Saturday, August 10, 2013 Volume 85, Number 9 Daily Bulletin 85th North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler Allegaert takes Mixed BAM The two teams leading the Freeman Mixed won by slightly less than a quarter of a board (.24). Board-a-Match Teams after the first final session For Allegaert, Petra Hamman and Judy Bianco, it switched places when the last board was played – was a repeat of their win in the event two years ago. good news for the Winthrop Allegaert squad, who Their teammate, David Grainger, won his first North American championship. His other significant win was in the Canadian National Teams Championship. Second place went to Robert Brady, Craig Ganzer, Dana Berkowitz and Mihaela Balint. In third, about one-third of a board behind second, were Louk Verhees, Anna Sarniak, Winners of the NABC+ Fast Pairs: Larry Sealy Josef Blass, Emma Sjoberg, and Jim Munday Ewa Harasimowicz and Marcin Lesniewski. Sealy–Munday are After the first final session, the Brady team had a score Fast Pairs champs of 22.13 to Allegaert’s 21.87. Winners of the Freeman Mixed BAM: Winthrop Allegaert, Petra Larry Sealy of Huntsville AL and Jim Munday Hamman, David Grainger and Judy Bianco. continued on page 4 of Southaven MS paired two strong sessions in the final of the NABC+ Fast Pairs to win the contest by two-thirds of a board. It was the first NABC title for both players, each of whom have previously finished Dhir wins Mini-Spin I in squeaker second in national-level contests. Arjun Dhir’s squad earned a small lead in the Dhir, of Alpharetta GA, played with teammates Sealy and Munday, who qualified 29th in the first quarter of the final of the Mini-Spingold I KO Josh Parks of Charlottesville VA, Alex Dezieck of opening round on Thursday, scored 61% in the Teams against Marc Sylvester’s team, and held on to Wilbraham MA and Max Aeschbacher of Salt Lake first final session and more than 67% in the second their narrow advantage throughout the match to win City UT. Sylvester, of Edinboro PA, played with to claim the win in the contest which requires the contest 131-123. Randall Rubinstein of Brooklyn NY, Bill Begert and participants to play two-board rounds in 11 minutes. Doug Herron of New York City, Their four-session total was 1756.94 (51 top). Lorraine Cable of Elmhurst NY In second with 1722.73 were Krzysztof Jassem and Doug Anderson of Quincy and Marcin Mazurkiewicz of Poland. MA. The winners also survived Spingold semis: an opening-round tie in which they won the eight-board Schwartz vs. Grue, playoff. The most significant occurrence in Dhir’s road to Gromov vs. Bridge24 the top, however, occurred The teams captained by Richard Schwartz and in the quarterfinal match in Joe Grue face off in one semifinal bracket of today’s which they trailed in the final Spingold KO Teams, while Andrew Gromov and quarter by 30 IMPs. The team company take on a quartet of strong Polish players in rallied and won the last set by the other. 35 IMPs to win the match. The Schwartz, playing with Allan Graves and key board was a deal in which Norwegians Boye Brogeland–Espen Lindqvist and Aeschbacher opened 1NT out Israelis Lotan Fisher–Ron Schwartz, will battle the They won the Mini-Spingold I Knockout Teams: Max Aeschbacher, of turn. This had the effect of multinational squad of Grue, Leslie Amoils (Canada), Josh parks, Arjun Dhir and Alex Dezieck. continued on page 4 Brad Moss, Thomas Bessis (France), Peter Bertheau (Sweden) and Jacob Morgan. In the round of eight, Schwartz beat Carolyn Lynch’s team 129-77, while Grue defeated John Felker team grabs Schermer’s team 164-118. In the other semifinal bracket, Gromov is playing 0-1500 Spingold with fellow Russian Aleksander Dubinin, Italy’s Norberto Bocchi, Agustin Madala of Argentina and The team captained by John Poles Krzysztof Buras and Grzegorz Narkiewicz. Felker survived two cell phone Their opponents are the Polish squad dubbed penalties on their first match “Bridge24”: Jacek Kalita, Michal Nowosadzki, Rafal of the 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Jagniewski and Wojciech Gawel. but had little trouble after that, In the semis, Gromov buried Bob Hamman’s marching into the championship team 200-103, as Bridge24 stayed in control against round and defeating the Barbara Nick Nickell’s squad to win 89-61. Newman squad 175-119. The winners, all from Tennessee, are Felker and his wife, Stephanie, of Signal Goodwill Message Mountain, plus Buddy Landis of Chattanooga and Rick Say “Thank you, partner!” Whitehead of Knoxville. Landis Sandy DeMartino, Goodwill Chair and John Felker are retired CPAs. Stephanie is an active ATTENDANCE CPA, and Whitehead, playing Winners of the 0-1500 Mini-Spingold: Buddy Landis, John Felker, with Landis for the first time, is 11,080 tables Stephanie Felker and Rick Whitehead. continued on page 4 Page 2 Saturday, August 10, 2013 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Sunday, August 11 TBA Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph Theater. Regency VII, LL1 CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these expert lecturers at the Atlanta NABC by some of the best- Saturday, August 10 known players and teachers at 9:15 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Hanover Hall, LL2. 9:15 am GS Jade Barrett Losing and Winning Trick Count 6:45 pm Marty Nathan Introduction to Signals ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY Location: Peach Pit on LL2, unless otherwise noted 2-2:45 p.m. Pianist Saturday, August 10 2:15-2:45 p.m. Ice cream 8:45-9:30 a.m. Dr. Shervin Oskouei is the Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic 6:30-8:30 p.m. Craig Gleason, Guitar and Vocals Surgery and Director of Orthopaedic Surgery Residency 8:30-till Texas Hold’em (See page 24) Program at Emory University. He is an expert in the 10:30 p.m.- Craig Gleason, Guitar and Vocals treatment of musculoskeletal tumors, total hip and total knee 12:30 a.m. replacements and revisions. Dr. Oskouei will speak on arthritis and treatment options, including stem cell implants. Room 222, Atrium Level NABC Slideshow Ask the Expert The Atlanta planning committee is putting Would you like to get an expert opinion on how Important notices for together a slideshow of the overall winners of you should have bid a hand, or how you should have players in national events played or defended a hand? Well, now you can! tournament events. We will take pictures of overall Notice to seeded pairs Every day of the Atlanta NABC, a bridge expert winners in the Prize Room located on the Exhibit If you expect to be seeded in an NABC+ will be available at the Ask the Expert booth on LL2 Level, two floors below the main lobby. The Prize event at this tournament, please purchase your from 1:30‑2:15 p.m. and again at 6:30‑7:15 p.m. The Room will be open each day between 9:15-9:50 entry at least 15 minutes before game time. Doing cost per question is $3, which goes to the charity a.m., 2-2:50 p.m. and 6:30-7:20 p.m. We need both so will help get the game started. partners from a pair and/or all members of a team to designated by the expert, as shown below. The time come to the prize room for the picture if they are the frame per question is about three minutes to allow overall winners of an event. The slideshow will be on for as many people as possible to get their questions Restaurant information display on the Exhibit Level and will include other answered. Bring your questions to the Ask the Expert Please note that two restaurants – White Oak tournament information and presentations you won’t booth and feel free to donate more than the $3 if you and Max Lager’s – do not accept the $5 restaurant want to miss. want to support the charity. coupons nor offer a discount with your convention Saturday, Aug. 10 card. Check cashing and 1:30 p.m. Jerry Helms American Cancer Society bridge bucks 6:30 p.m. David Berkowitz Parkinson’s Convention card reminder The check-cashing desk, located in the lobby Disease Foundation Each player is required to have a convention area on LL1, will be open between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a today. This photo is part of session. Both cards of a partnership must be identical There is a limit of $500 per day for check the page-one shot of the and include the first and last names of each member cashing. Members must provide their ACBL winners of the Wagar of the partnership. numbers. Women’s Knockout If a director determines that neither player has Bridge bucks are available for purchase at the Teams in the Friday a substantially completed card, the partnership may check-cashing desk. Visa, MasterCard and Discover Daily Bulletin. As much play only the Standard American Yellow Card and can be used only to purchase bridge bucks. as the Sylvia Moss may use only standard carding. This restriction may team appreciates the be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round contributions of Beth after convention cards have been properly prepared Dis-Kennections 9 Palmer, there is only and approved by the director. Further, the partnership Dis-Kennections, with appropriate apologies to one of her on the squad. will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each Ken Jennings and Parade Magazine, is a daily feature This photo is of two- board played, commencing with the next round and of the Summer 2013 NABC Bulletin. time world champion Janice Seamon-Molson, who continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team added North American championship No. 14 with the games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the Determine the word or phrase suggested by the victory on Thursday. director. five clues below. Then conclude what the common If the director determines the partnership has at theme is for those five answers. least one substantially completed convention card Slow Play but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, 1. Boeing jet bombers Slow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful the director may give warnings or assign such 2. “Battle of the Sexes” tennis star play, is discourteous to your opponents, and to all penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the 3. “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” other competitors as well. Players and pairs who take circumstances. 4. Dennis the Menace family name more than their allotted time are subject to penalty. The objective of these warnings and penalties is 5. Brother of Moses In general, pairs who are rarely late will be the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or regulations. (See page 4 for the solution to today’s puzzle.) pay no attention to time limits will be penalized. Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 10, 2013 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS key cards with the Have you discussed? queen. By Brent Manley Another aspect Gordon Parmes of Flint MI tells of the local of Blackwood you expert who lost an important match in a Swiss should discuss is teams but won some wine in a drawing. A local wag responding to 4NT was heard to remark, “Too bad – he won the bottle when you have a but lost the war.” void. There are various schemes When you for getting your come right down to message across (you it, bridge is war. It’s will have no chance friendly war, but if you don’t decide make no mistake – with partner about the opponents are how to do it). trying to do you in. One is to jump They bid like to 6♣ with one ace maniacs, interfere and an unspecified with your auctions void, using 6♦ to and generally make show the same with life miserable for two aces. you when they can. Of course, you’re busy doing Another method the same to them. uses 5NT to show It doesn’t happen often, but the opponents will two aces and a even interfere with your Blackwood auctions. Have void, six of a suit you and partner discussed how to cope with such ranking below the annoyances? agreed trump suit Say the bidding goes like this: to show a void in that suit and one or West North East South three aces; six of the Partner You agreed suit to show 1♥ 3♣ 4NT 5♣ one or three aces ? and a void in a suit In this case, partner would use a convention ranking higher than known as DOPI, for Double = zero key cards, the agreed trump Pass = 1. With two key cards, bid 5♦, etc. Change suit. the auction and you would need to use a different voids, singletons, aces and guarded kings. A big convention. One aspect of Blackwood that is overlooked by advantage of this style is that if a player bypasses newer players is that the convention is not really a suit, he denies a control in that suit. In this way, West North East South designed to get you to slam. Rather, its purpose uncontrolled suits are identified quickly, so the Partner You is to keep you from bidding bad slams, i.e., slams bidding can stop at a reasonable level. 1♥ 3♠ 4NT 5♠ missing two aces or two key cards. Furthermore, On the other hand, if you wanted to bid ? you will pick up many hands where bidding Blackwood but were hindered by possession of, In this case, partner can’t bid without putting Blackwood is simply wrong – as when you have say, two low cards in some suit, you can bid 4NT if your side at the six level. Your weapon of choice in two or more quick losers in a side suit. partner cuebids that weak suit. If he skips that suit, this case is DEPO: Double = an even number of key That’s where cuebidding – a highly effective you can give up and not worry about missing slam. cards (0, 2 or 4); Pass = an odd number (1 or 3). method for exploring slam – comes in. Fans of There is ambiguity in this method, but you can You can use Roman responses to these RKCB should consider using Italian-style cuebids. use a second cuebid in a suit to confirm first-round conventions. For example, in the first auction, Many players cuebid only first-round controls control. Double would indicate 0 or 3 key cards (1 or 4 if – aces or voids – as a way of probing for slam. In your agreement is 1430), Pass would show 1 or 4; the Italian style, first- and second-round controls are 5♦, two key cards without the queen, and 5♥ two treated equally. In other words, cuebids can include I/N masterpoint leaders 1 15.62 Marcie Burros, New York NY conservative (some would bid 4♠), but a void in 2 15.62 Nelson Burros, New York NY Thinking bridge partner’s first bid suit is not all it’s cracked up to be. 3 14.02 Ila Shah, Mechanicsville MD By Eddie Kantar If partner’s strength is in the void suit, the void is 4 14.02 Vinod Shah, Mechanicsville MD not worth that much. When partner is weak in the 5 12.69 Clay Long, Atlanta GA Dlr: South ♠ K J 9 5 void suit, the void is worth its weight in gold. 6 12.69 Elizabeth Long, Atlanta GA Vul: None ♥ K 9 7 5 Lead commentary: The ♦J is certainly 7 12.21 Lynn Craft, Huntsville AL ♦ K 7 6 4 2 tempting. Another possibility is a trump lead 8 12.21 Lucy Sinopole, Huntsville AL ♣ — holding strong clubs, declarer’s first-bid suit. 9 11.78 Judy Harralson, Princeton KY ♠ 6 ♠ 8 7 3 2 Though singleton trump leads are normally not on 10 11.78 Susan Freund, Pound Ridge NY ♥ Q 10 8 4 ♥ J 2 the top of the list of recommended opening leads, 11 11.59 Amy Nolan, Slidell LA ♦ J 10 9 ♦ A Q 8 5 3 nothing is etched in stone. As it happens, only a 12 11.59 Sandra Weber, Slidell LA ♣ A Q 10 7 5 ♣ 7 4 trump lead defeats the contract. 13 11.51 Ronald Pare, The Woodlands TX ♠ A Q 10 4 Play commentary: With a void in each hand, 14 11.51 Ann Pare, The Woodlands TX ♥ A 6 3 a crossruff looms. Declarer can ruff four diamonds 15 11.15 Joe Harlow, Sourthport NC ♦ — in dummy and four clubs in hand for eight trump 16 11.15 Linda Harlow, Southport NC ♣ K J 9 6 3 2 tricks, and the top two hearts make 10. So what’s 17 10.83 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA the problem? The problem is that before launching 18 10.83 Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL West North East South a straight crossruff, one should cash the necessary 19 9.55 Janet Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL 1♣ number of side-suit winners first. Declarer should 20 9.55 Rondal Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL Pass 1♥ Pass 1♠ cash the ♥A and ♥K early. Why? 21 9.34 Lawrence Schoenfeld, Fort Myers FL Pass 3♠ Pass 4♠ Look at the East hand. If a crossruff is started 22 9.34 Leslie Schoenfeld, Fort Myers FL All Pass early, East can discard a heart when a third club is 23 9.31 Tim Collopy, Millbrook NY ruffed. Now it is impossible to take two heart tricks. 24 9.31 Cecilia Collopy, Millbrook NY Opening lead: ♦J (see lead commentary). Also, when crossruffing, start by ruffing low in each 25 9.23 Polly Keller, Naples FL Bidding commentary: North is not quite strong hand, saving the higher trumps for the later ruffs. 26 9.22 Jim Miles, Westminster SC enough to bid 1♦ holding five diamonds along 27 8.44 Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON with one or two four-card majors (needs at least 28 8.44 Scott Dunlop, Smiths Falls ON 11 high-card points). North’s leap to 3♠ may seem 29 8.08 Maureen Merker, Mentor OH 30 8.06 Kuangda Lu, Chapel Hill NC Page 4 Saturday, August 10, 2013 Daily Bulletin

Mini-Spin I MINI-SPINGOLD II KO Solution for continued from page 1 TEAMS Dis-Kennections 9 barring his partner, so he was forced to guess his best 23 Tables (See Page 2 for today’s puzzle) contract blindly. Holding: 43.80 1 John Felker - Stephanie Felker, Signal 1. B-52s ♠A 3 ♥K 4 ♦7 6 5 ♣A K 10 6 5 4, Mountain TN; Buddy Landis, Chattanooga TN; Rick 2. (Billie Jean) King Aeschbacher guessed to open 6♣! The opponents Whitehead, Knoxville TN 3. (Tina) Turner doubled, but he caught this dummy: 32.85 2 Barbara Newman, Nashville TN; 4. Mitchell ♠9 7 ♥Q 3 ♦A K Q 9 4 ♣Q J 3 2. Don Turner, Mt Juliet TN; Hannah Tidman - Yaron 5. Aaron Diamonds broke 3-2, and the opponents did Schweizer, Woodbury TN Common Theme – Famous Georgians – (B-52s, not lead the ♥A. After drawing trumps, running the 21.90 3/4 Jess Jurkovic - Peter Clark - Lindsey who began their career at the University of Georgia diamonds and pitching hearts from the closed hand, Weinger - Justin Blanchard, New York NY in Athens; Martin Luther King Jr. whose King Center a low heart dummy drew the ace on his right, so he 21.90 3/4 Bill Granger, Bradenton FL; Ben is just a few miles from the Hyatt; Ted Turner, who ruffed and made 13 tricks. Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL; Robert Marcus - Kathy founded CNN and brought Atlanta Braves baseball Guinyou, Toronto ON to the entire country; Margaret Mitchell, whose only 9.86 5/8 Jeff Thomas - Sandie Gies, Bluffton published work is Gone with the Wind; Hank Aaron, Mini-Spin II SC; Mary Townhill, Lexington SC; Pluma Bridgers, still to baseball purists the major leagues’ home run Hilton Head Isl SC leader) continued from page 1 9.86 5/8 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Mike an artist. McDonald - Neal Strand, Rochester Hills MI; Marsha Newman’s Nashville-area team was Don Turner, Devine, Minneapolis MN Life Master news Hannah Tidman and Yaron Schweizer. They were 9.86 5/8 Martin Deneroff - Valerie Deneroff - Gordon Cooksey of Fortson GA earned his coached by David Birnbaum and Elaine Said. Charles Pierce - Wes Albinger, New York NY gold card in the Gold Rush Swiss teams. He needed 9.86 5/8 Jerry Nolte - Betty Nolte, Oak Hill 5 masterpoints of any pigment and got 6.19 playing VA; Tom Jennings, McLean VA; Tony Robson, with John Q. West of Athens. Their teammates were Arlington VA Cris Shanks of Watkinsville GA and Phyllis Pagano Mixed BAM of Athens. Scores from the final round continued from page 1 Another new Life Master is Jay Miller of Neither team achieved average (13) in the second of the Mini-Spingold II Milwaukee WI. He needed 3.59 gold points and session, but Allegaert scored 12.5 to Brady’s 12 to (0-1500) KO came away from the B/C/C Pairs on Thursday with take the title. 7.01 MPs. His partner was George Powell from the Atlanta area. The win was Hamman’s 10th North American 1 Felker (8) 51 88 130 175 title and fourth in the Mixed BAM. 2 Newman (5) 38 52 63 119 MINI-SPINGOLD I KO TEAMS 29 Tables 45.50 3/4 Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; 20.48 5/8 Richard Smith, Spartanburg SC; 91.00 1 Arjun Dhir, Alpharetta GA; Josh Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; John Lewis, Wilton George Russell, Moore SC; Francine Moring, Parks, Charlottesville VA; Alex Dezieck, Wilbraham Manor FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Lauren Columbia SC; Betsy Stanton, Hartsville SC MA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT Friedman, Daly City CA; Larry Lerner, Warren NJ 20.48 5/8 Nicolas Hammond - Ed Foran, 68.25 2 Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA; Randall 45.50 3/4 Doug Millsap - Boris Tenchov, Marietta GA; Varghese George, Martinez GA; Jim Rubinstein, Brooklyn NY; Bill Begert - Doug Herron, Columbus OH; Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Gentry, North Augusta SC New York NY; Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Doug Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH 20.48 5/8 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Anderson, Quincy MA 20.48 5/8 Yi Ouyang - Ed Herstein, Ann Arbor Hartung, Astoria NY; Fleur Howard, Gates Mills OH; MI; Li-Hsiang Kuo - Kun-Chieh Wang, Madison WI Charles Scholl, Shaker Heights OH

1 Wyman (29) 3 Meyers (27) 32 60 102 107 33 55 80 87 16 Hammond 14 Smith 14 63 86 109 27 43 79 105

1 Hammond (16) 3 Smith (14) 17 61 79 105 35 44 85 112 8 Millsap (21) 6 Sylvester (11) 18 59 99 119 8 75 105 169

1 Millsap (21) 8 Ferguson 16 42 84 107 6 Rozinski 40 55 77 wd 4 Dhir (26) 27 45 70 113 41 77 116 155 9 Millsap (21) 11 Sylvester 52 120 187 25 100 135 138

1 Dhir (26) 41 69 100 131 2 Sylvester (11) 37 61 91 123

5 Wallis 10 Hitt (20) 23 31 55 90 3 Sylvester (11) 29 43 59 113 12 Ouyang 73 126 144 184 7 Murphy 25 65 85 131 2 Murphy (7) 43 93 130 164 13 36 83 109 5 Ouyang 7 Murphy 28 68 108 128 25 63 122 164 4 Dhir (26) 2 Merker (18) 1 33 54 79 133 8 60 69 75 15 Merker (18) 13 Millson 30 97 116 138 34 52 77 108 2 Weiner 4 Dhir (26) 9 34 54 59 20 76 118 159 Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 10, 2013 Page 5

