Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Volume 61, Number 5 Daily Bulletin 61st Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski Goodwill honors two at reception of a few short weeks, she produced an extensive spreadsheet with every restaurant worth noting in the entire downtown area. It was amazing. And Allison and Mike duplicated the effort for the Philly NABC in 2012,” said Glasson. “Allison’s next act was to take over the organization of hospitality at our Unit 141 sectional tournaments. Working with tournament chair Meyer Kotkin, she brought in food and changed the boring format into something special. “Unit 141 had long been without a newsletter. In 2011, Allison, a professional editor, started with a Winners of the Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs: District 20 director Merlin Vilhauer introduces continued on page 5 Richard Chan and Michael Heymann. Goodwill Member of the Year Nelda Linman at the Goodwill Reception. Heymann-Chan take The Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee Silver Ribbon title hosted its spring meeting last night to celebrate a Michael Heymann of Fort Worth TX and pair of honorees. Richard Chan of the Toronto area are the winners of Committee chair Sandy DeMartino welcomed the Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs. Participants are the attendees. After a few introductory words by CEO Bahar Gidwani, DeMartino invited Joann continued on page 10 Glasson, the chair of the Philadelphia NABC and the District 4 Board representative, to announce the winner of a special Goodwill award for local member Allison Brandt. “If you want to get something done in our district, ask Allison,” said Glasson, who went on to list the many tasks that Brandt had performed on behalf of District 4 and Unit 141 (Philadelphia) over the years. “Allison has done one wonderful thing after another for our game. We asked Allison and her District 4 director Joann Glasson, right, assistant, Mike Giesler, to do the restaurant guide presents a volunteer award to Allison Brandt, the hospitality chair for this NABC and editor of for the world championships in 2010. In a matter the District 4Spot.

North American Pairs Flight B champions Jeff Vanderbilt field Dater and Scott Nason, representing District 16. reduced to 64 District 16 duo Seventy-seven teams entered the 2018 claims NAP B crown Vanderbilt, and Monday’s opening round reduced Jeff Dater and Scott Nason of Dallas (in District the field to 64 squads. The top 25 seeds received 16) are this year’s winners of the Golder North byes in the first round, while the remaining 52 teams American Pairs, Flight B, restricted to players played four-way matches, each of which produced three winners, or 39 teams. continued on page 3 Among the higher-ranked teams that did not Rubber bridge room survive the opening round were those of Tim For the first time ever at a North American Verbeek (No. 28), Gaylor Kasle (No. 32), Tatiana Championship, there is a rubber bridge room. It will Dikhnova (No. 34), Nikolay Demirev (No. 35) and have continuous bridge play from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. No. 39 (Barry Rigal). Monday through Friday. Entry is free, but ACBL membership is required. Temporary memberships are available at the door for $8 if you are not yet one Limerick Contest of us. St. Patrick’s Day is Saturday, March 17, and From 10 to noon each day, some of the best in honor of the event, the Daily Bulletin is holding players in the world will sit in and play a few hands a Limerick Contest. Submit your bridge-related – Gary Cohler, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman, Zia, limericks to [email protected] or Jeff Meckstroth, Sylvia Shi, Jerry Helms, just to the Daily Bulletin office, Room 407 in the name a few. Here’s your chance to play a hand or Marriott. The deadline is Friday, two with a bridge luminary. March 16, at 6:30 p.m. The Winners of the North American Pairs Flight C: Players can cut in at any time. Tom Smith will top three submissions will be Yanping Zhang and Henry Zhang, representing be hosting the room, which is located in Room 403 published in Saturday’s issue. District 12. on the fourth floor of the Marriott. Michigan pair repeats continued on page 8 NAP Flight C win Goodwill Message Henry Zhang of Novi MI and Yanping Zhang of Livonia MI won the President’s Cup North American You’re a winner ... for the most points in ATTENDANCE Pairs Flight C for the second year in a row. The pair, courtesy and demeanor. Accept both victory and through Monday who are not related but work together at a mechanical defeat with humility and grace. engineering firm, represent District 12. Sandy DeMartino, Chair continued on page 13 Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee 4870.5 tables Page 2 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Meetings are at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. 10 am-2 pm Rubber Bridge Room. Enjoy relaxed bridge, where you can come and go as you please. There are no game fees for ACBL Tuesday, March 13 members. Nonmembers can buy a temporary membership for 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing education $7.99 that will cover you for the entire month. Everyone is course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants welcome. Top experts from around the world will be on hand must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. Sign up at between 10 a.m. and noon to play and discuss hands. (Room the door. (Room 501) 403) 10 am-Noon ACBL Hall of Fame Committee. (Conference Suite 3, 3rd 7:30-10:30 pm Changes to the Laws of Duplicate Bridge. This continuing floor) education course focuses on the changes in the Laws that took 10 am-2 pm Rubber Bridge Room. Enjoy relaxed bridge, where you can effect in September 2017. Discussion includes explanations of come and go as you please. There are no game fees for ACBL the changes and illustrations of their application. Tips for club members. Nonmembers can buy a temporary membership for directors will be presented to help handle the table situations $7.99 that will cover you for the entire month. Everyone is where the revised laws are applicable. While designed for club welcome. Top experts from around the world will be on hand directors, players interested in understanding the changes to between 10 a.m. and noon to play and discuss hands. (Room the Laws are welcome. Fee $10. Sign up at door. (Room 502) 403) Thursday, March 15 Wednesday, March 14 10 am-2 pm Rubber Bridge Room. Enjoy relaxed bridge, where you can 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A continuing come and go as you please. There are no game fees for ACBL education course for club directors to increase their skills. members. Nonmembers can buy a temporary membership for Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both $7.99 that will cover you for the entire month. Everyone is days. (Room 501) welcome. Top experts from around the world will be on hand between 10 a.m. and noon to play and discuss hands. (Room 403) CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Wednesday, March 14 Room: Franklin 5-8, 4th floor. Speakers and topics are subject to change. 9:15 a.m. Ellen Kent Panicville 6:45 p.m. Jacob Morgan Takeout Doubles Tuesday, March 13 Thursday, March 15 9:15 a.m. John Dickenson Responses and Rebids 9:15 a.m. Lisa Berkowitz Playing to Trick One 6:45 p.m. Norman Beck Odd Things to Help With the Game 6:45 p.m. Donna Compton TBA

HOSPITALITY Late night snacks will be served nightly, following the evening session, in the pre-function space outside the Marriott ballroom on the fifth floor. Tonight, enjoy Philly soft pretzels.

combines bridge parodies with other tunes to enjoy. Entertainment Wednesday will be a special performance – ACBL Credit cards accepted Philadelphia Sightseeing Tours President Jay Whipple will be a guest star! for entry fees See Philadelphia Entry to the Counterparts shows are free and Purchase your entries for all events at the – $20 discount tickets open to all bridge players. There is no reserved NABC via credit card! All major credit cards are (usually $32) – with seating, but a ticket is required to guarantee a seat. accepted wherever entries are sold. Charges will ACBL convention card. Tickets can be picked up at the Information Desk on appear from PurplePass. (If you see PurplePass Get tickets at the Hotel the fifth floor of the Marriott, including on the day of on your credit card statement later, remember this Tour Desk in the lobby the show. The Information Desk is open daily at the is a charge for ACBL entry fees!) To use this option, of the Marriott. Board following times: 8:30–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.to 1 p.m., the entire pair or team entry must be charged to a the Philadelphia Sightseeing Tours on 12th Street 2–3 p.m., 4:45–6 p.m. and 6:30–7:30 p.m. single card. Bridge Bucks also remain available as outside the front door of the Marriott at 10:15 and Please note that the shows each day vary an alternative to cash. hourly thereafter. somewhat, so you might enjoy a repeat performance. Counterparts Players are welcome to come to any and all shows, After the evening sessions Wednesday through but will need a separate, day-specific ticket for each Friday, enjoy a 30-minute show by a cappella show. group Counterparts. They are from the University Parking Shows are at 11 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Discounted parking tickets are available for two of Pennsylvania and they are amazing! The show Marriott. nearby garages at the Information Desk. 12th & Filbert – immediately across Filbert Street from the entrance to the Marriott – $16/day. 12th & Walnut – entrance on the west side of 12th at Sansom Street – $12/day. These discounts have been arranged through Parkway Corporation. The Information Desk is open daily at the following times: 8:30–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2–3 p.m., 4:45–6 p.m., 6:30–7:30 p.m. When you arrive at the Marriott or the Convention Center, stop by the desk and pick up a ticket. When you return to the garage, first insert the ticket you received when you pulled into the garage, and then insert our discounted ticket to get the correct rate. Then you can pay. If you are playing in the Convention Center, parking tickets will be available at the Partnership Desk one hour before each session. Smoking Policy Smoking is not permitted in the playing area during any bridge playing event at an NABC. This includes electronic smoking devices. Daily Bulletin Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS West North East South then the queen, Thinking bridge 1NT concealing the By Eddie Kantar Pass 3NT All Pass jack. Another is to Hand evaluation, third-hand play, reading play the jack and the cards, deception Opening lead: ♠5 then the queen, Bidding commentary: As North, you can tack concealing the 9. Dlr: South ♠ 10 3 on 2 extra points holding a five-card suit headed by Defensive Vul: N-S ♥ 8 7 6 the A-K-Q, A-K-J, A-Q-J, A-Q-10 or K-Q-J facing commentary: As ♦ Q 7 3 a known balanced hand. Add 1 extra point with West, no matter ♣ A Q J 6 5 a five-card suit headed by three slightly weaker how South plays ♠ K 8 6 5 2 ♠ A 7 4 honors: A-J-10, K-Q-10, K-J-10 or Q-J-10. her spades, go ♥ J 9 3 ♥ Q 10 5 2 Defensive commentary: As East, win the by the card your ♦ J 9 4 ♦ 10 8 6 2 ♠A and return the ♠7, the higher of two remaining partner returns to get an honest count. If South ♣ 8 7 ♣ K 4 cards. plays the ♠9 and ♠Q and those are South’s ♠ Q J 9 Play commentary: As South, fearing that only two spades, partner has started with the ♥ A K 4 West might duck the second spade, thus retaining ♠A J 7 4 and would (should) have returned the 4, ♦ A K 5 communications with East, you might try a little the lowest of three remaining cards. If South plays ♣ 10 9 3 2 subterfuge. One possibility is to play the 9 and the jack and queen, concealing the 9, it shouldn’t work. If the jack and queen are honest cards, East started with the ♠A 9 7 4 and would have returned the 4. The bottom line is that you should duck the second spade because declarer remains with Casey Holscher and Pam Harmeson a high spade and you want to keep a spade in are enjoying their second NABC, partner’s hand in case partner has an early entry. having played in Orlando in 2016. They Play commentary: As South, if West ducks came from the Melbourne FL area the second spade, there is not much you can do to play in the North American Pairs, other than take the club finesse. No luck this time. which they qualified for after playing East wins and returns the ♠4, allowing West to together for three years. On Monday, cash three spades and defeat the contract one trick. they were playing in the Gold Rush After you make an opening lead and partner Pairs. “Now we’re relaxing,” Holscher said. “We’re just going to have fun wins and returns your suit, watch the spot cards and enjoy the tournament and enjoy closely so you know what is going on. Remember, the vacation.” partner returns the higher of two remaining cards and the lowest of three remaining cards. That should help.

