Monday, December 2, 2013 Volume 86, Number 4 Daily Bulletin 86th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley and Sue Munday

Baze Senior KO A kinder, gentler game down to four teams Dan Plato is a bit of a Zero Tolerance zealot and or the background Four teams will do battle for the final two spots for good reason. As he explains, “The health of our of a particularly in the Baze today. Matchups, game depends on people being nice.” belligerent player, by team captain, are Rose Meltzer versus Carolyn Plato is presenting a free workshop on Zero a club director does Lynch and Vinita Gupta versus Fred King. Tolerance Monday morning from 10 to noon. The and has to deal with Most of the matches in the quarterfinal round presentation will be held at the Sheraton on the third it on a daily basis. were close. All but the Lynch-Hemant Lall contest floor in the Desert Sky room. Frequently, too, could have gone either way. His talk is aimed at helping club managers and the worst offenders In the match between Gupta and Stan Tulin, the directors understand and implement Zero Tolerance are the regulars latter had rallied from 39 down to take a 17-IMP lead and strategies for developing a proactive program who seemingly midway through the match, but Gupta tied it with that rewards appropriate behavior and minimizes represent the club a 17-IMP swing (6♣ plus 1370 at one table and 7♣ unacceptable behavior before it occurs. owner’s livelihood. minus 200 at the other) and put it away with an 11- Zero Tolerance is nothing more than an A tournament IMP slam swing a couple of boards later. expansion of Law 74A, Plato says. Annoying director has no such behavior, embarrassing remarks or any other conduct investment. Gromov squad leading that might interfere with the enjoyment of the game Plato ticks off two more critical reasons for Zero is specifically prohibited under the Laws of Duplicate Tolerance: “So club directors don’t feel a skip in the Mitchell Open BAM Bridge. heart when so-and-so walks through the door. So club The team captained by takes a While the Laws govern club play, the ACBL’s directors don’t quit.” narrow lead into today’s final two sessions of play in Zero Tolerance Policy applies only to NABCs. Clubs, In his seven years as a club owner, Plato says the Mitchell Open -a-Match Teams. Gromov is sectionals and regionals can adopt the Zero Tolerance he handed down ZT penalties when warranted and playing with Aleksander Dubinin, , Policy for their own use. ended up even having to ask three players to take a Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Norberto Bocchi and Agustin “We recognize that clubs have a very different hiatus until they could learn how to behave. But he Madala. set of problems than we face at NABCs,” Plato says. says his club was healthier as a result. “One guy who, Gromov starts the day with a carryover of 4.60, While an unbiased tournament director may not when I barred him in the middle of a game, threw his just ahead of two teams with carryover of 3.58 – know the history of two players’ rocky relationship, continued on page 5 squads captained by Paul Fireman and Bob Drake. Intuitive Meyers scales the heights Lazarus and Laken Lead Super Seniors In June 1971, Jill Meyers was in Philadelphia The Blue Ribbon After the first two qualifying sessions, Ed looking for an apartment. She had enrolled at the win is right at the top of Lazarus of Baltimore MD looks poised for a four- University of Pennsylvania to study linguistics and her list of achievements peat in the Super Senior Pairs. He and partner Mark was looking for a place to stay. in bridge. She won her Laken of Glyndon MD, with whom he won this event As she made her way around the city, it came first North American last year, lead the field with 54.18 carryover. to Meyers that something wasn’t right. Following title in 1987 – the Smith Richard Catero of Mesa AZ and Eddie Rose of her instinct, she immediately dropped the plans for Life Master Women’s Laguna Niguel CA sit second with 43.68. school, went to New York City and worked for five Pairs – and tacked on Lazarus has won the Super Senior Pairs every months to save money – all of $800 – and then headed six more women’s year since it was added to the NABC calendar in for Europe. She was not afraid to follow her intuition, championships before 2010. The event concludes today. then or now. the victory with Mohan. Meyers’ faith in her inner self, a bit of luck and a “I was determined lot of skill at bridge – plus help from a collection of to win an open event,” Fireman out in front in fine partners and teammates – have taken her to the she says, “and I always felt I could.” Women’s BAM top of women’s bridge. “She is a fighter,” says Ed Davis, one of Meyers’ The Phyllis Fireman team starts the second and Her team’s win in the in Bali, mentors at the start of her duplicate career in Southern final day of the Marsha May Sternberg Women’s Indonesia, two months ago made her the “most titled” California. “She is a winner.” Board-a-Match Teams with a three-board lead. Tied woman in history. She Meyers has come a long way from her early days for second with 31.50 are the teams captained by has seven gold medals – four in the Venice Cup, the in New York, where she was born, and various other Migry Zur Campanile and Mildred Breed. premier women’s team event – to go with three silver places where the family landed after her father, a Fireman is playing with Shannon Cappelletti, and two bronze. The seven world titles have come gambler, felt it necessary to relocate. , Benedicte Cronier, and with six different partners. Were it not for a slow-play When it came time for higher education, Meyers . penalty and a mis-scored board from the Venice Cup chose Newcomb College (Tulane University) because Playing with Zur Campanile are Christal Henner, in 2000, Meyers would have eight world titles. The it was in the South. She had lived in the North and the Dana Berkowitz and Lisa Berkowitz. Breed’s team is penalty and scoring error left her team in second by .4 West and in Florida and wanted to try the South. “I Pam Wittes, Shawn Quinn and Stash Cohen. victory points. was looking for a new experience,” she recalls. In major ACBLevents, Meyers has 18 wins, On full scholarship at Tulane, she graduated with NABC+ including four in open events, notably the 1999 a degree in political science, achieved between anti- Playing in an NABC+ pairs game? Buy your entry Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs with John Mohan. continued on page 5 early! In an effort to speed up the start of all NABC+ pairs events – which requires time to allow for proper today is goodwill day seeding – the ACBL asks participants to please buy their entries at least 15 minutes before game time. Notice to Players Who Live Previously granted waivers will not be honored for the Blue Ribbon and the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs. 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SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Monday, Dec. 2 10 a.m.–Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Audrey Grant. Room: Hyatt, 2nd Tuesday, Dec. 3 floor — Cowboy Artist. 9 a.m.–Noon Club Director Refresher Course. Continuing education 10 a.m.–Noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. Room: for bridge directors to increase their skills. Continues on Sheraton, 3rd floor – Coronado. Wednesday, must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both 10 a.m.–Noon Zero Tolerance Workshop. The lively two–hour workshop, sessions. Sign up at the door. Room: Sheraton, 3rd floor – developed for club managers and directors, goes well beyond Coronado. the Laws to address how to communicate with problem 10 a.m.–Noon ACBLScore+ Demonstration and Q&A. Room: Sheraton, players. TD Dan Plato’s presentation incorporates real–life 3rd floor — Desert Sky. experience dealing with club players, the differences between club and tournament situations and suggestions for how to Wednesday, Dec. 4 be proactive. The goal is to make the club experience more 9 a.m.–Noon Club Director Refresher Course. Part 2. Continued from inviting for new members and more pleasurable for everyone Tuesday. Must attend both sessions. Room: Sheraton, 3rd floor by encouraging and empowering directors and managers to – Coronado. deal with unacceptable behavior. Room: Sheraton, 3rd floor – Desert Sky. Sunday, Dec. 8 5–7 p.m. Goodwill Reception. Reception for members of the ACBL Peter Pender Memorial Theater presentation. Room:TBA. Goodwill Committee only. Room: Sheraton – Valley Overlook, 4th floor.

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss the following free lectures being held at the Hyatt, on the first floor in the Regency Ballroom. Wednesday, Dec. 4 Monday, Dec. 2 9:15 a.m. Jeff Hand Play These Notrump Contracts 9:15 a.m. Allan Mazer 2 Clubs or Not 2 Clubs 6:45 p.m. Michael Huston Finessing 6:45 p.m. McKenzie Myers Ruling the Game Thursday, Dec. 5 Tuesday, Dec. 3 9:15 a.m. Jennifer Jones Losing Trick Count 9:15 a.m. Phillip Alder Playing High Cards 6:45 p.m. Support Doubles 6:45 p.m. Kitty Cooper Opening Leads ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY Monday, Dec. 2 Wednesday, Dec. 4 1:30–3 p.m. Sean Mireau, steel drums. Hyatt, atrium lobby. 1:30–3 p.m. Tim Ponzek, electric keyboard. Hyatt, atrium lobby. 5:30–7:30 p.m. Mark Long, keyboard. Sheraton, 2nd floor. 5:30–7:30 p.m. Kevin Huang, violin solist. Sheraton, 2nd floor. 10:30 p.m. Chocolate cupcakes. Sheraton, 2nd floor. 10:30 p.m. Raspberry bars. Sheraton, 2nd floor.

Tuesday, Dec. 3 Thursday, Dec. 5 1:30–3 p.m. Bryne Donaldson, jazz saxophone. Hyatt, atrium lobby. 1:30–3 p.m. John Carrasco, jazz guitarist. Hyatt, atrium lobby. 5:30–7:30 p.m. Caravan, Spanish guitar. Sheraton, 2nd floor. 5:30–7:30 p.m. Jerry Donato, saxophone. Sheraton, 2nd floor. 10:30 p.m. Brownies. Sheraton, 2nd floor. 10:30 p.m. Bridge mix. Sheraton, 2nd floor. Dining and drinking Compass: Smoking policy Visit the Hyatt’s award-winning revolving Smoking at the Sheraton is permitted only in restaurant on the 24th floor for dinner or just for at the Hyatt designated areas, and smokers must be at least 20 feet Networks drinks and desserts. Reservations are recommended from all entrances. Hotel security will be monitoring Be sure to come to Networks, the Hyatt Regency and can be made with the Hyatt concierge, located the smoking areas during this tournament. Violators Phoenix’s headquarters for top-of-the- line cocktails, on the first floor of the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. The will be subject to discipline by the ACBL. burgers and salads. We open each day at 11 a.m. and Compass Restaurant opens daily at 5:30pm. our kitchen is open nightly until midnight. Clear the air, please We’ll be featuring special drinks throughout the Bridge Bucks and NABC. Mention the secret password “DUMMY” and Tournament Director Terry Lavender relates that receive a 10% discount on all food items! Check Cashing she has had several appeals from players who find it Our featured drink of the day will be: difficult to cope with heavy scents of perfume and Hyatt Regency, 2nd floor 12-2 Very Light (Cape Cod) cologne they have encountered. Some can become ill 9:30 - 10 a.m. daily 12-3 Jacoby (pineapple and rum) in the presence of such scents. (Friday, Nov. 29 - Saturday, Dec. 7) 12-4 Puppet (screwdriver) “Please,” said Lavender, “be considerate of those Sheraton, 2nd floor 12-5 Single Raise (Jack and Coke) who are sensitive to perfumes and colognes.” Noon - 1 p.m. daily 12-6 General Approach (vodka tonic) (Friday, Nov. 29 - Saturday, Dec. 7) 12-7 Major Opening (Bloody Mary) The Past Comes Alive 12-8 Overall (Margarita on the rocks) Dutch players Frank van Wezel and Hans van Networks Bar and Grill is located on the first Buy Your Entry Online de Konijnenberg both collect books, magazines floor of the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. and Daily Bulletins about bridge. They especially BridgeWinners offers a Terrace Café: enjoy reading Daily Bulletins from the pre-internet new service that allows Open daily at 6 a.m., the Terrace Café features a era because they are a treasure trove of wonderful you to buy entries for full breakfast buffet. 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When her brother made a face indicating a card points, and bad hand, the girl you will miss a showed off some virtually ironclad of her knowledge game. of duplicate. In case you “You can’t make were thinking a face like that in of bidding 4♠, duplicate,” the girl dismiss that exclaimed, “or they thought. A 4♠ call the janitor on overcall is strictly you.” preemptive and would look like The takeout this: double is one of ♠K Q J 10 9 6 5 the most-used conventions in bridge. In many ways, ♥6 2 ♦K 6 4 ♣5. unfortunately, it is also one of the most misused. So what Yesterday’s edition covered the practice – too should you do? common among newer players – of doubling for You could play takeout with any hand that approximates opening intermediate jump strength. We established that doubling for takeout , but that Any time you double and bid your own suit it without at least three-card support for unbid suits is is not recommended for newer players. Also, the shows extra values and, usually, a strong, six-card or a mistake. intermediate variety of jump overcalls comes up far longer suit. There is actually a box on the less often than the preemptive version: weak jump The other exception to the rule about having for you to indicate that you and your partner agree overcalls. support for unbid suits was touched on in to make off-shape takeout doubles with minimum A better plan is to double. Yes, it’s ostensibly for yesterday’s article. Suppose you have this collection values. takeout, but you plan to rebid in spades to describe If you take away one thing from this page, I a hand with 17 or more HCP and a long, strong suit. ♠A Q J ♥K Q 6 2 ♦9 8 ♣A K 10 7 hope it is the understanding that making off-shape Partner can pass with a bad hand and inadequate and RHO opens 1♥. You don’t have a suit you can takeout doubles with minimum values is losing support for your suit, but he will strain to raise with bid and your hand is too strong to overcall 1NT bridge. any excuse. (recommended range: 15-18), so you must double. That said, there are a couple of exceptions, the The auction would go like this (you are South): You have three-card spade support in case partner most common being the to show bids that suit, but a more important task for you is to extra strength and a very strong suit. West North East South show your strength. Over any minimum response by Suppose you are dealt this hand: 1♥ Dbl partner (1♠, 2♣ or 2♦), you will bid notrump at the Pass 2♦ Pass 2♠ cheapest level to show your power and a balanced ♠A K Q J 9 8 ♥K 2 ♦6 ♣K Q 5 4. Pass 3♠ Pass 4♠ hand. Partner should know what to do from there. All Pass Note that if partner bids 1NT, this is not a minimum Your right-hand opponent opens 1♥. What You would have to be very unlucky not to take response. It shows some high-card values and a should you do? 10 tricks with those two hands. stopper in opener’s suit.

queen from an A-K-Q-(x)-(x) combination. It is easy Ace or king from A-K? to read. By Eddie Kantar If third hand or the dummy has the jack, the lead must be from the A-K-Q. When the jack is not One of the most desirable and common opening visible, third hand should use the bidding as a guide. leads against a suit contract is from a suit headed by If partner is bidding strongly, assume A-K-Q. If the ace-king. But which one should you lead? And declarer has been bidding strongly, perhaps having which one should you lead later in the play – that is, bid notrump, assume top of a sequence. after trick one? And how should partner ? Assuming you have read the lead, give count In this day and age, most players lead the ace under the queen. For example, if you play standard from ace-king against suit contracts unless holding a count and have the 9-3-2, play the 2. doubleton A-K, in which case the king and then the When partner continues with the king or ace, ace is led. give suit preference with your next card. That way However, there is more – much more. There are partner will have a good idea what to lead next. times when the king is led from the ace-king at trick Say you have supported partner’s suit and, one. They are: partner leads the queen, and you have J-10-8-4. Play the jack promising the 10, allowing partner In any suit partner has bid. to underlead in case partner needs you in to lead In any supported suit. another suit. At the five level or higher. Now for a big plus: When partner leads the ace from ace-king he can’t have the queen! This little In each of these scenarios, you may well want fact helps third hand big time. Take a flyer to lead an ace without the king. No. 2, particularly, Another plus: When partner leads the king, A handbill caught thirteen-year old Nicole has a high frequency and it is important that partner denying the ace, you normally encourage with Eudy’s attention — as it turns out, it was the knows you don’t have the king when you lead the the jack or ace, but not with a doubleton – unless Intermediate-Newcomer flyer for this tournament. ace. the jack is in the dummy. If low cards are in the Something about it intrigued her and though she After trick one, the king is led from the ace- dummy and you encourage with a doubleton, knows no one who plays bridge, she followed the king. Later in the play, you may want to lead an ace declarer, holding the A-J-x, will . When partner trail to the I/N room at the Hyatt. without the king, perhaps to see if partner has the continues the suit thinking you have an honor, a “I am interested in learning about this game,” king. The ace from A-K is a trick-one convention trick will be lost. You have just encouraged partner she says. “I want to be able to teach a class in only! to fall victim to what is officially known as a school.” Here is something to try that I am completely Bath Coup! It is so named because it apparently Eudy attends Dysart Elementary in El Mirage sold on and have been for years. It is leading the originated in Bath, England. AZ. Page 4 Monday, December 2, 2013 Daily Bulletin

