In This Issue: Doubles Wrap-Up (part 3 of 3) by Larry Cohen ...... page 12 Transfers Opposite and (TOPO) by Jon Shuster ...... page 16 The Enforcers by Harry Falk ...... page 20 Barbara is a Leading Bridge Teacher and Author HOSTS from Toronto, Canada. Her most well-known book is Shannon Cappelletti – (423) 400-0269 EVENT SCHEDULE 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know. [email protected] MON 1:00 Charity Open Pairs Barbara Will Present Two Seminars Ray Wise – (813) 215-6623 7:00 Charity Open Pairs [email protected] NOV 7 7:00 Bracketed Open KOs, Round 1 (cont'd Tue. 9:00 am, 1:00 & 7:00) January 19 – Leads and Defensive Strategy 9:00 am Morning Side Game Series (1 of 5) PARTNERSHIPS 10:00 am & 3:00 Stratified Senior Pairs (two-session event) January 20 – Mastering the Art of Declarer Play Peggy Higginbotham – (904) 334-5272 10:00 am 299er Pairs (single-session) [email protected] Seminar – 9:15 • Lunch – 12:15 • Open & Novice Games – 1:00 TUE 1:00 & 7:00 Primetime KOs I, Rounds 1 & 2 (cont'd 1:00 & 7:00 Wed.) CADDIES 1:00 & 7:00 Stratified Open Pairs (two-session event) Barbara returns with her lively, informative and entertaining program. You will be playing hands the entire time Lisa Carter – (904) 434-5190 NOV 8 1:00 Side Game Series I (1 of 6) during each seminar. These seminars will be of interest and value to players at novice and intermediate levels. [email protected] 3:00 299er Pairs (single-session) Each full day, including lunch and the game- $60 Both days of a two day seminar series - $100 7:00 Side Game Series I (2 of 6) HOSPITALITY 7:00 Stratified Swiss Teams (single-session) Coffee & Orange Juice Daily 9:00 am Compact KOs, Rounds 1 and 2 (cont'd 9:00 am Thurs; 4-member teams) Monday–Friday Evenings 9:00 am Morning Side Game Series (2 of 5) Open Hospitality Room 10:00 am & 3:00 Stratified Senior Pairs (two-session event) DIRECTIONS: From I-275, take Exit 28, and go west on Gandy/Park approx 1½ miles to Everyone Welcome 10:00 am 299er Pairs (single-session) WED 1:00 & 7:00 Primetime KOs II, Rounds 1 & 2 (cont'd 1:00 & 7:00 Thu.) 49th St. North. Turn north (right) on 49th St. N. 8800 is ¾ mile up 49th on the left. Ice Cream and/or Desserts 1:00 & 7:00 A/X Open Pairs (two session event, X=0-5000, A=unlimited) Pizza and Beer NOV 9 1:00 & 7:00 FLORIDA GOLD PAIRS (two session event, 750/300 Pairs Gold Points for 0-750) To register for the seminar, call 727-544-5040, or email [email protected] Thursday through Saturday 1:00 Side Game, Series I (3 of 6) and indicate your name, phone number and the number attending. Senior Breakfast 3:00 299er Pairs (single-session) 7:00 Side Game Series I (4 of 6) Hot Dogs and Beer 7:00 Stratified Swiss Teams (single-session) Subsidized Sunday Snacks 9:00 am Compact KOs, Rounds 1 and 2 (cont'd 9:00 am Fri; 4-member teams) MEMBERS PER UNIT STRATA 9:00 am Morning Side Game Series (3 of 5) September 30, 2011 Open & Senior Events 10:00 am & 3:00 Stratified Senior Pairs (two-session event) A=2000+, B=750-2000, C=0-750 10:00 am 299er Pairs (single-session) THU 1:00 & 7:00 Primetime KOs III, Rounds 1 & 2 (cont'd 1:00 & 7:00 Fri.) Florida Gold Strats: NOV 10 1:00 & 7:00 Stratified Open Pairs (two-session event) Top=300-750, Bottom=0-300 1:00 Side Game Series I (5 of 6) A/X Strats: 3:00 299er Pairs (single-session) 18,455 7:00 Side Game Series I (6 of 6) A=5000+, X=0-5000 7:00 Stratified Swiss Teams (single-session) 299er Events 9:00 am Compact KOs, Rounds 1 and 2 (cont'd 9:00 am Sat.; 4-member teams) DISTRICT 9 A=200-300, B=100-200, C=0-100 9:00 am Morning Side Game Series (4 of 5) 299er Strata May Be Changed at Director's Discretion 10:00 am & 3:00 Stratified Senior Pairs (two-session event) MEMBERS PER UNIT All Pair Games are Stratified; All KOs and Sat. 10:00 am 299er Pairs (single-session) MEMBERS 2-Session Swiss are Bracketed; All Other Swiss FRI 1:00 & 7:00 Primetime KOs IV, Rounds 1 & 2 (cont'd 1:00 & 7:00 Sat.) 1:00 & 7:00 A/X Open Pairs (two session event, X=0-5000, A=unlimited) are Stratified By Team Masterpoint Average NOV 11 1:00 & 7:00 FLORIDA GOLD PAIRS (two session event, 750/300 Pairs Gold Points for 0-750) Unit 102 DIRECTIONS (Hotel is on the oceanfront) 1:00 Side Game Series II (1 of 4) UNIT COUNT From I-95 from points south: Take 3:00 299er Pairs (single-session) the US-92 exit- exit 261- merge onto US-92 E 7:00 Side Game Series II (2 of 4) 102 1,098 Unit 128 toward Daytona Beach. Cross the bridge to A1A, 7:00 Stratified Swiss Teams (single-session) turn left on A1A and go north approximately 1.0 9:00 am Morning Side Game Series (5 of 5) 128 13,408 miles and Plaza Resort & Spa is on your right side. 10:00 am & 3:00 Stratified Senior Pairs (two-session event) Unit 219 From Orlando: Take Interstate 4 east 10:00 am 299er Pairs (single-session) 219 667 toward Daytona Beach.Take the US-92 exit- exit SAT 1:00 & 7:00 Swiss Teams, Bracketed by Team 261. Follow as above. NOV 12 1:00 & 7:00 Stratified Open Pairs (two-session event) Unit 240 1:00 Side Game Series II (3 of 4) 240 2,156 From Jacksonville & points north: 3:00 299er Pairs (single-session) Go south on I-95. Take the US-1 exit- exit 273- 7:00 Side Game Series II (4 of 4) 243 1,126 Unit 243 toward Ormond Beach/Daytona Bch. Turn left onto US-1 S. Turn left onto W Granada Blvd / FL-40. Cross the bridge to A1A, turn right on A1A SUN 10:00 am Stratified Open Swiss Teams (Playthrough) 10:00 am Stratified Senior Swiss Teams (Playthrough) and go south approximately 4.2 miles. Plaza NOV 13 2 ACBL District 9 Resort & Spa is on your left side. www.District9ACBL.org 3 *Buy 1 Get 1 Free Pairs 1:00 MON Bracketed Open KOs 7:00 ORLANDO Jan 2 Charity Pairs 7:00 W I N T E R Brktd KOs (continued) 9:00 & 1:00 & 7:00 EXTRA!EXTRa! MONDAYMorning January Fast 4 Pairs Series 9:30 *BuyStratified 1 Get 1 Free Pairs* Senior 1:00 Pairs (2 sessions) 10:00 & 3:00 REGIONAL TUE BracketedStratified Open KOs Open Pairs (2 sessions) 7:00 1:00 & 7:00 EXTRA! Charity Pairs 7:00 Orlando 50/100/300 I/N Pairs 9:00 1:00 7:00 Jan 3 TUESDAY January 5 EXTRA! BrktdTuesday-Wednesday KOs (continued) 9:00 & KOs1:00 & 7:00 1:00 & 7:00 MorningSide Fast Game Pairs Series Series 9:30 I 1:00 7:00 Winter Stratified Senior Pairs 10:00 & 3:00 StratifiedStratified Open Pairs Open Swiss 1:00 & 7:00 7:00 Special Events! 50/100/300 I/N Pairs 1:00 7:00 Tuesday-WednesdayMorning KOs KOs 1:00 & 7:00 9:00 OrlandoSpecia Winterl Even Regionalts! JANUARY 2-8,Regional 2012 Side Game Series I 1::00 7:00 StratifiedMorning Open Swiss Fast Pairs Series 7:00 9:30

