessandria Italy; Patricia Cayne - Amalya Kearse - Jacqui ♦ K ♦ J 7 Mitchell, New York NY; Charles Weed, Shreveport LA 71.00 ♣ — ♣ — 4.23 5/6 Melanie Tucker - John Kranyak, New York NY; Bas Drijver, ♠ — Rotterdam Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdan 3 Netherlands 70.00 ♥ A8 5.54 5/6 2 1 Elizabeth Marcotte - Catherine Feldmann - Bonnie Durocher, Windsor ON; Chris Balyo, Tecumseh ON 70.00 ♦ Q ♣ 3.63 7/8 3/4 Harold Karnes, Portage MI; William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI; 6 Catherine Gay, Kalamazoo MI; Sharon Jenness, Chicago IL 67.00 On the ♣6, West is caught in a stepping stone 3.63 7/8 3/4 Barbara Pieterse - Martin Pieterse, Warren MI; Mary Lou Moore, squeeze, and must pitch a spade. Declarer goes to Grosse Pte Park MI; Michael Moore, Grosse Pointe MI 67.00 the ♥K to exit with a diamond, and collects the ♥A 2.46 5 Gilbert Fox, Auburn IN; Edmond Douville, Hobart IN; Daniel Simon at trick 13. - Donna Simon, South Bend IN 65.00 2.78 2 Richard Peacock - Lucy Peacock, Grosse Pnte Pk MI; N. Margo Mitchell, Harrison Twp MI; Katherine Fuller, Grosse Pointe MI 46.00 Lost and found A lost and found area has been set up in the DON HOCEVAR 299ER PAIRS Daily Bulletin office in the Michelangelo Room, 12.5 Tables ABC Level 4. Two pairs of glasses, three convention 3.25 1 Fulchand Jain, Grand Blanc MI; David Katzen, Sparta NJ 65.88% cards, an earring and a library card have been turned 2.53 2 1 Mary Eva - Richard Eva Jr, Canton MI 63.22% in. 1.83 3 Joan Wieber, Ballwin MO; Mary Smith, Eureka MO 59.93% 1.90 4 2 Norman Claerr - Christine Claerr, Davisburg MI 59.57% New Life Masters 1.03 5 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 58.33% Gordon Crane of West Seneca NY became a 1.68 6 3 1 Robert Matheson - Margaret Matheson, Glen Allen VA 57.51% Life Master playing in the Wednesday Compact KO 1.07 4 David Micci, Rutherford NJ; Francis Realini, North Arlington NJ 54.74% 1.26 5 2 Bob Poglits - Ellen Poglits, 53.10% Teams. He needed 0.07 gold. Crane’s partner was 0.95 3 Sharon Maaske, Troy MI; Rebecca Bray, Glen Allen VA 51.73% George Donsky and his teammates were Robert 0.71 4 Gideon Cook, Sterling Hts MI; Alan Orizondo, Ann Arbor MI 51.03% Padgug and Xiao Zhao. Gloria MacDonald of Mississauga ON earned Life Master status playing in the KO Teams with Heather Dann, Dana Bridges and Susanne Galange. MacDonald needed 7.77 gold points and has picked up just over eight so far. Please report to the Daily Bulletin office if you achieve Life Master or other rank advancement. The office is located in the Michelangelo Room on Level Four. Include your name, hometown, partner(s) and the event you played in. Daily Bulletin Page 11