The Rabbi was a staunch supporter of Junior Leonard Helman Bridge and created endowment funds in many My friend Seymon 1926 - 2013 countries, including Australia, Belarus, Bulgaria, By Zia Mahmood In the spring Ireland, Japan, New Zealand and Poland. Like so many others of 1997, I received He become a living legend in his home town who knew him, my heart a phone call of Sante Fe NM. Feb. 3, 2006, was proclaimed was filled with sorrow from Mario Dix, Rabbi Leonard A. Helman Day in the state of New when I heard of the death president of the Mexico, and on Nov. 1, 2008, a new bridge center of Seymon Deutsch on Malta Bridge opened in Sante Fe. It was named the Leonard A. June 13. Federation, asking Helman Bridge Center, and for the second time there In more than 30 years, me if I would was a Leonard A. Helman day in the state of New after meeting him at the be interested in Mexico. In May 2010, the Leonard Helman Sante Fe bridge table, he became playing in the Sectional was staged. much more than just a Malta Festival I was lucky enough to visit the Rabbi in his home friend. with a visiting town and discover what an inspiration he was to the He affectionately American, Leonard community and how many lives he had touched. used to call me his “Paki Helman. A few years ago, the Rabbi mentioned in one of brother” – and he indulged me with his hospitality It was only later I discovered he was a rabbi, and our almost daily conversations that he would like me more like a member of his family than a friend. looking back on it I recall that when the event was to come to his funeral. “Sure, Rabbi,” I replied. “Can I have yet to meet a person who could resist his over and he was leaving for the airport I borrowed you give me the date?” I’m sure you can all hear his charm and warmth. a line from Casablanca, “Rabbi, I think this is the ensuing laughter. Who else but Seymon could entice Omar Sharif beginning of a beautiful friendship.” I have just finished writing a book recounting our (at the height of his stardom) to leave his film making Over the following decade and a bit we travelled adventures at the bridge table, and it tells the story of and hop on his private plane to attend a cocktail party the world playing in (and winning a few of) some of a man who became hooked on bridge at an early age. in Laredo, Texas? the toughest events on the bridge calendar, crossing The Rabbi’s died on June 6. I have lost a dear Who else would be caring enough for the swords with many of the world’s finest players. His friend, but his memory will live on in many ways, feelings of his teammates to ask the entire USA team greatest memories were reaching the final of the not least when “The Rabbi’s Rules” is published in in Tunisia to wear Pakistani national dress for a photo Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams in 1999 and winning the fall. shoot? They still talk about it in Pakistan. the Polish Team Championship in 2007. I would like to leave you with a few words from Last week in Deauville, France, four members The Rabbi was the influence behind a column the man himself: of the team that beat us in the final of the world that Ron Klinger started writing in the Australian “I am a senior citizen and single. I have had championships 20 years ago in Italy approached me Jewish News, called Thursday The Rabbi Played Parkinson’s disease for eight years. And I must tell to express their respect and affection for Seymon. Bridge. It ran for about 20 years, ending in February you that all the bridge players without exception have Everyone new that his teams over-performed 2009. The title was based on a series of detective been helpful to me, as for example, taking out and because their played their hearts out for him. novels by Harry Kemelman about Rabbi David putting back my cards in the tray. I have accumulated There is little doubt that his hobbies (bridge Small, with titles such as “Friday The Rabbi Slept a little of earthly substances, but I cannot take my was just one) gave him great pleasure. But to see Late,” “Saturday The Rabbi Went Hungry” and material gifts with me and I do believe in spiritual his eyes light up at he passed around photos of his “Sunday The Rabbi Stayed Home.” The theme was immortality. I have instructed my family to put a grandchildren or the pride as he talked about his that the Rabbi never erred, whether as declarer or as a deck of cards in my coffin in case . . . who knows? beloved family gave no doubt as to what it was that defender and often brought off spectacular coups. made him complete and contented. Many of the stories subsequently appeared in ­— Mark Horton, Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England. Seymon will be missed as much as he was loved, book form, in “Kosher Bridge” and “The Rabbi’s June 2013 and as bridge family and friends, we can only join Magic Trick.” in sending our condolences to his wife, Linda, his children Terri, Lisa, Debbie and Mark and ask that they allow us to share in the pain of his loss.

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Call 501-278-5353 or toll free 866-500-9900 www.coolcruiseplanners.com Page 6 Saturday, August 10, 2013 Daily Bulletin PAIRINGS IN THE SPINGOLD KO TEAMS 67 Tables 80.00 5/8 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Adam Zmudzinski, Russia; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Katowice Poland; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Poland; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Dublin CA Narkiewicz, Bielsk 80.00 5/8 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Sam Poland Lev - Brian Glubok, New York NY; Gary Cohler, vs Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal 80.00 5/8 John Schermer, Seattle WA; Reese Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Rafal Milner, Los Angeles CA; Hemant Lall, Dallas Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, TX; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Poland Roy Welland, New York NY; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV; Leslie Amoils, Toronto 50.00 9/16 John Diamond, Boca Raton ON; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Thomas Bessis, FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Eric Greco, Paris France; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Jacob Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV Morgan, Madison WI 50.00 9/16 Marty Fleisher - Zia Mahmood - vs Chris Willenken, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Richard Schwartz, Lords Valley PA; Allan Holmdel NJ; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Michael Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye Brogeland, Rosenberg, Cupertino CA Flekkefjord Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal 50.00 9/16 James Cayne, New York NY; Norway; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Michael Seamon, Dania FL; Alfredo Versace - Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan Israel Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit 80.00 5/8 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Israel Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth - Eric 50.00 9/16 Alex Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Robert Levin, Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Mustafa Cem Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY Tokay - Okay Gur, Istanbul Turkey

1 Monaco 223 64 Weinberg 89 1 Monaco 33 56 92 120 32 Dunitz 32 Dunitz 133 33 Chen 123 13 42 99 125 1 Dunitz (32) 37 69 90 98 16 Schermer (17) 16 Mazurkiewicz 162 33 65 100 156 49 Gokhale 40 16 Mazurkiewicz 16 81 93 139 17 Schermer 17 Schermer 38 66 107 148 166 1 Schermer (17) 48 Kolesnik 59 30 45 95 118 8 Grue (9) 37 86 135 164 9 Grue 144 56 Bowles 127 9 Grue 39 81 132 155 24 Steinberg (41) 24 Koneru 85 31 59 76 131 9 Grue 41 Steinberg 140 17 67 105 137 8 Cayne 7 12 60 92 25 Chen 86 25 Aker (40) 40 Aker 164 13 38 67 105 8 Cayne 33 75 130 141 8 Cayne 238 57 Bodell 77 1 Grue (9) 4 Schwartz (13)

5 Lynch 149 5 Lynch 60 Bettadapura 52 51 57 90 128 28 Rigal 38 75 79 110 28 Rigal 146 37 McAllister 129 5 Lynch 19 41 76 129 12 Ekeblad 21 Ekeblad 187 43 54 72 84 44 Sprung 70 21 Ekeblad 42 121 187 249 12 Ekinci (53) 12 Mahaffey 122 52 68 87 119 5 Lynch 53 Ekinci 145 12 29 53 77 4 Schwartz (13) 20 59 95 129 13 O’Rourke 234 52 Parrish 123 13 O’Rourke 36 50 78 120 20 Schwartz 20 Schwartz 220 23 81 115 145 13 Schwartz 45 Lian 94 24 46 110 131 4 Fleisher 37 50 73 128 29 d’Orsi 151 29 d’Orsi 36 Lewis 123 27 43 79 134 4 Fleisher 15 66 113 137 4 Fleisher 182 61 Gorsey 110 Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 10, 2013 Page 7 PAIRINGS IN THE SPINGOLD KO TEAMS 50.00 9/16 Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; 25.00 17/32 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn David Bakhshi, London England; Jack Zhao, Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Jacek Pszczola, Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Michael Becker - Boca Raton FL; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Chapel Hill NC Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Bruce Rogoff, Kevin Dwyer, Tampa FL 25.00 17/32 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley river vale NJ; Josh Parker, Briarcliff NY 50.00 9/16 Juan Carlos Ventin, Barcelona CA; Marc Jacobus - Roger Bates - Curtis Cheek, 25.00 17/32 Ernesto d’Orsi - Mauricio Spain; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden; Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Ishmael Figueiredo - Miguel Villas-Boas - Joao Paulo Godffrey De Tessieres - Jean Quantin - Julien Delmonte, New South Wales Australia Campos, Sao Paulo Brazil; Benjamin Robles, Gaviard, Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La 25.00 17/32 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Santiago Chile; Joaquin Pacareu, Santiago Chile Reine France Lair, Canyon TX; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Ton Chile 50.00 9/16 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Bauke Muller, 25.00 17/32 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Win Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Jill Levin, Henderson Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New York NY; Darren NV; Jenny Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Howard Netherlands Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo Weinstein, Omaha NE; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert 25.00 17/32 Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland; ON; David Grainger, Roseville CA CA Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland; Piotr 25.00 17/32 Kasper Konow, Frederiksberg 50.00 9/16 Stephen Peterkin, Stirling United Tuszynski - Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland Denmark; Michael Askgaard, Gentofte Denmark; Kingdom; Samantha Punch, Stirling Fk United 25.00 17/32 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kare Kingdom; Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Diego Brenner, Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY Chris Wiegand, Portland OR L’Eixample Barc Spain; Carlos Pellegrini, 25.00 17/32 Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas 25.00 17/32 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Buenos Aires Argentina; Mark Feldman, Austin Simson, Columbus OH; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Multon - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness - Fulvio TX; William Pollack, New York NY Clerkin, Bloomington IN Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, Monaco Monaco 25.00 17/32 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca 25.00 17/32 Jonathan Steinberg - Daniel 25.00 17/32 Dan Zagorin, Chicago IL; Ricco Raton FL; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Miles - Shan Huang, Toronto ON; John Stiefel, Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Bas Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington Wethersfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY Richard Chan, Markham ON Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Louk Verhees, 25.00 17/32 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; 25.00 17/32 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Ovunc Jr., Voorhou Netherlands; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Paul Fireman, Yilmaz, Durham NC; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis Beach Gdns FL Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; MN; Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Herbert 25.00 17/32 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Jordan, Miami FL; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; David Berkowitz, Astoria NY

2 Nickell 196 2 Nickell 63 Quey 96 53 62 95 151 31 Konow (34) 24 46 70 74 31 Bloom 118 2 Nickell 34 Konow 148 18 61 117 164 15 Assael (18) 68 108 134 159 15 Berg 195 15 Berg 50 Kahlenberg 119 26 44 54 109 18 Assael 18 Assael 160 22 75 99 128 2 Nickell 47 Marcinski 108 12 23 41 61 7 Bridge24 (39) 10 27 47 89 10 Gordon 166 10 Gordon 55 Kahn 106 6 28 47 80 23 Team Chablis 47 67 116 144 23 Chablis 169 10 Team Chablis 42 Bos 102 26 39 71 89 7 Bridge24 (39) 48 96 149 194 26 Saelensminde 65 26 Bridge24 (39) 39 Bridge24 160 34 59 96 123 7 Zagorin 24 61 115 119 7 Zagorin 175 1 Grue (9) 2 Bridge24 (39) 58 Towner 93 4 Schwartz (13) 3 Gromov (6)

6 Gromov 220 6 Gromov 59 Brady 58 35 87 135 185 27 Kranyak 24 29 51 103 27 Kranyak 188 6 Gromov 38 Carmichael 72 77 112 161 226 11 Peterkin (54) 14 22 63 86 22 Kasle 22 Kasle 174 28 87 135 163 43 De Falco 87 11 Peterkin (54) 53 104 149 184 11 Rosenthal 102 6 Gromov 54 Peterkin 151 48 118 141 200 3 Hamman 12 36 79 103 14 Hamman 14 Hamman 176 41 81 127 170 51 De Andrade 89 19 Meltzer 23 26 58 93 19 Meltzer 14 Hamman 86 46 Dinkin 69 13 23 42 66 3 Diamond 19 30 38 54 30 Hinze 124 30 Hinze 35 Street 108 46 77 58 77 3 Diamond 19 34 86 126 3 Diamond 168 62 Zhao 167 Page 8 Saturday, August 10, 2013 Daily Bulletin

Tell Me More TOURNAMENT APPEALS In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeal results in a timely fashion, the Linda Eakes NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is made to ensure that these reports are accurate and complete. Before they are published in the NABC Appeals City of residence Casebook, however, revisions may be made. Kansas City MO his last diamond and a heart. West cashed the last APPEALS CASE 3 diamond on which North pitched a club. In the Date of birth Event: Life Master Pairs three-card ending, West exited with a club, and North July 21 Session: First qualifying misguessed the position. Subject: Misinformation The director was summoned at the end of play. Place of birth The Ruling: North failed to play on clubs to set Paterson NJ Bar Tarnovski them up and lost control of the hand. The director Board: 12 ♠ A Q 8 6 3 ruled that the misinformation did not cause the Favorite color Vul: N-S ♥ A Q damage and let the table result stand: 2♠ by North, Gold Dlr: West ♦ K 10 down two, North-South minus 200. ♣ K 10 5 3 The Appeal: North-South appealed the ruling. What kind of food makes you happy? Matt Leung Robert Shore North, East and West appeared at the hearing. North Italian ♠ K 10 9 4 ♠ 7 stated that with knowledge of the transfer bid, he ♥ 7 4 ♥ J 10 9 6 5 would not have played the ♦K early in the play. And what drink? ♦ A 5 4 2 ♦ Q J 8 7 North further stated West must have known that East Captain Morgan, Bacardi, Limon, red win, white ♣ A 9 8 ♣ Q 7 6 held long hearts and that he should have Alerted Russian, mojitos. Melanie Tucker or Announced the transfer. North had placed long ♠ J 5 2 diamonds in East’s hand and misguessed as a result. Favorite book/author ♥ K 8 3 2 The Screening Director determined that East- Jennifer Gardner/The Perfect Husband ♦ 9 6 3 West were a new partnership with only two hours ♣ J 4 2 of discussion before playing and that they had not All-time favorite movie? discussed if transfers were on in this specific auction. Animal House West North East South They confirmed they were playing systems on over Pass 1♠ Pass Pass a balancing 1NT and that they were playing systems Do you have a favorite actor? 1NT 2♣ 2♦(1) 2♠ on over an intervening 2♣ bid. East-West felt that the Denzel Washington All Pass lack of an Alert (if one was due) was not the cause (1) Not Alerted. East-West convention card of declarer going down two. They maintained that Actress? shows “systems on” after a balancing 1NT. declarer had enough information in the end position Jennifer Lawrence to guess clubs correctly. Contract: 2♠ North The Decision: The Appeals Committee found What kind of music do you listen to? Opening lead: ♥J that East-West had not discussed whether transfers Blues Table result: Down two, North-South minus 200 would apply in this auction, although they would Director ruling: Down two, North-South minus apply absent the 2♣ interference. The committee What do you do when you’re not playing 200 determined that this was a new partnership which bridge? Committee ruling: Down two, North-South had had limited discussion and that they had no Placate Archie (my dog) minus 200 agreement about whether transfers applied to the The Facts: West did not Alert East’s 2♦. North sequence. Because the failure to have an agreement is Best-ever bridge result? declared, therefore, placing long diamonds and the not Alertable, the committee found that West’s non- Winning the 2007 Mixed Board-a-Match Teams in ♦A in the East hand. Alert of 2♦ was not an infraction. The committee also Nashville North won the ♥lead with the ace, cashed the ♥Q found that declarer’s play of the hand was sufficiently and played the ♠Q from hand, West ducking. North weak to warrant a finding that even had there been Favorite bridge player? then exited with the ♦K, won by West. misinformation, the chain of causality from it was Don Stack At trick five, the play continued with a low broken and that any putative misinformation was not diamond to East’s jack. East switched to the ♥10, the cause of the bad result. Therefore, the table result Favorite convention? covered by the king and ruffed by West, North was allowed to stand. Two-way Stayman pitching a club. West returned another diamond, The Committee: Richard Popper (chair), Bruce which declarer ruffed. Declarer cashed the ♠A and Reeve, Ed Lazarus, Craig Allen and Blair Seidler Is there a bridge book that had a significant exited with a spade to West’s king, East pitching influence on you? How to Read Your Opponents’ Cards by Mike 7:30 PM STRATIFIED SIDE SWISS TEAMS Lawrence 37 Tables A B C What are bridge players good at (besides 7.13 1 1 Goran Hanson, Seneca SC; Karen Wilkinson, Salem SC; E Michael bridge)? McKee - Robert Yon, Anderson SC 66.00 Post mortems 5.35 2 2 Brandon Fong, Mt Laurel NJ; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA; Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY 61.00 What jobs/occupations (not bridge-related) do 4.01 3 3 1 Antony Lee, Berkeley CA; Ryan Wessels, San Jose CA; Frank Lin, you/have you had? Stanford CA; Brandon Harper, Winter Park FL 57.00 Teacher of Russian, benefits manager 3.01 4 Dennis Wick, Greencastle PA; Mark Tonnesen, Woodbridge VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA; Louis Gangarosa, Augusta GA 54.00 2.19 5/6 4/5 Stephi Luttrell - Mary Lockhart, Oak Ridge TN; Sara Leckie, Do you have any bridge superstitions? Knoxville TN; Patricia Dreinhoefer, Friendsville TN 53.00 I change pens if things are not going well 2.19 5/6 4/5 Daniel Sellers, Jr - Christie Sellers, Jacksonville FL; Sue Nelson, Bay Minette AL; Jenny Slay, Daphne AL 53.00 If you could invite any three people, past or 1.40 6 Kristina Oliver, Homewood AL; John Baker, North Augusta SC; present, to dinner, who would they be? Judith Bailey, Pell City AL; Betty Sue El Gammal, Hoover AL 52.00 Ernest Hemingway, Jimmy Fallon 2.96 2 Connie Haugabook - Janice Haugabook, Montezuma GA; Gail Coogle, Oglethorpe GA; Catherine Passailaigue, Columbus GA 48.00 Is there anything you’d love to learn? 2.22 3 Cris Shanks, Watkinsville GA; Christine West, Athens GA; Gordon To type with all my fingers Cooksey, Fortson GA; Phyllis Pagano, Bogart GA 41.00 1.66 4 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA; Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA; Bill McAvinue, Louisville KY 40.00 0.96 5/7 Robert Seymour - Diane Seymour, Charlotte NC; C David Depriest, Marietta GA; George Correia, Devonshire Bermuda 38.00 Notice to players 0.96 5/7 George Trost, New York NY; William Sigward, Pelham NY; Tina Each player must have an ACBL convention Boyer, Montclair NJ; Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD 38.00 card filled out and on the table. Please note that 0.96 5/7 Asya Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL; Jeffrey Schwartz, Fairfax VA; other types of convention cards, such as the WBF Murphy Green, Alpharetta GA; Evan Berman, Sarasota FL 38.00 convention card or homemade cards that do not sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are not acceptable substitutes. Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 10, 2013 Page 9

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 102.25 Tables / Based on 31 Tables The universities final 12.13 1 Michelle Barnes, Marietta GA 132.15% By Phillip Alder 7.54 2/3 Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 127.86% The 28-board final of the Collegiate Team 7.54 2/3 Dan Morse, Houston TX 127.86% Championship featured the University of 8.01 4/5 Michael Abrams, Pasadena CA 123.71% Pennsylvania (Kendrick Chow, Zhou Wang, 8.01 4/5 Robert Abrams, Atlanta GA 123.71% James Sundstrom and Xingtan Zhang) against the 4.55 6/7 Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL 120.32% University of Washington (Ben Bomber, Greg 4.55 6/7 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN 120.32% Herman, Lee Holstein and Daniel Poore). 4.70 8 Reniyha Roberts, East Point GA 118.11% The first half contained some tough deals, 4.15 9/10 James Fowlkes, Garner NC 116.08% 4.15 9/10 Patricia Fowlkes, Garner NC 116.08% starting with Board 7, at which point Penn had a 1 IMP lead. THURSDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS Dlr: South ♠ A 10 7 11.5 Tables Vul: Both ♥ J 10 7 5 4 A B C ♦ K Q 7 6 3.11 1 1 1 Regina Jones - Jim Jones, Brentwood TN 74.45% ♣ 3 2.33 2 2 John Vencill - John Erkkila, Hoschton GA 64.17% ♠ J 5 3 ♠ K 9 8 4 1.75 3 3 Burt Echtenkamp - Linda Echtenkamp, Boise ID 63.60% ♥ 6 ♥ A K 2 1.31 4 4 Sharra Canan - Marsha Addis, Holden MA 59.90% ♦ J 5 3 ♦ 9 0.98 5 5 Maureen Merker, Mentor OH; R.Terry Handley, Soledad CA 55.79% ♣ K J 10 9 6 2 ♣ A Q 8 7 4 0.78 6 Steven Zimmerman - Julie Zimmerman, Winter Park FL 54.72% 1.52 6 2 Sally Forest - Shirley Scrivner, Ellijay GA 53.46% ♠ Q 6 2 1.14 3 Dot Goodwin, Rabun Gap GA; Christine Malarkey, Homosassa FL 53.27% ♥ Q 9 8 3 0.85 4 Hunter McClain - Kenneth Ramaley, Fort Mill SC 51.76% ♦ A 10 8 4 2 0.71 5 Joanne Marut - Mary Martin, Winnetka IL 50.16% ♣ 5

