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Attendance 7327 Tables Send Five Teams to Compete in the World Junior Through Thursday Evening Championships in Taicang, China, Starting July 24 Friday, March 23, 2012 Volume 55, Number 8 Daily Bulletin 55th Spring North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley, Paul Linxwiler and Sue Munday Tough day for high seeds in Vanderbilt The team captained by Lou Ann O’Rourke came from behind in the fourth quarter to eliminate the Martin Fleisher squad, the top seed and defending champions, in the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams. Fleisher led 104-89 with 16 boards to play but lost the final set 46-19. O’Rourke is playing with Marc Jacobus, Eddie Wold, Roger Bates and Dutch stars Sjoert Brink and Bas Drijver. Fleisher is joined on the sidelines today by the No. 3 seed (captained by James Cayne), ousted by the Les Amoils squad 127-114. Pierre Zimmermann’s powerful Team Monaco, Vanderbilt winners in 2010 and Spingold champions last year, was knocked out by the mostly Swedish Peter Bertheau squad 105-77. Zimmermann was seeded No. 4. No. 6 Carolyn Lynch was pounded 183-97 by a mostly Polish squad calling themselves Consus Red. Not all high seeds went down, however. No. 7 George Jacobs took out the Mike Levine squad Smile when you say, “Caddy, please!” 158-99 and the John Diamond team (No. 8) edged Meet Caddy Director Pam Hughes of Bend OR and some of the caddies who maintain the playing Ludewig (npc) 166-154. Mark Gordon and company areas, dispense hospitality goodies and keep your boards moving: Kyle Ruggles, Burns OR; Hughes; (No. 12) knocked off the Paul Fireman team 176- Murphy Zeiger, Phoenix AR; Ben Cornell, Columbus OH; Stacey Hutchinson, Columbus OH; Chris 107. The South American squad that defeated No. Hawker, Baltimore MD; Ben Hawker, Baltimore MD; and on the far right, wearing a “Bridge, Sex and 2 Nick Nickell on Wednesday was defeated by the Rock and Roll” tee, Corey Forbis, SeattleWA. Munday, Schreiber Internet makes long-distance lead Silodor Open Two Memphis-area players, Jim Munday and partnerships much easier Michael Schreiber, posted a second-session score of 72.37% to take the lead going into today’s two It’s not unusual for Ishmael Delmonte to sit Delmonte’s home town and that of Bessis is 10,532 final sessions of the Silodor Open Pairs. Their first- down at his computer about midnight for a practice miles. session score was 60.62%. session with his partner, Thomas Bessis. For Bessis, The two met as members of the Les Amoils In second place are Ken Cohen and Ron Smith the session starts at 1:30 p.m. team, on which they were playing in the Vanderbilt of San Francisco, followed by two Danish players – You see, Delmonte lives in New South Wales, Knockout Teams at this tournament. Dennis Bilde and Hans Graverson. Australia, Bessis in Paris, France. Delmonte says the time difference between They are among several partnerships at the Australia and France doesn’t matter to him. “I’m a NABC whose home towns are literally almost a night owl anyway,” he says. Floridians ahead in world away. For example, the distance between continued on page 5 Bean Red Ribbon Bijoy Anand and Janice Madsen of Atlantic Beach FL are leading the field in the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs with two final sessions to play today. In second place are Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH, and Darin Campo, Huber Heights OH. Right behind them are Brian Zaugg, Burien WA, and Patrick White, Bothell WA. Pollack and Bjerkan top Women’s Pairs qualifiers On the wings of a 63% first session and a 61% second session, Rozanne Pollack of Basking Ridge NJ and Cheri Bjerkan of Elmhurst IL lead the Whitehead Women’s Pairs going into the final two sessions. They start the day with a 99.21 point carry- over – a slim 1.75 points ahead of Georgiana Gates, Houston TX, and Patricia Norman, Lone Tree CO. In third are Kassie Munoz and Nancy Molesworth, both of White Plains NY. Out of the original field of 118 pairs, 64 qualified to play today. Agustin Madala and Norberto Bocchi Ishmael Delmonte and Thomas Bessis Profiling USA Juniors The United States Bridge Federation will Attendance 7327 Tables send five teams to compete in the World Junior through Thursday evening Championships in Taicang, China, starting July 24. See page 5 for the third of five sets of profiles of the players. Page 2 Friday, March 23, 2012 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Friday, March 23 Sunday, March 25 11:30 pm-2 am Women’s Team Trials meeting. 