Saturday, March 24, 2012 Volume 55, Number 9 Daily Bulletin 55th Spring North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley, Paul Linxwiler and Sue Munday Diamond leads the way to Vanderbilt semis The team captained by John Diamond breezed The event concludes on Sunday. into the semifinal round of the Vanderbilt Knockout The other semifinal match will pit the Allan Falk Teams with a decisive win over the Lou Ann foursome against the team led by Les Amoils. Falk, O’Rourke squad, who withdrew after three quarters the original No. 47 seed, knocked off No. 7 George trailing by 101 IMPs. Jacobs in a seesaw match 159-134. Amoils did not Diamond will face the mostly Swedish Peter have much trouble with the Polish squad Consus Bertheau team – 109-99 winners over No. 12 Mark Red. Amoils won 156-94. Gordon – in the semifinals today. continued on page 5 Hometown girl makes good Silodor Pairs winners Hans Christian Graverson into the NABC, Peggy had 179 masterpoints. and Dennis Bilde. Peggy says that she is impressed by how well- run the tournament has been. “Everybody has been Danes win Silodor so nice.” She and L.R attended the Summer 2007 Dennis Bilde and Hans Christian Graverson, in NABC in Nashville, and they are eager to attend third place entering the final round, took the lead more in the future. after the first final session and won the Silodor Open “I’ve gotten to play against people from every Pairs by about two-thirds of a board. state and Canada,” Jalenak says. She also attended Bilde, a two-time Junior champion, is from the free lectures for IN players. “I particularly Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city. Graverson enjoyed Audrey Grant and Lisa Berkowitz,” she hails from Aalborg, the third-largest city in the commented. country. Peggy says that she and her husband started Second place went to Norwegians Boye playing bridge when they first got married. “Then Brogeland and Erik Saelensminde. the children came along, so we stopped for a while. Bilde was a member of the Danish Junior team We went back to playing five or six years ago.” They continued on page 5 Peggy Jalenak of Memphis TN led the play at the M.A. Lightman club in Memphis, and in Intermediate-Newcomer masterpoint race from wire clubs in Florida when they travel there. to wire and yesterday, claimed the Challenger IN Peggy describes herself as a “volunteer,” trophy. Her total of 15.73 masterpoints beat Keith serving on the boards of several arts and charitable and Joanne Dawson, who came in second, by 2.83 organizations. The Jalenaks have four children and points. Peggy’s husband L.R., former CEO of Cleo nine grandchildren. Of her grandchildren, Jalenak Wrap, finished fifth. says, “I hope they’ll learn bridge.” Bob Sweeney, CEO of Challenger Corporation In addition to being the chief corporate presented the trophy to Peggy, who was bubbling sponsor of the tournament, Challenger Corporation with excitement. commissioned the beautiful glass trophy which “It means so much that I was able to do this here Jalenak intends to proudly display on her coffee in my hometown,” Peggy says. “When I heard about table. the trophy, I just wanted to keep playing.” Coming Tie a red ribbon round

Patricia Norman and Georgiana Gates are the Neill and Rotenberg winners of the Whitehead Women’s Pairs. Daniel Neill of Lexington KY and Jason be playing Saturday and, they hope, Sunday, in the Gates and Norman take Rotenberg of Ridgefield CT entered the day as North American Pairs. Hirsch is a small business number 13 on the list of qualifiers for the Bean owner; Thorpe is a small business owner and Women’s Pairs Red Ribbon Pairs. It must have been lucky because mortgage broker. Session scores of 60%. 63%, 61% and 55% they finished first on Friday, and they did it in added up to a victory in the Whitehead Women’s commanding fashion. Their 67.5% final session gave pairs for Georgiana Gates and Patricia Norman. On them a total-point score of 1287.78 (on a 38 top) – the strength of a powerful last round, Linda Lewis of almost two full boards ahead of second place. Las Vegas NV and Joann Glasson of Pennington NJ Rotenberg attributes the win to luck … “and we snuck into second place. played well.” They have been playing together for The win is the first NABC title for Norman, six years. For the past six months, they have been of Lone Tree CO. Gates, of Houston TX, won practicing online. So accustomed is he to online play the Wagar Women’s Knockouts in 1994 and the that Rotenberg said it’s been six months since he’s Whitehead Women’s Pairs in 1988, and has three actually held real cards. second-place finishes in NABC events. Steve Hirsch and Gregory Thorpe, both of Brea Lewis and Glasson said the event ending was CA, finished second. They say they’ve been playing particularly poignant given past ties between the first for 35 years – with a 25-year lay off while each and second-place women. Lewis and Norman played raised a family and built a career. Now they play continued on page 5 Bean Red Ribbon winners Daniel Neill and Jason together once a week at the local club. The pair will Rotenberg. Profiling USA Juniors The United States Bridge Federation will Attendance 8365 Tables send five teams to compete in the World Junior through Thursday evening Championships in Taicang, China, starting July 24. See pages 5 and 14 for the fourth and fifth sets of profiles of the players. Page 2 Saturday, March 24, 2012 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Saturday, March 24 Sunday, March 25 11 am and 5:30 pm Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. 11 am and 5:30 pm Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Mezzanine Foyer, Convention Center) (Mezzanine Foyer, Convention Center)

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM All speaker events will be held on Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level of the Convention Center. Saturday, March 23 9:15 a.m. Michael Huston Doing it with Finesse 6:45 p.m Jeff Roman Look Beyond Your High-Card Points HOSPITALITY Afternoon food is served at 1:30 p.m. on the Convention Center Mezzanine Late-night snacks are served at 10:30 p.m. in the Marriott Ballroom. Be nice! Players are reminded that the Hospitality treats available at 1:30 Saturday, March 24 p.m. are for participants in the morning or morning/afternoon games Coffee and pastries will be served at the start of morning games in the only. Exhibit Hall and Daylight Pairs playing area Hospitality food for participants in afternoon/evening games will 10:30 p.m. Cookies and brownies be available after the evening session is complete.

The Insider Zebra Hunt On sale at Bridge As the Memphis NABC winds down, the By Bob Sweeney, CEO Insider is writing his last column of the tournament. Challenger Corporation Book Desk Several items are on sale at the Bridge Book As both our regular readers know, the Insider never Residents are physicians in training. They often Desk at the Convention Center (mezzanine level). writes a piece for the Sunday Bulletin. The Insider get teased by experienced practicing physicians for The 7th edition of The Official Encyclopedia of has said all he has to say - and more - and he is “zebra hunting.” Something can’t simply be a horse, Bridge, normally $55, is on sale for $45. willing to let bridge take the forefront for the last it has to be a zebra. Bridge Baron 21 (software), normally $65, is two editions of the Daily Bulletin. So, it can’t be that Mrs. Smith has brought on sale for $45. Thanks to everyone who came to our in a baby with a common earache (otitis media). The 2010 Philadelphia World Championship hometown. From the staff at HQ to the regulars Nope, this must be meningitis, a fairly rare but very Book, normally $34, is on sale for $30. on the NABC crew, from the incredible local dangerous affliction if not diagnosed early enough. Also available: A board game for kids called volunteers to the employees at each venue, we all The resident will take up time and effort screening Bidittle. hope you had a great time and that you will come out what isn’t there when there are fairly ready Books of the Year recommended by the back to see us again soon. A special thanks to ways to verify the simpler condition. American Bridge Teachers Association: those who took some time out of their busy bridge Sometimes, however, there really is a zebra! 2008 – Hands on Weak Two-Bids schedules to travel down I-55 to ACBL’s Horn Lake Irving the resident and Dr. Deducto, the veteran 2009 – A Bridge to Inspired Declarer Play Headquarters. Thanks for visiting! cardiologist, picked up the same hand playing 2010 – Take All Your Chances/Planning the It is time to start thinking about the against each other in a Regional Swiss Teams: Play of a Bridge Hand (tie) Philadelphia Summer 2012 NABC. The traveling ♠A K 10 7 6 5 3 ♥A ♦K Q 4 ♣A 5 2011 – Bells and Whistles circus will return to the downtown Marriott and Each opened 2♣ and heard a forward-going 2012 – A First Book of Bridge Problems Lowes hotels with most of the play at the Marriott response from partner. Partner raised 2♠ to 3♠, Also available: The best-selling Rodwell Files and a little over at the adjacent convention center. slam invitational. They used Roman key card Philadelphia has always been a popular Blackwood to confirm the♦ A, then asked about Life Master news NABC city. The hotel is centrally located, the specific kings and learned that partner held the♣ K. Hatchie Green of St. Louis became a Life food options are amazing (Reading Terminal), the The contract was 7♠. Master, earning 6 gold points in the Thursday- weather should be great, the bridge heritage is truly The lead was a low heart, and this dummy Friday Bracketed Knockout Teams. Her partner impressive, the staff promises to be their usual appeared: was Beth McGregor of Fort Collins CO.. Their outstanding selves and there are more Marriott ♠Q 9 ♥8 7 5 4 3 ♦A 5 ♣K J 6 3 teammates were Sue and Bradley Simmons of Rewards points to be had. Book your room soon Maybe you don’t like the bidding, but that’s Greeley CO. and plan for another wonderful NABC. Don’t where they landed. Martha (Mopsi) Hanley of Chesterfield MO forget to check the schedule - the starting times are Irving won, played to the ♠Q and went down. is now a Life Master, having won Strat C of the different than our usual ones. Dr. Deducto smelled a zebra. He finessed the♠ 9 on V.T. Gala Stratified Swiss Teams on Thursday. She The Insider has the pleasure to announce that the first round. needed 6.78 masterpoints and won 7.17. Hanley the SC has opted to accept early retirement. The Why ? played with Elizabeth Meteer of Wildwood MO. pressure of commanding the ACBL, the stress of On an unforced auction bid to a grand slam, Their teammates were Doug Steele of Seymour IL training a new CEO, the fallout from his input to the normal lead is a trump. But left-hand opponent and James Slaughter of Champaign IL. the Vanderbilt Seeding Committee, the ill-advised led a heart. Moreover, the heart lead was not from Diane Jobin of Houston earned her gold card comment about his money-spending philosophy and an honor sequence such as K-Q or even Q-J. The in the Becker Family Knockout Teams. She was the uproar over the recently unearthed nepotism - small heart lead struck Dr. Deducto as particularly playing with Glenda Faragher of Sugar Land TX SC2B is really SC junior - all combined to lead him dangerous. The opponents were not beginners. So, and two Missouri City TX players, Kathy Hughes to decide to retire to his single-malt farm in rural why this lead? LHO held the J- 8-4-2 of trumps! and Judy Carter. Arkansas, effective noon today. Mostly, they’re just horses, but sometimes Joanne Fiedler of Grand Rapids MI needed SC2B will be joining him on the farm as the there’s a zebra out there. Are you a good judge of 1.97 gold points to become a Life Master. In two of them try to salvage something from the when to consider a zebra? wreckage that marks the end of their tenure. It is Challenger makes training and test preparation the Mississippi Bridge Association Bracketed unclear if there will be a new Supreme Commander materials for physicians and the institutions that train Knockouts, her team tied for third and she went but, rest assured, you will read it here first if one them. The courses are delivered over the Internet and by over the top with 7.59 gold points. She played is named. There will be a farewell celebration in DVD. We’re the largest electronic adult learning company with Darryl Harrison, also of Grand Rapids. Their for physicians in the United States. Learn more about the west-bound passing lane of the old Memphis- teammates were Dave Pingel of Kentwood MI and Challenger at www.chall.com Arkansas Bridge at 11:30 next Wednesday night Milt Epstein of Urbana IL. when the SC is expected to donate all his personal papers to the Mighty Mississippi - those that Parking haven’t been shredded already, anyway. See you in Parking at the Convention Center is $10 a day – no in-and-out privileges. The entrance is located on the Philadelphia! Front Street side of the building. Daily Bulletin Saturday, March 24, 2012 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Elvis pleads: Let me tell you a little about hesitations. First, all bids should be made “in tempo.” The exception “Don’t Be Cruel” is when a skip bid is made. If they make a bid that Here we are, the morning of day nine. If skips a level, you should hesitate. Most players you’ve been here a few days, you’ve indulged in count to 10. But let’s save that story for another more excitement than you imagined. You’ve seen day and assume that indeed, North made too long a rooms packed with hundreds of other players (no, hesitation. you’re not in Kansas This is important for you to understand: You anymore!), you’ve been can hesitate if you need to. Sometimes it takes a to great restaurants, late- while to figure out what to do. If you hesitate and night games, made new pass, it does give your partner a problem. “Experts friends and kibitzed the may have told you that if your partner hesitates, Good, the Bad and the you must pass. Nonsense. (Should I tell you what Ugly. The face of your I think of people who allow the opponents to make credit card is flattened the rulings?) from visits to the If your partner hesitates, you must ignore that vendors. Pard hesitated and you must make the same bid But there’s one thing you’ve overlooked. with your hand that most of the people in the room Have you hugged a director yet? Believe me, would make holding your hand. You can’t take they deserve it. I know, I know. All you see is the any meaning from the fact that your pard was in a excitement, the glamour. The great shirts. The deep funk. Pard may be having trouble with a bid travel. The way everyone hangs on their every because his hand is strange, or he may be trying to word. The power. My goodness…directors are like remember if he was supposed to stop for milk on the Rock Stars of bridge! the way home. But directing has its dark side too. And I’m East felt that South, with a 19-point hand (even going to tell you about it. Shhh. This is just though two of the points were in the opponent’s between us. suit) should have let the preempt rob them of Over the last 17 years, I’ve directed more the hand, and that the reason South bid was the than 4000 games, mostly at the club level, some at inference drawn from Pard’s long pause. The ACBL tournaments and NABCs, so my experience director ruled that most people in South’s position, get the scores posted instantly after the game is is fairly reasonable. (Do not even think of coming holding that hand, would take action and allowed over and make correct change for hundreds – nay, to me with questions about rulings at your table. the North-South score to stand. thousands – of entries! At the club, they keep the Whatever decision your director made, I’m going At some other tables, by the way, East coffee pot filled, the thermostat at the perfect place to agree. After all, s/he was there and I wasn’t.) advanced the preempt to 4♥, based on the law of (that’ll be the day!) and keep at least half of you The director’s job is a little different than total tricks. Those Easts knew that East-West had happy with the rulings. new players think. Newer players often view an 11-card heart fit. They knew that North-South So think about what Elvis had to say… the director as a “policeman” and think it’s bad had all the points and all the spades. The advance very pertinent. This is renamed “The Director’s sportsmanship to call the director. Not so. Our to 4♥ kept most North-South pairs from reaching Lament.” job is to keep the playing field level. We don’t their game, and hardly went down at all. “Baby, if I made you mad penalize (except in certain egregious situations), Need I say how upset East was at the For something I might have said, we equalize. (And, we want you to call us! Every Director’s ruling? She was emailing people all Please, let’s forget the past. director call uses up 50 calories…) over the place with “How She Was Robbed.” The future looks bright ahead. Let me give you an example of a recent Here’s the truth about working as a director. Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true!” director call. Here’s the deal. North-South were At least two people are almost always upset with Go give that director a big thank you. Tell vulnerable, East-West not. your ruling. So if you are thinking about joining them you know how hard they’re working. Buy Dlr: South ♠ J 10 9 6 3 the ranks of directors, be prepared for it! You need them a drink, some chocolates. And realize that Vul: N-S ♥ -- to be tough! Firm! because of them, your Memphis experience has ♦ Q 6 3 2 And think about what your directors do… been great! ♣ Q 8 6 4 they get hundreds of you organized and playing And let me hear from you. I want to hear ♠ 7 5 ♠ Q 2 on time. They make dozens and dozens of rulings, all about it! But no director calls!! mronemus@ ♥ A J 10 8 7 3 2 ♥ K 9 6 4 to slam is to show a four-card minor en route. ♦ 5 4 ♦ K J 10 9 7 Thinking Bridge If partner happens to have a matching four-card ♣ K 7 ♣ 9 5 by Eddie Kantar minor, you have probably found a better spot than ♠ A K 8 4 Dlr: East ♠ J 9 notrump. A hand usually plays one trick better in a ♥ Q 5 Vul: Both ♥ A 4 2 4-4 fit than at notrump. ♣6 is a far better contract ♦ A 8 ♦ K 8 7 3 than 6NT. If South had bid 5♣ over 4NT, North ♣ A J 10 3 2 ♣ A K J 2 should raise to 6♣. West North East South ♠ 10 8 7 5 ♠ K 6 3 Lead commentary: As West, on lead against 1♣ ♥ J 10 9 ♥ 7 6 5 3 3NT you might opt to lead a diamond or a spade, 3♥ Pass (1) Pass (?!) etc. ♦ Q 9 5 4 2 ♦ J 10 but against 6NT, the heart sequence, even with (1) Loooonnng pause. ♣ 9 ♣ 8 6 4 3 only three cards, stands out. Against 6NT, both Then South, in the passout seat took action ♠ A Q 4 2 opponents balanced, you want to make a safe and bid, and North-South managed to reach 4♠. ♥ K Q 8 rather than an attacking lead. (My Faithful Reader didn’t give me the details of ♦ A 6 Play commentary: As South, count your sure the rest of the auction, but I suspect it probably ♣ Q 10 7 5 tricks outside of the suit you plan to work with - involved South’s making a Re-opening Double of West North East South spades. You have three hearts, two diamonds and Desperation and North showing spades.) Pass 1NT four clubs - or nine in all. You need three spade East called the director when South took Pass 4NT Pass 6NT tricks. The proper play is to lead low to the nine auction in the passout seat, because North, at her All Pass hoping West has the 10. If the nine loses to the 10, turn to bid after the preempt, had a long hestitation Opening lead: ♥J there is always tomorrow, though it can’t hurt to before passing. East felt South “took inference” Bidding commentary: North’s raise to 4NT run the jack in case West, with K-10-x, forgets to from the hesitation, and that “information from shows 16-17 high-card points. It is not Blackwood cover. Play the same way needing three tricks with the hesitation” – rather than her holding nearly and it can be passed. To ask for aces in response to A-J-x-x facing Q-9, A-10-x-x facing K-9, or K-10- half the deck in high-card points – is what made a 1NT opening bid, leap to 4♣, Gerber. As South, x-x facing A-9. In all these cases, the best play South decide to bid. East felt the positive 650 score accept partner’s invitational bid of 4NT and bid for three tricks is to lead low to the nine. Nines North-South gained should be taken away from slam with any 17-point hand or with any 16-point deserve some respect. them, and that the result should be in 3♥ by West, hand that is not divided 4-3-3-3. With 15 HCP Defensive commentary: As East, if the ♠J is down one for plus 50 to North-South. or with 16 HCP divided 4-3-3-3, pass. Another ever led from dummy, cover! A vulnerable slam is Yeah, right. possibility when accepting partner’s invitation hanging in the balance! Page 4 Saturday, March 24, 2012 Daily Bulletin

