Monday, March 25, 2019 Volume 61, Number 4 Daily Bulletin 61st Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Paul Linxwiler, Sue Munday and Chip Dombrowski Cheek-Zia win Platinum Pairs Big night for Lebhar of Las Vegas and leaders Roman of New York won the Kay Platinum Pairs, and Buchalter posting a final tally of 414.01 matchpoints (13 A monster 105-IMP evening rocketed Jeff top), while New Yorkers and Glenn Roman of Bend OR and Ralph Buchalter of South Milgrim were second with 409.89. Orange NJ into the lead of the Lebhar IMP pairs The results of the contest were delayed until going into the final day. Their evening score, early in the morning due to an appeal filed by Zia added to their 31.74-IMP first qualifying session, before the last round was completed. translates into a carryover of 26 IMPs. In third was the French pair of In second are Carlos Munoz of White Plains and Frederic Volcker with a total of 399.53. NY and Tony Petronella of Boca Raton FL, who bring 20.50 IMPs into day two of the event. Winners of the Kay Platinum Pairs: Zia In third are Stephen McConnell of Eveanston Mahmood and Curtis Cheek IL and Mark Kessler of Springfield IL. The event drew 360 pairs; 182 pairs qualified for the second and final day.

continued on page 15 Meckstroth eyes third Player of the Decade title In the late 3. , Clearwater FL 5280.44 1990s, the 4. Zia Mahmood, New York NY 5253.81 Bridge Bulletin 5. , Beverly Hills CA 5177.25 magazine 6. , Montclair NJ 5087.32 established the 7. , Las Vegas NV 5023.94 Player of the 8. Martin Fleisher, New York NY 4921.02 Decade race 9. , Davis CA 4651.98 to recognize 10. , Norway 4355.62 the top 11. , New York NY 4211.74 performer in 12. , CO 4198.34 platinum-point 13. , Astoria NY 4180.61 (NABC+) contests over a 10-year period. Hall 14. , Boca Raton FL 4077.74 of Famer grabbed the initial 15. David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 3807.49 Player of the Decade title for the 1990s, and then 16. John Hurd, New York NY 3788.97 Joe Grue shatters repeated as champion for the period of 2000 to 17. Thomas Bessis, France 3756.41 2009. (The contest runs from the Spring NABC 18. Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ 3716.44 Top 500 record of the year ending in zero, to the Fall NABC of 19. , Dallas TX 3707.45 There’s a new winner in the Top the year ending in nine.) And with the 2010-2019 20. , Plano TX 3654.31 500 race: Joe Grue, whose 3676.40 in decade drawing to a close, Meckstroth is close to 21. , Little Elm TX 3639.73 2018 smashed the record set in 1999 by Jim Barrow pulling off a three-peat. 22. , Evanston IL 3570.90 of 3584.26. It’s also 50 percent more than Grue’s Following is a list of the leaders in the current 23. , Burr Ridge IL 3541.20 previous best year, when he won 2450.71 in 2016. Player of the Decade race prior to the start of the 24. , New York NY 3527.26 The year started with the race wide open. Mark Spring NABC in Memphis. Meckstroth holds a 25. , Dublin CA 3442.33 Itabashi and Kevin Dwyer, who have frequently 100-point lead over his nearest competitor, Robert placed second or third in recent years, planned to Levin: make a run for it. 1. Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 5440.88 Goodwill Message But when Grue racked up more than 1300 2. Robert Levin, Henderson NV 5341.79 Today is Goodwill Day. Today and always, points in the first four months of the year - more do right, do your best and than half of what he earned in all of 2016 – he treat others as you want to be decided in May to schedule a few more regionals Pre-registration required treated. and go for the race. He’d never finished higher than Sandy DeMartino, Chair seventh. for 10K Knockout Goodwill Grue typically plays in about 22 regionals a Teams entering the 0–10,000 Knockout Committee year and started the year booking a normal amount. must pre-register no later than 10 a.m. Monday, He played in 10 between January and April and March 25. Pre-register in the Convention Center Ballroom. continued on page 5 Page 2 Monday, March 25, 2019 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS All meetings are at the Sheraton Hotel unless otherwise noted. Monday, March 25 memphis.com/event/aces-and-knaves. Admission is $10. 10 am–Noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. Halloran Center for the Performing Arts Boardroom 10 am “Aces and Knaves” – a new documentary about bridge. Tuesday, March 26 Tickets are available at the convention center, at the theatre 9 am–Noon Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing box office an hour before the show and online at orpheum- education course for club directors to increase their skills. memphis.com/event/aces-and-knaves. Admission is $10. Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers Halloran Center for the Performing Arts both days. Sign up at the door. Beale Room 10:30 am–Noon Goodwill Committee meeting. Beale Room 1:30 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer luncheon. I/N playing area 11 am–Noon USBF meeting. Memphis Room 5–7 pm Goodwill reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Wednesday, March 27 Committee members only. Magnolia Ballroom, first floor 9 am–Noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A 7:30 pm “Aces and Knaves” – a new documentary about bridge. continuing education course for club directors to increase Tickets are available at the convention center, at the theatre their skills. Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: box office an hour before the show and online at orpheum- $15 covers both days. Beale Room CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the Tuesday, March 26 game! Southwest Exhibit Hall on the second floor of the Convention 9:15 a.m. Jerry Helms The Defensive Mindset Center. Speakers and topics are subject to change. 6:45 p.m. Lisa Berkowitz Playing to Trick One Monday, March 25 Wednesday, March 27 9:15 a.m. Norman Beck Everyday Things and Bridge 9:15 a.m. Ellen Kent Minor-Suit Slams 6:45 p.m. Jacob Morgan Takeout Doubles 6:45 p.m. GS Jade Barrett How to Win HOSPITALITY Friday March 22 through Saturday March 30 Monday, March 25 Exhibit Hall foyer 1:30 pm Memphis mystery snack. East Hall 8:30 am–10 am; 11:30 am–1 pm; 6–7 pm Free coffee 10:30 pm Memphis mystery snack. Exhibit Hall foyer

Monitoring Check cashing and operators ACBL monitors events at North American Bridge Championships with both visible and Bridge Bucks needed concealed real-time cameras in public spaces. The check cashing Vugraph operators are needed Wednesday The images are recorded and available for later and Bridge Bucks desk is through Friday for the Vanderbilt Knockout inspection and review by ACBL management and located on the second floor broadcast on BBO. The first session each day tournament officials, among others, including of the Convention Center starts at noon, the second session starts at 7 p.m. members of the Anti-Cheating Commission. across from Ballroom C. ACBL pays operators $50 per session. These recordings are also be uploaded to the The desk will be open If you are available, please email Jan Martel internet following the NABC. Friday, March 22, from at marteljan at gmail.com, or text her at 530-574- By general monitoring of the session and 11 am to 1 p.m. 5780, and she will answer any questions you may participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source Beginning Saturday, the desk hours will be have. Thousands of BBO spectators around the of information that may be useful in determining 9:30 to 10 a.m, and noon to 1 p.m. world will appreciate your help! facts and settling issues or disputes arising from some types of ethical and behavioral complaints Notice to players or actions. Please summon a director if a problem Each player must have an ACBL filled out and on the table. Please note that other occurs at the table. This procedure is intended to types of convention cards, such as the WBF convention card or homemade cards that do not sufficiently assure everyone that the playing field is level and resemble the ACBL convention card, are not acceptable substitutes. that misbehavior will not be tolerated.” Daily Bulletin Monday, March 25, 2019 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS If you a diamond Meet Adam and Shauna Deeb Take All Your Chances early and diamonds are Adam and By Eddie Kantar 4–1, down you go. They Shauna are Dummy play a second heart and vacationing in ♠ A 7 5 you don’t have time to Memphis from ♥ J 10 9 set up a ninth trick in Clearwater FL. ♦ K 8 6 4 2 spades even if the suit is Shauna started ♣ 9 4 divided 3–3. It is crucial playing bridge to see how diamonds about eight Declarer (You) break before conceding a months ago. “I ♠ K 8 4 2 diamond. There are two suits involved here, not love it!” she says. ♥ A Q just one. “It’s like a puzzle.” In two games at the NABC, ♦ A 5 3 The full deal: Shauna has already doubled her masterpoint ♣ A K 8 6 ♠ A 7 5 total. Adam started playing 20 years ago – 2NT–3NT gets you the of the ♥ J 10 9 stopped, then started up again a year ago. ♥4, East playing the ♥2, standard count. And ♦ K 8 6 4 2 She’s a stay-at-home mom while he’s now? Plan the play. ♣ 9 4 an accountant in his family’s home-building It looks very much as if hearts are 5–3, ♠ J 9 3 ♠ Q 10 6 business. They play at the Clearwater Bridge which means you must score nine tricks before ♥ K 7 4 3 ♥ 6 5 2 Club – mostly on weekends, and occasionally they can get in twice. The good news is that you ♦ Q 10 9 7 ♦ J in the Monday night game when they can get start with eight sure tricks. This should be your ♣ J ♣ Q 10 7 5 3 2 a babysitter. They know that bridge luminaries plan: Play the ♦A K. If both follow, give up a ♠ K 8 4 2 Eric Rodwell and Jeff Meckstroth play diamond, ensuring 10 tricks. If diamonds are ♥ A Q occasionally at the club, and they’d like to meet 4–1, duck a spade. You still make 3NT if spades ♦ A 5 3 them. “But we play beginner games, so we’re are 3–3. ♣ A K 8 6 unlikely to run into them at the table.”

Open only to players with less than 10,000 masterpoints, the event pays 10 percent platinum ACBL Shuttle Bus Service to those placing in the overalls. While it has a Shuttle runs every 15 minutes national rating, a win in the event does not serve Friday, March 22– Saturday, March 30 as a Grand Life Master qualification. Pickup at Memphis Cook Convention Center 2014 Robert Todd, Garth Yettick, Peggy Ware, (Main St. on Sheraton side of the street) Spencer Jones 4–8:45 p.m. 2015 Donald Rumelhart, Jonathan Drop off and pickup at the intersection of Flesichmann, Ned Irving, Morrie Union Ave. & Main St. Kleinplatz, Stephen Mackay, Ray Jotcham Drop off and pickup at Beale St. & 2nd St. 2016 James Melville, Vladislav Isporski, (by Hard Rock Café) Stephen Stewart, Mark Jones 9–11pm 2017 Viktor Anikovich, Davide Pelka, Alan Shuttle drop off at the following hotels: Winners of last year’s 0–10,000 Knockout Daniels, Igor Milman, Robert Kent, Ellen Comfort Inn Downtown Teams: Juan Castillo, Saul Gross, Anthony Kent Courtyard Court Square Barre, Michael Ranis, Don Dalpe and Al 2018 Albert Shrive, Michael Ranis, Donald Moxy Court Square Shrive. Dalpe, Anthony Barre, Saul Gross, Juan Springhill Court Square Castillo Hu Hotel 0–10,000 Knockout Residence Inn Downtown Teams Trolley fare is $1 (cash) Doubletree Downtown Play starts today in the 0–10,000 Knockout The fare for the Main St. trolleys is $1, Teams. The event has a new format this year. It cash only. Contrary to earlier reports, the trolley is three days, with two matches per day until the rides are NOT free to NABC attendees. ACBL final (or semifinal, depending on the number of members are asked to kindly refrain from arguing teams entered). with trolley operators on this matter. Page 4 Monday, March 25, 2019 Daily Bulletin

