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DailyNovember 28-December 8, 2002 Bulletin76th Fall North American Bridge Championships Phoenix, Arizona

Vol. 76, No. 8 Friday, December 6, 2002 Editors: Henry Francis and Jody Latham Levine victorious in Senior KO again

Sidney Lazard and , Blue Ribbon winners Lazard, Bramley win Blue Ribbon

Sidney Lazard and Bart Bramley – one of the most respected partnerships in – won the Blue Ribbon Pairs last night – the first victory in this event for both players. It was a hugely popular win as Lazard and Bramley were surrounded by well-wishers. “For an old guy, you do okay,” said a smiling as he gave Lazard a big hug. “Well done,” said Zia who also had a big smile. For Lazard, this victory marked six decades of win- ning national events. His first: the in 1958. The The winners: front, P.O. Sundelin, and ; rear, , Mike Levine and . Blue Ribbon Pairs is his 12th North American champion- ship. He has represented the in international Mike Levine and Co. successfully defended their extremely well in Senior competition, with at least one play. His team was second in the 1959 Bowl Senior Knockouts Teams title against the Mel victory in each of the three Senior team events. and third in 1969. He is a member of the Bridge Hall of Colchamiro squad yesterday. The score – 140-106 – Joining Colchamiro were Bernie Miller, Dan Continued on page 4 seems to indicate that it was a relatively easy victory, Colatosti, John Malley, John Stiefel and Lewis Finkel. but nothing could be farther from the truth. Several The Levine team led all the way. They took a 31- times Colchamiro’s team got to good contracts, played 18 lead in the first quarter and increased their lead by 9,610 tables so far the hands well, and suffered losses because of unhappy 6 in the second to go out front by 67-48 at the half. A Sometime early this afternoon, the 10,000th table distribution. good third quarter gave them a comfortable 125-83 lead for this tournament will be sold. The total prior to last Playing with Levine were P.O. Sundelin of Swe- going into the final 16 boards. Colchamiro made some- night’s midnight games was 9,610 tables. This makes den, Zeke Jabbour, Arnie Fisher, Bobby Wolff and Dan what of a comeback near the end, but it was too little it likely that as many as 12,500 tables will have played Morse. All but Wolff and Morse were on the victori- too late. when the tournament closes Sunday evening – a very ous squad a year ago. In fact, Levine’s teams have done Continued on page 11 healthy turnout indeed. Morse tops 20,000 Jo Morse of Palm Beach Gardens FL, a World Life Master and former world champion, has topped the 20,000-masterpoint plateau. Morse, who won the World Mixed Teams in 1974, was non-playing captain of the winning Cup team in 1993. She was also npc of the team that finished second (by half an IMP) to the in 1999 and npc of the team that won a “rematch” with the Dutch team in 2000. She has won nine North American championships and, in recent years, has di- vided her play among women’s, open and senior events. , left, prepares to slam the ball at defense-minded Eddie Kantar in their special exhibition match. Morse reached the milestone plateau while playing with longtime partner Kantar, Wold duke it out in table tennis: Eddie wins in the Life Master Open Pairs Longtime friend threw a party to Eddie Kantar and Eddie Wold practiced all shorts and t-shirts to play. celebrate the success attained by “Jo-Jo.” Meltzer says week for their table tennis duel and they didn’t Kantar won the first game 21-14 but Wold Morse is “the best friend ever. The classiest thing about disappoint more than 200 bridge players who gath- claimed the next three games 21-11, 21-17 and 21- Jo is that we won the Women’s Swiss Teams in Reno ered to watch them play last night at the Phoenix 19. Both players were energetic, extending rallies in 1998. My team – my open team – became available Civic Plaza. with dramatic saves and drawing applause. that year rather than the next year and Jo was the first The fans got an extra treat as the players Kantar was Minnesota state table tennis cham- one to say ‘you go for it’.” warmed up wearing sweat pants and sweatshirts. pion in 1948 and competed in the World Table Others agree that Morse is one of the most popu- Wild applause broke out as the two stripped to Continued on page 3 Continued on page 4 Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS Bring your “A” game By Some people wouldn’t know a good hand if it Friday, December 6 jumped up and bit them on the nose. On the other hand, 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Alan LeBendig, . Phoenix Civic when Jay Stiefel gives you a play problem you can be Plaza, Flagstaff 1. sure of two things: first, it will be good material for 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Allan Mazer, 2¨ or not 2¨ -- That is the the Bulletin and second, you’d better concentrate pretty Question. Phoenix Civic Plaza, Flagstaff 1. hard. 11 p.m. Pianist/singer Dick Haddy at the Hyatt. Ice cream treats. You (South) declare 5ª on the following auction: Saturday, December 7 West North East South 1« Pass 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: George Pisk, Safety Plays. Phoenix Civic 4« Dbl Pass 5ª Plaza, Flagstaff 1. All Pass 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Lowell Andrews, Long Distance . West leads the «J and this is what you see: Phoenix Civic Plaza, Flagstaff 1. « A 7 4 11 p.m. Music and dancing. Ice cream sundaes. Phoenix Civic Plaza. ª K 10 9 6 3 Sunday, December 8 © A 5 Noon - 4:30 p.m. . Hyatt Regency, Regency Ballroom. ¨ A Q 2 7 p.m. - Midnight Vugraph. Hyatt Regency, Regency Ballroom. « 6 ª A 8 5 4 2 © K 7 3 What opening leads! Keller revisited ¨ 10 9 6 4 This is the auction you see: By The best approach is to assume that unless trumps West North East South By choice in my partnerships we do not discuss are 3-0, you are cold and if either club honor is right, 1« Pass 3NT All Pass hands during the session. I find this a big help in im- you are in great shape. So prepare for the worst. To make your contract, you have to strip off the and this is your hand as opening leader: proving my results! I named this approach Keller, af- side suits to effect an , but the problem is that « 10 5 4 ter Helen Keller, and I put it on all my convention cards. if you two spades, you run out of trumps. The re- ª A J 5 4 2 It’s a misnomer, since she could speak perfectly well, © ally odd feature is that you don’t mind losing a dia- 9 6 but the name has stuck. ¨ mond overruff to East; if you do, you’ll be able to 10 6 5 My partner Steve Nellissen wrote an article about What do you lead? endplay him later on. Keller which appeared in The Bridge World. « © This was the full deal in the first final session of So win the A, ruff a spade, cash the A, lead a As a reward, or perhaps a penalty, for populariz- the -a-Match Teams. diamond to the king and ruff a diamond. Say East ing this approach, friends and acquaintances sometimes ª Dlr: West « K 8 overruffs. Ruff the spade return, cash the K A and seek me out to report especially egregious Keller vio- ¨ Vul: None ª 10 pass the 10 to endplay East. The full layout: « © A J 10 5 lations. This one, board 10 from the Wednesday evening A 7 4 ª ¨ 9 8 7 4 3 2 regionally-rated game takes the cake. K 10 9 6 3 © « A Q J 7 3 « 9 6 2 Your hand is by far the worst I’ve ever seen: A 5 ¨ ª 7 6 3 ª K Q 9 8 « 6 4 3 A Q 2 « « © 7 4 3 2 © K Q 8 ª 5 2 J 10 3 2 K Q 9 8 5 ª ª ¨ A ¨ K Q J © 6 4 3 2 -- Q J 7 © © « 10 5 4 ¨ 5 4 3 2 Q 10 9 6 4 2 J 8 ¨ ¨ ª A J 5 4 2 Partner opens 1© in third seat and you pass. You 8 7 5 K J 3 « © 9 6 6 are not surprised when LHO reopens with a double. ª ¨ 10 6 5 ª A 8 5 4 2 Partner redoubles and RHO bids 1 . It wouldn’t occur © led the ¨5! This knocked out © K 7 3 to me to bid here, but at the table the call was 2 . Now ¨ the ace and declarer led a heart to the queen and ace. ª « 10 9 6 4 LHO raises to 2 and partner tries 2 . You retreat to As it happens, East does best not to overruff in Back came another club to the queen, and declarer took © © 3 and partner raises to 4 . No one doubles and to diamonds but to pitch a spade. the spade , losing to the king. A third club to © your relief 4 becomes the final contract. You now ruff a spade and pass the ¨10 to East – the king cleared the suit. Declarer had to go after dia- As you put down the dummy you hear from across monds, and of was able to cash who is then endplayed in two suits, one of which is the table, “Partner, you didn’t bid enough!” three clubs when he got in with the ©A to inflict a two- trumps. This was the full hand. Note that declarer can make « trick set. -- © ª Here’s your second chance. Playing in the Senior six by getting to dummy with the 6 to take a second K 10 6 3 © Pairs, you hold: spade finesse. -- « ¨ « J 9 7 10 9 7 A Q ª « « ªA 8 4 3 K J 10 6 J Q ª ª © Q 6 5 © Q 8 -- Q J 7 © © ¨ J 7 3 ¨ A J 9 7 Q 10 9 -- ¨ ¨ and you hear this bidding: « A Q J 2 « 6 4 3 8 7 K 3 « West North East South ª A 4 3 ª 5 2 -- ª 1¨ Pass 1« Pass © A K 10 9 7 5 © 6 4 3 2 A 8 5 © 2© Pass 3¨ Pass ¨ -- ¨ 5 4 3 2 -- ¨ 9 6 4 3NT All Pass « K 8 5 If East leads a spade, declarer ruffs in hand and What do you lead? ª Q 9 8 7 These thoughts went through Jane Segal’s mind – © pitches the club loser. Either a heart or club play gives J up a trick in that suit. LHO bid spades but didn’t rebid them, and RHO never ¨ K Q 10 8 6 raised spades, so partner probably has some kind of Jay admitted he missed this line – (as indeed has holding in the suit. Suiting thought to action, she led everyone else I've given the problem to!) – so all the the « 9. This was the complete deal: Visit our vendors more thanks to him for bringing this to our attention. « J 9 7 Be sure to stop by vendor booths in Exhibit Hall A ª A 8 4 3 Relax at Piano Bar © at the Phoenix Civic Plaza. Stop by and sort through Q 6 5 the selections from: ¨ J 7 3 in Hyatt Lounge « « • ACBL Product Store for bridge supplies and gifts 5 Q 6 4 2 • Baron/Barclay Bridge Supply for books by your If you need a drink and are looking to relax with ª K Q 7 ª J 10 5 © © favorite authors some soothing music after a grueling game, join pia- A K 8 4 9 7 • Bridge Pro Tour nist/singer Dick Haddy at the Hyatt lounge bar on to- ¨ A 10 9 4 2 ¨ K Q 8 6 « • Card Jazz, Inc. night at 11 p.m. A K 10 8 3 • Encounter Cosmetics Haddy is well known in Phoenix as a popular en- ª 9 6 2 © n’Style Designer Replicas, offering “designer” tertainer at the Royal Palms resort. He used to delight J 10 3 2 handbags and gifts, has returned to Exhibit Hall A at fans at Harry’s Bar in New York’s Helmsley Palace ¨ 3 « the Phoenix Civic Plaza. Buy two, get the third at half where he performed for 12 years. Judy Kay, South, wasn’t sure where the J was, so price. Haddy, former lead singer in a show group called she rose with the king. She led a heart to her partner’s « Cabot Creamery of Vermont, sponsor of the Edgar “We Four” booked in Las Vegas and Beverly Hills, has ace, and Jane shot back the J, enabling Judy to run Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, offers product sampling and worked closely over the years with Sarah Vaughn, the suit and set the contract two tricks. coupons in the foyer of the Hyatt Ballroom. Lionel Hampton, Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme. Ice cream treats will be the special refreshment. Daily Bulletin Page 3

Strong on defense, Eddie Kantar plays well back from the table. Strong on offense, Eddie Wold crowds the table.

Free advice is worth Making the grade what you pay for it one at a time By Bruce Keidan There is one team that wil never forget the Tues- Kind souls that bridge players are, they rarely hesi- day-Wednesday Knockout Teams. When they won tate to give their partners the benefit of their advice. It the quarterfinal match Linnea Tow of Mesa AZ be- is seldom appreciated, much less heeded. Every now came a Life Master. When they were victorious in and again, though, you find a partner who takes your the semifinal, Shirley Krapak of Gold Canyon AZ counsel to heart. And you have to be careful what you got enough points for her gold card. Then when they say to him. won the event, Clark Ransom of Gold Canyon be- Case in point: On Day One of the Blue Rib- came a Bronze Life Master. Vi Costantino of Mesa, bon Pairs here, of Sarasota FL the fourth member of the team who already was a picked up Life Master, had a wonderful time watching her « Eddie Wold, left, and Eddie Kantar K 10 9 5 4 friends achieve their goals. ª A Q J 7 4 3 2 Eddie wins Continued on page 1 © -- ¨ 7 Section top awards Tennis Championships in in 1957. He was Both sides were vulnerable, and Weinstein’s RHO inducted into the Minnesota state table tennis Hall of opened 1¨. Weinstein ventured 1ª, and his LHO bid Section top awards may be picked up between noon Fame in 1996. a nonforcing 2NT. Weinstein’s partner, and 1 p.m. at the awards desks at the Phoenix Civic Wold is a former Texas state champion. He was of Northfield IL, passed, and opener rebid 5¨. Plaza and the Hyatt Regency. Both locations are near once nationally ranked and tried out for the national Weinstein passed, as did LHO and Garner. The result: the registration desks. team. “I just wasn’t good enough,” he said recently, down one for plus 100 for Weinstein and Garner. “so I quit table tennis cold and took up bridge.” The bad news: Par on the board their way was 2210 Kantar and Wold are both top-ranked bridge play- -- for 7«, which was frigid. ers as well. Kantar is a former world champion (Ber- Now Howard, in case you did not know, is a very muda Bowl in 1977 and 1979) and ACBL Grand Life fine player, and very experienced. He has six national Master who is perhaps better known for his bridge championships to his credit. writings. He has won the American Bridge Teachers But Garner, who has partnered Weinstein in hun- Association “Book of the Year” award four times. dreds of competitions over the years, is a star in his Wold, who this week reached the 40,000- own right. And a generous man with his insights. masterpoint plateau, won the World Transnational “If you choose to 1ª with a 7-5 hand,” Teams in 2001 and is #5 on the list of all-time Garner advised his partner, “then you must bid again masterpoint winners. when the auction comes back to you – no matter the , one of Wold’s regular partners, made level.” this tongue-in-cheek comment after the match: “I’m Day Two of the Blue Ribbon Pairs. Weinstein, in not surprised he (Wold) won the match – I am sur- first seat, red versus white, picks up: prised he’s won 40,000 .” « K ª A 9 7 5 4 3 2 © Q 8 6 4 3 ¨ -- He opened 2ª. Pass on his left. Pass by partner. 2« from RHO. Weinstein dutifully placed the 3© card on the table. Double from LHO, who had trap passed the first time with a 1-3-4-5 19 count. All pass. The result: Minus 1400. The moral of the story: Free advice is worth what you pay for it. Parking news Bridge players who want to play the midnight games can park at the Civic Plaza parking garage – , left, and finished second in the located under the Plaza with the main entrance on Blue Ribbon Pairs. Monroe Street – and exit at all hours. The parking fee is paid upon entrance and exit is available by using an automatic gate. Gin rummy is tough Dining possibilities A famous bridge expert once was asked which is the tougher game – bridge or gin rummy. Networks – 4:30 to 8 p.m., $13.75. Fish and chips, “Gin rummy,” he said in no uncertain terms. New clam chowder, salad bar, cole slaw. “You have to remember to stop dealing after 10 Terrace – 4:30 to 8 p.m., $13.75. Herb crusted cards in gin rummy. In bridge you just keep go- salmon with bok choy, grilled mahi mahi, fried rice, ing until they’re all dealt.” stir fry vegetables, salad bar, warm dessert, seafood action station. Page 4 Daily Bulletin