PATTIE DAVIS & NORMA TRAFTON ZIP KO TEAMS 6 Tables Play or defend? Frolicking Fred 2.43 1 Matthew Dyer - Zachary Madden - Jared Bass, By Barry Rigal By Gary Hann Chicago IL; Bradley Mampe, Watertown MA Dlr: South ♠ A K 3 Dlr: West ♠ K Q 10 8 6 1.29 2 Jeremy Lewis, Hampton VA; Gary Helman, Syosset NY; Sean Gannon, Decatur GA; Zachary Brescoll, Vul: E-W ♥ K Q 5 Vul: Both ♥ Q 8 7 5 Hendersonville NC ♦ 10 8 5 2 ♦ 9 7 ♣ A 7 2 ♣ K J WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY KO 1 6 Tables ♠ Q 6 5 ♠ 10 7 4 2 ♠ 5 ♠ 9 7 3 11.13 1 Edward Ashworth - Frances Schenk - Todd Lusk ♥ A 10 9 4 ♥ J 3 ♥ — ♥ K J 10 6 3 - Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA ♦ 9 ♦ A Q J 7 3 ♦ Q 10 5 3 2 ♦ J 6 4 5.90 2 Oscar Johnson - Judith Johnson, Prattville AL; ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ Luanne Russell - Lee Stimson, Alexander City AL K J 10 4 2 Q 7 A 9 8 7 6 3 2 Q 5 ♠ J 9 8 ♠ A J 4 2 WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY KO 2 ♥ 8 7 6 2 ♥ A 9 4 2 6 Tables ♦ K 6 4 ♦ A K 8 7.70 1 A J Stephani - Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Peter Whipple, Mason OH; Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH ♣ 8 6 3 ♣ 10 4 4.08 2 Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Brian Cummins, At a considerable number of tables, North’s West North East South Arlington TN; Becky Bien, Maumelle AR; Byron Southern, Little opening of 1NT closed the auction (those who could Gitelman Bramley Moss Welland Rock AR make a Woolsey double with the East or West card 3♣ Pass Pass Dbl WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY KO 3 would get to two of a black suit). Pass 4♠ (1) Pass Pass 8 Tables Against 1NT, East led a low diamond – far from Dbl (2) Pass 5♣ (3) Dbl 7.33 1 Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry - E Hugh unreasonable – and hit a very unfavorable lie of the All Pass Lawson, Metairie LA; Henry Bodenheimer, New Orleans LA 3.88 2 John Manderscheid, Houston TX; Jimmy cards for that choice. (1) I’m bidding game in my strongest suit Parker, Monticello AR; Marilyn Maher, Washago ON; Dan Lustig, North won and played back a low club – well, it (2) I have a surprise, giving us two defensive Germantown ON always works for Zia! Not today: West won and, not tricks in my hand 1.65 3/4 Helene Siegfried - Judy Pass - Gretchen Smith, St Louis MO; Barbara Stewart, Chesterfield MO being psychic, returned a low club to East’s queen. (3) My hand can’t get two more tricks in The ♦Q went to the king, and West discarded a defense THURSDAY- FRIDAY MORNING KO 1 heart. Declarer led a heart to the king, and it held. Fred Gitelman refused to let the Ludewig, npc 10 Tables 12.36 1 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince This was the ending: squad have an easy road to a vulnerable game in Albert SK; Diyan Danailov, Sofia, Bulgaria; Kalin Karaivanov, Dlr: South ♠ A K 3 their round of 16 match in the Vanderbilt Knockout Varna, Bulgaria Vul: E-W ♥ Q 5 Teams. With only one card in the majors, he started 8.65 2 Don Haney, Trussville AL; James Partridge - D ♦ 8 5 with a very shapely preempt, though his suit quality Keith Henderson - Bill Parrish, Birmingham AL 5.56 3 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, ♣ A was less than typical when vulnerable. After his Delhi LA; Jacek Romanski, Goscinna, Poland; Apolinary Kowalski, ♠ Q 6 5 ♠ 10 7 4 2 partner’s balancing takeout double, Bart Bramley Warsaw, Poland ♥ A 10 ♥ J jumped to game in his strong spade suit. 4.33 4 Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Gerald Lackner ♦ ♦ - Hans Kadletz, Graz Austria; Senta Lackner, Unterpremstätte — A J 7 Frolicking Fred wasn’t done yet, throwing in a Austria ♣ K J 4 ♣ — surprise double as the opening preemptor. This rare ♠ J 9 8 reopening usually means he can get a ruff on the THURSDAY- FRIDAY MORNING KO 2 ♥ 8 7 6 opening lead if partner chooses the right suit. Given 9 Tables 6.45 1 Jerome Williams, Westerville OH; Douglas ♦ 6 the holdings around the table, hearts was surely the Millsap, Columbus OH; Jeremy Williams, Reynoldsburg OH; ♣ 8 suit to be ruffed. Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH With the lead in North and declarer having three Champion key: When a preemptive bidder 4.52 2 Michael Carter - Riley Cole - Elizabeth Mounger, Greenwood MS; James Middleton, Winona MS tricks in the bag, a low heart leaves the defense doubles a game bid, he has a void and wants a ruff. 2.90 3 Keith Dotson, Orange TX; Norma Dotson, helpless. Perhaps declarer should take the ♣A and a He also has an ace to cash. Flowood MS; Ann Nicholson, Ridgeland MS; Anne Wells, Jackson top spade first). Brad Moss could infer two tricks in Gitelman’s MS 2.26 4 Claudia Haller - Paula Torstrick - Katherine When East wins, he can cash out his diamonds, hand, but he had only one additional trick with Schaefer - Judy Huffman, Lexington KY but then has to lead away from his ♠10. If West his heart tenace (he can easily be endplayed and overtakes the ♥J with the ace, he sets up a heart he knew it), so he removed to 5♣. The opponents THURSDAY- FRIDAY MORNING KO 3 trick for declarer’s seventh trick. I wouldn’t even had the same information as Moss, and now were 9 Tables 4.78 1 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Village MI; Robert help to unblock the ♥J on a previous trick as the certain they couldn’t make 5♠ on the bad heart Korten, Frankfort MI; Greg Johnson, League City TX; Penny spade endplay comes up again. split, and so took their sure plus 500 on a spade Sweeney, Traverse City MI opening lead and continuation (two top diamonds 3.35 2 Jody Couch, Southaven MS; Paul Hern, Dayton OH; Karen Kreutzberg - Thomas Sanzone, Blacksburg VA Collect your prizes and a diamond ruff doesn’t gain more because 2.15 3 Guy Franklin - Randall Roberts, Chicago IL; Val Section top and overall prizes are available at then ♣K then falls under the ace). This was a Young, Wauchula FL; William George, Sebring FL the Prize Desk at the Convention Center, and Ed “frolicking” gain of 3 IMPs for the John Diamond 1.67 4 Charles Kelly, Anniston AL; David Kellogg, team when they were allowed to play 4♠ spades at Jacksonville AL; Paula Austin, Oxford AL; Margery Whitlock, Davis, who is manning the desk, says few have Wedowee AL picked up their prizes so far. the other table. The desk is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 10 Champion key: If reasonably possible, put up a a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. fight for every IMP. Daily Bulletin Saturday, March 24, 2012 Page 5

USA teams competing playing bridge for about four years. With his partner, Vanderbilt Burke Snowden, Ben took the Youth NABC in in China Toronto in 2011 by storm, winning the Gold Rush continued from page 1 After the 2012 Summer NABC in Philadelphia, Pairs (flights B/C/D), the Youth National Pairs and Falk was leading 90-65 at the halfway point of the World Bridge Federation will conduct the World the Youth National Swiss Team in three consecutive the match with Jacobs but was hammered 55-17 in Junior Championships in Taicang, China (near days. Photo by Peggy Kaplan the third quarter to trail 120-107. Falk bounced back Shanghai) from July 24 to Aug. 4. The United States Burke Snowden with a 52-14 final set to advance. Bridge Federation will send two teams each to the Burke, 14, A huge swing for Bertheau against Gordon Patiño Cup (under 26) and the Damiani Cup (under and his partner, midway through their match was a deciding factor. 21) and one team to the Rona Cup (women under 26). Ben Kristensen, Gordon and Pratap Rajadhyaksha reached 7♦ off This is the fourth of five profiles of the teams won the Youth the trump ace (and the ♣A). They ran to 7NT when representing the USBF in China. National Pairs and 7♦ was doubled. That, too, was doubled and cost Damiani Cup - USA2 the Youth National minus 1700 – 17 IMPs – for down six. Swiss at the Youth Silodor Curt Kristensen (NPC) NABC in 2011. He is a certified continued from page 1 Hakan Berk director and runs the that won in Beijing, China, in 2008. He won the Hakan, 15, Intermediate/Newcomer Club in his hometown Fort Junior Individual at the World Championships attends Montgomery Collins CO. Burke is an avid reader (loves James in Philadelphia in 2010. Graverson owns a Blair High School Rollins and Dan Brown). He enjoys tennis and has pharmaceutical company. in Silver Spring been playing the oboe for four years. The two have been playing together about three MD. Like many of David Soukup years. They have been friends for many years. Bilde our young players, This fall and Graverson play a system similar to Standard his first teacher David, 14, will American with a few gadgets. and partner was his begin his junior They entered play on Friday in third place, just father. He especially year at Thomas short of a board out of first (top on Friday was 64). enjoys the Youth NABCs, where he and some of Jefferson High In the afternoon session, they scored 63.93%, his current teammates won the 2011 Swiss Team. School for Science following with a 58.74% game in the evening. Their In addition to bridge, Hakan’s interests include and Technology score, 2240.37, was 53.29 matchpoints clear of basketball, soccer and tennis, and he is active in his in Alexandria VA. second place. school’s robotics club. When he was nine, Arjun Dhir he learned of bridge Women’s Pairs Arjun, 16, is by reading the bridge column in the Washington continued from page 1 completing his Post and then found an online course provided by bridge together at the University of New Mexico. junior year in high the ACBL. With three of his current teammates, Glasson and Gates were on the same team when school. He learned David won the 2011 NABC Youth Teams in Gates won her first NABC event. After the match, bridge through a Toronto. David’s other interests include computer the four got together to reminisce. “If we had to camp run by Atlanta science, math and baseball. lose to somebody, this is absolutely the best way it Junior Bridge at his THURSDAY- FRIDAY MORNING KO 4 could happen” said Glasson. local library five 12 Tables Gates is a retired computer programmer who years ago. He has 4.08 1 Sandra Parker - David Parker, Douglasville GA; Constance Jones - Joan Wentz, Brighton MI worked in the oil industry. Norman is a retired CPA. two second-place finishes at Youth NABCs. Arjun 2.86 2 Teresa Crosby - Diane Guiliano - Jayne Berube, spends time as a volunteer working with children Germantown TN; Cappie Saunders, Cordova TN Mancuso is Grand who have developmental disabilities. He also enjoys 1.84 3 Nancy Holland, Hot Springs Vil AR; Mickey Bearden, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Elaine Weeter - Sissy Toney, Hot tennis, basketball and football. Springs Village AR Life Master Murphy Green 1.43 4 Ellen D’Amato - Patricia Mason - Dee Johnston, Renee Mancuso won Murphy is an Kansas City MO; Carolyn Bond, Shawee Mission KS her first North American 18-year-old senior FRIDAY - SATURDAY MORNING KO 1 championship 22 years ago, at Alpharetta High 9 Tables capturing the Lebhar IMP School near Atlanta. Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Richard Gross, Owens Cross Pairs with the late Ralph He plans to pursue a Roads AL; John Russell, North Barringto IL; Fay Teal, Mesa AZ vs Cohen. Since then, she has career as an electrical William Higgins - Nancy Sachs - Amitabh Raturi, Cincinnati OH; added five major titles. engineer. Murphy Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH In the Kay Platinum learned bridge Pairs, she and Joe Stokes through a program of Marjorie Michelin - Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA placed 26th, pushing her Atlanta Junior Bridge vs masterpoint total past 10,000 and he represented the United States competing for Norma Bienkowski, Kodak TN; Beth Keeney, Fayetteville NC; Sara and making her a Grand Life Master. the Damiani Cup two years ago. He was elected Leckie, Knoxville TN; Patricia Dreinhoefer, Friendsville TN by his peers to be a FRIDAY - SATURDAY MORNING KO 2 Youth Advocate for 12 Tables Tough KO bridge in 2009. William Allendoerfer, Edwardsville IL; Michael Heimann, North Steve Robinson’s team made it to the semifinal Webster IN; Geoffrey Hadlock, Winona Lake IN; William Riley, round of the top bracket of the Mississippi Bridge Ben Kristensen Alton IL Ben, 14, is in vs Association Knockout Teams. When he looked the eighth grade at Kathy Love, Olive Branch MS; Jane Verkler, Southaven MS; Jerry around, he noticed that the four teams in the semis Marshall School in Drennan, Germantown TN; Beverly Parrish, Cordova TN were, respectively, the following seeds from the Vanderbilt KO: 13, 17, 19 and 22. Fittingly, the Duluth MN, where Kim Brinkman, Flower Mound TX; David Sauder, Lewisville TX; he especially enjoys Melanie Watson - Charles Brown, Denton TX highest seed (No. 13, captained by Ron Pachtmann) math and science vs claimed the title. Ronald Mittleman - Nancy Mittleman, Pittsford NY; Linda Nelson - classes. He has been Kenneth Nelson, Fort Collins CO Page 6 Saturday, March 24, 2012 Daily Bulletin

Leaders in the IN 1995 Kathie Wei-Sender, Carol Sanders, Betty Ann Kennedy, Sue Sachs, Lynn Deas, Beth Masterpoint Race Palmer 1 15.73 Peggy Jalenak, Memphis TN 1996 Kathie Wei-Sender, Sue Sachs, Beth 2 12.90 Keith Dawson, Chatham ON Palmer, Lynn Deas, Juanita Chambers 3 12.90 Joanne Dawson, Chatham ON 1997 Pam Wittes, Shawn Quinn, Cheri Bjerkan, 4 12.19 Tinna Moy, Newton MA Sue Weinstein, Stasha Cohen, Judy Wadas 5 11.53 Leo Jalenak Jr, Memphis TN 1998 Jo Morse, Karen McCallum, Rose Johnson- 6 11.24 R Paul Urbanick, Chicago IL Meltzer, Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Lynn Baker 7 10.43 Jean Paradis, Grand Jct CO 1999 Robin Klar, Joan Jackson, Petra Hamman, 8 10.43 Gail Cizek, Clifton CO Peggy Sutherlin, Shawn Quinn, Mildred 9 10.05 Charles Butler, Chicago IL Breed 10 9.09 Mac Dalgleish, Salt Lake City UT 2000 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Valerie Westheimer, 11 9.02 Thomas Herzog, Reston VA There was a tie last year in the Machlin Judy Wadas, Linda Lewis, Karen Barrett 12 8.17 Sally Morris, Jonesboro AR Women’s Swiss Teams: seated, Jill Levin, 2001 Lynn Baker, Jill Meyers, Randi Montin, 13 8.17 John Morris, Jonesboro AR Geeske Joel and Janice Seamon- Molson; Irina Levitina, Karen McCallum, Kerri 14 8.12 Dick Johnson, Rncho Pls Vrd CA standing, Debbie Rosenberg, Tobi Sokolow and Sanborn 15 8.12 Dale Johnson, Rncho Pls Vrd CA Jill Meyers. 2002 Kathie Wei-Sender, Betty Ann Kennedy, 16 7.94 Cheryl Hutton, Tuscaloosa AL Janice Seamon-Molson, Tobi Sokolow, Jill 17 7.94 Nancy Whitfield, Tuscaloosa AL Women’s Swiss Teams Levin, Sue Picus 18 7.86 Kathy Bold, Edwardsville IL The Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams competition 2003 Valerie Westheimer, Judi Radin, Mildred 19 7.86 Linda Badgley, Edwardsville IL begins today with two qualifying sessions, followed Breed, Shawn Quinn 20 7.82 Robert Williams, Jr, Memphis TN by two final sessions on Sunday. 2004 JoAnn Sprung, Kathleen Sulgrove, Peggy 21 7.65 Ann Sutherland, North York ON At stake: the Machlin Trophy, donated by Sutherlin, Karen Allison 22 7.65 Will Sutherland, North York ON the Machlin family in memory of Sadie Machlin, 2005 Hansa Narasimhan, JoAnna Stansby, 23 7.47 Laurie Caylen, Memphis TN longtime ACBL employee. She was the sister of Debbie Rosenberg, Irina Levitina, Sue 24 7.41 Dee Johnston, Kansas City MO ACBL chief tournament director Al Sobel and the Picus, Jill Levin 25 7.41 Patricia Mason, Kansas City MO mother of Jerry Machlin, national tournament director. 2006 Mildred Breed, Pamela Granovetter, Sylvia 26 7.29 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL Winners: Moss, Judy Radin, Shawn Quinn, Migry 27 7.29 Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN 1982 Dorothy Truscott, Stasha Cohen, Edith Zur-Campanile 28 7.25 Lisa Harris, Memphis TN (Kemp) Freilich, Nancy Gruver, Mary Jane 2007 Lynn Baker, Lynn Deas, Irina Levitina, 29 7.03 Ronald Williams, Piperton TN Farell, Randi Montin, Mike Smolen (npc) Karen McCallum, Beth Palmer, Kerri 30 6.90 Gloria Zupanci, Edwardsville IL 1983 Kathie Wei-Sender, Judi Radin, Gail Sanborn 31 6.90 James Zupanci, Edwardsville IL Greenberg, Jacqui Mitchell, Betty Ann 2008 Lisa Berkowitz, Cheri Bjerkan, Joann 32 6.76 Patricia Dalgleish, Salt Lake City UT Kennedy, Carol Sanders Glasson, Sue Weinstein 33 6.72 Charles Cox, Memphis TN 1984 June Deutsch, Tobi Deutsch, Cheri Bjerkan, 2009 Janice Seamon-Molson, Phyllis Fireman, 34 6.51 John Bondurant, Memphis TN Margie Gwozdzinsky, Dorothy Truscott, Shannon Cappelletti, Jill Levin, Tobi 35 6.29 Imogene McDaniel, Jonesboro AR Sue Halperin Sokolow, Jill Meyers 36 6.29 Kitty Byers, Jonesboro AR 1985 Sue Farino, Dianna Gordon, June Deutsch, 2010 Phyllis Fireman, Martine Verbeek, Shannon 37 5.95 Constance Jones, Brighton MI Tobi Deutsch, Rhoda Walsh Cappelletti, Wietske van Zwol, Migry Zur 38 5.95 Joan Wentz, Brighton MI 1986 Jan Martel, Rozanne Pollack, Lynne Campanile, Shawn Quinn 39 5.94 Sibyl McKellar, Memphis TN Pollenz, Lynne Feldman, Roberta Epstein, 2011 1-2. Geeske Joel, Jill Levin, Janice 40 5.88 William Bowers, Avon CO Sue Picus Seamon-Molson, Debbie Rosenberg, Tobi 41 5.88 Sally Bowers, Avon CO 1987 Cheri Bjerkan, Juanita Chambers, Lynn Sokolow, Jill Meyers 42 5.79 Ike Williford, Chidester AR Deas, Beth Palmer 1-2. Joyce Hampton, Jenny Wolpert, 43 5.79 Ruth Williford, Chidester AR 1988 Helen Utegaard, Rhoda Walsh, Carol Benedicte Cronier, Sylvie Willard, Sabine 44 5.77 Atul Hajela, Saint Louis MO Pincus, Beverly Rosenberg Auken, Daniella von Arnim 45 5.77 Sue Elder, Memphis TN 1989 Kerri Shuman, Kitty Bethe, Margie 46 5.77 Louise Koenigsfeld, St Louis MO Gwozdzinsky, Karen McCallum 47 5.77 Jane Eveland, Memphis TN 1990 Kerri Shuman, Karen McCallum, Edith 48 5.65 Richard Doss, Hot Springs Vg AR Rosenkranz, Sabine Zenkel, Daniela von 49 5.55 Sheryl Gorden, Memphis TN Arnim 50 5.51 Danna Thompson, Florence AL 1991 1-2. Jacqui Mitchell, Joyce Lilie, Amalya 51 5.51 Dorothy Slaton, Town Creek AL Kearse, Jo Morse 52 5.47 Richard Jones, Shawnee Msn KS 1-2. Ron Andersen (npc), Kay Schulle, Jill 53 5.47 Elaine Jones, Shawnee KS Meyers, Randi Montin, Pam Wittes, Juanita 54 5.41 Diane Segel, Keller TX Chambers, Cheri Bjerkan 55 5.41 Jenny Oswald, Colleyville TX 1992 Gail Greenberg, Judy Tucker, Dorothy 56 5.41 Carol Bice, Colleyville TX Truscott, Lisa Berkowitz, Sandra Landy, 57 5.41 Sandy Brown, N Richland Hill TX Michele Handley 58 5.40 George Schaefer, Jefferson City MO 1993 Kay Schulle, Jill Meyers, Kerri Shuman, 59 5.40 John Wening, Jefferson City MO Karen McCallum Seated, Benedicte Cronier, Joyce Hampton and 60 5.39 Donna Pace, Brighton TN 1994 Juanita Chambers, Rhoda Kratenstein, Jenny Wolpert; standing, Sylvie Willard, Sabine 61 5.36 Josephine Turner, Tupelo MS Shawn Womack, Jan Cohen, Hjordis Auken and Daniela von Arnim. 62 5.36 Mary Helen Harris, Marietta GA Eythorsdottir 63 5.34 Shirley Ryan, St Charles MO TOM AND CAROL SANDERS FRIDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 64 5.34 Margaret Boveri, Saint Louis MO 22.0 Tables 65 5.33 Katherine Brents, Germantown TN A B C 66 5.33 May Lynn Mansbach, 4.85 1 1 1 Nancy Cadwell - Tom Cadwell, Saint Louis MO 63.13% 67 5.33 Barbara Layman, Memphis TN 3.64 2 2 Karen Xia, Exton PA; Samuel Yake, Paoli PA 61.31% 68 5.32 Pam Merkel, Jackson TN 2.73 3 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 59.29% 69 5.31 Thomas Lee Jr, Memphis TN 2.99 4 3 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA 58.06% 70 5.29 Jimmy Dime, Fort Smith AR 2.27 5 4 2 Ted Peck, La Crosse WI; Thomas Olson, Madison WI 56.81% 71 5.26 Lori Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ 1.50 6 5 Susan Seckinger, Wethersfield CT; Carol Legoullon, Cocoa Beach FL 56.53% 1.70 6 3 Helen Soderberg, Naperville IL; Gene Nagy, Nakusp BC 56.11% 72 5.26 Marc Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ 1.28 4 John Altman - John Altman, Mariemont OH 55.56% 73 5.20 Jim Garnier, Maple Ridge BC 0.96 5 Stanley Berkowitz, Delray Beach FL; Diane Berkowitz, Hawley PA 54.84% 74 5.14 William Herman, Bellevue WA 0.83 6 Niki Coons, Toronto ON; Roger Hill, Myrtle Beach SC 54.03% 75 5.14 Sherry Quackenbush, Lenexa KS 76 5.14 Glen Quackenbush, Lenexa KS FRIDAY MORNING BOB COHEN 49’ER PAIRS 77 5.12 Shirley Haydel, McComb MS 6.0 Tables 78 5.08 George Parkins, Vienna VA A B 79 5.05 Sue Marsh, Jackson TN 1.68 1 Cheryl Kohler - John Kohler, Hot Springs Vlg AR 69.42% 80 5.01 Thomas Krueger, Shorewood WI 1.26 2 1 Katherine Brents, Germantown TN; Barbara Layman, Memphis TN 56.50% 81 5.01 Richard Krueger, Milwaukee WI 0.95 3 2 Mary Bagaglio - Geno Bagaglio, Arlington TN 56.25% 0.71 4 Paula Carter - Maryanne Macdonald, Memphis TN 53.92% 82 5.01 Virginia Hixson, Rapid City SD 0.68 3 Diane Davis - Clarice Cox, Memphis TN 53.04% Daily Bulletin Saturday, March 24, 2012 Page 7