1 & 7:30 PM B/C/D PAIRS West North East South 10.0 Tables Sundstrom Bomber Zhang Herman B C D Pass 6.30 1 1 Jacqueline Chang - Sharon Goldman, New York NY 56.71% Pass 1♥ 1NT 2♥ 4.73 2 2 1 Charlotte Lindsey, Taylors SC; Andrea Kahn, Inman SC 56.48% 2NT (1) Pass 3♣ (2) 3♥ 3.54 3 3 2 Greg Johnson, League City TX; Penny Sweeney, Traverse City MI 55.44% 2.66 4 Janice Woodbury, Lake George NY; Karolyn Smith, Atlanta GA 54.98% All Pass 2.52 5 Andrew Hidi - Suzanne Hidi, Toronto ON 54.40% (1) Lebensohl, usually by a passed hand made 1.80 6 Janet Fidelman, Arlington MA; Anne Fidelman, Houston TX 53.59% with a long suit and no game interest. 2.10 4 Paul Heller, Marietta GA; Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA 53.47% (2) Forced. 1.59 5 Julie O’Neill, Fort Worth TX; Jane Clark, Auburn AL 50.35% West North East South THURSDAY EVENING SIDE GAME Holstein Chow Poore Wang 22.0 Tables Pass A B C Pass 1♥ 1NT 3♦ (1) 4.85 1 1 Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Purnima Gupta, Raleigh NC 64.86% 3♠ (2) 4♥ 4♠ 5♥ 3.64 2 Ken Horwedel, Memphis TN; Scott Humphrey, Pflugerville TX 60.14% 2.96 3 2 Mac Raczkiewicz - Lech Ekert, Hilton Head SC 58.75% Pass Pass Dbl All Pass 2.22 4 3 Jason Rotenberg, Ridgefield CT; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 58.06% (1) Fit-jump. 2.09 5 Marianne Goff, Margate City NJ; Margaret Coe, Linwood NJ 56.67% (2) Intended as a transfer to clubs, but taken by 1.15 6 Russ Jones - Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 56.25% East as natural. 1.66 4 Doris Denny, DeFuniak Spgs FL; Patricia Kolebas, Fort Myers FL 55.14% Both Easts made the practical 1NT overcall 1.25 5 Bob Jones, Marietta GA; Sikina Ehmer, Atlanta GA 54.58% despite the singleton. Then Herman settled for 2♥ and 2.43 6 1 Wendell Adams - David Johnson, Lagrange GA 54.31% took the push to 3♥ based on the known nine-card 1.82 2 Betty Nielsen, Fernandina Beac FL; Barbara Weinstein, Pittsburgh PA 53.33% fit. The problem was for Sundstrom and Zhang. West 1.37 3 Patt Corbin, Amelia Island FL; Ellen Flenniken, Fernandina Beac FL 52.22% might have had a weak hand with a long diamond 1.32 4 Charles Markley, Jacksonville AL; H Bell, Anniston AL 51.67% suit, so East could not risk bidding again. And similarly, West felt constrained. FRIDAY MORNING SIDE GAME More effective is transfer lebensohl, when a 17.0 Tables 2NT advance guarantees clubs. (A weak hand with A B C 4.10 1 Neil Montague - Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA 64.58% diamonds advances with 3♣.) Then East would have 3.08 2 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 64.26% known to compete, and might well have jumped to 3.34 3 1 1 Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Keith Bauer, San Rafael CA 60.10% the laydown 5♣ contract. 2.51 4 2 Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA; Teri Atkinson, Bakersfield CA 58.33% By North, 3♥ was laydown. East led his 1.30 5 James Fowlkes - Patricia Fowlkes, Garner NC 58.17% singleton, got in with a trump, and underled his club 1.26 6 Margaret Altman - Stanley Altman, St Simons Is GA 55.93% ace to get a diamond ruff, but then was endplayed. If 1.88 3 Chris Kindt - Jane Formet, Orlando FL 53.21% he shifted to a spade, it would have been easy from 1.82 4 2 Victoria Lanier - Patt Corbin, Amelia Island FL 53.04% the bidding for North to put up dummy’s queen. And 1.06 5 Sally Hawie, St Simons Is GA; Bettie Driver, Atlanta GA 52.72% when East tried a second club, declarer ruffed in the 0.69 6/7 Betty Andersen, Sterling Hts MI; Charles Rosenblatt, Pompano dummy and discarded a spade from his hand. His Beach FL 52.56% 1.37 6/7 3 Amber Lin - Xuhua Lin, Edison NJ 52.56% second spade loser disappeared on dummy’s fifth 1.03 4 Yvonne Marsh, Pensacola FL; Rosetta Boyd, Decatur GA 51.76% diamond. At the other table, Wang, South, made a fit-jump FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS over 1NT, an unusual situation to employ one of 21.0 Tables my favorite gadgets. After that, West produced the A B C ambiguous 3♠ advance, North bid an aggressive 4♥, 4.38 1 1 Marcie Burros - Nelson Burros, New York NY 68.45% and East “raised” to 4♠. Now South pictured his 2.99 2/3 2 1 Dennis Hajek, Marietta GA; John Ritsema, Mableton GA 62.50% partner with a singleton or void in spades and went 2.88 2/3 Elizabeth Long - Clay Long, Atlanta GA 62.50% on to 5♥, doubled and down two. 2.24 4 3 2 Nancy Hirsch, Dunwoody GA; Beverly Morgan, Atlanta GA 61.01% That gave Washington 12 IMPs and a lead it 1.68 5 4 Laura Jackson - Jennifer Magid, Atlanta GA 60.12% 1.34 6 5 3 Sam Maloy, Alpharetta GA; Sheldon Fages, Duluth GA 59.52% never lost. 1.04 6 Rosemary McCloskey - Chuck McCloskey, Raleigh NC 59.02% This was Board 11, the deal that I used in The 1.41 4 Mary Hubbard - Duane Oden, Savannah GA 58.93% New York Times on Monday: 0.85 5 Christine West, Athens GA; Ruth Yokoyama, Atlanta GA 57.74% Dlr: South ♠ A J 10 9 7 5 4 0.74 6 Delores Courtney, Mobile AL; Janet Connell, Spanish Fort AL 57.14% Vul: None ♥ A 2 ♦ Q 10 FRIDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS ♣ J 7 11.0 Tables ♠ 3 2 ♠ K 6 A B C ♥ Q J 9 3 ♥ K 7 6 4 2.21 1 Kathleen Thiede, Alpharetta GA; Lynn Andersen, Roswell GA 63.99% ♦ A 5 4 2 ♦ K 6 1.66 2 1 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH 55.87% 1.24 3 2 1 Drew Frostholm - Jan Frostholm, McCormick SC 54.38% ♣ 8 5 4 ♣ A K Q 9 3 0.93 4 Robert Keeter, Durham NC; Dorothy McElwee, Chapel Hill NC 54.25% ♠ Q 8 0.92 5 3 2 Jeff Zhan, Duluth GA; Pavan Bharadwaj, Suwanee GA 52.98% ♥ 10 8 5 0.69 6 4 3 Mary Stanley - Barbara Neustadtt, Atlanta GA 52.17% ♦ J 9 8 7 3 0.78 5 4 Sandra Simon, Glenview IL; Casey Mackie, Tequesta FL 52.04% ♣ 10 6 2 continued on page 10 Page 10 Saturday, August 10, 2013 Daily Bulletin

Collegiate Team Championship deeper position, passing over 1♠. This surely should Bomber should have bid 6♠ because he got a have ended the bidding. From North’s hand, South low-club lead. Then, with the ♥A onside, he had no continued from page 9 was very unlikely to have a penalty double of spades. trouble taking 12 tricks. When North gambled with a balancing double, South Chow did well to stop because his sequence bid 2♣ and that ended the auction. The result? Down encouraged East to lead the ♥A and continue with a West North East South three. So Washington gained 4 IMPs. second heart. So Washington gained 1 IMP. Sundstrom Bomber Zhang Herman There was also action on the final board of the If only East had had five hearts to the ace, would Pass set. he have found the low-heart lead? Then it probably Pass 1♠ 1NT Pass Dlr: East ♠ K 9 8 2 would have gone heart to the queen, heart to the ace, Pass 2♠ All Pass Vul: None ♥ 10 9 2 heart ruff. ♦ 4 Over the last 13 boards, Pennsylvania recovered West North East South ♣ Q J 9 7 2 24 IMPs, but it was insufficient to turn the match Holstein Chow Poore Wang ♠ Q 7 3 ♠ – around, Washington winning 92-75. Pass ♥ J 8 6 4 3 ♥ K 7 5 Pass 1♠ Dbl Pass ♦ 10 9 ♦ A K Q 7 5 3 2♥ 2♠ 3♥ All Pass ♣ 10 8 6 ♣ A K 5 4 In the Open Room, Zhang was too strong to ♠ A J 10 6 5 4 Levitina is Grand LM overcall 1NT. Yes, that bid should show some 15.5- ♥ A Q Irina Levitina of 17.5 points, but if this hand finds a heart or club ♦ J 8 6 2 Hackensack NJ is one of fit opposite, it has only four losers, two fewer than ♣ 3 ACBL’s newest Grand partner would expect. Life Masters, a title On the second round, East might have competed West North East South that requires 10,000 with 3♣, and surely West should have made a takeout Sundstrom Bomber Zhang Herman masterpoints and at double. In this situation, a good general principle is 1♦ 1♠ least one NABC title or that a double under the length is for takeout and a Pass 3♣ (1) Dbl 3♠ its equivalent. Levitina double over the length is for penalty. West cannot Pass Pass 5♦ Dbl has won 11 NABC have two trump tricks for a penalty double in this 5♥ Dbl All Pass events: four in the Wagar auction. If West had acted, perhaps East would have (1) Fit-jump Women’s Knockout Teams, four in the Machlin driven to game. Women’s Swiss Teams and three in the Marsha May The play in 2♠ was interesting. East started West North East South Sternberg Board-a-Match Teams. Levitina recently with three top clubs. North ruffed and led the ♦Q. Holstein Chow Poore Wang topped 10,000 masterpoints to earn the rank of Grand East won with his king and played a diamond to his 1♦ 1♠ LM, the highest in the ACBL. partner’s ace. Pass 2♦ 3♣ 3♠ In addition, Levitina holds five gold medals in To defeat the contract now, West had to shift to Pass Pass 4♣ All Pass world championship events. a heart, but that was nigh impossible to find. First, In the Open Room, you may decide for yourself it seemed that East was trying for a diamond ruff. if there was any way for North-South to reach 4♠, Second, East had already shown up with 12 high-card which was an excellent contract, especially given that Insider points and was marked with the ♠A or ♠K, so was the heart finesse was marked on the bidding. The Atlanta NABC is nearing the end. The unlikely to have a high heart. In contrast, East had his own problems. Over 3♠, Insider wants to thank all the players who made it a Seeing it that way, West returned a diamond. he surely should have settled for 4♦, which would great tournament. Also, special thanks go to the staff North discarded his low heart and East ruffed. But have allowed West to get into 4♥. and management of the Hyatt who showed us all a moment later, North cashed the ♠A to drop East’s North led the ♣Q against 5♥ doubled. Declarer Southern hospitality at its finest. The Directors, the king and make his contract. won with dummy’s ace and played a low heart. South ACBL staff and the local volunteers all did a fantastic At the other table, there was an interesting did well, winning with his queen and shifting to the job. Thanks for the show, Jack, Claudia and the entire theoretical situation. If North had not rebid 2♠, East’s ♠J. Wriggle however he liked, West had to go down local team. If you haven’t registered yet, stop by for raise to 3♥ would have been a strong action because three. a great umbrella. If you won, be sure to pick up your West had promised nothing. But in competition In the other room, where East did not know about t-shirt. If you had a great time, let the local folks or these days, East is allowed to bid 3♥ with four-card North’s club length, if he wanted to act over 3♠, Ask Me Girl know. support and only a respectable hand. So I think he surely he should have doubled, bringing hearts into We’re all looking forward to getting together should have risked jumping to 4♥. If his partner had the picture. again this fall in Phoenix. The humidity will be only ace-fifth of hearts, game would have had play. 4♣ could have gone down four, but the defenders lower, but the quality of bridge will remain at However, I also believe that West should have bid lost their way, letting Poore out for down two. consistently high NABC standards. The nights will 4♥; he had a maximum 2♥ advance for a passed That gave another 9 IMPs to Washington and a be cooler but the competition will stay hot. The Hyatt hand. halftime lead of 40 IMPs. has hosted us before, but this year the Sheraton – Plus 100 and plus 170 gave Washington 7 IMPs. The second half started with an interesting near- about two blocks down the street – will be our other There was some imaginative bidding on board 13: slam deal. bridge home. In general, the 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7:30 Dlr: North ♠ Q 3 2 Dlr: South ♠ A K 9 7 6 4 p.m. games – yes, a return to the standard NABC Vul: Both ♥ K 5 3 2 Vul: N-S ♥ J 7 2 schedule – will be played at the Sheraton. The 10 ♦ A Q J 6 ♦ A a.m., 3 p.m. and a few 7:30 p.m. games will be at ♣ 10 7 ♣ K J 5 the Hyatt. Because the two hotels are in the same ♠ J 9 ♠ A 10 8 7 4 ♠ 5 ♠ 3 2 neighborhood as the ballparks, there are some great ♥ A 10 8 7 ♥ Q 9 4 ♥ Q 10 8 4 3 ♥ A 6 restaurants and bars nearby including a sports bar and ♦ K 10 7 5 ♦ 9 3 ♦ J 7 6 2 ♦ K 10 9 3 BBQ joint named Alice Cooper’s Town, owned and ♣ Q J 3 ♣ A K 9 ♣ 6 3 2 ♣ Q 10 9 8 4 managed by Alice himself. Yes, heavy metal mixed ♠ K 6 5 ♠ Q J 10 8 with ribs and seasoned with baseball, the perfect ♥ J 6 ♥ K 9 5 place for post-bridge hand deconstruction. And, best ♦ 8 4 2 ♦ Q 8 5 4 of all, the Insider will be back with a full complement ♣ 8 6 5 4 2 ♣ A 7 of daily columns! Thanks for coming to Atlanta. See you in Phoenix Nov. 28 – Dec. 8. West North East South West North East South Sundstrom Bomber Zhang Herman Sundstrom Bomber Zhang Herman 1♦ 1♠ Pass 1♦ 1NT All Pass Pass 1♠ Pass 2♠ Pass 3♥ (1) Pass 4♠ West North East South Pass 4NT (2) Pass 5♣ (3) Holstein Chow Poore Wang Pass 5♠ All Pass 1♦ 1♠ Pass (1) Help-suit game-try; 2NT would have been an Pass Dbl Pass 2♣ inquiry. Pass Pass Pass (2) Roman Key Card Blackwood. West can make 3NT. Sundstrom and Zhang (3) One key card. would probably have got there if West had advanced with 2NT. But perhaps he could not have. Many West North East South pairs use that advance to show at least four-card Holstein Chow Poore Wang spade support and game-invitational or better values. 1♦ Then, West must either underbid slightly with 1NT or Pass 1♠ Pass 2♠ overbid quite a bit with 3NT. Pass 3♣ Pass 4♠ Sundstrom did take nine tricks. Pass 5♣ Pass 5♠ In the Closed Room, Holstein took an even All Pass Saturday, August 10, 2013

Junior Teams WAR OF ROSES (USA) Junior Teams AUSTRALIA Junior Teams TURKIYE 1st Kevin Dwyer, Zachary Grossack, Marius 2nd Nathan HOWARD, Peter HOLLANDS, 3rd Altug GOBEKLI, Erkmen AYDOGDU, Sarper Agica, Adam Kaplan, Michael Rosenberg (NPC) Alex SMIRNOV (Coach), Lauren TRAVIS, USLUPEHLIVAN, Akin KOCLAR, Muhammet Owen Lien and Adam Grossack Justin HOWARD, Ellena MOSKOVSKY, Maxim OZGUR, Berk GOKCE HENBEST, Ishmael DEL’MONTE (NPC)

Junior Teams JAPAN Youngsters Teams USA JENG Youngsters Teams KRISTENSEN 4th Yuki Harada, Tadahiro Kikuchi, Kosuke Ito, 1st Burke Snowden, Richard Jeng, Andrew Jeng 2nd Ben Kristensen, Brandon Harper, Ryan Miller Ryoko Oyama, Koichiro Hashimoto and Takumi and Oren Kriegel and Greg Herman Seshimo

Youngsters Teams CHINA XNWY Youngsters Teams BERKS 3rd Kai Jin, Felicia Yu, Kaiwen Yu, Yiling Shen, 4th Jake Olsen, David Soukup, Sam Amer, Tianyi Jin and Zhizhou Sha Hakan Berk and Nolan Chang Youth BAM Teams Juniors Final Round 13 Team Segment Rank Team VPs 1 TOTAL 2 TOTAL 3 TOTAL 1 CALIFORNIAN ACES 132.66 AUSTRALIA 42 42 24 66 35 101 2 ARGENTINA 128.48 WAR OF ROSES 46 46 69 115 15 130 3 ITALIA 126.80 4 VENEZUELA 120.60 TURKIYE 51 51 50 101 55 156 5 CHINA GIRLS SX CLUB 106.60 JAPAN 26 26 34 60 37 97 CHINA SX CLUB 106.60 7 WERNIS 104.60 8 CHINA WFL 94.60 Youngsters Semifinals 9 CHINA QFL 89.60 Team Segment 10 ZHIHAOLE SCHOOL 70.60 1 TOTAL 2 TOTAL FCBC 70.60 CHINA XNWY 34 34 11 45 12 GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL 64.60 KRISTENSEN 51 51 55 106 13 MIDNIGHT SUNS 37.20

USA JENG 39 39 36 75 BERK 29 29 9 38 Prize Giving and Youngsters Final Team Segment 1 TOTAL 2 TOTAL Closing Ceremony KRISTENSEN 14 14 30 44 August 11, Sunday - 19:30 hrs USA JENG 26 26 30 56 Hyatt Regency Embassy Hall (Level LL2) (same venue as the Opening Ceremony) CHINA XNWY 15 15 35 50 BERK 28 28 13 41 Buffet to follow at Best Western Hotel

