Friday, March 28, 2014 Volume 57, Number 8 Daily Bulletin 57th Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley and Sue Munday

Overcoming the odds Cayne routed in Richard Coren has had his photo on the front page of this paper a couple of times this week. He Vanderbilt, won the Platinum Pairs – the most prestigious pairs event on the ACBL calendar – playing with Bobby Monaco, Nickell Levin. He followed that with a win in the Mixed Pairs with Janice Seamon-Molson. Far more impressive cruise than his back-to-back North American wins, however, The team captained by Mark Gordon took an is his resilience in the battle with Crohn’s disease. early lead against the No. 6 seed, led by James Crohn’s is an immune-related type of Cayne, on the way to a 178-195 rout and a spot in inflammatory bowel disease. It has a genetic today’s quarterfinal round of the Vanderbilt Knockout component and can vary in severity. “Mine is bad,” Teams. says Coren. His brother, too, has the disease, although Other high seeds fared well, No. 1 Monaco his symptoms are milder. dispatching Robert Hollman 151-110. No. 2 Nick Coren was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease during Nickell trailed at the half but outscored Richard his second year in law school when he suffered an Schwartz 107-22 in the second half to advance. episode so debilitating that he had to drop out and No. 4 Martin Fleisher had it the easiest when their move back home to live with his parents. opponents withdrew at the half, trailing 126-26. He was crushed, both physically – “I couldn’t eat a piece of toast,” and mentally. “I wasn’t sure I’d be able to finish school,” he Rodwell and Bales says. But living on Gatorade and bananas, he studied, lead the Women’s Pairs and when it came time to take his exams, his stamina Fueled by a sensational 71% second qualifying lasted only through the third test. session, Donna Rodwell of Clearwater Beach FL “I couldn’t take the fourth exam,” he says, “I just and Toni Bales of Pickerington OH head up the handed in my book with nothing in it.” He received Whitehead Women Pairs going into the final day. three A’s and an incomplete, and passed. Phyllis Fireman and Shannon Cappelletti, whose Shortly after leaving law school, Coren built solid 62% afternoon and 58% evening has them his own law practice. He was married and had a sitting in second, are 9 points off the pace. two-week old daughter when he checked into a Closely following in third place, are last year’s local hospital for the routine treatment he needed to champions, Barbara Nist and Patti Hartley. manage his disease. What should have been routine The event concludes today. turned into tragedy. “I was mistreated,” he says. He became dehydrated. Sepsis set in, he suffered total organ Norwegians lead failure and he lapsed into a coma. “The hospital said ‘pull the plug,’ but my wife and business partner refused to accept that.” They Silodor Two members of Norway’s open team from the convinced the Ryder Trauma Center in Jackson 2012 World Championships are leading the Silodor continued on page 5 Open Pairs with two final sessions to play today. Thor Erik Hoftaniska and Thomas Charlsen take Two for the road: Poplawsky, a carryover of 256 into today’s play, ahead of another European pair, Tim Verbeek of the Netherlands and Hubert heading for retirement Christina Madsen of Denmark. Top today is 64. If not for a chance encounter with a pretty girl at a coffee shop 10K KO ends today at the University of Mexico about The teams captained by Michael McNamara and 50 years ago, the ACBL might Robert Todd will square off today in the final of the never have discovered the talents 0-10,000 Knockout. of Tournament Director Guillermo McNamara, Sylwia McNamara, Kelley Hwang, Poplawsky, working his last NABC Eric Robinson, Corey Krantz and Meyer Kotkin after nearly 36 years of service. played leapfrog with John Lewis’s team on Thursday, Poplawsky joins TD Olin sliding past Lewis in the fourth quarter to win 102- Hubert as short-timers at the Spring 99. NABC. Hubert is also doing his Todd, Spencer Jones, Peggy Ware and Garth swan song in Dallas, planning to Yettic dominated the squad captained by Eric join the ranks of players. Also in Hendrickson 165-52. Dallas, DIC Chris Patrias is serving in that capacity at an NABC for the last time, but he won’t put away the Guillermo Poplawsky Olin Hubert laws book until next spring. Gladfelters set the pace in Poplawsky, a civil engineering student at the Mexico City. Red Ribbon Pairs University of Mexico, knew nothing of bridge before Turns out he and three of his Mexican friends After the first two qualifying sessions of the Bean he encountered future wife Harlene Berry, a Phi Beta married women from the U.S. “and they taught us to Red Ribbon Pairs, Michael and Mary Jane Gladfelter Kappa student from Oklahoma, at the university in continued on page 9 of Columbus OH are in front with a carryover of 103 points. Not far behind in second – with a 92-point ATTENDANCE carryover – are Julian and Elizabeth Wachs from Goodwill Message Chapel Hill NC. Seventy-eight pairs advanced to the through Thursday final day. Accept defeat and victory with grace. Players earn a red ribbon qualification by placing 7421 tables Sandy DeMartino, Chair first or second overall in regionally rated events of at Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee least Flight B status. Page 2 Friday, March 28, 2014 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Friday, March 28 Sunday, March 30 11 pm-Midnight Women’s International Team Trials meeting. (Sheraton Peter Pender Memorial . (Room TBA) Hotel, 4th floor, Remington) Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA) CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! (Conference Center, 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom) Friday, March 28 Saturday, March 29 9:15 a.m. Tom Carmichael Cuebids: More Than a Slam Try 9:15 a.m. Gary King Working at Bridge 6:45 p.m. Donna & Chris Compton Strip ‘em & End ‘em 6:45 p.m. Eddie Wold & Bob Morris Q & A ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY Late-night snacks served at 10:30 p.m. in the Grand Hall on the first floor of the Conference Center. Friday, March 29 Friday, March 27-28 Lemon squares After the Texas Holdem Poker Tournament. $10 and rebuys Saturday, March 30 evening session until midnight. (Conference Center, 3rd floor, Houston Ice cream Ballroom)

New Life Master News How low can you go? Today Monaco, tomorrow Congratulations to new Life Master Dolores By Barry Rigal Reiley. Reiley, from San Antonio, needed about . . . the consolation KO The regional knockouts and the regional Swiss By Barry Rigal six gold points to get her gold card. On Tuesday, teams produced two deals with a similar theme. Here In our loss to the Monaco team (considerably her team made it to the third round of the Senior they are, and I’ll present them to you as problems – weakened by Pierre Zimmermann’s need to return Knockout, which was good for about half the points then discuss the action at the table. home for a family emergency), Jeff Aker was she needed. She picked up the rest when her team Dlr: South ♠ A K Q confronted with an interesting problem. How would finished third in their bracket in the Wednesday Vul: Both ♥ K 7 5 you deal with it? Compact KO. Her teammates – all from San Antonio ♦ 10 4 Dlr: West ♠ 5 4 2 – are Kathy Sinkin-Amor, Beth Gale and John Hilbig. ♣ 9 8 7 6 2 Vul: N-S ♥ J 10 9 7 The four play regularly at the Fiesta Bridge Club. ♦ K 6 5 3 Marcia Cornell of Hilton Head SC gets double ♠ J 6 4 ♣ 7 4 honors for her team’s finish in Thursday’s Stratified ♥ A J 10 9 8 6 2 ♠ Q Swiss Teams – first in Strat C, third in B and fifth in ♦ Q ♥ A Q 6 4 2 A. The 8.48 gold points she earned were enough to ♣ 4 3 ♦ 10 7 2 earn her a gold card as a new Life Master and a new West North East South ♣ K 6 5 3 Bronze Life Master. Cornell played with Roger Baim, 3♥ West North East South also of Hilton Head. Their teammates were Sandy Pass 4♥ All Pass 1♥ Pass 1♠ Dbl Williams of Atlanta and Rita Sanders of Bluffton SC. West leads the ♦K and gets a count of the 2♣ Pass Pass 2NT ♦2. West then shifts to the ♣A: 2, 10, 3. He continues Pass 3NT All Pass with the ♣5 to the king. East continues with the ♣J. Be Scent-sitive! Your low club lead goes to the 8 and declarer’s Plan the play from here. Some people have an extreme sensitivity to queen. At trick two, the ♥K appears on the table. Second deal: fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL Make a play . . . and a plan. Dlr: South ♠ A Q J 10 clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that At the table, West ducked, won the next heart as Vul: Both ♥ 8 7 4 prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The East discarded the ♣J, then led a low club. Declarer ♦ A 10 4 ACBL has not issued an official policy on the (Aker) ducked, won the next club, cashed the ♦A and ♣ J 6 4 matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of ♦Q, followed by the top two spades, then put West in its members to refrain from using fragrances. with a heart. ♠ 6 3 Because requires players to be West could cash his heart and club winners, but ♥ A Q J 6 5 2 in close proximity to each other, individuals who then had to give dummy the lead. That was nine ♦ Q 9 suffer from fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid tricks: three diamonds and two winners in each of the ♣ Q 10 9 those who are wearing them. Among the commonly other suits. The full deal: reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, ♠ 5 4 2 West North East South fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine ♥ J 10 9 7 1♥ sufferers) or breathing-related problems. For these ♦ K 6 5 3 2♥ Dbl 2NT Pass individuals, the issue is much more serious than ♣ 7 4 3♦ 4♥ Dbl All Pass simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real health ♠ Q ♠ J 10 9 7 (1) Spades and a minor. problem. ♥ A Q 6 4 2 ♥ 5 This might well be an awkward play problem, The ACBL asks everyone to give this issue the ♦ 10 7 2 ♦ J 9 8 4 but the defenders draw you a road map. The ♣8 goes consideration it deserves. Please, if you’re going to ♣ K 6 5 3 ♣ J 10 9 8 to East’s king. That player cashes the ace as you drop play in a club or a tournament, don’t wear cologne, ♠ A K 8 6 3 the queen. A third club does to dummy’s jack as West perfume or scented lotions. ♥ K 8 3 pitches a low diamond. Now what? ♦ A Q Problem 1: Alan Foster decided clubs were 4-2, ♣ A Q 2 Pick up your prizes so he ruffed with the ♥A as West pitched a diamond. The key to the defense is that West must win the The Prize Desk is located on the third floor of Foster then led the ♥2 to the 4, 5 and . . .3. second heart and cash the ♥A before exiting in clubs. the Sheraton Conference Center. There are many Problem 2: Ed Freeman knew trumps were 4-0. Then he cannot be subsequently endplayed in hearts. unclaimed prizes. If you have earned one or more, With entries to dummy at somewhat of a premium Not easy to see? please visit the Prize Desk as soon as possible. (especially if spades were 6-1), he led the ♥4 from On the same floor, there is a Lost and Found at dummy: 3, 2 . . . discard. Freeman could then draw the Registration Desk. trumps with the aid of the spade and make Ante up amigo! an overtrick. The 7-IMP pickup was good enough to You can’t leave Texas without playing Texas Wash your hands help Freeman’s team tie for first in the Swiss. holdem! The poker tournament will be held tonight This is the cold and flu season, so please be beginning after the evening session – entries and considerate of your fellow players by washing rebuys until midnight. The entry cost is $10. All your hands frequently and making use of the hand Vendor locations the money goes into the prize pool. Blinds will be sanitizers provided for you in the playing area. There are several vendors – books, jewelry and increased every 10 minutes to ensure an early finish. There are 15 of them. Note, however, that health other items – on the first floor of the Conference The tourney will be held in the Conference Center, officials emphasize such devices are no substitute for Center in the area where regional and national events third floor, Houston Ballroom. (Psssssst … if Steve thorough hand washing with soap and warm water. are being played. Weinstein sits down at your table, move!) Daily Bulletin Friday, March 28, 2014 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS you are, the more important TWO-SUITED HANDS it is to have two good suits. A By Brent Manley hand such as ♠8 ♥A 5 ♦Q 8 7 5 3 You don’t leave Gary Zeiger speechless very ♣Q J 5 4 3 often, but it happened at an NABC in Washington courts disaster. Partner, after DC. In the hotel lobby, the Arizona-based Zeiger all, might have to pick a approached Janice Bruce of North Haven CT and minor from a hand such as asked whether she was going to say hello. Bruce ♠7 6 4 3 ♥Q 10 4 3 2 ♦J 4 didn’t recognize Zeiger, so she replied, “Not yet.” ♣9 2 Said Zeiger,“Either you have a bad memory or The opponents will be a twin sister.” grateful as they pull out their Turns out it was the latter. Zeiger thought Bruce double cards. Your partner was June Newth, his friend and Bruce’s identical will be annoyed. twin sister. Newth lives in Yuma AZ. When you’re vulnerable, this is about the minimum you That story is a should put down in dummy: perfect lead-in to ♠4 ♥A 10 ♦Q J 10 9 8 today’s topic. It is ♣A J 9 7 6 about two-suited for your unusual 2NT bid. hands: how to bid There’s another them and how to consideration in the use of defend against this convention: If you don’t them. think your side is likely to There are many win the auction – especially conventions for when you are vulnerable and showing two- they’re not – it’s silly to make suiters, but it’s a bid that describes your hand probably best for newcomers to start with the two so accurately. Knowing your they will see the most: the Unusual NT and the shape will give declarer a Michaels cuebid. huge advantage in the play of This article will cover the Unusual NT, which the cards. He will, after all, works basically like this: When your right-hand know at least 10 of your cards opponent opens one of a suit, a jump bid to 2NT right off the bat. by you shows the two lowest unbid suits. When The Unusual 2NT can you have overcalled one of a major with 2NT, the be an effective weapon bid shows the minors. When you use it over 1♣, it of preemption if used shows hearts and diamonds; over 1♦, it shows clubs judiciously. When you find and hearts. a big fit in one of the 2NT The “unusual” part has to do with the fact that bidder’s suits, you can really a bid of 2NT normally shows a strong, balanced sock it to them. So what do overcaller’s suits and some high-card strength; at hand. A hand that qualifies for an Unusual 2NT you do when they wheel it out against you? most a doubleton in hearts. This is penalty oriented. is anything but strong and balanced. In That kind of interference can be annoying, and Pass – nothing to say: weak hand and/or no fact, when the vulnerability is in your favor, you the best way to deal with it is to use the overcaller’s support for hearts. can be a bit frisky with your 2NT interventions. suits against them. Here is a scheme known as 3♣ - at least a limit raise in support of hearts. Remember, the 2NT bid must be a jump. 2NT Unusual over Unusual. In this scheme, bids of clubs always correspond to over an opening bid of 2♥, for example, shows a When partner opens one of a major and the next hearts. balanced 15-18 and stoppers in hearts. player bids 2NT to show the minors, you can bid 3♦ - a good hand with at least five spades Remember also that 2NT over an opening bid clubs and diamonds to convey different information (diamonds correspond to spades), probably without shows at least 5-5 in the relevant suits. You may about your hand. There are many variations, but three or more hearts. be eager to try out your new convention, but be this one is the simplest. Say partner opens 1♥ and 3♥ - weak raise in hearts; just competing. disciplined and wait until you have right shape. RHO bids 2NT. Here are your options and their 3♠ - weakish hand with length in spades. Not Your partner will appreciate it. meanings: forcing. Another important point: The more vulnerable Double – a good holding in at least one of the Tomorrow: the Michaels cuebid.

