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4788.5 Tables Championship Day in Atlanta Monday, August 5, 2013 Volume 85, Number 4 Daily Bulletin 85th North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley, Paul Linxwiler and Sue Munday Championship Day in Atlanta Photos only for NABC events today. Full reports will appear later this week. ACBL Hall of Fame story and photos will appear in the Tuesday edition. District 9 repeats as winners of the Championship Flight: Eric Rodwell, David Berkowitz, Jeff Meckstroth, Michael Becker, captain Warren Spector and Gary Cohler. Mark Itabashi and Ross Grabel: winners of the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs. District 22 won the Goldman Flight A by a single IMP: Bo Liu, Xiao-yan Gong, Weishu Wu, captain Soichi Yoshihiro and Philip Hiestand. Randy Thompson and Barry Spector won the Bruce LM-5000 Pairs. Winners of the Sheinwold Flight B from District 11: (front) Lori Harner and Donna Moore; (back) William Gottschall, captain Joseph Keim, Larry Jones and Douglas Millsap. Alan Hierseman and Doug Fjare won the Young District 23 Life Master 0-1500 Pairs by 1.57 matchpoints. captured the MacNab Flight C crown: Yichi WBF reports inside Zhang, Om Today and through the end of the tournament, Chokriwala, the middle four pages of the Daily Bulletin include Nolan Chang, reporting from the World Youth Open Bridge Fred Upton and Championships. Jack Chang. ATTENDANCE through Sunday afternoon 4788.5 tables Page 2 Monday, August 5, 2013 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Monday, August 5 tournament information system.B Atrium Tower, level 2, 9–11 a.m. ACBLScore+. Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference Suite 222. Conference Suite 222. 10 a.m.-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Audrey Grant. Free game follows 9 a.m.–Noon Club Director Refresher Course. Continuing education (see below). Regency Ballroom VII, LL1. for bridge directors to increase their skills. Continues on 1–3 p.m. Bridge-Plus+. Free game for new players. Regency Ballroom Wednesday, Aug. 7. Must attend both sessions. Sign up at the VII, LL1. door. Fee: $15 covers both sessions. Atrium Tower, level 2, 7–8:30 p.m. Goodwill Committee Reception. Regency Ballroom VII, LL1. Conference Suite 226. 7:30–9 p.m. GNT/NAP Coordinators. Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference 7-10 p.m. Zero Tolerance Workshop. Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference Suite 219. Suite 219. Open to all. Especially valuable for club managers. 8:30–10:30 p.m. Competition & Conventions Committee. Roswell, LL3. You’re welcome to bring food. 9–10:30 p.m. USBF Board meeting. Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference Wednesday, August 7 Suite 226. 9 am–noon Club Director Refresher Course. Second day of the Tuesday, August 6 continuing education seminar for bridge directors to 8:30–9:30 a.m. TourneyTRAX Q&A. Meet with members of the ACBL increase their skills. Must attend both sessions (Tuesday and staff for an interactive session about TourneyTRAX, the new Wednesday). Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference Suite 226. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these expert lecturers at the Atlanta NABC by some of the best- known players and teachers at 9:15 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Hanover Hall, LL2. Wednesday, August 7 Monday, August 5 9:15 am Michael Huston Finessing 9:15 am Lisa Berkowitz Playing to Trick One 6:45 pm Patty Tucker Double, Double Toil & Trouble 6:45 pm Ken Monzingo Hand Patterns Thursday, August 8 Tuesday, August 6 9:15 am Kevin Wilson Fitting Honors 9:15 am Harriette Buckman Rights and Responsibilities 6:45 pm Billy Miller Dear Billy Live 6:45 pm Coley McGinnis & Defensive Carding Linda Hanson ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY Location: Peach Pit on LL2, unless otherwise noted Wednesday, August 7 Monday, August 5 8:15-9:15 a.m. Beginner Yoga (bring a towel) 8:15-9:15 a.m. Beginner Yoga (bring a towel) 8:45-9:30 a.m. Dr. David Schulman is the Director, Emory Sleep Laboratory 8:45-9:30 a.m. Julia Forbes from the High Museum of Art will give a and Program Director for Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care presentation on the museum’s exhibition of Girl with a Pearl Medicine at Emory University. He recently was honored with Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis. The exhibition the 2013 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award. Dave highlights the artistic genius of Dutch Golden Age painters. has also done well in NABCs, coming in second with Steve Forbes’s presentation will be in the Heritage Room on LL3. Callaham in the Young LM Pairs in 2009. He will speak on 1:30-2:30 p.m. Ice cream “Sleep as Key to Health” in Suite 222 on the Atrium Level. 