Sunday, July 28, 2019 Volume 91, Number 10 Daily Bulletin 91st North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler, Chip Dombrowski, Sue Munday Bidding you a fond farewell By Liz Hamilton, Las Vegas NABC Tournament Chair Goodbye! We hate to say it, but all good things must come to an end. This was our first Las Vegas NABC at The Cosmopolitan, a beautiful oasis on the Las Vegas Strip. We really hope you enjoyed your bridge games and had a little time to explore some of the fantastic attractions that Las Vegas has to offer. Tournaments are for the players and we Representing the University of California at hope you felt welcome here. Berkeley, Armin Askari and Kevin Rosenberg An outstanding group of volunteers staffed won the Collegiate Bridge Bowl Pairs Championship. our desks. These included the registration, information, prizes and partnership desks, and the UC Berkeley sweeps Intermediate/Newcomer area. Did the Restaurant Guide provide you with wonderful suggestions collegiate titles for good eating? It was created to meet the widest The night after winning the Collegiate range of needs. We hope it met yours. Team Championship, Armin Askari and Kevin Some players were local while others traveled The local Las Vegas NABC Committee: (back) Rosenberg picked up another set of trophies far. We wish you all a safe journey home with Chris Hahn, treasurer; Toby McEvoy, I/N chair; Barbara Dunkley, prize chair; Justine when they won the initial running of the stratified all your treasured memories of the tournament. continued on page 5 Hancock, Restaurant Guide chair; Rolf We hope this includes lots of ; Houtkooper, partnership chair; (front) Bonnie maybe even another level of achievement on the Bagley, tournament advisor; Liz Hamilton, Zimmermann meets masterpoint ladder. Some may be taking home a tournament chair; Ev Dahl, volunteer chair. trophy or a title B all of these achievements are Not pictured: Leila Huff, Welcome Desk Blass in final uniquely important to the individual player. chair; Anne Farmer, Youth NABC volunteer The No. 1 seed led by Pierre Zimmermann An NABC gives you the opportunity to catch coordinator; Becky Rogers, member at large. will face the original No. 3 seed with Josef Blass up with old friends and make new acquaintances. spending your time with us. It is valuable and we as non-playing captain in the final of the Spingold We will return to The Cosmopolitan in the fall of appreciate it. KO Teams. 2024. I hope you will visit us again. Thank you for We look forward to seeing you again. Zimmermann and partner Franck Multon, both of Monaco, are playing with Tor Helness, also of Monaco, and Poles Piotr Gawrys, Michal Lampe claims 2500 Mini-Spin win The NYC-based squad captained by Jordan continued on page 5 Lampe won the 0-2500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams, defeating Scott Nason’s team in the final Mini-Spin 6000 final: 162-58 in three quarters of play. Playing with Lampe were Christopher Moh, Harris vs. Bhargava Jacqueline Chang and Siqing Yu. The teams captained by Martin Harris and Arti Nason played with Jeff Dater, Nancy Heck and Bhargava meet today in the final of the 0-6000 Alexander Wiles. Nason and Dater live in Dallas; Mini-Spingold KO Teams. Heck and Wiles live in Los Angeles. With Harris of Chicago are Miriam Harris- In the final, Lampe jumped out to a 71-19 lead Botzum and John Botzum of Orefield PA and Greg in the first quarter, and they increased their edge to Michaels of Cleveland. 120-55 at halftime. Things got worse for Nason in continued on page 4 the third set, as Lampe expanded their lead to 162- 58 after three quarters, prompting the Nason team Winners of the 0-2500 Mini-Spingold KO Wilson leads to raise the white flag. Teams: Christopher Moh, Jacqueline Chang, Roth Open Swiss Siqing Yu and captain Jordan Lampe. The squad led by Alison Wilson of NYC topped the semifinal round of the Roth Open Swiss Martin & Cahan wrap Red Ribbon Teams. Wilson, playing with Kent Mignocchi, Roy Martin and Denny Cahan owned the Bean Swedes Ida Groenkvist and Mikael Groenkvist Red Ribbon Pairs, winning by almost three boards. and Dutch players Magdalena Ticha and Richard Their session scores of 63%, 57% and 60% ended Ritmeijer, scored 197 victory points (with with a 68% second final session. carryover) in yesterday’s action. Finishing second were Paul Hattis from In second with 178-plus victory points is the Newton MA and Jim Orleans of Boca Raton FL. team captained by Marty Fleisher, and narrowly in Cahan, from Cumming GA, says the men third is the team led by Stan Tulin with 178 victory play together infrequently. “We had some points. misunderstandings – we wish we had more time to play together.” Grubman leads 10K Roy asked to send a special message: “Denny is my second-favorite partner after my father.” Mixed Swiss Mary Peters and Tom Peters of Dayton MD The squad led by Ava Grubman led the finished third. qualifying round of the 0-10,000 Mixed Swiss Teams, and they start today’s two-session final Winners of the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs: Roy with a carryover of 30 victory points (20-VP Martin and Denny Cahan scale). Grubman is playing with Elliott Grubman, Goodwill Message both of Brooklyn NY, Margot Hennings of Maintain a courteous attitude ATTENDANCE Annandale VA and A.J. Stephani of Cincinnati. toward both your partner and opponents. Treat through Saturday In second with 23.03 VPs is Claire Alpert’s others as you would treat yourself. squad, and third with 20.23 VPs is Nikolaos Sandy DeMartino, Chair Delimpaltadakis and company. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee 13,058 tables Page 2 Sunday, July 28, 2019 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS All meetings are at The Cosmopolitan. Sunday, July 28 11 am – till Peter Pender Memorial . (3rd floor, outside Gracia)

Pipe Dreams Cash concessions By The cash concessions stand is open today ♠ J 8 7 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the fourth floor of the ♥ 10 Cosmopolitan, outside the Belmont Ballroom. ♦ K 6 5 2 ♣ K Q 9 7 ♠ A Q ♠ 9 6 5 4 2 Hotel rewards program ♥ J 9 8 3 ♥ A K 7 The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has the ♦ J 7 4 ♦ 9 most valuable rewards program on The Strip. It’s ♣ A J 8 6 ♣ 10 5 3 2 easy. Join Identity Membership & Rewards to ♠ K 10 I’ll take bridge unlock exclusive offers for casino play, rooms, ♥ Q 6 5 4 2 dining, concerts and more. Earn points on your ♦ A Q 10 8 3 for a thousand … gaming and other spending on property. Let your ♣ 4 Collegiate Bridge Bowl players enjoyed curiosities uncover surprises beyond the velvet West North East South brunch yesterday co-hosted by James Holzhauer rope. Pass Pass 1♥ of ‘Jeopardy!’ fame and the ACBL Educational If you earn 500 Identity slot points, you Pass 1♠ Pass 2♦ Foundation. More than 50 college students met receive one complimentary meal at Wicked Spoon Pass 3♦ All Pass James, learned about his experiences at the bridge Buffet. Earn 1000 slot points and get two. Or with Today’s deal is a card away from the real-life table and asked him questions about his record- 5000 Identity slot points, you can spin the wheel problem I was presented with. But consider it as a breaking run on the popular game show. He was for free slot play. Visit the Identity Desk for more declarer and defensive problem in 3♦ by South on also asked about his career as a sports bettor information. a lead. and his favorite conventions in bridge (puppet The early play isn’t 100% at double dummy, Stayman, in case you were wondering). but no one does anything unreasonable, I think. Topps, manufacturer of baseball and other Declarer wins the trump in hand, leads a club trading cards, minted Holtzhauer cards recognizing to the king, a spade to the 10 and queen, and then James’s ‘Jeopardy!’ celebrity. James provided five wins the trump return in hand (East pitching a autographed cards as door prizes. Appealing a ruling spade) to play the ♠K. James also stopped by the closing award Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal West wins and plays a third trump, won in ceremony of the Youth NABC. He let the kids a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking dummy with the king, as East discards a club. This know how inspired he is by their passion. The with the director who delivered the original ruling. is the position: kids, in turn, got a chance to ask questions and The table director will fill out paperwork regarding ♠ J 8 pose for pictures. Five more autographed cards the appeal, and the appellants will explain what ♥ 10 were distributed as door prizes. they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. ♦ 6 From there, the case may be handled by a variety ♣ Q 9 7 of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the ♠ — ♠ 9 6 First-Ever! case, the circumstances of that particular case will ♥ J 9 8 3 ♥ A K 7 determine whether the case can be resolved by the ♦ — ♦ — EUROPEAN COLLECTION original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law ♣ A J 8 ♣ 10 5 or regulation, for instance), ♠ — aboard the stupendous a panel of directors, or even ♥ Q 6 5 4 2 a committee-type hearing ♦ A Q 6-Star Crystal Serenity which could include bridge ♣ — experts. At this point, if the ♠9 is falling, all routes ACBL Sectional: Rome to Athens lead to success. So declarer can delay instant gratification; instead, he plays a heart, and when October 10-23, 2019 Monitoring East wins, she is endplayed in three suits. ACBL Sectional: Athens to Barcelona ACBL monitors events at North American At the table though, declarer led the ♠J Bridge Championships with both visible and pitching a low heart while West threw a club. Now October 23-November 5, 2019 concealed real-time cameras in public spaces. came the ♥10 to East’s king, and the ♠9 was ruffed The images are recorded and available for later by declarer. This is the new ending as the ♠9 is ACBL Regional: Barcelona to Ft. Lauderdale inspection and review by ACBL management and played – and note that West had to unblock a heart November 5-24, 2019 tournament officials, among others, including intermediate of the jack on the first heart: members of the Anti-Cheating Commission. These ♠ 8 recordings are also be uploaded to the internet ♥ — following the NABC. ♦ 6 By general monitoring of the session and ♣ Q 9 7 participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source ♠ — ♠ 9 of information that may be useful in determining ♥ J 9 3 ♥ A 7 facts and settling issues or disputes arising from ♦ — ♦ — some types of ethical and behavioral complaints ♣ A J ♣ 10 5 or actions. Please summon a director if a problem ♠ — occurs at the table. This procedure is intended to ♥ Q 6 5 assure everyone that the playing field is level and ♦ A Q that misbehavior will not be tolerated.” ♣ — Declarer ruffs the ♠9. If West discards a club, then when South leads a heart (discarding a club Masterpoint disclaimer from dummy), the defense must set up a club or Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are a heart for declarer so long as he reads the ending subject to change because of score changes or right. corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, So West must pitch a heart, and again, it must Host: Larry Cohen therefore, also subject to change. be an intermediate heart. That means when South exits with a low heart, East can win an lead a club. Details: www.AliceTravel.com Now declarer must lose one more trick in the 888-816-2457 ending. Daily Bulletin Sunday, July 28, 2019 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Notice that the Take All Your Chances dummy has three By Eddie Kantar club entries that will help you establish the North (Dummy) spades even if the suit ♠ A Q 9 6 5 3 breaks 4–1. ♥ K 8 In fact, if spades ♦ 6 2 are 4–1, West has ♣ 10 9 4 to shift to a trump at trick two to South (You) prematurely kill a ♠ 4 2 needed dummy . ♥ — As declarer, if West shifts to a trump at trick two ♦ K J 3 and spades are 4–1 and the king is not singleton, ♣ A K Q J 7 6 3 2 you will have to lead a diamond from dummy and guess what to do if East plays low. I have complete Partner opens 2♠, weak, and your leap to 5♣ confidence in you. Also, go after West as a partner silences the table. West leads the ♥Q. Plan the rather than an opponent in the future. play. In order to make this loser-on-loser play at The idea is to set up the spades to discard trick one, you have to advance the play mentally diamonds without letting East in to lead a so to speak. You have to ask yourself what is likely diamond. After all, you could lose three tricks in to happen if the spade loses and a diamond the two suits if East has the ♠K and West has the As local residents, Stephen McMillan and comes back? Some terrifying scenarios can be Tiffany DeStefano are really enjoying the 7 avoided by looking ahead. Hopefully you will Vegas bridge action. They started learning ♦A Q. Another bad-news scenario is East frighten yourself into making the winning play! the game from friends 15 months ago, winning the ♠K and shifting to a low diamond, The full deal: “and we’ve been playing publicly since putting you to an uncomfortable guess if the ♠ A Q 9 6 5 3 February.” Their nurturing instructors diamond honors are divided. ♥ K 8 “pushed us out of the nest,” and they Unfortunately, the spade finesse goes ♦ 6 2 traveled with their teachers to the St. directly into East, and East will surely shift to a ♣ 10 9 4 George UT sectional for their duplicate diamond. Can you figure out a way to keep East ♠ J 7 ♠ K 10 8 debut. They were excited to finish second in their first sectional game, and silver off lead even if East has the ♠K? ♥ Q J 10 7 5 2 ♥ A 9 6 4 3 the in dummy and, masterpoints helped ignite a fire for the ♦ A Q 7 5 ♦ 10 9 8 4 game. Now they play at the local club, in unless East plays the ace, discard a spade ♣ 8 ♣ 5 friends’ homes and online. Their name from your hand! What can West do? In fact, if ♠ 4 2 badge affiliation reads “Downstage One”: West doesn’t cash the ♦A, it is likely that you ♥ — a nod both to the theater group of friends will be able to discard all of your diamonds ♦ K J 3 with whom they play and going down one on established spades and make an overtrick. ♣ A K Q J 7 6 3 2 in their bridge contracts.

