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, , Roger Bates and Dutch stars Sjoert Brink and Bas Drijver. Fleisher is joined on the sidelines today by the No. 3 seed (captained by ), ousted by the Les Amoils squad 127-114. Pierre Zimmermann’s powerful Team Monaco, Vanderbilt winners in 2010 and champions last year, was knocked out by the mostly Swedish 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, “, 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 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 . Their first- down at his computer about midnight for a practice miles. session score was 60.62%. session with his partner, . For Bessis, The two met as members of the Les Amoils In second place are Ken Cohen and 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. and Hans Graverson. Australia, Bessis in Paris, . 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, of Basking Ridge NJ and 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 Ishmael Delmonte and Thomas Bessis Profiling USA Juniors The 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 Memorial . (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 Friday, March 22 6:45 p.m Jeff Roman Look Beyond Your High- 9:15 a.m. 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 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 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 . 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 . 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 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. Instead, train them. The courses are delivered over the ♣J under the queen a few tricks ago! he played it from hand. North won the ♠A and Internet and by DVD. We’re the largest electronic Woolsey found the play and declarer went with played another round of clubs, forcing his partner adult learning company for physicians in the United the odds when he tried to ruff a heart to hand. That to blank his ♠Q (a heart discard would have solved States. Learn more about Challenger at www.chall. was down one because this was the full deal: Foster’s problem in that suit). Foster ruffed the ♣10 com ♠ Q 7 6 4 with his last trump and played a spade from hand, ♥ K 7 3 leaving South on lead at trick 12 with the ♥10 8 to Collect your prizes ♦ K 5 lead into dummy’s ♥J 9. Plus 110 was well above Section top and overall prizes are available at ♣ Q 10 9 5 average for Foster and Sealy. the Prize Desk at the Convention Center, and Ed ♠ A J 3 ♠ — Davis, who is manning the desk, says few have ♥ J 5 ♥ Q 10 9 8 2 picked up their prizes so far. ♦ A 8 6 2 ♦ Q J 9 7 4 Expert pairs needed The desk is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 10 ♣ K J 8 4 ♣ A 7 3 The Daily Bulletin staff is searching for expert a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ♠ K 10 9 8 5 2 pairs to participate in the , the bidding ♥ A 6 4 challenge that appears monthly in the Bridge Snack Bar Info ♦ 10 3 Bulletin magazine. There are two Snack Bar locations near the ♣ 6 2 Approximately 30 minutes is required to bid the playing areas: set of eight problems. l Mezzanine Level of the Cook Convention Parking Interested parties should contact the editors Center. Hours: 9 am to 6 pm Parking at the Convention Center is $10 a day – of the Daily Bulletin in the Nashville Room at the l 2nd Floor of the Cook Convention Center. no in-and-out privileges. The entrance is located on Marriott, 2nd Floor. Hours: 8:30 am to 9 pm the Front Street side of the building. Daily Bulletin Friday, March 23, 2012 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Elvis reminds: few months later, Presley received his “That’s All Right” first guitar for his You’ve been here a couple days now and the birthday. He had novelty is wearing off. You’re not doing as well as hoped for something you had hoped, and haven’t made Life Master in else—either a three sessions like you planned originally. Maybe bicycle or a rifle. things aren’t going so And what well. Your partnership about his skills? is rocky or erratic, your As a 10-year-old stamina sporadic and boy, he picked your decisions out of up lessons here sync. Other players and there, where seem to be getting on he could. Sound better and you feel like familiar? Like you, you are out of your he was very shy league. Maybe you about performing should take up chess? Is it time to put down that in public. He failed guitar and take up the kazoo? over and over at C’mon. You’re a newcomer! You’re expected first. to be sorta clueless! This is the fun time of getting It was eight rejected, kicked around, stepped on and your long years until the ego demolished (all by very polite opponents, tide turned for the of course). You can’t give up now! If you tough future King. Yet it out, good things will happen. Let’s start with one more recording some comforting words from Elvis (don’t let the session, held the shake his legs as he performed: His wide-cut pants simplicity fool you… this is great advice!): evening of July 5, proved fruitless until late in the emphasized his movements, causing young women night. As they were about to give up and go home, in the audience to start screaming. Moore recalled, That’s all right mama Presley took his guitar and launched into a 1946 “During the instrumental parts he would back off That’s all right for you blues number, Arthur Crudup’s “That’s All Right.” from the mike and be playing and shaking, and the That’s all right mama, just any way you do The drummer recalled, “All of a sudden, Elvis crowd would just go wild.” Well that’s all right, that’s all right just started singing this song, jumping around and That was it, folks. Elvis became an overnight That’s all right now mama, just any way you do acting the fool, and then Bill picked up his bass, success and became The King, one of the top and he started acting the fool, too, and I started popular music influences of the 20th century. Well, I’m here to tell you how to start shakin’ like playing with them. We had the door to the control Shaking may not get you the same response Elvis. Let’s talk about his newcomer years! Failed booth open ... Phillips, the producer, stuck his head at the table, but if that teenager could elicit that music, failed auditions, teenage boys tried to beat in and said, ‘What are you doing?’ And we said, response with a kid’s guitar and being nervous, him up. Talk about ego destruction! But he was ‘We don’t know.’ ‘Well, back up,’ he said, ‘try to maybe your equipment and nervous alertness will motivated and knew he had something special. find a place to start, and do it again.’ “ Phillips enhance your play also. The key, as Elvis would (By the way, I’m cheerfully and shamelessly quickly began taping. It was the sound he had been say, is to hang in there and remember, “That’s All plagiarizing Wikipedia). looking for. After all that time, the breakthrough! Right.” Most of us don’t know much about Elvis’ The trio played publicly for the first time on Okay, folks. One last thing about Elvis. Among earliest career. July 17, 1953, at the Bon Air Club—Presley still other things, one of his sobriquets was “The His first public performance was in 1945. sporting his child-size guitar. At the end of the Memphis Flash.” No one has taken the nickname, Dressed as a cowboy, the 10-year-old Presley month, they appeared at the Overton Park Shell, “The Bridge Flash” yet, so there is hope for stood on a chair to reach the microphone and sang with Slim Whitman headlining. A combination you. Well, that’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it. “Old Shep.” He recalled placing fifth in a singing of his strong response to rhythm and nervousness What’s yours? Let me hear from you. mronemus@ competition, and that was the start of it all. A at playing before a large crowd led Presley to comcast.net Thinking Bridge 9-11 high-card points with four cards, minimum, Leaders in the IN in each of the two unbid suits. South is entitled to by Eddie Kantar reevaluate upwards with a likely nine-card spade Dlr: West ♠ A 9 5 4 Masterpoint Race fit (worth an automatic 2-point upgrade) plus wild 1 15.06 Peggy Jalenak, Memphis TN Vul: None ♥ K Q J 2 side-suit distribution, worth another 2 points. The 2 12.19 Tinna Moy, Newton MA ♦ A 5 3 South hand logs in at about 13 revalued points 3 11.24 R Paul Urbanick, Chicago IL ♣ 7 4 and is worth a shot at game. If 4♠ seems a bit rich 4 10.86 Leo Jalenak Jr, Memphis TN ♠ 7 ♠ Q 8 6 for your blood, try 3♠. North, with a maximum, 5 10.43 Jean Paradis, Grand Jct CO ♥ A 8 7 5 3 ♥ 10 9 6 4 will raise to 4♠. 6 10.43 Gail Cizek, Clifton CO ♦ J 10 2 ♦ K Q 7 Defensive commentary: As East, assuming 7 10.05 Charles Butler, Chicago IL ♣ K Q 10 9 ♣ J 8 2 the lead of the king is from the K-Q and not 8 9.09 Mac Dalgleish, Salt Lake City UT ♠ K J 10 3 2 the A-K, tend to encourage holding the jack. 9 9.02 Thomas Herzog, Reston VA ♥ — However, with your diamond holding, it is better 10 8.66 Keith Dawson, Chatham ON ♦ 9 8 6 4 to discourage in clubs (♣2) to encourage a shift to 11 8.66 Joanne Dawson, Chatham ON ♣ A 6 5 3 diamonds. 12 7.94 Nancy Whitfield, Tuscaloosa AL West North East South Play commentary: As South, fearing a 13 7.94 Cheryl Hutton, Tuscaloosa AL Pass 1♦ Pass 1♠ diamond shift, win the ♣A, cross to the ♠A and 14 7.86 Kathy Bold, Edwardsville IL Dbl 2♠ Pass 4♠ run the ♥K to West’s ace, discarding a diamond. 15 7.86 Linda Badgley, Edwardsville IL All Pass Assuming West wins and shifts to a diamond, win 16 7.82 Robert Williams, Jr, Memphis TN : ♣K the ace, discard your remaining two diamonds on 17 7.65 Ann Sutherland, North York ON Bidding commentary: As North, the system the ♥Q-J and concede a club. The most you can 18 7.65 Will Sutherland, North York ON opening is 1♦ with this hand pattern. This is lose after this is maybe a spade trick. The idea is 19 7.47 Laurie Caylen, Memphis TN the only distribution one should have for a not to cash the ♠K before the dummy is in 20 7.03 Ronald Williams, Piperton TN short diamond opening. A 1♦ opening with this clubs. If you do, and the player who wins your 21 6.90 Gloria Zupanci, Edwardsville IL distribution occurs about 5% of the time 1♦ is club exit is able to cash the ♠Q depriving you of a 22 6.90 James Zupanci, Edwardsville IL opened. As responder, assume your partner has club ruff in dummy, down you go. You could lose 23 6.76 Patricia Dalgleish, Salt Lake City UT four or more diamonds when you hear partner two clubs (instead of one) the ♥A and the ♠Q. 24 6.51 John Bondurant, Memphis TN open 1♦. Don’t play for exceptions! If you do, Be careful about surrendering trump control (♠K) 25 6.29 Imogene McDaniel, Jonesboro AR you will be wrong 95% of the time! until dummy is void in the suit you plan to ruff. 26 6.29 Kitty Byers, Jonesboro AR West’s passed-hand shows continued on page 4 Page 4 Friday, March 23, 2012 Daily Bulletin

Winners and runners-up Top IN Leaders 1986 1. Wayne Perrin, Martin Newland; 2. Hugh Ogle, Charlie Cargile continued from page 3 1987 1. Jim Gaarder, Jimmy Ritzenberg; 2. 27 6.05 Lisa Harris, Memphis TN Charles Moser, Paul Bratton 28 5.98 Dale Johnson, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 1988 1. Leni Holtz, Guy Green; 2. Anthony 29 5.98 Dick Johnson, Rncho Pls Vrd CA Trafecanty, Michael Trafecanty 30 5.95 Constance Jones, Brighton MI 1989 1. Lu Kohutiak, Yvonne Hernandez; 2-3. 31 5.95 Joan Wentz, Brighton MI Warren Haynie, Charlie Cargile; 2-3. Bill 32 5.94 Sibyl McKellar, Memphis TN Goldberg, Bill McKenna 33 5.88 Sally Bowers, Avon CO 1990 1. Philip Gordon, Mike Grodsky; 2. 34 5.88 William Bowers, Avon CO Rajendra Agarwal, Don Chilrud 35 5.79 Ruth Williford, Chidester AR 1991 1. Dan Marthaler, Robert Johnstone; 2. 36 5.79 Ike Williford, Chidester AR Steven Gaynor, Art Ardy Bakshian 37 5.77 Louise Koenigsfeld, St Louis MO 1992 1. Duncan McCallum, Peter Peng; 2. Andy 38 5.77 Atul Hajela, Saint Louis MO Goodman, Steve Zolotow 39 5.65 Richard Doss, Hot Springs Vg AR Winners of the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs in 2011: 1993 1. Ron Weinstock, John Gillette; 2. Hank 40 5.62 Sally Morris, Jonesboro AR Brad Berry and David Amsterdam. Meyer, Marty Graf 41 5.62 John Morris, Jonesboro AR 1994 1. T.C. Petty, Steve Altus; 2. Grant 42 5.47 Elaine Jones, Shawnee KS Red Ribbon Pairs Robinson, Joe Walden 43 5.47 Richard Jones, Shawnee Msn KS 1995 1. Marc Umeno, Hank Youngerman; 2. 44 5.41 Sandy Brown, N Richland Hill TX finished today Bernie Greenspan, Keith Sechler 45 5.41 Diane Segel, Keller TX The Bean Red Ribbon Pairs, an ACBL event 1996 1. Vinay Sarin, Ringo Chung; 2. Burton 46 5.41 Carol Bice, Colleyville TX with national rating open to players with fewer than Lipsky, Arnold Goldstein 47 5.41 Jenny Oswald, Colleyville TX 2000 finished up today. 1997 1. Tony Miller, Diane Miller; 2. Mark 48 5.36 Josephine Turner, Tupelo MS Players earn qualification by placing first or Bumgardner, Nagy Kamel 49 5.36 Mary Helen Harris, Marietta GA second overall in regionally rated events of at least 1998 1. Paul Spear, Jim Johnsen; 2. David Halasi, 50 5.34 Margaret Boveri, Saint Louis MO Flight B status. Neither member of a qualifying pair Mike Nadler 51 5.34 Shirley Ryan, St Charles MO may hold more than 2000 masterpoints at the time 1999 1. Jenni Hartsman, Andrew Rosenthal; 2. 52 5.33 May Lynn Mansbach, of qualification. Martin Hunter, Andy Stark 53 5.32 Pam Merkel, Jackson TN The four-session event began in 1986 and 2000 1. Nie Wei Ping, Christopher Leung; 2. 54 5.31 Thomas Lee Jr, Memphis TN winners have their names inscribed on the Percy X. David Yang, Xiaodong Shi 55 5.29 Dee Johnston, Kansas City MO Bean Trophy. 2001 1. LaToss Carpenter, Brandon Carpenter; 2. 56 5.29 Jimmy Dime, Fort Smith AR Bean Trophy Mike Nadler, Gurhun Baykal 57 5.29 Patricia Mason, Kansas City MO The trophy was designated by the ACBL 2002 1. Rich Atwater, Chris Pesce; 2. Bob 58 5.26 Marc Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ of Directors in 1996 to honor Bean, ACBL president Sievers, Georgia Heth 59 5.26 Lori Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ in 1972 and chairman of the Board in 1973. 2003 1. Chi-Yen Lai, Bin Dai; 2. Edward Leach, 60 5.20 Jim Garnier, Maple Ridge BC Bean (1916-1992) represented District 19 on the Bruce Schwaidelson 61 5.14 Sherry Quackenbush, Lenexa KS Board from 1964 until 1988 and served as president 2004 1. Martin Harris, Jacob Morgan; 2. Mark 62 5.14 Glen Quackenbush, Lenexa KS of the ACBL Charity Foundation from 1974 until Brighouse, Harvinder Sidhu 63 5.12 Shirley Haydel, McComb MS 1981. He was a member of the National Goodwill 2005 1. Yeong-Long Shiue, David Margolin; 2. 64 5.05 Sue Marsh, Jackson TN Committee and the National Board of Governors Jim Lyle, Robert Todd 65 5.01 Donald Hixson, Rapid City SD and general chairman of arrangements for the World 2006 1. Chris Buchanan, B.J. Trelford; 2. Everett 66 5.01 Virginia Hixson, Rapid City SD Team Olympiad in Seattle in 1984. Boyer, Mansoor Gowani 67 4.94 Glendalee Coppedge, Blytheville AR Bean and his wife, Anne, were named ACBL 2007 1. Jack Hawthorne, Paul Spear; 2. Jim 68 4.94 Lue Reid, Blytheville AR Honorary Members for 1992, the first time Kehoe, Chuck Michalski 69 4.94 Dianne Ramsey, Germantown TN that honor was bestowed on a husband-wife 2008 1. Mike Develin, Li-Chung Chen; 2. Sidney 70 4.94 Ruth Owen, Memphis TN combination. Kanter, Ron Nelken 71 4.76 Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS Bean was the editor of Mad, Mad World of 2009 1. Daniel Jackson, Bill Gervais; 2. Steven 72 4.76 Patricia Lysaught, Overland Park KS Bridge, a publication that strongly championed Towner, Mitch Towner 73 4.61 Robert Meisinger, Memphis TN players of less than expert class. 2010 1. Bob Levey, Jim Ritzenberg; 2. George 74 4.48 Doug Alden, Old Fort NC Dragich, Rosemary Dragich 75 4.48 Jean Alden, Old Fort NC 2011 1. Brad Berry, David Amsterdam; 2. Eric 76 4.44 Ann Kostell, Westlake OH Goff and Neil Cohen 77 4.44 William Toler, Bay Village OH 78 4.36 Paul Smith, Clayton NC WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 79 4.36 Julia Bon Smith, Chapel Hill NC 6 Tables 6 Tables 80 4.35 William Taylor, Davidson NC Edward Ashworth - Frances Schenk - Todd Lusk - Dana Hastings, A J Stephani - Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Peter Whipple, Mason 81 4.35 Sheryl Gorden, Memphis TN Baton Rouge LA OH; Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH vs vs 82 4.34 Richard Krueger, Milwaukee WI Oscar Johnson - Judith Johnson, Prattville AL; Luanne Russell - Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Brian Cummins, Arlington TN; 83 4.34 Thomas Krueger, Shorewood WI Lee Stimson, Alexander City AL Becky Bien, Maumelle AR; Byron Southern, Little Rock AR 84 4.27 Darlene Scott, Oakville ON 85 4.27 Charlene Richardson, Moorefield ON WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 3 6 Tables 8 Tables 86 4.18 Charles Cox, Memphis TN A J Stephani - Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Peter Whipple, Mason Helene Siegfried - Judy Pass - Gretchen Smith, St Louis MO; 87 4.11 Daniel Copp, Memphis TN OH; Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH Barbara Stewart, Chesterfield MO 88 4.10 William Herman, Effingham IL vs vs Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Brian Cummins, Arlington TN; Carol Lazerson - Barbara Goldman - Faye Siegel, Atlanta GA; 89 4.10 Jane Herman, Effingham IL Becky Bien, Maumelle AR; Byron Southern, Little Rock AR Andrea Leven, Las Vegas NV 90 4.09 Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 91 4.09 Donald Keyes, Anchorage AK WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 3 Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry - E Hugh Lawson, Metairie LA; 92 4.07 Barbara Layman, Memphis TN 8 Tables Henry Bodenheimer, New Orleans LA Helene Siegfried - Judy Pass - Gretchen Smith, St Louis MO; vs 93 4.07 Katherine Brents, Germantown TN Barbara Stewart, Chesterfield MO John Manderscheid, Houston TX; Jimmy Parker, Monticello AR; 94 4.03 Vickey Metrailer, Little Rock AR vs Marilyn Maher, Washago ON; Dan Lustig, Germantown ON 95 4.03 Vicki Scanlon, Little Rock AR Carol Lazerson - Barbara Goldman - Faye Siegel, Atlanta GA; Andrea Leven, Las Vegas NV SAM’S TOWN WEDNESDAY ZIP KO 96 3.97 John Wening, Jefferson City MO 11 Tables 97 3.97 George Schaefer, Jefferson City MO Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry - E Hugh Lawson, Metairie LA; 3.19 1 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Nathan 98 3.96 Robert Schreiber, Memphis TN Henry Bodenheimer, New Orleans LA Glasser, Somerville MA; Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA; Barry vs Margolin, Arlington MA 99 3.95 Janet Samson, Flowery Branch GA John Manderscheid, Houston TX; Jimmy Parker, Monticello AR; 2.23 2 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Ankur 100 3.95 Harry Kilpatrick, Flowery Branch GA Marilyn Maher, Washago ON; Dan Lustig, Germantown ON Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Theresa Venhuis, Redmond WA; Allison Howard, Cookeville TN Vugraph operator needed WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 1.28 3/4 James Southern IV - Lorraine Cable, New York 6 Tables NY; Emily Shen, Cambridge MA; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA One vugraph operator is needed for Bridge Edward Ashworth - Frances Schenk - Todd Lusk - Dana Hastings, 1.28 3/4 Jeremy Lewis, Hampton VA; Gary Helman, Base Online broadcast of the Vanderbilt Knockout Baton Rouge LA Syosset NY; Jan Ratliff, Highland Park IL; Nancy Frank, Glencoe Teams starting Wednesday. If you are interested, vs IL Oscar Johnson - Judith Johnson, Prattville AL; Luanne Russell - contact at [email protected]. Lee Stimson, Alexander City AL Daily Bulletin Friday, March 23, 2012 Page 5

