 Sunday, November 29, 2009 Volume 82, Number 3 Daily Bulletin

82nd Fall North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Dave Smith NABC setup takes brawn, but mostly brains for success roof,” says Johnston. “The Manchester Grand Hyatt is one of only about 25 venues in the country that has it all.” A workable alternative is to use a convention center and a nearby hotel or to use two hotels. Two or two-and-a-half Nail LM Open Pairs champions Tor Helness and years prior to the tournament Martin Andresen. date, the sponsoring district’s tournament chair (in San Diego, Norwegians storm to it’s hardworking Ken Monzingo of District 22) puts together LM Open Pairs win committees that take care Tor Helness and Martin Andresen, in 17th of the local responsibilities: place with a session to go, posted a 68.31% game partnerships, hospitality, prizes in the fi nal session of the Bobby Nail Life Master and caddies, for example. Open Pairs to win the event by nearly a . Planning continues in Second place went to Hemant and . Three members of the NABC setup crew: Brian Russell, Martin the run-up to the NABC as Ware and Ken Horwedel. Third were Jeff Meckstroth and Chris Compton. the national tournament team On a top of 77, Helness and Andresen were about By Jean Seager works with hotel staff and local 63 matchpoints clear of second. On Wednesday, Nov. 18, when most bridge committee members to make sure preparations are The winners are from Oslo, Norway. Helness, players were not yet thinking about the NABC in progressing smoothly. continued on page 7 San Diego, two large trailer trucks left Memphis “We don’t dictate how the local folks do bound for the loading dock at the rear of the things,” says Johnston, “but if ACBL has some Manchester Grand Hyatt. experience about why something won’t work, they The trucks, containing 21 tons of supplies share it. We ask how they are doing.” for the tournament between them, arrived the Johnston makes a fi nal trip to the host city 30 following Tuesday, just two days before 2500 to 45 days out. That’s when he talks to hotel staff to bridge players would enter the hotel through tell them about the special needs of bridge players. the front doors. The players would locate their He explains, for example, that bridge players do playing rooms, buy their entries, pick up their not want their rooms cleaned at 8 a.m. and that convention cards, fi nd their tables, perhaps have the breakfast buffet should remain open later a cup of coffee and visit with friends. They would than usual. He also meets with local committee experience the fi nished product that is an NABC. members to resolve any problems and offer help But what goes on behind the scenes? The arrival of where needed. the supplies is only part of the story. At an NABC, there are 65 tournament Jeff Johnston, ACBL director and meeting directors, all hired by ACBL. Many are nationally Smith LM Women’s Pairs winners: Sue Picus planner, is in charge making the arrangements. I rated directors, with a few “up and comers.” If and Shawn Quinn. caught up with him in the hotel lobby a few days there are extra slots, local directors are hired, too. Picus, Quinn capture before the tournament began. According to Johnston, this gives the local players “How’s it going?” I asked. He calmly and a familiar face in a big tournament. Smith Women’s Pairs cheerfully stated that things were going well. But As for the caddies, there is a group that Sue Picus and Shawn Quinn scored 60% in then he noted that the hard work was still ahead. goes from tournament to tournament. These are both fi nal sessions to win the Helen Sobel Smith What he didn’t say was that there was a lot of generally the children of ACBL board members Women’s Pairs by 4.40 matchpoints (25 was hard work behind him, too. or the children of top players. A second group of top). Second place went to Victoria Gromova and ACBL holds three NABCs every year, each caddies is hired by the local district. In addition, Tatiana Ponomareva, both of Moscow. running 11 days. These move around North school groups sometimes to raise funds for Picus and Quinn are a fairly new partnership. America, with Southern on a six-year specifi c programs, with money earned donated to “We’ve only played four times before,” said Quinn. rotation. The ACBL board of directors chose San the group. High school bands have done this in the The pair played on the team that was fourth Diego as the site of this fall’s tournament, but it past. in the in 2007. Quinn has returned to was up to Johnston to choose the venue, a task he What about those 21 tons of supplies that arrive Texas after living in Poland for several years, but is generally begins fi ve to eight years ahead of time. at the loading dock a couple of days before the moving again, this time to Switzerland. Picus lives There are ACBL guidelines, of course: 125,000 to tournament? These are warehoused in Memphis, in City, and is a consultant for HBO. 130,000 square feet of meeting space and 1200 to where ACBL inventories and repairs them between Kathleen Sulgrove of Twinsburg OH and G. 1300 hotel rooms. tournaments. Imagine checking every bidding continued on page 11 “It’s best if all of this can be under one continued on page 4 Goodwill Message I’m delighted to report that Two top seeds lose “Caddy, please” is becoming a common call, indicating that in Senior Knockout players are more considerate of The team captained by Stephen Shane, down Shane, of White Plains NY, is playing with caddies in general.

18 against the top-seeded Richard DeMartino Eugene Davidson, Boynton Beach FL; Sedat Nassi, Caddymaster Jackie squad, rallied in the second half of their Senior Hollywood FL, and N Schwartz, San Marcos CA. Matthews says “We all answer to Knockout Teams match for a 168-113 victory. Other members of the Washington DC-area ‘caddy,’ but we prefer to answer to our last name: Joining DeMartino and company on the King squad are Barry Bragin, David Abelow and Please.” sidelines is the No. 4 squad led by , David Ruderman. , Chairman who fell to the Fred King team 158-85. National Goodwill Committee Page 2 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Sunday, Nov. 29 Monday, Nov. 30 9 a.m. - Noon Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP). Session two of the 9 a.m. - Noon Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP). Session three of ACBL’s popular 10-hour seminar for people interested in the ACBL’s popular 10-hour seminar for people interested learning how to teach bridge successfully. Pre-registration in learning how to teach bridge successfully. Pre-registration required. Continues Monday. Room: Ford B. required. Room: Ford B. 10 - 11:30 a.m. Board of Governors/ACBL Membership Meeting. This 10 a.m. - Noon Foundation for the Preservation and Advancement of meeting is open to all members. Discussion will include Bridge meeting. Room: Molly B. recent actions of the Board of Directors, reports from the 10 a.m. - Noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. CEO and treasurer and new proposals from the Board of Room: Maggie - 3rd fl oor Harbor Tower. Governors. 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Join Peg Cundiff, to young people or currently teaching young students. Meet host of more than 100 bridge cruises, for an informative with Patty Tucker (ACBL Youth Coordinator) and Julie session about what you need to know to be a successful Greenberg (ACBL Education Department) to exchange teacher and bridge host on a cruise ship. Fee: $25 at door. ideas, to look at materials available for teachers and to fi nd Room: Ford A & B. others interested in pursuing youth bridge activities in their 9 a.m. - Noon Club Director Refresher Course. Continuing education areas. Room: Maggie - 3rd fl oor Harbor Tower. for bridge directors to increase their skills presented by 11 p.m. - 1 a.m. ACBL Patron Member Reception. internationally acclaimed ACBL Tournament Director Guillermo Poplawsky. Continues Wednesday. Must attend both sessions. Room: Maggie - 3rd fl oor Harbor Tower. 10 a.m. - Noon Senior Team Trials meeting. Room: Ford C. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these free expert lectures at the San Diego NABC. Monday, Nov. 30 9:45 am Mel Colchamiro How to Play Like an Expert Sunday, Nov. 29 (without being one) 9:45 am Linda Trent Linda’s Favorite Rules 6:45 pm Jay Helekar Simple End Play Theory 6:45 pm GS Jade Barrett The Learning Curve Tuesday, Dec. 1 9:45 am Mike Flader Ruling the Game 6:45 pm David Berkowitz Partnerships ENTERTAINMENT/FOOD Sunday: Pumpkin bisque soup at 10:30 p.m. -- Fourth fl oor Randle Ballroom. Tuesday, Dec. 1 Monday: Mashed potato bar at 10:30 p.m. -- Fourth fl oor Randle Ballroom. 10 a.m. Rose Meltzer’s “Breakfast with the Stars” Admission: $10 (limited seating) Nov. 27–Dec. 1 Purchase tickets at Bridge Registration Desk Peter Rank’s “My Fair (Little Old) Lady” Shows at 11 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday; Wednesday, Dec. 2 6:45 p.m. on Sunday 11 p.m. Book signing & discussion with Admission: Free (refreshments at all performances) Author of The Devil’s Tickets A dramatic reading will be performed. Admission: Free (refreshments) Educational Foundation Parking San Diego volunteer The Manchester Grand Hyatt is offering officers selected discounted self-parking for $17 (no in and out). workers New offi cers for the ACBL Educational The rate is good for overnight guests of the hotel An NABC doesn’t just happen. There are many Foundation have been selected. They are Florence and drive-in guests. Valet parking is $22. workers behind the scenes who volunteer and make Belford, president; Linda Mamula, vice president; things go. Here are some of them: Ken Monzingo, Rand Pinsky, treasurer; Eugene Kales, secretary, Tournament Chairman; Bonnie Bagley, Assistant and Sally Veautier, assistant secretary. Child care available Chairman; Ana Lilia Cortes, Entertainment; Letha Child care is available during the Fall NABC For information about the foundation, contact Couch, Partnerships; Ann Cressman & Audrey from noon to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight. one of the new offi cers or visit the web site, which Wicks, Registration; Debbie Gailfus, Information; Activities include swimming, art and bridge lessons can be accessed through www.acbl.org. Fran Foresta, Tournament Treasurer; Suzanne (noon to 12:30 p.m.). There will be a pizza party LeBendig, Pre-Tournament Tours; Alice Leicht, on Thursday. For more information, contact Donna Volunteers; Laura Loring, I/N Partnerships; Breakfast with the stars Compton in Room 631 at the Manchester Grand Matthew Mallory, Restaurant Guide; Jody Pedri There is still seating for Rose Meltzer’s Hyatt. “Breakfast with the Stars.” Players can have and Linda Trent, Intermediate/Newcomers; Allan breakfast with some of the best-known players in Slow Play D. Schuster, Transportation; Wendy Turk & ToshikoYingst, Prizes. the world and chat and ask questions. The event Slow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Tickets are $10 and can play, is discourteous to your opponents -- and to be purchased at the Registration Desk. all other competitors as well. Players and pairs Great discounts for local who take more than their allotted time are subject to penalty. restaurants in your In general, pairs who are rarely late will tournament be warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or pay no attention to time limits will be schedule guide. penalized. Daily Bulletin Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS

By Marti Ronemus I shouldn’t tell you all this, Dear New Player: so keep it a secret. I had a partner Well, once again my readers have come who did this once . . . well, through for me. Your e-mails are a delight and enough said. never fail to give me See what you think of this ideas. Today’s column one. is about partnership “Hello, Marti. Hope you relations, justifi able can help. My pard continues to homicide and crime drive me crazy. He states that prevention. All from you. he doesn’t rebid an unsupported In a recent Bridge fi ve-card suit. I keep telling him Bulletin column, I sometimes you have to. His hand gave some sage advice was (tongue in cheek, of A 10 9 8 7 6 Q J 5 4 .K 8 3. course) that deserves repeating: “Once you have The bidding, with no decided to kill your partner, it becomes very interference, 1. me, 1 by him, important to be extra nice to him. That way, when 1NT by me, 2 by him. It went the police come to question the rest of us, we can on from there, and we ended up all say, ‘Oh, no. Can’t be her. They were getting with a bad board. Can you tell me along beautifully.’ ” how to make him rebid the fi ve- Faithful readers, this advice has inspired card spade suit after my 1NT? He more comments than almost anything I’ve ever should know I have a doubleton.” published. Never mind my words of wisdom The writer is wrong. His about never ignoring a fi ve-card suit in dummy. partner clearly showed fi ve Forget my coaching on entries. Who cares about spades and four diamonds. If my guidance on the value of 10s and 9s. It’s my Pard had 4-4, he would have tip on committing the perfect crime that fi lled up bid the diamonds fi rst. You my inbox. know that, right? The fact that This certainly makes me wonder about responder bid his spades and what’s going on at those tables. Then I checked then after the writer’s 1NT bid a my e-mail, and now I understand. Perhaps you non-forcing 2, showing at least will, too, after you see what some of these people nine cards in the two suits. The are suffering through. You’ll understand why I non- basically asked haven’t included any names or cities: I would the writer to pick one of his suits, hate to see these people arrested for what I must spades by correcting, diamonds consider justifi able homicide, maybe even self- by passing (or raising with a bit defense. Read on. more than a minimum opener). “My RHO opened 1. I overcalled 1. Read on. So there you have it, folks. A lot of you out LHO raised to 2. Partner jumped to 3NT. So “My partner and I (newcomers) were playing there have more than enough reason to commit far, so good. Sounds like a normal auction. against an outstanding pair at our club. Through a little mayhem. Please re-read the advice in Well. The of the A dropped my a terrible misunderstanding, the experts ended up paragraph two (you should be nice to your pard’s singleton king. The opponents rattled off in a 7NT contract. My partner led out the A and partners no matter what they do). I’m on your the fi rst nine tricks. Her explanation? She hoped K. When I asked her why she didn’t double, she side and don’t want you to get in trouble. her opponent would lead away from his A and said ‘You know how good they are. They would And for those of you who suddenly fi nd her king would win, then she could make her six have just redoubled.’ Please, Marti … what can I your partners being unusually kind and sweet to clubs and two other tricks. If this isn’t a clear-cut do?” you, be afraid. Be very afraid. Let me know the case for murder, I don’t know what is.” They say that the scent of almonds gives details of your tribulations and trials (oops… Amen. Shoot away!! Read on for more. away the cyanide, but I’m not sure that’s true. we don’t want any trials, do we?). E-mail me at “My partner left my of 1. It seems to be a favorite of murderers in Agatha [email protected] in. They made four, doubled and vulnerable, for Christie. Perhaps disguising it in egg nog would 740.” work.

card suit ups the strength of the South hand. .K. Guess what? It is East with the club . Thinking bridge North, with a strongish fi ve-card suit, has enough After fi nessing West for the .Q, you take fi ve By Eddie Kantar to risk 3NT even facing an 11-12 point hand. clubs, two spades and two hearts. Nine big ones. Lead commentary: Playing fourth-highest When the lead against a notrump contract is Dlr: North  A 6 leads, the lead of a 2 shows a four-card suit. This from a known four-card suit, the opening leader is Vul: E-W  A 6 4 information can help both declarer and third hand. very unlikely to have a side-suit void.  J 7 4 This time it helps declarer more. . A 10 9 6 4 Play commentary: To  Q 10 8 2  J 9 7 4 make this contract, you need  J 8 3  Q 10 9 5 2 fi ve club tricks. That’s easy  A 10 3  K 9 5 2 enough if clubs break 2-1. . Q 8 7 . -- But what if they are 3-0?  K 5 3 Now it is important to know  K 7 who has the length. If you  Q 8 6 suspect that it is East, start . K J 5 3 2 with the ace. If you suspect it is West, start with the king. West North East South Any clues? Yes. West is 1. Pass 2NT known to have four spades. Pass 3NT All Pass In order for West to be void in clubs, he must have a side Opening lead: 2. suit of fi ve cards or more. If Bidding commentary: Some play a 2NT West had a side fi ve-card suit response to a minor-suit opening shows 13-15 or longer, why didn’t he HCP, a game force. Others play the response lead it? Ergo, West cannot The Intermediate-Newcomer section held a reception yesterday for shows 11-12 HCP and is not a game force. This their players. Flanking the hotel server are Donna Buys and Ed Koch logically be void in clubs, hand sort of fi ts both methods because the fi ve- of Cardiff CA. “The whole experience has been great,” says Koch. but East can. Start with the “This is a great location for bridge.” Page 4 Daily Bulletin