11 am and 5:30 pm Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Marriott, Boardroom) (Mezzanine Foyer, Convention Center) CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM All speaker events will be held on Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level of the Saturday, March 23 Convention Center. 9:15 a.m. Michael Huston Doing it with Finesse Friday, March 22 6:45 p.m Jeff Roman Look Beyond Your High- 9:15 a.m. Haig Tchamitch Support Doubles Card Points 6:45 p.m. Ellen Kent “Panic-ville: This is Not a Zynga Game” HOSPITALITY Afternoon food is served at 1:30 p.m. on the Convention Center Mezzanine Late-night snacks are served at 10:30 p.m. in the Marriott Ballroom. Be nice! Friday, March 23 Players are reminded that the Hospitality treats available at 1:30 1:30 p.m. Cheeseburger with chips p.m. are for participants in the morning or morning/afternoon games 10:30 p.m. Cheeseburger with chips only. Saturday, March 24 Hospitality food for participants in afternoon/evening games will Coffee and pastries will be served at the start of morning games in the be available after the evening session is complete. Exhibit Hall and Daylight Pairs playing area 10:30 p.m. Cookies and brownies The Rules What is the answer? Expert play By Bob Sweeney, CEO By Barry Rigal Jim Foster has been playing and winning in top Challenger Corporation Gertrude Stein’s last words were: “What is the competition for decades. On this deal from the first Residents are physicians in training. They like answer . what is the question?” qualifying session of the Leventritt Silver Ribbon rules. Take that as your mantra for today’s problem, Pairs, he showed that he has lost none of his skills. Bridge players learning the game like rules set by Kit Woolsey from the second round of the The deal was reported by his partner, Larry Sealy. as well. Here’s one: If your partner opens 1♣ and Vanderbilt Knockout Teams. Dlr: West ♠ A 10 3 RHO bids 1♦, the rule is that you have to have both Dlr: South ♠ Q 7 6 4 Vul: N-S ♥ Q 6 majors to make a negative double. Vul: None ♥ K 7 3 ♦ 8 7 4 Irving the resident also plays bridge. He picked ♦ K 5 ♣ A K Q 10 8 up this hand Tuesday night in the physician’s lounge ♣ Q 10 9 5 ♠ K 8 7 ♠ J 9 6 4 bridge scramble: ♠ A J 3 ♥ K 5 4 ♥ A J 9 2 ♠A 6 3 ♥K Q 5 ♦9 6 5 4 ♣J 8 3 ♥ J 5 ♦ K Q J 9 6 3 ♦ 10 2 When the auction went as indicated, Irving sat ♦ A 8 6 2 ♣ 5 ♣ 9 3 2 and thought and then bid 2♦. His side ended up in ♣ K J 8 4 ♠ Q 5 2 3NT down two. He could have cashed out for down West North East South ♥ 10 8 7 5 one. 2♠ ♦ A 5 Kibitzing was Dr. Deducto, the staff Pass 2NT Pass 3♥ (1) ♣ J 7 6 4 cardiologist. He’s been practicing for 20 years; Pass 3♠ All Pass West North East South he’s played bridge for the same period of time and (1) Feature. Foster Sealy remembers the “lessons” from both experiences. You lead a third- and fifth-best♣ 8 to discover Pass Pass “Bid where you live”, observed Dr. Deducto. dummy has been playing a little joke. 1♦ 2♣ Dbl 3♣ “Your whole hand is the majors. So, make a The club goes to the ace from partner. Back 3♦ All Pass negative double. Don’t let rules get in the way of comes the ♥9 (zero or two higher) to declarer’s ace. North started with the ♣A, and Foster ruffed common sense.” He plays a second club, and you win the king to the club continuation. He played a diamond to the Here was dummy: continue hearts. Declarer wins in dummy, cashes the 10 and ace. The ♣J was ruffed and trumps pulled ♠K 10 7 4 ♥A J 9 7 ♦A 8 ♣A Q 5 ♣Q to discard a heart, then plays a spade. (South discarding a club), leaving Foster with one Either major makes four. The winning bid Partner shows out, discarding the ♦Q, so you trump. He then played a heart to dummy’s jack and of a negative double was actually made by my take declarer’s ♠K with your ace, cash the ♦A and another heart to his king. When the ♥Q fell, Foster partner, Jack Wynns, at the M.A..Lightman Club in play a diamond, locking declarer in dummy. How judged it to be a true card, so he considered another Memphis. does he get back to hand for the spade finesse? way to arrive at nine tricks. Challenger makes training and test preparation Declarer is going to ruff a club to hand (having Figuring the ♠A was on his left, Foster did not materials for physicians and the institutions that registered your club spots) unless you dropped the bother going to dummy lead up to the ♠K.
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