a stopper in case East gets the lead. The diamond point in playing the queen from dummy. Thinking bridge finesse is going into East, so that seems to be a With A-x facing Q-x-x in the dummy, it is By Eddie Kantar clever idea. usually right to win the with the ace, After the winning the ♠A, run the ♦8 (or the particularly if you plan to take a finesse into your Dlr: South ♠ Q 4 2 ♦J). The finesse loses, but East cannot attack spades right-hand opponent. However, if you absolutely Vul: None ♥ 6 5 3 without surrendering a trick to dummy’s queen. In need two quick tricks in the suit, play the queen. ♦ A Q 10 9 6 the meantime, you now have nine tricks: four ♣ K 6 diamonds, two hearts, two clubs and one spade. Leaders in the ♠ J 10 8 ♠ K 9 7 5 3 Playing the ♠Q at trick one is an optical illusion. If ♥ Q 8 2 ♥ J 10 9 4 West has led from the king, you can always take a Intermediate/Newcomer ♦ 5 4 ♦ K 7 second spade trick later. If East has the king, your ♣ J 9 4 3 2 ♣ Q 10 now-guarded queen protects you from a further masterpoint race ♠ A 6 spade attack. (through Thursday afternoon, March 27) ♥ A K 7 The bottom line 1 10.64 Scott Dunlop, Smiths Falls ON ♦ J 8 3 2 Defensively, when the bidding goes 1NT-pass 2 10.64 Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON ♣ A 8 7 5 3NT, it is healthier to lead a as opposed 3 9.54 Martha Ward, Plano TX to a minor. If dummy had one or two four-card 4 9.54 Linda Lindley, Dallas TX West North East South majors, 2♣ would have been the original response. 5 9.34 Jim Wolf, Littleton CO 1NT In the absence of a 2♣ response, expect minor-suit 6 9.34 John Wolf, Ft. Collins CO Pass 3NT All Pass length to hit the table. 7 8.98 Jesse Edmonds, Terrell TX Opening lead: ♠J. Plan the play. When the opponents lead a jack against your 8 8.98 Joan Edmonds, Terrell TX Solution: notrump contract, find out if they are using the lead 9 8.43 Richard Golmon, Alexandria LA This deal is supposed to be a “confidence convention “jack denies.” If they are, the jack is the 10 8.32 Connie Van Patter, McKinney TX builder.” To receive an “A,” all you have to do is opening leader’s highest card and there is not much 11 8.32 Patsy Rainwater‑Maddu, McKinney TX play low from dummy and preserve the queen as continued on page 14 Page 4 Friday, March 28, 2014 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO BRACKET I THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES 6 Tables 18.0 Tables Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL; Russell A B C Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Piotr Gawrys - Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; David Bakhshi, London England 4.25 1 1 Judith Clark - Susan Wight, Virginia Beach VA 60.71% vs 3.19 2 2 1 Kenneth Gibson - Wendy Gibson, Stow OH 60.58% Joann Bowen - Arline Benzien, Ventura CA; Daniel Neill, Portland 2.39 3 3 Benjamin Eisenberg - Susan Eisenberg, Boca Raton FL 59.13% OR; Paul Heller, Marietta GA 2.27 4 4 2 Geoffrey Hadlock - Michael Heimann, Warsaw IN 58.91% 1.83 5 5 Dee Androus - Warren Androus, Avon CO 58.46% WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO BRACKET II 1.31 6 6 Virginia Bright, Nokomis FL; Katherine Grant, Riverview FL 55.66% 6 Tables Michael Castagna - Glenna Castagna, Muskegon MI; Cameron 1.70 3 G Brantz, Plano TX; Joe Cameron, Frisco TX 55.26% Shunta - Renee Shunta, Grand Haven MI 1.28 4 John Krah, Seattle WA; Dave Kuschel, Minot ND 53.49% vs 0.96 5 George Mitchell, Douglas NB; Sheila Harrison, Houston TX 51.63% Julie Arbit, Rochester Hills MI; Andrew Cavalier - Christian Jolly, 0.83 6 Melvyn Klein - Roberta Klein, Englewood CO 50.64% Huntsville AL; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO BRACKET III THURSDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 5 Tables 6.0 Tables Jan Capehart - Sherri DeMier - May Young - Dianne Dericks, Tulsa A B C OK 1.68 1 1 1 Christine Schuepach - Harriet Cousins, Dallas TX 63.33% vs 1.26 2 Wilma Hill - J David Hill, Arlington TX 60.42% Blythe Olshan Findley - David Findley, Westchester IL; Ying 0.98 3 2 2 Elizabeth Walker - Gary Walker, Lakeway TX 60.00% Freedman, Palm Bch Grdns FL; Nancy Alciatore, Dunedin FL 0.71 4 Jana Dabney - Sydney Jorgensen, Chickasha OK 53.75% THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET I 0.73 3 3 Jean Durocher, Austin TX; Earnestine Broyles, Lakeway TX 53.33% 10 Tables 0.55 4 Cathy Allen - Valene Cloud, Little Rock AR 52.08% James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Jerry Marchant, Green Lake WI; Robert Webster, Ripon WI; Won Yang, Clermont FL THURSDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS vs 18.5 Tables Sam Shah - Jo Shah, Irving TX; Siddhi Vasa, Cherry Hill NJ; Carolyn Sprague, Anchorage AK A B C 4.10 1 Daniel Solow - Arthur Heuer, Cleveland OH 73.81% Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Suman 3.59 2 1 1 John Connolly, St Paul MN; Kurt Schultz, Stillwater MN 65.51% Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Anton Habash, Oxford OH 2.69 3 2 2 Robert Babb - Laurie Hartline-Babb, Magnolia TX 64.33% vs 2.02 4 3 3 Larry Cain - Patty Kleckner, Dallas TX 63.22% G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Boynton Beach FL; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw 0 1.51 5 4 Pam Barksdale - Jane Boozalis, Houston TX 61.52% Poland 1.34 6 Rhonda McMullen - Ed McMullen, Searcy AR 57.83% 1.14 5 Amanda Shaw - Shirley Davenport, Odessa TX 56.18% THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1.00 6 4 Susan Kroney - Barbara Ching, Dallas TX 54.98% BRACKET II 0.75 5 Susan Moss - Beverly Ginsburg, Dallas TX 53.64% 9 Tables 0.56 6 Martha Ward, Plano TX; Linda Lindley, Dallas TX 53.51% Jane Kirby - Marjorie Deutsch - Diana Winkelmann, Dallas TX; Bob Ingebritson, Lewisville TX vs VALLEY VIEW BRIDGE CLUB TUES-THURS AFT/EVE SIDE SERIES Mary Adams - Jan Hart, Temple TX; Patricia Jones, Pickerington 26.0 Tables OH; Jane Witherspoon, Worthington OH A B C 5.46 1 1 1 Spencer Kiernan, Chadds Ford PA; Mark Miller, Austin TX 61.38% George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA; Ann 4.10 2 2 2 Gretchen Blakey - Churchill Blakey, Broadway VA 60.92% Atcheson, Fairfax VA; M. David Jackson, Alexandria VA vs 3.36 3 3 Jane De Briyn, Easton MD; Beth Reshefsky, Virginia Beach VA 60.38% Kathy Bergman - Sue Gainer - Enid Bross - Doreen Marek, 2.30 4 4 Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Fort Worth TX; Virginia Sherman, Dallas TX 58.54% Goodyear AZ 1.73 5 5 Loretta Green, Dodd City TX; Frank Morgan, Williamstown MA 58.38% 2.35 6 6 Billie Turner, Greeley CO; John Krueger, Estes Park CO 58.08% Masterpoint disclaimer 2.05 3 Kenneth Gibson - Wendy Gibson, Stow OH 57.31% Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are 1.54 4 Steven Hollahan - Julie Valentine, Austin TX 56.85% subject to change because of score changes or 1.15 5 Luraette Tucker - Wendy Wheeler, Little Rock AR 55.69% corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, 1.39 6 Judy Dyer, Bluffton SC; Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI 53.92% therefore, also subject to change.

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Coren Happy 55th anniversary to Bill and Phyllis continued from page 1 Harlan. “Fifty-five years ago, we were driving FL to accept him, and he was flown by helicopter through Dallas on our way to New Orleans for to the prestigious medical center. He received the our honeymoon,” says ACBL President Phyllis. best treatment available as he lay in a coma for four The two met at the University of Oklahoma, and months. His doctors set his odds of survival at 10,000 got married on the day before Easter. Bill was all ready to celebrate their second anniversary on to one. the day before Easter – but Easter is, of course, Then one day he woke up. Somewhat surprised a moving target. “So that wasn’t right,” Bill says. to find himself hooked up to a ventilator with a Their third anniversary passed without either of tracheotomy tube and monitoring devices connected them remembering it. They then made 328 the everywhere, he opened his eyes to see a crowd of code to unlock their luggage and they’ve been doctors and residents. His first words were, “Thank celebrating ever since. you for saving my life.” Coren’s doctors said he had the strongest will to live they’d ever seen. Intense, prolonged rehabilitation followed. Because at the time there was no trauma rehabilitation – REVISED center to accommodate a patient with his severe 91.0 Tables / Based on 176 Tables and many needs, he was sent to a spinal cord rehab 100.00 1 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Richard Coren, Delray Beach FL 2970.89 facility. 75.00 2 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 2933.74 Coren has since developed the recovery program 56.25 3 John Bromberg - Beth Bromberg, Dallas TX 2923.35 44.44 4 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA; Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 2852.16 he needed and made it his business: a hospital- 40.00 5 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 2844.06 based, multi-disciplinary special care unit to treat 36.36 6 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 2794.46 the catastrophically ill, wean patients from their 33.33 7 Catherine Gay, Kalamazoo MI; William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI 2791.68 ventilators and provide complete rehabilitation. 30.77 8 James Ward - Karen Walker, Champaign IL 2790.40 Except for doctors, his company provides complete 28.57 9 Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV; Gigi Simpson, Sarasota FL 2779.11 staffing. The program, instituted first at Ryder Trauma 26.67 10 Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; Fleur Howard, Gates Mills OH 2765.71 Center, is now in the three biggest major medical 25.00 11 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Virginia Noelke, San Angelo TX 2763.61 centers in Florida and it is expanding nationally. 23.53 12 Wietske van Zwol, Tilburg, Netherlands; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 2762.64 Bridge became part of Coren’s recovery. 22.22 13 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 2756.90 “I grew up in a bridge family,” Coren says. 21.05 14 Anam Tebha - Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 2738.43 20.00 15 Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Mildred Breed, Austin TX 2737.16 His “uncles” were frequent visitors such as Sidney 19.05 16 Eugene Kales, Arlington VA; Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD 2733.25 Silodor and Norman Kay. He started playing at 18.18 17 Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN; Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 2726.84 17 and became a Life Master at 18. He played 17.39 18 Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC; Luz Ortega, Melbourne FL 2721.34 professionally for a time. When life (and near-death) 16.67 19 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 2697.46 things interfered, however, “there were 25 years in 16.00 20 David Caprera - Anne Brenner, Denver CO 2694.34 the middle with no bridge.” 15.38 21 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 2685.46 It was Peter Weichsel who beckoned him back. 14.81 22 Bonnie Melchior - Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 2685.08 He introduced Coren to vugraph on OKbridge. 14.29 23 Scott Levine - Judi Radin, New York NY 2677.85 “The nurse would prop up the computer 13.79 24 Kathy Logue, Davie FL; Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL 2677.64 so I could watch Peter and Bobby Levin and Jeff 13.33 25 James Olson - Ellen Olson, Charleston WV 2675.26 12.90 26 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 2670.57 Meckstroth and all my old friends play on vugraph,” 12.50 27 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA 2668.68 he says. 12.12 28 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 2663.63 “My first tournament, when I was well enough 11.76 29 Ray Miller, Seattle WA; Cristal Nell, Redmond WA 2650.91 to go, was a team game at Jekyll Island. I went with 11.43 30 Rosemary Kelley, Austin TX; Wiley McMinn III, Cedar Park TX 2645.55 Peter, Mark Molson, the Ekeblads and my nurse.” 11.11 31 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Bob Drijver, Netherlands 2636.10 Coren hasn’t had an episode since his 1994 10.81 32 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Alison Wilson, New York NY 2631.53 collapse. He manages the disease with diet, exercise, 10.53 33 Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Julia Bomalaski, Indialantic FL 2628.12 medication and monthly IV treatments. 10.26 34 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 2627.67 He calls bridge “my passion,” and what a gleam 10.00 35 G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON 2626.79 he has in his eye when he talks about his partners and 9.76 36 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 2626.53 9.52 37 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 2624.52 some of the deals they played. While flagging stamina 9.30 38 Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX; Jo Smith, Abilene TX 2623.17 and difficulty concentrating – common with Crohn’s 9.09 39 V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 2622.02 patients – plague him, he feels fortunate to be in a 8.89 40 Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD; Alexander Prairie, Washington DC 2611.49 position that enables him to play with bridge’s greats. 8.70 41 Cindy Bernstein, Matthews NC; Jim Gobert, New York NY 2611.00 “The secret is that I try to play my best and I try 8.51 42 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 2609.05 to help my professional bridge friends financially. 12.37 43 En Xie, Saint Louis MO; Debra Romero, Clarkson Vly MO 2608.01 It doesn’t hurt that they are amazing, world-class 8.16 44 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Ethan Stein, Irvington NY 2604.09 players!” 8.00 45 Si Dombu - Adis Dombu, Las Vegas NV 2597.39 With his passion and drive, it is likely Coren’s 7.84 46 Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN; Ronald DeHarpporte, Edina MN 2597.15 photo will be back on the front page of the Daily 7.69 47 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 2590.22 7.55 48 Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Susan Picus, New York NY 2582.26 Bulletin in tournaments to come. “I go to war every 7.41 49 Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 2582.00 day,” he says. 7.27 50 Linda Bandler - Mike Bandler, Alamo CA 2581.83 THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO THURSDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS BRACKET III 9 Tables 3.0 Tables Yoli Herrmann - Ann Marie Ross - Barbara Nystrom - Susan Theiss, A B Houston TX 1.37 1 1 Sharon Henry, Colleyville TX; Bonnie Boyer, Redford TX 64.13% vs 1.03 2 Jamie Cornelius - Carolyn Baker, Dallas TX 59.78% Martyn Cooper, Crested Butte CO; Beth Todd, New Orleans LA; 0.84 2 Veronica Vokolek - Glenna Crawford, Plano TX 55.43% Adam White, Colleyville TX; Michael Thorpe, Montrose CO

Gayle Orvis - Robert Orvis, Burleson TX; Rachael Garrity, Radford THURSDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS VA; Martha Harvey, Wichita Falls TX 21.0 Tables vs A B C Pamela Ames, Maryville IL; Vicki Valley, Edwardsville IL; Donna 4.38 1 1 Sandra McMinn, Houston TX; Laveta Christian, West Columbia TX 63.99% Murphy, Worden IL; Joyce Kirby, Glen Carbon IL 3.29 2 2 1 Martha Ward, Plano TX; Linda Lindley, Dallas TX 62.50% 2.46 3 3 2 Robert Babb - Laurie Hartline-Babb, Magnolia TX 61.01% WEDNESDAY EVENING ZIP SWISS 9 Tables 1.85 4 4 Patsy Rainwater-Maddu - Connie Van Patter, McKinney TX 59.52% 2.88 1 Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH; Cenk Tuncok, 1.48 5 Rhonda McMullen - Ed McMullen, Searcy AR 59.23% Amesbury MA; Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA; Nongyu Li, 1.47 6 5 3 Sue Ann Arthur, Frico TX; Nancy Zimmer, Frisco TX 58.04% Palo Alto CA 0.95 6 Cindy Whitten - Lenette Sadler, Carrollton TX 57.44% 2.02 2 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Lorraine 0.85 4/6 Gay McAlister, Dallas TX; Regina Cox, Beaumont TX 54.17% Cable, Elmhurst NY; Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Randall Rubenstein, 0.85 4/6 John Connolly, St Paul MN; Kurt Schultz, Stillwater MN 54.17% 1.15 3/4 Silvana Zangri, Syosset NY; Dominique 0.85 4/6 Louella Josset - Selwyn Josset, Dallas TX 54.17% Schneider, Old Brookville NY; Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 1.15 3/4 Stephen Drodge - Robert Brady, McLean VA; Alexander Prairie, Washington DC; Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD

Page 6 Friday, March 28, 2014 Daily Bulletin PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS 72 Tables Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Fulvio Fantoni - John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Claudio Nunes - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness, Monaco G FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria vs NY Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; 50.00 9/16 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Eldad Nick Nickell, New York NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Ginossar, Chicago IL Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Eric 50.00 9/16 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Rodwell - Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Erik vs Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt; Alex Smirnov, Zion Israel; Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan Israel Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; 50.00 9/16 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New Los Angeles CA; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal York NY Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland Marty Fleisher - Chris Willenken - Zia Mahmood, New York 50.00 9/16 William Pollack - Rozanne Pollack - Shane NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 50.00 9/16 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce vs Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Berend Van Den Bos, Zuid- Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Holland Netherlands; Joris Van Lankveld, Amsterdam Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Cezary Netherlands; Richard Ritmeijer - Magdalena Ticha, Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Groningen Netherlands Poland 50.00 9/16 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Josh Donn, Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg Las Vegas NV; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan Poland; Michal MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Michal Kwiecien, Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland Lublin Poland; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Pratap 50.00 9/16 Yanhong Wang, Beijing People’s Republic of Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL China; Wen Hu - Ling Gan - Yan Huang - Yiting Li - LiXuan vs Li, People’s Republic of China

1. Monaco 170 64. Nikolenkov 111 1. Monaco 36 101 122 167 32. Rigal (33) 33. Rigal 131 20 38 87 123 1. Monaco 32. Chambers 120 30 65 113 151 17. Hollman (48) 17. Martens 55 30 58 64 110 48. Hollman 129 17. Hollman (48) 25 69 102 132 16. Bloom (49) 49. Bloom 162 59 69 89 125 16. Levine 114 1. Monaco 8. Gromov 9. Rosenthal 138 56. Kasle 154 9. Kasle (56) 40 63 90 120 24. J. Lall 41. Glubok 92 3 30 81 102 9. Kasle (56) 24. J. Lall 152 9 71 82 120 8. Gromov 25. Ji Chen 117 53 74 124 174 40. d’Orsi 134 25. d’Orsi (40) 39 52 66 75 8. Gromov 57. Litvack 144 39 85 128 207 8. Gromov 170