USA teams competing Andrew and Internet partners Richard Jeng in China Brothers Andrew, continued from page 1 After the 2012 Summer NABC in Philadelphia, 14, and Richard, Two others managing a long-distance the will conduct the World 12, learned to play partnership are Norberto Bocchi, an Italian who Junior Championships in Taicang, China (near about five years ago lives in Barcelona, Spain, and Agustin Madala, of Shanghai) from July 24 to Aug. 4. The United States as part of Atlanta , Argentina. Bridge Federation will send two teams each to the Junior Bridge. They The two were members of the Lavazza Team, Patiño Cup (under 26) and the Damiani Cup (under have dominated the ’s top squad, playing with different partners 21) and one team to the Rona Cup (women under Georgia Youth Swiss – Bocchi with Giorgio Duboin and Madala with 26). Team (four firsts and Antonio Sementa. This is the second of five profiles of the teams one second in the When Bocchi and Duboin went their separate representing the USBF in China. past five years) and ways, Bocchi and Madala formed their partnership, Damiani Cup – USA1 have performed well about four years ago. Tom Carmichael (NPC) in the Georgia Youth Despite the nearly 6500 miles separating them, Open Pairs (two firsts practicing and formulating the , says Zach Brescoll and two thirds in the Bocchi, “is not difficult. It doesn’t matter if you are Zach graduated past five years). They 2000 kilometers away or 100, it’s the same.” from high school have won their district Each is proficient in the other’s language. “My in 2010 and is in Flight C for both Spanish is good,” says Bocchi, “and Agustin’s currently in training the North American Italian is good.” The partnership, he says, runs to be a real estate Pairs and the Grand smoothly. “It’s like playing with Duboin,” Bocchi appraiser. Now 20, National Teams. Andrew and Richard were second says. he has been playing in the National Youth Swiss Team in2009 in DC, Team sponsor George Jacobs is pleased with the bridge for half his first in the Baron Barclay Youth Pairs in 2010 in two members of his team: “They’re unbelievable.” life, having learned New Orleans, and they won the Young Life Master from his parents. Pairs (0-1500) in 2011 at the NABC in Toronto. He represented the USA in the competition for the Both boys enjoy listening to and playing music: Damiani Cup in Beijing in 2008. Andrew plays the violin, Richard the cello. Photo by Peggy Kaplan Adam Kaplan Adam Grossack Adam has been Adam is playing bridge since a 20-year-old he was five years sophomore at old, having learned Brandeis University, from his father and a past ACBL King of grandfather. He Bridge and reigning was the ACBL’s Individual World youngest Life Champion (U21), a Master at the age title he won in 2010 in of 10 years and 43 Philadelphia. Adam days, a title he lost to his current teammate, Richard started playing at age 8 and won his first sectional Jeng. Now 16, Adam has been homeschooled and at age 11. He has taught bridge at his middle school, expects to enter college in the fall of 2013. A regular high school and college, where he is the captain of on the tournament scene, he is a Gold Life Master the Brandeis bridge team that will compete for the with several top-10 finishes in national events. Collegiate Championship this summer. His other In junior international play, Adam won a Bronze Limo driver Greg Edingbourgh interests include chess, football and the Boston Red Medal in the under-26 BAM in Istanbul in 2009 and Sox. a Silver Medal in the under-21 pairs in Croatia in Friendly driver impresses 2011. Zach Grossack tournament directors Zach, 14, grew How sweet it is! Tournament Directors Judy Cotterman and up teasing his mother Are you enjoying all the candy? Thank you to Priscilla Smith were standing outside the Marriott and brother Adam Sam’s Club, Costco, Kroger, Walmart, Walgreen’s on Thursday night trying to decide how to get about their interest and Dollar Store for their welcome contributions. to Neely’s Bar-B-Que Restaurant. They were in bridge but soon asking the bellman about getting a taxi when Greg came to share their Edingbourgh approached them. “I can take you to fascination. Among Memphis hospitality Neely’s in my limousine,” Edinbourgh said, “and it his impressive Barbara Denley reported this fine example of won’t cost much.” accomplishments in Memphis hospitality. A woman visitor got on the Indeed, the TDs took the short trip to Neely’s bridge is a fourth- trolley and handed a $5 bill to the conductor. “Sorry, downtown for $5 total. Edingbourgh gave them a place finish in the ma’am, we don’t make change.” But the $5 bill was business card with his phone number (901-337- at last summer’s NABC. all the lady had. She didn’t want to pay $5 for a 2508), and he was there in minutes when they called Currently he is teaching bridge in the Bridge in trolley ride, but she needed the trolley to get where him after finishing their meals. Schools Program at his high school, where he is she wanted to go. Suddenly a man approached the “It was really nice,” said Cotterman. “We were also on the football team. Zach is an avid fan of woman and handed her two quarters, saying “I very impressed with the Memphis hospitality.” Boston sports teams; he also enjoys golf, baseball understand how you feel.” She tried to give him Edingbourgh is an independent driver who has and playing the piano. back his money, but when he persisted, she thanked been in business about 10 years. His stretch limo is him heartily and put the quarters in the cashbox. a 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis. Page 6 Friday, March 23, 2012 Daily Bulletin

Only old fogeys play? Big swing Points of interest Jerry Clerkin, playing for the Mike Levine By Barry Rigal How wrong can you be? squad in the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams, came up A couple of deals from the Stratified Open Pairs By Henry Francis with a nice piece of detective work on the following threw up points of interest in the lay. More than 4000 people are in Memphis from deal to help his team advance to the round of 16. He Dlr: North ♠ K J 4 2 all over the world to play bridge. Are you kidding? was playing with his brother, Dennis. Vul: E-W ♥ 4 Every non-player knows only old fogeys play Dlr: North ♠ A K 2 ♦ K 3 bridge. Vul: N-S ♥ K Q 8 3 ♣ Q 9 7 5 4 3 Old fogeys? Hardly. Sure, lots of retired folks ♦ K 7 6 5 4 ♠ A Q 6 ♠ 10 8 3 choose bridge to keep their minds active after ♣ 2 ♥ A K 6 ♥ 10 9 5 3 2 retirement. But top-flight folks in all walks of life ♠ 10 8 7 3 ♠ 9 ♦ Q J 9 7 4 ♦ 6 5 have played the game because of the challenge and ♥ 10 7 6 5 ♥ J 4 ♣ K 6 ♣ A 8 2 the excitement. They love the game because it has ♦ J 10 3 ♦ A Q 9 8 ♠ 9 7 5 so many facets, because they learn something new ♣ 7 4 ♣ Q J 10 8 6 5 ♥ Q J 8 7 every time they play. There is no such thing as a ♠ Q J 6 5 4 ♦ A 10 8 2 perfect bridge player. ♥ A 9 2 ♣ J 10 Who shows such interest in bridge? Well, let’s see. ♦ 2 West North East South Finance – Warren Buffett of Berkshire ♣ A K 9 3 Pass Pass Pass Hathaway, billionaire investor and philanthropist. West North East South 1♣ Pass 1♦ (1) Pass He plays almost every day on the Internet, and his Dennis Jerry 1NT 3♣ Dbl Pass concentration is admirable. He once said, “If I was 1♦ Pass 1♠ 3♥ All Pass playing bridge and a naked woman walked by, I Pass 2♠ 3♣ 4♣ (1) Hearts. wouldn’t even see her.” Buffett lent his name to a Pass 4♦ Pass 4♥ After a highly informative auction, I reached USA – bridge competition modeled after Pass 4NT Pass 5♠ 3♥ on a fourth-highest club lead from North. I won golf’s Ryder Cup. In bridge, it’s called the Buffett Pass 6♠ Dbl All Pass in hand and advanced the ♦Q to North’s king. I Cup. The double called for a diamond lead, so West won the club return in dummy, and played a second Technology – Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft started with the ♦J, which held. The ♦10 was diamond. South won to shift to a spade. What now? and head of the philanthropic Bill and Melinda covered by East with the queen, a falsecard. Clerkin The auction strongly suggested that North Gates Foundation. He, too, plays Internet bridge ruffed and assessed the situation. He thought he was 4-6 in spades and clubs from his failure to act almost daily. Gates often shows up at the Omaha might be able to ruff out the ♦A, but that would not earlier. So the right line, which I missed, is to win Regional to see his friend, Buffett. work if trumps did not go 3-2, so after ruffing the the ♠A, then cash only one top trump, not both. Sports – Martina Navratolova, arguably the all- second round of diamonds, he cashed the ♣A and If I had done that, I could play the ♦J, pitching a time best woman tennis player. Says the winner of ruffed a club. spade from dummy, then ruff a diamond, ruff a club 49 Grand Slam titles, “No matter where I go, I can To check on trumps, he cashed dummy’s (South can only discard) then lead the fifth diamond always make new friends at the bridge table. Bridge spade honors, discovering the bad break. He then to discard the other losing spade. teaches, logic, reasoning, quick thinking, patience, played the ♥K from dummy, unblocking the 9 from Dlr: East ♠ 10 8 6 4 concentration and partnership skills.” Other sports hand, and played a heart to East’s jack and his ace. Vul: Both ♥ Q celebrities include baseball players Richie Ashburn, Clerkin then pulled trumps. This was the position in ♦ 8 4 3 Tim McCarver, Jim Bunning, Paul Molitor and NFL the three-card ending: ♣ A K J 6 5 Coach Tommy Prothro, ♠ — ♠ K Q J 3 ♠ A 7 2 Radio – Super comedian George Burns, who ♥ Q 8 ♥ A K 7 3 ♥ J 10 5 made his wife Gracie the queen of the airways. He ♦ K ♦ J 9 7 ♦ A Q 10 6 2 played bridge all his adult life. Even at 100, he was ♣ — ♣ 10 2 ♣ 8 3 always ready for a rubber or two. ♠ ♠ — ♠ 9 5 Movies/entertainment – Actor ♥ 10 7 ♥— ♥ 9 8 6 4 2 was superlative in “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Dr. ♦ 3 ♦ A ♦ K 5 Zhivago.” He played on a tour with the great Italian ♣ ♣ Q J ♣ Q 9 7 4 and was a regular at ACBL tournaments ♠ — West North East South for many years. He even sponsored a tournament ♥ 2 1NT Pass called the Omar Sharif Individual. How much did he ♦ — 2♣ Dbl Pass Pass like bridge? He put it this way: “Acting is my work. ♣ K 9 Redbl Pass 2♠ (1) Pass Bridge is my passion.” Other bridge fans include Clerkin’s main concern was the heart suit. If the 3♣ Pass 3♦ Pass Phyllis Diller, Telly Savalas and Burt Lancaster. suit was 3-3 and East had started with the J-10-4, 3♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass Politics – President Dwight D. Eisenhower used declarer should play for the even split. If, however, (1) No major. bridge as a means to ease White House tensions. In the suit was 3-3, East would have had one fewer It’s very easy to defend by rote. See if you can the White House, Saturday night was usually bridge diamond – his club bid was virtually certain to have do better than our North-South opponents managed night. The evening began about 5 o’clock in the been made on a six-card suit – and, in the four-card on this deal. solarium on the White House roof and continued in ending, East would have been down to a heart, the The defenders led two rounds of clubs then Ike’s second-floor study until 10 or 10:30. Guests ♦A and the ♣Q J. Discarding from either minor shifted to diamonds. That was 10 painless tricks and were likely to find the host waiting impatiently for would have been instantly fatal, so East would have a top for East-West. Perhaps North should have led them at the card table. He ofter played with General been forced to discard his heart, revealing the 3-3 a third club instead, but declarer should ruff in hand Alfred Gruenther. Chinese Premier Deng Xiao Ping split. and lead a low diamond to just about survive. and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill also When East instead discarded a diamond, Let’s go back to trick one, though. South knows were avid players. Clerkin could be certain that hearts were originally his side have the club ace and king and that the Comic strips – Cartoonist Charles Schultz 4-2. He could then cash the ♣K, pitching dummy’s opponents are in a 4-3 fit. If he knows that he is occasionally showed Snoopy and his friends playing diamond, and finesse dummy’s ♥8 to make the going to get in with the ♦K later on, perhaps he can bridge. The New York Times once featured an doubled slam. The contract at the other table was find the heart lead. article about Snoopy’s bridge exploits. Schultz 4♠, just making, so Clerkin’s plus 1660 was good Now the ♣Q and ♦K provide a re- to give loved the game. for a 14-IMP swing. partner two ruffs if declarer does not draw all the Publishing – Editor Malcolm Forbes trumps. encouraged readers of his Forbes magazine to take Even a heart shift by North at trick two does the up bridge. “Playing bridge reflects intelligence. It’s Monitoring At this and future North American trick – perhaps that is easier to find. one of the really great pleasures of life. Anybody Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ who’s missing bridge is missing so much in life. events with visible, real-time cameras. The images Music – Concert pianist Leonard Pennario tried will be recorded and will be available for later Like the logo? to arrange his concerts so that they took place at the official inspection and review. The “Ruffing on the River” logo has earned same time and in the same city as ACBL national By general monitoring of the session and many compliments for its imaginative portrayal of tournaments. However, he could not get away from participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source some Memphis highlights – Elvis Presley and the music even when he was playing bridge. “Concertos of information that may be useful in determining Mississippi bridge in particular. The logo is based are always playing in my brain while I concentrate facts and settling issues arising from some types of on display contributions made by Amy Downing, on making my contract.” ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please Jackie Stewart and Jim Lindy. Jurisprudence – Supreme Court Justice John summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. This procedure is intended to assure everyone Paul Stephens enjoyed the game so much that he that the playing field is level and that misbehavior would look for a local duplicate whenever work will not be tolerated. allowed. Daily Bulletin Friday, March 23, 2012 Page 7

HATTIESBURG BC THURSDAY MORNING 299’ER 18.0 Tables Friday Insider A B C The Bulletin Boys (plus Sue) finally did it. 3.96 1 Tinna Moy, Newton MA; Thomas Herzog, Reston VA 63.69% They blew up the printing press at the Bulletin Press 2.97 2 Keith Dawson - Joanne Dawson, Chatham ON 63.39% Shop. After running only 32,000 copies of your 2.23 3 Peggy Hill, Collierville TN; Ann Caldwell, Memphis TN 60.71% favorite newspaper, the press cried “Uncle!” Service 2.19 4/5 1/2 Gloria Zupanci - James Zupanci, Edwardsville IL 60.12% calls at 3 a.m. are tough, but the printers got it fixed. 2.19 4/5 1/2 John Wening - George Schaefer, Jefferson City MO 60.12% So, instead of having the Bulletin racks stocked by 0.94 6 Nancy Clayman, Boston MA; Susan Rutstein, Boca Raton FL 59.23% 7:30, the papers didn’t even arrive until 8:45. The 1.41 3 Linda Badgley - Kathy Bold, Edwardsville IL 55.65% paper boy had to talk several players down from the 0.92 4/5 Joyce Tjarks, Arlington Heights IL; Marion Tuttle, Palatine IL 54.76% 1.58 4/5 1 Pamela Van Boven, Arlington Heights IL; Jo Stuprich, Palatine IL 54.76% ledge, but no serious damage was done as a result of 0.67 6 Mary Markus - Harriet Thomas, Germantown TN 54.46% this delay. 1.19 2 Janet Joyner, Cordova TN; Susan Hirsch, Germantown TN 50.30% Another cause of panic attacks has been fear 0.89 3 Marc Oliff - Lori Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ 45.54% that AMG Wendy was quitting AMG to become 0.67 4 Wade Kilbride - Janet Kilbride, Oviedo FL 41.96% SC2B or that her trainees were going to stage a and dethrone her. Neither rumor is true. But JANE PRIDGEN DAYLIGHT PAIRS the Insider would give up all his snack bar chits to 34.0 Tables / Based on 33 Tables watch a confrontation between her and the SC. A B C Insider tip of the day: If you haven’t already 15.05 1 Jerry Fong, Marianna AR; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR 61.08% discovered it, the Riverfront Loop of the trolley is 11.29 2 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 59.90% 8.47 3 Ranajit Chakraborty - Grace Katz, Memphis TN 59.65% the cheapest, quickest and perhaps best tour of the 6.35 4 Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI 59.55% downtown area. Find a trolley going north that has 5.02 5 Robert Varty - Walter Casper, Grand Rapids MI 58.69% a “Riverfront Loop” sign, hop on and ride until you 10.04 6 1 Catherine Gay, Kalamazoo MI; William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI 58.37% get back to the Marriott. For a buck (50 cents for 4.90 7/8 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 58.22% seniors 65 years and older), you’ll see the river, the 7.53 7/8 2 1 Xiaolun Yi, Fredericton NB; Peter Coates, Hanwell NB 58.22% bridge, the Bluffs, many of the Insider’s earlier tips, 3.26 9 Barbara Johnson, Memphis TN; Ruby Killebrew, Collierville TN 57.02% the Orpheum and the other end of Main Street. It’s 5.65 3 2 Robert MacNeal, Point Ludlow WA; Carmen Duffek, Anthem AZ 56.52% worth the price. 4.24 4 3 Carol Lechky, Golden BC; John Mooshie, Crawfordville FL 55.17% Triple HHH returned to the bridge table 3.44 5 4 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; David Sterneck, Chesterfield MO 54.77% yesterday. The SC returned to the 47th floor 2.90 6 Sheila Barron, Knoxville TN; Joe Carbo III, Pineville LA 54.70% 2.51 7 5 Deborah Fabian - Stephen Fabian, Sparta NJ 54.13% Executive Suite at the Marriott, AMG returned to 1.77 6 Donald Norman, Regina SK; Bob Nell, Zehner SK 53.28% Westy’s for lunch. The Vanderbilt non-qualifiers returned to the Compacts. The paper boy returned to THURSDAY AFTERNOON CAROL PATERSON 299 bed after the late delivery. The Insider hopes all of 20.0 Tables you continue to return to the bridge tables through A B C the weekend. It’s not too soon to plan your trip to 3.71 1/2 1/2 Kitty Byers - Imogene McDaniel, Jonesboro AR 62.80% Philadelphia this July. Return your rental car with 3.71 1/2 1/2 1 Dale Johnson - Dick Johnson, Rancho Palos Verdes CA 62.80% a full tank. Oh, and don’t forget to file your tax 2.39 3 3 2 Lisa Harris - Sheryl Gorden, Memphis TN 60.71% returns by IRS Day. 1.57 4/5 4/5 Richard Krueger, Milwaukee WI; Thomas Krueger, Shorewood WI 59.23% 1.57 4/5 4/5 3 Joseph Bindo - Elaine Bindo, Austin TX 59.23% 0.99 6/7 Nancy Clayman, Boston MA; Susan Rutstein, Boca Raton FL 58.63% MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KNOCKOUT – BRACKET 1 0.99 6/7 6 Mac Dalgleish - Patricia Dalgleish, Salt Lake City UT 58.63% 15 Tables 1.16 4 John Wening - George Schaefer, Jefferson City MO 57.44% Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba, Israel; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw 0.87 5 Darlene Scott, Oakville ON; Charlene Richardson, Moorefield ON 55.36% Vennep Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Voorhou Netherlands; Richard 0.65 6 Joseph Monahan - Caroline Macgregor, Escandido CA 54.17% Schwartz, Aventura FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; , Moshav Zofit Israel vs M.A. LIGHTMAN TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE GAME Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Larry Kozlove, Louisville KY; 16.0 Tables , Arlington VA; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred A B C Stewart, Bloomington NY; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 3.94 1 1 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 63.62% 2.96 2 2 1 Thomas Shepro - Mary Shepro, Madison WI 61.38% Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Bauke 2.22 3 3 Amanda Jeger - Iolanda Fantoni, Frankfurt Germany 58.97% Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn, Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Tilburg, Netherlands; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk, 1.70 4 Mary Conaway, Birmingham AL; Dennis Luft, Trussville AL 57.05% Netherlands 1.25 5 Barbara Denley, Memphis TN; Rachel Bass, Germantown TN 56.73% vs 1.04 6/7 La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 56.25% , Los Gatos CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; 2.05 6/7 4 2 Betty Peden - Blanche Moore, Little Rock AR 56.25% Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos 1.54 5 3 Ann Nicholson, Ridgeland MS; Anne Wells, Jackson MS 55.13% Aires Argentina; Joao Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Miguel 1.15 6 4 Wally Johnson, Hot Springs Vil AR; Alan Trippel, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 53.53% Villas-Boas, Sao Paulo, Brazil 0.98 5 Diane Dillman, Barrington IL; Rebecca Deaux, Collierville TN 50.48% MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KNOCKOUT – BRACKET 2 M.A. LIGHTMAN TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE GAME 12 Tables 116.00 Tables / Based on 36 Tables Donald Paterson - Carol Akers Paterson, Cordova TN; Barbara 11.27 1/2 , Varna 132.02% Doran - Eric Landau, Silver Spring MD; Sandra Hammer, Dorset 11.27 1/2 Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK 132.02% VT; Courtney Nelson, Wells VT 6.77 3/4 Elizabeth Nagle, Wethersfield CT 123.61% vs 6.77 3/4 Mary Petit, Hernando FL 123.61% Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON; Peggy Miller, Olive Branch MS 5.47 5/6 Mary Shepro, Madison WI 119.99% 5.47 5/6 Thomas Shepro, Madison WI 119.99% Ellen Gabriel - Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Robert Kent - Ellen 5.18 7/8 Iolanda Fantoni, Frankfurt 119.37% Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 5.18 7/8 Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt 119.37% vs 8.08 9/10 Cheryl Bloom, Orchard Lake MI 118.57% Carolyn Sullivan - James Sullivan, Richfield OH; Kasmer 8.08 9/10 James Bloom, Orchard Lake MI 118.57% Andreychuk, Yorkton SK; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA Page 8 Friday, March 23, 2012 Daily Bulletin PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS

77 Tables Piotr Zak - Grzegorz Lewaciak, Lodz Poland; Jerzy Zaremba, George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Chapel Hill NC; Jaroslaw Cieslak, Paradzice Poland; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Waldemar Frukacz, Gloucester ON Aires Argentina; Walid Elahmady - , Egypt vs 50.00 9/16 , New York NY; Michael Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland OR; Peter Kamil, Holmdel NJ; , Davis CA; , Friedland, Cupertino CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA Dublin CA; , Andes NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston 50.00 9/16 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael IL; , San Anselmo CA; - Geoff Seamon, Dania FL; Alfredo Versace - , Rome Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma vs Italy Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas 50.00 9/16 Pierre Zimmermann - - Geir NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Sjoert Helgemo - - - , Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Monaco Netherlands 50.00 9/16 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; , Las Vegas NV; , Smolec Poland; Adam Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; - Aleksander FL; , Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Dubinin, Moscow Russia Raton FL; Terje Aa, Heimdal ; Jorgen Molberg, 50.00 9/16 , Hamburg Germany; Trondheim Norway Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; , vs New York NY; , Dallas TX; , Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Charlottenlund Denmark; , Hockenh Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Germany Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Kevin Bathurst, New 50.00 9/16 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Dennis York NY McGarry, Stuart FL; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; , Carlsbad CA; Jerry Clerkin - , , Toronto ON; - Joe Grue, Las Bloomington IN Vegas NV; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Ishmael Delmonte, 50.00 9/16 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin New South Wales Australia; Thomas Bessis, Paris France Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Hurd - , New vs York NY; , Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland

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

5. Strul 151 60. Narasimhan 146 5. Strul 28 57 72 115 28. Fireman 37. Wyer 157 37 47 87 133 28. Fireman 163 5.(28.) Fireman 11 26 73 107 12. Gordon 21. Li 175 85 110 133 176 44. Czyzowicz 131 21. Li 37 46 74 119 12. Gordon 53.(76.) Lavee 116 37 84 119 144 12. Gordon 128 12. Gordon 4(20). Bertheau

13. Kranyak 162 13. Kranyak 52. Kalita 78 49 67 97 122 20. Bertheau 45. Maksymetz 104 33 96 136 169 20. Bertheau 138 13.(20.)Bertheau 17 44 72 105 29. Rigal 137 4. Monaco 36.(41.) Barrett 182 29.(41.) Barrett 23 51 51 77 18 37 42 48 4. Monaco 61.(68.) LaTraverse 114 32 66 92 151 4. Monaco 196 Daily Bulletin Friday, March 23, 2012 Page 9 PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS

50.00 9/16 Juan Carlos Ventin - Juan Pont - Javier 25.00 17/32 Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Venkatrao Graupera, Barcelona Spain; Alejandro Bianchedi - Ernesto Koneru, San Antonio TX; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Dan Muzzio, Buenos Aires Argentina; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Morse, Houston TX; , Dallas TX; William Sweden Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ 25.00 17/32 Nick Nickell - , New York NY; 25.00 17/32 , Henderson NV; Hemant Lall, , Burr Ridge IL; - , Dallas TX; Judith Bianco - Win Allegaert, New York NY; Lapt Clearwater Bch FL; , Dallas TX Chan, Forest Hills NY; , Pleasantville NY 25.00 17/32 Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Raton 25.00 17/32 Wen Wang, Shanghai Pr People’s Republic FL; , Chicago IL; Howard Weinstein, San Diego of China; Gu Ling, People’s Republic of China; Yu Zhang - CA; , Norway; Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Yan Lu, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Xuefeng Feng, Norway Chengdu People’s Republic of China; Li Ping Wang, Shanghai 25.00 17/32 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Gary People’s Republic of China Cohler, Miami FL; , Cupertino CA; Chris 25.00 17/32 - Marius Agica, New York NY; Willenken - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Fredin, , Barnet VT; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY Malmo Sweden 25.00 17/32 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; , 25.00 17/32 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Richard Austin TX; , Santa Monica CA; Janice Seamon- Schwartz, Aventura FL; Louk Verhees, 2215 SH Voorhou Molson, Hollywood FL; Benedicte Cronier - , Netherlands; Rico Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Paris France Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar 25.00 17/32 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Saba Israel Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Jeff Roman, Alexandria 25.00 17/32 Jie Li, Beijing China People’s Republic of VA; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, China; Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jian- Goscinna Poland Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 25.00 17/32 , W Hartford CT; Franklin 25.00 17/32 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Larry Kozlove, Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Gert Louisville KY; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Jan Paulissen, Amsterdam Netherlands Arlington VA; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; , 25.00 17/32 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Keyzad Bloomington NY Anklesaria, Reno NV; P Sridhar - Kirubakara Moorthy, 25.00 17/32 Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; Nicolas Chennai India; Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai India; Uttam Gupta, L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Jie Zhao, Bangalore India Boca Raton FL; , London England 25.00 17/32 Steve Bloom - Betty Bloom, Duanesburg NY; John Zilic, Houston TX; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX

7. Jacobs 153 7. Jacobs 58. Yarington 91 24 54 86 116 26. Lall 22 38 71 87 39.(64.) Hwang 142 7. Jacobs 26. Lall 179 30 61 71 158 10.(23.) Levine 20 66 84 99 23. Levine 154 23. Levine 42. Sprung 81 25 70 127 163 10. Spector 26 63 83 106 55. Carmichael 61 10. Spector 192 7. Jacobs 2 (47.) Falk

15.(53.) Bloom 15. Onstott 122 50. (53.) Bloom 143 7 46 wd 18.(47.) Falk 65 135 47. Falk 158 15.(47.) Falk 18. Milner 67 29 62 85 117 2.(34.) Ventin 29 58 82 99 31.(34.) Ventin 31. Denmark Open 120 41 69 106 176 34. Ventin 157 2. Nickell 33 55 89 107 63. Zambonini 61 2. Nickell 103

3. Cayne 209 3. Cayne 2 62.(67.) Stephani 106 6 66 139 185 30.(35.) Glubok 36 60 85 113 35. Glubok 138 3. Cayne 30. Lambardi 121 20 56 90 114 14. Amoils 19. Berg 152 47 85 93 127 19.(46.) Doub 46. Doub 154 22 41 68 74 14. Amoils 27 92 99 156 51. Consus White 90 14. Amoils 194 3. (14.) Amoils 6. (54.) Consus Red 11. Mahaffey 98 11.(54.) Consus Red 54. Consus Red 99 35 77 122 164 22. Kasle 43. Korbel 105 33 72 98 122 22. Kasle 159 11.(54.) Consus Red 57 93 126 183 6. Lynch 18 35 63 97 27.(50.) Brescoll 86 27.(38.) Joel 38. Joel 149 16 48 90 119 6. Lynch 38 68 90 123 59. Todd 62 6. Lynch 179 Page 10 Friday, March 23, 2012 Daily Bulletin

MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KNOCKOUT – BRACKET 3 WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS QUALIFIERS 12 Tables 32.0 Tables / Based on 59 Tables Carryover Terrell Holt - Sondra Holt, Lexington KY; Kurt Brescoll - Janet 1 Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 99.21 Brescoll, Versailles KY 2 Georgiana Gates, Houston TX; Patricia Norman, Lone Tree CO 97.46 vs Peter Kyper, West Chester PA; Sam Dodson, Houston TX; Thomas 3 Kassie Munoz - Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 91.13 Racciatti, Minneapolis MN; Susan Kestenbaum, Huntingdon Vy PA 4 Lone Bilde - Helle Rasmussen, Denmark 82.79 5 Sylvia Moss - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 75.65 Edwin Glickman - Han Sarah Glickman, Snowmass CO; Junko Amy Noguchi, Takamatsu-Shi, Japan; Joel Martineau, Vancouver 6 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 71.88 BC; Charles Kelly, Anniston AL 7 Anne-Sotie Jensen - Christina Madsen, Denmark 68.38 vs 8 Samantha Nystrom, Burnaby BC; Isabelle Smith, Ottawa ON 65.42 Ron Sholes - Carole Sholes, Springfield IL; Thomas Cox, Mount 9 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 64.61 Juliet TN; Richard Brummer, Effingham IL 10 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; , New York NY 62.46 MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KNOCKOUT – 11 Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH 62.06 BRACKET 4 12 Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Jan Assini, Aurora OH 60.58 16 Tables Gerald Nehra - Susan Tom - Thomas Tom - Ben Broughton, 13 , Hackensack NJ; Susan Tane, Westport CT 55.73 Muskegon MI 14 Joan Van Geffen - Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 54.25 vs 15 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 54.11 Darryl Harrison - Joanne Fiedler, Grand Rapids MI; David Pingel, Kentwood MI; Milt Epstein, Urbana IL 16 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX 51.96 17 Judy Elbogen - Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA 51.69 Patricia Miller, Aurora CO; John Rothschild, Elkridge MD; Tom 18 , Fort Collins CO; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 46.31 Barrett, Denver CO; EllaMargaret Cron, Centennial CO vs 19 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC 44.96 Jack Whetstone, Apex NC; James Cunningham, Durham NC; 20 Sheri Winestock - Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 44.42 Bruce Byrne, Marietta GA; Sambasiva Rao, Morrisville NC; 21 Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE; Elise Parish, Omaha NE 40.92 Andrea Roitman, Cary NC 22 Luz Ortega, Tampa FL; , Baltimore MD 39.44 MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KNOCKOUT – 23 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 35.40 BRACKET 5 24 Victoria Gromova, 119296, Moscow Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 34.86 16 Tables 25 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 34.60 Cameron Barbian - Donna Barbian, Sherman IL; Thomas Lewis - Joann Lewis, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 26 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 34.33 vs 27 , Kensington CA; Sharon Gerstman, Buffalo NY 34.19 Keith Meyer - Marci Meyer, Long Beach IN; Ken Cornelius - Mary 28/29 Donna Swarthout - Janise Saul, San Antonio TX 33.25 Cornelius, Portland OR 28/29 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, Haverdal 310 4 Sweden 33.25 Breezy Salmon - Deborah Shaw - Fran Skinner - Bill Skinner, 30 Ann Lindley, Alexandria VA; Vonnie Lavender, Burke VA 32.85 Nashville TN 31 Gerri Anne Mason, Crossville TN; Dot Blue, Nashville TN 32.31 vs 32 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 30.56 Beth McGregor, Fort Collins CO; Hatchie Greene, Saint Louis MO; Sue Simmons - Bradley Simmons, Greeley CO 33 Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN; Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN 29.88 34 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Pam LaShelle, Round Rock TX 28.27 MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KNOCKOUT – 35 Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON; Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Spgs CO 27.46 BRACKET 6 16 Tables 36 Helen Corbin, Palo Alto CA; Mildred Breed, Austin TX 24.90 Ralph Britton, Wentzville MO; William Maack, Ofallon MO; 37/38 G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 24.36 Constance Jones - Joan Wentz, Brighton MI 37/38 Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Linda McGarry, Stuart FL 24.36 vs Loretta Gibbens - Mary Hamlett - Barbara Belfiglio, Nashville TN; 39 , Memphis TN; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 24.10 Karen Kendrick, Brentwood TN 40 Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA; Kathy Harper, Woodside CA 22.21 41 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 19.65 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI; Robert Korten, Frankfort MI; Penny Sweeney, Traverse City MI; Greg Johnson, League City TX 42 Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Stephanie Hamilton-Diesel, Saugus MA 18.58 vs 43 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Barbara Norris, West Monroe LA 18.44 Leanne Gilbert - Duane Baker, Central Lake MI; Joan Slyker - 44 Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL; Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL 17.63 Louis Slyker, Rapid City MI 45 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 16.02 46 Linda Sundbye, Broomfield CO; Flo Newlin, Aurora CO 15.88 Circuitous route 47 Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 15.62 On this deal from the Wednesday Daylight Open Pairs, 48 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Linda Perlman, Lake Park FL 14.81 Gary Helman and Jeremy Lewis bid like the Rueful Rabbit, 49 Emmy Haji, Columbus OH; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 14.00 and came up smelling like roses. RR would be proud. 50 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; , New York NY 12.38 Dlr: East ♠ J 8 6 4 2 51 Gemma Mariano, Metro Manila Philippines; Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD 12.25 Vul: None ♥ A 3 52 Peggy Wald, Chesterfield MO; Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO 11.98 ♦ Q 6 53 Jackie Hess, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Shirley Carroll, Indian Wells CA 10.23 54 Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY; Linda Otness, Greenwich CT 9.42 ♣ K Q 10 2 55 Maris Zilant, North Miami FL; Carol Clifford, Miami FL 7.54 ♠ 3 ♠ A 9 5 56/57 Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Ellen Kozlove, Louisville KY 7.27 ♥ Q 10 8 7 ♥ K J 9 6 56/57 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 7.27 ♦ A K J 9 8 5 2 ♦ 10 7 4 58 Patty Riffel, Pocahontas AR; Bobbie Buck, Helena AR 3.77 ♣ 3 ♣ A 9 6 59 Kay Miller, Washington DC; Sorina Negulescu, Ellicott City MD 3.23 ♠ K Q 10 7 60 , Dallas TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 2.02 ♥ 5 4 2 61 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 1.08 ♦ 3 62 Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD 0.67 ♣ J 8 7 5 4 63 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Judy Bramley, Dallas TX 0.27 West North East South 64 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; Polly Schoning, Manhattan KS 0.00 Helman Lewis C.C. WEI SIDE BOARD-A-MATCH Pass Pass 15 Tables 1♥ (1) 1♠ 2♦ (2) 2♠ A B C 3♠ (3) Dbl 4♥ (4) Pass 4.17 1 , Winter Park FL; , Herefordshire 5♦ (5) Pass 5♥ (6) Pass England; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; , New York NY 19.50 6♦ (7) Pass 6♥ (8) All Pass 3.50 2 1 River Dance, Lexington NC; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA; Paul Cuneo - (1) Playing five-card majors but with some diamonds Carmen Keys, Houston TX 17.00 mixed in with the hearts. 2.63 3 2 Ronald Mittleman - Nancy Mittleman, Pittsford NY; Barbara Rees, Mesa AZ; RaeDonna Jones, Kingwood TX 15.00 (2) ♥K J mixed in with the diamonds. 1.76 4 Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Janet Macchi, Statham GA; Chris Moll, (3) Cuebid showing a big hand in support of diamonds. Raleigh NC; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 13.50 (4) Discovered that the ♦K J are actually the ♥K J. 1.32 5 James Partridge - Mary Conaway, Birmingham AL; Don Haney - (5) Egad! I have only four hearts. Dennis Luft, Trussville AL 12.50 (6) My diamonds are not good – please pass. 2.50 3/4 1 Guy Franklin - Randall Roberts, Chicago IL; Kewal Gupta - Rama (7) The only slam that cannot be defeated. Gupta, Germantown TN 11.50 (8) I’m passing if you bid 7♦. 1.73 3/4 Hugh Miller - Catherine Miller - James Bochsler, Spring TX; North could have defeated the slam with the double- Michael Lunn, Sutton England 11.50 dummy lead of either diamond – he wins the ♥A and 1.65 2/3 Alma Farley - Robert Clarke, Richardson TX; Keith Anderson - gives partner a diamond ruff – but he started with a spade, Mary Anderson, Rochester MN 10.50 1.65 2/3 Patricia Baugh - Jack Baugh, Voorheesville NY; Barbara Wolner, and Helman was soon claiming plus 980 for 17 out of 18 Menands NY; W Daniel Kelsey, Averill Park NY 10.50 matchpoints. The bidding, Helman says, can partly be attributed to his eyesight, which is not as good as it once was. His partner, half Helman’s age, cannot use that explanation. On the other hand, as RR might say, “All’s well that ends well.” ♠♥♦♣ Daily Bulletin Friday, March 23, 2012 Page 11

JOHN TOULIATOS STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 31.0 Tables A B C 14.35 1 David Sokolow, Austin TX; Arno Hobart, Markham ON 63.63% 10.76 2 1 1 Vincent Yung - Andrew Krywaniuk, Vancouver BC 59.62% 8.07 3 Sharon Stevenson - Lil Hemeon, Saskatoon SK 57.13% 6.05 4 Daniel Fong, Rancho Cordova CA; Joan Garcia, Dixon CA 56.34% 5.98 5 2 2 William Lindemann, Champaign IL; Donald Rogers, Mattoon IL 56.17% 4.10 6 Barbara Lundy, Park City UT; Harold Farnsworth, Salt Lake City UT 56.09% 4.48 7 3 Rochelle Djmal, Neptune NJ; Alisa Crowe, Middletown NJ 56.06% 3.52 8 Brian Mason, Crossville TN; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 55.93% 2.87 9 Alvin Stone, Memphis TN; Bill Eason, Nesbit MS 55.61% 3.36 4 Arun Savara - Mary Phillips, Honolulu HI 53.57% 3.20 5 3 Robert Sturm, Dayton MD; Ernie Schuler, Wheaton MD 52.80% 2.40 6 4 Ross Richardson, Dexter MI; Walter Magee, Manitou Beach MI 52.64% 2.04 5 Michael Smith - Susan Seitz, Des Moines IA 52.20% 1.63 6 Sally Kellar, Toronto ON; Herbert Heller, Pittsburgh PA 51.44%

