Spring 2016 Volume 59, Issue 1 Peter Wright, Editor

IN THIS ISSUE THE DECLARER NJBL web site www.njbl.net Woodbridge Spring Sectional flyer ...... 2 Editor Peter Wright Learn Bridge in a Day flyer ...... 3 [email protected] Barbara Clark letter ...... 4 Contributors Barbara Clark Masterpoint Races Arnie Kohn Mini-McKenney Race ...... 5 Brett Kunin Ace of Clubs Race ...... 5 Rui Marques Player of the Year Race ...... 6 Ed Sable Big Games ...... 6 Reporting / proofing Brett Kunin Article: “Don’t Give Up!” ...... 7 Technical Advisor Jay Korobow Article: “More Points at Future Sectionals” ...... 8 Web Master Susan Slusky Milestones ...... 8 [email protected] Kohn’s Korner #1 ...... 9 The Declarer is published online four times per year by the New Jersey Bridge League (Unit 140, District Remembrances ...... 9 3 of the ACBL). Kohn’s Korner #2 ...... 9 Article: “Play Anything” ...... 10 NJBL of Directors ...... 10 From the Editor’s Desk ...... 11 Club News ...... 12

MORE POINTS AT FUTURE SECTIONALS !!

Article by Brett Kunin on page 8

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Spring 2016 THE DECLARER Page 4 LETTER OF INVITATION Learn Bridge in a Day

[The following letter accompanies the “Learn Bridge in a Day” flyer found on page 3 of this issue. While typical Declarer readers are probably not likely candidates for “LBIAD,” perhaps you have friends or neighbors who might wish to avail themselves of the chance to get up to speed with you. – Ed.]

Spring 2016 THE DECLARER Page 5 MASTERPOINT RACES Standings by Range as of March 1, 2016

Mini-McKenney medallions are awarded to the players in each Unit, one per ranking level, who earn the most total master points during the previous year. All points of any color and source are counted. Ace of Clubs certificates are awarded to the players in each Unit, one per ranking level, who earn the most master points in club games during the calendar year. Only black points are counted; points earned in STaCs and other special games paying "pigmented" points don't count. The awards are not mutually exclusive; it 's possible to win either or both in the same year. The level you compete in is the one within which you started the year.

