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Monday, November 26, 2018 Volume 91, Number 4 Daily Bulletin 91st Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Sue Munday and Chip Dombrowski Alaskan squad takes 10K Swiss Nickell, Kasle square A team from Anchorage off in Senior KO The teams captained by Nick Nickell and Gaylor flew south and found a Kasle meet at high noon today to decide the final welcoming climate as they running of the Baze Senior Knockout. claimed a win in the 0–10,000 In the semis, Nickell dismissed the Lou Ann Swiss Teams. Ed Rais, Marion O’Rourke squad 104–71 despite O’Rourke’s 33–9 Kelly, Doug Scott and Tom fourth-quarter heroics. Ottley scored 126 Victory The Kasle match against Curtis Cheek’s team Points to best the second-place was a good deal closer. Down 87–63 after three Marty Harris team. quarters, Kasle upped their game to slide past Cheek “We just played bridge,” 101–94. is how Scott described the Vugraph presentation will be on display in the winning strategy. “It’s like I Palace Lounge outside the Tapa Ballroom on the used to tell my partner in team second floor of the Tapa Tower. games: ‘Just don’t do anything Doug Scott, Marion Kelly, Ed Rais and Tom Ottley won the 0–10,000 Swiss Teams. continued on page 5 Levine leads Mitchell Open BAM The team of Mike Levine, Oren Kriegel, David Birthdays and bridge: a family tradition Grainger, Greg Hinze, Thomas Bessis and Frederick ACBL Hall of Famer Gail Greenberg is Volcker is leading the Mitchell Open BAM after celebrating her 80th birthday in Hawaii. While the Sunday’s qualifying sessions with a score of 36.5. big day is Thursday, Nov. 29, her family celebrated They have a carryover of five boards. They scored on Saturday when 17 of them were here. 18.5 in the first session, and in the second tied with There was no question about the location for the two other teams scoring 18. birthday gathering. Greenberg has celebrated all of Those teams are the second- and third-place her birthdays since 1966 at NABCs; the last time she qualifiers captained by John Hurd and Roy Welland. missed an NABC was San Francisco in 1965. Hurd is playing with John Kranyak, Joel Wooldridge For all those years, the Fall NABC has also been and Vincent Demuy. Welland is playing with Sabine where her family holds its Thanksgiving dinner. Auken, Reese Milner, Hemant Lall, Yinghao Liu and It’s an easy decision when almost all of them play Linlin Liu. bridge. Greenberg’s children include Jill Levin and Out of 92 teams, 52 qualified for today’s final. Brad Moss, both world champions like their mother, and Andrew Moss, a former King of Bridge. Jill is married to Hall of Famer and world champion Russians lead Women’s BAM Bobby Levin, and her son Shane Blanchard, an The Moscow-based team of Tatiana Dikhnova, Gail Greenberg, with her family: (standing) NABC champ, is married to Sandra Rimstedt, yet Tatiana Ponomareva, Victoria Gromova and Maria husband Jack Greenberg, son-in-law Bobby another world champion. Collectively the group has Yakovleva are leading the Marsha May Sternberg Levin, daughter Jill Levin, son Brad Moss, 75 NABC titles and 16 world gold medals. Women’s Board-a-Match. They got out to a lead in daughter-in-law Jennifer Moss, bridge and “I have a fourth child who doesn’t play bridge,” the first qualifying session Sunday with a 17. In the business partner Jeff Hand, granddaughter- second session, they were one of three teams tied for in-law Sandra Rimstedt, grandson Shane Greenberg said. “If she ever wanted to have Thanksgiving dinner with the family, she had to find the top score of 15.5. They have a carryover of four Blanchard; (seated) sister-in-law Jill Greenberg, boards. grandson Cian Moss, Gail Greenberg, great- out where the Fall NABC was.” In second is Loretta Rivers and her mostly grandson Odin Blanchard, granddaughter Lyra Getting everyone together in a different location Moss; (not pictured) Andrew Moss, Danya Moss, every year requires some planning. They research Swedish squad of Meike Wortel, Sandra Rimstedt, Sofia Moss and Devin Moss. Cecilia Rimstedt and Ida Groenkvist. The defending continued on page 5 champions led by Ljudmila Kamenova are third. Ten of 13 teams qualified for today’s final. Karl Hicks 1943–2018 By Kim Hicks Beckers lead Mark Twain wrote, and brought rooms full of people to tears of laughter. Super Seniors “Manifestly, dying is nothing He never hesitated to speak his mind. Although, Janet and R. Jay Becker of Delray Beach FL are to a really great and brave or perhaps because, he did not suffer fools and his leading the Super Senior Pairs after scoring 64% and man.” Karl Stanley Hicks was brilliant intellect and razor tongue were sometimes 58% in Sunday’s qualifying sessions. They have a a great and brave man. To all fearsome, Karl was loved and respected by countless carryover of 62.38 on a 17 top. who knew him, Karl was a friends and acquaintances. Stubborn and true to Behind them by 1.76 are John Ashton and force of nature. His presence his principles at any cost, he could be a formidable Dennis Metcalf from the Portland OR area. Locals filled a room and his sense of opponent on an issue or across a card table. His Everett Fukushima and Godfrey Chang are third. humor was unparalleled. Karl remarkable spirit left his body on Nov. 2, but remains From a field of 31 tables, 36 pairs qualified for swore like the sailor he was continued on page 9 today’s final. Notice to Players Who Live Outside North America Participation in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs is waiver prior to the commencement of these contests. Goodwill Message limited to those ACBL members who have earned a Previously granted waivers will not be honored for Maintain a courteous attitude toward your Blue Ribbon qualification (or those members on the the Blue Ribbon Pairs. partner and your opponents; treat others as you Lifetime Top 100 masterpoint list). Foreign players For waiver information, please arrive early and would treat yourself. who have not earned a Blue Ribbon qualification see the Director-in-Charge at the selling site. Sandy DeMartino, Chair but feel they are otherwise qualified must receive a Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee Page 2 Monday, November 26, 2018 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Meetings are at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Tuesday, November 27 9 am-noon Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing education Monday, November 26 course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants 8 am-2 pm Best Practices Teacher Assessments. People who complete must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. Sign up the Best Practices Teacher Workshop can sign up for an at the door. (Sea Pearl Room 2, Mid-Pacific Center) assessment during this time. (Kahili Suite, second floor, Kalia Wednesday, November 28 Tower) 9 am-noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A continuing 10 am-noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. (Lehua education course for club directors to increase their skills. Suite, second floor, Kalia Tower) Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both 5-7 pm Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill days. (Sea Pearl Room 2, Mid-Pacific Center) Committee members only. (South Pacific Ballroom 4, Mid-Pacific Center)

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the Tuesday, Nov. 27 game! Talks will be held in Coral Ballroom 1, Mid-Pacific Center. Speakers and 9:15 am Betty Starzec Understanding Lead-Directing Doubles topics are subject to change. 6:45 pm Barbara Heller Active Leads Against Trump Contracts Monday, Nov. 26 Wednesday, Nov. 28 9:15 am Lisa Berkowitz Playing to Trick One 9:15 am Mary Alice Seville Is Your Bridge Too Conservative? 6:45 pm GS Jade Barrett Counting Made Easier 6:45 pm Eugene Chan Cuebids and Gropers

HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTAINMENT Evening hospitality is served at the Coral Lounge (Mid-Pacific Center) and the Palace Lounge (Tapa Tower) except where noted. Monday, Nov. 26 Wednesday, Nov. 28 10:30 pm Guava chiffon cake 10:30 pm Mini manapua and vegetable spring roll Tuesday, Nov. 27 10:30 pm Portuguese sausage hot dog

SUNDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH SWISS TEAMS Discounts offered 15 Tables Five restaurants at the Hilton Hawaiian 7 B C Village are offering discounts to bridge players 5.25 1 Gail Buck - Dickie Motherwell, Pahoa HI; Dee Fulton, Holualoa HI; with convention cards that were not listed in the Craig C. Thorsen, Kailua Kona HI 82.00 restaurant guide. Dairy Queen is offering a 20% 3.94 2 1 1 Sheri French, Pine Island MN; Tim Archdeacon, Oyster Bay NY; discount; Blue Water Shrimp & Seafood is offering Sid Parham, Rochester MN; Victor Poon, Stony Brook NY 81.00 10%. At the other three – CJ’s New York Style 2.95 3 2 Bill Walter - Christine Walter, Vancouver BC; Stewart Brightman- Peter Serafini, Calgary AB 79.00 Delicatessen, Hatsuhana and Round Table Pizza – 2.21 4 Craig Caldwell - Gigette Caldwell, San Diego CA; Lisa Karam, the discount is 10% excluding alcohol. Bloomfield MI; Carrie Osborne, Livonia MI 76.00 1.82 5 3 Ralph Haberfeld - Victoria Hess, Jackson WY; David Larsen, Use of the bidding box – Honolulu HI; Maree Webster, Wilson WY 67.00 Alerts and Announcements LESTER & MITZIE KODAMA SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires 11.5 Tables that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the A B C 3.30 1 1 Peter Parish, Santa Barbara CA; Fumie Parish, Las Vegas NV 63.49% same time. 2.48 2 M. Nakahra - Atsuko Kusaba, Tokyo 59.51% When making an Announcement, use the 2.12 3 2 Allan Chernov, Irving TX; Luanne Stoltz, Portland OR 59.34% Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap 1.44 4 Rexanne Ring - Dan Sabo, Kailua Kona HI 56.20% the Alert strip at the same time. A player who Alerts 1.59 5 3 Ed Tunstall - Nancy Tunstall, Warrenton NC 55.90% or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents 1.19 6 4 Richard Schulman - Marcia Schulman, Los Angeles CA 54.99% are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been 0.90 5 Brian Knowles - Lisa Geiger, Boulder CO 53.55% made. 1.75 6 1 Linda Hill, Bellevue WA; Margot Cahill, Redmond WA 51.51% 1.31 2 Gordon Riddick - Penelope Riddick, Honolulu HI 51.23% 0.98 3 Jan Ladd - Tomoko Stock, Valencia CA 49.33% Daily Bulletin delivery 0.74 4 Duane Brasch, Fargo ND; Tom Pokonosky, Deephaven MN 48.95% Daily Bulletins may not arrive until as late as 9 a.m. We apologize for any inconvenience. Daily Bulletin Monday, November 26, 2018 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Defensive Thinking bridge commentary: By Eddie Kantar As East, avoid the common The first trick. Taking charge defensive error of signaling interest Dlr: South ♠ 10 5 4 or disinterest in Vul: Both ♥ 9 2 the suit partner ♦ A K Q has led (♥K) ♣ K J 7 5 3 before looking ♠ 7 6 ♠ 9 8 2 at the rest of the ♥ K Q 5 4 ♥ A 10 8 3 hand. Here you ♦ 9 7 4 ♦ 10 8 6 3 2 have the blank ♣ 10 9 6 2 ♣ A ♣A and would ♠ A K Q J 3 like a club ruff. ♥ J 7 6 You can get it but you must overtake the ♥K, cash ♦ J 5 the ♣A, exit a heart to partner’s queen, and ruff the ♣ Q 8 4 club return. Down one. If you look only at hearts, West North East South you are apt to signal encouragement to show the 1♠ ace. Once partner continues a heart, goodbye “We are all sharks,” Tara Fankhauser Pass 2♣ Pass 2♠ club ruff, goodbye defeating 4♠. The lesson to joked, describing the 49ers section. “I think Pass 4♠ All Pass be learned here is that third hand should take a everyone who starts bridge questions, ‘Why moment to get an overview of the deal, not just the did I start this mental turmoil?’ I could be out Opening lead: ♥K suit partner has led, before playing to the first trick. on the beach right now.” Fankhauser, from Kauai, the Garden Island, answered her own Bidding commentary: As South, treat a question. “It’s good fun, I think. Healthy, good solid five-card major suit as a six-card suit and bid fun.” accordingly.

Masterpoint disclaimer New Life Master Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject Shameine Ali to change because of score changes or corrections. of Vancouver BC The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also became a Life Master subject to change. on Sunday playing in the Daylight Open Pairs. She was so sure Sunday would be the day, she marched into the Bulletin office Saturday night to tell us she’d back the next day with the news. Ali arrived in Hawaii on Thursday needing 10.41 points of any color. After three days, she was down to 0.66. Then, in the first half of the Daylight Open Pairs, she earned 0.65, bringing her to 499.99. She finished third in C for 2.19. To celebrate her accomplishment, the native of Trinidad and Tobago will play in the Blue Ribbon Pairs on Tuesday.

Bridge Bucks and check cashing Bridge Bucks and check-cashing services will be available outside the Coral Ballroom in the Mid-Pacific Center. Hours of operation are 9:30 to 10 a.m. and noon to 1 p.m. Players may purchase Bridge Bucks using all major credit cards. There is a $500 limit daily on check cashing.