Jo Morse Continued on page 1 Extra tricky play lar and respected players. “She is such a class act, such By Barry Rigal a lady,” said Ken Monzingo of San Diego, who was Hal Hindman, playing with Marshall Kuschner, following Morse and Larsen in the second qualifying achieved a in the single session Board-a-Match round of the Blue Ribbon Pairs. Teams. Morse expressed thanks to husband Jack, “my big- Dlr: South « J 8 6 gest supporter. In Bermuda, he probably called more Vul: None ª 10 6 3 2 than the husbands of the players. And he cried when © -- we lost.” ¨ A K 10 9 5 4 Morse also thanked Meltzer, Larsen and “the whole « Q 5 3 2 « A K 7 team.” ª J 9 ª A K Q 8 5 “Jo-Jo is a member of our team,” said Meltzer. © A J 6 5 © 7 3 “She was late getting to the Team Trials (in 2001) and ¨ Q 6 2 ¨ 8 7 3 the whole team was upset. « 10 9 4 “There was never any question as to whether Jo- ª 7 4 , a frequent winner himself, congratulates © Jo was going to Paris. She was a member of our team.” Sidney Lazard, who was victorious in the Blue Ribbon Pairs K Q 10 9 8 4 2 ¨ partnered by Bart Bramley. J West North East South New Life Masters 3© Blue Ribbon Continued on page 1 ª Eddie Rose of Laguna Niguel CA became a Dia- Pass Pass 3 Pass mond Life Master by winning the single-session Swiss 3NT All Pass Teams last night. Eddie was the leading money winner Fame and has established the Sidney H. Lazard Jr. Sports- Having eschewed plus 500 from 3© doubled, Hal on last year’s bridge pro tour. He is a former city coun- manship Award to honor his late son. received the present of a low club lead to his queen. cilman in his home town. Bramley, the 1997 Player of the Year (for most He carefully cashed his spades before the hearts – an Sheila Nickerson of Kailua HI finished third in Strat masterpoints won in nationally rated events), won his first essential move – and cashed five heart tricks. This was C of the Mixed Pairs (two section tops), and that was North American championship – the Men’s Board-a- the ending: more than enough for her to win her gold card. Her part- Match Teams (now the Open Board-a-Match Teams) in « -- ner was Ron Frystak of Kaneohe HI. 1980. He has won 10 North American championships. ª -- Wesley Hamilton of Sun City AZ already had 794 Lazard and Bramley posted a total of 1716.94, al- © -- masterpoints, but he needed about five more golds to most a full board ahead of runners-up Kit Woolsey and ¨ A K 10 become a Life Master. His teammates brought him over Fred Stewart. and George Jacobs were « -- « -- the top by winning Bracket 5 of the Bracketed Knockout close behind in third, followed by and ª -- ª -- Teams. He won more than 31 golds and was not only a Glenn Milgrim. © A J 6 © 7 3 Life Master, but a Bronze Life Master as well. His part- Willenken and Milgrim were the event leaders going ¨ -- ¨ 8 ner was Sherman Cohen of Sun City West, who became into the last round – their opponents: Lazard and Bramley. « -- a Silver Master as a result of the victory. Their team- Dlr: South « K J 10 8 ª mates were Bob Reed of Sun City West and Ram Hira of Vul: Both ª 8 5 © K Q 10 North Vancouver BC. © 7 5 ¨ – Maria K. Morris of Tucson AZ tied for third in ¨ A K 10 4 2 Now Hal led a diamond from dummy and ducked Bracket 8 of the Bracketed Knockout Teams, That’s all « 5 3 « Q 9 7 South’s ©Q. The forced diamond return allowed him she needed to get her gold card. Her partner was Nancy ª K Q 7 3 ª J 2 Lord Watts of Tucson, and their teammates were Hans to take the last two tricks for plus 490 and a clear win. © 6 4 2 © A K J 9 3 Stocker of Sarasota FL and Marvin Woods of Lacy WA. He was the only declarer to collect plus 490. ¨ Q J 9 6 ¨ 8 5 3 Aaron Segal and Janet Schalm of Sun City West AZ « went over the top in Bracket 9 of the Bracketed Knock- A 6 4 2 ª A 10 9 6 4 Dirty work at the crossroads out Teams. Segal needed 2.17 golds and Schalm was .49 © short. They got 2.24 golds in this event. Their teammates Q 10 8 By Barry Rigal ¨ 7 were Bill Johnson of Columbus MT and Julie Coleman If you bid as boldly (should that be as badly?) as I West North East South of Billings MT. do, you have to learn a few underhand tricks. Willenken Bramley Pilgrim Lazard Betty Entinger of Lake Havbasu AZ is now a Life Say you reach 6NT on this auction: 1©–1ª; 2NT– 2© (1) Master. 4NT; 6NT. This is the complete layout: Pass 4« All Pass Mike Miller of Temple TX went over 2500 points « Q 8 (1) – the fifth time the convention had come and is now a Gold Life Master. ª J 10 8 3 Ivy Sternberg of Newmarket ON is now a Silver Life up during the final and each time Lazard-Bramley © A 10 Master after passing the 1000-point mark. scored well. ¨ K Q J 5 4 Catherine Montgomery of Scottsdale AZ made the Milgrim led the ©K and continued with the ©A. He « 10 9 5 2 « 7 6 4 3 grade in the Compact Knockouts yesterday. She played shifted to a low club: 7, jack, ace. Bramley cashed the ª A 6 2 ª K 9 7 5 with Fred Bellon of Phoenix, and their teammates were ¨K, pitching a heart, and ruffed a club. He led a spade to © 7 6 2 © J 9 8 5 May Day and Leona Bellon of Phoenix. the jack, losing to the queen. Milgrim played a diamond ¨ 8 7 3 ¨ 9 Betty Williams of Melbourne FL earned her gold card to dummy’s queen and Bramley ditched his losing heart. « A K J in the Bracketed Compact Knockouts. He cashed the ªA and ruffed a heart. He ruffed a club ª Q 4 with dummy’s «A, then played a spade to his hand. He © K Q 4 3 drew the last and cashed his good club. Plus 420 An I/N opportunity ¨ A 10 6 2 was good for most of the matchpoints. On, say, a spade lead, you win in dummy and lead Intermediate-Newcomer players have the opportu- The next board: the ª10. On a really good day, this will be ducked all nity to win a complete bridge library – and the more times Dlr: West « Q 7 3 around. On a moderate day, West will win and return a they play here at the Phoenix NABC, the more chances Vul: None ª A J 5 4 spade – this lets you squeeze East in the red suits. they’ll have to win. © K Q 9 However, neither of these things happened to me The drawings are open only to ACBL members. Each ¨ 8 3 2 – I guess I was both unlucky and considerably luckier. time a member plays in an I/N event, he receives another « A J 9 5 « K 10 4 West decided to put me under maximum pressure chance to win the bridge library. Non-members may join ª 7 ª 9 3 2 by leading a low heart at trick one. Now my chances at any time during the tournament and will be eligible to © A 10 7 6 4 © 3 looked a little thin; but I decided to try inserting the participate immediately. ¨ K 7 4 ¨ A Q J 9 6 5 The drawing will be held after the first session be- ª8. I knew the heart honors had to be split – no double, « 8 6 2 gins on the final day of the tournament. The winner does no . ª K Q 10 8 6 not need to be present to win. East decided to cover the ª8 with the ª9, letting © J 8 5 2 Sponsors of the program are: ACBL, Baron Barclay me win the ªQ – and a little later on, I had plus 1020, ¨ 10 Bridge Supplies, Jim Becker, , Rick Brown, a top and two fuming opponents. , , Great Game Products Inc., West North East South Max Hardy, Chris Hasney, Harry Lampert, Mike Willenken Bramley Pilgrim Lazard © ª Lawrence, , Liberty Z. Pyros, Ann 1 Dbl Redbl 2 Goodwill message Reese, , Frank Stewart and Bobby Wolff. Dbl (1) Pass 3¨ Pass I’d like to issue an invitation – and a challenge – to All books and video program are available for pur- 4¨ All Pass chase, some directly from the author. For specific pur- (1) Spades. all of you. Join me and other members of the Good- chase information, contact: [email protected] Bramley conceded that his – 4-3-3-3 will Committee in promoting the game we love. The ACBL recognizes each of these contributors as with the ©K Q – would not be to everyone’s taste but the Improve your behavior toward your partner and a supporter of the ACBL I/N program. We hope that I/N takeout double, combined with Lazard’s gentle jump to your opponents -- this will produce better results for players will support the authors and organizations that the two level, took up so much bidding space that your side and a more enjoyable game for everyone. contributed to this program. Don’t forget that reading is Willenken-Pilgrim did not have room to discover just how Do your part. a key to your bridge development. well their hands fit. Making six for minus 170 – and a , Chairman great score for Lazard-Bramley. National Goodwill Committee Daily Bulletin Page 5