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Dlr: North ♠ A K Q 8 7 Dlr: East ♠ 10 2 Let the Final Begin Vul: N-S ♥ J Vul: E-W ♥ A 8 7 6 3 ♦ A K 10 8 ♦ 10 7 6 4 Juniors First Third ♣ A J 10 ♣ Q 10 by David Stern ♠ J 6 ♠ 2 ♠ A J 9 8 7 5 4 ♠ K ♥ K 8 6 5 ♥ A 10 9 4 3 ♥ J ♥ K Q 9 5 4 2 Australia had advanced from the qualifying to ♦ Q 9 6 5 ♦ J 7 ♦ --- ♦ Q 8 5 the semifinals by virtue of a ruling in a match not ♣ 6 4 3 ♣ Q 9 7 5 2 ♣ A K J 8 5 ♣ 6 4 2 involving them, and from the semifinals to the final ♠ 10 9 5 4 3 ♠ Q 6 3 through a ruling in their own match. So they figured ♥ Q 7 2 ♥ 10 to be resolved to make every board count. ♦ 4 3 2 ♦ A K J 9 3 2 War of Roses, on the other hand, had comfortably ♣ K 8 ♣ 9 7 3 won the qualifying and beaten Japan by a large margin in the semifinal. Their team was also Open Room Open Room strengthened with the availability, though he had West North East South West North East South been on the roster from the outset, of Kevin Dwyer Agica Howard N Kaplan Henbest Agica Howard N Kaplan Henbest by virtue of his elimination from the Spingold 2♣ 2♥ 2♠ 2♦ 3♦ Knockout Teams, the premier event at the Summer 4♥ 4NT 5♥ Dble (1) 4♠ Pass Pass Pass North American Championships going on here Pass 6♠ All Pass concurrently. (1) DOPI showing no key cards Closed Room However, those who know the Australians West North East South (including me) believe that the final, over three Closed Room Hollands Grossack A Howard Grossack Z 16-board segments, would be a close affair. And so it West North East South Pass 1♦ proved in the first session. Australia kicked the first Hollands Grossack A Howard Grossack Z 4♠ Pass Pass 5♦ goal with 11 IMPs on this board: 2♣ 2♥ Pass (1) 5♠ Pass Pass Pass 4♥ 4♠ Pass 4NT Dlr: North ♠ 9 3 Pass 5♣ Pass 6♠ An easy plus 500 was available for East-West Vul: Nil ♥ 3 Pass Pass Pass defending against five diamonds doubled, but I doubt ♦ A K J 8 5 3 (1) Encouraging anybody could blame Peter Hollands, West in the ♣ A K 4 3 Closed Room, for feeling that he was being swindled. ♠ K 6 4 ♠ Q J 5 In the Open Room, North elected to try four 12 IMPs to the USA when four spades made in the ♥ Q 8 ♥ K J 9 7 5 notrump, Roman Key Card Blackwood, over 4♥ and Open Room and five spades failed by one trick in the ♦ 9 7 6 2 ♦ Q 10 bid 6♠ when partner denied any key cards, which Closed Room. Australia 28-16. ♣ Q 10 9 7 ♣ J 6 2 highlighted a heart loser. ♠ A 10 8 7 2 Declarer ruffed the second heart, drew trumps, This board caught my attention: ♥ A 10 6 4 2 and played the club jack from his hand. East, Justin ♦ 4 Howard, played the nine, which I believe is not the Dlr: North ♠ A Q 10 6 5 2 ♣ 8 5 best card to play as there are very few holdings where Vul: E-W ♥ J 10 one would play the nine without the queen. But ♦ A 8 3 2 Open Room no matter, declarer rose with the king and finessed ♣ 3 West North East South through West to go down one. ♠ 8 ♠ J 9 7 4 3 Agica Howard N Kaplan Henbest ♥ A 9 8 6 4 3 2 ♥ Q 7 5 1♦ 1♥ 1♠ Henbest, sitting South in the Open Room, ♦ K 7 6 ♦ J Pass 2♣ Pass 2♠ showed superior technique by ruffing the second ♣ 10 7 ♣ A K J 8 Pass 4♠ All Pass heart, playing two rounds of trumps, and cashing the ♠ K diamond ace, just in case an honor showed on his ♥ K Closed Room right or the queen-jack were doubleton on his left. ♦ Q 10 9 5 4 West North East South When no diamond honor fell, he crossed to dummy ♣ Q 9 6 5 4 2 Hollands Grossack A Howard Grossack Z with a trump and ruffed the last heart to reach this 1♦ 1♥ 1♠ ending: The Open Room played in a quiet two spades Pass 2♣ Pass 2NT after an auction that never saw East or West take a Pass 3NT All Pass ♠ -- bid. ♥ -- In the Closed Room, however: In the Closed Room, three notrump could make ♦ K 10 8 only with an inspired guess in diamonds, and in ♣ A J 10 West North East South practice went down two for minus 100. ♠ -- ♠ -- Hollands Grossack A Howard Grossack Z The spotlight fell on Max Henbest in the Open ♥ -- ♥ 4 3 1♠ Pass 1NT Room, playing in four spades. The good news was ♦ Q 9 6 ♦ J Pass 2♠ Pass Pass 3-3 trumps and the even better news was declarer’s ♣ 6 4 3 ♣ Q 7 2 3♥ Pass 4♥ Dble abundance of spade pips. ♠ 10 3 Pass Pass Pass Declarer started in fine fashion, winning the ♥ -- opening heart lead, cashing dummy’s diamond ace- ♦ 3 2 North led the club three. Declarer won in dummy king and club ace-king before ruffing a club in his ♣ K 8 and resisted the fatal urge to cash a second club hand. South ruffed a heart in the dummy and led the for a spade pitch. Instead, he led the diamond jack diamond jack, ruffed high by East and overruffed by Declarer had seen East discard first the club nine from dummy. When South covered with the queen, declarer. South then played a heart from hand in this and then the club five. South concluded that East’s declarer was at the crossroads, but perhaps didn’t position: likely shape was 1=5=2=5, making the club queen realize it at the time. Covering with the king would more likely to be with East. In any event, East had have places the lead with North, who could have ♠ 9 two easy heart discards, so why was he throwing done no damage because the trumps were behaving. ♥ -- clubs other than to place thoughts in declarer’s By ducking as he did, declarer allowed South to ♦ 8 5 3 mind? In this case, though, it had the reverse effect give his partner a club ruff. Then credit to Adam ♣ 3 – perhaps one club and one heart discard would have Grossack, North, who underled the spade ace to get ♠ K 6 4 ♠ Q 5 been more optimal by East. Well done by declarer to another club ruff – the only winning defense at that ♥ -- ♥ K J 9 read the position. Australia 28-4. point. Australia 28‑22. ♦ 9 ♦ -- ♣ 7 ♣ -- War of Roses immediately fought back by The War of Roses collected 10 IMPs when an ♠ 10 8 7 pushing the Australians around at the five-level: Australian declarer didn’t take the necessary finesse ♥ 10 6 in the trump suit holding ♠ A K 10 9 5 opposite ♠ J 6 ♦ -- 4. After three pushes, the last board of the set arrived. ♣ --

East-West were helpless, being limited to two trumps and one heart. Australia 11-0.

The next major swing was all about sniffing out the club queen. ♠♥♦♣ 3rd World Open Youth Championships Saturday, August 10, 2013

Dlr: West ♠ A K 9 5 Open Room did not overcall one notrump and then West did not Vul: E-W ♥ K 7 West North East South realize that East’s double showed a strong hand with ♦ A K 8 7 5 3 Zack Justin Adam Hollands a desire for a spade lead. ♣ 2 Grossack Howard Grossack Two clubs went down one, but War of Roses ♠ Q 7 6 3 ♠ 8 4 2 1♦ 1♠ gained 11 IMPs. ♥ 4 ♥ Q 9 5 3 2 Pass Pass Pass Two boards later: ♦ J 9 4 ♦ Q 6 2 ♣ Q J 9 8 6 ♣ 7 5 Closed Room Dlr: North ♠ K Q 9 3 ♠ J 10 West North East South Vul: N-S ♥ Q ♥ A J 10 8 6 Henbest Dwyer Nathan Lien ♦ K Q 9 8 5 ♦ 10 Howard ♣ A Q J ♣ A K 10 4 3 1♦ Pass ♠ A 8 6 ♠ J 5 4 1♥ Pass 1NT Pass ♥ K 7 6 2 ♥ A J 10 9 8 4 In the Closed Room, North-South reached six 2♦ (1) Pass 2♥ Pass ♦ 10 3 ♦ A 6 diamonds, which seems to rest almost entirely on a 2♠ Pass 3♦ Pass ♣ K 8 3 2 ♣ 9 4 favourable diamond break. Plus 920 for the War of 3NT Pass Pass Pass ♠ 10 7 2 the Roses. (1) Artificial game-force ♥ 5 3 In the Open Room, the auction saw North-South ♦ J 7 4 2 reach a seemingly superior six hearts. Zack Grossack, looking at the prevailing ♣ 10 7 6 5 vulnerability, hoped to be able to sink his teeth into West North East South one spade. Unfortunately, his older brother had too Open Room Agica Howard N Kaplan Henbest many spades to reopen with a double. West North East South Pass 1♦ Pass 1♥ The defenders took three spades, three diamonds Grossack Z Howard J Grossack A Hollands Pass 1♠ Pass 2♣ and two clubs for down two, but must have feared a 1♦ 1♥ Pass Pass 2♦ Pass 3♣ 5-IMP loss. 3♦ (1) Dble Pass (2) Pass Pass 3♥ Pass 3NT However, Owen Lien led a low club. Nathan 3♥ Pass Pass Pass Pass 4NT Pass 6♥ Howard won with his jack and returned a club. (1) A mixed raise: four trumps, some 7-9 points Pass Pass Pass South won and shifted to a diamond. East overtook an dnine losers. dummy’s jack and cashed his other two top diamonds (2) Game-try After some consideration, I think the best spot is to give this position: six notrump. There are eleven top tricks if diamonds Closed Room break, and even if they don’t behave, there are ♠ 10 West North East South residual chances in both hearts and spades. Anyway ♥ A 7 4 2 Henbest Dwyer Howard N Lien back to the six-heart action, where South received ♦ 10 1♣ (1) 3♥ Pass the club-queen lead. He won with his king, cashed ♣ 9 7 4♥ Dble All Pass the club ace and took dummy’s two top spades. To ♠ A K J 8 ♠ 9 7 6 (1) 16-plus points make the contract at this point, declarer had to ruff a ♥ J 10 ♥ Q 8 5 spade as a prelude to reducing his trump holding and ♦ -- ♦ 9 4 The Americans got lucky when Zack had the club getting to this position: ♣ K Q ♣ -- king hidden behind another card. ♠ 9 ♠ Q 5 4 3 2 With the club ace offside, there was no way to ♥ -- ♥ K 9 take ten tricks. (Lien even led a spade to make life ♦ 8 7 5 ♦ -- easy.) ♣ -- ♣ 6 Plus 140 and plus 100 gave War of Roses another ♠ Q ♠ -- 6 IMPs. ♥ -- ♥ Q 9 5 3 To succeed now, declarer had to play on spades, ♦ 9 ♦ -- but he led a heart. How did the defenders beat the The Americans were up by 39 IMPs when Board ♣ J 9 ♣ -- contract? 25 arrived. ♠ -- South went up with his king and played his ♥ A J 8 remaining heart to North’s ace. North cashed his Dlr: North ♠ K 7 ♦ -- high diamond and exited with a club to endplay the Vul: E-W ♥ 8 5 ♣ 10 dummy. ♦ J 10 9 5 4 That gave War of Roses a lucky 11 IMPs. ♣ J 8 4 2 Lead any card from the board, overruff East and More followed immediately: ♠ A Q 9 ♠ 10 5 3 2 exit with the club to make the last two trumps. This is ♥ K Q J 9 3 ♥ 10 2 double dummy of course, relying on knowing that the Dlr: South ♠ K J 7 4 ♦ 2 ♦ A Q 8 6 hearts are misbehaving badly. However, if you win Vul: E-W ♥ J 7 4 ♣ A Q 7 6 ♣ K 9 3 the opening lead, play a heart to the king and return ♦ J 8 2 ♠ J 8 6 4 heart to the jack and discover the bad break, you ♣ 8 6 4 ♥ A 7 6 4 can wind up in almost the same position. But then ♠ 8 3 2 ♠ Q 10 9 5 ♦ K 7 3 declarer would have been forced to finesse in spades ♥ K Q 6 3 ♥ A 9 8 2 ♣ 10 5 for the additional tricks. ♦ A 9 5 3 ♦ K Q ♣ J 7 ♣ A 10 9 Open Room So Australia finished the set down 42-46. ♠ A 6 West North East South ♥ 10 5 Grossack Z Howard J Grossack A Hollands Australia versus War of Roses ♦ 10 7 6 4 Pass Pass Pass ♣ K Q 5 3 2 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass Second Session 2♣ Pass 2♥ Pass Open Room 3♠ Pass 3NT Pass by Phillip Alder West North East South 4♥ Pass Pass Pass Grossack Z Howard J Grossack A Hollands The second third began with the American team Pass Closed Room up by 4 IMPs. For this set, the War of Roses included Pass Pass 1NT Pass West North East South Kevin Dwyer, who was eliminated from the Spingold 2♣ Pass 2♥ Pass Henbest Dwyer Howard N Lien yesterday. 4♥ Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass The first swing came on the second deal. 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass Closed Room 2♣ Pass 2NT Pass Dlr: East ♠ 10 West North East South 3♠ Pass 3NT All Pass Vul: N-S ♥ A 7 4 2 Henbest Dwyer Howard N Lien ♦ 10 7 3 2 Pass Three notrump made an overtrick without ♣ 9 7 4 3 Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT difficulty. ♠ A K J 8 ♠ 9 7 6 Pass Pass Dble 2♣ In the Open Room, Zack should have passed out ♥ J 10 6 3 ♥ Q 8 5 Pass Pass Pass three notrump. However, he could have made four ♦ J ♦ A K Q 9 4 hearts. ♣ K Q 10 2 ♣ J 5 By twice finessing in spades through North, North led the diamond jack. West won with ♠ Q 5 4 3 2 Adam Grossack took four hearts, three diamonds, dummy’s ace and played a spade to his queen. North ♥ K 9 one club (he ruffed his high club ten to get back to won and returned his second spade, which ran to ♦ 8 6 5 the dummy), one spade and that club ruff. continued on next page ♣ A 8 6 Dwyer’s psych worked perfectly when first East Saturday, August 10, 2013 3rd World Open Youth Championships

War of Roses That was always going to be a tall order for Closed Room Australia. And the final session was much flatter. The West North East South continued from page 1 Australians did close the gap and gained the one big Harper Kriegel Miller Snowden declarer’s nine. South won the next trick with his swing, Lauren Travis making a three notrump that Pass 1♦ trump ace and gave his partner a spade ruff. That left failed in the other room. But the final margin was 1NT 2♦ 2♥ Dble this position: War of Roses (USA) 130 Australia 101. 2♠ Pass Pass Pass

♠ -- The East-West pair seemed to be on the same ♥ -- Youngsters Teams Final wavelength when Ryan Miller, with his two-point ♦ 10 9 5 4 hand, made a transfer bid of two hearts and then, ♣ J 8 4 2 by Murat Molva quite sensibly, passed his partner’s bid of two spades. ♠ -- ♠ 10 Harper played safely to land an overtrick to go plus ♥ Q J 9 3 ♥ 10 The 32-board Youngsters final was a clash 140. ♦ -- ♦ Q 8 6 between two all-American teams, Kristensen and ♣ A Q 7 6 ♣ K 9 3 Jeng. Open Room ♠ J West North East South ♥ 7 6 4 Don’t you just love it when you make a horrible Jeng A Kristensen Jeng R Herman ♦ K 7 bid and you land on your feet, whereas your Pass 1♦ ♣ 10 5 opponent at the other table bids sensibly to go minus? 1NT 2♦ 2♠ 3♦ 4♠ Pass Pass Pass North led the diamond ten. What should declarer Dlr: South ♠ 10 9 8 have done? Vul: Both ♥ A J 7 West, Richard Jeng, no doubt intended his two- At the table, West played low from the dummy ♦ Q 8 6 5 4 spade bid as “to play,” but his partner, older brother and ruffed in his hand. But now, however he ♣ A K Andrew, would have none of it. He just blasted into wriggled, he could not get home. ♠ A 7 ♠ K J 4 the spade game. If, though, he had covered the diamond ten ♥ 10 9 6 5 3 ♥ K 4 When the heart queen was protected behind the with dummy’s queen and ruffed away South’s king, ♦ K J 10 2 ♦ 7 3 ace-king, and when clubs broke 2-2 and when spades running the trumps would have squeezed North in the ♣ 6 3 ♣ Q J 10 9 7 5 broke 2-2, Richard Jeng was soon able to claim plus minors. ♠ Q 6 5 3 2 620 and 10 IMPs. That was another triumph for the True, declarer was unlucky that North got a ruff ♥ Q 8 2 Jeng team. from trump shortness, but Zack usually eats up deals ♦ A 9 like this. ♣ 8 4 2 This was Board 11:

That gave Australia 12 IMPs. And the team got Open Room Dlr:S ♠ J 7 another 11 on the next board, making three hearts in West North East South Vul:None ♥ A 3 2 one room and one notrump doubled with an overtrick Jeng A Kristensen Jeng R Herman ♦ Q J 4 3 in the other. Pass ♣ 10 7 5 4 But War of Roses bounced back, gaining 10 IMPs Pass 1♦ 2♣ Dble ♠ 4 ♠ 5 2 on an Australian misdefense against three notrump. Pass 2NT All Pass ♥ K Q 9 4 ♥ J 10 6 And 11 came from another successful Grossack slam, ♦ K 10 8 7 6 5 ♦ A 9 2 this one being excellent. The Grossack slam bidding South, Gregory Herman (from Team Kristensen), ♣ K 2 ♣ A Q J 9 6 in this event was phenomenal. made a disciplined pass to his partner’s two notrump, ♠ A K Q 10 9 8 6 3 Then came Board 30: that had no chance after a normal club lead. So down ♥ 8 7 5 one. ♦ -- Dlr: East ♠ 8 4 ♣ 8 3 Vul: None ♥ J 10 5 Closed Room ♦ K 9 5 2 West North East South Both South players opened four spades and ♣ 9 7 5 2 Harper Kriegel Miller Snowden were left to play there. Snowden, from Jeng, took ♠ A 10 3 ♠ Q J 7 6 5 Pass the heart-king lead in the dummy and played the ♥ 8 7 4 ♥ A Q 6 Pass 1♦ 2♣ Dble diamond jack. East covered it and declarer ruffed. ♦ 10 8 ♦ Q J 6 4 Pass 2NT Pass 3♠ But there was no legitimate way to make the contract. ♣ A Q J 10 6 ♣ 3 Pass Pass Pass So Snowden went down one. ♠ K 9 2 ♥ K 9 3 2 The south player for Team Jeng, Burke Snowden, At the other table, Herman, the south player ♦ A 7 3 bid a very risky three spades (no doubt influenced for Kristensen, introduced a psychological factor ♣ K 8 4 with his strong spade spots) after his partner’s two- into the deal. He took the heart-king lead in dummy notrump rebid. If you or I would have made this bid (East playing the jack) and led a low diamond. East, Open Room at the table, the opponents would have come rushing fearing that declarer was trying to sneak past his ace West North East South with the axe and we would have found ourselves to win with a stiff king, put up his ace, and declarer Grossack Z Howard J Grossack A Hollands looking at a four-digit penalty in the minus column. ruffed with the trump eight. He then went to dummy 1♠ Dble Not so for Snowden. He bought a useful dummy. with the spade jack to run the diamond queen, Redble 1NT Pass Pass If West had led a heart, the defense would have discarding a heart from his hand. West won this Dble Pass Pass 2♣ prevailed, but quite understandably West, Brandon with the king and cashed his heart queen. Now the Dble Pass Pass Pass Harper, started with a club. The layout around the question was, who had the heart ten? If declarer had table was friendly and Snowden soon recorded plus it, East would ruff the next heart, and the game would I have always thought that 4-3-3-3 takeout 140. 6 Imps for Jeng. go down. If East had the it, though, declarer would doubles are unsound. Almost everyone makes them ruff the heart. But is the spade seven in the dummy these days, and I am happy to see one come unstuck. Our next deal is from the second (and last) an entry to the established diamond jack? Andrew Zack was originally intending to show a game- segment of the Youngsters final. You will notice the Jeng finally played another heart. Herman ruffed invitational spade raise with exactly three trumps. recurring themes of “horrible bid but landing on it, crossed to dummy by overtaking the “carefully But things suddenly took an up-tick and going for a your feet” and its close relative “bid sensibly but go preserved” spade six and discarded one of his club penalty became much more appealing, especially in minus” here too. losers on the diamond jack. Four spades just made for clubs. a 10-IMP pick up for Team Kristensen. We will draw a veil over the play. Declarer could Dlr: North ♠ A 10 have escaped for down four, but lost one trick, going Vul: E-W ♥ J 7 4 2 As you no doubt have seen many times before, minus 1100. ♦ Q 10 7 2 the low spots in bridge books or bulletin articles ♣ 10 4 3 are always in the “carefully preserved” category. Closed Room ♠ K 5 2 ♠ Q 9 8 6 4 3 Declarers never find a low spot-card in their hands by West North East South ♥ Q 10 5 ♥ 8 3 chance, they carefully preserve them. Henbest Dwyer Howard N Lien ♦ A 9 ♦ 8 6 3 1♠ Dble ♣ A K Q 7 2 ♣ 9 8 Jeng USA finally won the Youngsters Final 3♦ Pass 4♠ All Pass ♠ J 7 by 56-44, and they are the Youngsters World ♥ A K 9 6 Champions. Congratulations. Four spades made easily enough, but that was 12 ♦ K J 5 4 IMPs to War of Roses. ♣ J 6 5 The last two deals were flat and the session ended with the United States team ahead by 115-66. Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 10, 2013 Page 15

