Round Robin Round Up
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Volume 18, Issue 6 June 15, 2021 USBF President Brad Moss USBF Vice President Kate Aker USBF COO & Secretary Jan Martel USBF CFO Stan Subeck USBF Recorder Jack Oest Director McKenzie Myers Tournament Organizer Jan Martel Software Expert Al Hollander Online VuGraph Organizer Chris Wiegand Appeals Administrators Suzi Subeck, Chairman Bill Arlinghaus Appeals Panel: Cheri Bjerkan Rich DeMartino Marty Fleisher Marty Hirschman George Jacobs Chip Martel Jim Munday Important! Lew Stansby Josh Stark From Jan regarding the Team Captains’ Meeting today Stan Subeck at Noon Eastern Daylight time: Bulletin Editor Suzi Subeck The main thing we will be doing at the captains' meeting is setting the Photographer Peg Kaplan R16 bracket. The Beatty, Lebowitz, Lall & Dawson teams, in that order, will pick their Round of 16 opponents from Bell, Bitterman, Clayton, Compton, Gupta, Rasmussen, Rosenthal, and Sanborn. Then we will ran- domly assign Nickell & Onstott to bracket positions 5 & 6, Joel & Levine to bracket positions 7 & 8, and the remaining 4 teams to bracket positions 9-12. All of this shouldn’t take long. The captains of teams other than Beatty, Lebowitz, Lall & Dawson do not have to attend the captains' meeting. Beatty, Lebowitz, Lall & Dawson can give me This Just In...Just This 4 Teams Lall Online Justin UNITED STATES BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPStheir choices in advance and skip the meeting. 1 “TRIALS” AND TRIBULATIONS—PRE-BULLETIN There are 32 teams entered and listed in alphabetic order. Beatty Steve Beatty, Capt Fred Stewart Lo Ai-Tai Lo, Capt Bill Pettis Jim Foster Bryan Howard David Chechelashvili Ahmed Soliman Jenni Carmichael Tom Carmichael Howard Liu Eugene Hung Bell Leo Bell, Capt Cris Barrere Nickell Nick Nickell Ralph Katz Mark Moss Bob Thomson Bobby Levin Steve Weinstein Mark Ralph Bill Harker Eric Greco Geoff Hampson Bishel Tom Bishel, Capt John Bishel Jill Levin, NPC Charley Seelbach Blaine Mullins Onstott John Onstott, Capt Jacob Morgan John Bacon Bernie Greenspan Drew Casen Jim Krekorian Bitterman Bob Bitterman, Capt Bob Cappelli Billy Cohen Gary Cohler Dave Caprera Anne Brenner Rasmussen Jim Rasmussen, Capt Anton Tsypkin Mark Aquino Jon Green Carrie Liu Maxim Silin Clayton Phil Clayton, Capt Andrew Gumperz Alan Watson Rick Binder Franco Baseggio Alex Kolesnik Reynolds Tom Reynolds, Capt Lance Kerr Jeff Roman Ralph Buchalter Joe Viola Bill Hall Compton Chris Compton, Capt Andy Goodman Randy Howard John Jones Ron Smith Tod Moses Rosenthal Andrew Rosenthal, Capt Aaron Silverstein Billy Miller Migry Campanile David Berkowitz Dawson Dennis Dawson, Capt Charlie Wilkins Chris Willenken Steve Garner Mark Itabashi Ifti Baqai Sanborn Kerri Sanborn, Capt Jill Meyers Ross Grabel Mitch Dunitz Alex Ornstein Bruce Rogoff Delmonte Ish DelMonte, Capt Finn Kolesnik Disa Eythorsdottir Janice Molson Jeff Ferro Leni Holtz Schireson Max Schireson, Capt John Miller Donnelly Chris Donnelly, Capt Ethan Wood Stephen Tu Lynn Shannon Kim Gilman Dan Jablonski Robbie Hopkins Joan Lewis Alex Hudson Cynthia Huang Simson Doug Simson, Capt Jeff Aker Donner Gary Donner, Capt Sandra Rimstedt Walter Lee Frank Merblum Harrison Luba Joe Grue Allan Falk John Lusky Radu Nistor Iulian Rotaru Vance Grant Vance, Capt Greg Vance Gupta Naren Gupta, Capt Daniel Korbel Farid Assemi Jim Slinger Zia Mahmood Jerry Stamatov Jessica Lai Drew Hoskins Kevin Bathurst John Hurd Wu Weishu Wu, Capt Peter Sun Harris Marty Harris, Capt Miriam Harris-Botzum Ming Sheng Winston Huang Louis Glasthal Mike Massimilla Jane Wang Jiang Chen Hill Kevin Dwyer, Capt Joyce Hill Xu Yang Xu, Capt William Scott Shan Huang Vince Demuy Avery Silverstein Hengrui Xing Roger Lee Jack Boge Kai Eckert Joel Geeske Joel, Capt Kevin Rosenberg Zhang Qiang Zhang, Capt Brian Zhang Will Watson Owen Lien Serena Guo Victor Xiao Debbie Rosenberg Michael Rosenberg Eric Xiao Steve Chen Juniors #1 Samuel Pahk, Capt Michael Haas Andrew Chen Charlie Chen Q: Why shouldn't you visit an expen- Jeff Xiao Olivia Schireson sive wig shop? Lall Hemant Lall, Capt Reese Milner John Diamond Brian Platnick A: It's too high a price 'toupee.' Bob Hamman Peter Weichsel Lebowitz Adam Grossack, Capt Larry Lebowitz Zach Grossack Joel Wooldridge Don't interrupt someone working David Grainger Gavin Wolpert intently on a puzzle. Chances are, Levine Mike Levine Eddie Wold Jeff Meckstroth Eric Rodwell you'll hear some crosswords. Mike Passell Mark Lair Bob Morris, NPC My boss yelled at me the other day, Lewis Paul Lewis, Capt Linda Lewis Josh Donn Greg Hinze “You’ve got to be the worst train Bart Bramley Kit Woolsey driver in history. How many trains did you derail last year?" I said, "Can’t say for sure, it’s so hard to keep track!" 