Panel: Matt Smith (Reviewer), John Ashton, Chris “equity” is clearly irrelevant here. Nevertheless, they Tournament Appeals Patrias were compelled to decide whether, on the facts pre- Players consulted: Mike Passell, Barry Schaffer, sented, North miscounted trumps or was simply less In order to keep the bridge public informed of ap- a “strong” Flight B player than clear in stating her line. peals results in a timely fashion, the NABC Daily Bul- Case 4 The Committee ultimately decided that North was letin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is made to in the process of drawing trumps (rather than having ensure that these reports are accurate and complete. Subject: Contested Claim finished the process), that she had not led the third However, before they are published in the NABC Ap- Event: Open Board-a-Match Teams, Dec. 1, First round (although she had detached the «A from her peals Casebook revisions may be made. Qualifying Session hand), that West interrupted her, thereby preventing Bd: 28 Peggy Kaplan her from completing her statement, and that nothing « Case 3 Dlr: West A J 9 6 2 North had done to that point suggested that she would ª Subject: Deficient Claim Vul: N/S K 7 6 3 have miscounted trumps. The contract was therefore © A 9 changed to 6« made six, +1430 for N/S. Event: Stratified Open Pairs, Nov. 29, First Ses- ¨ sion A 5 DIC of Event: Henry Cukoff Bd: 8 « Q Joanne Minken Committee: Barry Rigal (chair), Danny Sprung, « « Dlr: West ª A Q 7 6 5 3 10 8 7 5 4 Kit Woolsey ª ª Vul: None © A 7 5 4 3 Q 8 4 2 A 9 © © Case 5 ¨ 7 4 8 7 6 5 ¨ ¨ « A 5 4 « 10 9 7 6 2 Q 10 9 3 K J 8 7 4 2 Subject: Unauthorized Information st ª 9 4 2 ª J 10 Roger Lord Event: 1 Sunday A/X Swiss Teams, Dec. 1, First « © 10 9 © K 8 6 2 K Q 3 Session ª « ¨ A J 8 6 5 ¨ K Q J 10 5 Bd: 13 A Q 5 © ª « K J 8 3 K Q J 10 3 2 Dlr: North --- ¨ © ª K 8 6 Vul: Both K Q J 8 4 ¨ © Q J West North East South A K 9 4 3 « © « « ¨ 10 9 4 3 2 Pass 1 Pass 2 K 7 3 2 J 9 8 ª « ª ª West North East South Pass 2 Pass 3 J 9 7 5 3 K Q 6 ¨ © © Pass 1ª 1« 1NT Pass 4NT Pass 5 (1) 7 2 10 9 5 3 © © ¨ ¨ 2ª 3© Pass 3NT Pass 5 Pass 6 8 6 10 7 2 « « Pass 4ª All Pass Pass 6 All Pass 10 6 4 ª The Facts: The play proceeded: ¨K, holding; low (1) Delayed Alert; Key Card Blackwood A 10 8 4 2 ª © spade to West’s ace; low club, ruffed by North; low The Facts: The was the A. The A 6 ¨ diamond to East’s king; diamond to the queen; «KJ Director was called following a claim by North. The Q J 5 (declarer pitching diamonds); ªK; ª8 to North’s queen. play to the first four tricks was agreed by all and had West North East South ª © ª At this point, with a trump still outstanding, declarer gone: A, all following; diamond to declarer’s ace; 1 Pass 1 « ¨ ª claimed saying only, “My hand is good.” After some spade to dummy’s king; Q, East pitching a club. At Pass 3 (1) Pass 4 (1) « discussion the Director was called and ruled that the this point declarer detached the A, from her hand, Pass 6NT All Pass ¨ ª result was 4ª down one, +50 for E/W. faced her cards, and according to E/W she said she (1) 3 not Alerted until before the 4 bid; explained The Appeal: N/S appealed the Director’s ruling. would overtake her (second) diamond in dummy, at as fit-showing (actual agreement: strong and natural) The two sides were interviewed separately. N/S said which point West said she could ruff the diamond. The Facts: 6NT made six, +1440 for N/S. The ª that both opponents were putting their hands away, The E/W players said that neither of them heard opening lead was the K. E/W called the Director to in apparent acceptance of the claim, when West stopped any statement to the effect that declarer would pull the the table after the 6NT bid and told him that after East ¨ and started talking to East about the validity of the fourth round of trumps before overtaking the diamond. passed 3 South hesitated for some time and then be- ¨ claim. South said he did not hear North’s claim statement due latedly Alerted the 3 bid. East asked and was told ª North said that in her experience (in China, where to his being deaf in one ear. “fit-showing,” after which South bid 4 . N/S told the © ª ¨ ª she learned on the Internet and at her U.S. club) such The Director, who was told that North said at some Director that in auctions like 1 -1 ; 3 -3 (only their ª ª claims are routinely accepted and she was unaware that point before her arrival at the table that trumps were 3- side bidding) they play 3 as better than 4 . she needed to say more than she did with a trump out 2, ruled that North was unaware of the 4-1 trump break The Director decided that, while the explanation ¨ in order for her claim to be accepted as valid. When and that West would therefore obtain a diamond ruff. of 3 was unauthorized information, North would have « ª ¨ asked why she didn’t either draw the last trump or state The contract was changed to 6 down three, +300 for bid again over 4 (presumably 5 ) and South would © © that she would do so, she said she thought it was obvi- E/W (Laws 70C2 and 70C3). then have bid 5 , after which North would bid 6 . The © ous. E/W said that at the point of the claim East folded The Appeal: N/S appealed the Director’s ruling. contract was changed to 6 made seven, +1390 for N/ up her cards but West kept his in his hand and waited All players agreed to the auction as presented and the S. 5-10 seconds to give North a chance to mention the play up to the claim, at which point the statements of The Appeal: E/W appealed the Director’s ruling. several of the players diverged. According to North, West did not attend the hearing. East said that North outstanding trump. When she didn’t, he mentioned it « as he called the Director. West expressed surprise that after the Q was led she counted her tricks and then did not have another bid if he really thought South had ª even then North didn’t mention the trump. N/S dis- showed her hand (or part of it) stating, “Let’s see, I’ve a one-suited hand that was weaker than a 3 bid would ¨ puted E/W’s account of the events. N/S were non- got five spades, six diamonds…” have shown. Further, if North was allowed to bid 5 © ACBL members and were sold a Strat B by the Before she could say any more West interrupted and South preferenced to 5 , there was no reason to © staff based on their experience, particularly North’s. her to say that she (West) would get a trump trick (by believe that North would bid 6 . North said that he The Panel Decision: Law 70C addresses this situ- ruffing the second diamond). North said she did not was taking a wild shot when he bid 6NT and no one ation. It instructs the Director to award a trick or tricks get to complete her claim statement as an exchange would have complained if he went down six. South ¨ ª to the non-claiming side if the claimer failed to men- between the two sides ensued. She claimed she said said that had North bid 5 over 4 she would have ¨ tion the outstanding trump, if it is “at all likely” that nothing about trumps being 3-2 until later in the dis- raised to 6 . the claimer was unaware that a trump remained in an cussion, by which time any pretense of a formal claim The Panel Decision: The Panel polled five experts ª opponent’s hand, and if a trick could be lost to that had vanished and she had become a bit flustered and on North’s likely action over 4 . Three of the five said confused. they would have passed 4ª. Based on this and the other trump by any “normal” (i.e. careless or inferior, but « not irrational, for the class of player involved) play. West said that North detached the A from her hand information, the Panel decided that unauthorized in- © The Panel decided that the first and third condi- and said “I’m going to overtake the 9…” She (West) formation was present which demonstrably suggested ª tions were fulfilled but sought advice from three play- had been about to concede the slam until North said that bidding on over 4 , and that pass was a logical alter- ª ers on how likely it was that a player taking these ac- spades were 3-2 -- that everyone had followed to the sec- native for North. The contract was thus changed to 4 tions might have forgotten that there was an outstand- ond round. West believed declarer stated a line of play (Laws 16A and 73F1) and the Panel considered the ing trump. One consultant thought it likely that a player involving drawing only three rounds of trumps. likely result in that contract. who saw his opponent wait for 5-10 seconds and still North pointed out that the second round of trumps After a spade lead to the queen (best), declarer said nothing had forgotten the trump, but not other- was irrelevant once they were not 5-0. She admitted would play a diamond to the ace followed by ace and wise. A second consultant thought it was “reasonably that she did say that trumps were 3-2 at some point, another heart. East would win and lead a second spade likely” that the trump had been forgotten. The third but only after the players had commenced their dis- to North’s ace, after which declarer would play two consultant (a “strong” Flight B player) thought it was cussion/argument. more rounds of diamonds shedding his third spade as very likely that this player had forgotten the trump. The Committee Decision: The Committee be- West ruffed. West would then lead a third spade. South Based on this input (which largely matched the lieved that West interrupted North in the middle of her would ruff and lead a third trump to East, who would Panel’s collective judgment), the claimer’s inability to claim, thus not affording her the opportunity to make have to play a minor. South would win and play mi- come up with a good reason for not mentioning the a clear statement which could have convicted (or ac- nor-suit winners until West ruffed, eventually losing trump (such as knowing the hand was over when each quitted) her of miscounting trumps. North was obvi- only four trump tricks for down one. Thus, the con- ª opponent showed in two trumps twice), and the strict ously a competent player, but equally obviously we tract was changed to 4 down one, +100 for E/W. wording of the Law, the Panel assigned the result of have all miscounted trumps. Laws 70C2 and 70C3 have DIC of Event: John Ashton 4ª down one, +50 for E/W. N/S were instructed dur- to be invoked in this situation, with any doubt being Panel: Charlie MacCracken (Reviewer), Matt ing the hearing on what to do in the future to avoid this resolved against the claimer. Smith, Gary Zeiger kind of problem. The Committee believed that this case falls pre- Players consulted: Doug Heron, Jim Linhart, Kent DIC of Event: Gary Zeiger cisely on the borderline of these provisions and that Mignocchi, Ken Monzingo, Gene Simpson Page 6 Daily Bulletin Last year’s : decided by committee Last year’s Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams was notable for its world-class field but also for a contro- versial appeals decision that left many players and fans frustrated with the entire appeals process. The extremely close final, complicated by the ap- peal involving the two highest-scoring teams in the event, saw the squad of , Bjorn Fallenius, Howard Weinstein, Steve Garner, and finish in the winners’ circle. The final offi- cial score for the Welland team was 31.65. Finishing second was the team of George Jacobs, , Alfredo Versace, , and who finished with 31.19. The Jacobs squad was the high scorer at the end of play but an appeal filed earlier in the second final ses- sion held the official result in limbo until the appeal could be ruled upon. The appellant in the case was the Welland team, the defendant Jacobs. The Welland team won the appeal, moving them into first place while Jacobs dropped to second. Third was the team led by Rose Meltzer (Kyle Larsen, , , and ), who had 31.00 while ’s squad (, and ) was fourth with 30.85. The Reisinger, the premier team event of the Fall NABC, is a three-day contest using board-a-match scor- ing. A large field of 61 teams entered last year’s event. The field was cut to 28 teams for the semifinal round and to 14 teams for the final round. 1947 champs -- The only all-women’s team to win the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams: (from left) , Sally At board-a-match scoring, a team wins, ties or loses Young, Paula Ribner and Jane Jaeger. a board by comparing scores from both tables of play. Overtricks can be vital if the contract is the same at him to become a stalwart financial supporter of the Don Krauss, , both tables. Here’s an example: game, as well as a noted philanthropist on a far larger 1963 , , Harold Ogust, Howard « Schenken Dlr: West 7 5 2 scale. 1964 , , Mervin Key, Harold Rockaway Vul: N-S ª J 10 7 5 In the years when there was often a struggle to 1965 Eddie Kantar, , Marshall Miles, Lew Stansby © K 9 5 4 meet the League’s modest payroll, Reisinger was of- 1966 Robert Jordan, , , Arthur Robinson ¨ 1967 Robert Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Arthur Robinson, 6 2 ten called upon and never failed to help with a loan or , « 10 6 « A Q J 9 4 3 an outright gift. His support made possible several early 1968 Kyle Larsen, Erik Paulsen, , , Howard ª K ª A 8 3 tournaments, clubs and books. Schenken © © 1969 Philip Feldsman, , , Gerald Q J 8 6 3 10 Among the positions in which he served were di- Westheimer ¨ K 8 7 5 4 ¨ A J 3 rector of the United States Bridge Association, presi- 1970 1-2. Billy Eisenberg, , Bob Hamman, Jim « K 8 dent of the Greater New York Bridge Association and Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff; 1-2. , Anthony Dionisi, ª William Grieve, Harlow Lewis, Peter Pender, George Rapee Q 9 6 4 2 chairman of the ACBL. In 1953, Reisinger was named 1971 William Grieve, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Don Krauss, © A 7 2 ACBL Honorary Member. , George Rapee ¨ Q 10 9 Winners 1972 , Steve Goldberg, Steven Parker, 1929 Max Cohen, Louis Haddad, Robert Halpin, Nils Webster 1973 Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, Bud Reinhold, Alan Sontag, Pe- West North East South ter Weichsel Weichsel Sontag 1930 William Barrett, James Carpenter, , Johnny Rau 1931 Elizabeth Banfield, Winfield Liggett, Frances Newman, 1974 , Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira Rubin « 1975 Fred Hamilton, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira Rubin Pass Pass 1 Pass George Unger 1976 , Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, 1NT Pass 3« Pass 1932 B. Jay Becker, S. Garton Churchill, George Reith, Eddie Kantar, Mike Passell, 4« All Pass 1977 Jimmy Cayne, Alan Greenberg, Jim Jacoby, Kyle Larsen, ª 1933 Charles Hall, Albert Steiner, Philip Steiner, Richard Wildberg Sontag led the 2 (low from odd), won in dummy 1934 Henry Dinkelspiel, Lewis Jaeger, Bernard Rabinowitz, Mike Lawrence with the king. Declarer then played a low diamond to- Maurice Seiler 1978 Ira Corn, Fred Hamilton, Bob Hamman, Ira Rubin, Bobby Wolff 1935 Roland Buck, Joseph Cain, Lawrence Welch, Edson Wood ward the closed hand. 1979 1-2. , Robert Levin, , Bud 1936 Marge Anderson, Donald Farquharson, Mrs. J. A. Faulkner, Weichsel made the key playing of rising with the Reinhold, ; 1-2. Ira Corn, Fred Hamilton, Bob Hamman, ©K and returning a trump. Declarer finessed, losing to 1937 John Crawford, Charles Goren, Charles Solomon, Sally Ira Rubin, Bobby Wolff 1980 , Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Eddie South’s king, and a trump was continued. Young 1938 John Crawford, Charles Goren, Charles Solomon, Sally Kantar, Mike Lawrence, Paul Soloway 1981 Chip Martel, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby Declarer won in dummy and took a ruffing finesse Young 1982 Bill Root, , Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay in diamonds, pitching a club. South won the ©A and 1939 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, Charles Goren, Charles Solomon, 1983 , Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, Ri- declarer soon claimed 10 tricks. chard Pavlicek © 1940 Henry Feinberg, , Maury Glick, Louis Newman Note that if Weichsel had not risen with the K at 1941 Peter Leventritt, Simon Rossant, Helen Sobel, Margaret 1984 1-4. Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Edgar Kaplan, Norman trick two, he would have exposed to the ruffing finesse Wagar Kay; 1-4. Fred Stewart, , , ; 1-4. , Richard Reisig, George Tornay, Saul Bronstein; 1-4. 1942 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, , John Crawford which allows declarer to score 11 tricks. That is what , Jon Wittes, , Stelio Touchtidis happened at the other table, giving the Meltzer squad 1943 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel 1944 Simon Becker, Peggy Golder, , Charles 1985 1-2. Chip Martel, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby; a win on the board. Solomon 1-2. George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, The Reisinger 1945 , George Rapee, Sam Stayman, Waldemar von Marty Bergen, Larry Cohen Zedtwitz 1986 Steve Robinson, Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, , Peter Pender, Lew Stansby The event is contested for the Reisinger Trophy 1946 Mitch Barnes, John Crawford, Alvin Roth, Edith Seligman 1987 , Jaggy Shivdsani, Billy Cohen, 1947 1-3. Paula Bacher, Jane Jaeger, Kay Rhodes, Sally Young; (the Chicago Trophy until 1965). It is a six-session open 1988 Jimmy Cayne, Bob Hamman, Mike Passell, , team-of-four event scored by board-a-match with two 1-3. John Crawford, , George Rapee, Sam Stayman; 1-3. Robert Appleyard, Morris Berliant, M. A. Lightman, Simon Rossant , Bobby Wolff qualifying sessions, two semifinal sessions and two 1948 George Boeckh, , , Charlotte 1989 Zia Mahmood, , , Chris Sidway Compton, final sessions. It was contested as a four-session cham- 1990 Richard Pavlicek, Bill Root, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, 1949 Lee Hazen, Larry Hirsch, , Peter Leventritt, pionship until 1966. Jack Shore The event began in 1929 as the North American 1950 B. Jay Becker, , Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, 1991 Cliff Russell, Sam Lev, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz, Open Team Championship and the prize was the Chi- Helen Sobel Marty Bergen, Bjorn Fallenius 1992 Jimmy Cayne, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Chuck Burger, cago Trophy, donated by the Club of 1951 Corti Boland, Bruce Elliott, Micky Miller, Percy Sheardown 1952 , Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, , Marcelo Branco 1993 Nick Nickell, , Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Chicago. (In 1928, the open team competition was for 1953 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Sam Stayman Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell the Harold S. Vanderbilt Cup.) 1954 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor 1994 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, The Chicago Trophy was replaced in 1965 by the 1955 Ben Fain, George Heath, Paul Hodge, Jim Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell Reisinger Memorial Trophy, donated by the Greater 1956 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor 1995 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, New York Bridge Association in memory of Curt H. 1957 Charles Goren, Harold Ogust, Bill Root, , Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 1996 Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Chip Martel, Lew Helen Sobel Reisinger. Stansby 1958 Leonard Harmon, Ralph Hirschberg, Edgar Kaplan, Alfred Reisinger (1891-1964), New York City, was a prin- Sheinwold, 1997 Bart Bramley, Howard Weinstein, Sidney Lazard, Steve Garner cipal patron of contract bridge and the American Con- 1959 Lew Mathe, Don Oakie, , Edward Taylor 1998 Rita Shugart, Andrew Robson, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester tract Bridge League in the early years of both. 1960 Ollie Adams, William Hann, Sidney Lazard, Lew Mathe 1999 Rita Shugart, Andrew Robson, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester 1961 John Crawford, Norman Kay, Alvin Roth, Sidney Silodor, 2000 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin Reisinger was a great-grandson of Anheuser and a Tobias Stone 2001 Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Brad Moss, Fred Gitelman, grandson of Busch, co-founders of the brewery from 1962 1-2. Paul Allinger, Harold Guiver, Lew Mathe, Ron Von der which he inherited great wealth. That wealth enabled Porten, Erik Paulsen, Edward Taylor; 1-2. Bob Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein Daily Bulletin Page 7