SUPER SENIOR PAIRS QUALIFIERS Insider 26.0 Tables / Based on 56 Tables Carryover While searching for a lost convention card, 1 Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 54.18 the Insider wandered into the Board of Governors 2 Eddie Rose, Laguna Niguel CA; Richard Catero, Mesa AZ 43.68 meeting yesterday. A discussion about ways to honor 3 Jo Smith, Abilene TX; Terry Riely, San Antonio TX 42.07 and recognize winners of various NABC events 4 Darwin Afdahl - Kay Afdahl, Oro Valley AZ 40.73 was in progress. Everyone seemed to agree that 5 Atam Lalchandani, Incline Village NV; Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA 39.83 recognition of all the event winners — not just those 6 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Alan Popkin, St Louis MO 39.06 7 Simon Kantor, Feeding Hills MA; Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV 35.34 playing in the bold, all caps events — was a good 8 Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA; Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA 34.87 idea. 9 Sonja Shiner, Paradise Valley AZ; Paula Cohen, Minneapolis MN 31.52 The discussion centered on how and when 10 Lynne O’Neill - Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA 31.41 it should be done. An awards/closing ceremony 11 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Gaye Herrington, Redondo Beach CA 30.67 following the WBF model doesn’t work so well 12 Kathy Schenk, Scottsdale AZ; Oris Mowry, Phoenix AZ 29.55 since many NABC attendees depart before the 13 Ronald Tracy, Edmonds WA; Robert Hitchens, Seattle WA 29.34 NABC closes its doors. There was a thought that a 14 Jim Leary - Pat Leary, Livermore CA 25.80 recognition ceremony could be held at the following 15 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Harvey Katz, Marina del Rey CA 25.60 NABC — recognize winners from the spring 16 Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA 25.14 tournament at the Summer NABC, etc. But not 17 Rodger Harbin, Culver City CA; Thomas Quinlan, San Mateo CA 24.98 18 Janet Becker, Timonium MD; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI 23.23 everyone attends every NABC. Scheduling a time 19 Bert Newman - Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI 22.15 during the tournament was another issue — when? 20 Michael Gray - Jo Crumley, Albuquerque NM 21.14 In the morning? Between sessions? After the evening 21 Walter Maxymuk - Gene Keidan, Toms River NJ 20.72 session? No one time works for everyone. And, what 22 Robert Carroll - Sandra Carroll, Los Angeles CA 20.53 should the recognition be? 23/24 Leonard Marks, Tempe AZ; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 20.35 The discussion ended with passage of a motion 23/24 Geoffrey Stokes, Gardnerville NV; James Showalter, Prescott AZ 20.35 that the ACBL Board of Directors and management 25 Chuck Burger, West Bloomfield MI; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 20.13 should investigate what can be done and implement 26 Abe Jakob, Ft Lauderdale FL; Julia Bomalaski, Indialantic FL 19.48 an appropriate program. Got any suggestions or 27/28 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; John Potter, Panama City FL 18.76 ideas? Jot down your thoughts and slip them to 27/28 Edward Schwartz, Phoenix AZ; Kim Corbin, Scottsdale AZ 18.76 29 Michael Flanagan - Barbara Flanagan, Scottsdale AZ 18.34 the Ask Me Girl or email them to AMG2 (leann. 30 Eugene Davidson, Boynton Beach FL; Stephen Shane, White Plains NY 17.25 [email protected]) at the Metro Horn Lake ACBL 31 Thomas Hanford, Surprise AZ; Steven Hough, Westminster CA 16.74 campus. 32 David Conlin Jr - Anne Conlin, Clarkdale AZ 13.31 Following this, the discussion turned to a policy 33 Sedat Nassi - David Reiter, Hollywood FL 12.64 on unauthorized information arising from questions 34 Shirley Tartick - Joan Klap, Toronto ON 10.82 concerning unAlerted bids. The Insider thought 35 Dan Forbes Jr - Pat Anderson, Wichita KS 10.77 unauthorized information consisted mostly of things 36 Harold Emme - Carol Emme, Plainfield IL 10.13 like AMG’s home phone number, Triple HHH’s time 37 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 8.99 in the Chicago Marathon and the combination to the 38 Peter McLaren, Prince Albert SK; Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK 8.57 masterpoint vault. So, he quietly grabbed a bagel and 39 Sadu Marrott, Maricopa AZ; Paul Kmetty, Sun Lakes AZ 8.36 40 Dan Hertz - Natalie Hertz, Harrison NY 7.97 slipped out the side door of the meeting room. 41 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 7.85 In other Phoenix NABC news, Steve Bates 42 John Weinberg, Mercer Island WA; Roger Clough, Culver City CA 7.36 is now almost halfway through his first NABC as 43 La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 5.61 Director in Charge. ACBL management thought it 44 Roberta Epstein - Mark Epstein, Las Vegas NV 4.86 would help Steve to have Gary Zeiger as his second 45 Helene Drake - George Drake, Phoenix AZ 4.01 since Gary is from the local area and has served as 46 Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 3.47 assistant-in-charge-guy for several previous NABCs. 47 Marcia Moran - Thomas Moran, Mesa AZ 3.33 If those of you from the local area (or any other area, 48 Phyllis Rakevich, Yuma AZ; Ronald Woodard, Olympia WA 1.68 for that matter) have any good Gary stories please 49 Marvin Topper - Gerald Gray, Mesa AZ 1.28 drop them off in small file tub just inside the door 50 Irwin Kostal Jr - Shawnee Kostal, Indio CA 0.27 51 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Donald Sache, Delta BC 0.18 of the Bulletin Office. The Insider is looking for a 52 Barbara Simon - Wayne Kaneko, Honolulu HI 0.00 couple of easy columns and surely these stories have potential to fill an NABC worth of Insider articles. 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(Thanks, Adam 1.01 5 3 Lezlie Cullen - Mariann Glynn, Toronto ON 52.38% Wildavsky, for a splendid idea!) 0.76 4 Cheryl Almond, Sun Lakes AZ; Bonny Yamashita, Buckeye AZ 50.69% This email address won’t be checked with any regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please SATURDAY EVENING 299’ER SWISS TEAMS continue to use our office email addresses for non- 5 Tables tournament–related correspondence. A B 2.12 1 1 Terry Gardner, Green Valley AZ; S Andrew Sass, Fremont CA; Alan Notice to players Huggins - Martha Huggins, San Jose CA 59.00 Each player must have an ACBL convention 1.59 2 Jurgen Stielow - Rosemary Stielow, Austin TX; William Ranard - Billie Ranard, Bozeman MT 51.00 card filled out and on the table. Please note that other types of convention cards, such as the WBF convention card or homemade cards that do not sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are not acceptable substitutes. Daily Bulletin Monday, December 2, 2013 Page 5

FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES 16.0 Tables Zero tolerance A B C 3.94 1 , Glencoe IL; Diana Marquardt, Del Mar CA 67.53% continued from page 1 2.96 2 Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA; Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA 60.57% cards in the air and he and his partner stormed out. 3.19 3 1 Steve Graves, Olney MD; Brenda Thomas, Columbia MD 59.06% The rest of the club applauded.” 2.43 4 Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 58.88% The Monday workshop will explore how to 1.70 5 Eugene Chan, Richmond BC; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 58.54% deliver ZT infractions effectively, including examples 0.93 6 Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo ,Japan; Yukiko Tokunaga, Japan 58.16% 2.39 2 Mark Marty, Clayton CA; Kathryn Von Dohre, Concord CA 56.66% from Plato’s experience on how he believes he 1.79 3 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Sonia Feder, Mill Valley CA 56.42% handled incidents poorly. About one incident, 2.43 4 1 Tom Broumley - Janet Boulanger, Casper WY 55.08% he quips, “I was right to respond, but the way I 1.01 5 Kevin Schoenfeld - Deborah Wojtowicz, Pleasanton CA 54.87% responded was not right.” 1.82 6 2 Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Shelley Burns, N Vancouver BC 51.52% Letting a behavior problem go unchecked “is like 1.37 3 Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA 51.17% a festering sore,” Plato says. “If you don’t deal with 1.03 4 Roy Grice - Larry Chase, Boise ID 50.24% it today, it will get bigger. But if you cut it out, your club will heal and get stronger and stronger.” SUNDAY MORNING SUN LAKES DBC 300 PAIRS He continues, “It’s hard! I lost sleep over it! But 21.0 Tables the health of the club depends on not letting it fester.” A B C 3.84 1/2 1/2 Thomas Boates, Anthem AZ; Sara O’Neill, Lake Forest IL 64.88% Plato offers one last reason for Zero Tolerance: 3.84 1/2 1/2 John Teshima, Trail Creek IN; Dennis Frazier, Surprise AZ 64.88% “People play more bridge when people are nice. 2.50 3 3 1 Vivianne Plouffe, Bonnyville AB; Linda Mackay, Red Deer Cty AB 63.39% When people play more bridge, our clubs and our 1.88 4 4 2 Judy Gallin, Scottsdale AZ; Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA 61.61% game grow.” 1.39 5 5 Margaret Rieder, Redmond WA; Beth De Groen, Vashon WA 59.52% 1.48 6 6 Linda Nemmer, San Jose CA; Rick Shepard, Atascadero CA 58.04% Meyers 1.41 3 Richard Ritter, Laguna Niguel CA; James Vaughan, Irvine CA 54.76% 1.05 4 Howard Maves, Maricopa AZ; Sandy Jennings, Chandler AZ 54.46% continued from page 1 0.79 5 Dorothy Mersereau - Marcia Andreychuk, Calgary AB 53.57% 0.62 6 Bobbi Krass - Barrett Krass, Scottsdale AZ 53.27% war protests as part of the Tulane Liberation Front. She graduated in June of 1971, stopping briefly SUNDAY MORNING SUN LAKES DBC 50 PAIRS in Philadelphia before the European adventure – “It 13.5 Tables was great,” she says. She returned to the U.S. in May A B C 1972. 2.42 1 1 Maryann McGraw - Ellie Workman, Surprise AZ 68.39% At that point, she had an invitation from her older 1.82 2 2 1 Deborah Long - Kyle Long, Casa Grande AZ 64.71% sister, Nina, to take a job with 20th Century Fox, at 1.36 3 3 2 Karon Chitwood, Surprisek AZ; Barbara Brue, Surprise AZ 59.06% 1.02 4 4 Claude Case - Susan Case, Santa Barbara CA 58.41% that point closing corporate headquarters in New York 0.77 5 5 Barbara Steadman - Virginia Cook, Sun Lakes AZ 55.17% and moving to California. 0.63 6 6 3 Julie Bosserman - Deborah Weiss, Scottsdale AZ 54.82% Meyers, a card player from childhood, learned 0.37 4 Jay Glaser - George Kalman, Phoenix AZ 49.90% bridge after Nina came home from college one year and introduced the family to the game. SUNDAY MORNING ROLLIN BREWER 300 TEAMS In California, the two Meyers girls went looking 16 Tables for a bridge game and ended up at Paul’s Bridge A B C Club in Culver City. They walked in and saw all the 3.67 1 Lester Rubenstein - Patricia Rubenstein - Ernest McCray - Ruth duplicate oriented stuff on the walls and figured they McCray, Tucson AZ 71.00 were in the wrong place. They were on their way out 2.75 2 1 1 Bonnie Butler - Janice Riley, Sun Lakes AZ; Carol Urben, Scottsdale AZ; Faye Comstock, Cave Creek AZ 56.00 when the club manager, Doris Richardson, “chased us 2.06 3 2 Ed Gould - Cornelia Gould, Walnut Creek CA; Nancy Thompson - down the stairs and made us come back to play.” Andrew Kerr, San Francisco CA 50.00 The game they played in featured a now-obsolete 1.55 4 Lyle Cahill, Surprise AZ; Cheryl Richman, Toronto ON; Lorraine method of scoring in which North-South pairs record Milligan, Port Hardy BC; Carol Nystrom, Vancouver WA 48.00 regular scores and East-West pairs score by the 1.34 5/6 3 Roger Walker - Joan Walker - Arthur Carlson - Elaine Carlson, reciprocals. The upshot is that low East-West scores Surprise AZ 46.00 were good, high ones bad. Meyers and her sister 1.02 5/6 Rosemary Stielow - Jurgen Stielow, Austin TX; Ivee Fromkin, played East-West, finishing with a score of 200 on a Jupiter FL; Wendy Sands, Monmouth Beach NJ 46.00 156 average. 1.00 4 Karin Hansen - Ginny Troin, Sun Lakes AZ; Ginny Marr - Christine “We didn’t know what we were doing,” Meyers Garner, Chandler AZ 45.00 recalls, “but we were hooked.” STRATIFIED The two attractive young women had no lack of 30.0 Tables partners, including Davis. A B C “Ed taught me how to play bridge,” Meyers says. 14.00 1 Jim Ritts, Knoxville TN; Richard Gitter, Phoenix AZ 63.22% “He didn’t let me play any conventions for a long 10.50 2 1 Larry Anfinson, Waterloo IA; Brian Kelly, Clive IA 62.73% time. I didn’t know how bad I was, but I was fearless 7.88 3 Cindy Mahn - Elizabeth McDowell, Kitchener ON 60.96% and wasn’t intimidated by anyone.” 5.91 4 Bette Strauch - John Strauch, San Diego CA 58.92% Meyers recalls the time that Davis taught her 6.42 5 2 Ann McClelland, La Canada Flt CA; Sammy Tigert, Tulsa OK 58.51% about Unusual 2NT, the convention used to show 5.27 6 3 Joyce Nakasaki - Joseph Thomas, Redondo Beach CA 58.11% two-suited hands. On one occasion, Meyer’s right- 3.50 7 Karen Heath, Henderson NV; Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA 56.66% 4.67 8 4 James Hooker, Paradise Valley AZ; Dattatraya Kale, Phoenix AZ 56.20% hand opponent opened 1♠ and she overcalled 2NT, 2.80 9 John Kohler - Patricia Parker, Phoenix AZ 55.53% ostensibly showing the minors. What she actually had 2.85 5 Mitchell Weisberg - Bob Garvey, Sun City West AZ 54.85% was clubs and hearts. 2.45 6 Robert Hinkle - Alicia Anderson, Tucson AZ 52.22% Davis, with the right hand for a raise to 3NT over 4.95 1 Yuki Harada, Setagaya Ku Tok Japan; Takahiro Honda, Tokyo Japan 52.08% a minors-showing bid, put Meyers in the notrump 3.71 2 Larry Huhn, Chandler AZ; Mark Boucher, Centennial CO 51.22% game, not knowing they had a huge fit in hearts. 2.78 3 Robert Kruger, Elgin IL; Brorn Odden, NORWAY 50.88% Meyers made her contract for a big score because the 2.09 4 Shoreh Toufanian, Los Angeles CA; Cliff Goodrich, Long Beach CA 50.77% field was in 6♥, going down when the opening leader 1.65 5 Lewis Springer - Roselyn Springer, Silver City NM 48.60% found his partner’s and there was an ace to cash. 1.41 6 Douglas Snow, Paducah KY; Klaus Buechner, Mississauga ON 48.23% “She had a lot of raw talent,” Davis says, “and she SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS is just very, very smart.” 23.0 Tables About three years after moving to Los Angeles A B C to work at Fox as an administrative assistant, Meyers 4.66 1 1 1 Patricia Teik Schadow, Minnetonka MN; Ginny Culp, Tucson AZ 60.12% felt she needed a “real job,” so she called someone 3.50 2 2 John Teshima, Trail Creek IN; Dennis Frazier, Surprise AZ 59.23% she knew at Columbia Pictures to see if there was 2.62 3 Thomas Brown - Monty Gray, Seattle WA 58.63% anything she could do there. 2.32 4 3 2 Susan Cline, Gilbert AZ; Mary Murphy, Scottadale AZ 57.44% There were two options – corporate affairs or 1.74 5 4 3 Margaret Whittaker - Gretchen Caiazzo, Chandler AZ 57.14% the Music Department. The former hippie had no 1.31 6 5 Donald Cohn - Jon Rayden, Los Altos CA 56.25% difficulty making a choice. She started out handling 1.04 6 Margaret Rieder, Redmond WA; Beth De Groen, Vashon WA 55.95% administration for scoring sessions – the process for 1.16 4 Howard Maves, Maricopa AZ; Sandy Jennings, Chandler AZ 55.65% 0.88 5/6 William Dalton, Dublin OH; Margaret Dalton, Saratoga CA 55.36% putting music in the movies. 0.78 5/6 Carol Wilkinson, Thousand Palms CA; George Kalman, Phoenix AZ 55.36% By the time she left Columbia, she was second continued on page 7 Page 6 Monday, December 2, 2013 Daily Bulletin