SATURDAY MORNING SWISS TEAMS 4 Tables King and Queen of Hearts 3.73 1 Andy Scott, San Jose CA; Irene Longtime ACBL Tournament Director Karl Hashfield, Los Altos CA; Brenda Alberico - John Steffan, Frisco Miller of Tampa FL was married to Joenah Zamora CO 43.00 on July 21 here in Las Vegas. Yesterday, the TD FRIDAY EVENING ZIP KNOCKOUT TEAMS staff celebrated the couple’s nuptials with a cake at 16 Tables The Cosmopolitan. 4.85 1 Ben Kristensen, Duluth MN; Amber Lin, Congratulations, Karl and Joenah! Edison NJ; Emma Kolesnik, Calabasas CA; Rory Xiao, Fremont CA 3.40 2 Lucy Zhang, Cambridge MA; Sophia Chang, San Gabriel CA; Jonathan Baumel, Wilmington DE; Andy Zhang, Arcadia CA 1.94 3/4 Philip McPeek - Matthew Dyer, Chicago IL; Aaron Jones - Jennifer Lin, North Bethesda MD 1.94 3/4 Zihan Tan, Evanston IL; Raphael Hallerman - Cynthia Huang, Chicago IL; Kevin Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA

FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KNOCKOUT 9 Tables 7.63 1 Stanley Littlefield, Maitland FL; Nancy Conger, Long Beach CA; Liga Byrne, Austin TX; Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI 5.34 2 Gary Peterson, Marlborough MA; Ann Johnson, Framingham MA; Christine Pettingell, Everett MA; Ulla Winkler, Somerville MA 3.43 3 Gayle Tunnell - James Tunnell, San Francisco CA; Robert Bixby - Diane Bixby, Tucson AZ 2.67 4 Al Spaet, Tucson AZ; Philip Jones, Woodland Hills CA; Deborah Goldsmith, San Diego CA; Kay Merrick, Sykesville MD

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QUALIFIERS IN THE ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS New Life Masters 46 Tables / Based on 175 Tables Carryover Nancy 1 Alison Wilson, New York NY; Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden; Magdalena Ticha - Thompson of San Richard Ritmeijer, Zwolle Netherlands; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Mikael Groenkvist, Francisco earned her Orebro Sweden 37.22 gold card playing in 2 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Northville MI 22.70 the Daylight Swiss 3 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England; Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Teams on Friday, Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Dror Padon - Alon Birman, playing with partner Tel Aviv Israel 22.26 Donna Neff, also 4 Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Eugene Hung, Sunnyvale CA; Yanong Han, Milpitas CA; of San Francisco, Wanfeng Mou, Sugar Land TX 21.92 and teammates Jill 5 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Thomas Bessis - Michel Bessis, Paris France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland 20.90 Howard of NYC and 6 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan Poland; Michal Kwiecien, Nancy Marshall of Lublin Poland; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan Poland; Edgewater NJ. Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland 18.02 Thompson 7 Andrew Gromov - Anna Gulevich - Yuri Khoklov - Vadim Kholomeev - needed just a fraction Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Yuri Khyuppenen, Russia 17.33 of a gold point – 0.26 8 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Ishmael Del’Monte, Las Vegas NV; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 16.93 – and picked up 1.76 9 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis - Huub Bertens - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; to advance. Hjordis Eythorsdottir, New York NY; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 16.25 Geraldine 10 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Roland Rohowsky, MacDonald of Los Nueruberg Germany; Daniela von Arnim, Hockenheim Germany 16.09 Altos CA became one 11 , Dallas TX; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; the ACBL’s newest Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 15.14 12 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Piotr Wiankowski, Life Masters on Gdansk Poland; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw Poland; Andrej Knap; Artura Wasik, Wroclaw Poland 15.08 Friday playing in the 13 Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Samuel Amer, Long Island NY; Chris Moll, Durham NC; qualifying round of the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs. Irina Kislitsyna, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia; Ben Kristensen, Duluth MN 14.03 Needing just a tiny bit to gain the title – 0.05 of 14 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; any color – MacDonald earned 1.04 red points in William Pettis, Chevy Chase MD; William Cole, Silver Spring MD 13.72 the event playing with Paul Davis of Mountain 15 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; , Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, View CA. Montclair NJ 13.30 16 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Mini-Spin Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland 12.55 continued from page 1 17 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC; Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Playing with Bhargava of Mill Valley CA Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY 12.06 18 Wenfei Wang - Shen Qi, Shanghai China; Lu Yan - Liu Yan, Beijing China; are Igni Agnarsson of South Burlington VT, Nan Wang - Xiao Xue Zuo, Nanking China 10.09 Marl Leonard of Long Beach CA and Gudjon 19 Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Peter Boyd, Sigurjonsson of Reykjavik, Iceland. Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 10.07 In the semifinal round, Harris defeated Kerry 20 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Daniel Korbel - Roger Lee, Cotterell’s team, 121-78 in three quarters of play. Las Vegas NV; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria 10.00 Cotterell, of Freeland WA, played with 21 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; James Tritt, Orange CA; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 9.03 Richard Underwood of Vorheesville NY, Katherine 22 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Craig Biddle - Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA; Pollock of East Amherst NY and Joel Schiff of Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 7.80 Calabasas CA. 23 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; In the other semifinal bracket, Bhargava Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India; dominated Monica Angus and company 97–17 in Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India; Matthew Brown, Pokeno New Zealand 7.40 two quarters. 24 Adam Wildavsky, New York NY; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Kamel Fergani, Montreal QC; Oren Kriegel, Angus led an all–British Columbia squad of Chicago IL 7.24 Alex Hong, Kai Zhou, Sidney Yang and Guoxu 25 Michael Massimilla, Syosset NY; Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY; Zhang. Rob Gordon, Northport NY 7.23 26 , Dallas TX; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Andy Hung, Brisbane Australia; Nabil Edgtton, Sydney Australia 7.04 27 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel 6.36 28 Hailong Zhao, Shanghai China; Wei Wang - Yuxiong Shen – Jike Jin, Shanghai China; Cecilia Rimstedt, Kungsbacka Sweden; Ming Sheng, Northbrook IL 6.05 29 Ahmed Hussein - Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Ronald Carriere, Kirkland QC; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Keith Garber, Las Vegas NV; Ranald Davidson, York ON 5.79 30 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA; Victor King, Hartford CT; Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna Austria 4.98 31 Jeffrey Wolfson - Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Peter Crouch, Surrey England 4.80 32 Ray Loftis, Bellevue WA; Steve Bruno, Oceanside CA; Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Edmonds WA 4.35 33 Joyce Hill, St. Augustine FL; Shan Huang - Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Justin Lall, Little Elm TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 3.98 34 John Carruthers, Kingsville ON; Bo Han Zhu, Oakville ON; Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; John Dong, Richmond Hill ON 3.88 Runners-up in the 0-2500 Mini-Spingold KO 35 Chen Zhao, Greenbelt MD; Jing Liu, Stanford CA; Yinghao Liu, Hoboken NJ; Linlin Hu, China 3.73 Teams: Jeff Dater, Nancy Heck, Scott Nason 36 Grant Vance - Jessica Lai, Oakland CA; Dmitri Shabes, San Ramon CA; Gregory Vance, and Alexander Wiles San Leandro CA 3.68

