Saturday, November 30, 2019 Volume 92, Number 2 Daily Bulletin 92nd Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski Kasle leads Heth aims to guide ACBL

After theSoloway first day of the qualifying KO round in the Soloway KO Teams, the squad captained by Gaylor through time of change When Georgia Heth’s term as ACBL president institutional memory. Kasle is in first place with 127.25 victory points. begins in January, she’ll be the longest-serving I’ve lived through Kasle of Boca Raton FL is playing with Josh Donn of member of the of Directors. A retired attorney many different Las Vegas NV and Polish teammates Piotr Tuczynski, from Morton IL, Heth was first elected as District attempts to change Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Michal Kwiecien, and 8 director in 2002 and attended her first meeting things. I hope that Bartosz Chmurski. that fall as first alternate when her outgoing district my experience and In second with 107.94 VPs is Stan Tulin and director decided to retire early. It was her 52nd my skills will enable company (, Dror Padon, Alon Birman, meeting this week when she was elected president. me to be a successful Louk Verhees and Cornelis Van Prooijen), while third It was also at that meeting where an important president.” place is occupied by Warren Spector’s team (Gavin vote on reducing the size of the ACBL Board failed Heth’s first act Wolpert, Vincent Demuy, John Kranyak, John Hurd, by two votes. as president-elect and ) with 106.69 VPs. “I think the ACBL is in a time of change, and was to let her fellow Today features the second half of the qualifying that it requires someone who can work well with the Board members know the reorganization issue isn’t round. Of the 94 teams that entered the event, 32 will board and management to get us through that,” said going away. “When the reorganization vote failed, I advance to the knockout phase which begins Sunday. Heth, who voted for the measure. “I have a lot of continued on page 5 Tuncok, Yilmaz Game plan long run. It’s Deshpande’s master plan. lead LM quals In 2016, Deshpande released a deceptively Cenk Tuncok of Amesbury MA and Gokhan simple app he dubbed Kida. Its purpose is to quiz Yilmaz of Istanbul, Turkey, posted the best score in players on how to take tricks, from basic one-, two- Friday’s qualifying round of the Nail Life Master and three-card positions up to more complicated Pairs. Tuncok and Yilmaz posted a 56.49% score in ones. There is no bidding. the first qualifying session and a 64.50% game in the Now, Deshpande has decided to tackle bidding, second session to lead the field of 130 qualifiers with too – the most difficult element of the game for new a carryover of 165.46 matchpoints for today’s two- players – with his latest project, Hool. The game is session final. available as a free app or browser version for digital In second with a carryover of 159.79 are John platforms and also as a simple board game. It’s Fout of Fairfield CA and Stephanie Culbertson of designed to quickly teach the elements of bidding to New York City. In third with 149.48 are Michael India’s Amaresh Deshpande likes teaching bridge new players. Deshpande is in San Francisco for the Kamil of Austin TX and David Treitel of Miami FL. to kids, so much so that he has invented several Fall NABC demonstrating Hool to attendees, and he simple “bridge-lite” versions of the game to quicken also plans to make a pitch to the ACBL Educational the interest of young players. But there’s a method Foundation. You ought to be in pictures to his game designs that is more than just trying to “Hool is bridge-lite. It contains a kernel of the Players who attain the rank of Life Master in San overcome the learning curve of bridge: Deshpande traditional game, but it breaks down the bidding Francisco are invited to stop by the Daily Bulletin believes that the only truly effective ambassadors into two phases: information sharing followed by office to get their photos taken. of the game to juniors are other junior players. If a selecting a contract. In Hool, players are allowed to The office is located in Foothill F on the second fun and effective bridge-lite game could catch on give two clues about their hands – high-card points, floor of the Marriott. with kids, other kids would become interested, too, pattern or length in one suit – after which the contract Players who attain higher benefitting the traditional version of the game in the continued on page 5 ranks such as Bronze, Silver or Gold Life Master are also 1952-2019 welcome to get By Sue Munday their photos taken. The office is Beth Palmer of Chevy Chase MD died Oct. 2. her bridge: the open at noon each She was 67. ability to make day. An ACBL Grand Life Master, Beth held 29 few unforced North American Bridge Championship titles. She is errors in the a Women’s World Grand Master who won the Venice card play. She Junior Day Party Cup (twice), the McConnell Cup, the World National had the ability A special Junior Day Party will be held this Women’s Pairs and the World National Women’s to keep her evening at 5:45 p.m. at Tabletop Tap House, just Teams. Last fall, she was a member of the gold- concentration a few minutes from the Marriott. Players 25 and medal-winning World Mixed Teams – a squad that and maximize younger are invited for free food and games. she also captained. her skills on The event is by reservation only. You Beth earned a degree in history at Bryn Mawr each and every can still sign up today! Send an email to before attending law school at the University of hand. She was [email protected] to get your party Maryland. In law school, she played hearts to earn nice to both invitation. spending money. In a 2015 interview, she recalled her opponents how she and a friend decided to drop into a Sunday and partners, afternoon game at the local duplicate club. They won. whether she “This is easy,” she thought. She started playing in was winning or Goodwill Message tournaments in 1978 with Bill Cole. losing. Beth not only worked full time while raising In 1980, Beth met . For 35 years, their her daughter, Julie, but she received awards for partnership defined Women’s bridge. Together, they exemplary work in her government career.” Today is Junior Day. Extend a special welcome to won every major Women’s event at both the North Beth was the chief administrative judge of the our younger players. They are the future of bridge. American and the international levels. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Sandy DeMartino, Chair Cole introduced Beth and Lynn. “Beth brought Baltimore Hearings Unit. Goodwill Committee the most underappreciated but important skill to continued on page 7 Page 2 Saturday, November 30, 2019 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Meetings are at the Marriott Marquis. students engaged, excited and focused. She will share these teaching techniques in this 90-minute seminar. Fee: $20 Saturday, November 30 covers materials. (Foothill C, level 2) 8 am–noon Best Practices Teacher Workshop. Session two of three. 10–11:30 am Board of Governors meeting. All members of the ACBL ACBL’s interactive seminar for people interested in learning Board of Governors are invited to attend the Fall NABC how to teach bridge. (Pacific H, level 4) meeting. This meeting is also open to the general membership 8:30–10:30 am ACBL Educational Foundation meeting. (Pacific C, level 4) of the ACBL. (Yerba Buena 9, lower level B2) 9 am–noon Masterpoint Committee meeting. (Sierra I, level 5) 10 am–noon Free Bridge Lesson with Audrey Grant followed by a 10 am–noon Free Bridge Lesson with followed by a special game for newer players. (Foothill C, level 2) special game for newer players. (Foothill C, level 2) 1–5 pm Doubles in a Day. Fee: $20 if you preregister (acbl.org/ 10 am–noon ACBL Laws Commission meeting. (Pacific F, level 4) reglbiad), $25 at the door. (Foothill C, level 2) 10:30 am–noon ACBL Charity Foundation meeting. (Pacific E, level 4) 1–5 pm Best Practices Teacher Assessments. People who complete 10:30 am– ACBL Hall of Fame Committee meeting. (Pacific D, the Best Practices Teacher Workshop can sign up for an 12:30 pm level 4) assessment during this time. (Pacific G, level 4) 1–6 pm Learn Bridge in a Day?™ This popular session is designed 2:30–6:30 pm meeting. (Pacific E, level 4) especially for true beginners, those returning to bridge after long absences and those merely wanting to “test the waters” Monday, December 2 before committing to formal classes. The concentrated course 8 am–5 pm Best Practices Teacher Assessments. People who complete includes both class instruction and coached play. No pre- the Best Practices Teacher Workshop can sign up for an registration required. Fee: $25 covers textbook and door assessment during this time. (Pacific G, level 4) prizes. (Foothill C, level 2) 10 am–noon School Bridge Roundtable. Share common challenges, tips 6–8:30 pm Learn Bridge in a Day?™ Teacher Accreditation. Teacher and success stories in a roundtable for K–12 teachers. This training includes information on organizing and marketing open discussion is for veteran and new teachers learning from LBIAD as well as maximizing retention rates, writing each other and developing a network. (Sierra I, level 5) effective grant requests and the presentation of the seminar. 10 am–noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. (Pacific Fee: $75. (Foothill C, level 2) D, level 4) 10 am–6 pm World Bridge Federation meeting. (Pacific E, level 4) Sunday, December 1 10 am–6 pm World Championship. (Sierra H, level 5) 8 am–noon Best Practices Teacher Workshop. Session three of three. 10:30 am–noon Goodwill Committee meeting. (Sierra J, level 5) ACBL’s interactive seminar for people interested in learning 10:30 am– U.S. Bridge Federation board meeting. (Pacific F, level 4) how to teach bridge. (Pacific H, level 4) 12:30 pm 8:30–10 am Audrey Grant’s Modern Techniques for Bridge Teachers 5–7 pm Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill and Club Managers. Audrey Grant’s hands-on approach Committee members only. (Foothill C, level 2) and creative use of the table, cards and bidding boxes keeps