SUNDAY DAYLIGHT SWISS Annoying the defense 79 Tables By A B C 27.21 1 Stephen Weiner - Renay Danto Weiner, Scottsdale AZ; Richard Your opponents in the Baze Senior Knockout Becher, Bloomfield Hls MI; Frank Leonard, Tempe AZ 92.00 1 Teams reach 3NT after dummy has shown a 2 /2 ♦ 20.41 2 1 Mike Giesler, Philadelphia PA; John Williams, Cincinnati OH; rebid (hands rotated). South can have up to 10 high- Bill Rose, Seattle WA; Michael Elliott, Renton WA 91.00 card points. 15.31 3 John Rayner, Mississauga ON; Jill Thompson - Bill Kertes, Toronto ON; Ina Demme, Maple ON 84.00 Dlr: North ♠ K Q 15.28 4 2 1 Richard Hunt - Kelly Aanenson, Scottsdale AZ; Michael Ryan, Vul: Both ♥ Q 9 Phoenix AZ; Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA 83.00 ♦ A Q 9 6 5 4 2 7.88 5/7 Rick Kerbel, Murrieta CA; Jessica Chance - Judith Wolf, West Des ♣ Q 6 Moines IA; Bea Cannon, Sun Lakes AZ 80.00 ♠ A 7 3 7.88 5/7 Sharon Carter - Bob Carter, Billings MT; Karen Eble, Green ♥ K 10 7 4 Valley AZ; Nancy Coffee, Missoula MT 80.00 ♦ K J 7 3 7.88 5/7 Vinay Sarin - Poonam Sarin, Thornhill ON; Bing Wong, Whitby ON; ♣ K 10 Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON 80.00 11.46 8/9 3 Larry Eisenhart - Laura Eisenhart, Sun Lakes AZ; Marc Franklin - West North East South Mary Lou Moriarty, Portland OR 78.00 5.75 8/9 Judith Euler - John Euler, Mesa AZ; Karin Molleman, Sun Lakes 1♦ Pass 1♠ AZ; Paul Glick, Phoenix AZ 78.00 Pass 2♣ (1) Pass 2♦ 4.95 10 Virginia Youens - Kirk Homis, Victoria BC; Saul Agranoff, Newton Pass 3♦ Pass 3NT MA; Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center MA 77.00 All Pass 4.21 11/13 Tom Sands - Patty Sands, Beaverton OR; Shelley Housley, Mesa AZ; (1) Six or more diamonds. Mark Litterman, Scottsdale AZ 75.00 Your fourth-highest heart goes to the queen, 6 4.21 11/13 Gene Maki - Arne Maki - Linda Miller - Mick Miller, Green Valley AZ 75.00 and 4. Partner gives you a Smith echo (indicating 8.59 11/13 4 Elaine Sorensen, Lake Country BC; Judy Clerke, Vernon BC; that he likes hearts) when declarer leads the ♠K. The Elizabeth Chapman - Barbara Gray, Mesa AZ 75.00 signal means partner rates to have the ♥J. Plan the 6.79 14/16 5 M Hubbard - J Craig Hubbard - Harold Kroeger - Sharon Stevenson, defense on that basis. Saskatoon SK 74.00 3.41 14/16 Gail Meyer, Green Valley AZ; Ernest Olness Jr, Billings MT; Jon If you duck the spade, declarer plays another Weinberg - Judy Brew, Scottsdale AZ 74.00 spade. You duck again. Now declarer passes the ♣Q 3.41 14/16 Garry Karst - Barry Pritchard, Edmonton AB; Ken Penton - Donald to your king, and again you are in the hot seat. Gladman, Calgary AB 74.00 At the table, West won and cleared hearts. This 5.82 17 6 Jane Silver, White Plains NY; Juanita Leff - Barbara Steiner, was the full deal: Purchase NY; Joan Cremin, Paradise Valley AZ 73.00 ♠ K Q 2.86 18 J Peter Tripp - Penny Lane, Williston VT; David Binney, Seattle ♥ Q 9 WA; Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI 72.00 ♦ A Q 9 6 5 4 2 7.05 7 2 Ryo Matsubara - Ayaleo Matsubara - Takashi Sumita - Yoko ♣ Q 6 Fukuyama, Tokyo Mexico 69.00 ♠ A 7 3 ♠ 10 6 2 5.29 8/9 3 Vivienne Cummings - Paul Vaccaro - Linda Thieken, Scottsdale AZ; Sheri Martin, Phoenix AZ 66.00 ♥ K 10 7 4 ♥ J 5 3 4.30 8/9 Arun Savara, Honolulu HI; Lynn Neuville, Scottsdale AZ; Mayre ♦ K J 7 3 ♦ 10 8 Meyers, Mesa AZ; Martha Hawley, Carmel Valley CA 66.00 ♣ K 10 ♣ 8 5 4 3 2 3.55 10/11 Janet Newman - Sheryl Martin, Scottsdale AZ; Paul Harris, ♠ J 9 8 5 4 Phoenix AZ; John Urciuoli, Fountain Hills AZ 65.00 ♥ A 8 6 2 3.97 10/11 4 Connie Robertshaw, Chandler AZ; Mary Wackler - Mary Redding, ♦ -- Mesa AZ; Lynn Stark, Saskatoon SK 65.00 ♣ A J 9 7 3.02 12/13 Graham Grist, Norfolk England; Barnaby Grist, Reno NV; Xingping After declarer took the ♥A, he cleared spades, Kang, El Monte CA; Molly O’Neill, Ft Lauderdale FL 64.00 and the favorable breaks in the black suits made nine 3.13 12/13 5 Kenneth Yamanouchi - Mac McNamara - Phillip Borgmeier - Julie tricks easy. If West ducks the first club smoothly, one Borgmeier, Sun City West AZ 64.00 2.72 14 Marc Hay - Paul Soper, Sierra Vista AZ; Kay Olness, Billings MT; could imagine declarer repeating the club . Christina Jordan, Mount Vernon WA 63.00 West wins and clears hearts by leading low to 2.48 15/16 Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI; Jim Jackson, Amasa MI; Linda Jonas - partner’s jack. South wins the second heart, cashes John Jonas, Dana Point CA 62.00 his clubs (West pitching two diamonds), then gets out 2.48 15/16 Steven Lipson - Serl Zimmerman, Palm Desert CA; Donna Massman - with a spade. Stephen Massman, Beverly Hills CA 62.00 West has two hearts, one spade and one club for 2.52 6/7 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler - Margie Ried, Clarkston MI; winners, but in the two-card ending he has to lead a Barbara Chadwick, Scottsdale AZ 59.00 diamond. Declarer successfully and claims. 2.52 6/7 William Glen - Ruth Glen, Williston ND; Phyllis Pettijohn, West It’s a frustrating deal for East-West. Palm Beach FL; Maryellen Leister, Mc Lean VA 59.00 2.09 8 Gerri Cahill - Lawrence Patrick, Surprise AZ; Robert Bixby, Tucson AZ; Don Elliott, Mesa AZ 58.00 Slow Play Slow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful SUNDAY AFTERNOON 0-50 PAIRS play, is discourteous to your opponents – and to all 10.0 Tables other competitors as well. Players and pairs who take A B C 2.10 1 1 1 Karon Chitwood, Surprisek AZ; Barbara Brue, Surprise AZ 73.21% more than their allotted time are subject to penalty. 1.58 2 2 2 Dave Nearman, Portland OR; Bonny Yamashita, Buckeye AZ 61.01% In general, pairs who are rarely late will be 1.18 3 3 3 Penny Keaton - Deborah Weiss, Scottsdale AZ 59.23% warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or 0.89 4 4 Murl Estes, Maitland FL; Bruce Yee, Paradise Valley AZ 58.63% pay no attention to time limits will be penalized. 0.74 5 5 Mary Newstead, Phoenix AZ; Mardelle Mikus, Paradise Valley AZ 55.36% 0.50 6 Julie Bosserman - Ginny Hampton, Scottsdale AZ 53.27% Daily Bulletin Monday, December 2, 2013 Page 7

SUNDAY 1 PM SIDE PAIRS 3 27.0 Tables Meyers A B C 5.61 1 Maxine Poulton, Chandler AZ; Eugene Condon, Maricopa AZ 64.19% continued from page 5 4.21 2 Carolyn Feldman, Toronto ON; Jacqueline Syer, Oakville ON 60.38% in charge in the Music Department. Along the way, 3.16 3 Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM; Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 59.54% she earned a law degree taking night classes at the 2.37 4 Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico; N Lira, Mexico Mexico 59.45% University of West Los Angeles. 1.78 5 Theresa Andino, Niceville FL; Bonnie Wilke, Aspen CO 58.92% “I thought it would be good to have the degree in 4.70 6 1 Paula Strand, Kirkland WA; Barbara Kim, Honolulu HI 57.31% 3.53 2 Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Delray Beach FL 57.15% my back pocket,” she says, “and I dealt with attorneys 2.64 3 Patricia Al-Hakeem, Laguna Beach CA; Salle Martinis, Laguna all the time. Plus, Columbia was paying 75% of it.” Woods CA 56.69% One of her first important jobs was negotiating 2.09 4 Jeanne Moore, Parker Dam CA; Dana Christensen, Pocatello ID 56.04% rights for songs used in the hit film “Close Encounters 1.49 5 Lamar Marutani, Vallejo CA; Stephen Nordberg, El Paso TX 55.92% of the Third Kind.” Says Meyers, “I had no idea what 1.50 6 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 55.62% I was doing.” 3.64 1 Cece Knowles - Mary Jo Simunaci, Green Valley AZ 55.52% Meyers now owns and operates Jill Meyers Music 2.73 2 Alice Bendheim - John Hay, Phoenix AZ 53.31% Consultants in Santa Monica, where she and her 1.80 3/4 Connie Roberts - Muriel Jean Bramucci, Sun City West AZ 53.08% husband, Sid Brownstein, live. The company does 1.80 3/4 Barbara Robinson - David Robinson, Denver CO 53.08% one thing – negotiate music rights for movies and 1.90 5/6 Anne Lamport - Helen Hellsten, Ryde Nsw Australia 52.85% 1.01 5/6 Linda Miller, Cincinnati OH; Jane Loughlin, Greenwich CT 52.85% television, and she is heavily involved in the latter at present. Her primary focus is The Voice, NBC’s SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER SWISS TEAMS popular reality singing competition. 18 Tables Bridge took a back seat while she was in law A B C school, but she broke through with an NABC win 3.96 1 1 1 Judy Gallin - Jeanie Wolff - Mady Stoll, Scottsdale AZ; Donna in 1987, the same year she met Brownstein, now a Heinsbroek, Savannah GA 61.00 retired dentist who teaches part-time at UCLA. “He 2.97 2 2 Ernest McCray - Ruth McCray - Patricia Rubenstein - Lester is my rock, my home,” says Meyers. “I’m blessed to Rubenstein, Tucson AZ 51.00 have him.” The two have been married since 1990. 1.79 3/5 3/5 2 Nancy Conley, Washington UT; Beverly Walker, Port Ludlow WA; Dan With help from Davis and other experts, Meyers Branscum, Oak Harbor WA; Jeanne Johnson, Kirkland WA 49.00 1.72 3/5 3/5 Eri Griffin, Laquinta CA; Judith Schwartz, La Quinta CA; developed her bridge game and caught the notice of Rosemary Hertz - Sanford Hertz, Rancho Mirage CA 49.00 many of the area’s top players. A year before she won 1.72 3/5 3/5 Heather Harmeyer - Gail Holman, Indianapolis IN; Nan Turner, her first women’s title, Beverly Rosenberg, one of Carmel IN; Sandra Kolls, Goodyear AZ 49.00 the area’s top players, called Meyers to say “you’re 1.34 3 Peter Adhemar - Susan Adhemar, Harrington Snd Bermuda; James playing with me on a team (at an NABC).” Fraser - Marsha Fraser, Hamilton Bermuda 46.00 Through the years, as the wins piled up, Meyers 1.00 4 Peg Cook - A J Cook - Daniel Holcomb - Paula Holcomb, Sedona AZ 44.00 learned to rely on her intuition. She can sense energy at the table and envision outcomes of events. FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES In Lille, France, in 1998, Meyers had decided 33.00 Tables / Based on 17 Tables to do some touring instead of playing in the World 6.62 1/2 Diana Marquardt, Del Mar CA 125.86% 6.62 1/2 Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL 125.86% Women’s Pairs. The night before the event, it came to 7.06 3/4 Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA 120.80% her that she and Shawn Quinn were destined to win. 7.06 3/4 Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA 120.80% She changed her mind about playing and her vision 5.31 5/6 Janet Boulanger, Casper WY 114.01% came true. 5.31 5/6 Tom Broumley, Casper WY 114.01% Before her game with Mohan in the Blue Ribbon Pairs, she was convinced that they would win. “I saw BOBBY GOLDMAN OPEN PAIRS 60.0 Tables / Based on 64 Tables it,” she says. Even when things weren’t going well A B C during the six-session contest, Meyers was calm and 25.29 1 Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan; Michal Klukowski, Wroclaw 66.91% confident. 18.97 2 Herman Louie - Ming Louie, Henderson NV 61.92% In the play, Meyers can be prescient. “I’m not 14.23 3 Linda Gordon - Robb Gordon, Sedona AZ 61.62% afraid to follow my intuition, and my intuition is very 11.22 4 1 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL 60.85% strong,” she says. 8.43 5 Ole Godefroy, Bellevue WA; Howard Epley, Kent WA 60.85% These days, Meyers plays little except for world 7.23 6 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Henri Farhi, Berkeley CA 60.54% championships and the NABCs. After playing 6.32 7 Peter Knee, Canyon Country CA; Peter Benjamin, Culver City CA 60.08% with her husband at the Fall NABC in Phoenix the 5.62 8 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL 59.85% first weekend, she flew back to California to work, 8.42 9 2 David Johnson - John D Aguiar, Calgary AB 59.50% 4.60 10 Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA 58.45% planning to return on the weekend. 4.22 11 Matt Chiwo Leung, Montebello CA; William Ng, Chatsworth CA 57.27% “Bridge is my hobby,” she says. “I’ve been very 6.31 12 3 Elianor Kennie, Kentville NS; Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 57.00% lucky to do as well as I have.” 3.61 13 Chantal Dube, Montreal QC; Frederic Pollack, Laval QC 56.72% She credits Davis and Mohan for a lot of her 3.37 14 Kay Beck, Noblesville IN; Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA 56.69% development, and she admits that, although her desire 4.67 15 David Rottmayer - William Rottmayer, Spokane WA 56.61% to win has not faded over time, “the need to win isn’t 4.12 16 Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 56.48% there. If I lose, I don’t get crazy because it’s not my 3.27 17 Bob Gruber - Linda Gruber, Camarillo CA 56.05% life.” 5.69 4 1 James Kee, Tucson AZ; Terry Kee, Greenbrae CA 54.19% Friends admire Meyers for her honesty and 3.74 5 Panette Talia, Campbell CA; Steve Hubbell, Mountain View CA 53.96% loyalty. One of her biggest fans is Mitch Dunitz, a 4.27 6 2 Kornel Lazar, Vienna Austria Austria; Senta Lackner, Graz 8141 Austria 53.15% frequent teammate and occasional partner who has 2.81 7 Shirley Liss, Fairbanks AK; David Stewart, Sun City AZ 52.65% known her for more than 30 years. 2.49 8 David Taylor - John Aslin, Seattle WA 52.25% “Jill is a fine bridge player and a better person,” 3.20 3 Lyn Legault - Larry Legault, Coe Hill ON 51.96% Dunitz says. “She has an incredible moral compass. 2.40 4 K Menzies - W Menzies, Oshawa ON 51.62% Anyone you talk to will tell you their life is better 3.06 5 Frederick Eriksen, Murray NE; Mark Rowe, Philomath OR 51.04% for having been her bridge partner or friend, and she 1.63 6 Ginger Bowes - Michael Bowes, McKinleyville CA 50.65% gives more than she takes. She is all class.” Adds Davis, “Jill is a wonderful person, with LH DEWEES MEMEMORIAL SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE GAME qualities you would want in your daughter or spouse. 37.0 Tables She does the right thing.” A B C 7.13 1 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 64.64% Meyers could make her living playing bridge, but 5.46 2 1 Greg Potter - Linda Hughes, Edmond OK 61.58% she prefers the challenges of her job and her life with 4.10 3 2 Janet Sharpe - Diane Campbell, Calgary AB 61.28% Brownstein, who says, “No one has a better essence 3.07 4 3 Dana Christensen, Pocatello ID; Jeanne Moore, Parker Dam CA 59.84% than Jill.” 2.26 5 David Smith - Gretchen Smith, Davidson NC 59.60% Her job and bridge, she notes, have similarities. 3.49 6 4 1 Diane Washabaugh, Aledo TX; Mary Cotham, Fort Worth TX 59.39% “Both are problem solving,” she says. 1.78 5 Fred Baldwin, Delta BC; Peggy Winter, Ladner BC 56.28% In the music business, she has to find out who 2.62 6 2 Marek Foff, Edmonton AB; Michael Shuster, Banff AB 56.16% owns a song and talk the owner into a reasonable 1.96 3 Robert Kruger, Elgin IL; Bjorn Odden, 55.95% price for its use in a film or television show. In 1.47 4 Robert Pfeffer, Saint Paul MN; William Drake, Minnetonka MN 55.49% bridge, there is often a discovery process. In both, she 1.10 5 Melvin Rueppel - Marcia Christopher, Estes Park CO 55.22% 0.91 6 Julia Lunn, Southampton Bermuda; Donald Robinson, Boise ID 52.31% notes, “sometimes you have to make the impossible happen.” Page 8 Monday, December 2, 2013 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY MIDNIGHT KOS WOMEN’S BAM QUALIFIERS 10 Tables 14 Tables / Based on 26 Tables Carryover 3.03 1 Chris Moore, Bellevue WA; - Michael 1 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Sylvie Willard, Paris 75014 France; Shannon Christensen, Redmond WA; Meg Myers, Beaverton OR 2.12 2 Anant Rathi, San Diego CA; Edmund Wu, San Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Benedicte Cronier, Paris 75018 France; Meike Francisco CA; Matthew Dyer - Cory Perkers, Chicago IL Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 34.50 1.21 3/4 Joan Millens, Kingston NY; David Sabourin, 2/3 Migry Zur Campanile - Christal Henner - Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Lisa Ottawa ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Mitch Towner, Austin TX Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 31.50 1.21 3/4 James Mosley - Harry Potter, Herndon VA; Kathie 2/3 Mildred Breed, Austin TX; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Angione - John Peter Lagodimos, Chula Vista CA Stasha Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ 31.50 SATURDAY-SUNDAY MORNING COMPACT KO I 4 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; , High Wycombe United Kingdom; Lynn Baker, 10 Tables Austin TX; Fiona Brown, Harrogate United Kingdom; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; 12.69 1 Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Zane Gary Brown, , Stony Point NY 31.00 San Francisco CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Robert 5 Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI; Donna Swarthout - Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; Kent, Marina Del Rey CA Beverly Gardner, Lecanto FL 29.50 8.88 2 Allan Palansky, Henderson NV; Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Marilyn Kalabsa, Solana Beach CA; Janice 6 Petra Hamman - - Joan Jackson, Dallas TX; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Joerger, Rancho Santa Fe CA Setauket NY; Pamela Nisbet, Ottawa ON; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 28.00 5.71 3 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince 7 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Samantha Nystrom, Toronto ON; Yasuko Shrenzel, Albert SK; Denis Murphy, Coldbrook NS; Bill Wittmann, Colorado Honolulu HI; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 27.00 Spgs CO 8/9 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Gen Geiger - Gigi Simpson, Sarasota FL 26.00 SATURDAY-SUNDAY MORNING COMPACT KO II 10 Tables 8/9 Flo Newlin, Aurora CO; Judy Randel, Buena Vista CO; En Hay, Highlands Ranch CO; 5.79 1 Eric Genheimer - Kyle Olson, Mustang OK; Janet Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 26.00 Davis - Donald Davis, Norman OK 10 Jackie Toth - Lorna Davis, West Chester OH; D’Anne Pientka, Phoenix AZ; Nancy 4.05 2 Daniel Halsey - Rick Bredlie - Kathleen Bredlie - Luetge, Cincinnati OH 25.50 Ralph Kosmicke, Surprise AZ 11 Sue Weinstein - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV; Carol Kasle, Bloomfield MI; Linda 2.61 3 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Perlman, Wellington FL 25.00 Chantilly VA; Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; Sheryl McEwan, Reston VA 12/13 , Austin TX; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; 2.03 4 Tom Lang - David Luzzatto, Richardson TX; Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 24.50 Stanley Jones, Haines AK; James Williams, Vancouver BC 12/13 Suzanne Jones, Boulder CO; Peggy Craig, El Paso TX; Sally Clark, Carlsbad CA; Judy Hummel, Colorado Spgs CO 24.50 SATURDAY-SUNDAY MORNING COMPACT KO III 14 Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA; Karen Turner, Victoria BC; Ellen Anten, Encino CA; 12 Tables 4.85 1 Christine Lynn - Muriel Jean Bramucci - Connie Rhonda Foster, Sun City West AZ 21.00 Roberts, Sun City West AZ; Marylee Webber, Hood River OR 3.40 2 John Barker - Lenore Barker, Scottsdale AZ; SUNDAY SIDE BAM TEAMS Robert Welch - Diane Welch, Phoenix AZ 26 Tables 2.18 3 Lilah Newton - Paul Newton - Bee Sturmer - Don A B C Sturmer, Danville CA 6.01 1 C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA; Christopher Young, San Diego 1.70 4 Julie Werda, Mesa AZ; Paul Sebesta, Thunder Bay ON; Kenneth Alt - Dannetta Wakefield, Fairbanks AK CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; Judy Rimer, La Jolla CA 18.00 4.51 2 Maryellen Gallo - Dennis Groden, Surrey BC; Joseph Murray - FRIDAY SATURDAY KO - I Ricki Rogers, Mt Laurel NJ 17.00 16 Tables 3.38 3 Jack Alhale - Joseph Meyers - Rozi Alhale - Beverly Pogoda, New 46.60 1 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon York NY 16.50 TX; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 304G Netherlands; Ton Bakkeren, 2.54 4 Larry Chow, Abbotsford BC; Sara Wilson, Woodland Hills CA; Greg Oisterwijk Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands Morse, Richmond BC; Cliff Goodrich, Long Beach CA 16.00 32.62 2 Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Janet Macchi, 3.84 5/7 1 Adair Karlin - Joan Merrill - Clair Kretschmann, Tucson AZ; John Statham GA; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; David Grainger, Roseville Baragona, Tempe AZ 15.00 CA; Roger Lee, Arcadia CA; , Waterloo ON 1.47 5/7 Eric Hochman - Joan Stein, Milwaukee WI; Florence Belford, 18.64 3/4 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; , Milton ON; Bryan Delfs, Horn Lake MS 15.00 Herefordshire England; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France; Jean Quantin, Paris France; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef 1.47 5/7 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Robert Craig, Piekarek, Hamburg Germany El Paso TX; Jeffery Jacob, Vancouver WA 15.00 18.64 3/4 James Cayne, New York NY; , 2.52 2/3 Perrie Kay Avery - Jean Norgaard, Cheyenne WY; Michael Innis - Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Eldad Gail Hanson, Fort Collins CO 13.00 Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel 2.52 2/3 Marilyn Haggins - Rick Boyd - Murray Haggins - Pauline Boyd, Calgary AB 13.00 The photo booth 1.62 4 Connie Shapiro, San Francisco CA; Jennifer Paulsrud - Marilyn Anstett, Fargo ND; Mary Bernstein, Omaha NE 12.50 is open! 1.07 5/6 Michael Hartnett, Greenbrae CA; Patty Michael, San Mateo CA; Roz National champions, Grand Life Masters, Kahn, San Francisco CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 12.00 those of you who won a gold medal in Bali 1.07 5/6 Stan Fong, Toronto ON; Robert Lynn, Salem VA; Jim Parks, Atascadero CA; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX 12.00 (and those of you who wish you’d won a gold 2.17 1 Barbara Dahl - John Wachsman - Steve Conaway - Susan Wachsman, medal in Bali!), everyone who has a stab at San Jose CA 10.50 Player of the Year (see page 1), Barry Crane race leaders … we need your picture. 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SUNDAY EVENING 299ER TEAMS SATURDAY–SUNDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET I 8 Tables 14 Tables A B C 43.93 1 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Jim Jacobson, Sioux City IA; 2.54 1 1 Eri Griffin, Laquinta CA; Courtney Price, Denver CO; Rosemary Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw 0 Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Hertz - Sanford Hertz, Rancho Mirage CA 54.00 20-532 Poland 1.91 2 2 1 Heather Harmeyer - Gail Holman, Indianapolis IN; Nan Turner, 30.75 2 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Carmel IN; Sandra Kolls, Goodyear AZ 48.00 Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, 1.43 3 Rex Levering, Morral OH; Gale Gropp - Grant Deger, Bellingham Bloomington IN WA; Marjorie Sinel, Borrego Springs CA 46.00 17.57 3/4 Dano De Falco, 35030 Rubano (P Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New York NY MARIANNE SPANIER A/X SWISS 17.57 3/4 Martin Schiff Jr - Michael Levy - Kenneth 32 Tables / Based on 93 Tables Badertscher, Tucson AZ; Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Joe Harris, A X Albuquerque NM; Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA 28.69 1 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Jan SATURDAY–SUNDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET II Assini, Aurora OH; Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA; Jack Weingold - 12 Tables Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL 105.00 21.56 1 Thomas Wood - Demeter Manning, Kingman 21.52 2 1 Carol Frank, Burbank CA; Howard Einberg - Robert Shore, Los Angeles AZ; Malcolm Morris, Se1 4yx United Kingdom; John Herriot, Los CA; Yehudit Hasin-Brumshten, Marina Del Rey CA 102.00 Angeles CA 16.14 3 2 Raymond Hornby - David Brough - Marielle Brentnall - Jerry Cohen, 15.09 2 Paul Sorensen - Allan Sorensen, Berwyn AB; Judy Winnipeg MB 97.00 Chapman - Dora Lee, Edmonton AB 8.62 3/4 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, 12.10 4 Marianne Spanier - Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ; Joan Ivey - Ernie Ivey, Astoria NY; Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas Litchfield Park AZ 91.00 NV 9.56 5 Tom Ottley - Douglas H Scott, Anchorage AK; Donald Housley, Mesa AZ; 8.62 3/4 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Richard Carle, Longview WA 88.00 Adrienne Muslin, Tampa FL; Joe Angermeier, St Petersburg FL 8.20 6 - , Memphis TN; Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 85.00 SATURDAY–SUNDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET III 14 Tables 8.54 7/8 3 Chris Champion - Wendy Turk, Colorado Spgs CO; Mary Olson - Richard 19.16 1 Mary McIntyre - Larry McIntyre, St Paul MN; Olson, Colorado Sprgs CO 83.00 Robert Bonine, Mendota Heights MN; John Crouch, Edina MN 6.78 7/8 Trudy Hurdle - John Hurdle, Richmond BC; James Senter - Gale Senter, 13.41 2 Kathy Bergman - Sue Gainer, Goodyear AZ; San Clemente CA 83.00 Normand Malette, Sudbury ON; Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ 6.40 9 4 Bill Wittmann, Colorado Spgs CO; Denis Murphy, Coldbrook NS; Jim 7.66 3/4 Bernice Snyder - Lloyd Snyder, Comox BC; Arnold Thomsen - Betty Thomsen, Courtenay BC Johnsen, San Diego CA; Lamya Agelidis, La Jolla CA 82.00 7.66 3/4 Rodney Bias, Phoenix AZ; Clair Kretschmann - 5.22 10 5 Gustav Axen - June Pocock, New Westminster BC; John Demeulemeester, Joan Merrill - Adair Karlin, Tucson AZ Burnaby BC; Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB 81.00 4.78 11 6 Patti Lee - Martin Miller - Alex Kornel - , Toronto ON 79.00 SATURDAY–SUNDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET IV 3.80 7 Susan Jackson - Stephen Jackson, Roseville MN; Lawrence Diamond, 14 Tables Tacoma WA; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN 72.00 15.47 1 Dorothy Lloyd, Discovery Bay CA; Carmen Meuter, Brentwood CA; Luc Severeijns, Amstelveen Netherlands; 3.37 8 Linda Tuff, Lower Sackville NS; Susan Hubley - Adele Stewart - Mary Chris Westerbeek, Delet Netherlands MacKay, Halifax NS 71.00 10.83 2 Dinah Mc Nutt, San Jose CA; Spencer Sun, Redwood City CA; William Shields, New York NY; Christopher Rivera, Rockville Centr NY Masterpoint disclaimer 6.19 3/4 Murray Haggins - Marilyn Haggins - Rick Boyd - Pauline Boyd, Calgary AB Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject to change because of score changes or corrections. 6.19 3/4 Murray Sharkey - Vicki Pina - Alice Pierce - The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also subject to change. Robert Kreutzer, Scottsdale AZ

