Sunday, March 19, 2017 Volume 60, Number 10 Daily Bulletin 60th Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski Washingtonians Nickell romps to Vanderbilt win on the pole in Fast Pairs Stanford Christie of Kirkland WA and Dave Westfall of Spokane WA set the pace in the NABC+ Fast Pairs, scoring a slim lead in Satuday’s qualifying sessions. Going into today’s final, they have a carryover of 109.73, not quite 3 matchpoints ahead of May Sakr of Bryn Mawr PA and Kryzysztof Martens of Poland with 106.92. A 38 is top in the final sessions. Christie and Westfall scored 59.10% in the first session and 60.48% in the second. The event runs with 11 minutes per two-board round. Byrnes on top in Jacoby Swiss 2017 ACBL President Bob Heller presents the Vanderbilt Trophy to the winners of Vanderbilt qualifier Knockout Teams: Jeff Meckstroth, Steve Weinstein, captain Nick Nickell, coach Eric Kokish, Dori Byrnes and company topped Saturday’s Steve Katz, Robert Levin and Eric Rodwell. qualifying round of the Jacoby Open Swiss Teams. Nick Nickell’s team cruised to victory in the sporting a 46-IMP lead. The third quarter did not Byrnes, playing with Will Ehlers, Iulian Rotaru, final of the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams, defeating improve Schwartz’s prospects, and Nickell’s lead Radu Nistor, Owen Lien and Zachary Brescoll, led Richard Schwartz’s squad 142-56. A relatively ballooned by the end of the match to 86 IMPs. the very strong field, scoring 127.04 victory points. close first quarter morphed into a lopsided contest Playing with Nickell were partner Ralph Katz In second with 108.68 VP is Team Lavazza. by the end of the second quarter, with Nickell continued on page 5 The squad’s roster is Norberto Bocchi, Alejandro Bianchedi, Agustin Madala, Dennis Bilde, Gorgio Duboin and Antonio Sementa. “Thank you for coming to the Kansas City NABC!” Li leads By Tournament Chair Linda Eakes On behalf of the local NABC Committee, I I am grateful to Women’s Swiss want to thank everyone for attending the Spring all of our sponsors, The squad led by Li Yiting topped the 2017 tournament in Kansas City. It was our as well. Their qualifying round of the Machlin Women’s Swiss pleasure to play host to all of our bridge-playing generosity helped Teams. Li, of Herndon VA, is playing with Wei friends. make the player Wang, Shuoyan Liu and Mei Xia of Shanghai, We are pleased that so many players came to experience special. China. They scored 82.21 victory points in visit us in Kansas City, and we hope that you return Finally, a big Saturday’s opening round. to play in our sectionals and regionals, as well. Our thank you goes In second is Barbara Ferm’s team who scored end-of-the-year regional is one of the best in the to the ACBL 79.94 VP in the qualifier. Playing with Ferm of ACBL. staff, especially Dallas TX, are Migry Zur Campanile and Judy The Kansas City NABC would not have been Wendy Sullivan, Radin of New York City, Jill Meyers of Santa possible without the hard work of the volunteers the League’s Monica CA and Jill Levin of Henderson NV. that make up the local committee. In addition to meeting services Eight teams will play in today’s two-session the members of the executive committee – Marti manager, who is final. Malcolm, Vicki Muir, and Susan and Jim Urich – such a professional there were dozens of others who spent countless in making everything happen. And the ACBL’s NABC Results by Email/Text hours preparing for the tournament. I am so proud tournament directors are the best. ACBL Live sends you your score after of them! Thank you so much for coming to Kansas City! each session, including a link to your results. A new feature: ACBL Live will tell you your seating assignment for an upcoming session in a Get passports ready for Toronto multisession event. The Summer NABC this year Paying with a credit or debit card This service is automatic for members unless will be held in Toronto. Travel to whenever possible is a great way to they have specifi cally opted out. To receive text Canada requires a valid passport. avoid the hassle of currency exchange. messages, go to MyACBL at acbl.org and select While the U.S. State Department While some businesses may accept Update My Information to enter your email advises to allow six to eight U.S. currency, the exchange rate address and/or cell phone number. weeks for processing passport offered is often unfavorable. applications, delays can happen. For ACBL events, U.S. $20 ATTENDANCE Make plans now to apply for a bills will be accepted at a value of through Saturday passport or renew if your passport is expired, so $25 CAD. Change will be provided in Canadian that you can be assured of having it well in advance currency, and prices will be listed in CAD. For 8248 tables of the tournament, July 20-30. To get information NABC+ events, the fee per player per session is or apply online for a passport, go to travel.state. $32.50. A player paying for two sessions at that Goodwill Message gov. rate could pay $60 USD, which would be valued at As we fold up our bid boxes and Another factor to consider in making plans $75 CAD, and would receive change of $10 CAD. prepare to leave, let’s again thank our for the Toronto NABC is that Canada has its own Similarly, for regional events, where the price hosts for their hard work and gracious hospitality. currency, which is not the U.S. dollar. Plan to is $20 per player per session, a player could pay Sandy DeMartino, Chair exchange currency upon arrival for whatever cash $40 USD ($50 CAD) for two sessions and would Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee transactions you will conduct while in Toronto. receive change of $10 CAD. Page 2 Sunday, March 19, 2017 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Sunday, March 19 Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA)
A memorable deal Vendors in the Westin Food and drink Vendors for the Spring NABC in KC – such as This deal comes from the second round of the specials in the Vanderbilt in which Johan Sylvan and Frederic the bookseller and clothes seller – are located in the Wrang of Hemant Lall’s team faced Tor Helness Westin on the Ballroom Level. Westin and Sheraton and Geir Helgemo of Pierre Zimmermann’s squad. MILANO ♠ Q 9 Daily Blue Plate Specials and Italian ♥ Q 10 5 Parking discounts Buffet: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. featuring a build-your- Discounted daily parking tickets are available ♦ Q 6 4 2 own salad bar and pasta bar, pizza bar and a for $10 at the Prizes and Parking desk located at ♣ A K J 5 variety of Italian classics. the Sheraton, mezzanine level (same level as The ♠ K J 8 6 4 2 ♠ A 10 7 5 3 Happy Hour at Milano from 4:30 to 6:30 Link sky bridge). These must be purchased after ♥ J 4 3 2 ♥ 9 7 6 p.m. Sunday through Friday. entering the self-parking at either property and ♦ K 7 ♦ A prior to departure. They are only good on the day BRASSERIE ♣ 4 ♣ Q 10 6 2 of purchase. Breakfast Buffet. Daily from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. ♠ — Today, the parking desk will be open 9 to 11 Dinner Specials just for bridge players: ♥ A K 8 a.m. and 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Friday-Monday and other specials Tuesday- ♦ J 10 9 8 5 3 Thursday. ♣ 9 8 7 3 SPECTATORS West North East South Breakfast Buffet. Daily from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sylvan Helness Wrang Helgemo Cheer on your favorite teams during 1♣ 1♠ 2♦ March Madness on one of our 12 big-screen 4♠ 5♦ All Pass televisions in Spectators. West lead the ♠K, ruffed. Declarer Helgemo Happy Hour: 4:30-6:30 p.m. Sunday- crossed to the ♥Q, ruffed dummy’s remaining Friday. spade, and cashed the ♥A K. When both defenders followed, declarer crossed to dummy’s ♣ A and played dummy’s ♦Q to East’s ace. At this point, East is down to all black cards, Deep Finesse: another so he decided to exit with a spade. Helgemo ruffed in dummy and carefully cashed a second club statistical anomaly before playing another trump. West was endplayed By Barry Rigal whether he ruffed the ♣K or not. Nobody is vulnerable. The auction starts: This pretty line has only one possible defect. West North East South If East had started with four hearts (giving West a 1♣ Pass 5=4=2=2 pattern), East could defeat the contract by 2♥ (strong) playing the last heart when in with the trump ace: No one has psyched. North-South have no West can ruff with the ♦K and exit a club. singletons, and no six-card suits. Each, in fact, has a 5-4-2-2 shape.) Masterpoint disclaimer And yet, par is a North-South contract on the Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are deal. What is it? subject to change because of score changes or The answer is Board 14 from the second final corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, session of the Silodor Open Pairs: therefore, also subject to change. ♠ Q 4 ♥ Q 2 Email us ♦ K Q 8 5 2 Got a hand you just have to share or a nice ♣ K J 7 6 story? We’d love to see it. ♠ A 8 2 ♠ J 10 9 5 The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: ♥ K J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 ♥ — [email protected]. You’ll also find ♦ J ♦ A 4 it on the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” ♣ — ♣ A Q 8 5 4 3 2 between the date and the editors’ names. ♠ K 7 6 3 This email address won’t be checked with any ♥ A 3 regularity when the NABC is not in session, so ♦ 10 9 7 6 3 please continue to use our office email addresses ♣ 10 9 for non-tournament–related correspondence. 4NT doubled by North-South makes eight tricks against any defense. That’s minus 300 compared to 4♥ by East-West, minus 420.