No cash concessions Stay in touch There will be no cash concessions at this NABC. Is your email address on file? Is it up to date? Food and beverage costs would have been quite Let ACBL know. Call toll-free in the U.S., 800–264– high for the players. Many outlets, including the 2743; outside the U.S. 1–662–3191 Monday–Friday, ABC stores, Wiki Wiki Market and Starbucks, offer 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Time). You may also a variety of beverages, sandwiches, salads, etc. at email [email protected] or update your info at acbl. reasonable prices. com by logging into MyACBL. Page 4 Monday, November 26, 2018 Daily Bulletin Daily Bulletin Monday, November 26, 2018 Page 5 QUALIFIERS IN THE SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 18.0 Tables / Based on 31 Tables Carryover 10K Swiss 1 Janet Becker – R. Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 62.38 continued from page 1 2 John Ashton, Portland OR; Dennis Metcalf, Vancouver WA 60.62 3 Everett Fukushima, Aiea HI; Godfrey Chang, Honolulu HI 57.27 4 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 50.96 5 Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 50.83 6 Bud Marsh - Marianne Spanier, Scottsdale AZ 49.71 7 Philip Benner - Carolyn Benner, The Villages FL 42.34 8 Layne Noble, Ottawa ON; J. Mark Siegrist, Gloucester ON 40.91 9 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 40.75 10 Steve Gross, Agoura Hills CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 40.24 11 Jon King, Balboa Island CA; Nunzio Martorina, Laguna Woods CA 35.79 12 Anthony Barre, Sunnyvale CA; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL 33.87 13 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 33.64 14 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA 33.00 15 Margaret Breeden - James Breeden, Carson City NV 31.81 16 Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX 28.84 17 V. Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 27.73 Runners-up in the 10K Swiss: Greg Michaels, 18 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 26.87 Marty Harris, Miriam Harris-Botzum and John 19 Ronald Wong, Honolulu HI; Joseph Bussen, Kailua HI 25.93 Botzum 20 John Weinberg, Mercer Island WA; Roger Clough, Culver City CA 25.92 stupid.’” 21 John Schoenbrun, Los Altos CA; Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA 25.57 This is the first NABC win for each of the team 22 Peter Lit, Elk CA; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 24.16 members. 23 Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA; Tom Jacobson, Fairfield CA 23.67 The Harris team, sitting in second place after the 24 Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Sun City AZ 22.52 qualifying sessions, was 10.60 VPs off the winning 25 Muriel Altus - Philip Altus, Tampa FL 20.18 pace. Harris played with Greg Michaels from 26 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI 18.52 27 Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV 17.18 Cleveland OH, and Miriam Harris-Botzum and John 28 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Verdes CA 15.17 Botzum from Orefield PA. 29 Sheila Sache - Donald Sache, West Vancouver BC 11.30 Californians Jessica Lai, Grant Vance, Jody 30 Robert Law, Tigard OR; Richard Carle, Longview WA 10.72 Williams and Richard Williams finished third. 31 John Koch, St. Cloud MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 5.35 32 Dennis Heller, Clinton WA; Harold Antonson, Olympia WA 4.05 33 Maurice Fujimoto, Honolulu HI; Gene Takamine, Kailua HI 3.84 Greenberg 34 Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC 2.34 continued from page 1 35 Thomas Lum - Iku Donnelly, Honolulu HI 1.71 36 Bernard Eddleston - Margaret Eddleston, Hitchin Herts England 0.00 local restaurants to find out what’s open on the holiday and has a private room available for their QUALIFIERS IN THE MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S BAM large group. 10 Tables / Based on 13 Tables Carryover It wasn’t Greenberg’s plan to have a family full 1 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva - Victoria Gromova - Maria Yakovleva, Moscow of bridge players. “I was always opposed to children Russia 4.00 taking up bridge,” she says. “Bridge is better for 2 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Sandra Rimstedt, people in their middle and later years. I had seen too New York NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, Kungsbacka Sweden; Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden 2.96 many bright young people get waylaid by bridge.” 3 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Cheri Bjerkan, Accordingly, she tried to forbid her children Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 2.43 from playing. They didn’t listen. 4 Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Claudette Hartman - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; That pattern is starting to repeat itself in the Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Barbara Hackett, Manchester England 2.09 next generation. Though Brad has tried to prevent 5 Minako Takahashi - Fumiko Kimura - Sachiko Yamamura - Keiko Matsuzaki, Tokyo Japan 1.22 6 Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX; Fiona Brown, Yorkshire England; Christal Henner - Migry Zur his children from getting into bridge, his son Cian, Campanile, New York NY; Sally Brock, London England 1.04 11, has been trying to learn. On Friday Cian played 7 Sandra Probst, Zagreb Croatia; Anne Lamport, Lane Cove Australia; his first game ever with his uncle Andrew in the Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Arianna Testa, Rome Italy 0.87 evening side game. Despite finishing last, “he had a 8 Evelyn Holtz - Nancy Gunn, Santa Rosa CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA; wonderful experience,” Greenberg said. Sigrid Price, Napa CA 0.70 Despite her protests, it’s clear she’s pleased so 9 Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Allison L. Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Makiko Sato, many in her family share her passion for the game. Tokyo Japan; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan 0.35 After losing the battle against bridge, Greenberg 10 Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX; Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX; Lindsey Weinger, had one other “rule” for her children when they Delray Beach FL; Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy 0.00 became adults, and they ended up breaking that one too. “I wanted to keep everyone in New York,” she said. Jill lives in Las Vegas, Brad in Denver and New Life Masters No smoking Andrew near San Francisco. New Life Masters – share the good news! Hawaii state law forbids smoking or vaping in At least she can count on seeing everyone at the Anyone who advances in rank, please stop by the public places, including restaurants, hotels, parks NABCs. Daily Bulletin office between noon and 7:30 p.m. or and beaches. There is a designated smoking area “We have a wonderfully close-knit family,” after the evening session so that we can report the between the Diamond Head and Ali‘i towers. The Greenberg says. “This is a great chance for us to get details. We’re located in Iolani 1 in the Tapa Tower. legal age is 21 to smoke or vape in Hawaii. together.” Page 6 Monday, November 26, 2018 Daily Bulletin 0–10,000 SWISS TEAMS WBF robot tournaments 18 Tables / Based on 36 Tables Starting in a couple of months, the format of the 70.00 1 Edward Rais - Marion Kelly - Douglas H. Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK 125.91 popular WBF robot tournaments will be changing, 52.50 2 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Miriam Harris-Botzum - John Botzum, Orefield PA; offering more rankings and prizes! Greg Michaels, Cleveland OH 115.31 39.38 3 Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA; Jody Williams - Richard Williams, These will include: all-time overall ranking based on San Carlos CA 109.95 total points won by a player; yearly ranking based 31.11 4 Malcolm Morris, London England; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Ben Yang, Warren NJ; on the total of the top 20 best scores by a player; Marshall Kerlin, Sun City Center FL 108.22 and monthly ranking based on the total scores by a 28.00 5 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA; Lisa Fishman - player that calendar month. Robert Johnson, Beaverton OR; Edward Lee, Portland OR 107.11 25.45 6 John Hindle - Leonard Doerksen - Marlene Pontifex - Marielle Brentnall, For the top five overall players, there will be exciting Winnipeg MB 105.10 prizes awarded by the WBF consisting of invitations 23.33 7 Yuanluo Wang - Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX; Yuan Wei Wang, Beijing China 97.08 to the World Bridge Games 2020. 21.54 8 Kathie Macnab - Bill Halliday, Halifax NS; Boyd Wells - Jo Ann Lynds, This new format will be announced on the WBF Truro NS 89.47 website. If you are not already playing in these 20.00 9 Adrienne Kuehneman - Gene Kuehneman, Bethesda MD; Margot Hennings, tournaments, come and join us in this exciting form Annandale VA; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 86.93 18.67 10 Alvaro Ronderos - Estelle Ronderos, Plymouth Meetng PA; Bonnie Bagley, of bridge. Colorado Springs CO; Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON 84.78 17.50 11 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Sandy Kiesel, Bakersfield CA; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 83.19 16.47 12 Anisia Shami - Anne Gelb, Aukland New Zealand; Steve Baron, Whanganui New Zealand; Moss Wylie, Invercargill New Zealand; R. Bruce Martin, Paia HI 82.92 15.56 13 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Columbia Hgts MN; Aaron Jones, North Bethesda MD; Jennifer Lin, North Potomac MD 79.06 QUALIFIERS IN THE MITCHELL OPEN BAM 52 Tables Carryover 1 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France 5.00 2 John Hurd, New York NY; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gardens FL 4.55 3 Roy Welland, New York NY; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Yinghao Liu, Redmond WA; Linlin Hu, China 4.09 4/5 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis - Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 3.41 4/5 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 3.41 6/7 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 3.18 6/7 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Michael Polowan, New York NY; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing China 3.18 8/10 Andrew Rosenthal - Chris Willenken - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 2.95 8/10 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 2.95 8/10 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal; Samuel Bahbout, Antwerp Belgium 2.95 11 Adam Wildavsky, New York NY; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 2.73 12/14 Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA; John Miller, Discovery Bay CA; Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 2.50 12/14 Joyce Hill, Saint Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; Justin Lall, Little Elm TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 2.50 12/14 Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL; Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 2.50 15/18 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 2.27 15/18 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ 2.27 15/18 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Dennis Bilde, Copenhagen Denmark; Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy 2.27 15/18 Rob Helle, Wroclaw Poland; Ed Hoogenkamp, Ourense Spain; Veri Kiljan, Tilburg Netherlands; Luc Tijssen, Tilburg Netherlands 2.27 19 Wen Wei Gao, Xudong Sun, Lili Shen, Shao Hong Wu, Jianwei Li, Nan Wang, China 2.16 20/23 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Notice of binding arbitration Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Netherlands; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, By becoming an ACBL member or renewing Tel Aviv Israel 2.05 your membership in the ACBL, you expressly agree 20/23 JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Steve Chen, San Jose CA 2.05 to waive your right to have disputes between you 20/23 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo and the ACBL resolved in a court of law and agree Lauria, Rome Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France 2.05 to accept the use of binding arbitration before the 20/23 Adam Pawlowski, Kutno Poland; Mariusz Krasnicki - Jacek Robert Grzelczak, American Arbitration Association. The binding Lodz Poland; Sobczak Mateusz, Ozorkow Poland 2.05 arbitration provisions are available for review at 24/26 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Berend Van Den Bos, acbl.org/bindingarbitration. Den Haag Netherlands 1.82 24/26 Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Credit cards accepted Taby Sweden 1.82 24/26 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; for entry fees Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; R Rubinstein, Sunnyside NY 1.82 Purchase your entries for all events at the NABC 27/30 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Lloyd Arvedon, Hudson NH; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; via credit card! All major credit cards are accepted Bob Feller, Guilderland NY 1.59 wherever entries are sold. Charges will appear as 27/30 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel ACBL Tournament Entry. To use this option, the Zatorski, Gdansk Poland; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV 1.59 entire pair or team entry must be charged to a single 27/30 Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Janusz Gawecki, Kielce Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland; Maciej Klis, Krakow Poland 1.59 card. Please be patient with directors using this 27/30 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; John Diamond, system. Bridge Bucks also remain available as an Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; alternative to cash. David Gold, London England 1.59 Daily Bulletin Monday, November 26, 2018 Page 7