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37 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI 3.56 Collegiate Pairs 38 Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL; Ahmed Yousry, West Palm Beach FL; Martin Singer, continued from page 1 Verona NJ; Ghassan Menachi, Fabreville QC 2.83 39 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Hua Poon - Kien Fong - Yukun Zhang, Singapore; Collegiate Bridge Bowl Pairs Championship. Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland 2.61 Askari, from Thornhill ON and Rosenberg, from 40 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Nagy Kamel, Sunnyvale CA, attend the University of California Plano TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands 2.18 at Berkeley. The pair, who finished more than 41 Kevin Castner, Mercer Island WA; Phillip King, Harrow ; Stefan Skorchev, Sofia Bulgaria; two boards ahead of the pack, won $3000 in Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France 1.88 scholarship money. 42 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Drew Casen, Henderson NV; Second place and $2000 in scholarship money Allan Graves, St. Johnsbury VT; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, went to Oosman Bashir and Jonathan Baumel Lublin Poland 1.17 of Harvard University. Just a fraction of a 43 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 0.34 behind the Harvard pair were Princeton students 44 Andrew Murphy, UK; Simon Cope, Hertfordshire UK; Ed Jones, Hertfordshire England; Aaron Balleisen and Nathan Finkle, who earned Graeme Robertson, London England 0.13 $1000 for their finish. 45 Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; The Flight B winners were Santhosh Karnik Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Frederic Wrang, and Zhuangdi “Andy” Xu from Georgia Tech. Stockholm Sweden 0.08 Second in B was won by Sarp Kurgan and 46 Jeffrey Rothstein - Allen Kahn, New York NY; David Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 0.00 Danning Lu University of California at Santa Barbara. QUALIFIERS IN THE 0-10,000 MIXED SWISS TEAMS Scholarship money totaling $9000 went to the 26 Tables / Based on 47 Tables Carryover three top pairs in Flight A and the two top pairs 1 Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY; Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; in Flight B. Scholarships were sponsored by the AJ Stephani, Cincinnati OH 30.00 ACBL Educational Foundation. 2 Claire Alpert, Miami FL; Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY; Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw Poland; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy 23.02 3 Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis - Ioannis Papakyriakopoul - Vasileios Vroustis, Athens Greece; Benedicte Cronier, Paris France; May Sakr, Ardmore PA 20.23 If you can’t be with the 4 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH; Henry Caspar, Las Vegas NV; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 19.53 one you love ... 5 Margie Cole, New York NY; Alejandro Bianchedi, New York Argentina; Irene Baroni, In the round of 32 match from the Spingold Moniga Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy 18.84 KO between Blass npc and Bruce Rogoff, Wafik 6 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Diane Travis, Cincinnati OH; James Cunningham, Abdou (playing for Rogoff) found himself in an Indianapolis IN; Leslie Reynolds, McKinleyville CA 16.74 inferior contract on the following deal, but played 7 Xuhua Lin, Edison NJ; Xingping Kang, El Monte CA; Wenjia Yan, Cerritos CA; it well to salvage the board. Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 14.65 Abdou was playing with Larry Sealy against 8 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; David Yoon, Bayside NY; Andrew Russell, St. Catharines ON; Susan Cooper, Thornhill ON; Phillip Goatz - Cynthia Goatz, Las Vegas NV 11.86 Bas Drijver and Sjoert Brink. 9/10 Stewart Rubenstein - Christina Parker, Chestnut Hill MA; Michael Smith - Susan Smith, Dlr: South ♠ K J 7 Newington CT 9.07 Vul: N-S ♥ 10 7 6 9/10 Hui Mei Wang - Keping Tang - Ping Zhu - Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 9.07 Bd: 15 ♦ K 8 3 11 Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA; Jin Hu, New York NY; Lindsey Weinger, Delray Beach FL; ♣ A Q 10 2 Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA 7.67 ♠ Q 3 ♠ A 9 6 5 4 2 12/13 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Ludmila Antonova, Palo Alto CA; Mary Vickers, Apex NC; ♥ A K J 5 2 ♥ 8 3 Jared Boulds, Tucson AZ 6.98 ♦ A 9 5 2 ♦ Q 7 6 4 12/13 Gloria McDevitt, Medford MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Lon Sunshine - Ivanie Yeo, ♣ J 3 ♣ K Merrimack NH 6.98 ♠ 10 8 14 Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; Peter J. Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV 6.28 ♥ Q 9 4 15/16 Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm ♦ J 10 Sweden; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark 5.58 ♣ 9 8 7 6 5 4 15/16 Jakob Kristinsson, Delray Beach FL; Molly O’Neill - Michael Wolf, Fort Lauderdale FL; West North East South Stella Q. Wan, Palo Alto CA; Ilan Wolff, Great Neck NY; Gail Hanson, Lake Orion MI 5.58 Abdou Drijver Sealy Brink 17/18 Yan Wang - Rose Hou, Richmond Hill ON; Edward Xu, North York ON; Jingyuan Gong, Pass Shenzhen People’s Republic of China 4.19 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass 17/18 Craig Henderson, Chicago IL; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA; 2♦ Pass 3♦ Pass Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ; Giorgia Botta, Brooklyn NY 4.19 3♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass 19 Emma Kolesnik, Calabasas CA; Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Amber Lin, Edison NJ; Of his 3♥ bid, Abdou said, “I was afraid to bid Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY; Isaac Stephani, Cincinnati OH 3.49 20/21 Radu Nistor - Raluca Dobrescu, Woodside NY; Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; 3♠ lest pard think it’s a three-card fragment. The Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 2.79 heart suit was strong enough to temporize, and I 20/21 Kenneth Titow - Joanne Titow - Linda Mitchell, Scottsdale AZ; David Ochiai, Phoenix AZ 2.79 was hoping pard could rebid spades.” 22 Peter Cheung, Fremont CA; Marusa Gold, London Great Britain; Veri Kiljan, When the dummy appeared, however, Abdou Tilburg Netherlands; Signe Buus Thomsen, Valby Denmark 2.09 could see that 4♠ was easier, so he had to play 4♥ 23 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Suzanne Cook, all out to make it. McKinleyville CA; Theo Lichtenstein, Tallahassee FL 1.40 On the lead of a low heart from North to the 24/25 Craig Kavin, Newbury Park CA; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Marta Monheim, queen and ace, declarer played a low diamond. West Hills CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 0.70 North rose with the king and played another 24/25 Patrick Bogacki - Valerie Sauvage-Bogacki, St. Cloud France; Jerzy Romanowski, diamond to the jack and ace. Declarer then drew Courbevoie France; Martine Rossard, Paris France 0.70 26 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Shawn Abernethy, Seattle WA; Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI; trumps, finshed the diamonds and cashed all Eileen Cripps, Madison WI 0.00 his remaining trumps. This was the position as declarer played the last trump: ♠ K J Spingold ♥ — continued from page 1 ♦ — ♣ A Q 10 Klukowski, and Krzysztof Martens. ♠ Q 3 ♠ A 9 6 5 For Blass are Jacek Pszczola of Chapel Hill ♥ 2 ♥ — NC, Poles Jacek Kalita and Michal Nowosadzki, ♦ — ♦ — and the Dutch duo of Sjoert Brink and Bas Drijver. ♣ J 3 ♣ K In the semifinal round, Zimmermann defeated ♠ 10 8 the all-French team led by Eric Gautret, 110-86 ♥ — after trailing slightly in the first half. ♦ — In the other semifinal bracket, Blass defeated ♣ 9 8 7 Warren Spector and company 108-88. Abdou: “North is strip squeezed. Being a work champ, North came down to the ♠K J and the ♣A 10 hoping his partner had the ♣J. I exited with Paul Hattis and Jim Orleans finished second in the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs a club to the king and scored my jack.” Page 6 Sunday, July 28, 2019 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 9.0 Tables A B C 4.12 1 Daniel AlbertRozenberg, Cambridge MA; Donald Caplin, Waltham MA 63.10% 3.68 2 1 Carol Warner, Phoenix AZ; Anne Casey, Sun Lakes AZ 61.01% 2.32 3 Jim Bachelder - Karen Clemency, Columbus OH 56.55% 2019 China 1.74 4 Robert Hope, Provost AB; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI 55.06% Hainan (Sanya) 2.76 5 2 Ian Kirk - Deanna Birch, Portland OR 54.76% International 2.07 3 Susan Zhang, Los Altos Hills CA; Jim Liu, Saratoga CA 54.17% Bridge Festival 1.55 4 Linda Gaston, Pflugerville TX; Victoria Hess, Jackson WY 53.27% 1.16 5 Sandy Nelson, Minneapolis MN; Sandy Fisher, Long Lake MN 50.30% September 30 to October 13, 2019 SATURDAY MORING 299ER PAIRS Sanya, Hainan Province 7.0 Tables A B C 2.55 1 1 Ingrid Fitzgerald - Victoria Hodes, Henderson NV 64.17% Events and Prizes 2.13 2 2 1 Linda Wilson, Ponte Vedra FL; Earl Conner, Woodbury MN 57.08% (A) Open Teams...... $45,000 1.60 3 3 2 Stefan Lopatkiewicz, Washington DC; Susan Trebach, Chevy Chase MD 55.42% (B) Mixed Teams ...... $45,000 1.20 4 4 3 Candace Wilkes - Coralie Wilkes, Walnut Creek CA 55.00% (C) Senior Teams ...... $18,000 0.90 5 5 4 Tom Young, Dothan AL; Jacqueline Ferraro, New York NY 52.50% (D) Open Pairs ...... $22,000 (G) ...... $22,000 Mixed Pairs SATURDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS (H) Yeh’s "Three Bids Team” ...... $38,000 (I) Summit KO ...... $27,000 4.0 Tables (J) 1-Day Side Events...... $2000-5000 A B C BAM Teams, Swiss Teams, Open Pairs, Swiss Pairs, IMP Pairs 1.63 1 1 1 Grover Prowell - Peggy Newmann, Las Vegas NV 59.85% (K) Evening Open Pairs ...... $4500 1.22 2 2 Bertha Benavides, Mexico; Adriana Quintanilla, Mexico 58.83% ...... plus 50% of entry fee 0.99 3 2 Sarah Eidelhoch, San Francisco CA; Jian Ju Jing, 57.32%

Organizers THURSDAY–SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - FINAL China Association Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television 38.75 Tables / Based on 20 Tables and Sports of Hainan Province 10.73 1/2 Richard Jeng, Johns Creek GA 126.53% Government of Sanya City 10.73 1/2 Brent Xiao, Fremont CA 126.53% 6.75 3 Penny Bourne, Mammoth Lakes CA 114.16% For more information, 4.53 4/5 George Bleskachek, Eau Claire WI 113.70% please visit hnbridge.cn 4.53 4/5 Tony Ames, Minnetonka MN 113.70% 6.49 6 Ethan Wood, Dover MA 112.83% 2.84 7/8 Margaret Bissell, Westlake Village CA 110.55% 2.84 7/8 Teryl Burke, Thousand Oaks CA 110.55% 4.77 9 Bo Han Zhu, Oakville ON 110.04% 4.18 10/11 Deanna Birch, Portland OR 109.32% 4.18 10/11 Ian Kirk, Portland OR 109.32%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT SWISS TEAMS 41 Tables A B C Smoking Policy 20.40 1 1 1 Jason Ji, Kendall Park NJ; Shihong You, Germantown MD; Qian Smoking is not permitted in the playing area Ren, North York ON; Frank Feng, Radnor PA 117.00 during any bridge playing event at an NABC. This 15.30 2 2 Andrew Zheng, Vaughan ON; Mike Xiao-Fang Xue, Markham ON; Yuan includes electronic smoking devices. Chen, North York ON; Mingmin Zhu, Mississauga ON 107.00 11.48 3 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Bill Parks, Phoenix AZ; Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX; Marilyn Adams, Beaumont TX 106.00 8.61 4 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ; Martin Robins, Delray Beach FL; Haskell Deutsch, Henderson NV 103.00 6.80 5 Jean Barry - Jim Leary - Pat Leary, Livermore CA; Erwin Linzner, Santa Rosa CA 102.00 5.47 6/7 Barry Bragin, Pawling NY; Robert Bitterman, Harbor Springs MI; Brad Theurer, Gaithersburg MD; Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL; Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Mark Bendure, Grosse Pointe MI 100.00 5.47 6/7 Andre Chartrand - Elizabeth Smith, Montreal QC; Michael Efraim, Mont-Royal QC; Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC 100.00 4.53 8 P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Cecil Crowson Jr, Morelos Mexico; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; William Arlinghaus, Meridian MS 99.00 4.08 9 Michael Schreiber - Amy Downing, Plano TX; Paul Darin - Mac Busby, San Diego CA 98.00 3.56 10/11 Gale Senter, San Clemente CA; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA; Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 94.00 5.74 10/11 3 Jefri Donovan - Virginia Kellermeyer - Jill Wallace - Rene Reid, Reno NV 94.00 3.85 4/5 Michael Hughes, San Jose CA; James Glickman, Las Vegas NV; Robert Bell, New Providence NJ; Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA 91.00 3.85 4/5 Paul Holmes, Wadsworth OH; Eric Gettleman, Ellicott City MD; David Venetianer, Chadds Ford PA; Richard Franklin, New Canaan CT 91.00 2.91 6 Alfred Tuckman, Laguna Woods CA; Wayne Gorski, Mission Viejo CA; Winston Chang - Frank Lin, Irvine CA 86.00 2.52 2 Margaret Graham, St Clairsville OH; Linda Schanz - Sally Mandel Ritter, Las Vegas NV; Cindi Siegel, Bayside NY 84.00