Play the ‘Philly 14’ contest NAP-B Fourteen original U.S. continued from page 1 bridge greats hail from with less than 2500 masterpoints. Dater and Nason Philadelphia, and their drove to the victory largely on the strength of their pictures are on display carryover after topping the qualifying round on on the third floor of the Sunday. The pair scored just 51.50% game in the Marriott. How many can first final session and 54.46% in the second, but it you name? Your answers was enough for the win. Their four-session total was could win you $100! 781.25 matchpoints. Fill out a blue entry Narrowly behind in second place with 779.66 form found near the was the District 3 pair of Malik Magdon-Ismail of display. A winner from among the forms with the Albany NY and Kamal Gupta of Latham NY. most correct answers will be drawn on March Dater and Nason had previously made it to the 18, and the winner notified by email. Entries can quarterfinal round of the Mini-Spingold in 2017, and be returned to the Information Desk (fifth floor Dater was second in the Red Ribbon Pairs in 2013. Marriott) or put in the box at the display. You can read the full content details on the entry form. You SUNDAY ZIP KO do not have to be present to win. 9 Tables 2.84 1 Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA; Max Schireson, Check the Daily Bulletin for the next few days Stanford CA; Brent Xiao, Fremont CA; Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto for a new hint about one of the pictures and learn CA more about Philly bridge player history. Good luck! 1.99 2 Jenni Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Greg Today’s Philly 14 hint: “While I was playing Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Alexandra Ladyzhensky, Bradenton FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC with my world-famous partner, a kibitzer once asked 1.14 3/4 Mee Warren - Christopher Moh - Jordan Lampe - me, ‘How does it feel to play with the world’s best James Keiger, New York NY player?’ I pointed to my partner and replied, ‘I don’t 1.14 3/4 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Rain Yu Han Lan, Sudbury MA; Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Kerry Kappell, know. Ask him.’” Sunnyside NY

401 K SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO Check cashing 8 Tables 12.11 1 J. Melvin Norton, Burlington ON; Doug and Bridge Bucks Andrews, Etobicoke ON; Martin Zhao, Richmond Hill ON; Jacob The check cashing and Bridge Bucks desk is Freeman, Toronto ON; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Finn located on the fifth floor of the Marriott across from Kolesnik, Ventura CA 8.48 2 Greg Warden, Ridgewood NJ; John Hogan Jr, Salon H. The desk hours are 9:30 to 10 a.m, and Wayne NJ; Barbara Ganin - David Ganin, Hillsdale NJ noon to 1 p.m. 4.30 3/4 Peggy Griem, Lake Bluff IL; Barbara Bebee, Chicago IL; Katy Gross - Mary O’Donnell, Lake Forest IL

PHIL KRAUSS SUNDAY-MONDAY MORNING Check out the vendors COMPACT KO Looking for bridge books, bridge fashion, 7 Tables dealing machines and more? Check out the bridge 6.20 1 Corey Sanders, Hilliard OH; Tim Kington, vendors on the fourth floor of the Marriott daily. Dublin OH; Anastasia Tsavaris, Rock Hill SC; Ryan Daniels, Vernon Hills IL 4.34 2 Hilda Setton, New York NY; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Quentin Robert, Paris 75015 France; Pierre Franceschetti, Montpellier France Page 4 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Daily Bulletin

LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS You just can’t trust some 78.0 Tables / Based on 153 Tables 100.00 1 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Richard Chan, Markham ON 2638.75 people (part 163) 75.00 2 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 2562.97 By Barry Rigal 56.25 3 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 2449.11 Playing South, you find yourself in the 44.44 4 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 2442.56 somewhat elevated level of 2NT on this deal from 40.00 5 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA 2438.86 the second qualifying session of the Kay Platinum 36.36 6 Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr., Birmingham AL 2423.25 Pairs: 33.33 7 Joan Dziekanski - Michael Radin, New York NY 2406.44 Dlr: West ♠ A 10 8 30.77 8 Barry Falgout, Silver Spring MD; Lyle Poe Jr., Ellicott City MD 2400.95 Vul: None ♥ Q 9 7 28.57 9 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Dewayne Jones, Sandston VA 2389.32 26.67 10 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 2388.97 ♦ A 6 3 25.00 11 Grant Vance, Oakland CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA 2366.48 ♣ K 8 7 4 23.53 12 Ethan Stein, Irvington NY; Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA 2362.69 ♠ 9 6 5 3 ♠ Q J 4 22.22 13 Himanshu Joshi, Chester NJ; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 2333.90 ♥ A K 4 ♥ 8 6 5 2 21.05 14 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr., Needham MA 2331.48 ♦ K J 10 4 ♦ Q 7 5 20.00 15 Jerry Goldberg - Jane Dillenberg, New York NY 2331.30 ♣ 10 9 ♣ Q 3 2 19.05 16 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 2326.94 ♠ K 7 2 18.18 17 Martin de Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 2324.66 ♥ J 10 3 17.39 18 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 2317.06 ♦ 9 8 2 17.03 19 Ron Gerard, White Plains NY; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 2309.41 ♣ A J 6 5 16.00 20 Michael D’Alioto, Birmingham MI; Sheldon Kirsch, West Bloomfield MI 2293.66 15.38 21 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr., Atlanta GA 2291.84 14.81 22 Eric Hendrickson, Minneapolis MN; Paul Gutterman, Eagan MN 2287.14 West North East South 14.29 23 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Lewis Finkel, Palm Beach Gardens FL 2286.25 1♣(1) Dbl 1♠(2) 1NT 13.79 24 Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD; Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA 2281.42 2♦ Pass Pass Dbl 13.33 25 Buddhadeb Biswas - Stuart Goodgold, San Jose CA 2280.75 Pass 2NT All Pass 12.90 26 Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ; William Ravreby, Merion Station PA 2261.66 (1) 1+ clubs (in 4=4=4=1 only). 12.50 27 Charles Sharf, North Baldwin NY; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 2260.24 (2) No major. 12.12 28 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 2249.89 As North, you notice the absence of the major 11.76 29 Lynne Schaeffer, Portland OR; Don Lowry, Wilsonville OR 2245.09 suits with curiosity. You can work out that West must 11.43 30 Donna Morgen, Havertown PA; Bill Parks, Phoenix AZ 2239.88 be 4=4=4=1, and hope her partner can do so, too. 11.11 31 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Scott Levine, New York NY 2231.24 10.81 32 Mark Cohen - Stasha Cohen, West Orange NJ 2223.81 The defenders lead and continue diamonds. You 10.53 33 Jack Alhale - Herb Freedman, New York NY 2220.13 win the third round and play the ♣K: 2, 5, 9. You 10.26 34 Barry Bragin, Fort Pierce FL; Brad Theurer, Gaithersburg MD 2218.92 studiously review the auction and advance the ♣8 to 10.00 35 Jan Assini - Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 2202.87 the 3, 6 .... and West wins the 10! 9.76 36 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 2197.28 The defenders cash out for down one, and you 9.52 37 Bryan Howard, Nashville TN; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 2187.33 ask East what his shape was. Yes, a 3=4=3=3 pattern 9.30 38 Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE; Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA 2184.47 apparently doesn’t represent a four-card major! 12.95 39 Mark Shaw, Columbia MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 2169.84 8.89 40 Donald Faskow, Hollywood FL; John Albright, Plantation FL 2168.47 8.70 41 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Lou Reich, Wheaton MD 2167.60 Getting to the 8.51 42 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Clay Hall, Vestavia AL 2166.22 15.76 43 Arthur Korth, Galloway NJ; Andrew Markowitz, Lahaska PA 2160.65 Convention Center 8.16 44 Linda Tipton – V. Jay Tipton, Irvine CA 2159.61 The shortest route to the playing area in the 8.00 45 Louis Sachar - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 2158.20 Convention Center is to exit the Marriott through the 7.84 46 Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 2156.53 doors near the front desk. Make a left going west on 7.69 47 Marcelo Caracci - Loreto Cuevas, Santiago Chile 2156.52 7.55 48 Andrew Gofreed, La Plata MD; Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 2156.02 Filbert Street Convention Center and then a 7.41 49 Robert Hopkins Jr. - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA 2153.60 ARCH ST right onto 7.27 50 Janet Becker – R. Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 2150.51 13th Street MONDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS and go one 17.0 Tables A B C block north to N 13th ST Arch Street. FILBERT ST 5.85 1 1 Renee Alpert, Orange CA; Joan Kaye, Corona Del Mar CA 62.98% The best 3.84 2/3 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 60.90% Convention 3.84 2/3 Linda Wiener, Vancouver WA; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Minneapolis MN 60.90% Marriott 3.41 4 2 Lily Johannessen, Honolulu HI; Michael McGowan, Peachtree City GA 59.29% Center 1.85 5 Martin Caley, Montreal QC; Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 58.97% entrance to 1.58 6 Dewitt (Hal) Montgomery III, Portland OR; Bahar Gidwani, New York NY 57.37% use is on the northwest corner of 13th and Arch. This 0.87 7/9 Alison Wilson, New York NY; Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ 56.89% is a short walk, less than a quarter of a mile. 2.56 7/9 3 Allison Hunt - H Hunt, Charlotte NC 56.89% We strongly suggest that you do not use the 1.10 7/9 David Longstaff - Edith Ferber, Waterloo ON 56.89% skybridge from the Marriott to enter the Convention 1.92 4 Elizabeth Wellington - John Scheuermann, Southbury CT 53.69% Center. This will take you to a part of the building 1.38 5/6 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 51.76% that makes it difficult to find the bridge play. 1.26 5/6 Margot Hirsch, Fort Worth TX; James Willson, Richardson TX 51.76% 2.28 1 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Conrad Larkin, Santa Rosa CA 51.60% 1.71 2 Kyle Rockoff, Buffalo Grove IL; Philip McPeek, Chicago IL 50.80% Masterpoint disclaimer Results 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. Daily Bulletin Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Page 5