BEVERLY BLUTH KOS BRACKET I TOP IMP PAIR QUALIFIERS 12 Tables (Only the top 90 qualifiers are listed. Players should check the recap sheet for qualifying status.) Daniel Colatosti, Boca Raton FL; John Malley, Pascoag RI; Janet 1 Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI; Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 27.56 Colchamiro - Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Steve Bloom - Betty Bloom, Duanesburg NY 2 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 26.26 vs 3 Sylwia McNamara - Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 22.66 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY; Rumen Trendafilov 4 James Cayne, New York NY; Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy 21.94 - Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria 5 Allan Graves, Vancouver BC; Melih Ozdil, Astoria NY 20.89 6 Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA; Nels Erickson, Sparks NV 20.57 Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Barry Harper, Regina SK; Jan 7 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 19.97 Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland; Witold Turant, Lodz Poland; Earl Knipfel, Moose Jaw SK 8 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN 19.84 vs 9 Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 19.80 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Joe Grue, 10 Stephen Burgess, Sydney Australia; Paul Marston, Australia 1360 Australia 19.54 New York NY; Brad Moss, Mill Valley CA; Curtis Cheek, Huntsville 11 Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 304G Netherlands 19.31 AL; Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV 12 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Martin Fleisher, New York NY 19.02 13 James Tritt - Farid Assemi, Fresno CA 17.92 BEVERLY BLUTH KOS BRACKET II 12 Tables 14 John Rengstorff - John Ramos, New York NY 16.83 Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC; Nongyu 15 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 16.44 Li, Sunnyvale CA; Hao Ge, Cleveland OH 16 Dennis Hesthaven, Louisville KY; Ron Mitchell, Jeffersonvlle IN 16.29 vs 17 John Kinst, Batavia IL; W Harris Jr, Lombard IL 15.91 Joyce Hampton, Blythewood SC; Lucas Lebioda, Columbia SC; Jon 18 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 15.83 Rice - Mike Rice, Winston Salem NC; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Andrew Hurd, Charleston SC 19 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 15.76 20 Cindy Marshall, Knoxville TN; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 15.37 David Burgess - Lachman Advani, Ottawa ON; Stephen Czecha, 21 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 15.08 Potomac MD; Ram Hira, North Vancouver BC 22 Ira Chorush, Houston TX; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 14.82 vs 23 Peter Weiden, Chicago IL; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 14.68 Leonard Doerksen - David Sired - Marielle Brentnall - Marlene 24 Cliff Pleatman - V Netherwood, Cincinnati OH 14.50 Pontifex, Winnipeg MB 25 Bjarni Einarsson, 740 Neskaupstad Iceland; Kristjan Blondal, Kopavogur Iceland 14.43 BEVERLY BLUTH KOS BRACKET III 26 Jeffrey Smith - David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 14.32 12 Tables 27 Christopher Marlow, Wilmington DE; Andy Muenz, Brookhaven PA 13.74 Kathleen Linck - Raymond Linck - Sondra Holt - Terrell Holt, 28 Chris Moll, Jefferson City TN; Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC 13.66 Lexington KY 29 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 13.60 vs 30 Donald Simmons - August Boehm, New York NY 13.49 Michael Strong - Johanna Strong, Winfield IL; Charles Alexander, Northbrook IL; James Kehoe, Glen Ellyn IL 31 Martin Bloom, Sydney 2031 Australia; Kieran Dyke, Glebe Nsw Australia 13.45 32 Helen Johnston - Robert Hanly, Ajax ON 13.36 Joseph Sauro, North Bay ON; Michael Biderman - Christopher Punter, 33 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 13.19 London ON; Allan Tushman, West Bloomfield MI 34 Beth Palmer - William Cole, Silver Spring MD 13.06 vs 35 David Berkowitz - Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 12.36 Constance Sackville, Vero Beach FL; Matt Meckstroth, Fairfax VA; Catherine Chell, Ottawa ON; George Kitchen, North Gower ON 36 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 12.30 37 Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Robert Crafton, W Bloomfield MI 12.29 BEVERLY BLUTH KOS BRACKET IV 38 Jim Looby, Burbank CA; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 12.05 12 Tables 39 Michael Massimilla, Syosset NY; Michael Polowan, New York NY 11.96 Ching-Po Wang - Manu Sheth, Troy MI; Ying Yuan, Kalamazoo MI; 40 Steven Picus, Mequon WI; Jimmy Pelham, North Baldwin NY 11.85 Xingyu Zhang, Ypsilanti MI 41 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 11.74 vs Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON; Robert Ewigleben - Jayne 42 James Melville, Springfield IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 11.68 Ewigleben, Elizabethtown KY 43 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 11.37 44 Kathy Benjamin, Arlington MA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 11.16 Frank La Master - Nancy La Master, Munster IN; Donald Valiska - 45 Howard Weinstein - Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Sarasota FL 11.13 Patricia Valiska, Highland IN 46 Gary Brinker, Maumee OH; Joseph Ernsthausen, Sylvania OH 10.88 vs 47 Marlene Mandell - Seymour Mandell, Southfield MI 10.83 Samuel Hirschman, Ann Arbor MI; Dale Dallaire, Aldie VA; Marcia Abramson, Detroit MI; Jim Lahey - Karen Lahey, Issaquah WA 48 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; James Gordon, S Burlington VT 10.52 49 Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 10.40 BEVERLY BLUTH KOS BRACKET V 50 Myron Charfoos, West Bloomfield MI; Walter Goldsmith, Bloomfield MI 10.25 15 Tables 51 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Bud Biswas, Lexington MA 9.76 Rajesh Seth - Charles Dalmas - Stephen Massicotte, Sarnia ON; Joel 52/53 Gary Kessler, Springfield IL; Joan Stein, Milwaukee WI 9.52 Shore, Bloomfield MI vs 52/53 David Caprera, Evergreen CO; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 9.52 Dana Bridges - Gloria Macdowell, Mississauga ON; Susanne Galange 54 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 9.51 - Heather Dann, Oakville ON 55 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 9.38 56 Gerard Laquerriere, Clovis CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 9.13 Daniel Bunde, Urbana IL; Praveen Jayachandran - William 57 Marc Robinson, Troy MI; David Robinson, New York NY 9.06 Lindemann, Champaign IL; Stephen Hawthorne, Bloomington IL 58 Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 8.76 vs Elaine Hall - Carolyn Deyett, Canton MI; Carol Sullivan, Westland 59 Bernie Chazen, Lake Worth FL; Richard Coren, Delray Beach FL 8.74 MI; Ann Haycock, Novi MI 60 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Anil Padhye, Mumbay India 8.47 61 Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL 8.42 BEVERLY BLUTH KOS BRACKET VI 62 Piotr Zak, ; Shawn Quinn, 30-218 Krakow Poland 7.81 16 Tables 63 Philip Gordon, Las Vegas NV; Brian Glubok, New York NY 7.69 Vyrn Muir, Coon Rapids MN; Andrzej Niewiadomski, Scarborough 64 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 7.64 ON; Judy Hansen, Eagan MN; Mary Lemmons, St Paul MN vs 65 Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Dean Panagopoulos, Lynn MA 7.53 Michael Sears - Debbie Sears, Boyne City MI; Paul Nelson - Larry 66 Michael Crane, Canton MI; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 7.49 Willis, Petoskey MI 67 Leslie Amoils - George Mittelman, Toronto ON 7.35 68 Jack Goodykoontz - Vicki Goodykoontz, Morgantown WV 7.33 Kathy Morrison, Welland ON; Janet Nazar, St Catharines ON; Louis 69 Judy Dubay - William Dubay, Voorheesville NY 7.32 Coccodrilli - Stephen Weiner, Rockville MD vs 70/72 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN 7.30 Dawn Arnold - Nancy Kelly - Judy Lee Alcorn, Fort Myers FL; 70/72 Fred Chang, Flushing NY; Melody Bi, Woodbury MN 7.30 Audrey Filar, Ft Myers FL 70/72 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 7.30 73 Alon Apteker - Craig Gower, Johannesburg South Africa 7.24 74 Xiaoqian Liu - Maxim Siline, Clifton Park NY 7.17 Monitoring 75 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White, Raleigh NC 7.10 At this and future North American 76 Stephen Goldstein, Huntington Bch CA; Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY 7.07 championships, ACBL will be 77 Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw 0 Poland; Edward Wojewoda, Clovis CA 6.98 monitoring NABC+ events with 78 Jan Janitschke, Littleton CO; Garth Yettick, Denver CO 6.60 visible, real-time cameras. 79 Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON; Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 6.55 The images will be recorded 80 Phil Schaefer - Nell Schaefer, Los Angeles CA 6.40 81 William Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 6.26 and will be available for later 82 Michael D Alioto, Birmingham MI; Robert Stayman, New Rochelle NY 6.21 official inspection and review. 83/85 Marc Rabinowitz, Hudson OH; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL 6.19 By general monitoring of the session and 83/85 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 6.19 participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of 83/85 Paul Schroeder, Wind Lake WI; Dick Benson, Le Roy IL 6.19 information that may be useful in determining facts 86 Bernie Greenspan - Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH 5.93 and settling issues arising from some types of ethical 87 Mike Aliotta, Edmond OK; Raymond Zekauskas Jr, Tulsa OK 5.83 and behavioral complaints or actions. This 88 Gail Greenberg - Jeffrey Hand, New York NY 5.72 procedure is intended to assure everyone that the 89 - Shannon Cappelletti, Hollywood FL 5.67 playing field is level and that misbehavior will not 90 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 5.62 be tolerated. Page 12 Daily Bulletin

