Saturday, July 28, 2018 Volume 90, Number 2 Daily Bulletin 90th North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Sue Munday GNT Open: Vegas vs. NYC, A Teacher for the 21st Century Chicago vs. Florida Henry Meguid has earned the 2018 Teacher of In today’s semifinal action in the Grand National the Year award from the American Bridge Teachers’ Teams, the Championship Flight features two Association. The announcement of the award – battles. In one bracket, the District 17 squad of Josh sponsored by – was made at the Donn and his Vegas-based teammates takes on the ABTA’s meeting this week in Atlanta. District 24 team of Raluca Dobrescu and company Meguid, who operates the Bridge Academy of from the New York City area. In the other bracket, North Carolina in Durham, is an extensive user of Jeff Wolfson’s Chicago-based team (District 13) modern technology in his teaching. faces the Florida powerhouse captained by Warren Richard Braunstein, the chair of the committee Spector, representing District 9. that selects the annual Teacher of the Year recipient, In the quarterfinal round, Donn trailed the says, “Henry’s lessons provide a multimedia New England-based team led by Doug Doub by experience to the students. With cards on the table, 31 IMPs after three quarters, but rallied in the final Henry gives excellent explanations of bridge set to advance 103-96. Dobrescu led the defending concepts, and at the same time, has slick slide-show champions from District 21 (captained by Chip presentations projected on screens from his computer. Henry Meguid accepts the Teacher of the Year Martel) throughout their match and successfully held He backs up his lessons with excellent notes provided award from the ABTA’s Richard Braunstein. off a last-quarter challenge by the Bay Area team to to the students. He also conducts group lessons via In addition to the ACBL’s Longest Day, Henry win 101-95. the internet using web-casting software and small- runs charity events for a veterans support group continued on page 5 group lessons on Bridge Base Online. Henry also called ‘Hope for the Warriors’ and a local charity serves the American Bridge Teachers’ Association as organization, Town & Country Garden Club, which Brenner-Caprera lead the chairman of its Technology Committee. “Henry is an active participant in charity events. continued on page 5 von Zedtwitz The Denver duo of Anne Brenner and David My Tryst with Bridge Caprera topped yesterday’s qualifying round in By Kiran Nadar, HCL the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs. Brenner and Caprera scored more than 64% in both the first and The will witness participation from 45 countries. The second sessions to lead the 156 pairs of qualifiers for Commonwealth nervous anticipation leading up to the championship today’s semifinal round. Their carryover is 142.06 Games, an and the excitement of having the privilege to matchpoints. international multi- represent our country in yet another historic event is Narrowly in second are New Yorkers Kent sport event involving a unique experience for us. Mignocchi and . Their carryover athletes from 53 My own tryst with bridge began as a child, when today is 140.22. member states of my father introduced me to the game around the Third place belongs to Canadians Michael the Commonwealth, time I was 10 and encouraged my siblings and me to Roche and John Carruthers with 136.57. hosted in Australia practice it. Playing bridge was a family ritual with all in 2018, saw India of us bonding over it and I have loved the sport ever register a momentous since. Californians set pace in win when my team My husband – Shiv Nadar, founder and chairman Bruce LM Pairs (The Formidables) won the bridge championship. of HCL, a global technology conglomerate – and The long hours of practice that we put in came to I share our passion for this sport. Playing bridge James Weeks of Palm Desert CA and Neil Stern fruition as India won the gold in the sport after 12 together created a special bond between us when we of Indio CA posted the best score in the qualifying long years. Our performance at the Commonwealth first met. Later, I began playing bridge professionally round of the Bruce Life Master Pairs, restricted Games has built our appetite to win more, and we are continued on page 7 to players with less than 6000 . The now preparing to represent India at the 2018 Asian leaders scored a modest 57.10% in the afternoon Games in August, to be held in Indonesia, where session and combined it with a 61.32% effort in the bridge is included as a competitive sport for the first evening session. Their carryover is 509.67. time. The Asian Games are a continental multi-sport In second with a carryover of 505.67 are John event, held every four years, and the 2018 edition Bridgewater II of Columbus IN and Rajasekhar Menon of Southlake TX. The third-place pair is the St. Louis-based duo of Mark Boswell and Mark Zellmer with 499.13. Sixty-four pairs will play in today’s semifinal 1936–2018 round. John Sutherlin died which he lost after breaking an ankle. Young 0-2500 Pairs May 12 in Dallas TX. The Before he retired, John was vice president of Michael Heins of Champaign IL and Bharat Grand Life Master was 81 Crocker Investment Management Corporation, Rao of Berwyn PA had the best performance in the years old. which merged with Wells Fargo. He also served six first round of the Young 0-2500 Pairs. They lead the John won the World years in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. qualifiers with a carryover of 30.00 matchpoints. Senior Team Championship John served the ACBL as national recorder from In second with 26.89 are San Francisco-area at the 2000 Olympiad in 1986–1996, and continued through the years to work players Charles Riffle and Douglas Grant, while Maastricht, Netherlands. He behind the scenes, analyzing deals from tournaments third place after the qualifying round is the Toronto also won two silver medals, to detect possible misconduct. duo of Jacob Freeman and Martin Zhao with 26.01. including a second-place John and Peggy were both honored for their finish in the World Mixed Pairs in 1982 with his extensive contributions to the game when they were wife, Peggy. (John and Peggy met playing bridge in continued on page 7 1959; they married in 1967.) Goodwill Message John amassed 13 North American titles, Pre-registration information including two Vanderbilt KO trophies and a • Pre-registration for the KO Teams is Spingold KO. He won his first NABC title, the required before 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 29. See Today is Junior Day. Have a word of , with Peggy in 1962. TD Matt Smith in the Atrium Ballroom. encouragement for our young players, for they are John was born in Mishawaka IN. His family • Pre-registration is required for the Mini-Spingold the future of our game. moved to California in 1946. After graduating from KO Teams (6000 and 2500) before 11 a.m. on Sandy DeMartino, Chair San Mateo High School, he attended the University Tuesday, July 31. Entries may be purchased in ACBL Goodwill Committee of California at Berkeley on a track scholarship, the Atrium Ballroom. Page 2 Saturday, July 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS All events are at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. 10-11:30 am of Governors meeting and ACBL General Saturday, July 28 Membership meeting. All members of the ACBL Board of JUNIOR DAY Governors are invited to attend the Summer NABC meeting. 8 am-Noon Best Practices Teacher Workshop. ACBL’s seminar for This meeting is also open to the general membership of the people interested in learning how to teach bridge. (Atrium ACBL. (Atrium Ballroom) Level, A703) Noon-2 pm BridgePlus+ Game. A special game for newer (0-20 9:30 am-Noon ACBL Educational Foundation meeting. (Lobby Level, MP) players. 14 boards, no card fee. (International Level, L401) International Hall) 10 am-Noon Laws Commission. (Lobby Level, L405) 2-6 pm BP Teacher Assessment. (Atrium Level, A703) 10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Jerry Helms followed by a special 1-5 pm Notrump in a Day™ Be one of the first to experience the game for newer players. (Atrium Level, A601) new “In A Day” workshop series, Notrump in a Day. This Noon-2 pm Bridge-Plus+ Game. A special game for newer (0-20 workshop explores basic notrump bidding and the most MP) players. 14 boards, no card fee. (International Level, common responses, from raises to Stayman and Jacoby International Hall) transfers. If you need help knowing when to use which 1-6 pm Learn Bridge in a Day?™ This popular session is designed convention, what your second bid should be or what your especially for true beginners, those returning to bridge after partner is telling you, this workshop is for you! $20 at the long absences and those merely wanting to “test the waters” door. Course includes student workbook, presentation and before committing to formal classes. The concentrated course practice hands. (Atrium Level, A601) includes both class instruction and coached play. No pre- Monday, July 30 registration required. Fee: $20 covers textbook and door GOODWILL DAY prizes. (Atrium Level, A601) 9-10:30 am K–12 School Bridge Discussion Panel. Hear from teachers 6:30-9 pm Learn Bridge in a Day?™ Teacher Accreditation. Teacher with successful K-12 school bridge programs as they training includes information on organizing and marketing share their best practices. The panel will be moderated by LBIAD as well as maximizing retention rates, writing , and there will be time for questions from the effective grant requests and the presentation of the seminar. audience. (Lobby Level, L401) (Atrium Level, A601) 10 am-Noon Competition and Conventions Committee. (Lobby Level, Sunday, July 29 L405) 8 am-Noon Best Practices Teacher Workshop. ACBL’s seminar for 10 am-Noon Social Bridge Room. (Marquis Level, M101) people interested in learning how to teach bridge. (Atrium 10:30-Noon Goodwill Committee Chair (Atrium Level, A707) Level, A703) 10:30 am-Noon Teacher and Club Owner Roundtable. Discuss ideas, 8:30-10 am Audrey Grant’s Modern Techniques for Bridge Teachers. problems, solutions and best practices with both new and Audrey Grant’s hands-on approach and creative use of the veteran teachers and club managers. (Lobby Level, L401) table, cards and bid boxes keeps students engaged, excited 11 am-Noon USBF Board meeting. (Atrium Level, A702) and focused. She will share these teaching techniques in this 2-6 pm BP Teacher Assessments. (Lobby Level, L402) breakfast seminar. Fee: $20 covers breakfast and materials. 5-7 pm Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill (Atrium Level, A601) Committee members only. (Atrium Level, A601) 10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Audrey Grant followed by a special game for newer players. (Atrium Level, A601) CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Sunday, July 29 Talks will be held in the International Hall on the International Level. 9:15 a.m. Phillip Alder Top Tip of All Time Saturday, July 28 6:45 p.m. Frank Stewart Logical Thinking 9:15 a.m. Patty Tucker The Match Game Monday, July 30 9:15 a.m. Marty Nathan ntro to Signaling 6:45 p.m. William Bedard Cuebid Limit Raise ENTERTAINMENT Entertainment from Saturday, July 28, through Friday, Aug. 3, will begin Saturday, July 28 immediately following the evening session. The performers are happy to take Craig Gleason will play and sing classic oldies. Craig is a popular Atlanta song requests. musician who has performed throughout the United States and Europe. Sunday, July 29 The Stephen Lee Band will provide music for you to dance the night away. HOSPITALITY Saturday, July 28 2 p.m. International Level 10:30 p.m. Marquis Level Haagen-Dazs ice cream bars Peach cobbler, peaches and cream Sunday, July 29 10:30 p.m. Marquis Level Top round steak and potato cake, brownies Noon Atrium and Marquis levels Cash bar Haagen-Dazs ice cream bars Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 28, 2018 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Lead Play commentary: As South, the fly in the Thinking bridge commentary: As ointment is a possible 4-1 break in clubs. The idea By Eddie Kantar West, no singleton is to try to discover which opponent, if either, leads (unless partner has four-card club length. Think counting. Win Defense to 2♣ opening. The . has bid the suit) the ♠A, draw three trumps ending in dummy and Dealing with two-way suits. Counting. against a voluntarily a spade. When West follows up the line, play Dlr: South ♠ A 6 4 bid grand slam! West for three spades and East for six. When Vul: N-S ♥ 10 4 3 Partner can’t have counting, it makes life so much easier if you ♦ 10 6 3 the ace and your lead count the hand of the player with the known long ♣ A 10 3 2 might chew up the suit, East in this case. East has six spades and has ♠ 8 7 5 ♠ K Q J 10 9 2 jack, queen, or both turned up with two hearts, already eight known ♥ 8 7 5 ♥ 6 2 in your now-unhappy cards. Next, cash your diamonds, saving clubs, ♦ J 9 8 7 5 4 ♦ 2 partner’s hand. The your key suit, for last. When East turns up with ♣ 6 ♣ J 8 7 5 lead of a singleton against a small slam has more one diamond, she must have four clubs, leaving ♠ 3 to gain. If partner has the ace of the singleton suit West with a singleton. Cash the ♣K, cross to the ♥ A K Q J 9 or the ace of trumps, you get a ruff. However, if ♣A, West showing out as expected, and lead a ♦ A K Q you have an ace, forget a singleton lead against a club to the 9. There is no substitute for counting. ♣ K Q 9 4 voluntarily bid slam. West North East South 2♣ Pass 2♦ 3♠ 4♥ Pass 4♠ Pass 4NT Pass 5♥ Pass 7♥ Here are Shari Poliquin All Pass from Solivita FL, and Opening lead: ♠5 Sandra Waldorp from Bidding commentary: As East, take Oklahoma City, checking advantage of the vulnerability and as high in for last night’s 299’er as you dare before the 2♣ bidder has a chance to game. Director Scott “Fred express the nature of the hand. As North, with Friendly” Campbell is two aces facing a 2♣ opener, slam should be right happy to welcome them. around the corner. Your 4♠ cuebid shows slam Intermediate/Newcomer interest in hearts. As South, after North bids 4♠, players play at all hours of you have an easy 4NT bid. When partner shows the day: there are games at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. two aces, bid 7♥. You can practically count 13: five hearts, three diamonds, one spade and a great chance for four club tricks.