GOLDER NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS FLIGHT B 26.0 Tables / Based on 45 Tables Goodwill 60.00 1 Jeff Dater - Scott Nason, Dallas TX 781.25 continued from page 1 45.00 2 Malik Magdon-Ismail, Albany NY; Kamal Gupta, Latham NY 779.66 33.75 3 Jean Bellemarre, Montreal QC; Robert Guerard, Brossard QC 773.63 26.67 4 Bob Enenstein, Los Altos CA; Alan Wood, San Jose CA 770.39 24.00 5 Amy Casanova, Portland OR; Paul Wrigley, Troutdale OR 769.75 21.82 6 Ryan Daniels, Vernon Hills IL; James Abbott, Chicago IL 765.80 20.00 7 Rick Jasper - John Wachsman, San Jose CA 762.03 18.46 8 Joe Siqueira - Peter Haglich, Virginia Beach VA 755.05 17.14 9 Saul Blum, Monroe NJ; Fredric Weiner, Monroe Township NJ 754.14 16.00 10 Michael Shaw - Terry Visentin, Winnipeg MB 739.14 15.00 11 Michael Lieberman, Somerville MA; Reid Barton, Arlington MA 738.17 14.12 12 Shailesh Gupta, Aliso Viejo CA; Dustin Stout, Huntington Beach CA 732.69 13.33 13 Edward Yosses, Aurora CO; Paul Perkowski, Highlands Ranch CO 731.81 12.63 14 Igor Milman - Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY 729.57 18.57 15 Arun Savara, Honolulu HI; Alan Kosansky, Kailua HI 728.46 11.43 16 Cory Perkers - Kevin Choi, Chicago IL 723.19 10.91 17 Michael Miedema, West Terre Haut IN; Henjin Chi, Terre Haute IN 718.55 10.43 18 J. Wesley Clements, Flowood MS; James Tullos, Brandon MS 717.41 10.00 19 Adrian Record, Fergus ON; Diane Bourdeau, Cambridge ON 712.54 9.60 20 Jack Mahoney - Dan Morgenstern, Brunswick ME 712.30 9.23 21 Milt Epstein, Urbana IL; Gary Dell, Champaign IL 706.39 8.89 22 Jim Gaarder, Columbia MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 700.60 8.57 23 John Taylor - Peggy Ammon, Burlington KY 700.14 Goodwill Member of the Year Nelda Linman, right, with her husband Joe and Goodwill PRESIDENT’S CUP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS FLIGHT C Committee Chair Sandy DeMartino. 26.0 Tables / Based on 43 Tables quarterly online newsletter. It took only two quarters 40.00 1 Henry Zhang, Novi MI; Yanping Zhang, Livonia MI 856.67 for her to decide that we weren’t sharing enough 30.00 2 Roger Thomas, West Linn OR; Jon Gassaway, Beaverton OR 790.58 information, so she changed to a monthly version 22.50 3 Guilherme De Souza - Felipe Souza, Bellevue WA 788.81 which she continued until 2016. Then Allison 17.78 4 Skip Page, Rye NH; James Hickey, Londonderry NH 776.25 16.00 5 Susan Lincoln, Boxford MA; Keith Kimball, Nashua NH 752.38 brought her editing talents to the district publication, 14.55 6 Nicholas Erpelding, Minnetonka MN; John Schlundt, Eden Prairie MN 747.52 the 4Spot, which had become a little tired. She 13.33 7 Paul Prez, Chicago IL; Nishat Chishti, Kenosha WI 744.28 transformed it into a wonderful online newsletter 12.31 8 Rich Oom - Sharon Oom, Kentwood MI 742.15 and then took it monthly, and each issue just gets 11.43 9 Donna Snover - Ned Sanders, Greeneville TN 740.77 better and better. 10.67 10 Douglas Riley - Sheryl Riley, Vestavia Hills AL 736.88 “The Valley Forge Regional was suffering from 10.00 11 Bradley Rind - Terry Jacobson, Mercer Island WA 733.89 a lack of creativity. The tournament asked Allison 9.41 12 Roy Tsai, San Jose CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 733.29 to fix that. She swept in and developed a new brand. 8.89 13 Jason Mook - Tommy Mook, Shreveport LA 728.71 We all were given “ask me” badges. She created 8.42 14 Richard Lazaroff - Patricia Lazaroff, St. Louis MO 727.35 new signage for the tournament and convinced the 8.00 15 Leila Mattinger, Cupertino CA; Jung Hu, San Jose CA 715.78 7.62 16 Craig Stewart - Peter Watson, Ottawa ON 715.63 hotel that our players shouldn’t eat breakfast in the 8.97 17 Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Harry Faivus, New York NY 712.58 hallway, moving to the restaurants, where players 6.96 18 Lun Kuen Wong, Sarnia ON; Paul Charpentier, London ON 711.01 could sit and chat. 6.67 19 Marc Elster - Joane Nagel, Lawrence KS 708.10 “At this NABC, Allison and Mike put together 6.40 20 Emma Kolesnik - Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA 697.46 the Atlantic City Boardwalk that you experienced 6.15 21 Ed Lyons - Jean Lyons, South Plainfield NJ 695.00 Sunday night. She and Mike are responsible for all 5.93 22 Robin Elliott - Gregory Newcomb, Boulder CO 690.51 the player hospitality at this NABC and engaged the wonderful Counterparts, an a cappella group, that MONDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS you can see at their shows on Wednesday, Thursday 9.0 Tables A B C and Friday nights after the sessions. 2.50 1/2 Cate Frezza - Kim Gandy, Silver Spring MD 65.48% “Let’s all thank Allison Brandt, my friend and a 2.50 1/2 James Korom - Lucia Korom, Milwaukee WI 65.48% volunteer extraordinaire.” 2.00 3 1 Ken Goldberg, Devon PA; Gary Dow, Philadelphia PA 61.01% DeMartino returned to the mic to introduce the 1.20 4 Janet McGlynn - Thomas McGlynn, Catonsville MD 60.12% 2017 Goodwill Member of the Year Nelda Linman. 0.90 5 Tim Sumner, Ephrata PA; Keith Ordemann, Mohnton PA 55.06% (A profile of Linman appeared in Issue 2.) 1.52 2 1 Brenda Donald - Jean Stanhagen, McMurray PA 50.60% DeMartino read from the glowing applications 1.13 3 Grace Sutherland, Danielsville PA; Janet Morganthau, East Stroudsburg PA 49.40% written for Linman for the Goodwill Member of the 0.88 4 Peggy Neubig, Monroe Township NJ; James Sneed, Glendale AZ 46.43% Year honor. 1.14 2 Carolyn James-Weeks, Moorestown NJ; Pat McCarthy, Browns Mills NJ 41.07% “Nelda represents all that is good about the game of bridge. She never utters an unkind word to FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - FINAL 19.00 Tables / Based on 11 Tables her partners or the opponents, she mentors newer 6.83 1/2 Leonardo Cima, Roma 118.63% players, and she works to organize the game in her 6.83 1/2 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA 118.63% area.” 3.62 3/4 Peter Petruzzellis, Scarborough ON 114.94% Linman worked for six years to have a regional 3.62 3/4 Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH 114.94% in central Oregon to give her players the opportunity 3.84 5/6 Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ 111.89% to play at higher levels without traveling. It first took 3.84 5/6 Piotr Olszewski, Hackettstown NJ 111.89% place in 2004. continued on page 7 Page 6 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Daily Bulletin

1988 Claire Tornay, Michael Moss 1989 Dorothy Truscott, Alan Truscott NABC Electronic Device Policy 1990 Jo Ann Manfield, Ken Cohen Except by permission of the director in charge, 1991 Jo Ann Manfield, Danny Sprung any electronic equipment or device capable of 1992 Kitty Bethe, Larry Mori receiving or sending an electronic signal, or capable 1993 Libby Fernandez, Happoldt Neuffer of communicating in any way, may not be operated or 1994 Jillian Blanchard, Geoff Hampson functioning in any manner in the playing area during 1995 Cindy Bernstein, Bob Bernstein a session of play. Any such equipment must not be 1996 Margery Tamres, Joseph Brady visible during the session and must remain off at all 1997 Phyllis Quinn, Wafik Abdou times. 1998 Joan Eaton, Leslie Amoils The above restrictions apply to all players, 1999 Shannon Lipscomb, Mike Cappelletti captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders except 2000 Linda Gordon, Bernie Chazen those persons granted permission by the ACBL, and 2001 Barbara Shaw, Mark Shaw are in force throughout any playing session or segment 2002 Linda Webb, Richard Ekstrum of play. Further restrictions and requirements apply in 2003 Jim Kirkham, Corinne Kirkham events involving live internet and/or yugraph coverage. 2004 Peggy Kaplan, Bill Kent A violation of any of the above restrictions will Cristal Nell and Igor Savchenko won the 2005 John Kranyak, Laurie Kranyak result in an automatic penalty, pursuant to Law 91 of Rockwell Mixed Pairs last year. 2006 Tom Kniest, Karen Walker the Laws of Duplicate Bridge. 2007 Mildred Breed, Richard Zeckhauser NABC+ events Rockwell Mixed Pairs First offense of any kind (ringing, answering or The Mixed Pairs is a four-session event with 2008 Gail Greenberg, Jeffrey Hand initiating a call, texting or browsing) in a session: One two qualifying and two final sessions. Each pair 2009 Karen Walker, Tom Kniest full board, 12 IMPs or 20% of the maximum available must consist of a male and female partnership. The 2010 Scott Levine, Judi Radin VPs per match, at the respective form of scoring. Rockwell Trophy, donated by Helen Rockwell in 2011 Lloyd Arvedon, Carolyn Sessler Second offense in the same session or third offense 1946, honors the winners. 2012 Sheila Gabay, Pat McDevitt within the event, disqualification of the pair or team The record holder in the Mixed Pairs is Sidney 2013 Paul Lewis, Linda Lewis from the event. Silodor, who won the event five times – including 2014 Richard Coren, Janice Seamon-Molson Other events 1955 and 1956 with Helen Sobel. John Crawford 2015 Susan Stubinski, Bruce Wick First offense, in the same session –­ ringing only: won the event three times – in 1948 and 1949 with 2016 Jenni Carmichael, Greg Humphreys one-quarter board, 3 IMPs or 1 VP, at the respective Margaret Wagar and in 1959 with Dorothy Truscott, 2017 Cristal Nell, Igor Savchenko form of scoring; first offense in the same session – the first time they had ever played together. answering or initiating a call, texting or browsing: one- Previous winners: Email us half board, 6 IMPs or 2 VPs, at the respective form of 1946 Anne Burnstein, Alvin Roth Got a hand you just have to share or a nice scoring. 1947 Evelyn Ansin, Charles Goren story? We’d love to see it. Second offense in the same session: two full 1948 John Crawford, Margaret Wagar The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: boards, 20 IMPs or 50% of the maximum available 1949 John Crawford, Margaret Wagar [email protected]. You’ll also find it on VPs per match, at the respective form of scoring. 1950 Peter Leventritt, Ruth Sherman the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” between Third offense in the event: disqualification of the 1951 Edith Rosenbloom, Sidney Silodor the date and the editors’ names. pair or team from the event. 1952 Anne Burnstein, Alvin Roth This email address won’t be checked with any Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed 1953 Jewel Hodge, Paul Hodge regularity when the NABC is not in session, so from the playing area for the remainder of the session. 1954 Said Haddad, Betty Windley please continue to use our office email addresses for This policy applies to all events at NABCs. 1955 Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel non-tournament–related correspondence. 1956 Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel 1957 Bee Gale, Howard Schenken 1958 Carol Ross, Edwin Smith 1959 John Crawford, Dorothy Hayden 1960 Elsie Abrams, William Passell 1961 Art Comstock, Margaret Muirhead 1962 Clarice Holt, Paul Levitt