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Sunday, Dec. 1 Talks will be held in the SoMa Room, level 2. Speakers and topics are subject to 9:15 am Help-Suit Game Tries change. 6:45 pm Jeff Hand Declarer Play in Notrump Saturday, Nov. 30 Monday, Dec. 2 9:15 am Phillip Alder Top Tip of All Time 9:15 am Robert Todd Problem Opening Bids 6:45 pm Norman Beck Odd Things to Help with Bridge

HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTAINMENT Food will be served after the evening session through Saturday, Dec. 7. Sunday, Dec. 1 Saturday, Nov. 30 Hot dogs. Pizza. Monday, Dec. 2 Beard Papa fresh cream puffs.

Remembrance of Bridge Bucks and Parking Parking is difficult in San Francisco. The Beth Palmer check cashing Marriott offers valet parking only, for $79.99 a day. We recently lost Bridge Bucks and check-cashing services will be There is a municipal parking garage on Mission a longtime friend and available on level B2 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. between Fourth and Fifth streets. Rates are $3/hour, colleague in Beth Palmer Check-cashing limit is $500. with a $34 daily maximum. who passed away Oct. Players may purchase Bridge Bucks using all 2. Please join Beth’s major credit cards. family and friends in a celebration of her life. Age requirement for Senior events Grab a drink at the bar and You must at least 60 years old to play in ACBL Senior events through 2019. come join us in Sierra A/B on the fifth floor of the Marriott on Saturday, Nov. 30, at 11 p.m. to share your memories.

Vugraph operators needed Experienced operators are needed on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday for the Soloway KO Teams broadcast on BBO. The first session each day starts at noon, the second session starts at 7 p.m. ACBL pays operators $50 per session. If you are available, please email Jan Martel at marteljan at gmail.com, or text her at 530-574-5780, and she will answer any questions you may have. Thousands of BBO spectators around the world will appreciate your help! Daily Bulletin Saturday, November 30, 2019 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Furthermore, if diamonds break an obscene 5-2, you Take All Your Chances still have the spade in reserve. Suddenly you By Eddie Kantar are up to a touch more than 80%! Start with the ♦A and a diamond, cross North (Partner) to the ♣9 and ruff a second diamond. If both have Dlr: South ♠ A Q J followed to each diamond play, diamonds have Vul: Both ♥ A 5 divided 4-3 and it’s all over but adding up the score. IMPs ♦ A 7 6 5 4 Cross to the ♣J, ruff a third diamond, enter dummy ♣ K J 9 with the ♠A, discard your losing spade on dummy’s fifth diamond, concede a heart, and ruff a heart. South (You) Admirable. ♠ 9 8 The full deal: ♥ 10 8 6 ♦ J ♠ A Q J ♣ A Q 10 8 7 6 5 ♥ A 5 ♦ A 7 6 5 4 You open 3♣, and ♣ K J 9 partner experiments ♠ 10 7 4 2 ♠ K 6 5 3 with a new gadget ♥ Q J 9 4 ♥ K 7 3 2 Ken Wong, left, came from Boston without you have decided to ♦ Q 9 8 ♦ K 10 3 2 a partner to play in his first NABC. He was play, a jump to 4♦ ♣ 4 3 ♣ 2 matched up with Vincent Wu, a local player after a 3♣ opening ♠ 9 8 from Burlingame. They played together Friday bid as key card ♥ 10 8 6 morning and it worked out well enough that they were eager to do it again in the Blackwood. The idea ♦ J afternoon. Wong, who has been playing for is to keep the bidding ♣ A Q 10 8 7 6 5 two years, thought San Francisco would be lower if necessary as a great place to come to a national. “I have well as having room Had you taken the spade finesse early, and had it relatives in the area, and it’s Thanksgiving, to make a queen-ask, lost, you would be dead. You would also be a strong so it’s perfect,” Wong said, though he if necessary. In any candidate for FA (Finesseaholics Anonymous). doesn’t have Thanksgiving with them often. case, you wind up in 6♣, and West leads the ♥Q. Note: Had clubs divided 3-0, you would have “I wouldn’t be coming out here if it wasn’t Clubs are 2-1. Plan the play. to give up on diamond establishment and fall back for the bridge tournament.” For Wu, who You have two choices: on the spade finesse. Why? In order to use an has been playing five years, it’s also his first (1) An immediate all-in-one-basket spade established diamond, assuming a 4-3 division, you NABC. finesse (50%) and get it over with quickly. must draw trumps. This means that there will not be (2) Try to set up the fifth diamond for a spade a in the dummy to ruff a heart if you discard a discard. This requires 4-3 diamonds (62%). spade on the fifth diamond.

fairly and without favoritism. However, if something more serious such as a For the Record Behaviors addressed by this policy include cheating accusation were to happen, or if the offender By Robb Gordon, ACBL National intimidation, badgering, gloating, gamesmanship, persisted, I would file a Player Memo. In any case, it Recorder profanity, threats, frivolous accusations, general is always your right to file one. Zero Tolerance rudeness, gratuitous lessons, excessive arguing with Finally, can anybody think of a new name for our “Zero Tolerance” is the term we use for “minor” the director, and others. Some of these items might Zero Tolerance policy that is more fitting? Send your behavior infractions. This is the opposite of the true also be CDR violations. Any of these and/or frequent/ responses to [email protected]. Have a very happy meaning of the term. repeated behavior violations can be considered a holiday season! The intent of “Zero Tolerance” in general is to CDR violation. assign harsh punishments to behaviors or crimes and The CDR violation distinction is important. make them mandatory. Once that line is crossed, behavior is subject to Buy your NABC We do have a Zero Tolerance policy that qualifies formal disciplinary action including probation and online – people convicted of “collusive cheating” are suspension. Don’t wait in line! Buy expelled. That is Zero Tolerance. The intent of these policies is to make the game your entries in advance for Our Zero Tolerance policy is essentially a more pleasant and enjoyable. I don’t know a single all national-level events at “speeding ticket” for unacceptable behavior that tournament director who enjoys handing these out BridgeWinners.com. generally doesn’t rise to the level of a Code of of even being forced to step into behavior situations. Entries must be Disciplinary Regulations (CDR) infraction. It is They would much rather deal with the Laws and the purchased by 10 a.m. the accompanied by a matchpoint/IMP/VP penalty which mechanics of the game itself. Any expert can tell you day of the event EXCEPT is imposed on the pair or team. that you don’t need to be nasty to win! In fact, it is for events that require pre- The policy is a good one. People who receive the worst thing you can do for your partner! registration, in which case these speeding tickets are usually willing and able I am frequently asked whether a player can turn the ACBL deadline, or the earlier of the two, applies. to modify their behavior to conform to the standards in a Player Memo for somebody who received a A nice feature: You can buy entries in advance we expect and desire at our tournaments (and clubs, Zero Tolerance penalty. It’s up to you. My standard and be charged for the total number of sessions for those that have such a policy). Our tournament would be this: If the penalty issued is reasonable played after the event is over. directors know that they must apply these policies and the player modifies his behavior, I would not. Page 4 Saturday, November 30, 2019 Daily Bulletin

FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO LEADERS IN THE SOLOWAY KO TEAMS 10 Tables Susan Davison - Ruth Fleischmann, New York NY; Omer Ekinci, 94 Tables Astoria NY; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Manhattan NY 1 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan Poland; vs Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan Poland; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Hilda Setton, Italy; Julien Bernard, Le Vesinet France; Quentin Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland 127.25 Robert - Pierre Franceschetti, Paris France 2 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England; Dror Padon - Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel; Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Netherlands 107.94 Petko Petkov, Ellsworth ME; Iliana Rozemberg, Northbrook IL; Gayle Tunnell - James Tunnell, San Francisco CA 3 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; , Palm Beach Gardens FL; Vincent Demuy, vs Palm Beach Gardens FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; John Hurd, New York NY; Steve Chen - Andrew Chen, San Jose CA; Xin Ge - Brandon Ge, Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 106.69 Cupertino CA 4 John McAllister, Keswick VA; Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Jovanka Smederevac - FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1 Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria 104.97 8 Tables 5 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Cathleen Otvos - David Cartwright - Carol Smith, Oakland CA; Wejherowo Poland; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Netherlands 103.88 Frank Rooney, Madison WI 6 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO; vs Jeffrey Reid, San Rafael CA; Eric Groves - Jeanette Shinsako - , Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 103.03 Christopher Friday - Lynn Magnet, San Francisco CA 7 Peter Crouch, Surrey England; Simon Cope, Hertfordshire UK; Espen Erichsen, vs Tunbridge Wells UK; Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway 101.44 Thomas Trudeau, San Antonio TX; Daniel Blaettler, Melbourne FL; 8 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; John Mohan - Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Joseph Lieberman, Brooklyn NY; Christopher Welland, New York NY Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN; , Chicago IL 101.30 9 Edward Xu, North York ON; Yan Wang, Richmond Hill ON; Xin Li, Guangdong China; FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS 2 9 Tables Ming Sheng, Northbrook IL 101.16 Patricia Irwin - Mary Teply, Mill Valley CA; Andrea Ventris, Tiburon 10 Joyce Hill, St. Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; Kevin Bathurst, CA; Jocelyn Startz, San Francisco CA Palm Beach Gardens FL; , Little Elm TX 99.48 vs 11 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Aravind Alwan, Milpitas CA; Brandon Ge - Min Bai, Cupertino CA; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ 97.30 Sarah Chen - Andrew Chen, San Jose CA 12 , Las Vegas NV; Richard Coren - Diyan Danailov, Boca Raton FL; Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; Kathy Twomey, , Toronto ON; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Jerry Stamatov, Sofia Bulgaria 95.91 Bloomfield Village MI; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 13 Pierre Zimmermann - Geir Helgemo, Monaco; Michal Klukowski, Poland; vs Franck Multon, Monaco; Tor Helness, Monaco; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland 95.40 Libby Tomar, Kailua HI; Herbert Nakagawa - Laurie Carr, Honolulu 14 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace - HI; David Ouyang, Waianae HI Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy 95.17 15 Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA; Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; , Carlsbad CA; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Andy Hung, Brisbane Australia; Liam Milne, Sidney Australia 95.07 16 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis - Huub Bertens - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, New York NY 94.89 17 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; , Taby Sweden; Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 92.71 18 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Kamil Nowak, Kielce Poland; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy; Giovanni Donati, Italy; - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 92.49 19 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; , Houston TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Netherlands 92.40 20 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Andrzej Knap - Artur Wasik, Poland; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk Poland 92.23 21 Chen Zhao, Greenbelt MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Linlin Hu, China; Yinghao Liu, Hoboken NJ 92.00 22 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI 91.97 23 , Copenhagen Denmark; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Philippe Cronier, Paris France; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy 91.89 24 GS Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Kenneth King, Pleasanton CA; Thomas Maccormac, Dublin Ireland; Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 91.72 25 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO; Robert Bitterman, Harbor Springs MI; Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL 91.17 26 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Magdalena Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer, Netherlands; Drew Casen, Henderson NV; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 90.92 27 , Chicago IL; Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Ishmael Del’Monte, Las Vegas NV; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 90.57 28 G. Venkatesh, Carmel CA; Anil Padhye, Mumbay India; Sundarram Srinivatan, Chennai India; P. Sridhar, Chennai India; Michel Abecassis, Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France 88.56 29 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Alexis Pejacsevich; Gonzalo Rubio, Santiago Chile; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand; Matthew Brown, Pokeno New Zealand 88.28 30 Guy Mendes De Leon, Amsterdam Netherlands; Thibo Sprinkhuizen, Netherlands; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Frank Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands 87.61 31 Patrick Questembert - Erez Hendelman - Rachael Moller - David Gurvich, New York NY 87.31 32 Andy Goodman, Carmel CA; Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV; , Kensington CA; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 87.04 33 Shen Qi, Shanghai China; Di Zheng, Los Angeles CA; Zuo Xiao Xue, Horn Lake MS; Wei Zhang, Suzhou China; Liang Li – Wen Hu, Nanjing China 86.29 34 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - - Jan Jansma, New York NY; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Christian Bakke, Bergen Norway 85.52 35 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; , Seattle WA; Veri Kiljan – Luc Tijssen, Tilburg Netherlands 85.34 Daily Bulletin Saturday, November 30, 2019 Page 5

Game plan Several dozen members continued from page 1 attended yesterday evening’s reception for is selected. Play follows just like in the traditional club owners/managers version,” Deshpande said. and teachers. Among “Years ago, the game of cricket was dying, so the attendees were they created a simpler, faster version of the game Rob Williams and Scott called Twenty-20 that caught on like wildfire. Fans of Rappard, both of Nova that version soon began to take an interest in standard Scotia, who posed for a cricket. In chess, speed chess is an exciting way to shot with ACBL Executive enjoy the game compared to the more serious, slower Director Joe Jones. version. We need something like that in bridge to Williams and Rappard are attract new, young players. Hool will lead young both directors and board members of Halifax Bridge players to bridge. I know from my own experience World in Canada. that kids like this. Once that happens, the young players become teachers themselves.” Attendees are invited to visit the Hool booth at the Marriott, lower level B2, near the vendors.

“I could have made decisions that would have President made me much more popular. I never let fear of what Vendors continued from page 1 people would say about me influence my decisions.” Players are invited to check out the vendors on notified the Board we would be meeting four days in Heth began playing bridge in August 1980, the bottom level of the Marriott. Whether you’re in Columbus rather than three so we could revisit the shortly after graduating from Stanford Law School. the market for bridge-related books, software, dealing issue,” she said. “Yes, it’s going to come up again.” Her mom had a partner for that night’s North machines, jewelry or clothing, you’ll find it there. But she’s aware the powers of the presidency American Pairs qualifying game at their local club, are limited. “I can tell them what they’re going but her dad did not. “He said, ‘Come on, you’ll love to discuss, but not what they’re going to do,” she it,” over her protests that she had no idea how to play. said. “I see my job as a liaison between the Board She read the tiny Autobridge booklet on the way to and management, and someone who goes out and the game. “He was right, I loved it!” she said. “Right shows appreciation to our volunteers and listens to after the game I started reading ‘Five Weeks to their concerns. But I don’t have the power to resolve Winning Bridge.’ I got as far as cuebids. That was too anything. My job is to give my committees what they foreign for someone on their first night of bridge.” need to do their jobs properly.” Playing bridge with her parents influenced her Heth has two other priorities for her year as decision to stay in Illinois and take the bar exam president: eliminating some Board committees that there. She worked in the Illinois attorney general’s she believes are better handled by management and office for 26 years and later in the Department of seeing some improvement in the ACBL’s long-term Children and Family Services. She retired in 2017. financial standing. When Heth turned 50 in 2006, she evaluated “What I want to accomplish is to remove the her life and regretted not becoming a mother, so she non-core committees,” Heth said. “We need to decided to become a foster parent. She didn’t have have audit, finance, governance, executive director any intention to adopt when she started out, but eight review and strategic. I do not believe the program years later she adopted her son Kortlan, now 17. She committees need to be on the Board.” also has a 10-year-old foster son. She does not have any specific plans for finance, It was Kortlan’s upcoming high school which she intends to leave in the hands of CFO graduation that influenced the timing of her decision Peyton Dodson and the Board’s finance committee. to run for president this year, hoping he’ll be able to “We’re going to have a very good year this year, but travel with her this summer. we have some difficulties down the road, and we “I look forward to doing my job, meeting a lot need to figure out how to face that,” she said. “It’s of people and thanking them for all the hours of free good we’re going to get some reserves but we can’t work they donate,” Heth said. “We couldn’t survive count on that continuing.” without our volunteers — and people who get paid She’s also interested in seeing plans by the something, but not what they’re worth.” Educational Foundation to reach out to social bridge players come to fruition. Until recently, Heth long served as chair of Appealing a ruling Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal the Board’s appeals and charges committee, where a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking she presided over several controversial decisions, with the director who delivered the original ruling. including the 2018 readmittance of Massimo The table director will fill out paperwork regarding Lanzarotti, who was expelled for cheating in 2005. the appeal, and the appellants will explain what “A lot of people think poorly of me because of they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. the decisions that were made by Appeals and Charges From there, the case may be handled by a variety when I was chairing it,” Heth acknowledged. “I of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the believe I did the right thing based on the Code of case, the circumstances of that particular case will Disciplinary Regulations. determine whether the case can be resolved by the “My concern was making sure we had a CDR original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law or that was fair, that was as clear as possible, and that regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or even when we reviewed something that the proper process a committee-type hearing which could include bridge had been followed. experts. Page 6 Saturday, November 30, 2019 Daily Bulletin

FRIDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 8.0 Tables A B C 3.90 1 1 Shmuel Greenberg, Israel; Eli Zinner, Nipomo CA 68.75% 2.93 2 2 Carol Maggipinto - Mark Maggipinto, Aptos CA 60.12% 2.19 3 Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; O. Gordon Lien III, Augusta GA 55.95% 2.19 4 3 James Mosley, Falls Church VA; Harry Potter, Vienna VA 54.76% 1.65 5 4 Martha Keller, San Francisco CA; Jack Sieling, Pinellas Park FL 53.87% 1.23 5 Scott Nelson - Carol Nelson, Carlsbad CA 52.68%

FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 20.5 Tables A B C 4.65 1 Sidney Landman, Clayton CA; Irwin Javinsky, Moraga CA 64.58% 4.11 2 1 1 Kyle Lui, Morganville NJ; David Gaddy, Berkeley CA 63.39% 3.08 3 2 Gregory Gauthier, Mountain View CA; Eva Cheung, Menlo Park CA 61.01% 2.31 4 3 Bob Matthews, The Villages FL; Malgorzata Koziol, Las Vegas NV 59.82% 1.73 5 4 Susan Papilion, Foster City CA; Marie Parfitt Pattie, Moss Beach CA 58.51% 1.30 6 5 Kim Fusch, Petaluma CA; Sharon Sandell, Waianae HI 57.14% 0.98 6 Bill Walter - Christine Walter, Vancouver BC 56.80% 2.10 2 Marilyn Press, Menlo Park CA; Clive Surfleet, Los Altos CA 56.46% 1.58 3 Gary Sheerer, Los Altos CA; John Stremel, San Jose CA 55.36% 1.18 4 Yufan Chen - Jiayi Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 53.87% 0.89 5 Sara Goerke - Bill Goerke, Truckee CA 52.98% 0.66 6 Adele Corvin, Belvedere CA; Eve Heyman, San Francisco CA 51.79%

FRIDAY MORNING 99ER PAIRS 18.0 Tables A B C 3.73 1 Bettina Brill, Tucson AZ; Helen Wren, Oakland CA 66.33% 2.80 2 1 Dianne Wesselhoft, Danville CA; Ronald Forney, Lafayette CA 65.64% 2.10 3 Scott Bonomi, Benecia CA; Jenifer Lary, Brentwood CA 62.46% 1.92 4 2 1 Ryan Tock - Jesse Miller, Mountain View CA 60.33% 1.18 5 Dennis Jackson - Suzy Jackson, Hillsborough CA 59.74% 1.44 6 3 Katherine Erickson, Moraga CA; Barbara Vaughn, Oakland CA 58.20% 1.37 4 2 Fay Bigelow - Deborah Penrose, Half Moon Bay CA 58.17% 1.03 5 3 Anderson Wang, Mountain View CA; Ryan Gossiaux, San Francisco CA 57.65% 0.79 6 4 Sylvia Warnes, S. San Francisco CA; Kathy Rudovsky, Pacifica CA 55.99% 0.58 5 Sue Debits - Martha Ehrenfeld, San Francisco CA 53.71%

FRIDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 41.0 Tables A B C 25.50 1 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX 61.46% 19.13 2 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Tim Archdeacon, Oyster Bay NY 60.64% 14.34 3 Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB; Rodney Paxton, Las Vegas NV 59.38% 15.00 4 1 Tony Jackson, Rohnert Park CA; Kathy Venton, Petaluma CA 58.92% 11.25 5 2 1 David Roe, Cambridge MA; Reid Barton, Pittsburgh PA 58.46% 7.29 6 Henri Farhi - Kit Humphrey, Chula Vista CA 58.24% 8.44 7 3 David Strauss, San Francisco CA; Paul Kushner, South Lake Tahoe CA 57.69% 6.33 8 4 James Andre - Lily Andre, Mercer Island WA 57.32% 5.10 9 Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA; Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA 56.76% 4.64 10 Joanne Titow - Kenneth Titow, Scottsdale AZ 56.31% 4.90 11 Richard Leonardon, Santa Fe NM; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 55.91% 7.57 12 5 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA 55.79% 5.12 13 6 2 Edward Lechner, Altadena CA; Roy Woolsey, Los Altos Hills CA 55.70% 3.40 14 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Cliff Goodrich, Long Beach CA 55.39% 3.50 15 John Hogan Jr., Wayne NJ; Peter Clark, Ottawa ON 55.20% 3.75 16 7 Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Wes Peirce, The Woodlands TX 54.57% JOIN LARRY COHEN 3.33 17 8 H. Paul Davis, Cupertino CA; Alex Martelli, Sunnyvale CA 53.06% ACBL Sanction #2011116 3.00 18 9 Mark Hersko, Windsor CA; Larry Spanier, Rohnert Park CA 53.02% 2.55 19 Herman Louie - Ming Louie, Henderson NV 52.98% 2.73 20 10 Peter Sager, San Rafael CA; Bruce Nissim, San Anselmo CA 52.80% WESTERN CARIBBEAN 3.84 21 11 3 Vince Taylor, Santa Rosa CA; Marcello Golfieri, Mountain View CA 52.80% 2.88 12 4 Chris Chou, San Jose CA; Jo Streich, San Francisco CA 52.66% Roundtrip Miami 2.14 13 Ken Gamble, Capitola CA; Jonni Faircrest, Aptos CA 52.65% Crystal Cruises’ 6-Star Serenity 3.50 14 David Snyder, Emeryville CA; Susan Boyers, Oakland CA 52.48% 1.88 15 Terry Kee, San Rafael CA; James Kee, Rostock Germany 52.45% November 12-21, 2020 2.28 5 Michael Zheng - Alex Zheng, San Jose CA 51.35% 1.95 6 Laura Gastelum, Torrance CA; Enaid Savage, Guanajuato Mexico 51.08% From $3499 pp 1.71 7 Janice Flowers-Sonne, Eugene OR; Barbara Alexander, Monterey CA 50.99% 1.52 8 Ray Fink, Jackson WY; Alexander Stille, Bethesda MD 50.73% ACBL GOLD ® FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 19.0 Tables Daily lectures • Q&As • Awards Party A B C 6.28 1 Don-Min Tsou - Fung Bao, Cupertino CA 66.99% Open & Gold Rush Pairs, Open & Gold 5.63 2 1 Keith Hafen, Gainesville VA; Sheryl McEwan, Summit Point WV 60.35% Rush Swiss Teams, Knockout Teams, 4.22 3 2 Imtiaz Husain, Midland MI; Jane Shaw, Columbia MD 60.13% Side Games 2.65 4 Hiroaki Miura - Soma Ono, Tokyo Japan 59.48% 3.17 5 3 Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw Poland; Jane McLaughlin, San Francisco CA 59.26% Includes gratuities, fine wines & 1.69 6 Andrew Straus, San Francisco CA; Jacqueline Ortiz, Rohnert Park CA 58.61% 2.80 7 4 1 George Marx, Chicago IL; Tony Marshall, Bellevue WA 56.64% spirits, wi-fi, one complimentary 1.78 5 Sunil Singh, San Francisco CA; Beverly Bloss, Sausalito CA 56.21% dinner in each of two 2.10 6 2 Thuy Tran, San Franciso CA; Tony Greenberg, Malibu CA 55.23% specialty restaurants 1.42 7 Aster Wu, Foster City CA; Donna Jett, Carmel CA 54.25% 1.58 3 Dana Healy, San Rafael CA; Constance Birkie, Mill Valley CA 52.40% Group Travel Protection Plan 1.18 4 Ann Trueheart, Palo Alto CA; Kate Walters, Menlo Park CA 47.82%