RED RIBBON PAIRS QUALIFIERS 1 Mike Develin, Mountain View CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 141.37 2 Jingsong Liu, Kirkland WA; Brian Zaugg, Burien WA 126.96 3 Ron Nelken - Sidney Kanter, Clifton NJ 116.24 4 Long Xie, Burnaby BC; Baixiang Liu, Vancouver BC 111.88 5 Richard Brummer, Effingham IL; Claire Krukenberg, Charleston IL 106.72 6 Adam Lally, Cold Spring NY; Dana Rossi, Norwalk CT 98.79 7 Larry Rosen, Albany NY; Steven Shaye, Slingerlands NY 96.01 8 William Graber, Markham ON; Ron Haney, West Hill ON 94.03 9 Lee Ohliger - Jonathan Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ 92.44 10 Daniel Cecchelli - Laurie Due, Hamilton ON 91.65 11 Bruce Scott, Des Plaines IL; James Abbott, Chicago IL 87.68 12 Nancy Joe - Qiang Zhang, Austin TX 85.70 13/14 Frances Prus, Pittsburgh PA; Xinlei Ma, Canton MI 83.31 13/14 Susan Cohen - Jerry Cohen, Winnipeg MB 83.31 15 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; Ben Feinswog, Coconut Grove FL 82.92 Steve and Kerri Sanborn were second in the 16 James Edmiston, Cincinnati OH; Rob Weidenfeld, Lebanon OH 78.95 Rockwell Mixed Pairs. 17 Robert Todd - Bob Soni, Tallahassee FL 76.97 18 Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; David Weisman, Englewood NJ 75.78 Entry fees 19 Patrick Moos - Charles Young, Peoria IL 74.59 Players must be 20 Robert Levey, Chevy Chase MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 73.79 ACBL members whose 21/22 Michael Kolacki, Chicago IL; Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL 71.81 21/22 Clarke Cunningham, Dearborn MI; R Lisa, Grosse Ile MI 71.81 service fees or dues are 23 James Schmidt - David Robinson, Harrison Twp MI 70.82 current in order to 24 Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON; Bing Wong, Whitby ON 67.45 compete in any of the 25 Ronald Rogers, Troy MI; Michael Kraut, Royal Oak MI 65.46 following nationally 26 Richard Mellor, Cleveland TN; Michael Sherman, Chickamauga GA 61.10 ranked events: Baldwin 27 Mark Churchman - Larry Custead, Saskatoon SK 58.32 28/29 Henri Barki, Westmount QC; Hayk Bosnakyan, Montreal QC 56.73 (Flight A), , Vanderbilt Knockout 28/29 Bill Huepenbecker, Huron OH; Jonathan Holmes, Houston TX 56.73 Teams, Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs, Rockwell 30 Tom McCrackin, Carpinteria CA; Kalon Kelley, Santa Barbara CA 53.96 Mixed Pairs, Lebhar IMP Pairs, Whitehead 31/32 Howard Heckman, Rochester Hills MI; Kiran Gulati, Bloomfield MI 51.18 Women’s Pairs, , and the 31/32 Martin Gaerttner, Dearborn MI; Paul Kirby, New York NY 51.18 33 Jennifer Kuhn - Philip Kuhn, San Mateo CA 50.39 Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams. The entry fees for 34 Edward Zujko, Clinton Twp MI; Sardarsinh Gohel, Troy MI 49.59 these contests are $18 per player per session. 35 Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; Juan Castillo, Wilton Manors FL 49.20 Players must also be current ACBL members to 36 Steven Gewirtzman, Ambler PA; Clifford Wilson Jr, Skillman NJ 48.40 play in the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs, the Golder 37/38 Jason Clevenger - Sasanka Ramanadham, Saint Louis MO 48.01 North American Pairs (Flight B) and the President’s 37/38 Howard Engle, Highland Park IL; Mark Weisman, Glenview IL 48.01 Cup North American Pairs (Flight C). The entry fee 39 Randi Adelman - Bill Begert, New York NY 46.16 is $16.50 per player per session. 40 Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA 44.04 Regional championships are $15.50 per player 41 Thomas Sheppard, Chester NS; William Davidson, Pleasantville NS 42.05 per session for ACBL members, $17.50 for 42 David Hildebrand, Lake Forest Par WA; David Roselle, Kirkland WA 40.47 nonmembers. 43/45 Shawn Miller, Davison MI; Carolyn Mackaness, Lapeer MI 39.67 43/45 Allen Schwenk - Donald Jones, Portage MI 39.67 All other events are $14.50 per player per 43/45 Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT; Eleanor Seaman, New York NY 39.67 session for ACBL members, $16.50 for 46 Gary Robertson, Blenheim ON; Lee Easterbrook, Chatham ON 38.88 nonmembers. 47 James Potter, Farmingtn Hills MI; William Gregg, Livonia MI 38.48 48 Renee Alpert, Orange CA; C L M Duff, Costa Mesa CA 36.01 49 Marcia White, Lakeville MA; Eileen O’Neill, Fall River MA 35.71 No calls, please 50 Stephannie Russo, New York NY; David Morrow, Brooklyn NY 35.67 Cell phones, audible pagers or any similar 51 William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 34.12 communication equipment may 52 John Jensen, Maysville KY; Suanne Blair, Morehead KY 33.72 not be operated or operable in the 53 Justin Graver, Omaha NE; Jonathan Cohn, Sioux Falls SD 33.33 playing area during a session of 54 Jack Paulus, Detroit MI; Lynne Ziegler, Villages FL 32.53 play at NABCs except for health- 55/56 John Philbrook, Manchester MI; John Allen, Tecumseh MI 32.14 55/56 Ron Birnbaum, Los Angeles CA; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 32.14 related equipment or by 57 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA 30.95 permission of the director-in-charge 58 Mark Brighouse, Towaco NJ; Himanshu Joshi, Chester NJ 30.28 of the tournament or event. 59 William Riley - Nancy Riley, Silver Lake OH 29.76 60/61 Stephen Young, Mississauga ON; Danny Ioannidis, Stoney Creek ON 28.96 60/61 L Coryell, Pontiac MI; Howard Abrams, Huntington Wd MI 28.96 BARON BARCLAY 62 David Cohen, Thornhill ON; Bing Le, North York ON 28.17 63 Leroy Boser - David McNitt, Elkhart IN 26.33 BRIDGE SUPPLIES 64 Jeff Dater, Dallas TX; Carla Burke, Pensacola FL 25.79 65 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 24.74 Baron Barclay has all the new titles and a large 66/69 George Dragich - Rosemary Dragich, Windsor ON 24.20 selection of sale books. We also have Detroit 66/69 Ronald Lipowski - Terry T Brown, Rochester Hills MI 24.20 NABC Souvenir Pins for $8 or free with any 66/69 Gloria Tsoi, Arlington MA; Brian Duran, Somerville MA 24.20 purchase of $20 or more. 66/69 Fabrizio Biasiolo, Oakland Gardens NY; Philip Lentz, New York NY 24.20 70 Matthew Dyer - Lorraine Cable, Dorchester MA 22.61 71 Mark Steele, Albuquerque NM; Kenneth Kaufman, Derwood MD 20.23 72 Don Maupin - Thomas Rossow, South Bend IN 19.44 73 Laurie Gordon, Warren MI; James Saionz, Lakeland FL 19.17 Win $50! 74 William Granger, Bradenton FL; Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI 19.04 Baron Barclay will give away a $50 gift certificate 75/76 Denise Hoffman - Jon Olson, Marquette MI 18.25 each day from Saturday, March 8 to Saturday, 75/76 Bob Bartko, Aurora OH; Wayne Ward, Newbury OH 18.25 March 15. Sign up at the Baron Barclay Bridge 77 Jadwiga Polujan, Port Coquitlam BC; Zoran Peca, Vancouver BC 16.27 Supplies booth for your chance to win! 78 Christopher Cowan, Mississauga ON; Patti Lee, Toronto ON 16.00 The winner of Thursday’s drawing is 79 Barry Wilderman, Little Neck NY; Daniel Wilderman, New Haven CT 14.82 Lucy Peacock of Grosse Pointe MI. 80 Daniel McKinley - Kathleen Mulligan, Pittsburgh PA 12.44 81/82 Donna Sparks - Fred Feigley, Houston TX 11.51 81/82 Suzanne Baker - Nancy Hammond, East Lansing MI 11.51 83 David Hunt - Martha Woodworth, San Diego CA 11.11 84 Bob Jones, Acworth GA; Donna Marks, Atlanta GA 10.71 85 Cyrinda Forth - Dwight Goden, Peterborough ON 8.33 86 Paul Wolf II, Shrewsbury MA; Kimberly Gilman, Carlisle MA 3.17 87 Curt Hofer, Novi MI; Steven Jacob, Birmingham MI 1.98 88 Beth Armstrong, Kalamazoo MI; Stu Cohen, Southfield MI 0.00 Baron Barclay is located on the 4th Level in the Renaissance Ballroom foyer. We are open from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 7:30 p.m. daily. Daily Bulletin Page 13

ACBL-ABA SIDE SERIES V - SIXTH SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Michael Kelingos, Plymouth MI; Kenneth Hays, Ypsilanti MI 66.35% 1 Sherby Chernin, Cincinnati OH; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 65.71% 2 Jacob Schuurman, Three Rivers MI; Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI 58.97% 2 1 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Michael Mullendore, Ellicott City MD 58.33% 3 2 Ellen Fisher - Franklin Fisher, Cambridge MA 57.05% 3 Howard Friedman, Great Neck NY; Lauren Block, Manhasset NY 56.73% 4 Elaine Ware - Martin Ware, Vernon BC 56.73% 4 Jane Dickey, Little Rock AR; Jack Tidball, Rison AR 55.29% 5 3 2 Glen Macwilliam, Alberton PE; Bernard Griffin, O’Leary PE 55.93% 5 2 John Gajar - Kai Hsi, Ann Arbor MI 53.85% 6/7 Dick Duff, Denver CO; Richard Wieland, Falls Church VA 53.69% 6 Ruth-Anne Mazer, Towson MD; Michael White, Atlanta GA 52.72% 6/7 4 Lewis Allen - Jill Miller, Rochester NY 53.69% 7 3 1 Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Mary Schultze, Union MI 52.08% 5 Louis Allen, Southfield MI; Berrye Thompson, Farmington Hls MI 53.04% 4 2 Ken Rochlen - Rita Rochlen, Austin TX 51.44%