MINI-MCKENNEY ACE OF CLUBS Masterpoint range Shangsan Qian East Brunswick 3.53 Alan Mufson Boonton 2.80 0 – 5 Zhengxiang Gu Piscataway 3.53 Caroline Moore Chatham 2.69 Alan Mufson Boonton 2.80 Renita Pruchnicki Edison 2.64 Subrahmanyam Muppalla Princeton 23.28 Penny Dinger Westfield 6.23 5 – 20 Martin Eisenberg Holmdel 6.95 Janet Schoener Maplewood 5.78 Penny Dinger Westfield 6.23 Margaret Mittricker South Orange 5.62 Barbara Simpson Chatham 11.88 Joanne Moynihan Monroe Township 5.01 20 – 50 Joanne Moynihan Monroe Township 7.75 Maureen McGreal Boonton 4.40 Barbara Daly-Schpok Manchester 7.74 Anton Tevald New Brunswick 3.95 Ira Tarnow West Orange 22.14 Caroline Feldman Pennington 12.34 50 – 100 Carolyn Feldman Pennington 14.34 Ira Tarnow West Orange 9.84 Diane Radwill Chatham 12.58 Diane Radwill Chatham 8.05 Teresa Chek Bedminster 49.30 Ved Gupta Princeton Junction 10.99 100 – 200 Ming Li Summit 18.54 Elliot Sommer South Orange 9.91 Chandu Mehta Morris Plains 18.32 Kelly Kiefer East Brunswick 9.38 Chung-Zong Wan Somerset 33.56 Chung-Zong Wan Somerset 15.06 200 – 300 Rochelle Schack West Orange 20.43 Susan Radner Montclair 13.87 Bruce Williams Oceanport 20.36 Bruce Williams Oceanport 13.62 Michael Lo Bedminster 49.30 Jacqueline Hewlitt Bridgewater 14.88 300 – 500 Dominick D’Ascoli Lake Hiawatha 32.95 Michael Hewlett Bridgewater 14.88 Foster Osborne Summit 31.62 Bhartkumar Shah Freehold 13.82 Jane Grewcock Summit 37.25 Barbara Codispoti Mount Arlington 31.36 500 – 1000 Susan Atteridge Livingston 34.60 Colin Kelley Cedar Knolls 18.92 Barbara Codispoti Mountt Arlington 34.46 Toby Weiner Wayne 16.65 Neeta Mone Livingston 72.43 Summer Freedman Short Hills 34.00 1000 – 1500 Wendy Lee East Hanover 43.82 Diane Hirsch Royal Palm Bch, FL 23.28 Leonard Myers Elizabeth 40.37 Peter Wright Kendall Park 20.62 Nat Zucker Monroe Township 70.69 Michael Rosen Freehold 51.30 1500 – 2500 Fredric Weiner Monroe Township 58.65 Herb Freedman Chester 33.23 Michael Rosen Freehold 51.30 Frank Hymus Bridgewater 27.22 Julia Zucker Monroe Township 74.80 Robin Shamah Oakhurst 22.92 2500 – 3500 Joan Brody Livingston 62.49 Ruth Zowader Madison 22.55 Sam Borenstein West Orange 56.04 Dave DuBois Westfield 21.46 Dori Byrnes Morris Plains 87.07 Lee Schwartz Morris Plains 32.67 3500 – 5,000 Barbara Clark West Orange 55.61 Kenneth Powell Livingston 25.84 Lee Schwartz Morris Plains 37.65 Brett Kunin West Orange 24.59 Alex Perlin Metuchen 83.42 Jeanine Mancini Verona 53.32 5000 – 7500 Dennis Thompson Lake Hiawatha 82.00 Judy Rothstein Livingston 44.22 Judy Rothstein Livingston 80.12 Jim McCarroll Hampton 27.82 Jiang Gu Mountain Lakes 105.85 Abe Pineles Jackson 49.80 7500 – 10,000 Cynthia Schneider East Brunswick 93.64 Sonia Kaplan Eatontown 21.22 Abe Pineles Jackson 86.84 Jesse Reisman Livingston 19.00 William Esberg Long Branch 51.16 William Esberg Long Branch 27.34 10,000+ Lester Sokolower Verona 37.44 Lester Sokolower Verona 22.84 Barbara Tepper Verona 20.19 Barbara Tepper Verona 10.86

Spring 2016 THE DECLARER Page 6 PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE Standings by Range as of March 1, 2016

Masterpoint EN OMEN range M W John Gimblette Lakewood 3.21 3.21Wendy Miller Morristown 1.40 0 – 50 Lewis Lefkowitz Edison 1.74 Cynthia Prell N Caldwell 1.21 Eric Chai Marlboro 1.22 Jo Ann Nehr Skillman 0.89 Ed Lyons S Plainfield 3.30 Jean Lyons S Plainfield 3.30 50 – 100 Arvind Sharma Princeton Jct 2.71 Amy Durschlag West Orange 1.75 Pramod Khanna East Windsor 2.11 Geraldine Lumelleau Mendham 0.89 Joseph Wright Westfield 4.33 Teresa Chek Bedminster 3.25 100 – 200 Charles Dvorkin Manalapan 1.66 Patricia Savage W Orange 0.55 Chandu Mehta Morris Plains 1.53 Mary Lou Van Handle Succasunna 0.29 Kirshan Arora Somerset 5.77 Elizabeth Carlson Summit 1.84 200 – 300 Richard Marcus Somerset 5.77 Kathy Galanty Livingston 0.74 Richard Bindelglass Martinsville 2.40 Elaine Nosser Manalapan 0.44 Zhuo Wang Jersey City 18.9 Rita Whitney Kendall Park 3.61 300 – 1000 Michael Fried Edison 6.07 Carol Arnold Basking Ridge 3.25 Akshay Shah Somerset 5.77 Mimi Joe Florham Park 3.06 Bill Rapoport Somerset 10.1 Lisa Walsh Eatontown 2.65 1000 – 2500 Stephen Cooper Belle Mead 9.18 Sheila Gross Piscataway 1.72 Leonard Myers Elizabeth 9.18 Wendy Lee East Hanover 1.41 Dennis Thompson Lake Hiawatha 18.11 Dori Byrnes Morris Plains 17.34 2500+ William Ehlers Madison 17.65 Bonnie Britton Staten Isl, NY 7.56 Stephen Arshan Jackson 17.43 Cynthia Schneider E Brunswick 7.11