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 28.0 Tables Palmer A B C continued from page 1 5.70 1 1 1 Shuoming Ma - Ziqian Wang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 78.87% 4.28 2 2 Susan Papilion, Foster City CA; Marie Parfitt Pattie, Moss Beach CA 68.15% Lyle Poe, a Washington-area attorney and ACBL 3.21 3 3 Kevin Babcock, San Francisco CA; Douglas Babcock, Fitchburg WI 67.56% Platinum Life Master, hired Beth directly out of law 2.40 4 4 Karen Weissberg - Cathy Netz, Petaluma CA 67.26% school to work in his general law practice. “Aside 1.58 5/6 5/6 Mark Sumner - Mary Castiglia, San Francisco CA 66.96% from her great bridge accomplishments and the love 2.10 5/6 5/6 2 Caroline Kosovac - Don Kosovac, Point Richmond CA 66.96% and admiration of her skills and contributions by 1.01 7 Kim Fusch, Petaluma CA; Sharon Sandell, Waianae HI 65.18% the Washington DC bridge community, Beth was 1.58 3 Suhang Li - Xuyang Zhang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 61.31% universally liked and admired by those in my office, 1.18 4 Michael Lubin, Oakland CA; Leslie Golden, Lafayette CA 54.76% as well as those with whom she came in contact in 0.92 5 Kathy Courson - Linda Hawkins, Menlo Park CA 54.17% 0.70 6 William Mann - Diana Mann, San Carlos CA 53.27% the legal profession.” Beth volunteered her services at every level of FRIDAY AFTERNOON 99ER PAIRS the game, including chairing the Washington Bridge 8.0 Tables League’s Conduct and Ethics Committee for 15 A B C years, chairing the Women’s International Team 2.40 1 1 1 Roger Hardy - Kathryn Behrens, Redlands CA 64.88% Trials Committee for 25 years, serving as a member 1.80 2 2 Gary Sheerer, Los Altos CA; John Stremel, San Jose CA 59.23% of the USBF Board of Directors and sitting on 1.18 3/4 Robin Rakusin, Reno NV; Helen Trop-Zell, Incline Village NV 58.33% ACBL’s Ethical Oversight Committee. 1.18 3/4 3 Scott Bonomi, Benecia CA; Jenifer Lary, Brentwood CA 58.33% played with Beth on the 2016 gold 1.12 5 4 2 Robert Saken - Etan Cohen, San Francisco CA 57.74% medal World Women’s team. Shi says, “I had the 0.63 5 Helen Wren, Oakland CA; Bettina Brill, Tucson AZ 56.25% 0.84 3 Eric He - Edward He, Bellevue WA 50.60% pleasure of playing with Beth in her last few years. She was the most focused bridge player I have ever FRIDAY AFTERNOON NEWCOMER PAIRS seen. Beth never made an error of concentration. She 10.0 Tables was surely one of the best declarers in the world – as A B dummy, you could relax and trust that she would 2.13 1 1 Anderson Wang, Mountain View CA; Ryan Gossiaux, San Francisco CA 69.64% take every possible trick and then some (although 1.60 2 2 Sue Debits - Martha Ehrenfeld, San Francisco CA 66.07% very, very slowly). Beth was a great partner, always 1.20 3 Nancy Yu - Gary Zeng, San Francisco CA 57.54% calm and pleasant. But apart from her bridge skill, 0.97 4 3 Kathy Rudovsky, Pacifica CA; Sylvia Warnes, S. San Francisco CA 57.40% she was just a generally wonderful person. She was 0.73 5 4 Zhongxia Qi - Bart Balocki, San Francisco CA 57.21% kind, smart, hardworking, organized, responsible and 0.51 6 Gisela Schecter - Francine Dogen, Half Moon Bay CA 57.08% 0.55 5 Olivia Austria, San Diego CA; Joyce Wade, Roseville CA 56.62% always believed in doing the right thing. She was the whole package, and will be sorely missed by all.” FRIDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS Bill Pettis, Beth’s husband, calls his wife 21.0 Tables amazing. They were married for 27 years and A B C together for 10 years before that, he says. They met 6.72 1 1 1 Dan Storch, Memphis TN; Elena Grewal, Palo Alto CA 61.21% playing bridge, and won four NABC titles playing 5.04 2 Aaron Jones, North Bethesda MD; Dawn Campbell, Portland OR 60.36% together. “She was my favorite partner.” 4.22 3 2 BJ Sanders - Mark Sanders, Austin TX 60.32% 3.17 4 3 James Baker, Brooklyn NY; Hal Jones Jr., Lorton VA 58.00% WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2.38 5 4 Sheryl McEwan, Summit Point WV; Keith Hafen, Gainesville VA 57.87% Gold medal 1.59 6 Alvin Levy, Commack NY; Claire Jones, Regina SK 57.34% 1987, 1989 1.81 7 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Jacqueline Zayac, Lafayette CA 56.02% 1.99 5 William Neumann, Columbia MD; Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA 55.57% McConnell Cup 2002, 2018 (npc) 1.34 6 Terrance Hill - Paul Hochfeld, Corvallis OR 54.69% World Series Championship Women’s Pairs 2010 2.10 7 2 Andrew Rowberg, Goleta CA; Danning Lu, Santa Barbara CA 52.92% World National Women’s Teams 2016 1.58 3 Ann Trueheart, Palo Alto CA; Kate Walters, Menlo Park CA 52.77% World Mind Games Women’s Pairs 2011 1.18 4 Stephen Dreskin - Joel Russman, Denver CO 51.26% World Mind Games Women’s Teams 2011 World Mixed Teams 2018 FRIDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 7.5 Tables Silver medal A B C Venice Cup 2009, 2015 2.55 1 1 1 Robin Rakusin, Reno NV; Helen Trop-Zell, Incline Village NV 65.62% World Series Championship Women’s Pairs 1982 1.91 2 2 2 Kyle Lui, Morganville NJ; Han Moy, Pleasanton CA 65.08% 1.43 3 3 Miranda Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA; Marilynn Schuyler, Oakley CA 60.72% 1.13 4 4 3 Eric He - Edward He, Bellevue WA 58.73% Bronze medal 0.84 5 5 4 Joe Jones, Memphis TN; Stephanie Threlkeld, Germantown TN 55.21% Venice Cup 1997 World Series Championship Women’s Pairs 1994

PAUL McDANIELS FRIDAY EVENING SWISS TEAMS NABC TITLES 12 Tables Roth Open Swiss 2017 A B C Marsha May Sternberg Women’s BAM Teams 5.13 1 1 Malcolm Morris, London ; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Ben Yang, 1992, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2016 Warren NJ; Ke Zhao, Edison NJ 70.00 Wagar Women’s KO 3.85 2 2 1 Donald Thomas - Gary Miyata - Shelley Basson, San Diego CA; Ejaz Qureshi, Scarsdale NY 53.00 1985, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013 2.89 3 3 Jim Solomon - Gina Kirk, San Luis Obispo CA; Michael Ravera, Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams Fremont CA; Don-Min Tsou, Cupertino CA 50.00 1987, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2012 2.16 4 Ruth Fleischmann - Susan Davison, New York NY; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Freeman Mixed BAM Teams Manhattan NY; Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY 47.00 1982, 1992, 1993, 2004, 2006 1.30 4 Matthew Rudary – L. Allison Rudary - Danielle Cusson, New York NY; 1985 Shmuel Greenberg, Israel 41.00 Smith LM Women’s Pairs 1983, 1985 Page 8 Saturday, November 30, 2019 Daily Bulletin