83 5.01 Donald Hixson, Rapid City SD 84 5.00 Earl Mast, Arlington TX 85 4.94 Glendalee Coppedge, Blytheville AR 86 4.94 Lue Reid, Blytheville AR 87 4.94 Ruth Owen, Memphis TN 88 4.94 Dianne Ramsey, Germantown TN 89 4.85 Vickey Metrailer, Little Rock AR 90 4.85 Vicki Scanlon, Little Rock AR 91 4.82 William Toler, Bay Village OH 92 4.82 Ann Kostell, Westlake OH 93 4.76 Patricia Lysaught, Overland Park KS 94 4.76 Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS They won the North American Pairs, Flight C, in 95 4.74 Sarkis Kish, Memphis TN 2011: Rajeev Bansal and Michael Hughes. 96 4.65 Kathy Goldate, Germantown TN 97 4.65 Susan Ross, Germantown TN NAP-C Pairs compete for Golder North American Flight B champs from 98 4.61 Robert Meisinger, Memphis TN last year: Roger Webb and Philippe Galaski. 99 4.48 Jean Alden, Old Fort NC President’s Cup 100 4.48 Doug Alden, Old Fort NC Players in the North American Pairs Flight C, a Golder NAP Flight B begins 101 4.36 Julia Bon Smith, Chapel Hill NC grassroots event limited to players who have not yet 102 4.36 Paul Smith, Clayton NC become Life Masters, will begin competition today play today 103 4.35 William Taylor, Davidson NC for the President’s Cup. Competition begins today in the Golder North 104 4.27 Charlene Richardson, Moorefield ON The trophy was presented in 1942 by Morgan American Pairs, Flight B— a grassroots event 105 4.27 Darlene Scott, Oakville ON Howard, ACBL president that year. The trophy was limited to players with 0-1500 masterpoints. 106 4.26 Mary Bagaglio, Arlington TN previously awarded to the winners of the President’s The first stage is conducted at the local club 107 4.26 Geno Bagaglio, Arlington TN Pairs event, held at the Summer NABC. level and qualifiers advance to unit competition. 108 4.21 Janet Knight, Memphis TN The competition began last summer at the Those qualifiers then advance to the district 109 4.11 Daniel Copp, Memphis TN local club level and qualifiers then advanced to finals where three pairs — more, depending upon 110 4.10 Jane Herman, Effingham IL unit competition. Those qualifiers advanced to the attendance — qualify for the North American final. 111 4.10 William Herman, Effingham IL district finals and three pairs from each district — Winners will have their names inscribed on the 112 4.09 Donald Keyes, Anchorage AK more, depending upon attendance — qualified for Golder Cup and will also receive a certificate of 113 4.09 Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK the North American final. recognition. 114 4.01 Janice Fite, Atoka TN Winners: The trophy is presented in memory of Benjamin 115 4.01 Jan Gaston, Drummonds TN 1987 1-2. Bill Thomas, David Deaderick M. Golder (1894-1946) of Philadelphia, who died 116 3.96 Robert Schreiber, Memphis TN 1-2. Bernard Pollack, Leo Austern the day before the close of his term as 1946 ACBL 117 3.95 Harry Kilpatrick, Flowery Branch GA 1988 Brad Moss, Aaron Silverstein president. He was named ACBL Honorary Member 118 3.95 Chris Laird, Cordova TN 1989 Warren King, Jeffrey Brown of the Year for 1947. 119 3.95 Janet Samson, Flowery Branch GA 1990 Philip Leung, Moske Harel Winners: 120 3.92 Gloria Mitchell, Madison MS 1991 Eric Greco, Philip Greco 1992 Peter Worley, Kevin Young 121 3.92 Carole Mangrem, Clarksdale MS 1992 Gail Joelson, Alan Kasner 1993 Robert Sewell, Paul Janicki 122 3.87 Bill Cox, Jonesboro AR 1993 Mark Micheli, Everett Boyer 1994 Brendan Dempsey, Ian Crowe 123 3.87 Sarah Ellison, Jonesboro AR 1994 Weizhong Bao, Jingdong Guo 1995 Jay Levy, William Rushmore 124 3.82 Mary Jo Burpee, Grand Rapids MI 1995 Edward Lee, Brett Roby 1996 Robert Johnson, David Rosenstein 125 3.82 Chuck Burpee, Grand Rapids MI 1996 Yue Zuo, Ruoyu Fan 1997 Bill Drewett, Kirk Twiss 126 3.76 Ronald Mason, Elgin TX 1997 Thomas Franklin, Michael Corker 1998 Adam Beneschan, Brian Gilbert 127 3.76 Linda Banks, San Marcos TX 1998 Tien-Chun Yang, Fang Wu 1999 Andy Kaufman, Greg Burch 128 3.76 Maryanne Macdonald, Memphis TN 1999 James Gunn, Harry Shaffer 2000 Hal Hindman, Mark Chen 129 3.76 Paula Carter, Memphis TN 2000 Meredith Beck, John Johnson 2001 Walter Lee, Jonathan Weinstein 130 3.72 Germaine Johnston, Edmond OK 2001 Hailong Ao, Jian-Jian Wang 2002 Wieslaw Kalita, Marian Krasowski 131 3.72 Ron Johnston, Edmond OK 2002 Jacek Leznicki, Jerry Owczarek 2003 Jordan Chodorow, Harvey Katz 132 3.70 David Owen, Washington CT 2003 John Christensen, Robert Wissman 2004 Jim Alison, Dayn Beam 133 3.70 David Howorth, Oxford MS 2004 Daniel Wilderman, Ryan Connors 2005 Pete Whipple, Jamie Radcliffe 134 3.58 Ann Caldwell, Memphis TN 2005 Jiang Chen, Nongyu Li 2006 Fletcher Thompson, Bruce Todd 135 3.57 Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hill MI 2006 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Vladimir Reznik 2007 Mark Golding, Rob Kitchen 136 3.57 Roger Leemis, Southfield MI 2007 Jon King, Dayou Zhou 2008 Sidney Kanter, Ron Nelken 137 3.49 Caroline Macgregor, Escandido CA 2008 Abraham Pallas, Dmitri Bourlikov 2009 Robert McCaw, Lewis Gamerman 138 3.49 Joseph Monahan, Escandido CA 2009 Elenalani Lam, Michael Bodell 2010 Fred Schenker, Dian Petrov 139 3.47 Nancy Clayman, Boston MA 2010 Vladimir Oudalov, Stanley Weiss 2011 Roger Webb and Philippe Galaski 140 3.47 Susan Rutstein, \boca Raton FL 2011 Rajeev Bansal and Michael Hughes 141 3.46 Janey Musgrove, Greenwood AR FRIDAY MORNING BOB COHEN 299’ER PAIRS 142 3.44 Robert Koch, Hot Springs AR 20.0 Tables 143 3.44 Carol Koch, Hot Springs AR A B C 144 3.39 Carolyn Taylor, Carbondale IL 4.24 1 Keith Dawson - Joanne Dawson, Chatham ON 63.69% 145 3.38 Lucy Lee, Memphis TN 3.86 2 1 1 Jane Eveland - Sue Elder, Memphis TN 62.80% 146 3.36 Carolyn Bond, Shawee Mission KS 2.90 3 2 2 Marty Dunbar - Mary Lou Owens, Oxford MS 61.31% 147 3.36 Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO 1.90 4/5 3/4 3 Sarah Doyle - Sarkis Kish, Memphis TN 57.74% 148 3.35 Kay Moody, Memphis TN 1.90 4/5 3/4 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Hank Lavender, Burke VA 57.74% 149 3.35 Beth Edmondson, Memphis TN 1.41 6 5 4 Gary Conners - Gwenyth Conners, Rochester NY 56.85% 150 3.34 Judy Hardin, Olive Branch MS 1.20 6 5 Lisa Harris - Sheryl Gorden, Memphis TN 56.55% 0.79 6 Dale Johnson - Dick Johnson, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 55.06% Page 8 Saturday, March 24, 2012 Daily Bulletin PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS

77 Tables 80.00 5/8 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Alan Sontag, Evanston IL; Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA; Fred Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton Gitelman - Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric FL; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Jorgen Molberg, Greco, Wynnewood PA Trondheim Norway vs 80.00 5/8 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom - AZ; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Houston TX; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Sjoert Brink, Johanneshov Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Kevin Bathurst, New York NY Den Netherlands 80.00 5/8 Piotr Zak - Grzegorz Lewaciak, Lodz Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Curtis Cheek - Joe Poland; Jerzy Zaremba, Chapel Hill NC; Jaroslaw Grue, Las Vegas NV; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill Cieslak, Paradzice Poland; Waldemar Frukacz, ON; Ishmael Delmonte, New South Wales Gloucester ON Australia; Thomas Bessis, Paris France 50.00 9/16 Marty Fleisher, New York NY; vs Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Chip Martel, Davis Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland CA; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Steve Weinstein, OR; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Mark Dahl, Andes NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV Richmond VA 50.00 9/16 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Dania FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo 80.00 5/8 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Lauria, Rome Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Norberto Bocchi, Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy Barcelona Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires 50.00 9/16 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon Argentina; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness - Claudio Nunes - Egypt Fulvio Fantoni, Monaco

1. Fleisher 232 64.(65.) Lewis 59 1. Fleisher 13 54 89 158 32.(33). Wang 33. Wang 183 17 38 53 68 32. Tuszynski 72 1. Fleisher 36 71 104 123 16. O’Rourke 17. Larsen npc 112 25 62 89 135 48. Texan Aces 127 17.(48.) Texan Aces 50 55 62 84 16. O’Rourke 49. Rosenberg 69 16 52 90 110 16. O’Rourke 149 1(16). O’Rourke 5 41 76 WD 9. Ludewig npc 153 8. Diamond 56. Gipson 43 9. Ludewig npc 8 73 125 177 177 79 114 168 24. Ekeblad 41.(62.) Goldstein 118 55 73 118 149 24. Ekeblad 141 9. Ludewig npc 53 62 103 154 8. Diamond 25. Landen 170 40. Denmark 143 25. Landen 29 103 142 166 23 54 63 wd 8. Diamond 57. Poon 83 39 60 134 8. Diamond 136 8. Diamond

4(20). Bertheau 5. Strul 151 60. Narasimhan 146 5. Strul 28 57 72 115 28. Fireman 37. Wyer 157 37 47 87 133 28. Fireman 163 5.(28.) Fireman 11 26 73 107 12. Gordon 21. Li 175 85 110 133 176 44. Czyzowicz 131 21. Li 37 46 74 119 12. Gordon 53.(76.) Lavee 116 37 84 119 144 12. Gordon 128 12. Gordon 32 64 85 99 4(20). Bertheau 13. Kranyak 162 13. Kranyak 52. Kalita 78 31 59 86 109 49 67 97 122 20. Bertheau 45. Maksymetz 104 33 96 136 169 20. Bertheau 138 13.(20.)Bertheau 17 44 72 105 29. Rigal 137 4. Monaco 36.(41.) Barrett 182 29.(41.) Barrett 23 51 51 77 18 37 42 48 4. Monaco 61.(68.) LaTraverse 114 32 66 92 151 4. Monaco 196 Daily Bulletin Saturday, March 24, 2012 Page 9 PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS

50.00 9/16 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike 25.00 17/32 Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Passell, Las Vegas NV; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Raton FL; Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Howard Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; Weinstein, San Diego CA; Boye Brogeland, Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Norway; Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway Russia 25.00 17/32 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Gary 50.00 9/16 Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Cohler, Miami FL; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Roy CA; Chris Willenken - Bjorn Fallenius, New York Welland, New York NY; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela 25.00 17/32 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Richard von Arnim, Hockenh Germany Schwartz, Aventura FL; Louk Verhees, 2215 SH 50.00 9/16 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Dennis Voorhou Netherlands; Rico Van Prooijen, Nieuw McGarry, Stuart FL; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth Vennep Netherlands; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit RI; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Jerry Clerkin - Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN 25.00 17/32 Jie Li, Beijing China People’s 50.00 9/16 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Republic of China; Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Hurd - Joel Republic of China; Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Wooldridge, New York NY; Krzysztof Buras, Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk 25.00 17/32 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Larry Poland Kozlove, Louisville KY; Peter Boyd, Darnestown 50.00 9/16 Juan Carlos Ventin - Juan Pont - Javier MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Kit Woolsey, Graupera, Barcelona Spain; Alejandro Bianchedi - Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY Ernesto Muzzio, Buenos Aires Argentina; Frederic 25.00 17/32 Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; Wrang, Stockholm Sweden Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Vincent Demuy, 25.00 17/32 Nick Nickell - Zia Mahmood, Laval QC; Jie Zhao, Boca Raton FL; David New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Bakhshi, London England Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX

7. Jacobs 153 7. Jacobs 58. Yarington 91 24 54 86 116 26. Lall 22 38 71 87 39.(64.) Hwang 142 7. Jacobs 26. Lall 179 30 61 71 158 10.(23.) Levine 20 66 84 99 23. Levine 154 23. Levine 42. Sprung 81 25 70 127 163 10. Spector 26 63 83 106 55. Carmichael 61 10. Spector 192 7. Jacobs 39 65 120 134 2 (47.) Falk 55 90 107 159 15.(53.) Bloom 15. Onstott 122 50. (53.) Bloom 143 7 46 wd 18.(47.) Falk 65 135 47. Falk 158 15.(47.) Falk 18. Milner 67 29 62 85 117 2.(34.) Ventin 29 58 82 99 31.(34.) Ventin 31. Denmark Open 120 41 69 106 176 34. Ventin 157 2. Nickell 33 55 89 107 63. Zambonini 61 2. Nickell 103 7. Jacobs

3. (14.) Amoils 3. Cayne 209 3. Cayne 2 62.(67.) Stephani 106 6 66 139 185 30.(35.) Glubok 36 60 85 113 35. Glubok 138 3. Cayne 30. Lambardi 121 20 56 90 114 14. Amoils 19. Berg 152 47 85 93 127 19.(46.) Doub 46. Doub 154 22 41 68 74 14. Amoils 27 92 99 156 51. Consus White 90 14. Amoils 194 3. (14.) Amoils 44 80 107 156 6. (54.) Consus Red 11. Mahaffey 98 26 53 76 94 11.(54.) Consus Red 54. Consus Red 99 35 77 122 164 22. Kasle 43. Korbel 105 33 72 98 122 22. Kasle 159 11.(54.) Consus Red 57 93 126 183 6. Lynch 18 35 63 97 27.(50.) Brescoll 86 27.(38.) Joel 38. Joel 149 16 48 90 119 6. Lynch 38 68 90 123 59. Todd 62 6. Lynch 179 Page 10 Saturday, March 24, 2012 Daily Bulletin

In between, he won the McKenney Trophy 1993 Tony Kasday, Michael Seamon, Steve Sion, (now the Barry Crane Top 500) four times. He Billy Cohen, Ron Smith was the first player to win 1,000 masterpoints in 1994 Perry Johnson, Jeff Meckstroth, Chip a single year and the first player to earn 10,000 Martel, Eric Rodwell masterpoints. 1995 Ralph Cohen, Billy Cohen, Peter Nagy, Jacoby won seven Spingolds, seven Vanderbilts, George Mittelman, Marty Sklar, Hugh Ross two Reisingers and more than a dozen other major 1996 Jimmy Cayne, Bjorn Fallenius, Brian titles. He was named to the ACBL Bridge Hall of Glubok, Chuck Burger, Mats Nisland, Mike Fame in 1965. Passell He and son Jim are the co-authors of Jacoby 1997 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Brian Glubok, Transfer Bids, Jacoby 2NT and other bidding ideas. Bart Bramley, Walter Schafer, Geir Together, they won the Reisinger in 1955 — when Helgemo Jim was 22 — and the Vanderbilt in 1965. 1998 Edith Rosenkranz, Ralph Cohen, Ron Winners of 2011 the Jacoby Open Swiss Jim Jacoby (1933-1991), elected to the Hall Smith, Bob Etter, Bob Morris Teams: Steve Shirey, Greg Hinze, Dan Morse of Fame in 1997, won the Bermuda Bowl in 1970 1999 Sam Lev, Brian Glubok, Michael Polowan, and Jacob Morgan. Also on the team but not and 1971, the World Mixed Teams in 1972 and the John Mohan, Barnet Shenkin pictured are Michael Polowan and David Yang. World Team Olympiad in 1988. He won more than 2000 Mike Cappelletti Jr., Gary Cohler, Mark Open Swiss Teams begin 14 NABC titles and captured the Barry Crane Top Lair, Richard Finberg 500 in 1988 — the same year he won the Olympiad 2001 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Alfredo play today title. Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Norberto Bocchi, The Open Swiss Winners: Giorgio Duboin Teams begin play 1982 Allan Stauber, Jan Janitschke, Ross Grabel, 2002 Perry Johnson, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric today with the Jacoby Mike Smolen Rodwell, Paul Soloway Trophy going to the 1983 Mike Albert, Ira Rubin, Grant Baze, Barry 2003 Peter Bertheau, Fredrik Nystrom, Christal winners. This is a four- Crane Henner-Welland, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio session event with two 1984 Bart Bramley, Mark Cohen, Milt Nunes, Fred Gitelman qualifying sessions and Rosenberg, Ralph Katz 2004 Jacek Pszczola, Michal Kwiecien, Piotr two final sessions. 1985 John Devine, Alan Sontag, John Mohan, Gawrys, Sam Lev, Michael Polowan, Chris The trophy is named Roger Bates Willenken for Oswald and Jim 1986 Mark Cohen, Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson, 2005 James Cayne, Michael Seamon, Geir Jacoby — one of the Kit Woolsey Helgemo, Tor Helness, Robert Levin, Steve premier father-son pairs 1987 Eddie Kantar, Alan Sontag, Roger Bates, Weinstein in ACBL history, the John Mohan, John Devine 2006 Bob Hamman, Robert Levin, Jeff first father-son to win a 1988 Ron Sukoneck, Doug Fraser, Kamel Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Paul Soloway, national championship Fergani, Bill Pettis Steve Weinstein together and the first 1989 Jim Mahaffey, Ron Andersen, Paul 2007 David Maidman, Marin Marinov, Kalin father-son to be elected Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Jeff Meckstroth, Karaivanov, Ruman Trendafilov to the ACBL Bridge Hall Eric Rodwell (became Open Swiss Teams) 2008 Perry Johnson, Chris Compton, Jeff of Fame. 1990 John Sutherlin, Bart Bramley, Gerald Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell The senior Jacoby Michaud, Larry Richardson, Bob Hamman 2009 Bob Hamman, Zia Mahmood, Jeff (1902-1984) won his first 1991 George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Mark Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell major title — the National Team Championship of Lair, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Bobby 2010 John Diamond, Brian Platnick, Brad Moss, the American Whist League — in 1929 and his last Goldman Fred Gitleman, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson major title — the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams 1992 Richard Schwartz, Drew Casen, Michael 2011 Greg Hinze, Greg Hinze, Dan Morse, Jacob — in 1983. Seamon, Richard Pavlicek, Fred Stewart, Morgan, Michael Polowan, David Yang Steve Weinstein

MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KNOCKOUT - 1 FRIDAY BRIDGE CLUB STRATIFIED DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 15 Tables 39.0 Tables / Based on 38 Tables 58.50 1 Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba, Israel; Cornelis A B C Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Voorhou Netherlands; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; John Kranyak, Las 16.80 1 1 Michael Kelley - Martina Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 60.40% Vegas NV; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel 12.60 2 2 John Gunther - Diane Gunther, Newbury Park CA 59.82% 40.95 2 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, 9.45 3 3 1 Preston Kauk, Cupertino CA; Dorr Clark, Campbell CA 58.73% Canyon TX; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, 7.09 4 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Nancy Cord, Sun Valley ID 58.45% Doorn 304G Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Tilburg , Netherlands; 6.21 5 Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 58.35% Ton 6.65 6 4 Dave Lang, Ottawa ON; William Sharp, Nepean ON 58.25% Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands 23.40 3/4 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Larry Kozlove, 4.20 7 Sandra Nott, Memphis TN; Jean Bondani, Cordova TN 56.10% Louisville KY; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Kit Woolsey, 3.73 8 Susan Kissinger - John Kissinger, San Clemente CA 55.47% Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY; Peter Boyd, 4.64 9 5 2 W Oates - P Oates, Brighton MI 55.41% Darnestown MD 3.05 10 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 54.88% 23.40 3/4 Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; John Mohan, 2.80 11 Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 54.86% Huixquilucan Mexico; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Joao Paulo Campos, 3.48 6 3 Kimberly Music - William Kraybill, Lewis Center OH 53.77% Sao Paulo Brazil; Miguel Villas-Boas, Sao Paulo Brazil 2.51 7 Steve Merovitz, Laval QC; Monroe Miller, Cote Saint-Luc QC 53.72% 2.61 4 Robert Sturm, Dayton MD; Ernie Schuler, Wheaton MD 53.34% MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE KNOCKOUT - 2 3.84 5 Linda McEwan, Orlando FL; Beverly Greear, Winter Park FL 53.29% 12 Tables 2.09 6 Morgan Defenderfer - Millicent Taylor, Oak Ridge TN 52.86% 28.37 1 Ellen Gabriel - Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 19.86 2 Donald Paterson - Carol Akers Paterson, UNIT 179 FRIDAY-SUNDAY SIDE GAME SERIES Cordova TN; Barbara Doran - Eric Landau, Silver Spring MD; 24.0 Tables Sandra Hammer, Dorset VT; Courtney Nelson, Wells VT A B C 11.35 3/4 Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Christopher 5.16 1 Justina McKee, Fernwood MS; Annette Lee McHann, Flowood MS 68.55% Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON; Peggy Miller, Olive 3.87 2 Linda Green, Southaven MS; Joyce Stone, Memphis TN 58.47% Branch MS 4.10 3 1 1 Toni Hurlbut - Alberta Birk, Mason TX 57.08% 11.35 3/4 Carolyn Sullivan - James Sullivan, Richfield OH; Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla 3.08 4 2 Herbert Hein Jr, Belview MN; Mark Lasoff, Minneapolis MN 56.84% CA 2.31 5 3 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Anita Goldman, Syosset NY 56.43% 1.59 6 Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 56.40% MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE KNOCKOUT - 3 1.73 4 Joyce McMonagle - Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN 55.26% 12 Tables 2.27 5 2 Nancy Golden, Richmond VA; Yichi Zhang, Pasadena CA 53.35% 20.67 1 Terrell Holt - Sondra Holt, Lexington KY; Kurt Brescoll - Janet Brescoll, Versailles KY 0.97 6 Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Gavin McGimpsey, Idaho Falls ID 52.86% 14.47 2 Ron Sholes - Carole Sholes, Springfield IL; 1.70 3 Alan Trippel, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Wally Johnson, Hot Springs Vil AR 52.61% Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Richard Brummer, Effingham IL 1.28 4 Tai Wang, Rosemead CA; Sandra Rucker, San Gabriel CA 52.48% 8.27 3/4 Peter Kyper, West Chester PA; Sam Dodson, 1.10 5 Ti Davis - Richard Kalkbrenner, Little Rock AR 52.32% Houston TX; Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN; Susan 0.72 6 Debby Schadt - Joyce Graflund, Memphis TN 50.19% Kestenbaum, Huntingdon Vy PA 8.27 3/4 Edwin Glickman - Han Sarah Glickman, Snowmass CO; Junko Amy Noguchi, Takamatsu-Shi, Japan; Joel Martineau, Vancouver BC; Charles Kelly, Anniston AL ♠♥♦♣ Daily Bulletin Saturday, March 24, 2012 Page 11

FRIDAY AFTERNOON JOHN TOUTIATOS 49ER MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE KNOCKOUT - 4 5.0 Tables 16 Tables A B C 18.98 1 Jack Whetstone, Apex NC; James Cunningham, Durham NC; Bruce Byrne, Marietta GA; Sambasiva Rao, 1.58 1 1 Geno Bagaglio - Mary Bagaglio, Arlington TN 66.00% Morrisville NC; Andrea Roitman, Cary NC 1.19 2 Cheryl Kohler - John Kohler, Hot Springs Village AR 57.50% 13.29 2 Gerald Nehra - Susan Tom - Thomas Tom - Ben 0.91 3 2 D Jeanne Dycus, Germantown TN; Linda Robinson, Collierville TN 55.50% Broughton, Muskegon MI 0.68 4 3 Janet Kilbride - Wade Kilbride, Oviedo FL 53.00% 7.59 3/4 Patricia Miller, Aurora CO; John Rothschild, Elkridge MD; Tom Barrett, Denver CO; EllaMargaret Cron, FRIDAY AFTERNOON JOHN TOULIATOS 299ER Centennial CO 7.59 3/4 Darryl Harrison - Joanne Fiedler, Grand Rapids 22.0 Tables MI; David Pingel, Kentwood MI; Milt Epstein, Urbana IL A B C 4.52 1 Dorothy Slaton, Town Creek AL; Danna Thompson, Florence AL 64.88% MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE KNOCKOUT - 5 4.13 2 1 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL; Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN 64.29% 16 Tables 2.54 3 Jim Douds - Patty Douds, Peachtree City GA 58.93% 15.06 1 Breezy Salmon - Deborah Shaw - Fran Skinner - Bill Skinner, Nashville TN 3.10 4 2 Kathy Goldate - Susan Ross, Germantown TN 57.74% 10.54 2 Keith Meyer - Marci Meyer, Long Beach IN; 2.32 5 3 Jeanette Holladay, Florence AL; Nancy Sinclair, Spruce Pine AL 57.44% Ken Cornelius - Mary Cornelius, Portland OR 2.74 6 4 1 Connie True - Dickason Stephen, Little Rock AR 57.14% 6.02 3/4 Cameron Barbian - Donna Barbian, Sherman IL; 1.33 5/6 Rose Rich - Evelyn Rosenberg, Memphis TN 56.25% Thomas Lewis - Joann Lewis, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 2.06 5/6 2 John Morris - Sally Morris, Jonesboro AR 56.25% 6.02 3/4 Beth McGregor, Fort Collins CO; Hatchie 1.35 3/4 Dale Johnson - Dick Johnson, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 55.36% Greene, Saint Louis MO; Sue Simmons - Bradley Simmons, Greeley CO 1.35 3/4 Sarkis Kish - Sarah Doyle, Memphis TN 55.36% 0.87 5 Dianne Mardis, Saint Louis MO; Hope Wood, Clarkson Valley MO 52.98% MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE KNOCKOUT - 6 0.71 6 Tom Baer, Farmington Hlls MI; John Landrigan, Gemantown TN 51.49% 16 Tables 10.28 1 Leanne Gilbert - Duane Baker, Central Lake MI; BILOXI BRIDGE CLUB A/X SWISS Joan Slyker - Louis Slyker, Rapid City MI 34 Tables / Based on 66 Tables 7.20 2 Loretta Gibbens - Mary Hamlett - Barbara A X Belfiglio, Nashville TN; Karen Kendrick, Brentwood TN 11.08 1 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Amar Banerjee, Bhadreswar 91 4.11 3/4 Ralph Britton, Wentzville MO; William Maack, India; Bhabesh Saha - Debabrata Majdumer, Kolkata West Be India 101.00 Ofallon MO; Constance Jones - Joan Wentz, Brighton MI 4.11 3/4 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Village MI; Robert 8.31 2 Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; David Bakhshi, London England; Nicolas Korten, Frankfort MI; Penny Sweeney, Traverse City MI; Greg L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL 98.00 Johnson, League City TX 6.23 3 Denis Bennett - Heather Dhondy, London England; Brian Senior, Nottingham England; Nevena Senior, Bulwell Notting England 93.00 MOBILE BRIDGE CLUB COMPACT KO TEAMS -1 4.67 4 Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; Diego 16 Tables 29.78 1 Ernesto Muzzio - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Aires Argentina; Javier Graupera, Barcelona Spain Spain; Juan Argentina; Joao Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Miguel Pont, 08017 Barcelona Spain Villas-Boas, Sao Paulo Brazil 89.00 20.85 2 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Keyzad Anklesaria, 6.69 5 1 Dave Kuschel, Minot ND; Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK; Charlotte Ahmedabad India; P Sridhar, Chennai 60 India; Jyotindra Shah, Blum, La Jolla CA; Patrick Frye, Laurel MD 83.00 Mumbai India 2.63 6 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse 13.40 3 Pawel Niedzielski, Loda 90-013 Poland; Piotr Walczak, Ualisz Poland; Jan Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland; Domink Netherlands; Craig Gower - Alon Apteker, Johannesburg South Africa 81.00 Jacek Filipowiez, Kalisz 62-800 Poland 1.97 7 Jerry Gaer, Scottsdale AZ; Adele Verkamp, Phoenix AZ; Brian 10.42 4 Uttam Gupta, Bangalore India; Kirubakara Schoenfeld, Va Beach VA; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 75.00 Moorthy, Chennai India; Sandip Datta - Kaustabh Nandi, Kolkata 5.02 2 Richard Gross, Owens Cross Rds AL; Lillian Johannessen - Arun Savara West Be India - Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 71.00 3.76 3 Robert Moorman, Jr - Cindy Sealy - Owen Lynch, Huntsville AL; Robert MOBILE BRIDGE CLUB COMPACT KO TEAMS -2 13 Tables Ring, Laceys Spring AL 70.00 21.87 1 Doug Baxter - Robert Lebi - David Lindop, 2.82 4 Don Haney, Trussville AL; James Partridge, Birmingham AL; Marian Toronto ON; Harmon Edgar, Mequon WI Wilson - Joy Rieckers, Tucson AZ 68.00 15.31 2 William Higgins - Amitabh Raturi - Nancy 2.12 5 Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB; Gerald Lackner - Hans Kadletz, Graz Sachs, Cincinnati OH; Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH Austria; Senta Lackner, Unterpremstätte Austria 62.00 9.84 3 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Fred King, Falls Church VA; Rick Eissenstat, 97278 Jerusalem Israel; L James Phillips, Chicago IL HENRY SENDER B/C/D SIDE SWISS 7.65 4 Neil Kimelman - Don Pearsons, Winnipeg MB; 32 Tables Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Zachary Brescoll, Hendersonville B C D NC 6.37 1 1 Barbara Rees, Mesa AZ; RaeDonna Jones, Kingwood TX; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Tad Krusiewicz, Rancho Mirage CA 107.00 MOBILE BRIDGE CLUB COMPACT KO TEAMS -3 15 Tables 4.78 2 2 1 Michelle Menz - Todd Barker, Cincinnati OH; John Altman - John 16.82 1 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Barbara Altman, Mariemont OH 98.00 Kepple, West Chester PA; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON; Bruce Norman, 3.58 3 Tom Beard - Sarah Pentecost, Dresden TN; Victoria Gregory, Carthage TN Pittsburg KS; Stephen Parker, Owens X Rds AL 91.00 11.77 2 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Barry 3.07 4/5 3 Keith Dotson, Orange TX; Norma Dotson, Flowood MS; Frances Purrington, Eagan MN; Joseph Rice - Bjorgvin Kristinsson, McCain, Jackson MS; Louise Andy, Madison MS 86.00 Minneapolis MN 7.57 3 William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI; Catherine 2.36 4/5 Adrienne Fisher - Eugene Fisher, Potomac MD; Karen Zuckerberg - Gay, Kalamazoo MI; Robert Varty - Walter Casper, Grand Rapids Edward Zuckerberg, Dobbs Ferry NY 86.00 MI 2.30 6 4 2 Peter Huggler III, Seminole OK; Jo Ann Pierce, Pearland TX; 5.89 4 Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Irma Schulman, William Kibikas, Friendswood TX; Kelly Skalicky, New York NY 80.00 New York NY; Herbert Fallin Jr - La Quitta Talbot, Keller TX 1.73 5 John Rothschild, Elkridge MD; Patricia Miller, Aurora CO; MOBILE BRIDGE CLUB COMPACT KO TEAMS -4 EllaMargaret Cron, Centennial CO; Tom Barrett, Denver CO 77.00 16 Tables 1.70 6 3 Patricia Baugh - Jack Baugh, Voorheesville NY; Barbara Wolner, 12.91 1 Nancy Frank, Glencoe IL; Jan Ratliff, Highland Menands NY; W Daniel Kelsey, Averill Park NY 74.00 Park IL; Elaine Ware, Vernon BC; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 1.28 4 Douglas Steele, Seymour IL; James Slaughter, Champaign IL; Mark 9.04 2 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Jerome Williams, Wilder, Evanston IL; Nic Hristea, Chicago IL 71.00 Westerville OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH; Ann Zorn, Billings MT 5.81 3 Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD; Cerona Stevens, 299ER PAIRS Marquette MI; Suzanne Boruta, Anacortes WA; Martha Hawley, 11.0 Tables Carmel Valley CA A B C 4.52 4 Oscar Johnson - Judith Johnson, Prattville AL; 2.97 1 Dorothy Slaton, Town Creek AL; Danna Thompson, Florence AL 63.69% Luanne Russell - Lee Stimson, Alexander City AL 2.66 2 1 1 Jo Ann Froehlich, Ballwin MO; Roxy Kesler, Creve Coeur MO 63.10% 2.00 3 2 2 Cheryl Piette, Huntsville AL; Donna Merchant, Madison AL 61.90% MOBILE BRIDGE CLUB COMPACT KO TEAMS -5 16 Tables 1.50 4 3 Greg Potter, Edmond OK; David Wagner, Oklahoma City OK 60.42% 10.81 1 Gloria Tsoi, Somerville MA; Kimberly Gilman, 1.12 5 4 Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry, Metairie LA 56.55% Carlisle MA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; David Taylor, Seattle WA 0.84 6 5 Tinna Moy, Newton MA; Thomas Herzog, Reston VA 55.65% 7.57 2 Jeff Dater, Dallas TX; Christy Kadin, Camarillo 1.07 6 3 John Wening - George Schaefer, Jefferson City MO 54.46% CA; Elinor Hood, Portland OR; Judith Lotridge, Carrollton TX 0.80 4 Jessie Hsia - Wei Hsia, Tuscaloosa AL 52.08% 4.86 3 River Dance, Lexington NC; Mina Akhnoukh, Ft Lauderdale FL; Lynda Flanger, Gainesville VA; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA HENRY FRANCIS 299ER SWISS 3.78 4 Normand Malette, Sudbury ON; Bonnie Bond, 8 Tables Hamilton ON; John Wang, Beltsville MD; Robert Michaud, Sun A B City West AZ 2.54 1 Amy Stabenow - Steve Reiss, Saint Louis MO; Sandra Meinz - Marvin Meinz, Chesterfield MO 100.00 2.00 2 1 Ellen D’Amato - Dee Johnston - Patricia Mason, Kansas City MO; Carolyn Bond, Shawee Mission KS 84.00 1.50 3 2 Allan Trynz - Teri Trynz, Boynton Beach FL; Gary Conners - Gwenyth Conners, Rochester NY 63.00 Page 12 Saturday, March 24, 2012 Daily Bulletin