China Hainan International Bridge Festival You may have noticed banners scattered the tournament, including transportation in the throughout the tournament promoting the city, hotel and meals. With more than $200,000 upcoming Hainan Sanya International Bridge in prizes being awarded, it’s an opportunity you Festival, Sept. 30–Oct. 13, in China. The won’t want to miss. tournament organizers extend a special invitation To learn more about the tournament, please to winning teams and pairs in NABC+ events. visit hnbridge.cn or contact U.S. representative J.J. Winners of these events will have all expenses Wang at [email protected] upon arriving in Hainan provided courtesy of Sunday, July 28, 2019 Volume 11, Number 4 Daily Bulletin 2019 Youth NABC Editor: Chip Dombrowski Xu wins Chinese team wins Youth Swiss Sportsmanship Award A team of players from Michael Beijing won the National Youth Xu, 16, of Palo Swiss Teams. Yuchen Xu, Yufan Alto CA won Liao, Baozhuo Jiang and YuQi the Master Wen finished 2.48 victory points Point Press ahead of the team captained by Sportsmanship Harrison Luba of Lynnfield MA. Award. Luba played with Michael Xu, Xu started Arthur Zhou and Michael Hu, all playing about from California’s Silicon Valley, four years and Canadians Olivia Laufer and ago when he Albena-Maria Vassileva. went to one of The winners have all been Silicon Valley playing around eight years. Jiang Youth Bridge’s came to the 2012 YNABC, and in monthly free Winners of the National Youth Swiss Teams: Yufan Liao, captain 2014 Wen played in the Cardrook pizza parties. Michael Xu Pairs. It’s the first time at a Yuchen Xu, Baozhul Jiang and YuQi Wen of Beijing, China. This is his third YNABC for Xu and Liao. They’ve never played as Jiang said. time playing in the Youth NABC. a team before. “We had to win our match against them to “I feel really honored that a lot of people The Luba team led after the qualifying session catch up,” Yuchen Xu added. “I think we all did voted for me,” Xu said. “This award is especially with a carryover of 20 VPs, about 12 ahead of the well today, especially in the afternoon. meaningful to me. My mentor Michael Rosenberg Chinese team. “In the morning we didn’t play so The team receives $4000 in scholarships. is all about ethics and goodwill. He has spent a lot well, but in the afternoon we were more focused,” continued on Youth back page of time on me. I feel like winning this award shows his efforts are not wasted.” He will receive a $1000 college scholarship Teen gets involved with teaching from . Nathan Susser learned bridge on a cruise with the bidding. Players his great-grandmother Jean Krakower in 2016 write down their when she turned 100. He played a few times on the high-card points cruise and then didn’t really think about the game and distribution on Dealing out a for a year. erasable information big 'thank you' After her death, he got interested in bridge and sheets that everyone decided he’d like to teach it to kids. He reached can see. They use that to our out to San Francisco’s Parks and Recreation information to arrive Department and, at 15, started his own card camp at a contract and start at the Chinatown Rec Center. But he realized he playing right away. wasn’t qualified to teach bridge. The CBE, says “I was teaching games like war, spades, teaching coordinator hearts,” said Susser, now 17. Deborah Drysdale, Nathan Susser teaches Then he found out about the Center For has two prongs: bridge at a middle Bridge Education, a kid- and family-oriented local spokes and a hub. school in San Francisco, nonprofit. They were starting a program called “The spokes are going starting with a Cardology Kidz and teaching a new game called out to schools,” she simplified version of the Handz. explains. It varies by game, called Handz. Handz, designed by Richard Bellerose, is a semester, but volunteers are going out about four simplified game that plays like bridge without continued on Youth back page

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FINAL ATTENDANCE through Saturday 319.5 tables The Center For Bridge Education’s Cardology Kidz program brought 16 students the Youth NABC. Fourteen of them are seen here with teaching coordinator Deborah Drysdale, left, and A new record! coaches William Zhu, second left, and Edmund Wu, right. YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC

National Youth Swiss Teams

Winners: Yufan Liao, captain Yuchen Xu, Baozhul Jiang and YuQi Wen of Second place: Arthur Zhou, Michael Xu, Albena-Maria Vassileva, captain Beijing, China. Harrison Luba, Olivia Laufer and Michael Hu.

Cardrook Pairs

First overall, morning: Eric He and First in B and second overall, First overall and first in B, First in C, afternoon: Matthew Xie Edward He. They were also second morning: Michael Hu and Luke afternoon: Nancy Yu and Joey Qi and Divine Onyeagocha. They were in A in the afternoon. Tong also second in B in the morning.

First in C, morning: Leo Wang and Second in C, morning: Eddy Qi and Second in B, afternoon: Andrew Second in C, afternoon: Markel Nicholas Wang Nolan Balocki Jin and Michael Hu Powell and Chibuihie Iherobiem

These players won section tops in Saturday’s Cardrook games.

YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC NATIONAL YOUTH SWISS TEAMS 18 Tables / Based on 38 Tables 13.06 1 Yuchen Xu, Nashville TN; Yufan Liao - Baozhuo Jiang - YuQi Wen, Beijing China 81.48 9.80 2 Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA; Michael Xu, Palo Alto CA; Arthur Zhou - Michael Hu, San Jose CA; Olivia Laufer, Toronto ON; Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON 79.00 7.35 3 Rory Xiao, Fremont CA; Brandon Ge, Cupertino CA; Darwin Li, Richmond Hill ON; Jonathan Yue, San Jose CA; Michael Serafini, Calgary AB 66.30 5.51 4 Kayden Ge, Cupertino CA; Brian Zhang, Dublin CA; Charlie Chen - Andrew Chen, San Jose CA 54.70 4.35 5 Yunshan Wang - Tsz Fei Wang, North York ON; Sharon Mi, Mississauga ON; Nicole Qian, Gainesville FL 53.67 3.73 6 Richard Lourie, Jamaica Plain MA; Rohan Srivastava, Piedmont CA; Hao Hao Chen, Hinsdale IL; Kevin Jiang, Deerfield IL 50.09 3.27 7 Hao Li - Garrett Liu, Oakville ON; Yolanda Ling, Markham ON; Katherine Yang, Scarborough ON 48.12 2.90 8 Michael Zheng - Alex Zheng, San Jose CA; Jonathan Shi - Lucas Huang, Palo Alto CA 47.82 2.61 9 Katherine Hwang - Jack Boge, New York NY; Avery Silverstein, Ridgefield CT; Michael Xu of Palo Alto CA won the Aldwyn Lin, Williamsburg VA 46.48 Master Point Press Sportsmanship 2.37 10 Jeffrey You, Nepean ON; Han Wu, Markham ON; Samuel Li, North York ON; Award. Melody Zheng, Gloucester ON 44.30

SATURDAY AFTERNOON YOUTH PAIRS Consolation Pairs 12.0 Tables A B C 3.81 1 Michael Passucci, Clarence Center NY; Colleen Stewart, Williamsville NY 63.06% 2.86 2 Nathan Gennaro, San Carlos CA; Miranda Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA 62.78% 2.14 3 1 Ashley Chen - Richard Chan, Arcadia CA 58.61% 1.61 4 Daren Liu - Tyler Mu, Williamsville NY 57.78% 1.44 5/6 2 Maximilian Santiago, St. George Bermuda; Gareth Cooper, Smiths Bermuda 57.50% 1.06 5/6 Jamie Chepenik - Brooke Chepenik, Maitland FL 57.50% 1.18 3 1 Charles Boisvert, Southampton Bermuda; Daniel Macphee, Devonshire Bermuda 55.56% 0.65 4 Brett Baumgartner, Pembroke Bermuda; Shane Krueger, St. David Bermuda 52.22% 0.89 5 2 Erin Li - Ethan Li, Arcadia CA 51.39% 0.66 3 Gabriella Quinn-Sirera - Sydney Daponte, Smiths Bermuda 46.94%

SATURDAY MORNING CARDROOK PAIRS 15.0 Tables A B C 2.03 1 Eric He - Edward He, Bellevue WA 80.36% 1.70 2 1 Luke Tong, Princeton NJ; Michael Hu, Plainsboro NJ 73.21% 1.14 3 Sydney Thompson - Brooke Thompson, Apopka FL 69.64% 1.28 4 2 Divine Onyeagocha, Orange NJ; Mathew Xie, Los Angeles CA 64.29% 0.84 5/6 3/4 Leondina Passucci, Clarence Center NY; Luna Liu, Williamsville NY 61.31% First overall: Colleen Stewart and 1.20 5/6 3/4 1 Leo Wang - Nicholas Wang, Redmond WA 61.31% Michael Passucci 0.54 5 Geoffrey Yu, Redmond WA; Alex Zhou, Woodinville WA 60.12% 0.90 6 2 Nolan Balocki - Eddy Qi, San Francisco CA 52.98% 0.60 3/4 Markel Powell - Chibuihie Iherobiem, Orange NJ 47.62% 0.60 3/4 Toby Lee - Edmond Tso, San Francisco CA 47.62%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON CARDROOK PAIRS 17.0 Tables A B C 1.92 1 1 Nancy Yu - Joey Qi, San Francisco CA 71.43% 1.44 2 Eric He - Edward He, Bellevue WA 70.83% 1.17 3 2 Michael Hu, Plainsboro NJ; Andrew Jin, Newtown PA 70.24% 1.12 4 3 1 Divine Onyeagocha, Orange NJ; Mathew Xie, Los Angeles CA 63.19% 0.66 5 4 Munachiso Iherobiem - Marquis Douglas, Orange NJ 60.71% 0.49 6 5 Alex Zhou, Woodinville WA; Geoffrey Yu, Redmond WA 60.32% 0.53 6 Leondina Passucci, Clarence Center NY; Luna Liu, Williamsville NY 58.33% 0.84 2 Markel Powell - Chibuihie Iherobiem, Orange NJ 53.67% 0.55 3/4 Tiger Li - Andrew Jiang, Buffalo NY 48.21% 0.55 3/4 Leo Wang - Nicholas Wang, Redmond WA 48.21%

BARON BARCLAY NATIONAL YOUTH PAIRS – CORRECTED 20.0 Tables / Based on 39 Tables First in B: Richard Chan and Ashley 16.66 1 Arthur Zhou - Michael Hu, San Jose CA 70.60% Chen. They also won the Thursday 12.50 2 Katherine Yang, Scarborough ON; Yolanda Ling, Markham ON 67.23% afternoon Cardrook Pairs. 9.37 3 S. Reese Koppel, Metairie LA; Michael Xu, Palo Alto CA 66.60% 7.03 4 Rory Xiao, Fremont CA; Brandon Ge, Cupertino CA 63.48% 5.55 5 Samuel Li, North York ON; Han Wu, Markham ON 62.87% 4.76 6 YuQi Wen - Baozhuo Jiang, Beijing People’s Republic of China 61.96% 4.17 7 Darwin Li, Richmond Hill ON; Michael Serafini, Calgary AB 61.89% 3.70 8 Miranda Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA; Olivia Schireson, Stanford CA 60.05% 3.33 9 Garrett Liu - Hao Li, Oakville ON 59.17% 3.03 10 Yufan Liao, Beijing China; Yuchen Xu, Nashville TN 59.09% 2.87 11 Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON; Olivia Laufer, Toronto ON 59.01% 2.56 12 Lauren Liu, Princeton NJ; Brandon Fong, Mount Laurel NJ 57.70% 2.38 13 Carl Marco - Eric Berenblit, Palm Coast FL 55.71% 2.22 14 Arthur Gong - Nathan Gong, Sammamish WA 55.06% 2.08 15 Kayden Ge, Cupertino CA; Charlie Chen, San Jose CA 54.12% 2.52 16 Jaan Srimurthy, Brookline MA; Jonathan Yue, San Jose CA 53.89% 1.85 17 Jonathan Shi - Lucas Huang, Palo Alto CA 52.86% 1.75 18 Alex Zheng - Michael Zheng, San Jose CA 52.86% 1.67 19 Hao Hao Chen - Shi Chen, Hinsdale IL 52.19% 1.59 20 Daren Liu - Tyler Mu, Williamsville NY 52.19%

First in C: Charles Boisvert and Daniel Macphee

YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC Youth Swiss What’s your favorite contract? continued from front page During Saturday’s lunchtime at the Youth NABC, we asked players this question: What is your Youth Pairs favorite contract and why? On Friday two members of the second place team – Hu and Zhou – won the Baron Barclay National Youth Open Pairs, a day after placing 55th in the . They’ve been playing together for four years, but it’s their third Youth NABC because Zhou didn’t go to Atlanta. They won the National Youth Swiss Teams two years ago in Toronto. “I feel like in the final session, the first three rounds weren’t very good,” Zhou said. “And then Michael helped us regroup.” “7NT redoubled “I like 2♦. A lot of “3NT. I can just bid “2♥. It seems easy to Hu agreed it was a rocky start. “This dude making.” the time I have a whole it and my partners don’t play. It’s red and that’s [indicating Zhou] gave us a zero on the first board,” [Have you done that?] bunch of diamonds.” fight with me for it.” my favorite color.” he said. “Definitely not.” TaQuan Neblett, 12 Harrison Luba, 15 Juliana Shilipetar, 14 “At one point we doubled them, and it looked Richard Lourie, 17 Orange NJ Lynnfield MA Seattle WA like it was making,” Zhou said. “Declarer went Boston MA down. That was the turning point.” Baron Barclay provides a $2000 college scholarship to the winning pair.