BIG GAMES: January – February (must have at least 5 tables to qualify)

OPEN GAMES LIMITED/INVITATIONAL GAMES 78.65% Dan D'Andrea / Foster Osborne Murray Hill 79.26% Patricia Taylor / Grace Easton Present Day 72.69% Peter Mayewski / Doree Sobel Essex 74.40% JoAnn Sharkey / Helga Brooks Essex 72.22% Jim McCarroll / Peter Wright Shadowfax 74.40% Jan Zubrow / Ann Stone Essex 72.00% Harris Bobroff / Harold Schachter Toms River 74.17% Adrienne Thayer / Ellen Friedman Essex 71.76% David Katzen / Stephen Garreffa Essex 73.81% Dana Langerman / Peter Langerman Essex 71.74% Muffie Gur / Lynn Chapin Jersey 73.81% Debbie Schneider / Lorraine Stein Essex 71.31% Lawrence Lerner / Neil Rothstein Shrine 73.14% Janet Schoener / Peg Mittricker Essex 70.83% Kate Bergin / Rica Canavan Two Rivers 72.48% Maria Avikan / Paul Vikan Essex 70.81% Leaster Sokolower / Mark Mohr Shrine 72.02% Elaine Wolfer / Wendy Miller Essex 70.51% Judy Rothstein / Ruben Aboody Essex 71.18% Patricia Whittemore / Jennifer Mullins Rumson Nov 70.31% Howard Chen / Chung-Zong Wan Scotch Plains 70.98% Renee Waas / Herb Potash Essex 70.28% Judy Rothstein / Jin-Ming Liao Essex 70.83% Mary Ella Wells / George Gluck Essex 70.19% Ruth Zowader / Summer Freedman Essex 70.24% Dana Langerman / Peter Langerman Essex 70.14% Leaster Sokolower / Mark Mohr Essex 70.11% Annmarie Rogers / Robert Laterza Essex 70.03% Jeanine Mancini / Vijay Bhise Essex 70.02% Bill Monheimer / Dorothy Hunt Essex 70.00% Ted O'Keefe / Edith Koenig Lakewood 70.00% Lila Nelson / Linda Woodbury Essex