3 & 7:30 PM COMPACT KO BRACKET I 9 Tables 10.75 1 Justyna Zmuda, Skawina Poland; Danuta Kazmucha, Doznan Poland; Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw Poland; Joanna Taczewska, Katowice Poland 7.53 2 Eleanor Sherwyn - Donald Varvel, Corpus Christi 2012 Open Swiss TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Villge TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX winners Geoff 4.84 3 Walter Schuster - Martin Schifko - Alexander Hampson, John Wernle, Vienna Austria; Ulrike Schuster, Sanibel FL Diamond, Fred 3.76 4 Edward Ashworth - Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge Gitelman, Eric LA; S Graham Kelly, Hudson OH; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA Greco and Brad 3 & 7:30 PM COMPACT KO BRACKET II Moss 14 Tables 7.58 1 Richard Shipp, Oak Ridge TN; Donald Gray, Knoxville TN; Rebecca Lee, Peachtree City GA; Claire Lavery, Atlanta GA 5.31 2 Carolyn Marks - Kathy Coleman - Karen Collins, Fort Worth TX; Janet Jordan, Aledo TX 3.41 3 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Plsades CA; Susan Adamson - Garold Adamson, Houston TX 2.65 4 Karyl Asta - Henri Asta, Marietta GA; Bert Previous winners and runners-up: Einloth, Bluffton SC; Elizabeth Ambler, Hilton Head Is SC Roth Open Swiss 2005 1. Christal Henner-Welland, Michael Kamil, Claudio Nunes, Fulvio Fantoni, Frederik 3 & 7:30 PM COMPACT KO BRACKET III starts today 10 Tables The four-session Open Swiss Teams, which Nystrom, Peter Bertheau; 2. Matin Harris, 4.53 1 Alma Vanhull, Kingston TN; Gloria Larson - is now named in honor ACBL Hall of Famer Al Jacob Morgan, Steve Landen, Pratap Bonnie Boyce - Keith Boyce, Oak Ridge TN 3.17 2 Mac Ryland - Judy Ryland, Atlanta GA; Harvey Roth, begins with today’s two-session qualifier. The Rajadhyaksha 2006 1. Christal Henner-Welland, Roy Welland, Jones, Roswell GA; Janette Edmonds, Dunwoody GA nationally rated event was first held in 2005. 2.04 3 Randy Earle, McKinney TX; Beverly Strauss - Alvin Roth Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski, Antonio Ruthie Shor - Susan Bates, Dallas TX Sementa, Bjorn Fallenius; 2. Nader Hanna, 1.59 4 Cynthia Collins - Connie Graunke, Tallahassee Al Roth (1914-2007) is generally considered the FL; Claire McGuire, Chicago IL; Susan Doyle, Winnetka IL premier bidding theorist of his bridge generation, Nagy Kamel, Greg Hinze, Ira Hessel, Ellen perhaps of all time. He and longtime partner Tobias Hessel (npc) THURSDAY MIDNIGHT KO Stone are credited with developing the negative 2007 1. Lou Ann O’Rourke, Marc Jacobus, 10 Tables 2.88 1 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Will Engel, double, the unusual notrump, 1NT forcing and the Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco; 2. George Klemic, Freeport IL; Paul Holmes, Brocton NY; Eric Gettleman, Baltimore weak two‑bid. MD Roth, an ACBL Grand Life Master with more Drew Becker, Jason Rosenfeld, Angeliki 2.02 2 John Ramos, W Hollywood CA; Robert Brady, McLean VA; Ken Horwedel, Memphis TN; Bryan Delfs, Horn Lake than 12,000 masterpoints, won 26 national titles, Magklara 2008 1. Philip Gordon, Josh Donn, Jason Feldman, MS including the Spingold five times, the Vanderbilt 1.15 3/4 Nancy Watts, Marianna FL; Jim Jones - Regina three times and the Reisinger twice. Terje Aa, Joergen Molberg; 2. George Jacobs, Jones, Brentwood TN; Judy Duell, Alford FL He represented North America in the Bermuda Ralph Katz, Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein, 1.15 3/4 Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; Ankur Rathi, Fort Walid Elahmady, Tarek Sadek Worth TX; Michael Roberts, Youngstown OH; Theresa Andino, Bowl in 1955, 1958 and 1967. A WBF Life Master, Niceville FL he placed second in the World Team Olympiad in 2009 1. Robert Hampton, Gavin Wolpert, Joel 1968. Wooldridge, John Hurd, Krzysztof Buras, Grzegorz Narkiewicz; 2. Lou Ann O’Rourke, THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET I During his first world championship appearance, 16 Tables Roth was declaring a 2♠ contract and felt he played Marc Jacobus, Eddie Wold, Roger Bates, 50.48 1 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Alon Birman, Tel Aviv the hand before ‑‑‑ but as a defender. The director, Antonio Sementa, Giorgio Duboin 2010 1. Steve Weinstein, Lew Stansby, Chip 62267 Israel; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard 8732 Denmark; Dennis Al Sobel, did not believe him because the hands Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark had been dealt at the table. Sobel made Roth call Martel, Bobby Levin, Martin Fleisher and 35.34 2 Kasper Konow, Frederiksberg 2 Denmark; out all the cards in each hand ‑‑‑ including the spots Mike Kamil; 2. Alon Apteker, Craig Gower, Michael Askgaard, Gentofte 2800 Denmark; Anders Hagen, Phillipe Cronier, Jacob Morgan, Adam Copenhagen Denmark; Kare Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY ‑‑‑ before he threw out the board. No one ever 20.19 3/4 Martin Scheinberg, Riviera Beach FL; Paul Trent discovered how this happened. Wildavsky and Michael Polowan - Sandra Trent, Port St Lucie FL; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA Roth retired from active bridge competition in 2011 1. Mark Gordon, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, 20.19 3/4 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk the Seventies but remained active as a staff member Alan Sontag, Terje Aa, David Berkowitz, Jorgen Molberg, Allan Cokin (coach); 2. Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, of Bridge Today and on panels of The Bridge World, Doorn Netherlands Bridge Today and Australian Bridge. Aaron Silverstein, Chris Willenken, Andrew THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET II He was the author of The Roth‑Stone System, Al Rosenthal, Michael Rosenberg, Bjorn Fallenius, Peter Fredin 15 Tables Roth on Bridge and Picture Bidding and co‑author 24.64 1 Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; David of Bridge Is a Partnership Game, Modern Bridge 2012 1. Geoff Hampson, John Diamond, Fred Schulman, Atlanta GA; Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Anton Habash, Complete and Bridge for Beginners. Gitelman, Eric Greco, Brad Moss; 2. Carolyn Oxford OH 17.25 2 James Stevens - Sandra Stevens, Paige TX; Elinor Roth retired to Boca Raton FL, but was a Lynch, Mike Passell, Andrew Gromov, Aleksander Dubinin, Cezary Balicki, Adam Hood, Portland OR; Thomas Schmalz, Galveston TX; Robert Curl, longtime resident of New York , where he owned and Houston TX; David Curl, Fort Worth TX managed the Mayfair Club. Zmudzinski 9.86 3/4 Stephi Luttrell - Mary Lockhart, Oak Ridge TN; Sara Leckie, Knoxville TN; Patricia Dreinhoefer, Friendsville TN 9.86 3/4 Albert Fultz, Ft Mitchell KY; Robert Current Jr, Toledo OH; Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; Marie Duval, Monitoring Montreal QC At this and future North American Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ events with visible, THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET III 16 Tables real-time cameras. The images will be recorded and will be available for later official inspection and review. 20.51 1 Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA; Christina By general monitoring of the session and participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of information Parker, Newton Centre MA; Diogo Teixeira, Wellesley MA; that may be useful in determining facts and settling issues arising from some types of ethical and behavioral Christine Halkiotis, Wellesley Hills MA 14.36 2 Mary May - Tom Wight, Macon GA; Michael complaints or actions. Please summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. Baker, Adamsville RI; David Johnson, Milledgeville GA This procedure is intended to assure everyone that the playing field is level and that misbehavior will not be 8.20 3/4 Buddy Waller, Marietta GA; Mitti Sakai, tolerated. Atranta GA; Andy McKinnon, Snellville GA; Susan Kestenbaum, Huntingdon Vy PA 8.20 3/4 John Singleton - Joyce Williams - Sikina Ehmer, Atlanta GA; Jim Loth, Dunwoody GA Page 16 Saturday, August 10, 2013 Daily Bulletin

THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET IV 16 Tables NABC+ FAST PAIRS 13.62 1 J Barnes - John Alford - Ruth Short - Louise 52.0 Tables Garcia, Greensboro NC 100.00 1 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 1756.94 9.53 2 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, 75.00 2 Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland; Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland 1722.73 Las Vegas NV; Norman Kahn Jr, Prairie Village KS; Max Kahn, 56.25 3 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 1673.77 Shawnee Mission KS 44.44 4 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 1660.19 5.45 3/4 Murat Berk, Potomac MD; Seth Manfield - Sabrina Manfield - Melanie Manfield, Chevy Chase MD 40.00 5 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL 1648.67 5.45 3/4 Frank Durante - Nancy Latner - William Higgins 36.36 6 Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 1626.24 - Jean Higgins, Dallas TX 33.33 7 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 1624.55 30.77 8 Bob Drijver, 3051 EG, Rotter Netherlands; Ruud Von Seida, Netherlands 1620.24 FRIDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET I 28.57 9 Tom Rutledge, Charleston SC; Bill Wisdom, Salisbury NC 1580.56 16 Tables 26.67 10 Jack Carter, Cumming GA; Andrew Eastwood, Snellville GA 1578.61 21.48 1 Linda Eakes, Leawood KS; Don Stack, Overland Park KS; Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 25.00 11 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 1576.75 15.04 2 Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam 3 Netherlands; Bas 23.53 12 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 1567.76 Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; 22.22 13 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 1543.78 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL 21.05 14 Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; Greg Roberts, Aiken SC 1522.85 9.67 3 Rory Millson, Bronxville NY; Sylwia McNamara, 20.00 15 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 1522.52 White Plains NY; Bob Soni - Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 7.52 4 Torben Rolsted, Birkeroed Denmark; Jean Choi - 19.05 16 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 1512.12 Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI; Joan Braender, Newnan GA 18.18 17 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Jeff McKee, Nevada TX 1509.84 17.39 18 Phil Clayton, Mission Viejo CA; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA 1506.24 FRIDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET II 16.67 19 Dennis McGarry - Linda McGarry, Stuart FL 1505.47 14 Tables 16.00 20 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL 1499.91 10.77 1 Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI; Peter Cleaves, 15.38 21 Samuel Marks, Dunwoody GA; Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 1494.86 Sarasota FL; Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, Toronto ON 7.54 2 David Moss - Carole Van Wieck - Rona Levine - 14.81 22 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 1493.86 Stephen Levine, New York NY 14.29 23 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 1488.09 4.85 3 Gail Berman, Sandy Springs GA; Virginia Rosen, 13.79 24 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 1474.96 Winter Haven FL; Eva Ratonyi - Virginia Saul, Atlanta GA 13.33 25 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 1469.49 3.77 4 Brian Wyman, New Brunswick NJ; Jin 15.70 26 Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 1467.02 Hu, Wappingers NY; Max Glick, Minneapolis MN; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME FRIDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET III 29.0 Tables 16 Tables A B C 7.40 1 Sheryl Sack - Lana Imerman, Atlanta GA; Tom 5.92 1 Neil Montague - Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA 67.03% Williams, Sunset Beach NC; Shridhar Joshi, Sugar-Hill GA 4.44 2 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL 64.49% 5.18 2 Nelda Fraser, Lynn Haven FL; Jimmie Miller, Panama City Bch FL; Syd Blum, Naples FL; Angie Maranger, 5.01 3 1 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ 63.86% Ottawa ON 3.76 4 2 Daniel Fong, Rancho Cordova CA; Joan Garcia, Stockton CA 62.47% 3.33 3 Donzetta Mills, Peachtree City GA; Anita 1.87 5 Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; David Bakhshi, London England 61.86% Graham, Newnan GA; Leif Thusholt, Dragor 2791 Denmark; Tor 2.82 6 3 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Boris Tenchov, Columbus OH 61.77% Johannessen, Honolulu HI 2.11 4 James Glasscock - Barbara Glasscock, Brandon MS 61.35% 2.59 4 Pearle Bishop, Lynn Haven FL; Mary Schilling 1.59 5 Margaret Peabody - Jean Kerr, Marietta GA 60.42% - Beth McArthur, Panama City FL; Shelly Hobbs, Panama City Bch FL 2.70 6/7 Joseph Velardita, Clarkston GA; Louis Joseph, Pittsburgh PA 59.42% 2.88 6/7 1 Berend Van Den Bos, The Hague Netherlands; Joris Van Lankveld, FRIDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET IV Amsterdam Netherlands 59.42% 16 Tables 2.16 2 Jeffrey Allen - Theo Allen, Armonk NY 58.51% 5.57 1 Steven Zimmerman - Julie Zimmerman, Winter 1.62 3 Suzanne Avoth - David John Webster, Houndsley Great Britain 53.61% Park FL; Fran Cowie, Maitland FL; Julie Thompson, Lake Mary FL 1.22 4 Susan McQuillan - Susan Portnoy, Pittsburgh PA 51.27% 3.90 2 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; Susan Yester, Birmingham MI; Richard Muntz, Riverview MI 0.91 5 Claire McGuire, Chicago IL; Susan Doyle, Winnetka IL 50.28% 2.51 3 Gordon Coons - Linda Coons, Wheaton IL; Susan Freund, Pound Ridge NY; Judy Harralson, Princeton KY FRIDAY SIDE B-A-M TEAMS 1.95 4 Connie Graunke - Cynthia Collins, Tallahassee 33 Tables FL; Tina Boyer, Montclair NJ; Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD A B C FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET I 7.17 1 Robert Teel Jr - Jane Teel, Birmingham AL; Eileen Easterling, 15 Tables Casselberry FL; Kristina Oliver, Homewood AL 17.00 Greta Pineles, Jackson NJ; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; 4.71 2/3 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Mary Marianne Goff, Margate City NJ; Margaret Coe, Linwood NJ Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Huub Bertens, Bend OR 16.50 vs 4.71 2/3 Joan Stephens - Robin Stephens, Toronto ON; Roisin O’Hara - Paul David Haydon - Lenora Fernandez - Michelle Barnes, Marietta GA; O’Hara, Oakville ON 16.50 Garry Williams, Roswell GA 6.17 4 1 John Simms - Nancy Smith - Rick Scott - Michael Riley, Marietta GA 15.50 Phil Feldman, Los Angeles CA; Charles Swart, Portland OR; Dennis 4.63 5/7 2 Daniel Sellers, Jr - Christie Sellers, Jacksonville FL; Jenny Balfe, University City MO; David Feldman, New York NY Slay, Daphne AL; Sue Nelson, Bay Minette AL 15.00 vs 1.75 5/7 Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Hannah Marjorie Bribitzer - Clem Bribitzer, Hampstead NC; Jason Bribitzer- Moon, Prince Albert SK; Kazimierz Omernik, Gdynia Poland 15.00 Stull - Matthew Bribitzer-Stull, Bloomington MN 1.75 5/7 Patricia Jankovic, Alcoa TN; Jo Anne Newby, Knoxville TN; Ken FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET II Hoy, Maryville TN; Judith Armonat, Mount Juliet TN 15.00 11 Tables 3.47 3 Joyce Williams - John Singleton - Sikina Ehmer, Atlanta GA; Jim Mary Hamlett - Loretta Gibbens - Sherry Howell, Nashville TN; Loth, Dunwoody GA 14.50 Karen Kendrick, Brentwood TN 2.60 4 Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Dennis Kanne - Karen Roll, Marietta GA; vs Cecil Henry, Brethren MI 14.00 Wendy Leverett, Lincolnton GA; Thomas Gaudin, Chamblee GA; Becky Butler, Alpharetta GA; Jane Melby, Atlanta GA 1.71 5/6 Margaret Manning, Marietta GA; Mary Ann Baird, Glencoe AL; Mary Gilbertson, Otto NC; Amelia Cartrett, Attalla AL 13.50 Ramsey Badre, St Simons Islan GA; Joann Moore, St Simons Isl 1.71 5/6 Jeffrey Ahrens, Springfield NJ; Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY; H GA; Fred Stokes - Patricia Gifford, St Marys GA Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Susan Duval, Irvington NY 13.50 vs 3.21 1/2 Ti Davis - Byron Southern - Richard Kalkbrenner - Ellen Kathleen Loeb, Lake Mary FL; Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL; Eric Coffield, Little Rock AR 12.00 Genheimer - Kyle Olson, Mustang OK 3.21 1/2 Suri Kukkapalli, Hyderabad 50007 India; Jimmy Eastham - Cathy Henson, Atlanta GA; Joseph Gedan, Honolulu HI 12.00 2.06 3 Judith Neubacher, Tallahassee Fl FL; Kelvin Wallace - Patricia Bid Box Alerts and Wallace, Crawfordville FL; Stephen Ross, Micosukee FL 11.00 1.36 4/5 Adam Gann, Falls Church VA; Joshua Baiel - Peter Lifland, Announcements Redmond WA; Nathaniel Hipsman, Marietta GA 10.50 When using bid boxes, the ACBL requires that 1.36 4/5 Billy Trabaudo, Albuquerque NM; Sarah Connors, Fayetteville GA; players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS; Ardes Durden, Newnan GA 10.50 time. When making an Announcement, use the FRIDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the 19.0 Tables Alert strip at the same time. A B C A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must 4.10 1 1 Linda Harlow, Southport NC; Joe Harlow, Sourthport NC 67.86% make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or 3.08 2 2 1 Christine West, Athens GA; Cathy Maffett, Myrtle Beach SC 60.04% 2.31 3 3 Clifford Garrison, Lake Worth FL; William Fleming, Titusville FL 59.78% Announcement has been made. 1.73 4 4 2 Barbara Gotsch - Freida Cantrell, Roswell GA 59.05% 1.30 5 5 Elizabeth Neill - Sandra Erickson, Atlanta GA 57.99% 0.99 6 Constance Jones, Brighton MI; Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hill MI 55.53% 0.94 6 Candy Cox, Dunwoody GA; John Boshart, Mountain City GA 55.18% 1.14 3 Lynne Kuglar - Jean Moore, Cedartown GA 55.06% 0.89 4 Laura Wallace - Ida Benton, Atlanta GA 54.64% ♠♥♦♣ 0.64 5 Sally Forest - Shirley Scrivner, Ellijay GA 52.72% Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 10, 2013 Page 17