NABC Eliza’s challenge: continued from page 1 Can she make 7? box to make sure nothing is missing. Or counting The third performance of My Fair (Little Old) pencils. Or putting multiple sets of boards in Lady will take place tonight after the evening numerical order. session in the Randle Ballroom on the fourth fl oor The supplies consist of everything from of the Manchester Grand Hyatt. See how, Eliza playing cards and bidding boxes to duplicating Bidlittle, one of the production’s stars, saves the machines, refrigerators and safes. The quantity is day to win the Blue Ribbon Pairs. mindboggling: 1000 card tables (the hotel provides chairs), 3600 bidding boxes, more than 2000  J 8 7 6 decks of cards, 19 pounds of rubber bands. When  A J 2 the supplies arrive at the venue, four tournament  K J 8 directors take charge. In one long day, they work . A 8 3 with hotel staff to move everything into the proper  10 9  5 rooms and then into appropriate positions within  K 3  Q 10 9 8 7 6 the rooms. They also set up supply tables, water  6 5 4 3 2  10 9 7 stations, snack bars, anything that the bridge . 6 5 4 2 . Q J 7 players and tournament directors will require.  A K Q 4 3 2 Johnston says that the hardest part of  5 4 organizing a tournament occurs during the fi rst  A Q ACBL’s Ask Me Girl Wendy Sullivan has all the few days, when people come in and “they don’t . K 10 9 answers. know where they are going.” Getting them to the right place in an orderly fashion requires planning have an NABC in our own backyard. As we enter This is the crucial fi nal deal that seals the fate and good signage. Wendy Sullivan, Johnston’s the front doors of the Manchester Hyatt for some of Eliza Bidlittle and Henry Huddle in the fi nal of assistant, becomes the “Ask Me Girl.” Wearing a of the best bridge competition in the world, our the Blue Ribbon Pairs at the Fall NABC in San sign that describes her job, she does whatever is appreciation is enhanced by knowing what happens Diego. Eliza recklessly bids a grand slam in spades, necessary to help people fi nd their venues. The behind the scenes. then has to fi nd a way to make it in the face of back page of the Daily Bulletin prints a schedule, The author lives in Coronado CA. mathematical analysis that indicate only a 16% which is also a big help. chance of success. Oddly enough, the most fun for Johnston is Life Master news On the actual layout, card-play technicians identical to the hardest part of the tournament: the Diana McGinn if Tucson AZ earned her gold will note that a lucky squeeze against East in clubs mad rush of the fi rst few days. Getting from “mass card playing in the Chargers Golden Knockout and hearts can be developed on a non-club lead: confusion” to an organized event is gratifying. In Teams. Her partner was Bing Wines of Oklahoma just draw trumps, dump a heart on the third round addition, Johnston likes to see old friends, help the City OK, who moved up to Bronze Life Master of diamonds and then a heart to isolate the newer players and collect “great stories.” with his team’s advancement to the semifi nal round menace in that suit to East’s queen. Now play out Sullivan loves the excitement of working at a of their event. Their teammates were Allan Quaile all the trumps, and East is toast, unable to keep “big event,” and she enjoys greeting people from of Cedar Valley ON and David Pingel of Kentwood both the Q and the .Q J 7 in the ending. all over the world. She says that some players make MI. But Eliza receives that diabolical club lead, friends at an NABC and see them again and again Sally Karbelnig of Beverly Hills CA entered so the pattern required for a normal squeeze at subsequent tournaments. the Daylight Open Pairs on Friday needing 7 gold comes under attack at trick one. However, she Johnston has been planning tournaments for to become a Life Master. She and carefully plays herself into one of the rarest ACBL for 15 years and he has overseen many Danny Kleinman of CA overdid it, positions in bridge: a criss-cross ruffi ng squeeze. changes. Bidding boxes, now an essential part of winning the event and earning 17.85 gold points The secret is to win the club in the South hand, tournament play, were a novelty 15 years ago. And Joanie Knight of San Diego fi lled in for a sick then play off all the trumps but one to reach this the number and variety of games has changed. player in the Friday Morning Compact KO, Bracket ending: “It used to be just the pairs and a pairs side II and ended up with her gold card when the team game,” says Johnson. Now tournaments feature fi nished second. Knight played with fellow San  -- Swiss teams, knockout teams, fast pairs, board-a- Diegan Lynne Newman. Their teammates were  A J 2 match and newcomer games, among others. There Toby Cohen of Rancho Santa Fe CA and Elene  K J 8 are games in the morning, afternoon and evening. Solomon of San Diego. . A The competition has also improved as NABCs Thomas Howell of Reno NV hit two high  --  -- draw people from literally all over the world. marks at the Fall NABC. He earned enough gold  K 3  Q 10 9 8 Whereas 15 years ago players were primarily from points to become a Life Master playing in the  6 5 4  10 North America, today’s tournaments welcome Compact Knockout Teams and became a Bronze . 5 4 . Q 7 about 10 to 15 percent of their approximately 4500 Life Master at the same time. Howell was playing  2 players from Asia and Europe. with Paul Blumberg of Sparks NV. Their teammates  5 4 “The competition is as good or better than the were Mahmoud Elguindy of Newport Beach CA  A Q world championships,” says Johnston. and Vicki Jane Erickson of Anaheim. CA. . 10 9 Most recently, electronic scoring boxes – Susan Frazee of Memphis earned her gold also traveling from Memphis – have made their card in the knockout teams. She was playing with Now when Eliza runs the three diamond tricks, appearance. The San Diego NABC will use them in her husband, Bill, and Memphis friends Marvin and East must unguard the .Q or come down to two every pairs event. Cecile Skaggs. hearts. If he abandons clubs, Eliza cashes the .A Johnston acknowledges that it would be easier Rebecca Anspach became a Bronze Life and ruffs herself back to hand to score the .10. If to hold the NABCs in identical venues year after Master in the compact KO playing with Keith East chooses to discard two hearts instead, Eliza year. But he enjoys the local aspect of the events Connolly. Their teammates were Carol Rynders and succeeds by cashing the A then ruffi ng the 2 to and he thinks other people do too. Wayne Gergen. All but Gergen, of Minneapolis, are make dummy’s J good, returning to cash that card “We could have a nice tournament without from St. Paul MN. with the .A entry! local involvement,” he says, “but the locals make it Sherry Troeger and Rosemary Ford became great fun.” Life Masters when their team advanced to the After traveling to other cities for tournaments semifi nal round of the Saturday-Sunday Knockout for the past several years, we locals are happy to Teams, bracket 6. The rest of the team, all from Long Beach CA, are April and John Berg Jr.

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Dlr: North  A J 2 win the heart return and cash two spades and two The basics Vul: None  K 9 7 3 2 diamonds to reach this ending: By  9 6 4  -- The two-session pairs game on Friday gave the . J 3  9 7 3 fi eld an opportunity to follow some basic principles  8 7 5  Q 10 6  9 – on offense and defense.  10 8 5 4  Q J . J 3 Dlr: South  10 3  7 2  J 10 8 3  --  -- Vul: None  J 10 9 3 . A 10 6 5 . Q 9 7 4  10 8  --  A K 6 2  K 9 4 3  --  J 10 . A J 6  A 6 . A 10 6 5 . Q 9 7 4  A 8 7 6 2  Q 9 4  A K Q 5  9  6 5  8 2 . K 8 2  --  Q 7  10 9 5 4 3  Q 5 . 9 8 7 2 . Q 10 5 West North East South . K 8 2  K J 5 Pass Pass 1  A K Q 7 4 Pass 1 Pass 2NT When declarer leads the 9, West is toast. If  J 8 Pass 3. (1) Pass 3 he ruffs low, North overruffs and endplays West . K 4 3 Pass 3NT All Pass with a . If West discardeds, North pitches his 9 and leads the Q. West must discard again, so West North East South (1) Checkback. declarer pitches a club, ruffs a diamond to hand and 1 West leads the .5, covered by the jack and leads a club, trump endplaying West at trick 12. Pass 2NT Pass 3NT queen. You win the king. What next? You have Pass 4 All Pass eight tricks, so how do you go for a ninth? The simple line is to test diamonds, then take a spade To start with, North-South had to stay low. Bjerkan attains fi nesse – reasonable but unlucky. 3NT in response to the game forcing heart raise of Better, I think, is to return a club immediately. Grand Life Master 2NT showed 15-17, 4 a minimum. South should If the defenders cash their clubs and you fi nd the Cheri Bjerkan pass, but it is tempting to bid on. suit to be 5-3, you revert to the line previously of Elmhurst IL has At our table, West led a trump (the .9 looks discussed. If clubs are 4-4, you do better to take advanced to Grand more normal). On at trump lead, declarer should an early spade fi nesse. When it loses you still have Life Master, a rank work out to play spades before clubs, and if he two strings to your bow – diamonds or spades may requiring 10,000 does, of course he should lead the 10 from the split favorably. masterpoints and a dummy. Now the attention shifts to East: will At our table, North committed to 4. Looking win in an NABC+ he remember to cover an honor with an honor? at all the hands, do you fancy declarer’s chances or event. Bjerkan If he plays low, declarer has a home for his club that of the defenders? has been fi rst or loser and makes 12 tricks – for nearly all the East is endplayed almost at trick one. If he second in the Wagar matchpoints! leads a club, declarer can succeed by cashing the Women’s Knockout In the morning game we encountered a deal top hearts, then giving up a spade and scoring his Teams 10 times. She that offered huge challenges for declarer in two fi ve plain winners and his fi ve tricks in hand by has numerous other NABC titles. In international diffi cult and different games. Let’s look at the setting up the 9 for a en passant. play, Bjerkan is a WBF Women’s World Life normal game fi rst. Best defense might be a trump lead. Declarer Master. She many high fi nishes in world play, can win in dummy and take a spade fi nesse, then including fi rst in the Women Teams in 1987.

Masterpoint disclaimer Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject to change because of score changes or corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also subject to change. Page 6 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO, BRACKET 1 Attending the 15 Tables Junior reception Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Bob Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Jason Chiu, San Jose CA; Robert Teel yesterday were: Jr - Jane Teel, Birmingham AL Aileen Osofsky, vs Patty Tucker, Stuart Eastwood - Terry Shaw - Marcia Shaw, Halifax NS; Edward Wen Qi, Becca Hynes, Penobsquis NB Wernis, Kevin Yoon Kim, San Diego CA; Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA; Myung Choi, Li-Chung Kee Park, Seoul South Korea; Yas Takeda, Hacienda Hgts CA Chen, Jenny vs Wolpert and Theodore Glaessner - Cecil Glaessner, Pacifi c Plsds CA; Hal Danielle Wolpert. Knilans - Gerri Knilans, Thousand Oaks CA

SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO, BRACKET 2 12 Tables Patricia Prather - Ann Taylor, Port St Lucie FL; Constance Sackville, Vero Beach FL; Leia Berla, Old Greenwich CT vs Clifford Allo - Nancy Allo, Puyallup WA; Teresa Ozias, Dallas OR; Dick Mc Cluer, Vancouver WA Opportunities for Junior players Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC; Jeanette Greenhut - Rosalee Hardin, Vancouver BC; Sheila Sache, Delta BC A reception was held yesterday for Junior Philadelphia next Fall will be an incredible vs players. “The best part of a Junior reception opportunity for Juniors,” said Pollack. “There will Michael Strong, Winfi eld IL; John Langer, Santa Clarita CA; Elton is to meet other Juniors and share,” said be many Junior events. Also, Junior teams will get Lipnick, Houston TX; Bob Reinman, Colorado Spgs CO National Goodwill Committee Chairman Aileen free entries to several events. SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO, BRACKET 3 Osofosky. “Young people are the lifeblood of any “The USBF is sponsoring Junior trials,” 12 Tables organization.” Osofsky introduced Patty Tucker. Pollack added. “Plans are being developed for trials Jonathan Buss - C. Deaun Moulton - Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON “Patty is your guiding light,” she said. for players less than 21 years old. There will also vs “We want to spread the word,” said Tucker, be trials for a girls’ team. They will either be on James Berglund, La Jolla CA; Carol Frank, Burbank CA; Barbara Coordinator of ACBL Youth Programs. “There are the Internet, or the early rounds will be until only Rhoades, Wilmington DE; Roy Perry, St. John’s NL teaching scholarships available, and the Collegiate two or four teams are left. This will save travel and Richard Fumanti, Laguna Hills CA; Hemant Bhatia - Manu Championship will be held Feb. 13. Check the other expenses. Bhatia, Foothill Ranch CA; Kumar Jain, Westminster CA; Aruna youth web site.” “The details are worked out by USBF Chief Desu, Redwood City CA Players can contact Tucker at patty.tucker@ Operating Offi ce Jan Martel, Junior players can vs Andy Hellquist, Surrey BC; Diane Winiger - Ofra Blonder, New acbl.org for more information. check the USBF web site for fi nal details,” Pollack York NY; Greg Morse, Richmond BC Bill Pollack, USBF president, spoke to said. the Juniors. “The World Championships in SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO, BRACKET 4 12 Tables Marvin Skaggs - Susan Frazee - Bill Frazee - Cecile Skaggs, Memphis TN TOURNAMENT APPEALS vs Eddie Moriguchi - Alice Moriguchi - Jeanette Shinsako - Sandy In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeals results in a timely Kay, San Francisco CA fashion, the NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is Robert Lynn, Salem VA; Judie Hlavka - Dee Becker, Racine WI; made to ensure that these reports are accurate and complete. Before they are Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX published in the NABC Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may be made. vs Harriett Finger - Paul Finger, Phoenix AZ; Gordon Markham - Kathy Markham, Sun Lakes AZ the . He thought his opponents APPEAL CASE #1 would never double 3 and a trump fi nesse was Event: Bobby Nail LM Open Pairs SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO, BRACKET 5 likely to work. 16 Tables Session: First Qualifying The Decision: Notwithstanding the fact that Rita Docken - Jim Nolan, Vancouver WA; Bert Adams - Carolyn Ishmael Delmonte North’s statement that he would bid 3 was self- Adams, Steilacoom WA Board: 15  A J 10 vs serving, the committee accepted that given the MI, Vul: N-S  J 8 7 5 Mischel Postas - L John Postas, Campbell CA; Louis Di Orio - there was a reasonable case that North had been Megan DiOrio, Providence RI Dlr: South  J 6 5 damaged. . Q 9 2 Suzanne Anson - Gene Katz, Carlsbad CA; Meena Sethi, San North could not bid 3 with no Alert, but he Bev Drill Arnold Drill Diego CA; Bryan Reese, W Reading PA might have bid it if there had been a timely and vs  8 6 4  5 proper Alert. What was the likelihood that the 3 Morris Jones, Monrovia CA; Dawn Kowalski, Agoura Hills CA;  A 4 2  9 6 3 Dorothy Lazar, Malibu CA; Thomas Miyake, Upland CA call would end the auction? A case could be made  K Q 8 4  A 9 3 2 that the player who bid only 3 would not bid 4, . K 10 5 . A J 8 7 3 SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO, BRACKET 6 but the main negative of West’s hand, the three low 16 Tables Ashley Bach spades, would be eliminated by the spade raise. Lee Sporleder, North Salt Lake UT; Thomas Reeves, Lehi UT;  K Q 9 7 3 2 David Moody, Salt Lake City UT; Coleen Cronin, Holladay UT The committee was unanimous that West  K Q 10 vs would bid 4. The committee judged that 4 Sheila Kim, Minnetonka MN; Eric Mueller, Minneapolis MN;  10 7 making fi ve was both the most favorable result Judy Hansen, Eagan MN; Mary Lemmons, St Paul MN . 6 4 likely for North-South and the most unfavorable West North East South Sherry Troeger - Rosemary Ford - April Berg - John Berg Jr, Long that was at all probable for East-West. Thus, the Beach CA 2 (1) committee adjusted the result for both sides to 4 vs Pass Pass 2NT (2) Pass by West making fi ve, East-West plus 150. Robert Garin - Marie Garin, San Diego CA; Elaine Chan - Jennifer 3 All Pass Prairie, La Jolla CA Even though the committee had produced a (1) 8-11 high-card points and six spades. variation to the director’s ruling, the issue of an SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO, BRACKET 7 (2) The East-West agreement is minors. There appeal without merit warning was considered. The 16 Tables was no Alert. Eileen Garbutt, Irvine CA; Mark Rehms, Villa Park CA; Lynn committee determined that the issues discussed Facts: The fi nal contract was 3 by West Johnston - Paul Johnston, Laguna Woods CA were material enough not to warrant an AWMW vs making fi ve after the lead of the 6. The director being issued. Claire Young - Wallace McOuat, San Anselmo CA; Phyllis was called at the end of the auction. North said that Kreider - Donald Kreider, San Rafael CA The committee: Richard Popper, chair, Dick he would have bid 3 with the correct information. Budd, Ellen Kent, Barry Rigal, scribe, and Riggs Director’s Ruling: The director ruled there Robert Houghton, Fair Oaks CA; Robert Locke, Sacramento CA; Thayer. William Leppard - Chris Leppard, Colorado Spring CO was misinformation. In the director’s judgment, vs the MI did not result in damage. Therefore, in Alexander Frey - Helen Frey, Oceanside CA; John Jones - Marcia Jones, Minneapolis MN accordance with Laws 21B3 and 75B, the table Book signing result of 3 by West, making fi ve, East-West plus Mel Colchamiro will sign books between the 150 was allowed to stand. afternoon and evening sessions today at the book The Appeal: North-South appealed the store on the second fl oor in the Seaport Tower at director’s decision. North was the only player to the Manchester Grand Hyatt. attend the hearing. North explained that it was far less attractive to bid 3 over a natural 2NT call. In 3, declarer would know how to locate cards after Daily Bulletin Page 7

LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS Open Pairs 26.0 Tables 100.00 1 Shawn Quinn, Krakow Poland; Susan Picus, New York NY 794.05 continued from page 1 75.00 2 Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia; Victoria Gromova, Moscow Russia 789.65 56.25 3 Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, New York NY 775.35 44.44 4 Christine Urbanek, Tonawanda NY; Marcia Freed, Stuart FL 769.48 40.00 5 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA 760.89 36.36 6 Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV; Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA 742.36 33.33 7 Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI; Susan Wexler, New York NY 741.61 30.77 8 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 741.45 28.57 9 Carol Clifford, Miami FL; Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD 728.39 26.67 10 Eileen Ojakangas - Leona Hanson, Davis CA 726.89 25.00 11 Jennifer Gu - Belinda Gu, Sunnyvale CA 724.67 23.53 12 Judy Elbogen - Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA 715.25 22.22 13 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Kit Humphrey, Los Gatos CA 710.18 21.05 14 Carol Hamilton, Sarasota FL; Harriette Buckman, University Park FL 701.87 20.00 15 Kathy Baum, Germantown TN; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 693.30 19.05 16 Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; Chris Benson, Le Roy IL 687.32 18.18 17 Mary Savko - Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL 686.40 17.39 18 Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 686.07 16.67 19 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 684.79 16.00 20 Carreen Hinds, Bakersfi eld CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 683.35 15.38 21 Maria Pendergast, W Hollywood CA; Judi Radin, New York NY 677.93 14.81 22 Sanem Inan - Fethiye Taga, Istanbul Turkey 676.74 Runners-up in the Nail LM Open Pairs: Hemant 14.29 23 Joanne Minken-Levy, Los Angeles CA; , Palm Desert CA 672.91 and Justin Lall. 13.79 24 Sylvia Moss, New York NY; Joan Jackson, Dallas TX 669.75 part of the winning team from 13.33 25 Jean Talbot - Joan Van Geffen, Metairie LA 659.43 Norway in 2007, is familiar to most NABC 12.90 26 Janet Daling, Peoria AZ; Amy Deshaw, Seattle WA 655.27 regulars. Helness and Andresen were third in the Nail LM Open Pairs in Hawaii three years ago. NAIL LIFE MASTER PAIRS Andresen, a professional soccer player – 78.0 Tables “football” in his homeland – is less well known 125.00 1 Tor Helness, Oslo Norway; Martin Andresen, Osl Norway 2641.16 outside Europe. 93.75 2 Justin Lall, New York NY; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 2579.47 70.31 3 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 2550.36 A football player from the age of 17, Andresen 55.56 4 Ishmael Delmonte, Sydney Australia; Ashley Bach, Eggenfelden Germany 2526.70 is currently also the coach of the Vålerenga team 50.00 5 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 2495.47 in the Premier Football League in Norway. He was 45.45 6 Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 2482.13 captain of Norway’s national football team this 41.67 7 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 2475.99 year. 38.46 8 Patricia Tucker, GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 2462.41 Andresen, a central midfi elder, is planning to 35.71 9 Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA; , Las Vegas NV 2442.49 retire as a player and will coach exclusively. 33.33 10 Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 2442.21 He said he doesn’t attend many tournaments 31.25 11 Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 2424.34 except in the fall, “the only time of the year I can 29.41 12 John Hurd, New York NY; , Williamsville NY 2424.14 travel to the U.S.” 27.78 13 , Oslo Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 2412.43 26.32 14 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 2396.41 25.00 15 Shen Yu Xiong, ; Yi Zhong, Cockeysville MD 2387.32 CHARGERS GOLDEN KO BRACKET 1 16 Tables 23.81 16 R Jay Becker, New York NY; Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA 2381.71 56.39 1 James Cayne, New York NY; , 22.73 17 Alon Apteker - Craig Gower, Johannesburg South Africa 2363.34 Hollywood FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; 21.74 18 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 2363.12 , Puszczykoud Poland; Krzysztof Martens, 20.83 19 Eugene Hung, San Jose CA; Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA 2359.69 Rzeszow Poland 20.00 20 , Charlottenlund Denmark; , Hockenh Germany 2349.69 39.47 2 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; , 19.23 21 Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA 2346.42 Carlsbad CA; Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of ; Jie Zhao, Tianjin People’s Republic of China; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel 18.52 22 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 2336.66 Hill NC; , New York NY 17.86 23 Beth Palmer - William Cole, Silver Spring MD 2331.62 22.56 3/4 Dano De Falco, Rubano (P Italy; Gabriella 17.24 24 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Michael Polowan, New York NY 2320.59 Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New 16.67 25 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; , San Francisco CA 2318.69 York NY; Charles Weed, Shreveport LA 16.13 26 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; , New York NY 2309.68 22.56 3/4 Martin De Knijff, Las Vegas NV; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden; Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Peter 15.63 27 , Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 2302.78 Fredin, Malmo Sweden; , Taby Sweden 15.15 28 Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 2288.16 14.71 29 Kevin Dwyer, Fort Myers FL; Owen Lien, Hickory NC 2276.94 CHARGERS GOLDEN KO BRACKET 2 14.29 30 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Jim Krekorian, Pensacola FL 2276.72 16 Tables 13.89 31 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 2257.67 29.51 1 Robert Neuhart, Troy NY; Bernard Neuhart, 13.51 32 Jim Munday, Camarillo CA; Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA 2254.81 Niskayuna NY; Claude Tremblay - Muriel Tremblay, Niagara On Lake ON 13.16 33 Darina Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Howard Liu, Naperville IL 2248.60 20.66 2 Cynthia Berenson, Boston MA; Leslie Strong, 12.82 34 Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA; Owen Leibman, San Francisco CA 2247.40 Santa Ynez CA; V Everett Boyer, San Bruno CA; Steve Clark - 12.50 35 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 2244.12 Sally Clark, Carlsbad CA 12.20 36 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA 2241.76 11.80 3/4 Gloria McCain, Orlando FL; John Long, 11.90 37 Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 2240.27 Casselberry FL; Pam Himes - Jerry Himes, Merritt Island FL 11.63 38 Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 2239.02 11.80 3/4 Jerry Fleming, Los Alamos NM; Bill Harlan - Phyllis Harlan, Oklahoma City OK; Donald Mamula, Mill Creek 11.36 39 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 2227.06 WA 11.11 40 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL 2225.57 12.20 41 Steven Cooper, Ft Collins CO; Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 2221.64 CHARGERS GOLDEN KO BRACKET 3 10.64 42 Chuck Burger, West Bloomfi eld MI; Joe Monro, Beverly Hills MI 2216.26 16 Tables 10.42 43 Yiji Starr, Wayland MA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 2215.76 23.59 1 Hao Ge, Bay Village OH; Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA; Weidong Pei, Brea CA; 10.20 44 Cindy Bernstein, Memphis TN; Buddy Hanby, Spring TX 2208.12 Wei-Bung Wang, Riverside CA; Hui Lin Zhu, Chongqing People’s 10.00 45 Linda Green - Sam Whitten, Scottsdale AZ 2204.67 Republic of China 9.80 46 Harry Nuckols - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 2204.17 16.51 2 Bobbi Wiltsek - Herb Wiltsek - Don Friedman - 9.62 47 Arve Farstad, Oslo Norway; Jon E F Aabye, Olso Norway 2199.96 Roz Kahn, San Francisco CA 9.43 48 Adam Meyerson - Elianna Ruppin, Los Angeles CA 2197.49 9.44 3/4 Mahmoud Elguindy, Newport Beach CA; Vicki 9.26 49 Dayou Zhou - David Chechelashvili, San Diego CA 2197.10 Jane Erickson, Anaheim CA; Thomas Howell, Reno NV; Paul Blumberg, Sparks NV 9.09 50 William Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC 2196.72

FREE Workshop for Teachers of Youth Players

Informal meeting for anyone interested in teaching the game of bridge to young people or currently teaching young students. Meet with Patty Tucker, ACBL Youth Coordinator and Julie Greenberg, ACBL Education Department to exchange ideas, to look at materials available for teachers and to find others interested in pursuing youth bridge. Date: Sunday, Nov. 29 Location: Manchester Grand Hyatt — Maggie Room Time: 5:00 p.m. — 7:00 p.m. Page 8 Daily Bulletin

9.44 3/4 Jonathan Shute - L. Anne Posch, Sackville NB; WEDDING BELLS B/C/D PAIRS Anne Mahoney - Leo Mahoney, Moncton NB 36.0 Tables B C D CHARGERS GOLDEN KO BRACKET 4 16 Tables 14.08 1 Mary Singer, Huntington Bh CA; George Derevjanik, Huntington Bch CA 61.13% 17.67 1 David Hunt - Ashok Sethi, San Diego CA; 10.56 2 Leigh Ives, Barrie ON; Andrea Schneider, Berkeley CA 59.82% Freda Anderson, La Jolla CA; Charles Gilman, Encinitas CA 7.92 3 Stan Chow, San Francisco CA; Cathy Hildebrand, Williamsburg VA 58.67% 12.37 2 Jan Fischer - Diane Palmer - Carolyn Kish, San 5.94 4 Roxana Tom, Campbellton TX; Roxana Tom, San Antonio TX 58.47% Diego CA; Minnie Williams, Escondido CA 4.69 5 William Velick - Diane Velick, Laguna Beach CA 57.36% 7.07 3/4 Diane K.M. Gordon, St Davids ON; Lorna 4.59 6 Paul Bubendey, Chicago IL; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 57.13% Johnson, Ridgeway ON; Kathy Morrison, Welland ON; John Mackay, St Catharines ON 7.87 7 1 John Weinberg - Sarah Weinberg, Mercer Island WA 56.29% 7.07 3/4 Raymond Curtiss, Escondido CA; William 3.13 8 Norman Shultz, Ocala FL; Ronald Resnick, Makawao HI 56.05% Butler - Thomas Nolan Jr, San Marcos CA; Nikki Gilberg, San 2.82 9 Cathy Stewart - Wayne Stewart, Lac Du Bonnet MB 56.02% Diego CA 2.56 10 Carol Bertz, Englewood CO; Wendy Turk, Denver CO 55.72% 5.90 2 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 55.28% CHARGERS GOLDEN KO BRACKET 5 16 Tables 4.43 3 Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA; Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA 54.67% 14.69 1 Bill Brooks, Fountain Valley CA; Carol 4.45 4 1 Kristina Johnson - Fredrik Svensson, Mountain View CA 53.56% Murakoshi, Cypress CA; Emma Trepinski, Huntington Bh CA; 2.62 5 Andrew Hanes, Provincetown MA; James Watkins, Boston MA 53.53% Lavonne McQuilkin, Long Beach CA 3.41 6 2 Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; Dan Emmons, Pasadena CA 53.50% 10.28 2 Norma Huhn - C. Jane Shipman, San Diego 2.50 3 Douglas Woodworth, San Diego CA; Victor Woodworth, Newport Beach CA 53.40% CA; Albert Zagury, Mont-Royal QC; Marie Duval, Montreal QC 2.27 4 Joan Vannoy, Chula Vista CA; Jane Diamond, Carmel CA 50.30% 5.88 3/4 Gordon Gair - Penny McQuarrie, Calgary AB; Shirley Liss, Fairbanks AK; Phyllis Vierra, San Jose CA 1.48 5 Frances Grogan - Candyce Gregston, San Angelo TX 48.66% 5.88 3/4 Diana McGinn, Tucson AZ; Bing Wines, Oklahoma City OK; Allan Quaile, Cedar Valley ON; David Pingel, SATURDAY EVE SIDE GAME Kentwood MI 43.0 Tables A B C CHARGERS GOLDEN KO BRACKET 6 7.04 1/2 Werner Hackl, Brunn Austria; Eugene Chung, San Francisco CA 66.48% 14 Tables 11.77 1 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; Eric Rolfe, 7.04 1/2 1 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Sean Gannon, Atlanta GA 66.48% Kansas City MO; Danna Dudnick - Solis Dudnick, Northbrook IL 4.52 3 Mike Albert, Omaha NE; Albert Feldman, Carlsbad CA 63.07% 8.24 2 Connie Unger - Richard Unger, San Diego CA; 4.21 4 2 Sumiko Inagaki, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Yoko Davis, Cardiff CA 62.69% Janice Joerger, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Marilyn Kalabsa, Salona 2.54 5 Chester Johnson, Chicago IL; Leonard Ernst, Las Vegas NV 61.93% Beach CA 2.33 6/7 Faye Marino, Greenwich CT; Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY 60.23% 4.71 3/4 Carol Turner - Maureen Fischer - Beverly Larson, San Diego CA; Carol Reinhart, Escondido CA 2.33 6/7 Eric Schwartz - Linda Robinson, Arlington MA 60.23% 4.71 3/4 Carolyn Crabtree - Howard Crabtree - Joan 2.77 3/4 Marlene Singer - Herbert Singer, Los Angeles CA 59.66% Maden - Kenneth Maden, Coronado CA 3.49 3/4 1 Patricia Chen - David Dilkes, Vancouver BC 59.66% 1.78 5 Carrie Stockman - Theo Deeder, Calgary AB 59.28% CHARGERS GOLDEN KO BRACKET 7 2.62 6 2 Robert Derrah - Shirley Derrah, Springfi eld MA 56.63% 12 Tables 1.96 3 Jill Hunter - Matthew Fienberg, Northborough MA 56.44% 9.43 1 Chuck Abramo - Jo Murray, Ketchum ID; Barbara Bayer - Doris Lange, Calgary AB 1.47 4 Leslie Williams, Golden CO; Tae Lee, Tustin CA 56.06% 6.60 2 Kevin Chaisson - Patricia Bischoff, San Diego 1.10 5 Terrence Rawlings, Prescott Valley AZ; Robert Hope, Provost AB 55.87% CA; Jo An Reid, Danville CA; Roberta Monahan, Alamo CA 1.87 6 Anne Fenerty, Boulder CO; Rita Todd, Longmont CO 55.68% 3.77 3/4 Matthew Kidd - Ursula Kantor, San Diego CA; Gary Ansok, Camarillo CA; Thomas Kelly II, Denver CO WEDDING BELL A/X PAIRS 3.77 3/4 Ron Kollmansberger, Escondido CA; Terry 59.5 Tables Brown, Eddyville IA; Gary Washington, San Diego CA; Ron Malashock, La Jolla CA A X 27.09 1 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 62.72% CHARGERS GOLDEN KO BRACKET 8 20.32 2 1 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Andrew Gumperz, Castro Valley CA 61.88% 12 Tables 15.24 3 - , Pebble Beach CA 61.04% 6.42 1 Alain Fleurot, Manhattan Beach CA; 11.43 4 William Harker, Copperopolis CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 60.05% Phillip Alfandary, Mahattan Bch CA; Karen McKittrick - Mike McKittrick, Torrance CA 11.99 5 2 Garth Yettick, Denver CO; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 59.90% 4.49 2 Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White - James 7.74 6 John Hodges, Santa Clara CA; John Twineham, Coos Bay OR 59.72% Green - Jane Green, Mercer Island WA 6.77 7 Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Margarita Dolera, Mexico Mexico 59.65% 2.57 3/4 Robin Beddis - Cyd O’Callaghan - Mary Lou 6.02 8 William Muir - Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 58.13% McCormick - Gail Gorman, Calgary AB 5.83 9 Walter Schafer Jr, Buena Park CA; Tanakorn Lavanakul, Dublin CA 58.01% 2.57 3/4 Camille Collver - Marilyn Swadron - Gail 5.26 10 Nan Wang, Eatontown NJ; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 57.44% Bews - Caroline Colliver, Calgary AB 4.58 11 Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA; Marta Peltz, West Hills CA 57.27% FIRST SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 8.99 12 3 Jeff Ford, Redmond WA; Patrick White, Bothell WA 56.24% 16 Tables 6.74 13 4 Evelyn Holtz, Santa Rosa CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 56.04% 30.34 1 Robb Gordon - Linda Gordon, Sedona AZ; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Martin Fleisher, New York NY 3.61 14 Pedro Ieong, Hong Kong Hong Kong; Samuel Ieong, Mountain View CA 55.92% 21.24 2 Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, 5.33 15 5 Paul Darin Jr - Riggs Thayer Jr, San Diego CA 55.76% Sacramento CA; Loretta Bromberg, Bel Tiburon CA; Bill Corliss, 4.57 16 6 Konrad Garret - Robert Garret, Gardnerville NV 55.75% Davis CA 4.00 17 7 Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA; Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA 55.10% 13.65 3 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; John Mohan, 4.10 18 8 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Sharon Gerstman, Buffalo NY 55.08% Huixquilucan Mexico; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 304G Netherlands 3.89 9 Arif Shah, Granada Hills CA; MOHIUDDIN AHMED ANSARI, LAKESIDE CA 54.76% 10.62 4 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc 2.91 10 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Barbara Ames, Bethesda MD 54.72% Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy 6.61 4 Dewitt Hudson Jr, Arlington TX; Deborah 5.16 4 Mark Donovan - Shona Donovan - J Dennis Thomas-Howie, Toronto ON; Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL; Jimmy Johnston - Paddy Allan, Kingston ON FIRST SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 Pelham, North Baldwin NY 16 Tables FIRST SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 4 18.89 1 Robert Klein, Santa Rosa CA; David Neuman, FIRST SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 3 12 Tables San Francisco CA; Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD; Helene Bauman, 16 Tables 10.70 1 Rebecca Anspach - Carol Rynders, Saint Paul Arlington VA 14.75 1 Alan Walters, Naples FL; Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Keith Connolly - Wayne Gergen, Minneapolis MN 13.22 2 Elizabeth Smith, Montreal QC; Andre MN; Keith White, Fort Myers FL; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 7.49 2 Mario Mory - Phyllis Mory - Colin Gordon - Chartrand, Lery QC; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS; Barbara Mackay, 10.33 2 Eileen Easterling - Jim Easterling, Casselberry Nelly Gordon, Los Angeles CA Fredericton NB FL; Ellyn Batko, Deerfi eld IL; Walter Dedio, Morden MB 4.82 3 Walter Rassbach - Nancy Rassbach - Laura 8.50 3 Bob Balderson Jr - Cynthia Balderson, Eden 6.64 3 Yati Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; Cam Meyer, Rassbach, Westminster CO; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Bend OR; Matthew Mallory, San Diego CA; Lars Ritzman, 3.75 4 Robyn Hedly - Per Hedly, Denver CO; Carol Paul MN Stockholm Sweden Cortez - Gayle Quiros, Scottsdale AZ

C P The order of events: Mixed Pairs; ome to hiladelphia Open Women’s and Senior’s 1st-16th October 2010 Teams ; Open and Women’s Pairs ; Mixed Teams. All these events are transnational. The Philadelphia, an historic city 1 1/2 hours from New York City and timings - 10:30 and 15:30 - 45 minutes from Atlantic City. For the “World Bridge Series” Championship. Most of the events will be held at the Marriott Hotel have been chosen to enable Downtown with a few at the Convention Center connected to the Hotel. participants to have their You will find all the information (dates and schedule of events, entry evenings free. A full 16 Day fees, reservations in partner hotels) on the official websites of the World Regional Schedule will be offered at Bridge Federation www.worldbridge.org and of the USBF www.usbf.org the same time in the Convention Center. Daily Bulletin Page 9