31/33 Roger Lee - Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Adam Grossack, Newton MA 1.36 31/33 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC; Peggy Ware, Denver CO; Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC 1.36 31/33 Richard Pavlicek - Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 1.36 34/40 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Dan Morse, Houston TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 1.14 34/40 Jeffrey Juster, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC 1.14 34/40 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland 1.14 34/40 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India; Nabil Edgtton, Winners of last year’s 0–10,000 IMP Pairs were Sydney Australia; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India 1.14 Bill Grant and Ron Kay. 34/40 Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland; Tor Helness, Monaco; Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway; Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; Franck Multon, Monaco 1.14 10K IMP Pairs starts today 34/40 Lei Jun - Xinguo Fang - Yong Xue - Yumin Liu, Burlingame CA; Xinguo Chen, The 0–10,000 IMP Pairs, which made its Richmond BC 1.14 34/40 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Sherman Gao - Weidong Pei, Brea CA; Tien-Chun Yang, debut in 2015, starts today. The contest consists San Jose CA 1.14 of two qualifying sessions and two final sessions 41/42 Hailong Zhao - Zheng Wei Xie, Shanghai China; Liping Wang, Beijing China; and is limited to players with less than 10,000 Shen Qi - Wenfei Wang, Shanghai China; Ming Sheng, Northbrook IL 0.91 masterpoints. It pays platinum points at 10% of 41/42 Yuxiong Shen - Zijian Shao, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Jack Zhao, the overall award up to a maximum of 10 platinum Boca Raton FL; Dawei Chen, Tokyo Japan 0.91 43/44 Xiao Yang Lu, Beijing China; Xiao Shi, Guangdong China; Xinli Gan, China; points. Xueliang Cao, Nin Bo China 0.68 2015 Spencer Jones, Theri Andino 43/44 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont 2016 Ed Piken, Steve Cohen CA; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 0.68 2017 Ron Kay, Bill Grant 45 Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 0.45 46/48 Mike Cailean - Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Jennifer Gu, Palo Alto CA; Don’t lose your head Jason Rosenfeld, Seaattle WA 0.23 By Barry Rigal 46/48 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; David Caprera, Denver CO; Sometimes your opponents hand you your William Pollack - Barry Rigal, New York NY; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 0.23 head. More often, you are complicit in guillotining 46/48 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Terry McHenry - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 0.23 yourself. Today’s deal may not have had as much 49/52 Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC; Gary Peck, slapstick as a “Carry On” movie, but the blood Hayward CA; Robert Ipswitch, San Mateo CA 0.00 spilt at the end certainly produced a Grand Guignol 49/52 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA; Ari Greenberg, effect. San Francisco CA; Tom Carmichael, Mill Creek WA 0.00 Dlr: North 49/52 Bob Drake, Wassenaar ; Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague ; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON 0.00 Vul: E–W 49/52 Ilse Artmer - Josef Simon - Terry Weigkricht, Vienna Austria; Peter Zelnik, Austria 0.00 ♠ A 6 4 2 ♠ K 5 3 JULIE & BILLY MILLER SATURDAY EVENING AXY SWISS TEAMS 12 Tables / Based on 28 Tables ♥ K Q ♥ A 8 7 4 A X Y ♦ A J 9 ♦ K 2 10.03 1 Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; Tatiana Ponomareva - Tatiana Dikhnova - ♣ K Q 7 3 ♣ J 10 4 2 Maria Yakovleva, Moscow Russia 65.00 West North East South 7.52 2 Monica Jajoo, Gurgaon India; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Pass Pass Pass Argentina; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India; Michael Whibley, 1♣ Pass 1♥ Pass Auckland New Zealand; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India; 2NT Pass 3♠(1) Pass Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA 58.00 3NT Pass 4NT Pass 5.64 3 Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; 6♣ All Pass Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL 51.00 (1) Clubs 4.23 4 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; East–West had reached a playable slam, one that Alessandro Ganddougua, Rome Italy; Kamil Nowak, Kielce Poland; looked a lot better to West on the lead of the ♦8. He Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy 43.00 ran that to his hand, ready to take a heart ruff in hand 3.76 1 Morgantini Cristiano, Rome Italy; Barbara Dessi - Massimo Vassallo, while drawing trump and claiming. At trick two, Rome Italy; Bernardo Biondo, Rome Italy 41.00 declarer played the ♣3 … and North showed out! 2.82 2 1 Zhi Jun Zhang - Wei Wei He - Y Huang - Y Guo - W Zhang, China 38.00 Remarkably, the contract is still cold, though it requires a specific lie of the cards and careful JULIE & BILLY MILLER SATURDAY EVENING BCD SWISS TEAMS handling. South sensibly ducked the ♣10, after 16 Tables B C D which the correct sequence of plays is to unblock 4.55 1 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Douglas Grant, San Francisco CA; the ♦K, cash the ♥K Q, ♠K, ♠A, then ♦J, pitching Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 62.00 the spade loser. A low spade ruff in dummy sees 3.41 2 1 William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ; everyone follow. Because South started with: Paul Glaza - Cheryl Glaza, Kaneohe HI 53.00 ♠Q 10 9 ♥10 2 ♦Q 4 3 ♣A 9 8 6 5, 2.24 3/4 Miwako Wong - Julie Joyce, Cupertino CA; Mischel Postas, this is the ending: Campbell CA; Linda Nemmer, San Jose CA 51.00 ♠ — 2.24 3/4 2 Brenna Wundram, Los Altos CA; Dee Ann Hansen, Saratoga CA; ♥ J 9 6 Vivian Betcher - Richard Betcher, Panama City FL 51.00 1.65 5 3 1 Dan Sabo - Rexanne Ring, Kailua Kona HI; Stewart Brightman - ♦ 10 Peter Serafini, Calgary AB 46.00 ♣ — 1.24 4 Leon Yu, Syosset NY; Clayton Connolly, Richmond BC; ♠ 6 ♠ — Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Leia Berla, Greenwich CT 43.00 ♥ — ♥ A 8 ♦ — ♦ — SUNDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS ♣ K Q 7 ♣ 10 4 12.0 Tables ♠ — A B C ♥ — 4.77 1 1 William Brackett, Longmont CO; Spencer Carr, Broomfield CO 60.23% ♦ — 3.58 2 2 Carol Maggipinto - Mark Maggipinto, Aptos CA 59.66% 2.68 3 3 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA 58.14% ♣ A 9 8 6 2.01 4 James Tanner, Highland CA; William Hamann, Riverside CA 56.06% When you lead the ♥A, South might as well ruff 3.20 5 4 1 Albert Stock - Roy Ladd, Valencia CA 55.68% in with the ♣8. You overruff, ruff the last spade with 2.40 6 5 2 William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 54.36% the ♣10, and South can fold his tend and go home. 1.80 3 Brenna Wundram, Los Altos CA; Dee Ann Hansen, Saratoga CA 53.41% (At the table, declarer took his ♥A prematurely 1.35 4 Glenn Mason - Judith Mason, Honolulu HI 52.27% and South could discard his spade to set the slam.) Page 8 Monday, November 26, 2018 Daily Bulletin