KAY PLATINUM PAIRS Judgment call 14.0 Tables / Based on 64 Tables Mark Itabashi attributes several of the good 200.00 1 Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 414.01 results that propelled him and Peter Gelfand to 150.00 2 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Ransomville NY 409.89 victory in the Silver Ribbon Pairs to judgment. He 112.50 3 Thomas Bessis, Paris, France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin, France 399.53 offers Board 10 from the second final session as 92.31 4 , London, England; Kevin Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA 392.70 an example: 85.71 5 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep ; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 391.03 80.00 6 Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria 381.89 Dlr: East ♠ Q 10 9 2 75.00 7 Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 379.37 Vul: Both ♥ 10 3 70.59 8 Oren Kriegel, IL; , New York NY 378.61 ♦ — 66.67 9 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 378.30 ♣ K Q 9 8 6 4 2 63.16 10 Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL 377.46 ♠ J 3 ♠ 8 60.00 11 , Taby, Sweden; Simon Hult, Wastervik, Sweden 373.96 ♥ Q 2 ♥ J 9 8 7 6 5 4 57.14 12 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Brad Moss, Denver CO 373.24 ♦ A Q 6 5 4 ♦ 9 8 7 3 54.55 13 John Hurd, New York NY; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 370.90 ♣ J 10 7 3 ♣ A 52.17 14 Bryan Howard, Nashville TN; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 368.96 ♠ A K 7 6 5 4 50.00 15 Phillip King, Harrow ; Kevin Castner, Mercer Island WA 367.73 ♥ A K 48.00 16 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; , Toronto ON 366.28 ♦ K J 10 2 46.15 17 Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA; Joe Grue, New York NY 347.54 ♣ 5 44.44 18 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 346.86 42.86 19 Andy Goodman, Carmel CA; , Dallas TX 335.00 West North East South 41.38 20 , New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 332.94 Mark Peter 40.00 21 , Carlsbad CA; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 331.36 3♥ 4♠ 38.71 22 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Adam Grossack, Newton MA 323.26 Pass 5♥ Pass 6♠ 37.50 23 Michael Gill, Columbia MD; Noble Shore, Germantown MD 321.82 All Pass 36.36 24 Spike Lay, Daytona Bch Sh FL; Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA 319.73 East jammed the proceedings with a 3♥ 35.29 25 , Saint Johnsbury VT; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 316.93 . Peter jumped to 4♠. Feeling like he had 34.29 26 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Hua Poon, Singapore 312.68 way too much to pass, but not enough to insist on 33.33 27 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 303.48 slam, Mark tried 5♠ to ascertain the pair didn’t 32.43 28 - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 302.84 start with two heart losers off the top, and Peter LEBHAR IMP PAIRS QUALIFIERS bid six. 91.0 Tables Carryover Making the slam was worth 87% of the board. 1 Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Ralph Buchalter, South Orange NJ 26.00 2 Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY; Tony Petronella, Boca Raton FL 20.50 3 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Mark Kessler, Springfield IL 16.75 4 , Memphis TN; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 16.42 5 Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 16.38 6/7 Joe Rickman, Maryville TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 15.72 6/7 Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA 15.72 8 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Craig Gardner, Streamwood IL 15.57 9 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Fred Schenker, PA 15.53 10 Jerry Premo - Kay Beck, Noblesville IN 15.17 11 John Dong, Richmond Hill ON; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA 14.90 12 Jakob Kristinsson, Deerfield Beach FL; Linda Epstein, Delray Beach FL 13.59 13 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 13.45 14 Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 13.38 15 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Long Lake MN 13.36 16 David Caprera - Anne Brenner, Denver CO 13.21 17 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 13.13 18 Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 12.84 19 Andrew Dyson, New York NY; Ettore Bianchi, Dobbs Ferry NY 12.69 20 Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA 12.42 21 Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Janusz Gawecki, Kielce 25-302 Poland 12.05 22 Gregory Herman - Eric Sieg, Seattle WA 11.41 23 Gary Soules - Bob Etter, Elk Grove CA 11.10 24 Jim Leuker, CA; Alan Kraus, Philadelphia PA 10.94 25 Charles Fortney, Wheaton IL; Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB 10.87 26 Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; Eric Stoltz, Portland OR 10.82 27 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC 10.78 28 John Koschik, Livonia MI; David Whitehouse, E Grand Rapids MI 10.47 29 Mark Moss, Piedmont CA; Robert Thomson, San Rafael CA 10.27 30 Martin Andresen, Nesoya Norway; Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway 10.21 31 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Clay Hall, Vestavia AL 9.92 32 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Robert Lurie, Boynton Beach FL 9.76 33 Alberto Cohen, Naucalpah Mexico; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 9.73 34 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 9.63 35 Subhash Gulati - Kiran Gulati, Bloomfield MI 9.52 36 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Dewayne Jones, Sandston VA 9.51 37 Judy Riehs - David Langer, Buffalo Grove IL 9.42 38 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Gabriel Fadel, Alpharetta GA 9.33 39 Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; John Rengstorff, New York NY 8.95 40 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Dave Smith, Avon Park FL 8.93 41 Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL; Thomas Andrews, Utica NY 8.78 42 Robert McCaw, Brewster MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 8.74 43 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Kimberly Gilman, Carlisle MA 8.69 44 Cathy Strauch - Riggs Thayer Jr, San Diego CA 8.60 Daily Bulletin Monday, March 25, 2019 Page 5

45 Nancy Gunn, Santa Rosa CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 8.57 46 Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ; John Ramos, CA 8.51 Grue 47 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 8.43 continued from page 1 48 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Samuel Ehrlichman, Brooklyn NY 8.37 picked up at least 90 masterpoints in eight of them. 49 Phillip Goatz - Cynthia Goatz, Las Vegas NV 8.29 50 Daniel McGuire, Epsom NH; Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC 8.02 “A lot of that is credit to my teammates playing 51 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 8.01 great,” Grue says. “Gillian Miniter in particular 52 James Scott, Wellington FL; Harry Apfel, New York NY 8.00 has improved to the point where when we go to 53 Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL; Michael D Alioto, Birmingham MI 7.80 a tournament as a foursome, we are now winning 54 Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN; Stephen Cox, Eugene OR 7.72 most of the events we play in instead of losing in 55 Phil Clayton, Frisco TX; Ron Ashbacher, Saint Louis MO 7.43 the semis and once in a while getting a victory.” 56 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 7.35 Grue and Miniter often played on teams with some 57 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 7.33 combination of Brad Moss, Justin Lall, John Hurd 58 Bob Zeller, Kanata ON; Gregory Bright, Westminster MD 7.32 59 Christine Denny, Encinitas CA; Thomas Rush, TX 7.20 and Geoff Hampson. 60 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Coley McGinnis, Nashville TN 7.15 Grue also achieved a lot of success in the three 61 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY 7.08 NABCs with partner Moss as part of the Martin 62 Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ; Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA 6.65 Fleisher team, the same platform that propelled Eric 63 Gale Senter, San Clemente CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 6.58 Greco to win Player of the Year for winning the 64 Rob Gordon, Northport NY; Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY 6.50 most platinum points (Grue finished third in that 65 Robert Bell, New Providence NJ; Ben Tucker, Vashon WA 6.47 race). The team won the Vanderbilt in Philadelphia, 66 Ishmael Del’Monte, Las Vegas NV; Debbie Benner, Fairfield CT 6.35 reached quarterfinals of the in Atlanta and 67 Chris Sloan - Phillip Vest, Nashville TN 6.32 won the Mitchell Open BAM in Honolulu. Then 68 Roy Martin, Birmingham AL; Denny Cahan, Cumming GA 6.27 69 William Muir - Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 6.23 came Grue’s favorite event, the Blue Ribbon Pairs. 70 Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI; Craig Robinson, Durham NC 6.19 Playing with , Grue won for the third 71 Paul Frean - David Parsons, New York NY 6.18 time in four years (he placed second in 2016 with 72 Matthew Weingarten, Safety Harbor FL; Jeff Edelstein, Tampa FL 6.13 Greco). 73 Dewitt (Hal) Montgomery III, Portland OR; Bruce Cuthbertson, Vancouver WA 6.10 Upon arriving in Hawaii, Grue led Itabashi 74 Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA 6.01 by just 57.53. After Grue’s monster performance 75 , Little Rock AR; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 5.91 there – winning the Goren Trophy with 422.31 76 Walter Schafer Jr, Fountain Valley CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 5.88 masterpoints – his lead was up to 375.94. “To 77/78 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 5.61 77/78 Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL; Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL 5.61 Mark’s credit, he came up to me after I won the 79 Daniel Boye, East Syracuse NY; Larry Sunser, Syracuse NY 5.54 BAM and Blue Ribbon Pairs back-to-back to tell 80 Peter Trenka - Kelley Hwang, New York NY 5.52 continued on page 15 81 D Keith Henderson - Neil Thomas, Birmingham AL 5.49 82 Gregory Gorshkov, Somerville NJ; Neil Jaffe, Belle Mead NJ 5.37 83 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH 5.27 84 Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Sandra Gebhardt, The Villages FL 5.21 85 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 5.19 86 Martin Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 5.15 87 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Chuck Pitard, Mandeville LA 4.81 88 Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC; Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC 4.79 89 H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Edward Zuckerberg, Los Altos Hills CA 4.77 90 Richard Smith, Spartanburg SC; Francine Moring, Columbia SC 4.65 91 Michael Christensen - Becky Stevens, Seattle WA 4.63 92 David Standig, Beach Haven NJ; Kurt Gandenberger, Pendleton SC 4.61 93 Ken Monzingo, San Diego CA; Bonnie Bagley, Spgs CO 4.58 94/95 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL 4.56 94/95 Philip Goulding, Wexford PA; David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 4.56 96 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 4.52 97 Lew Gamerman, Randolph MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 4.51 98 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Scott Levine, New York NY 4.42 99/100 Thomas Musso, Charleston SC; Katherine Field, Chapel Hill NC 4.40 99/100 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Columbia Hgts MN; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 4.40 101 William Pettis, Chevy Chase MD; Shawn Stringer, Silver Spring MD 4.31 102 Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA; Peter Lit, Elk CA 4.23 103 Jeffrey Colton, East Williston NY; Debra Lamountain, Forest Hills NY 4.09 104 Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH; Rhoda Prager, Boca Raton FL 3.99 105 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 3.94 106 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Tom Edwards, Grand Prairie TX 3.92 107 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; John Jones, Santa Fe Spgs CA 3.85 108 Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY; Peter Merker, Mentor OH 3.80 109 Richard Colker, Wheaton MD; Robb Gordon, Prescott AZ 3.68 110 , Canyon TX; Jack LaVigne, Houston TX 3.53 111/112 Maris Zilant - Susan Fuller, Miami FL 3.47 111/112 Shailesh Gupta, Aliso Viejo CA; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 3.47 113 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Barbara Murphy, Newton MA 3.20 114 Natalie Bassil - Marina Polestra, Boston MA 3.16 115 Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY; Daniel Lev, New York NY 3.08 116 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Robert Bell, Silver Spring MD 3.04 117 Henry Meyer, Delray Beach FL; Irina Kislitsyna, Miami FL 3.00 118/119 Rebecca Lowen - Carol Cox, Nashville TN 2.99 118/119 Elizabeth Jankord - Amit Chakrabarti, Manhattan KS 2.99 120/121 Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan 2.96 120/121 Alan Kudisch, East Norwich NY; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 2.96 122 Michael Ryan, Buffalo NY; John Ziemer, Youngstown NY 2.91 123 Gediminas Poska - Daiva Vitukynaite, Pallos Hills IL 2.73 124 Jan Assini - Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 2.62 Page 6 Monday, March 25, 2019 Daily Bulletin