LR AND PEGGY JALENAK SIDE GAME 20.0 Tables A B C 4.55 1 Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK 73.84% 3.79 2 1 Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Senta Lackner, Unterpremstätte Austria 62.73% 2.56 3 Mac Steen - Jamie Steen, Bellevue WA 61.46% They were second in the : 1.92 4 Richard Higgins, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 59.95% Bernace De Young and Richard Reitman. 1.87 5 Tim Rees, Crowthorne Berk England; Samantha Punch, Stirling Fk United Kingdom 58.91% 2.88 6 2 1 Hans Kadletz, Graz Austria; Harold Horne, Memphis TN 57.87% Sensitive antenna 2.16 3 2 Bonnie Taylor, Menands NY; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 56.05% On this deal from the second qualifying session 1.62 4 3 Bill Bridwell - Joan Bridwell, Greenwood MS 54.40% of the Silodor Open Pairs, drew the 1.20 5 Charles Langley, Edinburg IL; Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL 54.31% correct inference from an opponent’s to land 1.59 6 Patsy Pierce, Hardin TX; Sally Blewett, Beaumont TX 53.94% a delicate contract for most of the matchpoints. 1.22 4 Ti Davis - Richard Kalkbrenner, Little Rock AR 51.74% Casen was playing with Allan Graves. 0.91 5 Pat Moles - Lou Ann Moles, Harrison AR 48.52% Dlr: West ♠ A Q 6 5 3 2 Vul: N-S ♥ 8 HATTIESBURG BC THURSDAY EVENING 299’ER ♦ A Q 9 8 2 8.0 Tables ♣ A B C 5 2.54 1 1 1 Donna Pace, Brighton TN; Charles Cox, Memphis TN 66.96% ♠ 10 ♠ K J 9 8 7 1.91 2 2 2 Tomoko Gragg, Springfiled IL; Mary Sievers, Champaign IL 60.12% ♥ K J 10 9 6 4 ♥ Q 7 5 1.43 3 3 3 John Wening - George Schaefer, Jefferson City MO 58.33% ♦ 10 7 ♦ J 5 1.07 4 4 4 Emily Dropkin - Steve Dropkin, Boynton Beach FL 55.65% ♣ K 7 3 2 ♣ A 9 6 0.89 5/6 5/6 Dixie Martin, Sherwood AR; William Herman, Bellevue WA 55.36% ♠ 4 0.70 5/6 5/6 Beverly Lefkowitz, Mount Sinai NY; Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY 55.36% ♥ A 3 2 ♦ K 6 4 3 VT GALA STRATIFIED SWISS ♣ Q J 10 8 4 40 Tables West North East South A B C 17.50 1 Michal Nowosadzki, Weyheriwi 84-20 Poland; Piotr Tuszynski, Casen Graves Warsaw Poland; Anna Sarniak, 01494 Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel 3♥ 3♠ Pass 3NT Hill NC 199.00 Pass 4♦ Pass 5♦ 13.13 2 Martin Bloom, Sydney 2031 Australia; Peter David Gill, Sydney All Pass Australia; Anthony Nunn, Ashfield NSW 2 Australia; Sartaj East’s final pass came only after considerable Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia 185.00 thought, and Casen judged that East had a strong 9.84 3 Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD; Linda Smoak - J Fletcher Smoak, spade holding and was thinking about doubling. Roanoke VA; Lynn Jones, Timonium MD 171.00 East started with the ♥5, taken by Casen with 7.38 4 Robert Morris - Betty Freedman - Kay Johnson, Houston TX; Jane the ace. Trying to establish his spade suit via ruffing Armstrong - Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX 168.00 did not seem like a good plan if East was loaded in 5.83 5 Robert Webster - Wayne Larson, Ripon WI; Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI; Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI 154.00 the suit – and the trump spots in dummy were weak. 5.00 6 Michael Mullendore, Ellicott City MD; Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Casen also judged that East, with both top John Cox, St Maries ID; Ursula Brzuska, Kelowna BC 152.00 honors, might have started with one of them, so he 4.38 7 Mary Gorkin, Boca Raton FL; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS; Wayne played for the honors to be split. At trick two, Casen Christensen, Jr, Laporte TX; Powhatan Wooldridge, Buffalo NY 151.00 called for dummy’s ♣Q, which held. Undaunted, 3.89 8 Richard Whitsitt - Lucille Jenkins - David Jenkins, Rockford Casen played the ♣J, discarding a spade when IL; Gordon Walker, Naples FL 147.00 West followed low. East took the ♣A and tapped 3.50 9 Tammy Moll, Raleigh NC; Marie Burgess-Strauss, Abingdon MD; Casen with a heart, but Casen played two rounds of Bridgett Pitt, Brookhaven PA; Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 143.00 trumps, ending in dummy, and continued with the 3.18 10 Michael Moffatt - Vicki Moffatt, Surrey BC; Garry Skoropada, ♣10, again ducked by West. Again, Casen discarded Maple Ridge BC; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC 141.00 11.51 11 1 Douglas Hirt - Melanie Hirt, Nashville TN; Paul Dole, Antioch a spade, and he could claim plus 620 when East TN; Nancy Evins, Lebanon TN 140.00 played the ♣9. 8.63 2 Ram Hira, North Vancouver BC; Andy Fairweather - Hilda Fairweather, Niagara Falls ON; Elizabeth Stewart, Whitby ON 133.00 The lead of the event? 7.17 3/4 1 Douglas Steele, Seymour IL; James Slaughter, Champaign IL; By Phillip Alder Martha Hanley, Chesterfield MO; Elizabeth Meteer, Wildwood MO 131.00 You, West, pick up: 5.67 3/4 Sally Toups, Kenner LA; Leah Miciotto - Tamah Goad - Richard ♠ J 10 3 ♥ 7 6 5 4 ♦ Q 10 ♣ J 7 6 5 Goad, Lake Charles LA 131.00 It is a pairs game. Neither side is vulnerable. 5.38 5 2 Paul Beebe - Kay Beebe, Fairview NC; Roy Kuhn - Mary Ann Kuhn, The bidding goes like this: Lake Lure NC 128.00 4.03 6 3 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; W Oates - P West North East South Oates, Brighton MI 126.00 You 3.02 7 4 Jean Jernigan, Germantown TN; Ann Carlisle - Susan Driscoll, 1♦ Pass 2♥ (1) Memphis TN; Julia Reed, Saluda NC 125.00 Pass 2♠ Pass 3♥ 2.56 8 Jim Proctor - Karen Anderson, Little Rock AR; Steven Goodman - Pass 3NT Pass 5♣ (2) Carol Frana, Overland Park KS 122.00 Pass 5♠ (3) Pass 7♥ 2.39 5 Carol Lazerson - Barbara Goldman - Faye Siegel, Atlanta GA; All Pass Andrea Leven, Las Vegas NV 118.00 (1) Strong jump shift 2.05 6 Helene Siegfried - Judy Pass - Gretchen Smith, St Louis MO; (2) Super Gerber Barbara Stewart, Chesterfield MO 114.00 (3) Two aces What would you lead? Answer on page 14 Page 12 Friday, March 23, 2012 Daily Bulletin

TOM AND STRATIFIED 299 SWISS TEAMS The Leventritt Silver 5 Tables Ribbon Pairs A B By Phillip Alder 2.12 1 1 Ellen D’Amato - Patricia Mason - Dee Johnston, Kansas City MO; Carolyn Bond, Shawee Mission KS 70.00 The Silver Ribbon Pairs, for players 55 years 1.59 2 Earl Mast, Arlington TX; Joan Stanton, Memphis TN; Jan Gaston, and older, was won convincingly by Drummonds TN; Janice Fite, Atoka TN 69.00 and James Marsh Sternberg. It was Hamilton’s 16th national championship and Sternberg’s third. BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS QUALIFIERS They provided two deals on which they 39.0 Tables / Based on 78 Tables defended excellently, both from the final session 1 Bijoy Anand - Janice Madsen, Atlantic Beach FL 124.87 and rotated to make South the declarer. 2 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Darin Campo, Huber Heights OH 98.14 Dlr: West ♠ 7 6 3 Brian Zaugg, Burien WA; Patrick White, Bothell WA 93.31 4 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 92.87 Vul: None ♥ K J 6 5 Trisha Fleet, Dartmouth NS; John Kropinak, Columbus OH 88.21 ♦ A 10 5 3 2 6 Bert Feasley, Eden NY; Chongmin Zhang, Getzville NY 87.48 ♣ A 7 4 7 Ariel Leibovitz - Stephen Reichek, Houston TX 83.96 ♠ Q 9 8 ♠ K 10 5 4 2 8 Denny Penticoff, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Emil Dimitrov, Hot Springs Village AR 78.70 ♥ 10 6 2 ♥ A Q 3 9 Steven Willner, Needham MA; Bradley Mampe, Watertown MA 76.91 ♦ J 9 4 ♦ Q 6 10 Daniel Jackson, Spring TX; Bill McCarty, San Antonio TX 76.08 ♣ Q J 9 3 ♣ K 10 6 11 Eric Schulz - Mary Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH 75.94 ♠ A J 3 12 Steve Hirsch - Gregory Thorpe, Brea CA 74.43 ♥ 9 8 7 4 13 Daniel Neill, Lexington KY; Jason Rotenberg, Ridgefield CT 73.79 ♦ K 8 7 14 Debnarayan Dhar, Oak Hill VA; John Christensen, Baltimore MD 73.72 15 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Michael McDonald, Rochester Hills MI 72.50 ♣ 8 5 2 16 Jan Banks, Norcross GA; Carol Crawford, Atlanta GA 69.60 West North East South 17 Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE 68.04 Hamilton Sternberg 18 George Atherton - Susan Atherton, Baton Rouge LA 66.80 Pass 1♦ 1♠ 1NT 19 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB 65.61 All Pass 20 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 62.99 West led the ♠8, declarer taking East’s king 21 Arun Gupta, West Chester OH; Nalin Mehta, Cincinnati OH 60.78 with his ace. South ran the ♦7 to East’s queen. 22 Max Aeschbacher - William Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 60.67 Now East, trying to cut declarer off from 23 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 60.46 dummy’s diamonds, shifted to the ♣K. South held 24 Barbara Benson, Santa Ana CA; Paul Frean, New York NY 58.03 up dummy’s ace until the third round. 25 Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA; Gregory Herman, Bellevue WA 55.82 26 Theo Lichtenstein, Winter Garden FL; Leslie Bays, Kingsport TN 55.55 Then, instead of running the diamonds, declarer 27 Howard Morris, Cordova TN; Rita Annaratone, Memphis TN 54.70 assumed that East had falsecarded at trick one by 28 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH 54.60 playing the ♠K when he also held the ♠Q. Backing 29 Srinivas Kachibhatla, Reston VA; John Montgomery, Arlington VA 54.05 his judgment, South played a spade to his jack. West 30 , Redmond WA; Meg Myers, Beaverton OR 53.75 won with his queen, cashed the 13th club (East 31 James Nunn, Chesterfield MO; Michael Mitra, Lake St Louis MO 53.62 threw his second diamond) and returned a spade for 32 Vincent Fish, Chelmsford MA; Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA 52.51 down three. The defenders took four spades, one 33 Mahesh Rathi, Austin TX; Mark Frueh, Aurora IL 51.14 heart, one diamond and three clubs. 34 Bryan Delfs, Kenosha WI; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 50.31 Plus 150 was worth 71.5 matchpoints out of 77. 35 Bill Stoltey, Fort Collins CO; Edward Yosses, Loveland CO 49.21 You have no doubt noticed that West could have 36 Roy Martin - Guy Martin, Birmingham AL 47.83 37 Vera Lamar, Memphis TN; Elaine Cobb, Eads TN 46.59 pushed a heart through after cashing his last club 38 Robert Lass - Cory Perkers, Chicago IL 45.53 for down four, but plus 200 would have been worth 39 Richard Lowens - Elaine Lowens, Little Rock AR 42.80 only another 3.5 matchpoints. 40 Jim Harp, Dallas TX; Douglas Keller, San Francisco CA 42.11 Dlr: North ♠ Q J 10 5 2 41 Brian Cummins, Arlington TN; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 40.25 Vul: Both ♥ 8 7 4 42 Thomas Bandy, Jonesboro AR; Risa Campbell, Brownsville TN 39.40 ♦ 10 5 4 3 43 Richard Cantley, Birmingham MI; Dennis Waniolek, Shelby Township MI 38.04 ♣ 6 44 Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN; Bert Sheldon, Houston TX 37.77 ♠ 7 4 3 ♠ A K 9 6 45 Kevin Dybvig - Maya Altarac, Birmingham AL 37.45 ♥ K 10 ♥ 9 5 2 46 Virginia Hixson - Donald Hixson, Rapid City SD 37.21 ♦ K 9 8 6 ♦ Q 7 2 47 Reid Barton, Arlington MA; Emily Shen, Cambridge MA 37.08 48 Patrick Moos - Charles Young, Peoria IL 36.55 ♣ A Q 10 3 ♣ 8 7 5 49 Chuck Ettelson - Jane Ettelson, Saint Louis MO 36.06 ♠ 8 50 Bob Wierman, Anderson CA; July Ratley, Redding CA 35.15 ♥ A Q J 6 3 51 Don Turner, Mt Juliet TN; Barbara Newman, Nashville TN 32.21 ♦ A J 52 Allen Rew, Independence MO; Keith Smith, Lees Summit MO 30.00 ♣ K J 9 4 2 53 Bob Allard, Murfreesboro TN; John Thomas, Chattanooga TN 29.17 West North East South 54 Randal Gentillon, Idaho Falls ID; Cece Lichtenstein, Jacksonville FL 29.08 Hamilton Sternberg 55 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 28.72 Pass Pass 1♥ 56 Elaine Moore - Thomas Shudic, Burbank CA 27.93 Dbl 1♠ Pass 2♣ 57 Bill Page - Regina Sooey, Jacksonville FL 27.43 Pass 2♥ Pass 3♣ 58 Gregory Foltz - Dawn Foltz, Fort Collins CO 27.34 59 David Loeb, Heathrow FL; Maureen Loeb, Lake Mary FL 25.77 Pass 3♥ All Pass 60 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Ping Hu, Naperville IL 23.16 What would you do with the North hand after 61 Carol Perrin - Mark Toney, Baton Rouge LA 19.41 your partner’s 1♥ opening is doubled? 62 Renee Alpert, Orange CA; Lorrie Schramm, Anaheim CA 19.02 There are three choices: pass, 1♠ and 2♥. 63 Fleur Howard, Gates Mills OH; Charles Scholl, Shaker Heights OH 17.37 Today, almost no one would pass. One would 64 Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; Bruce Altshuler, Los Angeles CA 17.28 risk being drummed out of the Real Bridge Players 65 Leon McCarty - Chris Buck, Hurdland MO 16.26 Never Pass club. 66 Jared Bass - Zachary Madden, Chicago IL 15.94 The potential drawback of bidding 2♥ is that 67 Virginia Bright, Nokomis FL; Katherine Grant, Riverview FL 14.61 partner might end up on lead and give away a trick 68 Jerry Drennan, Germantown TN; Beverly Parrish, Cordova TN 13.74 by leading a heart. The snag with 1♠ is that partner 69 Mark Robertson - Richard Jacobson, Phoenix AZ 12.96 70 Ken McClenahan, Lone Tree CO; Caryn Villalon, Fallbrook CA 11.30 will never expect three-card heart support. 71 David Frohlich - Frances Prus, Pittsburgh PA 9.95 ♠ At the table, North bid 1 , which silenced 72 Joyce McMonagle - Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN 9.10 Sternberg (East). Then, when North rebid 2♥, South 73 Terry Richardson - Joe Black, Austin TX 5.79 continued with 3♣, no doubt wondering if her side 74 Ronnie Frank, Saint Louis MO; Judith Inker, Wellesley Hills MA 4.96 had a better fit in that suit or if they might be able to 75 Colleen Bicket, Edmond OK; Willie Baker Jr, Guthrie OK 4.55 make a game. North signed off in 3♥, of course. 76 Toni Kimmel - Chris Kimmel, Vincennes IN 3.24 Hamilton (West) found the best lead of a spade. 77 Ron Birnbaum, Los Angeles CA; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 0.76 East won and shifted to a trump, West taking 78 Christopher Wang - Russell Sheldon, Pittsburgh PA 0.00 declarer’s queen with his king and returning the 10. South won and led the ♣J to West’s queen. What did Hamilton do now? He knew that he wanted to reach his partner’s ♠♥♦♣ Daily Bulletin Friday, March 23, 2012 Page 13