A similar, three-session event was held at the Spring NABC from 1958 to 1962. Winners: 1958 Mrs. M. J. Novak, John Gerber 1959 Mary Jane Farell, Al Roth 1960 Shirlee Harris, Edward Rosen 1961 Carol Sanders, Tommy Sanders 1962 1-2. Jessie Cook, Grant Marsee 1-2. Shirlee Harris, Edward Rosen

1963 Agnes Gordon, Eric Murray 1964 Dan Morse, Mary Margaret Swan 1965 Betty Kaplan, Edgar Kaplan 1966 Robert Sharp, Louise Sharp 1967 Gertrude Machlin, Kit Woolsey 1968 Marilyn Johnson, Peter Rank 1969 Peggy Parker, Steve Parker 1970 George Dawkins, Carolyn Flournoy 1971 Eugenie Mathe, Lew Mathe 1972 John Mohan, Peggy Sutherlin 1973 Bernie Chazen, Marilyn Johnson 1974 Gerald Caravelli, Helen Utegaard 1975 Barry Crane, Kerri Shuman 1976 Peggy Lipsitz, Steve Parker 1977 Joel Friedberg, Nancy Gruver 1978 Ahmed Hussein, Gail Moss 1979 Juanita Skelton, Mike Smolen 1980 Jeff Meckstroth, Patty Meckstroth 1981 Esta Van Zandt, Jim Zimmerman 1982 Barry Crane, Kerri Shuman 1983 John Gustafson, Helen Gustafson 1984 Kathy Sulgrove, Larry Rock 1985 Beth Palmer, Steve Robinson 1986 Lisa Berkowitz, David Berkowitz 1987 Lisa Berkowitz, David Berkowitz Daily Bulletin Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Page 7

MONDAY EVENING A/X/Y SIDE SWISS TEAMS NABC 10K KNOCKOUT – 27 Tables A X Y QUARTERFINAL PAIRINGS 18 Tables / Based on 16 Tables 14.19 1 Stanley Barg, Washington DC; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Viktor Anikovich - David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 60.00 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Chicago IL 10.64 2 Marc Lachapelle, St.-Laurent QC; Xavier Combey, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; vs Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 58.00 Michael Hughes, Jefferson City MO; John Connolly, Dublin Ireland; 8.52 3 1 1 Thomas Andrews, Utica NY; Carl Perchonock, Jenkintown PA; Michael Donnelly - Stephen Barr, Dublin Ireland Barry Dehlin, Dresher PA; Ala Hamilton-Day, Philadelphia PA 57.00 Mac Busby, San Diego CA; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; 5.99 4 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Barbara McLendon, New York NY; Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 54.00 vs 4.49 5 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Vesa Fagerlund, Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA; Ovunc Yilmaz, South Bend IN; Tampere Finland; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Zhuo Wang, Forest Hills NY; Zihan Tan, Chicago IL Finland 53.00 Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI; Ned Irving, Hot Springs Village 6.39 6 2 David Pelka - Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA; Robert Kent - AR; Stephen Mackay, Markham ON; David Colbert, Etobicoke ON; Ellen Kent, Chicago IL 52.00 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 4.79 7 3 2 Andrew Collins - Somers Collins, Little Rock AR; Sherman Gao, vs Brea CA; Bo Liu, Irvine CA 50.00 Albert Shrive, Naples FL; Michael Ranis, Miami FL; Donald Dalpe, 3.59 4 Thuy Tran, San Franciso CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Fort Myers FL; Anthony Barre, Marco Island FL; Saul Gross, Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA 48.00 Miami Beach FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL 3.08 5 3 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Teri Smoot, Placerville CA; A. William Richard Gabriel, Naples FL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; Larry Schmidt, Morton PA; Suzanne Cook, McKinleyville CA 46.00 Bass, Tamarac FL; Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL 2.02 6 Myra Kolton - Sandra Weil, Boca Raton FL; Rhoda Paul, Englewood vs NJ; Linda Perlman, Milan MI 44.00 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA; Chuck Wong, Danville 2.02 4/5 L. Anne Posch, Sackville NB; Anne Mahoney, Moncton NB; CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA Trisha Malazdrewicz - Gerardo Malazdrewicz, Amherst NS 36.00 2.02 4/5 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Kerry Kappell, Sunnyside NY; Goodwill Robena Foland, Grand Island FL; Bruce Scott, San Jose CA 36.00 continued from page 5 MONDAY EVENING B/C/D SIDE SWISS TEAMS 22 Tables B C D 5.60 1 Laura Tolkow - Bonnie Gellas - David Feldman, New York NY; Rain Yu Han Lan, Sudbury MA 57.00 3.92 2/3 1 Alan Mannheimer, Albuquerque NM; Bill Carstens, Anthem AZ; Darlene Mannheimer, Pittsburgh PA; Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ 56.00 3.68 2/3 Paul Fried - Eli Duttman, Monroe Township NJ; Alan Godes, Needham MA; Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL 56.00 2.94 4 2 David Sloane, Glen Cove NY; Wesley Seitz, Champaign IL; William Strauss - Daniel Bunde, Urbana IL 53.00 1.77 5 Paul Cuneo - Carmen Keys, Houston TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Village TX 50.00 Members of the Aileen Osofsky Goodwill 2.57 6 3 1 Tim Kington, Dublin OH; Corey Sanders, Hilliard OH; Committee attend the reception. Mariee Walton, Cary NC; Leslie Blair, Raleigh NC 49.00 1.93 4 2 Martin Friedman, Greensboro NC; Kenneth Gibson, Stow OH; District 20 Director Merlin Vilhauer then Lori Strager, Farmington Hills MI; Suzanne McIlhiny, Dearborn MI 45.00 presented Linman with a plaque to commerorate the 1.45 5/6 3 Sam Mehta - Alvaro Duenas, Moorestown NJ; Steven Angstreich, honor. Cherry Hill NJ; Leslie Heselton III, Marlton NJ 43.00 “If you look up goodwill in the dictionary, 1.09 5/6 Richard Hartz Jr., Deerfield NY; Kathy Falkenstern, Ponte Vedra Nelda’s name would be there. Nelda is what FL; Betty Youmans, Whitesboro NY; Richard Evans, Rome NY 43.00 goodwill is all about.” 1.08 4 Sara Gainey - Freda Witmer - Elizabeth Abrams - Betsy Cutler, In accepting the honor, Linman thanked her Allentown PA 42.00 husband, Joe Linman, for “enabling my bridge addiction.” RETIREMENT SQUEEZE MONDAY DAYLIGHT SIDE SWISS TEAMS “Joe was my cheerleader when I first started 34 Tables A B C playing and traveling to tournaments. When I finally 9.39 1 Elizabeth Jankord - Amit Chakrabarti, Manhattan KS; Dan Chocron - made Life Master, Joe thought, ‘Whew! That’s Harold George, Wichita KS 61.00 all over!’ He didn’t understand, Nelda said as the 7.80 2 1 Andrew Risman, Toronto ON; Merryl Chin, North York ON; audience laughed. Andy Antipin, Philadelphia PA; John Dauvergne, Stella ON 55.00 Nelda has spent years working for District 20 4.62 3/4 Christopher Panos, Sacramento CA; Jane Havighurst, Allentown PA; and Unit 476 because, she explained, “Bridge has John Schwartz, Macungie PA; Dennis Wick, Greencastle PA 54.00 enriched my life in so many ways.” 5.85 3/4 2 1 Thomas Arnold - Carol Arnold, Basking Ridge NJ; Ira Tarnow - Nelda recounted an early memory in which she Rochelle Schack, West Orange NJ 54.00 won a puppy in a drawing. It was very exciting to 2.97 5 Katherine Pollock, East Amherst NY; Conner Boyd, Key West FL; her as a child, but the day she received the phone Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH; Sharon Fairchild, Rocky River OH 53.00 4.39 6 3 2 Carolyn Accardi, Glens Falls NY; Berne Kouba, Queensbury NY; call from Sandy DeMartino saying she had been Anne Cullom, Montchanin DE; Marcia Abbott, Newark DE 52.00 chosen as the Goodwill Member of the Year topped 3.29 7 4 Amy Ross, New Hope PA; Carolyn Per, Bensalem PA; that experience. Barbara Ann McLaren, Levittown PA; Janis Kritzer, Newtown PA 51.00 “Life just got way better than winning a puppy!” 2.47 8/9 5 Robert Leese, Amherst NH; Marshall Thomas - Sarah Widhu, Nashua NH; Lucy Hulse, Stoneham MA 49.00 1.15 8/9 Raymond Depew - Judith Argento, Naples FL; Beth Rosenthal, Shavertown PA; Judy Null, Kingston PA 49.00 1.85 6 Ruth Fleischmann - Ellen Slater - Gary Slater, New York NY; Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY 47.00 1.10 7/9 Terry Bentley, Lake George NY; Lois Phillips - Joseph Phillips - Judy Dobert, Queensbury NY 46.00 1.10 7/9 Yoon Jhee, Longboat Key FL; Marion Tillack, Sarasota FL; Betsy O’Dell, Tucson AZ; Cynthia Rose, Tumacacori AZ 46.00 1.97 7/9 3 Mee Warren - Jordan Lampe - Christopher Moh - James Keiger, New York NY 46.00 1.48 4 Kathryn Rieger - Richard Canton, Naples FL; Robin Oliva, Moreland Hills OH; Bernhard Kohn Jr, Bloomfield CT 43.00 1.11 5 Gail Ruth, Gladwyne PA; Judith Repp, Evergreen CO; Cheryl Stark Abrams, Villanova PA; Rebecca Matthias, Philadelphia PA 41.00 CEO Bahar Gidwani and Goodwill Committee Chair Sandy DeMartino open the Goodwill Reception. 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limited. During the evidentiary portion, witnesses What Happened to may be asked questions by the charging party as well as the charged party. These hearings are informal, My Player Memo? and the chair will give the charged party or his Part 2: the Disciplinary Process advocate some leeway with procedure since that By Robb Gordon party may be unfamiliar with a hearing process. If In Part 1, I discussed the time line for the you feel that any member of the TDC is biased, you NABC Results player memo. Now we are going to assume the must speak up at the beginning of the hearing and investigation has taken place and the charging party state your reasons for that conclusion. by Email/Text chooses to request that a tournament disciplinary After the closing statements, the TDC retires Want to be notified when results and the Daily committee (TDC) act. We are going to assume these to consider the case. First, the committee must Bulletins from the NABC are posted online? Want to were not serious ethical (cheating) violations – that determine, for each charge, whether the charged see your results in the events you played in? ACBL is a different process. party is culpable for that charge by a “preponderance Live does just that. This case is about a conduct incident that took of evidence.” This happens when the charging party With the ACBL Live notification system, you place at a fictional NABC. It happened on the second has convinced the TDC that the evidence shows that will receive emails and/or text messages after each day of the tournament and involved behavior that there is a more than 50% chance that the allegations session with links that go directly to the information went beyond a Zero Tolerance violation. are true. Note however that, if the violation was you’re looking for. The email/text message will Because of the timing, this case could be heard ethical in nature, the burden of proof would be contain your score for the session and a link to your by a TDC. The advantages to the TDC are that “comfortable satisfaction” which is a much higher results. (These results will also be available on your events are fresh and the parties are generally still on standard, somewhere between a “preponderance of MyResults page at MyACBL.) Players will also site. The disadvantage is that it gives both sides little evidence” and “beyond a reasonable doubt.” It is the receive a notification to indicate when the Daily time to prepare. More complex cases are generally fiduciary duty of the TDC members to use their best Bulletin for that day is available. not heard by a TDC for this reason. Also, because of common-sense judgment about these matters. The This service is automatic for members unless the limited time, the TDC’s powers to discipline are charged party will be promptly notified of the TDC’s they have specifically opted out. To receive text limited to a maximum of 90 days total suspension decision. messages, go to MyACBL at acbl.org and select and/or probation. However, the TDC can send the At this point, the appeal process may begin. Update My Information to enter your email address case to a regular disciplinary committee and ask that Either side can appeal. The levels of appeal, and/or cell phone number. they review it and impose further discipline. depending on where the case originates, can go from Also at MyACBL, visit the Privacy Settings tab A notice of hearing will be sent to the charged a district appellate committee all the way to the to make sure you’ve selected the Subscribe setting party (as well as the charging party). It puts the Appeals and Charges Committee of the ACBL Board for General Email Communication and Cell Phone charged party on notice that he or she is facing a of Directors. Consult the CDR for more information Text Communication to receive these notifications. TDC and the reasons for it. The charged party should on the appeals process. think about who has information about the incident and who could possibly testify at the hearing on his Rubber Bridge Room or her behalf and talk to those people about it. The charged party could also contact the charging party and suggest that they negotiate a resolution of the matter without a hearing. Of course, the TDC would have to approve any negotiated resolution. Before the hearing, the charged party is strongly encouraged to consult the Code of Disciplinary Regulations (CDR) for specific information about charges and the disciplinary hearing process at a tournament. So the charging party (who is the director-in- charge) appearing in front of a TDC may represent himself or appoint an advocate who may not be an Gary Cohen and Jay Whipple. attorney. Generally, the advocate is the Recorder, but it really can be any non-attorney. If the charged party is not comfortable speaking for himself or herself, Alan Sontag with the charged party may also appoint an advocate, several kibitzers. who may not be an attorney, to speak for him or her at the hearing. If the charged party chooses an actual attorney to assist him, the attorney may not appear at the actual hearing, but the charged party could consult with that attorney in-person outside in the hallway during the hearing or by phone. This is intended for both the charging party and the charged party to have a level playing field before the TDC. The charging party or his advocate must be present for the hearing. The charged party is not required to appear and not appearing will have no effect on the outcome except to the extent that a defense might have been presented. Both parties should have submitted a list of witnesses (so they can be contacted) and witnesses may be required to appear (which can be telephonic) if their testimony is crucial. The chair of the TDC sets ground rules – these may include opening statements, evidence presented, and closing statements. Usually each part is time- Bob Harman Eric Rodwell Daily Bulletin Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Page 9