WEDNESDAYStratified January Senior 6 Pairs (2 sessions) 10:00 & 3:00 JanuaryOrlando W 2in –t er8, Regio 2012nal January 4 - 10, 2010 MorningOrange KOs Blossom 9:00 Gold Point Pairs 1900 N Buena Vista Drive Morning(0-300, Fast Pairs300-750) Series (2 9:30 sessions) 1:00 & 7:00 January 4 – 10, 2010 Stratified Senior Pairs 10:00 & 3:00 Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830 WED StratifiedStratified Open Pairs Open Pairs 1:00 & 7:00 50/100/300(0-2000, I/N Pairs 2000+) (2 sessions)1:00 7:00 1:00 & 7:00 Jan 4 Tue-Wed Brktd KOs (cont’d) 1:00 & 7:00 866-397-6516 50/100/300 I/N Pairs 9:00 1:00 7:00 Make reservations for bridge rate Wednesday-Thursday Brktd KOs 1:00 & 7:00 SideTue-Wed Game Series IBrktd KOs (cont'd)1:00 7:00 1:00 & 7:00 of $129 (single/double)1900 N Buena Vista Drive StratifiedWednesday-Thursday Open Swiss Brktd KOs 7:00 1:00 & 7:00 Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830 Buy One Get One Free Toll Free: 866-397-6516 THURSDAYSide Game January 7Series I 1:00 7:00 Buy One Get One Free Free Self-Service Parking ! Morning KOs (cont’d) 9:00 Play Monday at 1:00 – Buy 1 , get 1 entry FREE for any session Tuesday! Stratified Open Swiss 7:00 Make reservations before 12/4/2009 for bridge rate of $125 Morning Fast Pairs Series 9:30 Play Monday at 1:00 – Buy 1 entry, get 1 entry FREE for any session Tuesday! CONTACTS(single/double) Stratified Senior Pairs 10:00 & 3:00 StratifiedMorning Open Pairs KOs (cont'd) 1:00 & 7:00 9:00 TOURNAMENTFree Self-Service CHAIRPERSON Parking ! 50/100/300 I/N Pairs 1:00 7:00 Free Celebrity Speaker Series Tuesday thru Saturday Wed-MorningThu Brktd KOs Fast (cont’d) Pairs Series1:00 & 7:00 9:30 Jane Formet • 407-649-2022 or Thursday-FridayStratified Brktd Senior KOs Pairs (21:00 sessions) & 7:00 10:00 & 3:00 407-376-3691 Mini Vacation Give-away Stratified I/N SideOrange Game Series Blossom I Gold Point 1:00 Pairs [email protected] Side Game Series II 7:00 Win a 3-day/2-night stay at a luxury LXR Resort. A = 2000 + A = 100 – 300 Stratified(0-300, Open 300-750) Swiss (2 sessions) 7:00 1:00 & 7:00 Free Coffee, Tea, Decaf, and Orange Juice During Events PARTNERSHIPS B = 750 – 2000 B = 50 – 100 Stratified Open Pairs C = 0 – 750 C = 0 – 50 THU FRIDAY January 8 George & Julie Clark Morning(0-2000, KOs (cont’d) 2000+) (2 9:00 sessions) 1:00 & 7:00 321-267-6713 Jan 5 Morning50/100/300 Fast Pairs Series I/N Pairs9:30 9:00 1:00 7:00 Stratified Senior Pairs 10:00 & 3:00 Free Celebrity Speaker Series Tuesday thru Saturday [email protected] Chairperson Jane Formet StratifiedWed-Thu Open Pairs Brktd KOs (cont'd)1:00 & 7:00 1:00 & 7:00 Hospitality Room [email protected] 407-649-2022 50/100/300Thursday-Friday I/N Pairs Brktd 1:00KOs 7:00 1:00 & 7:00 Senior Breakfast on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday mornings INFORMATIONPartnerships George & Julie Clark Thu-Fri Brktd KOs (cont’d) 1:00 & 7:00 [email protected] 321-267-6713 Gloria McCain • 407-277-7161 Friday-SaturdaySide Game Brktd KOsSeries I 1:00 & 7:00 1:00 Snacks, beverages, and hors d’oeuvres Monday thru Friday evenings Information Gloria McCain SideSide Game Game Series II Series II 1:00 7:00 7:00 or [email protected] 407-277-7161 Free co ee, tea, and orange juice during events Stratified Open Swiss 7:00 [email protected] Jim Radcliffe Stratified Open Swiss 7:00 [email protected] 407-803-7187 SATURDAY January 9 HOSPITALITYNewcomers/Intermediate Judy Schorner MorningMorning KOs (cont’d) KOs (cont'd) 9:00 9:00 Registration Gift Jerry & Pam [email protected] Himes 772-234-7323 Morning Fast Pairs Series 9:30 StratifiedMorning Senior Pairs Fast Pairs10:00 &Series 3:00 9:30 321-720-4325 Knockouts – Swiss Hospitality Room StratifiedStratified Open Pairs Senior Pairs (21:00 sessions) & 7:00 10:00 & 3:00 [email protected] 50/100/300 I/N Pairs 1:00 7:00 Senior Breakfast on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday mornings Senior Pairs & Senior Swiss FriOrange-Sat Brktd KOs Blossom (cont’d) Gold Point1:00 & Pairs7:00 Free Coffee in Rooms CADDIES Compact(0-300, Knockouts 300-750) (2 sessions)1:00 & 7:00 1:00 & 7:00 Snacks, beverages, and hors d’oeuvres Monday thru Friday evening s Jim Radcliffe • 407-803-7187 Side Game Series II 1:00 7:00 Refrigerator in room Side Pairs – Fast Pairs FRI Stratified Open Pairs [email protected] SUNDAY(0-2000, January 2000+) 10 (2 sessions) 1:00 & 7:00 New & Intermediate Program Jan 6 Stratified Open Swiss 10:00 play-through** NEWCOMERS/INTERMEDIATE Stratified50/100/300 Senior Swiss I/N 10:00Pairs play-through ** 9:00 1:00 7:00 Registration Gift Judy SchornerWith • Expert 772-234-7323 Lecturers StratifiedThu-Fri I/N Swiss Brktd KOs10:00 (cont'd)play-through ** 1:00 & 7:00 Free Self-Service Parking! **subsidized lunch for Sunday Swiss [email protected]*Play Monday at 1:00 – Buy 1 entry get 1 entry Friday-Saturday Brktd KOs 1:00 & 7:00 TableSide Fee: Game $12 for paid Series ACBL members, II 1:00 7:00 CHIEF DIRECTORFREE for any session Tuesday! $14 for others Patty Johnson Stratified Open Swiss 7:00 FrSubsidizedee Internet andLunches co ee for in rSundayooms Swiss! www.acblunit240.com Refrigerator in room Play Monday at 1:00, Buy 1 Morning KOs (cont'd) 9:00 entry get 1 entry FREE for Morning Fast Pairs Series 9:30 Great Room Price! SAT Stratified Senior Pairs (2 sessions) 10:00 & 3:00 Call 1-866-397-6516 and reserve your room for bridge rate of $129 (single/double) any session on Tuesday! Bracketed Swiss Teams 1:00 & 7:00 Free Self-Service Parking! Knockouts – Swiss • Senior Pairs Jan 7 50/100/300 I/N Pairs 9:00 1:00 7:00 & Senior Swiss • Side Pairs – Fast Fri-Sat Brktd KOs (cont'd) 1:00 & 7:00 Fast Pairs Series Tuesday thru Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Pairs • Intermediate & Newcomers Side Game Series II 1:00 7:00 Program With Expert Lecturers Subsidized lunches for Sunday Swiss! HOSPITALITY – Ice Cream Night – Stratiflighted Swiss Teams I/N Pairs games 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Tuesday thru Cake & Pie Night – HOSPITALITY A/X = 0-5000, 5000+ SUN B/C/D = 500/1500/3000 10:00 play-through** Saturday ROOM – Senior Breakfasts, Thu– Jan 8 Sat, 8:30‑9:30 a.m. Stratified Senior Swiss 10:00 play-through** Great room price! Stratified I/N Swiss 10:00 play-through** EVENING HOSPITALITY Mon–Fri CaGoldll 1- 86Point6 -3 9Pairs7-6516 Wednesday, and reserve yo Thursday,ur room b e&fo Fridayre 12/4 /- 2200 session9 for bri deventsge Orange Juice, Coffee, Decaf, Stratified I/N **Subsidized lunch for Sunday rate of $125 (single/double) Tea, & Water • Subsidized Lunch A = 2000 + A = 100 – 300 Swiss $2 hotdog or sandwich for Sunday Swiss Team events B = 750 – 2000 B = 50 – 100 Table Fee: $12 for paid ACBL www.acblunit240.com4 ACBL District 9 C = 0 – 750 C = 0 – 50 members, $14 for all others www.District9ACBL.org 5 2012fullpageSBN 7/21/11 10:23 AM Page 1

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1881 SE 17th St. Causeway, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316 • 954-463-4000 APRIL 9-15 – GREAT HOSPITALITY! HOSTS Shannon Cappelletti – (423) 400-0269 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS [email protected] MON 1:00 Charity Open Pairs Ray Wise – (813) 215-6623 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS APR 7:00 Charity Open Pairs [email protected] MONDAY Charity Pairs (2 single sessions) ...... 2:30pm & 7:30pm 9 7:00 Bracketed Open KOs, Round 1 (cont'd Tue. 9:00 am, 1:00 & 7:00) PARTNERSHIPS FEB 20, 2012 Stratified Swiss Teams (1st of 2 sessions) ...... 7:30pm 9:00 am Morning Side Game Series (1 of 5) Peggy Higginbotham – (904) 334-5272 Tues-Wed Bracketed KOs ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 10:00 am & 3:00 Stratified Senior Pairs (two-session event) [email protected] TOURNAMENT CHAIRS: Stratified Open Pairs (2 sessions) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 10:00 am 299er Pairs (single-session) CADDIES Russ Delaney (941) 926-4531 Senior Pairs (2 sessions) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm TUE 1:00 & 7:00 Primetime KOs I, Rounds 1 & 2 (cont'd 1:00 & 7:00 Wed.) Lisa Carter – (904) 434-5190 TUESDAY I/N Pairs: (Single Session Games) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 1:00 & 7:00 Stratified Open Pairs (two-session event) [email protected] FEB 21, 2012 Side Game Series I (1st & 2nd of 5) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm APR [email protected] Stratified Swiss Teams ...... 2:30pm 10 1:00 Side Game Series I (1 of 6) Assistant Chair: HOSPITALITY Stratified Swiss Teams (2nd of 2) ...... 7:30pm 3:00 299er Pairs (single-session) Coffee & Orange Juice Daily Sandi Murray (941) 302-3448 Evening Side Game Series (1st of 5) ...... 7:30pm 7:00 Side Game Series I (2 of 6) 7:00 Stratified Swiss Teams (single-session) Monday–Friday Evenings [email protected] Tues-Wed Bracketed KOs (cont) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm Open Hospitality Room Wed-Thurs Bracketed KOs ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 9:00 am Compact KOs, Rounds 1 and 2 (cont'd 9:00 am Thurs; 4-member teams) Everyone Welcome Intermediate /Newcomer Chair (I/N): A/X Open Pairs (2 sessions) X=0-2500 A=2500 . .10:00am & 2:30pm 9:00 am Morning Side Game Series (2 of 5) Gold Rush Pairs (2 sessions, 750/300 pairs) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm Ice Cream and/or Desserts Marietta Huggard (941) 706-4168 WEDNESDAY 10:00 am & 3:00 Stratified Senior Pairs (two-session event) Side Game Series I (3rd&4th of 5) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm Pizza and Beer FEB 22, 2012 I/N Pairs: (Single Session Games) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 10:00 am 299er Pairs (single-session) PARTNERSHIPS: Stratified Swiss Teams ...... 2:30pm WED 1:00 & 7:00 Primetime KOs II, Rounds 1 & 2 (cont'd 1:00 & 7:00 Thu.) Thursday through Saturday Cynthia Murphy (941) 355-3160 Evening Side Game Series (2nd of 5) ...... 7:30pm APR 1:00 & 7:00 A/X Open Pairs (two session event, X=0-5000, A=unlimited) Senior Breakfast [email protected] Wed-Thurs Evening Knockouts ...... 7:30pm 11 1:00 & 7:00 FLORIDA GOLD PAIRS (two session event, 750/300 Pairs Gold Points for 0-750) Hot Dogs and Beer Wed-Thurs Bracketed KOs (cont) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 1:00 Side Game, Series I (3 of 6) Subsidized Sunday Snacks Sheila Pies (941) 587-6808 Thur-Fri Bracketed KOs ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 3:00 299er Pairs (single-session) [email protected] Stratified Open Pairs (2 sessions) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 7:00 Side Game Series I (4 of 6) STRATA Senior Pairs (2 sessions) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 7:00 Stratified Swiss Teams (single-session) Open & Senior Events HOST HOTEL: I/N Pairs: (Single Session Games) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm A=2000+, B=750-2000, C=0-750 THURSDAY Side Game Series I (5th of 5) ...... 10:00am 9:00 am Compact KOs, Rounds 1 and 2 (cont'd 9:00 am Fri; 4-member teams) Courtside by Marriott FEB 23, 2012 Side Game Series II (1st of 5) ...... 2:30pm 9:00 am Morning Side Game Series (3 of 5) Florida Gold Strats: 100 Riverfront Drive West Stratified Swiss Teams ...... 2:30pm 10:00 am & 3:00 Stratified Senior Pairs (two-session event) Top=300-750, Bottom=0-300 Bradenton, FL 34205 • (941) 747-3727 Stratified Swiss Teams ...... 7:30pm 10:00 am 299er Pairs (single-session) A/X Strats: Evening Side Game Series (3rd of 5) ...... 