FREEMAN MIXED B-A-M TEAMS 40 Tables / Based on 76 Tables Women’s Cavendish? 110.00 1 Winthrop Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New York NY; David Grainger, Roseville CA; Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 34.37 It’s a possibility 82.50 2 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Mihaela Balint, Bucharest Romania 34.13 Jean-Charles 61.88 3 Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh Voorhou Netherlands; Anna Sarniak, 01494 Allavena, president Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping 58431 Sweden; of the Monaco Bridge Ewa Harasimowicz, 34-500 Poland; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland 33.79 Federation, responded 48.89 4 Jack Spear - Nancy Spear, Shawnee Mission KS; John Grantham, Bentonville to a series of questions AR; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 33.05 about the Cavendish, 44.00 5 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; which will be played in Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 32.42 Monaco this fall for the 40.00 6 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO; Chris second year in a row. Compton - Donna Compton, Dallas TX 31.79 36.67 7 Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Pamela Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, Asked if there is Cincinnati OH; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 31.37 anything new about the 33.85 8 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Kit Woolsey - Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; tournament, this was Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 30.05 his response, taken from the end of the series of 31.43 9 Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Robert Cappelli - Suzanne Stevenson, questions: Bloomfield MI; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI 29.95 “Well, concerning the teams and the pairs, 29.33 10 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Pamela Miller - James Rasmussen, Cambridge MA; nothing special. We have heard some comments and Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 29.37 criticism about last year’s weak points, and we’ve 27.50 11 John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Rozanne Pollack - William Pollack, New York NY; worked on it. I believe that we’ll solve all these Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; issues. Christina Madsen, Vallensbaek Denmark 29.23 25.88 12 Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Mickie Chambers, “The great news is on a new project that we had Atlanta GA; Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT 29.11 in mind for 2014, but because of the enthusiasm of 24.44 13 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater people like Jessica Piafsky, we’re trying to do it in Bch FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Alexander Ladyzhensky - Irina Ladyzhensky, 2013. It is the Ladies Cavendish. Ellenton FL 28.95 “The tournament will take place during the 23.16 14 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Warren Cederborg - Suzanne Cederborg, Cavendish Invitational Pairs. Ladies will play the Visalia CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 28.84 same number of boards (and probably the same 22.00 15 Ellen Kozlove - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Howard Litsky, Dunwoody GA; boards), entry fees and minimum auction will be P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC 28.53 lower (€750 and €2000, instead of €1500 and €5000). 20.95 16 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL; Howard Parker, Clements But as we want it to be a great event and a great CA; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 28.37 20.00 17 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Samantha Nystrom, Toronto ON; Russell pleasure for the players, we’ve decided that if we do Samuel, Coram NY; Thomas Walsh, Saskatoon SK; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu not have at least 20 pairs registered as of Sept. 1, we HI; Larry Mori, Clearwater FL 28.13 will wait until 2014. 19.13 18 Elaine Said - Arthur Lowen - Coley McGinnis, Nashville TN; Linda Hanson, “We have contacted many players everywhere Brentwood TN 28.08 around the world and have had some interested 18.33 19 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Susan Parnes - Gordon Parnes, Flint MI; feedback. In any case, interested women may contact Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI 27.76 me ([email protected]) or talk with Jessica in 17.60 20 Patricia Tucker - Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA; Kevin Atlanta.” Collins, Dunwoody GA; Randy Joyce - Kay Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 27.61 16.92 21 Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Melanie Tucker - John Hurd, New York NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden 27.58 16.30 22 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL; Piafsky, who played in the Cavendish Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY 27.29 Invitational Pairs last year with Jacek Kalita of 15.71 23 David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD; Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Linda Poland, was one of Marshall, Bethesda MD; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 27.11 five women in the main 15.17 24 Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Lynda Nitabach, N event, and she is keen Plainfield NJ; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 26.79 to see the women’s 14.67 25 Uday Ivatury - Judi Radin - Christal Henner-Welland - Scott Levine, New edition take place this York NY 26.76 year instead of next. 14.19 26 Barbara Sartorius - Robert Sartorius, Palm Bch Gdns FL; R Jay Becker, New She notes that York NY; Janet Robertson, Timonium MD 26.63 the organizers have 13.75 27 Hua Poon, Singapore 31022 Singapore; Ze Ying Lam, 520910 Singapore; Sui Sim Lian, Singapore Singapore; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Singapore 26.61 promised to return 90% of the women’s BOB BISPLINGHOFF A/X PAIRS auction and player pool 33.5 Tables / Based on 55 Tables to the competitors. A X So far, she says, four 22.75 1 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 60.32% women’s pairs have committed to play this year 17.06 2 Charles Martineau, Brossard QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 59.18% and there are about half a dozen maybes. 12.80 3 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI 58.63% Last year, she says, World Bridge 9.60 4 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Helen Corbin, Palo Alto CA 57.29% Productions divided the Cavendish field into 7.58 5 Elizabeth Ivey, Clarksville TN; John Herrmann, Chattanooga TN 56.76% three tiers after several rounds of play to provide 6.50 6 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 55.91% 10.54 7 1 Grigoriy Blekherman, Atlanta GA; Thomas Rozinski, Jackson Hts NY 55.23% second chances to players who weren’t doing 5.06 8 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 55.13% well. 4.55 9 Rajan Iyer, Aiken SC; Louis Gangarosa, Augusta GA 53.81% Although she didn’t fare well in the pairs, 7.91 10 2 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Phebe Packer, Phoenix AZ 53.52% Piafsky says, “I enjoyed it very much.” 5.93 11 3 John Hassett, Duluth GA; Carol Crawford, Atlanta GA 53.39% 4.45 12 4 David Cantor, Charlotte NC; Donald Spaulding, Mountain View CA 53.14% 3.25 13 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 52.72% Following is the balance of the long-distance 3.51 14 5 Barry Senensky - Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 52.64% interview with Allavena. 3.40 15 6 Joshua Wilkinson - Sussan Wilkinson, Newport RI 52.57% When did the Cavendish move to Monaco? We organized the first edition of the Monaco FRIDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 12.0 Tables Cavendish last year. A B C What was the reason for the change? 2.31 1 Nisarg Shah - Caleb Colburn, Alpharetta GA 61.48% Let me say that we wanted to do in Monaco 1.73 2 Lawrence Calder - Dianne Belk, Atlanta GA 57.74% something looking like the Cavendish, and when 1.30 3 William Johnson - Denise Johnson, Atlanta GA 57.44% we discussed with Roy Welland during the 2011 1.73 4 1 1 Sandra Simon, Glenview IL; Casey Mackie, Tequesta FL 56.63% Invitational Coupe Prince Albert II, he said to us, 1.30 5 2 Sherie Welch - Jane Yates, Atlanta GA 56.25% “Maybe you can do the Cavendish.” That was 0.97 6 3 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH 55.44% confirmed some weeks later by Bob Hamman, one of 0.73 4 2 Peter Armstrong - Cecilia Armstrong, Atlanta GA 54.68% the founders of World Bridge Productions, organizers 0.57 5 3 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Carolyn Campbell, Mercer Island WA 52.60% of the Cavendish. 0.41 6 4 Linda Williams, Marietta GA; Rita Fullick, Kennesaw GA 51.79% It seems to us that the difficult economic situation made it every year more difficult in Las Vegas, with decreasing number of pairs and teams, and Bob continued on page 18 Page 18 Saturday, August 10, 2013 Daily Bulletin

Cavendish FRIDAY AFTERNOON 299ER SWISS TEAMS 10 Tables continued from page 19 A B C 2.83 1 1 Amber Lin - Xuhua Lin, Edison NJ; Christopher Welland, New York thought that this move could refresh and renew the NY; Joseph Lieberman, Los Angeles CA 71.00 tournament. 2.12 2 2 Maureen Merker, Mentor OH; Eleanor Malone - Beverly Morgan, Do you believe having the Cavendish in Monaco Atlanta GA; Nancy Hirsch, Dunwoody GA 47.00 was advantageous for the tournament? 1.59 3 Doug Alden - Jean Alden, Old Fort NC; Leo Jalenak Jr - Peggy The result of this first year was incredible: 20 Jalenak, Memphis TN 46.00 teams, 58 pairs, auctions at a level of €636, 000 1.19 4 3 Diane Erickson - Helen Browdy - Arlene Tauber - Patricia Kalin, (around $850,000), and it seems that everybody Atlanta GA 43.00 appreciated the venue, the organization, the city. So 1.37 1 Judy Jansen - Vicki Balmer, Spring Hill FL; Katherine Heintz, let’s say that this goal of refreshing or renewing the Trinity FL; Jean Matusko, Arcadia MI 31.00 tournament was achieved. GOLD RUSH PAIRS The main event is invitational. If a player is 21.0 Tables interested, what is the process for playing in the B C D Cavendish? Are there events for others who might 9.77 1 1 1 Ted Moens - Nathan Moens, Delta BC 58.93% want to attend? 7.33 2 2 2 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB 58.33% Yes the event is invitational, which means that 5.50 3 Percy Wu, Grand Rapids MI; Larry Simon, Hastingss MI 57.08% our board decides who is invited to play and who 4.12 4 Alan Cummings, Los Altos CA; Linda Bush, Marietta GA 55.77% isn’t. Of course, if someone is interested and hasn’t 3.26 5 John Friedl, Signal Mtn TN; Calvin Brassfield, Chattanooga TN 55.50% been contact, he sends me an email, we look at 4.27 6 3 Monica Jung - Donna Casey, Lake Barrington IL 55.47% the profile and decide about an invitation. Besides 3.20 4 3 Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA 55.28% this, we organize an Open International Teams 3.26 5 Jacqueline Chang - Sharon Goldman, New York NY 53.87% 2.40 6 4 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 52.83% Tournament, which takes place the weekend before 1.57 5 David La Cagnina - Jane Webb, Highlands NC 52.51% the Cavendish (Oct. 18 to 20). What is the principal difference between Monaco and Las Vegas as far as players are concerned? Let’s say, of course, that we’ve had last year a 10 AM & 3:30 PM A/X SWISS TEAMS much higher number of European players than in 52 Tables / Based on 100 Tables Las Vegas: many Italian and French, of course, but A X also from many diverse and even small countries. 29.36 1 Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; At the opposite, we lost more American players than Patrick Huang, Taipei Taiwan; Roger Lee, Pasadena CA; Joshua Donn, Las I thought. It seems that, last year, there was a big Vegas NV 99.00 19.27 2/3 B Wayne Stuart III, Raleigh NC; Stasha Cohen - Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge regional in Florida at the same period, with players NJ; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; Jon Rice, having signed contracts, but this was a little bit Whitsett NC 98.00 disappointing. 19.27 2/3 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes The situation of this year is not really higher, NJ; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL; Weimin Wang, People’s Republic of China 98.00 even if we’ve to wait after this week in Atlanta to 12.39 4 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire England; have some more answers. Let me just say that it’s Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR 43100 Italy; a huge pleasure to say that the last winners in Las Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 95.00 Vegas, Bobby Levin–Steve Weinstein and Fred 9.79 5 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Abe Pineles, Stewart–Kit Woolsey, will be in Monaco. We also Jackson NJ; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ 94.00 expect Joe Grue and Brad Moss to come back, but 8.39 6 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA 91.00 too many others still won’t. 6.93 7/8 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 89.00 Atlanta: A Look 6.93 7/8 Dean Panagopoulos, Lynn MA; Robert Woodard, Dover NH; Barbara Murphy, Newton MA; Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA 89.00 Back at 2005 5.87 9 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Brian Schoenfeld, Va Beach VA; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 84.00 A question of entries (2005) 19.18 10 1 Larry Harding, Hampstead NC; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Kish By Mark Horton Devaraj, Atlanta GA; Robert Fendrick, Marietta GA 83.00 14.39 11/12 2 Yan Wang, Scarborough ON; Edward Xu, North York ON; Yuandong Ren, It’s a fundamental of good card play that declarer Burnaby BC; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA 82.00 should ensure that he maintains communications 4.71 11/12 Thomas Peters - Carolyn Peters, Grapeland TX; Mary Oshlag - Richard between his hand and dummy. Oshlag, Memphis TN; Jeffrey Tsang, Guelph ON; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 82.00 Take a look at this deal from a 2005 Senior Swiss 9.44 13/16 3/4 Mike Sheldon, Marietta GA; F Garson II, Alpharetta GA; Maureen team event: McGuire, Waleska GA; Martin Nathan, Atlanta GA 81.00 Dlr: North ♠ A J 4 3.81 13/16 Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Shane Vul: None ♥ K J 5 3 Blanchard, New York NY; Teri Casen, Las Vegas NV; Catherine D’Ovidio, ♦ 6 Courbevoie 9240 France 81.00 ♣ K 10 7 4 2 9.44 13/16 3/4 Simon Gillis, London United Kingdom; Tom Hoiland, Korvettveien 61 ♠ 10 9 2 ♠ K 7 5 Norway; Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Geir Brekka, kristiansand Norway 81.00 ♥ Q 8 ♥ 10 7 6 2 3.81 13/16 Bernie Greenspan - Brian Ellis - Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH; Kathy ♦ K Q 8 4 3 2 ♦ A J 10 9 7 Pollock, East Amherst NY 81.00 ♣ 6 5 ♣ J 6.39 17 5 Danuta Kazmucha, Doznan Poland; Justyna Zmuda, Skawina Poland; ♠ Q 8 6 3 Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw Poland; Joanna Taczewska, Katowice Poland 80.00 ♥ A 9 4 5.48 18 6 Leslie Powell, South Hill VA; John Baker, North Augusta SC; O. Gordon ♦ 5 Lien III, Augusta GA; Enrico Beretta, Martin GA 78.00 ♣ A Q 9 8 6 4.80 7 Alene Friedman - Michael Rosen, New York NY; Sandrea Friedman, West North East South Flushing NY; Ernest Napier, Brooklyn NY 76.00 1♣ Pass 1♠ 4.26 8 Samantha Punch, Stirling Fk United Kingdom; Stephen Peterkin, Pass 2♠ Pass 4♠ Stirling United Kingdom; Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR; Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR 74.00 All Pass 3.67 9/10 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Barbara Jones, Ormond Beach FL; Ed West led the ♦K and continued the suit, giving Herstein - Yi Ouyang, Ann Arbor MI 73.00 declarer a slightly unwelcome ruff and discard. After 3.67 9/10 Stuart Goff, Woodstock GA; Connie Smilowitz, Atlanta GA; Bernard ruffing with the ♠4, discarding a heart from hand, Schneider - Frances Schneider, Riverside CT 73.00 declarer needed to get to hand to take the spade 2.96 11/13 Tamas Szabo - Aniko Szabo, Brookfield WI; Steve Clark - Louise Clark, finesse. If that held, he would then cash the ace, and Glencoe IL 72.00 as long as East had two spades, the contract would be 2.96 11/13 Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA; Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Han-Yu Chang, safe. Palo Alto CA; David Weinberg, Reno NV 72.00 Superficially it looks as if you should cross to the 2.96 11/13 Rosa Reily, Cullowhee NC; Michael Abrams, Pasadena CA; Charles Hubert, ♥A, but see what happens if you do. East wins the ♠K Decatur GA; Robert Abrams, Atlanta GA 72.00 and switches to the ♣J. With West having a doubleton heart, declarer cannot avoid the loss of two more tricks. However, if declarer comes to hand with a club and finesses in spades, East has no winning move. On a heart return declarer wins in dummy, unblocks the ♠A, returns to hand with the ♥A and draws trumps. Easy when you see it, n’est pas? Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 10, 2013 Page 19

Leaders in the 2013 Barry Crane Top 500 masterpoint race Univision’s Pablo Totals as of Aug. 1, 2013 Herrera 1. Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 1215 interviews 2. Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV 1064 Santiago Velez and 3. Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 1036 Juan Felipe 4. Chris Compton, Dallas TX 987 Cuervo of 5. Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Beach FL 979 Colombia. 6. Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 945 7. Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 913 8. Michael Seamon, Dania FL 904 9. Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 896 10. Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 884 11. Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA 869 12. Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 847 Univision checks out 13. John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 842 14. Kevin Dwyer, Tampa FL 833 WBF Youth tournament 15. Justin Lall, Las Vegas NV 823 Two tournaments for young players in Atlanta team’s coach, Luis Alejandro Mejia Caro. 16. Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV 791 over the past nine days have attracted the attention of Herrera said that interview will be broadcast on 17. Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ 770 two major news media organizations. Univision, and an Internet link to it will be sent to the 18. Judith Bianco, New York NY 768 Last week, National Public Radio sent a reporter Colombian Bridge Federation. 19. Eddie Wold, Houston TX 764 to interview three young Atlanta-area players taking Juan Manuel Loaiza, captain of the team, said 20. Huub Bertens, Bend OR 738 part in the ACBL’s Youth NABC. the young players have not done as well as they had 21. Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC 721 On Friday, Univision 34, the Atlanta affiliate hoped, “but it’s a great experience for them.” 22. Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 716 of the Spanish-language television network, sent a Loaiza said Velez and Cuervo have been playing 23. Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 706 representative to interview two participants in the only about eight months, but that they show promise. World Youth Open Bridge Championships. The two said they like to play at the bridge club 24. Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA 703 Pablo Herrera videotaped an interview with Juan in Bogota, where they live, and they play a lot on 25. Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 697 Felipe Cuervo and Santiago Velez, two of the six line. As for Atlanta, said, Cuervo: “We have had a 26. Ken Gee, Regina SK 695 players representing Colombia in the World Bridge great time.” 27. John Hurd, New York NY 682 Federation tournament. He also interviewed the 28. Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA 668 29. Jerry Stamatov, Bulgaria 641 10 AM & 3:30 PM BRACKETED FLIGHT B SWISS 1 30. Diyan Danailov, Bulgaria 640 8 Tables / Based on 35 Tables 31. Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT 637 14.18 1 Reisha Berkowsky, Huntingtn Sta NY; Mac Raczkiewicz - Lech Ekert, Hilton 32. Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 633 Head SC; Gail Levy, Melville NY 98.00 10.64 2 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale - Joseph Meyers - Beverly Pogoda, New York NY 93.00 33. Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY 631 7.98 3 E Michael McKee - Robert Yon, Anderson SC; Goran Hanson, Seneca SC; Karen 34. Allison Howard, Cookeville TN 625 Wilkinson, Salem SC 86.00 35. Ellen Anten, Encino CA 614 36. Paul Darin, San Diego CA 601 10 AM & 3:30 PM BRACKETED FLIGHT B SWISS 2 37. Robert Levin, Henderson NV 599 8 Tables / Based on 19 Tables 8.03 1 Stuart Schwartz - Elaine Schwartz, West Palm Beach FL; Rick Carpenter - 38. Roger Lee, Pasadena CA 596 Felice Carpenter, W Palm Beach FL 83.00 39. Steve Gross, Westlake Village CA 595 5.27 2/3 Charles Brooks, Cincinnati OH; Chip Harrell, Atlanta GA; Margot Hirsch, 40. David Grainger, Roseville CA 593 Arlington TX; Joy McKenzie-Smith, Portland OR 81.00 41. G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD 589 5.27 2/3 Magnus Weiman - Maureen Weiman, Eden Prairie MN; Jill Hunter - Matthew Fienberg, Northborough MA 81.00 42. Adrian Dovell, Gainesville FL 589 43. Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV 576 10 AM & 3:30 PM BRACKETED FLIGHT B SWISS 3 44. Shan Huang, Toronto ON 570 8 Tables / Based on 16 Tables 45. Leo Bell, Long Beach CA 568 6.55 1 Louise Burns - Barbara James, Camden SC; Richard Baum, Wellesley MA; C 46. Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 568 Stephen Banwarth, Aiken SC 90.00 4.91 2 Claire Lavery - Joan Glueck - Arleen Golden, Atlanta GA; Janet Task, 47. Jacob Morgan, Madison WI 563 Dunwoody GA 85.00 48. David Caprera, Denver CO 558 3.68 3 Beth Todd - J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA; Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry, 49. Melanie Tucker, New York NY 548 Metairie LA 81.00 50. Melih Ozdil, New York NY 548 10 AM & 3:30 PM BRACKETED FLIGHT B SWISS 4 51. Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 547 8 Tables / Based on 13 Tables 52. Mark Lair, Canyon TX 546 5.44 1 R. Scott Laing, Vero Beach FL; Curtis Kristensen, Duluth MN; Rhone Lahr, 53. Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV 544 Mc Cormick SC; Roger Hill, Myrtle Beach SC 94.00 54. Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 539 4.08 2 Janice Brown - Donna Schmid, Dunwoody GA; Sally Hughes, Marietta GA; Beth Dresher, Atlanta GA 89.00 55. Anne Brenner, Denver CO 533 2.68 3/4 Laura Junia Wade, Suwanee GA; Asako Ahmed, Alpharetta GA; Adrienne 56. Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA 529 Whitehead - J Jackson, Atlanta GA 69.00 57. Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 528 2.68 3/4 George Trost, New York NY; William Sigward, Pelham NY; Beryl Hedrick, 58. Kay Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 519 Alabaster AL; George Sullivan - Andrea Sullivan, Round Rock TX 69.00 59. Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 515 10 AM & 3:30 PM BRACKETED FLIGHT B SWISS 5 60. Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC 511 8 Tables / Based on 11 Tables 61. Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 497 4.75 1 Patricia Coker, St Augustine FL; Don Coker, Atlanta GA; Gail Fisher, 62. Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 496 Dunwoody GA; Shukuko Honjo, Berkeley Lake GA 91.00 63. Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 494 3.56 2 Nick Weedman - Merrie Weedman - Larry Chamberlain, Flat Rock NC; Nancy Chamberlain, Flatrock NC 90.00 64. Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 493 2.67 3 Doris Needham, Navarre FL; Rebecca Fewell, Pensacola FL; Susan Wrye, 65. Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN 493 Nashville TN; Ejaz Qureshi, Scarsdale NY 70.00 66. Bill Wisdom, Salisbury NC 492 67. Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ 492 10 AM & 3:30 PM BRACKETED FLIGHT B SWISS 6 68. Dave Swarthout, Newberry MI 489 8 Tables 3.78 1 Susan Angel, Greenbrae CA; Carol Morse, Glen Ellen CA; Lynda Ebden - John 69. Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 488 Ebden, Markham ON 87.00 70. Will Engel, Freeport IL 487 2.84 2 Stephanie Austin, West Caldwell NJ; Nancy Bean, Atlanta GA; Pam Szabo, 71. Les Bart, Bradenton FL 482 Marietta GA; Teresa Noa, Jersey City NJ 86.00 2.13 3 Susan Lohr - John Amon - Robert Seymour - Diane Seymour, Charlotte NC 75.00 continued on page 20 Page 20 Saturday, August 10, 2013 Daily Bulletin