MOBILE BRIDGE CLUB COMPACT KO TEAMS -7 RUBY KILLEBREW STRATIFIED OPEN 16 Tables 68.0 Tables / Based on 69 Tables 7.14 1 Kim Brinkman, Flower Mound TX; Melanie A B C Watson - Charles Brown, Denton TX; David Sauder, Lewisville TX 5.00 2 G Raxsdale - Helen Raxsdale, Hsv AR; Nancy 25.97 1 Carl Chadwick, Hamilton ON; Birger Holmquist, Kaneohe HI 63.09% Holland, Hot Springs Vil AR; Mickey Bearden, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 19.48 2 Bob Friz, Leonard TX; Brady Allen, Dallas TX 59.94% 3.21 3 William Bunn, Brentwood MO; Catherine 14.61 3 Richard Chan - Paul Janicki, Markham ON 59.65% Pretsch, Saint Charles MO; Martha Hanley, Chesterfield MO; 10.96 4 Betty Starzec - Jane Armstrong, Sugar Land TX 59.29% Elizabeth Meteer, Wildwood MO 8.66 5 Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 59.05% 2.50 4 Jody Couch, Southaven MS; Paul Hern, Dayton 7.42 6 Gary Anziani, San Antonio TX; Jerrold Harrington, Garden Ridge TX 58.30% OH; Thomas Sanzone - Karen Kreutzberg, Blacksburg VA 6.49 7 James Senter - Gale Senter, San Clemente CA 58.08% MOBILE BRIDGE CLUB COMPACT KO TEAMS -8 5.77 8 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 57.94% 16 Tables 5.19 9 David Rogers, Pinehurst NC; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland 57.40% 5.34 1 Teresa Crosby - Jayne Berube - Diane Guiliano, 4.72 10 Eddie Bass, Austin TX; John Erickson, Houston TX 57.30% Germantown TN; Cappie Saunders, Cordova TN 4.33 11 Marvin Lampert - Virginia Munafo, Huntsville AL 57.22% 3.74 2 Madeline Tonti, Mandeville LA; Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Bill Beaushaw, Pearl River LA; Raymond 4.00 12 Laurie Vogel - Nancy Turner, New York NY 57.09% Prizler, Houston TX 3.71 13 Brian Mason, Crossville TN; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 56.93% 2.40 3 Paul Beebe - Kay Beebe, Fairview NC; Roy 11.51 14 1 1 Peter Shui - Penny Shui, Clarence NY 56.85% Kuhn - Mary Ann Kuhn, Lake Lure NC 4.76 15 Jan Janitschke - Bonnie Smith, Littleton CO 56.74% 1.87 4 John Manderscheid, Houston TX; Jimmy Parker, 8.63 16 2 Anu Goodman, Toronto ON; Pamela Nisbet, Ottawa ON 56.71% Monticello AR; Geoffrey Hadlock, Winona Lake IN; Michael 3.22 17 Geoffrey Hintze, Huntsville AL; Richard Jess, Madison AL 56.49% Heimann, North Webster IN 6.47 3 Paul Walker, London, England; Frank Wharton, London, England 55.27% 4.86 4 2 Ross Richardson, Dexter MI; Walter Magee, Manitou Beach MI 53.78% A Look Back 3.84 5 Larry Averbuch - Irwin Hodes, Nashville TN 53.14% 3.34 6 3 Douglas Spiker, Henrietta NY; Lewis Rothberg, Pittsford NY 52.30% Great deals from past NABCs 2.88 7 Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA; Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA 52.24% 2.56 8 Matthew Dyer, Chicago IL; Lorraine Cable, New York NY 52.20% Fabulous falsecard 2.50 4 Chris Wiggins, Bloomfield MI; William Landrum, Detroit MI 51.56% At board-a-match, scoring the battle for the 2.56 5 Margi Dyer, Mayfield KY; Douglas Snow, Paducah KY 51.49% crucial overtrick can be exciting. When this deal 1.69 6 Michael Colburn, Simsbury CT; Charles Curley, Wakefield MA 51.40% arose in the first session of the 1977 Reisinger, Carol Sanders found a play to guarantee that Billy JUDY DIXON FRIDAY-SUNDAY SIDE GAME SERIES Eisenberg wouldn’t make that vital overtrick. 30.0 Tables Sanders was playing with Betty Ann Kennedy. A B C Eisenberg was playing with Eddie Kantar. 6.07 1 Jessica Piafsky, New York NY; Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland 69.08% Dlr: North ♠ J 9 7 4 4.55 2 1 Dimitri Bourilkov - Malay Ghosh, Gainesville FL 60.62% 3.41 3 Charles Weed, Shreveport LA; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 60.54% Vul: Both ♥ 6 5 3 2 2.56 4 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA 60.08% ♦ A 3.73 5 Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Spgs CO; Ken Monzingo, San Diego CA 59.92% ♣ K 8 6 4 3.30 6 2 Ian Kirk, Tualatin OR; Joe Rottmann, Vancouver WA 59.77% ♠ A K Q 3 2 ♠ 8 6 2.48 3 Michael Morris, Oak Ridge TN; Peter Misslin, Vonore TN 57.85% ♥ - ♥ J 10 9 4 1.86 4 Bert Adams - Carolyn Adams, Steilacoom WA 56.46% ♦ K 5 2 ♦ J 10 9 7 3 1.39 5 David Pingel, Kentwood MI; Darryl Harrison, Grand Rapids MI 55.00% ♣ 9 7 5 3 2 ♣ Q 10 2.88 6 1 Danella Catchings - Louise Jones, Jackson MS 54.08% ♠ 10 5 2.16 2 Bonnie Taylor, Menands NY; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 52.00% ♥ A K Q 8 7 1.62 3 Randall Roberts - Guy Franklin, Chicago IL 51.77% ♦ Q 8 6 4 1.22 4 Burke Snowden - Craig Snowden, Fort Collins CO 49.46% 0.91 5 Toni Hurlbut - Alberta Birk, Mason TX 48.38% ♣ A J West North East South BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS Sanders Kantar Kennedy Eisenberg 39.0 Tables / Based on 78 Tables Pass Pass 1♥ 60.00 1 Daniel Neill, Lexington KY; Jason Rotenberg, Ridgefield CT 1287.78 2♥(1) Dbl Pass Pass 45.00 2 Steve Hirsch - Gregory Thorpe, Brea CA 1213.12 2♠ 3♥ Pass 4♥ 33.75 3 Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE 1198.89 All Pass 26.67 4 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 1196.56 (1) Colorful cuebid (black suits) 24.00 5 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Michael McDonald, Rochester Hills MI 1185.26 Sanders cashed the ♠A-K, and then switched to a 21.82 6 Thomas Bandy, Jonesboro AR; Risa Campbell, Brownsville TN 1178.64 club. Eisenberg won the ♣A, cashed the ♣J and 20.00 7 Bijoy Anand - Janice Madsen, Atlantic Beach FL 1167.88 18.46 8 Trisha Fleet, Dartmouth NS; John Kropinak, Columbus OH 1152.73 crossed to dummy with the ♦A. We’ll never know, 17.14 9 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Darin Campo, Huber Hts OH 1149.67 however, if Eisenberg planned to back his expert 16.00 10 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 1148.67 judgment and play Kennedy for all four outstanding 15.00 11 Daniel Jackson, Spring TX; Bill McCarty, San Antonio TX 1145.47 trumps. Why? Because when he crossed to the ♦A, 14.12 12 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Ping Hu, Naperville IL 1130.86 Carol falsecarded with the ♦K! This play ensured 13.33 13 Bob Wierman, Anderson CA; July Ratley, Redding CA 1118.63 that Eisenberg wouldn’t play for the 4-0 trump 12.63 14 Bill Stoltey, Fort Collins CO; Edward Yosses, Loveland CO 1118.17 break. 12.00 15 George Atherton - Susan Atherton, Baton Rouge LA 1115.18 No sooner was the hand over than Kantar 11.43 16 Brian Zaugg, Burien WA; Patrick White, Bothell WA 1107.59 (dummy) lamented: “How come everybody always 10.91 17 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 1102.62 gets his newspaper hands against me?” 10.43 18 Elaine Moore - Thomas Shudic, Burbank CA 1097.55 10.00 19 Robert Lass - Cory Perkers, Chicago IL 1096.19 But that’s not the whole story. That evening 9.60 20 Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; Bruce Altshuler, Los Angeles CA 1094.77 after the session, Matt Granovetter came over to 9.23 21 Ariel Leibovitz - Stephen Reichek, Houston TX 1094.60 Eisenberg with a hand. 8.89 22 Patrick Moos - Charles Young, Peoria IL 1092.03 “I just missed the chance to make the play of a 8.57 23 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 1088.97 lifetime,” began Matt. 8.28 24 Barbara Benson, Santa Ana CA; Paul Frean, New York NY 1086.41 “Before you start,” interrupted Eisenberg, “let 8.87 25 David Frohlich - Frances Prus, Pittsburgh PA 1080.34 me tell you what happened to me.” He then went 7.74 26 Jan Banks, Norcross GA; Carol Crawford, Atlanta GA 1078.49 on to relate the story of Sanders’s play. When he 7.50 27 Brian Cummins, Arlington TN; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 1075.87 finished telling his story, he continued, “Now tell 7.27 28 Jerry Drennan, Germantown TN; Beverly Parrish, Cordova TN 1067.37 me about your almost play.” 11.80 29 Bert Feasley, Eden NY; Chongmin Zhang, Getzville NY 1064.14 6.86 30 Vincent Fish, Chelmsford MA; Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA 1063.12 “Never mind,” was Granovetter’s reply. 6.67 31 Chuck Ettelson - Jane Ettelson, Saint Louis MO 1061.44 Cuebids just aren’t meant 6.49 32 Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Meg Myers, Beaverton OR 1058.98 to be passed 6.32 33 Bryan Delfs, Kenosha WI; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 1045.85 No hand in the 1978 Summer NABC caused 9.78 34 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB 1044.08 6.00 35 Kevin Dybvig - Maya Altarac, Birmingham AL 1040.08 more uproar than Board 5 of the Golder Master 5.85 36 Roy Martin - Guy Martin, Birmingham AL 1038.68 Pairs. At least two pairs played at the slam level 7.53 37 Srinivas Kachibhatla, Reston VA; John Montgomery, Arlington VA 1032.06 – one grand and one small – with a 0-0 trump fit! 9.23 38 Denny Penticoff, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Emil Dimitrov, Hot Springs Vlg AR 1029.95 Another pair vowed never again to use artificial 5.45 39 Allen Rew, Independence MO; Keith Smith, Lees Summit MO 1025.20 bids. Many a player was forced to choose the trump suit at the grand slam level. One thought his partner’s cuebid showed the ♣A, so he bid 7NT and watched the opponents take the first eight tricks – continued on page 13 Daily Bulletin Saturday, March 24, 2012 Page 13

WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS all clubs. 32.0 Tables / Based on 59 Tables This was board 5 along with one of the 100.00 1 Georgiana Gates, Houston TX; Patricia Norman, Lone Tree CO 1043.58 disastrous bidding sequences: 75.00 2 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 1016.58 Dlr: North ♠ A K Q J 56.25 3 Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH 1006.64 Vul: N-S ♥ K Q 7 4 44.44 4 Lone Bilde - Helle Rasmussen, Denmark 987.90 ♦ 40.00 5 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 968.61 A K Q J 3 36.36 6 Victoria Gromova, 119296, Moscow Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 963.42 ♣ — 33.33 7 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 953.93 ♠ 10 7 3 ♠ 2 30.77 8 Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 948.57 ♥ J 9 ♥ 6 28.57 9 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Pam LaShelle, Round Rock TX 939.28 ♦ 8 5 2 ♦ 10 7 6 26.67 10 Sylvia Moss - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 937.21 ♣ A J 8 6 3 ♣ K Q 10 9 7 5 4 2 25.00 11 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 932.67 ♠ 9 8 6 5 4 23.53 12 Joan Van Geffen - Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 930.29 ♥ A 10 8 5 3 2 22.22 13 Samantha Nystrom, Burnaby BC; Isabelle Smith, Ottawa ON 927.01 ♦ 9 4 21.05 14 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 915.56 ♣ — 20.00 15 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC 908.49 19.05 16 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 905.46 West North East South 18.18 17 Kitty Cooper, Fort Collins CO; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 901.38 1♣ 3♣ 3♥ 17.39 18 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 896.89 5♣ 6♣ Dbl Pass 16.67 19 Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Susan Tane, Westport CT 893.04 Pass 7♣ Pass Pass(?) 16.00 20 Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Jan Assini, Aurora OH 888.16 Pass 7♥ Pass Pass 15.38 21 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 879.06 Pass Director!!! 14.81 22 Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA; Kathy Harper, Woodside CA 878.72 North, whose opening bid was a Precision Club, 14.29 23 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Valerie Westheimer, New York NY 877.51 thought he heard a double to his left when he bid 13.79 24 Gerri Anne Mason, Crossville TN; Dot Blue, Nashville TN 877.36 7♣, so he continued bidding to the proper contract. 13.33 25 Sheri Winestock - Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 867.99 However, it was determined that the bidding had 12.90 26 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Sharon Gerstman, Buffalo NY 861.71 ♣ 12.50 27 Gemma Mariano, Metro Manila Philippines; Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD 855.70 been passed out at 7 . The director ruled that the 12.12 28 Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 853.55 contract was 7♣, so declarer went down eight on a 11.76 29 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Judi Radin, New York NY 845.42 deal where he was cold for 7♦, 7♥ or 7♠. 11.43 30 Mary Oshlag, Memphis TN; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 843.64 But what’s trump? SILODOR OPEN PAIRS Here’s an auction written up in the February 65.0 Tables / Based on 130 Tables 1956 Bridge Bulletin by none other than A.M. (Al) 125.00 1 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark; Hans Graverson, Aalborg 9200 Denmark 2240.37 Sobel in his regular monthly column: 93.75 2 Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 2187.08 It may sound silly to start a description of a trip 70.31 3 Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 2093.43 backwards, but that’s the way they do everything in 55.56 4 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 2063.45 Europe--including the bidding of the French team. 50.00 5 Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 2015.32 They make up their minds before the auction starts 45.45 6 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 1998.28 what the final contract will be, and then all bids 41.67 7 Cecilia Rimstedt, Partille, Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1988.77 leading up to that contract have meanings that they 38.46 8 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 1981.36 alone know. Let me give you an example of their 35.71 9 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 1973.83 33.33 10 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 1968.76 bidding: 31.25 11 Yu Zhang, - Xuefeng Feng, People’s Republic of China 1965.49 West East 29.41 12 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT 1959.97 1♣(1) 1♦(2) 27.78 13 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX 1952.41 1♥(3) 1NT(4) 26.32 14 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 1947.03 2♦(5) 3♣(6) 25.00 15 Russell Samuel, Long Beach NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 1939.07 3♥(7) 3NT(8) 23.81 16 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 1929.26 4♦(9) 4♠(10) 22.73 17 Eric Rodwell - Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 1914.52 (1) I’ve got two aces and a king. 21.74 18 Thomas Turgeon - Jack Wynns, Memphis TN 1914.09 (2) You’ve got nothing on me. I also have two 20.83 19 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 1904.66 aces and a king. 20.00 20 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 1899.52 19.23 21 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom 1895.46 (3) I’ve got two red queens. 18.52 22 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Gert Jan Paulissen, Amsterdam Netherlands 1885.29 (4) I’ve got the spade queen and the two red 17.86 23 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA 1883.92 knaves. 17.24 24 Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL; Stephen Burgess, New Zealand 1882.58 (5) I have a run in clubs and almost ready for gin. 16.67 25 Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 1877.72 (6) I have three tens. 16.13 26 David Yang, Darien IL; Jonathan Weinstein, Evanston IL 1872.97 (7) No good-I have a flush. 15.63 27 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD 1866.49 (8) By the way, what’s your wife’s phone 15.15 28 Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 1859.25 number. I like her. 14.71 29 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; David Walker, Salem VA 1856.18 (9) You can have it. I don’t like her. Say let’s get 14.29 30 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 1844.82 to the real bid now. Stayman looks as if he’s ready to 13.89 31 Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT; Gordon Zind, Ottawa ON 1844.28 13.51 32 Sim Therrell - Andrew Bernstein, Memphis TN 1840.03 double. 13.16 33 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 1839.63 (10) The first honest bid! 12.82 34 Stephen Stewart, Shawnee Msn KS; Tom Kniest, University City MO 1837.98 Upon which everybody passes, or the Americans 12.50 35 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 1834.56 double (usually) and the contract is made (usually), 12.20 36 Michael Ring, Urbana IL; Robert Sievers, Champaign IL 1832.69 and with an overtrick to boot (more usually). 11.90 37 Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Herbert Jordan, Miami FL 1832.09 Last drop of blood 11.63 38 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Marion Michielsen, Rotterd, Netherlands 1832.05 Los Angeles was the defending Sports 11.36 39 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Jim Russell, Bradenton FL 1827.71 11.11 40 Gu Ling - Lu Yan, People’s Republic of China 1826.64 Illustrated Trophy holder when Toronto hosted 10.87 41 Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA 1822.63 the Inter-City Championshiop in 1964. Exacting 10.64 42 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 1816.62 the maximum penalty was the defensive goal Eric 10.42 43 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 1815.01 Murray had made a close double on this layout. 10.20 44 Farid Assemi - Edward Wojewoda, Fresno CA 1810.14 Murray is playing with Sami Kehela. Eddie Kantar 10.00 45 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; John Onstott, New Orleans LA 1808.38 is playing with Lew Mathe. 11.34 46 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 1804.23 Dlr: West ♠ 10 8 3 9.62 47 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 1803.99 Vul: N-S ♥ Q 8 6 2 9.43 48 Roger Lee, Pasadena CA; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 1800.39 ♦ 7 3 9.26 49 Martin Schaltz, Odense 5000 Denmark; Lars Blakset, Holte Denmark 1797.47 ♣ K Q 7 5 9.09 50 Michael Askgaard, Gentofte, Denmark; Gregers Bjarnarson, Copenhagen, Denmark 1792.31 ♠ Q 6 5 ♠ K 4 ♥ A 10 4 ♥ J 97 5 3 ♦ Q J 8 4 2 ♦ A ♣ 9 3 ♣ A J 8 4 2 ♠ A J 9 7 3 ♥ K ♦ K 10 9 6 5 ♣ 10 6 continued on page 14 Page 14 Saturday, March 24, 2012 Daily Bulletin

West North East South Murray Kantar Kehela Mathe Pass Pass 1♥ 1♠ If you topped your 2♥ 2♠ 3♣ 3♦ section or came Dbl 3♠ Pass Pass in first overall in Dbl All Pass a regional event, this man – Ed Murray led a club, East took dummy’s king with Davis – wants to the ace and returned a heart. West returned a club, see you. If Davis is dummy won and played a diamond to East’s ace. not there during When East played the ♣J, Mathe ruffed with the ♠J. the Prize Desk Had Murray overruffed and given East a diamond hours, someone ruff, this would have been the defenders’ last trick, else will be. Prize for declarer would have ruffed the next club with the Desk hours today nine and dropped East’s trump king. Declarer then are 8:30 a.m. to 10 has the rest of the tricks and the penalty is only 200. a.m.; 11 a.m. to 1 Murray extracted the last drop of blood by p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The refusing to overruff the third round of clubs. Mathe Prize Desk will be ♦ could only continued with the K, which East open on Sunday ruffed. Now the fourth club was ruffed by declarer from 9 a.m. to 2 and overruffed in West, and the diamond return gave p.m. East a second ruff for a 500 penalty. However, there were but isolated moments of glory for the Canadians - though these never failed to bring wild cheers from an enthusiastic hometown USA teams competing in engineering management at Florida Institute audience. The match ended 185 – 138 Los Angeles. of Technology in Melbourne. Luz previously in China represented Venezuela in international competitions, Loser on loser After the 2012 Summer NABC in Philadelphia, both on a Junior team and on a women’s national the World Bridge Federation will conduct the World team. In 1967, Victor Mollo issued ‘invitations to Junior Championships in Taicang, China (near Olympus to members of the bridge world’s elite. Shanghai) from July 24 to Aug. 4. The United States Sylvia Shi With their cooperation, Mollo wrote The Bridge Bridge Federation will send two teams each to the Sylvia, 23, Immortals, a chapter-by-chapter portrait of the Patiño Cup (under 26) and the Damiani Cup (under started learning game’s finest players. One of those was Norman 21) and one team to the Rona Cup (women under bridge very recently Kay. Here is a hand he submitted for inclusion in the 26). (January 2011), book, along with Mollo’s write-up: This is the last of five profiles of the teams although she had ♠ 10 6 2 representing the USBF in China. played other card ♥ K 8 Rona Cup – USA games. She became a ♦ A K 8 5 4 Jenni Carmichael (NPC) Life Master and won ♣ K 8 4 the Mini McKinney ♠ 9 3 ♠ 7 4 Taylor (0-5) in her first year ♥ J 9 6 5 3 2 ♥ A Q Compton playing bridge. In 2011 she represented her district ♦ Q J 9 ♦ 10 6 Taylor is a in the Flight C North American Pairs. Sylvia has a ♣ 9 7 ♣ A Q J 10 6 3 2 13-year-old from degree in public health from Johns Hopkins and is ♠ A K Q J 8 5 Dallas who starting currently in a PhD program in public policy at the ♥ 10 7 4 playing bridge University of Maryland. ♦ 7 3 2 when she was six ♣ 5 (she learned at Isha Thapa West North East South age 4 using the Isha, 17, will Kay Bridge Master software). Her parents are both graduate from Gunn 1♦ 3♣ 3♠ excellent players, and her mom owns a bridge High School in Palo Pass 4♠ All Pass studio where Taylor, an ACBL-accredited teacher, Alto CA this spring West opened the ♣9 and Kay proceeded to make has been teaching kids’ classes for two years. She and will know soon his contract at trick one. He went up with dummy’s is a member of the American Bridge Teachers where she will attend king and the defence was helpless. East won and Association. In addition to bridge, Taylor enjoys college this fall. continued with the ♣Q, Kay discarding a diamond. soccer, acting, swimming, and hanging with her She learned bridge Ruffing the next club high, he drew two rounds of friends. in eighth grade in a trumps, played dummy’s top two diamonds, ruffed a class at her middle diamond and crossed back to the table with the ♠10 Marianna Linz school. Her interest in bridge caused her father to enjoy the two established diamonds. Marianna, 22, to renew his own interest, and they have played Had East switched at trick two, it would have started playing together frequently in the past few years. Isha plays made no difference. Kay would have led dummy’s bridge with her the piano, is learning guitar and sings in a youth ♣8 - knowing from the lead that West could not beat family when she was choir. it – and he would have shed a diamond as before. so young she had trouble holding 13 Rebecca Wernis cards. She became Becca started more serious about playing bridge as bridge as a student at a freshman in high Harvard, where she school in Chicago, was President of the under the tutelage Harvard Bridge Club. Marianna graduated Summa of her chemistry Cum Laude in 2011 with a degree in Chemistry and teacher, who offered Physics and Earth & Planetary Sciences. In the fall bridge classes after of 2012 she plans to start a PhD program in either school. Having Climate Science or Physical Oceanography. learned some basics, she attended her first NABC in Chicago and was Luz Ortega hooked. Becca, 21, is a junior at Caltech, majoring Luz, 24, has a in and preparing for graduate studies in physics. degree in electrical She represented District 23 in the GNTs Flight B in engineering from New Orleans. This summer in Philadelphia, she and Universidad her Caltech colleagues will compete in the ACBL’s Metropolitana in collegiate championships. her native Caracas, Second place in the Silodor Open Pairs went to Venezuela. This Erik Saelensminde and Boye Brogeland. spring, she will begin graduate studies Daily Bulletin Saturday, March 24, 2012 Page 15