5. Lynch 156 5. Lynch 60. Ai-Tai Lo 104 21 63 99 118 28. Meltzer 134 15 37 61 76 37. Grover 5. Lynch 28. Meltzer 137 26 50 112 167 21. H. Lall 21. H. Lall 143 28 33 60 91 44. Macchi 50 21. H. Lall 40 122 139 12. Moorthy (53) 53. Moorthy 134 26 32 71 w/d 12. Amoils 94 5. Lynch 4. Fleisher 13. O’Rourke 107 13. O’Rourke 52. Zambonini 80 13 35 69 142 20. Pollack (45) 45. Pollack 140 62 72 101 151 20. Ju 111 20. Pollack (45) 5 26 w/d 29. De Botton 182 29. De Botton 4. Fleisher 36. Barrettt 112 61 71 101 127 75 126 4. Fleisher 37 114 143 161 61. Grace 99 4. Fleisher 275 Daily Bulletin Friday, March 28, 2014 Page 7 PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS 50.00 9/16 Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Junjie Hu - 25.00 17/32 Okay Gur - Gokhan Yilmaz - Mustafa Cem Yichao Chen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Yinghao Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; Nik Demirev, Arlington Hts IL Liu, Beijing People’s Republic of China 25.00 17/32 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan, 25.00 17/32 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Las Vegas NV; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Platnick, Evanston IL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Darnestown MD; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Hampson, Las Vegas NV Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina 25.00 17/32 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc 25.00 17/32 Janet De Botton - Nick Sandqvist - Tom Jacobus - Curtis Cheek - Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Townsend - Thor Eric Hoftaniska, London England; Artur Ishmael Delmonte, New South Wales Australia; Eddie Wold, Malinowski, Harrow United Kingdom; Thomas Charlsen, Houston TX Bergen Norway 25.00 17/32 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Michael 25.00 17/32 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Kamil, Santa Clara CA; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Forest Hills NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Dror Padon - Alon Birman, Tel Columbus OH; John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Aviv Israel Okemos MI 25.00 17/32 Warren Spector, Palm Bch FL; Michael 25.00 17/32 Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; Zygmunt Becker, Boca Raton FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Sam Lev, Marcinski, Westmount QC; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; New York NY; Rosen Gunev, Sofia Bulgaria; Ivan Nanev, Bruce Rogoff, River Vale NJ 25.00 17/32 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, 25.00 17/32 Ernesto d’Orsi - Joao Paulo Campos - Bloomington NY; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Miguel Villas-Boas - Mauricio Figueiredo, Sao Paulo Weinstein, Omaha NE; Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ; Steve Brazil; Alejandro Bianchedi - Ernesto Muzzio, Buenos Aires Beatty, Mill Creek WA Argentina 25.00 17/32 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, 25.00 17/32 Steve Bloom - Betty Bloom, Duanesburg Las Vegas NV; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, NY; Geoffrey Brod, Boca Raton FL; Pat McDevitt - Alan Johanneshov Sweden; Tom Hanlon - John Carroll, Dublin Applebaum, Brookline MA; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield Ireland CT 25.00 17/32 Justin Lall - Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; 25.00 17/32 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Judith Bianco - Win Allegaert, Krishnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; Pritish Kushari - New York NY; Jim Krekorian, Pensacola FL Debasish Ray, Kolkata India 25.00 17/32 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark; Ron Rubin, Las Vegas NV; Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH

7. Verhees 113 7. Wang (58) 58. Wang 115 27 76 102 118 26. Street 18 40 75 108 39. Harris 96 7. Y. Wang (58) 143 59 66 88 119 26. Street 10. Mahaffey npc 32 69 116 166 23. Gupta 177 23. Gupta 42. Graverson 78 18 33 102 102 10. Mahaffey npc 55. Dinkin 87 54 95 107 165 7. Mahaffey npc (10) 10. Sadek 159 2. Nickell

15. Schwartz 165 15. Schwartz 50. Steinberg 137 24 61 81 156 18. Tulin 7 12 34 70 47. Dong 78 15. Schwartz 18. Tulin 45 70 87 92 181 2. Nickell 31. De Falco 34 63 121 170 116 34. Maksymetz 31. Maksytmetz (34) 118 68 84 96 132 2. Nickell 21 80 133 195 63. Nistor 24 2. Nickell 143

3. Diamond 171 3. Diamond 62. Kokten 123 9 20 56 72 30. Pa. Fireman 35. McAllister 120 3. Pa. Fireman (30) 43 66 125 176 30. Pa. Fireman 185 32 83 169 189 14. Shanghai UC (51) 54 97 109 149 19. Spector 116 19. Spector 46. Ph. Fireman 39 24 47 61 95 14. Shanghai UC (51) 37 64 120 143 51. Liu 85 14. Berg 82 3. Fireman (30) 6. Gordon (11) 11. Gordon 137 11. Gordon 54. Narasimhan 101 17 35 71 110 22. Woolsey 43. Meyers 95 11. Gordon 34 52 77 96 22. Woolsey 114 49 95 141 178 6. Cayne 14 40 90 105 27. Gur 152 27. Assael 38. Wang 123 35 62 94 w/d 6. Cayne 55 90 161 59. Yang 67 6. Cayne 253 Page 8 Friday, March 28, 2014 Daily Bulletin

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS Good technique pays off 39.0 Tables In the round of 32 in the Vanderbilt Knockout A B C Teams, the Vinita Gupta squad faced the team whose 17.15 1 Nancy Stanton, Frisco TX; Lynne Wood, Richardson TX 62.02% non-playing captain is Jim Mahaffey. This deal, 12.86 2 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 61.21% played by Josef Piekarek and Alex Smirnov, helped 9.65 3 Allan Siebert - Bonnie Melchior, Little Rock AR 60.88% the Mahaffey team to victory. 7.24 4 Joseph Murray - Ricki Rogers, Mt Laurel NJ 59.62% 5.72 5 Marvin Darter - Linda Darter, North Port FL 59.59% Dlr: North ♠ K Q 7 11.02 6 1 Bruce Altshuler, Los Angeles CA; Marel Bates, Winnetka CA 59.46% Vul: Both ♥ K J 8 8.27 7 2 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 58.10% ♦ A J 4 3 2 6.20 8 3 1 Cheryl Mathias, Sugarland TX; Lisa Zummo, Houston TX 56.12% ♣ 9 4 3.84 9 Everette Lewis, San Antonio TX; Art D’Entremont, Regina Beach SK 55.92% ♠ 8 6 3 ♠ J 5 4.65 10 4 Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA; Cordelia Menges, New York NY 55.87% ♥ 9 5 3 ♥ 10 7 4 2 5.48 11 5 Glen Anderson - Tammy Moll, Raleigh NC 55.77% ♦ K Q 6 5 ♦ 9 8 7 3.19 6 Arlie Lamb, San Mateo CA; Joel Steinberg, Burlingame CA 55.72% ♣ Q J 5 ♣ K 10 8 3 3.73 7 Candace Dauphinot, Santa Barbara CA; Kiendl Gordon, New York NY 54.53% ♠ A 10 9 4 2 2.45 8 Bill Osborn - Bob McNeill, Frisco TX 54.18% ♥ A Q 6 4.45 2 Alan Godes, Needham MA; Joseph Brouillard, Lincoln RI 53.57% 3.34 3 Robert Macneal, Prescott Valley AZ; Jane Friedman, Prescott AZ 52.94% ♦ 10 2.50 4 Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Thomas Greehan III, ♣ A 7 6 2 Southborough MA 52.02% West North East South 1.98 5 Paul Andre Paquin - Suzanne Arsenault, Saint-Bruno QC 51.27% Smirnov Piekarek 1.69 6 Beverly Strauss, Dallas TX; Randy Earle, McKinney TX 50.86% 1NT Pass 2♣ Pass 2♦ Pass 2♠ (1) TUESDAY-THURSDAY AFT/EVE SIDE SERIES OVERALLS Pass 2NT (2) Pass 3♣ (3) 92.50 Tables / Based on 26 Tables Pass 3♦ (4) Pass 4♣ (5) 10.01 1/2 Bob Scallan, Frisco TX 129.19% Pass 4NT (6) Pass 6♠ 10.01 1/2 Suresh Agrawal, Rowlett TX 129.19% All Pass 8.38 3/4 Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 125.76% 8.38 3/4 Thomas Corlett, Waco TX 125.76% (1) Forcing: shape asking. 6.76 5/6 Stan Hsu, Denton TX 123.36% (2) Five diamonds. 6.76 5/6 Gail Rutledge, Lewisville TX 123.36% (3) Further shape ask. 5.17 7/8 Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC 122.07% (4) 3=3=5=2. 5.17 7/8 Walter Pease, Anchorage AK 122.07% (5) Roman Key Car Blackwood for spades. (6) Two key cars with the queen. Email us Parking West led the ♣Q, taken by Piekarek, who played Got a hand you just have to share or a nice story? Discounted parking is available for all bridge a diamond to dummy’s ace and ruffed a diamond We’d love to see it. players: $15 a day if you self park, $20 a day valet. low in hand. He played the ♥Q to dummy’s king and The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: If you are staying at the Sheraton, the cost will be ruffed another diamond. Now a heart to the jack was [email protected]. You’ll also find it on applied to your room charges. If you are not staying followed by a fourth round of diamonds. East ruffed the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” between the at the hotel, you must pick up a parking validation. in with the ♠J, but Piekarek could over with the date and the editors’ names. You can get your parking validation at the ace, cash the ♠10 and play a spade to the dummy to This email address won’t be checked with any Information Desk on the third floor of the Conference pull trumps. He could discard two of his low clubs on regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please Center. the ♦J and ♠Q, losing only a club for plus 1430 and a continue to use our office email addresses for non- The Information Desk is open 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., 13-IMP gain (North-South at the other table were in tournament–related correspondence. noon to 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 4♠). Attention! You will not be able to pick up a validation after the game, so think ahead.

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professionally if the opportunity arises. THURSDAY - FRIDAY KO BRACKET I Retiring TDs One of the better aspects of his retirement, 12 Tables Ernesto d’Orsi, Sao Paulo Sp 04 Brazil; Mauricio Figueiredo, Sau continued from page 1 Hubert said, is that he won’t be cut off from the Paulo 05025 Brazil; Miguel Villas-Boas, Sao Paulo Brazil; Joao play bridge.” At that time, Poplawsky said, bridge friends he has made as a TD. He plans to be a regular Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo 01229 Brazil; Ernesto Muzzio - Alejandro at NABCs and various regionals. “Most directors like Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina was not a popular game in Mexico, where chess and vs dominos were the principal games. the camaraderie of working together,” he said. “I’m Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam After the girls taught the guys to play bridge, it not giving that up. I’ll see my friends a lot.” 3 Netherlands; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Daniel wasn’t long before the men found themselves at a Zagorin, Chicago IL duplicate club run by expatriate American John Pike. Devious doings Drew Casen - Justin Lall, Las Vegas NV; Judith Bianco - Winthrop Poplawsky was good with a pencil and addition, so By Barry Rigal Allegaert, New York NY; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Jack he was recruited to help out with games on occasion. Zhao, Boca Raton FL vs He took to matchpointing quickly. In the win by the Gaylor Kasle team over the Richard Coren, Delray Beach FL; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Daniel One day, Pike took Poplawsky aside and said Justin Lall squad in the round of 64 in the Vanderbilt Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Ranald Davidson, North York ON there was a special game coming up that Friday night Knockout Teams, the following deal swing the THURSDAY - FRIDAY KO BRACKET II “and you’re running it.” match. 12 Tables “You’re totally insane,” Poplawsky said, but he Dlr: North ♠ A K J 4 Jerry Hess - Terrell Holt - Sondra Holt - Melena Van Arsdall, ran the game anyway. “Nothing happened,” he said. Vul: Both ♥ A Q 5 Lexington KY “An idiot could have run that game.” vs ♦ A J 9 4 3 2 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Sandip Datta - Bhabesh It soon became clear that Poplawsky was adept at ♣ -- Saha, Kolkata West Be India; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata Wb 91 many aspects of directing and he was asked more and India; Debabrata Majumder, West Bengal J00 India more often to run local club games. ♠ Q 7 6 5 Yijian Cao, Dix Hills NY; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN; Nongyu In 1977, at the behest of Richard Goldberg ♥ 4 Li, Palo Alto CA; Shaojie Zhou, Syosset NY (ACBL’s chief executive), the organization sent ♦ Q 8 6 5 vs representatives to a tournament in Mexico known as ♣ Q 7 6 4 Fleur Howard, Gates Mills OH; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; the Mexican Nationals. Goldberg wanted to recruit Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY a director from the country to work for the ACBL. West North East South THURSDAY - FRIDAY KO BRACKET III Mexico was and is, after all, one of the four nations 1♦ 1♥ Dbl 14 Tables that make up the ACBL. Judith Ensor - Charles Ensor, Seabrook TX; Charlotte Coon, Deer 3♣ (1) 4♣ 4♥ 4♠ Park TX; Julia Blancet, League City TX “Three of us were tested,” Poplawsky said. “I Pass 5♣ Pass 5♥ vs was the least bad.” Pass 6♠ All Pass Adrianne Feuer, McKinney TX; R Randall Smith, Rockwall TX; Poplawsky’s first U.S. tournament as an ACBL (1) Fit-showing. Mark Hatkoff, Rowlett TX; Joseph Gill, Richardson TX director was at the 1978 Spring NABC in Houston. South felt that he was obliged to admit to a heart Lamya Agelidis, La Jolla CA; Robin Rodger - Paul Darin, San Diego He has worked more than 100 NABCs since then. He control after making the most discouraging noise CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA is leaving with associate national director rank. possible at his previous turn. Whether you agree or vs “I’ve loved the job,” Poplawsky said. “I have George Cowart - Gayle Cowart, Richardson TX; Jack Moore - not, if you bid them up you have to play them up. Virginia Moore, Colorado Spgs CO made many, many good friends and had many good How should you play on a passive lead such as experiences. I’m going to miss it, that’s for sure.” a heart or spade? What about on a club lead? Or the THURSDAY - FRIDAY KO BRACKET IV Poplawsky,76, has homes in Mexico City and 16 Tables lead of the ♦10? Walter Winters - Trudi Lamendola, Waco TX; Mary Sturtevant, Cuernavaca, about an hour’s drive to the south. He It seems to me that on a heart lead, you’d win the Plano TX; Pauline Mitchell, Frisco CO has been married to Emma Bensimon, a leading ♥A, ruff a heart, take the diamond finesse and try to vs animal rights crusader, for 21 years. He likes to ruff another heart. If the diamond finesse wins, you Dominique Guay, Orleans ON; John Burgoin, Brownsville TX; John Gitzen, Mercedes TX; Peter Jacquest, Souris MB paint and cook and occasionally work in his original can cope with 4-1 trumps. profession – civil engineering. He said he may run a On a club lead, you must ruff and play for 3-2 Tom Moore - Dorothy Moore, Keller TX; Colleen Bicket, Edmond few tournaments in Mexico after his ACBL’s days are trumps and a favorable diamond position. OK; Betty McCauley, Oklahoma City OK done. vs On the lead found at the table – the ♦10 – Tish Stephenson - Barbara Grantham - Gail Gillespie - Elisabeth “The favorite part of the job,” he said, “is the declarer rose with the ace, played the ♥A and ruffed Cabiness, Houston TX friendships.” a heart, then gave up a diamond. West won his ♦K (!) National TD Patty Johnson, who plans her own THURSDAY - FRIDAY KO BRACKET V and pumped dummy with a club. When trumps did 16 Tables goodbyes at the end of this year, said she and other not break, the result was down four! The full deal: Troy Carr, Cypress TX; Sheila Harrison - Katherine McClure - Chris veteran TDs will miss Poplawsky and Hubert. ♠ A K J 4 Whitelonis, Houston TX “They have been valuable directors for the ♥ A Q 5 vs ACBL,” Johnson said. “We will miss them as Pamela Ames, Maryville IL; Vicki Valley, Edwardsville IL; Joyce ♦ A J 9 4 3 2 Kirby, Glen Carbon IL; Donna Murphy, Worden IL colleagues but also as friends. The profession is more ♣ -- like a family than any other job I’ve ever had.” ♠ 9 ♠ 10 8 3 2 May Young - Dianne Dericks - Sherri DeMier - Jan Capehart, Tulsa Unlike Poplawsky, who probably won’t be seen OK ♥ J 9 3 2 ♥ K 10 8 7 6 vs much at NABCS, Hubert’s plans include lots of ♦ K 10 ♦ 5 Ying Freedman, Palm Bch Grdns FL; Nancy Alciatore, Dunedin FL; appearances. His retirement, he said, will be filled ♣ K J 9 8 5 2 ♣ A 10 3 Marlene Golden - Merry Balis, Austin TX with bridge play, something he has had to curtail in ♠ Q 7 6 5 the 21 years he has been a full-time ACBL employee. ♥ 4 Hubert learned bridge at the University of ♦ Q 8 6 5 Georgia, where he went in 1967 to study journalism. ♣ Q 7 6 4 reminder The college experience turned into more studying Yes, the club lead probably achieves a similar Each player is required to have a convention bridge than anything else, and it wasn’t until 20 years result, but this was more fun. The defenders were card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a later that he finally earned his degree. Piotr Tuczynski, West, and Michal Klukowski. session. The convention card must include the first “We had a game that started about and last name of each member of the partnership, and noon and ran until six or seven at night,” Hubert the cards must be identical. recalled. Studies were an afterthought. The Past Comes Alive If a director determines that neither player has He did land a job in his field, writing about Dutch players Frank van Wezel and Hans van a substantially completed card, the partnership may hunting and fishing for about 15 months for a small de Konijnenberg both collect books, magazines play only the Yellow Card and Georgia newspaper. “It was the ‘woods and water’ and Daily Bulletins about bridge. They especially may use only standard carding. This restriction may section,” he said. enjoy reading Daily Bulletins from the pre-internet be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round After the foray into journalism, Hubert bought era because they are a treasure trove of wonderful after convention cards have been properly prepared a rubber bridge club in Atlanta and ran it for about photographs, marvellous sketches, splendid deals and and approved by the director. Further, the partnership five years. After that, he started hanging out at tremendous stories and anecdotes. will receive a 1/6- matchpoint penalty for each some of the larger bridge clubs in the Atlanta area Frank and Hans decided that this material should board played, commencing with the next round and and learning the directing ropes as a helper. He be at the disposal of all bridge players. At the same continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team learned more by picking up backup sheets at local time, they want to save the history of bridge from games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the tournaments when all the results were posted and oblivion. Therefore they launched a free website director. matchpointed by hand. Picking up the backups was a www.bridgedailybulletins.nl. On this site you can find If the director determines the partnership has at way to get a foot in the door as a director. thousands of scanned bulletins, both from the digital least one substantially completed convention card Most of his tournament work for a period was era and before: WBF, EBL and ACBL championship but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, running midnight games, but he is now a respected bulletins, as well as many from miscellaneous the director may give warnings or assign such TD with associate national rank. tournaments around the world. penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the Hubert already has a team lined up for If you have bulletins that they are missing, please circumstances. the Knockout Teams at the 2014 contact them. Contact details can be found on the The objective of these warnings and penalties is Summer NABC in Las Vegas and may play a bit website. the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL regulations. 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NABC 0-10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS 20 Tables Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Spencer Jones - Peggy Ware - Garth Yettick, Denver CO vs Michael McNamara - Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Kelley Hwang - Eric Robinson, New York NY; Corey Krantz, Philadelphia PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 1 (7) Caspar 3 Todd 32.00 3/4 Eric Hendrickson, Minneapolis MN; Randy 52 70 86 114 77 92 132 132 Okubo, Saint Paul MN; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 8 (12) Lewis 6 (9) Zhou 32.00 3/4 John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL; Saul Gross, Miami 12 58 92 136 1 (12) Lewis 15 42 72 wd Beach FL; Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 16 36 87 99 14.40 5/8 Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Terry Richardson, 4 McNamara Austin TX; Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK; Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV 7 48 55 102 14.40 5/8 Russ Jones - Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Tom Turgeon, Memphis TN 14.40 5/8 Erli Zhou, Menlo Park CA; Zhou He, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN; Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA; Cao Yi, People’s Republic of China 4 McNamara 14.40 5/8 Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH; Peter Whipple, Mason 3 Todd OH; Barry Spector, Springfield VA; Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM

3 Todd Use of the ­– 63 89 126 165 Alerts and Announcements 2 (11) Hendrickson 15 34 45 52 When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires 9 (11) Hendrickson that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the 5(15) Schultz 32 61 82 141 same time. 15 29 74 82 2 (8) Jones When making an Announcement, use the 4 McNamara 21 60 82 114 Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the 44 94 127 203 Alert strip at the same time. A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made. Electronic Device Policy The electronic device policy at NABCs allows players to bring electronic devices such as cell THURSDAY STRATIFIED SWISS 54 Tables phones into the playing area provided that such A B C devices are turned off. 22.40 1 1 Yu Wei Wu - Xiao Feng Zhang, Beijing People’s Republic of Further, any such equipment China; Lidang Dong, Xian People’s Republic of China; Haitao must not be visible during the Liu, 100028 People’s Republic of China 191.00 session 16.80 2 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, The policy applies to all pairs, Portland OR; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY 183.00 team members, captains, coaches, 12.60 3 Irving Litvack, Toronto ON; Ian Findlay, North York ON; Michael kibitzers and play recorders, Ranis, New York NY; Stephen Mackay, Markham ON 176.00 except those designated by the 11.71 4 2 Patricia Latham - Tommy Latham, White House TN; Tommy Boze - ACBL and are in force throughout Linda Boze, Gallatin TN 163.00 8.78 5 3 1 Roger Baim, Okatie SC; Marcia Cornell, Hilton Head Isl SC; any actual playing session or segment of play. Sandra Williams, Woodstock GA; Rita Sanders, Bluffton SC 157.00 A violation of the policy will result in an 6.00 6/7 Mary Oshlag, Memphis TN; Carolyn Peters, Grapeland TX; Terry automatic disciplinary penalty of one full board (or Richardson, Austin TX; Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Tom Ottley, 12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for the first offense. Anchorage AK; Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV 150.00 A second offense will result in disqualification from 6.59 6/7 4 Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX; Richard Morris - the event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this Katherine Morris, Portland OR 150.00 policy will be removed from the playing area for the 4.98 8 Charles Price, Sherman TX; Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; remainder of the session. Marcus Poe Jr, Prosper TX; S Kohan, Dallas TX 149.00 4.09 9/11 Albert Shrive, Dalton PA; Thomas Andrews, Utica NY; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA 147.00 Check cashing and 4.83 9/11 5/6 Elaine McClure - William McClure, Longboat Key FL; Amy Blecher bridge bucks - Judy Soley, Scarsdale NY 147.00 The check-cashing desk, located on the second floor 6.49 9/11 5/6 2 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC; James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 147.00 of the conference center, will be open between noon 3.90 12 7 Joe Black - Lawton Hutchison, Austin TX; Sam Dodson, Houston and 1 p.m. every day through Saturday, March 29. TX; Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX 144.00 There is a limit of $500 per day for check cashing. 3.47 13 8 Abe Jakob, Ft Lauderdale FL; Leslie Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Members must provide their ACBL number. Paul Johnson - Richard Muse, Arkport NY 143.00 Bridge bucks are available for purchase at the check- 2.99 14 Leigh Ives, Barrie ON; Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON; Michael Diesel, cashing desk. Visa, MasteCard and Discover can be Saugus MA; Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA 142.00 used only to purchase bridge bucks. 3.12 15 9 John Rollinson, Clovis NM; Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI; Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD; Carol Lombardino, Spring TX 140.00 4.87 10 3 Frank Durante, Addison TX; Diana Chen - Sheri Wolkenstein - Notice to players Nancy Latner, Dallas TX 135.00 Each player must have an ACBL convention 3.27 11/12 4/5 Barbara Aide, Dallas TX; Ginger Morgan, Gordonville TX; Letty card filled out and on the table. Please note that Garek, Bedford TX; Bobbie Benson, Houston TX 130.00 other types of convention cards, such as the WBF 3.27 11/12 4/5 Catherine Supple, Seguin TX; Anita Albert - Barbara Vervenne - convention card or homemade cards that do not Patricia Berry, Austin TX 130.00 sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are 2.47 6 Shreedhara Ramarathnam - Paula Edwards, Tyler TX; Richard not acceptable substitutes. Stolle - Bernice Stolle, Gilmer TX 128.00 2.04 7/8 Kathy Bergman - Enid Bross - Sue Gainer - Doreen Marek, Goodyear AZ 125.00 Slow Play 2.04 7/8 Betty Nielsen, Fernandina Bch FL; Barbara Weinstein, Pittsburgh Slow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful PA; Ellen Flenniken, Fernandina Beac FL; Patt Corbin, Amelia play, is discourteous to your opponents -- and to all Island FL 125.00 other competitors as well. Players and pairs who take more than their allotted time are subject to penalty. In general, pairs who are rarely late will be Smoking Policy warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or Smoking is not permitted in the playing area pay no attention to time limits will be penalized. during any bridge playing event at an NBAC. This includes electronic smoking devices. Daily Bulletin Friday, March 28, 2014 Page 11

SILODOR PAIRS QUALIFIERS 65.0 Tables / Based on 130 Tables Carryover Time 1 Thor Eric Hoftaniska, England; Thomas Charlsen, Bergen Norway 256.00 By Ana Roth, Confederación Sud 2 Tim Verbeek, Ma Netherlands; Christina Madsen, Hellerup, Denmark 177.04 Americana du Bridge 3 Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC; Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV 165.48 (CsbNews.org) 4 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 153.06 On 22 September 1939, William McKenney, 5 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 145.23 6 Cedric Lorenzini, Paris France; Thomas Bessis, Paris 75015 France 142.58 secretary of the American League, 7 Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 141.30 wrote in an article for the Pittsburgh Press: 8 Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 140.46 FREAK distribution is the bugaboo of every 9 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 136.27 bridge player. While we all like to hold aces and 10 Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Alon Birman, Tel Aviv 62267 Israel 131.02 kings, there are times when too many of them is the 11 Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 129.05 cause of our downfall. When you hold an especially 12 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 117.29 powerful hand with a long suit and a or voids, 13 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA 116.81 take into consideration that the opponents may hold 14 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 114.19 similar hands. 15 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 112.87 16 Namik Kokten - Tuna Aluf, Instanbul Turkey 111.51 17 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 111.34 The No. 3 seed, captained by John Diamond, 18 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON 109.98 exited the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams after being 19 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ 108.28 trounced by the Paul Fireman squad. This deal – 20 Suleyman Kolata - Ismail Kandemir, 106.66 board 6 – contributed to Fireman’s success. 21 Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV; Ahmed Yousry, Cairo Egypt 106.58 Dlr: East ♠ J 9 3 2 22 Victor Chubukov - Eric Mayefsky, San Francisco CA 105.88 Vul: E-W ♥ 9 7 4 3 2 23 Okay Gur - Gokhan Yilmaz, Istanbul Turkey 105.66 ♦ Q 10 3 24 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 103.47 ♣ 10 25 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 102.38 ♠ Q 8 6 ♠ — 26 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 100.02 ♥ K Q 10 8 6 5 ♥ — 27 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 98.27 28 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; David Caprera, Denver CO 98.01 ♦ 8 ♦ A K J 9 7 6 5 4 2 29 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 94.51 ♣ Q 5 2 ♣ A J 8 3 30 Roger Lord - Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 90.35 ♠ A K 10 7 5 4 31 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA 89.03 ♥ A J 32 Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt; Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh Voorhou Netherlands 88.29 ♦ — 33 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR 88.17 ♣ K 9 7 6 4 34 Scott Levine, New York NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 87.04 West North East South 35 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Chris Hamman, Dallas TX 85.81 Greco Kranyak Hampson Demuy 36 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Geoffrey Brod, Boca Raton FL 83.40 1♦ 1♠ 37 Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 82.87 2♥ 3♠ 5♦ 5♠ 38 Roger Lee, Arcadia CA; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 81.26 39 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 75.92 Dbl Pass 6♦ Dbl 40 Mark Jones - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 75.70 All Pass 41/42 Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI; Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 75.48 Geoff Hampson decided to open his hand 1♦ 41/42 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV 75.48 and Vincent Demuy competed with 1♠. Eric Greco 43 Mark Bumgardner, Dallas TX; Bill Staats, Southlake TX 71.11 named his hearts and John Kranyak informed his 44 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 69.80 partner about his weak hand with four-card support. 45 Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Gary Cohler, Miami FL 69.75 Hampson continued, showing his self-sufficient 46 Hayk Bosnakyan - Gary Bernstein, Montreal QC 68.66 diamond suit at game level. 47 C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 68.49 Demuy, with his diamond void, competed to 5♠. 48 Chris Moore, Bellevue WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA 67.83 Greco doubled, but Hampson, holding an especially 49 Sam Lev, New York NY; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL 66.47 50 Atul Rai, Wichita KS; James Masilamani, Topeka KS 66.08 freak hand with two voids, gave some consideration 51 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 65.26 to the possibility that the opponents might hold 52 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 64.28 similar hands, pulled to 6♦. Now it was double time 53 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 64.21 for Demuy. Declarer made 11 tricks for one down. 54 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 63.68 West North East South 55 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; John Laufer, Toronto ON 63.24 Fireman Diamond Wolpert Platnick 56 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 62.80 6♦ 6♠ 57 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA 62.05 Pass Pass Dbl All Pass 58 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 61.36 At the other table, Gavin Wolpert, observing his 59 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 59.96 freaky hand, knew his opponents would likely have 60 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 59.74 61 Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark 59.05 similar distributions, but in the major suits. He knew, 62/63 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Richard Budd, Portland ME 55.80 too, that he would arrive at the six level in any case. 62/63 Michael Gill, Columbia MD; Noble Shore, Germantown MD 55.80 He decided to take the short cut and opened 64 Owen Lynch - Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 53.67 6♦. This gave him the advantage of the first move, 65 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 53.00 and the enemy was left with a guess. 66 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA 51.96 Platnick, in the dark, decided to compete with 67/68 Bud Hinckley - Howard Piltch, South Bend IN 51.65 6♠, and now it was double time for Wolpert. Declarer 67/68 Wei Tian - Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 51.65 made 10 tricks for two down. 69 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 49.68 The hand produced 11 IMPs for the Fireman 70 Flo Newlin - Cal Newlin Jr, Aurora CO 47.28 squad. 71 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 46.57 72 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL 46.18 73 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 45.87 74 Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA; Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA 45.53 75 Gabrielle Sherman, Santa Clara CA; David Gurvich, Brooklyn NY 45.31 Monitoring 76 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 44.61 At this and future North American 77 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Norman Humer, Andover MA 44.40 Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ 78 Ida Groenkvist, Orebro 70360 Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands 43.78 events with visible, real-time cameras. The images 79 Geoff Booth - Robert Sandfield, Houston TX 41.90 will be recorded and will be available for later official 80 Gerry McKim, Garland TX; Michael Hout, Plano TX 40.72 inspection and review. 81 Jack Bonney, Venice FL; Terry McHenry, Sarasota FL 39.62 82 Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 36.34 By general monitoring of the session and 83 Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Singapore; Aeron Ries, Bellingham WA 36.13 participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of 84 Robert Burgess, Grafton VA; Jian-Ping Chen, Yorktown VA 35.25 information that may be useful in determining facts 85 Randall Rubinstein, Brooklyn NY; Robert Brady, McLean VA 34.42 and settling issues arising from some types of ethical 86 Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD; Alexander Prairie, Washington DC 33.77 and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon 87 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL 33.28 a director if a problem occurs at the table. 88 J Bachman Nabors III, Kempner TX; Derrell Childs, Garland TX 32.68 This procedure is intended to assure everyone 89 Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; Donald Spaulding, Mount Kisco NY 32.58 that the playing field is level and that misbehavior 90 Bob Crossley, Corte Madera CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 32.46 will not be tolerated. 91 Michael Purcell, Loveland OH; Stephen Moese, West Chester OH 31.22 92 Siming Hui, Richardson TX; Fang Liu, 31.08 Page 12 Friday, March 28, 2014 Daily Bulletin