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DON’T GIVE UP! by Ed Sable

his is the fourth article I’m writing under this title! I’m Well, on with the play. It seems like only one thing can work: T motivated to write one whenever I encounter a hand strip one of the opponents down to no Diamonds and a where my mind says to give up but my heart says there’s doubleton honor in Clubs. I now lead the ♣A and another a way. Club. Either one opponent is end-played, having to lead a Spade giving me a and sluff, or the other opponent will Here’s a slam that looks very unlikely to make when the have to overtake, making my ♣J good. dummy comes down. So I proceeded to ruff dummy’s last Spade, followed by the West dealt and, with neither side vulnerable, my hand (South) was: ♦A and a Diamond ruff (noting the fall of the ♦J – so maybe some chances there as well). I then drew in two rounds, ♠ 8 put my fingers in my ears and led the ♣A, getting ready to ♥ AK108642 lead my second Club. Lo and behold: West dropped the ♣K! ♦ 9 ♣ AJ43 The entire deal was: The bidding: North Dealer: East ♠ A10 West North East South Vul: none ♥ Q75 Pass 1♦ Pass 1♥ ♦ AQ863 Pass 1NT Pass 2♣ (1) ♣ 965 Pass 2♥ Pass 4NT West East (2) Pass 5♠ Pass 6♥ ♠ QJ954 ♠ K7632 All Pass ♥ J3 ♥ 9 (1) ♦ K10754 ♦ J2 (2) 2 keycards and the trump Queen ♣ K ♣ Q10872 Frankly, I was somewhat concerned about missing 7 but South “settled” for 6. The was the ♠Q into this dummy ♠ 8 (with my hand repeated below for convenience): ♥ AK108642 ♦ 9 ♠ A10 ♣ AJ43 ♥ Q75 West had shown up with two Hearts. With the ♦J dropping on ♦ AQ863 my right, I placed West with five Diamonds. I assumed the 10 ♣ 965 outstanding Spades were divided 5-5, else East might have ♠ 8 preempted. So I decided that the ♣K was not from KQ, went ♥ AK108642 to the board with the ♥Q, and led a Club, planning to play the ♦ 9 ♣J if East played low. East made it easy for me by playing the ♣ AJ43 ♣Q – making 6 for 97%! While I shouldn’t be surprised about the wasted points in The moral of the story is, when a contract seems impossible, Diamonds – after all, partner did bid them – I would have don’t give up! Place cards where you need them to be and gladly traded the 6 HCP in Diamonds for 5 HCP in Clubs. look hard for an or a squeeze – or just plain good How in the world do I avoid two Club losers? luck!

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MORE POINTS AT and Saturday afternoon sessions for this purpose at no additional cost to players. This applies to all FUTURE SECTIONALS !! games on those afternoons including those for ers by Brett Kunin 299 . For each Grassroots event the New Jersey Bridge League (Unit 140) will donate $1.00 per player per session to District 3. This will assist the funding of As Tournament Chair, I am pleased to advise players the District NAP (North American Pairs) and GNT that we will implement GRASSROOTS events in our (). future sectionals, beginning with the Woodbridge For all those seeking those elusive Silver Points, Sectional scheduled for April 29-May 1. Under new this is an excellent opportunity not only to enjoy the ACBL rules we may offer, at two sessions per game but also to earn extra points, and I urge you to tournament, master point awards approximately 30% consider playing either one or two sessions on each of higher than usual. We are designating the Friday those days.

MILESTONES Changes in Rank: January - February

Sapphire Life Master NABC Master Club Master Dave DuBois Westfield Julie Anderson Tinton Falls Virginia Alworth Lincroft Maurice Silberman West Windsor Edward Andrews Jr Skillman Deirdre Caputo Basking Ridge Gold Life Master Teresa Chek Bedminster Page Chapman III New Vernon Madelyn Miller Livingston John Domanico Parsippany Frank Hymus Bridgewater Bruce Rothenberg Monroe Twp Lois Golding West Orange Ruby Life Master Rochelle Schack West Orange Mary Lawrence Rumson Leonard Myers Elizabeth Lisa Temple Westfield Lewis Lefkowitz Edison Ellen Weinstock Livingston Subrahmanyam Muppalla Princeton Silver Life Master Bruce Williams Oceanport Suzanne Sayia Mantoloking Dorel Livescu Marlboro Judy Simon West Orange Regional Master Bronze Life Master Andrea Tobias Union Ming Li Summit Barbara Wheeler Millburn Dolores Dodi Ballard Brielle Arvind Sharma Princeton Jct Carol Zimmermann Morristown Marsha Brustein Wayside Janice Dvorkin Florham Park Karen Cane East Windsor Sectional Master Cathryn Bergin Rumson Dottie Finson Denville Ronald Cane East Windsor Carol Goldberg Livingston Maryanne Finch Mantoloking Olga Lawrence Little Silver Sheila Gudis Randolph Edward Fisher Manalapan Marc Lipman Green Brook Hilda Jennings Lawrenceville Foster Osborne Summit Pam Freedman Chester Louis Greenspan Livingston Sherry Kovacs Livingston Susan Philips Chatham Robyn Krieger Livingston Allan Lubarsky Little Silver Priti Merchant Middletown Life Master Sue Marcus Springfield Margaret Mittricker South Orange Tina Boyer Montclair Barbara Simpson Chatham Jacqueline Hewlett Bridgewater Margery Slonaker Chatham Shangsan Qian East Brunswick Annmarie Rogers Livingston Michael Lo Bedminster Harold Zwisler Manchester Janet Schoener Maplewood Advanced NABC Master William Schoener Maplewood Michael Hewlett Bridgewater Jon Schweitzer Scotch Plains Chung-Zong Wan Somerset Jan Zubrow Far Hills