TOURNAMENT APPEALS In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeal 1430 or the suit length confirmed or denied? 2♠ was results in a timely fashion, Director ruling: 6♠ making six, North–South Alerted, but not asked about; did it show spades the NABC Daily Bulletin minus 1430 with 15–19? Would a 2♣ opener have been natural? staff publishes write-ups. Committee ruling: 6♠ making six, North–South Was West’s understanding of his 3♥ bid the actual Every effort is made to ensure that these reports are minus 1430; East–West plus 1430 minus ¼ board partnership agreement, or just what West thought? accurate and complete. Before they are published in procedural penalty. Would 3NT be a serious or non-serious slam try in the NABC Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may Facts: North called the director when West spades? Unfortunately, the Committee had no way be made. announced at the end of the bidding that the 3♥ bid of obtaining any information about the East–West showed spade support. Away from the table, North methods. APPEAL CASE 1 said he would have made a lead-directing double. West might logically have bid 4NT over 3NT as Event: Nail Life Master Pairs South would not have done anything differently. key card Blackwood, over which East would almost Session: 2nd Qualifying Session At the end of the play, North said the lead made surely have gone on to slam. Alternatively, West Subject: Unauthorized information no difference, but that he now felt that West may might have invited slam with 5♠, which East would John Adams have bid based on unauthorized information. West have accepted. Board 9 ♠ 6 3 said that when East bid 3NT he realized East had A double of 3♥ by North would have changed the Vul: E–W ♥ K J 8 6 2 forgotten the meaning of the 3♥ bid. When director auction, but the made no difference and Dlr: N ♦ J 6 3 2 asked a follow-up question with West, he said when it is not at all clear how a double of 3♥ would have ♣ 8 2 East bid 3NT he knew his partner had the 15–19 harmed the East–West auction. Bulent Kaytaz Tezcan Sen point hand, otherwise East would have rebid clubs. The Committee judged that East–West were ♠ K J 9 7 ♠ A Q 10 4 North–South felt that if West was interested in slam, highly likely to reach slam and that North–South ♥ A 4 ♥ 9 7 3 he would have bid 4♣ after the 3NT bid since he had were not damaged by East’s failure to Alert 3♥ or ♦ K 10 8 ♦ A Q 4 already set the suit and that he couldn’t bid 4NT for by West’s use of the UI from the failure to Alert. ♣ A J 6 5 ♣ K Q 10 fear partner would leave him in 4NT. However, based on West’s hand and his statement at The Ruling: The 3NT bid showing 15–19 the end of play, West made blatant use of UI when he ♠ 8 5 2 points gives West the information to choose between chose to bid 6♠. Therefore, the Committee assigned ♥ Q 10 5 3NT and spades. With West’s 16-HCP hand, he is a ¼-board procedural penalty to East–West for ♦ 9 7 5 not using unauthorized information to make the 6♠ this violation. The result is 6♠ by East, making six, ♣ 9 7 4 3 bid. Accordingly, the table result stands, 6♠ by East North–South minus 1430; East/West plus 1430 less a West North East South making six, North–South minus 1430. ¼ board procedural penalty. Pass 1♣(1) Pass The Appeal: North and South appealed the 2♣(2) Pass 2♠(3) Pass ruling and attended the hearing. At the end of the DIC: Nancy Boyd 3♥(4) Pass 3NT Pass auction, North told the director that he would be Chairperson: Doug Doub 6♠ All Pass doubled 3♥ had it been Alerted which might have Committee Members: Hendrik Sharples, Ray (1) 15–19 high-card points balanced or 12–14 confused the East–West auction. Miller, David Caprera, Marc Rabinowitz HCP unbalanced. At the end of the play, West said that he bid 6♠ (2) Stayman. because East’s failure to alert 3♥ followed by his (3) Natural, Alerted. 3NT bid told him that East did not know that West (4) Not Alerted, shows spade support. had a good hand with spade support. Contract: 6♠ by West The Decision: The Appeals Committee had Opening lead: ♦5 numerous questions: Was 1♣ forcing? 2♣ was “like Table result: 6♠ making six, North–South minus Stayman,” but what was the strength that it promised Page 10 Monday, December 2, 2013 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY–SUNDAY KNOCKOUT BRACKET V MITCHELL OPEN BAM 15 Tables 66 Tables Carryover 12.27 1 Deirdre Nickel - Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Joshua Hull - Jennifer Lin, San Francisco CA 1 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa 8.59 2 Kathleen Tracy - Jackie Wielgosz - Judith Brown - Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk 09-230 Poland; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Pat Smith - Sue Woodard, Goodyear AZ 080 Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 4.60 4.91 3/4 Carol Hieb, New Hope MN; Juanita Burke - Ellen 2/3 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; , Jupiter FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas Eid, Plymouth MN; Nancy Wentzel, Eden Prairie MN NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Hurd, New York NY; , Astoria NY 3.58 4.91 3/4 Gerri Hewitt - Carolyn Douglas - June Hewitt, 2/3 Bob Drake, 2243hr Wassenaa Netherlands; Jon Sveindal - Kjell Fyrun, Bergen Norway; Winnipeg MB; Mary Ann Dettmann, Apache Junction AZ Jan Van Cleeff, Ah Den Haag 250 Netherlands 3.58 SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET I 4 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Mary Ann Berg, Atherton 16 Tables CA; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Allan Simon - Daniel Bertrand, Calgary AB; J Thomas Holzer, 304G Netherlands 3.33 Plymouth MN; Richard Ekstrum, Crystal MN 5/6 Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein - Brian Glubok, New York NY; Jan Jansma, vs Spijkenisse Netherlands; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Gary Cohler, Miami FL 3.07 Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC; Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON; Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA 5/6 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; , Saint Johnsbury VT; , Ramat-Gan 525 Israel; , Rishon Le Zion Israel; Boye Brogeland, Cookie Potter - Kimberly Whipple, Boca Grande FL; Kevin Dwyer, Norway; , 4838 Arendal Norway 3.07 Tampa FL; Danny Molenaar, 2592 Bz Netherlands; Tim Verbeek, 7 , Jupiter FL; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta 3971Ma Netherlands CA; Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Chris Larson, Torrance CA 2.94 vs Don Domansky - David McLellan - Roland Laframboise, Thunder 8 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; Bay ON; Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON; Stephen Young, Kitchener Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 2.82 ON; Danny Ioannidis, Grassie ON 9 David Walker, Salem VA; Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; Gabrielle Sherman, Santa Clara CA 2.81 SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET II 10/13 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; , Longboat Key FL; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv 16 Tables Israel; Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; William Pollack, New York NY; Howard Michael Strong - Johanna Strong, Winfield IL; Daniel Kraft, Cave Creek AZ; Kurt Oelze, Phoenix AZ Weinstein, Omaha NE 2.56 vs 10/13 Michael Hughes, San Jose CA; Steve Evans, Centennial CO; Robert Bell, New Buddhadeb Biswas - Madhusree Biswas, Lexington MA; Lucia Providence NJ; Ben Tucker, Vashon WA 2.56 Enica, Belmont MA; Bryant Town, Edmonton AB 10/13 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Fredrik Nystrom, 11427 Stockholm Sweden; Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden; Peter Dave Douglass, Oro Valley AZ; Larry Hudgens, Bass Harbor ME; Fredin, Malmo Sweden 2.56 Wagner Van Vlack, Carmel IN; Shakti Routh, Tucson AZ vs 10/13 Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh Voorhou Netherlands; Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Becky Bien, Maumelle AR; Linda Gross, Lafayette CA; Nancy Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; , Reading R Great Munson - Sheryl Nagy, Danville CA Britain 2.56 14 - Cedric Lorenrini, Paris 75015 France; , Taby Sweden; SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET III , Toronto ON; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV 2.47 16 Tables Giorgia Botta, Rome 00135 Italy; Peggyann Klein, New York NY; 15 Payeu - Thierry De Sainte Marie - Mauberquez - Soulet, Paris France; Lebel Thomas Trudeau, San Antonio TX; Douglas Laird, North Bend OR Alexandre, Hahtes France 2.43 vs 16/17 Martin Fleisher - - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Eric Genheimer - Kyle Olson, Mustang OK; Janet Davis - Donald Holmdel NJ; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chip Martel, Davis CA 2.30 Davis, Norman OK 16/17 Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 2.30 Yuri Wiitala, Kirkland WA; Gert Wiitala, Port Angeles WA; Kenneth Nelson - Linda Nelson, Sun Lakes AZ 18/25 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, vs Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands 2.05 Brenda Starnes - Doris Needham, Navarre FL; Kathleen Loeb, Lake 18/25 Cindy Bernstein, Matthews NC; Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Jim Gobert, New York NY; Mary FL; Luz Ortega, Tampa FL Elliot Shalita, Newtown Square PA 2.05 18/25 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Matt Granovetter, SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET IV Cincinnati OH; Ron Rubin, Las Vegas NV; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard 8732 Denmark; 14 Tables Cathy Bird - Lily Lister - Frances McDonald - Nancy Engbloom, , Aarhus C 8000 Denmark 2.05 Calgary AB 18/25 Marcin Mazurkiewicz - Jakub Wojcieszek - Jassem Pawel, Poland; Piotr Zatorski, 2.05 vs 18/25 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Fred Hamilton, Palm Burt Echtenkamp - Linda Echtenkamp - Larry Chase - Roy Grice, Desert CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 2.05 Boise ID 18/25 Berend Van Den Bos, Zuid-Holland 2 Netherlands; Shane Blanchard - Robert Ruth Sidebottom, Red Deer AB; Gary Matsumoto, Peoria AZ; Gayle Blanchard, New York NY; Joris Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands 2.05 Carlson, Colbert WA; Karen Frogner, Nine Mile Falls WA 18/25 Michael Moss, New York NY; Tom Hanlon, Dublin 6 Ireland; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW vs 20 Australia; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 2.05 Eileen Milligan - Mary Alice Seville - Karen Nelson, Corvallis OR; 18/25 Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Connie Goldberg, Merion Becky McKenzie, Corvalis OR Station PA; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA 2.05 SONYA WEBBER SWISS BRACKET I 8 Tables / Based on 39 Tables 26/30 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Mustafa Cem Tokay - Okay Gur, 14.46 1 Allan Palansky, Henderson NV; Claude Le Istanbul Turkey; - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 1.79 Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Marilyn Kalabsa, Solana Beach CA; Janice 26/30 David Lehman, Glenview IL; Dick Melson - Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Steve Beatty, Joerger, Rancho Santa Fe CA 104.00 Mill Creek WA; Tom Fox, West Fargo ND; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 1.79 10.85 2 Magnus Weiman - Maureen Weiman, Eden Prairie 26/30 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo MN; Matthew Fienberg - Jill Hunter, Northborough MA Lauria, Rome Italy; , Moshav Zofit Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 88.00 8.13 3 Janice L Wild, Briarcliff NY; Jim Mulbrandon, 44 Israel 1.79 Verona WI; Allan Quaile - Ivy Steinberg, Stouffville ON 26/30 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg 75.00 MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland 1.79 SONYA WEBBER SWISS BRACKET II 26/30 Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, 8 Tables / Based on 23 Tables 7.54 1/2 Jon Lusk - Sally Lusk, Ypsilanti MI; Robert Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Marcus - Kathy Guinyou, Toronto ON Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland 1.79 89.00 31/36 Kiki Ward-Platt, Chestnut Hill MA; Franck Multon - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, 7.54 1/2 Michael Walker, Rancho Mirage CA; Darryl 98000 Monaco 1.53 Hendershot, Thousand Palms CA; Steve Graves, Olney MD; Brenda 31/36 Richard McCombs, Santa Fe NM; Monique Smith, Arlington VA; John Pendergrass, Thomas, Columbia MD 89.00 Albuquerque NM; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 1.53 4.24 3/4 Donna Traas, Mesa AZ; Chuck Irwin, Gilbert AZ; Thomas Beswick - Sonya Collins, Grand Island NE 31/36 Shelley Lapkoff, Berkeley CA; Vandana Vidwans, Foster City CA; Mike Cailean, Santa 73.00 Clara CA; Rajeev Gupta, San Mateo CA 1.53 4.24 3/4 Natalie Silverstein - Phil Dowd - Louise Morel, 31/36 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Robert Levin, Key Biscayne FL; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Toronto ON; Marilyn Fontenot, Lake Charles LA , Jupiter FL 1.53 73.00 31/36 Junjie Hu - Yichao Chen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Yinghao Liu, Xicheng Distric People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN 1.53 SONYA WEBBER SWISS BRACKET III 8 Tables / Based on 20 Tables 31/36 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus - Drew Casen - Roger Bates, Las Vegas 7.56 1 John White - Lynne White, Lincoln CA; Patrick NV; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; , Houston TX 1.53 Thompson - Sohail Hasan, New York NY 37 , Monterey CA; , Pebble Beach CA; Carlos Pellegrini, 106.00 Buenos Aires Argentina; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain 1.28 5.67 2 Charles Conrad - Ann Conrad - Valerie Byrne - 38 Walter Schafer Jr, Huntington Bch CA; Royce McCray, Caddo Mills TX; Steven Love, Robert Hamilton, Castro Valley CA 83.00 4.25 3 Darlene Scott - Michael Kammermayer, Oakville Laguna Niguel CA; Bill Kent, Iowa City IA 1.15 ON; Toby McEvoy, Henderson NV; Cindy Casson, Las Vegas NV 39/44 Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; David Caprera, Denver 80.00 CO; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 1.02 39/44 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA 1.02 39/44 Mark Feldman, Austin TX; , Dallas TX; Arno Hobart, Markham ON; - David Lindop, Toronto ON; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 1.02 Daily Bulletin Monday, December 2, 2013 Page 11