125 Richard Brown, Easley SC; Richard Maybin, Asheville NC 2.57 SATURDAY ZIP KNOCKOUT 126 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 2.48 12 Tables 127 Barry Falgout, Silver Spring MD; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 2.45 4.11 1 Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA; Aaron Jones, North 128 Lauren Friedman, Daly City CA; Evelyn Holtz, Santa Rosa CA 2.40 Bethesda MD 129 Adam Parrish, New York NY; Anant Rathi, San Francisco CA 2.38 2.88 2 - , Las Vegas NV; 130 Suzi Subeck - Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 2.35 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 131 Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ; James Metzger, New York NY 2.34 1.64 3/4 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Peter Bonfanti, 132 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 2.27 Oakland CA; Kerry Kappell - Christopher Rivera, Sunnyside NY 133 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Eric Gettleman, Ellicott City MD 2.20 1.64 3/4 Kevin Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Jennifer 134 Dorothy Kelleher, Westbrook ME; Dan Morgenstern, Brunswick ME 2.11 Molson, Hollywood FL; Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA; Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY; Kyle Rockoff, Buffalo Grove IL 135 Howard Miller - Muh-Sha Crawford, Virginia Beach VA 2.09 136 Thomas Sanzone - Karen Kreutzberg, Blacksburg VA 2.02 137 Charles Young - Rich Pestien, Peoria IL 2.01 138 Saul Agranoff, Waltham MA; Edward Scolnick, Wayland MA 1.88 squeeze 139 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Donald Weil, Glencoe IL 1.82 Jim Hilton of Austin TX showed good 140/141 Bo Liu, Irvine CA; Somers Collins, Little Rock AR 1.64 technique on this deal from the first final session 140/141 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Olathe KS 1.64 of the Silver Ribbon Pairs. Hilton was playing 142/144 Melvin Levine - Margie Schrader, Colorado Spgs CO 1.49 with Steven DeVico of Hendersonville NC. 142/144 Nicolas Karamaoun, Blacksburg VA; Douglas Althouse, Roanoke VA 1.49 Dlr: North ♠ A K 8 3 142/144 Gary Schwartz, Huntsville AL; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 1.49 Vul: E-W ♥ J 8 6 4 145 Ronald Mak, Manchester NH; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS 1.48 Bd: 9 ♦ A K 5 2 146 Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 1.47 ♣ 10 147 Zhenyang Zhang, Davis CA; Boris Fang, Beijing People’s Republic of China 1.35 ♠ 9 7 ♠ Q J 6 5 148/149 Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO; Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL 1.28 148/149 Colby Vernay, Lacon IL; Ron LaCour, Georgetown TX 1.28 ♥ Q 5 ♥ A 7 150 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 1.24 ♦ 9 3 ♦ Q J 10 7 6 151 Huub Bertens, Las Vegas NV; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 1.20 ♣ K Q J 9 8 4 3 ♣ 7 6 152/153 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA 1.18 ♠ 10 4 2 152/153 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA 1.18 ♥ K 10 9 3 2 154 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 1.17 ♦ 8 4 155 Jeffrey Schwartz, Fairfax VA; David Yoon, Bayside NY 1.06 ♣ A 5 2 156 Jeffrey Liu, Coconut Creek FL; Todd Wachsman, East Meadow NY 1.02 West North East South 157 Lloyd Arvedon, Hudson NH; Glenn Robbins, New York NY 0.95 158 Paul Karas, Elm Grove WI; Gabriel Tawil, Boynton Beach FL 0.94 DeVico Hilton 159 Lucy Zhang, Cambridge MA; Zheng Zhang, Arcadia CA 0.89 1♦ Pass 1♥ 160 Donald Faskow, Hollywood FL; John Albright, Plantation FL 0.84 3♣ 4♣ Pass 4♥ 161 Greg Michaels, OH; Craig Biddle, Pittsburgh PA 0.80 All Pass 162 Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA; Ronald Kral, Reston VA 0.78 Almost the entire North–South field played 163 James Masilamani, Topeka KS; Gary Morrison, Olathe KS 0.70 in 4♥, usually from the South side, although most 164 Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 0.68 declarers took just 10 tricks. 165 Donald Presse - William Presse, Halifax NS 0.65 Against Hilton, West led the ♣K. Declarer 166 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Laura Lipman, Bonita Springs FL 0.64 won the ace, ruffed a club, and played a trump to 167 Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD 0.57 168 David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 0.50 the to the 9 and West’s queen. West persisted with 169/170 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe Degaetano, Delray Beach FL 0.49 a club, ruffed with dummy’s jack and overruffed 169/170 Stephen Nellissen, Washington Twp NJ; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 0.49 with the ace. East exited with the ♦Q, won in 171 Ami Zamir, Hod Hasharon Israel; Asaf Yekutieli, Tel Aviv Israel 0.48 dummy, and declarer then drew the last trump. 172 Dennis Kasle, Scottsdale AZ; , Las Vegas NV 0.46 This was the position: 173 Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA 0.43 ♠ A K 8 3 174 Patricia Civale, Chesterfield NJ; Daisy Goecker, Yardley PA 0.34 ♥ — 175 Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ 0.31 ♦ A 5 2 176/177 Farid Assemi, Fresno CA; Edward Wojewoda, Tempe AZ 0.30 176/177 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 0.30 ♣ — 178/180 Susan Miskura - Dennis Schwanz, Alexandria VA 0.21 ♠ Q J 6 5 178/180 Jeffery Jones, Vero Beach FL; Michael Zeller, York PA 0.21 irrelevant ♥ — 178/180 Richard Higgins, Hot Springs Village AR; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 0.21 ♦ J 10 7 181 Owen Lynch, Huntsville AL; Bob Heller, Knoxville TN 0.15 ♣ — 182 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Julius Sigurjonsson, Iceland 0.00 ♠ 10 4 2 ♥ 10 3 2 SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS ♦ 8 8.5 Tables ♣ — A B C 2.85 1 1 1 Deepak Joshi - Arun Kumtha, Germantown TN 65.94% When declarer played the ♥10, he pitched a 2.14 2 Bonnie Zeran - Sterling Zeran, Lakefield ON 65.76% spade from dummy, as did East. But when another 1.91 3 2 Allan Chernov, Irving TX; Paulette Armstrong, Plano TX 63.51% trump was played (and another spade discarded 1.43 4 3 Bobb Cucher - Glenda Cucher, Atlanta GA 60.55% from the table), East had no answer. Another 1.40 5 4 2 Wes Buchanan - Patsy Brannon, Rockville MD 55.10% spade discard allows declarer to cash the ♠A K, 1.05 5 3 Adam Deeb - Shauna Deeb, Clearwater FL 53.63% setting up the ♠10 in his hand: The ♦A and a diamond gives declarer the rest of the tricks. SUNDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables But if East discards a diamond on the next-to-last A B C trump, then the ♦A and a diamond ruff sets up 1.75 1 Linda Wilson, Ponte Vedra FL; Earl Conner, Woodbury MN 67.39% dummy’s ♦5. The guarantees that 1.49 2 1 Leonard Dunavant, Germantown TN; Michael Nussbaum, Memphis TN 61.73% declarer takes 11 tricks regardless of what East 1.12 3 2 Daisy Jones, Memphis TN; Jean-Claire Hamblin, 55.60% does. 0.74 4 Stacy Hancock, Germantown TN; Susan Schwartz, Memphis TN 54.44% Making five was worth 61 out of 64 0.84 3 Stewart Lawwill, Chattanooga TN; Malgorzata Koziol, Las Vegas NV 48.64% matchpoints. Daily Bulletin Monday, March 25, 2019 Page 7

SUNDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS BARBARA SCHNEIDER MEMORIAL SUNDAY-MONDAY 16.0 Tables MORNING COMPACT KO A B C 8 Tables George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Eric Gettleman, Ellicott City MD; 5.63 1 1 1 Jan Potts, Chestefield MO; Betty Goran, Saint Louis MO 61.55% Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY; Usama Faris, New York NY 4.22 2 Dian Petrov, Buffalo NY; Alex Khrakovsky, Columbus OH 59.66% vs 2.78 3/4 Charles Anderson, San Benito TX; Dennis Wick, Greencastle PA 58.52% Judy Cohen, Northbrook IL; Babette Brenner, Morton Grove IL; 2.78 3/4 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Sandi Foreman, Delray Beach FL 58.52% Delaine Boyd, Manchester MO; Estella Lau, St. Louis MO 3.74 5 2 Susan Wheeler - G Steve Wheeler, Castle Rock CO 56.06% 2.80 6 3 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Timothy Luce, Springfield MO 55.11% 2.10 7 4 James Bowlan, Memphis TN; Norman Beck, Dallas TX 54.92% 1.58 5 Deborah Wojtowicz - Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 53.41% 1.26 6 Barbara Rankin - Elaine Hallum, Jonesboro AR 53.22% ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 2.30 2 Doyle Johnson - Carolyn Johnson, Little Rock AR 53.03% 1.73 3 Rick Clelland, Boulder CO; Ying Zhang, Longmont CO 51.89% 1.30 4 Matthew Gordon, Northport NY; Nicole Hudak, New York NY 51.52% “Is your journey really SUNDAY DAYLIGHT A/X/Y SWISS 30 Tables / Based on 83 Tables necessary?” A X Y This was one of the slogans used in the 31.61 1 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, UK during WW II to try to save energy. It is Warsaw, Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo, Poland; Sjoert particularly applicable to bridge where so often Brink, Netherlands; , Netherlands 98.00 the best play in a partscore to make the extra trick 23.71 2 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; , Henderson NV; Walid means that you didn’t have to stretch to the thin Elahmady - , Cairo, Egypt; Bruce Ferguson, Palm game to get that good score. Equally, the same Springs CA 96.00 applies in slam here. 17.78 3 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Susan Schnelwar, New York NY; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm, Sweden 95.00 Dlr: North ♠ K J 9 8 16.12 4 1 W. Reynolds, South Pasadena CA; Lance Kerr, Sylmar CA; David Vul: None ♥ A K 10 9 Pelka, Los Angeles CA; William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA; Marek Bd: 17 ♦ A Q Szymanowski, Warsaw, Poland; Piotr Bizon, Cracow, Poland 91.00 ♣ A 9 6 10.54 5 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Cliff ♠ 10 ♠ Q 3 2 Campbell, Thunder Bay ON; Ken Gee, Regina SK 90.00 ♥ Q 8 7 6 3 ♥ J 5 4 9.03 6 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, ♦ 6 5 4 2 ♦ J 10 9 3 Bloomington IN; Joshua Donn - , Las Vegas NV; Ron ♣ Q 7 5 ♣ K 10 4 Smith, Chicago IL 89.00 ♠ A 7 6 5 4 12.09 7 2 1 Tony Leibowitz, Woollahra, Australia; Espen Erichsen, Tunbridge ♥ 2 Wells, England ; Tor Eivind Grude, Trondheim, Norway; Christian Bakke, Bergen, Norway 85.00 ♦ K 8 7 6.67 8/9 Dwight Bender, London ON; Andrew Firko, Oakville ON; J. Melvin ♣ J 8 3 2 Norton, Burlington ON; Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON 83.00 6.67 8/9 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Tom West North East South Hanlon, Dublin, Ireland; John Carroll, Dublin, Ireland 83.00 2♣ Pass 2♥ 9.07 3 Simon Cope, Hertfordshire, England ; Diana Nettleton, Oxford, England; Pass 2♠ Pass 2NT Lyn Fry, London, England; Lizzie Godfrey, Pereille, France 76.00 Pass 3♠ Pass 4♦ 6.64 4/5 2/3 Ala Hamilton-Day, Philadelphia PA; James Carroll, Lyons NY; Pass 4NT Pass 5♣ Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Shobhana Joshi, Pembroke Pines FL 75.00 Pass 5♦ Pass 5♥ 6.64 4/5 2/3 Robert Guerard, Brossard QC; Andre Houde, Laval QC; Jean Pass 6♠ All Pass Bellemarre - J-Francois Guillemette, Montreal QC 75.00 4.27 4 Hilda Setton, New York NY; Pierre Franceschetti, Paris, France; South, in response to a 2♣ opener that could Jerome Rombaut, France; Nicholas Lhuissier, France; Quentin Robert, be 20–22 balanced showed spades (2♥), then a Paris, France; Julien Bernard, Le Vesinet France 69.00 game-forcing hand with spades and clubs (2NT, then made a serious cuebid for slam (4♦). North SUNDAY DAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS asked for aces and bid the small slam, leaving 27.0 Tables East to lead from his diamond sequence. 7 3 2 With 12 tricks available if trumps could 9.71 1 Rosalyn Millar - Malcolm Millar, Summerside PE 61.76% be played without loss, the only issue was 7.28 2 Lee Steuby - Carol Layton, Saint Louis MO 61.01% negotiating the trump queen. Technically, you can 5.46 3 Alex Zacny - Nancy Speer, Little Rock AR 60.23% negotiate the 4-0 break onside by leading to the 4.73 4 1 Janine Higgins - Margaret Blackie, London ON 59.23% 3.24 5 Teresa Crosby - Diane Hudson, Germantown TN 59.08% ace, but there was a very slight straw in the wind 2.77 6 Robert Pettit - Alma Slatten, New Orleans LA 57.35% to suggest East might have the trump queen other 2.43 7 Guy Murray - Sheila Murray, Kincardine ON 57.14% than just the fact that there was no trump lead. 3.55 8 2 Danna Jo Matthews, Bartlett TN; Stephen Vaughan, Atoka TN 57.06% East had led a diamond without enquiring 2.66 9 3 Corey Sanders, Hilliard OH; Tim Kington, Dublin OH 56.25% about the auction (the first four calls had been 1.77 10 Jean-Noel Willk - Karen Willk, Little Rock AR 55.80% Alerted and explained). Rightly or wrongly, it 2.17 11 John Boettcher - B Lynn Tavormina, East Lyme CT 55.35% seemed to me that if East did not have the trump 1.49 12 Mary Ryder Wright, Loudonville NY; Kay Lang, Jacksonville AL 55.21% queen, he might have considered leading a trump 2.03 13 Leslie Brucker, Los Angeles CA; Rajarshi Roy, Amherst NY 55.21% – particularly given that after the Blackwood 1.89 14 Gloria Georger, Rochester MN; Kathleen Gillman, Orlando FL 54.94% call and trump-queen ask, the 5♥ call did not 2.00 4 John Gimblette, Lakewood NJ; Mignon Williams, New York NY 52.71% 3.40 5 1 JeanBeth Hill - John Mueller, Little Rock AR 51.49% obviously deny possession of that card! 1.38 6 Paul Mohler, Arlington VA; Gerard Gardner, Hilton Head Is SC 51.04% If that inference is valid, and I leave you to 2.55 2 Denny Lyster - Carolyn Lyster, Westfield VT 50.30% determine whether it is or not, the right play in 1.91 3 Anthony Chiocchi - Damon Suden, New York NY 49.85% trumps is to lead the ♠K and when the 10 1.59 4 Norm Hill, Woodstock GA; Nancy Hamrick, Acworth GA 49.56% appears. And as so often in such cases, bringing home the trumps gets you a top, while doing the same in game gets you a 95% result without the associated heartbreak that going down in slam would bring. Page 8 Monday, March 25, 2019 Daily Bulletin