JAZZ WITH ALOHA ODED STITT MEMORIAL SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO 8 Tables Inclusive Save the Date for the 19.40 1 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Playing in the quarterfinals of the Baze Senior Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa KO, Steve Robinson and Peter Boyd employed a Fagerlund, Tampere Finland control-asking treatment that landed them in the Turkish Delight! 13.58 2 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA; Ofra Blonder - Diane Winiger, New York NY plum spot. Dlr: North ♠ K J 10 9 7 4 Get ready for the JULIE & BILLY MILLER SATURDAY ZIP KO Vul: N–S ♥ A 6 9th European Open Bridge 6 Tables ♦ A J 7 2.99 1 Jenni Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Sylvia Shi - Championship ♣ K 10 Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV; Bob Heller, Knoxville TN 2.09 2 Kevin Epley, Kent WA; Renee Cooper - Ella ♠ 6 ♠ Q 5 June 15–29, 2019. Jacob; Kevin Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA ♥ 9 ♥ Q J 8 3 ♦ 6 4 3 2 ♦ Q 9 8 It will be held in the Green Park Pendik JULIE & BILLY MILLER SATURDAY-SUNDAY MORNING Hotel and Convention Center in Pandik, COMPACT KO 1 ♣ A Q 9 8 4 3 2 ♣ J 7 6 5 7 Tables ♠ A 8 3 2 Turkey near Istanbul (close to Sabiha 4.86 1 Jim Liu, Saratoga CA; Cheng Wang, Canton ♥ K 10 7 5 4 2 Gokcen Airport). China; Jingyuan Gong, Shenzhen China; Eugene Chung, Daly City CA ♦ K 10 5 3.40 2 Michael Walker - Beverly Walker - Benjamin ♣ — Five best things to do before, during and Levy, Vancouver WA; Carol Orazetti, Redmond OR West North East South after the event for a perfect experience: Robinson Boyd 1♠ Pass 4♣ Book the dates and participate in bridge Dramatic license? competitions (open to all participant levels – Pass 5♣ Pass 5♠ By Barry Rigal amateurs and professionals). Pass 5NT Pass 7♠ This deal comes from the Senior KOs. Put All Pass yourself in declarer’s shoes as you reach 4♥, only Win trophies and monetary prizes to discover on the sight of dummy that 3NT would Boyd made a splinter bid over Robinson’s 1♠ opening, showing shortness in clubs. Was Boyd’s have been far more rewarding. Meet and mingle with bridge players from all shortness a singleton or a void? Robinson had a way Dlr: North ♠ J 9 6 5 parts of the globe Vul: None ♥ A 10 7 4 to find out. The pair plays 5♣ as inclusion: here, asking ♦ K 10 Enjoy the comfortable and air-conditioned responder to treat a club void as an ace. Boyd’s 5♠ ♣ 8 5 3 convention center surrounded by parks and showed two key cards without the queen. When within walking distance of the beach. ♠ K 7 Robinson bid 5NT, confirming all the key cards, ♥ K Q 9 8 6 5 Boyd bid the grand. Take advantage of this chance to visit ♦ 9 8 A handy little gadget to have in the toolbox! the touristic highlights of Istanbul and its ♣ A K 6 surroundings. West North East South Pass 2♠ 3♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass SUNDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS You know the story: the defense will take their 27.0 Tables spade ruff and ♦A and a slow club loser looks A B C inevitable. How can you rewrite the script? 16.19 1 Hiroko Yanagisawa, Tokyo Japan; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan 61.71% 12.14 2 Arun Savara - Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 61.40% Answer: Drop the ♠K under the ♠A! East will 9.52 3 1 Bonnie Macbride, Lafayette CA; Bradley Komsthoeft, Clayton CA 60.30% swallow the bait and switch to his doubleton club, 7.14 4 2 Yasuyo Iida, Yokohama Japan; Atsuko Katsumata, Kanagawa Japan 59.58% letting you draw trumps and lead a diamond toward 5.40 5 Dan Dayani - Bette Cornelius, La Jolla CA 55.97% the king. This is the full diagram: 4.63 6 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 55.87% Dlr: North ♠ J 9 6 5 5.36 7 3 1 David Graham - Jill Graham, London England 55.56% Vul: None ♥ A 10 7 4 4.02 8 4 David Koble, Bartlesville OK; Marilyn LaFleur, Tulsa OK 55.39% ♦ K 10 6.30 9 5 Lynne White - John White, Lincoln CA 55.20% ♣ 8 5 3 2.99 10 Vicki Lerner - Steven Smolen, San Francisco CA 54.91% ♠ 7 ♠ A Q 10 8 4 2 4.55 11 6 Ryo Matsubara - Ayako Matsubara, Tokyo Japan 54.84% ♥ 3 ♥ J 2 2.49 12 June Keith, New Westminster BC; Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB 54.05% 2.38 13 7 Evelyn Goedhart, Saanichton BC; Ted Heck, Victoria BC 53.79% ♦ A Q 7 6 5 3 ♦ J 4 2 2.16 14 8 Keiko Miwa, Japan; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 53.08% ♣ Q J 10 7 2 ♣ 9 4 1.90 9 Milton Kalikman, Azusa CA; Clinton Lew, Claremont CA 52.86% ♠ K 3 2.07 10 Raymond Mack, Torrance CA; Gerry Gastelum, Manhattan Beach CA 52.12% ♥ K Q 9 8 6 5 3.78 2 Darrick Chee, Forest Hill TX; Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA 52.11% ♦ 9 8 2.19 3 Shameine Ali, Vancouver BC; Ray Fink, Jackson WY 50.44% ♣ A K 6 1.65 4 James Keefe, Honolulu HI; Marvin Buff, Kailua HI 49.94% If West takes his ♦A, you will strip off the 1.30 5 Kristin Smith - Steven Smith, Corralitos CA 48.96% diamonds and exit with the third club. That endplays West to give you a ruff sluff and the spade loser goes JO BEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS away. West does better to duck his ♦A. Now declarer 18.0 Tables A B C takes the second top club and exits in diamonds to 6.07 1 1 Tom Whitesides - Randy Ekman, Dallas TX 65.90% infuriate both opponents. In this ending: 4.55 2 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 60.68% ♠ J 9 6 3.41 3 Gale Senter, San Clemente CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 60.35% ♥ 10 7 3.90 4 2 Charles Conrad - Robert Hamilton, Castro Valley CA 59.91% ♦ 10 1.92 5 Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 59.37% ♣ 8 2.93 6 3 Thomas Loveday, Sequim WA; Robert Weaver, Kansas City MO 58.17% ♠ — ♠ Q 10 8 4 2 2.63 7 4 Gary Lee - Charleen Lee, Gold River CA 56.64% ♥ — ♥ — 1.84 5 Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA; Ying Lin Gu, San Diego CA 56.10% ♦ A Q 7 6 ♦ J 4 1.32 6 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; Douglas Younger-Lewis, Almonte ON 54.58% ♣ Q J 10 ♣ — 2.63 1 Susan S. Doe, Irving TX; Susan Griswold, Palo Alto CA 52.18% 1.97 2 Daniel Berman - Tina Leong, Honolulu HI 47.82% ♠ 3 1.48 3 Joel Reimnitz - Charlene Reimnitz, Los Gatos CA 46.73% ♥ Q 9 8 6 1.11 4 Robert Lumbert, Severn MD; Bob Shuken, Auburn CA 44.77% ♦ 8 ♣ 6 Whoever wins the diamond will have one Lost and found Vugraph winner to cash but must concede the rest. So where Lost and found is located at the Welcome Desk The Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph does the dramatic license come in? Alas, at the table, in the Mid-Pacific Conference Center. You will find presentation of the final day of the Baze Senior KO the ♠7 and ♠3 were switched, so the falsecard could volunteers at the desk who can assist you an hour before will be available today in the Palace Lounge on the not work. Another great opportunity wasted! game time in the morning, afternoon and evening. second floor of the Tapa Tower. Daily Bulletin Monday, November 26, 2018 Page 9