LONG BEACH KO TEAMS FINAL STANDINGS IN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS Bracket 1 16 Teams 104 Pairs 34.50 1 G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA; Daniel 190.00 1 Sidney Lazard, Dallas TX; Bart Bramley, Chicago IL 1716.94 Hoekstra, Portland OR; Tadashi Teramoto, Japan; Mike 142.50 2 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Kingston NY 1673.26 Bandler, Alamo CA; Michael Katz, San Ramon CA; Tadashi 106.88 3 Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy; George Jacobs, Burr Ridge IL 1665.01 Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 87.69 4 Chris Willenken, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 1661.89 25.88 2 Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA; Elayne 81.43 5 Howard Weinstein, Sarasota FL; Steve Garner, Northfield IL 1609.16 Kadis - Kenneth Kadis, Brookline MA; Stephen Gladyszak, 76.00 6 , New York NY; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 1562.75 Chelsea MA; John Jeffrey, Las Vegas NV 17.25 3/4 Jonathan Greenspan - Joyce Sillins - Glenn 71.25 7 Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL; David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ 1558.42 Eisenstein, New York NY; , Bronx NY 67.06 8 Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Brad Moss, New York NY 1553.40 17.25 3/4 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Carolyn Jackson, 63.33 9 Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Robert Levin, Bronx NY 1541.81 Sugar Land TX; David McLellan, Thunder Bay ON; William 60.00 10 Robert Blanchard - Sam Lev, New York NY 1540.45 Treble, Winnipeg MB; , Oak Creek WI; Warren Foss, 57.00 11 Vidar Smith - Odin Svendsen, Norway 1538.87 Pierre SD 54.29 12 Steve Weinstein, Glen Ridge NJ; Norberto Bocchi, Milan Italy 1537.03 51.82 13 Tormod Roren, Norway; Erik Saelensminde, Bergen Norway 1531.83 Bracket 2 16 Teams 49.57 14 Dan Jacob, Burnaby BC; David Lindop, Toronto ON 1529.73 26.37 1 Henry Caspar - Tom Buttle, Toronto ON; Janet 47.50 15 Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL; Paul Marston, Australia 1514.93 Dunbar, Calgary AB; Shirley Scott, Colorado Spgs CO 45.60 16 Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Perry Johnson, Bloomfield Hls MI 1509.16 19.78 2 John Carty - Tom Ottley - Douglas H Scott - 43.85 17 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jacek Pszczola, Lublin 1499.99 Robert Hill, Anchorage AK; Charles Heilig, Chesapeake VA 42.22 18 Peter Friedland, Los Altos CA; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 1499.41 13.19 3/4 Roy Baughman, Pantego TX; Mike Miller, 40.71 19 , ; Klaus Reps, 1497.35 Temple TX; Nancy Zakim, Kentfield CA; John Glick, Hope IN 39.31 20 Joan Brooke - Dave Glen, La Quinta CA 1496.35 13.19 3/4 Alan Walters, Cape Porpoise ME; Charles 38.00 21 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Jon Wittes, Claremont CA 1490.01 Coffin, Danville NH; J Alfred Letourneau, Winslow ME; Sharron 36.77 22 Steve Beatty, Bothell WA; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL 1486.86 Hinckley, East Winthrop ME 35.63 23 Jovanka Smederevac - Sascha Wernle, 1473.00 Bracket 3 16 Teams 34.55 24 Geir Helgemo, Trondheim Ca Norway; , Cambridge MA 1469.35 20.13 1 Marilyn Arnold - Patricia Lozano, San Anto- 33.53 25 Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY; , Barnet VT 1463.50 nio TX; Kyle Mattes - Melissa Mattes, Irving TX 32.57 26 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 1457.55 15.10 2 David Pricer - Toni Pricer - Marion Hargrove 31.67 27 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Frederick Allenspach, Potomac MD 1457.16 - Michael Hargrove, Henderson NV 30.81 28 Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 1453.29 10.07 3/4 Gertrude Moore, Orinda CA; Donald 30.00 29 Joe Grue, Bronx NY; Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm 1452.69 Christensen, Seattle WA; John Arena, Boston MA; John Linderoth, 29.23 30 , North Wales PA; , Los Angeles CA 1446.97 Monroe Center IL 28.50 31 , Huntsville AL; , Schenectady NY 1437.41 10.07 3/4 Mac Busby, San Diego CA; Grant Peacock, 27.80 32 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Rich Pavlicek Jr, San Mateo CA 1436.87 Charleston SC; Shih-Ming Shih, San Jose CA; Jeeyoung Min, 27.14 33 Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA; Kay Beck, Fishers IN 1433.85 Seoul South Korea; Paul Cornelius, Redwood City CA; Melinda 26.51 34 JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA 1430.34 Foos, Campbell CA 25.91 35 Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA; Steve Catlett, Richmond VA 1430.19 25.33 36 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN 1424.96 Bracket 4 14 Teams 24.78 37 , Bratenahl OH; Leonard Holtz, Los Angeles CA 1424.66 13.95 1 Dale Shepherd, Fort Wayne IN; Jody Castillo, Warsaw IN; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Richard Higgins, 24.26 38 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV 1423.15 Ponchatoula LA 23.75 39 , Boca Raton FL; , Las Vegas NV 1418.33 10.46 2 Neil Hunter - Anita Carlson - Joy McHaffie - 23.27 40 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Vashon WA 1407.79 Art McHaffie - Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 22.80 41 Vincent Demuy, Laval PQ; , Thornhill ON 1402.18 6.98 3/4 Patricia Riding, Smith’s Bermuda; Margaret 22.35 42 Stephen Landen, Rochester Hills MI; , Powell OH 1398.97 McKune, Tucson AZ; William Golush, Denville NJ; Lillian Har- 21.92 43 Fulvie Fantoni - , Rome Italy 1395.98 ris, Oakland CA 21.51 44 Mark Feldman, New York NY; Sharon Osberg, San Francisco CA 1395.95 6.98 3/4 William Lynch - Doralu Lynch - Gayle 21.11 45 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; John Rengstorff, New York NY 1390.68 Smithers - William Smithers, Las Cruces NM 20.73 46 Richard Lesage, Verdun PQ; Serge Chevalier, Montreal PQ 1375.79 20.36 47 Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan; Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan 1370.18 Bracket 5 12 Teams 20.00 48 Gary Bush, Dallas TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 1369.96 9.28 1 Lynette Koski, Pewaukee WI; Mary 19.66 49 Gerry Marshall, Calgary AB; Hendrik Sharples, Portland OR 1367.61 McCormick, Oconomowoc WI; Gail Wix, Salt Lake Cty UT; Judith 19.32 50 Hugh Ross, Oakland CA; Hemant Lall, Plano TX 1366.15 Hess, Fairfield CT 19.26 51 - Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY 1362.59 6.96 2 Joan Savage - Carolyn Deyett - Elaine Hall, 18.69 52 J Peter Franks, Sausalito CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 1362.30 Canton MI; Ann Haycock, Novi MI 18.39 53 Joan Dziekanski, New York NY; Alan Goldman, Queens Vlg NY 1354.63 4.64 3/4 Howard Moultrie - Valerie Moultrie, Sun City West AZ; Jeanne Blanchet, US; Shirley Graboff, Peoria AZ 18.10 54 Srikanth Kodayam, San Leandro CA; Douglas Dang, San Mateo CA 1354.53 4.64 3/4 Bernice Harris - Gerald Harris - Rosemary 17.81 55 , Mesa AZ; Robin Klar, Spring TX 1354.16 Colwell - Richard Colwell, Colorado Spgs CO 17.54 56 Fred Moen - Ingvar Erga, Norway 1351.97 17.27 57 Mike Graham, Ann Arbor MI; Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 1346.26 NEW ORLEANS KNOCKOUT TEAMS 17.02 58 Michael Gilbert - Susan Gilbert, Sarasota FL 1338.86 Bracket 1 13 Teams 16.76 59 David McLellan, Thunder Bay ON; William Treble, Winnipeg MB 1336.43 John Cox, Kellogg ID; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI; Randal Gentillon, Idaho Falls ID THURSDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS vs 168 Pairs Linda Webb, Fargo ND; Richard Ekstrum, Crystal MN; Greggory A B C Van Dyke, Saint Paul MN; Alan Resser, Chicago IL 37.11 1 David Becher, Swampscott MA; Alan Watson, Lexington MA 396.79 Xiaodong Zhang, Fremont CA; Jeffrey Hu, San Jose CA; D. Lionel 27.83 2 1 Michael Doll, Los Angeles CA; Richard Plumer, Pasadena CA 396.00 O’Young, West Covina CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 20.87 3 Denny Sacul, Jakarta Indonesia; Paul Stern, Oak Creek WI 383.13 vs 15.66 4 Virginia Lifton, Marco Island FL; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 374.21 Carolyn Lynch, Marblehead MA; Dennis Dawson, Sante Fe NM; 11.74 5 Yalcin Atabey, Istonbul Turkey; Suleyman Kolata, Istabul Turkey 374.17 Frederick Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; 8.81 6 James Tritt, Fresno CA; Rick Roeder, San Diego CA 374.00 , Dallas TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX 6.60 7 Susi Katz Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Mary Ruth Blustein, Bellevue WA 372.20 4.95 8 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Ross Rainwater, Vancouver WA 370.00 Bracket 2 12 Teams 10.61 9/10 2 Ronald Huffaker, Alpine CA; Harold Huffaker, Danville CA 367.50 Mike Sloan, Sellersburg IN; Sara Parks M D, Owensboro KY; 3.92 9/10 Joanne Minken, Los Angeles CA; Haig Tchamitch, Peoria AZ 367.50 Betty Mattison, Louisville KY; Patricia English, Cincinnati OH; 3.92 11 Richard Yanko, Las Vegas NV; Ed Lucas III, Phoenix AZ 366.42 Michael T Pierce, Fairfield OH; Deb Phillips, N Little Rock AR 4.76 12 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; Grant Baze, San Diego CA 366.00 vs 3.27 13 Robert Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Jim Linhart, Delray Beach FL 365.04 Rudy Saperstein - Elinor Saperstein, Nashville TN; Janet Appel, 3.36 14 William Howard, Tuscon AZ; , Tucson AZ 365.00 Murfreesboro TN; Cherry Starling, Brentwood TN 3.92 15 Loarn Thoelecke, San Anselmo CA; Roy Hoppe, San Rafael CA 361.29 7.96 16 3 1 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Narayan Mohanram, Sunnyvale CA 361.00 Lyle Kinsey, Midland TX; Earl Knipfel, Moose Jaw SK; Edwin Siegel, New York NY; John Pulles - Cathy Sproule, Saskatoon 3.84 17 Steven Johnson, San Diego CA; Allan Deserpa, Tempe AZ 358.50 SK; Michael Mullendore, Ellicott City MD 3.78 18 Jessica Brown, Dallas TX; Suzanne Cohen, Narberth PA 356.19 vs 5.97 19 4 Raymond Gilbert, Indianapolis IN; John Hinton, Greenwood IN 353.50 William Ge - Gary Ge - Danny Lee, Vancouver BC; Dennis Groden, 3.27 20 Peter Cheung, Fremont CA; Jeff Olson, Dallas TX 348.50 West Vancouver BC 3.78 21 Rob Crawford, Las Vegas NV; Richard Sternlieb, Milwaukee WI 348.04 2.38 22/24 Ed Groner, Houston TX; George Pisk, Manchaca TX 348.00 Bracket 3 16 Teams 2.68 22/24 Patricia Worthley, Andover MA; Lou Kelleher, Dover MA 348.00 Mel Heitger, Glendale AZ; Richard Olsen, Elcho WI; Ken Wollesen 1.96 22/24 Lois Stuart, West Chester PA; Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 348.00 - Corinne Wollesen, Phoenix AZ 4.48 5 Charles Aldenderfer - Peter Aldenderfer, Indianapolis IN 346.50 vs 3.36 6 Barbara Halper, Scottsdale AZ; Helen Foreht, Toronto ON 345.29 Dixie Adair, Rose Hill KS; Ruby Campbell - Helen Brown - 3.16 7 Joe Neal Kroll, San Francisco CA; Bipin Patel, Orinda CA 342.00 Beverly Gochis, Wichita KS 4.60 2 Nancy Turner - Susan Jackowitz, New York NY 322.50 3.45 3 Laurel Scheinman, Baltimore MD; Janie Moser, Pinehurst NC 316.00 Paul Zatulove - Stanley Price, Phoenix AZ; Roger Siegel, 2.59 4 Fred Nachman, Paradise Valley AZ; Dennis Brydon, Phoenix AZ 314.00 Scottsdale AZ; Lee Morgenlander, Sarasota FL; Harvey Bernstein, 1.94 5 James Apostolina, Sun City West AZ; Lucy Hillestad, Woodruff WI 311.00 Solon OH 1.45 6 Alan Cole, Council Bluffs IA; Barry Margolin, Arlington MA 310.98 vs Page 8 Daily Bulletin