93 Billy Leeper, Ft Worth TX; Pat Cassidy, Arlington TX 30.87 94/95 Tom Townsend - Sandquist, London W9 1sd England 26.94 94/95 Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 26.94 96 Michael Roche, Victoria BC; John Rayner, Mississauga ON 26.85 97 Radu Nistor, Edison NJ; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Russia 26.51 98 Warner Solomon, United Kingdom; Michael Fithyan, United Kingdom 26.41 99 Stephen Bruce - C G Bell, Austin TX 26.16 100 Richard Holmes, Wichita KS; Mike McGill, Andover KS 25.63 101 Guss Ginsburg, New Orleans LA; Mike Doyle, Houston TX 25.19 102 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Netherlands 24.63 103 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 23.44 104 Lew Walter - Marin Marinov, New York NY 23.23 105 David Rodney, Fairfax VA; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 20.60 106 Michael Schreiber - Amy Downing, Memphis TN 20.38 107 Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA 20.33 108 Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 19.54 109/110 Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 18.15 109/110 Alan Myerson - Abby Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 18.15 111 Ronald Zucker, Washington DC; Michael Richey, Springfield VA 17.01 112 H Wendell Williams - Carolyn Bryan, Oklahoma City OK 14.26 113 Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Michael Creager, Brecksville OH 13.00 The Shriner’s convention 114 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Jeff Roman, Bend OR 12.24 By Stewart Cramer 115 Richard McCombs, Santa Fe NM; John Pendergrass, Albuquerque NM 11.86 Before he passed away 15 years ago at the age 116 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 11.59 117 Scott Hiller, Eden Prairie MN; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA 11.33 of 46, my brother Ken Cramer and I developed 118 Greg Loran, Lubbock TX; J Gittelman, Houston TX 11.15 the Shriner’s Convention as a set of partnership 119 Michael Christensen, Redmond WA; Michael Ring, Bothell WA 10.50 agreements to help reduce stress and tension at the 120 Ray Miller, Seattle WA; Mitch Towner, Austin TX 9.92 bridge table. We had been playing at the NABCs 121 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 8.79 since we started with almost no . 122 Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA 6.17 I lived in Rochester NY. He lived in Jacksonville 123 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Nancy Marcus, New York NY 4.73 FL. The NABCs were our way of getting together, 124 Kimmel Jones, Euless TX; Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA 4.64 at various places around the country, often where 125 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA; Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA 2.94 we had friends or relatives. One of the places was 126 Jim Dingwerth - William Hoge, Olathe KS 2.80 Memphis, where one of Ken’s regular partners, who 127 Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 0.97 128 Paul Janicki, Markham ON; Detlef Ladewig, Toronto ON 0.92 he referred to as Mr. Saturday, had moved, and was 129 Milton Zlatic - Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO 0.49 a friend and partner of the Oshlags (Richard and 130 James La Fountain, Temple TX; Jon Richard Ware, New Braunfels TX 0.00 Mary). Ken was a “bidding machine,” and he and Mr. Saturday had two convention cards – they played a Precision System non-vulnerable, and a complex WHITEHEAD WOMENS PAIRS QUALIFIERS 2/1 system when vulnerable. I was more of an old- 26.0 Tables / Based on 46 Tables Carryover fashioned Goren player who tried to play whatever 1 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 87.32 2 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 75.77 conventions my partner could teach me at the table, 3 Barbara Nist, Seatac WA; Patti Hartley, Kirkland WA 71.64 without having to read a book or an article. My 4 Sally Wheeler, The Woodlands TX; Cindy Bernstein, Matthews NC 69.52 strength was card play. 5 Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 68.24 I don’t know if it was because of this difference 6 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 61.04 in style, or just because we were brothers, but as 7 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 56.27 much as we enjoyed playing bridge as the modus 8 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Elizabeth Ivey, Clarksville TN 52.35 operandi for our visits, we had to find a way 9 Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC; Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI 49.16 to reduce stress and tension at the table. So we 10 Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL; Ora Lourie, Hypoluxo FL 48.51 developed the following system of agreements. Over 11 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 47.12 the years, I have found that some can play Shriner’s 12 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 37.53 13/14 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Nataly Goldin, Chestnut Hill MA 36.07 Convention but others simply cannot. I suspect it is 13/14 Wen Wang - Jing Rong Ran, People’s Republic of China 36.07 most helpful for new and intermediate players, but 15 Linda McGarry, Stuart FL; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 35.52 I have Gold Life Master and Diamond Life Master 16 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA 34.06 partners who like it. 17 Mary Savko - Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL 32.64 Over the years, new agreements were developed 18 Karen Snyder, Spicewood TX; Nancy Boothe, Houston TX 32.56 with other partners who played Shriner’s Convention 19 Susan Miller - Carolyn Sessler, Boca Raton FL 31.30 with me. And once you get the spirit of it, any pair 20 Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Dana Berkowitz, New York NY 30.27 can make their own additions to the system. A 21 Linda Wynston - Lesley Thomson, Toronto ON 29.38 Rochester partner Debbie Abrahams (Gordon) wrote 22 Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA; Kathleen Harper, Woodside CA 28.79 this up for the local bridge bulletin years ago as “A 23 Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV; Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA 27.32 24 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 27.24 System for More Enjoyable Bridge.” A published pro 25 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA 26.22 we played against once asked us to send this to him. 26 Mildred Breed - Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 25.85 We didn’t, but if this is a way to memorialize my 27 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Mary Orock, Fort Worth TX 23.64 brother, that would be meaningful to me. 28 Charlotte St Amant, Trenton ON; Wendy Dooley, Mississauga ON 23.54 1. Shriner’s Convention – Have a good time. 29 Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Terry Currie, Houston TX 21.73 This takes precedence over all other agreements, 30 Irina kislitsyna, Ellenton FL; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 21.35 namely those on the ACBL convention card. This 31 Jacqueline Merkel - Jennifer Williams, Lexington KY 20.20 agreement does not preclude the opponents’ having 32 Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI; Beverly Gardner, Farmingtonhills MI 20.17 a good time. There are three opportunities to enjoy 33 Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA; Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL 19.59 each deal – you can have fun bidding, playing and/or 34 Joan Jackson - Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 18.92 35 Mara Tuttle, Orlando FL; Linda Miller, Ormond Beach FL 18.46 scoring. The opponents are entitled to their share of 36 Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ 14.28 the fun. 37 Allison Howard, Cookeville TN; Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN 14.22 Our corollary was that it is more fun to bid 38 Judi Radin, New York NY; Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 13.99 games and slams and to compete for partscores. That 39 Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Madie Brice, Cordova TN 12.01 tends to increase the opportunity for fun during the 40 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL 11.63 play and the scoring. 41 Betty Starzec - Jane Armstrong, Sugar Land TX 10.92 2. Eastwood – Do you feel lucky, punk? 42 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Lynne Cook, Riverview MI 10.55 This means each partner is allowed to take a 43 Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL; Jennifer James, Gurnee IL 10.29 chance, as a matter of partnership agreement. You 44 Judith Zimmerman, Columbus OH; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH 10.18 can’t get angry at your partner if they do this and it 45 Gigi Simpson - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 9.85 46 Bobbi Kauffman - Betty Freedman, Houston TX 7.75 goes wrong. The usual quota is once or twice per 47 Ellen Hessel - Donna Swarthout, San Antonio TX 5.02 session, per partner. 48 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY 4.29 3. Einstein – All bids are relative. 49 Judy Hummel, Colorado Spgs CO; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 3.57 This means you can’t get mad at partner if 50 Kerri Sanborn - Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 2.84 he or she passes a bid you thought was forcing or 51 Kathleen Loeb, Lake Mary FL; Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL 1.69 52 Gail Greenberg - Fran Posnick, New York NY 0.00 continued on page 13 Daily Bulletin Friday, March 28, 2014 Page 13

RED RIBBON PAIRS QUALIFIERS otherwise interprets a bid in a certain complicated or 39.0 Tables / Based on 79 Tables Carryover unusual situation differently than you do. 1 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 103.14 4. Socrates – The over-examined bridge 2 Julian Wachs - Elizabeth Wachs, Chapel Hill NC 91.79 life is not worth living. 3 Barbara Hopewell - Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA 72.05 This means you can’t go on interminably 4 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 69.44 rehashing any particular bid or play or hand. That is 5 Daniel Neill, Portland OR; Paul Heller, Marietta GA 68.42 reserved for meals after the session. 6 Robert Shair - Gary Dell, Champaign IL 67.17 5. Star Wars – Help me, Obi-Wan, Kenobi. 7 Edward Yosses, Loveland CO; Andrea Johnson, Longmont CO 65.70 8 George Subt, Southampton NJ; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON 64.11 This means that you can’t get mad at partner 9 Edward Rauch, Fort Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Ft Lauderdale FL 61.38 for making a desperation play (like trying to drop a 10 Michael Miedema, Hockley TX; Edwin (Ted) Bain III, Houston TX 60.48 singleton king offside) that they think is their only 11 Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland HLS TX 57.98 hope. 12 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Neal Kleiner, San Pedro CA 56.62 6. Bartles and Jaymes (named after the old wine 13 Erli Zhou, Menlo Park CA; Zhuo Wang, Philadelphia PA 54.58 commercial ) – Thank you for your support. This 14 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 54.46 means you never miss an opportunity to thank partner 15 Joel Koransky, Saratoga CA; Ken Rosenfeld, San Jose CA 52.76 for their efforts to help you enjoy the game, or to 16 Dave Adelman - David Johnson, Calgary AB 52.19 offer compliments on bidding or play. 17 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 46.63 7. DESWDY – Don’t ever say “Why did 18 Michael Lipp, Trenton OH; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 46.18 19 Ross Driedger, London ON; Douglas Cote, Woodstock ON 45.39 you . . .?” 20 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Norman Goldman, Chesterfield MO 44.48 At times, we had written down all these 21 Phillip Jaeger, Austin TX; Thomas Hackenberg, Round Rock TX 42.89 agreements and put the list on the table with our 22 Dingbin Feng - Xinyu Feng, Moncton NB 42.66 convention card. Opponents who checked our 23 Steven Gewirtzman, Ambler PA; Clifford Wilson Jr, Skillman NJ 41.41 agreements and asked about Shriner’s Convention 24 Andrew Clements, La Vista NE; Jonathan Cohn, Omaha NE 41.30 have told us this is the one they like the best. 25 Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL; David Loeb, Heathrow FL 40.28 8. DETWDY – a corollary of DESWDY for 26 Marv Riedesel - Mary Johnson, Prior Lake MN 39.94 spouses, relatives, or pairs who are “significant 27 Richard Hill, Capitola CA; Jonni Faircrest, Soquel CA 39.49 others.” It stands for, “Don’t even think ‘Why did 28 Andrew Nalos, Vancouver BC; Kenneth Ramsay, West Vancouver BC 37.78 you . . .?” This is necessary when one partner can 29/30 Courtney Coffman, The Woodlands TX; David Morris, Spring TX 37.10 29/30 Aleksandar Vujic, Toronto ON; Miroslav Kovacevic, Markham ON 37.10 read the other’s facial expressions, posture or other 31 Marie Duval - Jean-Luc Dubois, Montreal QC 36.54 nonverbal communication, no matter how subtle. 32 William Mendez Jr, Alexandria VA; Michael Goldman, Rockville MD 35.40 9. Twilight Zone – Nothing is obvious. This 33 Ariel Leibovitz - Stephen Reichek, Houston TX 35.29 is needed when one member of a pair is more 34 Barbara Newman - Betsi Tunnell, Nashville TN 33.47 experienced or more logical than the other. Never tell 35 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Zachary Wasserman, Farmington Hls MI 33.24 your partner that anything was obvious. This may be 36 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA 31.66 considered a corollary of Reverse Socrates. 37 Karen Caton - Caron Peck, Arlington TX 31.09 10. OOPS – All mistakes are a part of the system. 38 Jim Harp - Chris Anderson, Dallas TX 30.98 This includes OOPS bids, OOPS plays, OOPS Alerts, 39 Richard Langland, Irving TX; Charles Burke, Arlington TX 29.95 etc. 40/41 Jeff Dater, Dallas TX; Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX 28.71 40/41 David Rosenstein - Ray Robert, Portland OR 28.71 You can’t get mad at partner for making a 42 Jeffrey Yutzler, Alexandria VA; Norman Kittrell, College Park MD 28.59 mistake because mistakes are a part of the system. 43 Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA 27.00 11. What’s Mine is Mine – Never claim unless all 44 Ru Hong Terajewicz - Tara McCabe, Ottawa ON 26.32 the winners are in your hand, and you can lay them 45 Michael Smith - Susan Smith, Newington CT 25.53 down in order one at a time on the table. Or say, “The 46 Robert Buchanan, Arlington TX; Don Reynolds, Weatherford TX 25.42 board’s good.” No showing your hand slightly and 47 Monica Taylor - Lewis Richardson Jr, Astoria OR 24.96 fleetingly, and saying, “The rest are mine” when the 48 Peter Van Zijl, Ellicott City MD; Richard Wissing, Columbia MD 22.47 opponents may not even be able to see your cards and 49 Christina Parker, Newton Centre MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 21.90 take the time to thoughtfully see if they agree with 50 Judith Inker, Wellesley Hills MA; Ronnie Frank, Saint Louis MO 20.88 you. Kind of the opposite of Twilight Zone. 51 Bill Page - Regina Sooey, Jacksonville FL 19.18 52 Monty Gray - Thomas Brown, Seattle WA 17.02 All claims must be totally transparent and 53 Cal Rafuse, Stony Brook NY; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 16.79 obvious to even the most inexperienced newcomer. 54 Chris Kelly - Jimmy Justice, Waxahachie TX 15.77 I still see Gold or Diamond Life Masters where this 55 John Zaleskie, Mt Dora FL; Judy St Arnold, Scottsdale AZ 15.32 rule is necessary to avoid unpleasantness at the table. 56 Steven Jackson - Yann Jackson, Laguna Niguel CA 15.20 12. Doublemint – Doubled contracts are twice the 57 Donald Hixson - Virginia Hixson, Rapid City SD 15.09 fun, although it is true that sometimes the opponents 58 Daniel Baker, Austin TX; Theda Cook, Daingerfield TX 14.86 have the fun. A corollary was “no rescue bids,” so our 59 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 13.39 agreement was that if partner got doubled, they were 60 Michael Heimann - Geoffrey Hadlock, Warsaw IN 12.82 given the opportunity to have fun making it, or learn 61 William Hoffman, Irvington NY; Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 12.03 from experience. 62 James Gray, Murrysville PA; Wayne Obitz, Indiana PA 11.69 63 David Begin, West Melborne FL; David Seares, Melbourne FL 11.46 The author lives in Pittsford NY. 64 Karen Fillis - George Fillis, San Antonio TX 10.21 65 Becky Butler, Alpharetta GA; Chris Trower, Atlanta GA 9.64 66 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 9.53 67 Willie Baker Jr, Guthrie OK; Joe Veal, Oklahoma City OK 8.85 68 Bonnie Gall - Becky Lowe, Bartlesville OK 7.94 69 Gary Waldron - Carol Foster, Laguna Beach CA 7.83 70 Stephanie Williams, Delta BC; Reid Fleming, Arlington MA 6.81 71 Cameron Shunta - Renee Shunta, Grand Haven MI 6.24 72 Charles Pierce - Wesley Albinger, New York NY 5.67 73 Ellen Cotterell - Kerry Cotterell, Clifton Park NY 5.33 74 Akhil Ketkar, Boston MA; Neil Kreuzer, Brighton MA 4.99 75 S Perutz - Carol Adamek, Dallas TX 2.95 76 Ann Morin, Park City UT; William Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 2.38 77 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Joan Brody, Morristown NJ 1.13 78 Dominick D’Ascoli, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Jonathan Thompson, Montclair NJ 0.00

Score corrections overnight Wednesday changed the standings in the Rockwell Mixed Pairs, boosting Jean Barry of Livermore CA and Nick Wiebe of Oakland CA to second place. Page 14 Friday, March 28, 2014 Daily Bulletin