0—10,000 SWISS TEAMS - REVISED Putting your life 42 Tables / Based on 83 Tables 70.00 1 Maximo Crusizio, Argentina; Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina; on the line Stephen Cox, Eugene OR; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 130.60 By Barry Rigal 52.50 2 Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA; William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA; With one round to go in the semifinals of the Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV; Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA 120.33 Platinum Pairs, we were less than half a board 39.38 3 Greg Michaels, Cleveland OH; Stan Dub, Shaker Heights OH; Joanne Weingold over the qualifying mark. The last thing you want - Jack Weingold, Boca Raton FL 116.27 31.11 4 Stanislaw Pajak - Janusz Gawecki - Maciej Dobrzynski- Kamil Walczyk, Poland 115.04 in that situation is to get to slam on a combined 28.00 5 Linda Green-Whitten - Sam Whitten, Southaven MS; Darcy White - David 20-count … isn’t it? Sackett, Prescott AZ 109.79 West East 25.45 6 Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Daniel Jackson, Spring TX; Guss Ginsburg, New ♠ 3 ♠ A Q 9 6 2 Orleans LA; Mike Doyle, Katy TX 109.34 ♥ A 3 ♥ Q J 7 5 2 23.33 7 Gillian Miniter, New York NY; Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Asaf Yekutieli, ♦ 6 4 3 ♦ — Tel Aviv Israel; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden 109.05 ♣ A 10 8 7 6 3 2 ♣ K 9 4 21.54 8 William Boynton, Tallahassee FL; Marie Eggeling, Tuebingen, Germany; John Baker, North Augusta SC; Matthias Felmy, Oldenburg Germany 108.06 West North East South 20.00 9 Simon Cope, Hertfordshire, England; Diana Nettleton, Oxford, England; Lyn Fry, 1♦ London, England; Lizzie Godfrey, Pereille, France 106.33 18.67 10 Robert L. McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL; Michael Heins, Champaign IL; Dennis 2♣ Dbl Redbl 3♦ Thompson, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Bharat Rao, Berwyn PA 102.58 Pass 4♦ 6♣! All Pass 17.50 11 Michael Cassel, Roseville MN; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Robert Kent - You can understand Glenn Milgrim’s decision Ellen Kent, Chicago IL 102.51 to jump to slam facing a simple (we play 16.47 12 AJ Stephani - Isaac Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Eric Gettleman, Ellicott jump as intermediate here). City MD; George Klemic, Bensenville IL 101.32 North led a low diamond, the most 15.56 13 Bridget Poizner - Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA; Daniel Kroll, Berkeley CA; challenging defense, and I ruffed and had to find Peter Bonfanti, Oakland CA 100.77 a way forward. Rightly or wrongly, it seemed best 14.74 14 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter - Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; to play the ♥A and another heart, and when North Cindy Sealy, Owens Cross Rds AL 100.52 won, he shifted to a spade after some thought. 14.00 15 Andrew Collins - Somers Collins, Little Rock AR; Sherman Gao, Brea CA; Bo Liu, Irvine CA 100.28 Now it was easy: I could rise with the ace, 13.33 16 Grant Vance, Oakland CA; Gregory Vance, Pacifica CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont play the ♣K and run hearts, with North forced CA; Robert Thomson, San Rafael CA 98.06 to follow twice. If South could ruff in, I could 12.73 17 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Julie overruff and ruff a diamond to dummy. Arbit, Milford MI; Andrew Cavalier, Huntsville AL; Kurt Dasher, There was a possible defense, and I’m glad Petersburg MI; Cono Emanuele, Brownstown Twp MI 95.10 I didn’t have to face it. Had North played a third 12.17 18 Norman Beck - Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX; , Alpharetta GA; heart, South would ruff in and force me to guess Ned Hager, Tulsa OK 93.27 clubs. Because that defense would only work 11.67 19 Mike Tanner - Elizabeth Legacy, Halifax NS; Gerry Callaghan, Bedford NS; against precisely this lie of the cards, maybe it’s James Kirby, Dartmouth NS 93.04 impossible to find? 11.20 20 Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH; Peter Whipple, Mason OH; Steve Callaham, Alpharetta GA; Bob Fisk, Cincinnati OH 91.59 (For the record, you can survive taking a heart 10.77 21 Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Samuel Amer, Long Island NY; David Gurvich - finesse at trick two, but only because it is South Rachael Moller, New York NY 91.06 with the singleton club, not North. Otherwise, the defense found at the table sets the hand.) SUNDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS The full deal: 3.0 Tables ♠ J 10 7 4 A B C ♥ K 10 9 4 1.52 1 Sharon Seidler - Mary McJunkin, Charleston WV 64.00% ♦ J 8 5 1.14 2 Pamela Hoffman - Jeff Hoffman, San Rafael CA 57.00% ♣ J 5 ♠ 3 ♠ A Q 9 6 2 SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS ♥ A 3 ♥ Q J 7 5 2 7.5 Tables ♦ 6 4 3 ♦ — A B C ♣ A 10 8 7 6 3 2 ♣ K 9 4 2.70 1 1 1 Paul O’Neill - Celine O’Neill, Sewickley PA 59.60% ♠ K 8 5 2.03 2 2 Teena Canady, Fort Worth TX; Sandra Tennison, Burleson TX 57.87% 1.52 3 3 2 Adam Deeb - Shauna Deeb, Clearwater FL 56.16% ♥ 8 6 1.14 4 4 3 Arun Kumtha - Deepak Joshi, Germantown TN 55.10% ♦ A K Q 10 9 7 2 0.85 5 5 4 Wes Buchanan - Patsy Brannon, Rockville MD 54.40% ♣ Q

SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 19.5 Tables A B C 6.50 1 - , New York NY 69.95% 4.98 2 1 Caroline Hughes - Thomas Hughes, Wilmington DE 64.02% 3.66 3 Michael Radin, New York NY; George Berger, Delray Beach FL 60.57% 2.74 4 Bjorn Odden, Drangedal Norway; Lily Johannessen, Honolulu HI 59.83% 3.74 5 2 Ruby Killebrew, Collierville TN; Barbara Johnson, Memphis TN 59.27% 1.75 6 Michael Roche, Victoria BC; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON 58.77% 1.23 7 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Sandi Foreman, Delray Beach FL 58.18% 2.80 3 Susan Wheeler - G Steve Wheeler, Castle Rock CO 54.75% 2.10 4 Bill Cubley, Bluffton SC; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 53.49% 2.63 5 1 Dale Remmers - Valarie Remmers, Plano TX 52.82% 1.69 6 Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL; Julie McLaughlin, Atlanta GA 51.93% 1.97 2 Raeann Koerner, Ventura CA; Sharon Beynon, Los Angeles CA 49.97% 1.48 3 Kathleen McDougall, Richmond TX; Rhonwyn Weissman, Rosenberg TX 45.96% 1.15 4 Gordon Yukon, Memphis TN; Jayne Berube, Germantown TN 44.15% Daily Bulletin Monday, March 25, 2019 Page 9

MARTHA JANE & BECKHAM SOUTHERN SUNDAY DAY OPEN PAIRS 38.5 Tables / Based on 118 Tables New Life Master A B C Congratulations to new 38.70 1 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; , Chicago IL 66.00% Life Master Mary Ann 29.03 2 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 64.02% Shepard, who traveled from 21.77 3 1 Jeffrey Goldman, Norwalk CT; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 62.06% Kirkwood MO to attend 16.33 4 - Barbara Hamman, Dallas TX 59.87% the NABC. She got the last 12.90 5 Chuck Said - Elaine Said, Nashville TN 58.93% needed gold playing in the 11.06 6 Jane Dillenberg - Jerry Goldberg, New York NY 58.81% Saturday Daylight Compact 9.68 7 Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Richard Haacke, Olivette MO 58.79% 8.60 8 Carole Liss, San Rafael CA; , Las Vegas NV 58.60% KO. Her partner was Jane 7.74 9 John Fout, Fairfield CA; Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY 56.57% Miller from Chesterfield MO; 7.04 10 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX 56.52% they teamed with fellow St. Louis-area players 6.45 11 P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Stanley Landers, Old Lisa Lampen and Carolyn Coffin. Westbury NY 56.08% While Mary Ann has played bridge for many, 12.03 12 2 1 Peter Marvin - Jay Lucas, Little Rock AR 55.87% many years, it wasn’t until 10 years ago that 5.53 13 Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON; Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON 55.36% she began playing competitively. “Seven years 5.16 14 Suzanne St Thomas - Kathy Dowen, Boise ID 55.30% ago, my husband died, and I got much more 4.84 15 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 55.29% competitive,” she says. “It was my therapy.” 4.55 16 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 55.25% Back home, Mary Ann plays at the St. Louis 4.30 17 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; , London, England 55.18% 4.07 18 Bill Eason - Jane Eason, Nesbit MS 55.13% Bridge Center. 3.87 19 Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Louk Verhees Jr, Netherlands 54.84% 9.02 3 Derald Keetch, Livingston TX; John Manopoli, Jamaica Plain MA 54.65% Notice of binding 6.77 4 Allison Hunt – H. Hunt, Charlotte NC 54.53% 5.35 5 Howard Halpern - Linda Gross Halpern, Palm Beach Gardens FL 53.46% arbitration 5.50 6 2 Dan Knier, Waite Park MN; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 52.82% By becoming an ACBL member or 4.12 7 3 Richard Kassar, New York NY; Shlomit Rind, Forest Hills NY 52.02% renewing your membership in the ACBL, you 3.56 8 4 Jack Dean - Jeanette Dean, Houston TX 51.87% expressly agree to waive your right to have 3.21 9 5 David Dodgson, Lansdale PA; David Dresher, North Wales PA 51.14% disputes between you and the ACBL resolved 2.92 10 Lynnette Regan, Norfolk VA; Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ 50.88% in a court of law and agree to accept the use 2.67 11 Edward Rothenheber, Severn MD; Brian Sutton, Bethesda MD 50.75% of binding arbitration before the American 2.37 6 Steven Merritt, Incline Village NV; Mary Cotton, Chula Vista CA 49.10% Arbitration Association. The binding arbitration provisions are available for review at acbl.org/ bindingarbitration. Page 10 Monday, March 25, 2019 Daily Bulletin Vanderbilt Knockout Teams The premier event of the Spring North American Championships is the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams. The history of the prestigious contest stretches back to 1928 when the man who invented , Harold S. Vanderbilt, put the trophy bearing his name into play. The winners list is a who’s who of bridge, a parade of the titans of the game. As part of the ACBL’s ongoing archiving project, photos of some of the winners are included with this history. The The Vanderbilt Trophy for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams was donated in 1928 by Harold S. Vanderbilt, who won the event in 1932 and 1940. The Vanderbilt was contested annually in New York – as a separate championship – until 1958 when it became part of the Spring North American Championships. Vanderbilt winners receive replicas of the trophy – a practice initiated by Vanderbilt from the first running of the event and perpetuated by a $100,000 trust fund administered by ACBL under the terms of Vanderbilt’s will. On display at ACBL Headquarters in Horn Lake MS are the Vanderbilt Trophy, as well as replicas donated by the families of Caroline Taylor, who won the Vanderbilt in 1928, and , a Vanderbilt winner in 1944 and 1945.