Renato Robledo, Philadelphia PA; James R Salter, Woodinville THURSDAY EVENING STRATIFIED SWISS TEAMS WA; Laurie Beattie - Rob Lorck, Colorado Springs CO 91 Teams A B C Bracket 4 16 Teams 12.35 1 Joel Hoersch, San Diego CA; Colin Revill, Burlington ON; Jon Jon Downing, Solihill England; Liam Johnstone, Birmingham Wright, La Mesa CA; Eddie Rose, Laguna Niguel CA 77.00 England; Edward Freeman, Portland OR; Meg Andrews, San Fran- 9.26 2 Cheryl Ambach - Jack Ambach Jr, Glasgow KY; Marsha Kyle - Dennis cisco CA Hesthaven, Louisville KY 65.00 vs 6.08 3/4 Linda Webb, Fargo ND; Richard Ekstrum, Crystal MN; Alan Resser - James Rudolph - Jerry Thornton, Ann Arbor MI; Ann Johnson, Durango CO; Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL Robert Oslin, Chicago IL 64.00 6.08 3/4 Joyce Sillins - Jonathan Greenspan, New York NY; Brad Campbell, Wendy Turk - Bill Johnson, Denver CO; Carole Carlson - David Smyrna GA; Shannon Cappelletti, Hixson TN 64.00 Carlson, Englewood CO 7.04 5/7 1/2 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI; Joyce Maller, Davenport IA; vs Karen Wood, Houston TX; Ted Le Munyon, North Fork CA 59.00 William Farnan, Ormond Beach FL; , Destin 3.01 5/7 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Simon Erlich, Forest Hills NY; FL; Michael Nistler, Petaluma CA; Duaine Benard, Redford MI Robert Gordon, Northport NY; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY 59.00 7.04 5/7 1/2 Mac Busby, San Diego CA; Grant Peacock, Charleston SC; Shih-Ming PAUL CULLEN MEMORIAL KNOCKOUT TEAMS Shih, San Jose CA; Jeeyoung Min, Seoul South Korea 59.00 Bracket 1 16 Teams 1.65 8 Susan Fuller - , Miami FL; Maris Zilant, North Miami 52.90 1 Jim Robison, Las Vegas NV; Simon Kantor, FL; Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 58.00 Agawam MA; Marc Low - Sandra Low, Centerville OH 1.37 9 Warren Foss, Pierre SD; Paul Kmetty - Beverly Flagg - Marilyn 39.68 2 Kenneth Badertscher - Martin Schiff Jr - Hawkins, Sun Lakes AZ 57.00 Michael Levy - Jeffrey Lesser, Tucson AZ; Joe Harris, Albuquer- 1.24 10 Patricia Chiszar, Naperville IL; Glenna Shannahan, Fitchburg WI; que NM; Bill Harker, Marana AZ Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Daniel Till, Lincoln NE 56.00 26.45 3/4 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West 4.52 3 James R Salter, Woodinville WA; Renato Robledo, Philadelphia PA; Bloomfield MI; Rodger Arnold, Albuquerque NM; Leonard Ernst, Cetin Okcuoglu, Moorestown NJ; Wonjoo Goldstein, Sun City West AZ 52.00 Las Vegas NV; Donald Stack, Shawnee Mission KS; James Leary, Irvine CA 3.39 4 Lynne Cook, Wyandotte MI; Debra Eaves, Northville MI; John 26.45 3/4 Jan Janitschke, Littleton CO; Ann Labe, Shufelt - Jean Shufelt, Newport RI 51.00 Vancouver WA; Jackie Buroker, Bellevue WA; Balusu Rao, 2.54 5 Gail Meyer, Great Falls MT; Ann Zorn - David Orser, Billings MT; Redmond WA David Pankratz, San Diego CA 50.00 1.91 6 Ken McClenahan, Lone Tree CO; James Washburn, Mill Valley CA; Bracket 2 16 Teams Caryn Villalon, Willits CA; William Sumner, Palo Alto CA 47.00 50.60 1 David Yang, Los Angeles CA; Xiaodong Shi, 4.25 1 Nit Buckhout - Elaine West Fry - Brian Hegarty, Colorado Spgs Des Plaines IL; Phil Warden - Mary Warden, Madison WI; Joan CO; Les Jensen, Aurora CO 38.00 Stein, Milwaukee WI; Ralph Hoffman, Lake Forest IL 3.19 2 Art McHaffie - Joy McHaffie, Santa Fe NM; Jean Tonjes - James 37.95 2 Margie Sullivan - Myles Walsh, Buzzards Bay Tonjes, Espanola NM 35.00 MA; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL 2.39 3 Sherm Supola, Billings MT; Maria Morris - Nancy Lord Watts, 25.30 3/4 Farid Assemi, Fresno CA; Edward Wojewoda, Tucson AZ; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK 33.00 Clovis CA; Jennifer Jones - Frank Bessing, Santa Rosa CA 1.79 4 Ann Johnson, Durango CO; Dorothy Segel, Snowmass CO; Karen 25.30 3/4 Joyce Sillins - Jonathan Greenspan, New York Kribs, Aspen CO; Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL 32.00 NY; Shannon Cappelletti, Hixson TN; Brad Campbell, Smyrna 1.34 5 Norma Barber - Maureen Wagner, Regina SK; Carol Harding, GA Scottsdale AZ; Julie Irving, Hudson WI 31.00 Bracket 3 16 Teams 41.54 1 Faye Parsons, Saratoga CA; Bernard THURSDAY EVENING SIDE GAME Figueiredo - Hanan Deeby, Foster City CA; Jack Triplett, Inkom 78 Pairs ID A B C 31.16 2 Xiaodong Zhang, Fremont CA; Kou-Ping 7.43 1 Maynard Denison - Sandy Denison, Bakersfield CA 208.85 Cheng, Saratoga CA; Jeffrey Hu, San Jose CA; D. Lionel O’Young, 5.57 2 1 1 Jack Mayer - Fran Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 199.50 West Covina CA 4.18 3 2 Bernard Zions, FL; David Nurenberg, Dallas TX 197.25 20.77 3/4 Raymond Gilbert, Indianapolis IN; John 3.13 4 Carmen Akins, Eagle Point OR; Vicki Williams, Medford OR 196.79 Hinton, Greenwood IN; Barbara Boswell - Nathaniel Reid, Cin- 2.80 5 Robert Ryder, Caldwell NJ; Richard Budd, Portland ME 194.71 cinnati OH 3.07 6 3 Marvin Schenk, Phoenix AZ; Jim Greenwood, Kansas City MO 191.08 20.77 3/4 Geo. Fred Williams III, Knoxville TN; Jim 2.33 4 Fred Crockett, Danville IL; Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL 186.00 Relihan, Tampa FL; Deborah Drury, Vero Beach FL; Jill 2.73 5 2 Patricia Riding, Smith’s Bermuda; David Fott, Las Vegas NV 184.85 Wooldridge, Buffalo NY 2.05 6 3 Nanci Molan, Peoria AZ; Terry Schreder, Airdrie AB 184.33 1.54 4 Penny Augustine - Wilson Augustine, Toronto ON 178.10 Bracket 4 16 Teams 1.34 5 Viorel Atudorei - Sudip Dosanjh, Albuquerque NM 172.38 37.26 1 Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; John Liukkonen - Doris Liukkonen, New Orleans LA; Haisam Osman, Fullerton 0.96 6 Cindy Siegel, Knoxville TN; David Shepler, Charleston WV 170.31 CA 27.95 2 Rae Murbach - Jerry Murbach, Altadena CA; 2ND THURSDAY MIXED PAIRS Norm Gordon, Dol-des-Ormea PQ; William Weingarden, Santa 116 Pairs Monica CA A B C 18.63 3/4 James Goodbody, Falmouth ME; Mark 19.32 1 Mildred Breed, Austin TX; Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC 387.54 Pedersen, Canyon TX; Daniel Williams, Lighthouse Point FL; Alan 14.49 2 Barbara Sion - Larry Cohen, Las Vegas NV 382.00 Darman, Boca Raton FL 10.87 3 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; John Zilic, Houston TX 380.51 18.63 3/4 Sabina Lim, Orange CA; Gerald Mindell, 8.15 4 Si Dombu - Adis Dombu, Las Vegas NV 369.21 Chicago IL; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH; Marlene Bucholtz, Las 7.71 5 1 Walter Rassbach - Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO 362.50 Vegas NV 4.58 6 John Solodar, New York NY; Gladys Collier, East Hampton NY 362.00 8.38 5/8 Robert Bullock - Marilyn Bullock, Nipomo 3.44 7 Gennifer Binder - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 360.70 CA; Gary Yant, Cambria CA; Dixie Hsu, San Luis Obispo CA 2.58 8 Marianne Spanier - Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ 358.00 5.78 2 1 Burton Voorhees - Kinga Voorhees, Edmonton AB 349.50 Bracket 5 16 Teams 4.34 3 2 Melinda Foos, Campbell CA; Paul Cornelius, Redwood City CA 344.00 31.05 1 Sherman Cohen - Robert Reed, Sun City West AZ; Wesley Hamilton, Sun City AZ; Ram Hira, North Vancouver 3.25 4 Jerry Curtright - Judy Hummel, Colorado Spgs CO 341.50 BC 2.77 5 Kimberly Fanady - Steven Kipperman, San Francisco CA 337.00 23.29 2 Lynn Rattinger, Roanoke VA; Elizabeth 1.83 6 Matthew Kappel, Middletown NJ; M Nelson, Long Branch NJ 333.33 Murphy, Falmouth MA; Nina Lubick-Reich - William Linsenbard, 1.99 3 Ron Frystak, Kaneohe HI; Sheila Nickerson, Kailua HI 329.50 Fullerton CA 2.06 4 Laurah Limbrick, Denver CO; Donald Patterson, Steamboat Spr CO 315.50 15.53 3/4 Jody Williams - Richard Williams, San Carlos 3.11 5/6 Jon Lusk, Ann Arbor MI; Sally Lusk, Ypsilanti MI 308.00 CA; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; J Beck, Millbrae CA 1.20 5/6 Jean Beveridge, Canning NS; Chris Wilke, Tucson AZ 308.00 15.53 3/4 Wonjoo Goldstein, Sun City West AZ; Cetin Okcuoglu, Moorestown NJ; Renato Robledo, Philadelphia PA; THURSDAY EVENING 50/20/5 PAIRS James R Salter, Woodinville WA 16 Pairs 6.99 5/8 James Jacobs - Carole Chapman, Las Vegas A B C NV; Elena Bingham, Westborough MA; T. Seng Tjoa, Pomona 1.89 1 Jeff Kaldem, Dallas TX; Mary Belle Hoenig, Lomita CA 80.00 NY 1.42 2 Dana Machalleck - Phyllis Chambers, Chicago IL 79.50 1.06 3 Evelyn Gore, Sun Lakes AZ; Judy Paredes, Chandler AZ 72.00 Bracket 6 16 Teams 1.31 4 1 Regina Moore - Gordon Moore, Stevenson Ranch CA 67.50 26.30 1 John Bush, E Boothbay ME; Max Thompson, 0.58 5/6 Greg Blodgett - Connie Blodgett, Eden Prairie MN 64.50 Twin Falls ID; Lynda Saunders - J Craig Saunders, Sun Valley ID 19.73 2 Peg Mitchell, Bloomington MN; Carol 0.58 5/6 Renee Harwick, Newport Beach CA; Joe Succi, Irvine CA 64.50 Rynders, Saint Paul MN; T Deeder, Aldergrove BC; Carrie St 0.98 2 1 Craig Asbury - Lena Asbury, Az City Arizona 61.50 Onge, Minneapolis MN 0.74 3 2 Patti Lackman, Billngs MT; Ossie Abrams, Billings MT 57.00 13.15 3/4 Ann Allen - Richard Gitter - Judith Thomp- son, Scottsdale AZ; Leslie Yanko, Las Vegas NV THURSDAY EVENING 300/200/100 PAIRS 13.15 3/4 Carol Legoullon, Cocoa Beach FL; Kathleen 23 Pairs Frangione, Southington CT; Elizabeth Nagle, Wethersfield CT; A B C Helma Strauss, Hartford CT 3.08 1 1 1 Alex Booke - Sandy Howe, Pittsford NY 109.99 2.31 2 David Strey - Peter Stymfal, Peoria AZ 108.15 Bracket 7 16 Teams 1.83 3 2 Sandra Patack, Albany NY; Artie Cohen, Highland Park IL 97.37 21.93 1 Robert Hill - Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK; 1.49 4 3 2 Don Doolittle, Burlingame CA; Dan Stowell, Hillsborough CA 95.70 Daily Bulletin Page 9