BAZE SENIOR KO TEAMS FINAL 10 Tables Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des- Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Ormeaux QC; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Drew 3/4 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Casen, Henderson NV; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; John Mohan - Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Ron Smith, Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Eric Rodwell, Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan Poland Chicago IL; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington Clearwater FL 3/4 Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Arthur IN vs Crystal, Fairfield CT; Allan Graves, Hammonds Plain NS;

1 Nickell 2 Lewis 34 90 111 161 27 41 72 116 8 Robinson 7 Kasle 11 39 50 67 49 71 112 156

1 Nickell 2 (7) Kasle 32 63 95 104 1 Nickell 22 28 63 101

4 O’Rourke 2 (7) Kasle 3 Cheek 12 25 38 71 10 40 87 94

4 O’Rourke 3 Cheek 25 34 65 111 32 80 110 110 5 Drake 5 Falk 13 46 97 108 23 28 35 w/d

SUNDAY DAYLIGHT SWISS TEAMS 26 Tables Hicks A B C continued from page 1 14.40 1 Robert L. McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL; Michael Heins, Champaign IL; Michael Schreiber - Amy Downing, Memphis TN; William Schreiber, with all of us who adored him. Valley Glen CA 96.00 Bereft is Karl’s beloved partner of 42 years, wife 10.80 2 1 Kimiko Kamakari, Kanagawa Japan; Midori Sakamoto, Kawasaki Kerry, and his four children who revered him: Kim Japan; Yoko Nemomi - Toyoko Saito, Tokyo Japan 84.00 (Scott), Bruce (Donna), Karl Jr. and Laura. His five 7.09 3/4 2/3 Paul Flanagan - Burton Voorhees - Kinga Voorhees - Karen Billett, grandchildren were his pride and delight: Meaghen, Victoria BC 75.00 Ashleigh, Hana, Hayden, and Ava Marie. 7.09 3/4 2/3 Alan Arakawa, Kahului HI; Harry Rogers, Wailuku HI; Karl graduated from Mount Allison University Jack Patnode, Kula HI; Alain Schreiber, Bellevue WA 75.00 in 1967, taking a bit longer than most to earn his 5.76 5 4 1 Mary Phillips - Robert Liu - Etsuko Kamo, Honolulu HI; degrees in mathematics and education; he was Yumi Nagato, New York NY 73.00 a founder of the Mount A Fossil Club, whose 4.11 6 5 Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA; Beverly Shapiro, Boca Raton FL; Julia Gosnell - Michael Gosnell, Walnut Creek CA 71.00 members preferred shenanigans to studying. Karl 3.60 7 Powdy (npc); Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Mark Bennett, taught in Scotchtown before teaching math at Honolulu HI; Marjorie Michelin - Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 70.00 Breton Education Centre, where he served for 4.32 6 2 Hisako Takei, Kawasaki Japan; Setsuko Ono, Matsudo Japan; many years as vice principal. His 30-year teaching Sachiko Komine - Momoko Yasuda - Kazuko Yamashita, Tokyo Japan 67.00 career culminated as principal of Mount Carmel 3.24 3 Annetta Patrick – N. Dennis Berg - Charles Patrick - Hal Saunders, Elementary, a period he described as the most fun Santa Barbara CA 66.00 and rewarding time in his professional life. 2.43 4 Joseph Ulrich, Arlington WA; Jack Yuan, Bellevue WA; Karl was a Diamond Life Master and a Yoko Reilly, Redmond WA; Eri Griffin, La Quinta CA 62.00 tournament director for the ACBL for 48 years. His 1.92 5 Catherine Hess - Ron Frystak, Kaneohe HI; Busaba Williams - awards and achievements in bridge are numerous, Anna Sung, Honolulu HI 60.00 but he was especially proud of receiving the Cukoff– SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS LaTraverse–Wiser Trophy in 2016 for ethics and 10.5 Tables excellence in tournaments and bridge administration. A B C In 2007, he won the Bruce 0–5000 Life Master Pairs 3.15 1 1 Kathryn Rector - Dina Fulmer, Pittsburgh PA 64.32% and the Mini-Spingold 0–5000 Knockout Teams. He 2.36 2 2 1 Brian Knowles - Lisa Geiger, Boulder CO 61.90% also finished third in the Epson Worldwide Bridge 1.77 3 3 2 Cyndy Sidore, Princeville HI; Tara Fankhauser, Kilauea HI 58.35% Contest in 1989, placed first in North America, 1.33 4 4 Peter Parish, Santa Barbara CA; Fumie Parish, Las Vegas NV 57.57% and seventh in the world in the 2001 World Bridge 1.00 5 Clare Smith, Walnut Creek CA; Jeanette Bartz, Clayton CA 56.43% Contest and won two consecutive gold medals for 1.20 6 5 3 Janis Rodden - Hazel Theodore, Honolulu HI 56.38% duplicate bridge in the Canada 55+ Games in 2014 0.90 4 Laura Mirsky, West Des Moines IA; Saul Mirsky, La Jolla CA 54.60% and 2016. Always encouraging new players, Karl was SUNDAY BRACKETED B TEAMS 1 the editor of the Maritime Bridge Line for 27 years 8 Tables and taught bridge lessons for more than 40. 11.07 1 Gloria McDevitt, Medford MA; Lon Sunshine - Ivanie Yeo, Merrimack NH; Karl was an avid world traveler, having explored Elizabeth Gompels, Cambridge MA 95.00 six continents with Kerry. He was a gifted artist, 8.30 2 Loring Harkness III, Kilauea HI; Norma Bozzini, San Mateo CA; Thomas Fagan - Katie Fagan, Kailua HI 82.00 philatelist, coin collector and crossword puzzle 6.23 3 Patty Michael, San Mateo CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON; Edie Wong - solver. He was a film buff and lover of rock ’n’ roll, Marion Robertson, San Francisco CA 77.00 always the last to leave the dance floor. Renowned for his cheeky, irreverent Christmas cards, Karl SUNDAY BRACKETED B TEAMS 2 mailed his hilarious seasonal greetings to hundreds of 8 Tables expectant recipients worldwide every year. Karl, like 9.75 1 Mark Rindner - Gailon Ebell - Terry Sappah, Anchorage AK; Cecil Henry, his father, will be remembered for his characteristic Kingman AZ 91.00 words of wisdom, most particularly his signature: 7.31 2 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Douglas Grant, San Francisco CA; Perry Poole, “Illegitimi non carborundum.” Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 81.00 5.48 3 Danuta Trafford - Thomas Trafford - Helen Dillen - Gamil Tadros, Calgary AB 78.00 Parking validation SUNDAY BRACKETED B TEAMS 3 Players who are using daily parking: Please get 8 Tables your parking validated before game time. Volunteers 8.18 1 Scott Chupack – JC Chupack - Leah Sieg, Seattle WA; Kathy Gilman, handling validation are at the Information Booth – Shoreline WA 102.00 6.14 2 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Martin Leftik, Honolulu HI; located by the Christmas tree in the Coral Lounge Donald Bierman, San Ramon CA; Sarah Simmerman, San Leandro CA 91.00 near the Coral Ballroom 1 and 2 in the Mid-Pacific 4.60 3 Sandy Jean Robinson - Kim Cohos - Emelie Quennell, Calgary AB; Conference Center – prior to game time. There is no Melissa Martin, Whitefish MT 72.00 one staffing the booth after game time. Page 10 Monday, November 26, 2018 Daily Bulletin