ASSET ASKING MONDAY A/X PAIRS 39.0 Tables / Based on 95 Tables Stepping out A X 36.11 1 Mohamed Heshmat, ; Ahmed Hussein, New York NY 64.33% gets punished 27.08 2 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX 59.71% Clay Hall and Mark Jones won the Lebhar 21.67 3 1 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 58.18% IMP Pairs on Saturday, and this deal from the first 16.25 4 2 Michael Heins, Cocoa Beach FL; Terry Goodykoontz, Tolono IL 58.15% qualifying session helped them to the win. 12.04 5 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 58.02% Dlr: North ♠ A K 9 4 12.19 6 3 Aaron Jones, Oceanside CA; Anne Stein, Mill Valley CA 57.77% Vul: N-S ♥ Q 6 3 9.14 7 4 John Krah - Daniel Poore, Seattle WA 56.49% Bd: 5 ♦ A 5 3 8.02 8 5 William Chen, Lafayette Hill PA; Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA 56.40% 7.22 9 6 Jason Ji, Kendall Park NJ; Qiang Li, North York ON 56.40% ♣ 7 6 3 6.57 10 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 56.36% ♠ J 10 8 6 2 ♠ 5 6.02 11 7 Kerry Cotterell, Clifton Park NY; Bruce Williams, Medford Lakes NJ 56.12% ♥ A K 5 ♥ 10 9 8 7 5.56 12 Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Stephen Sturm, Fullerton CA 55.99% ♦ J 4 2 ♦ K 10 7 5.79 13 8 Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis - Vasileios Vroustis, Athens Greece 55.66% ♣ Q 4 ♣ A K J 10 5 4.81 14 9 Joseph Rice, Winchester KY; E. Bruce Neikirk, Louisville KY 55.49% ♠ Q 7 3 4.51 15 Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland 54.82% ♥ J 4 2 4.25 16 Richard Temkin, Farmington MI; Michael Crane, Canton MI 54.80% ♦ Q 9 8 6 4.01 17 10 Ron Jauch - Jamie Newman, Nevada City CA 54.68% ♣ 9 8 2 3.80 18 11 Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 54.36% West North East South 3.61 19 12 John Schnell - Della Schnell, Paradise Valley AZ 53.99% 3.44 20 13 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Douglas Kuschner, Seattle WA 53.63% Hall Jones 2.89 14 Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC; Dee Steil, New Westminster BC 53.58% 1♣ Pass 1♦ 1♠ 1NT Dbl Pass ASSET ASKING MONDAY B/C PAIRS Pass 2♦ Pass Pass 15.0 Tables / Based on 55 Tables Dbl All Pass B C Responding with light values has many 21.33 1 1 Kenneth Hopke, Annandale VA; Phil Feldman, Los Angeles CA 60.63% champions in the modern game, but such advocates 16.00 2 2 Ke Zhao, Edison NJ; Robert Brolin, Plainsboro NJ 57.71% typically prefer to do so with unbalanced hands. 12.00 3 3 David Waterman, South Harpswell ME; Stephen Kolkhorst, Portland ME 57.39% There would be much less enthusiasm for 9.00 4 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 55.77% responding to a 1♣ opener with South’s balanced 7.11 5 Gary Miyashiro, West Redding CT; Michael Hess, Wilton CT 55.47% 6.09 6 George Mansour, Scranton PA; Roberta Magnus, Brooklyn NY 55.32% junk pile. 5.33 7 Mary Jo Chiesa, Lutherville MD; Phyllis Felser, Pikesville MD 51.65% Hall and Jones, however, encountered an 4.74 8 Edward Alcoff, Plymouth Meetng PA; Lisa Mita, Berwyn PA 51.42% opponent who believed otherwise on this deal, with 4.80 4 Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY; Risa Grossman, Roslyn NY 51.12% South bidding 1♦ in response to the 1♣ opening. Hall 3.79 5 Joyce Joseph, Glencoe IL; John Rothschild, Elkridge MD 50.83% threw in a 1♠ overcall, and North rebid 1NT. Jones 3.25 6 Stephen Pickett, Vancouver BC; Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC 50.66% doubled, and North ran to 2♦. When this was passed back to Hall, he also reached for the red card, ending ASSET ASKING MONDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS the auction, and the play was bloody. 12.5 Tables Hall began with the ♥A and switched to the ♣Q. 7 3 The defense cashed three rounds of clubs and East 5.28 1 1 Todd Kerekes - Patricia Kerekes, Manchester NH 61.62% 3.96 2 David Hurst, Westminster MD; Leonard Feld, Jericho NY 59.42% exited with a spade. Declarer won, cashed the trump 2.97 3 Marty Greengrass - Judy Greengrass, Lutz FL 57.29% ace, and played a low trump toward the queen, but 2.51 4 2 Eugene Kintgen, Annapolis MD; Sue Gleason, Severna Park MD 56.91% East rose with the king, returned a heart to West, and 2.11 5 3 Joyce Leary, Andover MA; Geraldine Macdonald, Los Altos CA 55.96% ruffed the spade return. Then, a fourth round of clubs 1.51 6 4 Tracey Guice - Ivy French, Seattle WA 54.18% from East promoted West’s ♦J . 1.32 7 Carl Ziegler, Kutztown PA; Nancy Machusick, Reading PA 52.94% Down four doubled gave the winners plus 800 1.23 5 Bruce Graham, Dunnellon FL; Beth Batastini, Newton NJ 52.10% for a large pickup of 12.26 IMPs.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MONDAY SENIOR PAIRS 11.0 Tables / Based on 12 Tables A B C Monitoring ACBL will be monitoring events at this and 8.80 1 Andrea Nazda - Serangeli Franca, Rome Italy 56.50% 6.60 2 Bruce Humphreys, Clifton NJ; Burrell Humphreys, Pompton Plains NJ 55.35% future North American Bridge Championships 5.40 3 1 Yizhong Fan, Rockville MD; Nicolas Karamaoun, Blacksburg VA 55.12% with both visible and concealed real-time cameras 4.05 4 2 Liliane Kirchhoff, La Mesa CA; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA 54.31% in public spaces. The images will be recorded and 2.93 5 Roy Perry, St John’s NL; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE 54.05% available for later inspection and review by ACBL 2.51 6 Betty Bursey, Herndon VA; Marsha Brown, Alexandria VA 53.47% management and tournament officials, among 3.04 3 Shameine Ali, Vancouver BC; Tom McKenna, Eugene OR 53.27% others, including members of the Anti-Cheating 3.30 4 David Doretsky - Resa Becher, Aventura FL 51.71% Commission. These recordings will also be uploaded 1.80 5 Irving Gewirtzman, Queens NY; David Parsons, New York NY 50.93% to the internet following the NABC. FRAN & AL ARCHITZEL FRIDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES - FINAL By general monitoring of the session and 70.50 Tables / Based on 20 Tables participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source 12.78 1/2 Martin Johnson Jr., Folly Beach SC 133.44% of information that may be useful in determining 12.78 1/2 Paul Wright Jr., Mount Pleasant SC 133.44% facts and settling issues or disputes arising from 6.60 3/4 Sandi Foreman, Delray Beach FL 122.66% some types of ethical and behavioral complaints 6.60 3/4 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 122.66% 4.89 5/6 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ 120.73% or actions. Please summon a director if a problem 4.89 5/6 Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 120.73% occurs at the table. This procedure is intended to 8.06 7/8 Janet Matthews, The Villages FL 120.02% assure everyone that the playing field is level and 8.06 7/8 Marv Norden, Peachland BC 120.02% that misbehavior will not be tolerated.” 5.97 9/10 Claude Weems, Philadelphia PA 118.20% 5.97 9/10 Tyrone Davis, Philadelphia PA 118.20% Page 10 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Daily Bulletin