Teaching continued from front page elementary and middle schools at a time. “The hub is people come to us.” That’s the Cardology program for “3NT. My dad says, “1NT. It’s easy to “1NT. Because it “Probably 3NT adults and Cardology ‘Don’t know what to do? play because I have never makes. I think redoubled. It’s easier to Kidz for youth. The Bid 3NT.’ It’s easier to limited resources. it’s the most common get away with having name comes from know no one can There’s usually only one contract and it goes crappy hands and not the location: a room you.” suit to set up.” down the most.” actually being able to at a hospital where Avery Silverstein, 10 Michael Xu, 16 Michael Serafini, 15 make it.” they can meet without Ridgefield CT Palo Alto CA Calgary AB Olivia Laufer, 16 having to pay rent. Toronto ON When Susser Deborah Drysdale is attended the first teaching coordinator meeting of Cardology for the Center for Kidz, there were Bridge Education. eight kids. He was the only one with any bridge knowledge. That made it easy for him to pick up Handz quickly. He also started taking bridge lessons from Bellerose. Volunteers are in high demand for the CBE’s school bridge programs. “It helps the more table monitors you have,” Drysdale said. “Classroom “4♠. I like spades “6♠. It’s never bad to “Passout. It’s really “3NT. In notrump management is an issue.” because they’re the best bid and make.” fast and there’s no way nobody can trump you.” So Susser, eager to teach bridge, got sent to major.” Olivia Schireson, 14 to go down.” Aryssa Black, 12 Aptos Middle School. For four months he spent Michelle Yang, 11 Stanford CA Han Wu, 14 Orange NJ two hours there every Monday teaching Handz at Toronto ON Toronto ON first and then bridge with three other volunteers. “Being able to teach is really rewarding,” he said. “Bridge is such a dynamic game that makes you use your mind in a way that builds skills that you need later in life.” Meanwhile, the Cardology Kidz program has grown. One day Drysdale was offering a workshop for people who wanted to teach Handz at her house. Two moms she wasn’t expecting showed up with their 9-year-old sons. She brought them in and taught them the game. She had no idea what was “I don’t really have “Maybe 4♠. It’s “4NT. It’s sort of in “7NT. It gets you coming next. one. If I had to choose, game in a major but you the middle. It’s not too a lot of points and it’s “All of a sudden it was like a fire hose of four of a major.” don’t have to commit too high but not too low.” really exciting to play.” players learning to play Handz,” she said. Ethan Lacey, 13. much.” Wesley Dominica, 14 Charlotte Emery-King, “It’s been incredible to watch the Cardology Bermuda Daphne Quint, 18 Orlando FL 16 Kidz grow,” Susser said. “It’s gone from two tables Reno NV Bermuda to five to eight tables. So many new kids have come through there.” Two years ago, they sent four students to Toronto; last year in Atlanta, it was seven. They have 16 here in Las Vegas, along with coaches William Zhu and Edmund Wu. Susser went last year with his sister, but she doesn’t play anymore. His siblings know how to play from the same family cruise, but they gave it up. That leaves Susser as the only one still playing his great-grandmother’s game. “It’s special to me,” “7NT.” “I’m really good at “Probably 3♥. Cause “3♦. I play it a lot.” he said, “to be able to carry on her legacy.” Owen Jiang, 11 2♣.” I usually get hearts.” Olivia Rabinowitz, 13 Deerfield IL Keira Reiss, 12 Declan Reid, 10 Williamsburg VA Seattle WA Houston TX YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC Daily Bulletin Sunday, July 28, 2019 Page 11