39/44 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Adam SONYA WEBBER SWISS BRACKET IV Meyerson, San Jose CA 1.02 8 Tables / Based on 18 Tables 39/44 Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Hiroaki Miura - Tadashi 6.74 1 Shelley Burns, N Vancouver BC; Richard Nelson, Surrey BC; Margaret Gibson, Port Moody BC; Diane Griffiths, Teramoto, Tokyo Japan 1.02 Langley BC 109.00 39/44 John Adams, Silver Spring MD; Jonathan Steinberg - Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Sylvia 5.06 2 Richard Leonardon - Francesca Stedman - Foxx Shi, Baltimore MD 1.02 Silveira - Dirk Stronck II, anta Fe NM 45/49 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary 105.00 Brown, San Francisco CA 0.77 3.79 3 Valerie McClintock, Bedford NS; Cheryl Macintosh, Ottawa ON; Brenda Sonderegger - Mary Bonham, Green 45/49 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire England; Jean Quantin, Valley AZ 79.00 Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; , Hamburg Germany 0.77 SONYA WEBBER SWISS BRACKET V 45/49 Carlos Barrientos, Bogota Colombia; Francisco Bernal - Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; 8 Tables / Based on 15 Tables Erez Hendelman, New York NY 0.77 5.82 1 Judy Pieper, Anthem AZ; Michael Simpson, 45/49 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Scottsdale AZ; Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ; Shirley Passeri, Sun City Center FL 103.00 , London England 0.77 4.37 2 Jennifer O Neill, Cherry Hills Vi CO; Susan 45/49 - Linda Smith, Hixson TN; Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Jim Foster, Marshall - Richard Gardner, Clark CO; Donna Barrow, Littleton CO Birmingham AL 0.77 85.00 50/54 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Fu Zhong - Jie 3.27 3 Dee Willard, Cottonwood AZ; Ann Shaylor, Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 0.51 Tucson AZ; Judith Cooper - Barbara Ballard, Sedona AZ 50/54 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Warren Cederborg, 81.00 Visalia CA; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 0.51 SONYA WEBBER SWISS BRACKET VI 50/54 Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Uday Ivatury, New York NY; Greg Humphreys, 8 Tables / Based on 12 Tables Charlottesvle VA; Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Eugene Hung - Han-Yu Chang, Palo Alto CA 0.51 5.08 1 Buki Burke - Peter Klopp, Ventura CA; Alan 50/54 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Ron Lien - Weidong Pei, Brea CA; Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA 0.51 Greenberg - Valerie Greenberg, Ojai CA; Charles Patrick - Annetta 50/54 John Fout - Lindsey Weinger - Stephannie Russo - Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 0.51 Patrick, Santa Barbara CA 90.00 3.81 2 Kellen Leister, Mc Lean VA; Wayne Bardsley - 55/61 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Gerry Marshall, Las Varas Mexico; Roger McNay, Catherine Bardsley, McLean VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA Beaverton OR; Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA 0.26 84.00 55/61 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA; Steven Towner, Salt Lake 2.86 3 Thomas Windler, Phoenix AZ; Barb Corn - City UT; Mitch Towner, Austin TX 0.26 Christopher Kent, Spokane WA; Jil Polacheck, Milwaukee WI 55/61 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA; Bill Staats, Southlake 76.00 TX; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA 0.26 SONYA WEBBER SWISS BRACKET VII 55/61 Danny Sprung - JoAnn Sprung, Las Vegas NV; Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, 13 Tables Saratoga CA 0.26 4.96 1 Karen Hudesman - Donald Stark, Seattle WA; 55/61 Jeffrey Rothstein - Ira Herman - Allen Kahn, New York NY; David Rosenberg, Jackson Billie Ranard - William Ranard, Bozeman MT Heights NY 0.26 100.00 55/61 Sandy McCay - David Rogers, Naples FL; Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 0.26 3.72 2 Julie Cassetta - Linda Johnson - Ladonna Palm, 55/61 Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL; Tucson AZ; Karla Ramsey, Green Valley AZ 90.00 Weimin Wang, People’s Republic of China 0.26 2.79 3 Janet Levering, Morral OH; Al Kowalski, Mesa 62/66 Gerry McCully - Vince Lambert, Sun City West AZ; Doran Flock, Calgary AB; James AZ; Annie Berle, Fountain Hills AZ; Susan C M Lai, Thunder Bay Galand, Victoria BC 0.00 ON 82.00 62/66 Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA; Erwin Linzner - Bob Klein, 2.09 4 Johnny Glover - Doris Glover, Alamogordo NM; Santa Rosa CA 0.00 Dee Campbell, Mesa AZ; Russell Farkouh, Durango CO 79.00 62/66 Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Richard Gabriel, 1.54 5/6 Valerie Lycette, Issaquah WA; Lynn Shapley, Chicago IL; William Wickham, Los Angeles CA 0.00 Redmond WA; Donald Garner - Margie Lee, So Pasadena CA 62/66 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, Menlo Park CA; 76.00 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 0.00 1.54 5/6 Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON; 62/66 Mikael Groenkvist - Daniel Gullberg, Orebro 70360 Sweden; Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA 30571 Sweden; Johan Saefsten, Uppsala Sweden 0.00 76.00 Riding the rail purchased at a kisok at every station, or online or at Convention card reminder Each player is required to have a convention Are you commuting daily to the NABC in numerous local vendors conveniently located through card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a downtown Phoenix? A great alternative to the heavy the Phoenix area. session. Both cards of a partnership must be identical traffic, the maze of downtown one way streets and For out-of-town budget-minded travelers who and include the first and last names of each member high parking rates is the Phoenix Light Rail. Many of have flown into Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport , the of the partnership. our local players will be playing the 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. light rail is also a viable option. There is a sky shuttle If a director determines that neither player has schedule. Especially if you are 65 and older, the light from the airport to the nearest light rail station. It is a substantially completed card, the partnership may rail is by far your best option for the NABC. You will about a 15-minute ride from the station to downtown. play only the Yellow Card and never feel rushed, you’ll avoid the heavy traffic and A one-way, one-time fare is $2 ($1 over 65). The may use only standard carding. This restriction may confusing one-way streets, and you’ll pay only $2 a light rail has no luggage restrictions. be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round day versus $12 to $18 a day for downtown parking. For more information about the light rail system, after convention cards have been properly prepared The light rail has nine free park-and-ride lots. It visit www.valleymetro.org and approved by the director. Further, the partnership is best to use the larger lots at the extreme east and will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each west ends of the route. Getting around board played, commencing with the next round and West siders: 1825 W. Montebello Ave. or continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team 1815 W. Camelback. Both lots are less than a mile downtown games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the from I-17. It is a 20-minute ride from these lots to Approach local Phoenix “Ambassadors” (men/ director. downtown. women wearing orange shirts) for information on If the director determines the partnership has at East siders: 1806 W. Main St., Mesa or 2235 E. where to dine, shop or find the nearest “?” These least one substantially completed convention card but Apache Blvd., Tempe. The Apache lot is about 100 ambassadors walk the streets and their assistance is has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, the yards from the 101. free of charge. Call the Ambassadors at 602-495- director may give warnings or assign such penalties as It is a 40-minute ride from these lots to 1500 if you need information. he deems to be appropriate under the circumstances. downtown. Note: No overnight parking is allowed in Pedal Cabs are a convenient method of The objective of these warnings and penalties is any lot. transportation within downtown Phoenix. 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For those 65 and older, that the playing field is level and that misbehavior the price is one/half of the full fare. Tickets can be will not be tolerated. Page 12 Monday, December 2, 2013 Daily Bulletin A look back 111 plus 111 results for Berkowitz’s 2NT was a bit on the conservative West North East South triple squeezes (2002) side, but Cohen had enough to carry on to game. Brogeland Castellino Forrester Millikan Larry Cohen and David Berkowitz had an The opening lead was favorable – the ♦10, which 1♥ interesting round during the first semifinal of the went to the queen. Berkowitz proceeded to run off Dbl 4♥ 4♠ 5♥ 2002 Blue Ribbon Pairs. They scored 111 on a 116 all six of his spades, putting tremendous pressure on Pass 6♥ Dbl Pass top on Board 11 and 111 again on Board 12, both West. He had to keep four hearts and two diamonds, Pass Redbl All Pass as a result of executing triple squeezes against solid so he was forced to ditch both of his clubs. His Millikan had only 9 HCP, but he liked his shape European opponents. This was Board 11: partner had given him a favorable signal in clubs and opened 1♥. After Boye Brogeland of Norway Dlr: South ♠ J so he felt a little better about the situation. But now made a takeout double, Castellino not surprisingly Vul: None ♥ 8 3 2 Berkowitz’s ♣10 came into play. He led the ♣10 to leaped to 4♥. Tony Forrester of England wasn’t ♦ A Q 7 6 East’s king, setting up dummy’s ♣Q for the 12th trick about to be shut out with his near opener — he ♣ 9 8 7 5 4 and 111 matchpoints. bid the spade game. When Millikan pushed on to ♠ 9 8 ♠ A K Q 6 5 Fathers and sons (2002) 5♥, Castellino realized the tremendous potential ♥ K Q J 10 5 4 ♥ — By Henry Bethe of his hand – surely partner had a void in spades ♦ 8 5 4 ♦ K J 10 2 A couple of nice happenings spiced the second — so he raised to six. So confident did he feel that ♣ J 3 ♣ K 10 6 2 final session of the 2002 Life Master Pairs. First, he redoubled when Forrester ventured a double. ♠ 10 7 4 3 2 there were three father-son pairs in a row: the Lalls, Castellino was able to set up his long spades, so his ♥ A 9 7 6 the Bethes and the Samuels. And second, I got to side chalked up an unusual score — plus 2070. That ♦ 9 3 watch a well-played hand. was easily enough for a win on the board — their ♣ A Q Dlr: West ♠ K 10 9 6 opponents played in 5♥ doubled at the other table. West North East South Vul: N–S ♥ 10 6 En route to a win (2002) Pass ♦ J 9 7 Mildred Breed and Shawn Quinn collaborated 3♥ Pass Pass Pass ♣ 10 9 5 4 on a neat defense on this deal from the second final It looks like a reasonable contract, don’t you ♠ 7 ♠ A Q 8 session of the 2002 Women’s Board-a-Match Teams. think? With a correct guess in diamonds, it might ♥ A Q 8 3 2 ♥ 9 Breed–Quinn and teammates , even make. But we wouldn’t be writing about it if 3♥ ♦ A 10 6 ♦ K 8 5 4 2 Judi Radin and Hjordis Eythorsdottir won the event. made. This hand became news when Cohen, North, ♣ K Q 8 6 ♣ A 7 3 2 Dlr: East ♠ Q 8 3 and Berkowitz, South, set 3♥ FOUR tricks! ♠ J 5 4 3 2 Vul: N–S ♥ A Q 3 Cohen started with his singleton spade, won in ♥ K J 7 5 4 ♦ Q J 9 4 dummy. Declarer saw the possibility of getting rid ♦ Q 3 ♣ A 10 8 of a loser, so he continued with a second high spade ♣ J ♠ A K 7 6 2 ♠ J 9 4 – but Cohen ruffed. He carefully led back the ♣4, West North East South ♥ — ♥ 10 7 2 showing an odd number, so that Berkowitz would 1♥ Pass 2♦ Pass ♦ K 8 3 ♦ A 10 6 2 know whether or not to cash clubs. Berkowitz got the 3♣ Pass 3♠ Pass ♣ J 7 6 4 2 ♣ K 9 3 picture and won the king with ace and then cashed 4♦ Pass 5♣ Pass ♠ 10 5 the ♣Q. 6♦ All Pass ♥ K J 9 8 6 5 4 He switched to a spade, and declarer ruffed in Lead: ♥7 ♦ 7 5 with the king. He went after trumps by leading the As usual, my son Paul and I weren’t quite on the ♣ Q 5 queen, and Berkowitz took his ace and led another same page for this auction. Paul thought his fourth West North East South spade. Once again declarer ruffed high and cashed suit 3♠ bid followed by 5♣ was agreeing clubs. I Breed Quinn the ♥10. wasn’t really thinking! Anyway, we were lucky to Pass 2♦(1) Hoping that the remaining two hearts were split, reach 6♦ rather than 6♣ — lucky because we chose 2♠ Dbl(2) 3♠ 4♥ he led another heart, Berkowitz winning with the 7. the suit that broke. 4♠ Dbl All Pass That left this four-card ending: It looked like an easy hand — two spades, (1) Multi, usually a weak two in a major. ♠ — draw trumps and claim. So Paul won the ♥A, ♠A, (2) Pass or correct. ♥ — spade ruff, ♦A, heart ruff, spade ruff, club to the ace, Breed led the ♥A and declarer ruffed. She played ♦ A Q ♦K. This left a low club to dummy’s king which held. Next she ♣ 9 8 played a low club and Quinn won her queen. She ♠ — ♠ K ♠ — ♠ — shifted to the ♦7: 3, jack, ace. Declarer played a ♥ 5 ♥ — ♥ Q 8 ♥ — third club, as Quinn pitched the ♦5. Breed won her ♦ 8 5 4 ♦ K J ♦ — ♦ 8 5 ♣A and returned a diamond, ruffed by Quinn. Now ♣ — ♣ K ♣ K Q 8 ♣ 7 3 2 Breed waited to score her protected ♠Q for down one ♠ 10 He now led a club, prepared to claim if both and plus 100. This was good for a clear win since 4♠ ♥ 9 followed or South ruffed. But South pitched a spade. made at the other table. ♦ 9 3 So Paul won in dummy and led a heart. If North ♣ — ruffed or pitched a club, Paul could claim. When Berkowitz now drew declarer’s last North pitched a spade and Paul ruffed. He led F&F consult their trump, look at the fix the dummy was in. Declarer another club. Again, if South ruffed, the rest would couldn’t pitch a spade – South’s 10 would set up. He be Paul’s. South could not pitch the ♥K because then crystal ball couldn’t discard a diamond – the defense could take Paul could win the club and pitch his losing club on Our two special guests have agreed to share their two diamonds. And he couldn’t sluff the club – that the ♥Q. North followed, of course, and Paul led the views on the semifinals of the Baze Senior Knockout would make North’s clubs good. Declarer finally had ♥Q. If North had the last trump, he could ruff while Teams. They have a different approach to these picks dummy pitch the ♦J. When Berkowitz led a diamond, Paul pitched or pitch while Paul ruffed. And if South but are usually pretty accurate. It is quite rare that Cohen went up with the ace and the defense took the had the last trump, he also had the ♥K and would they do not reach the same conclusion. rest of the tricks except the ♣K. Down four for 111 have to follow. Plus 920 was worth 85 matchpoints Flora: In the Meltzer-Lynch match, there are two points. on a 90 top. of those adorable older men, the kind Mom warned This was Board 12: Shapely slam (2002) us about. That John Mohan is so dreamy I just have Dlr: West ♠ 9 7 4 Stephen Castellino of Los Angeles and Clark to go with Meltzer. Plus Rose brings out the best in Vul: N–S ♥ K Q 4 2 Millikan of Martinez CA got the better of two her teammates. ♦ 7 6 5 top European experts on this deal from the first Fauna: I know what you mean. That little Adam ♣ Q 6 5 qualifying session of the 2002 Board-a-Match Teams. on the Lynch team has lots of stamina and those ♠ J 5 ♠ 10 2 Dlr: South ♠ 10 7 6 5 4 3 beautiful eyes. I have to disagree with you for once. ♥ J 10 8 5 ♥ 9 7 3 Vul: Both ♥ K Q J 5 4 3 Even though Lynch is only five-handed, they will ♦ K 10 9 8 4 ♦ J 3 ♦ — win. ♣ A J ♣ K 9 8 7 3 2 ♣ 10 Flora: In the Gupta-King match, is there any ♠ A K Q 8 6 3 ♠ A Q J ♠ K 9 8 2 doubt that Gupta will survive? Not in my mind. The ♥ A 6 ♥ 8 ♥ 2 King team has played valiantly but Gupta just has ♦ A Q 2 ♦ J 8 6 5 ♦ A 10 7 4 too many bad boys, if you follow my thinking. ♣ 10 4 ♣ A Q 9 6 5 ♣ K J 8 3 Fauna: Bart’s a little skinny, Bill’s a little not, West North East South ♠ — Meck’s the greatest player, but Roddy’s hot, hot, hot. 1♦ Pass Pass Dbl ♥ A 10 9 7 6 This one will end early enough that I may be able Pass 1♥ Pass 2NT ♦ K Q 9 3 2 to catch a drink with him and watch him twirl his Pass 3NT All Pass ♣ 7 4 2 mustache in the bar. Daily Bulletin Monday, December 2, 2013 Page 13

BAZE SENIOR KNOCKOUTS 29 Tables Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; , Bloomington NY vs Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Adam Zmudzinaski, Katowice Poland; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland

Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX vs Fred King, Falls Church VA; David Abelow, la Jolla CA; Robert Bell, Washington DC; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD

38.57 5/8 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; , Los Angeles CA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; , Seattle WA; Piotr Gawrys - Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland 38.57 5/8 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; , New York NY; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom; John Holland, Stockport England; Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV 38.57 5/8 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; , Carlsbad CA; Ross Grabel - Jon Wittes, Palm Desert CA 38.57 5/8 Peter Lesnik, Burke VA; Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland OR; Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY

Dressed to slay their opponents in the Four Sisters (& Darryl) Knockout are the event sponsors themselves — the four sisters and Darryl: Marsha Helton, Sedona AZ; Linda Miller, Cincinnati OH; Darryl Helton, Sedona AZ; Mary Ann Hudecki, Palm City FL; and ∆1 Jane Cato Loughlin, Greenwich CT.