Stay in touch Board of Governors, Trying for the Is your email address on file? Is it up to date? Annual Membership By Let ACBL know. Call toll-free, 800–264–2743 When District 3 took on the all-conquering (Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Time), Meeting notice District 9 squad from Florida, the District 3 gang or email [email protected]. The ACBL Board of Governors will convene lost handily, but they were at least able to land one Sunday, July 29, at 10 a.m. in the Atrium Ballroom. body-blow: Following the opening remarks and approval of the ♠ K Q 9 minutes from the Spring NABC in Philadelphia, ♥ J 10 5 2 the Board of Governors will temporarily adjourn to ♦ A 4 3 open the ACBL Annual Membership Meeting, which ♣ J 6 5 is open to all ACBL members in good standing. ♠ J 5 ♠ 10 8 The agenda for the Annual Membership Meeting ♥ 6 4 ♥ K Q 9 3 includes reports from the ACBL President, the ♦ Q J 9 6 2 ♦ K 10 8 5 Executive Director, the In-House Counsel and the ♣ K 9 7 2 ♣ Q 8 4 Treasurer, as well as other items of general business. ♠ A 7 6 4 3 2 Once the Annual Membership Meeting concludes, ♥ A 8 7 the Board of Governors will resume their regular ♦ 7 meeting. ♣ A 10 3 Protocol notice: For the purposes of In both rooms, South declared 4♠. establishing the number of participants for In one room, Abe Pineles for D3 won the quorum requirements, all members of the Board diamond lead and eliminated diamonds while of Governors must sign in at the beginning of the drawing trumps (which were 2-2), ending in dummy. meeting. Likewise, those attending the Annual Then declarer led a club to the 10 and queen. Membership Meeting must also sign in, and this shifted to the ♥6. Pineles played low includes members of the BOG (i.e., BOG members from dummy and ducked the nine from East (Eric must sign in once for their own meeting, and once Rodwell). Rodwell, who held ♥K Q 9 x and the ♣Q, for the Annual Membership Meeting.) was endplayed. In the other room, declarer ended in hand after Bridge Bucks and one round of trumps, having eliminated diamonds. He then led a low heart to the 10 and king, and back Check Cashing came a low heart! When declarer put up the ace Bridge Bucks and check-cashing services will and played a third heart, there was no longer any be available each day at the following times and endplay. locations: • 9:30-10 a.m. on the Marquis Level (near the Age requirement escalator to the International Level) • Noon to 1 p.m. on the Atrium for Senior events Level You must have been before January 1, 1959, to Players may use VISA, MasterCard, qualify to play in ACBL Senior events. Discover and American Express to purchase Bridge Bucks. There is a $500 limit on check cashing. Page 4 Saturday, July 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin

FRIDAY-SATURDAY AM COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 VON ZEDWITZ LM PAIRS QUALIFIERS 12 Tables Sally K. Matthews, Norwood MA; Marley Cedrone, Framingham 78.0 Tables Carryover MA; Ethan Wood, Dover MA; Sanford Robbins, Pompano Beach 1 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 142.06 FL 2 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 140.22 vs 3 Michael Roche, Victoria BC; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON 136.57 Michael Wolf - Barry Nowling, Fort Lauderdale FL; Lee Bukstel, 4 Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN; Mark Jones, Birmingham AL 136.23 Boca Raton FL; William Bedard, Naples FL 5 Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Cecilia Rimstedt, Kungsbacka Sweden 135.86 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Hal Jones 6 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK 135.65 Jr, Lorton VA; Jacques Leblanc, Maria QC 7 Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL 135.53 vs 8 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV 135.49 Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA; 9 Mike Passell, Plano TX; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 134.60 Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA 10 Stephen Sanborn - , Delray Beach FL 133.74 11 , Charlottenlund, Denmark; , New York NY 133.61 FRIDAY-SATURDAY AM COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 11 Tables 12 Tor Eivind Grude, Trondheim, Norway; Liam Milne, Sidney, Australia 132.62 Cris Shanks, Glen Allen VA; Phyllis Pagano, Bogart GA; Patricia 13 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC 132.59 Hallow, Watkinsville GA; Dianne McLean, Athens GA 14 Richard Katz, N. Versailles PA; , Las Vegas NV 132.14 vs 15 Bob Hamman - Chris Hamman, Dallas TX 130.91 Cindy Zhang He - Max Cheng, Toronto ON; Darwin Li, Richmond 16 GS Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna, Austria 130.69 Hill ON; Jasmine Xiong, Markham ON 17 , Charlotte NC; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI 130.57 Tommy Jackson, Palmetto GA; William Belanich, Glen Allen VA; 18 Bartlomiez Igla, Switzerland; Fernando Piedra, Zurich, Switzerland 129.53 Lynda Bohler, Griffin GA; Nan Lee, McDonough GA 19 Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL 129.49 vs 20 Brett Adler - Jeffrey Goldman, Norwalk CT 129.08 William Marks, Roswell GA; Robin Weidener, Alpharetta GA; Gail 21 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 128.38 Holzer - Gil Holzer, Atlanta GA 22 John Hurd, New York NY; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gardens FL 128.33 KICKOFF KNOCK OUTS BRACKET 1 23 William Cole, Silver Spring MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD 128.24 6 Tables 24 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; John Rengstorff, New York NY 128.12 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Marjorie Michelin - Ellis 25/26 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 127.29 Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Walter Schafer Jr, Fountain Valley 25/26 Bill Kulbersh, Atlanta GA; Robert Fendrick, Marietta GA 127.29 CA; Albert Shrive, Naples FL; Thomas Maccormac, Dublin Ireland 27 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 127.22 vs 28 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; John McLaughlin, Melrose MA 127.15 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ishmael Del’Monte, Las Vegas NV; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 29 , London England; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 127.04 30 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX 126.89 KICKOFF KNOCK OUTS BRACKET 2 31 , Amsterdam ; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 126.54 6 Tables 32 , Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 126.41 Cheng Wang, Shenzhen Futian People’s Republic of China; Aiyue 33 Magnus Olafsson - Peter Trenka, New York NY 125.58 Ma, Shenzhen Chad; Brent Xiao, Fremont CA; Richard Jeng, Johns Creek GA 34 Taufik Asbi - Lusje Olha Bojoh, Indonesia 125.55 vs 35 Bryan Howard, Nashville TN; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 125.51 Fred Tanzer, Land O Lakes FL; Dan Griggs, Big Canoe GA; John 36 Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL; Rahn Smith, Brandon FL 125.12 Rains, III, Tampa FL; Nellie Lim, Temple Terrace FL 37 , Taby Sweden; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden 125.02 38 Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 124.75 KICKOFF KNOCK OUTS BRACKET 3 39 , Palm Beach Gdns FL; Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 124.37 6 Tables Joseph Sackett - Jill Sackett, Winchendon MA; Peggy Jordan, 40 Michael Donnelly - Stephen Barr, Dublin Ireland 124.06 Newnan GA; R Dolores Daniel, Williamson GA 41 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; , Memphis TN 123.98 vs 42 Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Barry Bragin, Pawley NY 123.80 Sheryl Thompson, Metairie LA; Linda Conner - Molly Silvia - Di 43 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ 123.67 Lapeyre, New Orleans LA 44 Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 123.65 45 Harry Steiner, Seattle WA; Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 123.57 46 Dror Padon - Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel 123.54 47 Ishmael Del’Monte, Las Vegas NV; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 123.42 48 Debbie Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 123.39 49 Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 123.38 50 Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; Alberto Cohen, Naucalpah Mexico 123.25 51 Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Tom Carmichael, Mill Creek WA 123.20 52 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; , New York NY 122.96 53 Alex Dezieck, Taipei Taiwan; Jesse Chao, Berkeley CA 122.79 54 Per-Ola Cullin, Sweden; Antonio Palma, Portugal 122.31 55 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 122.23 56 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; , Seattle WA 122.19 57 Michael Ranis, Miami FL; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 122.08 58/59 Hakan Berk, Potomac MD; David Soukup, Arlington VA 122.01 58/59 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Bill Cook, Louisville KY 122.01 60 Brent Xiao, Fremont CA; Steve Chen, San Jose CA 121.90 61 William Pollack, New York NY; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 121.88 62 Daniel Neill, Hillsboro OR; Siraj Haji, Columbus OH 121.82 63 Jack Lee, Richmond BC; John Dong, Richmond Hill ON 121.71 64 David Moss, New York NY; Philip Moss, Wilmette IL 121.63 65 Alfred Lee, San Mateo CA; Ken Gee, Regina SK 121.54 66 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL 121.17 67 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; , Houston TX 121.04 68 Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Adam Stokka, Taby Sweden 120.92 69 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 120.78 70 Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Charles Davis, Duluth GA 120.70 71 , Elmhurst IL; Serdar Ogut, Darien IL 120.67 72 Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 120.63 73 Bob Balderson Jr - Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN 120.56 74 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 120.42 75 Hugh Brown Jr, Greenwood SC; Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC 119.74 76 Robert Thomson, San Rafael CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA 119.51 77 Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 119.50 78 Gabriel Fadel, Alpharetta GA; Howard Litsky, Dunwoody GA 119.36 79/80 Andrew Gofreed, La Plata MD; Muh-Sha Crawford, Virginia Beach VA 119.33 79/80 Henry Lortz - Michael Christensen, Seattle WA 119.33 81 Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA 119.18 82/83 Bill Mondigir - Marcella Lasut, Indonesia 119.14 82/83 , Sunnyvale CA; , Cambridge MA 119.14 84 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 119.10 85 Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis, Athens Greece; Sveinn Eiriksson, Iceland 118.95 86 Sherman Gao, Brea CA; Robert Micone, Tustin CA 118.51 87 Alan Tenenbaum - Mary Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 118.40 88 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA 118.17 89 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 118.10 90 Murat Veysoglu, Cypress CA; Steve Ramos Jr, Seal Beach CA 118.05 91 Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; , Toronto ON 117.95 Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 28, 2018 Page 5