50 5.38 Jeanne Wyatt, Dallas TX 91 3.90 Rick Margerison, Dallas TX I/N Leaders 51 5.37 Susan Kroney, Dallas TX 92 3.81 Pat Teer, Fairfax VA continued from page 3 52 5.37 Barbara Ching, Dallas TX 93 3.81 Bill Teer, Fairfax VA 12 8.25 Denys Slater Jr, Dallas TX 53 5.28 Linda Neal, Grapevine TX 94 3.79 Mary Lynn Genovesi, Fairview TX 13 8.12 Laurie Hartline‑Babb, Magnolia TX 54 5.28 Anne Williams, Desoto TX 95 3.72 Mary Silky, Syracuse NY 14 8.12 Robert Babb, Magnolia TX 55 5.26 Annie Mason, Ft. Worth TX 96 3.72 Bill Silky, Syracuse NY 15 8.04 Wayne Detmer, Woodbury MN 56 5.26 John Mason, Ft. Worth TX 97 3.67 Richard McGaughy, Sugar Land TX 16 8.04 Jesse Crane, Woodbury MN 57 5.21 Mindy Kerber, Austin TX 98 3.59 Rose Goodwin, Austin TX 17 7.50 Deborah Bricker, Palm Beach FL 58 5.19 Neil Lorenz, Alamo TX 99 3.59 David Goodwin, Austin TX 18 7.50 Patty Garvy, Palm Beach FL 59 5.04 Nancy Llewellyn, Ft. Smith AR 100 3.59 John Hartel, McKinney TX 19 7.29 Judy Nixon, Flower Mound TX 60 5.04 Jackie Khilling, Ft. Smith AR 20 7.13 Barbara Chappell, Houston TX 61 4.96 Sheila Hillhouse, Ft. Collins CO 21 7.13 Richard Chappell, Houston TX 62 4.92 Wayne Tindall, San Juan TX No more lines! 22 7.02 Carole Goldstein, Wyckoff NJ 63 4.80 Gloria Schuford, Ft. Worth TX The ACBL and Bridge Winners have teamed up 23 7.02 Geri Raichel, Ft. Collins CO 64 4.80 Stacie Russell, Springtown TX to enable you to buy entries for NABC events online 24 6.78 John Milligan, Frisco TX 65 4.77 David Hopkins, Shelton WA in advance. 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It was a robust Michael Becker of Boca Raton FL was named Improve your score ... tournament, ending with 10,318-1/2 tables. the newest member of the ACBL Bridge Hall of more! (2006) The winners of the big events that year were: Fame. Along with Becker, S. Garton Churchill and By Mark Horton Baldwin , Flight A Richard Goldberg would posthumously be inducted Just in case you are in any doubt that preempting Gordon Campbell and Piotr Klimowicz, District 18 into the Hall at the Summer NABC as the recipients is a good idea, take a look at this deal from the final Golder North American Pairs, Flight B of the Blackwood and von Zedtwitz awards later in of the : Fletcher Thompson and Bruce Todd, District 6 the year. President’s Cup North American Pairs, Flight C The Goodwill Committee celebrated Zia Dlr: North ♠ Q Vladimir Reznik and Stanislaw Kolesnik, District 13 Mahmood’s tremendous impact on bridge with Vul: N–S ♥ Q J 4 Silodor Open Pairs David Berkowitz and Larry the announcement that he was the ACBL’s 2006 ♦ A 6 Cohen Honorary Member of the Year. “Times change,” said ♣ A K Q 9 8 5 3 Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs Lew Finkel and Zia. “A few years ago, I was the ornery member and ♠ K 5 ♠ J 9 7 6 3 Gaylor Kasle now I’m the Honorary Member.” ♥ 9 5 3 ♥ K 7 Rockwell Mixed Pairs Karen Walker and Tom The Goodwill Committee introduced Cissie ♦ J 10 9 7 4 3 ♦ K Q 8 2 Kniest Horton, the 2006 Goodwill Member of the Year. ♣ J 2 ♣ 7 4 NABC 49er Pairs Eric Sieg and Jim Thompson Cindy Kirk and Roni Gitchel Atkins were honored ♠ A 10 8 4 2 Lebhar IMP Pairs Geoff Hampson and Fred for their longtime service to the game by being ♥ A 10 8 6 2 Gitelman named Presidential Volunteers of the Year. ♦ 5 Whitehead Women’s Pairs Sylvia Moss and A little tournament trivia: 72 teams entered the ♣ 10 6 Judy Radin Vanderbilt. The #44 seed – captained by Fred Chang West North East South Bean Red Ribbon Pairs B.J. Trelford and Chris – won the event! 1♣ Pass 1♠ Buchanon What an NABC is all about, however, is the 3♦ (!) 3NT All Pass Jeff Meckstroth, game. Here are some of the deals featured in the Eric Rodwell, Steve Weinstein, Bobby Levin, Bob 2006 Dallas NABC Daily Bulletin. Given a free run, there is every chance that Hamman and Paul Soloway North-South will bid their cards to a making slam Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams Sylvia Moss, — and at least one pair made it all the way to the Judy Radin, Mildred Breed, Shawn Quinn, Pamela not unlucky 7♥! However, West’s bold (there are Granovetter and Migry Zur-Campanile other adjectives) preempt gave North a considerable Vanderbilt Knockout Teams Fred Chang, Jack problem and 3NT was really the only plausible Zhao, Fu Zhong, Gunnar Hallberg and Seymon action. South might bid on with 4♥, but that would be Deutsch speculative to say the least.

RED RIBBON PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MM NN OO PP QQ VV EAST-WEST 1 Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL; David Loeb, Heathrow FL 61.01% 1 Courtney Coffman, The Woodlands TX; David Morris, Spring TX 63.19% 2 Phillip Jaeger, Austin TX; Thomas Hackenberg, Round Rock TX 60.19% 2 Ross Driedger, London ON; Douglas Cote, Woodstock ON 63.06% 3 Barbara Hopewell - Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA 60.01% 3 George Subt, Southampton NJ; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON 61.76% 4 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 59.87% 4 Julian Wachs - Elizabeth Wachs, Chapel Hill NC 58.99% 5 Dave Adelman - David Johnson, Calgary AB 59.57% 5 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 58.77% 6 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 59.37% 6 Marv Riedesel - Mary Johnson, Prior Lake MN 58.59% 7 Peter Van Zijl, Ellicott City MD; Richard Wissing, Columbia MD 58.39% 7 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Norman Goldman, Chesterfield MO 58.52% 8 Steven Gewirtzman, Ambler PA; Clifford Wilson Jr, Skillman NJ 57.89% 8 Edward Rauch, Fort Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Ft Lauderdale FL 58.44% 9 William Mendez Jr, Alexandria VA; Michael Goldman, Rockville MD 57.27% 9 Donald Hixson - Virginia Hixson, Rapid City SD 58.32% 10 Michael Miedema, Hockley TX; Edwin (Ted) Bain III, Houston TX 56.89% 10 Monty Gray - Thomas Brown, Seattle WA 57.77% 11 Michael Lipp, Trenton OH; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 56.54% 11 Barbara Newman - Betsi Tunnell, Nashville TN 57.09% 12 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 55.97% 12 Gary Waldron - Carol Foster, Laguna Beach CA 56.27% 13 Dingbin Feng - Xinyu Feng, Moncton NB 55.92% 13 Edward Yosses, Loveland CO; Andrea Johnson, Longmont CO 55.82% 14 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Neal Kleiner, San Pedro CA 55.37% 14 Marie Duval - Jean-Luc Dubois, Montreal QC 54.90% 15 Christina Parker, Newton Centre MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 55.27% 15/16 Daniel Baker, Austin TX; Theda Cook, Daingerfield TX 54.77% 16 Isaac Stephani - A J Stephani, Cincinnati OH 55.24% 15/16 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 54.77% 17 Charles Pierce - Wesley Albinger, New York NY 54.97% 17 John Zaleskie, Mt Dora FL; Judy St Arnold, Scottsdale AZ 54.25% 18 Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland HLS TX 54.87% 18 Jeff Dater, Dallas TX; Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX 54.22% 19 William Hoffman, Irvington NY; Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 54.80% 19 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA 54.17% 20 Cal Rafuse, Stony Brook NY; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 54.67% 20 Andrew Clements, La Vista NE; Jonathan Cohn, Omaha NE 54.10% 21 Jim Harp - Chris Anderson, Dallas TX 54.40% 21 Michael Smith - Susan Smith, Newington CT 53.97% 22 Steven Jackson - Yann Jackson, Laguna Niguel CA 53.70% 22 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Zachary Wasserman, Farmington Hls MI 53.37% 23 Andrew Nalos, Vancouver BC; Kenneth Ramsay, West Vancouver BC 53.52% 23 Joyce McMonagle - Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN 53.12% 24 Bijoy Anand - Janice Madsen, Atlantic Bch FL 53.17% 24 Jeffrey Yutzler, Alexandria VA; Norman Kittrell, College Park MD 52.80% 25 Richard Langland, Irving TX; Charles Burke, Arlington TX 52.95% 25 Jimmy Hubbard, Wills Point TX; Shirley Matthews, Lindale TX 52.42% 26 Ellen Cotterell - Kerry Cotterell, Clifton Park NY 52.92% 26 Michael Heimann - Geoffrey Hadlock, Warsaw IN 51.90% 27 Akhil Ketkar, Boston MA; Neil Kreuzer, Brighton MA 52.85% 27 Mike Peiffer, Colleyville TX; Finlay Higgins, Arlington TX 51.87% 28 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 52.67% 28 Paul Vevera - Anthony Barre, El Dorado Hills CA 51.80% 29 Toni Schultz, New Port Richey FL; Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD 52.52% 29 Aleksandar Vujic, Toronto ON; Miroslav Kovacevic, Markham ON 51.77% 30 Karen Caton - Caron Peck, Arlington TX 52.20% 30 Charles Brown - Sue Gilbreath, Arlington TX 51.75% 31 Eusebio Menezes, Cupertino CA; Jane McLaughlin, San Francisco CA 51.82% 31 Chris Kelly - Jimmy Justice, Waxahachie TX 51.62% 32 Erli Zhou, Menlo Park CA; Zhuo Wang, Philadelphia PA 51.72% 32 James Gray, Murrysville PA; Wayne Obitz, Indiana PA 51.57%

SILODOR PAIRS 2ND QUAL. SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D E F G EAST-WEST 1 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 62.69% 1 Thor Eric Hoftaniska, England Sw1Whj England; Thomas Charlsen, Bergen Norway 73.27% 2 Scott Levine, New York NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 61.74% 2 Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC; Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV 63.87% 3 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 58.90% 3/4 Namik Kokten - Tuna Aluf, Instanbul Turkey 63.03% 4 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Geoffrey Brod, Boca Raton FL 58.27% 3/4 Tim Verbeek, 3971Ma Netherlands; Christina Madsen, Hellerup 2900 Denmark 63.03% 5 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 57.76% 5 Hayk Bosnakyan - Gary Bernstein, Montreal QC 62.67% 6 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 56.65% 6 Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 62.26% 7 Billy Leeper, Ft Worth TX; Pat Cassidy, Arlington TX 56.58% 7 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON 61.05% 8 Geoff Booth - Robert Sandfield, Houston TX 55.42% 8 Ronald Zucker, Washington DC; Michael Richey, Springfield VA 60.47% 9 Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD; Alexander Prairie, Washington DC 55.42% 9 Suleyman Kolata - Ismail Kandemir, 60.29% 10 Cedric Lorenzini, Paris France; Thomas Bessis, Paris 75015 France 55.34% 10 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 59.76% 11 Anam Tebha, Las Vegas NV; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 55.17% 11 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 58.25% 12 Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 55.11% 12 Li Hua Zhou - Qi Shen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 57.13% 13 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 54.96% 13 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 56.99% 14 Randall Rubinstein, Brooklyn NY; Robert Brady, McLean VA 54.87% 14 Warner Solomon, Totnes United Kingdom; Michael Fithyan, Southampton United Kingdom 56.78% 15 Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV; Ahmed Yousry, Cairo Egypt 54.81% 15 Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA 55.76% 16 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 54.25% 16 Hans Jacobs - Debbie Bennett, Brighton ON 54.20% 17 Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark 53.54% 17 Siming Hui, Richardson TX; Fang Liu, 53.99% 18 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 53.10% 18 Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 53.99% 19 G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL; Martin Caley, Montreal QC 52.77% 19 Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Gary Cohler, Miami FL 53.75% 20 Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 52.74% 20 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA 53.59% 21 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 52.69% 21 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 52.88% 22 Charles Arthur, North York ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 52.58% 22 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 52.76% 23 Henrik Caspersen, Aarhus Denmark; Hans Graverson, Aalborg 9200 Denmark 52.52% 23 Vicki Goodykoontz - Jack Goodykoontz, Morgantown WV 52.59% 24 Stephen Bruce - C G Bell, Austin TX 52.24% 24 Michael Roche, Victoria BC; John Rayner, Mississauga ON 51.85% 25 Ray Miller, Seattle WA; Mitch Towner, Austin TX 52.08% 25 Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt; Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh Voorhou Netherlands 51.64% 26 Stephan Magnusson, Lausanne Switzerland; Dima Nikolenkov, Trogen Switzerland 51.90% 26 Scott Hiller, Eden Prairie MN; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA 51.55% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS H I J K L EAST-WEST 1 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 64.51% 1 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA 67.22% 2 Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 61.66% 2 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 62.83% 3 Okay Gur - Gokhan Yilmaz, Istanbul Turkey 59.47% 3 Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 62.23% 4 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR 59.10% 4 Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI; Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 59.92% 5 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; David Caprera, Denver CO 59.07% 5/6 Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Alon Birman, Tel Aviv 62267 Israel 58.62% 6 Victor Chubukov - Eric Mayefsky, San Francisco CA 58.98% 5/6 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 58.62% 7 Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA; Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA 57.81% 7 Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA 57.42% 8 Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX; Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX 56.16% 8/9 Mark Jones - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 56.43% 9 Gabrielle Sherman, Santa Clara CA; David Gurvich, Brooklyn NY 56.04% 8/9 Glenn Eisenstein - Irene Frary, New York NY 56.43% 10 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 55.32% 10 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 56.01% 11 Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 54.93% 11 Radu Nistor, Edison NJ; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Russia 55.23% 12 Chris Moore, Bellevue WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA 54.81% 12 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 54.93% 13 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; John Laufer, Toronto ON 54.36% 13 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 54.87% 14 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 54.27% 14 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 54.57% 15 Bud Hinckley - Howard Piltch, South Bend IN 54.00% 15 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 54.27% 16 Guss Ginsburg, New Orleans LA; Mike Doyle, Houston TX 53.76% 16 Michael Gill, Columbia MD; Noble Shore, Germantown MD 54.24% 17 Richard McCombs, Santa Fe NM; John Pendergrass, Albuquerque NM 53.73% 17 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 53.28% 18 Jack Bonney, Venice FL; Terry McHenry, Sarasota FL 52.91% 18 Lew Walter - Marin Marinov, New York NY 53.09% 19 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 52.67% 19 Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Kathy Logue, Davie FL 52.97% 20 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Richard Budd, Portland ME 52.52% 20 Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY; Bunny Lukas, Riverside CT 52.70% 21 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 52.40% 21 Wei Tian, China People’s Republic of China; Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 52.67% 22 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV 52.37% 22 Jim Russell, Bradenton FL; Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR 52.34% 23 Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands 52.16% 23 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Barry Margolin, Arlington MA 51.77% 24 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ 51.89% 24 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 51.71% 25 Debi Balter - Jack Balter, Houston TX 51.20% 25 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 51.53% 26 Roger Lord - Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 51.02% 26 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL 51.44% Page 16 Friday, March 28, 2014 Daily Bulletin Daily Bulletin Friday, March 28, 2014 Page 17

FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING SIDE SERIES 6 OF 6 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS UU TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Chris Wiggins, Bloomfield MI; William Landrum, Detroit MI 58.77% 1 Suresh Agrawal, Rowlett TX; Bob Scallan, Frisco TX 63.92% 2 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Dave Kuschel, Minot ND 58.23% 2 1 Mariette Maroun - Youssef Dib, Monroe LA 62.44% 3 Anne Lamport, Ryde Nsw Australia; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland 54.64% 3 2 Nelson Daigle - Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 58.63% 4 Bob Gruber - Linda Gruber, Camarillo CA 53.94% 4 Gerrie Owen, Celina TX; Nancy Stanton, Frisco TX 57.56% 5 Bob Jones, Marietta GA; Sikina Ehmer, Atlanta GA 53.90% 5 Gail Wells - Jack Smith, Dallas TX 54.34% 6 2 2 Ginny Littrell, Boerne TX; Jacquelyn Fisher, San Antonio TX 51.47% 6 3 Frank Morgan, Williamstown MA; Arnold Holmberg, Minneapolis MN 54.04% 7 3 3 Gail Rutledge, Lewisville TX; Elizabeth Meffert, Madison WI 50.83% 7 4 1 Sven Frey, Ch 8800 Thalwil Switzerland; Claudia McDonald, Williamsburg VA 49.98% 8 4 Parkerlene Pillans - Polly Hyatt, Amarillo TX 50.25% 8 5 2 Diane Davis - Patricia Overmyer, Austin TX 49.01% 5 4 Ann Bullard, Tomball TX; William Schneider, The Woodlands TX 49.49% 6 3 Goldie Rose, Sugar Land TX; Roxanne King, Houston TX 48.55% 4 Rachael Garrity, Radford VA; Martha Harvey, Wichita Falls TX 48.30%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS XX WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; David Grainger, Roseville CA 59.30% 1 Hazel Schoenberg - Jules Schoenberg, Plano TX 61.58% 2 1 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Anton Habash, Oxford OH 57.43% 2 Ellen Gabriel - Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL 59.05% 3 2 1 Ruth Lessinger, Plainview NY; Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY 55.28% 3 1 1 Christian Jolly - Andrew Cavalier, Huntsville AL 58.04% 4 3 2 Daniel Koppenhafer, Mason OH; Patrick Hoffman, Cincinnati OH 54.86% 4 Amit Chakrabarti - Elizabeth Jankord, Manhattan KS 56.52% 5 4 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Judith Auer, Dublin OH 53.62% 5 2 James McCommons - Elda Kay Hampton, Dallas TX 56.19% 6 5 3 Steven Andersen, Austin TX; Arthur Widen, Round Rock TX 53.27% 6 Jack Borenstein, Dallas TX; Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ 55.72% 7 Martin Hester, Aubrey TX; Linda Green, Southaven MS 53.18% 7 David Brower, Portland OR; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 54.90% 8 6 Milton Neher, Richardson TX; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX 52.74% 8 3 Jeffrey Hack, San Jose CA; Paul Nelson, Santa Clara CA 53.35% 9 Deepak Dighe, W Bloomfield MI; Carole Hall, Bandera TX 51.95% 9 4 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT 53.24% 5 Joanne Skunberg - Robin Wasko, Sioux Falls SD 51.68% 6 2 Laurie Faulkner, Saratoga CA; Chris Kollenberg, Houston TX 49.22% 3 Michael Thompson - Eva Thompson, West Orange NJ 48.26% 4 Richard Clements - Barbara Clements, Austin TX 47.28%

THURSDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Alan Skvirsky - Bette Kramer, Washington DC 59.82% 1 Diana May, Tillsonburg ON; Donna Sinrud, Fairfax VA 63.10% 2 1 1 Melanie Munnell - D’Les Jones, Dallas TX 57.74% 2 1 Mary Burdette - Emily Ray, Dallas TX 55.65% 3 2 Tricia Adcock, Hot Sprigs Vill AR; Charlene Gallaty, Bedford TX 55.95% 3 2 1 Carla Joiner, Dallas TX; Michael Chockley, Plano TX 53.57% 3 2 Barry Benedict - Sharon Benedict, El Paso TX 50.89% 2 Nancy Clements - Sue Morgan, Belton TX 45.24%

WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B O EAST-WEST 1 Karen Snyder, Spicewood TX; Nancy Boothe, Houston TX 62.05% 1 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 70.76% 2 Linda McGarry, Stuart FL; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 59.74% 2 Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 62.23% 3 Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV; Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA 57.92% 3 Charlotte St Amant, Trenton ON; Wendy Dooley, Mississauga ON 61.82% 4 Wen Wang - Jing Rong Ran, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 57.17% 4 Sally Wheeler, The Woodlands TX; Cindy Bernstein, Matthews NC 59.82% 5 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Elizabeth Ivey, Clarksville TN 57.02% 5 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 59.46% 6 Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC; Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI 56.95% 6 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 58.05% 7 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 56.79% 7 Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA; Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL 55.55% 8 Barbara Nist, Seatac WA; Patti Hartley, Kirkland WA 56.21% 8 Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI; Beverly Gardner, Farmingtonhills MI 54.86% 9 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 55.54% 9 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 54.49% 10 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Nataly Goldin, Chestnut Hill MA 55.33% 10 Susan Miller - Carolyn Sessler, Boca Raton FL 54.20% 11 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 55.07% 11 Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA; Kathleen Harper, Woodside CA 53.73% 12 Linda Wynston - Lesley Thomson, Toronto ON 54.93% 12 Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL; Jennifer James, Gurnee IL 53.49% 13 Joan Jackson - Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 54.37% 13 Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Dana Berkowitz, New York NY 52.58% 14 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Mary Orock, Fort Worth TX 54.24% 14 Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL; Ora Lourie, Hypoluxo FL 51.97% 15 Allison Howard, Cookeville TN; Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN 53.69% 15 Ellen Hessel - Donna Swarthout, San Antonio TX 51.83% 16 Bobbi Kauffman - Betty Freedman, Houston TX 53.61% 16 Judy Hummel, Colorado Spgs CO; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 51.79% 17 Judith Zimmerman, Columbus OH; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH 53.28% 17 Jacqueline Merkel - Jennifer Williams, Lexington KY 51.11% 18 Gigi Simpson - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 53.23% 18 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA 0 50.73%

THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES THURSDAY MORNING 1 OF 3 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Kenneth Gibson - Wendy Gibson, Stow OH 60.58% 1 1 Judith Clark - Susan Wight, Virginia Beach VA 60.71% 2 2 Dee Androus - Warren Androus, Avon CO 58.46% 2 2 Benjamin Eisenberg - Susan Eisenberg, Boca Raton FL 59.13% 3 3 Virginia Bright, Nokomis FL; Katherine Grant, Riverview FL 55.66% 3 3 1 Geoffrey Hadlock - Michael Heimann, Warsaw IN 58.91% 4 4 2 G Brantz, Plano TX; Joe Cameron, Frisco TX 55.26% 4 4 Billie Turner, Greeley CO; John Krueger, Estes Park CO 55.23% 5 5 Daniel Baker, Austin TX; Theda Cook, Daingerfield TX 53.24% 5 5 2 John Krah, Seattle WA; Dave Kuschel, Minot ND 53.49% 6 6 Anne Knott - Patsy Howell, Houston TX 53.08% 6 6 Alexandra Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 52.24% 7 7 3 George Mitchell, Douglas NB; Sheila Harrison, Houston TX 51.63% 7 7 Jennifer Nisenoff - Timothy Smith, Dallas TX 50.80% 4 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Kathi Marcus, Lake Oswego OR 49.65% 3 Melvyn Klein - Roberta Klein, Englewood CO 50.64% 4 Roy Grice - Donald Robinson, Boise ID 49.84% THURSDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Wilma Hill - J David Hill, Arlington TX 60.42% 1 1 1 Christine Schuepach - Harriet Cousins, Dallas TX 63.33% 2 Jana Dabney - Sydney Jorgensen, Chickasha OK 53.75% 2 2 2 Elizabeth Walker - Gary Walker, Lakeway TX 60.00% 1 1 Jean Durocher, Austin TX; Earnestine Broyles, Lakeway TX 53.33% 2 Jamie Cornelius, Dallas TX; Mary Lynn Genovesi, Fairview TX 48.33%

THURSDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Daniel Solow - Arthur Heuer, Cleveland OH 73.81% 1 1 1 Larry Cain - Patty Kleckner, Dallas TX 63.22% 2 1 1 Robert Babb - Laurie Hartline-Babb, Magnolia TX 64.33% 2 2 2 Rosemary Hardy - Lisa Looney, Texarkana AR 52.38% 3 2 Bill Teer - Pat Teer, Fairfax VA 53.53% 3 Dalia Hernandez, Long Beach CA; Colleen Bilas, Palos Verdes CA 51.79% 4 3 2 George Steele, Austin TX; Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA 49.28% 4 3 Malley Gaulding - Marilyn Bick, Dallas TX 50.93% 4 Charles Rhea - Louise Rhea, Indio CA 48.64% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 John Connolly, St Paul MN; Kurt Schultz, Stillwater MN 65.51% 1 Rhonda McMullen - Ed McMullen, Searcy AR 57.83% 2 2 Pam Barksdale - Jane Boozalis, Houston TX 61.52% 2 1 Amanda Shaw - Shirley Davenport, Odessa TX 56.18% 3 3 2 Susan Moss - Beverly Ginsburg, Dallas TX 53.64% 3 2 1 Susan Kroney - Barbara Ching, Dallas TX 54.98% 4 4 Martha Ward, Plano TX; Linda Lindley, Dallas TX 53.51% 4 3 2 Rose Goodwin - David Goodwin, Austin TX 50.81% Page 18 Friday, March 28, 2014 Daily Bulletin

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 1 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AAA CCC DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Allan Siebert - Bonnie Melchior, Little Rock AR 64.14% 1 Nancy Stanton, Frisco TX; Lynne Wood, Richardson TX 67.19% 2 Everette Lewis, San Antonio TX; Art D’Entremont, Regina Beach SK 62.52% 2 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 62.44% 3 Marvin Darter - Linda Darter, North Port FL 61.39% 3 1 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 60.52% 4 1 Bruce Altshuler, Los Angeles CA; Marel Bates, Winnetka CA 60.91% 4 Joseph Murray - Ricki Rogers, Mt Laurel NJ 58.98% 5 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Per Halvorsen, N - 5161 Laksev Norway 59.07% 5 Steven Picus, Mequon WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI 58.37% 6 2 Randy Rogers, Yellville AR; Patrick Callaghan, United Kingdom 57.64% 6 2 Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA; Cordelia Menges, New York NY 55.38% 7 Janet Becker, Timonium MD; R Jay Becker, New York NY 56.71% 7 Russ Jones - Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 54.85% 8 3 1 Cheryl Mathias, Sugarland TX; Lisa Zummo, Houston TX 56.37% 8 3 Candace Dauphinot, Santa Barbara CA; Kiendl Gordon, New York NY 53.95% 9 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Karin Kelsey, Albuquerque NM 56.32% 9 4 Marisa Grossi, Seabrook TX; Robert Maul, Oklahoma City OK 53.49% 10 Martha Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD 55.94% 10 5 1 Tammy Tjader, Pittsburgh PA; Ildiko Baxter, Allison Park PA 53.33% 11 4 2 Alan Godes, Needham MA; Joseph Brouillard, Lincoln RI 54.04% 11 6 2 William Belanich, Sandston VA; Jurgen Stielow, Austin TX 53.21% 12 Leelyn Main, St Petersburg FL; William Atteberry, Clearwater FL 52.61% 12 7 3 Peter Marvin, Little Rock AR; Andrew Collins, Roland AR 52.50% 13 5 Richard Davidson, Fort Worth TX; David King, Houston TX 52.53% 13 8 Phyllis Timko - Donald Timko, Houston TX 52.34% 14 6 3 Robert Burton - Dolline Burton, Georgetown TX 51.45% 14 James Fowlkes - Patricia Fowlkes, Garner NC 52.24% 15 7 Bill Parrish - Lenora Parrish, Woodway TX 50.49% 15 9 Elaine Olson, Pleasant Hill IA; Elaine Knutson, Tiffin OH 52.03% 16 8 4 Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Thomas Greehan III, Southborough MA 50.35% 16 10 Barry Martin - Connie Martin, Dallas TX 51.85% 9 5 Silvana Zangri, Syosset NY; Dominique Schneider, Old Brookville NY 49.63% 11 Arlie Lamb, San Mateo CA; Joel Steinberg, Burlingame CA 51.77% 10 Jon Browne, Plano TX; R Grebner, Brea CA 49.56% 4 Kory Stevens - Sean Sutherland, Vancouver BC 51.70% 6 Paul Andre Paquin - Suzanne Arsenault, Saint-Bruno QC 49.19% 5 Ann Kuehler, New Braunfels TX; Helen Macdonald, Douglas NB 50.63% 6 Lynn Gonchar, Kingston PA; Ellen Preece, Dallas PA 46.21%

WHITEHEAD WOMENS PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING. SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B O EAST-WEST 1 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 62.26% 1 Barbara Nist, Seatac WA; Patti Hartley, Kirkland WA 62.91% 2 Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL; Ora Lourie, Hypoluxo FL 60.43% 2 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 57.86% 3 Sally Wheeler, The Woodlands TX; Cindy Bernstein, Matthews NC 58.68% 3 Mary Savko - Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL 57.35% 4 Mildred Breed - Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 57.65% 4 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 56.45% 5 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA 57.48% 5 Judi Radin, New York NY; Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 56.37% 6 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 56.67% 6 Kathleen Loeb, Lake Mary FL; Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL 56.03% 7 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 56.58% 7 Kate Hill - Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA 55.47% 8 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Elizabeth Ivey, Clarksville TN 56.50% 8 Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Dana Berkowitz, New York NY 54.53% 9 Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 55.90% 9 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 54.15% 10 Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC; Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI 55.64% 10 Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Terry Currie, Houston TX 53.85% 11 Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ 55.21% 11 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Nataly Goldin, Chestnut Hill MA 53.46% 12 Irina kislitsyna, Ellenton FL; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 53.80% 12 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA 52.82% 13 Susan Miller - Carolyn Sessler, Boca Raton FL 53.21% 13 Betty Starzec - Jane Armstrong, Sugar Land TX 52.52% 14 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Lynne Cook, Riverview MI 53.12% 14 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Helen Corbin, Palo Alto CA 52.39% 15/16 Jacqueline Merkel - Jennifer Williams, Lexington KY 53.08% 15 Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Madie Brice, Cordova TN 52.05% 15/16 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 53.08% 16/17 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 51.92% 17 Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA; Kathleen Harper, Woodside CA 52.95% 16/17 Linda Wynston - Lesley Thomson, Toronto ON 51.92% 18 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 52.91% 18 Mara Tuttle, Orlando FL; Linda Miller, Ormond Beach FL 51.75%

TUESDAY-THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING SIDE SERIES NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS UU TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Spencer Kiernan, Chadds Ford PA; Mark Miller, Austin TX 61.38% 1 1 Jane De Briyn, Easton MD; Beth Reshefsky, Virginia Beach VA 60.38% 2 2 2 Gretchen Blakey - Churchill Blakey, Broadway VA 60.92% 2 2 Billie Turner, Greeley CO; John Krueger, Estes Park CO 58.08% 3 3 Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Fort Worth TX; Virginia Sherman, Dallas TX 58.54% 3 3 1 Kenneth Gibson - Wendy Gibson, Stow OH 57.31% 4 4 Loretta Green, Dodd City TX; Frank Morgan, Williamstown MA 58.38% 4 4 Jennifer Nisenoff - Timothy Smith, Dallas TX 55.69% 5 5 3 Steven Hollahan - Julie Valentine, Austin TX 56.85% 5 5 June Barnebey, Plano TX; Wright Barnebey, Rocksprings TX 54.46% 6 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 56.31% 6 6 2 Judy Dyer, Bluffton SC; Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI 53.92% 7 6 4 Luraette Tucker - Wendy Wheeler, Little Rock AR 55.69% 7 7 3 Joe Cameron, Frisco TX; G Brantz, Plano TX 52.77% 8 Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC; Walter Pease, Anchorage AK 53.54% 8 8 4 Constance Cleaton - Melvin Ellis, Portland OR 52.69% 9 7 5 Ninfa Sada - Patricia Schroeder, Mexico City Mexico 52.77% 9 9 5 David Kelsey, Albuquerque NM; David Donaldson, Williamsville NY 52.00% 10 8 6 Jennifer Rao - Renee Levy, Dallas TX 51.38% 10/11 10/11 6/7 Walter Merritt - M Howard, La Quinta CA 51.08% 9 Dee Androus - Warren Androus, Avon CO 51.15% 10/11 10/11 6/7 Rachael Garrity, Radford VA; Martha Harvey, Wichita Falls TX 51.08%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS WW XX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Christian Jolly - Andrew Cavalier, Huntsville AL 63.83% 1 1 1 Joseph Dixon - Scott Eller, Minneapolis MN 65.03% 2 Robert Adams - David Foote, Oklahoma City OK 58.82% 2/3 2 James McCommons - Elda Kay Hampton, Dallas TX 61.76% 3 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; David Grainger, Roseville CA 57.30% 2/3 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 61.76% 4 David Brower, Portland OR; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 54.47% 4 3 Jeffrey Hack, San Jose CA; Paul Nelson, Santa Clara CA 59.67% 5 Phyllis Harlan - Bill Harlan, Oklahoma City OK 54.11% 5 Eric Snow - Toni Snow, Houston TX 55.23% 6 2 2 John Hindle - Jeff Gosman, Winnipeg MB 53.59% 6 4 Louis Ray - Ralph Sturgis, San Antonio TX 54.90% 7 Stephen Hosch, Las Vegas NV; Betsy Brezel, Shelton WA 52.07% 7 5 Milton Neher, Richardson TX; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX 52.94% 8 3 3 Pam Murdock, Beverly Hills MI; Cindy Obermeyer, Dallas TX 51.69% 8 6 2 Ruth Lessinger, Plainview NY; Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY 51.74% 9 4 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT 51.42% 9 Hazel Schoenberg - Jules Schoenberg, Plano TX 50.82% 5 4 Deepak Dighe, W Bloomfield MI; Carole Hall, Bandera TX 51.36% 7 Maria Ullrich - Margarita Jaramillo, Miami FL 50.76% 3 Laurie Faulkner, Saratoga CA; Chris Kollenberg, Houston TX 47.82%