Previous winners: 1928 Ralph Richards, Gratz Scott, Edwin Wetzlar, Wilbur Whitehead tied with Abraham Brown, Mrs. Sidney Lovell, McPherran, Rapee, , Caroline Taylor, Nils Wester 1942 Lester Bachner, Sigmund Dornbusch, 1958 , Sam Fry Jr., Leonard 1929 Michael Gottlieb, Lee Langdon, Jean Richard Frey, , Harmon, Lee Hazen, Mattheys, Harry Raffel 1943 Harry Fagin, Harry Fishbein, Fred 1959 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, Norman 1930 , , Kaplan, , Kay, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, , Waldemar von 1944 B. Jay Becker, , Sidney Tobias Stone Zedtwitz Silodor, Helen Sobel 1960 John Crawford, , Sidney 1931 David Burnstine, , Willard 1945 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone Karn, P. Hal Sims Silodor, Helen Sobel 1961 , Robert Jordan, Eric 1932 Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims, Harold S. 1946 John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby, George Murray, Arthur Robinson Vanderbilt, Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman 1962 Larry Kolker, Carolyn Levitt, Jerry 1933 Phil Abramsohn, Benjamin Feuer, Francis 1947 David Clarren, Harry Feinberg, Harry Levitt, Garrett Nash, George de Runtz Rendon, Sydney Rusinow Fishbein, Larry Hirsch, Joseph Low 1963 , Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, 1934 David Burnstine, Richard Frey, Michael 1948 Robert Appleyard, Jay T. Feigus, William Clifford Russell, William Seamon, Albert Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Lichtenstein, Harry Sonnenblick, Schenken Weiss 1964 Bob Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Don Krauss, 1935 David Burnstine, Michaela Gottlieb, 1949 , Harry Fishbein, Lee Hazen, , , Howard Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken, Larry Hirsch, Charles Lochridge Schenken Sherman Stearns 1950 John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard 1965 Philip Feldesman, John Fisher, James 1936 Phil Abramsohn, Irving Epstein, Harry Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Sam Stayman Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, , Albert Fishbein, Fred Kaplan 1951 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Weiss 1937 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Rapee, Sam Stayman 1966 Philip Feldesman, Bob Hamman, Sami Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken, 1952 Ned Drucker, Irvin Kass, Sidney Mandell, Kehela, Lew Mathe, Ira Rubin Sherman Stearns Milton Moss, Jesse Sloan 1967 , , Lew 1938 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, 1953 , , Peter Mathe, , , Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken, Leventritt, William Lipton, Lew Stansby Sherman Stearns 1954 Kalman Apfel, Francis Begley, Ned 1968 Bobby Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman 1939 Melville Alexander, Sigmund Dornbusch, Drucker, Sidney Mandell, Milton Moss Kay, Arthur Robinson, , Alvin Syl Gintell, Lee Hazen, Harry Raffel 1955 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Roth 1940 Edward Hymes Jr., Charles Lochridge, Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor 1969 Gerald Hallee, , John Robert McPherran, Harold S. Vanderbilt, 1956 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Swanson, Richard Walsh Waldemar von Zedtwitz Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor 1970 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami 1941 John Crawford, Myron Fuchs, Robert 1957 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Kehela, Sidney Lazard, , Daily Bulletin Monday, March 25, 2019 Page 11

George Rapee Morse, , Tom Sanders, 2013 , Roy Welland, Morten 1971 Bill Eisenberg, , Bob Bilde, Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, 1994 , , Michael 2014 Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Steve Rosenberg, Zia Mahmood, Chip Martel, Weinstein, Bobby Levin, Eric Rodwell, 1972 Steven Altman, Eugene Neiger, Thomas Lew Stansby Jeff Meckstroth Smith, , Joel Stuart, Peter 1995 Bill Root, , Michael 2015 , Zia Mahmood, Norberto Weichsel Polowan, Bocchi, Agustin Madala 1973 Mark Blumenthal, Bobby Goldman, Bob 1996 Zia Mahmood, , 2016 , Diego Brenner, Zia Hamman, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff Seymon Deutsch, Chip Martel, Lew Mahmood, Giorgio Duboin, Alejandro 1974 David Crossley, Robert Crossley, Eric Stansby Bianchedi, Agustin Madala Kokish, Joey Silver 1997 Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Steve 2017 Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Steve 1975 Roger Bates, , Richard Katz, Robinson, , Paul Soloway, Weinstein, Robert Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, John Mohan, Bobby Goldman Eric Rodwell 1976 Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, 1998 Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Chip 2018 Martin Fleisher, Chip Martel, Joe Grue, John Mohan, George Rosenkranz Martel, Lew Stansby, Paul Soloway, Brad Moss, Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco 1977 , Mark Blumenthal, Fred Bobby Goldman Hamilton, Mike Lawrence, , 1999 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag, , 1978 , Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, , Mike 2000 Nick Nickell, , Bob Passell, Paul Soloway Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, 1979 , Richard Freeman, Mark Lair, Eric Rodwell Cliff Russell, Tom Sanders, 2001 Andrei Gromov, Aleksander Petrunin, 1980 Russ Arnold, Bobby Levin, Jeff , Adam Zmudzinski Meckstroth, Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell 2002 , Marc Jacobus, , 1981 B. Jay Becker, Michael Becker, Edgar John Mohan, Jacek Pszczola, Piotr Kaplan, Norman Kay, Ron Rubin Gawrys 1982 James Jacoby, Jeff Meckstroth, 2003 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Mike Passell, Eric Rodwell, George Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold Eric Rodwell 1983 Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Norman 2004 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Lorenzo Kay, Edgar Kaplan Lauria, Alfredo Versace, Norberto 1984 Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, , Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin 2005 Richard Schwartz, Michael Becker, Larry 1985 Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Ron Cohen, David Berkowitz Rubin, Mike Lawrence, Michael Becker, 2006 Fred Chang, Seymon Deutsch, Gunnar Peter Weichsel Hallberg, , Fu Zhong 1986 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, 2007 -Welland, Antonio Richard Pavlicek Sementa, Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, 1987 Peter Pender, Peter Boyd, Lew Stansby, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski Hugh Ross, , Chip Martel 2008 Boguslaw Gierulski, , 1988 Eddie Kantar, Alan Sontag, John Mohan, Krzysztof Martens, Jerzy Skrzypczak Roger Bates 2009 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Bobby Levin, 1989 Ron Rubin, Michael Becker, Bart Steve Weinstein, Tarek Sadek, Walid Bramley, Robert Levin, Lou Bluhm, Peter Elhamady Weichsel 2010 Pierre Zimmerman, Michel Bessis, 1990 , John Sutherlin, Michael Thomas Bessis, , Tor Kamil, , Tom Sanders, Bill Helness, Pollack 2011 Martin Fleisher, Lew Stansby, Bobby 1991 Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, , Levin, , Chip Martel, Steve Weinstein 1992 Andy Goodman, John Mohan, Roger 2012 Les Amoils, Joe Grue, Darren Wolpert, Bates, , Neil Chambers Curtis Cheek, Ismael Del’Monte, Thomas 1993 , Peter Nagy, Dan Bessis

Appealing a ruling Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking with the director who delivered the original ruling. The table director will fill out paperwork regarding the appeal, and the appellants will explain what they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. From there, the case may be handled by a variety of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the case, the circumstances of that particular case will determine whether the case can be resolved by the original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law or regulation, for instance), 2018 ACBL President Jay Whipple (center) presents the Vanderbilt Trophy to (from left) Brad Moss, a panel of directors, or even a committee-type Joe Grue, Eric Greco, captain Martin Fleisher, Chip Martel and Geoff Hampson. hearing which could include bridge experts. Page 12 Monday, March 25, 2019 Daily Bulletin

SUNDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED FLIGHT B TEAMS 1 Ready for the asylum 8 Tables By Barry Rigal 12.41 1 Barbara McLagan, Sarasota FL; Chuck Greenslit, Framingham MA; Bart People have been asking me why my hair is Bussink, Cambridge MA; Arjun Dhir, Johns Creek GA 93.00 9.31 2 Diane Washabaugh - Pamela Gladysz, Fort Worth TX; Anne Atwood, Richmond falling out and turning grey so fast. A single deal VA; Joy McKenzie-Smith, Chapel Hill NC 87.00 may explain that, I suppose. 6.11 3/4 Merryl Chin, North York ON; Rick Holcomb, Miami FL; Harold Nordstrom, Sitting West, I picked up this collection Reading MA; Susan Lincoln, Boxford MA 82.00 playing in the semifinal round of the Platinum 6.11 3/4 Cristi Nelson - Margaret Malenka, Grand Rapids MI; Douglas Minder - Susan Pairs with Glenn Milgrim: Minder, Caledonia MI 82.00 ♠J 9 8 4 3 2 ♥K 8 4 ♦6 ♣5 4 2 Trying to preserve my reputation as a staid SUNDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED FLIGHT B TEAMS 2 and sober citizen, I rejected the opportunity to 8 Tables make a weak jump overcall here after hearing 11.13 1 Larry Adler - Ann Adler, Memphis TN; Henry Bodenheimer, New Orleans LA; a pass from my partner and a 1♥ opener to my Janice Van Dyke, Brentwood TN 102.00 8.35 2 Deborah Crisfield, Philadelphia PA; Lisa Mita, Berwyn PA; Helen Walker, right. After a 2♣ to my left, there was a rather Lafayette Hill PA; Alison Shoemaker, Wyndmoor PA 83.00 unexpected 2♠ call from my partner. When RHO 5.48 3/4 Sharon Gross, Pt Pleasant Bch NJ; Renee Gast, Delray Beach FL; Radu passed, I jumped to 4♠, and not surprisingly, there Ariton, Staten Island NY; Dorel Livescu, Marlboro NJ 73.00 came 5♥ to my left, passed back to me. 5.48 3/4 Janet Jordan, Aledo TX; Kathy Coleman - Jean Helmers, Fort Worth TX; I decided that if the ♥A was to my left, I Laura Nash, Burleson TX 73.00 might not beat slam. and if it was to my right, I might well beat 5♥. So I passed and led my SUNDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED FLIGHT B TEAMS 3 diamond. 8 Tables Declarer thoughtfully rose with the ace 9.85 1 Rohit Dubey - Shalini Dubey, Irvine CA; Peggy Sprague, Cupertino CA; Linda and led the ♥Q, and when it wasn’t covered, he Nemmer, San Jose CA 83.00 7.39 2 Jim Tucker - Luraette Tucker, Little Rock AR; Diana McPeak - Kenneth put up the ace to return the suit. I took the king McPeak, Lebanon TN 77.00 and shifted to a count ♠9, more in hope than 5.54 3 Shirley Rodenborn - Sherry Larsen Beville, Oakland CA; Loretta Dimitruck, expectation. The full deal: Alameda CA; Alexandra Peck, Toronto ON 73.00 Dlr: East ♠ K 6 Vul: N–S ♥ Q 10 6 SUNDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED FLIGHT B TEAMS 4 Bd: 18 ♦ A 2 8 Tables ♣ A Q 10 9 8 7 8.69 1 Lee Smart - Deborah Harrington, Memphis TN; Roseann Buckley, Ventura CA; ♠ J 9 8 4 3 2 ♠ A Q 10 7 Susan Ray, Germantown TN 111.00 ♥ K 8 4 ♥ 2 6.52 2 Robert Ryan, Macedonia OH; Kenneth Gibson - Susan Manne - Ronald Manne, ♦ 6 ♦ 10 9 8 7 4 3 Stow OH 101.00 4.89 3 Laura Batey, Bentonville AR; Jeff La Caze - Robert Gromatka - Valerie ♣ 5 4 2 ♣ K J Watson, Bella Vista AR 84.00 ♠ 5 ♥ A J 9 7 5 3 SUNDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED FLIGHT B TEAMS 5 ♦ K Q J 5 8 Tables ♣ 6 3 7.36 1 Gail Schargel, Larchmont NY; Sara Kober, Scarsdale NY; Cindy Scheinfeld - No, my partner’s ♠A lived! The diamond Jill Jacobs, New York NY 96.00 spots meant my partner had no doubt about what 5.52 2 Patricia Abramson - Leslie Levy - Karen Levy, New York NY; Lauren Etess, to do, giving me the ruff and collecting his club East Hampton NY 95.00 for down two and a decent score. 4.14 3 Crystal Ingoldsby - Sharyn Rothfuss, Mississauga ON; Cindy Osselton - We congratulated the opponents on finding Terry Vandenbroek, Burlington ON 72.00 their save, and my partner asked me which of us SUNDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED FLIGHT B TEAMS 6 declarer would have expected to have six spades 12 Tables and which four. I told him that next time declarer 7.26 1 Lee Stem - Laima Stem, Mississauga ON; David Whitesell, Yellow Springs OH; would not be in doubt. Enaid Savage, Guanajuato Mexico 96.00 5.45 2 Benjamin Sharp, Alexandria VA; Stephen Parker, Mc Lean VA; Michael Olmsted, Fayetteville NY; James Dahlberg, Arlington VA 85.00 4.08 3 Jeanie Nutter - Sarah Meredith - Carol Sanderson, Texarkana AR; Emily Bonner, Texarkana TX 84.00 3.06 4 William Golden - Renee Shackleford - Tanner Chapman - Lana Foot, Little Rock AR 83.00 Daily Bulletin Monday, March 25, 2019 Page 13

FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES - FINAL 27.75 Tables / Based on 14 Tables Run that long suit 9.60 1 Timothy Luce, Springfield MO 119.50% By Barry Rigal 6.36 2/3 Sandi Foreman, Delray Beach FL 117.04% Peter Weichsel found a pretty line of play 6.36 2/3 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 117.04% as declarer on this deal from the opening day of 8.51 4/5 G. Steve Wheeler, Castle Rock CO 116.89% 8.51 4/5 Susan Wheeler, Castle Rock CO 116.89% the Kay Platinum Pairs. Weichsel was playing 5.00 6/7 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA 115.97% with Jill Meyers against Steve Beatty and Fred 5.00 6/7 Frank Morgan, Allentown PA 115.97% Stewart. Dlr: North ♠ K Q J 7 6 4 3 SUNDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS Vul: None ♥ A Q 7 5.0 Tables Bd: 1 ♦ 6 A B C ♣ 8 7 2.25 1 Steven Plotkin – J. Michael Russell, New Orleans LA 62.00% 2.13 2 1 1 Paul O’Neill - Celine O’Neill, Sewickley PA 55.00% ♠ A 9 8 ♠ 10 5 1.60 3 2 2 Malgorzata Koziol, Las Vegas NV; Linda Wilson, Ponte Vedra FL 53.50% ♥ K 9 6 3 ♥ J 4 1.20 4 3 Sharon Seidler - Mary McJunkin, Charleston WV 52.50% ♦ K 9 3 ♦ J 10 2 0.99 4 Denise Dufour - Cary Blancett, Sewickley PA 49.00% ♣ A K 6 ♣ J 10 9 5 3 2 ♠ 2 JOYCE MCMONAGLE SUNDAY OPEN PAIRS ♥ 10 8 5 2 30.0 Tables ♦ A Q 8 7 5 4 A B C ♣ Q 4 20.00 1 John Maselli, Providence RI; John Malley, Pascoag RI 63.20% 15.00 2 1 Daniel Kroll - Misook Jung, Berkeley CA 61.98% West North East South 11.25 3 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Hailong Ao, Ashburn VA 61.79% 8.44 4 Peter Gill, Sydney, Australia; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 61.18% Beatty Weichsel Stewart Meyers 6.67 5 2 Amy Casanova, Portland OR; Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA 58.68% 1♠ 3♣ Pass 6.67 6 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Alison Wilson, New York NY 57.93% 3NT 4♠ All Pass 5.00 7 Migry Zur Campanile - Nancy Katz, New York NY 57.19% Stewart led the ♣J, ducked all around, and 4.44 8 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Chicago IL 56.96% the club continuation went to the queen and king. 4.36 9 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 56.79% West exited with a low spade to declarer’s king, 6.51 10 3 Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN; Deborah Hart, East Falmouth MA 56.42% captured the ♠Q with the ace, and exited with his 4.36 11 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Stephen Shane, White Plains NY 55.60% last spade to declarer’s jack. 3.08 12 Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY; Martin Caley, Montreal QC 55.11% Declarer then ran the trumps to reduce to this 3.64 13 4 Valerie Deneroff - Martin Deneroff, New York NY 54.98% four-card ending: 2.75 14 Carol Rynders, Saint Paul MN; Michael Cassel, Roseville MN 54.96% 3.35 15 Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Michael Massimilla, Syosset NY 54.80% ♠ — 2.88 5 Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA; Edward So, Pleasanton CA 53.30% ♥ A Q 7 3.12 6 Michael Hartnett - Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 52.08% ♦ 6 2.16 7 Greg Johnson, League City TX; Tammy Moll, Raleigh NC 51.00% ♣ — 4.20 1 Rick Clelland, Boulder CO; Ying Zhang, Longmont CO 50.64% ♠ — ♠ — 3.15 2 Peter Peca Jr. - Liz Ashby, El Paso TX 47.39% ♥ K 9 ♥ J 4 2.36 3 Richard Nelson, Olathe KS; David Stevens, Charleston IL 45.33% ♦ K 9 ♦ J 10 ♣ — ♣ — MARTHA JANE & BECKHAM SOUTHERN SUNDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS ♠ — 18.0 Tables ♥ 10 8 A B C 6.07 1 1 Barbara Johnson, Memphis TN; Beverly Parrish, The Villages FL 65.47% ♦ A Q 4.55 2 Terry McHenry - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 65.14% ♣ — 3.41 3 Sondra Caplin - Donald Caplin, Waltham MA 62.75% The defenders released all of their clubs, and 4.07 4 2 Christine Boller, Frisco CO; Deborah Monroe, Greensboro NC 58.50% West came down to two cards each in the red 3.27 5 3 1 Tim Archdeacon, Oyster Bay NY; David Sloane, Glen Cove NY 56.97% suits, so Weichsel crossed to the ♦A and ran the 2.29 6 4 Jim Goza - Kay Bickham, Edmond OK 56.75% hearts via the finesse. 2.10 7 5 2 Carolyn Harmon, Mechanicsville VA; Joanne Livingston, Glen Allen VA 55.66% Plus 420 was worth 60 out of 63 matchpoints. 1.58 6 3 Rajarshi Roy, Amherst NY; Ritambhar Burman, Miami FL 55.34% 1.18 4 Eloise Meachum - Leslie Conant, Dallas TX 54.68% Age requirement for Senior events You must at least 60 years old to play in ACBL Senior events. Page 14 Monday, March 25, 2019 Daily Bulletin

BARBARA SCHNEIDER MEMORIAL SUNDAY- SUNDAY A/B/C SWISS TEAMS MONDAY KO 1 49 Tables 4 Tables A B C Jacques Leblanc, Maria QC; Ann Hudson, Suffield CT; Rodney Paxton, Las Vegas NV; Paul Sorensen, Berwyn AB 30.23 1 Stefan Skorchev, Sofia, Bulgaria; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas vs NV; , Paradise Valley AZ; Christophe Grosset, Amy Brisson, Arlington VA; Marsha Brown, Alexandria VA; Issy-Les-Moulin, France 111.00 Betty Bursey, Herndon VA; Joyce Currie, Falls Church VA 22.67 2 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Dan Morse, Houston TX; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw, Poland; Jacek Romanski - Michal Kwiecien, Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Lublin Poland; Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan, Poland 105.00 Saratoga CA; Meng Kang, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Xiaojing Wang, People’s Republic of China 17.00 3 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Hansa Narasimhan, vs Mountain View CA; Michael Whibley, Auckland, New Zealand; Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX; Burt O’Dell - Matthew Brown, Pokeno, New Zealand; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata, Linda O’Dell, Ponte Vedra FL India; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata, India 102.00 12.75 4 G. Venkatesh, Carmel CA; Anil Padhye, Mumbay, India; Sundarram BARBARA SCHNEIDER MEMORIAL SUNDAY- MONDAY KO 2 Srinivatan, Chennai, India; P Sridhar - R Tolani – A. Khare, Chennai, India 99.00 4 Tables 9.36 5/6 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; William Belanich, Glen Allen VA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; , Bloomington NY 91.00 Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; Alan Godes, Needham MA 9.36 5/6 Ulf Nilsson, Dalby, Sweden; Adam Stokka, Taby, Sweden; Ari vs Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; John Childers, Reed City MI; Cecil Henry, Kingman AZ; Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY 91.00 Richard Wendricks - A Fetters, Hot Springs Village AR 7.56 7 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Gordon Cable Jr., Monroe Township NJ; Stanley Littlefield, Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; , Poland Maitland FL; Liga Byrne - Dianne Ebert, Austin TX Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw, Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Poland 88.00 vs 6.72 8 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Poland; Carol Frank, Burbank CA; Thuy Tran, San Franciso CA; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba, Israel; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV 85.00 Jennifer Lin, North Bethesda MD; Mike Develin, Kirkland WA 6.05 9 John McAllister, Keswick VA; Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna, Austria; Renee Cooper, Perth, Australia; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar, Sweden 84.00 Smokers: Stay away 5.50 10 Luisana Madueno, Aventura FL; Juan Castillo - Alamiro from the doors Pignoargok, Fort Lauderdale FL; Ruben Cabrera, Venezuela 83.00 Smokers – you know who you are – if you 4.85 11/12 Jeffrey Wolfson, Chicago IL; Peter Crouch, Surrey, England; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb, Croatia; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 82.00 go outside to smoke, stay 50 ft. away from the 4.85 11/12 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; entrance. It’s the state law. And it’s the nice thing Alessandro Gandoglia, Rome, Italy; Kamil Nowak, Poland; to do. And no one wants to smell smoke inside the Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland; Leonardo Cima, Rome, Italy 82.00 building. Really. Step. Away. From. The. Doors. 10.18 1 Soren Bilde - Peter Jepson - Morten Bilde - Soren Caspersevn, Don’t make us get all disciplinary ... Hovedgaard, Denmark 80.00 Daily Bulletin Monday, March 25, 2019 Page 15