WOMEN’S BAM SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION SECTION A 1 Sue Weinstein - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV; Carol Kasle, Bloomfield MI; Linda Perlman, Wellington FL 15.50 2 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Sally Brock, High Wycombe United Kingdom; Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Fiona Brown, Harrogate United Kingdom; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY 14.50 3 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Gen Geiger - Gigi Simpson, Sarasota FL 14.00 4 Migry Zur Campanile - Christal Henner - Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 13.50 5 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Samantha Nystrom, Toronto ON; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 13.00 SECTION K 1 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Sylvie Willard- Benedicte Cronier, Paris, France; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL;; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 18.00 2 Marge Neate, West Vancouver BC; Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; Jan Garthe, Suttons Bay MI 14.00 3 Mildred Breed, Austin TX; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Stasha Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ 13.50 4 Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Judy Elbogen - Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA; Martha Katz, Burr Ridge IL 13.00 5/6 Flo Newlin, Aurora CO; Judy Randel, Buena Vista CO; En Hay, Highlands Ranch CO; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 12.50 5/6 Suzanne Jones, Boulder CO; Peggy Craig, El Paso TX; Sally Clark, Carlsbad CA; Judy Hummel, Colorado Spgs CO 12.50

MITCHELL OPEN BAM SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION SECTIONS D E 1 David Lehman, Glenview IL; Dick Melson - Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Tom Fox, West Fargo ND; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 18.00 2 Cindy Bernstein, Matthews NC; Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Jim Gobert, New York NY; Elliot Shalita, Newtown Square PA 17.00 3/4 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa, Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz,, Bielsk, Poland; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona, Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 15.50 3/4 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 15.50 5/6 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Ron Rubin, Las Vegas NV; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard 8732 Denmark; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark 15.00 5/6 Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; David Caprera, Denver CO; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 15.00 7/9 Bob Todd - Douglas Fisher - Neil Kimelman, Winnipeg MB; Brad Bart, Burnaby BC 14.50 7/9 Berend Van Den Bos, Zuid-Holland 2 Netherlands; Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY; Joris Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands 14.50 7/9 Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA 14.50 10/12 Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; William Wickham, Los Angeles CA 14.00 10/12 Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA; Donald Kersey, Kingston ON; Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE 14.00 10/12 Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL; Weimin Wang, People’s Republic of China 14.00 SECTIONS M N 1 Martin Fleisher - Chris Willenken - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chip Martel, Davis CA 17.50 2/3 Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh Voorhou Netherlands; Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; David Gold, Reading R Great Britain 16.50 2/3 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Fred Hamilton, Palm Desert CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 16.50 4 John Fout - Lindsey Weinger - Stephannie Russo - Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 16.00 5 Payeu - Thierry De Sainte Marie - Mauberquez - Soulet, Paris France; Lebel Alexandre, Hahtes France 15.75 6 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire England; Jean Quantin, Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France; Alexander Smirnov, Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany 15.50 7/9 Michael Hughes, San Jose CA; Steve Evans, Centennial CO; Robert Bell, New Providence NJ; Ben Tucker, Vashon WA 15.00 7/9 Marcin Mazurkiewicz - Jakub Wojcieszek - Jassem Pawel, Poland; Piotr Zatorski, 15.00 7/9 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Gerry Marshall, Las Varas Mexico; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA 15.00 10 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA 14.50 SECTIONS W X 1 Shelley Lapkoff, Berkeley CA; Vandana Vidwans, Foster City CA; Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA; Rajeev Gupta, San Mateo CA 16.50 2/3 Carlos Barrientos, Bogota Colombia; Francisco Bernal - Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 16.00 2/3 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan Israel; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway 16.00 4 Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Hiroaki Miura - Tadashi Teramoto, Tokyo Japan 15.50 5/6 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Mustafa Cem Tokay - Okay Gur, Istanbul Turkey; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 15.00 5/6 Richard McCombs, Santa Fe NM; Monique Smith, Arlington VA; John Pendergrass, Albuquerque NM; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 15.00 7/9 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland 14.50 7/9 Kiki Ward-Platt, Chestnut Hill MA; Franck Multon - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, 98000 Monaco 14.50 7/9 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 14.50 10/12 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA; Steven Towner, Salt Lake City UT; Mitch Towner, Austin TX 14.00 10/12 Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA; Erwin Linzner - Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 14.00 10/12 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Ron Lien - Weidong Pei, Brea CA; Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA 14.00 SECTIONS F P 1 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands 18.00 2 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Fredrik Nystrom, 11427 Stockholm Sweden; Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 17.50 3 David Walker, Salem VA; Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; Gabrielle Sherman, Santa Clara CA 16.00 4 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; William Pollack, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE 15.50 5/7 Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Uday Ivatury, New York NY; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA; Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Eugene Hung - Han-Yu Chang, Palo Alto CA 15.00 5/7 Gerry McCully - Vince Lambert, Sun City West AZ; Doran Flock, Calgary AB; James Galand, Victoria BC 15.00 5/7 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam 3 Netherlands 15.00 8 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel 14.00 9/14 John Adams, Silver Spring MD; Jonathan Steinberg - Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD 13.50 9/14 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA 13.50 9/14 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA; Bill Staats, Southlake TX; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA 13.50 9/14 Dave Glen, Delta BC; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Joan Brooke, La Quinta CA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 13.50 9/14 Jeffrey Rothstein - Ira Herman - Allen Kahn, New York NY; David Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY 13.50 9/14 Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 13.50 SECTIONS C O 1 Bob Drake, 2243hr Wassenaa Netherlands; Jon Sveindal - Kjell Fyrun, Bergen Norway; Jan Van Cleeff, Ah Den Haag 250 Netherlands 17.50 2/3 Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland 17.00 2/3 Paul Swanson, Jupiter FL; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Chris Larson, Torrance CA 17.00 4 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 16.02 5/6 Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein - Brian Glubok, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Gary Cohler, Miami FL 16.00 5/6 Thomas Bessis - Cedric Lorenrini, Paris 75015 France; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV 16.00 7 Junjie Hu - Yichao Chen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Yinghao Liu, Xicheng Distric People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN 15.50 8/9 Mikael Groenkvist - Daniel Gullberg, Orebro 70360 Sweden; Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad 30571 Sweden; Johan Saefsten, Uppsala Sweden 14.50 8/9 Michael Moss, New York NY; Tom Hanlon, Dublin 6 Ireland; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 14.50 10 Mark Feldman, Austin TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Arno Hobart, Markham ON; Robert Lebi - David Lindop, Toronto ON; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 14.00

BOBBY GOLDMAN OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS NN OO EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Linda Gordon - Robb Gordon, Sedona AZ 62.08% 1 1 1 James Kee, Tucson AZ; Terry Kee, Greenbrae CA 66.15% 2 1 Gary Stephens, Whitefish MT; Terry Wolfe, Clinton MT 59.77% 2 Bob Gruber - Linda Gruber, Camarillo CA 60.92% 3 Peter Knee, Canyon Country CA; Peter Benjamin, Culver City CA 59.31% 3 Ole Godefroy, Bellevue WA; Howard Epley, Kent WA 57.69% 4/5 David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA 57.92% 4 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO 57.46% 4/5 2 Elianor Kennie, Kentville NS; Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 57.92% 5 2 Mary Lou Kerr - Julia Price, Toronto ON 56.62% 6 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Sylvia Riewerts, Eureka CA 57.62% 6 Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC; Ann Labe, Carlsbad CA 56.23% 7 3 David Johnson - John D Aguiar, Calgary AB 56.77% 7 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL 55.31% 8 Fran Schwartz, Laguna Woods CA; Joel Rudolph, Rancho Mirage CA 56.46% 8 Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 54.92% 9 Barbara Lundy, Park City UT; Harold Farnsworth, Salt Lake City UT 54.69% 9 3 2 Jeremiah Roberts - Claudia Baxter, Smoke Rise GA 52.08% 10 Richard Higgins, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 54.62% 10 4 Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA; Elsie Ball, Winnipeg MB 52.00% 11 4 1 Lyn Legault - Larry Legault, Coe Hill ON 53.92% 11 Rodney Organt, Salt Lake Cty UT; Judy Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT 50.69% 12 5 Shirley Liss, Fairbanks AK; David Stewart, Sun City AZ 53.77% 12 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 50.62% 2 S Alan Cook - Rochelle Riordan, Phoenix AZ 49.46% 5 3 Cynthia Donohoe - Roberta Marcus, Chandler AZ 49.00% Page 14 Monday, December 2, 2013 Daily Bulletin

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PP RR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan; Michal Klukowski, Wroclaw 74.08% 1 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Henri Farhi, Berkeley CA 61.69% 2 1 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL 63.46% 2 Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 57.69% 3 Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA 62.08% 3 Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV; Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK 56.62% 4 Herman Louie - Ming Louie, Henderson NV 59.08% 4 1 1 Frederick Eriksen, Murray NE; Mark Rowe, Philomath OR 55.08% 5 Matt Chiwo Leung, Montebello CA; William Ng, Chatsworth CA 58.92% 5 2 2 Jeanette Roberts, Delta CO; Jim Churchill, Cedaredge CO 54.62% 6 Kay Beck, Noblesville IN; Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA 57.08% 6 Madhusudan Patel, Houston TX; Joerg Schneider, Vancouver BC 54.00% 7 Chantal Dube, Montreal QC; Frederic Pollack, Laval QC 57.00% 7 Richard Dubrovsky - Leora Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 53.77% 8 Jules Schoenberg - Hazel Schoenberg, Plano TX 56.62% 8 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA 53.69% 9 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 55.92% 9 3 3 K Menzies - W Menzies, Oshawa ON 52.23% 10 Sharon Fairchild, Rocky River OH; Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH 54.77% 10 4 Douglas Dorland, Palmer AK; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 52.00% 11 Kit Humphrey, Berkeley CA; Cole Powell, Oakland CA 52.92% 11 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Paul Kushner, S Lake Tahoe CA 51.92% 12 2 Amy Mitura - Ron Haack, New York NY 51.85% 12 5 Susan Boyers, Oakland CA; Sherry Larsen Beville, San Leandro CA 51.38% 3 Al Peters, Tucson AZ; Mark Conner, Grantham NH 49.77% 6 Kornel Lazar, Vienna Austria Austria; Senta Lackner, Graz 8141 Austria 50.77% 4 Richard Hanna, Laguna Woods CA; Lawrence Hanna, Huntington Bh CA 48.62% 5 David Bryant, Ashland OR; Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 45.23% 6 Marguerite Cowles, Edina MN; Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI 44.69% 1 Kathleen Adams - Tod Pontius, Austin TX 44.38% 2 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Larry Lasher, Moffetville CA 43.31%

LH DEWEES MEMORIAL SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE G FOURTH OF FOUR SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS YYY ZZZ SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Greg Potter - Linda Hughes, Edmond OK 61.58% 1 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 64.64% 2 2 Dana Christensen, Pocatello ID; Jeanne Moore, Parker Dam CA 59.84% 2 1 Janet Sharpe - Diane Campbell, Calgary AB 61.28% 3 David Smith - Gretchen Smith, Davidson NC 59.60% 3 2 1 Diane Washabaugh, Aledo TX; Mary Cotham, Fort Worth TX 59.39% 4 Florence Beaird, Dallas TX; Marsha Brouillet, Preston MN 58.47% 4 Teri Atkinson, Bakersfield CA; Marion Robertson, San Francisco CA 56.97% 5 3 1 Marek Foff, Edmonton AB; Michael Shuster, Banff AB 56.16% 5 Alfred Lee, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Cory Perkers, Chicago IL 56.56% 6 4 Kathy Swaine - Rand Pinsky, Valencia CA 55.77% 6 3 Fred Baldwin, Delta BC; Peggy Winter, Ladner BC 56.28% 7 5 2 Robert Pfeffer, Saint Paul MN; William Drake, Minnetonka MN 55.49% 7 4 2 Robert Kruger, Elgin IL; Bjorn Odden, 55.95% 8 Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; James Lenobel, West Vancouver BC 54.99% 8 Sally Lix, Haines AK; Jo Anne Murdock, Yuba City CA 55.43% 9 Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland 54.97% 9 5 3 Melvin Rueppel - Marcia Christopher, Estes Park CO 55.22% 10 6 Paula Strand, Kirkland WA; Barbara Kim, Honolulu HI 54.86% 10 Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 55.11% 11 7 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 54.05% 11 6 Karen Kulander, Sunnyvale CA; Rita Dodge, Vancouver BC 55.03% 12 Dee Steil, New Westminster BC; Allan Karro, Surrey BC 53.42% 12 Richard Leach, Laguna Beach CA; Harold Binder, Dana Point CA 54.53% 13 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Patricia Worthley, Andover MA 52.38% 13 7 Fran Smith, Glen Ellyn IL; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA 54.36% 14 8 3 Julia Lunn, Southampton Bermuda; Donald Robinson, Boise ID 52.31% 14 8 Roshen Hadulla, Santa Clarita CA; Judy McNeilly, Mount Hope ON 53.62% 15 9 Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON 52.26% 15 9 Barbara Pastine - Karen Renne, Bozeman MT 53.00% 10 4 Lindley Boggess, Camp Verde AZ; Susan Howe, Sedona AZ 52.15% 10 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL 51.49% 5 Harvey Sawyer - Avril Sawyer, Vancouver BC 51.39% 11 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Judith Auer, Dublin OH 51.24% 4 Cindy Ferguson - Caenie Pyrcz, Calgary AB 50.86% 5 Elizabeth VonRiesenfelder, Manchester VT; Sam Litovsky, Los Angeles CA 47.55%

SUNDAY SIDE BAM TEAMS ONLY SESSION SECTIONS UU WW A B C 1 C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA; Christopher Young, San Diego CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; Judy Rimer, La Jolla CA 18.00 2 Maryellen Gallo - Dennis Groden, Surrey BC; Joseph Murray - Ricki Rogers, Mt Laurel NJ 17.00 3 Jack Alhale - Joseph Meyers - Rozi Alhale - Beverly Pogoda, New York NY 16.50 4 Larry Chow, Abbotsford BC; Sara Wilson, Woodland Hills CA; Greg Morse, Richmond BC; Cliff Goodrich, Long Beach CA 16.00 5/7 1 Adair Karlin - Joan Merrill - Clair Kretschmann, Tucson AZ; John Baragona, Tempe AZ 15.00 5/7 Eric Hochman - Joan Stein, Milwaukee WI; Florence Belford, Milton ON; Bryan Delfs, Horn Lake MS 15.00 5/7 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Robert Craig, El Paso TX; Jeffery Jacob, Vancouver WA 15.00 8/9 Edmund Wu - Harlan Hullinger, San Francisco CA; Douglas Kuschner, Valencia CA; Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA 14.50 8/9 James Milam - Beth Milam, Idaho Falls ID; Suzanne St Thomas, Salem OR; Marilyn Nesbit, Ketchum ID 14.50 10/11 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Neil Manley Jr, Northville MI; Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Nathan Banker, Flat Rock MI 13.50 10/11 David Sired - Shirley Pearlman - Marlene Pontifex - Leonard Doerksen, Winnipeg MB 13.50 2/3 Perrie Kay Avery - Jean Norgaard, Cheyenne WY; Michael Innis - Gail Hanson, Fort Collins CO 13.00 2/3 Marilyn Haggins - Rick Boyd - Murray Haggins - Pauline Boyd, Calgary AB 13.00 4 Connie Shapiro, San Francisco CA; Jennifer Paulsrud - Marilyn Anstett, Fargo ND; Mary Bernstein, Omaha NE 12.50 5/6 Michael Hartnett, Greenbrae CA; Patty Michael, San Mateo CA; Roz Kahn, San Francisco CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 12.00 5/6 Stan Fong, Toronto ON; Robert Lynn, Salem VA; Jim Parks, Atascadero CA; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX 12.00 1 Barbara Dahl - John Wachsman - Steve Conaway - Susan Wachsman, San Jose CA 10.50

SUNDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Sandra Hedlund - Doug Hedlund, Aloha OR 63.43% 1 1 1 Lee Pollak - Stuart Pollak, San Francisco CA 70.49% 2 1 1 Dave Nearman, Portland OR; Bonny Yamashita, Buckeye AZ 57.44% 2 2 2 Edith Heath - Molly Gartner, Sedona AZ 59.94% 3 2 2 Carol Wilkinson, Thousand Palms CA; Judith Pogge, Greenwood Vlg CO 55.10% 3/4 Carole Parent, Bisbee AZ; Margaret Glenn, Sierra Vista AZ 55.91% 4 3 Faye Kornfeld - Jone Perkins, Sedona AZ 54.21% 3/4 Mavis Minuck - Sharon Putter, Winnipeg MB 55.91% 3 3 Murl Estes, Maitland FL; Bruce Yee, Paradise Valley AZ 49.96%