JON FROEMKE STRAT IMPS - THURSDAY EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Natalie Hertz - Dan Hertz, Harrison NY 61.65 1 1 Ragi El-Hoss, Willowdale ON; Saad Dahdouh, Whitby ON 73.29 2 Gail Hanson - Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI 52.35 2 2 Harvey Bernstein - Irene Bernstein, Solon OH 23.88 3 Jay Baum, Germantown TN; Patti Stuhlman, Minneapolis MN 36.35 3 3 1 Rosalyn Silverstein, Bronx NY; Surendra Mandava, Saratoga CA -2.06 4 1 Diana Dahdouh, Whitby ON; M-Christine El-Hoss, Willowdale ON 18.71 4 William McFall, New Berlin WI; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA -2.35 2 Paul Hamper, Chicago IL; Elianor Kennie, Kentville NS 16.88 3 1 Patti Perlmuter, Beachwood OH; Janet Rice, Cleveland OH -21.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Riva Akerman - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 46.06 1 Beverly Gardner, Farmington Hls MI; Jeffrey Lesser, Oro Valley AZ 52.47 2 Ken Monzingo, San Diego CA; Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Spgs CO 33.12 2 1 Paul Markowitz, Westborough MA; Bruce Roberts, Rockville MD 50.35 3 Peter Kyper, West Chester PA; Reiko Raese, Boulder CO 19.00 3 2 1 Thomas Aldrich III, Palatine IL; Monica Jung, Lake Barrington IL 18.35 4 1 1 Mary Ann Laritz, Holland OH; Pat Docis, Toledo OH 15.53 4 3 2 Ann Couch, Colorado Spgs CO; Janet Jordan, Aledo TX 11.35 2 Robert Pezzack - Shirley Wright, Toronto ON 13.35 3 Marianne Varion, Waterford MI; Lois Booth, Birmingham MI -6.18 2 Donna Frohm, Burtchville MI; Judith Kilcher, Clinton Twp MI -9.12

EDYTHE SCHELBERG OPEN - SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS OO PP EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Leif Bremark, Stockholm; Grace Jeklin, Surrey BC 63.13% 1 Alice Brown, Midlothian VA; En Xie, Saint Louis MO 59.97% 2 R Wayne Penrod, Kettering OH; Bobbi Johnson, Centerville OH 62.44% 2 1 Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 57.48% 3 Phil Leon, Grosse Pointe MI; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 59.72% 3 2 1 Jim Mulbrandon, Verona WI; David Raitt, Madison WI 57.04% 4 Adriana Yanez, Mexico Mexico; Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico 59.35% 4 3 Gamal Elashhab - James Elliott, Saginaw MI 56.82% 5 Abe Jakob, Ft Lauderdale FL; Priscilla Smith, Marietta GA 57.16% 5 4 2 S Berry, Bath MI; Karen Hoffner, Smithville NJ 56.69% 6 Darryl Harrison - Walter Casper, Grand Rapids MI 55.77% 6 5 Carl Bartone, Bonita Springs FL; Karen Bartone, Penticton BC 56.14% 7 James Stokes, Grand Rapids MI; Bernace De Young, Miami FL 54.37% 7 Roberta Magnus - Michael Gore, Brooklyn NY 54.68% 8 2 1 Jordan Winick - Ross Jamieson, Toronto ON 53.72% 8 Karen Nimmons - Paul Nimmons, Houston TX 52.95% 9 3 2 Philip Taskila, Negaunee MI; Charles Coffey, Marquette MI 53.50% 9 6 Margaret Bell, Warren MI; Jane Hall, Clinton Twp MI 52.65% 10 4 3 Gene Froc, Lumsden SK; Jason Larrivee, Regina SK 52.31% 10 7 3 Michael Moran, Farmington MI; Dolores Moran, Livonia MI 52.60% 5 Sue Mandell - Patrick Dutson, Cincinnati OH 52.05% 8 Alan Bau - Brenda Bau, Kalamazoo MI 51.36% 6 4 Edwin Elton, Ridgewood NJ; Michael Atkins, Wayne NJ 51.92% 4 Henry Kwok - Dorothy Kwok, Edmonton AB 48.97% 7 5 Mark Gilje, Saint Louis MO; Caroline Gilje, St Louis MO 50.89% 8 Joseph Thomas - Joyce Nakasaki, Redondo Beach CA 48.90%

DON HOCEVAR 299ER PAIRS - THURSDAY EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Fulchand Jain, Grand Blanc MI; David Katzen, Sparta NJ 65.88% 1 Joan Wieber, Ballwin MO; Mary Smith, Eureka MO 59.93% 2 1 Mary Eva - Richard Eva Jr, Canton MI 63.22% 2 1 Norman Claerr - Christine Claerr, Davisburg MI 59.57% 3 2 David Micci, Rutherford NJ; Francis Realini, North Arlington NJ 54.74% 3 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 58.33% 4 3 1 Sharon Maaske, Troy MI; Rebecca Bray, Glen Allen VA 51.73% 4 2 1 Robert Matheson - Margaret Matheson, Glen Allen VA 57.51% 5 4 2 Gideon Cook, Sterling Hts MI; Alan Orizondo, Ann Arbor MI 51.03% 5 3 2 Bob Poglits - Ellen Poglits, 53.10%

BARBARA FRIEDENBERG SENIORS - FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 62.27% 1 1 Peter Speksnyder - Jeanette Law, Hamilton ON 56.48% 2 1 1 Glen Macwilliam, Alberton PE; Bernard Griffin, O’Leary PE 56.94% 2 Shiv Arora, Saginaw MI; George Churchill, Swartz MI 56.02% 3 Genevieve Hewitt - Richard Hewitt, New York NY 56.25% 3 2 1 Richard Brown - Randi Brown, Kingston MI 55.56% 4 2 Ken Donelson, Canton MI; Yoko Higasa, Southfield MI 53.70% 4 3 2 Thomas Hunt, Rochester Hills MI; Ross Weinstein, Oakland MI 55.09% 5 Lilo Dare, Bloomfield MI; James Anderson III, Waterford MI 52.08% 5 Thomas Bode, Toledo OH; Charles Gaeth, Benicia CA 53.47% 3 Ronald Olsen, Fairport NY; R. Anthony Auriemma, Pittsford NY 51.16% 2 Robin Mayer, Westlake OH; Carol Cooperider, North Olmsted OH 47.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Gisela Gunderson, Lowell MI; Lois DeBoer, Grand Rapids MI 63.66% 1 Donald Van Arman, Bloomington IN; Stephen Lurie, Charlotte NC 64.58% 2 2 Gail Levy, Melville NY; Reisha Berkowsky, Huntingtn Sta NY 57.64% 2 Doris Tubbesing, Cleveland OH; Susan Craney, N Royalton OH 57.64% 3 Brenda Jaffe, Farmington MI; Rose Burke, Bloomfield Hill MI 56.71% 3 1 1 Han Wang - Michael Adelberg, Ann Arbor MI 56.48% 4 3 Elmer Johansen - J Morris Swiger, Ann Arbor MI 53.01% 4 Robert Early, Shelby Township MI; Richard Early, Cuyahoga Falls OH 55.56% 5 4 2 Mary Hamlett - Loretta Gibbens, Nashville TN 51.62% 5 Edward Bloom - Mari Kaftan, West Bloomfield MI 50.93% 2 2 Cynthia Luce, Grse Pnte Farms MI; Catherine Nierle, Detroit MI 46.99% 3 Patricia Stephenson, Lansing MI; Kathryn Kevern, East Lansing MI 46.76%