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KOHN’S KORNER #1 Team Events at Regionals and Nationals

Team events may be open, stratified, or strati-flighted matches. On day #1, through head-to-head and 3-way and may be further contested by age or gender. Most matches, the field is reduced to four teams which play events are scored by International Match Points (IMPS). head-to-head matches for Gold Points on day #2. Teams consist of 4 to 6 players, but only 4 may play at Another version of this is Compact Knockouts for one time. Many of the events are knockout style, which teams-of-four only, where 12-board matches are played. means you play till you lose. The first session is similar to the 24-board variety, where the field is reduced to four teams which play for the The two premier events, the Vanderbilt Teams at the Gold in the second session. Spring NABC and the at the Summer NABC, are weeklong events. The first 30-or-so teams are Swiss Teams is an event where 7- or 8-board matches sponsored and consist of highly paid professionals from are played and the winning IMP score is converted to all over the world. On the first day the field is whittled victory points along a sliding scale. The term “Swiss” is down to 64 teams, which then play 60-board matches borrowed from chess and pairs winners against winners against each other along strictly seeded lines. Those who in successive rounds. are not up to this competitive level can play in mini- Another kind of scoring for teams is board-a-match. events with upper MP limits. Another premier event is Here each board is a “match.” A team either wins (+1 the Wager Woman’s Teams, contested at the same point), loses (-1), or ties (½ for each team). The time as the Spingold. Teams at the Fall NABC is the premier event A very popular event is Bracketed Knockouts. and attracts the same field as the Vanderbilt and Brackets consist of 9 to 16 teams which play 24-board Spingold.

REMEMBRANCES

Please notify Amy Durschlag (973) 666-6247 or [email protected] of any deaths or illnesses within our membership. We would like to remember all who support this great game. Gertrude Kivett d. January 16, 2016 frequent player at Bridgewater

KOHN’S KORNER #2 The Red Stop Card

When a player makes a skip bid (one that is at a level much about LHO’s holding. The Red Stop Card does higher than necessary), Left Hand Opponent (LHO) not create the obligation to wait ten seconds; it simply must wait ten seconds before bidding or passing, the reinforces the ten-second rule. The Red Stop Card is reason being that if the LHO bids too quickly or passes also not a reminder for the skip bidder’s partner that an too quickly, Right Hand Opponent (RHO) will know too unusual bid has been made.

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“PLAY ANYTHING” by Rui Marques