One suit, two endplays On this deal from the second final session of the Whitehead Women’s Pairs, Sylwia McNamara showed how to engineer two endplays in one suit. The board helped her and Karen McCallum to a third-place finish in the event. Dlr: South ♠ A 10 7 Vul: E-W ♥ 9 5 4 ♦ A K J 9 ♣ A J 2 ♠ K J 5 2 ♠ Q 9 ♥ A Q J 10 3 ♥ 6 ♦ 5 ♦ 6 4 3 2 ♣ 10 9 8 ♣ Q 7 6 5 4 3 ♠ 8 6 4 3 ♥ K 8 7 2 ♦ Q 10 8 7 Steve Hirsch and Gregory Thorpe came in ♣ K second in the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs. West North East South McCallum McNamara Gemma’s Pass 2♦ (1) Dbl (2) Pass Pass gem 2♥ 2♠ Pass 2NT Gemma (Mariano) Pass 3NT All Pass Tan, who traveled from (1) Flannery: five hearts, four spades, 11-15 Manila, Philippines, high-card points. to play bridge at the (2) Showing values. New Grand Life Master Carolyn Lynch with Spring NABC in regular partner Mike Passell. West started with the ♥Q, ducked all around. Memphis, occasionally She shifted to the ♣10 at trick two: 2, 3, king. Lynch celebrates writes bridge-related McNamara then cashed four rounds of diamonds, poetry. ending in her hand. West pitched a club, a heart and as Grand LM The following verse a spade. Going into the Tucson Regional a couple may have been inspired Now when McNamara played a low spade from of weeks ago, Carolyn Lynch needed about 168 by a true event. Surely, hand, West erred by splitting her spade honors. masterpoints to top the 10,000 mark, which would most bridge players will be able to relate. McNamara went up with the ace and played a make her a Grand Life Master. Mike Passell, second spade. East played the queen perforce and Lynch’s regular partner, said he thought she would The ghost of tourneys past West could not afford to overtake because doing so become a Grand LM at the Spring NABC in would set up the suit for declarer. Memphis. Oh, the horror, terror, fright In with the ♠Q, East had nothing but clubs, The Lynch team exceeded expectations, That awaits with fall of night so she had to lead into dummy’s ♣A J. That put however, and she earned the ACBL’s highest Life From which wrath escape is vain McNamara up to eight tricks – four diamonds, three Master rank before arriving in Memphis. Though I shake with fever fraught clubs and the ♠A. Her friends, partners and teammates threw her Though my eyes and ears I cover Applying the coup de grace, McNamara exited a surprise party on Friday night to celebrate the Still will rise that dreadful spector from dummy with the ♠10, putting West on lead to achievement. With the evening’s dark refrain surrender trick number nine to South in the form of Lynch fulfilled the major requirement for “I am the trump that you forgot!” the ♥K. Grand LM by winning her first North American Plus 400 was worth all 31 matchpoints. championship, the Keohane North American Swiss Teams, in 2008. She has three major titles to her Monitoring credit. At this and future North American Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ events with visible, real-time cameras. The images Snack Bar Info will be recorded and will be available for later There are two Snack Bar locations near the official inspection and review. playing areas: By general monitoring of the session and l Mezzanine Level of the Cook Convention participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source Center. Hours: 9 am to 6 pm of information that may be useful in determining l 2nd Floor of the Cook Convention Center. facts and settling issues arising from some types of Hours: 8:30 am to 9 pm ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. This procedure is intended to assure everyone Parks doing better that the playing field is level and that misbehavior Barry Harper reports that friends of Bill Parks, will not be tolerated. Macungie PA, will be pleased to know that after years on the waiting list, Bill had a kidney transplant last week and is doing well. He expects to be out of the hospital in a few days and back at the bridge table relatively soon. Runners-up in the Whitehead Women’s Pairs: Linda Lewis and Joann Glasson.

ArtelEggs Last Day Today Drop by our booth on the mezzanine level beside the bookseller and get a free chain with every pendant, and more special offers. Page 16 Saturday, March 24, 2012 Daily Bulletin More great hands from bridge history Blue murder Of course, had the ♥6 and ♥5 been transposed, West North East South In 1967, Victor Mollo issued “invitations Stayman would have had no problem – and Becker Leventritt to Olympus” to members of the bridge world’s would have had no hope. That, no doubt, is where 1♠ elite. With their cooperation, Mollo wrote The Dorothy’s feminine intuition came into the picture. Dbl Rdbl Pass Pass Bridge Immortals, a chapter-by-chapter portrait Something must have told her that the ♥6 was a 2♣ 2♠ Pass 4♠ of the game’s finest players. One of those was B. vital card. With the five in its place, she would have All Pass Jay Becker. Here is a hand Becker submitted for settled without question for the inferior contract of As declarer, Leventritt won the opening lead of inclusion in his chapter, along with analysis written 3NT. the ♣K with his ace and led his singleton diamond by the incomparable Mollo: A Passelline Brilliancy to dummy’s jack and East’s king. East ruffed If there is one thing which brings a bridge Mike Passell won the International Bridge Press dummy down with a club return and declarer came player greater pleasure than to execute perfectly Association’s 1992 Precision Award for the Best to his hand with a diamond ruff to ruff another club. a perfect contract, it is to get away – artistically, Defense of the Year. Here’s the deal, written up by When the ♠A revealed that East held a sure trump of course – with blue murder. The example which bridge journalist Phillip Alder: trick, it appeared that declarer might consolidate follows occurred in the American Team trials of Suppose dummy holds K-Q-9-4 of spades and this loser by allowing East to overruff a fourth club 1963. Dorothy Hayden, needless to say, was the sitting over it you hold A-J-5. Declarer, in notrump, lead. But Leventritt did much better by ruffing a accessory before the act and the decorative dummy leads low to the king. Which card to you play? diamond and then leading out two more trumps. while it was being perpetrated. [Sam Stayman sits Sometimes the ace, when you cannot delay the West had no difficulty, discarding a club and a West and Victor Mitchell is East.] return of a particular suit. And more often you drop diamond. But the third round of trumps found him ♠ Q 8 the five, when you want to mislead declarer about in a three-suit press. A club, establishing South’s 10, ♥ 10 6 3 the lie of the suit. Almost certainly declarer will or a diamond, setting up North’s jack would merely ♦ A Q J 9 6 waste a hand entry to lead a second spade toward postpone the inevitable so West gave up a heart. ♣ A Q 4 the queen. But you never play the jack. Declarer then made the ace, king and jack of hearts, ♠ 5 4 3 ♠ J 10 7 2 Dlr: South ♠ K Q 9 4 giving the 13th trick to East’s high trump. ♥ A 8 5 ♥ K Q 7 4 Vul: E-W ♥ K 7 6 3 The overtrick, made in defiance of the “rule” ♦ K 8 7 2 ♦ 10 5 3 ♦ Q 8 5 2 that a trick cannot be gained by failing to trump out ♣ 10 7 2 ♣ 6 3 ♣ K a loser, was worth all the points on the board. ♠ A K 9 6 ♠ 10 7 2 ♠ A J 5 A Four-twoish fit ♥ J 9 2 ♥ 10 5 ♥ Q J 9 4 The International Bridge Press Association’s ♦ 4 ♦ 9 3 ♦ J 10 7 6 1995 Romex Award for Best Bid Hand of the Year ♣ K J 9 8 5 ♣ Q J 10 9 7 2 ♣ 8 3 went to David Berkowitz and Larry Cohen. Here’s West North East South ♠ 8 6 3 the deal, presented by Alfred Sheinwold: Hayden Becker ♥ A 8 2 Bridge textbooks tell you to look for a trump Pass 1♣ ♦ A K 4 suit of eight or more cards. If you can’t find one, Pass 1♦ Pass 1♠ ♣ A 6 5 4 play the hand at notrump, they advise. Pass 3♣ Pass 4♣ West North East South David Berkowitz and Larry Cohen found Pass 4♠ Pass 6♣ 1NT an exception to the rule early in the 1994 ACBL All Pass Pass 2♣ Pass 2♦ Nationals: Most unscientific North-South pairs, notes Pass 3NT All Pass Dlr: North ♠ Q 8 Alfred Sheinwold in a light-hearted commentary, This was the auction at both tables. The first Vul: E-W ♥ J 7 reached 3NT, a crude contract with nothing but nine declarer won the ♣Q lead in the dummy, played a ♦ Q 9 8 7 4 tricks to recommend it. Not so Becker and Dorothy. diamond to the king, then led a spade to the king. ♣ A 10 7 3 Without a certain stopper in hearts they looked East won with the ace and returned his second club. ♠ 7 4 3 ♠ 9 6 5 2 for something better, and since game in a minor Declarer ducked and won the next round. Now a ♥ K 10 8 3 ♥ A Q 9 6 2 produces a modest score, they bid the slam. All low spade to dummy’s 9 kept West off play and ♦ A J ♦ 2 simple science and straightforward arithmetic. established nine tricks: two spades, two hearts, three ♣ J 8 6 4 ♣ 9 5 2 Having called three other suits, Dorothy diamonds and two clubs. ♠ A K J 10 Hayden was clearly marked with a singleton heart, At the second table the play began in identical ♥ 5 4 maybe even with a void. Sam Stayman, therefore, fashion: ♣Q to the king, diamond to the king, spade ♦ K 10 6 5 3 opened cunningly the ♦2 to discourage the finesse. to the king. But here East, American expert Mike ♣ K Q One look at the dummy and nothing could Passell, dropped the ♠J under the king! West North East South discourage Becker. He needed everything and Not unnaturally, declarer, thinking East had Treadwell Cohen Gookin Berkowitz more besides. He finessed, cashed the ace, ruffed a started with the singleton jack or the J-10 doubleton Pass Pass 1NT(1) diamond, entered dummy with the queen of trumps or tripleton, went back to hand with a diamond Pass 2NT Pass 3♠(2) and ruffed a second diamond. Before pausing for before leading a spade to the queen. Passell Pass 4♠(3) All Pass breath, Becker drew trumps, ending in dummy, and pounced with the ace, then returned his second club, (1) 14-16 HCP (Precision). cashed the fifth diamond, leaving this position: establishing his partner’s suit while West still had (2) Looking for a fit. North probably has 9 or ♠ Q 8 the ♠10 as an entry. 10 points and the hand belongs in game but North ♥ 10 6 3 When the diamonds weren’t 3-3, declarer could doesn’t have four spades (no Stayman) and the two ♦ — cash only eight tricks. short suits look dangerous. ♣ — Rules were meant to be broken (3) He wouldn’t have bid 3♠ on a four-card ♠ 5 4 ♠ J 10 7 2 The May 1963 issue of the Contract Bridge suit, would he? If South has only four spades, they ♥ A 8 5 ♥ K Bulletin introduced one pair of the three comprising must be headed by the A-K-J. Besides, Sonny ♦ — ♦ — U.S.A.’s Bermuda Bowl team: Howard Schenken Moyse became famous rooting for 4-3 trump fits. ♣ — ♣ — and Peter Leventritt: Maybe bridge players of the 21st century will ♠ A K 9 6 Witness Leventritt’s execution of the play celebrate the 4-2 fit. ♥ J (and the opponents) in the following deal from a David Treadwell, playing with Robert Gookin, ♦ — National Life Masters Pair Championship. muttered something about ‘When in doubt’ as he led ♣ — Dlr: South ♠ A 10 6 3 a trump. Berkowitz won his jack and led the ♦K. To keep four spades, East had to bare his Vul: E-W ♥ K 6 5 2 He had to set up the diamonds while he had a ♥K and since his last discard was the queen, his ♦ Q J 7 6 trump in dummy to stop the hearts. We can all see distribution presented no mystery. ♣ 4 that the defenders can take two hearts, a diamond Becker led dummy’s ♠Q, then the eight, ♠ — ♠ J 9 5 4 and a diamond ruff, but nobody pointed this out to intending to run it if a sleepy East gave him the ♥ Q 10 7 ♥ 9 8 3 Treadwell and Gookin. chance. Wide awake, Victor Mitchell went up with ♦ A 10 8 3 2 ♦ K 9 5 So they took their two hearts and got out with the 10, and now, winning with the king, Becker ♣ K Q J 9 5 ♣ 8 7 3 a second trump. Now Berkowitz drew trumps and produced one of the most extraordinary end-plays ♠ K Q 8 7 2 claimed his game. To start the ball rolling, let’s call in the history of bridge. With three cards left, he led ♥ A J 4 the 4-2 fit the Larry Cohen trump fit. Your reporter the ♥J. If Stayman allowed the trick to run up to ♦ 4 certainly doesn’t want his name on it. his partner’s king, Mitchell would be end-played in ♣ A 10 6 2 spades. If Stayman went up with the ace, he would himself be end-played in hearts. Daily Bulletin Saturday, March 24, 2012 Page 17

299ER PAIRS EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Greg Potter, Edmond OK; David Wagner, Oklahoma City OK 60.42% 1 Dorothy Slaton, Town Creek AL; Danna Thompson, Florence AL 63.69% 2 2 Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry, Metairie LA 56.55% 2 1 1 Jo Ann Froehlich, Ballwin MO; Roxy Kesler, Creve Coeur MO 63.10% 3 3 1 John Wening - George Schaefer, Jefferson City MO 54.46% 3 2 2 Cheryl Piette, Huntsville AL; Donna Merchant, Madison AL 61.90% 4 4 Hank Lavender, Burke VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA 53.57% 4 3 Tinna Moy, Newton MA; Thomas Herzog, Reston VA 55.65% 2 Jessie Hsia - Wei Hsia, Tuscaloosa AL 52.08% 3 Dianne Mardis, Saint Louis MO; Hope Wood, Clarkson Valley MO 50.60%

RUBY KILLEBREW STRATIFIED OPEN FRIDAY EVENING 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Marvin Lampert - Virginia Munafo, Huntsville AL 59.36% 1 Betty Starzec - Jane Armstrong, Sugar Land TX 62.80% 2 Bob Friz, Leonard TX; Brady Allen, Dallas TX 57.19% 2 Laurie Vogel - Nancy Turner, New York NY 59.11% 3 Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA; Susan Winkler, Wake Forest NC 55.01% 3 Patricia Worthley, Andover MA; Sue Becker, Canton OH 59.06% 4 Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 53.54% 4 Lesley Decker Lucas - Stephen Lucas, Woodbury NY 57.03% 5/6 Ann Economidy, Albuquerque NM; Anne Leverone, Saint Paul MN 51.97% 5 1 1 Peter Shui - Penny Shui, Clarence NY 55.47% 5/6 Grant Robinson, Orinda CA; Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA 51.97% 6 2 Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA; Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA 52.63% 1 1 Sally Kellar, Toronto ON; Herbert Heller, Pittsburgh PA 51.87% 2 2 William Lindemann, Champaign IL; Donald Rogers, Mattoon IL 46.71% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Larry Averbuch - Irwin Hodes, Nashville TN 63.01% 1 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 59.26% 2 Jan Janitschke - Bonnie Smith, Littleton CO 53.64% 2 1 Paul Walker, London, England; Frank Wharton, London, England 57.39% 3 David Rodney, Fairfax VA; William McFall, New Berlin WI 52.33% 3 James Fordham, Fairburn GA; Cynthia Colin, New York NY 56.07% 4/5 Mary Ann Boardman - James Boardman, Cedar Rapids IA 51.16% 4 David Rogers, Pinehurst NC; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland 56.02% 4/5 Gay Parrish - Jay Brandt, Bellingham WA 51.16% 5 Jack Goodykoontz - Vicki Goodykoontz, Morgantown WV 53.19% 6 William Muir - Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 50.15% 6 Kate Burton, Durham CT; Dave Smith, Walls MS 52.78% 2 1 Ludmila Antonova, New York NY; Suresh Nayak, Brooklyn NY 49.14% 2 J Ann Bouchard - Jeanie Pearson, Columbia MO 49.90% 3 Doris Waugh - Teri LaBove, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 48.79% 1 Douglas Spiker, Henrietta NY; Lewis Rothberg, Pittsford NY 49.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Carl Chadwick, Hamilton ON; Birger Holmquist, Kaneohe HI 62.65% 1 1 Jian-Ping Chen - Charles Sadowski, Yorktown VA 56.22% 2 Eddie Bass, Austin TX; John Erickson, Houston TX 61.13% 2 Anna Bromberg, Brooklyn NY; Linda Rothstein, New York NY 55.52% 3 Sharon Jabbour - Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL 56.38% 3 Shawn Stringer, Silver Spring MD; Richard Ferrin, Washington DC 52.33% 4 1 1 Margi Dyer, Mayfield KY; Douglas Snow, Paducah KY 54.76% 4 Mac Steen - Jamie Steen, Bellevue WA 49.09% 5 2 Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA; Arline Fulton, Englishtown NJ 54.50% 5 Bill Ream, Burleson TX; Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK 48.79% 6 Jeanne Lucas - Ed Lucas III, Tempe AZ 54.40% 6 Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 47.93% 2/3 1 Sandra Harris - Michael Harris, Austin TX 46.81% 2/3 Benton Wheeler III, Memphis TN; Steven Huhman, Larchmont NY 46.81% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Gary Anziani, San Antonio TX; Jerrold Harrington, Garden Ridge TX 61.69% 1 1 1 Ross Richardson, Dexter MI; Walter Magee, Manitou Beach MI 59.46% 2 1 Anu Goodman, Toronto ON; Pamela Nisbet, Ottawa ON 58.77% 2 Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 52.38% 3 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV 56.38% 3 Terry James, Upper Arlington OH; Vickie Sebastian, Beavercreek OH 52.15% 4 Shelly Dunietz, New York NY; Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ 54.38% 4 2 Matthew Dyer, Chicago IL; Lorraine Cable, New York NY 51.92% 5 Brian Mason, Crossville TN; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 53.85% 5 Michael Colburn, Simsbury CT; Charles Curley, Wakefield MA 51.69% 2 Ottilie Bello, Short Hills NJ; Joan Brody, Morristown NJ 53.38% 1 Katherine Hawker - Stephen Hawker, Baltimore MD 43.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Ron Nelken - Sidney Kanter, Clifton NJ 57.69% 1 Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI 61.08% 2 James Senter - Gale Senter, San Clemente CA 54.85% 2 Geoffrey Hintze, Huntsville AL; Richard Jess, Madison AL 59.23% 3 Allison Howard, Cookeville TN; Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA 51.69% 3 Richard Chan - Paul Janicki, Markham ON 55.38% 4 1 1 Michael Arthur - Elizabeth Arthur, Pearl River LA 49.69% 4 Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 54.38% 5 Sonia Kaplan, Tinton Falls NJ; Donna Dulet, Ocean NJ 49.00% 5 1 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 53.23% 2 Ram Hira, North Vancouver BC; Grant Mackinnon, Burlington ON 48.38% 2 1 Pat Moles - Lou Ann Moles, Harrison AR 48.54%