SILODOR OPEN PAIRS QUALIFIERS hand, so that East could lead a third round of trumps 65.0 Tables Carryover to stop a club ruff. But how? 1 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 256.00 Seeing the answer, West led his ♦K. 2 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 223.30 When you lead an honor to drive out an 3 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark; Hans Graverson, Aalborg 9200 Denmark 198.14 opposing higher card and generate an entry for your 4 Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; , Amsterdam Netherlands 190.83 partner, it is called a . 5 Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 157.53 South took the trick with her ace and should 6 Wen Wang - Liping Wang, People’s Republic of China 152.96 have continued with a high club. Notice that if she 7 Zia Mahmood - , New York NY 141.57 8 David Siebert, Little Rock AR; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 135.89 had led her three highest clubs, on the fourth round 9 , Winter Park FL; Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL 134.95 of the suit, her ♣4 would have beaten West’s ♣3. 10 Yu Zhang - Xuefeng Feng, People’s Republic of China 134.40 However, declarer led back the ♦J, East 11 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 133.96 winning and playing his last trump. 12 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 133.41 South could have still escaped for down two, 13 Sim Therrell - Andrew Bernstein, Memphis TN 132.19 but she led a low club, which ran to East’s seven. 14 Gu Ling, People’s Republic of China; Lu Yan, Beijing People’s Republic of China 131.04 Now the defenders took one spade, one heart, 15 David Yang, Darien IL; Jonathan Weinstein, Evanston IL 130.48 one diamond and four clubs for down three. 16 Raghavendra Rajkumar, Ithaca NY; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 127.67 Plus 300 was worth 72 matchpoints out of 77. 17 Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Herbert Jordan, Miami FL 126.12 The Deschapelles Coup is named after 18 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 123.38 19 Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS; Susan Kusler, Moss Point MS 120.26 Alexandre Deschapelles, a French chess champion 20 Jon Baldursson, Reykoavik 105 Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 120.20 who was probably the strongest player in the world 21 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 119.64 from 1800 to 1820. Then he briefly took up 22 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 119.26 and noticed the possibility of the coup that bears his 23 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 116.08 name. 24 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom 114.15 25 , Waterloo ON; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 113.88 A pleasing result 26 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 112.95 by Phillip Alder 27 Martin Schaltz, Odense 5000 Denmark; Lars Blakset, Holte Denmark 111.40 28 Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 110.37 It is always fun to bring off a squeeze, but Mike 29 P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC; Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON 108.10 Passell particularly enjoyed this one, played in an 30 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX 106.45 early knockout teams. His partner was Carolyn 31/32 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; David Walker, Salem VA 106.35 Lynch. 31/32 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Adam Grossack, Newton MA 106.35 Dlr: South ♠ J 10 4 33 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; , 3024 AM Rotterd Netherlands 105.91 Vul: None ♥ A K J 10 34 Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL; Stephen Burgess, New Zealand 105.62 ♦ A K Q 3 35 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Steven Cooper, Fort Collins CO 101.03 ♣ A 5 36 Eric Rodwell - Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 96.80 ♠ 9 6 ♠ 8 7 5 2 37 Richard Collette, Valleyfield QC; Jean La Traverse, Montreal QC 96.64 ♥ 9 8 5 3 2 ♥ 4 38 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 95.33 ♦ ♦ 39 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 94.01 10 7 2 J 9 8 6 5 40 Michael Askgaard, Gentofte, Denmark; Gregers Bjarnarson, , Denmark 93.47 ♣ 10 8 3 ♣ K 7 4 41 Roger Lee, Pasadena CA; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 93.33 ♠ A K Q 3 42 Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kasper Konow, Copenhagen Denmark 89.90 ♥ Q 7 6 43 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 89.83 ♦ 4 44 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Corey Krantz, Drexel Hill PA 86.52 ♣ Q J 9 6 2 45 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 84.29 West North East South 46 Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 83.93 Lynch Passell 47 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Jun Shi, Palo Alto CA 83.82 1♦ (1) 48 Jim O’Neil, Palo Alto CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 83.58 Pass 1♥ Pass 1♠ 49 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT 82.46 ♣ 50 Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; John Zilic, Houston TX 81.11 Pass 2 (2) Pass 2NT 51 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Jim Russell, Bradenton FL 80.16 Pass 4♣ (3) Pass 4♥ (4) 52 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 79.43 Pass 7NT All Pass 53 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 78.56 (1) Precision 54 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 75.48 (2) Fourth-suit game-forcing 55 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 73.43 (3) Gerber 56 Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 72.49 (4) One ace 57 Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 72.40 At the other table, North-South unluckily failed 58 , Glencoe IL; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 70.45 in 7♥, foiled by the 5-1 trump break. Looking at the 59 Josh Sher, Miami FL; John Pendergrass, Albuquerque NM 69.66 North-South hands only, 7♥ appears to be perfect, 60 Sanford Becker, Chesterfield MO; Dennis Spencer, Saint Louis MO 69.63 61 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 69.33 with four spades, four hearts, three diamonds, one 62 Bruce Houston, Mc Lean VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 67.81 club and a diamond ruff in the South hand. 63 Hans Jacobs, Downsview ON; Debbie Bennett, Toronto ON 65.39 Passell and Lynch barrelled into 7NT. 64 Bob Todd - Douglas Fisher, Winnipeg MB 64.41 A diamond lead would have defeated the 65 Michael Ring, Urbana IL; Robert Sievers, Champaign IL 63.60 contract, destroying declarer’s communications, but 66 John Burgener, St Louis MO; Karen Erlanger, Saint Louis MO 63.16 that was nigh impossible to find. 67 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA 62.60 Passell took the ♥9 lead in the dummy and 68 H Wendell Williams - Carolyn Bryan, Oklahoma City OK 62.42 cashed his other three heart winners, East (an 69 Hao Ge, Bay Village OH; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 62.10 expert) discarding first one club, then two spades. 70 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Allan Graves, Barnet VT 62.04 South threw a club, played a spade to his ace, 71 Rory Millson, Bronxville NY; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 61.17 72 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 59.79 and returned a spade to dummy’s jack to give this 73 Ralph Buchalter, South Orange NJ; -Welland, New York NY 58.67 position: 74 Russell Samuel, Long Beach NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 57.28 ♠ 10 75 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 56.58 ♥ -- 76 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; David Grainger, Bend OR 56.43 ♦ A K Q 3 77 Ovunc Yilmaz, Chapel Hill NC; Glen Anderson, Raleigh NC 55.80 ♣ A 5 78 Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA; Dan Botoaca, Glendale CA 55.23 ♠ — ♠ — 79 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 54.82 ♥ 8 ♥ — 80 Cindy Bernstein, Memphis TN; Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 52.18 ♦ 10 7 2 ♦ J 9 8 6 5 81 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 51.92 ♣ 10 8 3 ♣ K 7 82 Ross Anderson, Markham ON; Peter Deluca, Woodbridge ON 51.25 ♠ 83 Kaz Walewski - Andrew Proczkowski, Edmonton AB 50.96 K Q 84 Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL 49.90 ♥ — 85 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Barbara Murphy, Newton MA 48.58 ♦ 4 86 Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 48.44 ♣ Q J 9 6 87 Steven Schatzow, Washington DC; Alfred Duncker, Alexandria VA 48.41 Reading the position perfectly, declarer cashed 88 Thomas Turgeon - Jack Wynns, Memphis TN 48.10 dummy’s ♣A (a ), then cashed his last 89 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 47.00 two spade tricks to squeeze East in the minors. 90 Stephen Stewart, Shawnee Msn KS; Tom Kniest, University City MO 46.58 Plus 50 and plus 1510 gave the Lynch team 17 91 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 45.12 IMPs. 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92 Munawar Sawiruddin, Jakarta Indonesia; Allen Tan, Singapore 30760 Singapore 42.72 The Platinum Pairs 93 Roger Lord - Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 42.40 By Phillip Alder 94 Charles Sepessy, Cordova TN; Michael Boruta, Anacortes WA 42.28 Bob Hamman gave us two deals from the final 95 Rajendra Gokhale, Redmond WA; Satya Rami, Morganville NJ 41.82 session of the Kay Platinum Pairs. The first was in 96 Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA 40.27 Wednesday’s Daily Bulletin. Here is the second, a 97 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 39.73 classic piece of well-timed declarer play. 98 Judy Singer, Toronto ON; Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON 39.62 Dlr: North ♠ A J 9 4 99 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 39.30 Vul: N-S ♥ 6 5 100/101 Farid Assemi - Edward Wojewoda, Fresno CA 39.22 ♦ Q 10 4 3 2 100/101 Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX; , Memphis TN 39.22 102 Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT; Gordon Zind, Ottawa ON 39.04 ♣ 4 3 103 Bo Liu, Mabelvale AR; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 37.54 ♠ K Q 6 3 ♠ 7 5 104 Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON 36.23 ♥ A 10 9 3 ♥ K Q 8 4 105 Paul Wyer, Qld 4212 Aust Australia; Michael Courtney, Memphis TN 34.53 ♦ J 7 6 ♦ K 8 5 106 Hua Poon, Singapore 31022 Singapore; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Singapore 33.43 ♣ 10 7 ♣ J 9 6 5 107 Rachael Moller - David Gurvich, Brooklyn NY 32.85 ♠ 10 8 2 108 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; John Onstott, New Orleans LA 32.79 ♥ J 7 2 109 Marius Agica - Brian Glubok, New York NY 31.86 ♦ A 9 110 Pierre Flatowicz, Omaha NE; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH 31.52 ♣ A K Q 8 2 111 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA 31.24 West North East South 112 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 30.33 113 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL 27.82 Lall Hamman 114 John Gilbert, Kitchener ON; James La Force, Stillwater OK 27.78 Pass Pass 1NT 115 Robert Pardue - Vincent Carcello, Knoxville TN 25.32 All Pass 116 Frank Collecchia, Prospect KY; Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL 23.89 West led the ♠3. Declarer won with his 8 and 117 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD 22.21 returned the ♠10, ducking in the dummy when 118 Adam Parrish, Arlington MA; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA 20.19 West put in his queen – the first critical play. 119 John Rengstorff - Scott Levine, New York NY 20.14 West shifted to a heart, the defenders taking 120 Sam Whitten, Southaven MS; Paul Linxwiler, Memphis TN 18.60 four tricks in the suit. South discarded two 121 Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR; Paul Pressly, Olathe KS 18.29 diamonds from the dummy and the ♦9 from his 122 Clement Jackson, Albuquerque NM; David Caprera, Denver CO 17.14 hand. 123 Le Yu, Evanston IL; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 16.43 124 Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 16.04 East led a low club to declarer’s ace to give this 125 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 15.68 position: 126 William Ehlers, Montclair NJ; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA 13.26 ♠ A J 127 Otto Adamec - Greg Reich, New York NY 10.99 ♥ — 128 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Gert Jan Paulissen, Amsterdam Netherlands 8.64 ♦ Q 10 4 129 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Aaron Mohrman, Seattle WA 5.96 ♣ 4 130 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 0.00 ♠ K 6 ♠ — ♥ — ♥ — ♦ J 7 6 ♦ K 8 5 ♣ 10 ♣ J 9 6 ♠ 2 TOURNAMENT APPEALS ♥ — ♦ A In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeal results in a timely ♣ K Q 8 2 fashion, the NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is Hamman cashed his ♦A (the second critical made to ensure that these reports are accurate and complete. Before they are play), played a spade to dummy’s jack, and took the published in the NABC Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may be made. ♠A, which squeezed East. He could not keep the back to 4♣ by East, making 5, plus 150 for East- ♦K and three clubs. APPEAL CASE 3 West as a result of the unauthorized information Hamman took two spades, one diamond Subject: Unauthorized information available to South based on Law 16 and 12C1(e). and five clubs for plus 120 and 23.5 out of 24 Event: Silver Ribbon Pairs The Director ruled that there was unauthorized matchpoints. Session: Second Qualifying information, and that the unauthorized information As many of you will know, cashing the Board: 7 Dan Hertz demonstrably suggested that taking action is diamond ace was a Vienna Coup. Hamman took a Dlr: South ♠ A Q 6 5 preferable to passing. The Director polled eight winner that established a high card for an opponent, Vul: All ♥ Q J 10 3 2 Flight A players and determined that four of them then squeezed that player between the new winner ♦ Q would pass 4♣. and his holding in another suit, clubs in this case. ♣ 9 7 6 The Appeal: North-South appealed the Lynne Tarnapol Judy Radin Director’s ruling and both North and South attended ♠ 4 2 ♠ 9 8 7 the hearing. North-South explained that 3♦ by ♥ A 9 7 ♥ 5 Answer to the lead South was Bergen showing four-plus hearts and 7-9 ♦ 7 6 2 ♦ A K J 5 playing points. The 1♥ opening by North in third of the event? ♣ A J 5 4 2 ♣ K Q 10 8 3 seat always promised at least five hearts. South Natalie Hertz Problem on page 11 reported that she did not want to get North excited ♠ K J 10 3 by not first limiting her hand with ♦3 . She reported This was the full deal: ♥ K 8 6 4 ♠ that she always intended to bid 4♥. A 7 5 2 ♦ 10 9 8 4 3 ♥ The Decision: The Committee acknowledged — ♣ — ♦ the poll results, but thought that nonetheless, there A K J 5 2 West North East South ♣ was no logical alternative to bidding 4♥. This 10 9 4 3 Pass ♠ ♠ was influenced in part by the knowledge that this J 10 3 Q 9 8 4 Pass 1♥ 2♣ 3♦(1) ♥ ♥ pair does not open four-card majors in third and 7 6 5 4 K 9 4♣ Pass(2) Pass 4♥ ♦ ♦ fourth seats. The Committee knew this from the Q 10 8 7 6 4 All Pass ♣ ♣ that the North-South pair played. J 7 6 5 Q 8 2 (1) Bergen – limit raise. ♠ Thus, although there were constraints on South’s K 6 (2) Break in tempo. ♥ ability to use her judgment, those constraints did A Q J 10 8 3 2 Contract: 4♥ by North ♦ not limit her ability to bid 4♥ on this hand, as 9 3 Opening lead: ♦A ♣ there was, in the Committee’s opinion, no logical A K Table result: Making 5, North-South plus 650 alternative to doing so. Therefore, the Committee To be honest, I do not know how the bidding Director ruling: 4♣ by West, making 5, East- adjusted the score back to the table result of 4♥ went to reach this undesirable grand slam. And West plus 150 making five, North-South plus 650. as you have probably already guessed, West led a Committee ruling: 4♥ by North, made 5, The Committee: Tom Peters (Chairman), Kit trump. North-South plus 650 Woolsey, Chris Moll, Gene Kales and Craig Allen. Should East have risked a double to stop a heart The Facts: It was agreed at the table that lead? North’s pass over 4♣ was slow. The Ruling: The Director adjusted the score Daily Bulletin Friday, March 23, 2012 Page 15

Diary of an emerging Level 3. Senior center was the Stayman and Jacoby first. But I will be back to the breakthrough. After taking some duplicate lessons, 99ers soon. player I heard about this game. As I timidly walked into After being a member of ACBL for more than By Lynn Lively the room, our leader, Maurine Moore, welcomed a year, I just got a very helpful mailing from the 0.45 masterpoints me and assigned me a partner. My group uses Ventura Bridge Unit that details the sanctioned play Note the decimal point after my name. Yes, that bidding boxes and duplicate scoring, but doesn’t and gives contact phone numbers, etc. Getting it is less than one-half masterpoint. And I am thrilled record points. They forgive mistakes and even 11 months ago would have been more helpful, but to own it. I’m on my way to becoming a good (but make them themselves. This is where I discovered somehow it took that long for my name to migrate far from perfect) I really like duplicate because the bidding boxes to a local list. duplicate bridge offset my horrible short-term memory and because But, there is an even better way to find player. The goal of players don’t talk so I can concentrate. You don’t sanctioned games. After nosing around the ACBL this article is to share need to bring a partner. It is okay to just drop in, no bridge website (www.acbl.org), I discovered that my personal bridge reservation is required, and fresh faces are always there is a wonderful listing called Find A Club. Save journey and to offer welcome. I am very happy here. yourself some time and check it out. practical insights and Level 4. Sanctioned bridge. The phrase Level 5. Tournament Bridge. I am very big suggestions so that “sanctioned game” is not in the ACBL website on “demystifying” the unknown. Ventura recently you, the newer player, bridge glossary and finding a sanctioned game hosted a tournament, and the write-up in our can “crack the code” requires some effort for the new player. Your regional ACBL newspaper mentioned a free that all those good community probably has many duplicate bridge lesson. Nobody would go with me, so I decided players already seem games, but few of them will be “sanctioned.” just to show up and see what a tournament looks to know. Where the game is played is not significant – it like. Turns out the lesson was before the regularly The playing ladder may be in a church basement, community center, or scheduled games, so mostly what it looked like I learned about the Bidding Ladder from my bridge club building. But what is significant is that was a hotel room full of empty tables. But I walked books. But nobody told me about ACBL rules are followed. Within the schedule of in with a big, if quivering, smile and introduced the Playing Ladder, which is my name for the sanctioned games, there is a hidden hierarchy: some myself to the 20 or so people in the lesson room. sequence of increasingly advanced games. As far days the top-notch players (am I allowed to say I quickly found another lone soul and we enjoyed as I can tell, The Playing Ladder consists of five sharks?) gather and I haven’t been to those games playing our lesson together. Then I left – goal levels: Sloppy College Bridge, Party Bridge, Senior yet. Others target beginners and many are a mix. accomplished. Playing tournaments is in my future, Center Duplicate Bridge, Sanctioned Games and It never entered my mind to try a sanctioned but setting myself up to fail big-time due to lack of Tournament Bridge. game until I met Roberta Murray at a luncheon, and preparation is not. Level I. Sloppy college bridge is what I learned we shared a chat about enjoying bridge. She told me Note to emerging players: Move yourself in the Sixties. After not playing for the last 30 the ACBL was starting a 99ers game (for players up the Playing Ladder. Making the commitment years, about 14 months ago I agreed to a game with fewer than 100 masterpoints) here in Ventura. requires you to overcome your timidity and lack of while sitting in a motel lobby and enjoyed it. I I gave the usual demurrals of not knowing enough, confidence, but remind yourself that lost pride is thought: “Okay, let’s try this game again. You’ve etc. But she telephoned me twice and insisted we a small price to pay for an interesting life. Here is been looking for something that is great fun, cheap, go as partners. So we did. And we came in first – one way to look at it: If you are anywhere close to sedentary, social, and mentally demanding.” Thus hence my fractional masterpoint above. Roberta’s my age (67), time is a-wasting. If you want to play began my journey. jaw dropped when I opened a bid with 4♠, which good bridge, admit it and start to work at your new Level 2. Party bridge to me meant “non- gave us a high board. “Why did you do that?” she (but part-time) career. There is no “management duplicate.” And while the play of the cards hasn’t inquired, impressed. “Because Audrey Grant says training program” to tap you on the shoulder and changed much in the last 40 years, bidding is a that’s what you should do with eight spades.” I was bring you along. You will have to do it for yourself. whole new ball game. I began to learn the new so stressed that for the life of me I can’t remember As for me, I am now Partner Shopping. Wish bidding process and to substitute in various games. if we made those points for offense or defense. But me luck. My observation was that for many players, party it was a thrill. The author lives in Ventura CA bridge was somewhat like solitaire. Players bid I had no idea we had come in first until the next what they had and didn’t necessarily tap the power day when the scores were posted. It was a good lesson that each hand counts and you just have Life Master news of a partnership. They often didn’t often take Steve Fabian of Sparta NJ earned his gold card to be a “little bit better,” not bid and make slams. chances or systematically look for maximum tricks. in the Gold Rush Pairs on Wednesday. His partner Incidentally, I haven’t been back since. The reason But the games were fun, and wine was frequently was Deborah Fabian, also of Sparta. consumed. is that I consider my win a fluke and want to master