Check out our interactive restaurant map at acbl.org/kcmap Daily Bulletin Sunday, March 19, 2017 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS More Do’s and Don’ts to help your game – Part 10 By Brent Manley Take more tricks as declarer with these tips. DO Learn about safety plays. Consider this situation: You are in 6♥ with no losers outside the trump suit, which is configured like this: ♥9 5 4
♥A Q 10 8 7 2 At matchpoints, you might consider playing a heart to the queen, hoping the king is onside doubleton. The extra trick could be worth a lot to your score. If you are playing in a team game, your goal is to make your contract – period. Say you play a heart to the queen and it loses to the king. Back in dummy, you play another heart and RHO follows low. Do you go up with the ace, hoping LHO started with ♥K J doubleton? Or do you finesse the 10? “ To avoid having to make such a guess, play ‘ ’ ” a heart to the ace first. If the jack comes down, simply drive out the king – you have good spots will lose a trick to the jack. Play to dummy’s king ♥A Q 7 6 5 – and claim. If it’s your lucky day and LHO plays first and you can pick up four to the jack in either the king, return to dummy and finesse against opponent’s hand. Try this one: ♥J 10 9 8 RHO’s now-doubleton ♥J. If both opponents ♦K Q 9 8 3 LHO, a passed hand, leads the top three follow low, return to dummy and play a second clubs against your 4♥ contract. You ruff the third heart. If RHO started with a low singleton, you ♦A 5 4 2 round and must address trumps. In a vacuum, you never had a chance for 12 tricks. If RHO started If RHO has four to the J-10, you will always lose would run the ♥J, hoping LHO has the king. LHO, with ♥K J x, he will get only the trump king. You a trick in the suit. Guard against J-10-x-x with LHO however, has shown up with 9 high-card points in can also handle a 4-0 split if LHO has the void. by playing the ace first. If RHO shows out, the ♦9 8 clubs (A-K-Q). If he held the ♥K, he would have This will be revealed, of course, when you play are the cards that will allow you to bring in the suit opened the bidding. You must play a heart to the the ♥A. Simply lead towards your hand twice to with no losers. If LHO plays the 10 when you lead ace, hoping RHO has a singleton king. hold your losers to one. low from hand, win the king, return to hand and play There are many similar situations. Sometimes There are other layouts that lend themselves another diamond. Dummy has the Q-9 over LHO’s you will locate a missing queen because one of to careful play. Here’s one: J-7. your opponents has shown up with 13 HCP and a ♠K Q 10 9 2 DON’T balanced hand but did not open 1NT. Work on your Take finesses that can’t win. Say this is your concentration to heighten your awareness of what’s ♠A 6 4 3 trump suit: happening at the table. If you cash the ace and LHO discards, you Write to me: [email protected]
♣K, your cover costs a club trick – the setting Defensive commentary #2: If East plays Thinking bridge trick! When partner’s lead shows no honor cards, low on the ♥Q and declarer pulls trumps before By Eddie Kantar dummy has a singleton honor and you have a leading a low diamond from hand, East will be Dlr: East ♠ A K 4 3 higher honor than dummy, cover only if you relying on West to play a card indicating how Vul: N-S ♥ Q can promote a second- or third-round trick for many diamonds he has. Say West plays the ♦4. ♦ Q J 10 3 2 yourself. For example, cover holding the K-J or Looking at the ♦3 and ♦2 in dummy, East will ♣ Q J 10 the K-10-x. If you can’t promote at least a third- know West has an odd number of diamonds, ♠ 8 6 ♠ 5 2 round trick, play low. certainly three. That will mean South started ♥ 9 4 ♥ K 8 7 6 3 2 Play commentary: If South does hold four with two, so both of East’s high diamonds will ♦ 8 5 4 ♦ A K 9 hearts to the A-J-10, he will be very pleased to see cash. East can then play the ♣A and hope for an ♣ K 9 8 7 6 3 ♣ A 5 East cover dummy’s ♥Q. Declarer will win, draw encouraging signal from West. On this deal, the ♠ Q J 10 9 7 trumps and cash his two heart winners, pitching defenders will take the four tricks in the minors ♥ A J 10 5 clubs from dummy. they are due. ♦ 7 6 ♣ 4 2 Allison Ryan and Yan Drabek of Northampton West North East South MA have placed in almost 1♥ 1♠ every 299er game they’ve Pass 4♠ All Pass played in Kansas City, Opening lead: ♥9. taking first in C four times Bidding commentary: North, with 16 in a row on Thursday and support points (not counting the ♥Q), should Friday and first overall on Thursday morning. They venture game opposite a 1♠ overcall. began playing at the 2014 Defensive commentary: East must decide Fall NABC in Providence, what partner’s is leading from to determine what starting with BridgePlus+ declarer has in the suit. The lead is a likely top after taking Audrey Grant’s of a doubleton. With 9-x-x-(x) in an unsupported class there. They won that suit, partner leads low. If partner has a doubleton, day. “It was our first time declarer has the A-J-10-x. If you cover, declarer playing in a real duplicate will eventually be able to discard two clubs from game,” Drabek said. “We dummy on the ♥J and ♥10. If partner has the said, ‘This is not so hard.’” Page 4 Sunday, March 19, 2017 Daily Bulletin
FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO JEANNE ACKERMAN SATURDAY MORNING SWISS TEAMS 5 Tables 6 Tables 4.37 1 Richard Newell, West Des Moines IA; Toby A B C White, Des Moines IA; Andrew Clements, La Vista NE; Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY 2.99 1 1 Jeanie Brown, Lake Quivira KS; Kristi Fjare, Ponca City OK; 3.06 2 Stanley Hack - Jan Haddox, Greenville SC; Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO; Becky Lowe, Bartlesville OK 51.00 James Tunnell - Gayle Tunnell, San Francisco CA 2.24 2 2 1 Deepak Dighe, West Bloomfield MI; Latika Mangrulkar, Farmington Hills MI; Chelane Priller, Mason MI; Hong Liu, Frontenac MO 46.00 TIM HAYS FRIDAY ZIP KO 6 Tables SATURDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 3.73 1 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jenni Carmichael - Thomas Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Peter J. Boyd- 10.5 Tables Bowman, Greensboro NC; Yoko Glubok Sobel, Brooklyn NY A B C 2.61 2 Connor Havens - Cindy Havens, Riverview 3.98 1 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 67.32% NB; Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Lewis Gamerman, 2.99 2 John Dickenson, North Wales PA; David Cohan, Doylestown PA 63.48% Randolph MA 2.24 3 Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Carrie Touslee, Roseville CA 61.93% 1.72 4 Marilyn Adams, Beaumont TX; Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX 60.56% 1.26 5 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 58.99% 3.41 6 1 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Houston TX; Dennis Schultz, Harrison OH 52.08% 2.56 2 Diane Warren - Joe Warren, Wichita KS 51.85% 1.92 3 Jerry Nakamura, El Dorado Hills CA; Michael Hughes, Jefferson City MO 51.54% 1.44 4 Joseph Verdirame - Karen Verdirame, Omaha NE 51.07% 1.08 5 Susan Atteridge, Livingston NJ; Wendy Lee, East Hanover NJ 50.05%
SATURDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 7.5 Tables A B C 2.36 1 1 Terri Jackson, Kansas City MO; Gaylen Mast, Gladstone MO 67.08% 1.77 2 2 Joyce Jonik, Ypsilanti MI; Larry Wood 65.00% 1.87 3 3 1 Robbie Lloyd, Silver Spring MD; Carole Stringer, Bethesda MD 56.82% 1.40 4 4 2 Rita Clark - Paula Sauder, Emporia KS 56.25% 1.05 5 5 3 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Theresa Raines, Fort Washington MD 52.28% 0.79 4 Brad Wertz - Lynette Forbes, Lawrence KS 50.91%
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Vanderbilt TOURNAMENT APPEALS continued from page 1 In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeal results in a timely fashion, the and teammates Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is made to ensure that Robert Levin and Steve Weinstein. these reports are accurate and complete. Before they are published in the NABC Schwartz played with partner Daniel Korbel, Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may be made. and teammates David Gold, David Bakhshi, Boye informed, may not be entitled to redress if he or Brogeland and Epsen Lindqvist. APPEAL CASE 0901 she chooses to proceed without clarifying the This is the fourth Vanderbilt win for captain Misinformation situation. All of this player’s peers asked about Nickell and Weinstein, the fifth for Katz, the sixth Baldwin North American Pairs 2♦; staff decided this player needed to ask as well. for Levin, and the seventh for Meckstroth and First Final Law 40B4 says that a side that is damaged as a Rodwell. March 9, 2017 consequence of failure to explain a call or play is For the runners-up, it was Schwartz’s sixth DiC: Kevin Perkins entitled to an adjusted score; staff concluded that appearance in the final (he’s won three times), but Dlr: North Rick Zucker the source of the damage was a player of this level the first for each of his teammates. Vul: N–S ♠ K J 9 8 not asking a question when he needed the answer Nickell’s run in the 2017 contest was marked Bd: 5 ♥ K 10 9 5 3 to make his decision. by many decisive victories. In the 24 quarters of ♦ 10 4 2 The Review: N–S requested a review of the play over six rounds, they were outscored in four ♣ 6 ruling. North was the only player who spoke to the only. Brian Ellis Bernie Greenspan reviewer. He felt he had been misinformed, and ♠ A 7 5 ♠ 3 2 that with the proper information he would have bid ♥ Q J 7 6 2 ♥ A 8 4 a lead-directing 2♠ rather than 2♥, planning to raise Monitoring At this and future North American ♦ J 7 3 ♦ A 6 diamonds later. Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ ♣ J 3 ♣ A K Q 9 7 4 The reviewer spoke to six national-champion events with real-time cameras. The images will Ethan Stein level players. He gave the North hand as a bidding be recorded and available for later inspection ♠ Q 10 6 4 problem. All six asked what 2♦ was; two were and review by officials. The images will also ♥ — vehement that it was critical, as it could be nearly be available for public viewing via YouTube ♦ K Q 9 8 5 anything. They suggested Pass, 2♠ and 3♦ were within two to three months of each NABC. Your ♣ 10 8 5 2 among the calls they would consider. participation in such events includes your consent When the reviewer asked how much sympathy to be recorded. West North East South they would have for a player who did not ask about By general monitoring of the session and Pass 1♣ (1) 1♦ 2♦, two said that they could sympathize, although participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source 2♦ (2) 2♥ 3NT All Pass at the table they themselves would always ask. One of information that may be useful in determining (1) Strong, artificial, forcing (Precision), of those two indicated that it never would have facts and settling issues arising from some types of Alerted. occurred to him that 2♦ was hearts. The other four ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please (2) At least 8 HCP with five or more hearts, had no sympathy at all; one suggested that over summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. not Alerted. natural or artificial 1♣, so many pairs play transfer The Result: 3NT by East, making five, E–W structures in competitive auctions that it would plus 460. The opening lead was the ♦Q. never occur to him to proceed without clarifying The Facts: The director was called before the situation. the opening lead was made. The table director The Decision: The reviewer concluded that the indicated that no Alert was due as 2♦ was a cuebid. above-cited provision in the Alert procedure did ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Further review was requested, and the DiC of the indeed cover this situation – even if this player did tournament was asked about the Alertability of not suspect that this auction was anything special, 2♦. He indicated that in our Alert procedure 2♦ all his peers did. He was expected to protect is Alertable – the 2♦ bid was not chosen because himself. Law 21A says no redress is due a player it was the opponents’ suit, but because it was a who acts on the basis of his own misunderstanding; transfer to hearts. The table director then gave the there was no legal basis to apply Law 40B4 (see North hand to several players. They considered above). The table result was allowed to stand. As different calls over 2♦, but all of them asked what the initial ruling was delivered on an incorrect 2♦ was before answering. application of the Alert rules, this review was The Ruling: Staff determined that although deemed to have merit. there was misinformation from the failure to Alert, Reviewer: Matt Koltnow it did not cause the damage. Alert procedures state Players consulted: Billy Miller, Chris Moll, that an opponent who actually knows or suspects Jerry Helms, Bob Hamman and two others. what is happening, even though not properly