7:30pm THU 1:00 & 7:00 Primetime KOs III, Rounds 1 & 2 (cont'd 1:00 & 7:00 Fri.) A=5000+, X=0-5000 http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/srq Wed-Thurs Evening Knockouts (cont) ...... 7:30pm APR bd-courtyard-bradenton-sarasota-riverfront/ 1:00 & 7:00 Stratified Open Pairs (two-session event) 299er Events Thur-Fri Bracketed KOs (cont) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 12 1:00 Side Game Series I (5 of 6) A=200-300, B=100-200, C=0-100 Fri-Sat Bracketed KOs ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 3:00 299er Pairs (single-session) Bridge Rate: $159/night A/X Open Pairs (2 sessions) X=0-2500 A=2500 . .10:00am & 2:30pm 299er Strata May Be Changed at Director's Discretion Reserve by January 15th. Gold Rush Pairs (2 sessions, 750/300 pairs) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 7:00 Side Game Series I (6 of 6) All Pairs Games Stratified by Masterpoint FRIDAY Side Game Series II (2nd & 3rd of 5) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 7:00 Stratified Swiss Teams (single-session) Average of the Pair (both players must Ask for the bridge rate FEB 24, 2012 I/N Pairs: (Single Session Games) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 9:00 am Compact KOs, Rounds 1 and 2 (cont'd 9:00 am Sat.; 4-member teams) fit under the upper limit of the strat or A shuttle will be provided between Stratified Swiss Teams ...... 2:30pm 9:00 am Morning Side Game Series (4 of 5) event); All KOs and Sat. 2-Session Swiss are Stratified Swiss Teams (1st of 2) ...... 7:30pm Bracketed; All Other Swiss are Stratified By the Marriott and the Convention Evening Side Game Series (4th of 5) ...... 7:30pm 10:00 am & 3:00 Stratified Senior Pairs (two-session event) 10:00 am 299er Pairs (single-session) Team Masterpoint Average Center for daytime events. Fri-Sat Bracketed KOs (cont) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 1:00 & 7:00 Primetime KOs IV, Rounds 1 & 2 (cont'd 1:00 & 7:00 Sat.) Bracketed Swiss Teams (2 sessions) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm FRI DIRECTIONS For complete information on area hotel Stratified Open Pairs (2 sessions) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm APR 1:00 & 7:00 A/X Open Pairs (two session event, X=0-5000, A=unlimited) From Ft. Lauderdale International Airport: rates and locations please access our Senior Pairs (2 sessions) ...... 10:00:am & 2:30pm 13 1:00 & 7:00 FLORIDA GOLD PAIRS (two session event, 750/300 Pairs Gold Points for 0-750) Take US Route 1 North to SE 17th Street, SATURDAY Side Game Series II (4th & 5th of 5) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 1:00 Side Game Series II (1 of 4) and turn right. Turn left on Eisenhower website at www.unit102.com or FEB 25, 2012 I/N Pairs: (Single Session Games) ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 3:00 299er Pairs (single-session) Boulevard / Ocean World Drive. Make a contact Assistant Chair Sandi Murray. Youth Tournament ...... 10:00am & 2:30pm 7:00 Side Game Series II (2 of 4) quick right onto the service road. The hotel Stratified Swiss Teams (2nd of 2) ...... 7:30pm 7:00 Stratified Swiss Teams (single-session) entrance is on West side of Intracoastal. Evening Side Game Series (5th of 5) ...... 7:30pm STRATA 9:00 am Morning Side Game Series (5 of 5) From Miami International Airport (45 minutes): SUNDAY Stratified Open Swiss ...... 10:00am playthrough Take I-95 North to 595 East to Federal Highway. Stratified Senior Swiss ...... 10:00am playthrough 10:00 am & 3:00 Stratified Senior Pairs (two-session event) OPEN & SENIOR EVENTS FEB 26, 2012 10:00 am 299er Pairs (single-session) Head North, and turn right onto 17th Street. A=2000+, B= 750-2000, C- 0-750 SAT 1:00 & 7:00 Swiss Teams, Bracketed by Team Masterpoints Turn left onto Eisenhower, and make a quick YOUTH TOURNAMENT • SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012 APR right onto the access road. The hotel entrance FLORIDA GOLD PAIRS Two sessions: 10:00 to 12:00 and 2:30 to 4:30 • Lunch will be provided • 1:00 & 7:00 Stratified Open Pairs (two-session event) Top = 300-750, Bottom = 0-300 14 1:00 Side Game Series II (3 of 4) is on West side of Intracoastal. Masterpoints will be awarded to those players with ACBL numbers. 3:00 299er Pairs (single-session) From Palm Beach International Airport A/X STRATA Teach your children and grandchildren to play bridge so that they can 7:00 Side Game Series II (4 of 4) (PBI): Take I-95 South to Davie Road, A= 2500+, X= 0-2500 participate in all the Youth Sessions being offered at ACBL Tournaments. heading East. Go South on Federal Highway SUN 10:00 am Stratified Open Swiss Teams (Playthrough) I/N EVENTS For more information about the Youth Tournament contact (US 1). Turn left onto SE 17th Street, then APR 10:00 am Stratified Senior Swiss Teams (Playthrough) A= 200-300, B= 100-200, C= 0-100 Jane Huerta 941-894-0393 • [email protected] 15 left onto Eisenhower Boulevard. Make a 6 ACBL District 9 www.District9ACBL.orgquick right onto the access road. The hotel7 entrance is on the left. President’s Message by Bill Rauld 8 District 9 Update by Shirley Seals 10 Doubles Wrap-Up Bill Rauld, District 9 President • [email protected] by Larry Cohen 12 Survey Says... She As you read this message the Naples Regional will have come and gone, but District 9 Polling Question 14 Transfers Opposite Preempts Would will, I think, be remembered as the start of the most innovative program to and Overcalls (TOPO) Never come along in a long while. It is at this tournament where we premiered our by Jon Shuster 16 Be The new program to attract new members to tournament play, and entered into Disciplined Doubling: Describing & Deciding (part 1 of 2) Same an unprecedented collaboration with our local teachers and bridge clubs. by Jack Brawner 18 by Sherry Seals Potter We hope that this will continue to grow. In my next message I will update The Enforcers by Harry Falk 20 you on the results. Once again I want to thank Jay Whipple for planning the Ideas About Logical Thinking ...... Page 22 implementation of this new product. Picture The Hand by Barnet Shenkin 24 The Sunshine Bridge News is mailed six times a year to households of paid-up October will see a split final of the North American Open Pairs, something Unit 102 25 members of District 9 of the ACBL. The which has not been seen before in District 9. We will have one location in District 9 Youth and Newcomers' News 31 mailing list is prepared about a month Tournament Calendar 32 before the publication arrives in your St. Petersburg and the other in Lake Park. We hope that this will increase our mailbox. Mailing is by bulk mail. attendance by making it more accessible to more of our members. I will also Slam If You Can by Jerry Himes 34 ACBL members of other districts and Unit 128 36 non-members residing anywhere in the update you on the success of this effort. Congratulations to all the winners. U.S. may subscribe. Unit 219 45 Subscriptions to the SBN are available I hope you have made your plans to attend the Unit 128 regional in Daytona Unit 240 50 at a cost of $15 for six consecutive issues. at the Daytona Beach Plaza Resort and Spa, November 7-13. 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Now let's wrap up doubles support. with: Opener's Double is a "Support Double." I have found that most intermediate- 1. Game-Try ("Maximal") Doubles 2. Support Doubles 3. Other Doubles It shows 3-card support for Responder's suit. It says nothing about HCP. So, if level players forget this convention more Note: This Double is only when Opener's 1. Game-Try ("Maximal") Doubles opener has: than any other. If you want to play Support RHO bids the suit directly under the Suppose the auction begins: Doubles, they require lots of study and major. (So, the only other situation would ♠A43 practice. Opener Responder be if your side started 1♥-2♥ and Opener's ♥65 RHO bid 3♦). 3. Other Doubles 1♠ 2♥ 2♠ 3♥ ♦KQ J65 There are many other Doubles ?? It doesn't matter how Opener's RHO ♣K32 came to make that bid in the suit below, but (Snapdragon, Card-Showing, Lead- You, the Opener are holding: when there is no room for any other kind He makes a Support Double in this Directing, and on and on). For now, ♠AQ J987 of , opener has to be able to bid auction: the most important thing I can say is that almost all Doubles on the ♥2 3-of-his-major to compete for the partial, Opener Responder while also having available a Double to 1-level and 2-level should NOT be ♦KJ2 1♦ Pass 1♠ 2♣ try for game opposite a maximum raise. for penalty. When in doubt, assume ♣765 This agreement can also be used if you Double a low-level Double is NOT a penalty Because your side has 9 trumps, the start with an overcall (1-of-a-Major) and The Double simply announces any double. As my good friend, the late tells you to compete partner raises you to 2 of your major. opening bid with exactly 3-card spade Bernie Chazen loved to say, "The Penalty Double has Died and Gone to to the 3-level. You want to compete to 3♠. 2. Support Doubles support. If Opener has extra strength, he However, you don't want partner to think can divulge it later. If Opener eschews a Heaven." you are inviting game. For this kind of Since this is the most-forgotten Support Double and instead raises to 2♠, it Now we're ready to work our way auction, the Game-Try Double is a valuable convention on earth, let me lead into it with promises 4-card support. through the rest of the "back" of the a review of the two easier-to-remember tool: Notes on Support Doubles: ACBL . See you next Doubles: the Takeout and Negative When your side has raised 1-MAJOR to time! Double. • They are always "on" by opener at 2-MAJOR, and the opponents interfere the 2-level. – some partnerships A is made when RHO with the suit below your major on the also play them on the 3-level. 3-level, opener's Double is a game try. It is opens the bidding and you Double. SBNx The auction must begin 1-of-a-suit not for penalty. Meanwhile, opener's rebid A is made when Partner • and beget a 1-of-a-suit response. of 3-MAJOR is competitive—to play. opens the bidding, the opponents overcall, So… and you (the responder) Double. • Discuss if they apply over a 1♦ response to 1♣ (I recommend A Support Double is made when you Opener Responder YES). open the bidding, partner responds, and Contact Larry: 1♠ 2♥ 2♠ 3♥ [email protected] – You you Double the opponents. Note: It is • Discuss if Opener can make a can join Larry’s email list (www.larryco.com) X=Game try the opening bidder who makes Support Support Double with a dead – You’ll receive a free monthly newsletter to 3♠=To play Doubles. minimum (I recommend YES). entertain and enlighten you. 12 ACBL District 9 www.District9ACBL.org 13 Survey Says... DISTRICT 9 Thank you to all who answered our Some Comments You Sent Us: Lastly, while some of us have the luxury of POLLING survey question about playing online "The Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach Gardens being able to attend two regionals in a row, bridge. Of our respondents, almost and Deerfield are too close together." most of us would never be able to consider QUESTION exactly half play almost every day. Almost [meaning April, May/June, July] We such an exciting life. 20% said they play at least once a week, agree this could be improved upon, and "Could you move the Naples Grand to As you are perhaps aware, while just under 10% answered that they you may see a change by 2014 or 2015 in Tampa? That would combine the best hotel both the Sunshine Bridge don't play but they watch ; or this situation. Please remember that our with a great location. Centrality and comfort. News and the ACBL Bulletin they don't play and never expect to start; hotels are booked many years in advance Whatta (sic) combination. Seriously." are available to read on or they don't play but might start soon. of the tournament dates, with steep Seriously, we know exactly what you mean! the internet. The SBN can Under 5% said they play only with robots cancellation