That’s all Hamman needed. He took the ♥K, The wisdom of West’s bidding was dubious, nor A Look Back ruffed his last club with the ♠J, cashed the ♦A, then do we like his defense as much as Dorothy did. After took the ♥A and the ♦K. This left West with the grabbing the first three tricks with the♣ K, ♣A and Great deals from past stiff ♠K and all clubs. Hamman led a spade, and ♠A, West belatedly shifted to the ♦6. NABCs our unhappy West was saddled with the lead. On the Was there any hope but to play West to hold forced club return, Hamman discarded a diamond both the missing diamond honors? Declarer looked It’s all in the timing from dummy and ruffed in his hand to make six for ahead to the possibility of the following situation Bob Hamman knows how important timing is, an excellent matchpoint score. after winning the diamond and leading out five and he took full advantage of this in the following rounds of trumps: hand (in the May 1974 Bridge Bulletin, played at the Hayden criss-crosses ♠ Q 9 8 Spring NABC) by making the key play so early that opponents ♥ — his unwary opponent was caught off guard. This was the March 1963 ♦ A Dlr: South ♠ A J 10 8 4 Bulletin’s “Hand of the Month.” ♣ — Vul: N-S ♥ Q 10 9 2 Dorothy Hayden executed a rare extended criss- ♠ 7 5 ♠ J 10 6 ♦ A K 9 cross squeeze in this deal from Phoenix where she ♥ — ♥ - ♣ A won the Open Pairs with B. Jay Becker. ♦ Q ♦ J 9 ♠ K 2 ♠ Q 7 Dlr: South ♠ Q 9 8 3 ♣ 10 ♣ — ♥ 8 6 ♥ J 7 5 4 3 Vul: None ♥ Q J 7 4 ♠ K ♦ J 2 ♦ Q 8 7 ♦ A K 10 ♥ — ♣ K Q J 8 5 4 2 ♣ 10 9 6 ♣ 9 3 ♦ 8 7 3 ♠ 9 6 5 3 ♠ A 7 5 ♠ J 10 6 2 ♣— ♥ A K ♥ 6 5 3 ♥ 8 On the lead of the last trump, North let go the ♦ 10 6 5 4 3 ♦ Q 6 ♦ J 9 5 4 ♦10 and East had to make Hobson’s hopeless choice ♣ 7 3 ♣ A K 10 8 2 ♣J 7 6 5 between discarding a spade or a diamond, with West North East South ♠ K 4 South continuing by leading next whichever suit Pass ♥ A K 10 9 2 East discarded. 3♣ Dbl Pass 4♠ ♦ 8 7 3 2 Inter-City Championship All Pass ♣ Q 4 Los Angeles has a good claim to be considered Bob took the ♣K* with the ace and immediately West North East South cashed the ♠A. Pity poor West – he didn’t realize the bridge capital of the world, according to the Becker Mrs. Hayden September 1963 Contract Bridge Bulletin. The his ♠K resembled the fabled albatross. Like at least ♥ 1 qualitative proof was provided in the pre-tournament 99 out of 100 of us, he followed low to hold onto his Dbl Rdbl 1♠ Pass king, a sure trick. Inter-City clash for the Sports Illustrated Trophy 2♣ 4♥ (Final bid) continued on page 16 Page 16 Friday, March 23, 2012 Daily Bulletin which L.A. first won and then defended successfully Card-reading skill pays off was almost 100% certain that Weichsel’s pattern against New York in 1960. Playing for Los Angeles was 3–3–2–5. Therefore, he played the ♣A K Q and In addition to being a multiple national and in the 1963 attempt to regain the trophy were Harold threw Weichsel in with the last trump. Weichsel, world champion, had a lock on the Guiver, Robert Hamman, , Donald reduced to all hearts, was forced to lead from the ACBL’s top masterpoint slot until he was surpassed Krauss, , Erik Paulsen, Edward Taylor, ♥K. Even if West held the ♥K, however, it didn’t by Jeff Meckstroth in 2010 --- three years after , Ivan Erdos, Morris Portugal, Meyer matter at this point: Soloway’s play rendered the Soloway’s death (and subsequently by Mike Schleifer, Mike Shuman and npc Kelsey Petterson. position of the ♥K irrelevant. Brilliantly played for Passell). On this deal from the 2004 U.S. Bridge Now the defending champions were plus 1370. Championships, he demonstrated why he earned so Minneapolis-St. Paul, represented by David Clarren, At the other table, the contract was the same many accolades. Newton Dockman, Morris Freier, Farrell Green, but it was declared from the North side. The auction With two boards left to play in the 120-board Don Horwitz, Norman Justice, Julien Philippy and was also different, so declarer took the heart finesse semifinal match, Soloway’s team — the famous npc Irving Levin. and went down, a 17-IMP pickup for Soloway’s squad captained by Nick Nickell — trailed by 11 Eddie Kantar had the rare experience of team, who went on to win the match. IMPs. Soloway was playing with fellow superstar winning the first round of trump with the trey, but it Bob Hamman against greats Alan Sontag and Peter did not make him happy: Weichsel. This deal decided the match: Tough defense Vul: E-W ♠ K Q 8 5 3 Peggy Kaplan and Junior player Adam Kaplan Dlr: South ♠ 2 ♥ 9 5 came in 21st in the Rockwell Mixed Pairs. Peggy Vul: Both ♥ A 7 6 4 ♦ A Q 10 7 was pleased with her partner’s defense on this deal ♦ 10 5 ♣ 4 3 from the second final session. ♣ A K Q 8 6 5 ♠ A ♠ J 9 7 2 Dlr: West ♠ J 9 8 ♠ 10 6 4 ♠ J 8 3 ♥ J 7 3 ♥ A K Q 10 8 4 2 Vul: N-S ♥ J 8 4 2 ♥ 10 8 5 2 ♥ K 9 3 ♦ J 8 6 5 4 3 2 ♦ — ♦ 9 8 6 ♦ K Q J 6 4 3 ♦ 9 7 ♣ 8 5 ♣ 10 9 ♣ A J 4 ♣ — ♣ 10 9 7 3 2 ♠ 10 6 4 ♠ 10 5 4 3 2 ♠ A Q ♠ A K Q 9 7 5 ♥ 6 ♥ — ♥ A K Q 10 9 7 3 ♥ Q J ♦ K 9 ♦ Q J 7 2 ♦ K 3 ♦ A 8 2 ♣ A K Q J 7 6 2 ♣ Q 8 6 2 ♣ K 10 ♣ J 4 West North East South ♠ K 7 6 West North East South X 1♠ 2♥ 3♣ ♥ 6 5 Sontag Hamman Weichsel Soloway 4♥ Pass Pass 5♣ ♦ A 10 5 4 1♣ (1) All Pass ♣ 9 7 5 3 2♦ (2) 3♣ Pass 3♠ Against 5♣ contract, West led the ♠A. East’s West North East South Pass 4♣ Pass 4♠ deuce was clearly a suit preference , so Pass Pass 2♣ Pass Pass 5♥ Pass 6♣ West shifted to the diamond eight – another suit 2♦ Pass 2♥ Pass All Pass preference signal. The defense completed their 2♠ Pass 3♥ Pass (1) Strong, artificial, forcing. happy crossruff and played hearts. When Kantar 3NT All Pass (2) Preemptive. gained the lead, he announced that he was drawing Adam kicked off with the ♦9. Declarer put up Sontag led the ♦K. Soloway won the ace and trumps with the deuce – and would have done so, dummy’s king and Peggy played the highest spot she played the ♣J, discovering the bad news. On any too, if dummy’s trey hadn’t gotten in the way! could afford, the 5, a discouraging signal. Declarer normal trump division, the contract would have However, down four undoubled was a good played the top three hearts from dummy, on which been easy, but with a sure trump loser and the heart score for North-South because East-West would Peggy played the 6 and 5, then the discouraging ♣9 finesse likely to be offside, Soloway seemed to be in have made 10 tricks in hearts – or even 11 if the and finally the ♣3. When Adam got in with the ♥J, he trouble. However, he found the only way to land the defense failed to lead a heart. switched accurately to a low spade. Declarer finessed contract. Los Angeles went on to defeat the Twin Cities the queen, but Peggy got in with the ♠K, cashed the Soloway cashed the ♠A K Q (pitching a 211 to 160. ♦A and exited with a spade. Now the defense had two diamond and a heart from dummy), and ruffed a minor-suit aces, the ♥J and two spade tricks for one diamond in dummy. When East followed, Soloway down and an excellent matchpoint score.

SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F EAST-WEST 1 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 62.47% 1 Hao Ge, Bay Village OH; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 59.93% 2 Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 57.57% 2 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark; Hans Graverson, Aalborg 9200 Denmark 59.74% 3 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Marion Michielsen, 3024 AM Rotterd Netherlands 56.20% 3 Thomas Turgeon - Jack Wynns, Memphis TN 59.12% 4 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 55.34% 4/5 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX 56.70% 5 Adele Verkamp, Phoenix AZ; Jerry Gaer, Scottsdale AZ 54.96% 4/5 Wen Wang - Liping Wang, People’s Republic of China 56.70% 6/7 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 54.90% 6 Josh Sher, Miami FL; John Pendergrass, Albuquerque NM 55.03% 6/7 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 54.90% 7/8 Bruce Houston, McLean VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 54.84% 8 Sanford Becker, Chesterfield MO; Dennis Spencer, Saint Louis MO 53.72% 7/8 Mark Shaw, Columbia MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 54.84% 9 Rachael Moller - David Gurvich, Brooklyn NY 53.23% 9 Stephen Stewart, Shawnee Msn KS; Tom Kniest, University City MO 54.59% 10 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 53.04% 10 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 54.28% 11 Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; L James Phillips, Chicago IL 52.11% 11 Eric Rodwell - Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 54.22% 12 Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL 51.98% 12 Roger Lee, Pasadena CA; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 53.16% 13 Mark Lasoff, Minneapolis MN; Herbert Hein Jr, Belview MN 51.12% 13 Ross Anderson, Markham ON; Peter Deluca, Woodbridge ON 53.04% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H I EAST-WEST 1 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 62.07% 1 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom 61.50% 2 Zia Mahmood - Chris Willenken, New York NY 61.09% 2 Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands 58.86% 3 Rajendra Gokhale, Redmond WA; Satya Rami, Morganville NJ 59.56% 3 Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kasper Konow, Copenhagen 2100 Denmark 58.83% 4 Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS; Susan Kusler, Moss Point MS 59.40% 4 Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 58.41% 5 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Steven Cooper, Fort Collins CO 58.62% 5 Jim O’Neil, Palo Alto CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 57.73% 6 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Gert Jan Paulissen, Amsterdam Netherlands 58.45% 6 Sim Therrell - Andrew Bernstein, Memphis TN 57.14% 7 Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL; Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL 55.81% 7 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Jun Shi, Palo Alto CA 55.55% 8 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 55.36% 8 Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA; Dan Botoaca, Glendale CA 55.32% 9 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 54.66% 9 Steven Schatzow, Washington DC; Alfred Duncker, Alexandria VA 54.61% 10 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Jim Russell, Bradenton FL 54.09% 10 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 54.55% 11 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 53.97% 11 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Zachary Brescoll, Hendersonville NC 54.22% 12 Charles Sepessy, Cordova TN; Michael Boruta, Anacortes WA 53.85% 12 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA 53.60% 13 David Siebert, Little Rock AR; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 53.73% 13 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; John Onstott, New Orleans LA 53.53% 14 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 53.58% 14 Kaz Walewski - Andrew Proczkowski, Edmonton AB 53.32% 15 Bob Todd - Douglas Fisher, Winnipeg MB 53.24% 15 Sam Whitten, Southaven MS; Paul Linxwiler, Memphis TN 53.14% 16 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 53.15% 16 Jim Reiman, Mansfield OH; Jay Baum, Germantown TN 52.93% 17 Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY; Jim Dick, Woodbridge VA 52.24% 17 Hans Jacobs, Downsview ON; Debbie Bennett, Toronto ON 52.28% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS J K EAST-WEST 1 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 72.37% 1 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 66.34% 2 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 64.13% 2 Farid Assemi - Edward Wojewoda, Fresno CA 58.56% 3 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 58.94% 3 Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL; Stephen Burgess, New Zealand 58.13% 4 Laura Dekkers, Netherlands; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Minneapolis MN 56.10% 4 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Corey Krantz, Drexel Hill PA 56.90% 5 Richard Collette, Valleyfield QC; Jean La Traverse, Montreal QC 54.90% 5 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 56.38% 6 Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Herbert Jordan, Miami FL 54.63% 6 Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON 55.46% 7 Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ; Shelly Dunietz, New York NY 52.01% 7 Ovunc Yilmaz, Chapel Hill NC; Glen Anderson, Raleigh NC 54.45% 8 Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA; , Tucson AZ 51.95% 8 Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 54.18% 9 Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN; Bob Balderson Jr, Eden Prairie MN 51.77% 9 Michael Askgaard, Gentofte 2800 Denmark; Gregers Bjarnarson, Copenhagen 2100 Denmark 53.39% 10 H Wendell Williams - Carolyn Bryan, Oklahoma City OK 51.51% 10 Adam Parrish, Arlington MA; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA 53.03% 11 Clement Jackson, Albuquerque NM; David Caprera, Denver CO 51.23% 11 Susan Winkler, Wake Forest NC; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 52.58% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS L M EAST-WEST 1 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 61.77% 1 Martin Schaltz, Odense 5000 Denmark; Lars Blakset, Holte Denmark 63.31% 2 Yu Zhang - Xuefeng Feng, People’s Republic of China 61.23% 2 Marsha Block, Jericho NY; Jack Harris, Manhasset NY 58.54% 3 David Yang, Darien IL; Jonathan Weinstein, Evanston IL 59.54% 3 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; David Grainger, Bend OR 56.54% 4 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 58.77% 4 Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 56.31% 5 Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; John Zilic, Houston TX 57.00% 5 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Adam Grossack, Newton MA 56.00% 6 John Burgener, St Louis MO; Karen Erlanger, Saint Louis MO 56.08% 6 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Barbara Murphy, Newton MA 55.92% 7 Jan Janitschke - Bonnie Smith, Littleton CO 55.08% 7 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 55.15% 8 Monroe Miller, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Steve Merovitz, Laval QC 53.31% 8 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 54.31% 9 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Allan Graves, Barnet VT 52.69% 9 Frank Collecchia, Prospect KY; Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL 53.31% 10 Patricia Chambers - Robin Chambers, Palo Alto CA 52.46% 10 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 52.77% 11 Sharon Meng-Horton, Dade City FL; Wayne Eggers, Woodridge IL 51.38% 11 Richard Chan - Paul Janicki, Markham ON 51.77% CC WEI SIDE BOARD-A-MATCH THURSDAY EVENING ONE SESSION SECTION OO A B C 1 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire England; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Sam Lev, New York NY 19.50 2 1 River Dance, Lexington NC; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA; Paul Cuneo - Carmen Keys, Houston TX 17.00 3 2 Ronald Mittleman - Nancy Mittleman, Pittsford NY; Barbara Rees, Mesa AZ; RaeDonna Jones, Kingwood TX 15.00 4 Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Janet Macchi, Statham GA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 13.50 5 James Partridge - Mary Conaway, Birmingham AL; Don Haney - Dennis Luft, Trussville AL 12.50 6/8 3/4 1 Guy Franklin - Randall Roberts, Chicago IL; Kewal Gupta - Rama Gupta, Germantown TN 6/8 Mary Ann Boardman - James Boardman, Cedar Rapids IA; Myron Rosenberg - Debby Rosenberg, Cordova TN 11.50 6/8 3/4 Hugh Miller - Catherine Miller - James Bochsler, Spring TX; Michael Lunn, Sutton England 2/3 Alma Farley - Robert Clarke, Richardson TX; Keith Anderson - Mary Anderson, Rochester MN 10.50 2/3 Patricia Baugh - Jack Baugh, Voorheesville NY; Barbara Wolner, Menands NY; W Daniel Kelsey, Averill Park NY 10.50 Daily Bulletin Friday, March 23, 2012 Page 17

JOHN TOULIATOS STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Frances Schenk - Edward Ashworth, Baton Rouge LA 60.58% 1 Bill Ream, Burleson TX; Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK 60.26% 2 Jennie Legge - Winston Legge Jr, Pensacola FL 54.33% 2 Susan Kissinger - John Kissinger, San Clemente CA 59.78% 3 1 1 Katherine Hawker - Stephen Hawker, Baltimore MD 53.85% 3 1 1 Vincent Yung - Andrew Krywaniuk, Vancouver BC 56.25% 4 Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 53.37% 4 2 2 Cathy Taylor, Hudson OH; Verna Williams, New Orleans LA 54.49% 5 Marvin Lampert - Virginia Munafo, Huntsville AL 52.72% 5 Bill Kertes, Toronto ON; Linda Lord, Schomberg ON 53.69% 6 Alex Kornel - , Toronto ON 51.76% 6 Alvin Stone, Memphis TN; Bill Eason, Nesbit MS 52.88% 2 2 Robert Sturm, Dayton MD; Ernie Schuler, Wheaton MD 51.44% 3 3 William Lindemann, Champaign IL; Donald Rogers, Mattoon IL 52.40% 3 Julia Bon Smith, Chapel Hill NC; Paul Smith, Clayton NC 48.08% 4 4 Sarah Thompson, Columbia TN; James Lawler, Nolensville TN 51.44% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Brian Mason, Crossville TN; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 56.41% 1 David Sokolow, Austin TX; Arno Hobart, Markham ON 62.21% 2 Sharon Goldman, NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA 56.25% 2 1 Rochelle Djmal, Neptune NJ; Alisa Crowe, Middletown NJ 59.88% 3 Barbara Lundy, Park City UT; Harold Farnsworth, Salt Lake City UT 54.17% 3 Frank Perlman - Rochelle Perlman, Memphis TN 57.80% 4 Joan Asheroff, Melville NY; Ellen Davidoff, Bellmore NY 53.85% 4 Daniel Fong, Rancho Cordova CA; Joan Garcia, Dixon CA 56.12% 5 Sam Graham - Visanji Gala, Germantown TN 53.53% 5 2 Arun Savara - Mary Phillips, Honolulu HI 55.53% 6 W Harris Jr, Lombard IL; Michael Strong, Winfield IL 52.88% 6 3 1 Charles Mattson - Harold Taylor III, Columbia TN 54.49% 1 Tom Moore - Dorothy Moore, Keller TX 51.28% 4 2 Michael Smith - Susan Seitz, Des Moines IA 54.07% 2 1 Michael Arthur - Elizabeth Arthur, Pearl River LA 49.68% 3 2 Maylene Renegar, Burns TN; Bettye Westermann, Nashville TN 48.72%

LR AND PEGGY JALENAK THURSDAY EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK 73.84% 1 1 Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Senta Lackner, Unterpremstätte Austria 62.73% 2 Richard Higgins, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 59.95% 2 2 1 Hans Kadletz, Graz Austria; Harold Horne, Memphis TN 57.87% 3 1 Patsy Pierce, Hardin TX; Sally Blewett, Beaumont TX 53.94% 3 3 2 Bill Bridwell - Joan Bridwell, Greenwood MS 54.40% 4 2 1 Dorothy Nutkis, Mountainside NJ; Barbara Lowenstein, Cranford NJ 48.38% 4 Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 53.94% 3 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI; Peter Huggler III, Seminole OK 46.30% 2 Peter Shui - Penny Shui, Clarence NY 45.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mac Steen - Jamie Steen, Bellevue WA 61.46% 1 Tim Rees, Crowthorne Berk England; Samantha Punch, Stirling United Kingdom 58.91% 2 Bob Gruber - Linda Gruber, Camarillo CA 54.95% 2 1 1 Bonnie Taylor, Menands NY; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 56.05% 3 1 Ian Kirk, Tualatin OR; Joe Rottmann, Vancouver WA 53.21% 3 2 Charles Langley, Edinburg IL; Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL 54.31% 4 2 1 Ti Davis - Richard Kalkbrenner, Little Rock AR 51.74% 4 Mary Petit, Hernando FL; Elizabeth Nagle, Wethersfield CT 53.12% 3 Kimi Lambert, Austin TX; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD 51.68% 2 Pat Moles - Lou Ann Moles, Harrison AR 48.52%

HATTIESBURG BC THURSDAY EVENING 299’ERS ONE SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 John Wening - George Schaefer, Jefferson City MO 58.33% 1 1 1 Donna Pace, Brighton TN; Charles Cox, Memphis TN 66.96% 2 2 Dixie Martin, Sherwood AR; William Herman, Bellevue WA 55.36% 2 2 2 Tomoko Gragg, Springfiled IL; Mary Sievers, Champaign IL 60.12% 3 3 Katherine McClure, Houston TX; Troy Carr, Cypress TX 54.46% 3 3 Emily Dropkin - Steve Dropkin, Boynton Beach FL 55.65% 2 Roxy Kesler, Creve Coeur MO; Jo Ann Froehlich, Ballwin MO 50.30%

WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D EAST-WEST 1 Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 63.69% 1 Samantha Nystrom, Burnaby BC; Isabelle Smith, Ottawa ON 63.89% 2 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 61.21% 2 Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH 63.36% 3 Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 60.58% 3 Georgiana Gates, Houston TX; Patricia Norman, Lone Tree CO 63.23% 4 Sylvia Moss - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 60.48% 4 Lone Bilde - Helle Rasmussen, Denmark 62.20% 5 Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE; Elise Parish, Omaha NE 59.18% 5 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX 60.81% 6 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 58.62% 6 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Judi Radin, New York NY 58.79% 7 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; , Stony Point NY 58.49% 7 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 57.96% 8 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC 57.89% 8 Mary Oshlag, Memphis TN; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 57.13% 9 Helen Corbin, Palo Alto CA; Mildred Breed, Austin TX 57.56% 9 Ann Lindley, Alexandria VA; Vonnie Lavender, Burke VA 55.94% 10 Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA; Kathy Harper, Woodside CA 57.26% 10 Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Susan Tane, Westport CT 55.57% 11 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Valerie Westheimer, New York NY 55.80% 11/12 Kassie Munoz - Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 55.14% 12 Janet Degrazia - Suzanne Jones, Boulder CO 55.40% 11/12 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Judy Bramley, Dallas TX 55.14% 13 Judy Elbogen - Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA 55.01% 13 Anne-Sotie Jensen - Christina Madsen, Denmark 55.11% 14 Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Ellen Kozlove, Louisville KY 54.41% 14 Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 54.51% 15 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Pam LaShelle, Round Rock TX 54.38% 15 Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON; Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Spgs CO 54.28% 16 Kay Miller, Washington DC; Sorina Negulescu, Ellicott City MD 53.95% 16 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 54.24% 17 Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Linda McGarry, Stuart FL 53.88% 17 Marina Polestra, Boston MA; Marlene Keliher, Chestnut Hill MA 53.81% 18 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; Polly Schoning, Manhattan KS 53.81% 18 Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD 53.71% 19 Ottilie Bello, Short Hills NJ; Joan Brody, Morristown NJ 53.61% 19 Patty Riffel, Pocahontas AR; Bobbie Buck, Helena AR 53.25% 20 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 53.25% 20 Sheri Winestock - Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 53.05% 21 Joan Van Geffen - Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 53.02% 21 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Linda Perlman, Lake Park FL 52.52% 22 Arline Fulton, Englishtown NJ; Carol Frank, Burbank CA 52.16% 22 Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Jan Assini, Aurora OH 52.49% 23 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 51.79% 23 Kitty Cooper, Fort Collins CO; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 51.69% 24 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 51.76% 24 Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY; Linda Otness, Greenwich CT 51.59%

BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQ RR SS TT UU EAST-WEST 1 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Darin Campo, Huber Hts OH 61.57% 1 Bert Feasley, Eden NY; Chongmin Zhang, Getzville NY 61.84% 2 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB 60.64% 2 Srinivas Kachibhatla, Reston VA; John Montgomery, Arlington VA 61.73% 3 Howard Morris, Cordova TN; Rita Annaratone, Memphis TN 60.17% 3 Mahesh Rathi, Austin TX; Mark Frueh, Aurora IL 61.06% 4 Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Meg Myers, Beaverton OR 60.10% 4 Debnarayan Dhar, Oak Hill VA; John Christensen, Baltimore MD 60.56% 5/6 Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE 59.31% 5 Grant Mackinnon, Burlington ON; Darla Petersen, Ajax ON 60.55% 5/6 Brian Zaugg, Burien WA; Patrick White, Bothell WA 59.31% 6 Reid Barton, Arlington MA; Emily Shen, Cambridge MA 60.46% 7 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 57.95% 7 Trisha Fleet, Dartmouth NS; John Kropinak, Columbus OH 60.31% 8 Allen Rew, Independence MO; Keith Smith, Lees Summit MO 57.81% 8 Bijoy Anand - Janice Madsen, Atlantic Beach FL 59.13% 9 Bill Stoltey, Fort Collins CO; Edward Yosses, Loveland CO 57.57% 9 David Loeb, Heathrow FL; Maureen Loeb, Lake Mary FL 58.53% 10 Ariel Leibovitz - Stephen Reichek, Houston TX 57.38% 10 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Michael McDonald, Rochester Hills MI 58.44% 11 George Atherton - Susan Atherton, Baton Rouge LA 57.21% 11 Daniel Neill, Lexington KY; Jason Rotenberg, Ridgefield CT 57.24% 12 Vera Lamar, Memphis TN; Elaine Cobb, Eads TN 57.03% 12 Bryan Delfs, Kenosha WI; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 56.67% 13 Colleen Bicket, Edmond OK; Willie Baker Jr, Guthrie OK 56.34% 13/14 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 56.07% 14 Richard Cantley, Birmingham MI; Dennis Waniolek, Shelby Township MI 56.01% 13/14 James Nunn, Chesterfield MO; Michael Mitra, Lake St Louis MO 56.07% 15 James Bloom - Cheryl Bloom, Orchard Lake MI 55.93% 15 Robert Lass - Cory Perkers, Chicago IL 55.62% 16 Max Aeschbacher - William Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 55.78% 16 Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN; Bert Sheldon, Houston TX 55.50% 17 Roy Martin - Guy Martin, Birmingham AL 55.38% 17 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Nina Lubick, Fullerton CA 54.70% 18 Jerry Drennan, Germantown TN; Beverly Parrish, Cordova TN 55.23% 18 Daniel Jackson, Spring TX; Bill McCarty, San Antonio TX 54.36% 19 Bob Allard, Murfreesboro TN; John Thomas, Chattanooga TN 55.11% 19/20 Shari Winston - Gary Winston, Houston TX 54.33% 20 Don Turner, Mt Juliet TN; Barbara Newman, Nashville TN 55.08% 19/20 Theo Lichtenstein, Winter Garden FL; Leslie Bays, Kingsport TN 54.33% 21 Vincent Fish, Chelmsford MA; Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA 54.99% 21 Maria Tsoukalas, New York NY; William Kraybill, Lewis Center OH 54.31% 22 Patrick Moos - Charles Young, Peoria IL 54.91% 22 Mark Robertson - Richard Jacobson, Phoenix AZ 53.73% 23 Jan Banks, Norcross GA; Carol Crawford, Atlanta GA 54.69% 23 Steve Hirsch - Gregory Thorpe, Brea CA 53.09% 24 Carol Perrin - Mark Toney, Baton Rouge LA 54.67% 24 Elaine Moore - Thomas Shudic, Burbank CA 53.06% 25 Toni Kimmel - Chris Kimmel, Vincennes IN 54.37% 25 Barbara Benson, Santa Ana CA; Paul Frean, New York NY 52.52% 26 Thomas Bandy, Jonesboro AR; Risa Campbell, Brownsville TN 53.02% 26 Steven Willner, Needham MA; Bradley Mampe, Watertown MA 52.19% 27 Bob Wierman, Anderson CA; July Ratley, Redding CA 52.79% 27 J Roger Pryor, Madeira Bch FL; Dianne Pryor, Madeira Beach FL 51.95% 28 Johanna Strong, Winfield IL; Charles Alexander, Northbrook IL 52.67% 28 Virginia Bright, Nokomis FL; Katherine Grant, Riverview FL 51.92% 29 Denny Penticoff, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Emil Dimitrov, Hot Springs Vlg AR 52.40% 29 Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA; Gregory Herman, Bellevue WA 51.80% 30 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 51.68% 30 David Camillus - Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH 51.56% 31 Paul Walker, London W1U 1BT England; Frank Wharton, London Nw3 1en England 51.56% 31 David Frohlich - Frances Prus, Pittsburgh PA 51.22%

JANE PRIDGEN DAYLIGHT PAIRS THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BBB CCC DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Burton Weil - Mike Cook, Memphis TN 64.46% 1/2 Peter Wityk, Des Moines IA; John Gustafson, Clive IA 62.89% 2 Jerry Fong, Marianna AR; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR 63.82% 1/2 Ranajit Chakraborty - Grace Katz, Memphis TN 62.89% 3 Barbara Johnson, Memphis TN; Ruby Killebrew, Collierville TN 59.62% 3 Robert Varty - Walter Casper, Grand Rapids MI 60.68% 4 1 1 Robert MacNeal, Point Ludlow WA; Carmen Duffek, Anthem AZ 58.12% 4 1 1 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; David Sterneck, Chesterfield MO 59.97% 5 2 Lowell Lynde Jr, Monticello AR; Paul Graham, Westfield NY 56.13% 5 Rosalyn Silverstein - Philip Silverstein, Bronx NY 58.19% 6 3 2 Bernard Windham - Sue Evans, Tallahassee FL 55.98% 6 2 Michael Kelley - Martina Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 56.48% 7 Ann Olsson - Tom Olsson, Urbandale IA 55.63% 7 Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI 56.41% 8 Jesus Arias - Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 55.34% 8 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 56.27% 9 William McFall, New Berlin WI; Steven Picus, Mequon WI 54.91% 9 3 2 Xiaolun Yi, Fredericton NB; Peter Coates, Hanwell NB 55.41% 10 4 Dee Wilson - Nancy Wilson, Des Moines IA 54.56% 10 Angela Kaiser, Bonita Springs FL; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 55.27% 11 5 3 Carol Lechky, Golden BC; John Mooshie, Crawfordville FL 53.70% 11 4 Alicia Fetters - Richard Wendricks, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 53.99% 12 6 Catherine Gay, Kalamazoo MI; William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI 52.56% 12 5 3 Donald Norman, Regina SK; Bob Nell, Zehner SK 52.71% 13 7 4 Toni Hurlbut - Alberta Birk, Mason TX 51.57% 13 6 4 Deborah Fabian - Stephen Fabian, Sparta NJ 51.50% 14 8 5 Ethel Gibson - Dolores Wright, Jackson MS 51.00% 14 William Muir - Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 51.42% 9 Kay Loss - Joyce Thornton, Little Rock AR 49.93% 7 Sheila Barron, Knoxville TN; Joe Carbo III, Pineville LA 51.21% 10 6 G Steve Wheeler - Susan Marshbanks, Castle Rock CO 49.22% 8 5 Barbara Woodward, Collierville TN; Martha Shapiro, Germantown TN 50.78% 7 Fran Williams - Tom Williams, Fairfield Glade TN 48.65% 9 Steven Hodorowski - Debby Schadt, Memphis TN 49.57% 10 Phyllis Weber - Karen Gold, Jenkintown PA 49.22% 6 Ken Salter, Waterdown ON; John Morrison, Newmarket ON 47.29%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON CAROL PATERSON 299 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Lisa Harris - Sheryl Gorden, Memphis TN 60.71% 1 1 Kitty Byers - Imogene McDaniel, Jonesboro AR 62.80% 2 2 Anna Ham, West Monroe LA; Melba Williamson, Monroe LA 56.25% 2 2 Richard Krueger, Milwaukee WI; Thomas Krueger, Shorewood WI 59.23% 3 3 2 Darlene Scott, Oakville ON; Charlene Richardson, Moorefield ON 55.36% 3 Ann Caldwell, Memphis TN; Peggy Hill, Collierville TN 53.87% 4 4 Earl Mast, Arlington TX; Mimi Waite, St Simons Isle GA 55.06% 4/5 3/4 1/2 Tolliver McKinney, Bartlett TN; Mary Brewer, Germantown TN 51.79% 3 Joseph Monahan - Caroline Macgregor, Escandido CA 54.17% 4/5 3/4 1/2 John Licharson - Elna Licharson, Odessa ON 51.79% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Joseph Bindo - Elaine Bindo, Austin TX 59.23% 1 1 1 Dale Johnson - Dick Johnson, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 62.80% 2 Nancy Clayman, Boston MA; Susan Rutstein, \boca Raton FL 58.63% 2 2 Mac Dalgleish - Patricia Dalgleish, Salt Lake City UT 58.63% 3 2 2 John Wening - George Schaefer, Jefferson City MO 57.44% 3 Joan Maxwell - William Taylor, Davidson NC 54.17% 4/5 3/4 Libby Tomar - Patti-Sue Porter, Kailua HI 50.00% 4 3 2 Ronald Williams, Piperton TN; Charles Cox, Memphis TN 52.38% 4/5 3/4 Vicki Scanlon - Vickey Metrailer, Little Rock AR 50.00% 4 3 Mary Markus - Harriet Thomas, Germantown TN 51.19% Page 18 Friday, March 23, 2012 Daily Bulletin

BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS OO PP QQ SS TT EAST-WEST 1 Eric Schulz - Mary Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH 63.94% 1 Bijoy Anand - Janice Madsen, Atlantic Beach FL 65.99% 2 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH 62.22% 2 Denny Penticoff, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Emil Dimitrov, Hot Springs Vlg AR 62.65% 3 Richard Lowens - Elaine Lowens, Little Rock AR 61.36% 3 Steven Willner, Needham MA; Bradley Mampe, Watertown MA 62.44% 4 Steve Hirsch - Gregory Thorpe, Brea CA 61.03% 4 Arun Gupta, West Chester OH; Nalin Mehta, Cincinnati OH 61.30% 5 Daniel Jackson, Spring TX; Bill McCarty, San Antonio TX 60.13% 5 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 60.20% 6 Kevin Dybvig - Maya Altarac, Birmingham AL 59.09% 6 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 59.39% 7 Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; Bruce Altshuler, Los Angeles CA 58.87% 7 Brian Zaugg, Burien WA; Patrick White, Bothell WA 58.92% 8 Ariel Leibovitz - Stephen Reichek, Houston TX 58.82% 8 Chuck Ettelson - Jane Ettelson, Saint Louis MO 58.73% 9 Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA; Gregory Herman, Bellevue WA 58.26% 9 Fleur Howard, Gates Mills OH; Charles Scholl, Shaker Heights OH 58.59% 10 Barbara Benson, Santa Ana CA; Paul Frean, New York NY 58.02% 10 Jan Banks, Norcross GA; Carol Crawford, Atlanta GA 58.38% 11 Trisha Fleet, Dartmouth NS; John Kropinak, Columbus OH 56.82% 11 Brian Cummins, Arlington TN; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 57.90% 12 Daniel Neill, Lexington KY; Jason Rotenberg, Ridgefield CT 56.74% 12 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Darin Campo, Huber Hts OH 57.72% 13 Jim Harp, Dallas TX; Douglas Keller, San Francisco CA 56.55% 13 Bill Page - Regina Sooey, Jacksonville FL 57.15% 14 Theo Lichtenstein, Winter Garden FL; Leslie Bays, Kingsport TN 55.68% 14 Virginia Hixson - Donald Hixson, Rapid City SD 56.91% 15 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 55.63% 15 Terry Richardson - Joe Black, Austin TX 56.70% 16 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 55.56% 16 Max Aeschbacher - William Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 55.34% 17 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Michael McDonald, Rochester Hills MI 55.26% 17 Randal Gentillon, Idaho Falls ID; Cece Lichtenstein, Jacksonville FL 55.26% 18 Bert Feasley, Eden NY; Chongmin Zhang, Getzville NY 55.13% 18 George Atherton - Susan Atherton, Baton Rouge LA 55.22% 19 Renee Alpert, Orange CA; Lorrie Schramm, Anaheim CA 54.84% 19 Vincent Fish, Chelmsford MA; Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA 54.36% 20 Michelle Menz - Todd Barker, Cincinnati OH 53.89% 20 Thomas Bandy, Jonesboro AR; Risa Campbell, Brownsville TN 53.47% 21 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Ping Hu, Naperville IL 53.73% 21 Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE 53.42% 22 James Nunn, Chesterfield MO; Michael Mitra, Lake St Louis MO 53.52% 22 James Southern IV - Ilana Seror, New York NY 53.06% 23 Debnarayan Dhar, Oak Hill VA; John Christensen, Baltimore MD 53.41% 23 Roy Martin - Guy Martin, Birmingham AL 52.94% 24 Rose Marie Cassmer, Macedonia OH; W Lynn Swinger, Corpus Christi TX 53.13% 24 Bob Wierman, Anderson CA; July Ratley, Redding CA 52.76% 25 Gregory Foltz - Dawn Foltz, Fort Collins CO 53.11% 25 Bryan Delfs, Kenosha WI; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 52.19% 26 Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA; Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA 52.61% 26 Ron Birnbaum, Los Angeles CA; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 52.10% 27 Paul Conroy, Aberdeen WA; David Baer, Seattle WA 52.23% 27 Yaron Schweizer, Woodbury TN; Hannah Tidman, Liberty TN 51.66% 28 Robert Lass - Cory Perkers, Chicago IL 52.20% 28 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB 51.56% 29 Betsi Tunnell, Nashville TN; Dloye Swift, Slidell LA 51.98% 29 Albert Cookson - Stanley Stankus, Mountain Home AR 51.06% 30 Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD; Toni Schultz, New Port Richey FL 51.89% 30 Bill Stoltey, Fort Collins CO; Edward Yosses, Loveland CO 51.05% 31 Teri LaBove - Doris Waugh, Hot Springs Village AR 51.23% 31 Vera Lamar, Memphis TN; Elaine Cobb, Eads TN 51.02%

JOHN TOULIATOS STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 David Sokolow, Austin TX; Arno Hobart, Markham ON 65.06% 1 Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 60.10% 2 Daniel Fong, Rancho Cordova CA; Joan Garcia, Dixon CA 56.57% 2 1 1 Ross Richardson, Dexter MI; Walter Magee, Manitou Beach MI 57.53% 3 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Judith Gushner, Boca Raton FL 55.93% 3 Alex Kornel - Barbara Seagram, Toronto ON 57.21% 4 Lois Boagni - K Boagni Jr, Opelousas LA 54.33% 4 Jennie Legge - Winston Legge Jr, Pensacola FL 55.93% 5/6 Tom Dixon - Clair Berry, Germantown TN 52.24% 5 Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 55.45% 5/6 1 Rochelle Djmal, Neptune NJ; Alisa Crowe, Middletown NJ 52.24% 6 Sharon Goldman, New York City NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA 54.65% 2 Arun Savara - Mary Phillips, Honolulu HI 51.60% 2 2 Robert Sturm, Dayton MD; Ernie Schuler, Wheaton MD 54.17% 3/4 1/2 Michael Smith - Susan Seitz, Des Moines IA 50.32% 3 Lyn Shapiro, Maitland FL; Paula Strand, Kirkland WA 42.47% 3/4 1/2 Sally Kellar, Toronto ON; Herbert Heller, Pittsburgh PA 50.32% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Vincent Yung - Andrew Krywaniuk, Vancouver BC 62.98% 1 Sharon Stevenson - Lil Hemeon, Saskatoon SK 62.66% 2 2 2 William Lindemann, Champaign IL; Donald Rogers, Mattoon IL 59.94% 2 Don Kern, Bay Minette AL; Ed Word Jr, Monroe LA 59.13% 3 Alvin Stone, Memphis TN; Bill Eason, Nesbit MS 58.33% 3 Barbara Lundy, Park City UT; Harold Farnsworth, Salt Lake City UT 58.01% 4 Abbie Cole, New York NY; , Boca Raton FL 56.41% 4 W Harris Jr, Lombard IL; Michael Strong, Winfield IL 57.69% 5 Bill Kertes, Toronto ON; Linda Lord, Schomberg ON 56.09% 5 1 1 Fraser Brooks - Pat Harlton, Regina SK 52.88% 6 Brian Mason, Crossville TN; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 55.45% 6 2 Joe Dehmer Jr. - R Lee Davis, Jackson MS 52.56% 3 Charles Manning, Concord CA; Thomas Franklin III, Martinez CA 49.04% 3 2 Sandy Gregory - Ruth McCabe, Nashville TN 48.88% 4 Bill Frazee - Jean Thomas, Memphis TN 45.99% 3 Michael Arthur - Elizabeth Arthur, Pearl River LA 45.35%

M.A. LIGHTMAN TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE GAME 4TH OF 6 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Thomas Shepro - Mary Shepro, Madison WI 61.38% 1 1 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 63.62% 2 2 Amanda Jeger - Iolanda Fantoni, Frankfurt Germany 58.97% 2 Mary Conaway, Birmingham AL; Dennis Luft, Trussville AL 57.05% 3 Barbara Denley, Memphis TN; Rachel Bass, Germantown TN 56.73% 3/4 La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 56.25% 4 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 55.45% 3/4 2 1 Betty Peden - Blanche Moore, Little Rock AR 56.25% 5 Jing Dong Chen, Rowland Heights CA; Gang Chen, Chad 51.44% 5 3 2 Ann Nicholson, Ridgeland MS; Anne Wells, Jackson MS 55.13% 6 3 2 Diane Dillman, Barrington IL; Rebecca Deaux, Collierville TN 50.48% 6 4 3 Wally Johnson, Hot Springs Vil AR; Alan Trippel, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 53.53% 4 3 Dorothy Nutkis, Mountainside NJ; Barbara Lowenstein, Cranford NJ 50.16% 5 Hans Kadletz, Graz Austria; Karen Shea, Collierville TN 51.28%

WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS B C D EAST-WEST 1 Kassie Munoz - Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 66.64% 1 Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 63.20% 2 Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Jan Assini, Aurora OH 61.77% 2 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Sharon Gerstman, Buffalo NY 60.11% 3 Anne-Sotie Jensen - Christina Madsen, Denmark 61.07% 3/4 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 59.42% 4 Georgiana Gates, Houston TX; Patricia Norman, Lone Tree CO 60.11% 3/4 Donna Swarthout - Janise Saul, San Antonio TX 59.42% 5 Joan Van Geffen - Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 59.68% 5 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ 58.42% 6 Kitty Cooper, Fort Collins CO; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 59.05% 6 Victoria Gromova, 119296, Moscow Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 58.16% 7 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Valerie Westheimer, New York NY 58.92% 7 Luz Ortega, Tampa FL; Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD 57.99% 8 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 58.55% 8 Sylvia Moss - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 57.49% 9 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 58.22% 9 Gerri Anne Mason, Crossville TN; Dot Blue, Nashville TN 57.23% 10 Lone Bilde - Helle Rasmussen, Denmark 57.53% 10 Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN; Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN 57.10% 11 Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Susan Tane, Westport CT 57.49% 11 Judy Elbogen - Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA 57.06% 12 Sheri Winestock - Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 57.23% 12 Donna Wood, Vista CA; Tiger Li Li Williams, Elk Point SD 54.64% 13 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, Haverdal 310 4 Sweden 56.60% 13 Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL; Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL 54.18% 14 G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 56.10% 14 Gemma Mariano, Metro Manila Philippines; Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD 53.55% 15 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 56.00% 15 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC 52.52% 16 Donna Dulet, Ocean NJ; Sonia Kaplan, Tinton Falls NJ 54.74% 16/17 Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI; Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 52.39% 17 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 54.05% 16/17 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 52.39% 18 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 53.55% 18 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Pam LaShelle, Round Rock TX 51.92% 19 Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Stephanie Hamilton-Diesel, Saugus MA 53.51% 19 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 51.86% 20 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Barbara Norris, West Monroe LA 53.08% 20/21 Pamela Nisbet, Ottawa ON; Ina Demme, Maple ON 51.72% 21/22 Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA; Susan Darsey, La Selva Beach CA 52.62% 20/21 Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 51.72% 21/22 Linda Sundbye, Broomfield CO; Flo Newlin, Aurora CO 52.62% 22 Samantha Nystrom, Burnaby BC; Isabelle Smith, Ottawa ON 51.56% 23 Sandy McCay, Chapel Hill NC; Morgie Duke, Raleigh NC 52.19% 23 Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Linda McGarry, Stuart FL 51.46% 24 Justina McKee, Fernwood MS; Annette Lee McHann, Flowood MS 51.89% 24/25 Peggy Wald, Chesterfield MO; Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO 51.36% 24/25 Emmy Haji, Columbus OH; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 51.36%

SILODOR OPEN PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F EAST-WEST 1 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark; Hans Graverson, Aalborg 9200 Denmark 65.38% 1 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 59.97% 2 Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 60.98% 2 Paul Wyer, Qld 4212 Aust Australia; Michael Courtney, Memphis TN 59.89% 3 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 59.02% 3 James Melville, Springfield IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 57.05% 4 Roger Lee, Pasadena CA; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 57.59% 4 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Marion Michielsen, 3024 AM Rotterd Netherlands 56.27% 5 Eric Rodwell - Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 57.01% 5 Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA 55.65% 6 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX 55.85% 6 Cindy Bernstein, Memphis TN; Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 54.98% 7 Bo Liu, Mabelvale AR; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 55.52% 7 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 54.77% 8 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 55.23% 8 Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR; Paul Pressly, Olathe KS 54.31% 9 - Jeff Hand, New York NY 55.13% 9 Sanford Becker, Chesterfield MO; Dennis Spencer, Saint Louis MO 53.78% 10 Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL 52.81% 10 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 52.65% 11 Josh Sher, Miami FL; John Pendergrass, Albuquerque NM 52.48% 11 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 52.43% 12/13 Ross Anderson, Markham ON; Peter Deluca, Woodbridge ON 51.94% 12 Bruce Houston, Mc Lean VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 52.41% 12/13 Owen Lynch - Robert Moorman, Jr, Huntsville AL 51.94% 13 Andrew Caranicas, St Paul MN; Richard Lawson, Plymouth MN 51.23% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H I EAST-WEST 1 Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL; Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL 66.04% 1/2 Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 62.85% 2 Cecilia Rimstedt, Partille Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands 65.27% 1/2 David Siebert, Little Rock AR; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 62.85% 3 Wen Wang - Liping Wang, People’s Republic of China 62.23% 3 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 59.21% 4 Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 61.15% 4 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 57.69% 5 Robert Pardue - Vincent Carcello, Knoxville TN 59.45% 5 Michael Ring, Urbana IL; Robert Sievers, Champaign IL 57.59% 6 Sim Therrell - Andrew Bernstein, Memphis TN 58.94% 6/7 Zia Mahmood - Chris Willenken, New York NY 56.28% 7 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT 58.00% 6/7 Russell Samuel, Long Beach NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 56.28% 8 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 56.70% 8 Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 56.17% 9 Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA; Joseph De Gaetano, Atkinson NH 55.85% 9 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 55.67% 10 Pierre Flatowicz, Omaha NE; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH 55.12% 10 Rory Millson, Bronxville NY; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 55.11% 11 Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS; Susan Kusler, Moss Point MS 55.04% 11 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Jim Russell, Bradenton FL 54.86% 12 Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 54.87% 12 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 54.76% 13 Hans Jacobs, Downsview ON; Debbie Bennett, Toronto ON 54.64% 13 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 54.25% 14 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Jun Shi, Palo Alto CA 53.90% 14 Bob Todd - Douglas Fisher, Winnipeg MB 53.54% 15 Munawar Sawiruddin, Jakarta Indonesia; Allen Tan, Singapore 30760 Singapore 53.53% 15 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Steven Cooper, Fort Collins CO 53.19% 16 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom 52.11% 16 Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; Robin Hart, North Vancouver BC 53.09% 17 Jim O’Neil, Palo Alto CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 51.68% 17 Jack Goodykoontz - Vicki Goodykoontz, Morgantown WV 52.99% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS J K EAST-WEST 1 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 62.38% 1 Jon Baldursson, Reykoavik 105 Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 66.38% 2 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 57.77% 2 P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC; Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON 65.62% 3 Michael Askgaard, Gentofte 2800 Denmark; Gregers Bjarnarson, Copenhagen 2100 Denmark 57.46% 3 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 60.62% 4 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 55.92% 4 Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Herbert Jordan, Miami FL 60.54% 5 H Wendell Williams - Carolyn Bryan, Oklahoma City OK 55.00% 5 Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 57.62% 6/7 Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL; Stephen Burgess, New Zealand 54.38% 6 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 57.31% 6/7 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 54.38% 7 Richard Collette, Valleyfield QC; Jean La Traverse, Montreal QC 56.23% 8 John Rengstorff - Scott Levine, New York NY 53.62% 8 Marius Agica - Brian Glubok, New York NY 55.38% 9 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Corey Krantz, Drexel Hill PA 52.92% 9 Judy Singer, Toronto ON; Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON 53.54% 10 Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 52.31% 10 - David Lindop, Toronto ON 53.08% 11 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV 52.00% 11 Joseph Rice - Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Minneapolis MN 52.23% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS L M EAST-WEST 1 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; David Walker, Salem VA 62.92% 1 Raghavendra Rajkumar, Ithaca NY; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 66.77% 2 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 59.15% 2 Gu Ling - Lu Yan, People’s Republic of China 65.85% 3 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Adam Grossack, Newton MA 56.54% 3/4 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA 56.69% 4 David Yang, Darien IL; Jonathan Weinstein, Evanston IL 56.31% 3/4 Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT; Gordon Zind, Ottawa ON 56.69% 5 Ralph Buchalter, South Orange NJ; Christal Henner-Welland, New York NY 55.15% 5 Roger Lord - Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 55.62% 6 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 54.69% 6 Yu Zhang - Xuefeng Feng, People’s Republic of China 55.15% 7 Hua Poon, Singapore Singapore; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Singapore 53.46% 7 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Allan Graves, Barnet VT 53.77% 8 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; James Hudson, Elmhurst IL 52.54% 8 Shane Blanchard, New York NY; Kare Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY 52.77% 9/11 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 52.08% 9 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD 52.46% 9/11 Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA 52.08% 10 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 51.85% 9/11 Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; John Zilic, Houston TX 52.08% 11 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL 51.69%

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JANE PRIDGEN DAYLIGHT PAIRS THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BBB CCC DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 67.37% 1 1 Catherine Gay, Kalamazoo MI; William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI 64.18% 2 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 63.52% 2 Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI 62.69% 3 1 1 Xiaolun Yi, Fredericton NB; Peter Coates, Hanwell NB 61.03% 3 Jerry Fong, Marianna AR; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR 58.34% 4 2 Sheila Barron, Knoxville TN; Joe Carbo III, Pineville LA 58.19% 4 2 Bruce Caldwell, Jacksonville FL; Theresa Andino, Niceville FL 57.05% 5 3 2 Deborah Fabian - Stephen Fabian, Sparta NJ 56.76% 5 3 1 Carol Lechky, Golden BC; John Mooshie, Crawfordville FL 56.63% 6 Robert Varty - Walter Casper, Grand Rapids MI 56.69% 6 4 2 G Steve Wheeler - Susan Marshbanks, Castle Rock CO 56.56% 7 Ranajit Chakraborty - Grace Katz, Memphis TN 56.40% 7 William McFall, New Berlin WI; Steven Picus, Mequon WI 55.42% 8 4 3 Craig Smith - Karin Smith, Pocono Pines PA 54.55% 8 5 3 Robert MacNeal, Point Ludlow WA; Carmen Duffek, Anthem AZ 54.92% 9 5 Linda Nelson - Kenneth Nelson, Fort Collins CO 53.91% 9 Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH; William Higgins, Cincinnati OH 54.85% 10 6 4 Donald Norman, Regina SK; Bob Nell, Zehner SK 53.85% 10 Barbara Johnson, Memphis TN; Ruby Killebrew, Collierville TN 54.42% 11 7 5 Paul Nelson, Petoskey MI; Mark Hess, Charlevoix MI 51.57% 11 6 4 Karen Young - Mary Collins, Tulsa OK 53.93% 12 8 6 Ken Salter, Waterdown ON; John Morrison, Newmarket ON 51.27% 12 Chyah Burghard, Cordova TN; Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN 53.85% 13 9 Steven Hodorowski - Debby Schadt, Memphis TN 50.92% 13 7 5 Luisa Kelso, Wilton CT; Margaret Molwitz, New Canaan CT 51.86% 10 Marilyn Banta - Wilson Banta, Sunshine LA 50.59% 8 Kay Loss - Joyce Thornton, Little Rock AR 51.01% 9 6 Marilyn Lorch, Owens Cross Rds AL; Betty Williams, Huntsville AL 49.87%

HATTIESBURG BC THURSDAY MORNING 299’ER NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Keith Dawson - Joanne Dawson, Chatham ON 63.39% 1 Peggy Hill, Collierville TN; Ann Caldwell, Memphis TN 60.71% 2 1 Linda Badgley - Kathy Bold, Edwardsville IL 55.65% 2 1 Gloria Zupanci - James Zupanci, Edwardsville IL 60.12% 3 Peggy Jalenak, Memphis TN; May Lynn Mansbach, US 55.36% 3 2 Joyce Tjarks, Arlington Heights IL; Marion Tuttle, Palatine IL 54.76% 4 Pamela Hughes, Bend OR; Stacey Hutchinson, Columbus OH 51.79% 4 Imogene McDaniel - Kitty Byers, Jonesboro AR 53.57% 2 Lisa Harris - Sheryl Gorden, Memphis TN 46.73% 1 Janet Joyner, Cordova TN; Susan Hirsch, Germantown TN 50.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 John Wening - George Schaefer, Jefferson City MO 60.12% 1 Tinna Moy, Newton MA; Thomas Herzog, Reston VA 63.69% 2 Nancy Clayman, Boston MA; Susan Rutstein, \boca Raton FL 59.23% 2 1 1 Pamela Van Boven, Arlington Hts IL; Jo Stuprich, Palatine IL 54.76% 3 Anna Ham, West Monroe LA; Melba Williamson, Monroe LA 58.63% 3 2 Mary Markus - Harriet Thomas, Germantown TN 54.46% 4 Jeff Wood - Doris Needham, Dahlonega GA 55.06% 4 Penny Keras - Suzanne Hughes, Memphis TN 50.89% 2 Darlene Scott, Oakville ON; Charlene Richardson, Moorefield ON 49.11% 1 Marc Oliff - Lori Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ 45.54%

THURSDAY- SATURDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 1ST OF 3 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS VV WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Becky Butler, Alpharetta GA; Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA 62.36% 1 1 Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH; Michael Creager, Brecksville OH 66.81% 2 2 1 Sue Simmons - Bradley Simmons, Greeley CO 60.56% 2 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 65.69% 3 Dennis Luft, Trussville AL; Mary Conaway, Birmingham AL 58.47% 3 Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 63.61% 4 3 Jim Dick, Woodbridge VA; Ronnie Frank, Saint Louis MO 56.11% 4 2 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 58.89% 5 Richard Higgins, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 54.44% 5 Richard Gross, Owens Cross Rds AL; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI 53.19% 6 4 Burla Sims - Bonnie Fincher, Little Rock AR 52.92% 6 Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Harry Adler, Minneapolis MN 51.11% 7 5 2 Michael Heimann, North Webster IN; Geoffrey Hadlock, Winona Lake IN 51.81% 7 3 Carolyn Williams, Williston TN; Sarah Dotson, Fayetteville TN 49.86% 6 3 Arthur Pfeifer - Joyce Franklin, Little Rock AR 51.11% 4 Peter Kyper, West Chester PA; Susan Kestenbaum, Huntingdon Vy PA 48.47% 5 Sorina Negulescu, Ellicott City MD; Kay Miller, Washington DC 47.50% 1 Betty Peden - Blanche Moore, Little Rock AR 46.67% 2 Linda Richmond, Fort Smith AR; Julia Farrar, Lavaca AR 45.56% THURSDAY- SATURDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 18.0 Tables A B C 4.25 1 1 Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH; Michael Creager, Brecksville OH 66.81% 3.19 2 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 65.69% 2.39 3 Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 63.61% 2.62 4 2 Becky Butler, Alpharetta GA; Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA 62.36% 2.43 5 3 1 Sue Simmons - Bradley Simmons, Greeley CO 60.56% 1.47 6 4 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 58.89% 1.12 5 Jim Dick, Woodbridge VA; Ronnie Frank, Saint Louis MO 56.11% 0.83 6 Burla Sims - Bonnie Fincher, Little Rock AR 52.92% 1.82 2 Michael Heimann, North Webster IN; Geoffrey Hadlock, Winona Lake IN 51.81% 1.37 3 Arthur Pfeifer - Joyce Franklin, Little Rock AR 51.11% 1.03 4 Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD; Dixie Martin, Sherwood AR 50.56%

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Saturday, March 24, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Sidney Lazard Jr. Memorial Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Edward and Lucille Davis Memorial Side Game 3rd single session Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series Saturday, March 24, 10 a.m. Dave and Ginni Claar Youth Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 20 and younger Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 Miriam S. Strauss Memorial 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 Miriam S. Strauss Memorial 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Saturday, March 24, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. V.T. Gala Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Steamboat, Mezzanine Level $16 $18 Saturday, March 24, noon and 7 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 6 Ballroom D $20 Saturday, March 24, 1p.m. Unit 179 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Saturday, March 24, 1 & 7:30 p.m. 1-2 Q Ballroom B $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions MACHLIN WOMEN’S SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Ballroom B $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions GOLDER , FLIGHT B 1-2 Q Riverbluff, Mezzanine Level No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions PRESIDENT’S CUP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT C 1-2 Q Riverbluff, Mezzanine Level No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Memorial Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Exhibit Hall $16 $18 (2500+; 0-2500) Tom and Carol Sanders Gold Rush Pairs (300-750; 0-300) 1-2 Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Gold points for top flight. Unit 144 (Saturday-Sunday) Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 24, 3 p.m. JoAnne Bird 299er Stratified Swiss Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 Ralph and Joan Cohen Memorial 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 Ralph and Joan Cohen Memorial 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Saturday, March 24, 7:30 p.m. Viola and Hollis Kinsey Stratified Side IMP Pairs single Exhibit Hall $15 $17 Bette Rice Memorial Side Game 4th single session Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Friday-Sunday Side Game Series Rochelle and Frank Perlman 299er Stratified Swiss Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Saturday, March 24, 11:30 p.m. Sam’s Town Casino Zip KO Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0-3000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2000, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Page 20 Friday, March 23, 2012 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events

All Bridge Play in Cook Convention Center District 10 Day Friday, March 23, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Sidney Lazard Jr. Memorial Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Donna Touliatos Thursday-Friday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Tom and Carol Sanders Side Game 2nd single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series Louise and Ed Davis Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Friday, March 23, 10 a.m. Bob Cohen 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 Bob Cohen 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Friday, March 23, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Friday Bridge Club Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Steamboat, Mezzanine Level $16 $18 Friday, March 23, Noon & 7 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 5 2nd Floor, Ballroom D $20 Note Change in Starting Times Friday, March 23, 1 p.m. Unit 179 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Friday, March 23, 1 & 7:30 p.m. SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F 2nd Floor, Ballroom B $20 WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F 2nd Floor, Ballroom B $20 BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F 2nd Floor, Ballroom B $17 Ruby Killebrew Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Mobile Bridge Club Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Mississippi Bridge Association Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Friday, March 23, 3 p.m. John Touliatos DMD 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 John Touliatos DMD 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Friday, March 23, 7:30 p.m. Biloxi Bridge Club A/X Swiss Teams single 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $15 $17 Henry Sender B/C/D Swiss Teams single 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $15 $17 Judy Dixon Memorial Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Henry Francis Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15 Friday, March 23, 11:30 p.m. Sam’s Town Casino Zip KO Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $12/team/match Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0-3000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2000, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Friday Sponsors Ruby Killebrew Henry Sender Bob Cohen Memorial Ruby has accomplished many things in her Henry Sender got into bridge in a most effective Bob Cohen was a fixture in Jonesboro AR from life. She has been married for 66 years to her high way - he married Kathie Wei. For many years the Seventies to 2002, when he retired. A Bronze school sweetheart, Charles. They became parents of Kathie was an inspiring administrator, innovator Life Master, he once represented District 10 in the twins. She balanced her family life with a successful and player, with several world championships to NAP C flight. He died this year at the age of 93, but professional career as a computer programmer for her credit. She also was responsible for much of the his interest in the local bridge club never waned. Allen & O’Hara Co. - builders of Holiday Inns and phenomenal growth of bridge in China. Henry was This memorial was sponsored by tournament the U.S. Postal Service. A Gold Life Master, she steadfastly beside her, urging her on to more major director Russ Jones. plays two or three times a week and occasionally bridge achievements. John Touliatos, D.M.D. competes in tournaments. She has been a loyal Judy Dixon One day, Memphis dentist John Touliatos asked member of the M.A. Lightman DBC since the mid- Judy Dixon enlivened the MA. Lightman a bridge-playing patient if she could recommend 1960s. DBC in Memphis on a regular basis until her death a good learner’s book about bridge. “My wife, This sponsorship was secured by her children, several years ago. She and her husband, Tom, were Donna, wants to improve her skills,” he said. The Jerri Harper and Kerry Killebrew. a tough pair. Along with several other couples, patient suggested one of Audrey Grant’s teaching Friday Bridge Bunch they used to take turns hosting Saturday night team books. That’s when John’s life changed. His wife A group of dedicated and loyal bridge players games. Tom withdrew from for found duplicate bridge to be just the thing for her meet each Friday at the M.A. Lightman DBC in a long time after Judy’s death, but he has returned competitive spirit and John had more time for golf. Memphis. For many years, they gathered at Union to active duty - he was president of the club and of Sam’s Town Casino Avenue Methodist Church. They continue to enjoy Unit 144 last year. Shake the dice, spin the wheels and get friendship and competition at this game. There is Sidney Lazard Jr. ready to play! With two floors of slots and table always an inexpensive lunch, but sometimes special games, Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall has lunches are prepared by members and other bridge Sidney Lazard Jr. got off to a fast start when he became a Life Master at age 16. The son of Hall of everything you’re looking for. From blackjack and friends. Their participation in these special Friday craps to Tunica’s only live keno and poker rooms, events has created this sponsorship. Famer Sidney Lazard, he was on his way until death cut him short when he was 41. He finished second you’re sure to find all your favorite games. Mobile Alabama Azaleas in the 1983 Men’s Swiss Teams. The annual award Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall is located Alongside Mobile Bay, find hospitality, pleasant for Sportsman of the Year is named in his honor. 30 minutes south of Memphis in Tunica MS. surroundings and challenging bridge games. Come visit us at our clubhouse!