[The following article was contributed to the ACBL Unit that either defender may designate the card to be played 141 newsletter, Mike Giesler, editor, and is reprinted by from dummy (except when declarer´s different intention permission. The author, Rui Marques, is from Portugal is incontrovertible). It is the only situation on 46B that and holds the credentials of a national and international gets "solved" by the defenders. This law can generate Tournament Director. He moved to Philadelphia in 2015.] some curious results. When declarer says to dummy "Play anything," what Such a curious case happened at a tournament that I happens? Law 46B regulates all the situations when directed in the beginning of November. Defender on declarer incorrectly or erroneously specifies which card declarer´s left cashed a winner, and declarer, seeing the he chooses to play from dummy. ♣2 and the ♥4 in dummy, needing to discard, announced Most of the possibilities are very logical. For example, if the dreaded "play anything." Dummy actually grabbed declarer says, "Win," he is deemed to play the lowest the ♥4 to play it, but even if he didn´t you can guess card that is known to win the trick. If he wins a trick in what´s coming. Either defender could specify that the ♥4 dummy with a Spade and, leading from dummy for the would be played from dummy. Declarer wasn't exactly next trick, calls for the 8, he is deemed to have asked for happy when, after dummy placed the ♥4 in a played the ♠8 if it exists in dummy. If it doesn't, then if there is position, leftie showed triumphantly the ♥3, scoring the one 8 he is deemed to have asked for that one. If there last trick also. are two 8’s, then he must specify which one he wants to Another example: Declarer leads from 43 towards play. If declarer asks for a card that doesn't exist in dummy´s KJ2, missing AQ and needing one trick from dummy, the call is and declarer must choose the suit. Leftie plays low. Declarer says, "I don't know. another card to play. Play anything." Here, it is incontrovertible that declarer However, when declarer says, "Play anything," or the means "either the K or the J," not the 2. Either defender equivalent in other words, law 46B5 clearly specifies may specify the K or the J to be played (but not the 2).

NJBL BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016 Membership Officers Peter Stein, President Stephanie Miller, Secretary David Sutton, Treasurer Brett Kunin, VP, Cheryl Angel, VP, Peter Jones, VP, Tournaments Unit Coordinator Marketing & Membership Other Board Members Stephanie Austin George Browne Barbara Clark Amy Durschlag Marilynn Greenberg Sharon Gross Michael Hewlitt Neil Jaffe Arnie Kohn Joe Lebretore Leonard Myers Elayne Pollet Howard Solomon Ruth Steckelman Peter Wright

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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK More about Morals

n a local club matchpoint game, I contract for nine tricks in comes thumping down under dummy’s ♣A. Momentarily – I Hearts after opponents have bid and raised Spades. You and visibly – nonplussed, I recover swiftly and resume my may not like the bidding, but that’s your problem; this hand is charade. OK, East is out of Clubs but has been fooled into about declarer play. thinking I’m out, too. I send the ♣Q to join the ♣A and ♣K on the table and, unswerving from my master plan, I continue East South West North with a small Club from dummy. 1♠ Pass Pass 2♣ Pass 2♥ 2♠ 3♥ Curses!! Foiled again!! RHO ruffs the 2nd Club, no doubt All Pass having noted my failure to follow smoothly to that all- important previous trick. The opponents cash two Diamonds. Dealer: East ♠ KQ Now I draw trumps, ending in dummy, and pitch my two Vul: both ♥ K73 remaining Spades on good Clubs. Making only three . . . ♦ 83 ♣ AJ10852 Which is not a bad result, since several optimistic Souths went down in a Hearts game contract. But what a dunderhead was I! ♠ 10986 At trick #3 I should have played a small trump to my hand, ♥ AQJ109 followed with the ♣Q, and finessed like a mensch. This RHO I ♦ Q4 know from way back! This RHO would not dream of winning ♣ Q9 a King on a first-round of a suit even when defending West leads a Spade, won by East’s Ace, and a Spade is against a grand slam. Contrariwise (a Tweedledee usage), this returned to the board. At trick #3, how to proceed? RHO would consider it a capital offense to pass up any opportunity to ruff ever, so there had been zero chance of my Line #1: Draw trumps, ending in my hand, then finesse for the winning a sneaky ♣9 after ditching my ♣Q. ♣K, but East very likely holds that card. After winning it, E-W can take two Diamonds and the ♠J, so . . . down one. But Thufferin’ Thuccotash! (a Thylvethter u-thage). Back to trick #3 again. When the ♣K fell under my ♣A, all I needed to Line #2: Come to my hand with a small trump, ruff a Spade, do was unblock my ♣Q, draw trumps, and cash all those draw trumps, finesse for the ♣K, and . . . still down one. delicious Clubs. I’d have made six! . . . and a top board (sigh). Line #3: Lead a low Club from dummy toward my ♣Q. East ♠ KQ takes his presumed King and can return a trump, but I win in ♥ K73 my hand, ruff a Spade, return to the ♣Q in my hand, ruff my ♦ 83 last Spade. (West may have started with only two Spades, but ♣ AJ10852 if he ruffs the 3rd round of Spades with the ♥8, I can overruff ♠ 74 ♠ AJ532 and the ♥7 will be unbeatable for a 4th-round ruff of Spades.) ♥ 86 ♥ 542 All I need is a 3-2 Club split, and . . . making three, better. ♦ A10765 ♦ KJ92 But I jes’ don’ wanna lose to the ♣K, so I devise a truly ♣ 7643 ♣ K diabolical ruse, which, in theory, goes as follows . . . ♠ 10986 Line #4: Lead the ♣A (!) from dummy and toss my ♣Q on it. ♥ AQJ109 Next, a low Club. East, to whom I conveniently assign ♣Kxx, ♦ Q4 ducks (!), misled by my brilliant into believing my ♣Q ♣ Q9 was singleton. I produce the ♣9 and proceed to ruff both As promised, the moral: spades on the board, returning to hand with high ruffs of Clubs. I graciously concede two Diamonds . . . making four. Make Plan. My ♣Q is poised to leap out of my hand like a proper fake Alter When Necessary, singleton when, Lo! an obviously genuine bare ♣K from East And Don’t Flinch!