Leaders in the Top 500 masterpoints 147. William Watson, Sunnyvale CA 373 225. Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 320 148. Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 373 226. Garth Yettick, Denver CO 320 continued from page 19 149. Anne Dawson, Delhi LA 372 227. Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 319 72. Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 480 150. Mary Savko, Barre VT 372 228. Hans Jacobs, Brighton ON 318 73. Randy Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 480 151. Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC 372 229. Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 318 74. Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK 479 152. Mary Chilcote, Cleveland OH 371 230. Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI 316 75. Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA 478 153. Mac Busby, San Diego CA 371 231. Ellen Allen, Summerville SC 316 76. Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI 471 154. Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON 371 232. Chuck Said, Nashville TN 315 77. Linda Smith, Hixson TN 460 155. Adam Zmudzinski, Poland 369 233. Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA 314 78. Robert White, Raleigh NC 459 156. Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 369 234. Larry Jones, Pickerington OH 314 79. James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 455 157. Cezary Balicki, Poland 368 235. Don Heitler, Englewood CO 314 80. Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 453 158. Dick Bruno, des Plaines IL 367 236. Robert Dennard, Orlando FL 314 81. Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 453 159. Richard Schwartz, Lords Valley PA 366 237. Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 313 82. Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 453 160. Dennis Nelson, Saskatoon SK 365 238. Mike Sheldon, Marietta GA 313 83. Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 452 161. Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL 363 239. Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL 313 84. Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 451 162. Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC 362 240. Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 312 85. Hugh Brown Jr., Mc Cormick SC 450 163. Joyce Hill, Blythewood SC 361 241. Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD 311 86. Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 450 164. Lucas Lebioda, Columbia SC 361 242. Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA 310 87. Tom Rutledge, Charleston SC 450 165. Don Stack, Overland Park KS 361 243. Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL 309 88. Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 447 166. Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 359 244. Robert Micone, Tustin CA 308 89. Ron Smith, Hixson TN 445 167. Gregory Bright, Westminster MD 358 245. Richard Coren, Delray Beach FL 308 90. Jack Spear, Shawnee Mission KS 445 168. Jan Assini, Aurora OH 358 246. Edward Spear, Bangor ME 307 91. Gabrielle Sherman, W Long Branch NJ 443 169. Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 357 247. Bill Wittmann, Colorado Spgs CO 307 92. Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 436 170. Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY 356 248. Chris Willenken, New York NY 307 93. Vincent Demuy, Laval QC 435 171. Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 356 249. Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 306 94. Richard Brown, Easley SC 435 172. Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 356 250. Elaine Said, Nashville TN 305 95. Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN 435 173. Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 356 251. Marianne Spanier, Scottsdale AZ 304 96. Richard Chan, Markham ON 434 174. Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA 355 252. Robert Porter, Henderson NV 304 97. Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 433 175. Denis Murphy, Coldbrook NS 355 253. Don Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 303 98. Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD 432 176. Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL 352 254. Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 303 99. David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 431 177. Richard Higgins, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 352 255. Mike Cappelletti Sr., Alexandria VA 302 100. John Brady, Jacksonville FL 426 178. Joe Degaetano, Atkinson NH 351 256. Jill Levin, Henderson NV 301 101. Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 423 179. Ellie Hanlon, Barre VT 350 257. Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT 300 102. Gail Wells, Dallas TX 423 180. Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY 350 258. Melvyn Klein, Tallahassee FL 300 103. Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD 422 181. Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 349 259. Jim Russell, Bradenton FL 299 104. Justine Cushing, New York NY 417 182. Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA 348 260. Barbara McLendon, New York NY 299 105. Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 417 183. Joseph Sauro, Oakville ON 347 261. Jeff Ziemer, Taylors SC 299 106. Donna Swarthout, Newberry MI 416 184. Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 346 262. Gerry McCully, Victoria BC 299 107. Corey Krantz, Philadelphia PA 415 185. Judy Zhu, Naperville IL 346 263. Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn M 298 108. Robert Gardner, Glenview IL 414 186. Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 345 264. Rodger Arnold, Albuquerque NM 297 109. Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA 414 187. William Harker, San Ramon CA 345 265. Andrew Firko, Oakville ON 296 110. Bella Ionis‑Sorren, Ft Lauderdale FL 413 188. Bruce Ohmann, Flagler Beach FL 345 266. Hugh Hillaker, Grand Prairie TX 296 111. Tom Breed, Kingwood TX 413 189. Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 344 267. Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX 295 112. En Hay, Highlands Ranch CO 411 190. Phil Michaelson, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 343 268. Judith Auer, Dublin OH 295 113. Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 409 191. Michal Kwiecien, Poland 343 269. Rhonda Foster, Victoria BC 295 114. Roger Clough, Culver City CA 409 192. Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 343 270. Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 294 115. Brenda Keller, Palm Springs CA 409 193. Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 341 271. John Morgan, Navan ON 293 116. Reanette Frobouck, Vero Beach FL 407 194. Richard Maybin, Hendersonville NC 340 272. Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 293 117. James Melville, Springfield IL 407 195. Flo Newlin, Aurora CO 339 273. Martin Robins, Delray Beach FL 293 118. Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 406 196. John Mohan, Las Vegas NV 339 274. Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL 292 119. Kimberly Whipple, Boca Grande FL 406 197. Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 338 275. Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH 292 120. Allen Kane, Highlands Ranch CO 405 198. Cal Newlin Jr., Aurora CO 336 276. Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands T 291 121. John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 404 199. Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 336 277. Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX 291 122. Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 400 200. Anita Heitler, Englewood CO 335 278. Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 291 123. Fay Teal, Kitchener ON 399 201. Leon Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ 335 279. Spencer Jones, Denver CO 291 124. David Bakhshi, England 399 202. Sally Wheeler, The Woodlands TX 335 280. Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 290 125. Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 396 203. Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE 335 281. Sun‑O Ho, Redmond WA 290 126. Stephen Apodaca, Santa Fe NM 395 204. Mike Levine, Pinckney MI 334 282. Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA 290 127. Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 393 205. John Zilic, Houston TX 334 283. Howard Piltch, South Bend IN 289 128. Bill Irvine, Quincy MA 391 206. Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 333 284. William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI 289 129. Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 391 207. Michael Creager, Brecksville OH 331 285. Jack Scott, El Cerrito CA 288 130. Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 390 208. Adam Grossack, Newton MA 330 286. Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 288 131. Jim Looby, Burbank CA 389 209. Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 329 287. Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT 288 132. Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 389 210. Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 328 288. Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA 287 133. Krzysztof Buras, Poland 388 211. Mark Gordon, Purchase NY 328 289. Dick Yarington, Seattle WA 287 134. Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Poland 388 212. Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 326 290. Lawrence Lau, Westport CT 286 135. Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI 387 213. Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 326 291. Vincent Grande Jr., Salem MA 286 136. Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI 383 214. William Malesevich, Mayville WI 325 292. Dennis Thompson, Lake Hiawatha NJ 285 137. John Onstott, New Orleans LA 382 215. Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 325 293. Francine Moring, Columbia SC 285 138. Robert Morris, Houston TX 381 216. Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 324 294. Adair Karlin, Tucson AZ 285 139. Bob Zeller, Kanata ON 377 217. Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 324 295. John Moschella, Winter Spgs FL 285 140. Victor King, Hartford CT 377 218. Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ 323 296. Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA 285 141. Martin Fleisher, New York NY 376 219. Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA 323 297. Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH 284 142. Frederic Pollack, Laval QC 375 220. Robert Fendrick, Marietta GA 322 298. En Xie, Saint Louis MO 284 143. Jim Jacobson, Sioux City IA 375 221. Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH 322 299. Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 284 144. Larry Mori, Clearwater FL 374 222. Carole Liss, San Rafael CA 321 300. Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 284 145. George St Pierre, Columbus OH 374 223. Betty Bloom, Duanesburg NY 320 146. Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 374 224. Steve Bloom, Duanesburg NY 320 Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 10, 2013 Page 21

They were second in the Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams: Sylvie Willard, Meike Wortel, Marion Michielsen, Shannon Cappelletti, captain Phyllis Fireman and Benedicte Cronier.

Runners-up in 0-5000 Mini- Spingold: Lorraine Cable, being held by Randall Second place in the NABC+ Fast Open Pairs Rubinstein, Marc went to Marcin Mazurkiewicz and Krzysztof Sylvester, Bill Jassem. Begert, Doug Anderson and Doug Herron.

SRIDAY MORNIG SIDE GAME NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Neil Montague - Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA 64.58% 1 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 64.26% 2 1 Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA; Teri Atkinson, Bakersfield CA 58.33% 2 1 1 Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Keith Bauer, San Rafael CA 60.10% 3 James Fowlkes - Patricia Fowlkes, Garner NC 58.17% 3 Margaret Altman - Stanley Altman, St Simons Is GA 55.93% 4 2 Chris Kindt - Jane Formet, Orlando FL 53.21% 4 Mark Tonnesen, Woodbridge VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 55.77% 5 3 1 Victoria Lanier - Patt Corbin, Amelia Island FL 53.04% 5 2 2 Amber Lin - Xuhua Lin, Edison NJ 52.56% 6 4 Sally Hawie, St Simons Is GA; Bettie Driver, Atlanta GA 52.72% 6 3 Charlene Whitney, Winnebago IL; Sybil Brown, Rockford IL 51.44% 7 5 Betty Andersen, Sterling Hts MI; Charles Rosenblatt, Pompano Beach FL 52.56% 7 4 Barbara Grantham, Houston TX; Marshall Mah, Spokane WA 51.12% 2 Yvonne Marsh, Pensacola FL; Rosetta Boyd, Decatur GA 51.76% 3 Joseph Lieberman, Los Angeles CA; Christopher Welland, New York NY 50.00%

FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Marcie Burros - Nelson Burros, New York NY 68.45% 1 1 1 Dennis Hajek, Marietta GA; John Ritsema, Mableton GA 62.50% 2 2 Laura Jackson - Jennifer Magid, Atlanta GA 60.12% 2 2 Rosemary McCloskey - Chuck McCloskey, Raleigh NC 59.02% 3 3 Ann O’Shea, Huntersville NC; Nancy Bentsen, Cornelius NC 52.68% 3 3 2 Delores Courtney, Mobile AL; Janet Connell, Spanish Fort AL 57.14% 4 Lynn McGill, Roswell GA; Connie Melgaard, Atlanta GA 52.08% 4 4 Linda Harlow, Southport NC; Joe Harlow, Sourthport NC 54.76% 4 1 Alice Bonner - Deborah Greene, Atlanta GA 51.79% 2 Lisa Tyre, Acworth GA; Patty Conley, Smyrna GA 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Elizabeth Long - Clay Long, Atlanta GA 62.50% 1 1 1 Mary Hubbard - Duane Oden, Savannah GA 58.93% 2 1 1 Nancy Hirsch, Dunwoody GA; Beverly Morgan, Atlanta GA 61.01% 2/3 2/3 2 Christine West, Athens GA; Ruth Yokoyama, Atlanta GA 57.74% 3 2 2 Sam Maloy, Alpharetta GA; Sheldon Fages, Duluth GA 59.52% 2/3 2/3 Judy Owings - Laura Glass, Atlanta GA 57.74% 4 3 Patricia Fine - Glenda Moon, Atlanta GA 48.81% 4 4 Elizabeth Neill - Sandra Erickson, Atlanta GA 54.76% 4 Margaret Webb, Renton WA; Margaret Barfield, Marietta GA 47.92%

FRIDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH 55.87% 1 Kathleen Thiede, Alpharetta GA; Lynn Andersen, Roswell GA 63.99% 2 2 1 Drew Frostholm - Jan Frostholm, McCormick SC 54.38% 2 Robert Keeter, Durham NC; Dorothy McElwee, Chapel Hill NC 54.25% 3 3 2 Jeff Zhan, Duluth GA; Pavan Bharadwaj, Suwanee GA 52.98% 3 1 1 Sandra Simon, Glenview IL; Casey Mackie, Tequesta FL 52.04% 4 4 3 Mary Stanley - Barbara Neustadtt, Atlanta GA 52.17% 4 2 Melissa Bernhardt - Merrel Hattink, Atlanta GA 50.77% 3 Maggie Miller - Carolyn Concklin, Marietta GA 50.68%

NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L N O EAST-WEST 1 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Jeff McKee, Nevada TX 62.78% 1 Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland; Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland 65.61% 2 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 60.75% 2 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 61.01% 3 Bob Drijver, 3051 EG, Rotter Netherlands; Ruud Von Seida, Netherlands 59.35% 3 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 59.77% 4 Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA; Jim Aitken, Bellevue WA 58.60% 4 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 59.09% 5 Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; Greg Roberts, Aiken SC 56.94% 5 Tom Rutledge, Charleston SC; Bill Wisdom, Salisbury NC 58.56% 6 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 56.86% 6 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 57.16% 7 Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 56.56% 7 Jack Carter, Cumming GA; Andrew Eastwood, Snellville GA 56.41% 8 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA; Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA 56.37% 8 Gennifer Binder, New York NY; Jennifer Richter, Summit NJ 56.26% 9 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 56.22% 9/10 Christian Jolly, Huntsville AL; Andrew Cavalier, Madison AL 55.13% 10/11 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 55.92% 9/10 Rick Binder, Waltham MA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 55.13% 10/11 Phil Clayton, Mission Viejo CA; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA 55.92% 11 Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 54.90% 12 Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 55.58% 12 Sean Gannon, Decatur GA; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 54.86% 13 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL 55.51% 13 Martha Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD 53.54% 14/15 Haibo Zhao - Wangjing Liu, 54.03% 14 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 53.43% 14/15 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 54.03% 15 Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 53.39% 16 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 53.85% 16 Samuel Marks, Dunwoody GA; Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 53.32% 17 Will Engel, Freeport IL; George Klemic, Bensenville IL 53.17% 17 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA 53.02% 18 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 52.83% 18 Pat Peterson, Hernando FL; Sharron Rosenberg, St Charles IL 52.53% 19 Paul Swanson, Jupiter FL; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 52.75% 19/20 Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 52.30% 20 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 52.45% 19/20 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 52.30% 21 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 52.11% 21 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 51.96%

BOB BISPLINGHOFF A/X PAIRS FRIDAY MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A C D EAST-WEST A X A X 1 1 Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 62.82% 1 1 Grigoriy Blekherman, Atlanta GA; Thomas Rozinski, Jackson Hts NY 59.83% 2 Elizabeth Ivey, Clarksville TN; John Herrmann, Chattanooga TN 59.47% 2 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Helen Corbin, Palo Alto CA 56.13% 3 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI 58.41% 3 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 55.98% 4 2 Brian Snell, Columbus OH; Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 55.63% 4 2 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA 55.70% 5 3 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Phebe Packer, Phoenix AZ 55.34% 5 3 David Cantor, Charlotte NC; Donald Spaulding, Mountain View CA 54.49% 6 4 Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN 55.13% 6/7 4 Chantal Dube, Montreal QC; Frederic Pollack, Laval QC 54.42% 7 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 54.49% 6/7 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 54.42% 8 5 John Hassett, Duluth GA; Carol Crawford, Atlanta GA 54.42% 8 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 54.06% 9 Charles Martineau, Brossard QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 53.13% 9 5 Sanjeev Pathak, Roswell GA; David Zeckets, Atlanta GA 53.28% 10/11 6 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 52.35% 10 6 Yuqiao Zhao - Zelin Fei, Marlboro NJ 53.20% 10/11 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 52.35% 11 Dave McClintock, Bluffton SC; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 52.21% 12 7 Barry Senensky - Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 52.21% 12 Brian Mason - Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN 52.07% 13 8 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 50.93% 13 James Melville, Springfield IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL 50.78% 14 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 50.57% 14 Rajan Iyer, Aiken SC; Louis Gangarosa, Augusta GA 50.50% 7/8 Herbert Wilton, Fredericksburg TX; Marijan Word, Shreveport LA 50.36% 7/8 Gloria McCain - William Worrall, Orlando FL 50.36% 9 Richard Morgen, Havertown PA; Andy Muenz, Brookhaven PA 50.28%

GOLD RUSH PAIRS FRIDAY MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 Percy Wu, Grand Rapids MI; Larry Simon, Hastingss MI 64.16% 1 1 Monica Jung - Donna Casey, Lake Barrington IL 60.89% 2 1 1 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB 58.71% 2 2 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; S Graham Kelly, Hudson OH 56.75% 3 2 2 William Campbell, Mercer Island WA; Bill Stewart, Bellevue WA 57.08% 3 Bruce Miller, Athens GA; Peter Martin, Kennesaw GA 55.99% 4 3 3 Leah Boyer, Harrisonburg VA; Anne Izard, Charlottesville VA 54.36% 4 3 1 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 55.66% 5 4 Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA 53.92% 5 4 2 Todd Barker - Michelle Menz, Cincinnati OH 55.34% 6 John Friedl, Signal Mtn TN; Calvin Brassfield, Chattanooga TN 53.59% 6 5 3 David Bebko - Helen Bebko, Snellville GA 52.83% 7 5 Tom Moore - Dorothy Moore, Keller TX 53.27% 7 Alan Cummings, Los Altos CA; Linda Bush, Marietta GA 52.61% 8 6 David La Cagnina - Jane Webb, Highlands NC 53.05% 8 6 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 52.40%

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FREEMAN MIXED B-A-M TEAMS FIRST FINAL SESSION SECTIONS M Q 1/2 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Mihaela Balint, Bucharest Romania 19.50 1/2 Winthrop Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New York NY; David Grainger, Roseville CA; Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 19.50 3 Jack Spear - Nancy Spear, Shawnee Mission KS; John Grantham, Bentonville AR; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 16.50 4 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO; Chris Compton - Donna Compton, Dallas TX 15.50 5/6 Louk Verhees, Jr., Sh Voorhou Netherlands; Anna Sarniak, Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping Sweden; Ewa Harasimowicz, Poland; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland 15.00 5/6 Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Pamela Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 15.00 7/9 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Samantha Nystrom, Toronto ON; Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Thomas Walsh, Saskatoon SK; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Larry Mori, Clearwater FL 14.50 7/9 Uday Ivatury - Judi Radin - Christal Henner-Welland - Scott Levine, New York NY 14.50 7/9 Hua Poon, Singapore 31022 Singapore; Ze Ying Lam, 520910 Singapore; Sui Sim Lian, Singapore Singapore; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Singapore 14.50 10/11 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Warren Cederborg - Suzanne Cederborg, Visalia CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 14.00 10/11 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Susan Parnes - Gordon Parnes, Flint MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI 14.00 SECTION P 1 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 16.00 2/4 Susan Stark, Cleveland OH; Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Warren Oberfield - Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 14.50 2/4 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Kit Woolsey - Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 14.50 2/4 Ellen Kozlove - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Howard Litsky, Dunwoody GA; P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC 14.50 5 Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 14.00 6 Barbara Sartorius - Robert Sartorius, Palm Bch Gdns FL; R Jay Becker, New York NY; Janet Robertson, Timonium MD 13.50

NABC+ FAST PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L N O EAST-WEST 1 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 67.31% 1 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 64.67% 2 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 64.44% 2 Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 59.46% 3 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 62.41% 3 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 59.24% 4 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 60.78% 4 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL 58.97% 5/6 Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland; Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland 57.92% 5 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 58.48% 5/6 Jack Carter, Cumming GA; Andrew Eastwood, Snellville GA 57.92% 6 Mike Marlin - Sandra Marlin, Versailles KY 57.54% 7 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL 56.64% 7 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 56.71% 8 Samuel Marks, Dunwoody GA; Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 56.22% 8 Dennis McGarry - Linda McGarry, Stuart FL 56.56% 9 Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 55.92% 9 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 56.52% 10 Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 55.28% 10 Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 56.49% 11 Tom Rutledge, Charleston SC; Bill Wisdom, Salisbury NC 54.86% 11 Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; Greg Roberts, Aiken SC 56.30% 12 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 53.96% 12 Bob Drijver, 3051 EG, Rotter Netherlands; Ruud Von Seida, Netherlands 56.22% 13 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 53.66% 13 David Walker, Salem VA; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 55.32% 14 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Joan Brody, Morristown NJ 53.62% 14 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 55.20% 15 G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Lords Valley PA; Ira Herman, New York NY 53.32% 15 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 54.37% 16 Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Drew Becker, Chicago IL 53.17% 16 Nicolas Hammond - Edward Foran, Marietta GA 53.85% 17 Rick Binder, Waltham MA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 52.94% 17 Phil Clayton, Mission Viejo CA; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA 53.81% 18 Brooks McNeely, Knoxville TN; Mark Jones, Birmingham AL 52.71% 18 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 53.66% 19 Li-Hsiang Kuo - Kun-Chieh Wang, Madison WI 50.94% 19 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 53.47% 20 Judy Zhu, Naperville IL; Jack Snyder, Rockford IL 50.87% 20 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 53.09% 21 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 50.83% 21 Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA 52.90%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS UU VV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Neil Montague - Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA 67.03% 1 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL 64.49% 2 1 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ 63.86% 2/3 1/2 Joseph Velardita, Clarkston GA; Louis Joseph, Pittsburgh PA 59.42% 3 2 Daniel Fong, Rancho Cordova CA; Joan Garcia, Stockton CA 62.47% 2/3 1/2 1 Berend Van Den Bos, Joris Van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands 59.42% 4 Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; David Bakhshi, London England 61.86% 4 3 Janice Phillips, Gibsonia PA; Sharon Rohr, Pittsburgh PA 58.61% 5 3 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Boris Tenchov, Columbus OH 61.77% 5 4 2 Jeffrey Allen - Theo Allen, Armonk NY 58.51% 6 4 James Glasscock - Barbara Glasscock, Brandon MS 61.35% 6 5 Lynn Brown, Palm Coast FL; Don Dvorak, Jacksonville FL 57.25% 7 5 Margaret Peabody - Jean Kerr, Marietta GA 60.42% 7 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 56.13% 8 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Betty Schuler, Alexandria VA 58.06% 8 6 Linda Holman - Robert Holman, Atlanta GA 56.07% 9 6 Sally Hawie, St Simons Is GA; Bettie Driver, Atlanta GA 57.85% 9 7 Jan Stewart - Andrew Risman, Toronto ON 55.77% 10 7 Andrea Luckey, Kinnelon NJ; Barbara Fingerhut, Clifton NJ 54.17% 10 Dennis Wick, Greencastle PA; Anne Lamport, Elizabeth Bay N Australia 54.44% 11 8 1 Suzanne Avoth - David John Webster, Houndsley Great Britain 53.61% 11 8 Buddy Waller, Marietta GA; Mitti Sakai, Atranta GA 54.13% 12 Judy Fendrick, Marietta GA; Virginia Munafo, Huntsville AL 51.54% 12 9 Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Marshall Mah, Spokane WA 52.81% 9 2 Susan McQuillan - Susan Portnoy, Pittsburgh PA 51.27% 10 Anderson Williams, Atlanta GA; Josie Mitchell, Decatur GA 52.71% 3 Joseph Curley, Wakefield MA; Christine Dimuzio, Dunwoody GA 43.57% 3 Claire McGuire, Chicago IL; Susan Doyle, Winnetka IL 50.28% 4 Rona Lake, Naples FL; Georgia Pope, Bonita Spgs FL 47.84%