SECOND THURSDAY FAST OPEN - SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Matthew Huntington, Rochester MN; John Kropinak, Columbus OH 55.42% 1 Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON; Don Brock, Brampton ON 62.50% 2 Riva Akerman - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 54.17% 2 1 1 Michael Kaleel, Sterling Hts MI; Gerald Skellenger, Rochester Hills MI 54.58% 3 Marilyn Mac Donald - Bill Mac Donald, Corpus Christi TX 51.67% 3 2 Gary King, Hermosa Beach CA; Allan Sweet, Chicago IL 51.25% Page 14 Daily Bulletin

BARBARA FRIEDENBERG SENIORS - SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Shiv Arora, Saginaw MI; George Churchill, Swartz MI 62.96% 1 1 1 David Miles, Franklin MI; Irving Hershman, Huntington Wd MI 59.26% 2 1 Prantosh Sengupta - Stanley Robinson, Sarnia ON 62.04% 2 Marilyn Crane, Livonia MI; Carl Eastman, Toms River NJ 58.10% 3 Genevieve Hewitt - Richard Hewitt, New York NY 59.72% 3 2 2 Gisela Gunderson, Lowell MI; Lois DeBoer, Grand Rapids MI 57.87% 4 2 1 Thomas Bode, Toledo OH; Charles Gaeth, Benicia CA 58.10% 4 3 Gordon Crone, West Seneca NY; George Donsky, Orchard Park NY 55.32% 5 Antonia Okany, Etobicoke ON; Dan McCaw, Toronto ON 56.25% 5 Brenda Jaffe, Farmington MI; Rose Burke, Bloomfield Hill MI 55.09% 3 Peter Speksnyder - Jeanette Law, Hamilton ON 49.31% 2 Thomas Hunt, Rochester Hills MI; Ross Weinstein, Oakland MI 48.15% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Jim Linhart, Raleigh NC; Richard Budd, Portland ME 69.21% 1 Michael Slaven, Elkhart IN; Betty Jackson, Pebble Beach CA 61.34% 2 Donald Van Arman, Bloomington IN; Stephen Lurie, Charlotte NC 59.49% 2 1 Ronald Olsen, Fairport NY; R. Anthony Auriemma, Pittsford NY 59.95% 3 Robert Early, Shelby Township MI; Richard Early, Cuyahoga Falls OH 59.26% 3 Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 59.72% 4 Edward Bloom - Mari Kaftan, West Bloomfield MI 58.56% 4 2 1 Glen Macwilliam, Alberton PE; Bernard Griffin, O’Leary PE 59.49% 5 1 1 Han Wang - Michael Adelberg, Ann Arbor MI 57.18% 5 3 2 Michael Nolan - Marilynn Nolan, Troy MI 52.31% 2 Philip Smith, Fenton MI; Dallas Hodgins, Flint MI 47.69% 3 2 John Hartigan - Pamela Hartigan, Hamden CT 47.22%

IMP PAIRS - 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F G H EAST-WEST 1 Kathy Benjamin, Arlington MA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 47.43 1 Stephen Burgess, Sydney Australia; Paul Marston, Australia 1360 Australia 73.51 2 Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 304G Netherlands 44.92 2 Jeffrey Smith - David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 56.22 3 Steve O’Guin, Taylor MI; Cristina Tita, Northville MI 42.20 3 James Cayne, New York NY; Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy 50.41 4 Matthew Mallory, San Diego CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Petah Tikva 493 Israel 29.69 4 Chris Moll, Jefferson City TN; Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC 49.22 5 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 25.35 5 Cindy Marshall, Knoxville TN; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 47.78 6 Vera Petty - Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda 21.04 6 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 40.08 7 Alon Apteker - Craig Gower, Johannesburg South Africa 20.92 7 Daniel Levin, Aurora IL; Christopher Monsour, Chicago IL 35.41 8 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 20.31 8 Ira Chorush, Houston TX; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 34.84 9 Jack Goodykoontz - Vicki Goodykoontz, Morgantown WV 20.25 9 Cliff Pleatman - V Netherwood, Cincinnati OH 34.67 10 John Rengstorff - John Ramos, New York NY 19.57 10 Michael Crane, Canton MI; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 32.14 11 , Scottsdale AZ; David Lindop, Toronto ON 18.94 11 Bob Feller, Guilderland NY; Simon Kantor, Agawam MA 27.71 12 Jeffrey Goldman, Norwalk CT; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 18.29 12 Gary Kessler, Springfield IL; Joan Stein, Milwaukee WI 25.24 13 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White, Raleigh NC 17.78 13 Peter Weiden, Chicago IL; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 23.65 14 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 14.73 14 Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA; Nels Erickson, Sparks NV 22.33 15 Jim Looby, Burbank CA; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 14.33 15 Jared Riley, Brampton ON; Craig Barkhouse, Redmond WA 22.25 16 Joe Chiesa, Oak Park MI; Mike Graham, Ann Arbor MI 14.10 16 Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 19.61 17 John Schermer, Seattle WA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY 11.94 17 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 16.39 18 Marc Robinson, Troy MI; David Robinson, New York NY 10.67 18 Marc Nathan, New York NY; Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY 13.63 19 Gary Brinker, Maumee OH; Joseph Ernsthausen, Sylvania OH 7.82 19 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 13.61 20 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Chuck Said, Nashville TN 7.78 20 John Kinst, Batavia IL; W Harris Jr, Lombard IL 9.53 21 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; , Buffalo NY 7.25 21 Philip Gordon, Las Vegas NV; Brian Glubok, New York NY 7.94 22 Beth Palmer - William Cole, Silver Spring MD 6.84 22 Michael D Alioto, Birmingham MI; Robert Stayman, New Rochelle NY 7.71 23 Leslie Amoils - George Mittelman, Toronto ON 5.55 23 Dennis Hesthaven, Louisville KY; Ron Mitchell, Jeffersonvlle IN 3.80 24 Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 4.90 24 James Priebe, Mississauga ON; Stephen Mackay, Markham ON 3.31 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D EAST-WEST 1 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 58.05 1 Christopher Marlow, Wilmington DE; Andy Muenz, Brookhaven PA 64.39 2 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 51.25 2 Michael Seamon - Shannon Cappelletti, Hollywood FL 51.69 3 Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI; Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 50.31 3 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Anil Padhye, Mumbay India 44.99 4 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 47.76 4 David Berkowitz - Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 42.63 5 Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Edward Wojewoda, Clovis CA 44.51 5 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 42.59 6 Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; David Hoffner, Smithville NJ 30.56 6 James Tritt - Farid Assemi, Fresno CA 35.20 7 Paul Schroeder, Wind Lake WI; Dick Benson, Le Roy IL 30.37 7 Bjarni Einarsson, 740 Neskaupstad Iceland; Kristjan Blondal, Kopavogur Iceland 33.59 8 Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Robert Crafton, W Bloomfield MI 27.55 8 George Groves, Armonk NY; Fred Chasalow, Millbrae CA 31.21 9 Rita Ellington, Traverse City MI; Robert Morris, Houston TX 26.76 9 Martha Katz, Hinsdale IL; Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD 30.61 10 Howard Weinstein - Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Sarasota FL 26.20 10 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Martin Fleisher, New York NY 30.02 11 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 25.92 11 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; L James Phillips, Chicago IL 23.55 12 Martin Bloom, Sydney 2031 Australia; Kieran Dyke, Glebe Nsw Australia 24.74 12 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Frank Sensoli, St Clair Shrs MI 22.71 13 Myron Charfoos, West Bloomfield MI; Walter Goldsmith, Bloomfield MI 21.84 13 Piotr Zak, ; Shawn Quinn, 30-218 Krakow Poland 22.02 14 Sylwia McNamara - Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 21.38 14 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 21.76 15 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Bud Biswas, Lexington MA 20.25 15 Steven Picus, Mequon WI; Jimmy Pelham, North Baldwin NY 21.10 16 Donald Simmons - August Boehm, New York NY 17.91 16 Jan Janitschke, Littleton CO; Garth Yettick, Denver CO 20.08 17 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Ron Beall, Bellingham WA 15.57 17 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN 19.73 18 Jim Washer - Ralph Letizia Jr, Louisville KY 14.76 18 Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 18.74 19 Allan Graves, Vancouver BC; Melih Ozdil, Astoria NY 14.58 19 Helen Johnston - Robert Hanly, Ajax ON 13.53 20 Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Robert Kent, Marina Dl Rey CA 13.68 20 Mike Aliotta, Edmond OK; Raymond Zekauskas Jr, Tulsa OK 12.29 21 Judith Gartaganis - Nicholas Gartaganis, Calgary AB 12.88 21 Gerard Laquerriere, Clovis CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 11.22 22 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 11.49 22 Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai India; S Karmakar, 10.07 23 Judith Weisman, Englewood NJ; Ronald Felton, New York NY 9.03 23 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI 7.83 24 Claire Kern, Voorhees NJ; Helen Raleigh, Suffern NY 7.84 24 Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Mark Leonard, Ypsilanti MI 6.78 25 Phil Schaefer - Nell Schaefer, Los Angeles CA 7.25 25 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Walter Johnson, Columbus OH 5.41