BRIDGELADY DBC MONDAY MORNING SIDE GAME Silver Ribbon 11.5 Tables continued from page 1 A B C 4.77 1 Jimmy Pelham, Conley GA; Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC 64.87% 3.58 2 GS Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; James Heneghan, Washington DC 59.19% 2.68 3 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 59.02% 2.01 4 Tom Joyce, East Hartford CT; Rick Prouser, Portland OR 57.66% 1.51 5 Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Robin Hillyard, Carlisle MA 56.85% 3.68 6 1 Margaret Young, Cincinnati OH; Judy Ruehl, Batavia OH 55.20% 2.76 2 Hal Jones Jr., Lorton VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA 54.43% 2.07 3 Roz Silverstein - Philip Silverstein, Bronx NY 51.58% 1.55 4 Sanford Robbins, Pompano Beach FL; Won Yang, Clermont FL 50.93% 2.49 5 1 Nancy Thomas - Thomas Riley, Concord CA 48.64% 1.87 2 Kenneth Gibson, Stow OH; Suzanne McIlhiny, Dearborn MI 48.46%

MONDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 15.0 Tables A B C 3.75 1 1 1 Alice Hand, Bethel Park PA; Mary Taylor, Lawrence PA 66.86% 2.81 2 2 2 Monica Leid, Severna Park MD; William May, Shepherdstown WV 60.98% 2.11 3 3 3 Cheryl Shields - Barbara Augustson, Townsend DE 58.52% 1.58 4 Barbara Yosses, Aurora CO; Julie Burnet, Oakland CA 56.06% Runners-up in the Silver Ribbon Pairs: Gail 1.38 5 4 Kathleen Vernier - Martin Zeldin, Philadelphia PA 55.87% Greenberg and Jeff Hand. 1.03 6 5 4 Butch Wayne Donaldson, Greenbank WA; Russell McKinney, required to have been born before 1959, and they Philadelphia PA 55.68% must have a Silver Ribbon qualification. 0.77 6 Lynn Hamlin - Gail McConnell, Haverford PA 55.30% This was the first NABC title for the winners. 0.76 5 Michael Basch - Ann Basch, Elkins Park PA 54.17% They were in first place after the afternoon MONDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS qualifying session, and ninth going into Monday’s 5.0 Tables final. A 60% game in the first final set brought them A B up to third place, and a 63% game in the second final 1.75 1 1 Barbara Kieffer - George Kieffer, Buckingham PA 59.50% sealed the victory. 1.15 2/3 2/3 Bonnie Grossman - Rosalind Schacher, Warrington PA 54.00% Heymann and Chan are a first-time partnership. 1.15 2/3 2/3 Alicia Brown, Haverford PA; Judy Novick, Bala Cynwyd PA 54.00% When Heymann’s regular partner was unable to play 0.74 4 Karen Mann, Maple Glenn PA; Iris Berkowitz, Philadelphia PA 52.50% in Philadelphia, he arranged a date with Chan for Heymann. EMMA BECK MONDAY DAYLIGHT PAIRS A/X/Y The winners had a four-session total of 2638.75. 56.0 Tables / Based on 137 Tables A B C In second with 2562.97 were Jeff Hand and Gail 36.35 1 Roger Coffman, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Hakan Nilsson, Greenberg of New York City. Top on a board was 77. West Palm Beach FL 123.79% 27.26 2 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Ruth Stober, Floral Park NY 122.39% 20.45 3 Roger Woodin, Rochester NY; Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 121.98% Attention daylight players 15.34 4 Iulian Rotaru - Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 120.20% The coupons you receive at your games are good 12.12 5 Gillian Miniter, New York NY; Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 119.77% only the day they are given. If you try to use them on 10.39 6 Jeff Ruben, Wilmington DE; Andrew Stayton, Rehoboth Beach DE 119.51% a later day, they will not be valid. 9.09 7 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Bill Cook, Louisville KY 119.50% 8.08 8 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 119.21% 7.27 9 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 117.65% 14.35 10 1 Suanne Blair, Morehead KY; John Jensen, Maysville KY 117.40% 6.06 11 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; John Klayman, Haymarket VA 116.74% 5.59 12 Hjordis Eythorsdottir - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 116.44% 10.76 13 2 Samuel Amer, Queens NY; Paul Amer, Newark DE 116.37% 4.85 14 Dennis Thompson, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Sam Borenstein, West Orange NJ 115.89% 8.07 15 3 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Orlando FL 115.28% 6.54 16 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 115.00% 8.32 17 4 Stewart Cramer, Pittsford NY; Lynnette Regan, Norfolk VA 114.41% 6.33 18 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY 113.77% 3.81 19 Sherry Spalding Fardie, Port Orange FL; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 112.22% 5.78 20 5 1 Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Wes Peirce, The Woodlands TX 111.38% 4.10 21 6 Patricia Blackman, Lower Gwynedd PA; Edward Leach, Horsham PA 111.02% 5.54 22 C. Reis, Baton Rouge LA; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 109.98% 3.03 23 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 109.91% 4.34 24 7 2 Stephen Vineberg - Mark Bolotin, Philadelphia PA 109.70% 3.19 25 8 Dennis O’Brien, Ambler PA; Sheldon Per, Bensalem PA 109.60% 2.85 26 Robert L McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 109.58% 2.60 27 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 108.45% 2.87 28 9 Paul Lord, Montreal West QC; Michel Dore’, Laval QC 108.10% 2.61 10 Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA 107.13% 2.73 11 Clifford Wilson Jr., Princeton NJ; Steven Gewirtzman, Ambler PA 106.01% 2.73 12 Bruce Roberts, Ingersoll ON; Mike Peng, Waterloo ON 104.79% 2.05 13 Bryan Delfs, Seattle WA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 104.30% 3.25 14 3 Michael Berard, Glenn Dale MD; Peter Van Zijl, Hanover MD 104.06% 2.44 15 4 Christina van Leeuwen, Kansas City MO; Alexis Shaw, Cherry Hill NJ 102.96% 1.93 5 Helen Walker, Lafayette Hill PA; David Dresher, North Wales PA 102.96% 2.70 6 Gary Knippenberg, Golden Valley MN; Erwin Heisler, Minneapolis MN 102.07% 2.37 7 Chorng-Hour Yang, Parsippany NJ; Chung-Zong Wan, Somerset NJ 101.85% 2.04 8 Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN; Bert Sheldon, Houston TX 100.94% 1.16 9 Jacob Karno, Metairie LA; Wayne Weisler, New Orleans LA 100.37%

MONDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 12.0 Tables A B C 3.30 1 1 1 Rex Wang, Manorville NY; Wei Chang, Wynnewood PA 69.94% 2.48 2 2 2 Timothy Byrnes, Perpigna France; Joe Huddleston, Peoria AZ 66.37% 1.86 3 3 Warren Cole, Hammondsport NY; Frank Gudas, Elmira NY 61.61% 1.39 4 4 3 Grace Sutherland, Danielsville PA; Janet Morganthau, East Stroudsburg PA 59.52% 1.04 5 5 4 Adele Lasman, Philadelphia PA; Butch Wayne Donaldson, Greenbank WA 58.04% 0.78 6 Christina Valente - Melisa Cooper, Philadelphia PA 57.74% Daily Bulletin Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Page 11

MONDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 6.0 Tables Where’s Deep Finesse A B C 1.87 1 1 Pam Nolan - Teresa Brown, Leawood KS 65.33% when you need him? 1.40 2 2 Marie-Louise Ingersoll, Devon PA; Patricia Wood, Berwyn PA 62.75% By Barry Rigal 1.05 3 3 Carolyn James-Weeks, Moorestown NJ; Pat McCarthy, Brown Mills NJ 57.92% This deal (rotated) is from the second qualifying 0.79 4 Brenda Donald - Jean Stanhagen, McMurray PA 57.58% session of the Kay Platinum Pairs. 0.68 4 Pamela Ratigan, Warrington PA; Karen Yung, Doylestown PA 52.08% Dlr: West ♠ A K 6 5 PHIL KRAUSS MONDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS Vul: N–S ♥ Q 9 56.0 Tables Bd: 2 ♦ J 10 5 7 5 2 ♣ A J 6 4 15.16 1 1 Jonathan Clark - Jeff Clark, Branford CT 63.39% ♠ J 8 ♠ 10 9 4 3 2 11.37 2 2 1 Jann Nielsen, Fairfield Glade TN; Thomas Bang, Berwyn PA 61.16% ♥ K 10 8 7 5 4 ♥ J 3 7.47 3/4 3/4 Diana Beaver, Sidman PA; Robert Flynn, McDonald PA 59.97% ♦ K Q 8 ♦ 7 4 3 7.47 3/4 3/4 Jennifer Peterson, Golden Valley MN; Elliot Eskin, Edina MN 59.97% ♣ 9 2 ♣ 10 8 7 5.05 5 5 Livingston Carroll, Sherborn MA; Trey Hyer, Boston MA 59.65% ♠ Q 7 4.33 6 6 2 James Korom - Peter Rofes, Milwaukee WI 59.08% 3.79 7 7 Leida Milazzo, Johnstown PA; John Doyal, Oakmont PA 58.63% ♥ A 6 2 3.37 8 8 3 Janet McGlynn, Catonsville MD; Jill Kolody, Pasadena MD 58.04% ♦ A 9 6 2 3.03 9 9 4 W. Gentry, Kent OH; Douglas Cleland, Collegeville PA 57.74% ♣ K Q 5 3 2.65 10/11 10/11 Sharon Goldman, Havertown PA; David Leavitt, Narberth PA 57.14% At the table, a routine auction (2♥-Dbl-Pass- 2.65 10/11 10/11 Phyllis Sutter, West Linn OR; William Neal, Cheswick PA 57.14% 3NT) saw West lead a top diamond. This sped up the 2.33 12 12 James Koss, Medford NJ; Joseph Delikat, Tabernacle NJ 56.99% play to make 11 tricks easy. 2.17 13 Marian Sussna, New York City NY; Louise Dankberg, New York NY 56.70% On a passive lead, declarer cashes three tricks 2.02 14 13 5 Elise Pechek - Phillip Pechek, Duluth MN 56.55% in each black suit (pitching a heart from hand) and 1.90 15 14 Elizabeth Goldthwait - Mike Goldthwait, Youngstown OH 56.25% runs the ♦J. West will win and broach hearts, letting 1.78 16 15 Patricia Jones, Pickerington OH; Shelley Radcliffe, Dublin OH 55.65% declarer win cheaply and set up a diamond. 2.14 17/18 16/17 Elaine Ennis, Broomfield CO; Randall Harrison, Westminster CO 55.51% 1.64 17/18 16/17 Carol Fountain, Chelmsford MA; Muggsie Rocco, Carlisle MA 55.51% But that isn’t par for North-South. Deep 1.38 19/23 18/22 Carolyn Carter - Danielle Koster, New York NY 55.21% Finesse tells us 6♣ can be made by South. Let’s 1.53 19/23 18/22 6/8 John Graf, Alexandria VA; Paul Mohler, Arlington VA 55.21% revisit the hand on a club lead. Declarer can ruff a 1.75 19/23 18/22 Chris Copple, Eureka CA; Mike Rudnick, Pittsford NY 55.21% spade in hand and draw only two trumps to leave 2.19 19/23 18/22 6/8 Teresa Spicer - William Herdle, Wilmington DE 55.21% communication in place in trumps. Then he can run 1.89 19/23 18/22 6/8 Robin Siegel, Bryn Mawr PA; Wendy Hart, Villanova PA 55.21% the ♦J to West, creating this ending: 1.53 24 23 Donna Dwaileebe - John Luebbe, Laguna Woods CA 55.17% ♠ K 1.53 25/26 Breck Witte - Sarah Witte, New York NY 55.06% ♥ Q 9 1.45 25/26 24 Judith Cary, Orefield PA; Kay Hays, Allentown PA 55.06% ♦ 10 5 1.45 27 25 Judi Katz - Marcy Gookin, Chicago IL 54.76% ♣ A 6 2.26 28 26 Kenneth Iobst, Rockville MD; James Hogue, Columbia MD 54.61% ♠ — ♠ 10 9 PHYLLIS WACHSMAN MONDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS ♥ K 10 8 7 5 ♥ J 3 19.5 Tables ♦ Q 8 ♦ 7 4 A B C ♣ — ♣ 10 6.50 1 Donald Berman, Laurel MD; Betsy Carlson, Charlottesville VA 63.11% ♠ — 4.88 2 1 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 62.49% ♥ A 6 2 3.66 3 Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Marvin Rosenblatt, Rocky Hill CT 61.41% ♦ A 9 6 2.74 4 Piotr Olszewski, Hackettstown NJ; Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ 60.87% 3.58 5 2 Cynthia Silk - Ruth Sheftel, Boynton Beach FL 60.76% ♣ Q 1.75 6 Geoff Booth - Robert Sandfield, Houston TX 59.17% On a diamond shift, declarer can claim, so 2.68 7 3 1 Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Marvin Waxman, Scottsdale AZ 57.34% West must lead a heart. Declarer can win the ♥Q 2.01 4 Ellen Gordon - Sidney Gordon, Melrose Park PA 56.42% and execute a Vienna coup by cashing the ♦A and 1.51 5 Richard Labouliere - Carolyn Labouliere, Seabrook TX 52.18% running the black-suit winners. If West instead tries 1.97 6 2 Wayne Rosenberger, Philadelphia PA; Gerald Kean, Oreland PA 51.18% the ♥K exit, declarer wins the ♥A then runs clubs 1.48 3 Irene Payne, New York NY; Virginia Cenedella, Charlottesville VA 48.52% and spades pitching diamonds from hand. And that 1.11 4 Kathleen Malcolmson, Richmond TX; Wilma Booth, Houston TX 45.69% gives declarer a crisscross squeeze! In the three-card ending, West must reduce one red suit to a singleton. Declarer plays on that suit for the 12th trick.