penalties, but we'll do our For those of you who have never attended be accessed by anybody, (an online option that doesn't make much best to change the calendar for you if and (and been able to stay at) the Naples Grand, members and non-members sense to anybody who's never done it!). alike. To read the online when we can manage it. let us just tell you the hotel rooms are truly ACBL Bulletin, you must be One player made the effort to give us A request came for "Tallahassee in upscale and they provide the shortest an ACBL member. this comment, which we hadn't offered odd years in August, but not late August, possible walk from hotel room to elevator as a response: "I used to play on line but after football season begins." To this we and then -- BIG bonus -- from elevator to Do you read the SBN (Sunshine stopped for some reason ... may return some playing site. say, thank goodness we don't have to Bridge News) online version? day." accommodate the special requests of all Many of our responders do think Tampa These results are of course not of our players if they wanted to be this will be a great location, and there were also 1. very often necessarily representative of our total specific! Actually, we don't think there's many requests for Jacksonville. We hope 2. looking for something membership. After all, somebody who a place in Tallahassee, no matter what the you are all looking forward to our brand specific plays online bridge almost every day is date, but we'll take this suggestion, along new Jacksonville Regional August 20-26, probably more likely to answer an online with all the rest, under advisement. 2012, and also to our brand new Tampa 3. almost never survey than most of our other members. One impossible request for us to meet: Regional, December 10-16, 2012. Places 4. never ***************** "Xmas to New Year's, will connect well like St. Augustine, Ft. Myers, Gainesville, On a different note, we have left up with Orlando." For three very important Tallahassee and even Sarasota are all lovely Do you read the ACBL Bulletin locations without any clear tournament- the survey asking where you'd like to reasons, we are highly unlikely ever to be online version? see the ninth District 9 Regional, and able to fill this request. First, in Florida, quality hotels. For the golfer who asked we continue to be enlightened as well as that week is such a prime tourist week that about Innisbrook, which is a golf resort 1. very often amused by the results. Well over half of no hotels would be willing to discount north of Clearwater, that is also a lovely 2. looking for something location with plenty of playing space, you continue to give us all our current hotel rooms for us; more likely, they specific locations, and you've also tried to help us would want to charge a premium for this but when all the bridge players have to decide when to hold the ninth regional in highly coveted week. Secondly, District go outside and into a moving vehicle to 3. almost never your preferred city. The general consensus 9 does not work in a vacuum. ACBL get to the playing site, it poses special 4. never is that there is no consensus. However, we is responsible for avoiding conflicts in challenges that make it unlikely we'd be are happy to receive your comments, and scheduling regionals in nearby locations, able to go there. Still, thanks for all the very www.District9ACBL.org thoughtful responses! Go to we certainly are glad you seem to be very and they would never allow us to hold a to voice your opinion. much in favor of the locations we already regional the same week as one being held have planned. just two or three small states north of us. 14 ACBL District 9 www.District9ACBL.org 15 North holds: 2. Bid 3♦ as a lead director for ♥s. Your defensive Transfers Opposite Preempts ♠-Ax ♥-AQJxxx ♦-x ♣-KQ10x plan is to gain the lead on the first ♥, and ♦ push ♣s. On the actual plan, partner has ♠-x By Jon Shuster North can lead the singleton , knowing ♥ ♦ ♣ ♥ ♠ and Overcalls (TOPO) when in with the ♠A, North can reach -AQxxxxx -xx -Axx, and bid 5 over 4 . When the opponents went on to 5♠, it took a hand, or lack of a long South in ♥s. Had South bid 3♥, denying Several local players have asked me for a new ♥ ♣ low ♥ lead to your K and the ♣Q shift to beat self sufficient suit. the K, North would lead a high (K or Q ♠ ♥ ♥ article on this convention, which I wrote up depending on your lead agreements). 5 . The A lead fails as s are 3-1. You will for the Bidding Lab in the April and May 2009 6. 3NT is to play find yourself being more aggressive both on ACBL Bulletins (Then called TOO, Transfers 7. Transferring into your opponents’ Here is a quiz all at matchpoints. overcalls and in supporting these overcalls Opposite Overcalls). Having played it in two agreed suit is a if you bid 1. With neither vul, Dealer East, South holds: with possible lead directing bids in between. regular partnerships, Ron Law and Evelyn again (rare). ♠-J943 ♥-843 ♦-AQ72 ♣-85 It makes defending all that much easier. Kleinsasser, for close to three years, I can say Exceptions: and the bidding went 3. Bid 3♣ (transfer to ♦s). Partner held ♠-x that this is an effective defensive weapon, and ♥-Q10xxx ♦-6 ♣-AK732, and racked up 10 A. Note that you cannot transfer into West North East South it is easy to apply, with few mix-ups. Regular the suit immediately above your partner’s, tricks on a ♠ lead, losing only the ♦-AKQ partnerships will find virtually no downside unless the opponent doubles partner’s call, - - 1♣ Pass for an absolute top. Evelyn Kleinsasser did to it. I learned the basic idea from Rahn Smith well to bid 3♦ with her singleton. Poor East in which case, a redouble is a transfer. Since 1♥ 2♠ 3♥ ? and Sharon Meng-Horton, who applied it 3NT is to play, transfers to ♣s include 1NT, claimed he wanted to lead a ♦, but was . after interference against their weak twos, but 2NT, 3♠ (if not your partner’s suit), and 2. Non-Vul vs. Vul, Dealer West, South 4. Bid 3NT. Your ♠Q is a stopper. But if the it can have utility in other situations. It is our holds: opponent had bid 3♥, showing a ♠ raise with most frequently applied convention. 