WHITEHEAD WOMENS PAIRS - FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I J EAST-WEST 1 Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Judi Radin, New York NY 64.23% 1 Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 61.62% 2 Sherie Greenberg, Palo Alto CA; Kathy Harper, Woodside CA 62.46% 2 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, US 60.08% 3 Kathy Baum, Germantown TN; Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 60.85% 3 Susan Culham - K Fung, Edmonton AB 59.62% 4/5 Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI; Mary Smith, Detroit MI 59.62% 4 Christine Boylson, Sydney Australia; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 58.15% 4/5 Jane Segal, Villanova PA; Judy Kay-Wolff, Las Vegas NV 59.62% 5 Wendy Sameroff, Las Vegas NV; Linda Perlman, Lake Park FL 57.46% 6 Judy Singer - Joan Richardson, Scarborough ON 59.08% 6 Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 56.08% 7 Margaret Williams, Forest Hill MD; Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC 58.08% 7 Cecily Kohler, Washington DC; Sarah Anne Cressy, Falls Church VA 55.46% 8 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 57.38% 8 Kaye Krebs, Virginia Beach VA; Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL 54.85% 9 Malle Andrade, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 55.54% 9 Jennifer Ballantyne, Vancouver BC; Angela Fenton, North Vancouver BC 53.69% 10 - Malou Flato, Austin TX 54.69% 10 Valerie Westheimer, New York NY; Migry Zur Campanile, East Palo Alto CA 53.31% 11 Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD 54.38% 11 Lynne Feldman, Champaign IL; Chris Benson, Le Roy IL 53.08% 12 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 54.15% 12 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 51.77% 13 Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Susan Picus, New York NY 53.23% 13/14 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Ethel Birnbach, Portland OR 51.54% 14 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 53.15% 13/14 Irina Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 51.54%

EDYTHE SCHELBERG OPEN - 1:00 PM SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQ RR EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Mares Hirchert, Hartland MI; Agnes Colley, Brighton MI 64.29% 1 1 Leif Bremark, Stockholm; Grace Jeklin, Surrey BC 62.73% 2 Robert Sulgrove, Spring Valley OH; William Higgins, Cincinnati OH 61.99% 2 2 John Macksey - Margaret Pioch, Toledo OH 60.32% 3 2 Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 60.30% 3 R Wayne Penrod, Kettering OH; Bobbi Johnson, Centerville OH 58.75% 4 3 Gamal Elashhab - James Elliott, Saginaw MI 55.81% 4 Alice Brown, Midlothian VA; En Xie, Saint Louis MO 57.86% 5 James Stokes, Grand Rapids MI; Bernace De Young, Miami FL 55.79% 5 3 Joseph Thomas - Joyce Nakasaki, Redondo Beach CA 57.70% 6 4 Margaret Bell, Warren MI; Jane Hall, Clinton Twp MI 55.22% 6 Phillip Kielpinski, Amarillo TX; Phil Hook, Atlanta GA 55.90% 7 5 2 Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX; Max Frey, Dallas TX 55.14% 7 4 1 Edwin Elton, Ridgewood NJ; Michael Atkins, Wayne NJ 55.84% 8 6 3 Nancy Monasmith, Fostoria OH; Anne Moore, Findlay OH 54.88% 8 Deanna Holtzman, Bloomfield Hls MI; Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 55.02% 9 7 Bruce McKeithan, Shawnee Mission KS; Freda McKeithan, Shawnee Msn KS 53.51% 9 Karen Nimmons - Paul Nimmons, Houston TX 53.85% 10 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Mary Paulone Carns, Export PA 52.63% 10 5 Sue Mandell - Patrick Dutson, Cincinnati OH 53.80% 8 Mario Rodrigues, Mississauga ON; Sandra Williams, Walnut Creek CA 51.98% 6 2 Jordan Winick - Ross Jamieson, Toronto ON 52.34% 4 R Nichols - W Nichols, Hays KS 50.40% 7 Alan Bau - Brenda Bau, Kalamazoo MI 52.30% 8 3 Michael Moran, Farmington MI; Dolores Moran, Livonia MI 51.50% 4 Renata Wasserman - Martha Toon, Ann Arbor MI 50.69% 5 Mark Gilje, Saint Louis MO; Caroline Gilje, St Louis MO 45.01%

ACBL-ABA SIDE SERIES V - 5TH OF 6 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Mary Schultze, Union MI 62.04% 1 Elaine Ware, Vernon BC; John Laufer, Toronto ON 64.12% 2 Sandra Hammer, New Smyrna Bch FL; Courtney Nelson, Wells VT 61.81% 2/3 1/2 Robert Stern, Rochester MI; Jacob Schuurman, Three Rivers MI 59.03% 3 2 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI; Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK 52.08% 2/3 1/2 Almond Schock - Chrystyna Schock, Wheatley ON 59.03% 4 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI; D Thomas Johnson, Dowling MI 51.16% 4 Carolyn Sullivan - James Sullivan, Richfield OH 53.47% 5 3 Carole Tunick - Judy Soley, Scarsdale NY 50.46% 5 Leslie Williams, Golden CO; Daniel Williams, Denver CO 52.08% 4 2 Janet Kincannon - M. Cook, Detroit MI 50.00% 3 Bert Onstott III - Katherine Onstott, Stafford TX 49.31% 3 Robert Anderson, Bridgeton MO; Suzy Seldin, Saint Louis MO 48.38% 1 Lynn Giesler - Clare Obermeyer, Cleveland OH 47.69% 2 Paul Krenn - Donald Sutton, Grand Rapids MI 43.98%