bracket four, playing with Bobbi Le Feuvre, Holli Marian Sussman of New New Life Masters Mast and Stephen Mast. They came in third. York City became a Bronze Players who become Life Masters in Stadelmayer met Le Feuvre and the partnership desk LM playing in Monday’s Gold Philadelphia should come by the Daily Bulletin in Kansas City last year and ran into each other by Rush Pairs with partner Louise office (Meeting Room 407 in the Marriott) after chance here and decided to play together again. Dankberg, also of NYC. noon to have their photos taken. Other rank changes (Bronze, Silver, etc.) are welcome, too. David Leavitt of Narberth PA made Life Master playing in Pat Stadelmayer of Pine the Phil Krauss Daylight Gold Marshall Thomas of City NY needed .76 gold points Rush Pairs on Monday with Nashua NH attained the rank of to make Life Master, so with Sharon Goldman. He needed .70 Silver Life Master on Sunday the Spirit of ’76 on her mind, gold points and got it placing playing in Evening Side Game she came to Philadelphia. She 10th in the event. Series. His partner was Bud got it in Monday’s Retirement Leese of Amherst NH. Planning Compact Knockout Page 12 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Daily Bulletin

VANDERBILT KO TEAMS – ROUND OF 64 PAIRINGS 77 Tables Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Robert Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Eric Rodwell, Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Marcin Lesniewski, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL Zakopane Poland vs vs Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA; Alan Kudisch, East Norwich NY; Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Sally Brock, Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA London England; Fiona Brown, Yorkshire England; Kerri Sanborn - Stephen Sanborn, Delray Beach FL Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Mike Beverly Hills CA Passell, Plano TX; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Greg Hinze, San vs Antonio TX; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON Josh Sher, Coral Gables FL; Alexander Kolesnik - John Ramos, Los vs Angeles CA; Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ; C. Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Paul Gipson, Duns England; Alex Gipson, Orpington England; Aran Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA Warszawski, Rehovot Israel; Dan Israeli, Tel Aviv Israel

John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Boye Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Jay vs Barron, Tulsa OK; Ashley Bach, Sydney Australia Michael Cassel, Roseville MN; Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA; vs Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Long Lake Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Thomas MN Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON Agustin Madala - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy; Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Miriam Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark Harris-Botzum - John Botzum, Orefield PA Gardens FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm vs Beach Gardens FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Yukun Zhang - Kien Fong, Singapore Singapore; Mingyang Zhou - Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Tor Helness - Geir Helgemo, Astoria NY Xinchen Zhu, Berkeley CA Monaco; Aleksander Dubinin - Andrew Gromov, Moscow Russia vs vs Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker - Olin Hubert, Atlanta James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li- GA; Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Giovanni Donati, Italy; Lorenzo Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Jim Munday, Southaven MS Lauria - Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus - John Mohan vs Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Daniel Korbel - Curtis Cheek, - Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Daniel Wilderman - Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Kenneth Las Vegas NV; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland Zuckerberg, Chicago IL; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR; Eric Sieg, Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands vs Seattle WA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ vs Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Jenny Wolpert, Palm Beach Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Peter Gill, Gardens FL; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York Sydney Australia; Adam Stokka, Umea Sweden Jacco Hop, Rotterdam; Meike Wortel, Oslo Norway NY; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Nethlerlands; Chen Zhao, College Park MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Hua Poon vs Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Alon Birman - - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; David Bakhshi, London England vs Aires Argentina; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India; Michael Whibley, vs Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Cecilia Rimstedt, Onsala Auckland New Zealand; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India Nader Hanna - Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON; Bryan Sweden; Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden; Nick Jacob, New Zealand; Maksymetz, Vancouver BC Odin Svendsen - Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway Richard Coren - Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Jo Cairo Egypt Thomas Bessis - Jean Quantin, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA vs Les Moulin France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France vs Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; Thomas Paske, Hereford England; vs Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Allan Graves, Hammonds Plain Artur Malinowski, Harrow England; Phillip King, Harrow Middlesex Xin Li, Guangdong People’s Republic of China; Ming Sheng, NS; Oren Kriegel - Ron Smith, Chicago IL; Maarten Schollaardt, England Chicago IL; Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Yanpei Netherlands; Tom Van Overbeeke, Utrecht Netherlands Zhao, Beijing China Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Tim Verbeek, DrieBergen, Utr ; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag ; Bob Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Sjoert Brink, Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL vs vs vs Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA; Debbie Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Bjorn Fallenius - Michael Moss - Shane Blanchard - Robert Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Elisabeth Sylvester, Paddington Australia Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy; Kamil Nowak, Kielce Poland; Blanchard, New York NY Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Zia Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li - Xu Hou, Beijing People’s Republic of Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Joyce Hill, St. Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, China; Lidang Dong, Shaanxi People’s Republic of China Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden Melbourne FL; Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; Kevin Bathurst, Palm vs vs Beach Gardens FL Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Allan Livgard, Norway; Jostein Sorvoll, Stefan Skorchev, Bulgaria; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Peter vs Oslo Norway; Sverre Koch, Norway Crouch, Surrey England; Simon Cope, Hertfordshire England Roberto Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Stefano Tommasini, Santa Catarina Brazil; Marcello Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; William Pollack, New York NY; Ross Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Roy Welland, La Rovere, Rio De Janeiro Brazil Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Mitch Dunitz, New York NY; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Frederic Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA Wrang - Johan Sylvan, Stockholm Sweden Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; John McAllister, Keswick VA; Jacob vs vs Roen, Copenhagen Denmark; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Peter Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Rose Meltzer, Chapel Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; Clyde Bertheau, Taby Sweden Hill NC; Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria; Rosen Gunev, Sofia Kruskal, College Park MD; Michael Richey, Springfield VA vs Bulgaria; Vladimir Marashev, Sofia Bulgaria; Ivan Tsonchev, Sofia Miguel Teixeira - Paulo Sarmento - Joad Barbosa - Carlos Luiz - Bulgaria Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Piotr Reinaldo Timoteo, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland; Michael Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan, New York NY; Drew Casen, Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; David Gold, London England; Jerry Metarie LA; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL vs Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria; Michael Bell, London vs Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow England Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jeff Poland; Janusz Gawecki, Kielce Poland; Maciej Klis, Krakow Poland vs Roman, Bend OR; Karlis Rubins, Riga Latvia Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Liam Milne, Sidney Australia; Tor Eivind Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Grude - Lars Arthur Johansen, Trondheim Norway QC; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Poland; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden vs vs Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY Daily Bulletin Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Page 13

RETIREMENT PLANNING MONDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 1 NAP-C 10 Tables 14.28 1 Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bruce Tuttle - continued from page 1 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Bob Etter, Elk Grove CA 10.00 2 H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Edward Zuckerberg, Los Altos Hills CA; Clifford Nebel, Hastings Hudson NY; Susan Duval, Irvington NY 6.43 3 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Peter Manzon - Cecilla Borras, Waltham MA; Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA 5.00 4 Marianne Goff, Margate City NJ; Margaret Coe, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; Carole Craige, Pomona NJ; Karen Sylvester, Court House NJ