92 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Chris Moll, Durham NC 117.92 Teacher of the Year 93 Joann Sprung - Danny Sprung, Las Vegas NV 117.88 94 Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo, Japan; Yukiko Tokunaga, Japan 117.73 continued from page 1 95/96 Robert Parasian, - Joice Tjeje, Indonesia 117.69 95/96 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 117.69 97/98 Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; Joan Millens, Kingston NY 117.61 97/98 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Martin Fleisher, New York NY 117.61 99 Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ 117.58 100 Jeff Hand - Cynthia Colin, New York NY 117.55 101 Christal Henner - Uday Ivatury, New York NY 117.28 102 Kenneth Bland - Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO 117.17 103/104 Bryan Delfs - Eric Sieg, Seattle WA 117.13 103/104 Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 117.13 105 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 117.05 106 Leo LaSota, Glen Burnie MD; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 116.98 107 Marc Jacobus - Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 116.83 Committee Chairman Braunstein with Teacher 108 Judi Radin - , New York NY 116.76 of the Year finalist Jim Ricker, Master Point 109 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; , Carlsbad CA 116.65 representative Sally Sparrow, 2018 TOY 110 Stephen Nellissen, Washington Twp NJ; Douglas Ross, Pittsford NY 116.38 winner Henry Meguid and TOY finalist Bruce 111 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ 116.35 Greenspan. (Not pictured is TOY finalist Edward 112 Steven Ashe - Masood Kizilbash, Tampa FL 116.27 Scanlon III.) 113/114 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 115.84 113/114 Jay Borker, Tempe AZ; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse 115.84 raises money for local projects to beautify Durham 115/116 Victor King, Hartford CT; Bob Etter, Elk Grove CA 115.72 NC.” 115/116 Denyse Le Maire, Polson MT; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA 115.72 Meguid’s students describe him as “warm, funny, 117 , New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA 115.45 and engaging.” They say he makes learning fun. 118 Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 115.42 While many describe him as a great teacher, one 119 Harold Singleton III, Newtown Square PA; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 115.34 says, “Henry is the best teacher I have ever had for 120/121 Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC 115.30 any subject.” Meguid’s popularity is evidenced by his 120/121 Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI 115.30 nomination for Teacher of the Year by 50 students. 122 Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Nick Nickell, New York NY 115.23 Meguid says, “I began teaching informally in 123 Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Ankur Rathi, San Francisco CA 114.97 124 Paul Janicki, Markham ON; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 114.75 the 1980s, but I really got into it – and began treating 125 John Schnell - Della Schnell, Paradise Valley AZ 114.63 it as a business – in 2003. My background was in 126 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 114.52 organizational education and corporate training, and I 127/128 Will Ehlers, West Orange NJ; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 114.47 use this in my bridge classes.” 127/128 Don Sulgrove - Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 114.47 Meguid holds the rank of ABTA Master Teacher. 129 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 114.45 This was the third consecutive time that Meguid 130 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 114.41 has been a finalist for the Teacher of the Year award, 131 Joe Grue - Gillian Miniter, New York NY 114.37 but the first time for him to claim the honor. 132 Li Yiting, Herndon VA; Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD 114.34 Braunstein says, “The selection committee 133 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 114.01 evaluates nominated teachers carefully. Candidates 134 Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Michael Cassel, Roseville MN 113.89 135 Nettin Erinda - Nunung Tri Yulianti, Indonesia 113.78 are screened for their teaching excellence and 136 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; Rick Binder, Waltham MA 113.76 innovation, plus service to bridge and their 137 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 113.74 communities. Teachers submitted teaching materials 138 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep ; Alison Wilson, New York NY 113.44 and videos, along with their teaching philosophy and 139 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Orlando FL 113.33 background information.” 140 Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN; Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague, Netherlands 113.22 In addition to Meguid, the finalists for the 2018 141/143 Christian Jolly, Henderson KY; Ben Kristensen, Duluth MN 113.14 Teacher of the Year award included Bruce Greenspan 141/143 Jerry Goldberg - Jane Dillenberg, New York NY 113.14 of Bonita Springs FL, Jim Ricker of Knoxville TN 141/143 Scott Levine, New York NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 113.14 and Edward Scanlon III of York PA. 144 Thomas Maccormac, Dublin Ireland; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 113.07 The 2018 Teacher of the Year Committee 145 Don Lowry, Wilsonville OR; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 113.03 146 Dave Schouweiler, Bismarck ND; , Las Vegas NV 113.00 members were , Joyce Penn, Tina 147 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White, Raleigh NC 112.85 Radding, Kathie Walsh and chairman Braunstein. 148 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH 112.84 149 Thomas Paske, Hereford Hr1 3E England; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia 112.81 150 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; William Pettis, Chevy Chase MD 112.66 151 Steven McMahan, Nashville TN; William Lefko, Hopkinsville KY 112.64 152 David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 112.55 153 David Yang, Darien IL; Melody Bi, Ashland MA 112.51 154/155 Jodi Edmonds, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 112.29 154/155 Fera Damayanti, Bandung West Ja Indonesia; R Riantini, Bandling West J Indonesia 112.29 156 Gerry McKim, Garland TX; James Heneghan, Washington DC 112.06

Also at MyACBL, visit the Privacy Settings tab to make sure you’ve selected the Subscribe setting for General Email Communication and Cell Phone Text Communication to receive these notifications. NABC Results by Email/Text GNTs Want to be notified when results and the Daily continued from page 1 Bulletins from the NABC are posted online? Want to see your results in the events you played in? ACBL After a close first quarter, Wolfson gained Live does just that. control in the second quarter of yesterday’s match With the ACBL Live notification system, you against the District 12 team led by Jonathan will receive emails and/or text messages after each Fleishmann and did not look back. Wolfson won session with links that go directly to the information 181-83. you’re looking for. The email/text message will Spector continued its domination of their bracket contain your score for the session and a link to your by crushing Dan Morse’s District 16 team 145-39 in results. (These results will also be available on your three quarters of play. MyResults page at MyACBL.) Players will also In Flight A, District 21 (Vance) will meet receive a notification to indicate when the Daily District 2 (Lafferty), and D9 (Schuster) will take on Bulletin for that day is available. D7 (Rice). This service is automatic for members unless The Flight B matchups are D12 (Rasmussen) vs. they have specifically opted out. To receive text D14 (Spitze), and D9 (Raphaelson) vs. D11 (Goyal). messages, go to MyACBL at acbl.org and select The Flight C pairings for today’s semifinal round Update My Information to enter your email address are D25 (Duan) vs. D23 (Song), and D19 (Tessarolo) and/or cell phone number. vs. D20 (Marnell) Page 6 Saturday, July 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin

GNT Final 2018 Quarterfinal, BRUCE 0–6000 LIFE MASTER PAIRS QUALIFIERS 32.0 Tables Carryover Dobrescu v Martel 1 James Weeks, Palm Desert CA; Neil Stern, Indio CA 509.67 By Paul Barden 2 John Bridgewater II, Columbus IN; Rajasekhar Menon, Southlake TX 505.67 3 Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO; Mark Zellmer, Creve Coeur MO 499.13 Defending champions Stansby (District 21: 4 Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA; Ryan Connors, Alexandria VA 493.66 this year’s line-up Chip Martel, Kit Woolsey, 5 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO 491.92 JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby, Kevin Rosenberg, 6 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 491.65 Adam Kaplan) faced Dobrescu (District 24: Raluca 7 Martin Nathan - William Rittenberg, Atlanta GA 488.58 Dobrescu, Sandra Rimstedt, Dana Berkowitz, Shane 8 Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL; Sellers McKee, Jupiter FL 486.71 Blanchard, Radu Nistor, Robert Barrington) in the 9 Eric Mane, Milwaukee WI; Paul Karas, Elm Grove WI 485.51 GNT quarterfinals. 10 Leonardo Fruscoloni - Margie Cole, New York NY 484.58 The first half of the match proved to be tough 11 Janice Smola - Paul Simon, Arlington MA 481.37 going for Stansby. Dobrescu played with impressive 12 Frank Wharton, London, England; Douglas McCormac, North Dartmouth MA 481.24 accuracy, conceding no large swings. 13 Richard Hyken, Lee MA; Julie Cohan, Montville NJ 480.04 14 Grigoriy Blekherman, Atlanta GA; Thomas Rozinski, Brooklyn NY 479.77 Board 27 15 Gabriel Tawil, Glendale WI; Lana Putter, Boynton Beach FL 478.70 Dlr: South 16 , Alpharetta GA; Edward Foran, Acworth GA 477.37 Vul: None 17 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA 477.10 ♠ J 7 4 18 Steven Shaye, Slingerlands NY; Larry Rosen, Albany NY 473.50 ♥ 2 19 Richard Franklin, New Canaan CT; Leonard Helfgott, Teaneck NJ 471.50 ♦ 7 5 20 Ovunc Yilmaz, South Bend IN; Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 471.10 ♣ Q J 10 6 5 3 2 21 Eric Schwartz, Arlington MA; Divakar Bhargava, Henrico VA 469.23 ♠ 10 6 2 ♠ A K Q 9 22 Carl Wolinsky, Marietta GA; Robert Epstein, Atlanta GA 469.09 ♥ 10 9 8 7 5 ♥ A Q J 3 23 Carol Hamilton, Sarasota FL; Kris Boswinkel, Asheville NC 468.43 ♦ 6 4 3 ♦ J 9 24 Kish Devaraj, Atlanta GA; F Garson II, Roswell GA 467.76 25 David Brower, Portland OR; Linda Wiener, Vancouver WA 465.89 ♣ 9 8 ♣ A K 4 26 Judy Cardin, Bonita Springs FL; Bruce Greenspan, Chesterfield MO 464.82 ♠ 8 5 3 27 Greg Frank - Richard Higgins, Hot Springs Village AR 464.15 ♥ K 6 4 28 Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Richard Brummer, Effingham IL 463.09 ♦ A K Q 10 8 2 29 George Russell - Nancy Russell, Spartanburg SC 460.42 ♣ 7 30 Rajan Jeyakumar, Fremont CA; Daniel Raider, San Mateo CA 458.95 West North East South 31/32 Lynne Koeppel, New York NY; Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY 458.41 Kevin Radu Adam Robert 31/32 Peter Martin, Kennesaw GA; Donald Baker, Alpharetta GA 458.41 Rosenberg Nistor Kaplan Barrington 33 Robert Maxson, River Forest IL; James Diebel, Wood Dale IL 457.88 1♦ 34 Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX; Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX 457.48 Pass 1♠ Dble Rdble 35 Paul Gutterman, Eagan MN; Eric Hendrickson, Minneapolis MN 456.41 36 David Meyer, Scranton PA; Albert Shrive, Naples FL 456.28 2♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass 37 Alex Hong - Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC 455.61 Radu Nistor had an awkward response to 1♦, and 38 Linda Green, Delray Beach FL; Dee Kirkbride, Boca Raton FL 455.34 chose a creative 1♠. That was met with a double from 39 Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE 455.21 Adam Kaplan on his big hand, and a redouble from 40 David Pearlman, Southlake TX; Milton Neher, Richardson TX 454.14 Robert Barrington showing three-card spade support, 41 Luen-Jyh Luo, Milpitas CA; Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA 454.01 before East-West bid to game in hearts. North led 42 Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA; Richard Gold, Oceanside CA 452.41 his doubleton diamond, and South cashed two rounds 43 Aaron Jones - Jennifer Lin, San Francisco CA 451.74 before switching to ♣7 to the 10 and ace. This looks 44 Linda Otness, Greenwich CT; Joel Goren, Bedford NY 450.00 like an easy hand – ruff the third round of clubs to 45 Sondra Blank, L’Ile Bizard QC; Lesley Thomson, North York ON 449.87 hand, and take the heart for an overtrick. 46 Jane Bachman, Dunwoody GA; Donna Silver, Brookhaven GA 448.94 47 Rick Kerbel, Murrieta CA; Fran White, Fallbrook CA 447.87 But Kevin Rosenberg looked more deeply into the 48 Philip Goulding, Wexford PA; Craig Biddle, Pittsburgh PA 447.33 hand. The ♣7 seemed unlikely to be accompanied 49 Tod Moses - Carol Schaffer, Saint Louis MO 446.53 by an honour, so surely South needed the ♥K for his 50 Russell Friedman, Wilton CT; Allan Wolf, North Haven CT 446.27 opening bid. What’s more, opponents had shown at 51 Christina Parker - Stewart Rubenstein, Chestnut Hill MA 445.33 least seven spades between them when only six were 52 Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA; Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA 444.53 afoot: apparently North had responded on a three- 53 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 444.13 card suit. Very likely he would have a singleton to 54 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Lily Johannessen, Honolulu HI 443.73 encourage him to do that, presumably in hearts. Then 55 Dee Steil, New Westminster BC; James Lindemann, Spokane WA 441.99 his shape would be 3-1-2-7 and the second round of 56/57 Ernie Eayrs, Dunwoody GA; Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY 441.59 clubs would not fare well. Rosenberg instead played 56/57 Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Justin Blanchard, New York NY 441.59 58 Joseph Rice, Winchester KY; E Bruce Neikirk, Louisville KY 440.66 hearts from dummy, making his game. 59 Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO; Robert McKenzie, Thornton CO 439.32 West North East South 60 Joyce Menezes, Ridgewood NJ; Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY 437.32 Shane Chip Dana Kit 61 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Amy Rhodes, New York NY 435.85 Blanchard Martel Berkowitz Woolsey 62 Laura Lipman, Bonita Springs FL; Ronald Mak, Manchester NH 435.72 1♦ 63 Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA; Gerard Geremia, La Verne CA 435.32 Pass Pass Dble 2♦ 64 Jamie Portell, Vero Beach FL; Susan Mayo, Darien CT 434.38 Pass 3♣ Dble Pass 3♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass In the replay, Chip Martel as North chose a more conventional course, eventually showing his club suit. The play was similar, but now the risk of a club ruff was obvious and Shane Blanchard competently took his ten tricks. At the halfway point of the match, Dobrescu led handily, 63 IMPs to 10. Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 28, 2018 Page 7