SILODOR PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D E F G EAST-WEST 1 Sam Lev, New York NY; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL 61.57% 1 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Bob Drijver, 3051 Eg, Rotter Netherlands 63.97% 2 Thor Eric Hoftaniska, England Sw1Whj England; Thomas Charlsen, Bergen Norway 61.33% 2 Cedric Lorenzini, Paris France; Thomas Bessis, Paris 75015 France 63.67% 3 Tim Verbeek, 3971Ma Netherlands; Christina Madsen, Hellerup 2900 Denmark 60.72% 3 Roger Lee, Arcadia CA; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 62.41% 4/5 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 60.70% 4 Owen Lynch - Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 60.28% 4/5 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA 60.70% 5 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Chris Hamman, Dallas TX 59.38% 6 Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt; Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh Voorhou Netherlands 59.92% 6 Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV; Ahmed Yousry, Cairo Egypt 59.25% 7 Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; Donald Spaulding, Mount Kisco NY 59.22% 7 Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC; Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV 58.29% 8 Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 57.27% 8 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 57.96% 9 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Norman Humer, Andover MA 57.03% 9 Bo Liu, Santa Ana CA; Somers Collins, Little Rock AR 57.36% 10 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 56.97% 10 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA; Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA 56.97% 11 Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 56.82% 11 Bob Crossley, Corte Madera CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 56.76% 12 Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 56.46% 12 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 56.64% 13 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 56.22% 13 J Bachman Nabors III, Kempner TX; Derrell Childs, Garland TX 56.31% 14 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA 55.41% 14 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 55.56% 15 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 55.38% 15 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Nancy Marcus, New York NY 55.14% 16 Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Gary Cohler, Miami FL 55.26% 16 Michael Purcell, Loveland OH; Stephen Moese, West Chester OH 54.63% 17 Rajendra Gokhale, Redmond WA; Peiyush Jain, Bothell WA 54.42% 17 Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Michael Creager, Brecksville OH 54.51% 18 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA 54.36% 18 Alan Myerson - Abby Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 54.27% 19 Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 54.21% 19 Ray Grace, Sherwood Park AB; Garry Karst, Edmonton AB 54.24% 20 Brian King, Redding CA; James Lutz, Laguna Niguel CA 53.97% 20 Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark 54.00% 21 Suleyman Kolata - Ismail Kandemir, 53.79% 21 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 53.61% 22 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON 53.49% 22 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV 53.25% 23 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 52.79% 23 Walter Schafer Jr, Huntington Bch CA; Royce McCray, Caddo Mills TX 52.79% 24 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 52.52% 24 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Geoffrey Brod, Boca Raton FL 52.61% 25 Jim Dingwerth - William Hoge, Olathe KS 52.43% 25 Jeffrey Kroll, Conroe TX; Joseph Volanski, Spring TX 51.23% 26 Namik Kokten - Tuna Aluf, Instanbul Turkey 51.71% 26 Stephen Bruce - C G Bell, Austin TX 50.78% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS H I J K L EAST-WEST 1 C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 66.65% 1 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL 65.17% 2 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 63.22% 2 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ 62.41% 3 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 63.01% 3 Mark Bumgardner, Dallas TX; Bill Staats, Southlake TX 61.81% 4 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 59.22% 4 Roger Lord - Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 60.82% 5 Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Alon Birman, Tel Aviv 62267 Israel 58.80% 5 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 58.83% 6 Flo Newlin - Cal Newlin Jr, Aurora CO 57.57% 6 Atul Rai, Wichita KS; James Masilamani, Topeka KS 58.80% 7 Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Singapore; Aeron Ries, Bellingham WA 57.39% 7 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 58.71% 8 Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 57.18% 8 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 58.14% 9 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 56.55% 9 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV 57.42% 10 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 56.49% 10 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 56.61% 11 Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 56.46% 11 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 56.10% 12 Gerry McKim, Garland TX; Michael Hout, Plano TX 56.25% 12 Victor Chubukov - Eric Mayefsky, San Francisco CA 54.99% 13 Michael Kamil, Holmdel CA; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 55.74% 13 Michael Schreiber - Amy Downing, Memphis TN 54.93% 14 Robert Burgess, Grafton VA; Jian-Ping Chen, Yorktown VA 55.41% 14 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Richard Budd, Portland ME 54.57% 15 Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Tamas Szabo, Brookfield WI 54.99% 15 Okay Gur - Gokhan Yilmaz, Istanbul Turkey 54.48% 16/17 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 54.93% 16 Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 54.15% 16/17 Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 54.93% 17 Chris Moore, Bellevue WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA 53.94% 18 H Wendell Williams - Carolyn Bryan, Oklahoma City OK 54.36% 18 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; David Caprera, Denver CO 53.82% 19 R Muggia, Andover MA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 53.91% 19 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; John Laufer, Toronto ON 53.76% 20 Wei Tian, China People’s Republic of China; Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 53.85% 20 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 53.64% 21 Mike Bandler - Linda Bandler, Alamo CA 53.46% 21 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 53.58% 22 Mark Jones - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 53.40% 22 Ida Groenkvist, Orebro 70360 Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands 53.28% 23 Tom Townsend - Sandquist, London W9 1sd England 53.28% 23 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 53.19% 24 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 53.09% 24 Sheri Winestock - Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV 52.97% 25 Michael Gill, Columbia MD; Noble Shore, Germantown MD 52.85% 25 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR 52.43% 26 Janet De Botton, London England; Artur Malinowski, HA2 0HF Harrow United Kingdom 52.70% 26 Paul Janicki, Markham ON; Detlef Ladewig, Toronto ON 52.13%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS SECTION UUU A B 1 1 Sharon Henry, Colleyville TX; Bonnie Boyer, Redford TX 64.13% 2 Jamie Cornelius - Carolyn Baker, Dallas TX 59.78% 2 Veronica Vokolek - Glenna Crawford, Plano TX 55.43%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Sandra McMinn, Houston TX; Laveta Christian, West Columbia TX 63.99% 1 1 1 Martha Ward, Plano TX; Linda Lindley, Dallas TX 62.50% 2 2 1 Robert Babb - Laurie Hartline-Babb, Magnolia TX 61.01% 2 2 Cindy Cone, Ft Lauderdale FL; Carolyn Reed-Jones, San Angelo TX 55.95% 3/4 3/4 2/3 Gay McAlister, Dallas TX; Regina Cox, Beaumont TX 54.17% 3 3 Marguerite Lavender, Colleyville TX; Cathy Tolliver, N Richland Hill TX 53.27% 3/4 3/4 2/3 John Connolly, St Paul MN; Kurt Schultz, Stillwater MN 54.17% 4 4 Laura Wrenn, Houston TX; Bill Frank, Richmond TX 51.19% 2 Barbara Ching - Susan Kroney, Dallas TX 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Rhonda McMullen - Ed McMullen, Searcy AR 59.23% 1 1 Patsy Rainwater-Maddu - Connie Van Patter, McKinney TX 59.52% 2 1 1 Sue Ann Arthur, Frico TX; Nancy Zimmer, Frisco TX 58.04% 2 2 1 Elizabeth Walker - Gary Walker, Lakeway TX 53.57% 3 2 Cindy Whitten - Lenette Sadler, Carrollton TX 57.44% 3 Barbara Earley - Suzanne Proctor, Hollister CA 51.19% 4 3 2 Louella Josset - Selwyn Josset, Dallas TX 54.17% 4/5 Dalia Hernandez, Long Beach CA; Colleen Bilas, Palos Verdes CA 50.89% 4 3 George Mitchell, Douglas NB; Alyce Jackson, Santa Barbara CA 52.38% 4/5 3 Suzanne Noerager - Lynn Gamblin, Houston TX 50.89% 4 2 Anne Curry - Jeanne Wyatt, Dallas TX 50.60% Daily Bulletin Friday, March 28, 2014 Page 19

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Barry Margolin Day All events are played in the Conference Center unless otherwise noted. Saturday, March 29, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Saturday, March 29, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Saturday, March 29, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 3rd floor, Houston Ballroom $16 $20 Saturday, March 29, Noon & 7 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Semifinals Sheraton Hotel, 2nd floor, Austin $20 Saturday, March 29, 1 p.m. 1C-7NT.com Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Saturday, March 29, 1 & 7:30 p.m. JACOBY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q 1st floor, Dallas Ballroom $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions MACHLIN WOMEN’S SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q 1st floor, Dallas Ballroom $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions GOLDER NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT B 1-2 Q 1st floor, Grand Hall No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions PRESIDENT’S CUP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT C 1-2 Q 1st floor, Grand Hall No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions D.K. Witt Memorial Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 (2500+; 0-2500) Gold Rush 750/300 Pairs 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750 Mary Jane Orock 2012 ABTA Teacher of the Year Saturday-Sunday 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Bracketed KO Teams Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. Saturday Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Saturday, March 29, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Saturday, March 29, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Side Swiss Teams single 1st floor, Grand Hall $15 $19 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Saturday, March 29, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (4000+, 0-4000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2500, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2500+), B (750-2500), 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) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

RED RIBBON PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MM NN OO PP QQ VV EAST-WEST 1 Robert Shair - Gary Dell, Champaign IL 66.76% 1 Richard Hill, Capitola CA; Jonni Faircrest, Soquel CA 66.16% 2 Daniel Neill, Portland OR; Paul Heller, Marietta GA 64.56% 2 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 63.64% 3 Julian Wachs - Elizabeth Wachs, Chapel Hill NC 61.59% 3 Erli Zhou, Menlo Park CA; Zhuo Wang, Philadelphia PA 60.59% 4 Joel Koransky, Saratoga CA; Ken Rosenfeld, San Jose CA 61.56% 4 David Rosenstein - Ray Robert, Portland OR 59.89% 5 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 60.86% 5 Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland HLS TX 58.19% 6 Edward Yosses, Loveland CO; Andrea Johnson, Longmont CO 58.99% 6/7 Judith Inker, Wellesley Hills MA; Ronnie Frank, Saint Louis MO 57.39% 7 Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO; Jay Shah, St Louis MO 58.34% 6/7 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Neal Kleiner, San Pedro CA 57.39% 8 Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA 57.67% 8 Glen Perry, Voorheesville NY; Susan Eastman, Altamont NY 57.22% 9 Aleksandar Vujic, Toronto ON; Miroslav Kovacevic, Markham ON 56.74% 9 Michael Miedema, Hockley TX; Edwin (Ted) Bain III, Houston TX 56.72% 10 Ariel Leibovitz - Stephen Reichek, Houston TX 56.67% 10 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 56.29% 11 Elizabeth Wachowicz - Zenon Wachowicz, Buffalo Grove IL 56.42% 11 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 56.27% 12 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 56.37% 12 Barbara Hopewell - Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA 56.17% 13 Robert Buchanan, Arlington TX; Don Reynolds, Weatherford TX 56.04% 13 Stephanie Williams, Delta BC; Reid Fleming, Arlington MA 55.74% 14 Sandy Palmer - Dennis Hawtin, Shorewood WI 55.84% 14 Ru Hong Terajewicz - Tara McCabe, Ottawa ON 55.44% 15 Edward Rauch, Fort Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Ft Lauderdale FL 55.39% 15 Andrew Nalos, Vancouver BC; Kenneth Ramsay, West Vancouver BC 55.12% 16 Andrew Clements, La Vista NE; Jonathan Cohn, Omaha NE 55.32% 16 Karen Caton - Caron Peck, Arlington TX 54.92% 17 Nancy Fellman, Dallas TX; Elaine Wood, Keller TX 55.12% 17 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Zachary Wasserman, Farmington Hls MI 54.27% 18 Monica Taylor - Lewis Richardson Jr, Astoria OR 55.00% 18 S Perutz - Carol Adamek, Dallas TX 54.07% 19 Michael Lipp, Trenton OH; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 53.90% 19 Mark Beckwith, Johnston IA; Barbara Schipper, Ankeny IA 54.05% 20 Jeffrey Yutzler, Alexandria VA; Norman Kittrell, College Park MD 53.87% 20 Richard Langland, Irving TX; Charles Burke, Arlington TX 53.97% 21/22 Marie Duval - Jean-Luc Dubois, Montreal QC 53.47% 21 Sandy Kristoferson, Denton TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Villge TX 53.90% 21/22 Ann Morin, Park City UT; William Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 53.47% 22 Dingbin Feng - Xinyu Feng, Moncton NB 53.80% 23 Cameron Shunta - Renee Shunta, Grand Haven MI 53.20% 23 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Joan Brody, Morristown NJ 53.55% 24 Willie Baker Jr, Guthrie OK; Joe Veal, Oklahoma City OK 53.17% 24 Aaron Mohrman - John Krah, Seattle WA 53.45% 25 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA 53.12% 25 Bill Page - Regina Sooey, Jacksonville FL 53.22% 26 George Subt, Southampton NJ; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON 52.67% 26 Joseph Keim - Bill Gottschall, Dayton OH 53.00% 27 Jeff Dater, Dallas TX; Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX 52.45% 27 Jim Harp - Chris Anderson, Dallas TX 52.75% 28 Chris Kelly - Jimmy Justice, Waxahachie TX 52.20% 28 Karen Fillis - George Fillis, San Antonio TX 52.52% 29/30 David Begin, West Melborne FL; David Seares, Melbourne FL 51.97% 29 Dave Adelman - David Johnson, Calgary AB 52.22% 29/30 Michael Smith - Susan Smith, Newington CT 51.97% 30 Christina Parker, Newton Centre MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 51.72% 31 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Norman Goldman, Chesterfield MO 51.62% 31 Steven Gewirtzman, Ambler PA; Clifford Wilson Jr, Skillman NJ 51.52% 32 Susan Johnson - John Johnson, Newport Beach CA 51.55% 32 Becky Butler, Alpharetta GA; Chris Trower, Atlanta GA 51.15%

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AAA CCC DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Glen Anderson - Tammy Moll, Raleigh NC 63.77% 1 Harold Farnsworth, Salt Lake City UT; Barbara Lundy, Park City UT 58.45% 2 Michael Bossert - Sara Bossert, Cypress TX 61.69% 2 Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA; Maria Weinberg, Poughkeepsie NY 58.30% 3 Joseph Murray - Ricki Rogers, Mt Laurel NJ 60.27% 3 1 Bruce Altshuler, Los Angeles CA; Marel Bates, Winnetka CA 57.95% 4 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 59.92% 4 Marvin Darter - Linda Darter, North Port FL 57.79% 5 2 Arlie Lamb, San Mateo CA; Joel Steinberg, Burlingame CA 59.62% 5 Allan Siebert - Bonnie Melchior, Little Rock AR 57.59% 6 3 1 Robert Macneal, Prescott Valley AZ; Jane Friedman, Prescott AZ 59.36% 6 Nancy Stanton, Frisco TX; Lynne Wood, Richardson TX 56.88% 7 4 Bill Osborn - Bob McNeill, Frisco TX 57.89% 7 2 1 Cheryl Mathias, Sugarland TX; Lisa Zummo, Houston TX 55.92% 8 5 Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA; Cordelia Menges, New York NY 56.33% 8 3 Candace Dauphinot, Santa Barbara CA; Kiendl Gordon, New York NY 55.11% 9 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Deanna Holtzman, Bloomfield Hls MI 56.28% 9 4 2 Peggy King, Dallas TX; Barbara O’Dell, Richardson TX 54.86% 10 Russ Jones - Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 55.72% 10 5 3 Beverly Strauss, Dallas TX; Randy Earle, McKinney TX 54.81% 11 6 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 55.67% 11 6 Bill Parrish - Lenora Parrish, Woodway TX 54.50% 12 Gail Wells - Jack Smith, Dallas TX 55.47% 12 7 4 Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Thomas Greehan III, Southborough MA 53.69% 13 7 2 Julie Butterfield - Kenneth Bickelhaupt, Dallas TX 54.50% 13 8 5 Paul Andre Paquin - Suzanne Arsenault, Saint-Bruno QC 53.44% 14 8 Barry Martin - Connie Martin, Dallas TX 54.20% 14 9 6 Alan Godes, Needham MA; Joseph Brouillard, Lincoln RI 53.19% 15/16 Jack Rollier, Allen TX; Jeanne Kretz, Mc Kinney TX 53.95% 15 10 Carol Lechky, Golden BC; John Mooshie, Crawfordville FL 52.88% 15/16 Ned Nolte, Arlington TX; Steve Brower, Summerfield FL 53.95% 16 Martha Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD 52.83% 9 Phyllis Timko - Donald Timko, Houston TX 51.32% 10 Elaine Olson, Pleasant Hill IA; Elaine Knutson, Tiffin OH 49.85% 11 John McConnell, Cedar Hill TX; Kevin Broderick, Midlothian TX 48.68% 3 Eric Singer - Susan Singer, Tucson AZ 46.76% 4 Peter Marvin, Little Rock AR; Andrew Collins, Roland AR 46.10% 5 Ann Kuehler, New Braunfels TX; Helen Macdonald, Douglas NB 46.00% 6 Marilyn Sharratt, Austin TX; John Lawler, Evansville IN 45.80% Page 20 Friday, March 28, 2014 Daily Bulletin Today’s Bridge Events All events are played in the Conference Center unless otherwise noted. Friday, March 28, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Thursday-Friday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Friday, March 28, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Friday, March 28, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 3rd floor, Houston Ballroom $16 $20 Friday, March 28, Noon & 7 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Quarterfinal Sheraton Hotel, 2nd floor, Austin $20 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Final Sheraton Hotel, 2nd floor, Austin $17 Friday, March 28, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Friday, March 28, 1 & 7:30 p.m. SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F 1st floor, Dallas Ballroom $20 WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F 1st floor, Dallas Ballroom $20 BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F 1st floor, Grand Hall $17 Friday Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 O Canada! Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Friday, March 28, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Friday, March 28, 7:30 p.m. A/X Side Swiss Teams single 1st floor, Grand Hall $15 $19 B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single 1st floor, Grand Hall $15 $19 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Friday, March 28, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $12/team/match

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