SUNDAY BRACKETED B TEAMS 4 8 Tables 6.56 1 Tony Greenberg, Malibu CA; Thuy Tran, San Franciso CA; Doug Couchman - Bettina Brill, Berkeley CA 115.00 4.92 2 Alain Cardinal - Deborah Steffen, Santa Barbara CA; Jacques Simard, Montreal QC; Laura Gastelum, Torrance CA 86.00 3.69 3 Phyllis Bloom, Acton MA; Christine Pettingell, Everett MA; Barbara Wilson, Sudbury MA; Dawn Lee, Los Angeles CA 75.00

SUNDAY OPEN PAIRS 23.0 Tables A B C 16.50 1 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 58.31% 12.38 2 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 57.98% 9.28 3 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 57.73% 8.25 4 1 Karen Epley - Kevin Epley, Kent WA 57.34% 5.50 5 Elliott Grubman - Ava Grubman, Brooklyn NY 56.48% 6.19 6 2 Pangjie Xu, San Jose CA; Winston Huang, Los Altos CA 55.79% 4.81 7 Phyllis Harlan, Oklahoma City OK; Shelba Parmley, Fort Worth TX 55.53% 3.67 8 Richard Gross, Owens Cross Roads AL; Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 55.52% 3.30 9 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Barbara McLendon, New York NY 55.35% 4.81 10 Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA; Julius Sigurjonsson, Iceland 55.14% 4.64 11 3 Forrest Gray, San Antonio TX; D’Anne Pientka, Phoenix AZ 55.13% 3.48 12 4 Michael Hartnett - Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 54.37% 2.75 5 Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC; Frances Corney, Vancouver BC 53.50% 2.36 6 David Johnson - Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 53.00% 3.41 1 Ivy French - Tracey Guice, Seattle WA 48.52% 2.56 2 Sun Hee Han, Seoul South Korea; Sooja Kwon, Seoul South Korea 47.98%

JO BEST SUNDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 17.5 Tables A B C 6.07 1 1 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA 64.12% 4.55 2 2 Sandra Forsythe - Steven Forsythe, Centerville OH 61.00% 3.41 3 3 1 Tracy Capal, Manchester England; David Sherman, London England 58.20% 2.56 4 Dennis Carman - Susan Bailey Carman, Plainwell MI 58.10% 2.19 5 4 Maureen Weiman - Magnus Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 57.99% 1.65 6 5 Charles Conrad - Ann Conrad, Castro Valley CA 56.02% 1.32 7 6 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA 55.32% 1.71 2 Beverly Walker - Benjamin Levy, Vancouver WA 50.12%

BRYAN SMITHER SUNDAY EVENING BAM 5 Tables A B C 3.52 1 1 1 Natsuko Nishida - Midori Horikawa - Hiroko Ishino - Ayako Nagayama, Tokyo Japan 17.00 2.64 2 Cherilyn Young - Daniel Berman, Honolulu HI; Paul Davis, Mountain View CA; Geraldine Macdonald, Los Altos CA 13.50

SUNDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 4.0 Tables A B C 2.10 1 1 Linda Shannon - Frank Shannon, Mesquite NV 61.11% 1.58 2 Stanley Williams - Maureen Fahey, Coventry RI 54.86% 1.76 3 2 1 Saul Mirsky, La Jolla CA; Laura Mirsky, West Des Moines IA 54.17% 1.32 3 2 Malgorzata Koziol, Las Vegas NV; Rosalie Holcomb, Seattle WA 52.78%

SUNDAY A/X/Y SWISS TEAMS 17 Tables / Based on 47 Tables A X Y 22.80 1 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Alessandro Ganddougua, Rome Italy; Kamil Nowak, Kielce Poland; Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy 124.00 17.10 2 1 Brett Kunin, West Orange NJ; Gerald Mindell, Chicago IL; Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 93.00 12.83 3 2 Patti Stuhlman, Minneapolis MN; Glenna Shannahan, Indian Wells CA; William McFall, New Berlin WI; Todd Fisher, Lincolnwood IL 81.00 9.62 4 3 1 Ronald Leight - Ivy Leight - Art McHaffie - Joy McHaffie, Santa Fe NM 76.00 7.60 5 4 2 Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; Peter Clark, Ottawa ON; Moises Saul - Elizabeth Saul, Bellevue WA 75.00 5.13 5 3 Brian King, Kihei HI; James Lutz, Laguna Niguel CA; Raymond Yuenger, Campbell CA; Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA 74.00 3.85 4 Paul Pugsley - Brenda Pugsley, Carson City NV; Jefri Donovan - Virginia Kellermeyer, Reno NV 71.00

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 3.0 Tables A B 1.52 1 Win Westfall, Folsom CA; Pat Westfall, Fulson CA 57.90% 1.14 2 Meda Brown - Yvonne Wheeler, Honolulu HI 56.88%

SUNDAY BRIDGE PLUS 3.0 Tables A B 1.39 1 Patricia Owens, Incline Village NV; Malgorzata Koziol, Las Vegas NV 54.17% 1.34 2 1 Helen Slaughter, Honolulu HI; Judy Pearce, Pearl City HI 52.29% 1.01 2 Yvonne Wheeler - Meda Brown, Honolulu HI 52.08% Daily Bulletin Monday, November 26, 2018 Page 11