FIRST SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS FIRST SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 5 18.0 Tables 16 Tables A B C 10.08 1 James Andre - Lily Andre, Sugar Land TX; Fan Zhang - Min Zheng, Redmond WA 3.96 1 John Chapman - Wendy Wheeler, Little Rock AR 71.12% 7.06 2 Shirley Eide, Bakersfi eld CA; Kasmer 3.33 2 1 Alan Dirkin, San Clemente CA; Temo Arjani, Glendale CA 66.67% Andreychuk, Yorkton SK; Maxwell Hughes, Vero Beach FL; 2.50 3 2 Connie Weed - Patricia Anderson, Fargo ND 63.04% Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA 1.67 4 James Crone - Myra Crone, Sylvan Lake AB 60.42% 4.54 3 Madonna Donaldson - Chuck Donaldson, 1.87 5 3 Bruce Scott - Janice Scott, Nipomo CA 58.63% Escondido CA; William Sperry - Nancy Sperry, San Diego CA 2.26 6 4 1 Carolyn Heyn, Pls Vds Estates CA; Marty Stephens, Rodondo Beach CA 58.51% 3.53 4 Maureen Schroder - Joyce Williamson, Kirkland WA; Elaine Vona - Mary Miller, Redmond WA 1.05 5 Lawrence Erickson, Carlsbad CA; Xingping Kang, El Monte CA 56.85% 1.13 6 Wendy McCrea, North Vancouver BC; Adelina Wong-Chor, Vancouver BC 55.78% FIRST SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 6 1.70 2 Bruce Hanson, Sqan Diego CA; Barbara Hanson, San Diego CA 55.02% 16 Tables 1.27 3 Patrick Sweeney, Tampa FL; Jim Robertson, San Francisco FL 53.27% 7.00 1 Rita Dodge, Vancouver BC; Allan Karro, 0.95 4 Bette Harken - David Harken, Aptos CA 52.85% Burnaby BC; Lamya Abougoush, Calgary AB; Fani Hason, San Diego CA 0.77 5 Doris Clyne, Phoenix AZ; Evonne Lund, Peoria AZ 51.79% 4.90 2 John Evans - Stephen Rattner - Lynne Pyka - Matthew Belau, San Diego CA FIRST SATURDAY EVENING SIDE SWISS 3.15 3 Albert Iapicca - Adrienne Varin - Theila Smith, 87 Tables Sonoma CA; John Cowles, Ashland OR A B C 2.45 4 Lillian Johannessen - Tor Johannessen, 12.17 1 Ron Zambonini, Nepean ON; John Valliant, Ottawa ON; Waldemar Honolulu HI; Cheryl Glaza - Paul Glaza, Kaneohe HI Frukacz, Gloucester ON; Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland; FIRST SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 7 Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Bialystok Poland 117.00 16 Tables 9.13 2 Midori Sakaguchi, Mitaka Tokyo Japan; Hiroko Janssen, Minato-Ku 4.72 1 Tracey Bauer - Keith Bauer, San Rafael CA; Tokyo Japan; Tadashi Teramoto - Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 105.00 Evan Price, Walnut Creek CA; Andrew Van Wye, Orinda CA 6.85 3 Darlene Shirey - Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; - 3.30 2 Philippe Lamoise, Solana Beach CA; Herman Alexander Smirnov, 104.00 Lin, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Linda Gu - Ruth Aronsohn, San Diego CA 5.13 4 Donald Mamula, Mill Creek WA; Bill Harlan - Phyllis Harlan, 2.12 3 Martin Deneroff - Valerie Vaughan - Robin Oklahoma City OK; Jerry Fleming, Los Alamos NM; Richard Sanders - Maria Moureto, New York NY Anderson, Regina SK; Jan Anderson, Saskatoon SK 101.00 1.65 4 Tom Colwell - Paula Colwell, Deer Isle ME; 3.85 5 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; William Anderson - Elana Anderson, Seattle WA William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA; Ron Westwood, Camarillo CA 98.00 FIRST SATURDAY CONSOLATION KO 2 2.89 6 , Pleasantville NY; Winthrop Allegaert - Judith 8 Tables Bianco, New York NY; Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY 91.00 4.31 1 Gordon Estrada, Surrey BC; Larry Pocock 2.17 7 G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Diana Marquardt, Del Mar CA; - June Pocock, New Westminster BC; Jadwiga Polujan, Port Franco Gusso, Pompano Beach FL; Carlos Mendoza, Caracas Mexico 90.00 Coquitlam BC 11.02 8 1 Sandy Denison - Maynard Denison - Sandy Kiesel, Bakersfi eld CA; 2.28 2 Melvyn Klein, Tallahassee FL; Nancy Mitchell, Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 88.00 Fleming Island FL; Reiko Raese, Boulder CO; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 8.27 9 2 1 Suzanne Siklos, Toronto ON; Stephen Pozez, Tucson AZ; Allan 0.97 3 Tom Breed, Aurora CO; Brenda Glaze, Quaile, Cedar Valley ON; John Daniel, Palm Desert CA 87.00 Anchorage AK; Tiger Li Li Williams, Elk Point SD; Ellis 6.20 3 Pam Himes - Jerry Himes, Merritt Island FL; Gloria McCain, Feigenbaum, Petah Tikva 493 Israel Orlando FL; John Long, Casselberry FL 85.00 4.65 4 Melanie Kakalec, Fremont CA; Ray Yuenger, Campbell CA; Shaun FIRST SATURDAY CONSOLATION KO 3 Chooi, Dallas TX; Ian Friedland, Mountain View CA 84.00 8 Tables 3.61 1 Marcia Dean - Robert Dean, San Jose CA; 3.49 5 Mary Ann Bond, Fargo ND; Vee Ann Backes, Peoria AZ; Raymond Richard Williams - Jody Williams, San Carlos CA Depew - Norman Dressler, Kingston PA 78.00 1.91 2 Sheila Pies, Osprey FL; Julie Bradley, 2.62 6 Wonnie Duncan - Norman Holthouse - Rita Holthouse - Douglas H Jacksonville FL; Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Theo Scott, Anchorage AK 76.00 Lichtenstein, Tallahassee FL 1.96 7 Steven Lawrence, Calgary AB; Wayne Hintz, Helena MT; Mary Lagu FIRST SATURDAY CONSOLATION KO 4 - Avinash Lagu, Carmel IN 75.00 6 Tables 5.57 2 Bettina Thompson - Robert Hinkle, Tucson AZ; Kelly Moses, 2.31 1 Dick Wilson - Marilyn Goldman, Rochester Biloxi MS; Barbara Rosenthal, Oro Valley AZ 73.00 NY; Mark Schantz - Phillip Cummins, Iowa City IA 4.18 3 Sally Ann Rhea, Boulder CO; Robert Vetter, Aurora CO; Gerdur Kristjansdottir, Longmont CO; Ole Nordhild, Firestone CO 71.00 FIRST SATURDAY CONSOLATION KO 5 2.74 4/5 Ron Malashock, La Jolla CA; Ron Kollmansberger, Escondido CA; 8 Tables 2.20 1 Carol Cicotte, San Diego CA; Carolyn Terry Brown, Eddyville IA; Charles Luke, del Mar CA 70.00 Timmermann, Vancouver WA; Terry Jones, Falls Church VA; John 2.74 4/5 Mary Staahl - Barbara Johnson - Marilyn Anstett - Jennifer Kuharetz, New Milford NJ Paulsrud, Fargo ND 70.00 1.17 2 Lamar Marutani, Vallejo CA; Laurence Grey, 1.76 6 Oliver Yildiz, San Bernardino CA; M Hanefi Erten, San Juan Cap Chandler AZ; Daniel McGuire - Molly Hosford, Las Vegas NV CA; Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA; Mark Hartzell, Los Angeles CA 69.00 FIRST SATURDAY CONSOLATION KO 6 8 Tables FIRST SATURDAY EVENING 299ER SWISS 1.64 1 N. Van Raymond, Bangor ME; Virginia 14 Tables Dewing, Blue Hill ME; Norma Jean Frink, Hoover AL; Nancy A B C West, Birmingham AL 3.39 1 John White - Lynne White - Piper Smith, Lincoln CA; Gayle 0.87 2 Jack Cookson - Patty Cookson - Linda Young, Moyers, Austin TX 92.00 Butte MT; Gerald Holland, Fairbanks AK 2.54 2 Nolan Chang - Jack Chang, San Gabriel CA; Barbara Tiernan, Saratoga CA; Gary Swinhart, Sunland CA 91.00 Bid Box Alerts and 1.91 3 Linda McMullen, Mission Hills KS; Paula Johnson - Kathleen Moore, Kansas City MO; Mary Ann Pinkerton, Shawnee Mission KS 89.00 Announcements 2.53 4 1 1 Sallie Olsen - Richard Olsen, Oakland CA; Sheilah Fish - Harry When using bid boxes, ACBL suggests that Fish, Moraga CA 79.00 players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the 1.90 5 2 Robin Beddis - Gail Gorman - Mary Lou McCormick - Cyd same time. O’Callaghan, Calgary AB 69.00 When making an Announcement, use the 1.42 3 2 Phyllis Selig-Kerns, Pacifi c Plsds CA; Marsha Kerns, Marina Del Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap Rey CA; Stephanie Young - Nancy Rosser, Los Angeles CA 61.00 the Alert strip at the same time. 1.07 4 Marla Kravatz, Mill Valley CA; Molly Anderson, Larkspur CA; Nancy Lauridsen, Naples FL; Patricia King, Lincoln NE 58.00 A player who Alerts or Announces a bid should make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made. Page 10 Daily Bulletin

SENIORS KO TEAMS SATURDAY AM - 5/20/50 PAIRS 36 Tables 12.0 Tables Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; A B C Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Mark 2.31 1 1 Eva Neu - Barbara Coates, Borrego Springs CA 60.84% Lair, Canyon TX vs 1.73 2 2 1 Michael Shindler - Bobby Liu, Los Angeles CA 57.74% Jerry Gaer - Ken Barbour, Scottsdale AZ; Brian Schoenfeld, Va 1.30 3 3 2 Jeanne Flynn - Lynn Benard, San Diego CA 57.31% Beach VA; Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 0.97 4 Alex Weir - Anita Weir, Playa del Rey CA 56.72% 0.81 5 Brett Moser, Atascadero CA; Mike Moser, San Diego CA 56.42% , Los Angeles CA; Matt Granovetter - Pamela 0.58 6 Marjorie Lipson - Henry Lipson, Sherman Oaks CA 56.08% Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Ron 0.66 4 Jerry Weissman - Judith Farber-Weissman, Playa Del Rey CA 55.90% Rubin, Miami FL vs 0.49 5 Patti Erickson - Cheryl Leidle, Kirkland WA 54.64% Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE; Thomas Weik, Reading PA SATURDAY AM - 100/200/300 PAIRS 31.5 Tables Amos Kaminski, New York NY; Yeshayahu Levit, Tel-Aviv Israel; A B C , Barnet VT; George Mittelman, Toronto ON; Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ 5.93 1 1 James Willis - Josephine Willis, San Diego CA 66.75% vs 4.45 2 Raghu Agarwal - Manju Agarwal, San Jose CA 66.43% Jim Kirkham - Corinne Kirkham, Leawood KS; Michael 3.34 3 2 Jane Dadant - Andy Dadant, Orange CA 64.88% Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, 2.50 4 3 Robert Glasser, Encino CA; Frank Pinkus, Tarzana CA 63.99% Irvine CA; Robert White, Raleigh NC 1.88 5 4 Martin Hurwitz, Woodland Hls CA; Anne Hurwitz, Woodland Hills CA 62.50% 2.62 6 5 1 Irwin Rosenfeld, Laguna Hills CA; Richard Lee, Laguna Niguel CA 61.52% Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; , Bloomington NY 1.41 6 Kar-Yee Nelson, Austin TX; James Smock, Santa Fe NM 60.50% vs 1.97 2 David Maze - Emily Marcus, Somerville MA 58.85% Tony Ames - Judy Nassar, Minnetonka MN; Howard Einberg, Los 1.47 3 Maida Farrar - Melissa Johnson, Roseville CA 57.14% Angeles CA; William Schreiber, Van Nuys CA; Ron Feldman, 1.13 4 Kenneth Cragoe - Thomas Story, Borrego Springs CA 54.42% Redondo Beach CA 0.83 5 Louise Abbott, Los Osos CA; Gina Kirk, San Luis Obispo CA 53.79% 0.62 6 Ann Sutherland - Will Sutherland, North York ON 51.49% Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson - Brenda Keller, Palm Springs CA; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN SATURDAY HAPPY BRIDGE vs 14.5 Tables Robert Heller - Barbara Heller, Decatur GA; Linda Smoak - J A B C Fletcher Smoak, Roanoke VA 2.52 1 Ron Evanko - Robert Monroe, San Diego CA 72.80% Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; 1.89 2 1 1 Barb Tuck, Chatham CA; Mary Anne Goodison, Blenhiem ON 66.67% Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; 1.42 3 2 2 B. J. Amini, San Diego CA; Sara Fassihi, La Jolla CA 65.33% Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 1.06 4 3 3 Marty Stephens, Redondo Beach CA; Carolyn Heyn, Pls Vds Estates CA 64.83% vs 0.80 5 4 4 John Dillingham - Karen Dillingham, Indian Wells CA 63.83% Mike Levine - Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL; David Siebert - 0.60 6 Leon Edney - Margon Edney, Coronado CA 61.40% , Little Rock AR; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL; Randy 0.65 5 5 James Kirby - Sheri Kirby, Placentia CA 58.33% Pettit, Marietta GA 0.48 6 Betty Lepore - John Lepore, Coronado CA 55.33% Martin Schiff Jr - Kenneth Badertscher, Tucson AZ; Gerry McCully, Victoria BC; Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM; Darrell Keel FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - Steve Bruno, Peoria AZ 23.0 Tables vs A B C Fred King, Falls Church VA; Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; 5.01 1 Gonzalo Herrera, Mexico Mexico; Maribel Herrera, New York NY 69.05% David Abelow, Owings Mills MD; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 3.76 2 Paul Foster, Vista CA; Arlene Hansen, Reno NV 64.58% 4.10 3 1 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Ole Nordhild, Firestone CO 64.29% David Kendrick, Royston Herts England; , 3.08 4/5 2 Weidong Pei, Brea CA; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA 62.80% Nottingham England; Jan Van Cleeff, Ah Den Haag 250 1.85 4/5 Jan Parker, El Cerrito CA; Bob Luebkeman, Walnut Creek CA 62.80% Netherlands; Jon Sveindal, Bergen Norway 1.44 6 Stuart Eastwood, Halifax NS; Barbara Mackay, Fredericton NB 62.50% vs Stephen Shane, White Plains NY; Eugene Davidson, Boynton 2.73 3 1 Stacia Roesler - Gordon Roesler, Alexandria VA 61.01% Beach FL; Sedat Nassi, Hollywood FL; N Schwartz, San Marcos 1.73 4 Donna Wood, Vista CA; Romi Kerfoot, San Diego CA 60.12% CA 1.30 5 Barbara Jur, Warren MI; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 59.52% 2.05 6 2 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON; Ranjan Bhaduri, Dundas ON 56.55% EDUCATIONAL FUND KOS BRACKT I 1.54 3 Claude Le Feuvre - Roberta Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 55.65% 8 Tables 1.15 4 Joan Vannoy, Chula Vista CA; Jane Diamond, Carmel CA 53.87% 29.50 1 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Earl Knipfel, Moose Jaw SK; Bill Parks, Macungie PA; 0.86 5 Laurence Grey, Chandler AZ; Mo Anvari, Perris CA 47.02% Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL; Allison Howard, Cookeville TN 15.64 2 Ali Koray Selcuk, Istanbul Turkey; Valentin SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PRS Kovachev, Stony Brook NY; Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Karl 40.0 Tables Hicks, Dominion NS; John Russell, North Barringto IL A B C 7.07 1 1 Anyemarie Weaver - Dee Baker, San Antonio TX 67.95% EDUCATIONAL FUND KOS BRACKT II 8 Tables 5.30 2 2 Jane Dadant - Andy Dadant, Orange CA 67.73% 14.68 1 Dora Lee - Judy Chapman, Edmonton AB; Paul 3.98 3 3 1 Phyllis Selig-Kerns, Pacifi c Plsds CA; Marsha Kerns, Marina Del Sorensen - Allan Sorensen, Berwyn AB Rey CA 63.86% 7.78 2 Tammy Pepper, Raleigh NC; Theresa Andino, 2.98 4 4 James Willis - Josephine Willis, San Diego CA 63.18% Tallahassee FL; Matthew Mallory, San Diego CA; Michael Myers, 1.96 5/6 5 Alan Dirkin, San Clemente CA; Temo Arjani, Glendale CA 62.27% Ottawa ON 1.96 5/6 Pamela Hughes, Bend OR; Ahren Ames, Durham NC 62.27% EDUCATIONAL FUND KOS BRACKT III 2.50 6 2 Doris Clyne, Phoenix AZ; Evonne Lund, Peoria AZ 61.82% 8 Tables 1.87 3 Rany Yoon - Sunyoung Kim, Seoul South Korea 58.18% 9.77 1 Hazel Turner, San Diego CA; George Sheffi eld, 1.40 4 Kate Horricks, Menlo Park CA; John Burgoin, Brownsville TX 57.73% Los Osos CA; Ken Matson, Poway CA; Warren Cummings, 1.05 5 Dana Lee - Susanne Lee, Corona Del Mar CA 56.59% Bonsall CA 1.07 6/8 Jane Reid - Joyce Henderson, Long Beach CA 54.32% 5.18 2 Jack Cookson - Patty Cookson - Linda Young, Butte MT; Gerald Holland, Fairbanks AK 0.89 6/8 Janice Bauer - Charleen Bishop, Albuquerque NM 54.32% EDUCATIONAL FUND KOS BRACKT IV 0.67 6/8 Robert Fried - Chrissy Fried, Del Mar CA 54.32% 8 Tables 6.68 1 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; Eric Rolfe, Kansas City MO; Danna Dudnick - Solis Dudnick, Northbrook IL 3.54 2 Sally Ann Rhea, Boulder CO; Robert Vetter, Aurora CO; Jeffrey Wiegel - Christy Wiegel, Wilsonville OR 1.50 3/4 Paul Silberman, Mishawaka IN; Judith Lorber, Long Beach CA; Thomas Zosel - 0DUULRWW+RXVWRQ:HVWFKDVH0DUULRWW+RXVWRQ:HVWFKDVH Cheri Zosel, Sun Lakes AZ +RXVWRQ/RQH6WDU5HJLRQDO+RXVWRQ/RQH6WDU5HJLRQDO %ULDUSDUN'ULYH+RXVWRQ7; 5HVHUYDWLRQV²²RU²² FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KOS 5RRP5DWHVXSWRIRXUSHRSOHLQDURRP &XW²RIIGDWHIRUURRPUDWHV²-DQ BRACKET I )HEUXDU\ 9 Tables 11.95 1 Robert Baker - Melissa Baker, )XOO2SHQDQG,16FKHGXOH 1HZ(YHQW1HZ(YHQW²²²*ROG5XVK3DLUV*ROG5XVK3DLUV*ROG5XVK3DLUV ²3OD\IRU*ROG West Harrison NY; Farley Mawyer - Jill Marshall, .QRFNRXWVVWDUWLQJHYHU\GD\ Rye NY 6HVVLRQV6DW SP 8.37 2 Fay Teal, Mesa AZ; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Alan Walters, Naples FL; Keith White, Fort Myers FL *UHDW7H[DV+RVSLWDOLW\1R([WUD&KDUJH*UHDW7H[DV+RVSLWDOLW\1R([WUD&KDUJH 5.38 3 Douglas H Scott - Norman Holthouse - Tom Ottley - Edward Rais, Anchorage ZZZ$&%/8QLWRUJ/RQH6WDU5HJLRQDOKWPO AK Daily Bulletin Page 11