QUALIFIERS IN THE NAIL LIFE MASTER PAIRS Book signing today with 65.0 Tables / Based on 127 Tables Carryover 1 Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Gokhan Yilmaz, Istanbul Turkey 165.46 Kantar and Seagram 2 John Fout, Fairfield CA; Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY 159.79 Following 3 Michael Kamil, Austin TX; David Treitel, Miami FL 149.48 Barbara 4 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; , Memphis TN 136.85 Seagram’s free 5 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 133.65 lesson today, she 6 Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK 131.73 will be joined by 7 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA 127.86 Eddie Kantar at 8 Robert Perlsweig, Pacific Palisades CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 127.38 noon in Foothill 9 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Iulian Rotaru, New York NY 127.23 C (second level, 10 Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY; Claire Alpert, Miami FL 124.66 11 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 121.80 Marriott) for a 12 John Jones, Santa Fe Springs CA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 121.77 book signing. 13 Baptiste Combescure - Isabelle Bello, Paris France 121.13 Books 14 David Moss, New York NY; Kevin Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA 114.23 available for sale 15 Shireen Mohandes - Andy Bowles, London England 113.91 and autographs 16 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 113.65 include “Planning the Defense” by Barbara Seagram 17 Edward Lee - Irva Neyhart, Portland OR 112.11 and ; “Introduction to Declarer Play” 18 Adam Parrish, New York NY; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA 111.38 by Eddie Kantar, revised and updated by Barbara 19 , Toronto ON; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 104.38 Seagram; and “Introduction to Defense” by Eddie 20 Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL 104.12 Kantar, revised and updated by Barbara Seagram. 21 Stephen Donahue, Riverwoods IL; Serdar Ogut, Darien IL 104.03 22 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 103.86 23 Peter Trenka - Samuel Amer, New York NY 100.47 Be scent-sitive! 24 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; Tahir Gokcen, Mountain View CA 99.35 Some people have an extreme sensitivity to 25 Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA 99.26 fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL 26 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Gary Soules, Elk Grove CA 99.22 clubs, units and districts have adopted policies 27 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 97.42 that prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The 28 Robert Fendrick, Marietta GA; Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 94.59 29 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Columbia Hgts MN; Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA 93.73 ACBL has not issued an official policy on the matter, 30 Paul Gelb, Palm Springs CA; Eugene White Jr., Playa Del Rey CA 91.44 preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of its 31 Anant Rathi - Edmund Wu, San Francisco CA 91.23 members to refrain from using fragrances. 32 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; William Rogers, Santa Fe NM 89.17 Because requires players to be 33 Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC 87.11 in close proximity to each other, individuals who 34 Jeremy Maurer, Orangevale CA; Steve Maurer, Fair Oaks CA 83.99 suffer from fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid 35 Bo Han Zhu, Ukiah CA; Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA 82.99 those who are wearing them. Among the commonly 36 Narayan Mohanram, Sunnyvale CA; Vandana Vidwans, Fremont CA 82.47 reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, 37 Phyllis Rakevich, Yuma AZ; Ronald Woodard, Palm Springs CA 82.41 fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine 38 Jo Ginsberg - Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA 82.21 sufferers) or breathing-related problems. For these 39 Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 79.15 40 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; David Johnson, Calgary AB 78.63 individuals, the issue is much more serious than 41 Sherman Gao, Brea CA; Shailesh Gupta, Aliso Viejo CA 77.96 simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real health 42 Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Chicago IL 76.54 problem. 43 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 76.29 Please, if you’re going to play in a club or a 44 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 76.15 tournament, don’t wear cologne, perfume or scented 45 Marc Renson, San Mateo CA; Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA 75.91 lotions. 46 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA 75.32 47 Yu Chang, Milpitas CA; Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA 74.30 48 David Hoffner, Galloway NJ; Philip Goulding, Wexford PA 73.24 49 Tezcan Sen - Bulent Kaytaz, Istanbul Turkey 70.87 50 - Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA 69.82 51 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA 69.58 52 Rory Xiao - Bo Xiao, Fremont CA 65.72 53 Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 65.20 54 Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON 64.72 55 Ami Zamir, Hod Hasharon Israel; Asaf Yekutieli, Tel Aviv Israel 64.44 56 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 62.92 57 Sophie Dauvergne - Bernard Dauvergne, Ramonville France 62.89 58 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 61.59 59 Ron Gerard, White Plains NY; Matthias Felmy, Oldenburg Germany 60.79 60 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 60.56 61 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 58.50 62/63 Keith Garber, Las Vegas NV; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX 56.69 62/63 Jun Shi, Palo Alto CA; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 56.69 64 John Hodges, Santa Clara CA; John Twineham, Coos Bay OR 56.44 65 Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA; Ryan Wessels, San Jose CA 56.43 66 Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA; Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA 56.19 67 Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV; Shelly Dunietz, Santa Rosa CA 54.89 68 Keith Connolly, St. Paul MN; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 54.12 69 Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Lee Maddocks, Modesto CA 53.88 70 Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; George Mittelman, Thornhill ON 53.25 71/72 Rajeev Gupta - Joyjit Sensarma, Oakland CA 52.57 71/72 David Wachsman, Jericho NY; Gilbert Ramirez, Reno NV 52.57 73 David Dobrin, Cambridge MA; Edward Alcoff, Fort Myers FL 52.27 74 Ellis Feigenbaum - Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 50.52 75 Amy Rhodes, New York NY; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 50.00 76 Jeremie Tignel - Corinne Faivre, Castanettolosan France 49.22 77 John Kloke II, Richmond VA; Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL 48.81 78 Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA; Atam Lalchandani, Incline Village NV 48.50 79 Nic Hristea - Mark Pinkowski, Chicago IL 47.31 80 Ronald Mak, Manchester NH; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS 46.15 81 Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA 46.13 82 Ronald Powell, Santa Clara CA; Bill Heid, Santa Fe NM 45.82 83 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Allan Deserpa, Tempe AZ 43.81 84 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 39.43 85 Bruce Tuttle - Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 36.98 86 Corneliu Galer, Mercer Island WA; Bogdan Vulcan, Bellevue WA 36.59 87 Wenfei Wang, Shanghai China; Morris Chang, Santa Clara CA 36.54 88 Sun Xudong, Shanghai China; Wei Tian, China 36.34 89 P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 36.15 90 Jessica Lai, Oakland CA; Tanakorn Lavanakul, Dublin CA 35.58 91 Elizabeth Reich, New York NY; Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY 33.76 Daily Bulletin Saturday, November 30, 2019 Page 9