Today’s Sponsors silver and gold points Blue Note Hawaii on the mainland Edith Neff Blue Note Hawaii was born out before moving to By Friends of Edith of a partnership between Outrigger Hawaii. Renee never Edith Neff moved to Resorts and Blue Note Entertainment obtained the title of Hawaii with her two eldest Group, owner of music clubs in New Life Master, although children in the mid-’50s York, Washington DC, Milan and two locations in she had over 900 to join her husband, who Japan. points. worked with Dole. Blue Note Hawaii serves as the state’s premier After retirement, Charlie had more time to play During the past 60 years, venue for world-renowned artists, from jazz and bridge and all his bridge partners enjoyed his calm, Edith has been a powerful blues to Hawaiian favorites. Located in the former easy play of the game. He was a real gentleman at influence and force in our Society of Seven showroom inside Outrigger the table, but he did not like too much talking during Hawaii bridge world. For Waikiki Beach Resort, Blue Note Hawaii features the game! Renee retired several years later and the many years, she taught a wide range of musical entertainment – from two of them played together, always polite with each lessons and ran a weekly local talent to international sensations – for limited other. It was a pleasure to have them at the bridge newcomers’ game in Kailua for players with 49 engagements. table. masterpoints or less. She urged these players to play Blue Note Hawaii is very generous in supporting Charlie passed away in 1996. Renee continued in other club games and tournaments. many local causes. We are grateful that they made to play bridge with friends she had met over the Edith ran director classes, helping to ensure we a substantial contribution to our NABC hospitality years. In 2005, after their daughter Janet moved would continue to have directors for our games. fundraising efforts by donating Blue Note vouchers, home, Renee encouraged new bridge players by Long before ACBL encouraged better players to which were sought-after prizes in our raffles and having a small casual novice game at her home. partner with new players, Edith developed a Pro-Am silent auction. Several of these players have gone on to excel in the game for her Kailua 49ers. There are many of us in Mahalo, Blue Note! game. She was fondly called Coach because during Hawaii who are grateful to be playing this wonderful game thanks to Edith. Charles and Renee Powell these Tuesday afternoon games, she would help these novice players with bidding and the play of the Charles and Renee met in Hawaii in 1947. hand. Within a year of meeting, they were married here in Renee passed away in 2015. Both Charlie and the Islands. Renee always joked that Charlie married Renee would be so honored knowing this game was her to teach her how to play a better game of bridge! named in their memory. Charlie was a Life Master, acquiring most of his red, continued on page 12

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Tom Lum Day Tuesday, November 27, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Jim Bishop Monday-Wednesday Morning Knockout Teams 3rd Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Tom Lum Tuesday-Wednesday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Tuesday, November 27, 10 a.m. Tom Lum 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 Tom Lum 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Tuesday, November 27, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Tom Lum Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 3, MPCC $16 $20 Tom Lum Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 2, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750. Edith Neff Monday-Tuesday Daylight Knockout Teams 3-4 South Pacific 3, MPCC $16 $20 Tuesday, November 27, 1 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 3rd single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Tuesday, November 27, 1 & 7:30 p.m. KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Tower $25 — Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions. WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 Q Tapa Ballroom 1, Tapa Tower $25 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions 0-6000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Honolulu Suite, Tapa Tower $17 — Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions. Limited to players with less than 6000 masterpoints. 0-10,000 IMP PAIRS 1-2 F TBA $17 — Tom Lum Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Tom Lum Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750. Waialae Bridge Club Tuesday-Wednesday Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Godfrey Chang Monday-Tuesday Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Tuesday, November 27, 3 p.m. Tom Lum Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single South Pacific 3, MPCC $15 $19 Tom Lum 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 Tom Lum 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Tuesday, November 27, 7:30 p.m. Tom Lum A/X/Y Side Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19 Tom Lum B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19 Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 4th single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Tom Lum 299er Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 Tom Lum 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 Tom Lum 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Tuesday, November 27, 11:30 p.m. Tom Lum Zip Knockout Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $16/team/match

Monday, November 26, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 1-2 F Honolulu Suite, Tapa Tower $25 — Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 3, MPCC $16 $20 Luke Han & Busaba Williams Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 2, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750. Edith Neff Monday-Tuesday Daylight Knockout Teams 1-2 South Pacific 3, MPCC $16 $20 Monday, November 26, Noon & 7 p.m. BAZE SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Hibiscus Suite, Kalia Tower $25 — Monday, November 26, 1 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 1st single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Monday, November 26, 1 & 7:30 p.m. MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Tower $25 — MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S 1-2 F Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Tower $25 — BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 0-10,000 IMP Pairs 1-2 Q Tapa Ballroom 3, Tapa Tower $17 — 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions. Blue Note Hawaii A/X/Y Open Pairs (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 B/C/D (3000/1500/750) Pairs 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Monday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Godfrey Chang Monday-Tuesday Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Monday, November 26, 3 p.m. Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single South Pacific 3, MPCC $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Monday, November 26, 7:30 p.m. Charlie & Renee Powell Memorial A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19 Charlie & Renee Powell Memorial B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19 Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 2nd single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 299er Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Monday, November 26, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $16/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750.BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Today’s Sponsors continued and experience at the bridge table. Godfrey always ACBL President Sid Levey. He played in a 4♠ emphasizes the importance of being a good partner contract with a 0–0 fit and went down eight tricks. Godfrey Chang and how that will contribute to a successful game. When the hand was over, Jim said, “Sorry partner, One of his regular partners shared his the trumps didn’t break!” It was a world record By Friends of Godfrey experience: “Godfrey is, of course, an excellent and was written up in the New York Times by Alan Godfrey is our local expert bridge player. But, in addition, Godfrey is the Truscott. player who is the most sought perfect partner … forgiving, understanding, always after by top players who pleasant and sociable and extraordinarily ethical. come to Hawaii from the Luke Han and Busaba Williams In short, Godfrey is the type of bridge player we all mainland and from Asia. With strive to be, but so few of us achieve.” By Friends of Luke and Busaba some 14,695 masterpoints, Luke and Busaba met Thank you, “Teach,” for all your efforts to make he is No. 385 on the list of across a bridge table, and us better partners and players. ACBL’s top 500 players, and their happy meeting led them –Your students is the only Hawaiian player from a partnership in bridge included in that elite group. to partners in life. In 2005, This is a particularly impressive accomplishment In Memory of Jim Bishop they decided to implement because he almost never leaves Hawaii and never By Iku Donnelly the vision of Bill Gates and plays online. Jim Bishop served for many years as president Warren Buffet and introduced Godfrey has been an active member of the and treasurer on the board of Hawaiian Contract Hawaii middle school students to the game of Honolulu bridge community since the early 1970s. Bridge Units Association, sponsor of the annual bridge. This led them to accompany 11 seventh and He has served on the local boards of Hawaiian Hawaii Regional. We all remember him for his high eighth-graders to Atlanta to participate in the first Contract Bridge Units Association and Unit 470. integrity, unselfishness and Youth North American Bridge Championship. Every His depth of knowledge of bidding and the rules non-judgmental character. student returned to Hawaii with masterpoints. governing the game mean that he is often used as a More than anything else, In addition, many of our players today are a resource by the directors and players. however, he had a fantastic result of a mentoring program developed by Luke In the last few years, Godfrey has expanded sense of humor. One of his and Busaba for adults, meeting at the Veterans his role to that of “Teach” for members of Unit famous anecdotes happened Center on Saturday afternoons. 470 wanting to improve their game. In addition to at the Summer NABC in Sadly, Luke was lost to us and to Busaba in the technical discussions about bidding and play, Albuquerque NM in 1982. 2011. However, his legacy and their love story class time often diverts to discussions about life He was playing with former continue to inspire us.