98 Tables Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal FINAL PAIRING IN THE SPINGOLD KO TEAMS Klukowski, Poland; Tor Helness, Monaco; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Franck Multon, Monaco 1. Zimmermann 186 vs 64. Markowicz 64 1. Zimmermann 124 Blass, npc Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Sjoert Brink, 32. Zhao 73 32. Zhao 134 Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands 33. Pavlicek w/d 1. Zimmermann 133 125.00 3/4 Warren Spector, Chilmark MA; Gavin Wolpert, 16. Levine 64 17. Korbel 131 Palm Beach Gardens FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bech Gardens FL; John Kranyak, 48. Rippey 111 17. Korbel 61 Las Vegas NV 16. Levine 109 125.00 3/4 Eric Gautret - Marc Mus - Catherine Mus, 16. Levine 141 Montpellier France; Michel Abecassis - Pierre Franceschetti, Paris 49. Schireson 80 1. Zimmermann 168 France; Jerome Rombaut, Hem France 80.00 5/8 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris 8. (24) Verbeek 114 9. Wolfson 61 Willenken, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Boye 56. (73) Lee 153 Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway 9. (73) Lee 92 80.00 5/8 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Norberto Bocchi, 24. Verbeek 129 24. Verbeek 144 Barcelona Spain; Philippe Cronier, Paris France; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Antonio 41. Allavena w/d 9. (24) Verbeek 122 Sementa, Parma Italy 8. Lall 90 80.00 5/8 Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Danny 25. Wildavsky 104 Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam 40. Goldberg 124 25. (40) Goldberg 100 Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy 8. Lall 148 8. Lall 135 80.00 5/8 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Nikolay Demirev, 57. (72) Kolesnik 92 Arlington Heights IL; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk Poland; Piotr 1. Zimmermann 25 45 73 110 Nawrocki, Warsaw Poland; Artur Wasik - Andrzej Knap, Madrid 4. (37) Gautret 27 53 53 86 5. Robinson 170 Spain 50.00 9/16 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr 60. Gipson 72 5. Robinson w/d Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Eric Rodwell, 28. (37) Gautret 136 Clearwater FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, 28. O’Rourke w/d Montclair NJ 37. Gautret 135 5. (37) Gautret 118 50.00 9/16 Hemant Lall, Carrollton TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland - 12. (21) Bramley 96 21. Bramley 157 , New York NY; David Gold, London England 44. Flip-Flop 132 50.00 9/16 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby 21. Bramley 144 Sweden; Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm 12. Mittelman 115 12. Mittelman 245 Sweden; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 50.00 9/16 Mike Levine, Pinckney MI; Eddie Wold, Houston 53. (76) Sieg 149 5. (37) Gautret 137 TX; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Simon De 4. (29) Meltzer 89 Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 13. Mahaffey 152 50.00 9/16 Joyce Hill, St. Augustine FL; Shan Huang - 52. (77) Hetz 79 13. Mahaffey 81 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Justin Lall, Little Elm TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 20. Hill 110 20. Hill 157 50.00 9/16 Bart Bramley - Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Kit 45. China Ladies 96 Woolsey, Kensington CA; Nabil Edgtton, Sydney Australia; Andy 13. (20) Hill w/d Hung, Brisbane Australia; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV 4. (29) Meltzer 160 29. Meltzer 106 50.00 9/16 Andrew Gromov - Anna Gulevich - Aleksander Dubinin - Vadim Kholomeev - Yuri Khyuppenen - Jouri Khokhlov, 36. Rigal 102 29. Meltzer 151 Moscow Russia 4. Fleisher 144 50.00 9/16 Alison Wilson, New York NY; Magdalena Ticha 4. Fleisher 145 - Richard Ritmeijer, Zwolle Netherlands; Ida Groenkvist, Bromma 61. (68) Chu w/d 1. Zimmermann Sweden; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Mikael Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden 2. Nickell 269 2. (3) Blass 25.00 17/32 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip 63. Barrett 57 Martel, Davis CA; Eric Greco, Northville MI; Geoff Hampson, Las 2. Nickell 144 Vegas NV; Brad Moss, Denver CO 34. Leong 135 31. Lo w/d 25.00 17/32 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, 34. Leong 136 2. Nickell 109 Evanston IL 15. Spector 122 25.00 17/32 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, 18. Lebowtiz 141 Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; 47. Texan Aces 138 18. Lebowtiz 117 Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy 25.00 17/32 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, 15. Spector 141 15. Spector 104 Las Vegas NV; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland; Ron Pachtmann, 50. Carmichael w/d Kfar Saba Israel 2. (15) Spector 166 25.00 17/32 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Gary Cohler, 7. Lavazza 157 10. Cayne 120 Delray Beach FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam; David Berkowitz, 55. Rosenberg 103 10. Cayne 95 Boca Raton FL 23. Gromov 204 25.00 17/32 Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV; Jerry Stamatov - 23. Gromov 121 Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Darren 42. (57) Murphy 99 10. (23) Gromov 118 Wolpert - Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON 25.00 17/32 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Michael 7. Lavazza 162 26. Lewis 159 Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Johan Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, 39. Payen 100 Stockholm Sweden; Zachary Grossack - Adam Grossack, Newton 26. Lewis 131 MA 7. Lavazza 152 7. Lavazza 128 25.00 17/32 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz 58. (71) Shugart w/d 2 (15) Spector 11 42 70 88 Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; 3. Blass 30 46 74 108 Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland 6. Rosenthal 133 25.00 17/32 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis - Curtis Cheek - Huub 59. Miller 108 6. Rosenthal 157 Bertens, Las Vegas NV; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, New York NY; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 27. Kasle w/d 27. Kasle 73 25.00 17/32 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Piotr Tuczynski, 38. Narasimhan w/d Poznan Poland; Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Michal 6. Rosenthal 188 Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan Poland; 11. (54) Wilson 79 22. Street 129 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 25.00 17/32 Chen Zhao, Greenbelt MD; Jing Liu, Stanford 43. (56) Amalia 175 22. (56) Amalia 100 CA; Yinghao Liu, Redmond WA; Linlin Hu, People’s Republic of 11. (54) Wilson 130 China 11. Tulin 85 25.00 17/32 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Peter Gill, Sydney 54. Wilson 91 6. Rosenthal 113 Australia; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI 25.00 17/32 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Hua Poon 3. Blass 126 14. Zagorin 151 - Kien Fong - Yukun Zhang, Singapore; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo 51. (78) Schultz 78 Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland 14. Zagorin 158 25.00 17/32 Kevin Castner, Mercer Island WA; Phillip King, 19. Berg w/d 19. Berg 150 Harrow UK; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Stefan Skorchev, Sofia Bulgaria 46. Bakkeren 95 14. Zagorin 66 25.00 17/32 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Alexander 3. Blass 106 Ornstein, New York NY; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL; Bryan Howard, 30. Zaleski 116 Nashville TN; Larry Sealy, Owens Cross Roads AL; Wafik Abdou, 35. (64) Rogoff 121 30. (64) Rogoff 127 Bakersfield CA 25.00 17/32 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen 3. Blass 139 3. Blass 196 NJ; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA 62. Kahn w/d Page 12 Sunday, July 28, 2019 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS No exit 13.0 Tables Jean-Paul Sartre’s 1944 existentialist play, “No A B C Exit,” posits the theme that hell is other people. At 4.98 1 1 Valerie Deneroff - Martin Deneroff, New York NY 58.19% the bridge table, however, hell can quite literally 3.74 2 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Lily Johannessen, Honolulu HI 56.21% 2.80 3 Alex Kornel - Barbara Seagram, Toronto ON 54.34% be finding yourself without an exit – as North 3.07 4 Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 53.73% discovers here. Olin Hubert of Atlanta GA is at the 1.58 5 Gene Benedict - Susan Benedict, Toledo OH 53.54% helm on this deal from the Roth Swiss first-day 2.15 6 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Greta Pineles, Jackson NJ 52.87% qualifier: 3.25 2 1 Marilynn Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA; Susan Huber, Brentwood CA 52.47% Dlr: North ♠ 6 2.44 3 Patricia Towle, Colorado Springs CO; Glenn Nixon, Peoria AZ 52.37% Vul: E–W ♥ A J 9 8 7 3 2 1.75 4/5 Ian Kirk - Deanna Birch, Portland OR 52.04% ♦ 4 1.71 4/5 2 Clare Whiteford, Evanton ; Alison Macdonald, Fort William 52.04% ♣ 9 7 4 3 1.25 6 Brenda Alberico - John Steffan, Frisco CO 51.94% ♠ K 10 2 ♠ A Q J 9 7 5 ♥ Q 10 6 ♥ K 5 4 SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables ♦ J 9 8 2 ♦ 3 A B C ♣ K J 10 ♣ 8 6 5 2.25 1 1 Sharon Schnayer, Laval QC; Marc Scott Mitchel, Tamarac FL 61.50% ♠ 8 4 3 1.69 2 2 Steven Creech, Cumming GA; Giorgio Casinovi, Tucker GA 60.00% ♥ — 1.11 3/4 Ingrid Fitzgerald - Victoria Hodes, Henderson NV 52.50% ♦ A K Q 10 7 6 5 1.13 3/4 3 Shari Van Luchene - Joseph Van Luchene, Las Vegas NV 52.50% ♣ A Q 2 0.84 4 Stefan Lopatkiewicz, Washington DC; Susan Trebach, Chevy Chase MD 50.00% West North East South 4♥ 4♠ (1) Dbl (2) SATURDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS Pass Pass Pass 3.5 Tables (1) No one steals from me A B C 1.63 1 Malgorzata Koziol, Las Vegas NV; Linda Wilson, Ponte Vedra FL 71.25% (2) Me neither 1.39 2 1 Glenn Heath - Melissa Riezler, Las Vegas NV 63.75% South led the ♦A, and Olin’s partner, Emory 1.04 3 2 Benjamin Darnell, San Jose CA; Ariel Flaster, Menlo Park CA 61.25% Whitaker, laid down a fine dummy. South then played the ♣A and a low club. Olin finessed, SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS winning the ♣J. He came off dummy with a 23.0 Tables diamond, ruffed by North and overruffed by 7 3 2 declarer. Declarer then pulled trumps. Noting 8.66 1 Toby McEvoy - Christopher Hahn, Henderson NV 65.83% North’s failure to follow (again), Olin knew 6.50 2 1 1 Yuan Li, Markham ON; Yongtao Li, Toronto ON 61.16% North’s 1=7=1=4 hand. He continued playing 4.87 3 2 2 Szymon Batog - Jacek Batog, Szczecin, Poland 59.19% spades, coming down to this ending: 3.65 4 3 3 Kevin Babcock - Paul Melodia, San Francisco CA 59.03% 2.89 5 4 4 Craig Miller, Lake Wylie SC; Cathy Miller, Clover SC 57.87% ♠ — 2.88 6 5 5 Jacqueline Barsodi, Las Vegas NV; Loren Moore, North Las Vegas NV 57.09% ♥ A J 9 2.17 7 Elizabeth Gompels, Cambridge MA; Moses Liskov, Lexington MA 56.99% ♦ — 1.92 8 Patricia Mayer - Eric Mayer, Mundelein IL 56.32% ♣ 9 7 1.73 9 Paul Davis, Mountain View CA; Geraldine Macdonald, Los Altos CA 55.89% ♠ — ♠ 5 1.57 10 William Kinney, Flagstaff AZ; Jackie Haugen, Cottonwood AZ 55.67% ♥ Q 10 6 ♥ K 5 4 1.48 11 Carlene Judge - Don Judge, Sarasota FL 54.85% ♦ 8 ♦ — 1.33 12 Steve Saunders, Durango CO; Maureen Merker, Mentor OH 54.48% ♣ K ♣ 8 SATURDAY DAYLIGHT B/C PAIRS immaterial 30.0 Tables / Based on 70 Tables B C On the last spade, dummy comfortably 27.97 1 Christopher Smith, Vero Beach FL; Karen Kribs, Aspen CO 60.46% discarded a diamond and North was stuck. A heart 20.98 2 Newton Brightwell - Marilyn Brightwell, Osprey FL 59.27% pitch makes it easy to pick up two heart tricks 15.73 3 Jack Grier - Alina Grier, Bridgman MI 58.08% while a club pitch removes North’s safe exit. At 15.66 4 1 Bill Cohen, Pebble Beach CA; Charles Messenger, Salinas CA 56.85% the table, North pitched a club. Declarer crossed to 11.75 5 2 Greg Berry, Saint George UT; Jay Segal, New York NY 56.15% the ♣K and led the ♥Q, and North was cooked. If 8.81 6 3 Greg Bohn - Richard Clemmons, Las Vegas NV 56.04% he takes his ace, his forced heart return gives up a 6.99 7 4 Curt Kristensen, Duluth MN; Linzhi Hu, San Jose CA 55.88% trick to the 10. If he ducks, Olin scores his ♥K. 6.22 8 Charan Garg - Uma Garg, Vero Beach FL 55.04% Note the importance of not playing the ♣K 5.59 9 5 Per Berg, Palm Coast FL; James West, Saint Johns FL 54.42% earlier in the hand. Had South retained control 5.09 10 W Owen Miller - Karen Miller, Henderson NV 54.19% 4.66 11 6 Judy Soong, San Francisco CA; Patricia Irwin, Mill Valley CA 54.15% of the club suit rather than cashing the ace 5.00 12 7 Carolyn Carter - Daniel Lev, New York NY 54.08% early in the defense, his hand wouldn’t have 4.00 13 Phillip Yorston, Abiquiu NM; Scott McClure, Greenwood Village CO 53.73% been immaterial in the end position, his partner 3.73 14 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA 53.58% wouldn’t have been prematurely squeezed out 3.40 15/16 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 53.31% of an exit card and Olin would not have had this 3.48 15/16 8 Lisa Mita, Berwyn PA; Alison Shoemaker, Wyndmoor PA 53.31% spotlight moment. 3.13 9 Petko Petkov, Ellsworth ME; Michael Baker, Adamsville RI 51.88% 2.85 10 Don Rogers - Tomoko Rogers, Reno NV 51.42% 2.61 11 Thomas Ryder - Suzy Ryder, Boise ID 51.38% SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO 1 16 Tables SATURDAY DAYLIGHT A/X PAIRS Mike Levine, Pinckney MI; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Mike 26.0 Tables / Based on 96 Tables Passell, Plano TX; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Bauke Muller, A X Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands 41.41 1 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; Hugh Brown Jr., Greenwood SC 61.18% vs Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; 31.06 2 Shome Mukherjee, Braintree MA; Lew Gamerman, Randolph MA 59.53% Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY 23.29 3 1 Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON; Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON 59.44% 17.47 4 David Lim - Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV 58.60% Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; 17.20 5 2 Ryan Connors, Alexandria VA; Randi Adelman, Teaneck NJ 57.59% Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Kevin Fay, Philadelphia 11.83 6 Brenda Montague - Neil Montague, Swampscott MA 57.41% PA; Jason Chiu, San Jose CA 10.35 7 Ann Borgschulte, San Anselmo CA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 56.21% vs Sam Dinkin - Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Michael Shuster, 12.90 8 3 Elaine Lowens - Richard Lowens, Little Rock AR 55.90% Collegeville PA; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH 8.28 9 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; James Milam, Idaho Falls ID 55.43% 7.53 10 Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; James Melville, Springfield IL 55.06% SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO 2 6.90 11 Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Bob Etter, Elk Grove CA 53.83% 10 Tables 6.37 12 Tony Ames, Minnetonka MN; George Bleskachek, Eau Claire WI 53.52% Paul Meerschaert, Long Lake MN; Robert Schachter, Eden 9.67 13 4 Larry Leskiw, Martinez CA; John Feo, Kennewick WA 53.45% Prairie MN; Bruce Boje, Chanhassen MN; Vern Swing, Minneapolis MN 7.64 5 Brenda Pugsley, Carson City NV; Dave Vidaver, Sacramento CA 52.54% vs 6.55 6 Rustin Weimer - Fred Gaines, Raleigh NC 52.41% Anant Rathi - Ankur Rathi, San Francisco CA; Max Aeschbacher 5.73 7 Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY; Nancy Schwantes, Las Vegas NV 52.21% - Deirdre Nickel, Salt Lake City UT 5.10 8 Dean Panagopoulos, Lynn MA; Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 51.74% Daily Bulletin Sunday, July 28, 2019 Page 13

1975 Grant Baze 176 1976 Richard Katz 219 David Berkowitz 1977 Ken Cohen 198 picked up the most 1978 Mike Passell 215 masterpoints won at 1979 Bobby Wolff 179 the 2018 Summer 1980 Peter Weichsel 194 NABC, thereby 1981 Ralph Katz 236* winning the Fishbein 1982 Mike Smolen 221 Trophy. Berkowtiz 1983 Bob Hamman 280* was a member of 1984 Steve Sion 271 Oosman Bashir and Jonathan Baumel of teams that finished 1985 Bill Passell 225 Harvard University finished second in the first in the GNT 1986 Mark Lair 187 Collegiate Pairs Championship. Championship Flight 1987 Danny Rotman 188 and second in the 1988 Helen Utegaard 168 Spingold KO Teams. 1989 Zeke Jabbour 198 The Fishbein Trophy was donated by ACBL 1990 Ron Rubin, Michael Becker 227 in memory of Sally Fishbein and in recognition 1991 Eric Rodwell 278 of the untiring efforts of Harry Fishbein, who 1992 Juanita Chambers 182 served as ACBL treasurer and refused to accept the 1993 John Sutherlin 233 customary compensation. 1994 Lynn Deas 238 The winners 1952–1963: 1995 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman 253 1952 John Crawford 1996 Jeff Meckstroth 268.79 Aaron Balleisen and Nathan Finkle, who 1953 Milton Ellenby 1997 Steve Garner 246.77 attend Princeton University, came in third in 1954 David Carter 1998 Paul Soloway 280.77* the Collegiate Pairs Championship. 1955 Paul Hodge 1999 Eric Rodwell 347.87* 1956 Tobias Stone 2000 Rose Meltzer, Kyle Larsen, 1957 John Crawford Lew Stansby, Chip Martel, 1958 Helen Sobel Peter Weichsel 315.00 1959 Ira Rubin 2001 Ralph Katz 383.85* 1960 Boris Koytchou 2002 Tobi Sokolow 304.43 1961 Marshall Miles 2003 Michael Rosenberg 392.50* 1962 Ira Rubin 2004 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 350.00 1963 Alvin Roth 2005 Geoff Hampson 348.09 These are the Fishbein Trophy winners since 2006 Bjorn Fallenius 365.00 1964, together with their point totals. An asterisk 2007 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 385.72 indicates the record was broken that year. 2008 Migry Zur Campanile 269.56 Santhosh Karnik and Zhuangdi “Andy” Xu 1964 Percy Sheardown 223* 2009 John Hurd 335.00 from Georgia Tech won the B flight of the 1965 Alvin Roth 210 2010 Eric Greco, Brad Moss 301.82 Collegiate Bridge Pairs. 1966 Alvin Roth 186 2011 David Berkowitz 332.50 1967 Phil Feldesman 177 2012 Alan Sontag 315.00 1968 Jim Jacoby 205 2013 Mark Itabashi 326.70 1969 Bob Hamman 180 2014 , Espen Lindqvist, 1970 Dave Strasberg 155 Lotan Fisher, 316.34 1971 Barbara Rappaport 187 2015 Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace 303.43 1972 B. Jay Becker 179 2016 Chris Compton, Mike Passell 373.16 1973 Richard Katz 199 2017 Boye Brogeland, Espen Lindqvist 392.50 1974 Richard Shepherd 162 2018 David Berkowitz 300.00