TULSA UNIT 158 SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 22.0 Tables / Based on 59 Tables A B C 30.19 1 Swadesh Mahajan - Kalpana Sutaria, Austin TX 58.06% 22.64 2 Rajan Mehta, Salina KS; Ronald Traudt, Wichita KS 58.01% 16.98 3 1 1 Thomas McDow V, Bexley OH; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 57.84% 12.74 4 2 2 Robert Olson - Geoffrey Friedman, Leawood KS 56.54% 10.06 5 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 56.48% 8.63 6 Laurie Rowe, Eugene OR; Irva Neyhart, Corvallis OR 55.99% 7.55 7 Mark Ehret - Nancy Keefer, St. Louis MO 55.23% 8.65 8 3 Edward Rubac, Oklahoma City OK; Stephen Swatek, Platte City MO 54.14% 6.04 9 Jim Urich, Shawnee Mission KS; Robert Williamson, Kansas City MO 54.03% 6.48 10 4 Steven Goodman, Overland Park KS; Jim Wattenbarger, Kansas City MO 53.76% 5.03 11 Timothy Flaherty, San Diego CA; Yang Xu, New York NY 53.21% 5.12 5 3 Lucy Stinson, Shawnee Mission KS; Jean Howard, Prairie Village KS 52.45% 4.39 6 4 Todd Stimmel, New York NY; John Stimmel, Miami Beach FL 52.07% 3.84 7 5 William Cook, Twin Falls ID; Clyde Coon, Boise ID 51.80% 3.42 8 Paul Bennett, Brandon MN; Gregory Jecker, Stilwell KS 51.42%
SATURDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 6.0 Tables A B C 1.63 1 1 1 Trisha Pitts, Kansas City MO; Judith McKarnin, Overland Park KS 64.25% 1.22 2 2 2 Lisa Mantini - Nina Williams, Stillwater OK 60.67% 0.92 3 3 3 Ward Katz, Prairie Village KS; Allan Katz, Kansas City MO 59.65% 0.69 4 4 Sandy Palmer - Elizabeth Allen, Kansas City MO 58.83% Page 6 Sunday, March 19, 2017 Daily Bulletin
SILODOR OPEN PAIRS - REVISED Double stepping stone 78.0 Tables / Based on 146 Tables Chris Willenken pointed out a neat ending on 125.00 1 Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 2798.76 this deal played by his partner Jan Jansma from 93.75 2 Dror Padon - Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel 2605.37 the round of 16 in the Vanderbilt. Their opponents 70.31 3 Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Adam Grossack, Newton MA 2523.99 were Roger Lee and Michael Rosenberg. 55.56 4 Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 2493.99 ♠ A J 3 50.00 5 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; C. Ganzer, Brooklyn NY 2493.82 ♥ 7 5 45.45 6 Miriam Harris-Botzum - John Botzum, Orefield PA 2488.78 41.67 7 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Jourdain Patchett, Sarasota FL 2469.71 ♦ J 9 7 5 4 38.46 8 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 2460.31 ♣ K 8 4 35.71 9 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 2454.87 ♠ 5 ♠ 8 7 6 2 33.33 10 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardens FL 2412.69 ♥ 10 9 2 ♥ K J 6 3 31.25 11 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 2409.51 ♦ A K Q 6 2 ♦ 10 29.41 12 John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 2378.41 ♣ 9 6 3 2 ♣ A J 10 5 27.78 13 Robert Bjorge, Bellingham WA; Thomas Devine, Ferndale WA 2376.56 ♠ K Q 10 9 6 26.32 14 Sheri Winestock - Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV 2337.14 ♥ A Q 8 4 25.00 15 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 2336.99 ♦ 8 3 23.81 16 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 2331.26 ♣ Q 7 22.73 17 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 2324.56 21.74 18 Victor Chubukov, Somerville MA; Eric Mayefsky, San Francisco CA 2314.56 West North East South 20.83 19 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia 2312.63 Lee Willenken Rosenberg Jansma 20.00 20 Xiaoqian Liu - Maxim Siline, Hudson MA 2302.19 1♦ Pass 1♥ 1♠ 19.23 21 Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON 2299.35 Dbl 2♦ Pass 2NT 18.52 22 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; William Harker, Santa Fe NM 2297.73 Pass 3♠ Pass 4♠ 17.86 23 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 2292.10 All Pass 17.24 24 Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD; Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA 2285.03 West led the ♦A and switched to a trump, 16.67 25 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 2280.19 won in dummy. Declarer took the heart finesse, 16.13 26 Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden; Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ 2271.98 cashed the ♥A and ruffed a heart in dummy. When 15.63 27 Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS; Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 2266.24 he exited with a low club, East rose with the 15.15 28 Kamel Fergani, Montreal QC; Frederic Pollack, Laval QC 2253.87 14.71 29 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 2253.84 ace to play another trump. Declarer drew all the 14.29 30 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO 2251.39 remaining trumps and cashed the ♣Q to reach this 13.89 31 Thomas Paske, London England; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia 2248.69 ending: 13.51 32 William Braucher, Billerica MA; Daniel Braucher, Brighton CO 2235.72 ♠ — 13.16 33 Jack Spear, Shawnee Mission KS; Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS 2233.73 ♥ — 12.82 34 Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Hugh Brown Jr., Greenwood SC 2232.85 ♦ J 9 12.50 35 Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL; Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL 2225.41 ♣ K 12.20 36 Fred King, McLean VA; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 2225.40 ♠ — ♠— 11.90 37 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 2225.01 ♥ — ♥ K 11.63 38 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 2220.49 ♦ K Q ♦ — 11.36 39 Jon Bartlett, Portland OR; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 2216.48 11.11 40 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon, Monaco 2209.95 ♣ 9 ♣ J 10 10.87 41 Marty Seligman, Philadelphia PA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 2207.57 ♠ 9 12.31 42 Brian Glubok, New York NY; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 2206.43 ♥ 8 10.42 43 Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA 2204.59 ♦ 8 10.20 44 Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 2204.34 ♣ — 17.30 45 Alan Kudisch, East Norwich NY; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 2199.91 Jansma then played the last trump. No matter 9.80 46 Joe Grue - Martin Fleisher, New York NY 2194.90 how the opponents discarded in this ending, they 9.62 47 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 2194.79 could not avoid being endplayed, allowing declarer 9.43 48 James Milne, Parkville MO; Terry Crabbs, Kansas City MO 2194.40 access to the good ♣K in dummy. If West sheds 9.26 49 Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA 2193.61 a diamond, a diamond exit will force him to lead 9.09 50 Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA 2192.70 a club to dummy at trick 13. If West discards his SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS remaining club, a diamond is pitched from dummy, 26.0 Tables and East is on the hook. A heart discard makes 7 5 2 declarer’s 8 good, while a club discard allows 8.27 1 1 Irene Jasper - Carol Miller, Omaha NE 61.69% 6.20 2 2 Sharon Berglund, Anthem AZ; Arjun Singh, Lakewood CO 60.02% declarer to exit with the heart, forcing East to play 4.65 3 3 Terry Martin, Mission Hills KS; Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO 59.82% a club to dummy for the game-going trick. Both 3.49 4 4 1 David Goodwin - Rose Goodwin, Austin TX 59.38% opponents act as stepping stones for declarer to 2.76 5 Ernest Rosenthal, Overland Park KS; Robert Tung, Leawood KS 57.59% reach dummy at trick 13. 2.36 6 Tracey Ball, Urbandale IA; Janee Oleson, Evansdale IA 56.40% 2.48 7 5 Steven Brodmerkle, Neosho Falls KS; Charles Carlson, Savonburg KS 56.17% 2.37 8 6 2 Donna Katz, Prairie Village KS; Sharon Cormack, Olathe KS 55.36% Entries 1.96 9 Connie Van Patter - Karen Roland, McKinney TX 54.98% All North American championships with no 1.86 10 7 Jan Summers, Aurora IL; Jeanne Kowalski, Brookfield IL 54.32% upper masterpoint limit $25 per player per session 1.65 11 8 Lisa Hadar, Woodbury NY; Susan Eisner, Huntington Bay NY 54.17% (For team events, this means $100 per team 1.49 12 9 Barbara Williford, Raleigh NC; Richard Dixon, Frontenac KS 53.57% per session for four-person teams, $125 per team 1.78 13 10 3 John Klingner, Quincy IL; Lee Greif, Prairie Village KS 53.42% per session for five-person teams, and $150 per 1.39 11 George Steele, Austin TX; Sharyn Pyrz, Bonita CA 53.27% team per session for six-person teams. Only 1.14 12 Rebecca Walker, Pleasant Hill MO; Jack Caughran, Independence MO 53.13% ACBL members are eligible to play in NABC+ 1.33 4 Robert Bradford - Bennet Goeckner, Lawrence KS 51.79% 1.05 5 Mareke Campbell, Overland Park KS; Nancy Fishback, Edisto Island SC 51.19% events. $1.50 per person per session benefits the International Fund.) GREATER KANSAS CITY REALTY SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS Other North American championships are 10.5 Tables $17 per player per session. A B C (For the team events, this means $68 per team 3.98 1 Suanne Blair, Morehead KY; John Jensen, Maysville KY 63.20% per session for teams of four, $85 per team per 3.22 2 1 1 Arnold Nelson Jr. - Mary Alice Nelson, Kansas City MO 57.56% session for teams of five, and $102 per team per 2.24 3 Nancy Strohmer - Hans Strohmer, Houston TX 54.95% session for teams of six. Only ACBL members are 2.42 4 2 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA 54.73% eligible to play in these events.) 1.81 5 3 Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO; Jeanie Brown, Lake Quivira KS 54.19% Regional championships are $16 for ACBL 1.57 6 4 2 Michael Hughes, Jefferson City MO; Hong Liu, Frontenac MO 53.38% 1.02 5 Joseph Verdirame - Karen Verdirame, Omaha NE 51.75% members, $20 for non-members per player per session. (For multi-session team events of three Notice to players Smoking Policy sessions or more, the entry fee is $64, $80 or $96 Each player must have an ACBL convention Smoking is not permitted in the playing area for teams of four, five or six, respectively. For team card filled out and on the table. Please note that during any bridge playing event at an NABC. This events of one or two sessions, the entry fee is $64.) other types of convention cards, such as the WBF includes electronic smoking devices. All other events are $15 for ACBL members, convention card or homemade cards that do not $19 for non-members per player per session. sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are not acceptable substitutes. Daily Bulletin Sunday, March 19, 2017 Page 7