JUDY DIXON FRIDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES 2ND OF 6 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS VV WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Spgs CO; Ken Monzingo, San Diego CA 59.92% 1 Jessica Piafsky, New York NY; Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland 69.08% 2 1 Ian Kirk, Tualatin OR; Joe Rottmann, Vancouver WA 59.77% 2 1 Dimitri Bourilkov - Malay Ghosh, Gainesville FL 60.62% 3 Louise Fontecchio, Nashville TN; Janet Appel, Estill Spgs TN 58.92% 3 Charles Weed, Shreveport LA; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 60.54% 4 Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville IL; Carl Sharp, Chicago IL 58.08% 4 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA 60.08% 5 Jim Dick, Woodbridge VA; Ronald Kral, Reston VA 57.77% 5 Mary Gorkin, Boca Raton FL; Mark Ludwig, Maryland Hts MO 58.31% 6 2 Bert Adams - Carolyn Adams, Steilacoom WA 56.46% 6 2 Michael Morris, Oak Ridge TN; Peter Misslin, Vonore TN 57.85% 7 Susan Stark, Cleveland OH; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 55.38% 7 Claire Lavery, Atlanta GA; Gun Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 56.54% 8 Tom Dixon - Clair Berry, Germantown TN 55.23% 8 3 A Fetters - Richard Wendricks, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 53.92% 9 3 David Pingel, Kentwood MI; Darryl Harrison, Grand Rapids MI 55.00% 9 4 Jacek Leznicki, Verona NJ; Jerry Owczarek, Hackettstown NJ 53.69% 10 4 1 Danella Catchings - Louise Jones, Jackson MS 54.08% 10 5 John Harper - Jerri Harper, Peninsula OH 53.46% 11/12 5/6 Brian Arseneault, Halifax NS; Steve Anderson, Herring Cove NS 51.77% 11 Rosemary Bruggen - James Greiner, Loudon TN 53.08% 11/12 5/6 2 Randall Roberts - Guy Franklin, Chicago IL 51.77% 12 6 1 Bonnie Taylor, Menands NY; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 52.00% 7 Devon Sherwood, Springfield MO; R Dian Barker, Alton IL 51.46% 7 Tiger King, Houston TX; James Zhan, Sugar Land TX 51.08% 3 Toni Hurlbut - Alberta Birk, Mason TX 48.38% 8 Susan Seckinger, Wethersfield CT; Carol Legoullon, Cocoa Beach FL 50.31% 4 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI; Robert Korten, Frankfort MI 46.92% 2 Burke Snowden - Craig Snowden, Fort Collins CO 49.46% 3 Larry Alexander, Memphis TN; J Breen, Sioux City IA 46.00%

BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D E EAST-WEST 1 Steve Hirsch - Gregory Thorpe, Brea CA 59.05% 1 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Ping Hu, Naperville IL 62.93% 2 Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE 57.05% 2 Thomas Bandy, Jonesboro AR; Risa Campbell, Brownsville TN 60.40% 3 Bob Wierman, Anderson CA; July Ratley, Redding CA 56.96% 3 Trisha Fleet, Dartmouth NS; John Kropinak, Columbus OH 57.67% 4 Colleen Bicket, Edmond OK; Willie Baker Jr, Guthrie OK 56.44% 4 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Michael McDonald, Rochester Hills MI 57.05% 5 Bijoy Anand - Janice Madsen, Atlantic Beach FL 55.47% 5 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 56.22% 6 Ariel Leibovitz - Stephen Reichek, Houston TX 55.46% 6 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 55.82% 7 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 53.37% 7 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Darin Campo, Huber Hts OH 55.80% 8 Patrick Moos - Charles Young, Peoria IL 53.32% 8 Barbara Benson, Santa Ana CA; Paul Frean, New York NY 55.71% 9 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 53.05% 9 Daniel Neill, Lexington KY; Jason Rotenberg, Ridgefield CT 55.41% 10 Jared Bass - Zachary Madden, Chicago IL 52.65% 10 Daniel Jackson, Spring TX; Bill McCarty, San Antonio TX 54.74% 11 Jerry Drennan, Germantown TN; Beverly Parrish, Cordova TN 52.12% 11 Randal Gentillon, Idaho Falls ID; Cece Lichtenstein, Jacksonville FL 53.92% 12 Howard Morris, Cordova TN; Rita Annaratone, Memphis TN 51.94% 12 Elaine Moore - Thomas Shudic, Burbank CA 53.55% 13 Christopher Wang - Russell Sheldon, Pittsburgh PA 51.90% 13 Robert Lass - Cory Perkers, Chicago IL 52.16% 14 Denny Penticoff, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Emil Dimitrov, Hot Springs Vlg AR 51.80% 14 George Atherton - Susan Atherton, Baton Rouge LA 52.16% 15 Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Meg Myers, Beaverton OR 51.61% 15 Ron Birnbaum, Los Angeles CA; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 51.46% 16 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH 51.46% 16 Bill Stoltey, Fort Collins CO; Edward Yosses, Loveland CO 50.99%

WHITEHEAD WOMENS PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST 1 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 62.34% 1 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 62.78% 2 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 61.17% 2 Victoria Gromova, 119296, Moscow Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 58.19% 3 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 61.10% 3 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 55.83% 4 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 56.14% 4 Georgiana Gates, Houston TX; Patricia Norman, Lone Tree CO 55.65% 5 Samantha Nystrom, Burnaby BC; Isabelle Smith, Ottawa ON 56.02% 5 Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Ellen Kozlove, Louisville KY 54.78% 6 Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 55.83% 6 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 53.97% 7 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Judi Radin, New York NY 54.65% 7 Lone Bilde - Helle Rasmussen, Denmark 53.91% 8 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Pam LaShelle, Round Rock TX 54.22% 8 Helen Corbin, Palo Alto CA; Mildred Breed, Austin TX 53.85% 9 Maris Zilant, North Miami FL; Carol Clifford, Miami FL 53.41% 9 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC 53.29% 10 Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Jan Assini, Aurora OH 52.73% 10 Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA; Kathy Harper, Woodside CA 52.92% 11 Judy Elbogen - Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA 52.23% 11 Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Susan Tane, Westport CT 52.61% 12 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Barbara Norris, West Monroe LA 51.61% 12 Sylvia Moss - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 52.54% 13 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Valerie Westheimer, New York NY 51.18% 13 Kitty Cooper, Fort Collins CO; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 52.42%

SILODOR OPEN PAIRS SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F G H I J EAST-WEST 1 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 61.51% 1 Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 62.72% 2 Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 60.00% 2 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT 62.10% 3 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 59.30% 3 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA 62.06% 4 John Rengstorff - Scott Levine, New York NY 58.13% 4 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX 58.84% 5 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 56.94% 5 Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 58.75% 6 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 56.42% 6 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus, Denmark; Hans Graverson, Aalborg 9200 Denmark 58.74% 7 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom 56.29% 7 Farid Assemi - Edward Wojewoda, Fresno CA 57.94% 8 David Yang, Darien IL; Jonathan Weinstein, Evanston IL 56.19% 8 Sam Whitten, Southaven MS; Paul Linxwiler, Memphis TN 57.65% 9 Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Herbert Jordan, Miami FL 55.38% 9 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 56.63% 10 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 54.56% 10 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Gert Jan Paulissen, Amsterdam Netherlands 56.19% 11 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 54.05% 11 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 55.95% 12 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 54.01% 12 Jon Baldursson, Reykoavik 105 Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 55.81% 13 Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 53.89% 13 Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands 55.62% 14 Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 53.55% 14 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL 55.35% 15 Rory Millson, Bronxville NY; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 53.37% 15 Thomas Turgeon - Jack Wynns, Memphis TN 54.80% 16 Martin Schaltz, Odense 5000 Denmark; Lars Blakset, Holte Denmark 53.09% 16 Rachael Moller - David Gurvich, Brooklyn NY 54.44% 17 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 53.02% 17 Hua Poon, Singapore 31022 Singapore; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 54.04% 18 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 52.79% 18 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Marion Michielsen, Rotterd Netherlands 53.98% 19 Roger Lord - Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 52.70% 19 Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT; Gordon Zind, Ottawa ON 53.79% 20 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Aaron Mohrman, Seattle WA 51.82% 20 Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; John Zilic, Houston TX 53.68% 21 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 51.76% 21 John Burgener, St Louis MO; Karen Erlanger, Saint Louis MO 52.82% 22 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 51.55% 22 Yu Zhang - Xuefeng Feng, People’s Republic of China 52.34% 23 Russell Samuel, Long Beach NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo, Japan 51.45% 23 Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR; Paul Pressly, Olathe KS 52.33% 24 Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 51.14% 24 Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 51.94% 25 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 50.97% 25 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 51.69% 26 Frank Collecchia, Prospect KY; Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL 50.82% 26 Stephen Stewart, Shawnee Msn KS; Tom Kniest, University City MO 51.20% TOM AND CAROL SANDERS FRIDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 2ND OF 3 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS WW VV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA 58.06% 1 1 1 Nancy Cadwell - Tom Cadwell, Saint Louis MO 63.13% 2 2 1 Ted Peck, La Crosse WI; Thomas Olson, Madison WI 56.81% 2 2 Karen Xia, Exton PA; Samuel Yake, Paoli PA 61.31% 3 3 Susan Seckinger, Wethersfield CT; Carol Legoullon, Cocoa Beach FL 56.53% 3 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 59.29% 4 4 2 Helen Soderberg, Naperville IL; Gene Nagy, Nakusp BC 56.11% 4 3 2 John Altman - John Altman, Mariemont OH 55.56% 5 Michael Strong, Winfield IL; W Harris Jr, Lombard IL 55.00% 5 4 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH 55.22% 6 Dennis Luft, Trussville AL; Mary Conaway, Birmingham AL 54.31% 6 5 3 Stanley Berkowitz, Delray Beach FL; Diane Berkowitz, Hawley PA 54.84% 7 5 3 Niki Coons, Toronto ON; Roger Hill, Myrtle Beach SC 54.03% 7 Richard Higgins, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 53.46% 8 6 4 Mary McIntyre - Larry McIntyre, St Paul MN 52.78% 8 6 4 William Lindemann, Champaign IL; Donald Rogers, Mattoon IL 52.77% 9 7 Jerrold Harrington - Mary Harrington, Garden Ridge TX 52.50% 9 Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA 51.71% Page 18 Saturday, March 24, 2012 Daily Bulletin

FRIDAY BRIDGE CLUB STRATOFOED DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 1 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BB CC DD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Nancy Cord, Sun Valley ID 60.98% 1 1 Dave Lang, Ottawa ON; William Sharp, Nepean ON 61.74% 2 1 1 Preston Kauk, Cupertino CA; Dorr Clark, Campbell CA 60.07% 2 2 1 W Oates - P Oates, Brighton MI 61.13% 3 2 John Gunther - Diane Gunther, Newbury Park CA 59.92% 3 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 60.43% 4 Janice Nakao - Thomas Quinlan, San Mateo CA 59.16% 4 Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Ned Irving, Hot Springs Village AR 60.02% 5 3 Steve Merovitz, Laval QC; Monroe Miller, Cote Saint-Luc QC 57.84% 5 3 2 Kimberly Music - William Kraybill, Lewis Center OH 59.92% 6 4 Michael Kelley - Martina Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 57.69% 6 4 3 John Hubert, St Louis MO; Becky Hubert, St Louis MO 55.47% 7 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 57.64% 7 Robin Chambers - Patricia Chambers, Palo Alto CA 54.86% 8 5 2 Don-Min Tsou, Cupertino CA; Paul Li, Hayward CA 55.47% 8 Sandra Nott, Memphis TN; Jean Bondani, Cordova TN 54.81% 9 Kenneth Hardcastle - Gladys Hardcastle, Atlanta GA 54.96% 9 5 Gloria McCain - Mara Tuttle, Orlando FL 54.15% 10 Robert Morris, Houston TX; John Dockray, Villanova PA 54.76% 10/11 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 53.69% 11 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Jerry Fong, Marianna AR 54.55% 10/11 Terry Van Dyke - Janice Van Dyke, Memphis TN 53.69% 12/13 Gerrie Owen, Celina TX; Florence Beaird, Dallas TX 53.90% 12 Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 53.24% 12/13 Susan Kissinger - John Kissinger, San Clemente CA 53.90% 13 Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA; Susan Darsey, La Selva Beach CA 52.58% 14 6 3 Bob Nell, Zehner SK; Donald Norman, Regina SK 53.69% 14 Peter Wityk, Des Moines IA; John Gustafson, Clive IA 52.43% 15 7 4 Gina Austin Fresh, Wichita KS; Tim Perry, Corbin KY 52.28% 15 6 4 Louis Celli - Bruce Wachsman, Germantown TN 52.13% 16 Rosemary Kelley - Paul Kelley Jr, Austin TX 52.13% 16 7 Jack Conway - Anne Beaurivage, Lincoln NE 51.06% 8 5 Dorothy Nutkis, Mountainside NJ; Barbara Lowenstein, Cranford NJ 51.87% 8 5 Morgan Defenderfer - Millicent Taylor, Oak Ridge TN 50.81% 9/10 6/7 Harold Taylor III - Charles Mattson, Columbia TN 50.71% 9 6 Marilyn Drever - Donald Drever, Regina SK 50.25% 9/10 6/7 Robert Sturm, Dayton MD; Ernie Schuler, Wheaton MD 50.71%

FRIDAY MORNING BOB COHEN 299’ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Keith Dawson - Joanne Dawson, Chatham ON 63.69% 1 1 1 Jane Eveland - Sue Elder, Memphis TN 62.80% 2 1 1 Lisa Harris - Sheryl Gorden, Memphis TN 56.55% 2 2 2 Sarah Doyle - Sarkis Kish, Memphis TN 57.74% 3 2 2 Libby Tomar - Patti-Sue Porter, Kailua HI 54.17% 3 3 Suzanne Arnold, Gulf Breeze FL; Mary Ann Abrams, Pensacola Beach FL 55.06% 4 3 William Herman, Bellevue WA; Carol Stephens, Greensboro GA 53.57% 4 4 John Morris - Sally Morris, Jonesboro AR 50.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Marty Dunbar - Mary Lou Owens, Oxford MS 61.31% 1 1 1 Gary Conners - Gwenyth Conners, Rochester NY 56.85% 2 2 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Hank Lavender, Burke VA 57.74% 2 Danna Thompson, Florence AL; Dorothy Slaton, Town Creek AL 55.36% 3 3 2 Dale Johnson - Dick Johnson, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 55.06% 3 2 Paula Ann Grabon, Memphis TN; Chris Laird, Cordova TN 52.98% 4 4 3 Joseph Bindo - Elaine Bindo, Austin TX 51.79% 4 3 Vickey Metrailer - Vicki Scanlon, Little Rock AR 52.08% 4 Tom Baer, Farmington Hlls MI; Elizabeth Talbert, 50.30% 4/5 Janet Knight - Suzanne Hughes, Memphis TN 50.60% 4/5 Teri Trynz - Allan Trynz, Boynton Beach FL 50.60%

FRIDAY MORNING BOB COHEN 49’ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Cheryl Kohler - John Kohler, Hot Springs Vlg AR 69.42% 1 1 Mary Bagaglio - Geno Bagaglio, Arlington TN 56.25% 2 1 Katherine Brents, Germantown TN; Barbara Layman, Memphis TN 56.50% 2 Paula Carter - Maryanne Macdonald, Memphis TN 53.92% 2 Patricia Foley, Wakefield MA; Dale Blanchard, Memphis TN 50.87% 2 Diane Davis - Clarice Cox, Memphis TN 53.04%

FRIDAY BRIDGE CLUB DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRSAFTERNOON 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BB CC DD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 63.46% 1 1 Michael Kelley - Martina Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 63.11% 2 1 1 Linda McEwan, Orlando FL; Beverly Greear, Winter Park FL 59.97% 2 Tom Olsson - Ann Olsson, Urbandale IA 62.55% 3 Peter Wityk, Des Moines IA; John Gustafson, Clive IA 56.73% 3 2 John Gunther - Diane Gunther, Newbury Park CA 59.72% 4 Betty Martin, Fulton MS; Suzi Rogers, Tupelo MS 56.02% 4/5 Sandra Nott, Memphis TN; Jean Bondani, Cordova TN 57.39% 5 2 Kristina Juk - Steven Juk, Shelbyville TN 55.62% 4/5 3 1 Preston Kauk, Cupertino CA; Dorr Clark, Campbell CA 57.39% 6/7 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 55.36% 6 Susan Kissinger - John Kissinger, San Clemente CA 57.03% 6/7 Janet Appel, Estill Spgs TN; Louise Fontecchio, Nashville TN 55.36% 7/8 4 2 Robert Sturm, Dayton MD; Ernie Schuler, Wheaton MD 55.97% 8 3 2 Morgan Defenderfer - Millicent Taylor, Oak Ridge TN 54.91% 7/8 Frances Doss, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Constance Sackville, Vero Beach FL 55.97% 9 4 Dave Lang, Ottawa ON; William Sharp, Nepean ON 54.76% 9 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Nancy Cord, Sun Valley ID 55.92% 10 Sharon Santow, Greenwich CT; Ann Cady, Roxbury CT 54.66% 10 Michael Morris, Oak Ridge TN; Bill Waters, Knoxville TN 53.54% 11 5 Ejaz Qureshi, Scarsdale NY; Courtney Stephens, Greensboro GA 54.35% 11 Robert Morris, Houston TX; John Dockray, Villanova PA 52.73% 12/13 Robin Chambers - Patricia Chambers, Palo Alto CA 53.90% 12 5 3 Wallace McOuat - Claire Young, San Anselmo CA 52.33% 12/13 Ralph Jungwirth - Latrelle Uhl, Modesto CA 53.90% 13 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 52.13% 14 6 Carmen Duffek, Anthem AZ; Phyllis Weber, Jenkintown PA 52.94% 14 6 Harry Elliott, Houston TX; Bob Wilkin, Highland Village TX 51.52% 15 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Jerry Fong, Marianna AR 52.83% 15 7 Ann Morin - Ray Johnson, Park City UT 50.71% 16 7 3 Marilyn Drever - Donald Drever, Regina SK 52.68% 16 8 4 Harold Taylor III - Charles Mattson, Columbia TN 50.51% 8 Jack Conway - Anne Beaurivage, Lincoln NE 51.01% 9 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Barrientos, Bogota Colombia 49.95% 9 Lucille Jenkins - David Jenkins, Rockford IL 50.91% 10 Steve Merovitz, Laval QC; Monroe Miller, Cote Saint-Luc QC 49.60% 10 4 W Oates - P Oates, Brighton MI 49.70% 5 Bernard Windham - Sue Evans, Tallahassee FL 49.29% 5 Kimberly Music - William Kraybill, Lewis Center OH 47.62% 6 Sarah Thompson, Columbia TN; James Lawler, Nolensville TN 48.18% 6 Louis Celli - Bruce Wachsman, Germantown TN 47.42%