4NT. In situations where ♥s is a transfer to an unbid ♠ suit, use ♠’s not NT as a transfer ♠-974 ♥-K3 ♦-643 ♣-Q J1073 the A or K, you do not have a ♠ stopper. Here are the two major settings: to ♣, keeping NT as natural. and the bidding went Partner almost surely has a singleton ♠, so, Suppose you are South and the bidding you should bid 4♦. My opponents figured B. If your partner’s suit is ♦s, you cannot West North East South goes either transfer into ♠s when they have bid only ♣s, this one out. West North East South as ♥s is the suit above partner’s (Natural) 1♠ 2♥ 2♠ ? 5. Pass. There are no penalty doubles in TOPO. Bid or and so by extension ♠s must be natural. 3. Both Vul, Dealer West, South holds: (However, I would pass 3♥ even if the Natural Unbid majors are very high priorities, ♠-AKQ4 ♥-7 ♦-J1098753 ♣-2 meaning of double was penalty. In fact, on One of a suit Overcall Negative ? this deal, 4♦ makes.) Double and you should check the meaning of all or possible calls below your planned one to West North East South Summary see if you have it right. This all becomes 1♦ 2♥ Double(1) ? TOPO is a very constructive way to West North East South second nature very quickly. (1)Negative compete. Opportunities to use the treatment Bid or All calls by South must be alerted. Natural 4. Vul vs. not, Dealer South, South holds: come up often, and memorization is minimal. - Takeout ? Important Note: TOPO does not apply if The nuts and bolts can be explained on ♠-Q75 ♥-K2 ♦-AK8742 ♣-A3 Double the opponent passes partner’s bid. a single typewritten page, with lifetime South applies TOPO (Transfers Opposite Why use TOPO? First, it comes up often, West North East South benefits to follow. If the bidding indeed goes Preempts and Overcalls) as follows. typically several times per session. Second, One Bid-overcall-bid or double, the hand is - - - 1♦ 1. All bids, at any level, except as stated your defense will be made more accurate overwhelmingly likely to be at best a part-score ♠ below, are transfers to the next higher through positive and negative inferences 1♠ 2♦ 3 ? for your side. Most calls are therefore geared suit (Possibly lead directing with from your action or lack of action. Third, (TOPO) to improving your defensive prospects in the support for North’s suit). when the overcall is in a minor, showing or 5. Neither Vul, dealer North, South holds: likely event your opponents buy the contract. 2. Double and redouble are transfers. denying a high honor can lead to good NT ♠-9 ♥-AKJ97 ♦-A5 ♣-Q9763 The transfer also gives you the flexibility for 3. A transfer to partner’s suit shows games and avoid bad ones. partner to play in your suit (even if bid by support and is lead directing (shows Illustration: You are South West North East South the opponents as in #3) in situations where A or K). standard bidding is ambiguous. West North East South - 2♠ 3♥ ? 4. A direct raise of partner’s suit shows (1) Solutions: (These were real hands.) Thanks go toRon Schoenau of Gainesville for support but is lead inhibiting (lacks 1♠ 2♥ 2♠ 3♦ helpful suggestions and comments. A or K). 1. Bid 4♣ as lead directing in ♦s. You intend to 4♠ bid 4♠ (which is down two). If the opponents 5. Pass indicates a likely misfit, a weak South shows ♥A or ♥K go on to 5♥, only a ♦ lead sets that contract. SBNx 16 ACBL District 9 www.District9ACBL.org 17 Bridge for the Club Player DISCIPLINED DOUBLING: DESCRIBING & DECIDING (part 1 of 2) By Jack Brawner • [email protected] don’t have an extra , but you have a singleton AND a side suit of In my last article, I stressed five cards or longer, add a trump and compete accordingly. ((Hint: with how important it is to double two strikes against me –no singleton/void AND vulnerable, I mentally partscores at matchpoints. subtract a trump before I bid up another level.)) Letting the opponents outbid you Forget about your points. They are immaterial. If you have those precious and collect bushels of matchpoints points and really want to bid, perhaps you can… even when they don’t make their B) DOUBLE! contract is a sure way to avoid the winner’s circle. You MUST double in If you are the strong hand, double with “book”. Four tricks if the opponents are order to be successful. In this article, I hope to help you by providing you at the three level, and five tricks if they are at the two level. You are telling your with a system for intelligent doubling. Please understand in advance partner that they can safely leave the double in if they can contribute a trick. that I am only trying to help you play the odds. If you are not getting an If you are under the gun as the weak hand, double with two tricks. In theory, this could be as few as ONE point (JT9xx of the opponents’ suit.) Remember occasional minus-470 (or worse!) you are not doubling enough. your partner cannot expect more than this after you have limited your bid to 9 I need to start with some definitions. The “strong” hand will be the hand that points or so. opened or overcalled and may still be fairly good. The “weak” hand will be the Once again, forget about points. If you don’t have tricks, don’t double. If hand that made a simple raise (or bid 1NT) and has limited their high-card spades is our suit, I will double their 3H bid with xxx, Q Jx, Axx, xxxx (seven points to around 9. The hand that is “under the gun” is the hand that makes the points) but with AQx, xxx, Qxxx, Jxx (nine points) I will pass. I will NOT first decision/description at the three level. The partner of the under the gun count the King of our suit as a trick – it is too likely one of the opponents has a hand will be in the passout seat. singleton. Let’s say the auction goes 1♠ by you, 2♣ by LHO, 2♠ by partner, 3♣ by RHO. C) PASS! You are the strong hand, your partner is the weak hand, and you are the strong You will pass MOST of