Don’t give up The Search is on Ahmed Hussein shared this deal, played by Egypt’s Tarek Sadek, from an early round of the Chief Executive Officer Vanderbilt. ♠ A 9 8 3 The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to ♥ 5 promote and sustain the game of bridge and to serve the bridge-related needs of our members. We ♦ Q 9 8 4 have approximately 168,000 members and generate approximately $17 million in annual revenue. ♣ K Q 7 2 About 60 employees work out of our Headquarters office in Horn Lake MS (Desoto County), ♠ K 10 ♠ Q 6 a suburb of Memphis TN. We also have 160 employees in the field – 37 full-time tournament ♥ 10 9 8 7 3 2 ♥ J 4 directors and 123 part-time TDs. We support a network of more than 3000 clubs in the U.S., ♦ A 10 2 ♦ K 7 6 5 Canada, Mexico and Bermuda, and there are more than 6000 ACBL-accredited teachers. ♣ J 8 ♣ A 9 6 5 4 The Chief Executive Officer is a full-time position, hired by, and directly accountable to, the ♠ J 7 5 4 2 ACBL Board of Directors. The CEO is responsible for the overall management and leadership of ♥ A K Q 6 the ACBL, including services, programs and business operations. Areas of responsibility include ♦ J 3 planning and implementing strategic goals, policy development and day-to-day operations. ♣ 10 3 West North East South Qualifications 1♠ Here’s what we’re looking for: Pass 3NT (1) Pass 4♠ • Executive management experience – a minimum of 10 years experience in senior management All Pass (nonprofit sector preferred) (1) Four-card support, 9-12 HCP, unspecified • Strong technology background to meet the organization’s strategic objectives singleton. • A bridge player who understands the game’s competitive and social culture and is committed Agianst 4♠, West led the ♥10 to Sadek’s to promoting and expanding its popularity king. The contract appears hopeless: Declarer is • Ability to grow a revenue-generating membership program and build and motivate a high- booked to lose (at least) one trump, two diamonds performance team and a club. Sadek persevered, playing a trump to • Demonstrated experience in public speaking and interacting with large volunteer groups the ace and a low trump to West’s king. On the • Willing to relocate to ACBL Headquarters heart continuation, Sadek won the ace (pitching a diamond from the dummy) and tried a club to the Compensation king and East’s ace. The club exit went to the 10, Salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. jack and queen, and declarer returned to his hand with a club ruff. After playing another trump to Application process dummy’s 9, Sadek ruffed the last club in hand. To apply, send an email to [email protected] with a cover letter detailing “So what?” you may ask. “There are still two qualifications, resume and salary requirement. Applications will be considered until the position is diamond losers.” Well, consider the position from filled. The ACBL is an equal opportunity employer. West’s point of view. Here’s the ending: ♠ 8 ♥ — CHARLOTTE WEIDMAN SATURDAY OPEN PAIRS ♦ Q 9 8 11.0 Tables ♣ — A B C ♠ — ♠ — 9.19 1 Veronica McMurdie - John Chan, Sacramento CA 61.23% ♥ 9 7 ♥ — 6.89 2 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Bill Ream, Burleson TX 60.76% ♦ A 10 2 ♦ K 7 6 5 5.51 3 1 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Robert Huber, Minneapolis MN 55.09% ♣ — ♣ — 3.88 4 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Doree Sobel, Fair Lawn NJ 54.75% ♠ — 4.13 5 2 1 Elizabeth Herbert - Robert Herbert, Kansas City MO 54.17% ♥ Q 6 3.10 6 3 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Houston TX; Dennis Schultz, Harrison OH 54.05% ♦ J 3 2.32 4 Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Jin Hu, New York NY 53.70% ♣ — 3.18 5 2 Duddow Cooney, Regina SK; Stephen Li, Winston-Salem NC 53.59% Yes, West has five cards left in this position GREATER KANSAS CITY REALTY SATURDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS while the other hands have four. If you were 6.0 Tables West, what would you have discarded on the A B C previous round? Double-dummy, a heart is fatal, 3.03 1 1 1 Claudia Broaddus, Overland Park KS; Rob Lee, Kansas City MO 65.83% so a diamond is the clear choice. But imagine if 2.27 2 2 2 Yan Zhang, Jersey City NJ; Won Yang, Clermont FL 58.33% declarer’s remaining cards were the ♥Q and the 1.70 3 3 Barbara Smith, Dallas TX; Beth Castleberry, Richardson TX 57.92% ♦K x x. If West switched to a diamond, declarer 1.31 4 Toby White, Des Moines IA; Richard Newell, West Des Moines IA 54.58% could play a low diamond to the queen and another diamond to the closed hand, ducking. SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS The expert West player, noticing that declarer 4.0 Tables A B C didn’t try to ruff any potential heart losers in 1.84 1 1 1 Mark Denker, Garland TX; Nina Williams, Stillwater OK 61.81% dummy, eventually decided to let go of a heart. 1.38 2 Martin Mueller - Rodney Anderson, Omaha NE 58.33% Sadek then cashed the ♥Q and ♥6, pitching 1.21 3 2 2 Robbie Lloyd, Silver Spring MD; Carole Stringer, Bethesda MD 56.94% diamonds, to make his contract.
JACK & JUDY REVARE SATURDAY EVE SWISS TEAMS 17 Tables Appealing a ruling A B C Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal 6.30 1 1 Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY; Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie ON; a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking Leif Bjorn Odden, Drangedal Norway; Alex Khrakovsky, Columbus OH 64.00 with the director who delivered the original ruling. 4.73 2 2 Murali Nair - Rodney Bias, Phoenix AZ; John D Aguiar - Abdul Fakih, Calgary AB 55.00 The table director will fill out paperwork regarding 3.10 3/4 3/4 Jim Murphy - Chris Murphy - Murray Haggins - Marilyn Haggins, the appeal, and the appellants will explain what Calgary AB 51.00 they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. 3.10 3/4 3/4 David White, Lancaster CA; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA; Leo Cardillo, From there, the case may be handled by a variety Clifton VA; Hong Chen, Overland Park KS 51.00 of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the 1.99 5 5 Kathy Bergman, Goodyear AZ; Joy McKenzie-Smith, Chapel Hill NC; case, the circumstances of that particular case will Millie Garrison, Riverside CA; Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ 50.00 determine whether the case can be resolved by the 1.93 1 Burt Echtenkamp - Linda Echtenkamp, Boise ID; Valarie Remmers - original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law Dale Remmers, Plano TX 38.00 or regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or 1.45 2 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; Lucy Morini, even a committee-type hearing which could include Warren VT; Sue Bailey, Stockport 36.00 bridge experts. Page 8 Sunday, March 19, 2017 Daily Bulletin
QUALIFIERS IN THE JACOBY SWISS TEAMS Electronic Devices Policy 54 Tables / Based on 105 Tables Carryover Except for health-related equipment, or 1 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Will Ehlers, Madison NJ; Iulian Rotaru, New York NY; by permission of the Director-in-Charge, any Radu Nistor, Sunnyside NY; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC 30.00 electronic equipment or device capable of receiving 2 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires or sending an electronic signal, or capable of Argentina; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Giorgio Duboin - Antonio Sementa, Italy 18.27 communicating in any way, may not be operated 3 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardens FL; John Hurd, or functioning in any manner in the playing area New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 17.57 during a session of play. Any such equipment must 4 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Huub Bertens - Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Curtis Cheek, not be visible during the session and must remain Las Vegas NV; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 17.49 off at all times. 5 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; The above restrictions apply to all players, Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 16.46 captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders, 6 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Krishnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; except those persons granted permission by the Sumit Mukherjee - Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India 15.24 ACBL, and are in force throughout any playing 7 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue - Roy Welland, New York NY; Brad Moss, Denver CO; session or segment of play. Further restrictions and Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Chip Martel, Davis CA 14.16 requirements apply in events involving live internet 8 John Schermer, Seattle WA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; Russell Ekeblad, and/or vugraph coverage. Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain 13.59 9 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Tom Van Overbeeke - A violation of any of the above restrictions Maarten Schollaardt, Netherlands; Piotr Jurek - Lukasz Witkowski, Poland 12.91 will result in an automatic penalty, pursuant to Law 10 Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Adam Grossack - 91 of the Laws of Duplicate Bridge, as described Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 12.60 below: 11 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; In NABC+ events: First offense of any kind, Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Roger Lee, in a session: one full board, 12 IMPs or 20% of Las Vegas NV 12.37 the maximum available VPs per match, at the 12 Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; respective form of scoring. Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 11.68 Second offense, in the same session or third 13 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Cornelis Van Prooijen - offense within the event: Disqualification of the Louk Verhees Jr., Netherlands; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN 10.67 14 Chen Zhao, College Park MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, pair or team from the event. Singapore; Yu Zhang, Hang Zhou China; Hongli Wang, China 10.50 In other events: First offense, in the same 15 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Bartosz Chmurski - Piotr Tuczynski - session, ringing only: one-quarter board, 3 IMPs Piotr Nawrocki - Piotr Wiankowski, Poland 10.09 or 1 VP, at the respective form of scoring. First 16 Kent Goulding, Germantown MD; Robert Hopkins Jr., Arlington VA; Bernie Greenspan, offense, in the same session, answering or initiating Beachwood OH; John Miller, Discovery Bay CA 9.78 a call, texting or browsing: one-half board, 6 IMPs 17 Bernardo Biondo, Rome Italy; Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Valerio Giubilo, or 2 VPs, at the respective form of scoring. Second Rome Italy; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Belgium 9.34 offense, in the same session: two full boards, 20 18 Roger Bates - Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; IMPs or 50% of the maximum available VPs per Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, match, at the respective form of scoring. Gdaa Sk Poland 8.67 19 Thomas Paske, London England; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Third offense, in the event: disqualification of Beijing China; Michael Polowan, New York NY; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 8.31 the pair or team from the event. 