4.18 4 Dick Wilson - Marilyn Goldman, Rochester Women’s Pairs NY; Phillip Cummins, Iowa City IA; Cherif Khoury, Santa continued from page 1 Barbara CA Margie Gwozdzinsky of New York City FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KOS BRACKET II fi nished third. In fourth were Christine Urbanek of 14 Tables Tonawanda NY and Marcia Freed of Stuart FL. 6.53 1 Viktor Anikovich - Gloria Sherwood, Los Angeles CA; Marion Tumen, Pacifi c Palis CA; Kathy Harouche, Beverly Hills CA 4.57 2 Elene Solomon - Lynne Newman - Joanie Knight, San Diego CA; Toby Cohen, Rancho Santa Fe CA 2.94 3 John Tolson - Lynne Tolson, Bedford NS; Sheila Puz, Sun City Center FL; Marion Yonke, Manhasset NY 2.29 4 Barb Holles - Stephanie Rake - Nancy Kingman, San Diego CA; Moyra Woodward, La Jolla CA

Smith LM Women’s Pairs second-place FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KOS BRACKET III finishers: Victoria Gromova and Tatiana 13 Tables 4.00 1 Stephen Chiarello - Barbara Lotief, Las Vegas Ponomareva. NV; Marilyn Painter, Pittsburgh PA; Carol Stonis, Natrona Heights PA 2.80 2 William Anderson - Elana Anderson, Seattle SATURDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS WA; Tom Colwell - Paula Colwell, Deer Isle ME 9.0 Tables 1.80 3 Robert Riley, San Diego CA; Patricia Hertz - A B C Wendy Merget, Sebastopol CA; Jackie Ives, La Jolla CA 2.00 1 David Estes - Charee Estes, San Clemente CA 66.27% 1.40 4 Virginia Wofford - Mary Scott Knoll - Joan 1.50 2 Gloria Hersch - Mary Ann Bridenbaugh, Healdsburg CA 59.13% Flagg - Doris Philamalee, San Diego CA 1.14 3/4 1/2 1 Barbara Tuck, Chatham ON; Mary Ann Goodison, Blendeim ON 57.14% FRIDAY NIGHT ZIP KO 1.14 3/4 1/2 Irene Rosenberg - Robert Rosenberg, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 57.14% 8 Tables 0.73 5 3 2 Jerry Weissman - Judith Farber-Weissman, Playa Del Rey CA 56.35% 2.73 1 Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Theresa Andino, 0.55 4 Barbara Coates - Eva Neu, Borrego Springs CA 54.76% Tallahassee FL; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeff Ford, Redmond WA 1.45 2 Michael Bodell - Alan Malloy, Santa Clara CA; FIRST SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA; Laura Rassbach, Westminster CO 72.0 Tables FIRST SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET A B C 1 26.36 1 Laurence Hansen, Healdsburg CA; Gary Robinson, Forestville CA 65.82% 16 Tables 19.77 2 1 R Lisa, Riverview MI; Clarke Cunningham, Dearborn MI 60.67% Melanie Kakalec, Fremont CA; Shaun Chooi, Dallas TX; Ian 14.83 3 2 1 Mitch Miladinovich - Terri Miladinovich, Acampo CA 60.60% Friedland, Mountain View CA; Ray Yuenger, Campbell CA 11.12 4 Sam Wilson - John Jeffrey, Las Vegas NV 60.02% vs Yati Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; Lars Ritzman, Stockholm Sweden; 8.79 5 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL 59.76% Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Hills CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Petah 7.53 6 Suzanne Cederborg - Warren Cederborg, Visalia CA 58.67% Tikva 493 Israel 6.59 7 John Wong, Anaheim Hills CA; Louis Shen, Hong Kong Hong Kong 58.05% 5.86 8 Carol Stewart, Henderson NV; Paul Ivaska, Las Vegas NV 57.83% Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; 5.27 9 Michael Kutska, River Forest IL; Suzanne Dunaway, Oak Park IL 57.67% Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA 9.30 10 3 Judith Bercuvitz - Mark Bercuvitz, Montreal QC 57.47% vs Bill Corliss, Davis CA; Loretta Bromberg, Bel Tiburon CA; Don 4.39 11 Lena Jelusich, San Diego CA; Samuel Jordan, Spring Valley CA 57.44% Friedman, San Francisco CA; Clark Muldavin, Sacramento CA 4.06 12 Lynette Martin - James Martin, Oceanside CA 57.36% 3.77 13 Linda Luther, N Charleston SC; Shirley Salvo, Kiawah Island SC 57.19% FIRST SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 6.97 14 4 Barbara Tysdahl - Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI 56.66% BRACKET II 5.51 15 5 Lynn Ryan, Glendale CA; Arlene Johnson, Arcadia CA 56.49% 16 Tables Allan Palansky - Arlene Dick, Sherman Oaks CA; Leila 5.93 16 6 2 Tim Applegate, Whittier CA; Steve Hirsch, Brea CA 56.47% Greenfi eld, Studio City CA; Michael Klemens, Tarzana CA 2.93 17 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, vs Hollywood FL 56.35% Jill Hunter - Matt Fienberg, Northborough MA; Joe Rottmann, 4.28 7 Joyce Nakasaki - Joseph Thomas, Redondo Beach CA 56.34% Vancouver WA; Doug Jansen, Portland OR 3.67 8 Lawrence Hanna, Huntington Bh CA; Richard Hanna, Laguna Woods CA 55.94% 3.31 9 Jim Turner - Ruth Turner, Estes Park CO 55.70% Lillian Johannessen - Tor Johannessen, Honolulu HI; Lester Kodama - Mitsuko Kodama, Mililani HI 3.01 10 Sally Ishihara - Gail Dunham, San Diego CA 55.24% vs 4.45 11 3 Patricia Wilkey, La Jolla CA; Yel Chiang Wu, San Diego CA 54.36% Brenda Woodman - James Woodman, Mount Pearl NL; Loretta 2.80 12 Barbara Swan, Roseville CA; Joan Mesias, Temple City CA 54.32% Pruss, Annapolis MD; Javerne Richardson, Phoenix AZ 3.34 4 Lisa Kuo, Rancho Palos Vd CA; Murat Veysoglu, Cypress CA 53.32% 2.64 5 Lynn Wells - Janice Wells, Rancho Santa Fe CA 53.04% FIRST SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 2.65 6 Alan Jacobs, Boca Raton FL; Peter Sager, San Rafael CA 52.46% BRACKET III 16 Tables 2.72 7 Gwendolyn Baker - James Baker, Dunnellon FL 51.39% Lee Sporleder, North Salt Lake UT; Coleen Cronin, Holladay UT; Tom Reeves, Lehi UT; David Moody, Salt Lake City UT SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME vs 36.5 Tables Mark Hartzell, Los Angeles CA; Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA; A B C Sandra Franciscus - Connie De Rosa, Pasadena CA 7.13 1 Sik Tong Yee - Lilian Yee, Sun Lakes AZ 66.07% Thomas Thomas - Diana Thomas, Humble TX; Allen Wirch, Fort 4.68 2/3 Diana Cleary, Oceanside CA; Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA 65.48% Erie ON; Maureen Clark, St Catharines ON 4.68 2/3 Bob Luebkeman, Walnut Creek CA; Jan Parker, El Cerrito CA 65.48% vs 3.01 4 Mario Rodrigues, Mississauga ON; Sandra Williams, Walnut Creek CA 62.24% Donald Blagden - Susan Blagden, Wiscasset ME; Betty Repa - Ted 2.26 5 Courtney Nelson, Wells VT; Sandra Hammer, New Smyrna Bch FL 62.20% Repa, W Boothbay Hrbr ME 5.61 6 1 Barbara Jur, Warren MI; Farideh Sigari, Los Angeles CA 61.90% FIRST SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 4.21 2 Paula Hradecky, Houston TX; Shirley Betz, Sierra Madre CA 58.04% BRACKET IV 3.16 3 Debra Sherman - Evelyn Sherman, San Diego CA 57.48% 16 Tables 3.64 4 1 Alan Bostrom, San Francisco CA; Rita Todd, Longmont CO 57.14% Claire Young - Wally McOuat, San Anselmo CA; Phyllis Kreider - 2.15 5 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Carl Brame, Tacoma WA 56.25% Don Kreider, San Rafael CA 2.73 6 2 Leslie Williams, Golden CO; Tae Lee, Tustin CA 56.12% vs 2.05 3 Evan Ziegler, San Diego CA; Maria Uhry, Encinitas CA 55.36% Tony Tabell - Ellen Tabell, Torrington CT; Addie Mattox, Walnut Creek CA; Daisy Lennon, Danville CA 1.54 4 Susan Seitz - Michael Smith, Des Moines IA 55.06% 1.43 5 D Kelly Sullivan - Loretta Sullivan, Elmhurst IL 53.87% James Maniscalco - Barbara Maniscalco - Frank Shah - Walter 0.94 6 Kevin Choi, Chicago IL; Wen Yang Qi, New Haven CT 53.27% Merritt, La Quinta CA vs Eileen Garbutt, Irvine CA; Mark Rehms, Villa Park CA; Lynn Johnston - Paul Johnston, Laguna Woods CA

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WEDDING BELLS B/C/D PAIRS - SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PP QQ RR EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 David Binney, Seattle WA; Barton Buffi ngton, North Kingstown RI 66.26% 1 Mary Singer, Huntington Bh CA; George Derevjanik, Huntington Bch CA 60.35% 2 Leigh Ives, Barrie ON; Andrea Schneider, Berkeley CA 61.90% 2 Roxana Tom, Campbellton TX; Roxana Tom, San Antonio TX 59.68% 3 William Velick - Diane Velick, Laguna Beach CA 60.89% 3 1 1 Kristina Johnson - Fredrik Svensson, Mountain View CA 59.61% 4 Cathy Stewart - Wayne Stewart, Lac Du Bonnet MB 58.80% 4 Caryn Villalon, Fallbrook CA; Ken McClenahan, Lone Tree CO 58.80% 5 1 1 Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; Dan Emmons, Pasadena CA 58.74% 5 Carol Bertz, Englewood CO; Wendy Turk, Denver CO 58.27% 6 Stan Chow, San Francisco CA; Cathy Hildebrand, Williamsburg VA 57.59% 6 2 Farley Mawyer - Jill Marshall, Rye NY 55.71% 7 Norman Shultz, Ocala FL; Ronald Resnick, Makawao HI 56.79% 7 3 Arnold Drill - Bev Drill, Kaneohe HI 55.58% 8 Gordon Tanner - Grace Tanner, Bakersfi eld CA 56.45% 8 Sam Graham, Germantown TN; Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN 55.31% 9 2 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 56.38% 9 4 2 John Naber, Somerville MA; Sandra Naber, Victoria BC 54.70% 10 Hans Wandel - Naomi Wandel, Portland OR 53.36% 10/11 5 3 Carol Harries, Kingston ON; Marg Gibson, Port Moody BC 54.50% 11 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI 53.29% 10/11 Bob Gruber - Linda Gruber, Camarillo CA 54.50% 12 3 Andrew Hanes, Provincetown MA; James Watkins, Boston MA 53.02% 12/13 David Ruoff - Susan Ruoff, Corona CA 53.23% 13 4 Daniel Thomsen, Westminster CA; Cathy Bauer, Orange CA 52.82% 12/13 6 Cliff Goodrich, Long Beach CA; Alan Carpenter, San Francisco CA 53.23% 14 Heth, Morton IL; Kenneth Dye, Morrisville NC 52.69% 14 7 John Weinberg - Sarah Weinberg, Mercer Island WA 52.76% 5 Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA; Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA 51.41% 6 Scott Nelson, Encinitas CA; Marina Fomenkova, San Diego CA 50.00% 7 Suzi Hutchinson - David Walton, Thousand Oaks CA 49.60% 2 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Steven Berman, Fountain Valley CA 49.53% 3 Joan Vannoy, Chula Vista CA; Jane Diamond, Carmel CA 47.11% 4 Ron Stanek - Jane Hillyer, Anchorage AK 45.83%

SATURDAY EVE SIDE GAME NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Faye Marino, Greenwich CT; Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY 60.23% 1 Eric Schwartz - Linda Robinson, Arlington MA 60.23% 2 1 Marlene Singer - Herbert Singer, Los Angeles CA 59.66% 2 Frank Treiber III - Diane Travis, Cincinnati OH 57.20% 3 Carlos Pellegrini - Clara Gaist Klein, Buenos Aires Argentina 56.82% 3 1 1 Anne Fenerty, Boulder CO; Rita Todd, Longmont CO 55.68% 4 Barbara Whittlesey, Edmond OK; Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK 54.73% 4 2 Amanda Carter, Arlington VA; Stan Kosowski, Fountain Vly CA 52.27% 5 Selim Benardete, New York NY; McKenzie Myers, Portland OR 53.79% 5 3 2 Adair Karlin - Joan Merrill, Tucson AZ 52.08% 6/7 2/3 Thomas Loveday - Suzanne Berg, Sequim WA 53.60% 6 4 Rita Carlin, Daytona Beach FL; Kris Subbarao, Carlsbad CA 50.38% 6/7 2/3 Barbara Wheeler - Clark Muldavin, Sacramento CA 53.60% 4 1 Kathryn Le Gro, Carmichael CA; Pamela Fitch, Sacramento CA 48.86% 2 Salih Anter - Suadiyeli Zeynep, Istanbul Turkey 48.11% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Chester Johnson, Chicago IL; Leonard Ernst, Las Vegas NV 61.93% 1 1 Sumiko Inagaki, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Yoko Davis, Cardiff CA 62.69% 2 James Martin - Lynette Martin, Oceanside CA 57.95% 2 Shirley Tartick - Joan Klap, Toronto ON 56.63% 3 1 1 Robert Derrah - Shirley Derrah, Springfi eld MA 56.63% 3 2 1 Jill Hunter - Matthew Fienberg, Northborough MA 56.44% 4 2 Leslie Williams, Golden CO; Tae Lee, Tustin CA 56.06% 4 3 Deanne Dennison - K Stanbury, Woodbridge ON 56.06% 5 3 Bernard Levesque - Alexia Lanning, Indio CA 55.68% 5 4 2 Terrence Rawlings, Prescott Valley AZ; Robert Hope, Provost AB 55.87% 6 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; George Soules, San Diego CA 54.73% 6 Marti Masley, Palm City FL; Janet Macchi, Stuart FL 50.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Werner Hackl, Brunn Austria; Eugene Chung, San Francisco CA 66.48% 1 1 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Sean Gannon, Atlanta GA 66.48% 2 1 Carrie Stockman - Theo Deeder, Calgary AB 59.28% 2 Mike Albert, Omaha NE; Albert Feldman, Carlsbad CA 63.07% 3 Ronald Woodard, Olympia WA; Phyllis Rakevich, Elma WA 55.11% 3 2 1 Patricia Chen - David Dilkes, Vancouver BC 59.66% 4 2 Dee Wilson - Nancy Wilson, Des Moines IA 52.84% 4 3 Drew Becker - Kenneth Zuckerberg, Chicago IL 56.06% 5 3 Alice Leicht - Billie Greene, San Diego CA 52.27% 5 Roger Doughman - Michael Crawford, San Diego CA 54.92% 6 Eli Schneider - Cynthia Schneider, East Brunswick NJ 51.52% 6 John Russell, North Barringto IL; , Stony Brook NY 52.65% 4 1 Paul Alesu, San Diego CA; Pat Matsumoto, Solana Beach CA 51.33% 4 Bernard Eddleston - Margaret Eddleston, Hitchin Herts England 52.08% 2/3 D Kelly Sullivan - Loretta Sullivan, Elmhurst IL 42.42% 2 Ann Hung, Vancouver BC; Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC 44.32% 2/3 Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA; Stuart Sechriest, San Diego CA 42.42%

LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS = SATURDAY EVENING 2ND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L EAST-WEST 1 Eileen Ojakangas - Leona Hanson, Davis CA 62.77% 1 Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia; Victoria Gromova, Moscow Russia 61.23% 2 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA 61.85% 2 Shawn Quinn, 30-218 Krakow Poland; Susan Picus, New York NY 60.00% 3 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Kit Humphrey, Los Gatos CA 57.54% 3 Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI; Susan Wexler, New York NY 59.46% 4 Sanem Inan - Fethiye Taga, Istanbul Turkey 56.08% 4 Carol Clifford, Miami FL; Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD 58.92% 5 Christine Urbanek, Tonawanda NY; Marcia Freed, Stuart FL 55.62% 5 Jennifer Gu - Belinda Gu, Sunnyvale CA 56.38% 6 Lorraine Day, Carmichael CA; Jean Macdonald, Sacramento CA 54.92% 6 Maria Pendergast, W Hollywood CA; Judi Radin, New York NY 55.85% 7 Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 54.31% 7 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 54.77% 8 Teri Atkinson, Bakersfi eld CA; Janet Wickersham, Sierra Madre CA 53.38% 8/9 Michelle Rosenzweig, Santa Barbara CA; Allison Howard, Cookeville TN 53.62% 9 Kathy Baum, Germantown TN; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 53.23% 8/9 Joanne Minken-Levy, Los Angeles CA; Rhoda Walsh, Palm Desert CA 53.62% 10 Fay Teal, Mesa AZ; Carol Mahoney, Kokomo IN 52.85% 10 Carreen Hinds, Bakersfi eld CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 53.38%