the time. For some of you type A personalities, this will hand under the gun – it’s your turn to bid. If the auction goes 1♥ by partner, Dbl be difficult. But if you cannot bid (which takes distribution) or double (which by RHO, 2♥ by you, Dbl by LHO, Pass by partner, 3♦ by RHO then you are still takes tricks), then make a DESCRIPTIVE pass. You have a partner, and your under the gun, but as the weak hand. If they balance – 1♠ by partner, Pass by partner will have the information that they need to make a better guess than RHO, 2♠ by you, Pass, Pass, 3♥ by RHO – you are under the gun as the they would normally have. weak hand again. We will talk about partner’s decision next time, as I am quite sure I am It is the job of the “under the gun” hand to DESCRIBE, not DECIDE. out of space! This is how you can do it: A) BID! Happy Doubling! If you have an “extra” trump, giving your side a total of nine for the three level (or ten for the four level), compete. If you don’t have an extra trump, but have a void, add a trump and compete accordingly. If you

18 ACBL District 9 www.District9ACBL.org 19 REMEMBER November 1-30 GNT CLUB QUALIFYING November14-20 tournaments and paying entry fees, they UNITS 240 and 102 STaC The Enforcers keep us gainfully employed. We are by Harry Falk • [email protected] supposed to keep the players happy. But, November 20 also, since we are charged with enforcing UNIT 128 SWISS I'm sure when most of you sit down to decisions every day of the week. We're the rules, many times we have to make watch a sports event, you don't go out called to the table and required to make rulings which may frustrate or even December 1-31 of your way to watch the game officials, our rulings in many situations where two incense the same people that we're trying GNT CLUB QUALIFYING unless something of controversy occurs sides have seen entirely different views of to keep happy. I can't tell you how many during the game. I'm a bit different than what has happened. times people have threatened not to come December 12-18 that. As a game official of a sort, I pay back to a game or tournament because Imagine a disputed situation about UNIT 128 STaC attention to the details of officiating as whether or not a card has been played. they are unhappy with the ruling which well as the game. I look at positioning of Declarer has pulled a card from his I've made. It's important for players not NOTICE the officials, interpretation of rules, and hand, and his LHO has seen it and calls to take the rulings personally. We're not ways in which the games are organized the director insisting that this was a out to get you. We're simply doing the job FROM THE ACBL HANDBOOK OF RULES and administered. Being a tournament played card. How should the director that we've been hired to do. AND REGULATIONS director is, in many ways, like being a proceed? When I arrive at the table in In my 13+ years of working as an When a sectional (excluding STaCs) or football referee or a baseball umpire. such an instance, I first ask the parties And, yet, in many ways it is entirely ACBL director, I have never met a co- higher rated event is being conducted within directly involved to show me the position worker who was not entirely professional 25 miles of a club game’s playing site, the different, too. in which the card was held. Then, I will and devoted to making the tournament club is permitted to hold only its regularly As an interpreter and enforcer of the ask the same question of the other parties experience a pleasant one. Please scheduled club masterpoint games (i.e., no laws, we are much like those in other at the table (in this case, dummy and remember that many times we are placed sports. We are in charge of keeping the declarer’s RHO). From the information in impossible situations (like providing special games). game running at an appropriate pace. We that I receive from all the players, I then 18 North-Souths in a 12 table game). TOURNAMENT ATTENDEES are charged with arbitrating disputes. We would apply the appropriate law (which Probably, in more than 50% of those Please summon a director should you are called upon to enforce the rules when in this case says that a declarer's card is situations, we make the impossible encounter a deck of cards which is very far issues arise at the table. In these ways, we played if it is held touching or nearly possible. But please always remember are much like our counterparts on the touching the table or held in a position to that we must enforce the rules and be fair past its prime. Every once in a while we miss playing fields or in the arenas. indicate that the card has been played). to everyone in the game. replacing a really icky deck, but we are happy No matter what ruling I make, someone But many times, we have to make our Have a great winter season, and I hope to do it if we know about it at the time. rulings and decisions without being at the table will feel that justice has not been served. That's the nature of our job. to see you at a lot of tournaments along actually able to see or hear the violation the way. ATTENTION or irregularity actually happen. Can you We can't make everyone happy all of the SBNx imagine a baseball umpire calling balls time. PLAYERS and strikes without watching the pitches? Another way in which tournament Harry Falk's web site is If you serve on an Appeals Committee Could a football referee call “holding” directors are different from sports harrybridge.com and it contains at any District 9 Regional, you will be while he's sitting behind a desk entering officials is in our interaction with the information about the local thanked with scrip for a free play, good scores on a computer? Tournament players. We work in a conflicting role. The duplicates in his area as well for one year from the date you serve as tournaments at which he on the committee. directors are asked to make such players are our customers---by attending officiates. 20 ACBL District 9 www.District9ACBL.org 21