20 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands 8.27 from the playing area for the remainder of the 21 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Richard Coren, Aventura FL; session. Michael Kamil, Spartanburg SC; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 8.11 This policy applies to all events at NABCs 22 Dawei Chen - Tadashi Teramoto - Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan; Kazuo K. Furuta, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Kanagawa-Ken Japan 8.09 23 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Allan Graves, St. Johnsbury VT; Mustafa Cem Tokay - Giovanni Donati, Roma Italy; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy 7.98 24 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, Stockholm Sweden; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL 7.89 25 Ron Zambonini - Nader Hanna - John Rayner, Toronto ON; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Michael Roche, Victoria BC; Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC 7.66 26 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Joris van Lankveld, - Berend Van Den Bos - Richard Ritmeijer - Magdalena Ticha, The Netherlands 7.50 27 Erez Hendelman - Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA; Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 6.70 28 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Thomas Bessis - Jean Quantin, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France 6.10 29 Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH; Harold Antonson, Olympia WA; Tor Helness - Geir Helgemo, Monaco 5.74 30 Jeffrey Wolfson - Ron Smith - Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Neil Silverman, Are you a graduating high Fort Lauderdale FL; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 5.68 school senior and ACBL member 31 Thomas Carmichael - Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; who loves bridge? 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44 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Gen Geiger - Terry McHenry, Sarasota FL; Sharon Horton, SATURDAY COMPACT KO 1 Lakeland FL 2.37 6 Tables 45 Don Stack, Kansas City KS; William Muir, Kansas City MO; Phillip Becker, 7.53 1 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore Beachwood OH; Pierre Flatowicz, Omaha NE 2.21 MD 46 Tim Verbeek, Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Bob Drijver, 5.27 2 Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jacqueline Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; DeRouin, Okemos MI; Barbara Doran, Silver Spring MD; Lily Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL 2.17 Johannessen, Honolulu HI 47 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa SATURDAY COMPACT KO 2 Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, 11 Tables Moscow Russia 2.05 7.33 1 John Fittell - Grant Sutton, Lawrence KS; Shari 48 Lynn Baker - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Kerri Sanborn, Krentzel, Gardner KS; Klee Zaricky, Topeka KS Delray Beach FL; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL 1.94 5.13 2 Samuel Lane, Overland Park KS; Bernie 49 Robert Guerard, Brossard QC; Andre Houde - Andre Blanchet - Jacques Beauregard, Fromm, Kansas City MO; Norman Kahn Jr., Prairie Village KS; Montreal QC 1.59 Max Kahn, Shawnee Mission KS 3.30 3 Teresa McIntyre - Scott McIntyre, Omaha NE; 50 Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY; Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Larry Yarger, West Point NE; Tim Jones, Overland Park KS Dublin CA; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland OR 1.12 51 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Fred King, McLean VA; SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO Michael Huston, Joplin MO 0.98 7 Tables Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Jakob Kristinsson, Deerfield Beach 52 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; FL; Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA; Robert Thomson, San Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; John Mohan - Marc Jacobus - Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 0.95 Rafael CA 53 Krishna Saha, Overland Park KS; Sitaraman Sathiamoorthy, Olathe KS; Gregory Barnes, vs Jefferson City MO; Mark De Garcia, Columbia MO 0.57 Richard Brummer, Effingham IL; Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; 54 Hilda Setton, New York NY; Godefroy De Tessieres - Quentin Robert, Paris France; Linda Dunn, Memphis TN; William Evans, Bonne Terre MO Pierre Franceschetti, Montigny-Le-Bre France; Nicolas Lhuissier, Rueil-Malmaison France; Romain Tembouret, France 0.00
QUALIFIERS IN THE MACHLIN WOMEN’S SWISS TEAMS 8 Tables / Based on 10 Tables Carryover 1 Li Yiting, Herndon VA; Wei Wang - Shuoyan Liu - Mei Xia, Shanghai China 35.00 American 2 Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX; Migry Zur Campanile - Judi Radin, New York NY; Jill Meyers, Bridge Santa Monica CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 32.98 Teachers’ 3 Joanne Weingold - Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Association Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 30.87 4 Pamela Nisbet, Thunder Bay ON; Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Betsy Downs, Chicago IL; Ru Hong Terajewicz, Newton MA 20.72 5 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Nina Taselaar - Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, Onsala Sweden; Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden 17.59 6 Pat Levy - Georgiana Gates, Houston TX; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 15.60 7 Peggy Sutherlin - Joan Jackson, Dallas TX; Susan Picus - Gail Greenberg, New York NY; Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 13.53 Love your teacher? 8 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC 0.00 If your teacher has enthusiasm and passion for bridge, and you and your fellow students would ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ like the world to know, here’s your chance!
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VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS
63 Tables 80.00 5/8 Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; 250.00 1 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Agustin Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Steve Weinstein, Madala - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Andes NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Argentina; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Eric Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy Rodwell, Clearwater FL 80.00 5/8 Bart Bramley - Bob Hamman, 180.00 2 Richard Schwartz, Aventura Dallas TX; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage FL; Daniel Korbel, Rockville MD; Boye CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Peter Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Espen Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Michael Polowan, Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; David Gold, New York NY Reading Great Britain; David Bakhshi, London England 80.00 5/8 John Schermer, Seattle WA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; Russell Ekeblad, 125.00 3/4 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York Spain NY; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Jan Jansma, 80.00 5/8 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Spijkenisse Netherlands Milner, Sarasota FL; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, Stockholm Sweden; Eldad Ginossar, 125.00 3/4 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Chicago IL; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL Allan Graves, St. Johnsbury VT; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Mustafa 50.00 9/16 John Diamond, Boca Raton Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Giovanni Donati, FL; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Brian Rimini Italy Platnick, Evanston IL; Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL
1. Lavazza BYE 1. Lavazza 43 62 125 201 32. Goldberg 32. Goldberg 19 78 100 151 16 25 55 58 33. Kasle 17 39 89 115 1. Lavazza 31 69 102 150 16. Berg 17. Levine 9 39 62 71 31 67 83 113 48. Kolesnik 48 56 77 99 17. (48.) Kolesnik 26 37 72 110 16. Berg 1. Lavazza 16. Berg 65 108 173 30 101 127 151 4 32 47 w/d 49. McAllister 30 55 70 w/d 8. (9.) Cayne 34 74 136 9. Cayne 17 62 80 114 56. Smith 29 66 91 101 9. Cayne 45 106 124 171 24. (41.) Leong 24. Wolfson 26 42 112 132 4 33 73 100 41. Leong 30 107 121 148 9. Cayne 18 33 54 87 1. (9.) Cayne 8. (40.) Zhao 40 69 77 108 25. Meltzer 23 24 33 62 10 36 49 67 4. (20.) Schwartz 40. Zhao 14 24 47 95 25. (40.) Zhao 12 55 75 106 19 55 114 135 8. Gupta 8. Gupta 79 145 187 255 30 41 57 100 57. Shafer 9 19 39 39 1. (20.) Schwartz 14 24 36 56 5. Zagorin 49 86 135 185 60. Schireson 25 40 55 63 5. Zagorin 15 65 101 112 28. (37.) Chen 2. Nickell 28. Lewis 38 57 60 95 50 69 106 107 25 53 127 135 37. Chen 54 93 143 187 5. Zagorin 14 53 83 90 6. Rosenthal 12. (21.) Lall 47 73 78 123 21. Lall 29 74 76 111 24 66 89 130 44. Phyllis Fireman 40 74 92 105 21. Lall 45 72 124 142 12. Zimmermann 12. Zimmermann 32 109 159 159 24 63 104 123 5. (21.) Lall 53. Bell 19 19 27 80 7 13 48 49
4. (20.) Schwartz 13. Sonsini 37 44 79 104 26 58 105 149 52. Collins 42 105 125 156 13. (52.) Collins 18 41 57 78 20. Schwartz 20. Schwartz 14 60 93 123 17 59 105 126 45. Pavlicek 26 36 46 74 13. (20.) Schwartz 36 75 109 127 4. Diamond 29. Hanlon 20 46 88 100 29 57 60 115 29. (36.) Hollman 36. Hollman 24 66 74 102 11 45 56 w/d 4. Diamond 4. Diamond 51 94 150 214 54 87 152 61. Dinkin 25 51 67 81 Daily Bulletin Sunday, March 19, 2017 Page 11
VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS
50.00 9/16 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; 50.00 9/16 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Sjoert Brink, Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Aan Den Netherlands Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia 50.00 9/16 Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Richard Coren, Aventura FL; 50.00 9/16 Chen Zhao, College Park MD; Michael Kamil, Spartanburg SC; Tarek Sadek - Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Hua Poon - Choon Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt Chou Loo, Singapore Singapore; Yu Zhang, Hang Zhou China; Hongli Wang, China 50.00 9/16 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Roger Lee, Las Vegas 50.00 9/16 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai NV; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Piotr India; Krishnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India; Sumit Dolnoslaskie Poland Mukherjee, Kolkata India
50.00 9/16 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Thomas Bessis - Jean Quantin, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France
2. Nickell 76 135 234 312 2. Nickell 63. Bolger 6 17 33 42 20 67 116 161 31. (34.) Baker 2. Nickell 23 28 43 63 31. Rubin 23 63 74 101 30 72 96 147 34. Baker 18 32 74 110 15. Street 41 60 79 92 18. Tulin 61 75 109 144 18. Tulin 47. Rippey 30 56 82 141 26 56 71 87 2. Nickell 15. Street 26 53 94 142 15. Street 13 33 68 123 21 29 52 113 50. Lhuissier 40 83 100 114 7. (10.) Bramley 19 40 63 82 10. Bramley 51 96 155 217 10. Bramley 55. Moss 35 67 78 113 22 69 92 118 23. Dunitz 21 39 91 113 23. Dunitz 10 39 86 122 10. Bramley 42. Hydes 21 47 54 85 1. (9.) Cayne 13 32 66 107 40 69 77 108 7. Strul 26. Morse 31 95 108 135 4. (20.) Schwartz 18 49 75 89 26. Morse 39. Pszczola 18 38 57 80 19 55 114 135 27 50 71 93 7. Strul 16 41 52 119 7. Strul 22 106 194 251 58. Smoot 46 47 59 61 2. Nickell 25 70 95 142 6. Rosenthal 84 95 125 202 6. Rosenthal 59. Frank 14 49 55 65 20 52 84 98 27. Bates 2. Nickell 45 54 74 97 27. Bates 42 89 126 176 25 53 127 135 6. Rosenthal 38. Rigal 17 45 59 75 6. Rosenthal 19 55 83 130 47 73 78 123 11. Mahaffey 22 29 53 58 22. O’Rourke 12 35 59 99 22. (43.) Hanna 43. Hanna 29 55 94 100 26 33 61 92 11. Mahaffey 6. Rosenthal 39 82 105 140 11. Mahaffey 68 109 158 189 39 62 99 125 54. Yiting 3 19 37 79