92 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Lawrence Lau, Westport CT 32.21 93 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Gabrielle Sherman, Austin TX 31.95 New Life Masters 94 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA 30.77 Tim Archdeacon of 95 , Paradise Valley AZ; Robb Gordon, Prescott AZ 30.45 Oyster Bay NY became a 96 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA 29.57 Life Master in San Francisco 97 Anna Zack Efraimsson - Bengi-Erik Efraimsson, Sundbyberg Sweden 28.35 playing in the Friday’s regional 98 Lew Stansby - JoAnna Stansby, Dublin CA 27.57 99 Mihaela Balint - Itamar Ginossar, Bucharest Romania 27.53 Open Pairs with partner Mel 100 Jakob Kristinsson, Delray Beach FL; Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL 26.17 Colchamiro, also of Long 101 Matthew Weingarten, Safety Harbor FL; Steven Ashe, Tampa FL 23.78 Island NY. 102 Chris Chen, San Francisco CA; Andrew Sinclair, Sunnyvale CA 22.30 Archdeacon needed 3.69 103 Anshul Paliwal - Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 22.16 points of any color to earn his 104 Ethan Liu, Fremont CA; Serena Guo, Dublin CA 21.30 gold card, and he picked up 105 Ed Freeman, Tacoma WA; Dolores Aquino, Houston TX 21.25 more than 7 in the event. 106 Andrew Gumperz, Berkeley CA; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 20.10 A data enthusiast, 107 Helene Bauman, Las Vegas NV; Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA 19.50 Archedeacon proudly noted 108 Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Ranjan Bhaduri, Toronto ON 18.27 that it took him 989 days to 109 Alex Kornel - Barbara Seagram, Toronto ON 18.04 110 Arthur Zhou - Michael Hu, San Jose CA 17.85 become a Life Master (he 111 Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA; Nishat Chishti, Kenosha WI 17.45 began playing in February 112 Steven Smolen - Vicki Lerner, San Francisco CA 17.39 2017), and he attained his new 113 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; H. Jay Sloofman, Tarrytown NY 16.75 rank without any online points. 114 Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA; Ron Beall, Bellingham WA 14.45 Tony Jackson of Santa 115 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI 14.43 Rosa CA earned his gold card in Friday’s Daylight 116 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Patricia Griffin, San Rafael CA 13.10 Pairs when he and partner Kathy Venton, also of 117 Michael Bodell - Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA 12.66 Santa Rosa, won Flight B in the event. Jackson, who 118 William Arlinghaus, Meridian MS; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 12.39 needed just over 12 gold points, picked up 15 to 119 , Nottingham England; Nigel Bird, London England 11.10 advance. 120 Peter Tracy - Sherry Tracy, Longboat Key FL 9.61 121 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Douglas Kuschner, San Francisco CA 7.99 Jackson is the unit president of Unit 509, based 122 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 4.51 in Santa Rosa. 123 R. Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL; Victor King, Hartford CT 4.38 124 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 4.04 125 Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ 3.61 126 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 3.43 127 Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Chris Chung, Belmont CA 3.09 128 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 2.06 129 Todd Wachsman, Delray Beach FL; Janis Wachsman, Jericho NY 1.80 130 Jane Dillenberg - Jerry Goldberg, New York NY 0.00

a heart rather than a diamond, to Silverstein’s relief, A narrow escape and he could not be prevented from establishing a By heart for his ninth winner. When Aaron Silverstein gives you a declarer play This was the full deal, and as you can see, if East hand you can normally be sure there is either a nice had had a doubleton diamond declarer would have technical point, or that something funny happened. been sunk: On this occasion the deal fell into a rare third class – a deal where Aaron was confessing to a mea culpa ♠ A 10 4 from the Soloway qualifying first session. ♥ 5 2 Winners of the 2018 0–10,000 Swiss Teams were ♦ Q 3 2 Doug Scott, Marion Kelly, Ed Rais and Tom Dlr: South ♠ A 10 4 ♣ Q J 10 8 7 Ottley. Vul: Both ♥ 5 2 ♠ 7 6 ♠ J 9 8 5 2 ♦ Q 3 2 ♥ A Q 9 8 6 ♥ 7 3 10K Swiss starts today The 0–10,000 Swiss Teams starts today. ♣ Q J 10 8 7 ♦ K J 9 7 6 4 ♦ 8 The event, two qualifying sessions and two final ♣ — ♣ K 9 6 5 2 sessions, is limited to players with less than 10,000 ♠ K Q 3 ♠ K Q 3 masterpoints and pays platinum points at 10% of ♥ K J 10 4 ♥ K J 10 4 the overall award up to a maximum of 10 platinum ♦ A 10 5 ♦ A 10 5 points. ♣ A 4 3 ♣ A 4 3 2014 Sally Meckstroth, Danny Molenaar, Bob West North East South Aaron did well to appreciate the problem on the Drijver, Nira Talova, Rene De Waele 1NT deal, but he was castigating himself for failing to win 2015 Ina Demme, Gur Baykal, Margaret Baykal, 2♥(1) 3NT All Pass the first trick with the ♦A! Had he done so, he would Bill Kertes (1) Hearts + minor have been able to use his spade and diamond entries 2016 Mike Cassel, Barry Purrington, Robert Kent, to finesse against the ♣9 and later cash out the suit. Ellen Kent North’s 3NT call denied a heart stopper. Assuming the ♦7 is fourth highest, this line is 100%. Silverstein received the lead of the ♦7 (2nd +4th best) 2017 Phil Altus, Muriel Altus, Greg Michaels, to East’s 8 – upside down signals. He won the 10 and Martha Woodworth had to decide what to play to trick two. 2018 Edward Rais, Marion Kelly, Douglas Scott, Answer Tom Ottley Worried about 5-0 clubs, the only thing that could jeopardize the game, Aaron led a low club from hand at trick two – and clubs were indeed 5-0. Back came Page 10 Saturday, November 30, 2019 Daily Bulletin

FRIDAY OPEN PAIRS Pick-a-slam picks up IMPs 32.0 Tables David Berkowitz reported the following deal A B C from Friday’s opening round of the Soloway 21.00 1 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Bill Cook, Louisville KY 67.14% Knockout Teams. Berkowitz was playing with 15.75 2 Craig Gardner, Streamwood IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL 62.07% 12.00 3 1 Rhian Davies - Mark McCarthy, San Francisco CA 59.98% partner Gary Cohler, and the duo found a neat path to 9.00 4 2 Ankur Rathi, San Francisco CA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 59.92% a grand slam: 7.00 5 3 Michael Xu, Palo Alto CA; Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY 59.83% Berkowitz Cohler 6.00 6 James Griffin, San Rafael CA; Anne Stein, Mill Valley CA 59.31% ♠ x x ♠ A K x x 5.25 7 4 Frank Wharton, London England; Brian McGuire, United Kingdom 56.75% ♥ A K x x x x ♥ Q J 9 x x 4.67 8 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 56.45% ♦ x ♦ A Q x 5.98 9 5 Robert Garin - Marie Garin, San Diego CA 55.68% ♣ 10 x x x ♣ A 3.82 10 Yumiko Oda, Tokyo Japan; Junko Tsubaki, Tokyo Japan 55.38% 4.19 11 Michael Botwin, Rockville Center NY; Barry Plotkin, Mesa AZ 55.34% West East 3.23 12 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 55.26% 2♥ (1) 4♣ (2) 5.98 13 Michael Fleisher - Mindy Foos, Campbell CA 54.69% 4.73 14 6 1 Brian Wallace - Andrew Berger, San Francisco CA 54.66% 4NT (3) 5NT (4) 3.00 15 7 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; Jonathan Ohliger, El Cerrito CA 54.55% 6♣ (5) 7♥ 2.47 16 Bill Parks, Phoenix AZ; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 53.89% Pass 5.98 8 Robert Raf, West Bloomfield MI; Brian Raf, Portland OR 52.89% (1) Weak 2.40 9 Joel Singer, Santa Clara CA; Michael Cohen, Seattle WA 51.83% (2) RKCB for hearts 3.55 10 2 Sidney Leibowitz, Boynton Beach FL; Arjun Singh, Lakewood CO 51.70% (3) Two key cards, no ♥Q 2.00 11 Allison Williams - Robert Gacicia, Raleigh NC 51.18% (4) Pick a slam 2.66 3 Wei-Cheng Kuo - Hsuan Hsieh, Sunnyvale CA 51.12% (5) “I have clubs, too.” 2.00 4 Larry Whitlow, Saskatoon SK; Andrew Mitchell, Oak Harbor WA 50.88% Once Cohler discovered that Berkowitz was 6-4 1.58 5 Henry Zhang, Saratoga CA; Qing Lu, San Jose CA 49.77% in hearts and clubs, he could count 13 tricks in hearts. Cohler bid the grand slam, which was good for a large swing in IMPs when the opponents failed to find their way to the grand at the other table. Daily Bulletin Saturday, November 30, 2019 Page 11

ACBL Charity Foundation President Nancy Strohmer presents a $5000 check to San Francisco Tournament Chair Jim Leuker, whose committee selected the Ceres Community Project as the local recipient of the donation. With them is District 21 Director and Charity Foundation Trustee Jackie Zayac.