NAIL LIFE MASTER PAIRS SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F G H I J EAST-WEST 1 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 63.06% 1 Tor Helness, Oslo Norway; Martin Andresen, Osl Norway 68.26% 2 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 62.16% 2 Justin Lall, New York NY; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 65.18% 3 Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 61.86% 3 Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 63.19% 4 Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 61.21% 4 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 62.44% 5 Ishmael Delmonte, Sydney Australia; Ashley Bach, Eggenfelden Germany 57.57% 5 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 62.31% 6 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 57.17% 6 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 60.39% 7 Eugene Hung, San Jose CA; Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA 57.12% 7 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 59.87% 8 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Michael Polowan, New York NY 57.04% 8 Dayou Zhou - David Chechelashvili, San Diego CA 59.67% 9 Jim Backstrom, Henderson NV; Edward Molloy, El Cajon CA 56.79% 9 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 59.02% 10 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 56.44% 10 Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA 58.99% 11 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Jim Krekorian, Pensacola FL 56.42% 11 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL 58.69% 12 Harry Nuckols - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 56.29% 12 Linda Green - Sam Whitten, Scottsdale AZ 57.92% 13 David Sacks, Los Angeles CA; Gary Soules, Elk Grove CA 56.04% 13 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela von Arnim, Hockenh Germany 57.82% 14 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 55.99% 14 John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Williamsville NY 57.32% 15 Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 55.87% 15 Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 56.14% 16 Alon Apteker - Craig Gower, Johannesburg South Africa 55.47% 16 Linda Lake, Southampton NY; Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC 55.49% 17 R Jay Becker, New York NY; Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA 55.22% 17 David Walker, Salem VA; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 55.44% 18 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 54.80% 18 Maureen O’Rourke - Herbert Wilton, Fredericksburg TX 55.09% 19 Melody Bi, West Warwick RI; Anton Tsypkin, Ashland MA 54.47% 19 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 54.75% 20 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 54.45% 20 Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 54.65% 21 Jim Leuker, San Francisco CA; Bruce Blakely, San Rafael CA 54.02% 21 Adam Meyerson - Elianna Ruppin, Los Angeles CA 54.35% 22 Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY 53.92% 22 Daniel Bertrand - Allan Simon, Calgary AB 54.10% 23 James Griffi n - Patricia Griffi n, Sausalito CA 53.75% 23 Shen Yu Xiong, ; Yi Zhong, Cockeysville MD 53.92% 24 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 53.55% 24 Stephen Sanborn, Poughkeepsie NY; , Palm Bch Grdns FL 53.85% 25 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 53.47% 25 Jim Munday, Camarillo CA; Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA 53.25% 26 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Kevin Bathurst, New York NY 52.37% 26 Yanong Han, Fremont CA; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 52.75% 27 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 52.32% 27 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA 52.60% 28 Daniel Boye - Susan Boye, Farmington NY 52.27% 28 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 52.45% 29 Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 51.97% 29 Cindy Bernstein, Memphis TN; Buddy Hanby, Spring TX 52.10% 30 Ethan Yi Liu, Chicago IL; Qiang Zhang, Mountain House CA 51.47% 30 Bette Strauch - John Strauch, San Diego CA 51.95% 31/32 Beth Palmer - William Cole, Silver Spring MD 51.27% 31 Darina Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Howard Liu, Naperville IL 51.80% 31/32 Jose Valdes - Paolo Pasquini, Caracas Venezuela 51.27%

FIRST SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS - SATURDAY EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 James Crone - Myra Crone, Sylvan Lake AB 60.42% 1 1 Alan Dirkin, San Clemente CA; Temo Arjani, Glendale CA 66.67% 2 1 Bruce Scott - Janice Scott, Nipomo CA 58.63% 2/3 2 1 Patrick Sweeney, Tampa FL; Jim Robertson, San Francisco FL 53.27% 3 2 Lawrence Erickson, Carlsbad CA; Xingping Kang, El Monte CA 56.85% 2/3 Frank Vlach - Karen Vlach, Trophy Club TX 53.27% 4 Sharon Madson, Scottsdale AZ; Joey Gilbertson, Fargo ND 53.27% 4 3 Marie Germuska - Charel Walker, Portland OR 52.68% 3 1 Doris Clyne, Phoenix AZ; Evonne Lund, Peoria AZ 51.79% 2 Robert Gordon - Bobbi Gordon, Skokie IL 50.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 John Chapman - Wendy Wheeler, Little Rock AR 71.12% 1 1 Connie Weed - Patricia Anderson, Fargo ND 63.04% 2 1 Wendy McCrea, North Vancouver BC; Adelina Wong-Chor, Vancouver BC 55.78% 2 2 1 Carolyn Heyn, Pls Vds Estates CA; Marty Stephens, Rodondo Beach CA 58.51% 3 Linda Collins - Susan Stephens, Fargo ND 54.89% 3 3 2 Bruce Hanson, Sqan Diego CA; Barbara Hanson, San Diego CA 55.02% 4 2 1 David Fredlund - Carol Fredlund, Minneapolis MN 51.74% 4 Dennis Walsh, Mashpee MA; Eleonore Freihofer, Monument Bch MA 54.21% 3 Ellen Bay, New York NY; Barbara Hasten, San Mateo CA 50.26% 2 Alex Weir - Anita Weir, Playa del Rey CA 50.13%

WEDDING BELL A/X PAIRS - 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST A X A X 1 1 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Andrew Gumperz, Castro Valley CA 65.61% 1 Walter Schafer Jr, Buena Park CA; Tanakorn Lavanakul, Dublin CA 64.13% 2 2 Nina Glazer, Santa Monica CA; Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA 63.27% 2 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 62.57% 3 , Austin TX; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 60.95% 3 Andrew Robson - Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA 59.93% 4 Sally Strul, Delray Beach FL; Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL 59.81% 4 William Muir - Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 59.38% 5 John Hodges, Santa Clara CA; John Twineham, Coos Bay OR 58.66% 5 1 Evelyn Holtz, Santa Rosa CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 58.19% 6 Marshall Miles, Redlands CA; Neil Stern, Bermuda Dunes CA 57.34% 6 2 Ed Barad, Marina del Rey CA; Carol McCully, Manhattan Beach CA 58.11% 7 3 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 55.78% 7 Gonzalo Herrera - Elena Brucilovsky, Mexico Mexico 57.97% 8 4 Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS; Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY 54.71% 8 3 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Barbara Ames, Bethesda MD 55.99% 9 5 John Whillis, Kelowna BC; Roz Bavin, Channel Islands United Kingdom 54.34% 9 4 Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI 54.28% 10 Darwin Afdahl - Kay Afdahl, Oro Valley AZ 53.56% 10 5 Kerry Brothers, Oxbow ND; Donald Croysdale, Elm Grove WI 53.66% 11 Martin Morris, Wheeling IL; Peter Petruzzellis, Toronto ON 53.20% 11 6 Jeff Ford, Redmond WA; Patrick White, Bothell WA 52.78% 12 6 Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH; Stephannie Russo, New York NY 51.97% 12 7 Paul Darin Jr - Riggs Thayer Jr, San Diego CA 52.01% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C P EAST-WEST A X A X 1 1 Garth Yettick, Denver CO; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 62.91% 1 William Harker, Copperopolis CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 64.40% 2 2 Robert Graves, Burke VA; Donna Graves, Severn MD 58.91% 2 Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA; Marta Peltz, West Hills CA 61.01% 3 3 Julio Alfonsin, Argentina; Gustavo Alujas, Buenos Aires Argentina 58.50% 3 Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Margarita Dolera, Mexico Mexico 59.15% 4 4 Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA; Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA 58.20% 4 1 Konrad Garret - Robert Garret, Gardnerville NV 56.61% 5 5 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA 57.80% 5 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 55.53% 6 6 Frank Wharton, London Nw3 1en England; Anthony Mutukisna, Middlesex United Kingdom 57.30% 6 2 Arif Shah, Granada Hills CA; MOHIUDDIN AHMED ANSARI, LAKESIDE CA 54.27% 7 7 Bob Walsh - Dolores Brenner, Santa Fe NM 56.36% 7 3 Jules Schoenberg - Hazel Schoenberg, Plano TX 53.35% 8 8 Steven Johnson, San Diego CA; Pat Thomas, Salinas CA 54.64% 8 James Clifford Jr, Miami FL; Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA 52.46% 9 Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA; John Toy, Buffalo NY 54.16% 9 4 Michael Moffatt - Vicki Moffatt, Surrey BC 51.55% 10 Pedro Ieong, Hong Kong Hong Kong; Samuel Ieong, Mountain View CA 53.86% 10 5 Bonnie Britton, Staten Island NY; Peter Latkany, Brooklyn NY 51.13% 11 Michael Bodell - Alan Malloy, Santa Clara CA 52.81% 11 6 Art Gulbrandsen, Monrovia CA; Mike Spero, Burbank CA 51.13% 12 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Sharon Gerstman, Buffalo NY 52.09% 12 7 Alexander Woo, Northfi eld MN; Thomas Dorsey, San Diego CA 50.05% 8 Harry Sacks, Hacienda Hgts CA; Mark Sacks, Irvine CA 49.98% Daily Bulletin Page 13

SATURDAY AM 5/20/50 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Michael Shindler - Bobby Liu, Los Angeles CA 57.74% 1 1 Eva Neu - Barbara Coates, Borrego Springs CA 60.84% 2 2 2 Jeanne Flynn - Lynn Benard, San Diego CA 57.31% 2 Brett Moser, Atascadero CA; Mike Moser, San Diego CA 56.42% 3 Alex Weir - Anita Weir, Playa del Rey CA 56.72% 3 Marjorie Lipson - Henry Lipson, Sherman Oaks CA 56.08% 4 3 Jerry Weissman - Judith Farber-Weissman, Playa Del Rey CA 55.90% 4 Jane Reid - Joyce Henderson, Long Beach CA 55.72% 5 4 Mark Marontate - James McEachern, Palm Springs CA 52.26% 5 2 Patti Erickson - Cheryl Leidle, Kirkland WA 54.64%

SATURDAY AM 100/200/300 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Kar-Yee Nelson, Austin TX; James Smock, Santa Fe NM 60.50% 1 1 James Willis - Josephine Willis, San Diego CA 66.75% 2 2 1 David Maze - Emily Marcus, Somerville MA 58.85% 2 John Nicholson, San Diego CA; Paul Mershon, Santa Barbara CA 57.70% 3 3 Patrick Savage - Gladys Savage, San Marcos CA 54.08% 3 Marcia Metzger, Saratoga Spgs NY; Lynne Schaffer, San Diego CA 53.06% 4 2 Bette Harken - David Harken, Aptos CA 49.02% 4 2 Jeffrey Kuhlmann - Marjorie Kuhlmann, San Diego CA 51.79% 3 1 Gary Blair - Sheryl Blair, Hays KS 51.27% 2 Donna Deroos, Reno NV; Harold Deroos Jr, Modesto CA 45.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Raghu Agarwal - Manju Agarwal, San Jose CA 66.43% 1 Cynthia Maas, Benicia CA; M McArthur, San Diego CA 59.14% 2 1 1 Irwin Rosenfeld, Laguna Hills CA; Richard Lee, Laguna Niguel CA 61.52% 2 1 1 Kenneth Cragoe - Thomas Story, Borrego Springs CA 54.42% 3 2 Thomas Boardman, Solana Beach CA; Stu Gruber, Del Mar CA 57.63% 3 Dennis Gibboney - Carol Gibboney, Latrobe PA 53.62% 4 3 2 Louise Abbott, Los Osos CA; Gina Kirk, San Luis Obispo CA 53.79% 4 2 Alan Dirkin, San Clemente CA; Temo Arjani, Glendale CA 52.59% 3 2 Janice Bauer - Charleen Bishop, Albuquerque NM 51.48% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Martin Hurwitz, Woodland Hls CA; Anne Hurwitz, Woodland Hills CA 62.50% 1 1 Jane Dadant - Andy Dadant, Orange CA 64.88% 2 2 1 Maida Farrar - Melissa Johnson, Roseville CA 57.14% 2 2 Robert Glasser, Encino CA; Frank Pinkus, Tarzana CA 63.99% 3 Rodolfo Veinbergs, San Diego CA; Mary Loehr, El Cajon CA 55.06% 3 Bob Muschek - Doris Muschek, Fullerton CA 59.82% 4 3 2 Ann Sutherland - Will Sutherland, North York ON 51.49% 4 Christina Mann, Gold Canyon AZ; David Lading, Appleton WI 48.51% 3 Jacqueline Bell - Bonnie Scheeland, Portland OR 47.62% 1 Ellen Davidson - Judith Tomic, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 46.43% 2 Luther Dearborn - Ginny Dearborn, Rancho Santa Fe CA 46.13%

SATURDAY HAPPY BRIDGE NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Clare Key - Bill Key, Escondido CA 63.33% 1 1 1 Barb Tuck, Chatham CA; Mary Anne Goodison, Blenhiem ON 66.67% 2 1 1 James Kirby - Sheri Kirby, Placentia CA 58.33% 2 2 2 Sharon Dennison - Cinda Caruso, San Diego CA 53.33% 3/4 2 Ronald Roberts - Clare Manikas Roberts, San Diego CA 50.00% 3/4 Robert Hallse, Coronado CA; Ann Hallse, Rancho Mirage CA 52.50% 3/4 Adie Mann - Mickey Esser, San Diego CA 50.00% 3/4 David Estes - Charee Estes, San Clemente CA 52.50% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJJ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Ron Evanko - Robert Monroe, San Diego CA 72.80% 1 1 1 Marty Stephens, Redondo Beach CA; Carolyn Heyn, Pls Vds Estates CA 64.83% 2 1 1 B. J. Amini, San Diego CA; Sara Fassihi, La Jolla CA 65.33% 2 2 2 John Dillingham - Karen Dillingham, Indian Wells CA 63.83% 3 Leon Edney - Margon Edney, Coronado CA 61.40% 3 Betty Lepore - John Lepore, Coronado CA 55.33% 2 2 Nancy Helsper - Charles Helsper, Coronado CA 52.60%

FIRST SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN - SATURDAY MORNING 1 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 John Pringle - Susan Pringle, Rio Verde AZ 64.72% 1 1 Joyce Nakasaki - Joseph Thomas, Redondo Beach CA 59.47% 2 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN 62.84% 2 2 Barbara Tysdahl - Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI 59.14% 3 2 Lawrence Hanna, Huntington Bh CA; Richard Hanna, Laguna Woods CA 62.07% 3 John Veltri, Bradenton FL; Sandra Gagnon, Sarasota FL 58.41% 4 3 1 Patricia Wilkey, La Jolla CA; Yel Chiang Wu, San Diego CA 56.06% 4 Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA; Larry Gilbert, Palm Desert CA 57.61% 5 Lulu Minter, Glendora CA; Stephen Sturm, Fullerton CA 54.51% 5 Joe Conti, Thousand Oaks CA; Gregory Vernon, Ridgecrest CA 55.36% 6 Shirley Matthews, Lindale TX; Kay Wright, Bullard TX 54.32% 6 3 Sally Ishihara - Gail Dunham, San Diego CA 53.29% 4 R Lisa, Riverview MI; Clarke Cunningham, Dearborn MI 51.84% 4 1 Kathy Rudolph, Rnch Plos Vrde CA; Marsha Winer, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 49.47% 2 Barbara Nani - Martha Heaton, Oceanside CA 46.33% 2 Thomas Ryder - Suzy Ryder, Boise ID 47.81% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Hollywood FL 64.03% 1 1 Barbara Swan, Roseville CA; Joan Mesias, Temple City CA 61.86% 2 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL 58.73% 2 2 Anne Derkat - Floyd Derkat, Edmonton AB 57.27% 3 Barbara Hastings, Pointe-Claire QC; Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN 57.13% 3 Mike Albert, Omaha NE; Albert Feldman, Carlsbad CA 56.78% 4 1 Virginia Herring, Castro Valley CA; Don Schrump, San Leandro CA 54.86% 4 Kathy Angstadt - Michael Hansen, Vancouver WA 56.63% 5 Lynne O’Neill, San Diego CA; Mary Ruth Di Carlo, Portland OR 52.20% 5 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Neal Kleiner, San Pedro CA 53.67% 6 Phyllis Rakevich - Robert Rakevich, Elma WA 51.89% 6 3 Judith Bercuvitz - Mark Bercuvitz, Montreal QC 52.63% 2 1 Gwendolyn Baker - James Baker, Dunnellon FL 49.17% 4 1 Robert Willmann - Suresh Kanekar, San Diego CA 50.26% 3 2 R Duane McComas - Maxine McComas, Portland OR 48.04% 2 Robert Graber - Sharon Graber, League City TX 50.07% 4 Charles Morrin - Elizabeth Morrin, Palmdale CA 47.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Hugh Bartlett, Sylmar CA; Leslie Rawitt, Woodland Hills CA 60.61% 1 John Wong, Anaheim Hills CA; Louis Shen, Hong Kong Hong Kong 64.02% 2 Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken 21 Japan; Yukiko Umezu, New York NY 57.58% 2 Jaroslaw Piasecki, Buffalo Grove IL; Mike Potoczak, Lincolnshire IL 55.49% 3 1 1 Yvette Gormley, Green Valley AZ; Miriam Wyan, Malibu CA 57.01% 3 Carol Stewart, Henderson NV; Paul Ivaska, Las Vegas NV 54.55% 4 Fara Kaufman, Encino CA; Charlotte Sturm, Fullerton CA 53.98% 4/5 Jane Dillenberg, New York NY; Jerry Goldberg, Yonkers NY 53.60% 5 2 2 Edgwin Simpson - Gail McBeth, San Diego CA 52.27% 4/5 Danny Kleinman, Los Angeles CA; Sally Karbelnig, Beverly Hills CA 53.60% 6 3 Judith Stein - Ron Mey-Ami, San Francisco CA 51.14% 6 1 1 Alan Jacobs, Boca Raton FL; Peter Sager, San Rafael CA 52.84% 2 2 Carol Zimmerman, Juneau AK; Linda Johnson, US 49.05% 3 Edward Schwartz, Pasadena CA; Markle Vandervort, Monrovia CA 48.48% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Tim Applegate, Whittier CA; Steve Hirsch, Brea CA 62.88% 1 Sam Wilson - John Jeffrey, Las Vegas NV 62.65% 2 Lynette Martin - James Martin, Oceanside CA 58.52% 2 1 Lynn Ryan, Glendale CA; Arlene Johnson, Arcadia CA 60.04% 3 Don Campbell - Cydney Hayes, Saskatoon SK 56.25% 3 2 1 Alyssa Kennedy, Marina Del Rey CA; Timothy Maloney, Palo Alto CA 55.30% 4 2 Arnold Grushkin - Beverly Grushkin, Indio CA 56.10% 4 Suzanne Cederborg - Warren Cederborg, Visalia CA 52.65% 5 3 Jeffrey Holmes - Alain Schreiber, San Diego CA 54.70% 5 3 2 W Oates - P Oates, Brighton MI 52.62% 6 4 Joseph Murray, Maple Shade NJ; Ricki Rogers, Moorestown NJ 53.79% 6 Rodney Paxton, Coeur D’Alene ID; Henriette Mufi ch, Coeur D Alene ID 52.24% 2 Kathleen Hennessy, Bonita CA; Sharon Gordon, Chula Vista CA 50.16% 4 Karen Barrett, Norwalk CT; Douglas Thompson, Acton MA 50.57% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Laurence Hansen, Healdsburg CA; Gary Robinson, Forestville CA 70.66% 1 1 1 Mitch Miladinovich - Terri Miladinovich, Acampo CA 59.83% 2 1 Jim Turner - Ruth Turner, Estes Park CO 56.85% 2 Ruth Ann Alpert - Colleen Cody, Fountain Valley CA 59.45% 3 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Barbara Whittlesey, Edmond OK 56.27% 3 Marianne Spanier - Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ 59.25% 4 Jean Boettcher - Steven Gaynor, Minneapolis MN 53.79% 4 Linda Luther, N Charleston SC; Shirley Salvo, Kiawah Island SC 59.07% 5 2 Betty Birmingham, Bonita CA; Alice Dudley, Coronado CA 50.40% 5 2 Jay Boylan, Orange CA; Richard Purvis, Anaheim CA 58.31% 6 3 1 Jerry Bierman, San Diego CA; Edgar Fried, Benicia CA 49.84% 6 3 Nadyne Cheary - Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD 55.47% 4 Jeanette Bentley, Encinitas CA; David Bybee, New Orleans LA 49.41% 2 Maggie Yeh - George Yeh, Escondido CA 45.99%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Doris Clyne, Phoenix AZ; Evonne Lund, Peoria AZ 61.82% 1 1 Alan Dirkin, San Clemente CA; Temo Arjani, Glendale CA 62.27% 2 Rodolfo Veinbergs, San Diego CA; Mary Loehr, El Cajon CA 59.09% 2 2 Keith Dawson - Joanne Dawson, Chatham ON 58.41% 3 2 2 Kate Horricks, Menlo Park CA; John Burgoin, Brownsville TX 57.73% 3 3 1 Jane Reid - Joyce Henderson, Long Beach CA 54.32% 4 3 Ewen Ferguson - Dorothy Ferguson, Whitby ON 55.91% 4/5 Gordon Swanson - Connie Swanson, Palm Desert CA 53.18% 5 4 Emily Marcus - David Maze, Somerville MA 53.18% 4/5 4 2 Kenneth Cragoe - Thomas Story, Borrego Springs CA 53.18% 6 5 Lesleigh Holm, Pacifi c Palisds CA; Iris Mouton, Lafayette LA 52.05% 6 Christina Mann, Gold Canyon AZ; David Lading, Appleton WI 51.36% 5 Frances Opheim - Wendell Opheim, Lethbridge AB 50.45% 3 Don Kahn, San Francisco CA; Kathleen Friesen, Trabuco Canyon CA 49.32% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Anyemarie Weaver - Dee Baker, San Antonio TX 67.95% 1 1 Jane Dadant - Andy Dadant, Orange CA 67.73% 2 Pamela Hughes, Bend OR; Ahren Ames, Durham NC 62.27% 2 2 James Willis - Josephine Willis, San Diego CA 63.18% 3 Lillian Collings, St Helena Is SC; Eva Jonas, Harwich Port MA 57.27% 3 3 1 Dana Lee - Susanne Lee, Corona Del Mar CA 56.59% 4 2 David Solin, San Marino CA; Xingping Kang, El Monte CA 55.00% 4 4 2 Robert Fried - Chrissy Fried, Del Mar CA 54.32% 5 3 1 Janice Bauer - Charleen Bishop, Albuquerque NM 54.32% 5 Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA; Stuart Sechriest, San Diego CA 52.50% 4 2 Charlene Stone, Santa Rosa CA; Lois Dickerson, Glen Ellen CA 50.68% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Raghu Agarwal - Manju Agarwal, San Jose CA 61.59% 1 1 1 Phyllis Selig-Kerns, Pacifi c Plsds CA; Marsha Kerns, Marina Del Rey CA 63.86% 2 1 1 Rany Yoon - Sunyoung Kim, Seoul South Korea 58.18% 2 Donald Rentzel, Discovery Bay CA; John Nicholson, San Diego CA 58.86% 3 2 Gary Corbett - Consuelo Corbett, Medina WA 56.36% 3 2 Lawrence Erickson, Carlsbad CA; Edmond Douville, Hobart IN 55.23% 4/5 Michael Brooks - Laura Brooks, Fountain Valley CA 51.14% 4 Patty Paulsen - Karin Heidi Hollmann, Monterey CA 53.86% 4/5 3 2 Gina Kirk, San Luis Obispo CA; Louise Abbott, Los Osos CA 51.14% 5 3 Donald Acker - Virginia Acker, Sun City Center FL 52.95% 4 Richard Treakle - Carolyn Treakle, Los Altos CA 48.86% 4 Dean Altschuler, Del Mar CA; Carol Fossett, El Cajon CA 52.27% 2 Gary Blair - Sheryl Blair, Hays KS 50.45%