2-2:45 p.m. Stephen Peterkin and Jeffrey Tsang, pianists 2-2:45 p.m. Stephen Peterkin and Jeffrey Tsang, pianists 6:30–7:30 p.m. Chicken and cheese quesadillas with salsa 2:15-2:45 p.m. Ice cream 6:30–9:30 p.m. Cash bar 6:30–7:30 p.m. Vegetables, dip and assorted cheeses 6:30-7:30 p.m. Mark Irish, hypnotist/illusionist is America’s most sought- 6:30–9:30 p.m. Cash bar after hypnotist and the winner of the International Guild of 6:30-8:15 p.m. Mark Larson, The Piano Guy and singer. Come and sing Stage Hypnotists Comedy Competition in London. along with Mark or just enjoy listening to him perform. 9-10:30 p.m. Mark Irish, hypnotist/illusionist 8:30 p.m.- till Texas Hold’em 10:30 p.m.- Craig Gleason, guitar and vocals 10:45 p.m.- Hot dogs 12:30 a.m. midnight 11 p.m.-midnight Mark Larson, piano and vocals Found Notice to players Important notices for A man’s leather portfolio, including address Each player must have an ACBL convention book, calendar and pen was found in the lobby of players in national events card filled out and on the table. Please note that the Hyatt Regency. Please contact hotel security for Notice to seeded pairs other types of convention cards, such as the WBF information. If you expect to be seeded in an NABC+ convention card or homemade cards that do not event at this tournament, please purchase your sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are entry at least 15 minutes before game time. Doing Convention card reminder not acceptable substitutes. so will help get the game started. Each player is required to have a convention card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a session. Both cards of a partnership must be identical Check cashing and NABC Slideshow and include the first and last names of each member bridge bucks The Atlanta planning committee is putting of the partnership. The check-cashing desk, located in the lobby together a slideshow of the overall winners of If a director determines that neither player has area on LL1, will be open between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. tournament events. We will take pictures of overall a substantially completed card, the partnership may every day through next Friday. winners in the Prize Room located on the Exhibit play only the Standard American Yellow Card and There is a limit of $500 per day for check Level, two floors below the main lobby. The Prize may use only standard carding. This restriction may cashing. Members must provide their ACBL Room will be open each day between 9:15-9:50 be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round numbers. a.m., 2-2:50 p.m. and 6:30-7:20 p.m. We need both after convention cards have been properly prepared Bridge bucks are available for purchase at the partners from a pair and/or all members of a team to and approved by the director. Further, the partnership check-cashing desk. Visa, MasterCard and Discover come to the prize room for the picture if they are the will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each can be used only to purchase bridge bucks. overall winners of an event. The slideshow will be on board played, commencing with the next round and display on the Exhibit Level and will include other continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team tournament information and presentations you won’t games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the Say ‘cheese!’ want to miss. director. ACBL has retained a professional photographer If the director determines the partnership has at to update images for our publications and website. least one substantially completed convention card We are looking for you — Hall of Famers, NABC but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, winners, tournament staff, Grand Life Masters, Goodwill Message the director may give warnings or assign such Bulletin contributors, etc. Please look nice. The penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the photographer will be located in the Kennesaw circumstances. room, LL3, Sunday between 9 –10:30 a.m. and by Smile often. The objective of these warnings and penalties is appointment. Email [email protected] Sandy DeMartino, Goodwill Chair the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL regulations. Daily Bulletin Monday, August 5, 2013 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS If you have a Have you discussed? weak hand with By Brent Manley clubs, there are This actually happened at a bridge tournament. other ways to show The bidding went 1♥ – Pass – 2♥ – Pass; 5NT – All it, so logically 3♣ Pass. Opener scolded her partner. “You can’t pass should be forcing 5NT!” The befuddled responder asked, “What kind with slam interest. of bid is 5NT?” Said opener, “I was asking for Same with 3♦ in kings.” “But you that sequence.
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