7.64 2 Joyce Neville, White Marsh VA; Tracy Brines, Smithfield VA; Ernest Napier, Nashville TN; Joyce Goldstein, Brooklyn NY 78.00 Platinum Pairs 5.73 3 1 Nathan Finkle - Sam Berman, New York NY; Amber Lin, Edison NJ; continued from page 1 Emma Kolesnik, Ventura CA 76.00 4.29 4 2 Phil Reynolds, Jackson MI; Paul Andre Paquin - Suzanne Arsenault, Saint-Bruno QC; Paul Cuneo, Houston TX 71.00 3.39 5 Brian McGuire, United Kingdom; Ned Paul, London, England; Richard Kalkbrenner - Ti Davis, Little Rock AR 68.00 2.91 6 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Weiling Zhao, Brookfield CT; Ping Hu, Naperville IL; Dwight Hunt, Granada Hills CA 66.00 2.36 3 Kadie Davis - Pamela Ames, Maryville IL; Steven Clements, Wildwood MO; John Welte, Ballwin MO 64.00 1.77 4 Travis Atterberry - Janice Atterberry, Little Rock AR; Lucy Morini, Warren VT; Fred Brown, San Jose CA 56.00

SUNDAY GOLD RUSH SWISS 12 Tables 7 3 2 4.04 1 Barbara Blauer, Needham MA; Muggsie Rocco, Carlisle MA; Pamela Jerskey - Ronald Williams, Wellesley MA 87.00 3.03 2 Deann Kurtz - David Kurtz - Denise Tonini - Candace Conway, Louisville KY 77.00 2.27 3 Carole Reising - Dennis Reising, Granite Falls NC; Susan Mann - Gail Bland, Winston Salem NC 76.00 Runners-up in the Kay Platinum Pairs: Barry 1.70 4 Sarah Raynor, Winston Salem NC; Lynne Groff - Alfred Groff, Rigal and Glenn Milgrim. Potomac MD; Ricki Kanter, Washington DC 66.00 2.21 1 Nancy Root - Sally Bertellotti, Sparta NJ; Beth Batastini, Grue Newton NJ; Eugene Kohler, Vernon NJ 57.00 continued from page 5 me he was calling off the dogs and canceled his last regional of the year.” They met a week later at the Palm Springs ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Regional, where Grue was still trying to break the record. When he achieved it by that Thursday, both he and Itabashi canceled their Friday games and went golfing together with their partners Moss and Mitch Dunitz. Moss came to Palm Springs to help make sure Grue broke the record. “As Brad would tell you, for both of us, playing a lot of regionals is great for our bridge game.” Grue, 37, learned to play bridge at 13 from his parents while growing up in . “My grandmother was an excellent bridge player as well,” he says. It was just a few years later when he got his first NABC win in the 1997 Flight C. In September 2001, just after 9/11, Grue moved to , where he has lived for all but a few years since. After playing a lot of , he decided to become a bridge pro. He won three world gold medals in Junior teams between 2001 and 2006. In 2006, he won his first unlimited NABC title in the and has brought that total to 10, including the three last year, when he also won a silver medal with Moss in the World Open Pairs. “I went from being very good to even better at bridge the past few years from playing more than almost anyone else,” Grue says. “Not just playing with one main partner – I enjoy playing at regionals with different partners.” Noting his success in the Blue Ribbon Pairs with John Hurd, Greco and Levin, Grue notes, “Choosing a great partner might be my best skill.” Where Grue earned his masterpoints in 2018 Attended Points Regionals 29 2561.04 NABCs 3 853.69 World Bridge Series 1 148.38 Sectionals 1 9.80 STaC games 1 3.49 District 24 GNT 1 1.24 Club games 66 98.56 Total 3676.40 Page 16 Monday, March 25, 2019 Daily Bulletin

SUNDAY EVENING SWISS TEAMS fees 9 Tables A valid ACBL number is required to play in A B C all events at the NABC. 4.05 1 James Carroll, Lyons NY; Ada Ding, Beijing People’s Republic of Players must be ACBL members whose China; Linlin Hu, People’s Republic of China; Ala service fees or dues are current in order to Hamilton-Day, Philadelphia PA 61.00 compete in any of the following NABC+ events: 3.04 2 Milt Van Reed - Sharon Winters, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Kay Platinum Pairs, Lebhar IMP Pairs, Hebermehl, Paris IL; Tana Holt, Clinton IN 50.00 3.20 3/4 1 Carmina Diaz, Fort Mill SC; Kim Imada - Gemma Min, Victoria BC; Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs, Vanderbilt Susan Zamuto, Mint Hil NC 48.00 Knockout Teams, , 2.00 3/4 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; David Johnson, Calgary AB; Craig , Smith Life Master Kavin, Newbury Park CA; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 48.00 Women’s Pairs, NABC+ Fast Pairs and the 2.40 2 1 Mark Alpert - Judy Alpert, Austin TX; Amy Buck, Atlanta GA; . Jenny Kimball, Sandy Springs GA 46.00 The entry fees for these contests are $25 per player per session. This means $100 per team per session for four-person teams, $125 per team per Convention Center session for five-person teams, and $150 per team per session for six-person teams. $1.50 per person Access and Parking per session benefits the International Fund. Access to the second level is limited due to Players must also be current ACBL members construction happening on the ground level of the to play in the 0–10,000 Swiss Teams and the Convention Center. 0–10,000 Knockout Teams. The entry fee is $17 The escalators that travel between P1 (South Hall Lobby) and the East Concourse are inaccessible. Two of the South elevators will be available at all times to take passengers to all ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ parking levels and Level 2. South Hall and the parking level (P1) is under construction, and the West entrance ramp Player Memo stations is closed. Parking is still available on the levels There are two player memo stations located below (P2 - Green and P3 - Orange). Vehicles on the second floor of the Convention Center. One taller than 6’1”, which cannot access the P2 or P3 is located next to the bookseller booth, and the parking, may park in the Front Street parking lot other is located near the ATM machines. north of the garage entrance. To access the garage, enter the East entrance ramp off of Front Street and continue down the spiral ramp to P2 or P3. The Convention Center staff has designated alternate entrances where you can access the closest elevators or escalators to reach your desired level. To access the Second Level (Ballrooms, Exhibit Hall, Meeting Rooms 201-205): From parking levels P2 and P3, ride an elevator up to level 2 (press ‘2’ in the elevator).

From Main Street: Option 1: Ride the escalator up to level 2. Option 2: Enter the ADA entrance from the corner of Front Street and Poplar Avenue (adjacent to large metal sculpture). Ride the elevator to level 2 (press ‘2’ in the elevator). Option 3: Enter the Cannon Center lobby, head towards the west elevator, and ride the elevator to the Mezzanine level (press ‘2’ in the elevator). Next, exit right onto the Morgan Use of the – Keegan Lobby and go through the double Alerts and Announcements glass doors to enter the Convention Center. When using bidding boxes, the ACBL Follow the signs to the meeting spaces. requires that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same time. When making an Announcement, use the Buy your NABC entry online Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and Don’t wait in line! Buy your entries tap the Alert strip at the same time. A player in advance for all national-level events at who Alerts or Announces a bid must make sure BridgeWinners.com. his opponents are Entries must be purchased by 10 a.m. the day aware that an Alert or of the event EXCEPT for events that require pre- Announcement has registration, in which case the ACBL deadline, or been made. the earlier of the two, applies. A nice feature: You can buy entries in advance and be charged for the total number of sessions played after the event is over. Daily Bulletin Monday, March 25, 2019 Page 17

VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAM ROSTERS 1 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Geoff be scent-sitive! Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA Some people have an extreme sensitivity to 2 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL Montclair NJ; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL clubs, units and districts have adopted policies 3 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Eldad that prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The Ginossar, Chicago IL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL ACBL has not 4 Dennis Bilde, Denmark; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona, Spain; Giovanni Donati, Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino, Italy; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires, Argentina; , Parma, Italy issued an official 5 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Boye Brogeland, Norway; John Diamond, policy on the Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL matter, preferring 6 , Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome, instead to appeal Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo, Italy; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy to the goodwill 7 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, of its members to Netherlands; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm, Sweden refrain from using 8 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw, Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, fragrances. Wejherowo, Poland; , Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Netherlands Because 9 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London, England; Louk Verhees Jr., Netherlands; Cornelis Van requires players to be in Prooijen, Netherlands; Dror Padon - Alon Birman, Tel Aviv, Israel 10 Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; Franck Multon, Monaco; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw, Poland; Michal Klukowski, close proximity to each other, individuals who Poland; - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow, Russia suffer from fragrance-related reactions cannot 11 Hemant Lall, Carrollton TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Roy Welland, New York NY; Sabine Auken, avoid those who are wearing them. Among Denmark; Yinghao Liu, Redmond WA; Linlin Hu, People’s Republic of China the commonly reported symptoms are intense 12 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Ron Pachtmann, Israel; Piotr Pawel headaches (indeed, fragrances can frequently be a Zatorski, Poland trigger for migraine sufferers) or breathing-related 13 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby, Sweden; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm, Sweden; Antonio problems. For these individuals, the issue is much Palma, Portugal more serious than simply disliking a particular 14 Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL; Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV; , Toronto ON; Peter Fredin, smell — it’s a real health problem. Malmo, Sweden; Diyan Danailov - Jerry Stamatov, Sofia, Bulgaria Please, if you’re going to play in a club or 15 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo, Egypt; Drew Casen, Henderson NV; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI a tournament, don’t wear cologne, perfume or 16 Joyce Hill, St. Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach scented lotions. Gardens FL; Justin Lall, Little Elm TX 17 Jeffrey Wolfson - Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Peter Crouch, Surrey, England; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb, Croatia 18 Chen Zhao, Greenbelt MD; Jing Liu, MN; Simon De Wijs, Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Netherlands 19 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Bart Bramley - Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; William Pollack, New York NY 20 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Rafal Jagniewski, Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw, Poland 21 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis - Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 22 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Greg Hinze - Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 23 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; , Palm Beach Gardens FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL 24 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Tom Hanlon, Dublin, Ireland; John Carroll, Dublin Ireland; Thomas Bessis, Paris, France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin, France 25 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; David Gold, London, England; Michael Polowan, New York NY; Simon Hult, Wastervik, Sweden; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar, Sweden 26 Dano De Falco, Rubano, Italy; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Bob Drijver, Netherlands; Bart Nab, Netherlands; Tim Verbeek, Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Netherlands 27 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Berend Van Den Bos, Netherlands; Joris van Lankveld, Netherlands 28 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Michal Kwiecien - Jacek Romanski, Lublin, Poland; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw, Poland; Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan, Poland 29 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Debbie Rosenberg - Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 30 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow, Russia; Krzysztof Martens, Poland; Dominik Filipowicz, Poland 31 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; John Mohan - Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; , Chicago IL; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN 32 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Matthias Felmy, Oldenburg, Germany; Marie Eggeling, Tuebingen, Germany; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 33 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 34 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata, India; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata, India; Michael Whibley, Auckland, New Zealand; Matthew Brown, Pokeno New Zealand 35 Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden; , Stockholm Sweden; Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad, Sweden; Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; , Palm Beach Gardens FL 36 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Peter Gill, Sydney, Australia; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby, Sweden; Adam Stokka, Taby, Sweden 37 Jeffrey Juster, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Luc Tijssen, Netherlands; Veri Kiljan, Netherlands 38 Romain Zaleski, Paris, France; Massimo Lanzarotti, Voghera, Italy; Dario Attanasio, Italy; Miguel Villas- Boas, Salvador, ; Diego Brenner, Spain; Arrigo Franchi Page 18 Monday, March 25, 2019 Daily Bulletin