1.11 5 4 3 Doug Sanders, Everett WA; Bruce Huntoon, Manson WA 90.13 Susan Rodricks, Milford CT; Richard A Starbuck, Sun City West 0.73 6 Betty Richards, East Orleans MA; Walter Yllo, North Attleboro MA 89.94 AZ 0.84 5 4 Cheryl Evans, Houston TX; Judi Trenton, Hartland MI 89.08 16.45 2 Hansford Rowe, Valencia CA; Adam Feldt, 0.63 5 Marsha Helton - Darryl Helton, Sedona AZ 87.02 Newhall CA; Janet Wickersham, Sierra Madre CA; Teri Atkinson, Bakersfield CA THURSDAY EVENING 300/200/100 TEAMS 10.97 3/4 Craig Stump, Ridgecrest CA; Kay Rogers, 22 Teams Roswell NM; Osvaldo Barreiro, Pasadena CA; Thomas Mohr, Littleton CO A B C 10.97 3/4 Edward Grant - Robert Young - Bobbie Grier 4.48 1 Laurie Beattie - Rob Lorck - Steven Erickson - Ann Erickson, - Ann Wise, Abilene TX Colorado Spgs CO 68.00 3.36 2 Walter Harvey - Cindy Buck, Glendale AZ; Dan Kraft, Cave Creek Bracket 8 16 Teams AZ; Christopher Suthann, Phoenix AZ 58.00 16.10 1 Carl Kallina - Fay Kallina, Tucson AZ; Donald 2.52 3 Phyllis Bishop, Loveland OH; Susan Hermans - Tonette De Angelis, Davis - Sandra Davis, Johnstown CO West Chester OH; Jeanne Weyers, Cincinnati OH 56.00 12.08 2 Renee Rogers - Roger Sielicky, Palm Desert 1.89 4 Frances Rockwell, Waikoloa HI; Shelly Hershberger, Kailua Kona CA; Sonja Smith - Sally Kirtley, North Granby CT HI; Sandra Schneider, Boca Raton FL; William Walker, Houston TX 50.00 8.05 3/4 Elaine Prager, New Orleans LA; Mary Thomp- 2.44 5 1 1 Gordon Mori - Ruth Mori, Markham ON; Mira Rowe, Valencia CA; son, Oceanside CA; Judith McClain, Alamos Mexico; Doris Segar, Helene Fierman, Encino CA 48.00 Newport Beach CA 1.06 6 Bernice Shahrabani, Deerfield Beach FL; Shirley Stanton-Huntley, 8.05 3/4 June Harris - Eve Clements - Marion Lett, Tucson; Lou Crockett, Danville IL; Edmund Au-Yeung, Waterloo IA 47.00 Mesa AZ; Robert Ethier, Prince Albert SK 1.83 2 Ernest Mason - C. Sue Mason, Gold Canyon AZ; Rus Thorson - Jane Thorson, Mesa AZ 42.00 Bracket 9 13 Teams 1.37 3 Richard Colwell - Rosemary Colwell, Colorado Spgs CO; Peter 11.50 1 Betsy Clifton, Paradise Valley AZ; Henry Langeman - Herbert Schaeffer Jr - John Wolfe, Tucson AZ Rhead - Valerie Rhead, Utterson ON 41.00 8.63 2 Arlene Karel - Burt Schmarak - Ellen Miller, 1.03 4 Gene Summ, Carlsbad CA; Felicia Linder, Montecito CA; Rick Highland Park IL; Norman Segal, Deerfield IL Holcomb, Malden MA; Joanne Gibson, San Diego CA 32.00 5.75 3/4 James Smith - Joan Smith, Jupiter FL; Gale Peck, Huachuca City AZ; J Clark, Sierra Vista AZ THURSDAY SENIOR PAIRS 5.75 3/4 Norbert Stencel - Carol Halfon - Mecha 184 Pairs Mattson - Bruce Gillman, Scottsdale AZ A B C 22.88 1 Gary Sawyer, Alto NM; Billie Mitchell, Ruidoso NM 413.23 Bracket 10 12 Teams 17.30 2 1 Burton Lipsky, New York NY; Arnold Goldstein, Lake Worth FL 397.00 9.28 1 Joann Lederman - I Lederman, Roslyn NY; 12.87 3 Laverne Kittilson, Portland OR; Oris Mowry, Phoenix AZ 396.96 Susan Walsh - Ted Blomquist, Green Valley AZ 9.65 4 Sheila Bleiman - Jim Woodside, Sun City West AZ 388.00 6.96 2 Glenn Crawford - Ardith Johnson - C. James 7.24 5 Trudi Nugit, Palm Desert CA; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 386.65 Cawley - Beverly Cawley, Sun City West AZ 5.43 6 Liane Turner - Donald Turner, Muskegon MI 381.25 4.64 3/4 Phyllis Bishop, Loveland OH; Tonette De 12.98 7 2 Joyce Hart - Richard Hart, Piedmont CA 381.08 Angelis - Susan Hermans, West Chester OH; Jeanne Weyers, Cin- 3.20 8 Richard Catero, Apache JCT AZ; Eddie Rose, Laguna Niguel CA 381.06 cinnati OH 2.42 9/10 Genevieve Hewitt - Richard Hewitt, New York NY 380.25 4.64 3/4 E Mraz, Glendale AZ; Carolyn Brockway, 4.67 9/10 , Henderson NV; Corinne Bond, Apache Junction AZ 380.25 Tucson AZ; Jim Dougherty - Cherie Dougherty, Goodyear AZ 9.73 3 B Robert Simrak - Frances Hammond, Green Valley AZ 368.96 7.30 4 Richard Diogo, Cave Creek AZ; Imre Sandor Md, Phoenix AZ 364.10 Bracket 11 12 Teams 8.43 1 June Wood - Daniel Carter, Encinitas CA; 5.47 5 Arling Kalleberg, West Hurley NY; John Babb, New Paltz NY 362.87 Henry Sargent - Kurt Oelze, Phoenix AZ 4.11 6 David Terris - Robert Liu, Walnut Creek CA 361.71 6.32 2 Juanita Girand, Palo Alto CA; Shirley 8.23 7 1 Mitch Sweig, Evanston IL; Linda Sweig, Chicago IL 361.60 Liebhaber, Los Altos CA; Patti Weigler, Scottsdale AZ; Janis 2.50 8 Arline Sands - Bob Deters, Chicago IL 360.94 Friesler, Mequon WI 6.17 2 Lennie Miller - Tom Miller, Oro Valley AZ 359.04 4.22 3/4 Diane McCaskill, Kailua HI; Eileen Small, 4.63 3 Marlene Weiss - Howard Weiss, Boca Raton FL 343.25 Newport Beach CA; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA; Elaine Luongo, 3.47 4 Marie Nylen, Bethesda MD; Jane Friend, Washington DC 340.75 Deerfield Beach FL 2.60 5 Howard Thompson - Lola Thompson, Sierra Vista AZ 338.25 4.22 3/4 Larry Bamberger - Victoria Bamberger - Jerald 1.95 6 Carol McCully, Manhattan Beach CA; Patricia Taylor, Rancho Palos Brattmiller, Bonita CA; Belton Allen, La Mesa CA Verdes CA 338.00 COMPACT KNOCKOUT TEAMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON 5/20 PAIRS Bracket 1 16 Teams 9 Pairs 29.15 1 Gerald Sosler - , Purchase NY; A B Massimo Lanzarotti - Andrea Buratti, Italy 1.40 1 Jenine Hemphill, El Paso TX; Richard Gaskill, Cincinnati OH 49.14 21.86 2 Ed Lazarus - Diane Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Elaine Said, Nashville TN; Sharon Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 1.05 2 Harvey Epstein - Allen Silberman, Scottsdale AZ 48.00 16.03 3 , Los Angeles CA; Robert 0.91 3 1 Shirley Ashby - Julie Butterfield, Dallas TX 38.29 Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; , Las Vegas NV; Ron 0.68 4 2 Margaret Dosch - Kenneth Becker, Green Valley AZ 37.71 Smith, San Francisco CA 13.12 4 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Nancy Passell, THURSDAY AFTERNOON 100/50 PAIRS Plano TX; Larry Griffey, Daytona Beach FL; Nell Cahn, Shreve- 42 Pairs port LA A B 3.62 1 Don Doolittle, Burlingame CA; Dan Stowell, Hillsborough CA 103.50 Bracket 2 16 Teams 2.72 2 1 Lorraine Ruegg, Apache Jct AZ; Lois Schmidt, Monument CO 102.00 28.73 1 Danny Sprung - Jo Ann Sprung - Harold 2.04 3 2 Barbara Perkins - Sheila Middleton, Milton MA 100.50 Mouser Jr, Philadelphia PA; Susan Picus, New York NY 1.53 4 Larry Fowler - Betsy Fowler, Winter Park CO 98.50 21.55 2 Roger Doughman - Michael Crawford - Cathy 1.15 5 Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Lene Lopez, Mexico 98.00 Strauch - Riggs Thayer Jr, San Diego CA 1.23 6 William Baker, Cave Creek AZ; Robert Lee Jr, Scottsdale AZ 96.50 15.80 3 Robert Baptist - Mary Baptist, Green Valley 1.24 3 Shirley Humphrey - James Lepley, Surprise AZ 96.00 AZ; Roger Pennell - Hachy Pennell, Pacific Plsds CA 0.93 4 Jane Clayton - George Clayton, Galveston TX 92.00 12.93 4 Gerald Gitles - Claude Vogel - Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL; Sharon Meng, Tampa FL 0.70 5 Francine Dobkin, Scottsdale AZ; Barbara Schlein, Rye Brook NY 90.00 0.84 6 Peter Rhead - Valerie Rhead, Utterson ON 88.50 Bracket 3 17 Teams 24.89 1/2 Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD; Judy Fisher, Monte THURSDAY AFTERNOON 200/300 PAIRS Sereno CA; Bonnie Beardsley, Milpitas CA; Molly Tinsley, 38 Pairs Ashland OR A B 24.89 1/2 Janice Anderson - Richard Anderson, Regina 4.06 1 1 James Esker, Richardson TX; Bob Butterfield, Dallas TX 116.00 SK; Leonard Beck, Fullerton CA; Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA 3.05 2 2 Margaret Martin, Phoenix AZ; Beverly Siegel, Scottsdale AZ 106.00 15.65 3 Jim Haws, Tampa FL; David Anding, Poway 2.00 3/4 3 Clarence Mette III - Michaele Olesen, Scottsdale AZ 103.00 CA; Brian Hingerty, Knoxville TN; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 2.00 3/4 Edmund Au-Yeung, Waterloo IA; Walter Harvey, Glendale AZ 103.00 12.80 4 Stephen Hosch, Olympia WA; Donald Sache 1.28 5 Beryl Maddox - Georgia Katsimpalis, Madison IN 102.50 - Doug Hansford, Delta BC; Craig Shanafelt, Chehalis WA 1.33 6 Meenakshi Krishnamoorthy - Nirmala Krishnamoorthy, San Diego CA 96.50 8.54 5 Ruth-Anne Mazer - Allan Mazer, Towson MD; 1.03 4 Dorothea Fee, Amarillo TX; Betty Compton, Tucson AZ 93.00 Walter Smith, West Sand Lake NY; Robert Hickey, East Sand- 0.83 5 Jane Woolley - Jean Walters, Sun City West AZ 88.00 wich MA

THURSDAY. AFTERNOON. SIDE GAME Bracket 4 16 Teams 23.95 1 R Johnson, Oakdale MN; Jon Martin, Fargo 46 Pairs ND; Sarah Imig, Sioux City IA; Jill Lind, Peoria AZ A B C 17.96 2 Beverly Perry, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, 5.01 1 1 1 Lee Morgenlander, Sarasota FL; Roger Siegel, Scottsdale AZ 141.50 Bronx NY; Tadashi Teramoto, Yokohama Japan; Tadashi Yoshida, 3.76 2 Brian Johnston, Toronto ON; Rodney Wilton, Plano TX 130.50 Tokyo Japan 3.08 3 2 Thomas Gray, Tempe AZ; Daniel McGuire, Las Vegas NV 129.00 13.17 3 Jay Gibson, Benbrook TX; Gerrie Owen, Dal- 2.57 4 3 Robert Michaud - Mira Michaud, Sun City West AZ 124.00 las TX; Mike Miller, Temple TX; Roy Baughman, Pantego TX 1.80 5 Walter Pease - Ruth Pease, Anchorage AK 123.50 10.78 4 Jason Feldman, Claremont CA; Lynne Feldman, Champaign IL; Chris Lubesnik, Bronx NY; Paul Bethe, New York NY Page 10 Daily Bulletin

Bracket 5 16 Teams 2.16 6 4 2 Jean Chura - Geraldine Haines, Orland Park IL 122.00 23.41 1 John Carty - Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, 1.91 5 3 Kay Enfield - Robert Enfield, Santa Fe NM 121.50 Anchorage AK; Charles Heilig, Chesapeake VA 1.80 6/7 David Macey, Cheyenne WY; Nancy Grimes, Marshall WI 120.00 17.56 2 Randall Mandigo - Phillis Herbster - Louis 1.34 6/7 4 Mel Heitger, Glendale AZ; Richard Olsen, Elcho WI 120.00 Herbster - Sydney Lipman, Tucson AZ 0.96 5 Kerma Jones - Ronald Jones, North Salt Lake UT 119.00 12.88 3 Felicity Moore, Albuquerque NM; John Schoenbrun, Cupertino CA; Robert Madalena, San Jose CA; James WEDNESDAY MIDNIGHT ZIP SWISS O’Neil, Palo Alto CA 18 Teams 10.53 4 Al Blinder, Torrance CA; Paul Sorensen - A B C Allan Sorensen, Berwyn AB; Jeffrey David, Westborough MA 4.25 1 William Weingarden, Santa Monica CA; Norm Gordon, Dol-des-Ormea Bracket 6 16 Teams PQ; Robert Bjorge - Betty Pellow, Highland CA 68.00 21.11 1 Isolde Knaap - Jeffery Jacob, Portland OR; 3.19 2 John Kepple, Mount Vernon OH; Helen Miller, Miller Place NY; Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Alex Lo, Gresham OR Carolyn Null, Phoenix AZ; Fred Grimm, Punta Gorda FL 58.00 15.83 2 Mike Bovarnick - Phyllis Gravitz, Mercer Is- 2.88 3 1 Nina Lubick-Reich - William Linsenbard, Fullerton CA; Yonsey land WA; Robert McBurney, Seattle WA; Helene Fornia, Clyde Karasek, Hayward WI; Michael T Pierce, Fairfield OH 51.00 Hill WA 1.79 4 Janet Appel, Murfreesboro TN; Cherry Starling, Brentwood TN; 11.61 3 Arnold Malasky - Ronnie Malasky, Longboat Anne Terry - Bette Cornelius, La Jolla CA 50.00 Key FL; Richard Wegman - Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD 1.18 5/6 Alan Walters, Cape Porpoise ME; Charles Coffin, Danville NH; 9.50 4 Harris Jacobs, Norwich CT; Marilyn Cham- Sharron Hinckley, E Winthrop ME; Alfred Letourneau, Winslow ME 47.00 bers, West Boylston MA; Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Shirley Scott, 1.18 5/6 Jane Patchett, Palm Desert CA; Kathryn Gisler, Rancho Mirage CA; Colorado Spgs CO Suzanne Bolotin, Evanston IL; Susan Cooper, Wilmette IL 47.00 2.16 2 Deanna Goh, Peterborough ON; Melinda Foos, Campbell CA; Bracket 7 16 Teams Shih-Ming Shih, San Jose CA; Jeeyoung Min, Seoul South Korea 45.00 18.69 1 James Lenertz - Stephanie Haddy, Scottsdale 1.62 3 Ilan Tadmor, Oakland CA; Raymond Yuenger, Campbell CA; Nancy AZ; Karen Miller, Paradise Valley AZ; Al Raudenbush, Bellevue Ferguson, Greenbrae CA; Alan Carpenter, San Francisco CA 39.00 WA 14.02 2 June Mitchell, Palm Springs CA; Jane 1.22 4 Edward Foran, Marietta GA; Alex Phillips, N Little Rock AR; Patchett, Palm Desert CA; Kathryn Gisler, Rancho Mirage CA; Reiko Raese, Boulder CO; Nicolas Hammond, Destin FL 37.00 Larry King, Hanalei HI 10.28 3 Burt O’Dell, Helendale CA; Jack Waller, THURSDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS Ridgecrest CA; James Sylvester, Gilbert AZ; James Lynch, 46 Pairs Newbury Park CA A B C 8.41 4 Donna Wenberg, Huntington Bh CA; George 5.01 1 1 Peter Wick, Cohoes NY; Ross Lounsbury, Ballston Lake NY 116.50 Thompson, Bellflower CA; Rosemary Dunn, Alamo TX; Philip 3.76 2 Dewy Cundiff - Peg Cundiff, Las Vegas NV 109.00 Pearl, Fountain Valley CA 2.82 3 Yiyi Liang - Guo Weidong, China 107.50 2.96 4 2 Richard Chase, Chicago IL; Anton Habash, Oxford OH 107.07 Bracket 8 16 Teams 2.22 5 3 William Wong, Elizabethtown KY; Shizuyo Chojnowski, Evanston IL 101.45 17.83 1 William Ge - Gary Ge - Danny Lee, Vancouver 1.29 6 R Johnson, Oakdale MN; Jon Martin, Fargo ND 100.50 BC; Dennis Groden, West Vancouver BC 1.72 4 John Arena, Boston MA; John Linderoth, Monroe Center IL 96.00 13.37 2 Henry Lai - Jocelyn Krug, Vancouver BC; 2.73 5 1 Charlie Brown - Nancy Brown, Sunrise Beach TX 93.00 John Kuharetz, New Milford NJ; Solange Graziani, Culver City 1.71 6 Gloria Krauter, Ardmore OK; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 92.71 CA 9.81 3 Daniel Denison - Mary Lou Denison, Solana 2.05 2 Kenneth Kaufman - J J Armour, Derwood MD 91.50 Beach CA; Alain Schreiber, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Arno Safier, 1.54 3 Edwin Glickman, Snowmass CO; Bob Butterfield, Dallas TX 90.79 San Diego CA 1.15 4 Elisabeth Rutter, Oakland CA; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA 88.64 8.02 4 Norman Gautier - Joyce Gautier, The Wood- 1.14 5 Richard Gittleman, Kamuela HI; Larry King, Hanalei HI 87.79 lands TX; William Lindner, Conroe TX; Barbara Phillips, Spring TX THURSDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 36 Pairs Bracket 9 15 Teams A B C 15.30 1 Steven Love, White Plains NY; Alberto 3.92 1 Jerry Sipher, Southfield MI; Robert Victor, Palm Springs CA 115.36 Feilhaber, Irvine CA; Ralda St Pierre - John Erickson, Houston 2.95 2 1 Paul Levine, San Carlos CA; Arlie Lamb, San Mateo CA 105.36 TX 2.21 3 2 Kathy Ball, Tucson AZ; Lawrence Grey, Chandler AZ 103.36 11.48 2 Edward Becker Jr, Midland MI; Elton Lipnick, 1.66 4 3 1 Mary Ann Bond, Fargo ND; Sharon Madson, Audubon MN 99.50 Houston TX; Charles Grimes - Helen South, Midland TX 1.24 5 4 2 Mercedes Riley - Charlene Mullins, Boston MA 99.20 8.42 3 Terry Doyle - William Woodfine, Toronto ON; 0.93 6 Donna Myers, Surprise AZ; Beverly Dearness, Chicopee MA 96.29 Morton Weiser, Katonah NY; Judith Mannschreck, Virginia Beach 0.93 5 3 Judy Wasco, Marshalltown IA; Andy Terry, Ames IA 91.86 VA 1.03 6 Don Doolittle, Burlingame CA; Dan Stowell, Hillsborough CA 90.71 6.89 4 John Kepple - Roger Walton, Mount Vernon OH; Judith Inker, Wellesley Hills MA; Fred Grimm, Punta Gorda FL