YOUNG 0-2500 PAIRS QUALIFIERS Tryst with Bridge 26.0 Tables Carryover 1 Michael Heins, Champaign IL; Bharat Rao, Berwyn PA 30.00 continued from page 1 2 Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Douglas Grant, San Francisco CA 26.89 and realized early on that bridge did not enjoy the 3 Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Martin Zhao, Richmond Hill ON 26.01 same kind of support and popularity in India as it 4 Charles Swart, Portland OR; Dennis Balfe, University City MO 25.82 5 Jeff Dater - Scott Nason, Dallas TX 24.01 did in other parts of the world, especially the U.S. 6 Tsao-Tung Tsai, Cupertino CA; Michael Hu, San Jose CA 23.97 I wanted to lend an institutional level of support 7 Isaac Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Matthew Weingarten, Safety Harbor FL 22.79 to the game to help develop it in our country and 8 Barbara Hopewell - Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA 21.80 proposed that HCL organize a national tournament 9 Jean La Traverse, Montreal QC; Robert Guerard, Brossard QC 19.85 to allow players to test their mettle against each 10 Lauren Liu - Zhu Liu, Princeton NJ 19.21 other. This was the genesis of the HCL International 11 Ralph Tamlyn - Gloria Tamlyn, Larchmont NY 18.43 12 Ethan Wood, Dover MA; William Carrell, Leesburg FL 18.19 Bridge Championship, which is in its 16th year now 13 Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Harry Faivus, New York NY 17.54 and has become the largest bridge event in India. 14 Donald Joseph, Glencoe IL; Charles Alexander, Northbrook IL 17.40 Over the years, we have been able to grow the HCL 15 Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX; Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX 17.20 International Bridge Championship both in terms of 16 Jacqueline Chang, New York NY; Ettore Bianchi, Dobbs Ferry NY 17.14 participation level as well as the prize money. From 17 Basant Shah - James Perkins, Los Angeles CA 16.72 18 Zhuangdi Xu, Sugar Hill GA; Santhosh Karnik, Atlanta GA 15.77 30 players in 2002 to 750 in 2017 (including some 19 Brian Weiner Duran, Medford MA; Lon Sunshine, Merrimack NH 14.73 top players from across the world) and a prize purse 20 Theo Lichtenstein - Bob Soni, Tallahassee FL 12.80 of $270,000, the championship has come a long way. 21 Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Wes Peirce, The Woodlands TX 12.30 We are now partnering with the American 22 Paul Holmes, Wadsworth OH; Eric Gettleman, Ellicott City MD 11.53 League, the world’s largest bridge 23 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Darryl Legassie, Milton NH 10.94 organization, to support the 2018 Summer North 24 Ray Robert - Rick Prouser, Portland OR 10.81 25 Beverly Pogoda - Joseph Meyers, New York NY 10.78 American Bridge Championships (NABC). Our 26 Thomas Scruggs, Berkeley CA; Alexander Frieden, Brookline MA 9.98 partnership with ACBL is aimed at providing an 27 Jane Witherspoon, Worthington OH; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 9.77 institutional level of support to bridge in the U.S. 28 R Turner, Los Angeles CA; Alyssa Kennedy, Marina Del Rey CA 8.66 and helping improve the overall experience for 29 Mark Henderson - Melody Henderson, Wilmington DE 7.61 the players. Of course my team is excited to take 30 Jan Noll, Dunwoody GA; Crystal Schwindt, Atlanta GA 7.41 31 William Anspach, Chicago IL; Robert Block, Deerfield IL 7.30 learnings from the summer NABC back to India 32 Edmund Lundy - Merle Lundy, Cooper City FL 7.22 and implement some of these to make the HCL 33 Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON; Olivia Laufer, Toronto ON 6.89 International Bridge Championship bigger and better. 34 Wanwan Ren, Sunnyvale CA; Jim Liu, Saratoga CA 6.78 My ultimate goal is to raise the overall standard of 35 Paul Matheson - Janet Matthews, The Villages FL 6.35 this sport in my country by enticing the younger 36 Giorgia Botta, Woodside NY; Siqing Yu, New York NY 6.34 generation to join it wholeheartedly and pursue it 37 Lisa Mita, Berwyn PA; Susan Morse, Flourtown PA 6.14 38 Valerie Deneroff - Martin Deneroff, New York NY 5.96 passionately. At the end of the day, it is the players 39 John Welte - Martha Welte, Buffalo NY 4.73 who define the status of the game. 40 Jacqueline Zayac, Lafayette CA; Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA 4.27 Sutherlin 41 Paul Cuneo - Carmen Keys, Houston TX 4.05 42 Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA; Patricia Herrera, Mexico 3.75 continued from page 1 43 Jesse Liu, Fremont CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 2.64 44 John Felker - Stephanie Felker, Mountain TN 2.18 named ACBL’s Honorary Members of the Year in 45 Cindy Zhang He - Max Cheng, Toronto ON 1.81 2008. 46 Richard Hurd - Eleanor O’Connor, Freeville NY 1.58 “John never said no,” says Suzi Subeck, who 47 Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 1.34 represents Chicago-area District 13 on ACBL’s 48 Mark De Garcia, Columbia MO; Gregory Barnes, Jefferson City MO 1.18 Board of Directors. “He did whatever he could to 49 Peter Haglich - Maureen Brines, Virginia Beach VA 1.05 make the game better.” 50/51 Jack Bierig, Chicago IL; Gail Shaps, Northbrook IL 0.05 50/51 Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS; Anne Atwood, Richmond VA 0.05 John was eulogized at his funeral service by 52 Martin Gilbert, Glen Rock NJ; George Mann Jr, Kinnelon NJ 0.00 world bridge champions Mike Passell, Dan Morse and Bob Hamman. Passell says, “John taught a lot of us what the true meaning of integrity is. No one could ask for a better friend, and I miss him greatly.” Morse, one of John’s longtime partners and a former ACBL Board member, says, “John was not only an expert bridge player, but an all- around good guy who was universally liked and a friend to everyone. I lost a great friend and terrific partner who I played with for 30 years. John had a good life, a loving wife, many great bridge results and exceptional results at sports betting.” On behalf of John’s “friends, acquaintances and camp followers,” Hamman offers the following: “John had all the qualities that a participant in any sport should aspire to obtain. He was a tough and relentless opponent who never even considered bending the rules to suit his needs. As a teammate and partner, he was supportive and understanding. He also played with a very high level of skill. I was fortunate enough to be on two winning national championship teams with John. The positives of knowing John would fill volumes, the negatives approached zero, or, as a mathematician might say, ‘were less than any arbitrary epsilon.’ We all miss you, John.” Use of the — Alerts and Announcements When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same time. When making an Announcement, use the Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the Alert strip at the same time. A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made. Page 8 Saturday, July 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin

FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 10.0 Tables A B C 3.00 1 1 1 Robert Morrison, Alexandria VA; Peter Campbell, Springfield VA 58.93% 2.25 2 2 Steve Bradford - Gayle Bradford, Madison GA 57.74% 1.48 3/4 3/4 2/3 Kitty Omura, N. Palm Beach FL; Jane Nugent, Wellesley MA 57.44% 1.48 3/4 3/4 2/3 John Williams - Linda Williams, Hoschton GA 57.44% 0.95 5 5 4 Sarah Proesel, Winnetka IL; Angela Steger, Northfield IL 57.14% 0.71 6 Casey Mackie - Sandra Simon, Glenview IL 54.76%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 20.5 Tables A B C 6.72 1 1 1 Mary Ryder Wright, Loudonville NY; Kay Lang, Jacksonville AL 68.70% 5.04 2 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 66.09% 4.22 3 2 Yu Chang - Shirley Chang, Milpitas CA 65.03% 2.84 4 Nancy Molesworth - Sandi Foreman, White Plains NY 64.57% 3.17 5 3 Kay Moran - Donna Compton, Dallas TX 58.77% 2.38 6 4 2 Heather Elliott - Stuart Rachels, Tuscaloosa AL 57.40% 1.78 7 5 Robert McFarland, Cumming GA; J Wesley Clements, Flowood MS 57.21% 1.34 6 Janie Strauss, Northbrook IL; Xuhua Lin, Edison NJ 56.92% 1.76 7 Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL; Susan Hawkins, Atlanta GA 56.74% 1.68 3 Rick Clelland, Boulder CO; Richard Overholt, Tyrone GA 55.29% 1.26 4 Anna Ying Pun, Philadelphia PA; Amy Nellissen, Washington Twp NJ 52.82% 0.94 5 Gail Holzer - Gil Holzer, Atlanta GA 52.12%

FRIDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 73.0 Tables 7 5 2 19.86 1 1 Yinghan Ding, Salt Lake City UT; Xiaobin Sun, Park City UT 66.37% 14.90 2 2 Irene Szabla - Gordon Young, Pictou NS 64.58% 11.17 3 3 Patricia Rodilosso - Tom Rodilosso, Naples FL 61.90% 8.38 4 4 Rosemary Villwock - Arthur Villwock, Lake Worth FL 61.20% 6.62 5 5 Lee Lin - Christopher Moh, New York NY 61.16% 5.67 6 6 Judith Wagner, Belleville IL; David Stein, Carlyle IL 60.12% 4.97 7 7 1 Vicky Vallecillo - Isabel Hevia De Dardet, Guaynabo PR 59.86% 4.41 8 8 Cathy Skowronski - Melissa Nicol, Marietta GA 59.76% 3.97 9 9 2 William Tyler III, Fletcher NC; Patrick Barnes, Asheville NC 57.89% 3.61 10 Jennifer Crisp - Carol Kerr, Knoxville TN 57.72% 3.19 11/12 10/11 Michael Harris - Melanie Harris, Cumming GA 57.59% 3.19 11/12 10/11 Roger Quillen - Joanna Quillen, Decatur GA 57.59% 2.84 13 Barbara Fleming - Mahadeva Ramnath, Atlanta GA 57.59% 2.65 14 12 3 Andrew Serafini - Michael Serafini, Calgary AB 57.44% 2.48 15 13 Karen Ruben - Peter Ruben, Roslyn NY 57.29% 2.34 16 14 Susan Sanger, St Louis Park MN; Amy Dutton, Mendota Heights MN 57.23% 2.21 17 15 Becky Kelley, Atlanta GA; Terri Coil, Salem SC 56.10% 2.09 18 16 Gil Hudnall - Ann Salo, Atlanta GA 55.95% 2.30 19 Jagdish Somani, Morganton NC; John Wells, Carrollton GA 55.80% 1.89 20 Matthew Evett - Susan Evett, Ann Arbor MI 55.63% 1.81 21 4 Ritambhar Burman, Coral Gables FL; Rahul Sarkar, Salt Lake City UT 55.51% 1.73 22 Tinna Alexander - Ann Monk, Newnan GA 55.46% 1.66 23 Claire McGuire, Northfield IL; Susan Doyle, Winnetka IL 55.36% 2.26 24 5 Cherie Van Winkle - Merrel Hattink, Atlanta GA 55.21% 2.34 25 Barbara Myers - Judy Marani, Atlanta GA 55.07% 1.47 26 Arlene Lowery - Catherine Passailaigue, Columbus GA 55.06% 1.61 27 6 Paul Murr - Linda Tubbiolo, Williamsburg VA 54.96% 1.75 28/29 William Boline, Minneapolis MN; Jerry Bartlett, Lindstrom MN 54.91% 2.98 28/29 Laura Tallarico, Lutz FL; Lisa Studebaker, Dawsonville GA 54.91% 2.27 30 Gary Jun Ye - Julia Yan Ye, Bothell WA 54.61% 1.53 31 Charles Rauch, Monterey CA; Diana Lam, Boston MA 54.02% 1.53 32 Diana Beaver, Sidman PA; Robert Flynn, Mc Donald PA 53.87% 1.46 33 Ken Deutch - Kenneth Eiger, St. Louis MO 53.72% 1.12 34/35 Suzanne Rhodes - Bob Rhodes, Greensboro NC 53.57% 1.31 34/35 William Anderson - Elizabeth Anderson, De Pere WI 53.57% 1.06 36/37 Warren Smith - Gloria Smith, Wichita KS 53.42% 1.06 36/37 Deana Haugabook, Oglethorpe GA; Susan Easterlin, Montezuma GA 53.42%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 11.0 Tables A B C 2.45 1 Sarah Proesel, Winnetka IL; Angela Steger, Northfield IL 63.10% 1.84 2 Tom Paskins, Hilton Head Is SC; Gillian Spooner, Hilton Head SC 62.70% 1.21 3/4 David Sheiman - Patricia Blackwell, Duluth GA 59.13% 2.03 3/4 1 1 Anissia Narang - Mandeep Narang, Hoover AL 59.13% 1.52 5 2 Linda Ridenour - Billie Roth, Woodstock GA 58.73% 0.58 6 Casey Mackie - Sandra Simon, Glenview IL 57.14% 1.14 3 Merilee Elliott, Chicago IL; Leon Mears, Naples FL 54.76% 0.75 4/5 Nick Kempe - Samantha Pickering, Bermuda 54.37% 1.22 4/5 2 Carol Inman, Calhoun GA; Kay Morris, Flowery Branch GA 54.37% 0.81 3/4 Phyllis Vann - Diane London, Atlanta GA 53.97% 0.81 3/4 Jeffrey Leighton, Canton GA; Janet Hayes, Marietta GA 53.97%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 10.0 Tables A B C 3.00 1 1 1 James Dahlberg, Arlington VA; Jonathan Dahlberg, Cambridge MA 65.60% 2.25 2 2 Maxeen Claymon - William Claymon, Carmel IN 60.56% 1.69 3 3 Nancy Schneider, Roswell GA; Jo Anne Martin, Norcross GA 58.04% 1.70 4 4 2 Marcia Kelley - John Kelley, Gainesville GA 55.53% 1.28 5 5 3 Vinod Agrawala - Arnold Berry, Atlanta GA 53.10% 0.96 6 6 4 Kitty Omura, N Palm Beach FL; Jane Nugent, Wellesley MA 51.49% 0.72 5 Caroline Scott - Carolyn Dobbins, Atlanta GA 50.42% Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 28, 2018 Page 9

The Atlanta NABC organizing committee named Mercy Care their chosen recipient for funds donated by the ACBL Charity Foundation. Steve Siler, president of Mercy Care Foundation (second from left), accepts the donation presented by ACBL Acting Executive Director Joe Jones; Atlanta NABC Co-Chair Joe Sherwood; and ACBL Charity Foundation President Bonnie Bagley. Mercy Care provides compassionate, clinically excellent healthcare in a spirit of loving service to those in need, with special attention to the poor and vulnerable.

FRIDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 11.0 Tables A B C 4.55 1 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Lawler, Evansville IN 63.39% 3.41 2 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Teri Smoot, Placerville CA 62.50% 3.90 3 1 1 David Soukup, Arlington VA; Julian Kurtzman, Cincinnati OH 61.01% 2.93 4 2 2 Jake Williams - Luke Williams, San Diego CA 60.71% 2.19 5 3 3 J. Wesley Clements, Flowood MS; Robert McFarland, Cumming GA 55.65% 1.08 6 Tarokh Taefi, Atlanta GA; Pam Van Patton, Smyrna GA 54.76% 1.65 4 4 Evelyn Gilliard, East Point GA; Estelle Lavender, Lithonia GA 52.08% 1.23 5 5 Sardarsinh Gohel, Troy MI; Subrata Ghosh, Paramus NJ 51.79%

FRIDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 13.0 Tables A B C 2.68 1 1 Evelyn Lewis - Bernadette Porche, Atlanta GA 67.90% 2.01 2 2 Nick Kempe - Samantha Pickering, Bermuda 66.36% 1.51 3 3 Elizabeth Hale - Katrina Newton, Atlanta GA 65.77% 1.93 4 4 1 Carol Inman, Calhoun GA; Kay Morris, Flowery Branch GA 64.78% 1.45 5 5 2 Deborah Britt - Corbett Britt, Atlanta GA 61.33% 0.64 6 6 Douglas Weber, Marietta GA; Carl Palmer, Atlanta GA 60.06% 1.09 3 Rolf Grimm - Bert Emma, Gainesville GA 55.34% 0.81 4 Jim Peeler - Janet Peeler, Woodstock GA 50.89% 0.61 5 Jeffrey Leighton, Canton GA; Janet Hayes, Marietta GA 46.42% Page 10 Saturday, July 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin

New convention charts in Control issues effect for Fall 2018 NABC By Bryan Delfs Dlr: East ♠ A 8 3 Starting this fall at the Honolulu NABC, the Vul: None ♥ K 6 4 3 long-standing General Conventions Chart (GCC) ♦ 10 9 8 and MidChart (MC) are being retired. There are four ♣ J 7 5 new convention charts which will be in effect: Basic, ♠ K Q J 4 ♠ 9 5 2 Basic+, Open and Open+. ♥ 8 7 2 ♥ A Q J 9 • Basic: Intended for Gold Rush-style events ♦ 7 3 2 ♦ K Q J 5 4 and lower. Restricted conventions, but allowed ♣ Q 8 6 ♣ 3 treatments should be familiar to most newer ♠ 10 7 6 players. ♥ 10 5 • Basic+: Intended for “Flight B” events or ♦ A 6 similar events with higher masterpoint limits ♣ A K 10 9 4 2 than the Gold Rush, but not as high as 0-6000 In the International Fund Open Pairs, an 8-year- events. Examples include B/C/D Pair events, old young man named Zhan Fei came to our table lower mid-tier knockout teams, etc. Less and found himself as declarer after this auction: restrictive than Basic, but allowed treatments are West North East South specifically listed. Closest to current GCC. Fei • Open: Our default chart, primarily used for 1♦ 2♣ open single-session events. This chart will most Pass 3♣ Pass Pass commonly appear in clubs and at sectionals. Dbl Pass 3♥ All Pass Most open events at regionals and NABCs will South started with the ♥5, which gave a helpful use the Open+ chart. Constructive artificial to the young declarer. This ran to the ♥9. systems are legal, but artificial are not. Zhan lead a spade to the king, ducked by North. At the NABC, this will likely be used for open Another heart was played and he finessed the jack. side events, upper mid-tier knockout teams and The young man played another spade, again ducked events with a high masterpoint limit such as the by North. He finessed hearts again. Zhan now led the 0-6000 Blue Ribbon Pairs. More permissive than ♦K, won by South with the ace. South cashed the ♣A GCC, less permissive than MC. and exited with her last spade. North won the ♠A and • Open+: Our highest chart, intended primarily put the ♣J on the table. for multi-session open events at regionals and Without missing a beat, Zhan pitched a diamond NABCs. Artificial preempts are allowed in a to maintain control of clubs as well as the suit. manner similar to the current MC, where the This key play allowed the young declarer to make number of boards plays a part in determining the the contract for plus140, which was good for 17 out legality. The rules for defenses are also similar of 25 matchpoints. to the current MC, although there is also a procedure that will be in place for legal systems which are not currently defined in the defense database. Frequently Asked Questions 1. Can I play Multi in all national events? No, there is still a board requirement of six board segments before Multi or other artificial preempts with no known suit is allowed. Preempts which always have a known suit (such as a transfer preempt) are allowed in all Open+ events. 2. When can I play transfer responses to my non-forcing 1♣ opening? Do I need to pre- Alert? This is a constructive, but artificial Winners of the 0–10,000 NABC Pairs in 2017: system. It is allowed on both the Open and Michael Lipkin and David Gurvich. Open+ charts, but not the Basic/Basic+ charts. Pre-Alerts are not required for systems which Play opens today in are legal on Open but not Basic, so no pre-Alert 0–10,000 NABC Pairs is required. The 0–10,000 NABC Pairs starts today. 3. Director! My opponent opened 1NT with The four-session event, consisting of two a low singleton! This is legal partnership qualifying and two final rounds, is a gold-point agreement on the Open+ chart for six or longer event. But it also pays platinum points at 10% of board segments. Like all partnership agreements, the overall award, up to a maximum of 10 platinum it should be disclosed if asked. points. Because there is a masterpoint ceiling, 4. What is a Quasi-natural bid? A bid which is winning the event does not count toward Grand Life generally either a that cannot Master status. open 1NT/2NT or a natural bid in the suit 2014 Mark Bartusek, John Jones named. The common examples are the Precision 2015 Diane Travis, Frank Treiber III 1♦ opener or some could be short 1♣ systems 2016 David Rodney, Rusty Krauss such as the balanced club transfer systems. The 2017 David Gurvich, Michael Lipkin Open and Open+ charts allow Quasi-natural bids with a minimum of Near-Average strength (about 8-plus HCP), the Basic and Basic+ charts Appealing a ruling require a minimum of Average strength (about Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal 10-plus HCP). a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking 5. How can I learn more? There will be a series with the director who delivered the original ruling. of articles in the monthly Bridge Bulletin The table director will fill out paperwork regarding covering each chart in more detail. You can the appeal, and the appellants will explain what also email [email protected] to ask more specific they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. questions. From there, the case may be handled by a variety of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the Stay in touch case, the circumstances of that particular case will determine whether the case can be resolved by the Is your email address on file? Is it up to date? original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law Let ACBL know. Call toll-free, 800–264–2743 or regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or (Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Time), even a committee-type hearing which could include or email [email protected]. bridge experts. Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 28, 2018 Page 11

FRIDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS BRACKET 1 17.0 Tables 16 Tables 7 5 2 Dano De Falco, Rubano, Italy; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Bob 7.09 1 1 Barry Wauligman, Hamilton OH; Joy Singerman, Cincinnati OH 58.48% Drijver - Tim Verbeek - Danny Molenaar - Bart Nab, Netherlands vs 5.32 2 2 Mary Amundson-Miller, Mableton GA; Vicki Byers, Marietta GA 57.29% Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Kauko Koistinen, 3.99 3 3 Tommy Jackson, Palmetto GA; Nan Lee, McDonough GA 56.85% Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Sadik Arf, 2.99 4 4 Linda Benedix, Indianapolis IN; Hardin Matthews, Belmont MA 55.95% Saratoga CA 2.36 5 Sue Bishel - James Bishel, Columbus OH 55.21% 2.11 6 5 Heike Koistinen, Helsinki Finland; Jonathan Harvey, Riverside CA 55.17% Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; 4.46 7 6 1 Xiang Long - Debbie Carpenter, Ithaca NY 54.36% Kamil Nowak, Poland; Leonardo Cima, Rome, Italy; Woaciech 1.58 8 Sara Furey, North Canton OH; Bette Jo Walgren, Massillon OH 54.17% Strzemecki, Poland; Gandogua Alessandro, Rome Italy 3.35 9 7 2 Carol Scovic, Blue Ash OH; Deborah Luongo, Kettering OH 54.13% vs Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Sjoert Brink, 2.51 3 Luke Fleck - Sonya Fleck, Memphis TN 52.83% Netherlands; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw, Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, 1.88 4 John Herzer - Elizabeth McDaniel, Austin TX 52.44% Poland; Bas Drijver, Netherlands 1.49 5 Donna Rait - Nancy Hathaway, Macon GA 52.23% FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS BRACKET 2 VERO BEACH BRIDGE CLUB FRIDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 12 Tables 10.0 Tables Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Hal Jones A B C Jr., Lorton VA; Joyce Currie, Falls Church VA vs 4.33 1 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 69.68% John Vega - William Bedard, Naples FL; Marty Lavine, Atlanta GA; 3.25 2 Nancy Boyd, San Ramon CA; Cheryl Haines, Half Moon Bay CA 59.26% Barry Nowling, Fort Lauderdale FL 3.90 3 1 1 Michael Serafini - Andrew Serafini, Calgary AB 57.87% 2.93 4 2 Yu Chang - Shirley Chang, Milpitas CA 56.48% Norman Marks II, Jacksonville FL; Norman Marks, Oakland CA; 1.37 5 Nancy Molesworth - Sandi Foreman, White Plains NY 54.17% Charles Kelly, Anniston AL; Leon Galecki, Langston AL 2.19 6 3 2 Carrie Osborne, Livonia MI; Beth Kordt, Plymouth MI 52.78% vs 1.65 4 Subrata Ghosh, Paramus NJ; Leonid Fastovsky, Chevy Chase MD 51.16% Susan Cooper, Thornhill ON; Andrew Russell, St Catharines ON; 1.23 5 Linda Wilson - Robert L McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL 50.93% Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC

FRIDAY OPEN PAIRS FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS BRACKET 3 25.0 Tables 12 Tables A B C Kevin Robertson - Sharon Robertson - Barbara Greenspan, 17.50 1 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Columbia Hgts MN; Dawn Campbell, Portland OR 136.32% Beachwood OH; Joan Waletzky, Shaker Heights OH 13.13 2 Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; Cliff Campbell, Thunder Bay ON 128.62% vs 9.84 3 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX 127.81% Paul Stanbury - Deanne Dennison, Kleinburg ON; Charles Smith, 7.38 4 Jakob Kristinsson, Deerfield Beach FL; Kay Beck, Noblesville IN 127.66% Bolton ON; Gaye Villa, Caledon East ON 5.89 5 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Chicago IL 127.54% Gregory Sellgren, Sarasota FL; Curt Kristensen, Duluth MN; 7.88 6 1 1 Bin Liang, Union City CA; Jiang Chen, Cupertino CA 124.37% Sardarsinh Gohel - Tai Chan, Troy MI 4.38 7 Ghassan Menachi, Fabreville QC; Evette Mashaal, Westmount QC 122.63% vs 4.38 8 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 121.08% Jane King - Bruce King, Athens GA; Gary Anderson - Jerry Barrett, 3.50 9 Marc Nathan - Cathy Nathan, New York NY 120.02% Austin TX 5.91 10 2 Richard Brody, Sandy Springs GA; Josie Mitchell, Decatur GA 118.28% 2.92 11 Lee Bukstel - Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 117.84% FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS BRACKET 4 3.51 12 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solana Beach CA 117.57% 12 Tables Fred Tanzer, Land O Lakes FL; Dan Griggs, Big Canoe GA; John 2.50 13 Richard Morgen, Havertown PA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 116.86% Rains, III, Tampa FL; Nellie Lim, Temple Terrace FL 4.43 3 Matthew Just - Carolyn Lewis, Louisville KY 115.78% vs 3.38 4 2 Joan Gitelman, North York ON; Natalie Silverstein, Toronto ON 107.88% Barry Tash, Olney MD; Howard Tash, Silver Spring MD; Bradley 2.63 5 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Amy Goddard, Hartville OH 107.16% Tash, West Chester OH; James Wisman, Washington DC 2.25 6 Molly Currie, Sylacauga AL; Julie McLaughlin, Atlanta GA 104.53% 2.53 3 Cabot Jaffee - Lyn Shapiro, Maitland FL 101.90% Ray Stalvey - Diane Brewer, Macon GA; Jennie Baird - Kopie O 1.90 4 Tan Yang, Canton MI; Jaya Gala, Germantown TN 101.87% Neal, Perry GA vs William Lowry, Alexandria VA; Ivy Broder, Washington DC; Doris FRIDAY EVENING 299ERS Needham, Navarre FL; Sarah Sykes, Brewster MA 12.5 Tables A B C FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS BRACKET 5 3.45 1 Elizabeth Anderson, De Pere WI; Steven Goldman, Leland NC 63.19% 11 Tables 2.59 2 Isabel Hevia De Dardet - Vicky Vallecillo, Guaynabo PR 61.71% Will Colmer - Adam Gann, Arlington VA; Rebecca Fuchs - Brian 1.94 3 Brenda Willis - Faye Lester, Columbus GA 60.75% Fuchs, Raleigh NC 1.46 4 Craig Miller, Lake Wylie SC; Cathy Miller, Clover SC 58.63% vs 1.09 5 Ben Sour - Paula Sour, Shreveport LA 57.78% Yunjiang Dong - Julien Bosse - Jean-Pierre Becotte - Simon-Pierre Goulet, Montreal QC 2.53 6 1 1 Barry Zehnacker - Iris Zehnacker, Kendall Park NJ 54.73% 1.90 2 Jonathan Dahlberg, Cambridge MA; James Dahlberg, Arlington VA 53.40% Daniel Zwonitzer - Justin Browning, Cheyenne WY; Robin Elliott - 1.42 3 2 Joe Jones, Memphis TN; Stephanie Threlkeld, Germantown TN 52.38% Gregory Newcomb, Boulder CO 1.07 4 3 Hongmo Li, Atlanta GA; Vijay Nambi, Scottsdale AZ 52.16% vs 0.80 5 Steven Kassinger - Patricia Kassinger, Henderson NV 51.96% Emily Sulver - Connie Porch, Fayetteville GA; Gail Melton, Locust 0.73 4 Mary Hagy - Chris Hagy, Atlanta GA 50.79% Grove GA; Carol Mitchell, Peachtree City GA be scent-sitive! MOREHEAD GNT CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT SHEINWALD GNT FLIGHT B Some people have an extreme sensitivity to 16 Tables 16 Tables Joshua Donn - Roger Lee - - , Las Vegas Bob Rasmussen - David Aderente - Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL NV MI; Timur Aydin, Bloomfield Hls MI; Ching-Po Wang, Troy MI clubs, units and districts have adopted policies vs vs that prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The Raluca Dobrescu - Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Sandra Rimstedt - Scott Spitze - Eli Jolley, Iowa City IA; Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka Dana Berkowitz - Shane Blanchard - Robert Barrington, New York MN; Paul Nesvig, Inver Grove MN ACBL has not issued an official policy on the matter, NY preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of its Mark Raphaelson, Davenport FL; Cabot Jaffee Jr, Maitland FL; members to refrain from using fragrances. Jeffrey Wolfson - Steve Garner - , Chicago IL; Jacob Lance Marrou, Orlando FL; Ping Chen, Winter Springs FL Because requires players to be Morgan, Madison WI; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heigts IL vs vs Arun Goyal - Rachna Fuerst, West Chester OH; Mike Ma - Vijay in close proximity to each other, individuals who Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Michael Becker - David Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH suffer from fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Jeff those who are wearing them. Among the commonly Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL MACNAB GNT FLIGHT C reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, 16 Tables GOLDMAN GNT FLIGHT A Shen Duan - Meiyan Duan, Andover MA; Jianqiao Gu, Lexington fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine 16 Tables MA; Cecil T C Chan, Wellesley MA sufferers) or breathing-related problems. For these Gregory Vance, Pacifica CA; Mark McCarthy, San Francisco CA; vs individuals, the issue is much more serious than Erwin Linzner, Santa Rosa CA; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA Yunkai Song, El Monte CA; Yueqiang Xue, Los Angeles CA; simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real vs Sophia Chang, San Gabriel CA; Lucy Zhang, Arcadia CA; Zu Ming Colin Lafferty, Kitchener ON; Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON; J Cheng, Pasadena CA health problem. Melvin Norton, Burlington ON; Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON Please, if you’re going to play in a club or a Kevin Marnell - Frank Straulemann - Andrew Nuxoll, Portland OR; tournament, don’t wear cologne, perfume or scented Mike Rice - Rosalind Lin, Chapel Hill NC; Andre Asbury, Roger Thomas, West Linn OR; Jon Gassaway, Beaverton OR; Dan Brookhaven GA; Doug Dey, Madison CT; Jon Rice, Garner NC; Jui Edelstein, Vancouver WA lotions. Wang, Durham NC vs vs Jordan Tessarolo - Marc Furnemont - Janice Soutar, Victoria BC; Masterpoint disclaimer Edward Schusler, Lady Lake FL; Albert Simpson, The Villages FL; Ryley Breiddal, Vancouver BC James Scott, Wellington FL; David Treitel, Miami FL; Saul Gross, Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are Miami Beach FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL subject to change because of score adjustments or corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also subject to change. Page 12 Saturday, July 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin

GNT Quarterfinal 2018: Scores in the Quarterfinal Donn vs. Doub of the By Shireen Mohandes Morehead Championship Flight Sheinwold Flight B This deal comes from the quarterfinal match Donn (D17) 9 42 56 103 Rasmussen (D12) 51 90 140 between District 17, led by Josh Donn, and District Doub (D25) 14 62 87 96 Young (D8) 13 39 54 w/d 25, captained by Doug Doub: Dlr: West ♠ A Q 8 Martel (D21) 2 10 59 95 Yosses (D17) 30 58 81 111 Vul: Both ♥ A Q 9 6 5 Dobrescu (D24) 29 63 94 101 Spitze (D14) 33 69 94 116 Bd: 4 ♦ J ♣ 9 7 6 4 Fleischman (D12) 30 43 65 83 Timblo (D22) 47 86 93 127 ♠ 7 6 3 ♠ 10 9 4 2 Wolfson (D13) 20 75 126 181 Raphaelson (D9) 43 77 136 164 ♥ K J 10 7 4 ♥ — ♦ 7 6 5 ♦ K Q 10 9 3 Spector (D9) 56 101 145 Goyal (D11) 18 58 101 141 ♣ J 2 ♣ A 10 8 3 Morse (D16) 10 38 39 w/d Jackson (D10) 31 31 53 70 ♠ K J 5 ♥ 8 3 2 Goldman Flight A MacNab Flight C ♦ A 8 4 2 Vance (D21) 10 60 101 145 Duan (D25) 54 89 122 171 ♣ K Q 5 Dasher (D12) 49 79 98 124 Dean (D6) 20 32 48 61 West North East South Walter Roger James Joshua Warner (D6) 7 26 51 70 Song (D23) 14 33 61 112 Lee Lee Streisand Donn Lafferty (D2) 22 33 75 107 Corrigan (D6) 24 55 80 98 Pass 1♥ Dbl Redbl Pass Pass 2♦ 3♥ Stein (D3) 22 33 49 92 Chapman (D9) 33 59 59 60 Pass 4♥ All Pass Schuster (D9) 10 40 86 147 Tessarolo (D19) 20 47 74 107 The Donn team did well to make 4♥, earning their side 12 IMPs on Board 4. The auction has Snowden (D17) 38 48 65 113 Marnell (D20) 42 93 141 171 advertised a few things: a likely bad break in the Rice (D7) 34 60 85 119 Cao (D12) 54 74 108 136 heart suit, but to counter that, East is sure to have the ♣A. Roger Lee, declaring from the North seat, planned to either make four heart tricks plus two FRIDAY EVENING SWISS TEAMS club tricks, or to make five heart tricks and just one 36 Tables A B C club trick, to add to the ♦A, and three top spades, to 9.81 1 Henky Lasut - Freddy Eddy Manoppo - Agus Kustrijanto – bring the tally to 10. Sia Santoso - Ronny Eltanto - Youberth Sumatauw, Indonesia 67.00 Streisand started the defense with the ♦K, won in 7.36 2 Jeremy Lewis, Lexington NC; Vasileios Vroustis, Athens Greece; dummy. At trick two, the ♥8 was led, and covered by May Sakr, Ardmore PA; Allison L Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 64.00 the ♥10 and ♥Q, with East shedding the ♦3. Declarer 5.52 3 Richard Schwartz, Boca Raton FL; , London N31SN ; played a club towards dummy, winning the king, Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; and started an elopement. A diamond was ruffed, the Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria 63.00 ♠A cashed, and a spade to the jack in dummy. Then 4.14 4 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; , Gaithersburg MD; came another diamond ruff, and back to the ♠K for Mustafa Cem Tokay - Alfredo Versace – Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; another diamond ruff. Had Walter Lee ruffed in with Giovanni Donati, Italy 60.00 3.10 5 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; John Mohan - Curtis Cheek, Las a high honor, declarer would have discarded, and Vegas NV; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Ron later made both the ♥A and ♥9. Contract made. Smith, Chicago IL 55.00 If the ♥8 had not been covered, then declarer 7.20 6 1 Georgia Heth, Morton IL; Paul Klarreich, Chagrin Falls OH; could have run it, not caring if it lost to the singleton Sharon Fairchild, Rocky River OH; Xuhua Lin, Edison NJ 52.00 ♥10 or ♥J, because then, having heard the auction 1.75 7 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Drew Casen, Metarie LA; Jack Zhao, and seen the carding, clubs would be 3-3, allowing Boca Raton FL; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA 51.00 two clubs to be made. 5.40 8 2 Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY; Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie In the other room, the Doug Doub- Frank ON; Walter Wagner - Alex Khrakovsky, Columbus OH 50.00 Merblum partnership reached a reasonable 3NT by 1.09 9 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach South, which they might have made had Korbel not FL; Sheri Winestock - , Las Vegas NV 49.00 4.05 3 Vernon Grizzard - Carol Grizzard, Chapel Hill NC; Daniel found a diamond lead. Table result: 3NT by South, Chandler - Davis Grizzard, Chattanooga TN 46.00 minus one. 3.04 4 1 Charles Rauch, Monterey CA; Yumiko Hough, Barnstable MA; Diana Lam, Boston MA; Lisa Young, New York NY 44.00 Electronic device policy 2.28 5 Nora Miller, Leland NC; Claire Gardner, Newport NH; Bobbie The electronic device policy Sward, Vero Beach FL; Mary Ellen Davis, Barefoot Bay FL 43.00 at NABCs allows players to 1.71 6 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO; Gilda Singer, St. Charles MO; Sarah Sentman, Scott Depot WV 42.00 bring electronic devices such 1.28 7 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Peter as cell phones into the playing Galbraith, Blakely Island WA; Jeanne Wamack, Birmingham AL 41.00 area provided that such devices 2.10 2 Ed Brooks, Powder Springs GA; Charles Perry, Marietta GA; Amy are turned off. Further, any such Dutton, Mendota Heights MN; Susan Sanger, St Louis Park MN 37.00 equipment must not be visible 1.58 3 Lee Lin - Nicole Hudak - Christopher Moh - Mee Warren, New York NY 36.00 during the session. 1.18 4 Thomas Keslin, Lexington KY; Yu-Diann Lu, Iowa City IA; Sally A violation of the policy Landrum, Noblesville IN; Alice Milborn, Fishers IN 34.00 will result in an automatic disciplinary penalty of one full board (or 12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for the first offense. A second offense will result in disqualification from the event Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 28, 2018 Page 13

ABTA 2018 Book and Tech Award Winners Since 1982, the American Bridge Teachers’ Seagram and , this sequel to their 2010 Association has recognized excellence in award winning Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand, instructional bridge writing. Additionally this year, provides many deals to cover more complex topics ABTA President Betty Starzec announced the including entries, unblocking, the danger hand, creation of a new category focusing on excellence in crossruffs, maintaining trump control and endplays. bridge writing for newcomers. The winner in the “The ABTA wishes to intermediate/advanced award its first-ever Newcomer category was Mike Book of the Year Award to Lawrence’s Judgment at Jeff Bayonne for his amazing Bridge 2, published by Baron work, A Taste of Bridge,” Barclay. In the style of his Starzec said. “Bayonne’s book earlier Judgment at Bridge, effortlessly walks someone Mike offers advice on how to completely new to the game become a better player and a through the play of a hand more difficult opponent with step by step, and it’s magic the main focus on competitive Mike Lawrence Jeff Bayonne how much they know when they bidding. finish without realizing just how much they learned.” The Technology of the At its Thursday convention and banquet, the Year award went to Larry ABTA announced the 2018 Committee’s award Cohen Teaches Bridge, the selections in three categories. Video Series. Ten DVDs, In the beginner/novice category, the winner each covering a specific topic of the 2018 ABTA Shirley Silverman Book of the on bidding, declarer play or Year Award was a Masterpoint Press publication, defense, offer students a similar Planning the Play – The Next Level by Barbara experience to attending one of Larry’s seminars. To complete the learning experience, each video includes links to lesson Larry Cohen notes and pertinent VuBridge deals. See purchase information at larryco.com. 2018 Award Committee members were Sam Marks, Henry Meguid, Brenda Montague, Karen Walker and Pat Harrington (chair). ABTA is now taking submissions for its 2019 awards, which will be announced next July. Authors or publishers wishing to submit new works in any of the above categories can get more information by emailing the new Awards Committee chair, Christina Van Leeuwen at [email protected]. The submission deadline is May 1, 2019. David Bird and Barbara Seagram Player Memos Player memos allow participants to file incident FRIDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS reports alleging inappropriate behavior by other 27.0 Tables / Based on 67 Tables contestants. Two player memo stations have been A B C set up outside the playing areas on the Marquis 36.72 1 Frederick Wills, Miami FL; Harriet Eaton Morris, Ponce Inlet FL 59.00% Level and the Atrium Level for your convenience. 27.54 2 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Robert L McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL 58.88% Players are encouraged to file Player Memos when 18.08 3/4 1 1 Bill Lentz, Paducah KY; Richard Grilli, Lutherville MD 58.19% appropriate. 18.08 3/4 Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Myra Kolton, Boca Raton FL 58.19% 12.24 5 Jonathan Greenspan - Terry Oleske, The Villages FL 57.96% 10.49 6 Caryl Selchert - Michael Selchert, Fitchburg WI 57.54% Vendors 9.18 7 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 57.31% For all your bridge-supply needs – whether it’s 8.16 8 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 56.35% books, clothing, jewelry or games – check out the 7.34 9 Richard Brown, Easley SC; Richard Maybin, Asheville NC 55.88% vendors on the Marquis Level. 6.68 10 Greg House, San Diego CA; Cameron Cotton, Chula Vista CA 55.08% Bridge in a Box raffle: The Bridge in a Box 6.12 11 Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR 55.04% vendor is holding a raffle each day of the NABC for 5.65 12 Richard Gabriel, Naples FL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL 54.92% a free copy of their new product “Bridge in a Box.” 11.48 13 2 Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Redding CT 54.08% 4.90 14 Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 53.65% 8.61 3 2 Elliot Gillispie - Jack Gillispie, Ringgold GA 52.19% 6.45 4 3 Sikina Ehmer, Atlanta GA; Duke Bhatia, Chicago IL 51.92% Membership Required 5.10 5 4 Helen Browdy - Virginia Saul, Atlanta GA 51.27% A valid ACBL player number is required to play 4.37 6 Zhou Yang - Ruiqi Yang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 50.81% in all events at the NABC. Along with one-year and 3.83 7 5 William Edwards Jr - Ed Eller, Dalton GA 49.85% three-year memberships, 30-day trial memberships 3.40 8 6 Jeanne Perkins - Veronica Hrdy, New York NY 49.58% are available to new members for $7.99. Temporary and regular memberships can be purchased from Tournament Operations on the Lobby Level or the Check-Cashing Desk.

This program instructs teachers in methods of administering and presenting LBIAD. If you wish to be accredited, you must complete the following two requirements: Serve as a Table Mentor at a LBIAD seminar ♠ Attend a two-hour LBIAD Teacher Training event Teacher Training includes information on organizing and marketing LBIAD, maximizing retention, writing grant requests and seminar presentation. A light meal will be provided 6-6:30 p.m. To register, or if you have questions, please contact Patty Tucker at pattywhirlwindbridge.com. Fee: 75 USD (If purchasing a LBIAD license within 30 days of accreditation, $50 USD of the $75 USD fee will be applied to the first-year license fee.)