RED RIBBON PAIRS - 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS O P EAST-WEST 1 David Hildebrand, Lake Forest Par WA; David Roselle, Kirkland WA 58.92% 1 Jingsong Liu, Kirkland WA; Brian Zaugg, Burien WA 63.92% 2/3 Ron Nelken - Sidney Kanter, Clifton NJ 58.85% 2 William Riley - Nancy Riley, Silver Lake OH 62.15% 2/3 Larry Rosen, Albany NY; Steven Shaye, Slingerlands NY 58.85% 3/4 Nancy Joe - Qiang Zhang, Austin TX 61.15% 4 James Potter, Farmingtn Hills MI; William Gregg, Livonia MI 58.38% 3/4 Adam Lally, Cold Spring NY; Dana Rossi, Norwalk CT 61.15% 5 Jack Paulus, Detroit MI; Lynne Ziegler, Villages FL 58.23% 5 Bruce Scott, Des Plaines IL; James Abbott, Chicago IL 59.92% 6 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; Ben Feinswog, Coconut Grove FL 57.38% 6 Bill Huepenbecker, Huron OH; Jonathan Holmes, Houston TX 57.46% 7 Fabrizio Biasiolo, Oakland Gardens NY; Philip Lentz, New York NY 56.38% 7 Ronald Lipowski - Terry T Brown, Rochester Hills MI 56.92% 8 Michael Kolacki, Chicago IL; Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL 55.92% 8 Martin Gaerttner, Dearborn MI; Paul Kirby, New York NY 56.77% 9 Douglas Ogozaly, Ubly MI; Joseph Fehir Jr, Fenton MI 54.31% 9 Susan Cohen - Jerry Cohen, Winnipeg MB 56.46% 10 Suzanne Baker - Nancy Hammond, East Lansing MI 54.08% 10 Rose Boot, Fresno CA; Caryn Villalon, Fallbrook CA 55.31% 11 Lee Ohliger - Jonathan Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ 53.54% 11 Clarke Cunningham, Dearborn MI; R Lisa, Grosse Ile MI 53.62% 12 Danielle Boyer, Terrebonne QC; Keith Hogan, Laval QC 53.31% 12 Stephen Young, Mississauga ON; Danny Ioannidis, Stoney Creek ON 52.23% 13 David Wilmington - Suzanne Cook, Eureka CA 52.69% 13 Paul Wolf II, Shrewsbury MA; Kimberly Gilman, Carlisle MA 52.15% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS Q R EAST-WEST 1 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 60.08% 1 Long Xie, Burnaby BC; Baixiang Liu, Vancouver BC 63.46% 2 Adam Parrish, Cincinnati OH; Gordon Adkins, West Chester OH 59.31% 2 James Edmiston, Cincinnati OH; Rob Weidenfeld, Lebanon OH 61.15% 3 Daniel Cecchelli - Laurie Due, Hamilton ON 57.77% 3 Christopher Cowan, Mississauga ON; Patti Lee, Toronto ON 57.62% 4 Mike Develin, Mountain View CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 56.85% 4 Robert Todd - Bob Soni, Tallahassee FL 57.08% 5/6 Shawn Miller, Davison MI; Carolyn Mackaness, Lapeer MI 55.31% 5 Ned Kohler - Sherryl Buchler, Scottsdale AZ 55.92% 5/6 Randi Adelman - Bill Begert, New York NY 55.31% 6 Barry Wilderman, Little Neck NY; Daniel Wilderman, New Haven CT 54.69% 7 George Dragich - Rosemary Dragich, Windsor ON 53.77% 7 Patrick Moos - Charles Young, Peoria IL 54.23% 8 Mark Brighouse, Towaco NJ; Himanshu Joshi, Chester NJ 53.62% 8 Howard Engle, Highland Park IL; Mark Weisman, Glenview IL 54.00% 9 John Jensen, Maysville KY; Suanne Blair, Morehead KY 52.46% 9 Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA 53.23% 10/11 Charles Lyon, Akron OH; John Marhofer, Cuyahoga Fls OH 51.77% 10 Jess Jurkovic - Chaim Kozlovsky, New York NY 52.85% 10/11 David Hunt - Martha Woodworth, San Diego CA 51.77% 11 Marcia White, Lakeville MA; Eileen O’Neill, Fall River MA 52.15% Daily Bulletin Page 15

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS S T EAST-WEST 1 Robert Levey, Chevy Chase MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 62.69% 1 William Graber, Markham ON; Ron Haney, West Hill ON 64.69% 2 Allen Schwenk - Donald Jones, Portage MI 62.46% 2/3 Ronald Rogers, Troy MI; Michael Kraut, Royal Oak MI 58.85% 3 David Poeppelman - Lucy Poeppelman, Ottawa OH 58.69% 2/3 Frances Prus, Pittsburgh PA; Xinlei Ma, Canton MI 58.85% 4 Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; David Weisman, Englewood NJ 58.00% 4 Thomas Sheppard, Chester NS; William Davidson, Pleasantville NS 57.85% 5 Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON; Bing Wong, Whitby ON 54.92% 5 Richard Brummer, Effingham IL; Claire Krukenberg, Charleston IL 57.31% 6 Richard Mellor, Cleveland TN; Michael Sherman, Chickamauga GA 54.23% 6 Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT; Eleanor Seaman, New York NY 56.92% 7 William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 54.08% 7 Howard Heckman, Rochester Hills MI; Kiran Gulati, Bloomfield MI 56.69% 8 Mark Steele, Albuquerque NM; Kenneth Kaufman, Derwood MD 53.92% 8 Mike Peng, Waterloo ON; Peter Peng, North York ON 55.38% 9 Jason Clevenger - Sasanka Ramanadham, Saint Louis MO 53.54% 9 Tom McCrackin, Carpinteria CA; Kalon Kelley, Santa Barbara CA 54.46% 10 Gary Robertson, Blenheim ON; Lee Easterbrook, Chatham ON 53.00% 10 Mark Churchman - Larry Custead, Saskatoon SK 53.77% 11 C Conrad - Ann Conrad, Castro Valley CA 52.69% 11 Steven Gewirtzman, Ambler PA; Clifford Wilson Jr, Skillman NJ 52.77%

POINTE BRIDGE CENTER 49ER PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION U EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Thomas Hebron - Connie Hebron, Jones MI 60.88% 1 1 1 Wendy Subrin - Rich Subrin, Rochester Hills MI 63.91% 2 Josie Doherty - Marcia Cowen, Beverly Hills MI 57.98% 2 2 Walter Sackville, Vero Beach FL; Joyce Arnold, Lasalle ON 57.05% 3 Anne Czuchna - Carl Czuchna, Kalamazoo MI 53.77% 3 3 Robert McCurry - Maryellen Jones, Clarkston MI 57.01% 4 1 1 Linda Lenchner, Bloomfield Hlls MI; Judy Tann, Bingham Farms MI 52.91% 4 4 L Jeanne Kabeck, Farmington Hls MI; Robin Myles, W Bloomfield MI 54.80% 5 2 2 Carole Levin - Elaine Raznick, West Bloomfield MI 52.39% 5 2 Carol Winkelman, Southfield MI; Judith Kamins, Bloomfield Hls MI 53.91% 6 3 Joanne Fiedler, Grand Rapids MI; Denise Baldwin, Birmingham MI 51.72% 6 Marian Kohlenberg, Huntington MI; Marjorie Katz, Huntington Wood MI 53.55% 4 Pamela Leonard, Huntington Wds MI; Nancy Stein, Huntington Woods MI 51.57%