Bracket 10 16 Teams 13.21 1 Frank Boyce, Inman KS; Richard Gittleman, Dinner raises $26,000 for cancer research Kamuela HI; Dean Jenkins, Kailua Kona HI; Leslie Griffith, Wichita KS A team game with Bill Gates and Paul Soloway, a to $500 per player. 9.91 2 Jeanne Dea, Sierra Madre CA; Dan Lubesnik, photo safari to South Africa, a chance to bid on play- In addition, Nist prepared a gourmet dinner for Montrose CA; Annie Wei, Arcadia CA; Kenneth Walheim, ing with area experts — these were highlights of 12 people. Hendrik Sharples of District 20 donated Sherman Oaks CA 7.27 3 Raelene Kirkbride, Oxnard CA; Carolyn Seattle’s Only Bridge Burlesque dinner party, auction several pieces of jewelry which brought in more than Koroknay - Annabelle Hurless, Camarillo CA; Anita Flood, Somis and show that raised more than $26,000 for cancer re- $600. CA search. “This was a tremendous effort by our local bridge 5.94 4 Bill Ready, Glendale AZ; Jim Nelson, The dinner show — all 230 seats — was sold out players and family members,” said Nist. “Carole and Scottsdale AZ; Henry Tate, Phoenix AZ; Kenneth Boyd, Peoria “and we had five people pay $20 each just to come to Arne Yager brought this production to the stage. It was AZ the auction,” said Barbara Nist, District 19’s represen- the lifetime dream of Joe Jabon, Mr. Show Business in Bracket 11 16 Teams tative to the ACBL Board of Directors and the event our area. Unfortunately, Joe recently passed away and 11.96 1 Susan Cuff, Denver CO; Jean Lea - Barbara coordinator. was unable to make the final curtain call.” Bennett, Mesa AZ; Ruth Logan, Greeley CO The auction benefitted the Fred Hutchinson Can- Janet Daling thanked the bridge community on 8.97 2 J Coleman, Billings MT; William Johnson, Columbus MT; Nancy Jones, Anchorage AK; Margret Salazar, cer Research Center, Weiss-Daling Division. The cen- behalf of the Hutchinson Center and shared a list of 22 Muskego WI ter, named for the major league pitcher and manager bridge players who are working or have worked for 6.58 3 Judy McNeilly, Mississauga ON; Jacqueline who died of lung cancer in 1964 at the age of 45, was the Weiss-Daling Division of the Research Center. Syer, Oakville ON; Carolann Taft - Sheila Merritt, Yuma AZ established by Hutchinson’s brother, Dr. William 5.38 4 Norman Dodd, Madden AB; Helen Signer - Hutchinson, a Seattle surgeon. Annabelle Gurevitch, Calgary AB; Annette Goldberg, Berkeley CA The theme for the bridge event was “There’s No A distinct improvement Business Like Bridge Business” featuring a salute to Bracket 12 15 Teams Broadway musicals. Each table was decorated to cel- A very rich player lost a lot of money playing 9.43 1 Jon Downing, Solihill England; Meg Andrews, ebrate a musical and numbers like “Let Me Be Your bridge because of exaggerated optimism. If his San Francisco CA; Liam Johnstone, Birmingham England; RHO opened 1¨, it was his habit to bid 3NT if he Partner,” “If Ever I Would Raise You,” “Big Bidder” Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY had an opening bid. The opponents frequently and others entertained the audience. 7.07 2 Alfredo Moya - Constance Freeman - Jodi found a double, but it didn’t matter – he had lots of Walker, Tucson AZ; John Bronson, Lopez Island WA The team game with Gates, Soloway and six oth- money. 5.19 3 Martha Hawley, Carmel Valley CA; Paula ers was auctioned off for $7000. Twelve local players He went on a bridge cruise, and the guarantee Stark, Monterey CA; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel CA; Gloria Roy, — Gard Hays, Aidan Ballantyne, Linda Lewis, Janet Kentwood MI was that you’d be a better player after taking this 4.24 4 Dale Shepherd, Fort Wayne IN; Jody Castillo, Daling, Mary Ruth Blustein, Murray Blustein, Henry cruise. He told his friends that he had definitely Warsaw IN; Mimi Baker, Woodland Hills CA; Anthony D’Angelo, Lortz, Pat Dunn, Norm Featherston, Dick Yarrington, improved, and they started a game. His RHO Pacific Plsds CA Kennedy Scholes and Neil Ballard — plus two stars of opened 1¨. This time he didn’t bid 3NT. Instead the show, Jackie Buroker and Jim Aitken, were auc- he said, “Skip bid, 3NT.” Bracket 13 13 Teams 5.75 1 Eugene Cavanaugh, Austin TX; Dan tioned off for future regionals. They brought in $250 Daily Bulletin Page 11

Cavanaugh, Akron OH; Linda Taschuk, Edmonton AB; Rita Dayne, Apache Jct AZ 4.31 2 William Tank - Ann Tank - Dennis Martin, Omaha NE; Gary Martin, Spring Hill FL 3.16 3 Anthony Eckman, Austin TX; Gary Shepley, Houston TX; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX; Gayle Marsh, La Mesa CA 2.59 4 Brenda Fein - Richard Fein, Boynton Beach FL; Harriet Zimmerman, South Palm Be FL; Ben Vanderwerf, Snowmass Vlg CO

Bracket 14 12 Teams 4.64 1 Barbara Reed, Scottsdale AZ; Florene Schmidt - Ginni Ruth, Glendale AZ; Betty Williams, Indialantic FL 3.48 2 Wayne Kaneko - Barbara Simon, Ewa Beach HI; Mary Payne - Shirley Rodenborn, Oakland CA 2.55 3 Laura Forst - Mary Skavaril, Columbus OH; Cecelia Gleisinger, Loveland OH; Phyllis Downey, Morrow OH 2.09 4 Alice Roche, Sagamore Beach MA; Jody Foley, West Falmouth MA; Jo Ann Kriger, East Falmouth MA; Marie McMurtry, Sandwich MA

Bracket 15 12 Teams 4.64 1 Vern Vanderpol, Pasadena CA; Norma Simpson, Duarte CA; Rita Graybow - Dennis Liss, Malibu CA 3.48 2 Archa Glass - Harriett Motley, Phoenix AZ; Jacqueline Johnson, Atlanta GA; Albert Dobin, Tempe AZ 2.55 3 Edwin Glickman, Snowmass CO; Dean Roach, Edmond OK; Neill Hirst - M Avonel Manges, Aspen CO 2.09 4 Nancy Maloney, Portland OR; Cynthia Sinn, Beaverton OR; Shirley Prewitt - Lorraine Little, Fort Worth TX

Bracket 16 12 Teams 5.06 1 Judith Hess, Fairfield CT; Marian Strickland - Cheryl Lapin, Northbrook IL; Monique Greene, Scottsdale AZ 3.80 2 Elaine Wood, Southlake TX; Nancy Frank, Glencoe IL; Linda Bell, CD; M Fierman, Encino CA Runners-up in the : front, Jay Stiefel, Dan Colatosti and Lew Finkel; rear, Mel Colchamiro, John 2.78 3 Sandra Zions, Naples FL; Alice Quam, Malley and Bernie Miller. Deerfield WI; Phyllis Smith, Cambridge WI; Stephanie Furtsch, Rye NY 2.28 4 Mary Day, Peoria AZ; Catherine Montgom- FINAL STANDINGS IN SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS ery, Scottsdale AZ; Fred Bellon - Leona Bellon, Phoenix AZ 36 Teams 140.00 1 Mike Levine - Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL; Bobby Wolff, Fort Worth TX; Dan Morse, Hous- COMPACT KNOCKOUT TEAMS CONSOLATION ton TX; Per Olof Sundelin, Stockholm Sweden; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ Bracket 1 8 Teams 13.46 1 Edward Zaluski - John Zaluski, Ottawa ON; 100.00 2 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; John Malley, Pascoag RI; Daniel Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Russell, North Barrington IL Colatosti, Waltham MA; Bernard Miller, Boca Raton FL; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 10.10 2 Sheila Ekeblad, Boca Raton FL; Michael 70.00 3/4 Rhoda Walsh, Henderson NV; Marv Dauer, Los Angeles CA; , Shreveport Seamon, Miami Beach FL; Andrew Tylman, Toronto ON; LA; Don Krauss, Beverly Hills CA Markland Molson, Hollywood FL 7.40 3 Jay Mann, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jezy Michalek, 70.00 3/4 James Murphy, Chesapeake VA; David Adams, Kennesaw GA; Michael Huston, Joplin MO; Bielsko-Biala; Waldemar Frukacz, Ottawa ON; Wlodzimierz Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC; Dennis Sorensen, Portland OR; George Pisk, Manchaca TX Grodecki, Wayne PA 45.00 5/8 Marc Low - Sandra Low, Centerville OH; Jim Robison, Las Vegas NV; Simon Kantor, Agawam MA Bracket 2 8 Teams 45.00 5/8 Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM; Michael Levy - Martin Schiff Jr - Kenneth Badertscher, Tucson 12.96 1 Stephen McConnell, Chicago IL; Shirley Blum - Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Blake Rundquist, Clovis AZ; Darrell Keel, Peoria AZ; Ray Loftis, Bellevue WA CA 45.00 5/8 Joel Hoersch, San Diego CA; John Kissinger, del Mar CA; Colin Revill, Burlington ON; Jon 9.72 2 Charles Miner - James Bowman - H Gerard - Wright, La Mesa CA Alice Gerard, Orlando FL 45.00 5/8 George Retek, Montreal PQ; Richard Anderson, Regina SK; Brian Fraser, Saint-Laurent PQ; 7.13 3 G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Mike Bandler, Alamo CA; Harvey Katz, Jerry Fleming, Los Alamos NM; Alvin Levy, Commack NY Marina del Rey CA