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JERSEY BRIDGE Jersey Bridge Club celebrates our third anniversary! Join us for the party: Pro-Am Anniversary Swiss Teams! Sunday, April 10 – full hot buffet lunch at 11:30 is included. Game time will be 12:30. All this for $13 per person! Upgraded Club Championship rating awards lot of points! (For purposes of this game, a “Pro” has 300+ points.) Get your Pro or your Am, and please sign up – we need signups to be sure to have enough food. To sign up your team or your pair, email [email protected]. Other upcoming events: April 4 Charity Week May 16 Club Championship Week May 22 Club Championship Swiss June 3 7 p.m. Worldwide Bridge Contest June 4 12:30 p.m. Worldwide Bridge Contest June 6 North American Pairs Qualifying Week (1/2 red) June 13 Unit 140 STaC (silver point week) June 26 Swiss Teams

TOMS RIVER ESSEX BRIDGE CENTER The Toms River Country Club hosts April 1 Friday Evening 8 is Enough Teams every Thursday morning April 2 Saturday Afternoon 499 NLM Teams at 10:30 a.m. The game is now open to May 9-15 Club Championship Week (includes Wed. all. Our directors are Jim DiNapoli and 499 NLM Teams and Fri. 8 is Enough Teams) Harold Schachter. We break for lunchMay 14 May 14 Saturday Bob Ryder Memorial Open Pairs but finish generally by 2:00 p.m. upgraded club championship Please come and try us out. Enjoy a day June 13-19 STaC Week silver point team games: of bridge with a pleasant ambiance, a June 15 Wednesday 499 NLM Teams beautiful golf course view, and excellent June 17 Friday Open Teams food. For more information, please June 18 Saturday 199 Teams contact Bob Martin, Bridge Manager, at June 25 North American Open Pairs 50/50 red/black 732-280-1058 or [email protected]. June 29 North American Open Pairs 50/50 red/black

SHRINE CENTER BRIDGE CLUB Experience the Humorous and Informative Teaching Style of ! We have an amazing opportunity for you! 2011 ACBL Honorary Member of the Year and 26-time National Champion Larry Cohen will come to lecture at The Shrine Center Bridge Club on Friday, September 16. Don’t be left out; register now! Please contact [email protected] for information regarding this event.

Friday lecture at 12:00 noon Wednesday evening Stratified Pair Game will resume in May Supervised play Friday Mornings at 9:30 a.m. If you want to learn how to play Bridge, not just play at Bridge, call us for private lesson and appointments with the best instructors in the area! New, improved Swiss Teams. Comes and try our new format of Swiss. Players are “handicapped” and given extra IMPs to compete on a more level playing field! Check our calendar for all special events.