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Page 14 Saturday, July 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin You have a player memo about me?! By Robb Gordon, National Recorder Out of the blue, you have received a phone CDR and cooperate in the proceedings. call or an email from a recorder informing you that Know Your Rights. If charges are ultimately a player memo has been filed about you or that a brought against you, then you have certain rights, complaint has been made against you. It might be including: the National Recorder if a player memo was filed 1. You must be notified of the time and date of any at a NABC. If it was at a regional or a sectional hearing, the charges being brought against you tournament or a STaC, you might hear from the and be offered an opportunity to participate in district or unit recorder from the unit or district the hearing. where the event took place. 2. Other than a tournament disciplinary committee, If you are being investigated you may offer, or be offered, a “negotiated The player memo may involve a bridge matter. resolution” which resolves the matter without a For instance, the recorder may say, “On April 27, formal disciplinary hearing. The details are a bit 2018, you were playing in the Smallville Spring too complicated for this short article, but they is Sectional Open Pairs. In a competitive auction on covered in CDR 5.2.14. Board 9, where your side had bid and raised clubs, 3. You may choose an advocate to help you plead your left-hand opponent bid 4♠. The report says your your case. In order to promote a level playing partner took a full two minutes and then doubled. At field, your advocate may not be an attorney at this point, holding: a unit or district disciplinary hearing. You may ♠A 5 3 ♥Q J 8 7 3 ♦9 2 ♣K 8 4 consult an attorney, but they may not be present you pulled the double to 5♣. The director was called inside the hearing room. and eventually let the score stand as 5♣, down 1, 4. You may present evidence and witnesses, review when 4♠ couldn’t be made. However, the director the charging party’s documentary evidence and felt that your action was egregious and assigned cross-examine witnesses against you. you a procedural penalty in accordance with Laws 5. You may request an appeal of the decision to the 73C2 and 90A. The director brought this matter to next level disciplinary committee which may or my attention via a player memo. What do you recall may not be granted. about this event?” See my two earlier articles in the March 2018 Alternatively, it may be a behavioral issue. For Daily Bulletins (“What Happened to My Player instance, the recorder may say, “On May 15, 2018, Memo? Parts 1 and 2”) which explain in more at the Metropolis Regional, you got into a shouting detail the disciplinary process. Familiarity with the match with your partner. When a director came over CDR will help you exercise your rights. Among the to restore calm, you called him a pencil-pushing sections of particular interest to you include: officious baboon who you didn’t have to listen CDR 2: explains which disciplinary body has to. Both your partner and the director have filed a responsibility for the hearing and appeal of your complaint against you. What do you recall about this case. incident?” CDR 3: lists the offenses that subject you to So what is required of you here? The recorder’s discipline (you will be charged with at least one job is to investigate the events described in the of the offenses listed). Appendix B, Part 1, lists player memo. In doing so, she wants to talk to the typical conduct that is a CDR 3 violation and parties involved and any witnesses to it to find out the recommended range and length of potential decision regarding culpability, it could influence the what happened. She will not move forward merely disciplines that could be applied in your case. length and/or severity of the discipline handed out. relying on the player memo with nothing more. CDR 4: describes the ramifications to you Grace under pressure and demonstrated respect for When she is done with that investigation, she may of the various disciplines (reprimand, probation, the process will certainly assist you in making your determine to go no further (e.g., merely record the suspension or expulsion). It also describes the case more effectively. player memo) and/or to counsel you. But, if she feels circumstances that might cause you to be placed on The bottom line: know your rights so that you that the behavior violates the Code of Disciplinary an administrative suspension. can exercise them and cooperate in the disciplinary Regulations (CDR), she will write an investigation CDR 5: defines the procedures to be followed process. Ask questions. The office of National report and send it to the relevant charging party by disciplinary bodies. For instance, a statute of Recorder is here to assist you through the entire (generally the district or unit president) giving a limitations for most offenses is described in this disciplinary process. If you have any questions, summary of the facts ascertained and, optionally, section. please reach out to me at [email protected]. providing a recommendation that the charging party CDR 7 and 8: describes the procedures for bring charges against you. appeal and the possible postponement of discipline When you receive a recorder’s call or email, it pending an appeal. Buy your NABC is your chance to give your side of the story and to Appendix A: provides to disciplinary suggest that she talk to other witnesses who know committees a general guideline for conducting online what happened. You should take advantage of that hearings; you should also become familiar with it. Don’t wait in line! Buy your entries in advance opportunity. You may, but are not obliged to, admit Cooperate. Your cooperation in the for all national-level events at BridgeWinners.com. fault and offer an apology if appropriate. And, while disciplinary process will make it smoother for Entries must be purchased by 10 a.m. the day you are not required to make a formal statement, you all involved, including you as a charged party. of the event EXCEPT for events that require pre- must answer the recorder’s questions and cooperate While no one expects you to be cheerful about registration, in which case with her investigation. You are not allowed to insult facing a disciplinary committee, a belligerent the ACBL deadline, or the or dismiss the recorder while she is doing her job. and/or uncooperative attitude will not earn you earlier of the two, applies. How you respond to the recorder influences her a sympathetic ear and may actually impede the A nice feature: You interpretation of the events that transpired. You do committee’s comprehension of your arguments. can buy entries in advance yourself a disservice by being uncooperative or rude. Recently, there has been a spate of charged parties and be charged for the total If you are charged. If you are the subject who have been uncooperative, dismissive and/ number of sessions played of charges before a disciplinary committee, it is or belligerent during their disciplinary hearing. after the event is over. important that you familiarize yourself with the While their attitude will not impact the committee’s Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 28, 2018 Page 15

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Jack and Claudia Feagin Day Sunday, July 29, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Sunday-Monday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Dave McClintock Saturday-Monday Morning KO Teams 2nd Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Sunday, July 29, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $15 299er Swiss Teams single Salon 4, International Level $15 $19 Bridge-Plus+ single A601, Atrium Level Free Free Free lesson, followed by game (14 deals). Sunday, July 29, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Daylight A/X Pairs (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Salon 1, International Level $16 $20 Daylight B/C Pairs (3000/1500) 1-2 Salon 1, International Level $16 $20 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300) 1-2 Salon 1, International Level $16 $20 Sunday, July 29, 10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. Daylight A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Salon 1, International Level $16 $20 Daylight Bracketed B Round-Robin Teams (0-3000) 1-2 M301, Marquis Level $16 $20 No player over 3000. Brackets of eight teams by average MPs. Three teams in each bracket earn gold. Sunday, July 29, Noon & 7 p.m. MOREHEAD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT 1-2 F Atrium A, Atrium Level $25 — GOLDMAN GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT A 1-2 F Atrium A, Atrium Level $17 — SHEINWOLD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT B 1-2 F Atrium A, Atrium Level $17 — MacNAB GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT C 1-2 F Atrium A, Atrium Level $17 — Sunday, July 29, 1 p.m. Vero Beach Bridge Club Side Game 5th single Marquis C, Marquis Level $16 $20 Part of the Friday-Sunday Side Game Series. NOT played at Vero Beach Bridge Club. Sunday, July 29, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1-2 F Atrium B, Atrium Level $25 — BRUCE LM-6000 PAIRS 1-2 F A707, Atrium Level $17 — YOUNG 0-2500 PAIRS 1-2 F Atrium B, Atrium Level $17 — 0-10,000 NABC PAIRS 1-2 F Atrium C, Atrium Level $17 — Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Marquis C, Marquis Level $16 $20 A/X Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Imperial Ballroom, Marquis Level $16 $20 B/C Swiss Teams (3000/1500) 1-2 Imperial Ballroom, Marquis Level $16 $20 Gold Rush Swiss Teams (750/300) 1-2 Imperial Ballroom, Marquis Level $16 $20 Sunday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 3-4 Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Sunday, July 29, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $15 299er Swiss Teams single Salon 4, International Level $15 $19 Sunday, July 29, 7:30 p.m. A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Marquis A, Marquis Level $15 $19 B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams (3000/1500/750) 1-2 Marquis A, Marquis Level $15 $19 Vero Beach Bridge Club Side Game 6th single Marquis C, Marquis Level $16 $20 Part of the Friday-Sunday Side Game Series. NOT played at Vero Beach Bridge Club. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $15 299er Swiss Teams single Salon 4, International Level $15 $19 Sunday, July 29, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Salon 4, International Level $16/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: Three-flight open events are stratified as A/X (6000+/0-6000), B/C (1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/0-300). Two-flight open events are stratified as A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (500-750/200-500/0-200) or as A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000) and B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/0-750) if there is no Gold Rush. One-flight open events are stratified as A (3000+), B (750-3000) and C (0-750). Stratification is based on averaging the masterpoints of a pair or team. Eligibility for limited events will be based on the point holding of the highest player, so no player with more than 3000 may play in B/C events nor the Bracketed B Teams, no player with more than 750 may play in Gold Rush events, and no player with more than 300 may play in 299er events. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. **International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

Playing in an NABC+ pairs game? Buy your entry early! In an effort to speed up the start of all NABC+ pairs events – which requires additional time for proper seeding – the ACBL asks participants to please buy their entries at least 15 minutes before game time. This is especially true if you expect to be a seeded pair. Page 16 Saturday, July 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Junior Day Saturday, July 28, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Dave McClintock Saturday-Monday Morning KO Teams 1st Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Educational Foundation Knockout Teams 3rd Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Saturday, July 28, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $15 Bridge-Plus+ single A601, Atrium Level Free Free Free lesson, followed by game (14 deals). Saturday, July 28, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Salon 1, International Level $16 $20 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Salon 1, International Level $16 $20 Saturday, July 28, Noon & 7 p.m. MOREHEAD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT 1-2 SF Atrium A, Atrium Level $25 — GOLDMAN GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT A 1-2 SF Atrium A, Atrium Level $17 — SHEINWOLD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT B 1-2 SF Atrium A, Atrium Level $17 — MacNAB GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT C 1-2 SF Atrium A, Atrium Level $17 — Saturday, July 28, 1 p.m. Vero Beach Bridge Club Side Game 3rd single Imperial Ballroom, Marquis Level $16 $20 Part of the Friday-Sunday Side Game Series. NOT played at Vero Beach Bridge Club. Saturday, July 28, 1 & 7:30 p.m. 0-10,000 NABC PAIRS 1-2 Q Imperial Ballroom, Marquis Level $17 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1-2 SF Atrium B, Atrium Level $25 — BRUCE LM-6000 PAIRS 1-2 SF Atrium C, Atrium Level $17 YOUNG 0-2500 PAIRS 1-2 SF A707, Atrium Level $17 A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Marquis C, Marquis Level $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Marquis C, Marquis Level $16 $20 Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 1-2 Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams 3-4 Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Saturday, July 28, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $15 Saturday, July 28, 7:30 p.m. A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) single Marquis A, Marquis Level $15 $19 B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams (3000/1500/750) single Marquis A, Marquis Level $15 $19 Vero Beach Bridge Club Side Game 4th single Imperial Ballroom, Marquis Level $16 $20 Part of the Friday-Sunday Side Game Series. NOT played at Vero Beach Bridge Club. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $15 299er Swiss Teams single Salon 4, International Level $15 $19 Saturday, July 28, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Salon 4, International Level $16/team/match Junior Zip Knockout Teams (25 and under) single Salon 4, International Level Free

Unless otherwise noted: Three-flight open events are stratified as A/X (6000+/0-6000), B/C (1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/0-300). Two-flight open events are stratified as A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (500-750/200-500/0-200) or as A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000) and B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/0-750) if there is no Gold Rush. One-flight open events are stratified as A (3000+), B (750-3000) and C (0-750). Stratification is based on averaging the masterpoints of a pair or team. Eligibility for limited events will be based on the point holding of the highest player, so no player with more than 3000 may play in B/C events nor the Bracketed B Teams, no player with more than 750 may play in Gold Rush events, and no player with more than 300 may play in 299er events. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. **International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Today’s Sponsors

David McClintock Morning Knockout Teams Sponsored by Low Country of South Carolina, Unit 252 Dave McClintock’s extraordinary contributions to Low Country bridge have ranged from presiding over our largest club and our unit, performing other board service at multiple clubs, co-chairing our regional, providing extensive tournament assistance, guidance and support, and member education. He has effectively promoted all facets of local bridge. We have been fortunate to have Dave as the leader and spirit of our game, helping to preserve and grow bridge in our community.