RETIREMENT PLANNING MONDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 2 12 Tables 9.58 1 Michael Klemens, Tarzana CA; Howard Siegel, Boston MA; Arlyne Shockman, Philadelphia PA; Kevin O’Brien, Arlington VA 6.71 2 Hans Neuteboom, Manchester NJ; Janet Matthews, The Villages FL; Horia Ioanid, East Brunswick NJ; Pat Guadagno, W Long Branch NJ 4.31 3 Barack Peled, Reisterstown MD; Judy Nixon, Second in the North American Pairs Flight C: Flower Mound TX; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Tobey Roland, Jon Gassaway and Roger Thomas, representing Baltimore MD District 20. 3.35 4 Joel Myers - Elio Grissani, Elkins Park PA; Unlike last year when they won the event by a Owen Comer, Southampton PA; Barry Frank, Wyndmoor PA single matchpoint, this time the Zhangs won going RETIREMENT PLANNING MONDAY DAYLIGHT away, by two and a half boards. Starting the day COMPACT KO 3 in 22nd place, they took the lead in Monday’s first 13 Tables 7.44 1 Stephen Pope - Ornit Grossman - Edythe Krauss final session with a 70.46% and capped it off with a - Ellen Ryan, Ithaca NY 56.54% in the evening. 5.21 2 R Shenkin - Susan Shenkin, West Chester PA; It’s pretty hard to win Flight C two years in a Karen Pollak, Exton PA; Caroline Hughes, Wilmington DE 3.35 3 Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn row – usually because you’re not still in Flight C a Mawr PA; Michael Garnek, King of Prussia PA; Robert Grinwis, year after you’ve won an event like this. This event Downingtown PA is limited to non-Life Masters with less then 500 2.60 4 Art Simons - Fred Kurz - Shirley Kastenberg - masterpoints. Gerald Gary Abelow, Cherry Hill NJ “We don’t get to play very much,” Henry Zhang RETIREMENT PLANNING MONDAY DAYLIGHT explained. “I travel a lot for work.” COMPACT KO 4 He acknowledged it would be hard to stay in 16 Tables 6.01 1 Lewis Maddock - Ruth Ellen Maddock, Flight C a third year. “Maybe we’ll try Flight B next Hagerstown MD; Victor Poon, Stony Brook NY; Michael Viscusi, year.” Nesconset NY In second place, representing District 20, are 4.21 2 Denise Archambault, Mont-Royal QC; Marie- Roger Thomas and Jon Gassaway from the Portland Claude Loisel - Diane Rodrigue - Joyce Ward, Montreal QC 2.70 3 Barbara Devaney - Alexander Stille, Washington area. The Oregonians had their best session in DC; Catherine Chicos, Gladwyne PA; Mollie Slattery, Villanova PA Sunday’s first qualifying session, when they were 2.10 4 Fran Hofherr, Swoyersville PA; Helen Tanski, leading the event with a 63.30%. They started the Wilkes Barre PA; Susan Burrows-Solomon, Kingston PA; Patricia Rosenthal, Dallas PA day in fifth and had two decent final sessions of 54.38% and 53.77%. Page 14 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Daily Bulletin

RUSTY KRAUSS SUNDAY-MONDAY KO 1 6.50 2 Lynne Colker - Alan Colker - Nurit Elis - Ami 9 Tables Elis, Pittsburgh PA 35.47 1 Kenji Miyakuni - Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan; 4.18 3 Patricia Purvis - Barrie Purvis - Gamil Tadros - Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Hiroki Yokoi, Shinjuku-Ku Helen Dillen, Calgary AB Tok Japan 3.25 4 Daniel Lustig, Germantown TN; Larry Jackson, 24.83 2 Daniel Boye, Farmington NY; Barbara Doran - Memphis TN; Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO; Joyce McMonagle, Eric Landau, Silver Spring MD; Larry Sunser, Syracuse NY Cordova TN 14.19 3/4 Corey Krantz - Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Andrew Russell, St. Catharines ON; Michael Gamble, RETIREMENT PLANNING MONDAY COMPACT KO 4 Shawnigan Lake BC; Susan Humphries, Auckland New Zealand; 16 Tables Marusa Basa, London England 7.59 1 Yixin Tang, Oak Park IL; Shawn Drenning - Jarek 14.19 3/4 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Yasuko Shrenzel, Langer, Austin TX; Ping Hu, Naperville IL Honolulu HI; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Barbara McLendon, 5.31 2 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; New York NY Dixie Wantoch, Overland Park KS; D. Abraham, Windsor ON 3.42 3 Stephen Mast - Holli Mast, Corning NY; Patricia RUSTY KRAUSS SUNDAY-MONDAY KO 2 Stadelmaier, Pine City NY; Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 9 Tables 2.66 4 Mary Jo Whitehead, Lisle NY; Caroline Polo 16.70 1 James Breihan - Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston Traverso - Emily Rankin - Jon Rankin, Nichols NY TX; Marilyn Adams, Beaumont TX; Joe Yassi, Etobicoke ON 11.69 2 Maureen Beyrouti, St.-Laurent QC; Francoise St. Pierre, Beaconsfield QC; Gary Hastings - Michel Bertrand, Dorval QC Convention card reminder 6.68 3/4 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Hal Jones Jr., Lorton Each player is required to have a convention VA; Cindy Havens, Riverview NB; Leon Der-Ohannessian, Bryn card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a Mawr PA session. The convention card must include the first 6.68 3/4 Larry Plotkin, Elkins Park PA; J. Brill, Voorhees NJ; Steve White, Broomall PA; Peter Schulman, Bala Cynwyd PA and last name of each member of the partnership, and the cards must be identical. RETIREMENT PLANNING MONDAY COMPACT KO 1 If a director determines that neither player has 16 Tables a substantially completed card, the partnership may 22.99 1 Margie Cole - Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY; Claire Alpert, Miami FL; Sylvie Willard, Paris France play only the Standard American Yellow Card and 16.09 2 Craig Biddle, Pittsburgh PA; Selen Hotamisligil, may use only standard carding. This restriction Weston MA; Marc Nathan - Cathy Nathan, New York NY may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent 10.35 3 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA; Natalie Bassil - Marina Polestra, Boston MA round after convention cards have been properly 8.05 4 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA; David prepared and approved by the director. Further, the Rodney, Fairfax VA; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each board played, commencing with RETIREMENT PLANNING MONDAY COMPACT KO 2 12 Tables the next round and continuing until the restriction is 12.26 1 Ellyn Plato - John Boyer, Yonkers NY; Joyce lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at the Goldstein, Brooklyn NY; Bruce Adler, Wilton CT discretion of the director. 8.58 2 Sanford Robbins - Betty Triliegi, Pompano Beach FL; John Dunstan, Bloomington MN; Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD If the director determines the partnership has at 5.52 3 Ellen Coffield - Byron Southern, Little Rock AR; least one substantially completed convention card Nancy Strohmer - Hans Strohmer, Houston TX but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, 4.29 4 Maureen Murphy - Tim Edwards-Davies, Ottawa ON; Rona Cappell, Toronto ON; Allison L Cappelletti, Delray Beach the director may give warnings or assign such FL penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the circumstances. RETIREMENT PLANNING MONDAY COMPACT KO 3 The objective of these warnings and penalties is 11 Tables 9.29 1 Julie Arbit, Charlotte NC; Anastasia Tsavaris, the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL Rock Hill SC; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Jonathan regulations. Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI Daily Bulletin Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Page 15

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Hugh Ross Day Wednesday, March 14, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Wednesday-Thursday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Tuesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Bridgelady DBC Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Note: NOT played at Bridgelady DBC. Wednesday, March 14, 10 a.m. Hugh Ross 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Hugh Ross 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Wednesday, March 14, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Hugh Ross Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Grand Ballroom D, 5th floor $16 $20 Hugh Ross Daylight A/B/C Swiss Teams (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Hugh Ross Daylight Gold Rush Swiss Teams (750/500/200) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Wednesday, March 14, Noon & 7 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round of 32 Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $25 — 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 SF Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $17 — Wednesday, March 14, 1 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 1st single session Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 Wednesday, March 14, 1 & 7:30 p.m. ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor $25 — Hugh Ross Flight A/X Open Pairs (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Room 119, Convention Center $16 $20 Hugh Ross Flight B/C Open Pairs (3000/1500) 1-2 Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 Charlie Gray Mixed Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 Hugh Ross Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Arnie Fisher Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Wednesday, March 14, 3 p.m. Hugh Ross 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Hugh Ross 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Wednesday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday Evening Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1st Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 Hugh Ross Flight A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Hugh Ross Flight B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams (3000/1500/750) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 2nd single session Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 Hugh Ross 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Hugh Ross 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Hugh Ross Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Wednesday, March 14, 11:30 p.m. Hugh Ross Zip KO Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–3000) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

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Today’s Bridge Events Tuesday, March 13, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Monday-Tuesday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Tuesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Bridgelady DBC Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Note: NOT played at Bridgelady DBC Tuesday, March 13, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Tuesday, March 13, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Jane Segal Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Daylight Compact KO Teams 1-4 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Tuesday, March 13, 1 p.m. Phyllis Wachsman Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 3rd single session Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 Tuesday, March 13, 1 & 7:30 p.m. ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor $25 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round of 64 Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $25 — 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 QF Grand Ballroom D, 5th floor $17 ­— A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Room 119, Convention Center $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 Gold for 0-750. Arnie Fisher Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Tuesday, March 13, 3 p.m. Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 p.m. Flight A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Flight B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams (3000/1500/750) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Monday-Tuesday Evening Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 2nd Room 119, Convention Center $16 $20 Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 4th single session Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–3000) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Today’s Sponsors Jane Segal Daylight A/B/C Pairs Arnie Fisher Tuesday-Wednesday upon hearing the sound. Hers was the cackle of an Sponsored by Jane’s friends – Fran Abramson, Knockout Teams unadulterated penchant for life. Philly’s life journey Wendy de Chadarevian, Rhoda Grossman, Sponsored by Wilmington was a perpetual joy ride. No one yearned to live as Fran Tobin and Joan Warren Country Club much or as long. She attacked her breast cancer like a Jane Segal of Bala Cynwyd The Wilmington Country Club tough street fighter, yet, grievously, it was not to be. PA passed away last July after a duplicate bridge group is pleased to Philly taught me the game of bridge. We shared valiantly fought, long and difficult honor our director, Arnie Fisher, by naming a four- highs and lows in impossible contracts and ridiculous illness. Jane loved bridge and made session regional knockout in his name. results. On the incredible days, when our opponents an extraordinary impact on the world Arnie is a Grand Life Master with seven national threw “tops” at us, we fretted that a truck was coming of bridge as a nationally recognized championships and thousands of regional wins. Arnie to flatten us. And, of course, she cackled. We became player. She was the quintessential ambassador for began directing the group at the Wilmington Country Life Masters at a regional women’s tournament at the bridge. She was most well known in the Philadelphia Club on the first Thursday of September 1987. He is New York Hilton. area as a teacher, director, mentor and organizer of a friend to us all. Philly cherished bridge and it brought her bridge charity events. unbridled comfort in her final days. She is forever Jane served as Unit 141 president, District Phyllis Wachsman Monday-Tuesday with me. 4 president, and member of the Aileen Osofsky Side Game Series Goodwill Committee. Sponsored by Lenore and Ted Levy Bridgelady DBC Monday-Wednesday Playing with her, her partners noticed how In Memory of Phyllis Wachsman 1947–2002 Side Game Series many people stopped by her table to say hello and Phyllis Wachsman resides in my heart. BFFs, Sponsored by Beth Rosenthal wish her well. She taught so many. For more than before the term was ever coined, we barreled into one Bridgelady Duplicate Bridge five decades, she funneled countless hundreds of another at Camp Navajo, age 8, and our friendship Club, located in northeastern new players into club and tournament bridge, a vital stuck like scrambled eggs to a pan. Our hyperbolic Pennsylvania, holds weekly games function to our very existence. We miss her greatly. perspectives on life synched. in Dallas and Pittston. We have been When I close my eyes and reminisce, I hear holding games and teaching bridge for 24 years. her laugh. Laugh is an understatement. Bellowing. Our goal is to encourage good sportsmanship, good Raucous. Cacophonous. People bolted for shelter bridge and good fun!