SATURDAY AFTERN OON 49ER PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 David Estes - Charee Estes, San Clemente CA 66.27% 1/2 1/2 1 Barbara Tuck, Chatham ON; Mary Ann Goodison, Blendeim ON 57.14% 2 Gloria Hersch - Mary Ann Bridenbaugh, Healdsburg CA 59.13% 1/2 1/2 Irene Rosenberg - Robert Rosenberg, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 57.14% 3 1 1 Jerry Weissman - Judith Farber-Weissman, Playa Del Rey CA 56.35% 3 Barbara Coates - Eva Neu, Borrego Springs CA 54.76% 4 Trudi Hanscom - Emely Moeller, San Clemente CA 53.17% 4 Allan Thomas, Wallaceburg ON; David Denomy, Chatham ON 54.37% 2 James Kirby - Sheri Kirby, Placentia CA 50.00% 2 Marty Stephens, Rodondo Beach CA; Carolyn Heyn, Pls Vds Estates CA 44.05%

Pairs, Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams, entry fee is $17 per player per session. Entry fees Marsha May Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match Regional championships are $16 per player per Players must be ACBL members whose service Teams and the Senior Knockouts. The entry fees session for ACBL members, $18 for non-members. fees or dues are current in order to compete in any for these contests are $20 per player per session. All other events are $15 per player per session of the following nationally ranked events: Nail Life Players must also be current ACBL members for ACBL members, $17 for non-members. Master Open Pairs, Smith Life Master Women’s to play in the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs, Miles Pairs, Board-a-Match Teams, Keohane Non-Life Master Pairs or National 99er Pairs. The North American Swiss Teams, Kaplan Blue Ribbon Page 14 Daily Bulletin

FIRST SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN - SATURDAY AFTERNOON - 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Michael Kutska, River Forest IL; Suzanne Dunaway, Oak Park IL 64.39% 1 Laurence Hansen, Healdsburg CA; Gary Robinson, Forestville CA 60.98% 2 1 Joseph Santa, Colorado Sprgs CO; Joseph Habeich, Portland OR 58.52% 2 Greg Stander, Solana Beach CA; Anita Burgis, Santee CA 59.28% 3 Karol Monroe - Guy Monroe, Newport OR 55.68% 3 1 1 Lisa Kuo, Rancho Palos Vd CA; Murat Veysoglu, Cypress CA 57.39% 4 Richard Meffl ey, Fresno CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA 54.17% 4 2 2 Lynn Wells - Janice Wells, Rancho Santa Fe CA 56.25% 5 2 Joyce Nakasaki - Joseph Thomas, Redondo Beach CA 53.22% 5 Jean Boettcher - Steven Gaynor, Minneapolis MN 55.68% 6 Frederick Parker, San Diego CA; Virginia Hastings, Santee CA 52.65% 6 3 Jim Turner - Ruth Turner, Estes Park CO 54.55% 3 Lawrence Hanna, Huntington Bh CA; Richard Hanna, Laguna Woods CA 49.81% 4 Anne Derkat - Floyd Derkat, Edmonton AB 50.57% 4 1 Phyllis Coelho, Boulder CO; Jean Ingram, Huntington Bch CA 49.05% 2 William Bowld, Rancho Mirage CA; Gene Cook, Palm Springs CA 48.67% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Roland Pineda - Sofi a Pineda, S Pasadena CA 57.39% 1 1 R Lisa, Riverview MI; Clarke Cunningham, Dearborn MI 69.51% 2 Bunny Schmidt, San Diego CA; Pete Watt, Escondido CA 56.06% 2 Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 55.30% 3 2 2 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacifi c Plsades CA 55.11% 3 Tom Tatham - Patrick Mahoney, San Diego CA 55.11% 4 3 Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN; Patricia Rogoski, Memphis TN 54.92% 4 Shirley Matthews, Lindale TX; Kay Wright, Bullard TX 53.41% 5 4 Barbara Tysdahl - Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI 54.17% 5 2 1 Patricia Wilkey, La Jolla CA; Yel Chiang Wu, San Diego CA 52.65% 6/7 Virginia Herring, Castro Valley CA; Don Schrump, San Leandro CA 52.84% 6 John Veltri, Bradenton FL; Sandra Gagnon, Sarasota FL 50.57% 6/7 Mike Albert, Omaha NE; Albert Feldman, Carlsbad CA 52.84% 3 2 M Douglas Magde - Peggy Magde, San Diego CA 47.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Mitch Miladinovich - Terri Miladinovich, Acampo CA 61.36% 1 1 Judith Bercuvitz - Mark Bercuvitz, Montreal QC 62.31% 2 2 Sally Ishihara - Gail Dunham, San Diego CA 57.20% 2 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL 60.80% 3 Linda Luther, N Charleston SC; Shirley Salvo, Kiawah Island SC 55.30% 3 Barbara Hastings, Pointe-Claire QC; Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN 55.30% 4 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Ronald Murray, Redondo Beach CA 53.79% 4 2 1 Gwendolyn Baker - James Baker, Dunnellon FL 53.60% 5 3 Frances Locke, Toronto ON; Harlene Barakett, Mont-Royal QC 52.65% 5 3 R Duane McComas - Maxine McComas, Portland OR 50.19% 6 4 Carroll Schueler - Gail Schueler, Indio CA 51.33% 6/7 4/5 Charles Morrin - Elizabeth Morrin, Palmdale CA 49.24% 6/7 4/5 Lillian Richmond, Huntington Bh CA; Ruth Ableman, Irvine CA 49.24% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Lena Jelusich, San Diego CA; Samuel Jordan, Spring Valley CA 63.93% 1 Suzanne Cederborg - Warren Cederborg, Visalia CA 64.69% 2 Carol Stewart, Henderson NV; Paul Ivaska, Las Vegas NV 61.12% 2 Lynette Martin - James Martin, Oceanside CA 56.20% 3 1 Lawrence Branton - Brenda Mason Carter, San Diego CA 57.08% 3 Cleland Nelson, Murrieta CA; Laurie Rowe, Eugene OR 53.92% 4 2 1 Gregory Wetz, Chula Vista CA; Robert Marcus, Toronto ON 54.91% 4 1 Lynn Ryan, Glendale CA; Arlene Johnson, Arcadia CA 52.95% 5 3 Ann Allen - Kitty Page Tomkinson, Scottsdale AZ 53.74% 5 Don Campbell - Cydney Hayes, Saskatoon SK 52.57% 6 Jane Dillenberg, New York NY; Jerry Goldberg, Yonkers NY 53.02% 6 2 Joseph Murray, Maple Shade NJ; Ricki Rogers, Moorestown NJ 52.43% 2 Alan Jacobs, Boca Raton FL; Peter Sager, San Rafael CA 52.08% 3 1 Tim Applegate, Whittier CA; Steve Hirsch, Brea CA 50.05% 2 Harold Rodgers - Howard Feldstein, Santa Cruz CA 50.03% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Clayton Parker - Edith Parker, Surprise AZ 60.23% 1 1 William Moore - Anna Moore, Colorado Spgs CO 60.04% 2 Gerrie Owen - M O Crawford, Dallas TX 58.90% 2 Jackie Stewart - Betty Jackson, Pebble Beach CA 57.20% 3 Sam Wilson - John Jeffrey, Las Vegas NV 57.39% 3 2 Dagmar Ragnow - Gary Morgan, Camarillo CA 56.06% 4 Gerald Soucy, Halifax NS; Larry Mock, Dartmouth NS 56.82% 4 3 1 Neal Strand, Mountain View CA; Eugene Chung, San Francisco CA 54.55% 5 1 Karen Barrett, Norwalk CT; Douglas Thompson, Acton MA 55.30% 5 Fara Kaufman, Encino CA; Charlotte Sturm, Fullerton CA 53.03% 6 Rodney Paxton, Coeur D’Alene ID; Henriette Mufi ch, Coeur D Alene ID 52.08% 6 John Wong, Anaheim Hills CA; Louis Shen, Hong Kong Hong Kong 52.08% 2/3 1 W Oates - P Oates, Brighton MI 49.05% 4/5 Lona Wessel - M Ali Mahdavi, Solana Beach CA 48.11% 2/3 Dee Wilson - Nancy Wilson, Des Moines IA 49.05% 4/5 2 Shirley Carlson, Juneau AK; Vicki Ebin, Los Angeles CA 48.11% 2 Ejaz Qureshi, Scarsdale NY; Bonnie Taylor, Menands NY 47.73%

WEDDING BELLS B/C/D PAIRS - FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQ RR PP EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 1 John Weinberg - Sarah Weinberg, Mercer Island WA 59.81% 1 Paul Bubendey, Chicago IL; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 64.92% 2 2 Nancy Spelke, San Marino CA; Claudia Elmes, Pasadena CA 58.60% 2 Mary Singer, Huntington Bh CA; George Derevjanik, Huntington Bch CA 61.90% 3 3 Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA; Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA 57.93% 3 Morton Glickman, Willowdale ON; Barbara Glickman, Boca Raton FL 61.83% 4 Joan Richardson, Scarborough ON; Judy Singer, Toronto ON 57.39% 4 Stan Chow, San Francisco CA; Cathy Hildebrand, Williamsburg VA 59.74% 5 Roxana Tom, Campbellton TX; Roxana Tom, San Antonio TX 57.26% 5 Roman Matusik, San Clemente CA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 58.87% 6 David Ruoff - Susan Ruoff, Corona CA 56.65% 6 William Riley - Nancy Riley, Silver Lake OH 58.40% 7 Bob Gruber - Linda Gruber, Camarillo CA 55.58% 7 Leigh Ives, Barrie ON; Andrea Schneider, Berkeley CA 57.73% 8 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI 55.44% 8 1 Scott Nelson, Encinitas CA; Marina Fomenkova, San Diego CA 56.59% 9 Norman Shultz, Ocala FL; Ronald Resnick, Makawao HI 55.31% 9 2 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 54.17% 10 4 1 Douglas Woodworth, San Diego CA; Victor Woodworth, Newport Beach CA 55.04% 10 3 Andrew Hanes, Provincetown MA; James Watkins, Boston MA 54.03% 11 Martin Coppe - Susan Kay Schultz, Scottsdale AZ 54.70% 11 William Velick - Diane Velick, Laguna Beach CA 53.83% 12 5 Jerry Thorpe, Tacoma WA; Florence Belford, Milton ON 54.57% 12 4 Barbara Rees, Island View NB; Bob Dingle, Altadena CA 53.56% 13 Carol Bertz, Englewood CO; Wendy Turk, Denver CO 53.16% 13 5 1 Joan Vannoy, Chula Vista CA; Jane Diamond, Carmel CA 53.49% 14 6 Ginnie Blitzman, Mission Viejo CA; Charles Messall II, Laguna Beach CA 53.09% 14 Cathy Stewart - Wayne Stewart, Lac Du Bonnet MB 53.23% 7 David Kennedy, San Bernardino CA; Paul McAdam, Highland CA 51.48% 6 Suzi Hutchinson - David Walton, Thousand Oaks CA 51.21% 8 2 Han-Yu Chang, Palo Alto CA; Neil Chua, New York NY 49.13% 7 Jim Steelquist - Jennifer Steelquist, Rescue CA 50.67% 3 Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; Dan Emmons, Pasadena CA 48.25% 2 Suzanne Crawford - Shay Andrews, San Diego CA 47.31% 4 Kristina Johnson - Fredrik Svensson, Mountain View CA 47.51% 3 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Steven Berman, Fountain Valley CA 45.63%

SATURDAY AFT SIDE GAME NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mario Rodrigues, Mississauga ON; Sandra Williams, Walnut Creek CA 62.24% 1 1 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Carl Brame, Tacoma WA 56.25% 2 1 Debra Sherman - Evelyn Sherman, San Diego CA 57.48% 2 Marion Fleming, Los Alamos NM; Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 54.76% 3 2 1 Leslie Williams, Golden CO; Tae Lee, Tustin CA 56.12% 3 Vic Sartor, Fontana CA; Bill Papa, Upland CA 53.87% 4 3 William Dani - Elizabeth Dani, Palm Desert CA 55.06% 4 2 1 Walter Merritt - Frank Shah, La Quinta CA 52.98% 5 Selim Benardete, New York NY; McKenzie Myers, Portland OR 54.08% 5 3 Bruce Hunter Reid - Samantha Reid, Mississauga ON 52.68% 4/5 2/3 Lori Morrow - Richard Morrow, Coronado CA 51.02% 4 Susan Hubley, Halifax NS; Henry Zoellner, Santa Clara CA 50.89% 4/5 2/3 Walter Hutton - Rena Hansch, Fort Collins CO 51.02% 2 Lowell Klosky, Carsbad CA; Pamela Klosky, Carlsbad CA 47.32% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Diana Cleary, Oceanside CA; Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA 65.48% 1 Courtney Nelson, Wells VT; Sandra Hammer, New Smyrna Bch FL 62.20% 2 1 Barbara Jur, Warren MI; Farideh Sigari, Los Angeles CA 61.90% 2 Gerard Allier, Carlsbad CA; Cyndi Prince, San Diego CA 59.82% 3 Sevinc Atay, Istanbul 34728 Turkey; Murat Anter, Istanbul 57.14% 3/4 1/2 Martha Dennis - Jean Stewart, Virginia Beach VA 55.36% 4 Dawn Black, Palo Alto CA; Tony Glynne, Los Gatos CA 55.06% 3/4 1/2 1 Evan Ziegler, San Diego CA; Maria Uhry, Encinitas CA 55.36% 5 2 1 Ronald Seeger - Theresa Seeger, Rochester MN 51.79% 5 3 2 Susan Seitz - Michael Smith, Des Moines IA 55.06% 3 Avram Ninyo, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Suat Koprulu, Toronto ON 49.40% 4 Mo Anvari, Perris CA; Rekha Nirula, San Jose CA 50.30% 4 Pamela Lawrence - Malcolm Jarvis, San Diego CA 49.11% 2 L Lajous, Mexico Mexico; Maribel Corredor, Coronado CA 47.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Sik Tong Yee - Lilian Yee, Sun Lakes AZ 66.07% 1 Bob Luebkeman, Walnut Creek CA; Jan Parker, El Cerrito CA 65.48% 2 Eli Schneider - Cynthia Schneider, East Brunswick NJ 55.65% 2 1 Paula Hradecky, Houston TX; Shirley Betz, Sierra Madre CA 58.04% 3/4 1/2 1 D Kelly Sullivan - Loretta Sullivan, Elmhurst IL 53.87% 3 2 1 Alan Bostrom, San Francisco CA; Rita Todd, Longmont CO 57.14% 3/4 1/2 Buster Mico - Tinker Mico, La Jolla CA 53.87% 4 3 2 Kevin Choi, Chicago IL; Wen Yang Qi, New Haven CT 53.27% 5 3 2 Rick Flucke, Mountain View CA; Rick Gannon, Atlanta GA 51.19% 5 A Beth Reid, Louisville KY; Sharon Fairchild, Rocky River OH 52.38% 4 Jean Luning, Kailua HI; Laurie Carr, Honolulu HI 51.19%