Bracket 3 8 Teams Senior KOs Continued on page 1 12.46 1 Chuck Burton, Steilacoom WA; Bob Bakalish, Eureka CA; Harry Steiner, Seattle WA; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA Here’s one of those hands that were unlucky for to assess their chances. Fisher decided to double, and 9.35 2 Kenneth Smith, Lathrup Village MI; Michael Colchamiro. Sundelin, after some thought, decided to go for the Gosnell, Glendora CA; Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver Dlr: North « A K 6 sure plus. Fisher cashed the ªA and the ¨A, then City CA Vul: Both ª Q 5 switched to the «7, conveying the message to Sundelin 6.85 3 Ray Miller - Barrie Wall, Seattle WA; Dave Setterholm, Issaquah WA; Paul Schwaighart, Normandy Park WA © 7 6 to cash both his spades instead of trying to score his ¨ K 9 7 5 4 3 ¨K. Sundelin and Fisher scored plus 500, but they Bracket 4 8 Teams « 8 2 « Q 10 weren’t happy about it – they could see the sure game 11.96 1 Wendy Dooley - Ronald Sutherland, ª J 10 9 6 4 ª K 7 3 and the very likely slam that they had missed. Mississauga ON; Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON; John Moser, © © St Agatha ON A J 10 3 K Q 9 8 5 4 2 At the other table: 8.97 2 Yas Takeda, Hacienda Hgts CA; Jeff Strutzel, ¨ Q 2 ¨ 6 West North East South Redondo Beach CA; Daniel Takahashi, Las Vegas NV; Subba « J 9 7 5 4 3 Levine Malley Jabbour Colatosti Ravipudi, Downey CA ª A 8 2 1¨ 3© 3« 6.58 3 Charles Nemes, Hinsdale IL; Charles Sheaff, © -- Pass 4« Pass 5© Oak Park IL; Richard Rhoad, Wilmette IL; Martin Morris, Wheel- ing IL ¨ A J 10 8 Pass 6« All Pass West North East South Colatosti’s 5© bid conveyed two messages – short Bracket 5 8 Teams Miller Sundelin Finkel Fisher and maybe in diamonds and a willingness to play 11.21 1 Joseph Olcott - Imogene Olcott, Glenview IL; 1¨ 3© 3« in slam if partner’s spades were good. Malley had no Neva Kegel, Milwaukee WI; Marjorie Thien, Waukesha WI © 8.41 2 Henry Caspar - Tom Buttle, Toronto ON; Ivy 5 Pass Pass Dbl problem going on to slam. Steinberg, Newmarket ON; Janet Dunbar, Calgary AB All Pass Of course there was a temptation for Levine to 6.17 3 Kenneth Marcroft - Carole Marcroft, Dayton Miller’s 5© made it difficult for Fisher and Sundelin lead his ©A, but he was quite sure it would be ruffed. OH; Gayle Starling, Ft Walton Bch FL; Virginia Waterfield, Destin Instead he put the ªJ on the table – queen, king, FL ace. Colatosti led a spade to the king and saw the 10 Bracket 6 8 Teams Senior alert fall from East. He remembered the diamond 10.47 1 John Mc Connell - Carol McConnell, Desoto and decided that the 10 was very likely to be a single- TX; Annette McCarty, Galveston TX; Karol Crouse, Eugene OR George Jacobs, who won the Open Board-a- ton. So he ruffed a diamond to his hand and passed 7.85 2 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Claire Match Teams earlier this week and finished third the «J. Jabbour took his queen and led a heart to Burns, West Vancouver BC; John Cox, Kellogg ID; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC in the Blue Ribbon Pairs last night, is now eli- partner’s 10 to beat the contract and pick up 12 IMPs. th 2.36 3/4 Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN; Milton gible for Senior events. He is celebrating his 55 If Colatosti had cashed the second high spade, his Kalikman, Azusa CA; Samuel Williams Jr, Vista CA; Noe Mallari, birthday today. side would have gained 14 IMPs, so this worked out San Diego CA to be a 26-IMP swing. 2.36 3/4 Forest Clark, Aurora CO; Lynda Kexel, Al- Page 12 Daily Bulletin buquerque NM; Thomas Hyde, Willimantic CT; Walter Tauber, Bracket 9 7 Teams Longmeadow MA 8.22 1 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Brad Bozick, Waltham MA; Jack Vecchione, Boston MA; Jeffrey Lehman, New- Bracket 7 8 Teams ton Center MA 9.97 1 Richard Chase, Chicago IL; Alan Steggles, 6.17 2 Jon Weinberg, Minneapolis MN; Beverly Hughes, Moreno Valley CA; Anna Robison, Carlsbad CA; Judith Ravenna OH; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE; Anton Habash, Case, Scottsdale AZ Oxford OH 7.48 2 James Misner - Elaine Misner, Wilton CT; Bracket 10 8 Teams Sandra De Martino, Riverside CT; Eleanor Gimon, Greenwich 7.97 1 Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Mariko CT Kakimoto, Newport Coast CA; Andi Parham, Tempe AZ; Hemant 5.48 3 Cathy Sproule - John Pulles - Angela Shaw, Bhatia, Foothill Ranch CA Saskatoon SK; Cydney Hayes, Riverside Est SK 5.98 2 Lois Butler, Chagrin Falls OH; Marlene Zinamon, Beachwood OH; Marlene Green, West Bloomfield MI; Bracket 8 8 Teams Molly O’Neill, Ft Lauderdale FL 9.22 1 Rachel Chittaro, Kildeer IL; Rosalie Campeau, Libertyville IL; Mary Kever, Grayslake IL; Edward Nield, Bracket 11 8 Teams Westchester IL 7.23 1 Marielle Brentnall - Malcolm Yurkowski - Edwin Zubert - Sharron Dudeck, Winnipeg MB 6.92 2 John Nesser, St Paul MN; Donna Nesser - 5.42 2 Shirley Rhodes - Moira Murphy - Mitzi Mintz Betty Triliegi, Minneapolis MN; Yonsey Karasek, Hayward WI - Marjorie Pinkerton, Sun City West AZ 5.07 3 Jane Hopkins - Joyce Stone - Gladys Lawhon, 3.98 3 Joe Freeman, Flower Mound TX; Robert Denton TX; Ruthe Thompson, Hurricane UT Wood, San Francisco CA; Ronald Sills - Don Little, Steamboat Spr CO Samantha Eisenstein and Billy Joel Bracket 12 8 Teams 5.75 1 Ann Hume - Helyn Trembly, Albuquerque A happy follow-up NM; Ann Tolle - Glen Tolle, Plano TX 4.31 2 Karin Rabin - Bill Rabin, San Francisco CA; Jill Rosen, Greenwich CT; Susan Sekulow, Scarsdale NY to a sad story 3.16 3 Donald Flanigan - Donna Flanigan, Bettendorf IA; Amy Young, West Des Moines IA; Lois Olberts, Cordova IL This is a follow-up to an article that appeared in the Daily Bulletin during the Toronto NABC last year. Bracket 13 6 Teams My 24-year-old daughter Samantha was getting 3.91 1 Judith Lichter - Ruth Shayne, Los Angeles ready for a bone marrow transplant to treat the leuke- CA; Harriet Dana, Santa Monica CA; Rita Levin, Beverly Hills CA mia she had developed after successfully battling bone 2.93 2 Jay Armstrong, Albuquerque NM; Carolyn cancer. This long ordeal began in Boston during the Edlin, Sun City West AZ; Ann Lourie, Prescott AZ; Carl Brame, 1999 Fall NABC and I’m thrilled to report that Tacoma WA Samantha is doing great! One year after the transplant 2.15 3 Anita Schulze, East Berlin PA; Gayle Brass, she’s living and working in the Boston area. York PA; Rose Zinkgraf, Spokane WA; Veronica Harrison, Mesa AZ A few months ago one of her wishes came true. Samantha, a gifted pianist with a wonderful voice, re- Bracket 14 6 Teams cently got to meet Billy Joel backstage before his New 3.37 1 Mim Spertus - Edward Victor - Anita Levine - York concert. Constance Fishbach, Los Angeles CA 2.53 2 Norma Hawkins, Gallatin TN; Anne Hartree, So with one daughter making a name for herself Nashville TN; Patricia Shelden - Luman Slawson, Tucson AZ in the bridge world (Lindsay Pearlman, 18, member of 1.85 3 Karen Brown, Oakland MI; Virginia Bissig, USA I Juniors) and another getting a “third” chance at Bear Lake MI; Terry McCloskey, Three Lakes WI; Jeanne life, I’ve so much to be thankful for. Blanchet, US To all my wonderful bridge friends who contrib- Bracket 15 6 Teams uted both emotionally and financially during 3.37 1 Wendy Turk - Bill Johnson, Denver CO; Samantha’s long battle, thank you from the bottom of Carole Carlson - David Carlson, Englewood CO my heart. And a special thank you to a young man 2.53 2 Harry Swanson - Terry Swanson, Clive IA; from St. Louis – Eli Karsh, the “anonymous” donor Ruth Weil - Gerald Weil, San Diego CA 1.85 3 Thomas Trudeau, Martinez CA; Douglas whose contribution made everything possible. Laird, North Bend OR; Roger Weiss, Clayton CA; Bud Barnes, –Glenn Eisenstein Phoenix AZ

Bracket 16 6 Teams New Life Master alert 3.07 1 Darla Petersen, Ajax ON; Dee Dee Gooze, Arlington Hgts IL; Sally Blewett, Beaumont TX; Patsy Pierce, ACBL President George Retek and his wife Mari Hardin TX want to meet anyone who becomes a Life Master at 2.30 2 Joan Savage - Carolyn Deyett - Elaine Hall, this tournament. They invite all new Life Masters to Canton MI; Ann Haycock, Novi MI visit them in Suite 747 at the Hyatt Regency.

THURSDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Ronald Huffaker, Alpine CA; Harold Huffaker, Danville CA 180.00 1 Lorne Nicol, Phoenix AZ; Daniel Bertrand, Calgary AB 193.50 2 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; Grant Baze, San Diego CA 176.50 2 Peter Filandro - Marie Filandro, Smyrna DE 186.50 3 Doreen Douglas, Reno NV; Shirley Nedham, Orinda CA 169.00 3 1 Michael Doll, Los Angeles CA; Richard Plumer, Pasadena CA 185.50 4 2 Marilyn Hughes, Englewood CO; Bobby Maynard, Houston TX 165.00 4 2 James Kehoe, Glen Ellyn IL; C. Buddy Carls, Huntington Bh CA 176.50 5 Carol Neef, Grosse Pointe MI; Phyllis Zimmerman, Warren MI 163.50 5 1 Nancy Wilson - Carl Wilson, Mooresville NC 162.50 6 Chris Karabinas, Tucson AZ; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 162.50 6 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 156.00 1 Thomas Leahy, Sun City AZ; Clifford Podewell, Surprise AZ 148.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Yalcin Atabey, Istonbul Turkey; Suleyman Kolata, Instanbul Turkey 191.00 1 Joanne Minken, Los Angeles CA; Haig Tchamitch, Peoria AZ 209.50 2 Susi Katz Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Mary Ruth Blustein, Bellevue WA 188.00 2 1 Joe Neal Kroll, San Francisco CA; Bipin Patel, Orinda CA 176.00 3 Eva Upper, Mississauga ON; Wayne Timms, Waterloo ON 178.50 3 2 Lisa Yellis, Great Neck NY; Ellen Freedman, Lafayette CO 173.50 4 Edward Schwartz, Phoenix AZ; Jill Miller, Scottsdale AZ 171.00 4 Ed Groner, Houston TX; George Pisk, Manchaca TX 169.50 5 1 , Dallas TX; Aviv Shahaf, New York NY 167.00 5/6 Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA; Mary Gorkin, Liverpool NY 167.00 6 2 B Montano, Albuquerque NM; Sandy French, Tucson AZ 155.00 5/6 Greg Reich, New York NY; Sam Aldenderfer, Fort Lee NJ 167.00 3 Charles Aldenderfer - Peter Aldenderfer, Indianapolis IN 163.50 1 Cynthia Mottle, Corrales NM; Barbara Kelsey, Albuquerque NM 116.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GG EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 David Becher, Swampscott MA; Alan Watson, Lexington MA 194.29 1 Rob Crawford, Las Vegas NV; Richard Sternlieb, Milwaukee WI 177.71 2 Suzette Wynn - Steve Scott, Phoenix AZ 187.04 2 Loarn Thoelecke, San Anselmo CA; Roy Hoppe, San Rafael CA 172.96 3 Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC; Mary Fines, North Vancouver BC 175.29 3 1 1 Sabina Lim, Orange CA; Allen Reiter, Caesaria Israel 172.29 4 Charles Davis, Lilburn GA; Joel Schwartz, Los Angeles CA 170.38 4 2 Gerald Lackner, San Diego CA; Ken Horwedel, Oceanside CA 167.63 5 Leonard Helman, Santa Fe NM; Stephen Kemic, Los Alamos NM 165.71 5 Rene Franco, Dallas TX; Patricia Moon, Laredo TX 161.70 6 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Sue Joy-Sobota, Fitchburg WI 158.04 6 Steven Cooper - , Albuquerque NM 160.21 1 Leo Bicknese, Mesa AZ; Robert Walters, Lake Havasu Cty AZ 151.00 2 Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI 148.54 1 Tyler Mowrey - Shain Oleson, Fairbanks AK 141.70 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Roberta Magnus, NY; Rosanne Schabinger, mT Prospect IL 185.50 1 James Tritt, Fresno CA; Rick Roeder, San Diego CA 196.50 2 Steven Johnson, San Diego CA; Allan Deserpa, Tempe AZ 178.00 2 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Ann Raymond, Jackson Heights NY 186.50 3 Tarek Radjef, Dallas TX; Leon Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ 172.50 3 1 1 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Narayan Mohanram, Sunnyvale CA 176.50 4 1 1 Mark Steele, Livingston TX; Kenneth Kaufman, Derwood MD 169.50 4 Malle Andrade - G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, New York NY 173.00 5 Phil Schaefer - Nell Schaefer, Los Angeles CA 167.00 5 Marc Zwerling, Portland OR; Wolfe Thompson, Lake Oswego OR 168.50 6 Corinne Kirkham - Jim Kirkham, San Bernardino CA 164.00 6 Allen Bowman - Ronald Payne, Green Valley AZ 154.50 2 Brenda Kristensen - Irin Ladyzhensky, Venice FL 152.00 2 2 Larry Anderson, Farmington NM; Doyle Hughes, Indian Wells AZ 152.50 3 Robert Grubb - Robert Mckinnon, Glasgow SC 150.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Richard Higgins, Ponchatoula LA 187.50 1 Denny Sacul, Jakarta Indonesia; Paul Stern, Oak Creek WI 193.50 2 Lois Stuart, West Chester PA; Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 186.50 2 Richard Yanko, Las Vegas NV; Ed Lucas III, Phoenix AZ 181.00 3 2 Raymond Gilbert, Indianapolis IN; John Hinton, Greenwood IN 183.50 3 Eileen Fertig - H Fertig, Winter Springs FL 173.00 4 3 1 Marilyn Joyner, Houston TX; Bobbi Kauffman, Katy TX 170.50 4 Ed Lewis, Falls Church VA; John Potter, Panama City FL 171.50 5 4 2 Fred Nachman, Paradise Valley AZ; Dennis Brydon, Phoenix AZ 168.00 5 Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA 167.00