COLLEGIATE PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP Sarp Kurgan and Danning Lu University of 19.0 Tables California at Santa Barbara took second place A B C in Flight B of the Collegiate Bridge Pairs. 11.60 1 Kevin Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Armin Askari, Thornhill ON 62.97% 8.70 2 Oosman Bashir, Cambridge MA; Jonathan Baumel, Wilmington DE 58.90% For sale: 6.53 3 Aaron Balleisen, Durham NC; Nathan Finkle, New York NY 58.84% 4.89 4 1 Santhosh Karnik, Atlanta GA; Zhuangdi Xu, Sugar Hill GA 57.80% Las Vegas NABC swag! 3.87 5 2 Sarp Kurgan, Goleta CA; Danning Lu, Santa Barbara CA 57.39% For Sale at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Welcome 3.89 6 Sean McNally - Morgan Johnstone, Minneapolis MN 56.98% Desk on the fourth floor 3.45 7 3 1 Alexandra Servey, Hyattsville MD; Zachary Star, New Market MD 55.67% LVNABC T-shirts (medium & large only): 2.58 8 4 Daniel Weiss - Sarik Goyal, Evanston IL 55.39% $5.00 2.32 9 Richard Jeng, Johns Creek GA; Cyrus Hettle, Atlanta GA 55.38% LVNABC Mugs: $1.00 2.24 10 Jesse Chao, Oakland CA; Foster Tom, Berkeley CA 55.01% 1.89 5 2 Zhongqi Zhao - Zeren Shui, Minneapolis MN 54.93% 1.21 6 Chang Liu, Cambridge MA; Senmiao Sun, Brookline MA 54.68% 4.40 3/4 Jianping Xu - Anyi Zhao, Alhambra CA; Jeanne Dea, Sierra Madre CA; Sandra Rucker, San Gabriel CA 2.36 7 Sarah Emmons - Jackson Wahl, Minneapolis MN 54.60% 1.42 3 Jeffrey Silver, Pasadena CA; William Scott, Medford MA 51.37% SATURDAY COMPACT KO 1 1.06 4 Julia White, Ames IA; Meena Ganesh, Minneapolis MN 51.21% 10 Tables 1.72 5 Allie Clark, Wayzata MN; Sophia Maymudes, Seattle WA 50.55% 17.78 1 Eric Robinson, Park City UT; Michael Berkowitz, Brooklyn NY; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; David FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 1 Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 0-2500 MINI-SPINGOLD II 9 Tables 12.45 2 Stanford Holzberg, Sherman Oaks CA; Allan 21 Tables 27.17 1 David Milton, Herndon VA; Seth Cohen, Whiteford, Evanton UK; Robert McKinnon - Catherine Ferguson, 40.20 1 Jordan Lampe - Jacqueline Chang - Stamford CT; Bill St. Clair, Houston TX; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore Anstruther Scotland Christopher Moh - Siqing Yu, New York NY MD 8.00 3 Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Sabrina Miles, 30.15 2 Scott Nason - Jeff Dater, Dallas TX; Nancy 19.02 2 Jon Downing, Solihull England; Julian Mansfield MA; Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK; David Binney, Heck - Alexander Wiles, Los Angeles CA Wernick - Liam Johnstone, Birmingham England; Meg Andrews, Seattle WA 20.10 3/4 Richard Franklin, New Canaan CT; David San Francisco CA 6.22 4 Ruth Fleischmann, New York NY; Ronald Venetianer, Chadds Ford PA; Eric Gettleman, Ellicott City MD; 10.87 3/4 Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ; John Mittleman - Nancy Mittleman, West Palm Beach FL; Mustafa Paul Holmes, Wadsworth OH McKethen - Eleanor Furtak - Dan Faulkner, Tucson AZ Cem Tokay, Roma Italy 20.10 3/4 Robin Elliott - Sally Ann Rhea - Gregory 10.87 3/4 Joseph Shull, New Haven IN; Michael Clegg, Newcomb, Boulder CO; Daphne Davenport, Broomfield CO Fort Wayne IN; Louis Nimnicht, Crown Point IN; Steven Watson, SATURDAY COMPACT KO 2 9.05 5/8 Christine Denny, Encinitas CA; Thomas Rush, Schererville IN 12 Tables Houston TX; William Bidermann, San Diego CA; Larry Wagner, 11.31 1 Liliane Kirchhoff, La Mesa CA; Stuart Cupertino CA FRIDAY-SATURAY KO 2 Sechriest, San Diego CA; Caryn Villalon, Bonsall CA; Milton 9.05 5/8 Michael Gibson, Sarasota FL; Ben Yang, 9 Tables Fader, Fallbrook CA Warren NJ; Kirk Freyermuth, Beaumont CA; Maurie Studin, 10.99 1 Jon Rayden - Donald Cohn, Los Altos CA; 7.92 2 Paula Olivares, Valencia CA; Michael Carmichael CA Richard Herzog - Susan Zhang, Los Altos Hills CA Marcucci, San Gabriel CA; Bruce Altshuler, Los Angeles CA; 9.05 5/8 Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA; Aaron 7.69 2 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston Murat Veysoglu, Cypress CA Mayerson, Redwood City CA; Cindy Casson - Brian Rink, Las MI; Libby Tomar, Kailua HI; Shelly Hershberger, Kailua Kona 5.09 3 Keith Gellman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Sandra Vegas NV HI Juhansoo, Boca Raton FL; Marion Tumen, Pacific Palisades CA; 9.05 5/8 Qiang Zhang - Brian Zhang, Dublin CA; Sarah 4.40 3/4 H. Lyle Supp, Morgan Hill CA; Ron Schwarer, Judy Hyde, Los Angeles CA Chen - Charlie Chen, San Jose CA; Kayden Ge, Cupertino CA Pismo Beach CA; Gayle Larson, San Luis Obispo CA; Patrick 3.96 4 Joseph Dye - John Peake - Shirley Mueller - Howlett, Nipomo CA Garry Dye, Louisville KY Page 14 Sunday, July 28, 2019 Daily Bulletin

For the Record By Robb Gordon, TOURNAMENT APPEALS ACBL National Recorder In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeals results in a timely fashion, Have You Hugged Your ACBL Volunteer the NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is made to ensure Lately? that these reports are accurate and complete. Before they are published in the It is often easy to forget that while the ACBL NABC Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may be made. employs over 200 people, including more than over 4♥ was a logical alternative. 50 at Headquarters, almost all the other duties Director’s Ruling: The director decided that are handled by volunteers, who freely give their APPEAL CASE 1 Event: Freeman Mixed BAM Teams there was an unmistakable hesitation. Five players time. If we didn’t have that cadre of volunteers, Session: 2nd Final with a similar masterpoint total were polled providing the tournaments and services that our on West’s action over 4♥ with no mention of a members expect would become prohibitively Nathalie Frey hesitation. Two chose to bid 5♣; one chose 5♦; expensive, if they could be offered at all. Board 12 ♠ 9 8 6 and two passed. Three of those players were asked I have been your recorder for almost two Vul: N-S ♥ 6 2 whether a hesitation before the 4♥ bid suggested years. but as an ACBL member for almost 50 Dlr: West ♦ 8 5 bidding. All three believed it did. years, most of my activities have been as a ♣ K 9 8 7 5 4 The polling showed that the hesitation made volunteer in various capacities. Because bridge Fran White Steve Bruno bidding more attractive than passing and that pass was my avocation and not my job, and because the ♠ J 2 ♠ K Q 10 5 was a logical alternative. The score was changed game has given me so much, I was happy to give ♥ K Q 10 6 4 ♥ A J 7 3 to 4♥ by West making six, E-W +480 (Laws 16B, back and even found it fulfilling. ♦ A K Q 8 2 ♦ 4 3 12C). Nevertheless, there are volunteer jobs that are ♣ J ♣ A 10 6 The Appeal: E-W appealed the director’s mostly thankless. Among them are unit and district Jean-Charles Allavena ruling. Only E-W attended the review. The recorders and disciplinary chairs. ♠ A 7 4 3 reviewer confirmed with E-W the facts above, It isn’t always fun to have to deal with ♥ 9 5 reviewed the steps the director took in arriving at players who misbehave or who have “ethical ♦ J 10 9 7 a ruling, and read the relevant portions of Law 16 lapses,” especially when they are your friends and ♣ Q 3 2 to the appellants. E-W thought that bidding over neighbors. To properly do these jobs, you must 4♥ was a 100% action, and that bidding to the five have some bridge experience and ability (not West North East South level was safe in any case. necessarily expert) and more importantly, you 1♥ Pass 2NT (1) Pass The Decision: The panel examined the steps have to be known as someone who is ethical and 4♦ (2) Pass 4♥ (3) Pass the director took in arriving at the ruling and found is a tough but friendly competitor. In short, these 5♣ Pass 6♥ All Pass no errors or omissions in the process. The law was people must have the respect of their peers. (1) Alerted: 4+ trump, game force applied properly after that process was followed. To make matters even tougher, we are guided (2) Natural, 5+ cards with a source of tricks Therefore, the ruling was upheld. Because E-W by a document known as the Code of Disciplinary (3) After a hesitation of 10–12 seconds had the process and the law thoroughly explained Regulations CDR, which can be found at acbl.org/ Facts: 6♥ made six, E-W +980. The opening to them before the appeal went forward, each were cdr. lead was a spade. The director was called after assessed an Appeal Without Merit Warning. Including two appendices, this document is 90 play and told that East hesitated for 10–12 seconds Panel: Matt Smith (reviewer), Kevin Perkins, pages. It certainly doesn’t have to be memorized, before bidding 4♥. E-W agreed that there had been Rui Marques but having an idea where to find particular parts, a break in . N-S believed that pass by West such as jurisdiction and violations is essential. Many times, these tasks are hardest for those who have been doing them for a long time. 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To help our volunteers we have after each session with links that go directly to winner. provided a treasure trove of checklists, forms and the information you’re looking for. The email/ The contest awards platinum points, which are flowcharts to aid them in their tasks. text message will contain your score for the even available from match awards in the Swiss We also monitor our phones and our session and a link to your results. (These results qualifier. [email protected] mailbox, and we return all calls will also be available on your MyResults page at The Soloway KO will begin on the first Friday and emails that require it, and always stand ready MyACBL.) Players will also receive a notification of the Fall NABC, Nov. 29., and concludes on to assist our volunteers! to indicate when the Daily Bulletin for that day is Thursday, Dec. 5. The contest will not conflict If you haven’t been a volunteer in your unit or available. with the venerable Board-a-Match district, give it a try. 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Be Scent-sitive! Some people have an extreme sensitivity to fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The ACBL has not issued an official policy on the matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of its members to refrain from using fragrances. Because requires players to be in close proximity to each other, individuals who suer from fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid those who are wearing them. Among the commonly reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine suerers) or breathing-related problems. For these individuals, the issue is much more serious than simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real health problem. The ACBL asks everyone to give this issue serious consideration. If you’re going to play in a club or a tournament, please don’t wear cologne, perfume or scented lotions. Daily Bulletin Sunday, July 28, 2019 Page 15

BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS FINAL PAIRING IN THE 0–6000 MINI 26.0 Tables / Based on 50 Tables SPINGOLD I KO TEAMS 60.00 1 Roy Martin, Birmingham AL; Denny Cahan, Cumming GA 900.03 40 Tables / Based on 47 Tables Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Miriam Harris-Botzum - John 45.00 2 Paul Hattis, Newton MA; James Orleans, Boca Raton FL 835.48 Botzum, Orefield PA; Greg Michaels, Cleveland OH 33.75 3 Mary Peters - Thomas Peters, Dayton MD 823.69 vs 26.67 4 Tom Bishel - John Bishel, Columbus OH 812.85 Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Ingi Agnarsson, South Burlington 24.00 5 Xin Ge, Cupertino CA; Sarah Chen, San Jose CA 781.71 VT; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA; Gudjon Sigurjonsson, 21.82 6 Frank Hsieh - Gianni Hsieh, Sammamish WA 778.60 Reykjavik Iceland 20.00 7 Daryl Drew, Orlando FL; Carol Vogt, Boca Raton FL 768.00 40.00 3/4 Kerry Cotterell, Freeland WA; Richard 18.46 8 Jianming Zhang, Union City CA; Bo Xiao, Fremont CA 760.76 Underwood, Voorheesville NY; Katherine Pollock, East Amherst 17.14 9 Michael Flaster, Menlo Park CA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 749.35 NY; Joel Schiff, Calabasas CA 16.00 10 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 730.05 40.00 3/4 Monica Angus - Alex Hong, West Vancouver 15.50 11 Marjorie O’Malley - Charles O’Malley III, San Diego CA 725.21 BC; Kai Zhou, Burnaby BC; Sidney Yang - Guoxu Zhang, 14.12 12 Yoonji Kim, Etobicoke ON; Laurie Carr, Honolulu HI 723.50 Richmond BC 18.00 5/8 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Shawn 13.33 13 Li Zhang Yang, Scarborough ON; Kaiyu Qian, Oakville ON 721.38 Abernethy, Seattle WA; Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI; Eileen 12.63 14 Edward So, Pleasanton CA; Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA 718.33 Cripps, Madison WI 14.57 15 Steve Hirsch - Gregory Thorpe, Brea CA 715.87 18.00 5/8 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Alyssa 11.43 16 Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 715.23 Kennedy, Marina Del Rey CA; Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA; 10.91 17 Ken Imboden, San Jose CA; Tsao-Tung Tsai, Cupertino CA 707.93 Gerard Geremia, La Verne CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; 10.43 18 Douglas Smith - Paul Pugsley, Carson City NV 702.61 Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA 18.00 5/8 Hank Youngerman, Reading PA; Arthur 10.00 19 Bridget Poizner, San Diego CA; Arda Kabaca, Toronto ON 700.58 Crystal - Debbie Benner, Fairfield CT; David Standig, Beach 10.14 20 Andrew Sinclair, Albany CA; Aaron Mayerson, Redwood City CA 700.55 Haven NJ 9.23 21 Philip Kuhn - Jennifer Kuhn, San Mateo CA 698.24 18.00 5/8 Craig Henderson, Chicago IL; John Ramos, 8.89 22 Michael Gibson, Sarasota FL; Ben Yang, Warren NJ 686.42 Los Angeles CA; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Mitch Towner, Tucson 8.57 23 Anne Atwood, Richmond VA; Daria Snider, Gum Spring VA 678.80 AZ 9.00 24 Joel Singer, Santa Clara CA; Michael Cohen, Seattle WA 676.19 8.00 9/16 Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL; Barry Spector, Lewes DE; Randy Thompson, 8.00 25 Jayendu Patel - Tanaaz Timblo, Vista CA 666.65 Albuquerque NM 8.00 9/16 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter - SATURDAY OPEN PAIRS Suman Agarwal - Boris Tenchov, Columbus OH 31.0 Tables 8.00 9/16 Michael Botwin, Rockville Ctr NY; Barry A B C Plotkin, Mesa AZ; Andy Goodman, Carmel CA; Steve Zolotow, 20.50 1 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 61.78% Las Vegas NV 15.38 2 Daniel Boye, East Syracuse NY; Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 61.51% 8.00 9/16 Rick Schoenfield, Westchester IL; David 11.53 3 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 60.22% Bogolub, Deerfield IL; Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 9.71 4 1 Mark McCarthy - Rhian Davies, San Francisco CA 58.90% 8.00 9/16 O. Gordon Lien III - Chris Nicholson, Augusta 7.78 5 2 Brian King, Kihei HI; James Lutz, Laguna Niguel CA 58.01% GA; Sandra Wirtz, Lecanto FL; Bruce Maier, Tampa FL 5.86 6 Richard Morgen, Havertown PA; James Polonsky, Basking Ridge NJ 55.43% 8.00 9/16 Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA; Jacob 5.13 7 Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Stephen Sturm, Fullerton CA 54.98% Karno - Kathy Logue, Metairie LA; Mina Akhnoukh, Fort 4.56 8 Larry Hayslip, Pooler GA; George Subt, Southampton NJ 54.95% Lauderdale FL 8.00 9/16 Marusa Gold, London Great Britain; Peter 4.10 9 Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 54.00% Cheung, Fremont CA; R. David Walker, Radnor PA; Dara Dinner, 3.73 10 Subhash Gupta, New Delhi India; Noriko Domichi, Tokyo Japan 53.68% Wayne PA 5.06 11 3 1 David Johnson, Milledgeville GA; Janice Carmean, Helendale CA 53.46% 8.00 9/16 Spencer Sun, Redwood City CA; Christopher 3.15 12 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 53.39% Kolner, Eden Prairie MN; William Chen, Lafayette Hill PA; 4.78 13 Robert Thomson - Bruce Blakely, San Rafael CA 53.35% Jerrod Ankenman, Bala Cynwyd PA 3.80 14 4 Gerald Burdeski, Moorhead MN; Kurt Zhang, College Station TX 53.21% 3.42 15 Walter Schenker, Pine Brook NJ; Fred King, McLean VA 52.89% 3.00 16 5 Ronald Vickery, Oro Valley AZ; Dee Harris, Palm City FL 52.89% 2.57 6 Rami Yadadov - Gersh Shapochnik, Hadera Israel 52.30% 2.25 7 David White, Lancaster CA; Robert McBroom, Santa Clarita CA 51.95% 2.89 2 Christopher Stack, Union City CA; Johnny Jigamian, Las Vegas NV 51.65% 2.17 3 James LaFave, Minneapolis MN; Girish Nathan, Sammamish WA 48.42%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 12.5 Tables A B C 4.98 1 1 Aleksandar Lishkov - Matthew Dyer, Chicago IL 62.24% FOR 3.74 2 Gail Dunham, San Diego CA; Sandra Gagnon, La Jolla CA 60.31% EDUCATION 3.25 3 2 1 Jackie Haugen, Cottonwood AZ; William Kinney, Flagstaff AZ 60.23% 2.10 4 Timothy Flaherty, San Diego CA; Robert L. McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL 60.14% 2.44 5 3 Ross Spiro, Cherry Hill NJ; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA 57.58% 1.54 6 Anne Lamport, Lane Cove Australia; Serge de Muller, Switzerland 56.06% 1.83 4 Daniel Klein, North York ON; Steven Fox, Kensington MD 55.42% 1.37 5 Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA; Olivia Schireson, Stanford CA 55.30% 1.03 6 H. Lyle Supp, Morgan Hill CA; Ron Schwarer, Pismo Beach CA 53.41% 1.84 2 Kevin Babcock - Paul Melodia, San Francisco CA 48.86% 1.38 3 Maxwell Burns - Randal Burns, Washington DC 47.55%

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 4.0 Tables A B C 2.10 1 1 Hao Li, Oakville ON; Julia Huang, Mississauga ON 61.81% 1.58 2 2 Michelle Yang, Scarborough ON; Tsz Fei Wang, North York ON 54.86% 1.18 3 Rosie Agrawal - Pawan Agrawal, Fort Mahave AZ 52.78%

SATURDAY EVENING SWISS TEAMS 25 Tables A B C 7.47 1 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Columbia Heights MN; Jon Bartlett, Happy Valley OR; Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 59.00 5.60 2 Michael Clegg, Fort Wayne IN; Joseph Shull, New Haven IN; Steven Watson, Schererville IN; Louis Nimnicht, Crown Point IN 55.00 5.00 3 1 Daphne Davenport - Spencer Carr, Broomfield CO; William Brackett, Longmont CO; Sally Ann Rhea, Boulder CO 53.00 3.75 4 2 1 Brian Zhang, Dublin CA; Ethan Xie, Williamsville NY; Charlie Chen, San Jose CA; Kayden Ge, Cupertino CA 52.00 2.36 5 Dara Dinner, Wayne PA; R. David Walker, Radnor PA; Marius Moldovan, Pointe-Claire QC; Zoltan Lazar, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 50.00 July 29-August 3 2.81 6 3 Linda Baker - Michele Pope - Lou Arevalo, Spokane WA; Martha Schwake, Hayden ID 49.00 2.11 4 2 Min Bai - Brandon Ge, Cupertino CA; Andrew Chen - Jonathan Yue, San Jose CA 46.00 1.58 5 John Osher, Denver CO; David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Dennis Scholl - Robert Woodward, Las Vegas NV 43.00 ACBL.ORG/REACH Page 16 Sunday, July 28, 2019 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Sunday, July 28, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Seven matches, seven boards each. Playthrough with half hour break. Bracketed B Round-Robin Teams (0-3000) 1-2 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 No player over 3000. Brackets of nine teams by average MPs. Four teams in each bracket earn gold. Playthrough with half hour break. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single Outside Brera 4, 3rd floor $20 $24 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 299er Swiss Teams single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 Sunday, July 28, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Stratified (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Mont-Royal, 4th floor $20 $24 Sunday, July 28, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Outside Brera 4, 3rd floor $20 $24 Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 3-4 Outside Brera 4, 3rd floor $20 $24 Sunday, July 28, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Castellana, 3rd floor $30 Both: fees of $20/ ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Gracia, 3rd floor $30 } session/team apply 0-10,000 MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Outside Gracia 4, 3rd floor $22 — 0-6000 MINI-SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Castellana, 3rd floor $22 — Sunday, July 28, 2 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single Outside Brera 4, 3rd floor $20 $24 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 299er Swiss Teams single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19

Unless otherwise noted: Three-flight open events are stratified as A/X (6000+/0-6000), B/C (1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight open events are stratified as A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200) or as A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000) and B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/0-750) if there is no Gold Rush. One-flight open events are stratified as A (3000+), B (750-3000) and C (0-750). Stratification is based on averaging the masterpoints of a pair or team. Eligibility for limited events will be based on the point holding of the highest player, so no player with more than 3000 may play in B/C events nor the Bracketed B Teams, no player with more than 750 may play in Gold Rush events, and no player with more than 300 may play in 299er events. 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. See you at the Fall NABC in San Francisco!

magical city, San Francisco is a cultural and historical center as well as Playing site and host hotel being a region of great natural beauty. Located in the heart of downtown, Marriott Marquis • 780 Mission St., San Francisco CA 94103 A the San Francisco Marriott Marquis is within a convenient few minutes’ $165 + tax (internet service included) walk of public transportation to get you out and about this fabulous town. Sample the cuisine in North America’s largest Chinatown, or visit the Call onPeak at 855–992–3353 or email [email protected] to wharf and enjoy the antics of the sea lions. Westfield San Francisco Centre is reserve a room. You can also book online at acbl.org. Check the a five-minute walk – what a great selection of eateries, and you can sneak in ACBL website for the latest housing information. some early holiday shopping. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is also a 10-minute walk away. Air travel Omega World Travel is the official travel agency for the ACBL. For air travel assistance, call 800–969–4152, fax See acbl.org/nabc for complete information. 866–445–6705 or email [email protected].