2 “TRIALS” AND TRIBULATIONS—PRE-BULLETIN Remaining Tournament Schedule Ethics Statement KO CAPTAINS' MEETING ON ZOOM TUESDAY JUNE 15 12:00 NOON ROUND OF 16 Ethics - We’re not trying to provide the same security for this FRIDAY JUNE 18 12:30 - 2:15 SEGMENT 1 BOARDS 1-14 event as we have for online events to select USBF International 2:40 - 4:25 SEGMENT 2 BOARDS 15-28 teams. However, the provisions of the USBF General Conditions of 45 MINUTE BREAK Contest regarding ethical obligations and possible penalties apply 5:10 - 6:55 SEGMENT 3 BOARDS 29-42 to this event. The USBF has appointed an Ethics Investigation 7:15 - 9:00 SEGMENT 4 BOARDS 43-56 QUARTERFINAL Committee that will review any complaints about ethics viola- SATURDAY JUNE 19 12:30 - 2:15 SEGMENT 1 BOARDS 1-14 tions. If the EIC concludes that a player or pair was acting unethi- 2:40 - 4:25 SEGMENT 2 BOARDS 15-28 cally, they will report to the USBF Board of Directors, who may 45 MINUTE BREAK place a player on probation, suspend, or expel a player for cause. 5:10 - 6:55 SEGMENT 3 BOARDS 29-42 7:15 - 9:00 SEGMENT 4 BOARDS 43-56 2021 Committee is:Dana Berkowitz, Eugene Hung, Roger Lee, SEMIFINAL Chip Martel, Steve Weinstein, Jenny Wolpert SUNDAY JUNE 20 12:30 - 2:15 SEGMENT 1 BOARDS 1-14 2:40 - 4:25 SEGMENT 2 BOARDS 15-28 45 MINUTE BREAK 5:10 - 6:55 SEGMENT 3 BOARDS 29-42 System Regulations & Conditions of Contest 7:15 - 9:00 SEGMENT 4 BOARDS 43-56 FINAL (WILL CHANGE IF TEAMS WANT 60 OR 64 BOARDS) • Normal USBF System regulations apply to this event. MONDAY JUNE 21 12:30 - 2:15 SEGMENT 1 BOARDS 1-14 • This event is governed by the USBF General Conditions of 2:40 - 4:25 SEGMENT 2 BOARDS 15-28 45 MINUTE BREAK Contest and Special Conditions of Contest for this event. 5:10 - 6:55 SEGMENT 3 BOARDS 29-42 7:15 - 9:00 SEGMENT 4 BOARDS 43-56 • The ACBL Open+ Convention Chart applies to this event. 3 THERE WILL BE DEFERRED KIBITZING FOR ALL OF THE JLALL4 EVENT. KIBITZING SCHEDULE FOR THE ROUND ROBIN (EDT) The schedule will be the same each day: Round 1: 2:00 pm Round 2: 3:40 pm Round 3: 5:20 pm Watching online, Round 4: 7:30 pm Even delayed, Round 5: 9:10 pm Is the best way to see KIBITZING SCHEDULE FOR THE KO (EDT) How a hand’s bid and played! Quarter 1: 1:00 pm Quarter 2: 3:10 pm BREAK Quarter 3: 7:10 Quarter 4: 9:15 To kibitz, go to https://kibitz.realbridge.online/, enter your name and click on Log In. You will be taken to a screen where you select to kibitz the JLall4 event. After you select Kibitz JLall Online Teams #4, you will be taken to a lobby where you will see a list of tables on the left and a chat box and list of people in the lobby on the right. The table listing shows the team & player names at each table. In the middle of the table, immediately under the table number, you will see the board # and trick # in play. There will be information about the number of kibitzers at a table and whether there is audio/video commentary (a picture of a TV means there is). Click on a table. At the table, you will see a hand diagram, and the bidding and play as it happened. You do not get to hear or see the players yet (that's coming). There is a chat window on the right of the screen. Anyone can type chat into the chat window. To get more information: If there is an asterisk next to a bid, that means it was Alerted or Explained. Click on the bid to see. -- "Rewind" the play by moving the vertical handle on the slider underneath the table to the left. -- Click on the "Scores" button to the left of the South player's name to get a scorecard for the match so far. You can use this to get lots of information: ----Click on a board number to see the hand record and results at all of the tables. ----Click on a number in a yellow box to get to the hand record from some screens. ----In the hand record screen, click on a result to see the bidding and play at a specific table. ----In the upper left corner: ----Click on the yellow box with 4 little boxes to get the match scores for all the matches (that will be IMPs and for the Round Robin will not include scores from previous rounds). ----Click on the yellow box with 3 bulleted lines to get Cross-IMPs for for this match). The Scores information is also available in the lobby using the button at the upper right. TIMING OF DEFERRAL The Round Robin matches will be deferred until each round is complete.