Local nonprofit receives ACBL Charity donation At each NABC, the ACBL Charity Foundation toward a two-pronged, grassroots goal. Teens from allows the host committee to designate a local charity the community come to learn about cooking and to receive a $5000 donation. In San Francisco, the eating healthy food, and the meals they make go to local group selected the Ceres Community Project. members of the community who are struggling with a Ceres is a nonprofit organization that mentors health crisis. teens in nutrient-dense food preparation as well as Founded in 2006 by Cathryn Couch, Ceres is a chef, employment, and business skills, then works pioneer in the “food as medicine” approach that now with volunteers to deliver the food to people with is capturing the attention of health professionals, life-threatening illnesses and their families. Ceres researchers and insurers nationwide. The premise also includes a garden to grow produce for the is that medical outcomes and treatment costs of program. The organization has also partnered with chronically ill, low-income people improve when other nonprofit organizations such as the Work Horse they receive daily nutritious meals. Organic Agriculture, which supplies organic produce “Over the past 12 years, more than 3000 Ceres and eggs to Ceres. volunteers have helped about 4000 families, most of About 100 teenagers volunteer each week at whom otherwise wouldn’t have had healthy food,” Ceres’ Sebastopol kitchen. Another 60 volunteer said Couch. “Many of our clients live alone without a weekly at a second kitchen in Santa Rosa, working support system. They’re too sick to shop and cook.” Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Rev Murthy Day Sunday, December 1, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Sunday-Monday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Saturday-Sunday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Sunday, December 1, 10 a.m. Rev Murthy 299er Swiss Teams single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Rev Murthy 299er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Rev Murthy 99er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Rev Murthy 0-20 Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $15 Rev Murthy Bridge-Plus+ single Foothill C, 2nd Floor Free Free Free two-hour lesson, 14-deal game follows (0-20 MPs). Sunday, December 1, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 1-2 Q Golden Gate C, Level B2 $30 — Age 70+; 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions. Rev Murthy Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Golden Gate B, Level B2 $20 $24 Rev Murthy Daylight Swiss Teams (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Golden Gate A, Level B2 $20 $24 Rev Murthy Daylight Gold Rush Swiss Teams (750/300/200) 1-2 Golden Gate A, Level B2 $20 $24 Sunday, December 1, Noon & 7 p.m. SOLOWAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS KO Rd. of 32 Yerba Buena 7, Bottom Level $30 — Sunday, December 1, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single session Pacific A, 4th Floor $20 $24 Sunday, December 1, 1 & 7:30 p.m. MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 Q Yerba Buena 9, Bottom Level $30 — 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions. 0-10,000 SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Yerba Buena 6, Bottom Level $22 — Rev Murthy Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Yerba Buena 10, Bottom Level $20 $24 Rev Murthy A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Rev Murthy Bracketed B Teams (0–3000) 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Brackets of 8 teams by average masterpoints; 3 teams in each bracket earn gold. Kunio Okui Memorial Saturday-Sunday KO Teams 3-4 Nob Hill, Bottom Level $20 $24 Sunday, December 1, 3 p.m. Rev Murthy 299er Swiss Teams single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Rev Murthy 299er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Rev Murthy 99er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Sunday, December 1, 7:30 p.m. Rev Murthy Evening Board-a-Match Teams (unlimited/3000/750) single Golden Gate C, Level B2 $20 $24 Open to Swiss drop-ins and new entrants. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single session Golden Gate C, Level B2 $20 $24 Rev Murthy 299er Swiss Teams single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Rev Murthy 299er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Sunday, December 1, 11:30 p.m. Rev Murthy Zip Knockout Teams single Soma, 2nd Floor $16/team/match Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Page 12 Saturday, November 30, 2019 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Junior Day Saturday, November 30, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Saturday-Sunday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Saturday, November 30, 10 a.m. Bridge-Plus+ single Foothill C, 2nd Level Free Free Free two-hour lesson, 14-deal game follows (0-20 MPs). East Bay Community Bridge Center 299er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 East Bay Community Bridge Center 99er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 East Bay Community Bridge Center 0-20 Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $15 Note: Games NOT played at the East Bay Community Bridge Center Saturday, November 30, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Golden Gate A, B2 Level $20 $24 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Golden Gate A, B2 Level $20 $24 Saturday, November 30, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Yerba Buena 10, Bottom Level $20 $24 Saturday, November 30, 1 & 7:30 p.m. NAIL LIFE MASTER OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F Golden Gate C, B2 Level $30 — SOLOWAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS 3-4 Q Yerba Buena 7, Bottom Level $30 — 0-10,000 SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Golden Gate B, B2 Level $22 — 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions. Susan Wiebe Memorial A/X Open Pairs (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Yerba Buena 9, Bottom Level $20 $24 Flight B/C Open Pairs (3000/1500) 1-2 Yerba Buena 9, Bottom Level $20 $24 Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Yerba Buena 9, Bottom Level $20 $24 Saturday Compact KO Teams 1-4 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Kunio Okui Memorial Saturday-Sunday KO Teams 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams 3-4 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Saturday, November 30, 3 p.m. Bill Bussboom Memorial 299er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Bill Bussboom Memorial 99er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Youth Pairs single Nob Hill, Bottom Level Free For players under 20. Short game, followed by party. Saturday, November 30, 7:30 p.m. Bill Cook Birthday Strati-Flighted A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams single Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Bill Cook Birthday Strati-Flighted B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams single Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Yerba Buena 10, Bottom Level $20 $24 299er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Saturday, November 30, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Soma, 2nd Floor $16/team/match Junior Zip Knockout Teams single Soma, 2nd Floor Free 25 and younger

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Today’s Sponsor Today’s 10 a.m. Intermediate/Newcomer games his grand slam failed on a 4-0 trump break. His Bill Bussboom are sponsored by East Bay Community Center. sudden passing has left a that’s difficult to fill. 1924-2007 It was a privilege to have known him. The Saturday- To my Dad and Susan Wiebe Sunday Knockout Teams is named in memory of bridge partner, Bill 1949-2018 Kunio Okui. Bussboom. He had A baby boomer, Susan Wiebe was born July 27, a great attitude, Happy Birthday, Bill Cook! 1949, in Oakland CA and, with the exception of her Tonight’s Stratified Swiss plenty of grit and a college years, lived there her entire life. She attended Teams are named in honor big smile. Today’s 3 UC Santa Barbara where she met her husband of 47 of our favorite bridge player p.m. Intermediate/ years, Nick Wiebe. They enjoyed more than 50 years who turns 65 today! If you Newcomer Games are together, during which time she introduced him to see Bill Cook in between bids named in memory of Bill Bussboom with his bridge. When Susan retired from AT&T as a circuit and contracts today, make sure Bill Bussboom. daughter, Janice Brown, designer in 2003, she devoted herself to knitting, to wish him a happy birthday when they won 299er Pairs bridge and a house full of cats. She was well loved and tell him that you hear in San Francisco in 2007. in the Oakland Bridge Club and was a dedicated that he is a pretty great father, East Bay Community mentor to many aspiring players. She passed on April uncle, grandfather, brother 15, 2018, and is missed by all who knew her. Susan and husband, according to his Bridge Center would be pleased to know this event was dedicated family! The East Bay to her memory. Today’s A/X Open Pairs is named in Happy birthday, Dad! Happy birthday, Grandpa! Community Bridge Center memory of Susan Wiebe. Love, Adam & Phillip, Josh & Anna, and future in Oakland CA has become bridge protege, Gracie. a favorite destination to Kunio Okui players from the entire Bay area. Games are held every 1945-2017 Smoking Policy Kunio was a California Sunday through Friday in Smoking is not permitted in the playing area native, devoted to family, a friendly and comfortable during any bridge playing event at an NABC. This church, community and the environment. We offer includes electronic smoking devices. Warriors. He was a CPA for lessons and classes for 40 years. He’s remembered new players as well as for his wit, humor and advancing players. Please Masterpoint disclaimer love of bridge. Always a visit us at 9520 Mountain Blvd. in Oakland. We Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject gentleman, his positive would love to share our to change because of score changes or corrections. attitude and generous spirit bridge club with you! For more information, go to The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also were on display even when www.eastbaycommunitybridge.com. subject to change.