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MITCHELL OPEN BAM TEAMS 1ST SUNDAY AFTERNOON SESSION SECTIONS C E 1/2 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus - Drew Casen - Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 17.00 1/2 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Robert Levin, Key Biscayne FL; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Jenny Wolpert, Jupiter FL 17.00 3/4 Berend Van Den Bos, Zuid-Holland 2 Netherlands; Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY; Joris Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands 16.00 3/4 Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA 16.00 5 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Mustafa Cem Tokay - Okay Gur, Istanbul Turkey; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 15.00 6/7 Richard McCombs, Santa Fe NM; Monique Smith, Arlington VA; John Pendergrass, Albuquerque NM; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 14.50 6/7 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Warren Cederborg, Visalia CA; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 14.50 8 Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA; Terry Terzian, Castro Valley CA; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA 14.00 9/12 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Ron Lien - Weidong Pei, Brea CA; Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA 13.50 9/12 Jim Aitken - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA; Stephen Hosch, Olympia WA; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 13.50 9/12 Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; David Caprera, Denver CO; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 13.50 9/12 Cindy Bernstein, Matthews NC; Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Jim Gobert, New York NY; Elliot Shalita, Newtown Square PA 13.50 SECTIONS D F 1 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 20.00 2 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 18.00 3 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel 16.00 4/6 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Ron Rubin, Las Vegas NV; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard 8732 Denmark; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark 15.50 4/6 Walter Schafer Jr, Huntington Bch CA; Royce McCray, Caddo Mills TX; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA; Bill Kent, Iowa City IA 15.50 4/6 David Walker, Salem VA; Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; Gabrielle Sherman, Santa Clara CA 15.50 7/8 John Adams, Silver Spring MD; Jonathan Steinberg - Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD 15.00 7/8 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA 15.00 9 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands 14.50 10/11 Jody Williams - Richard Williams, San Carlos CA; Marcia Dean - Robert Dean, San Jose CA 14.00 10/11 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Fredrik Nystrom, 11427 Stockholm Sweden; Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 14.00

MITCHELL OPEN BAM TEAMS 1ST SUN AFT SESSION SECTIONS M O 1 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN; Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 17.00 2/3 Michael Hughes, San Jose CA; Steve Evans, Centennial CO; Robert Bell, New Providence NJ; Ben Tucker, Vashon WA 16.50 2/3 Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein - Brian Glubok, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Gary Cohler, Miami FL 16.50 4/5 Bob Drake, 2243hr Wassenaa Netherlands; Jon Sveindal - Kjell Fyrun, Bergen Norway; Jan Van Cleeff, Ah Den Haag 250 Netherlands 16.00 4/5 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 16.00 6 Payeu - Saniti Maru - Mauberquez - Soulet, Paris France; Lebel Alexandre, Hahtes France 15.50 7 Thomas Bessis - Cedric Lorenrini, Paris 75015 France; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV 15.33 8/9 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 14.50 8/9 Stephen Rzewski, South Dennis MA; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA; Joe Degaetano, Atkinson NH 14.50 10/12 Martin Fleisher - Chris Willenken - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chip Martel, Davis CA 14.00 10/12 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA 14.00 10/12 Ruth Gilchrist - Steven Lawrence - John B R Gilchrist, Calgary AB; Sherm Supola, Billings MT 14.00 SECTIONS N P 1 Rita Shugart, Monterey CA; Andrew Robson, Pebble Beach CA; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain 19.00 2 Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 17.50 3/5 Harry Tudor, Miami FL; Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires 10 Argentina; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY; Ricardo Angeleri, Mar Del Plata 7 Argentina 16.00 3/5 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; William Pollack, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE 16.00 3/5 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England 16.00 6/7 Marcin Mazurkiewicz - Jakub Wojcieszek - Jassem Pawel, Poland; Piotr Zatorski, 15.50 6/7 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam 3 Netherlands 15.50 8/10 , Las Vegas NV; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 15.00 8/10 Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh Voorhou Netherlands; Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; David Gold, Reading R Great Britain 15.00 8/10 Jeff Hand - Susan Picus - Gail Greenberg, New York NY; James Hand, Oakland CA 15.00 SECTIONS W X 1 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan Israel; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway 16.50 2 Michael Moss, New York NY; Tom Hanlon, Dublin 6 Ireland; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 16.00 3 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland 15.50 4 Paul Swanson, Jupiter FL; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Chris Larson, Torrance CA 15.25 5 Kiki Ward-Platt, Chestnut Hill MA; Franck Multon - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, 98000 Monaco 15.00 6/8 Mark Feldman, Austin TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Arno Hobart, Markham ON; Robert Lebi - David Lindop, Toronto ON; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 14.50 6/8 Danny Sprung - JoAnn Sprung, Las Vegas NV; Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 14.50 6/8 Sandy McCay - David Rogers, Naples FL; Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 14.50 9 Junjie Hu - Yichao Chen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Yinghao Liu, Xicheng Distric People’s Republic of China; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN 14.00 10 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA; Gary Macgregor - Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA 13.50

WOMENS BAM 1ST SUN AFTERNOON SESSION SECTIONS A K 1 Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI; Donna Swarthout - Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; Beverly Gardner, Lecanto FL 18.50 2/3 Migry Zur Campanile - Christal Henner - Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 18.00 2/3 Mildred Breed, Austin TX; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Stasha Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ 18.00 4/5 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Sally Brock, High Wycombe United Kingdom; Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Fiona Brown, Harrogate United Kingdom; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY 16.50 4/5 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Sylvie Willard--Benedicte Cronier, Paris, France; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm, Sweden 16.50 6 Petra Hamman - Peggy Sutherlin - Joan Jackson, Dallas TX; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Pamela Nisbet, Ottawa ON; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 16.00 7 G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL; Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL; Allison Howard, Cookeville TN; Ora Lourie, Hypoluxo FL 14.50 8 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Samantha Nystrom, Toronto ON; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 14.00 9/11 Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Judi Radin, New York NY 13.50 9/11 Flo Newlin, Aurora CO; Judy Randel, Buena Vista CO; En Hay, Highlands Ranch CO; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 13.50 9/11 Jackie Toth - Lorna Davis, West Chester OH; D’Anne Pientka, Phoenix AZ; Nancy Luetge, Cincinnati OH 13.50

FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES THIRD SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 58.88% 1 Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL; Diana Marquardt, Del Mar CA 67.53% 2 Eugene Chan, Richmond BC; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 58.54% 2 Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA; Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA 60.57% 3 1 Mark Marty, Clayton CA; Kathryn Von Dohre, Concord CA 56.66% 3 1 Steve Graves, Olney MD; Brenda Thomas, Columbia MD 59.06% 4 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 54.01% 4 Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan; Yukiko Tokunaga, 1800002 Japan 58.16% 5 Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA 51.74% 5 2 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Sonia Feder, Mill Valley CA 56.42% 6 2 1 Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Shelley Burns, N Vancouver BC 51.52% 6 3 1 Tom Broumley - Janet Boulanger, Casper WY 55.08% 3 2 Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA 51.17% 4 Kevin Schoenfeld - Deborah Wojtowicz, Pleasanton CA 54.87% 4 Albert Charmatz - Joan Charmatz, Los Alamos NM 51.14% 2 Cheryl Macintosh, Ottawa ON; Valerie McClintock, Bedford NS 48.48% 3 Roy Grice - Larry Chase, Boise ID 50.24% FAST OPEN PAIRS 1 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MMM NNN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Bette Strauch - John Strauch, San Diego CA 60.96% 1 1 Larry Anfinson, Waterloo IA; Brian Kelly, Clive IA 65.67% 2 1 Ann McClelland, La Canada Flt CA; Sammy Tigert, Tulsa OK 60.14% 2 Cindy Mahn - Elizabeth McDowell, Kitchener ON 61.41% 3 Karen Heath, Henderson NV; Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA 58.70% 3 Kathy Koolmar - Betty Moynagh, Surprise AZ 59.69% 4 2 Joyce Nakasaki - Joseph Thomas, Redondo Beach CA 57.97% 4 Jim Ritts, Knoxville TN; Richard Gitter, Phoenix AZ 59.24% 5 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL 57.70% 5 Garth Yettick, Denver CO; Harley Bress, McGrath AK 56.34% 6 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 57.43% 6 2 Joyce Pendell, San Tan Valley AZ; Joanne Wojcik, Surprise AZ 55.62% 7 3 1 Yuki Harada, Setagaya Ku Tok Japan; Takahiro Honda, Tokyo Japan 55.34% 7 Carol Wiles, Lake Worth FL; Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY 55.07% 8 4 2 Robert Kruger, Elgin IL; Brorn Odden, NORWAY 54.94% 8 3 1 Larry Huhn, Chandler AZ; Mark Boucher, Centennial CO 54.89% 9/10 5 Mitchell Weisberg - Bob Garvey, Sun City West AZ 54.17% 9 Robert Levey, Bethesda MD; Robert Priest, Harrisburg PA 53.62% 9/10 Donald Berman - Rose Berman, Laurel MD 54.17% 10 4 Ann Weinstein, Yonkers NY; Myra Abrams, Cote Saint-Luc QC 51.18% 11 6 3 Lewis Springer - Roselyn Springer, Silver City NM 53.80% 11 Ruth Ann Alpert - Colleen Cody, Fountain Valley CA 50.45% 12/14 7 Joel Thomas, Charleston SC; Caryn Villalon, Fallbrook CA 51.72% 12 5 2 Shoreh Toufanian, Los Angeles CA; Cliff Goodrich, Long Beach CA 49.82% 12/14 Jerry Jackson, Bensenville IL; William McFall, New Berlin WI 51.72% 6 Ray Davie - Marnie Davie, Meota SK 49.64% 12/14 Jackie Langlois - Marigail Abinanti, Surprise AZ 51.72% 7 3 Judy Bromley - Harriet Wagman, Toronto ON 48.37% 8 4 Daniel Oditt - Herbert Bartick, Scottsdale AZ 48.73% 8 Nadine McDowell, Green Valley AZ; Pamela Thaut, Tucson AZ 48.28% SUN MORNING LAKES DBC 300 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Vivianne Plouffe, Bonnyville AB; Linda Mackay, Red Deer Cty AB 63.39% 1 1 Linda Nemmer, San Jose CA; Rick Shepard, Atascadero CA 58.04% 2 2 2 Judy Gallin, Scottsdale AZ; Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA 61.61% 2 2 Willie Ann Ross - Stephen Ames, Scottsdale AZ 57.44% 3 Thomas Brown - Monty Gray, Seattle WA 54.76% 3 3 Donna Dwaileebe - John Luebbe, Laguna Woods CA 56.55% 4 3 3 Nancy Frisbee, Bakersfield CA; Janet Dove, Scottsdale AZ 51.79% 4 4 1 Howard Maves, Maricopa AZ; Sandy Jennings, Chandler AZ 54.46% 4 4 Anne Newman, Chandler AZ; Maria Davis, Sun Lakes AZ 51.49% 2 Bobbi Krass - Barrett Krass, Scottsdale AZ 53.27% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Thomas Boates, Anthem AZ; Sara O’Neill, Lake Forest IL 64.88% 1 1 John Teshima, Trail Creek IN; Dennis Frazier, Surprise AZ 64.88% 2 2 1 Richard Ritter, Laguna Niguel CA; James Vaughan, Irvine CA 54.76% 2 2 Margaret Rieder, Redmond WA; Beth De Groen, Vashon WA 59.52% 3 3 2 Jane Perkins, Evansville IN; Glenn Struck, Gilbert AZ 52.98% 3 3 1 Dorothy Mersereau - Marcia Andreychuk, Calgary AB 53.57% 4 4 Carolyn Blair - Charles Vaughn, Tucson AZ 52.38% 4 Gary Peterson, Marlboro MA; Christine Pettingell, West Newton MA 52.98% SUN MORNING SUN LAKES DBC 50 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Deborah Long - Kyle Long, Casa Grande AZ 64.71% 1 1 Maryann McGraw - Ellie Workman, Surprise AZ 68.39% 2 2 2 Karon Chitwood, Surprisek AZ; Barbara Brue, Surprise AZ 59.06% 2 2 Claude Case - Susan Case, Santa Barbara CA 58.41% 3 3 Barbara Steadman - Virginia Cook, Sun Lakes AZ 55.17% 3 3 1 Julie Bosserman - Deborah Weiss, Scottsdale AZ 54.82% 4 Mariann Glynn - Lezlie Cullen, Toronto ON 53.64% 4 Carol Snyder - John Snyder, Goleta CA 54.44% 5 4 Nancy Hutchison - Phillip Hutchison, Anthem AZ 53.23% 5 4 Lois Sperl, Scottsdale AZ; Valerie McGrath, Wabasha MN 52.70% 6 Virginia Chernis - Dorothy Sherman, Scottsdale AZ 48.94% 6 Maureen Simpson, Scottsdale AZ; Judy Kepes, Bloomfield hls MI 51.58% 2 Jay Glaser - George Kalman, Phoenix AZ 49.90% Ron Aschbacher of Lead Hill AR reported Found Kindle Life Master news that he topped 10,000 about a month A Kindle was left in the men’s room on the third Marilyn Fontenot of Lake Charles LA became ago to become a Platinum Life Master. The retired floor of the Sheraton. The owner can claim it at the a Life Master playing in the Flight B of the BCD Goodyear employee is a bridge pro and a guide on Registration Desk. Hours are 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., noon Swiss Teams on Sunday. Her partner was Natalie Bull Shoals Lake in Arkansas. to 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Silverstein, and their teammates were Phil Dowd and Louise Morel. All three are from Toronto. Page 16 Monday, December 2, 2013 Daily Bulletin

SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H R S EAST-WEST 1 Leonard Marks, Tempe AZ; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 59.93% 1 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Alan Popkin, St Louis MO 63.30% 2 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Harvey Katz, Marina del Rey CA 59.25% 2 Eddie Rose, Laguna Niguel CA; Richard Catero, Mesa AZ 62.21% 3 Kassie Munoz - Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY 58.33% 3 Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 61.65% 4 Robert Carroll - Sandra Carroll, Los Angeles CA 57.54% 4 Kathy Schenk, Scottsdale AZ; Oris Mowry, Phoenix AZ 58.45% 5 Eugene Davidson, Boynton Beach FL; Stephen Shane, White Plains NY 57.38% 5 Sonja Shiner, Paradise Valley AZ; Paula Cohen, Minneapolis MN 58.14% 6 Simon Kantor, Feeding Hills MA; Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV 57.21% 6 Thomas Hanford, Surprise AZ; Steven Hough, Westminster CA 58.10% 7 Atam Lalchandani, Incline Village NV; Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA 57.16% 7 Lynne O’Neill - Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA 57.64% 8 La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 55.68% 8 Jo Smith, Abilene TX; Terry Riely, San Antonio TX 57.60% 9 Shirley Tartick - Joan Klap, Toronto ON 55.63% 9 Ronald Tracy, Edmonds WA; Robert Hitchens, Seattle WA 57.39% 10 Helene Drake - George Drake, Phoenix AZ 55.25% 10 Harold Emme - Carol Emme, Plainfield IL 57.34% 11 Helen Cherry - Don Cherry, Tucson AZ 55.02% 11 Walter Maxymuk - Gene Keidan, Toms River NJ 56.62% 12 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Gaye Herrington, Redondo Beach CA 54.63% 12 Darwin Afdahl - Kay Afdahl, Oro Valley AZ 56.55% 13 Barbara Simon - Wayne Kaneko, Honolulu HI 53.73% 13 Joyce Hart - Richard Hart, Piedmont CA 56.44% 14 Bert Newman - Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI 53.52% 14 Jim Leary - Pat Leary, Livermore CA 55.47% 15 Edwin Katten, Cave Creek AZ; Lorraine Vonk, Green Valley AZ 53.30% 15 Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 55.40% 16 John Weinberg, Mercer Island WA; Roger Clough, Culver City CA 53.06% 16 Sadu Marrott, Maricopa AZ; Paul Kmetty, Sun Lakes AZ 55.38% 17 Dan Forbes Jr - Pat Anderson, Wichita KS 52.97% 17 Barbara Hamman, Las Vegas NV; Brian Schoenfeld, Va Beach VA 55.19% 18 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Donald Sache, Delta BC 52.82% 18 Michael Flanagan - Barbara Flanagan, Scottsdale AZ 54.94% 19 Edward Schwartz, Phoenix AZ; Kim Corbin, Scottsdale AZ 52.71% 19 Peter McLaren, Prince Albert SK; Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK 54.89% 20 Phyllis Rakevich, Yuma AZ; Ronald Woodard, Olympia WA 52.42% 20 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; John Potter, Panama City FL 54.15% 21 Carol McCully, Palos Verdes CA; Ed Barad, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 52.37% 21 Janet Becker, Timonium MD; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI 54.06% 22 Marvin Topper - Gerald Gray, Mesa AZ 52.16% 22 Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA; Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA 53.72%

SUPER SENIOR PAIRS SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H R S EAST-WEST 1 Sedat Nassi - David Reiter, Hollywood FL 63.12% 1 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 62.18% 2 Rodger Harbin, Culver City CA; Thomas Quinlan, San Mateo CA 62.44% 2 Dan Hertz - Natalie Hertz, Harrison NY 60.71% 3 Abe Jakob, Ft Lauderdale FL; Julia Bomalaski, Indialantic FL 61.39% 3 Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 59.54% 4 Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA; Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA 60.52% 4/5 Atam Lalchandani, Incline Village NV; Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA 58.86% 5 Darwin Afdahl - Kay Afdahl, Oro Valley AZ 59.80% 4/5 Geoffrey Stokes, Gardnerville NV; James Showalter, Prescott AZ 58.86% 6 Jo Smith, Abilene TX; Terry Riely, San Antonio TX 59.24% 6 Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH; David Littleton Sr, Casa Grande AZ 58.56% 7 Michael Gray - Jo Crumley, Albuquerque NM 58.48% 7 Bert Newman - Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI 56.15% 8 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Gaye Herrington, Redondo Beach CA 58.11% 8 Eddie Rose, Laguna Niguel CA; Richard Catero, Mesa AZ 55.20% 9 Simon Kantor, Feeding Hills MA; Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV 57.20% 9 Ronald Tracy, Edmonds WA; Robert Hitchens, Seattle WA 54.86% 10 Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA 57.05% 10 Irwin Kostal Jr - Shawnee Kostal, Indio CA 53.96% 11 Chuck Burger, West Bloomfield MI; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 56.26% 11 Kathy Schenk, Scottsdale AZ; Oris Mowry, Phoenix AZ 53.88% 12 Barbara Hamman, Las Vegas NV; Brian Schoenfeld, Va Beach VA 56.07% 12 Theodore Glaessner - Cecil Glaessner, Pacific Plsds CA 52.94% 13 Janet Becker, Timonium MD; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI 56.00% 13 Dan Forbes Jr - Pat Anderson, Wichita KS 52.60% 14 Edward Schwartz, Phoenix AZ; Kim Corbin, Scottsdale AZ 55.73% 14 Walter Maxymuk - Gene Keidan, Toms River NJ 52.53% 15 Jim Leary - Pat Leary, Livermore CA 55.51% 15 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Alan Popkin, St Louis MO 52.45% 16 Lynne O’Neill - Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA 55.35% 16 R Barkley Calkins - Glenda Calkins, Allendale NJ 52.38% 17 Sonja Shiner, Paradise Valley AZ; Paula Cohen, Minneapolis MN 54.90% 17 Lincoln Brown - June Meyer, Newfield NY 52.00% 18 Paul Fried, Monroe Twp NJ; Justin Beck, Sherwood OR 54.83% 18 Marilyn Bost, Aurora CO; Judy Helfer, Denver CO 51.96% 19 David Conlin Jr - Anne Conlin, Clarkdale AZ 54.34% 19 Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ 51.77% 20 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; John Potter, Panama City FL 54.30% 20/21 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Harvey Katz, Marina del Rey CA 51.66% 21 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 53.43% 20/21 Jerry Gaer, Scottsdale AZ; Ed Lucas III, Tempe AZ 51.66% 22 Michael Flanagan - Barbara Flanagan, Scottsdale AZ 53.36% 22 Robert Carroll - Sandra Carroll, Los Angeles CA 51.55%