3. (19.) Schermer 14. Paul Fireman 38 63 69 87 54 59 76 124 14. Fireman 51. Lo 28 52 73 79 12 32 74 91 19. Schermer 37 69 111 146 19. Schermer 13 52 102 125 14. (19.) Schermer 46. Rogoff 32 45 78 93 61 82 114 157 3. (62.) Moorthy 30. De Falco 19 31 70 89 18 41 87 110 30. (35.) Li 35. Li 19 68 95 152 39 73 82 98 3. (62.) Moorthy 17 51 106 149 3. Fleisher 20 34 47 94 62. Moorthy 31 59 76 104 Page 12 Sunday, March 19, 2017 Daily Bulletin
QUALIFIERS IN THE NABC+ FAST PAIRS Masterpoint leaders 39.0 Tables Carryover 1 Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 109.73 through Saturday night 2 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 106.92 1 400.00 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater 3 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 101.73 Beach FL 4 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 92.14 2 320.59 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 5 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 91.53 3 310.00 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 6 Richard Holmes - Harold George, Wichita KS 89.06 4 304.55 Robert Levin, Henderson NV 7 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR 88.93 5 280.00 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark 8 Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA 88.77 6 251.99 Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 9 Eric Mayefsky - Jennifer Lin, San Francisco CA 88.10 7 251.99 Frank Nickell, New York NY 10 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 75.88 11 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, St. Paul MN 74.79 8 250.00 Justin Lall, Charlotte NC 12 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 71.18 9 241.26 Daniel Korbel, Rockville MD 13 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 69.24 10 223.43 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 14 C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Peninsula CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 65.68 11 214.03 Thomas Bessis, Paris France 15 Judy Zhu, Romeoville IL; Jack Snyder, Naperville IL 64.76 12 213.75 Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 16 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 64.20 13 210.94 Espen Lindqvist, Arendal 17 Kenneth Titow, Scottsdale AZ; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA 61.77 14 208.10 David Gold, Reading UK 18 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Kurt Dasher, Petersburg MI 60.63 15 206.11 Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor 19 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 60.30 Norway 20 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 58.03 16 203.28 David Bakhshi, London England 21 Ding-Hwa Hsieh - Lin-Huan Chen, Kirksville MO 55.10 22 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 54.97 17 203.13 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL 23 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Douglas Kuschner, Valencia CA 53.39 18 190.03 Zia Mahmood, New York NY 24 Maritha Pottenger - Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 51.70 19 178.80 Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN 25 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 50.79 178.80 Chen Zhao, College Park MD 26 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 50.53 21 177.17 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 27 Robert Bjorge, Bellingham WA; Thomas Devine, Ferndale WA 49.55 177.17 Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 28 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; David Rogers, Naples FL 48.31 23 176.24 Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad 29 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 45.48 Sweden 30 Zhuo Wang, New York NY; Zihan Tan, Chicago IL 44.72 24 168.16 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 31 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 43.91 25 167.25 Adam Grossack, Newton MA 32 Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 43.80 33 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 42.91 26 157.53 Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm 34 Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY; Norman Beck, Dallas TX 42.44 Sweden 35 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 39.37 27 147.70 Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 36 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA 37.60 28 146.65 Michael Polowan, New York NY 37 Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 33.78 29 144.30 Chris Willenken, New York NY 38 Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD; Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 30.49 30 143.96 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 39 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 28.50 31 142.98 Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD 40 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 27.73 32 142.56 Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky 41 Hjordis Eythorsdottir - Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 26.82 Poland 42 Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA 26.36 142.56 Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan Poland 43 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA 26.34 44 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Pamela Furtsch, Armonk NY 25.85 34 139.86 Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw Poland 45 Wei Tian, China; Bin Shi, Shanghai China 25.60 139.86 Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk Poland 46 Michael Boreson, Kalispell MT; Jourdain Patchett, Sarasota FL 25.27 36 135.99 Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC 47 Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 23.89 135.99 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC 48 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 23.63 38 131.09 Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 49 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Kerry Kappell, Astoria NY 23.30 131.09 Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 50 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX 22.97 40 130.78 Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 51 Allison L. Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN 22.28 41 130.00 Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 52 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Marty Seligman, Philadelphia PA 21.88 42 127.84 Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 53 Steve Gross, Westlake Village CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 21.01 43 126.54 Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse 54 Judith Argento - Raymond Depew, Naples FL 20.61 55 Jeffrey Kosnett, Gaithersburg MD; Eugene Fisher, Potomac MD 19.94 Netherlands 56 Maciej Klis, Krakow Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland 18.56 44 125.00 Giovanni Donati, Rimini Italy 57/58 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 18.43 125.00 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL 57/58 Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Randy Okubo, St. Paul MN 18.43 125.00 Allan Graves, St. Johnsbury VT 59 Bill Irvine - Joe Degaetano, Delray Beach FL 16.80 125.00 Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy 60 James Thurtell, Dallas TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 16.44 125.00 Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy 61 Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 15.96 125.00 Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy 62 G Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 14.60 50 123.86 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 63 John Glynn - Ellen Glynn, Annandale VA 14.25 51 123.26 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 64 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; McKenzie Myers, Irondale AL 13.26 52 119.29 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 65 Elizabeth Jankord - Amit Chakrabarti, Manhattan KS 12.04 66 Gary Morrison, Olathe KS; James Masilamani, Topeka KS 11.24 53 118.31 Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 67 Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 11.22 54 116.67 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 68 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 10.91 116.67 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 69 Edward Zuckerberg, Los Altos Hills CA; Clifford Nebel, Hastings Hudson NY 8.47 56 111.82 Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 70 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 7.55 57 111.60 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO 71 George Krizel, Atlantic City NJ; Igor Milman, Brooklyn NY 7.11 58 109.75 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 72 Steven Schatzow, Washington DC; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD 6.32 59 102.75 Eddie Wold, Houston TX 73 Richard Vatter - Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 4.79 60 101.25 Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel 74 Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX; Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX 3.42 61 101.03 Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach 75 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Michael Pitonak, Valley Park MO 3.26 Gardens FL 76 Carrie Touslee, Roseville CA; Ann McClelland, Lincoln CA 1.89 77 Robert Barrington - Raluca Dobrescu, New York NY 0.95 62 100.78 David Hampton, Tulsa OK 78 Donna Swarthout - Dave Swarthout, San Antonio TX 0.00 100.78 B Marshall, Tulsa OK 64 100.00 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 100.00 Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France Buy your NABC entry online Stay in touch Don’t wait in line! Buy your entries in advance 100.00 Jean Quantin, Paris France Is your email address on file? Is it up to date? for all national-level events in Kansas City at 67 99.01 Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Let ACBL know. Call toll-free, 800–264–2743 BridgeWinners.com. 99.01 Hua Poon, Singapore (Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Entries must be purchased by 10 a.m. the day 69 98.27 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL Time), or email [email protected]. of the event EXCEPT for events that require pre- 98.27 Michael Wolf, Fort Lauderdale FL registration, in which case the ACBL deadline, or 71 98.10 Justine Cushing, New York NY the earlier of the two, applies. 98.10 Melih Ozdil, New York NY A nice feature: You can buy entries in advance 73 97.69 Eric Leong, Oakland CA ♠ ♥ and be charged for the total number of sessions played after the event is over. Daily Bulletin Sunday, March 19, 2017 Page 13
Use of the bidding box — Alerts and Announcements When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same time. When making an Announcement, use the Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the 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.
Second in the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams: Boye Brogeland, David Gold, captain Richard Schwartz, Daniel Korbel, Epsen Lindqvist and David Bakhshi.
NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H I J EAST-WEST 1 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 63.46% 1 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 62.00% 2 Judy Zhu, Romeoville IL; Jack Snyder, Naperville IL 62.23% 2 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 61.42% 3 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 60.68% 3 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 59.99% 4 Kenneth Titow, Scottsdale AZ; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA 60.42% 4 Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 59.10% 5/6 Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 60.28% 5 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Douglas Kuschner, Valencia CA 58.64% 5/6 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 60.28% 6 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 58.52% 7 Richard Holmes - Harold George, Wichita KS 59.79% 7 Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA 58.50% 8 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 59.67% 8 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR 56.57% 9 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 59.62% 9 John Glynn - Ellen Glynn, Annandale VA 56.54% 10 Richard Vatter - Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 59.33% 10 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Kurt Dasher, Petersburg MI 56.46% 11 Robert Bjorge, Bellingham WA; Thomas Devine, Ferndale WA 57.61% 11 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 56.00% 12 Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 56.86% 12 Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 55.83% 13 Jeffrey Kosnett, Gaithersburg MD; Eugene Fisher, Potomac MD 56.57% 13 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 55.40% 14 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; David Rogers, Naples FL 56.34% 14 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 54.65% 15 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 55.74% 15 Ding-Hwa Hsieh - Lin-Huan Chen, Kirksville MO 54.25% 16 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 55.05% 16 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA 53.50% 17 Eric Mayefsky - Jennifer Lin, San Francisco CA 54.42% 17 Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 53.36% 18 Maritha Pottenger - Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 53.19% 18 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 53.27% 19 Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Randy Okubo, St. Paul MN 52.93% 19 Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 52.96% 20 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 52.84% 20 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Kerry Kappell, Astoria NY 52.93% 21 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 52.44% 21 Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX; Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX 52.87% 22 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 52.32% 22 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 52.76% 23 Donna Swarthout - Dave Swarthout, San Antonio TX 52.10% 23 Amy Rhodes, New York NY; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 52.73% 24 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 51.92% 24 Zhuo Wang, New York NY; Zihan Tan, Chicago IL 52.70% 25/26 Robert Barrington - Raluca Dobrescu, New York NY 51.49% 25 Steven Schatzow, Washington DC; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD 52.44% 25/26 D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 51.49% 26/27 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 52.30% 27 G Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 51.38% 26/27 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Palisades CA 52.30% Page 14 Sunday, March 19, 2017 Daily Bulletin
NABC+ FAST PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H I J EAST-WEST 1 Maciej Klis, Krakow Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland 61.68% 1 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 62.10% 2 Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 60.48% 2 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 61.70% 3 C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 60.33% 3 Eric Mayefsky - Jennifer Lin, San Francisco CA 61.10% 4 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR 59.10% 4 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; McKenzie Myers, Irondale AL 60.06% 5 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 58.32% 5 Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY; Norman Beck, Dallas TX 58.84% 6 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 57.69% 6 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 58.71% 7 Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA 57.15% 7 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 58.37% 8 Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA; Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL 56.95% 8 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 57.43% 9 Michael Boreson, Kalispell MT; Jourdain Patchett, Sarasota FL 56.91% 9 Allison L Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN 57.04% 10 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 56.17% 10 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 56.65% 11 Richard Holmes - Harold George, Wichita KS 55.91% 11 Leonardo Fruscoloni - Claire Alpert, New York NY 56.20% 12 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 55.60% 12 Maritha Pottenger - Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 55.50% 13 Ding-Hwa Hsieh - Lin-Huan Chen, Kirksville MO 55.08% 13 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Marty Seligman, Philadelphia PA 55.33% 14 Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD; Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 55.05% 14 Bill Irvine - Joe Degaetano, Delray Beach FL 54.84% 15 Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA 54.91% 15 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA 54.70% 16 Zhuo Wang, New York NY; Zihan Tan, Chicago IL 54.68% 16 James Thurtell, Dallas TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 54.42% 17 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Michael Pitonak, Valley Park MO 54.59% 17 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 54.38% 18 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 54.28% 18 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 53.53% 19 Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 54.25% 19 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 53.46% 20 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX 54.10% 20 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Pamela Furtsch, Armonk NY 53.26% 21 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Kurt Dasher, Petersburg MI 53.90% 21 David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 53.00% 22 Hjordis Eythorsdottir - Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 53.70% 22 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA 52.54% 23 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 53.64% 23 Elizabeth Jankord - Amit Chakrabarti, Manhattan KS 52.48% 24/25 Wei Tian, China; Bin Shi, Shanghai China 53.62% 24 Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA; Ronald Tracy, Edmonds WA 51.72% 24/25 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 53.62% 25 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; David Rogers, Naples FL 51.71% 26 Suman Agarwal - Brian Snell, Columbus OH 53.52% 26 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 51.70% 27 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Atul Rai, Wichita KS 53.04% 27 Gary Morrison, Olathe KS; James Masilamani, Topeka KS 51.55%
CHARLOTTE WEIDMAN SATURDAY OPEN PAIRS SESSION 1 OF 2 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Doree Sobel, Fair Lawn NJ 60.88% 1 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Bill Ream, Burleson TX 64.58% 2 Veronica McMurdie - John Chan, Sacramento CA 60.42% 2 1 1 Duddow Cooney, Regina SK; Stephen Li, Winston Salem NC 59.26% 3 1 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Houston TX; Dennis Schultz, Harrison OH 56.25% 3 2 2 Rufus Cole - Silvia Szanto, Cos Cob CT 55.09% 4 2 1 Elizabeth Herbert - Robert Herbert, Kansas City MO 53.01% 4 3 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Robert Huber, Minneapolis MN 53.24% 3 Sohail Hasan, Forest Hills NY; Joann McDonald, Indianola IA 48.15%
CHARLOTTE WEIDMAN SATURDAY OPEN PAIRS SESSION 2 OF 2 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Veronica McMurdie - John Chan, Sacramento CA 62.04% 1/2 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Bill Ream, Burleson TX 56.94% 2 1 Gina Austin Fresh - Robert Ellison, Wichita KS 56.48% 1/2 1 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Robert Huber, Minneapolis MN 56.94% 3 2 Shmuel Greenberg, Israel; Nathan Roser, Overland Park KS 53.01% 3 2 Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Jin Hu, New York NY 56.02% 4 3 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 52.55% 4 3 1 Elizabeth Herbert - Robert Herbert, Kansas City MO 55.32% 1 Duddow Cooney, Regina SK; Stephen Li, Winston-Salem NC 47.92%
GREATER KANSAS CITY REALTY SATURDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Yan Zhang, Jersey City NJ; Won Yang, Clermont FL 58.33% 1 1 1 Claudia Broaddus, Overland Park KS; Rob Lee, Kansas City MO 65.83% 2 2 Barbara Smith, Dallas TX; Beth Castleberry, Richardson TX 57.92% 2 Toby White, Des Moines IA; Richard Newell, West Des Moines IA 54.58% 2 Connie Davidson, Shawnee Mission KS; Sherry Greisen, Houston TX 53.33%
SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS SECTION V A B C 1 1 1 Mark Denker, Garland TX; Nina Williams, Stillwater OK 61.81% 2 Martin Mueller - Rodney Anderson, Omaha NE 58.33% 3 2 2 Robbie Lloyd, Silver Spring MD; Carole Stringer, Bethesda MD 56.94%
TULSA UNIT 158 SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS SESSION 1 OF 2 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS M N EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Robert Olson - Geoffrey Friedman, Leawood KS 63.73% 1/2 1 1 Thomas McDow V, Bexley OH; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 57.19% 2 Swadesh Mahajan - Kalpana Sutaria, Austin TX 60.68% 1/2 Rajan Mehta, Salina KS; Ronald Traudt, Wichita KS 57.19% 3 2 Steven Goodman, Overland Park KS; Jim Wattenbarger, Kansas City MO 57.73% 3 Laurie Rowe, Eugene OR; Irva Neyhart, Corvallis OR 55.99% 4 3 J. Ann Bouchard - Jeanie Pearson, Columbia MO 57.63% 4 2 Allen Rew, Independence MO; Keith Smith, Lees Summit MO 55.23% 5 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL 56.43% 5 3 2 Janine Gauthier, Briny Breezes FL; Robert Lyrette, Boucherville QC 54.79% 6 Timothy Flaherty, San Diego CA; Yang Xu, New York NY 55.12% 6 4 Chuck Ettelson - Jane Ettelson, St. Louis MO 54.68% 7 4 Paul Bennett, Brandon MN; Gregory Jecker, Stilwell KS 53.49% 7 5 Edward Rubac, Oklahoma City OK; Stephen Swatek, Platte City MO 53.92% 8 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 53.05% 8 6 3 Todd Stimmel, New York NY; John Stimmel, Miami Beach FL 52.51% 9 5 Patty Riffel, Pocahontas AR; John Raffel, Raytown MO 51.96% 9 4 William Cook, Twin Falls ID; Clyde Coon, Boise ID 51.09% 6 2 Lucy Stinson, Shawnee Mission KS; Jean Howard, Prairie Village KS 51.63% 3 Sally Baird, Lenexa KS; James Feimster, Overland Park KS 51.31% 4 Luraette Tucker - Jim Tucker, Little Rock AR 49.56%
TULSA UNIT 158 SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS SESSION 2 OF 2 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS M N EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 59.91% 1 Mark Ehret - Nancy Keefer, St. Louis MO 60.02% 2 1 1 Helene Siegfried - Judy Pass, St. Louis MO 59.69% 2 Jim Urich, Shawnee Mission KS; Robert Williamson, Kansas City MO 59.26% 3 Rajan Mehta, Salina KS; Ronald Traudt, Wichita KS 58.82% 3 Lisa Evans, Danville CA; Nancy Gunn, Santa Rosa CA 59.04% 4 2 2 Thomas McDow V, Bexley OH; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 58.50% 4 Swadesh Mahajan - Kalpana Sutaria, Austin TX 55.45% 5 Laurie Rowe, Eugene OR; Irva Neyhart, Corvallis OR 55.99% 5 1 Edward Rubac, Oklahoma City OK; Stephen Swatek, Platte City MO 54.36% 6 Judith Wolf - Jessica Chance, West Des Moines IA 55.23% 6 2 1 Gene Brandl, Apple Valley MN; Del Swanson, Lakeville MN 54.14% 7 3 3 Lucy Stinson, Shawnee Mission KS; Jean Howard, Prairie Village KS 53.27% 7 3 Jay Shah, Saint Louis MO; R. Dian Barker, Alton IL 52.72% 8 4 4 William Cook, Twin Falls ID; Clyde Coon, Boise ID 52.51% 8 4 2 Alan Godes, Needham MA; Lisa Hebert, Ottawa ON 51.53% 9 5 Leia Berla, Old Greenwich CT; Louis Ray, San Antonio TX 52.18% 9 Timothy Flaherty, San Diego CA; Yang Xu, New York NY 51.31% 6 Todd Stimmel, New York NY; John Stimmel, Miami Beach FL 51.63% 5 3 Judy Brown - Ron Brown, Houston TX 51.20% 6 4 Katha Hurt - Linda Schottler, Manhattan KS 49.46%
SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS SESSION 1 OF 2 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION O EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 1 Nancy Epoch - Betty Cleland, Topeka KS 57.74% 1 1 1 Donna Katz, Prairie Village KS; Sharon Cormack, Olathe KS 61.31% 2 2 David Goodwin - Rose Goodwin, Austin TX 57.44% 2 Tracey Ball, Urbandale IA; Janee Oleson, Evansdale IA 61.01% 3 Ernest Rosenthal, Overland Park KS; Robert Tung, Leawood KS 54.76% 3 2 George Schaefer - John Wening, Jefferson City MO 56.55% 4 3 Martin Mueller - Rodney Anderson, Omaha NE 53.87% 4 3 George Steele, Austin TX; Sharyn Pyrz, Bonita CA 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION P EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Patricia Mason, Kansas City MO; Marlene Jones, Overland Park KS 65.60% 1 1 Irene Jasper - Carol Miller, Omaha NE 66.24% 2 2 Steven Brodmerkle, Neosho Falls KS; Charles Carlson, Savonburg KS 57.58% 2 2 1 Mareke Campbell, Overland Park KS; Nancy Fishback, Edisto Island SC 57.44% 3 Henry Kingdon, San Rafael CA; Judy Kennedy, Omaha NE 54.00% 3 3 Steve Button, Wichita KS; Jesse Moore, Kechi KS 54.36% 4 3 Sharon Berglund, Anthem AZ; Arjun Singh, Lakewood CO 52.78% 4 Connie Van Patter - Karen Roland, McKinney TX 51.32% 1 Cheryl Diane Patrick - Margaret Randle, Kansas City MO 52.20% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION L EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Wayne Tindall, San Juan TX; Helen King, San Antonio TX 57.74% 1/2 1/2 Terry Martin, Mission Hills KS; Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO 61.90% 2 2 Jan Summers, Aurora IL; Jeanne Kowalski, Brookfield IL 55.65% 1/2 1/2 Deborah Reed, Sugar Land TX; Sheryl Thomas, Richmond TX 61.90% 3 3 Vera Miller, Naples FL; Barbara Chaffin, Climax Springs MO 50.89% 3 3 Lisa Hadar, Woodbury NY; Susan Eisner, Huntington Bay NY 56.25% 4 1 Judy Woodfill - John Woodfill, Leawood KS 50.60% 4 4 1 Robert Bradford - Bennet Goeckner, Lawrence KS 55.36% Daily Bulletin Sunday, March 19, 2017 Page 15
SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS SESSION 2 OF 2 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION O EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 1 John Klingner, Quincy IL; Lee Greif, Prairie Village KS 58.93% 1 1 Barbara Williford, Raleigh NC; Richard Dixon, Frontenac KS 57.44% 2 2 James Rader, Joint Base M-D-L NJ; Lloyd Alan Hubbard, Princeton MO 56.85% 2 2 Michele Neylon, Leawood KS; Geraldine Grady, Overland Park KS 53.57% 3 3 George Steele, Austin TX; Sharyn Pyrz, Bonita CA 55.06% 3 Karen Sturgeon, Lees Summit MO; Carolyn Bond, Shawnee Mission KS 53.27% 4 Tracey Ball, Urbandale IA; Janee Oleson, Evansdale IA 51.79% 4/5 3/4 1 Ken Deutch - Diane Deutch, St. Louis MO 52.98% 4/5 3/4 Jan Summers, Aurora IL; Jeanne Kowalski, Brookfield IL 52.98% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION P EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Connie Van Patter - Karen Roland, McKinney TX 58.63% 1 1 1 David Goodwin - Rose Goodwin, Austin TX 61.31% 2 1 Irene Jasper - Carol Miller, Omaha NE 57.14% 2/3 2/3 Rebecca Walker, Pleasant Hill MO; Jack Caughran, Independence MO 60.71% 3 2 1 Robert Vilyus - Marilyn Gale Vilyus, Houston TX 56.25% 2/3 2/3 Jett Elmer - Jan Benson, Topeka KS 60.71% 4 3 Willa King, San Clemente CA; May Mengstab, Laguna Woods CA 52.98% 4 Ernest Rosenthal, Overland Park KS; Robert Tung, Leawood KS 60.42% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION L EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Terry Martin, Mission Hills KS; Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO 57.74% 1 1 Sharon Berglund, Anthem AZ; Arjun Singh, Lakewood CO 67.26% 2 2 Richard Holzman, Olathe KS; Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 57.14% 2 2 Steven Brodmerkle, Neosho Falls KS; Charles Carlson, Savonburg KS 54.76% 3 3 Lisa Hadar, Woodbury NY; Susan Eisner, Huntington Bay NY 52.08% 3 3 1 Joyce Riley, Prairie Village KS; Rick Bond, Kansas City MO 53.27%
GREATER KANSAS CITY REALTY SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Suanne Blair, Morehead KY; John Jensen, Maysville KY 63.20% 1 1 1 Arnold Nelson Jr. - Mary Alice Nelson, Kansas City MO 57.56% 2 1 Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO; Jeanie Brown, Lake Quivira KS 54.19% 2 Nancy Strohmer - Hans Strohmer, Houston TX 54.95% 3 2 1 Michael Hughes, Jefferson City MO; Hong Liu, Frontenac MO 53.38% 3 2 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA 54.73% 4 Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Royce Herndon Jr., Oklahoma City OK 51.16% 4 Joseph Verdirame - Karen Verdirame, Omaha NE 51.75% 3 Christie Thomas-Collier, Overland Park KS; Aref Rasheed, 48.50%
SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Damon Suden - Anthony Chiocchi, New York NY 66.67% 1 1 1 Rita Clark - Paula Sauder, Emporia KS 57.40% 2 2 2 Allison Ryan - Yan Drabek, Florence MA 60.94% 2 2 2 Robbie Lloyd, Silver Spring MD; Carole Stringer, Bethesda MD 57.17%
SATURDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Trisha Pitts, Kansas City MO; Judith McKarnin, Overland Park KS 64.25% 1 1 1 Lisa Mantini - Nina Williams, Stillwater OK 60.67% 2 2 David Cliff - Helen Cliff, Wayland MA 54.42% 2 2 2 Ward Katz, Prairie Village KS; Allan Katz, Kansas City MO 59.65%
THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - FINAL 27.25 Tables / Based on 14 Tables 7.35 1/2 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 124.17% 7.35 1/2 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 124.17% 7.58 3/4 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Houston TX 120.23% 7.58 3/4 Dennis Schultz, Harrison OH 120.23% 4.89 5 Won Yang, Clermont FL 116.37% 3.38 6 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 115.81% 4.93 7/8 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA 114.81% 4.93 7/8 Teri Smoot, Placerville CA 114.81%
NORTHEAST KANSAS FRIDAY B/C/D PAIRS SESSION 1 OF 2 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1/2 Leo Birmingham, Whitney Point NY; Richard Leonardon, Santa Fe NM 59.78% 1 Michael Kelley - Martina Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 59.94% 1/2 Joy McKenzie-Smith, Chapel Hill NC; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA 59.78% 2 Linda Dunn, Memphis TN; Harold George, Wichita KS 57.05% 3 1 1 Marc Elster, Lawrence KS; Davis Bennett, Colorado Springs CO 57.53% 3 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 56.09% 4 2 Dorothy Moore - Tom Moore, Keller TX 56.57% 4 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA 54.33% 5 Steve Graves - Brenda Thomas, Venice FL 55.13% 5 1 Irene Reiter, Pine Brook NJ; Stephanie Austin, West Caldwell NJ 53.69% 6 3 Lisa Hebert, Ottawa ON; Jim Hutter, Ames IA 53.69% 6 2 Sohail Hasan, Forest Hills NY; Robert Huber, Minneapolis MN 53.37% 4 2 Donna Katz, Prairie Village KS; Patricia Chasnoff, Fairway KS 51.28% 3 Donna Barbian - Cameron Barbian, Springfield IL 52.40% 4 1 Jack Hawks, Walnut Creek CA; Cyndi Sauvage, Englewood CO 51.44% 2 Beverly Wedel, Bartlesville OK; Mark Boucher, Centennial CO 44.87%
SATURDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 67.32% 1 John Dickenson, North Wales PA; David Cohan, Doylestown PA 63.48% 2 Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Carrie Touslee, Roseville CA 61.93% 2 Marilyn Adams, Beaumont TX; Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX 60.56% 3 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 58.99% 3 1 Jerry Nakamura, El Dorado Hills CA; Michael Hughes, Jefferson City MO 51.54% 4 1 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Houston TX; Dennis Schultz, Harrison OH 52.08% 4 2 Joseph Verdirame - Karen Verdirame, Omaha NE 51.07% 2 1 Diane Warren - Joe Warren, Wichita KS 51.85% 3 Susan Atteridge, Livingston NJ; Wendy Lee, East Hanover NJ 50.05% 3 Robert Adam - Patricia Adam, Huntington Beach CA 45.86%
SATURDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS SECTION VVV A B C 1 1 Terri Jackson, Kansas City MO; Gaylen Mast, Gladstone MO 67.08% 2 2 Joyce Jonik, Ypsilanti MI; Larry Wood, 65.00% 3 3 1 Robbie Lloyd, Silver Spring MD; Carole Stringer, Bethesda MD 56.82% 4 4 2 Rita Clark - Paula Sauder, Emporia KS 56.25% 5 5 3 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Theresa Raines, Fort Washington MD 52.28% 6 6 4 Brad Wertz - Lynette Forbes, Lawrence KS 50.91%
SATURDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 David Cliff - Helen Cliff, Wayland MA 59.50% 1 1 1 Beth Malone - Mary Barickman, Overland Park KS 65.00% 2 2 1 Judith McKarnin, Overland Park KS; Trisha Pitts, Kansas City MO 53.00% 2 2 2 Nina Williams, Stillwater OK; Zachery Ayers, Overland Park KS 63.00% 2 Jeff Mermin, Stillwater OK; Mark Denker, Garland TX 50.50%
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Today’s Bridge Events Sunday, March 19, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Strati-Flighted A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/5000/3000) 1-2 Century B, Ballroom Level, Westin $16 $20 Playthrough with half-hour break. Bracketed Flight B Teams 1-2 Liberty Room, Ballroom Level, Westin $16 $20 No player over 2500. Brackets of 8 teams by average MPs, 3 teams in each bracket earn gold. Playthrough with half-hour break. Greater Kansas City Realty Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single session East Pershing, Ballroom Level, Westin $16 $20 (unlimited/2500/750) 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mission Room, Ballroom Level, Westin $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mission Room, Ballroom Level, Westin $15 $15 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mission Room, Ballroom Level, Westin $15 $19 Sunday, March 19, 10 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Ruth Deuschle Fast Open Pairs (unlimited/2500/750) 1-2 North Pershing, Ballroom Level, Westin $16 $20 Sunday, March 19, 10 a.m. Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 East Pershing, Ballroom Level, Westin $16 $20 Sunday, March 19, 11 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 F Century A, Ballroom Level, Westin $25 Sunday, March 19, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. JACOBY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Century C, Ballroom Level, Westin $25 MACHLIN WOMEN’S SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Meeting Rooms, Fifth Floor, Westin $25 Sunday, March 19, 2:30 p.m. Greater Kansas City Realty Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single session East Pershing, Ballroom Level, Westin $16 $20 (unlimited/2500/750) 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mission Room, Ballroom Level, Westin $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mission Room, Ballroom Level, Westin $15 $15 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mission Room, Ballroom Level, Westin $15 $19
Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/5000) separate from B/C (2500/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/5000/3000), B/C/D (2500/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/2500/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 2500. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.
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Don’t forget your passport U.S. Players are reminded to obtain a passport and should do so well in advance of the tournament to allow sufficient time for their applications 2016 SummerAll events NABC will be played at the to be processed. Washington,Metro Toronto DC Convention Centre 225 Front St. West • Toronto ON July 21–31,$164 2016 CAD/night plus tax Other accommodations: Fairmont Royal York Westin Harbour Castle 100 Front St. West 1 Harbour Square $164 CAD/night plus tax $164 CAD/night plus tax
Reservations can be made through ACBL’s website or call Summer NABC ♥ Toronto ON 855-992-3353 July 20–30, 2017