UNIT 179 FRIDAY-SUNDAY SIDE GAME SERIES NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS VV WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Justina McKee, Fernwood MS; Annette Lee McHann, Flowood MS 68.55% 1 Linda Green, Southaven MS; Joyce Stone, Memphis TN 58.47% 2 1 1 Toni Hurlbut - Alberta Birk, Mason TX 57.08% 2 1 Herbert Hein Jr, Belview MN; Mark Lasoff, Minneapolis MN 56.84% 3 2 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Anita Goldman, Syosset NY 56.43% 3 Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 56.40% 4 Barbara Denley, Memphis TN; Rachel Bass, Germantown TN 56.35% 4 Jim Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; C. Buddy Carls, Huntington Bh CA 55.77% 5 3 Joyce McMonagle - Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN 55.26% 5 2 1 Nancy Golden, Richmond VA; Yichi Zhang, Pasadena CA 53.35% 6/7 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 53.41% 6 3 2 Alan Trippel, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Wally Johnson, Hot Springs Vil AR 52.61% 6/7 Richard Higgins, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 53.41% 7 4 3 Tai Wang, Rosemead CA; Sandra Rucker, San Gabriel CA 52.48% 8 Marvin French - Alice Leicht, San Diego CA 52.94% 8 5 Linda Gallaher, Morehead KY; Marvin Kolodzik, Cincinnati OH 51.85% 9 4 Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Gavin McGimpsey, Idaho Falls ID 52.86% 9 Jackie Stewart, Germantown TN; Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO 50.52% 10 5 2 Ti Davis - Richard Kalkbrenner, Little Rock AR 52.32% 10 6 Patrick Frye, Laurel MD; Barbara Mackay, Fredericton NB 50.41% 6 3 Douglas Turnbull - Ken Crissman, Strongsville OH 49.78% 7 4 Debby Schadt - Joyce Graflund, Memphis TN 50.19% 4 Judith Shore - Kathy Bost, Germantown TN 48.91%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON JOHN TOULIATOS 299’ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jim Douds - Patty Douds, Peachtree City GA 58.93% 1 Dorothy Slaton, Town Creek AL; Danna Thompson, Florence AL 64.88% 2 1 1 Connie True - Dickason Stephen, Little Rock AR 57.14% 2 1 Rose Rich - Evelyn Rosenberg, Memphis TN 56.25% 3 2 2 Dale Johnson - Dick Johnson, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 55.36% 3 2 1 Sarkis Kish - Sarah Doyle, Memphis TN 55.36% 4 3 Peggy Jalenak - Leo Jalenak Jr, Memphis TN 53.87% 4 3 Thomas Krueger, Shorewood WI; Richard Krueger, Milwaukee WI 54.46% 4 Regina Russell - Milner Stanton, Memphis TN 53.27% 4 2 Steve Dropkin - Emily Dropkin, Boynton Beach FL 50.60% 3 Shane Garner - Cary Rodgers, Memphis TN 47.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Kathy Goldate - Susan Ross, Germantown TN 57.74% 1 1 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL; Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN 64.29% 2 2 Beverly Lefkowitz, Mount Sinai NY; Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY 55.95% 2 2 Jeanette Holladay, Florence AL; Nancy Sinclair, Spruce Pine AL 57.44% 3 3 David Wagner, Oklahoma City OK; Greg Potter, Edmond OK 53.87% 3 3 1 John Morris - Sally Morris, Jonesboro AR 56.25% 4 4 Janet Knight - Suzanne Hughes, Memphis TN 52.68% 4 4 2 Tom Baer, Farmington Hlls MI; John Landrigan, Gemantown TN 51.49% 1 Ben Kedia - Gulab Jaqetia, Germantown TN 50.30% 3 Patsy Engelhard, Oxford MS; Robin Roy, Chicago IL 51.19% 2 Charles Britney, Nepean ON; Shamci Rafani, Visalia CA 49.11%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON JOHN TOUTIATOS 49ER ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Cheryl Kohler - John Kohler, Hot Springs Vlg AR 57.50% 1 1 Geno Bagaglio - Mary Bagaglio, Arlington TN 66.00% 2 1 1 D Jeanne Dycus, Germantown TN; Linda Robinson, Collierville TN 55.50% 2 2 Janet Kilbride - Wade Kilbride, Oviedo FL 53.00% 2 Nancy Rosenberg, Memphis TN; Gina Jolly, Germantown TN 48.50% 1 Robert Calhoun - Patricia Calhoun, Germantown TN 45.50%

SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F G H I J EAST-WEST 1 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 63.46% 1 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus, Denmark; Hans Graverson, Aalborg, Denmark 63.93% 2 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 60.86% 2 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 63.69% 3 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD 60.83% 3 Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 62.80% 4 Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL 60.16% 4 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 62.42% 5 Eric Rodwell - Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 58.06% 5 Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 61.93% 6 Yu Zhang - Xuefeng Feng, People’s Republic of China 57.67% 6 Russell Samuel, Long Beach NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 61.62% 7 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Jim Russell, Bradenton FL 57.61% 7 Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA 60.87% 8 Thomas Turgeon - Jack Wynns, Memphis TN 57.33% 8 John Gilbert, Kitchener ON; James La Force, Stillwater OK 60.76% 9 Michael Ring, Urbana IL; Robert Sievers, Champaign IL 56.66% 9 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 58.70% 10 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Gert Jan Paulissen, Amsterdam Netherlands 56.59% 10 William Ehlers, Montclair NJ; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA 58.00% 11 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Jun Shi, Palo Alto CA 56.46% 11 Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL; Stephen Burgess, New Zealand 56.73% 12 Stephen Stewart, Shawnee Msn KS; Tom Kniest, University City MO 56.44% 12 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; John Onstott, New Orleans LA 56.10% 13 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; David Grainger, Bend OR 55.94% 13 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 54.35% 14 Hua Poon, Singapore 31022 Singapore; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Singapore 55.67% 14 Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 54.23% 15 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; David Walker, Salem VA 55.44% 15 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 54.21% 16 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 54.95% 16 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 54.15% 17 Roger Lee, Pasadena CA; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 54.76% 17 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 54.10% 18 Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT; Gordon Zind, Ottawa ON 54.69% 18 Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 53.41% 19 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 54.15% 19 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 52.73% 20 Sim Therrell - Andrew Bernstein, Memphis TN 53.13% 20 Hans Jacobs, Downsview ON; Debbie Bennett, Toronto ON 52.69% 21 Pierre Flatowicz, Omaha NE; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH 52.82% 21 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 51.92% 22 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 52.81% 22 Raghavendra Rajkumar, Ithaca NY; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 51.75% 23 Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 52.77% 23 Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kasper Konow, Copenhagen 2100 Denmark 51.68% 24 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 52.63% 24 Judy Singer, Toronto ON; Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON 51.43% 25 Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands 52.38% 25 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom 50.73% 26 Gu Ling, People’s Republic of China; Lu Yan, Beijing People’s Republic of China 52.37% 26 Richard Collette, Valleyfield QC; Jean La Traverse, Montreal QC 50.69%

WHITEHEAD WOMENS PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST 1 Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH 65.88% 1 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Pam LaShelle, Round Rock TX 58.19% 2 Georgiana Gates, Houston TX; Patricia Norman, Lone Tree CO 60.92% 2 Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 58.06% 3 Donna Swarthout - Janise Saul, San Antonio TX 58.62% 3 Victoria Gromova, 119296, Moscow Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 56.33% 4 Gemma Mariano, Metro Manila Philippines; Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD 58.31% 4 Sheri Winestock - Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 56.27% 5 Lone Bilde - Helle Rasmussen, Denmark 57.57% 5 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Sharon Gerstman, Buffalo NY 55.96% 6 Joan Van Geffen - Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 56.95% 6 Linda Sundbye, Broomfield CO; Flo Newlin, Aurora CO 55.83% 7 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 56.89% 7 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 55.46% 8 Kitty Cooper, Fort Collins CO; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 56.70% 8 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 54.09% 9 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 54.96% 9 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC 53.23% 10 Sylvia Moss - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 53.60% 10 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Judy Bramley, Dallas TX 52.85% 11 Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE; Elise Parish, Omaha NE 52.98% 11 Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA; Kathy Harper, Woodside CA 52.73% 12 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 52.79% 12 Gerri Anne Mason, Crossville TN; Dot Blue, Nashville TN 52.48% 13 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 52.30% 13 Mary Oshlag, Memphis TN; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 52.36% Daily Bulletin Saturday, March 24, 2012 Page 19

RUBY KILLEBREW STRATIFIED OPEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 James Senter - Gale Senter, San Clemente CA 61.31% 1 Carlos Munoz - Fred Hawa, White Plains NY 57.62% 2 1 1 Peter Shui - Penny Shui, Clarence NY 58.23% 2 1 1 Martin Klein - Carol Klein, Valley Village CA 55.62% 3 Betty Starzec - Jane Armstrong, Sugar Land TX 55.77% 3 Arthur Crystal - Debbie Benner, Fairfield CT 55.00% 4 Laurie Vogel - Nancy Turner, New York NY 55.08% 4 Lenore Bassett - Sage Bassett, Daleville VA 53.08% 5 Lesley Decker Lucas - Stephen Lucas, Woodbury NY 54.23% 5 2 Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA 52.46% 6 2 Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA; Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA 51.85% 6 Sonia Kaplan, Tinton Falls NJ; Donna Dulet, Ocean NJ 51.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 David Rogers, Pinehurst NC; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland 58.77% 1 Bob Friz, Leonard TX; Brady Allen, Dallas TX 62.69% 2 En Xie, Saint Louis MO; Linda Hughes, Edmond OK 57.46% 2 1 W Dale Wagar, Mountain Home AR; Randy Rogers, Yellville AR 58.00% 3 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 56.62% 3 Linda Leedy, Zionsville IN; Charlene Lutz, Indianapolis IN 55.69% 4 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 56.46% 4 Grant Robinson, Orinda CA; Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA 54.92% 5 Marvin Lampert - Virginia Munafo, Huntsville AL 55.08% 5 Ann Economidy, Albuquerque NM; Anne Leverone, Saint Paul MN 53.46% 6 1 1 Douglas Spiker, Henrietta NY; Lewis Rothberg, Pittsford NY 55.00% 6 Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 53.38% 2 James Bloom - Cheryl Bloom, Orchard Lake MI 46.23% 2 Paul Walker, London, England; Frank Wharton, London, England 53.15% 1 William Lindemann, Champaign IL; Donald Rogers, Mattoon IL 51.15% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Michael Fleisher, San Jose CA 63.06% 1 Jan Janitschke - Bonnie Smith, Littleton CO 59.84% 2 Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 62.68% 2 Janet Degrazia - Suzanne Jones, Boulder CO 56.55% 3 Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 61.46% 3 Lois Stuart, West Chester PA; Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA 56.20% 4 1 1 Chris Wiggins, Bloomfield MI; William Landrum, Detroit MI 56.40% 4 William Muir - Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 55.16% 5 2 Benton Wheeler III, Memphis TN; Steven Huhman, Larchmont NY 51.95% 5 Gay Parrish - Jay Brandt, Bellingham WA 55.14% 6 Bill Ream, Burleson TX; Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK 50.08% 6 1 Doris Waugh - Teri LaBove, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 48.58% 2 1 Ludmila Antonova, New York NY; Suresh Nayak, Brooklyn NY 48.43% 3 Paul Conroy, Aberdeen WA; David Baer, Seattle WA 47.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA; Joseph De Gaetano, Atkinson NH 61.54% 1 Carl Chadwick, Hamilton ON; Birger Holmquist, Kaneohe HI 63.54% 2 Jeanne Lucas - Ed Lucas III, Tempe AZ 56.58% 2 1 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Nina Lubick, Fullerton CA 58.88% 3 Sam Graham, Germantown TN; Madie Brice, Cordova TN 52.81% 3 Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 55.04% 4 1 Andrew Caranicas, St Paul MN; Richard Lawson, Plymouth MN 52.40% 4 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 53.62% 5 2 1 Michael Colburn, Simsbury CT; Charles Curley, Wakefield MA 51.11% 5 Eddie Bass, Austin TX; John Erickson, Houston TX 53.47% 6 Rochelle Djmal, Neptune NJ; Alisa Crowe, Middletown NJ 50.91% 6 2 Matthew Dyer, Chicago IL; Lorraine Cable, New York NY 52.48% 1 Margi Dyer, Mayfield KY; Douglas Snow, Paducah KY 48.23% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Richard Chan - Paul Janicki, Markham ON 63.92% 1 Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 66.09% 2 Brian Mason, Crossville TN; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 60.02% 2 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 56.83% 3 Geoffrey Hintze, Huntsville AL; Richard Jess, Madison AL 53.74% 3 Gary Anziani, San Antonio TX; Jerrold Harrington, Garden Ridge TX 54.91% 4 Melody Gann, Arlington TX; Gary Neisler, N Richlnd Hls TX 52.13% 4 1 Anu Goodman, Toronto ON; Pamela Nisbet, Ottawa ON 54.66% 5 1 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 50.86% 5 Sandy McCay, Chapel Hill NC; Morgie Duke, Raleigh NC 53.54% 2 Ottilie Bello, Short Hills NJ; Joan Brody, Morristown NJ 48.18% 2 1 Ken Salter, Waterdown ON; John Morrison, Newmarket ON 50.51% 1 Diane Griffiths - Edee Rumley, Langley BC 47.67%

BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D E EAST-WEST 1 Daniel Neill, Lexington KY; Jason Rotenberg, Ridgefield CT 67.46% 1 David Frohlich - Frances Prus, Pittsburgh PA 59.26% 2 Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; Bruce Altshuler, Los Angeles CA 59.56% 2 Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE 57.44% 3 Bill Stoltey, Fort Collins CO; Edward Yosses, Loveland CO 57.24% 3 Steve Hirsch - Gregory Thorpe, Brea CA 56.17% 4 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 57.14% 4 David Loeb, Heathrow FL; Maureen Loeb, Lake Mary FL 55.87% 5 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 55.92% 5 Elaine Moore - Thomas Shudic, Burbank CA 54.71% 6 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Michael McDonald, Rochester Hills MI 55.57% 6/7 Brian Cummins, Arlington TN; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 54.55% 7 Thomas Bandy, Jonesboro AR; Risa Campbell, Brownsville TN 54.91% 6/7 Jerry Drennan, Germantown TN; Beverly Parrish, Cordova TN 54.55% 8 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB 54.50% 8 Kevin Dybvig - Maya Altarac, Birmingham AL 54.15% 9 Robert Lass - Cory Perkers, Chicago IL 54.15% 9 Brian Zaugg, Burien WA; Patrick White, Bothell WA 54.00% 10 Jan Banks, Norcross GA; Carol Crawford, Atlanta GA 54.05% 10 Patrick Moos - Charles Young, Peoria IL 53.54% 11 George Atherton - Susan Atherton, Baton Rouge LA 53.95% 11 Vincent Fish, Chelmsford MA; Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA 52.99% 12/13 Chuck Ettelson - Jane Ettelson, Saint Louis MO 53.74% 12 Bob Wierman, Anderson CA; July Ratley, Redding CA 52.73% 12/13 Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA; Gregory Herman, Bellevue WA 53.74% 13 Richard Lowens - Elaine Lowens, Little Rock AR 52.48% 14 George Melhus - Mutian Zhang, Omaha NE 53.59% 14 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 52.18% 15 Daniel Jackson, Spring TX; Bill McCarty, San Antonio TX 53.49% 15 Debnarayan Dhar, Oak Hill VA; John Christensen, Baltimore MD 52.13% 16 Virginia Hixson - Donald Hixson, Rapid City SD 52.07% 16/17 Bryan Delfs, Kenosha WI; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 51.72% 16/17 Allen Rew, Independence MO; Keith Smith, Lees Summit MO 51.72% Thursday Sponsors Viola and Hollis Kinsey Memorial Ron Andersen and Paul Soloway to play with local friendliness has warmed the M.A. Lightman club The Kinseys were active mentors in northeast players. This sponsorship in their memory is given for many years. Frank also has been active in MS, and contributed to the ACBL Education fund by the Tupelo Duplicate Bridge Club. administration, serving as president and board to teach bridge in the area. They sponsored the Frank and Rochelle Perlman member for the club and for Unit 144. The only first ACBL sectional in Tupelo MS, providing the A more pleasant couple than Frank and thing that can pull Frank away from the bridge table playing suites and soft drinks. They also engaged is a Grizzlies game. Rochelle Perlman would be hard to find. Their continued on page 20 Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Sunday, March 25, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Sue Emery Memorial Flight A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Patty Higginbottom Flight B/C/D Swiss Teams 1-2 Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Ernie Stuber Memorial Stratified Senior Swiss Teams 1-2 Exhibit Hall $16 $18 All: Play-through Unit 179 Side Game 5th single session Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Friday-Sunday Side Game Series Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Sunday, March 25, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Arthur Flowers Memorial Stratified Fast Open Pairs 1-2 Steamboat, Mezzanine Level $16 $18 Sunday, March 25, 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Unit 144 (Saturday-Sunday) Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Sunday, March 25, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. GOLDER NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT B 1-2 F Riverbluff, Mezzanine Level No fee PRESIDENT’S CUP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT C 1-2 F Riverbluff, Mezzanine Level No fee Sunday, March 25, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. JACOBY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Ballroom B $20 Sunday, March 25, 11 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. MACHLIN WOMEN’S SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Ballroom D $20 Sunday, March 25, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Final Outside Ballroom D $20 Sunday, March 25, 2:30 p.m. Fed Ex Operations Side Game 6th single session Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Friday-Sunday Side Game Series Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0-3000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2000, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. See you at the Summer NABC July 12-22 in Philadelphia! Page 20 Saturday, March 24, 2012 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events

All Bridge Play in Cook Convention Center Saturday, March 24, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Sidney Lazard Jr. Memorial Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Edward and Lucille Davis Memorial Side Game 3rd single session Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series Saturday, March 24, 10 a.m. Dave and Ginni Claar Youth Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 20 and younger Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 Miriam S. Strauss Memorial 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 Miriam S. Strauss Memorial 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Saturday, March 24, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. V.T. Gala Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Steamboat, Mezzanine Level $16 $18 Saturday, March 24, noon and 7 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Semifinal Ballroom D $20 Saturday, March 24, 1p.m. Unit 179 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Saturday, March 24, 1 & 7:30 p.m. JACOBY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Ballroom B $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions MACHLIN WOMEN’S SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Ballroom B $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions GOLDER NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT B 1-2 Q Riverbluff, Mezzanine Level No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions PRESIDENT’S CUP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT C 1-2 Q Riverbluff, Mezzanine Level No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Norman Kay Memorial Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Exhibit Hall $16 $18 (2500+; 0-2500) Tom and Carol Sanders Gold Rush Pairs (300-750; 0-300) 1-2 Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Gold points for top flight. Unit 144 (Saturday-Sunday) Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 24, 3 p.m. JoAnne Bird 299er Stratified Swiss Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 Ralph and Joan Cohen Memorial 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 Ralph and Joan Cohen Memorial 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Saturday, March 24, 7:30 p.m. Viola and Hollis Kinsey Stratified Side IMP Pairs single Exhibit Hall $15 $17 Bette Rice Memorial Side Game 4th single session Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Friday-Sunday Side Game Series Rochelle and Frank Perlman 299er Stratified Swiss Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Saturday, March 24, 11:30 p.m. Sam’s Town Casino Zip KO Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0-3000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2000, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). *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) 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. Saturday Sponsors Ginny and Dave Claar He met just about all the top players of his time in the 1983 Men’s Swiss Teams. The annual ACBL Ginny and Dave Claar met while students at including Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio and Stan award for Sportsman of the Year is named in his DePauw University at – you guessed it – a bridge Musial. honor. table. Ginny spent most of her professional life Mimi Strauss Memorial Bette Rice Memorial as a social worker and admissions administrator Teaching was Mimi Strauss’s vocation. She Bette Rice, a strong supporter of the Starkville in nursing homes. Dave was an accountant and taught English and remedial reading in Shelby (MS) Duplicate Bridge Club, is being honored by financial advisor to a small family-owned businesss. County schools. Bridge was her major interest her club. She was a mentor and friend to all who After they raised their children, they decided to outside of the schoolroom. An avid player, she was played there. A seasoned player, she championed investigate duplicate bridge at the M.A. Lightman a regular at the M.A. Lightman club in Memphis. the game and was quick to encourage duplicate club in Memphis. They enjoyed classes taught by She passed along her bridge interest to her son newcomers. But most of all, Bette was a Southern Joyce Stone, Judy Knox and Jack Wynns. “Playing Russell, who is now a regular at the club. belle -- a gracious lady both at the bridge table and competitive bridge in Memphis is a real challenge,” Unit 144 in life. they agreed. When they retired, they moved to be Unit 144 covers western Tennessee; its hub is Sam’s Town Casino closer to one of their children. They became Life in Memphis. The unit is one of the hosts for this Shake the dice, spin the wheels and get Masters in 2011. tournament. The big game every year is the regional ready to play! With two floors of slots and table Norman Kay Memorial staged at Sam’s Town in Tunica MS. The unit also games, Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall has Norman Kay and Edgar Kaplan - a pair that hosts several sectional tournaments each year. everything you’re looking for. From blackjack and struck fear in their opponents. They won countless Sidney Lazard Jr. Memorial craps to Tunica’s only live keno and poker rooms, events at NABCs. Both were quiet. They let their Sidney Lazard Jr. got off to a fast start when he you’re sure to find all your favorite games. cards do the talking. But Norman was perhaps even became a Life Master at age 16. The son of Hall of Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall is located more famous for another kind of cards - baseball Famer Sidney Lazard, he was on his way until death 30 minutes south of Memphis in Tunica MS. cards. His collection was the envy of all collectors. cut him short when he was 41. He finished second