FRIDAY SIDE B-A-M TEAMS SECTIONS QQ RR A B C 1 Robert Teel Jr - Jane Teel, Birmingham AL; Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Kristina Oliver, Homewood AL 17.00 2/3 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Huub Bertens, Bend OR 16.50 2/3 Joan Stephens - Robin Stephens, Toronto ON; Roisin O’Hara - Paul O’Hara, Oakville ON 16.50 4 1 John Simms - Nancy Smith - Rick Scott - Michael Riley, Marietta GA 15.50 5/6 2 Daniel Sellers, Jr - Christie Sellers, Jacksonville FL; Jenny Slay, Daphne AL; Sue Nelson, Bay Minette AL 15.00 5/6 Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Kazimierz Omernik, Gdynia Poland 15.00 7 3 Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Dennis Kanne - Karen Roll, Marietta GA; Cecil Henry, Brethren MI 14.00 8/9 4/5 1 Ti Davis - Byron Southern - Richard Kalkbrenner - Ellen Coffield, Little Rock AR 12.00 8/9 4/5 Chris Soares, Swansea MA; Catherine Sallar, Fall River MA; H Patricia Hanna, Lexington MA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rncho Pls Vrds CA 12.00 6/7 Gail Hanson, Lake Orion MI; Lillian Range - Julius Rosenfield, New Orleans LA; Starr Hagenmeyer, Roscommon MI 11.50 6/7 Marsha Gerstein, Somerville MA; Katherine Morris - Richard Morris, Portland OR; Mark Heumann, Watertown MA 11.50 2 Judith Neubacher, Tallahassee Fl FL; Kelvin Wallace - Patricia Wallace, Crawfordville FL; Stephen Ross, Micosukee FL 11.00 3 Adam Gann, Falls Church VA; Joshua Baiel - Peter Lifland, Redmond WA; Nathaniel Hipsman, Marietta GA 10.50 SECTION PP A B C 1 Patricia Jankovic, Alcoa TN; Jo Anne Newby, Knoxville TN; Ken Hoy, Maryville TN; Judith Armonat, Mount Juliet TN 15.00 2 1 Joyce Williams - John Singleton - Sikina Ehmer, Atlanta GA; Jim Loth, Dunwoody GA 14.50 3/5 Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Lauren Friedman, Daly City CA; Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ 13.50 3/5 2/3 Margaret Manning, Marietta GA; Mary Ann Baird, Glencoe AL; Mary Gilbertson, Otto NC; Amelia Cartrett, Attalla AL 13.50 3/5 2/3 Jeffrey Ahrens, Springfield NJ; Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY; H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Susan Duval, Irvington NY 13.50 4 1 Suri Kukkapalli, Hyderabad 50007 India; Jimmy Eastham - Cathy Henson, Atlanta GA; Joseph Gedan, Honolulu HI 12.00 2 Billy Trabaudo, Albuquerque NM; Sarah Connors, Fayetteville GA; Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS; Ardes Durden, Newnan GA 10.50

BOB BISPLINGHOFF A/X PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A C D EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 66.15% 1 Charles Martineau, Brossard QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 65.22% 2 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI 58.85% 2 1 Anu Goodman, Toronto ON; Charles Arthur, North York ON 59.51% 3 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Helen Corbin, Palo Alto CA 58.45% 3 2 Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA; Bill Rose, Seattle WA 57.00% 4 1 Joshua Wilkinson - Sussan Wilkinson, Newport RI 57.64% 4 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 54.86% 5 2 Edgar De Souza - Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON 57.18% 5 James Melville, Springfield IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL 53.99% 6 Rajan Iyer, Aiken SC; Louis Gangarosa, Augusta GA 57.12% 6 3 Dabney Townsend Jr - Larry Hayslip, Pooler GA 53.76% 7/8 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 55.84% 7 4 Barry Senensky - Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 53.07% 7/8 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 55.84% 8 5 Steven Wallis, L-5339, Moutfor Luxembourg; Samuel Phillips, Largo FL 53.00% 9 Elizabeth Ivey, Clarksville TN; John Herrmann, Chattanooga TN 54.05% 9 6 Aubrey Fein, Fort Lauderdale FL; Charlene Predmest, Delray Beach FL 52.78% 10 Craig Robinson - Elaine Landow, Lansdale PA 53.47% 10 7 Bill Parrish, Birmingham AL; Robert Moorman, Jr, Huntsville AL 52.55% 11 3 David Cantor, Charlotte NC; Donald Spaulding, Mountain View CA 51.79% 11 8 John Hassett, Duluth GA; Carol Crawford, Atlanta GA 52.37% 12 4 Yuqiao Zhao - Zelin Fei, Marlboro NJ 51.04% 12 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 51.76% 13 5 Grigoriy Blekherman, Atlanta GA; Thomas Rozinski, Jackson Hts NY 50.64% 13 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Phebe Packer, Phoenix AZ 51.69% 14 6 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 50.41% 14 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA 51.24% 7 Herbert Wilton, Fredericksburg TX; Marijan Word, Shreveport LA 50.29% 8 Bob Simkins, Decatur GA; Donald Baker, Alpharetta GA 49.07%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Clifford Garrison, Lake Worth FL; William Fleming, Titusville FL 59.78% 1 1 Linda Harlow, Southport NC; Joe Harlow, Sourthport NC 67.86% 2 Constance Jones, Brighton MI; Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hill MI 55.53% 2 2 Elizabeth Neill - Sandra Erickson, Atlanta GA 57.99% 3 2 1 Laura Wallace - Ida Benton, Atlanta GA 54.64% 3 3 1 Lynne Kuglar - Jean Moore, Cedartown GA 55.06% 4 3 2 Sally Forest - Shirley Scrivner, Ellijay GA 52.72% 4 4 Christopher Hawker, Baltimore MD; Pamela Hughes, Roseville CA 54.08% 2 Regina Jones - Jim Jones, Brentwood TN 51.79% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Christine West, Athens GA; Cathy Maffett, Myrtle Beach SC 60.04% 1 1 1 Barbara Gotsch - Freida Cantrell, Roswell GA 59.05% 2 2 Donald Hill, Loganville GA; Anthony Duthie, Clearwater FL 53.15% 2 2 Candy Cox, Dunwoody GA; John Boshart, Mountain City GA 55.18% 3 3 Jessie Hsia - Wei Hsia, Tuscaloosa AL 51.83% 3 Lea Black - Robert Black, Athens AL 53.06% 4 Catherine Binder, Clearwater FL; Marlene Flament, Palms Harbor FL 49.79% 4 3 C David Depriest, Marietta GA; Sue Fiaccone, Oklahoma City OK 51.79%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 William Johnson - Denise Johnson, Atlanta GA 57.44% 1 Nisarg Shah - Caleb Colburn, Alpharetta GA 61.48% 2 1 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH 55.44% 2 Lawrence Calder - Dianne Belk, Atlanta GA 57.74% 3 Alec Zhan - Anuj Das, Alpharetta GA 54.08% 3 1 1 Sandra Simon, Glenview IL; Casey Mackie, Tequesta FL 56.63% 4/5 2 1 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Carolyn Campbell, Mercer Island WA 52.60% 4 2 Sherie Welch - Jane Yates, Atlanta GA 56.25% 4/5 Steve Bradford - Gayle Bradford, Madison GA 52.60% 5 3 2 Peter Armstrong - Cecilia Armstrong, Atlanta GA 54.68% 3 Angela Steger, Wilmette IL; Sarah Proesel, Winnetka IL 51.61% 4 Linda Williams, Marietta GA; Rita Fullick, Kennesaw GA 51.79% 4 2 Beth Chensoff, Winnetka IL; Helen Ashley, Glenview IL 50.00% Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 10, 2013 Page 23

GOLD RUSH PAIRS FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G I EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 1 Jacqueline Chang - Sharon Goldman, New York NY 61.99% 1 1 1 Ted Moens - Nathan Moens, Delta BC 66.99% 2 2 Bill Miller - Stephanie Miller, Kendall Park NJ 59.42% 2 2 2 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB 57.95% 3 Alan Cummings, Los Altos CA; Linda Bush, Marietta GA 58.93% 3 Nancy Frank, Glencoe IL; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 57.73% 4 Paul Lindauer, Varna IL; Sandra Rosenblum, Tampa FL 58.14% 4 John Friedl, Signal Mtn TN; Calvin Brassfield, Chattanooga TN 57.41% 5 Carolyn Sullivan - James Sullivan, Richfield OH 52.18% 5 3 3 Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA 56.64% 6 3 1 David Bebko - Helen Bebko, Snellville GA 51.42% 6 4 4 David La Cagnina - Jane Webb, Highlands NC 51.96% 7 4 Milton Hirsch - Lois Tuggle Griffiths, Columbus GA 50.44% 7 5 Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Germany; Estera Lisker, East Quogue NY 51.63% 8 5 Monica Jung - Donna Casey, Lake Barrington IL 50.05% 8 Raymond Linck - Kathleen Linck, Lexington KY 50.98% 6 2 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 50.00% 6 Tom Platt - Johanna Platt, Mississauga ON 50.87% 7 Tom Moore - Dorothy Moore, Keller TX 50.11%

FREEMAN MIXED B-A-M TEAMS SECOND FINAL SESSION SECTIONS M Q 1 Louk Verhees, Jr., Sh Voorhou Netherlands; Anna Sarniak, 01494 Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping Sweden; Ewa Harasimowicz, Poland; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland 18.00 2/5 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO; Chris Compton - Donna Compton, Dallas TX 15.50 2/5 Jack Spear - Nancy Spear, Shawnee Mission KS; John Grantham, Bentonville AR; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 15.50 2/5 John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Rozanne Pollack - William Pollack, New York NY; Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Christina Madsen, Vallensbaek Denmark 15.50 2/5 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Pamela Miller - James Rasmussen, Cambridge MA; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 15.50 6 Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT 15.00 7 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Kit Woolsey - Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 14.50 8 Patricia Tucker - Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Randy Joyce - Kay Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 14.00 9/11 Elaine Said - Arthur Lowen - Coley McGinnis, Nashville TN; Linda Hanson, Brentwood TN 13.50 9/11 Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Robert Cappelli - Suzanne Stevenson, Bloomfield MI; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI 13.50 9/11 Ellen Kozlove - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Howard Litsky, Dunwoody GA; P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC 13.50 SECTION P 1 Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Melanie Tucker - John Hurd, New York NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden 17.00 2 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL; Howard Parker, Clements CA; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 16.00 3 Nancy Mitchell - Craig Hemphill, Jacksonville FL; Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 15.50 4/5 Gabrielle Sherman, W Long Branch NJ; Brady Richter, Summit NJ; Bruce Rogoff, river vale NJ; Susan Picus, New York NY; Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA 14.50 4/5 David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD; Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 14.50 6/7 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 14.00 6/7 Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Pamela Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 14.00

1 & 7:30 PM A/X PAIRS FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Darcy Parker - James Parker, Hendersonville NC 57.64% 1 1 Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI; Marguerite Cowles, Edina MN 56.02% 2 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Spencer Hurd, Meigs GA 52.31% 2 Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 55.09% 3 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 51.39% 3 Shirley Berent - David Berent, Aventura FL 53.01% 4 1 Doris Denny, DeFuniak Spgs FL; Patricia Kolebas, Fort Myers FL 51.16% 4 2 Xi (Charlie) Zhu, N Charleston SC; Emerita Hayward, Leonardtown MD 51.39% 2 Michael Strizhevsky, Dunwoody GA; Mikhail Kreslavskiy, Marietta GA 50.93%

1 & 7:30 PM GOLD RUSH PAIRS FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Bruce Toups, Jasper GA; Tina West, Big Canoe GA 60.71% 1 Paul Jacobson, Marietta GA; Mary Heiney, Laguna Beach CA 64.58% 2 Frederick Bywater - Mary Bywater, Orlando FL 60.42% 2 J Michael Gregory - Helen Gregory, Athens GA 55.95% 3 Richard Brody, Sandy Springs GA; Veronica Stoessel, Marietta GA 55.65% 3/4 Anthony Pinchen - George Fuller, Alpharetta GA 53.57% 4 2 Linda Elliott - Patty Ronning, Savannah GA 55.06% 3/4 Sally Cameron, Thomson GA; Mary Langham, Augusta GA 53.57% 5 Peggy Heinisch - Nancy Elsea, Atlanta GA 52.98% 5/6 1/2 James Albers, Orlando FL; Susan Smith, Altamonte Spg F L 52.38% 3 Beverly Lefkowitz, Mount Sinai NY; Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY 50.30% 5/6 1/2 Elizabeth Demers - Michelle Rose, Newnan GA 52.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Jim Ricker - Patti Ricker, Knoxville TN 65.18% 1 Connie Haugabook, Montezuma GA; Gail Coogle, Oglethorpe GA 63.39% 2 1 Mark Taylor - Suzy Taylor, Atlanta GA 59.23% 2 Charlotte Lindsey, Taylors SC; Andrea Kahn, Inman SC 60.42% 3 2 Sharra Canan - Marsha Addis, Holden MA 55.95% 3 Bruce Kenner, Lexington SC; Claude McClure, West Columbia SC 54.46% 4 3 Robert Lumbert, Severn MD; Edwin Mah, San Francisco CA 55.65% 4 1 Hunter McClain - Kenneth Ramaley, Fort Mill SC 53.27% 2 Shirley Hixson - Everett Hixson, Chattanooga TN 50.00% 3 Arthur Heuer - Daniel Solow, Cleveland OH 48.81%

THURSDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Burt Echtenkamp - Linda Echtenkamp, Boise ID 63.60% 1 1 1 Regina Jones - Jim Jones, Brentwood TN 74.45% 2 2 Sharra Canan - Marsha Addis, Holden MA 59.90% 2 2 John Vencill - John Erkkila, Hoschton GA 64.17% 3 Steven Zimmerman - Julie Zimmerman, Winter Park FL 54.72% 3 3 Maureen Merker, Mentor OH; R.Terry Handley, Soledad CA 55.79% 4 3 1 Sally Forest - Shirley Scrivner, Ellijay GA 53.46% 4 4 Ronald Gutzwiller - Deborah Gutzwiller, Mason OH 50.94% 5 4 2 Dot Goodwin, Rabun Gap GA; Christine Malarkey, Homosassa FL 53.27% 5 2 Joanne Marut - Mary Martin, Winnetka IL 50.16% 3 Mary Perry, Marietta GA; Maggie Miller, 49.24%

1 & 7:30 PM B/C/D PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 1 Jacqueline Chang - Sharon Goldman, New York NY 57.41% 1 1 1 Charlotte Lindsey, Taylors SC; Andrea Kahn, Inman SC 60.42% 2 Jamie Portell, Vero Beach FL; Susan Mayo, New Canaan CT 57.18% 2 2 Greg Johnson, League City TX; Penny Sweeney, Traverse City MI 54.17% 3 Carolyn Sullivan - James Sullivan, Richfield OH 56.25% 3 Andrew Hidi - Suzanne Hidi, Toronto ON 53.01% 4 2 1 Julie O’Neill, Fort Worth TX; Jane Clark, Auburn AL 53.01% 4 Janet Fidelman, Arlington MA; Anne Fidelman, Houston TX 52.78% 3 Dana Osburn - Dan Osburn, Dacula GA 50.23% 3 Ronald Dennison, Pawleys Isl SC; Cecil Henry, Brethren MI 52.55%

THURSDAY EVENING SIDE GAME NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQ RR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Purnima Gupta, Raleigh NC 64.86% 1 Ken Horwedel, Memphis TN; Scott Humphrey, Pflugerville TX 60.14% 2 Marianne Goff, Margate City NJ; Margaret Coe, Linwood NJ 56.67% 2 1 Mac Raczkiewicz - Lech Ekert, Hilton Head SC 58.75% 3 2 Doris Denny, DeFuniak Spgs FL; Patricia Kolebas, Fort Myers FL 55.14% 3 2 Jason Rotenberg, Ridgefield CT; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 58.06% 4 3 Bob Jones, Marietta GA; Sikina Ehmer, Atlanta GA 54.58% 4 Russ Jones - Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 56.25% 5 4 Jeffrey Ahrens, Springfield NJ; H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY 53.89% 5 3 1 Wendell Adams - David Johnson, Lagrange GA 54.31% 6 Merle Stetser - Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 53.75% 6 4 2 Betty Nielsen, Fernandina Beac FL; Barbara Weinstein, Pittsburgh PA 53.33% 7 Alan Cummings, Los Altos CA; Carol Mahoney, Rochester MN 53.47% 7 5 Patt Corbin, Amelia Island FL; Ellen Flenniken, Fernandina Beac FL 52.22% 8 David Cantor, Charlotte NC; Donald Spaulding, Mountain View CA 53.19% 8 6 John Hassett, Duluth GA; Carol Crawford, Atlanta GA 50.97% 9 Howard Simpson - Janice Simpson, Surprise AZ 52.92% 9/10 Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA; Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA 50.69% 5 1 Charles Markley, Jacksonville AL; H Bell, Anniston AL 51.67% 9/10 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; John Meinking, Maineville OH 50.69% 6 Priscilla Smith, Marietta GA; Abe Jakob, Ft Lauderdale FL 50.28% 2 Katherine Mitchell, Park City UT; Guy Gundaker, Scottsdale AZ 49.44%

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Sunday, August 11, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Strati-Flighted A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $16 $18 7 matches, 7 boards, short break Strati-Flighted B/C/D Swiss Teams 1-2 Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 7 matches, 7 boards, short break Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 7th single Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Grand Hall West, LL2 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Grand Hall West, LL2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Grand Hall West, LL2 $15 $15 Sunday, August 11, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Stratified Fast Open Pairs 1-2 Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 Sunday, August 11, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 Saturday-Sunday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 Sunday, August 11, 10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $20 ­— SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Dunwoody, LL3 $20 — Screens: second session at 4 p.m. Sunday, August 11, 2 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 8th single Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Grand Hall West, LL2 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Grand Hall West, LL2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Grand Hall West, LL2 $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750- 1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Page 24 Saturday, August 10, 2013 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Saturday, August 10, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $15 Saturday, August 10, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs (3000+/0-3000) 1-2 Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $16 $18 Gold Rush Pairs (300-750/0-300) 1-2 Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 Saturday-Sunday KO Teams 1-2 Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday-Saturday KO Teams 3-4 Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 Saturday, August 10, 10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $20 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 SF Dunwoody, LL3 $20 — Screens, second session at 4 p.m. Saturday, August 10, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Flight A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 Flight B Round-Robin Swiss Teams 1-2 Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 Brackets of eight teams, three gold overall places per bracket. Teams may not drop out after one session. No player over 3000 MPs. Saturday, August 10, 3 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Grand Hall West, LL2 $15 $17 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $15 Saturday, August 10, 3 & 7:30 p.m. Saturday Afternoon/Evening Compact KO Teams 1-4 Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 Saturday, August 10, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single Grand Hall West, LL2 $16 $18 Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Grand Hall West, LL2 $15 $17 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Grand Hall West, LL2 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Grand Hall West, LL2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Grand Hall West, LL2 $15 $15 Saturday, August 10, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Grand Hall West, LL2 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750- 1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

Great prizes tonight Prize giveaways in the Peach Pit in the Peach Pit Don’t miss the poker tournament (Texas Hold The NABC Planning Committee has several Dinner at Mama Mia’s Pizza ‘em) tonight at 8:30 in the Peach Pit at the Hyatt. prizes that were donated to the tournament from local Dinner at Ralph’s Tavern There will be random drawings for various prizes, merchants. The prizes that will be given away tonight Dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings some of them for free plays at the Atlanta Regional in the Peach Pit include: Gift certificate from ArtelEggs booth Aug. 26 through Sept. 1. Some the prizes will be free Admission for two to Atlanta History Center plays, but one prize will be for a two-night stay at the Two-night stay at Crowne Plaza Ravinia (host Salon Yuri (haircut and blow dry) tournament, another a dinner for two. hotel for the Atlanta Regional), including breakfast Ice Box Cryotherapy Tickets to Agatha’s Dinner Theatre Book donation from Jeremy’s Bookseller: 25 There are large T-shirts available for those who Dinner for two at Sway Restaurant at the Hyatt Bridge Conventions You Should Know have not picked up their section-top prizes. The shirts Dinner certificates for Brio Restaurant, Perimeter Jewelry gifts from Kathy’s Accessories come in 2x, 3x and a few in 4x. There are many in Atlanta Unlimited bridge umbrellas for those who have not registered.