39 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland They grow up so fast OR; Glenn Milgrim, Ransomville NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY Janice Seamon-Molson played in the Daylight 40 Erik Saelensminde, Bergen, Norway; Simon Gillis, London, England; Fredrik Helness, Oslo, Norway; Open Pairs on Saturday with Peter Mosheim. Martin Andresen, Nesoya, Norway She stopped by the office with her daughter and 41 David Pelka, Los Angeles CA; Piotr Bizon, Cracow, Poland; William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA; W. kibitizer, Jennifer, to relate this deal, played Reynolds, South Pasadena CA; Lance Kerr, Sylmar CA; Marek Szymanowski, Warsaw, Poland 42 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker - Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Spike Lay, Daytona Beach against Anam Tebha and Steve Zolotow. Shores FL Dlr: South ♠ A 10 9 7 43 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Leonardo Cima, Rome, Italy; Alessandro Vul: E-W ♥ A 4 Gandoglia, Rome, Italy; Kamil Nowak, Poland; Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland ♦ J 8 4 2 44 Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Soren Hein, Munich, Germany; Tom Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; ♣ Q 8 2 Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC ♠ 3 2 ♠ K Q 8 6 5 4 45 Quentin Robert, Paris, France; Jerome Rombaut, France; Pierre Franceschetti, Paris, France; Hilda Setton, ♥ 10 8 7 2 ♥ Q J 9 6 Italy; Julien Bernard, Le Vesinet, France; Nicholas Lhuissier, France ♦ A K 7 ♦ — 46 Michael Roche, Victoria BC; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON; Doug Baxter - David Lindop - Robert Lebi, ♣ 6 5 4 3 ♣ 10 9 7 Toronto ON; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC ♠ J 47 Kevin Castner, Mercer Island WA; Phillip King, Harrow ; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Stefan Skorchev, Sofia, Bulgaria ♥ K 5 3 48 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; , Hockenheim, Germany; ♦ Q 10 9 6 5 3 Roland Rohowsky, Nuerenberg, Germany ♣ A K J 49 Tony Leibowitz, Woollahra, Australia; Espen Erichsen, Tunbridge Wells, England; Christian Bakke, Bergen, West North East South Norway; Tor Eivind Grude, Trondheim, Norway Steve Janice Anam Peter 50 John McAllister, Keswick VA; Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna, Austria; Renee Cooper, Perth, Australia; Kevin 1♦ Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA Pass 1♠ Pass 2♦ 51 Samantha Punch - Stephen Peterkin, Stirling, Scotland ; Shireen Mohandes - Andy Bowles, London, Pass 2NT Pass 3NT England All Pass 52 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Larry Anam led the ♥Q and received the Sealy, Owens Cross Roads AL 53 Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Andy Goodman, encouraging 8 from partner. Janice pondered, then Carmel CA ducked. Hearts were continued and Janice won 54 Morten Bilde - Soren Bilde, Hovedgaard, Denmark; Peter Jepsen - Soren Caspersen, Aarhus, Denmark the ace. She crossed to the ♣K and played the ♦Q. 55 Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr., Birmingham AL; Ray Miller, Seattle WA; Sun-O Ho, “Steve won the king, and found the excellent Redmond WA; Andrew Bernstein - Sim Therrell, Memphis TN spade shift,” says Janice. 56 GS Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD; Thomas Maccormac - Nathan Doyle, Winning the ♠Q, Anam continued hearts, Dublin Ireland knocking out the king. The defenders ended up 57 Hezge Stornes - Katja Nilsen, Kristiansand, Norway; Ann Karin Fuglestad - Ole Fuglestad, Farsund, with two hearts, two diamonds and a spade. Norway “I’m cold for nine tricks and here I am going 58 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai, India; Uttam Gupta, Bangalore, India; Subhash Gupta, New Delhi India; down!” Janice exclaims. Sandeep Thakral, Gurgaon, India 59 G. Venkatesh, Carmel CA; Anil Padhye, Mumbay, India; Sundarram Srinivatan, Chennai, India; P Sridhar, But the kibitizer had more to add. Chennai, India; Raju Tolani - Ajay Khare, Mumbai, India “Why did you duck the heart at trick one?” 60 Jon Hansen - Erik Dahl - Bjoern Fjellstad, Kristiansand, Norway; Kaj Jorstad, Helle, Norway Jen exclaimed. “What kind of a play was that?” 61 Susan Davison, New York NY; Gokhan Yilmaz, Turkey; Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Sharon Phillips, Janice started to blather some explanation Greenwich CT about if hearts are 5–3, then this and that, but Jen 62 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Jordan Kaye, Chicago IL; Xu would have none of it. Wang, Astoria NY “I don’t want to hear any ifs, ands or buts,” 63 Maciej Klis, Krakow, Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow, Poland; Maciej Dobrzynski, Warka, Poland; Kamil Jen continued. “That was a stupid play!” Walczyk, Radom, Poland 64 John Vega, Naples FL; Marty Lavine, Atlanta GA; Terry McHenry - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 65 Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA; Randal Burns, Email us Washington DC; Jill Levin, Henderson NV Got a hand you’d like to share or a nice story? 66 Marek Malysa, Gdansk, Poland; Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI; Willem Mevius, Monaco; James Heneghan, We’d love to see it: NABCDailyBulletin@acbl. Washington DC org. You’ll also find our email address on the 67 Brian McGuire, United Kingdom; Ned Paul, Twinkenham, England; Richard Kalkbrenner - Ti Davis, Little front page of the paper under the “Daily Bulletin” Rock AR 68 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Sheng Li, New York NY; Kyle Rockoff, Buffalo Grove IL; Philip McPeek, between the date and the editors’ names. Chicago IL This email address won’t be checked with any regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please continue to use our office email addresses for non-tournament–related correspondence. YANCEY’S Memphis BBQ with Smoking Good Foods Just outside the Convention Center. We offer a HOT & FRESH FOOD $ Menu items: Smoked ribs, grilled chicken on a stick, BBQ smoked thick-cut bologna, 1-OFF polish sausages, corn dogs, all-beef hot dogs, BBQ nachos, catfish and fry baskets Homemade sides: BBQ baked beans, macaroni and cheese, cole slaw, fries coupon on your next order, Desserts: soft-serve vanilla and chocolate ice cream, cheesecake Drinks: sweet tea, lemonades (regular, strawberry, blue raspberry,) Coke products JUST BRING THIS AD! Daily Bulletin Monday, March 25, 2019 Page 19

Today’s Sponsors Marcia Prince and Mark Gilley gently strong-arming Kenny Resnick them to make bridge Friendship Game By Bruce Wachsman dates for upcoming My Uncle Kenny By Linda Dunn games with me. In It can be hard for a passed away in 2017 addition, she and local bridge player to move having attained the rank director Mark Gilley to a new city. It was no of Silver Life Master. He invited me into their different for me when was a regular player in home, including me I moved from Chicago suburban bridge games in in their bridge and to Memphis to work eastern Cleveland OH for non-bridge parties for the ACBL. I went many years. Throughout and events. They to the M.A. Lightman his life, he was never were so warm and welcoming to the club that DBC, but I didn’t have much of a book reader I immediately felt that I had a bridge home. I a partner, and many of until he discovered wanted the larger bridge community to know the local players had bridge as an adult. Then about Mark and Marcia and how important what firmly established partnerships or their games he became an avid reader – of bridge books! they did was to me. were already booked many months in advance. Uncle Kenny was a well-liked player at the Marcia Prince was different. She immediately various games he frequented. He was known as integrated me into her bridge schedule and the Candy Man because one knew that when you introduced me to everyone at the club, often continued on page 20 Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Henry Francis Memorial Day Tuesday, March 26, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Monday-Wednesday Morning KO Teams 2nd East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Lil Zisook Memorial Tuesday-Wednesday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Henry Francis Memorial Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Tuesday, March 26, 10 a.m. Rochelle Perlman 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 Rochelle Perlman 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $15 Tuesday, March 26, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Tuesday Daylight Compact KO Teams 1-4 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Monday-Tuesday Daylight KO Teams 1-4 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Tuesday, March 26, 1 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 3rd single session East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Tuesday, March 26, 1 & 7:30 p.m. ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS 1-2 Q Ballroom B, Level 2 Convention Center $25 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 2 See below: $25 Seeds 1 through 16 and 49 through 64 Ballroom C, Level 2 Convention Center Seeds 17 through 48 cross the street to Heritage Ballroom, 2nd floor Sheraton Hotel 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Day 2 of 3 TBA $17 A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Gold for 0-750. Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Tuesday, March 26, 3 p.m. Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $15 Tuesday, March 26, 7:30 p.m. Evening Side Swiss Teams single East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 Evening Side Board-a-Match Teams single East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 Henry Francis Memorial Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 4th single session East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $15 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300/200). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/300/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750-3000) and C (0-750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Page 20 Monday, March 25, 2019 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Goodwill Day Monday, March 25, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Monday-Wednesday Morning KO Teams 1st East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 1st single session East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Barbara Schneider Memorial Sunday-Monday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Backbeat Tours Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Monday, March 25, 10 a.m. Mark Gilley & Marcia Prince Friendship Game 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 Mark Gilley & Marcia Prince Friendship Game 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $15 Monday, March 25, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Monday, March 25, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Kenny Resnick Memorial Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs 1-2 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 (unlimited/3000/1500) Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Gold for 0-750 Monday-Tuesday Daylight KO Teams 1-2 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Monday, March 25, 1 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 1st single session East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Monday, March 25, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 Ballroom A, Level 2 Convention Center $25 Entry required by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 24. All-day matches until complete. LEBHAR IMP PAIRS 1-2 F Ballroom B, Level 2 Convention Center $25 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Day 1 of 3 Ballroom A, Level 2 Convention Center $17 Entry required by 10 a.m., March 25. Continues Tuesday & Wednesday at 1 & 7:30 p.m. A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Monday Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Barbara Schneider Memorial Sunday-Monday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Monday, March 25, 3 p.m. Debby Rosenberg Memorial Side Swiss Teams single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 Debby Rosenberg Memorial 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 Debby Rosenberg Memorial 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $15 Monday, March 25, 7:30 p.m. A/X/Y Evening Side Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) single East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 B/C/D Evening Side Swiss Teams (3000/1500/750) single East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 2nd single session East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $15 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 Monday, March 25, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Heritage Ballroom, 2nd floor Sheraton Hotel $16/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300/200). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/300/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750-3000) and C (0-750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

Today’s Sponsors continued arrived at his table, he would have candy waiting I am proud to sponsor a game at the NABC in A retired grammar school teacher, Debby for all the players. He also was meticulous about memory of my uncle, Kenny Resnick. and her husband, Myron, had two children and clearing away any lingering candy wrappers delighted in taking their extended family out between rounds so that the next pair would be Debby Rosenberg to eat at their grandchildren’s favorite place. welcomed to a clean table and plenty of candy. Debby Rosenberg Debby’s final illness came on suddenly. She He was a kind man who regularly offered rides was one of those folks spent her time in hospice finding a new place to disabled players who needed help. He also who worked the daily for Myron to live and arranging for the sale of brought bridge games to friends who were crossword puzzle in ink their extraneous household goods as well as their confined to a local nursing home. while playing bridge. house. She had great courage. Sadly, as his kidneys failed, he would Keeping track of all the need dialysis three times weekly. In the early cards in every suit on years of his dialysis treatments, he would each hand seemed to drive to an afternoon club game as soon as he come easily to her. She was “unhooked” from dialysis. As his health was generous to her deteriorated and he became too infirm to drive, opponents and quick his many kindnesses were repaid as other players to compliment a good offered to pick him up and bring him to games. play.