POINTE BRIDGE CENTER 299ERS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION V EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 David Hirschland - Armin Fischer, West Bloomfield MI 60.42% 1 Joan Wieber, Ballwin MO; Mary Smith, Eureka MO 60.42% 2 2 2 Carol Diebold, Birmingham MI; Martha Radek Smith, Bloomfield MI 55.36% 2 1 Karen Stevenson, Comstock Park MI; Elsie Stanislaw, Grand Rapids MI 57.74% 3/4 3/4 Ken Facer - Dorothy Facer, Mississauga ON 54.17% 3/4 2 B George Holcombe - Carol Holcombe, Anchorage AK 56.55% 3/4 3/4 Mary Eva - Richard Eva Jr, Canton MI 54.17% 3/4 Julie Baba, Waterford MI; Sally Sehn, Bloomfield MI 56.55% 3 1 Kathy Simpson, Bloomfield Hills MI; Eva Rival, Bloomfield Hls MI 55.06% 4 2 Lorraine McLaughlin, Bloomfield Hills MI; Marilyn Davey, Bloomfield MI 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Raj Patil, Bloomfield Hill MI; Vishwas Gadgil, Troy MI 65.77% 1 1 John Drake, Saline MI; Stephen Stewart, Ann Arbor MI 62.50% 2 2 2 Judy Liss, Birmingham MI; Bonnie Weinstein, Farmington MI 57.14% 2 2 Wilma Swayze, Auburn Hills MI; Margaret Davis, Rochester Hills MI 53.87% 3 Fulchand Jain, Grand Blanc MI; David Katzen, Sparta NJ 55.06% 3 Douglas Lawson - Sandra Lawson, Whitby ON 52.68% 4 3 Cassandra Rodger, Troy MI; Diane Pasik, Sterling Hts MI 54.76% 4 3 1 John Kring - Louise Kring, Saginaw MI 51.49% 4/5 2/3 John Gardon, Bloomfield Hls MI; Berta Gardon, Bloomfield Hill MI 50.89% 4/5 2/3 Judith Arbus - Elaine Givertz, Toronto ON 50.89% THURSDAY A.M. 300/150/50 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Anne Czuchna - Carl Czuchna, Kalamazoo MI 64.02% 1 1 Milli Empedocles - Marcia Knapp, Ann Arbor MI 59.47% 2 2 Cindy Taylor - Neil Taylor, Holland MI 57.58% 2 2 Mary Scharff, Beverly Hills MI; Carol Lynch, Bloomfield MI 58.71% 3 3 2 Jean Hull, Grosse Pointe MI; Sally Shelden, Grosse Pte Farms MI 56.06% 3 Mary Smith, Eureka MO; Joan Wieber, Ballwin MO 58.14% 4 Joan Gitelman, North York ON; Doreen Rakusin, Toronto ON 53.79% 4 3 Mary Warren, Wheaton IL; Carolyn Satrum, Downers Grove IL 53.22% 5 4 Lydia Walsh, Allegan MI; Rosalie Philipp, Kalamazoo MI 52.46% 5 4 1 Mary Jung - Kathy Martin, Bloomfield Hills MI 51.70% 6 John Drake, Saline MI; Stephen Stewart, Ann Arbor MI 52.27% 6 5 Sook Wilkinson, Bloomfield Hill MI; Kathy Simpson, Bloomfield Hils MI 51.52% 2 Alice Haggerty - Arlene Lewis, Grosse Pointe MI 50.95%

WEST MICH SIDE SERIES VI - 1ST OF 3 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Steve Hawthorne, Bloomington IL; Bill Lindemann, Champaign IL 61.90% 1 1 1 Jordan Winick - Ross Jamieson, Toronto ON 62.50% 2 2 Matthew Duffy, Edina MN; Cezanne Martin, St Louis Park MN 56.55% 2 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY 62.20% 3 3 1 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Jerome Williams, Westerville OH 55.95% 3 2 Denise Hoffman - Jon Olson, Marquette MI 51.79% 4 4 2 Tommie Ruehr, Cleveland OH; Lynn Nosse, Grafton OH 50.89% 4 3 Cyrinda Forth - Dwight Goden, Peterborough ON 51.19% 2 John Hibshman, Shaker Heights OH; Nancy Fingerhut, Cleveland OH 47.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Ron Mitchell, Jeffersonvlle IN; Dennis Hesthaven, Louisville KY 62.80% 1 1 Edward Helpert - Robert Brussel, Tucson AZ 60.71% 2 1 1 Daniel Stone - Janet Stone, Madison WI 58.63% 2 2 1 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA 54.17% 3 2 Paul Irvine - Margaret Irvine, Allentown PA 56.25% 3 3 2 Nancy Monasmith, Fostoria OH; Anne Moore, Findlay OH 53.27% 4 3 Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Mary Schultze, Union MI 51.19% 4 4 3 Robert Anderson, Bridgeton MO; Suzy Seldin, Saint Louis MO 51.79%

SECOND THURSDAY FAST OPEN - 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Henry Bethe, Ithaca NY; Allen Tan, Makati Philippines 69.17% 1 Robert Varty - Dennis Blodgett, Grand Rapids MI 57.08% 2 1 1 Matthew Huntington, Rochester MN; John Kropinak, Columbus OH 52.08% 2 1 Surendra Mandava, Saratoga CA; Stewart Cramer, Pittsford NY 56.25% 3 2 Michael Kaleel, Sterling Hts MI; Gerald Skellenger, Rochester Hills MI 51.67% 3 Marilyn Mac Donald - Bill Mac Donald, Corpus Christi TX 53.33% 1 Charles Federman, Bloomfield Hls MI; Arnold Beckerman, W Bloomfield MI 52.71% TOMORROW’S BRIDGE EVENTS Saturday, March 15, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Wednesday-Saturday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 4th Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 The Western Michigan Unit 195 Morning Side Game 3rd single session Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 Part of the Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $14.50 $16.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $14.50 $16.50 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $14.50 $14.50 Saturday, March 15, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Stratified Fast Pairs 1-2 Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 Saturday, March 15, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. The Tom Gardner Stratified Senior Pairs 1-2 Mackinac Ballroom, Level 5 $15.50 $17.50 Saturday, March 15, 1p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $14.50 $16.50 0-20 Pairs single Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $14.50 $14.50 The Bloomfield Hills International Academy 0-5 Pairs single Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $14.50 $14.50 Saturday, March 15, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Jacoby Open Swiss Teams 1-2 Q Renaissance Ballroom, Level 4 $18 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams 1-2 Q Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $18 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Golder North American Pairs, Flight B 1-2 Q Renaissance Ballroom, Level 4 No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions President’s Cup North American Pairs, Flight C 1-2 Q Renaissance Ballroom, Level 4 No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions The Southern Michigan Bridge Association Unit 203 Strati-Flighted Pairs 1-2 Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 15, 1 & 8 p.m. Vanderbilt KO Teams Round 7 Cadillac Ballroom, Level 5 $18 Saturday, March 15, 7:30 p.m. The Madison Athletic Club One-session Stratified Swiss Teams single Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $14.50 $16.50 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 299er Stratified Swiss Teams single Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $14.50 $16.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $14.50 $16.50 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $14.50 $14.50 Saturday, March 15, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0-3000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2000, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Page 16 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S BRIDGE EVENTS See page 2 for other events Friday, March 14, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Wednesday-Saturday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 The Western Michigan Unit 195 Morning Side Game 2nd single session Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 Part of the Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $14.50 $16.50 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $14.50 $14.50 Friday, March 14, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Stratified Fast Pairs 1-2 Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 Friday, March 14, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Senior Pairs 1-2 Mackinac Ballroom, Level 5 $15.50 $17.50 Friday, March 14, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $14.50 $16.50 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $14.50 $14.50 Friday, March 14, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Lebhar IMP Pairs 1-2 F Renaissance Ballroom, Level 4 $18 Whitehead Women’s Pairs 1-2 F Renaissance Ballroom, Level 4 $18 Bean Red Ribbon Pairs 1-2 F Renaissance Ballroom, Level 4 $16.50 The Michigan Bridge Association Unit 137 Stratified Pairs 1-2 Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 The Beverly Bluth Memorial Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 The Premier Self Storage and Jacob Properties Compact KO Teams 1-4 Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 Friday, March 14, 1 & 8 p.m. Vanderbilt KO Teams Round 6 Cadillac Ballroom, Level 5 $18 Friday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. The Sylvia Stein Memorial One-session Stratified Swiss Teams single Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $14.50 $16.50 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session Ontario Exhibit Hall, Level 3 $15.50 $17.50 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $14.50 $16.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $14.50 $16.50 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $14.50 $14.50 Friday, March 14, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Ambassador Ballroom, Level 3 $12/team/match

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