WEDDING BELL A/X PAIRS - 1 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A C EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 62.86% 1 1 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Sharon Gerstman, Buffalo NY 63.14% 2 Andrew Robson - Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA 62.14% 2 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 60.08% 3 1 Paul Darin Jr - Riggs Thayer Jr, San Diego CA 59.51% 3 2 Joan Dziekanski, New York NY; Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN 58.51% 4 2 Jimmy Rosenbloom, New York NY; Koko Adachi, Toyko 112-0012 Japan 58.10% 4 Pedro Ieong, Hong Kong Hong Kong; Samuel Ieong, Mountain View CA 57.97% 5 Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Margarita Dolera, Mexico Mexico 57.61% 5 3 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA 54.84% 6 Russel Kennedy, Mexico Mexico; Miguel Reygadas, Polanco Mexico 53.89% 6 4 Lu Kohutiak - Yvonne Hernandez, Unionville ON 54.64% 7 Jill Richmond - Jordan Chodorow, Los Angeles CA 53.71% 7 5 David Yang, San Jose CA; Jianming Zhang, Union City CA 54.53% 9 3 Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA; Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA 52.54% 8 6 Art Gulbrandsen, Monrovia CA; Mike Spero, Burbank CA 54.44% 10 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 52.07% 9 7 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Mitch Towner, Austin TX 53.99% 11 Chris Champion, Denver CO; Kay Enfi eld, Santa Fe NM 51.18% 10 Jules Schoenberg - Hazel Schoenberg, Plano TX 53.06% 12 Jeanne Lucas - Ed Lucas III, Tempe AZ 51.00% 11 Gloria Levy - Louis Levy, Los Angeles CA 52.57% 4 Tong Tjoa, Pomona NY; Velma Graham, Germantown TN 50.59% 12 Walter Schafer Jr, Buena Park CA; Tanakorn Lavanakul, Dublin CA 51.90% 5 Steven Johnson, San Diego CA; Pat Thomas, Salinas CA 50.00% 6 Dennis Groden, Surrey BC; Zoran Peca, Vancouver BC 48.82% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS B P EAST-WEST A X A X 1/2 1/2 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON; Ranjan Bhaduri, Dundas ON 59.69% 1 Nan Wang, Eatontown NJ; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 65.13% 1/2 1/2 Jeff Ford, Redmond WA; Patrick White, Bothell WA 59.69% 2 John Hodges, Santa Clara CA; John Twineham, Coos Bay OR 60.78% 3 Pamela Livingston, New Plymouth New Zealand; Wayne Burrows, Palmerston North New Zealand 58.33% 3 1 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Andrew Gumperz, Castro Valley CA 58.15% 4/5 William Muir - Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 56.88% 4 2 John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ; Susan Fulton, Maplewood NJ 57.52% 4/5 Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL; Bernace De Young, Miami FL 56.88% 5 3 Garth Yettick, Denver CO; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 56.88% 6 William Harker, Copperopolis CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 55.71% 6 Ethan Stein, Irvington NY; Shoko Imai, Tokyo Japan 56.70% 7 3 Arif Shah, Granada Hills CA; MOHIUDDIN AHMED ANSARI, LAKESIDE CA 55.25% 7 4 Thomas Clark - Janet Clark, Austin TX 56.07% 8 4 Cheryl Nielsen - James Andrews, San Diego CA 54.35% 8 5 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 53.62% 9 5 Martha Orloff - L Margott, Santa Monica CA 54.26% 9 6 Harry Sacks, Hacienda Hgts CA; Mark Sacks, Irvine CA 53.35% 10 6 Evelyn Holtz, Santa Rosa CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 53.89% 10 Marshall Miles, Redlands CA; Neil Stern, Bermuda Dunes CA 52.45% 11 7 Alfonso Yee, Arcadia CA; Adele Verkamp, Phoenix AZ 53.71% 11/12 7/8 Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA; Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA 51.99% 12 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Barbara Ames, Bethesda MD 53.44% 11/12 7/8 Frank Wharton, London England; Anthony Mutukisna, Middlesex UK 51.99% 13 , Stony Point NY; Sally Chapleau, Tampa FL 52.90% 13 Martin Morris, Wheeling IL; Peter Petruzzellis, Toronto ON 51.45% 9 Alexander Woo, Northfi eld MN; Thomas Dorsey, San Diego CA 51.00% 2010 SARASOTA-MANATEE REGIONAL One Haben Blvd. Manatee Convention Center Palmetto, FL February TOURNAMENT CO-CHAIRS: 15-21, Jack Hawes - (941) 925-8057, [email protected] WWW.UNIT102.COM Ruth C. Howard - (941) 746-4999, [email protected] 2010 HOST HOTEL: Courtyard by Marriott (newly remodeled - formerly the Holiday Inn) Shuttle service will be provided between host hotel and Convention Center for daytime events. Daily Bulletin Page 15

LIFE MASTER WOMENS PAIRS - 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L EAST-WEST 1 Shawn Quinn, 30-218 Krakow Poland; Susan Picus, New York NY 60.50% 1 Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, New York NY 65.20% 2 Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; Chris Benson, Le Roy IL 58.44% 2 Christine Urbanek, Tonawanda NY; Marcia Freed, Stuart FL 60.20% 3 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 58.09% 3 Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV; Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA 58.55% 4 Judy Elbogen - Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA 56.78% 4 Mary Savko - Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL 55.86% 5 Jean Talbot - Joan Van Geffen, Metairie LA 55.48% 5 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 54.36% 6 Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia; Victoria Gromova, Moscow 117296 Russia 54.75% 6 Sandra Rimstedt, Haverdal 310 4 Sweden; Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping Sweden 53.70% 7 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA 54.69% 7 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 52.46% 8 Angela Fenton, North Vancouver BC; Jennifer Ballantyne, Vancouver BC 54.60% 8 Linda McGarry, Stuart FL; Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH 51.84% 9 Carol Hamilton, Sarasota FL; Harriette Buckman, University Park FL 53.35% 9 Sylvia Moss, New York NY; Joan Jackson, Dallas TX 51.56% 10 Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI; Susan Wexler, New York NY 52.98% 10 Dominique Moore, Arcadia CA; Ann McClelland, La Canada Flt CA 50.94%

NAIL LIFE MASTER PAIRS - 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F G H I J EAST-WEST 1 Espen Lindqvist, 0777 Oslo Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 63.51% 1 Ishmael Delmonte, Sydney Australia; Ashley Bach, Eggenfelden Germany 63.76% 2 Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 60.94% 2 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 63.09% 3 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 60.86% 3 Beth Palmer - William Cole, Silver Spring MD 62.94% 4 Darina Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Howard Liu, Naperville IL 59.74% 4 William Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC 62.51% 5 Kevin Dwyer, Fort Myers FL; Owen Lien, Hickory NC 59.22% 5 Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 61.86% 6 Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 58.02% 6 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 59.42% 7 Chuck Burger, West Bloomfi eld MI; Joe Monro, Beverly Hills MI 57.84% 7 Guy Gecht, Foster City CA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 57.92% 8 Jim Munday, Camarillo CA; Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA 57.39% 8 Alon Apteker - Craig Gower, Johannesburg South Africa 57.29% 9 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 57.34% 9 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 56.84% 10 Tor Helness, Oslo Norway; Martin Andresen, 0207 Osl Norway 56.99% 10 Arve Farstad, Oslo Norway; Jon E F Aabye, Olso 0368 Norway 56.82% 11/12 Shen Yu Xiong, ; Yi Zhong, Cockeysville MD 56.97% 11 Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA 56.67% 11/12 Carl Sharp - Matthew Dyer, Chicago IL 56.97% 12 Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA; Owen Leibman, San Francisco CA 56.09% 13 Sandy McCay, Chapel Hill NC; Ed Bissell, State College PA 55.79% 13 Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 56.02% 14 Justin Lall, New York NY; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 55.59% 14 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 55.47% 15 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 55.19% 15 - Danny Miles, Toronto ON 55.00% 16 Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA 54.62% 16 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 54.90% 17 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 54.40% 17 Eugene Hung, San Jose CA; Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA 54.45% 18 Robert Hampton, Blythewood SC; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 54.37% 18 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 54.07% 19 Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC; Steve Clements, Aliso Viejo CA 54.32% 19/20 Richard Dubrovsky - Leora Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 53.77% 20 David Caprera - Anne Brenner, Denver CO 54.27% 19/20 J Howard Tate - F Ruth Tate, Toronto ON 53.77% 21 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 54.12% 21 Jose Valdes - Paolo Pasquini, Caracas Venezuela 53.27% 22 Bette Strauch - John Strauch, San Diego CA 53.62% 22 Yiji Starr, Wayland MA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 53.05% 23 John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Williamsville NY 53.30% 23 David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 52.85% 24 Wafi k Abdou, Bakersfi eld CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 52.72% 24 Andrew Rosenthal - David Moss, New York NY 52.57% 25 Jim Dingwerth, Kansas City MO; William Hoge, Olathe KS 52.37% 25 Marvin Deneroff, North Bergen NJ; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 52.37% 26 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 52.07% 26 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Michael Polowan, New York NY 52.15% 27 Yanong Han, Fremont CA; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 51.85% 27 R Jay Becker, New York NY; Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA 52.12% 28 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela von Arnim, D-68766 Hockenh Germany 51.82% 28 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 51.90% 29 Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 51.70% 29 Steven Cooper, Ft Collins CO; Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 51.60% 30 Adam Meyerson - Elianna Ruppin, Los Angeles CA 51.62% 30 Robert Abrams, Atlanta GA; Michael Abrams, Pasadena CA 51.42% 31 Andrew Hoskins, Mountain View CA; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 51.57% 31 Melody Bi, West Warwick RI; Anton Tsypkin, Ashland MA 50.92% FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - SATURDAY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Paul Foster, Vista CA; Arlene Hansen, Reno NV 64.58% 1 1 Weidong Pei, Brea CA; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA 62.80% 2 1 1 Stacia Roesler - Gordon Roesler, Alexandria VA 61.01% 2 Stuart Eastwood, Halifax NS; Barbara Mackay, Fredericton NB 62.50% 3 Diana Marquardt, Del Mar CA; G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD 56.25% 3 Li-Hsiang Kuo, Taipei City Taiwan; Kun Chieh Wang, West Lafayette IN 61.90% 4 2 2 Claude Le Feuvre - Roberta Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 55.65% 4 2 Barbara Jur, Warren MI; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 59.52% 5 Peter Petruzzellis, Toronto ON; Martin Morris, Wheeling IL 52.68% 5 3 Poonam Sarin - Vinay Sarin, Thornhill ON 51.79% 3 Ginnie Blitzman, Mission Viejo CA; Charles Messall II, Laguna Beach CA 48.21% 4 Peter Peca, El Paso TX; Lamar Marutani, Vallejo CA 50.60% 1 Terrence Rawlings, Prescott Valley AZ; Robert Hope, Provost AB 45.24% 2 John Chapman - Wendy Wheeler, Little Rock AR 43.15% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Ole Nordhild, Firestone CO 64.29% 1 Gonzalo Herrera, Mexico Mexico; Maribel Herrera, New York NY 69.05% 2 2 1 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON; Ranjan Bhaduri, Dundas ON 56.55% 2 Jan Parker, El Cerrito CA; Bob Luebkeman, Walnut Creek CA 62.80% 3 3 Lorna Johnson, Ridgeway ON; John Mackay, St Catharines ON 55.95% 3 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA 60.42% 4 2 Joan Vannoy, Chula Vista CA; Jane Diamond, Carmel CA 53.87% 4 1 Donna Wood, Vista CA; Romi Kerfoot, San Diego CA 60.12% 2 Donna Simon - Daniel Simon, South Bend IN 55.06% 3 Lillian Harris, Oakland CA; Stephen Pozez, Tucson AZ 50.89% 1 Pamela Klosky, Carlsbad CA; Lowell Klosky, Carsbad CA 39.88%

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Goodwill Day Monday, November 30, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Monday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Sunday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 2nd Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 1st single session Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18

Monday, November 30, 10 a.m. & 4 p.m. Round 4 Manchester Ballroom D, 2nd Floor $20 --

Monday, November 30, 10:30 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Monday, November 30, 10:30 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratifi ed Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Manchester Ballroom A, 2nd Floor $16 $18

Monday, November 30, 1 p.m. Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 1st single session Douglas Ballroom B, 1st Floor $16 $18

Monday, November 30, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VICTOR MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Douglas Ballroom D, 1st Floor $20 -- MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S 1-2 F Douglas Ballroom A, 1st Floor $20 -- BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS Stratifi ed Open Pairs 1-2 Douglas Ballroom B, 1st Floor $16 $18 Monday-Tuesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Monday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Sunday-Monday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Monday, November 30, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Monday, November 30, 7:30 p.m. Stratifi ed Side Swiss Teams single Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $15 $17 Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 2nd single session Douglas Ballroom B, 1st Floor $16 $18 Stratifi ed 299er Swiss Teams single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Monday, November 30, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratifi ed events are: A (2500+), B (750-2500), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-2500), C (750-1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Page 16 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events See page 2 for other events Sunday, November 29, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Sunday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 1st Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Saturday-Sunday Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18

Sunday, November 29, 10 a.m. & 4 p.m. SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 3 Douglas Ballroom A $20 --

Sunday, November 29, 10:30 a.m. Stratifi ed 299er Swiss Teams single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Sunday, November 29, 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Stratifi ed 1-2 Manchester Ballroom D, 2nd Floor $16 $18

Sunday, November 29, 10:30 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratifi ed Daylight Swiss Teams 1-2 Manchester Ballroom A, 2nd Floor $16 $18

Sunday, November 29, 1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Douglas Ballroom D, 1st Floor $16 $18

Sunday, November 29, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VICTOR MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 Q Douglas Ballroom B, 1st Floor $20 -- MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S 1-2 Q Douglas Ballroom B, 1st Floor $20 -- BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS Both events: two qualifying, two fi nal sessions. Strati-Flighted A/X and B/C/D Swiss Teams 1-2 Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Stratifi ed Open Pairs 1-2 Douglas Ballroom D, 1st Floor $16 $18 Sunday-Monday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Saturday-Sunday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18

Sunday, November 29, 3 p.m. Stratifi ed 299er Swiss Teams 1-2 Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Sunday, November 29, 7:30 p.m. Stratifi ed Side Board-a-Match Teams single Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $15 $17 Stratifi ed Side IMP Pairs single Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $15 $17 Both games open to Swiss drop-outs and new entrants. Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Elizabeth Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Stratifi ed 299er Swiss Teams single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Sunday, November 29, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratifi ed events are: A (2500+), B (750-2500), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-2500), C (750-1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

NABC Insider Notice to players The weather was not very San Diego-like yesterday so the Insider fi led a complaint with Mr. who live outside Manchester stating that the rain and wind were not part of what was promised and that this would be taken into consideration when negotiating a return NABC at the hotel. It is reasonable to expect an improvement North America today. Of course it was 72 degrees with good light in the playing rooms. But, the chill contributed to Participation in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs excellent restaurant sales at the hotel since nobody wanted to walk over to Seaport Village – another and the 0-5000 Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs is limited arrow in the Insider’s negotiations quiver. Having a wedding during the tournament doesn’t hurt either. to those ACBL members who have earned a Blue Congratulations Chris and Tammy! Ribbon qualifi cation or for those members on the The S.C. left the luxury suite to have a cocktail at the Top of the Hyatt last night. Best view in the city. Lifetime Top 100 masterpoint list. Very nice single malt. Pretty girls. Effi cient service. Everything the S.C. looks for in a watering hole. He Foreign players must receive a waiver. They recommends everyone check it out while in town. The bar in the lobby on the Harbor Tower side seems should be aware that waivers are granted on a one- to be the Flight A Bar. There were several national champions, a couple of world champions and some time-only basis. Previous waivers can’t be used. international luminaries sampling the libations when the Insider passed through the last two nights. Every This is a change from last year. NABC host hotel has a Flight A Bar but the one here really lives up to the name. For waiver information, please see Tournament The Bulletin Boys said to keep this one short – they have to make up for the extra paragraph the Insider Director Millard Nachtwey here at the tournament. got on Friday morning. Play your best. He may be contacted through the Tournament Headquarters offi ce, and he will also be available at the selling sites.

FREE Seminar for Teaching Young People Bridge FREE Teaching bridge to young people now or just thinking about it, this seminar will help you focus on goals, format, course materials and successful practices. Join Patty Tucker, ACBL Youth Coordinator, for an interesting continuing education opportunity. You won’t want to miss it. Date: Sunday, Nov. 29 Location: Manchester Grand Hyatt — Maggie Room Time: 10:00 a.m. — noon