STRATIFIED FAST OPEN PAIRS SUN AFT 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MMM NNN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jim Ritts, Knoxville TN; Richard Gitter, Phoenix AZ 67.21% 1 1 James Hooker, Paradise Valley AZ; Dattatraya Kale, Phoenix AZ 66.39% 2 Stephen Cooper, Toronto ON; Henry Sigal, Piedmont CA 62.23% 2 2 Joyce Nakasaki - Joseph Thomas, Redondo Beach CA 58.24% 3 Cindy Mahn - Elizabeth McDowell, Kitchener ON 60.51% 3 Dwight Bender, London ON; Ewoud Van Goch, St Thomas ON 58.15% 4 1 Larry Anfinson, Waterloo IA; Brian Kelly, Clive IA 59.78% 4 3 Robert Hinkle - Alicia Anderson, Tucson AZ 57.61% 5 John Kohler - Patricia Parker, Phoenix AZ 59.60% 5/6 Bette Strauch - John Strauch, San Diego CA 56.88% 6 Jerry Jackson, Bensenville IL; William McFall, New Berlin WI 56.34% 5/6 4 Ann McClelland, La Canada Flt CA; Sammy Tigert, Tulsa OK 56.88% 7 Carol Wiles, Lake Worth FL; Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY 55.07% 7 5 Mitchell Weisberg - Bob Garvey, Sun City West AZ 55.53% 8 2 1 Jake Olsen, Portland OR; Amber Lin, Edison NJ 54.89% 8 Robert Levey, Bethesda MD; Robert Priest, Harrisburg PA 54.89% 9 3 Elizabeth VonRiesenfelder, Manchester VT; David Narins, Sarasota FL 54.17% 9 Karen Heath, Henderson NV; Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA 54.62% 10/11 4/5 2 Deanne Drake - Jerry Drake, Hailey ID 52.99% 10 6 Steven Ackerman - Pete Edwards, Salt Lake City UT 53.71% 10/11 4/5 Ray Davie - Marnie Davie, Meota SK 52.99% 11 Donald Berman - Rose Berman, Laurel MD 52.81% 12 6 3 Shoreh Toufanian, Los Angeles CA; Cliff Goodrich, Long Beach CA 51.72% 12 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 52.45% 7 Robert Getz, Everett WA; Thomas Land, Vashon WA 51.27% 7 1 James Mosley - Harry Potter, Herndon VA 51.72% 8 4 Douglas Snow, Paducah KY; Klaus Buechner, Mississauga ON 50.00% 8 Suzy Ryder - Thomas Ryder, Boise ID 50.91% 2 Louise Hollingsworth, Waterloo ON; Patricia Frazier, Aurora CO 49.73% 3 Yuki Harada, Setagaya Ku Tok Japan; Takahiro Honda, Tokyo Japan 48.82% 4 Janis Morrisroe, Inverness IL; Jane Austermiller, Naples FL 48.73%

SUNDAY 1 PM SIDE PAIRS THIRD OF FOUR SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS YYY ZZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Carolyn Feldman, Toronto ON; Jacqueline Syer, Oakville ON 60.38% 1 Maxine Poulton, Chandler AZ; Eugene Condon, Maricopa AZ 64.19% 2 Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM; Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 59.54% 2 1 Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Delray Beach FL 57.15% 3 Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico; N Lira, Mexico Mexico 59.45% 3 2 Jeanne Moore, Parker Dam CA; Dana Christensen, Pocatello ID 56.04% 4 Theresa Andino, Niceville FL; Bonnie Wilke, Aspen CO 58.92% 4 3 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 55.62% 5 1 Paula Strand, Kirkland WA; Barbara Kim, Honolulu HI 57.31% 5 4 1 Cece Knowles - Mary Jo Simunaci, Green Valley AZ 55.52% 6 2 Patricia Al-Hakeem, Laguna Beach CA; Salle Martinis, Laguna Woods CA 56.69% 6 Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA; Chiye Horiguchi, Gardena CA 54.83% 7 David Smith - Gretchen Smith, Davidson NC 56.00% 7 5 Mitsuko Kodama - Lester Kodama, Mililani HI 53.68% 8 3 Lamar Marutani, Vallejo CA; Stephen Nordberg, El Paso TX 55.92% 8 6 2 Alice Bendheim - John Hay, Phoenix AZ 53.31% 9 4 Potter Orr, Cincinnati OH; Michael Lipp, Trenton OH 55.30% 9/10 7/8 3/4 Connie Roberts - Muriel Jean Bramucci, Sun City West AZ 53.08% 10 5 1 Anne Lamport - Helen Hellsten, Ryde Nsw Australia 52.85% 9/10 7/8 3/4 Barbara Robinson - David Robinson, Denver CO 53.08% 11 Allan Mazer, Towson MD; Patricia Bessone, Tujunga CA 52.38% 11/12 Sally Lix, Haines AK; Pat Zieger, Walnut Creek CA 52.85% 6 2 Victor Galis - Ioana Galis, Fremont CA 51.15% 11/12 9 5 Linda Miller, Cincinnati OH; Jane Loughlin, Greenwich CT 52.85% 7 William Kraybill - Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 51.06% 6 Patty Paulsen - Carl Paulsen, Carlsbad CA 52.63% 8 3 Sylvia Allen - Trisha Oconnor, Walnut Creek CA 48.85% 4 Byron Southern - Anne Lea Patterson, Little Rock AR 47.17% 5 Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA 46.15%

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Don will be 90 in December. It is a miracle that they beloved wife, Dee, when they retired to Cottonwood. Four Sisters (& Darryl) Knockout have returned to the bridge table together and, even In 2009, Bob decided to take bridge lessons in By Marsha Helton better, that they have enjoyed such success. 2009. As he already had some experience, he was an Marsha Helton, of Sedona, AZ, and her three Don used to say “job well done” when someone instant hit with our novices. They loved to partner sisters; Linda Miller (Cincinnati OH), Mary Ann had a good game. To Don and Joy, we have only one with him in our games at Sedona. He was kind, Hudecki (Palm City FL) and Jane Cato Loughlin thing to say to the both of you: Job well done! gentle, and fun. As much as our novices liked Bob, (Greenwich CT), have found the game of bridge to Beverly Attwood he enjoyed them just as much. be a way to reconnect and travel together. They have By Marsha Helton Bob had many illnesses late in life and he was been joined by spouses Darryl Helton and Jim Miller Beverly Attwood has been my mentor at the taken from us much too early. We have the game of in Phoenix. Sedona Bridge Center. She has always been an bridge to thank for one of those unexpected blessings, The Four Sisters are the daughters in a family of outstanding player and competitor, earning nearly the opportunity to meet some really great people. We nine children born to a family doctor and his nurse 4000 masterpoints in her career. She was also a very miss you Bob! wife in a small town in Pennsylvania. After our father good director. When Darryl and I began novice play Cass Johnson Memorial died at age 53 from diabetes, it was up to our mother in 2002, she took the time to talk to us regarding our By Jan Birkett to hold the family together. Following her strong game, pointing out our mistakes in a helpful manner. Leighton Eugene “Cass” Johnson was a member example of hard work and , the children Beverly is a no-nonsense player who strives of the Sedona Bridge Center for about four years helped each other and were all successful in working for every trick and every point. She appreciates the until his death in December 2008 at the age of 85. hard and obtaining college degrees. camaraderie of our club. She is credited by our newer Cass was a longtime card player whose talents and We would like to dedicate this bridge game, The players with always trying to be helpful and explain exploits were legendary in his family. He took up Four Sisters, to our mother, whom we admire, love things to them. duplicate bridge after exhausting numerous other and miss today, as we know she would be with us, Playing bridge is the one thing Beverly can do interests and careers. In one of his first regional cheering us on as she always did. that allows her to forget her pain. She considers the tournaments, Cass earned 30 masterpoints. Fountain Hills Duplicate Bridge Club members of our bridge club as her family and her Cass was a musician during the Big Band era, Iconic Fountain Hills AZ is home to the highest friends. I am honored to know her. when he played with Mel Torme in the Chico Marx fountain in the world. Our town nestles between the Marsha & Darryl Helton Band. He was also a veteran, having served our McDowell Mountains, includes a 20,000-acre county By Sonja Weber country during World War II in the European theater. park and borders two Indian reservations. The desert In December 2008, I saw an advertisement in Cass was courtly, charming and a favorite partner to and mountain vistas attract artists and lovers of the the Red Rock News for bridge classes at the Sedona many. outdoors. Bridge Center. I had always wanted to learn how to Barbara Ballard The Fountain Hills Duplicate Bridge Club was play bridge, so I called the teacher, Marsha Helton, to By Sonya Webber and Marsha Helton established in 1990 by Don Harden and is now make a reservation. Little did I know that I was about Barbara joined the Sedona Bridge Center in owned by Stephanie Haddy, the director and a bridge to embark on a journey that would expose me to 2006. She took lessons when she could, but at that teacher. We generally have between 10 and 20 endless opportunities and change my life forever. time there were few available. So Barbara learned the tables, depending on the time of year. We meet most In January 2009, Marsha became the primary hard way, by playing against the more-experienced Mondays at noon at the Fountain Hills Community lecturer at the bridge classes offered by the Sedona Sedona players. In just a few years, Barbara has Center. During the winter, our games include Bridge Center. Her husband, Darryl, has always been become a Bronze Life Master, a certified ACBL numerous seasonal visitors who choose to return to by her side to support and help the “newbies.” The director and an elected member of Sedona Bridge both Arizona’s great weather and the Fountain Hills two of them have played with the students, become Center’s board of directors. DBC every year. our friends, and made us part of their extended When you need something done, Barbara is the Don and Joy MacIlraith family. They cheer when we have successes, and they person who makes it happen. She is the ultimate From the Sedona Bridge Center pick us up when we need some encouragement. volunteer and organizer. Don and Joy MacIlraith have been two of the Without Marsha’s and Darryl’s patience, constant Most of all, Barbara is a great friend. We fondly best bridge players in Northern Arizona for years. sacrifice and commitment to us, I doubt that many of remember sharing our life stories in our hotel room at Both have served for many years on the board of us would have continued this journey. To them, we the Laughlin tournament over several bottles of wine. directors of the Sedona Bridge Center. owe endless gratitude. The Sedona Bridge Center is a better place because In November 2011, at the age of 87, Don suffered Doris Hoover Memorial of Barbara and we are ever so lucky to call her our a major stroke. As a result, he completely lost his By Vernon Hoover own. short-term memory. Don also suffered an intestinal Doris Hoover, my lovely wife for 28 plus years, Rollin Brewer Memorial blockage that required three surgeries. He was was also my best friend and longtime girlfriend. It’s Rollin Brewer is one of those bridge characters discharged from the nursing facility and placed under important to remember that Doris was my girlfriend you love to talk about. Rollin was a person of meager hospice care. because as she got older, she wanted almost no gifts means who always managed to find a way to give With the help of his loving wife, Joy, and for any occasion. I could still buy her gifts and give to others. He was partnership coordinator for many daughter, Jill, Don began to make progress, both them to my girlfriend and she would accept these years at the Sedona Bridge Center until his death in physically and mentally. He came back to kibitz and graciously. I will always love her and miss her 2007. He liked to have fun with players or to tell a to play at our novice lessons. He would play again forever. joke. One of our players remembers Rollin calling with Joy on July 13. One week later, on July 20, Bob Willard Memorial her when she first started playing bridge at Sedona. Don and Joy took first place with a 61% game in a Bob Willard was a special person, a “sweetheart” He asked her if “she wanted some action.” Saturday event in which the competition included as we called him. Bob had a PhD in Economics Rollin was the first to call and congratulate a several top Flight A players. and was a university professor in California, Texas new player who had a good game or to check in on Joy celebrated her 90th birthday last spring and and Georgia. He took up bridge late in life with his someone who was in poor health. His presence is Page 18 Monday, December 2, 2013 Daily Bulletin

Tomorrow’s Sponsors Nancy Goulet information is available at uthbuild.org The membership drive, “We Wanna Hold By Barbara Bunnell Darryl Helton (“Mr. Wonderful”) Your Hand,” began in January 2009 with a novice Nancy Goulet, my first bridge mentor, introduced Gold Rush Pairs education program. The program attracted 100 me to duplicate bridge in 2004. Our very first club At a recent bridge tournament, a team of four prospective players through advertisements in local game was a 62%, and we were rewarded with my first sisters were reminiscing with their husbands about newspapers, flyers and word of mouth. black point. their college days. Darryl Helton, one of the husbands, Club games have grown to an average of 256 A Silver Life Master, Nancy has served on several recounted how he told a first date at Ohio State tables a month. In 2012, the Sedona Bridge Center unit boards as well as the ACBL Board of Governors. University, “I’m from Kentucky, and I’m studying was the 12th largest club in District 17 — not bad for She has chaired numerous sectional and regional mechanical engineering.” His date responded, a town with a population of 11,000 people as of the tournaments and was recently honored as a member “Wait a minute! You can be from Kentucky, or you last census! A weekly 199er game has been added to of the District 17 Goodwill Committee. can be studying mechanical engineering, but you the five-days-a-week open-pair games. More than 130 Nancy is still actively involved mentoring newer can’t be both.” She wasn’t the first person to have new ACBL members have been enrolled in four years players. She can proudly name many students who underestimated quiet, humble Darryl Helton. and the club treasury has increased by $20,000. have gone on to become Life Masters because of her Darryl met his wife, Marsha, while working at The Sedona Bridge Center prides itself in being a patient, knowledgeable and encouraging approach the Ford Motor Company automatic transmission family and every new member enriches that family. I to the game. At the age of 80, she is still making a plant in Sharonville OH. An innovator in automated wish to thank Mimi, Darryl, Patricia, Marcia and Ann, difference in . assembly techniques, he reduced labor costs as well as all of our club members for their hard work Clark Perkins Memorial while improving quality and reducing ergonomic and support in making this drive a success. Joy MacIlraith By Friends of Clark Perkins concerns for employees. Ford then called on Darryl Joy MacIlraith’s bridge career began at Cornell Clark will long be remembered for his charm, to utilize his skills in the automatic transmission University. She and her husband/partner Don took his warmth, his kindness and his great personal division, designing and building efficient automatic lessons from the legendary Russell Roosen in and professional integrity. We thank all who have transmission assembly lines for plants in Ohio, Michigan. Don and Joy have each earned almost memories of this funny, thoughtful and loving man. Michigan and Bordeaux, France. Darryl also became 4000 masterpoints. They won many regional events, He would want you to know how much he enjoyed a mentor to the young engineers who are leading including first overall finishes in the 1983 Mesa all 95 years of his life, and how happy he was to have Ford today. Ford recognized Darryl’s talent by Senior Regional and the 1987 Lancaster CA Regional. friends and family who were part of it. awarding him the prestigious Henry Ford Award for Technology. Joy has two primary interests in life: her children, Susan Patricelli and Jim Cleary Upon Darryl’s retirement, he and Marsha took Stephen and Jill, and duplicate bridge. A third interest By Peter Marcus their teamwork approach to the Sedona Bridge Center. is drama, which she studied in high school. While This event honors Susan Patricelli and Jim Cleary, Marsha teaches; Darryl is a mentor to many of her raising her family, Joy acted in various community two excellent players who came to their senses and students. theater productions. Her resumé as an actress includes moved to warm and sunny Arizona almost four years Darryl has volunteered his time and worked very performances at the Theatre of Western Springs ago. Susan and Jim were bastions of the Hartford hard in Sedona to help build our bridge community. in Chicago, the Trustin Playhouse in Southern Bridge Club in West Hartford. Jim was the Hartford He does it all. In 2006, when Darryl took over California, and the Art Barn in Sedona. Bridge Club Player of the Year for several years in a Northern Arizona Unit 355 as president, the unit was While husband Don was busy founding Northern row; Susan was the director. basically broke. Four years later, the unit has $10,000 Arizona Unit 355, Joy was involved in building the Susan was also an ACBL tournament director in the treasury and enough supplies to run a 90-table Oak Creek Duplicate Bridge Club in Sedona. She is a for 15 years. For five years during this same sectional tournament. certified ACBL director and has served as a member period, she managed and directed games at The But why “Mr. Wonderful”? Darryl is a gentleman, of the club’s board of directors. Hartes’ Club, a highly successful club in White Plains in the truest sense of the word. He is always there In November 2011, Don suffered a stroke. Joy NY owned by Gail Greenberg. Susan drove 200 miles with a helping hand, an ear for listening and a became his patient advocate. Don was placed in round-trip twice a week, in all kinds of weather, to shoulder for comfort. hospice for six months, but it was Joy and their help grow the club. Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club daughter, Jill, who nursed him back to health and to a Susan and Jim retained their enthusiasm for welcomes all out-of-town visitors to Phoenix. We are place at the table as a pretty respectable bridge player bridge when they moved West. It seems, sadly, proud to sponsor several Desert Gold NABC events once again. however, that they must have lost the ability to read and support the NABC with our volunteers. Our This sponsorship honors Joy for her many a calendar because they booked a 10-day cruise club is vibrant and with more than 380 members, we contributions over the years, both to the Sedona that coincides with this NABC. Their many friends host some of the largest club games in the Southeast Bridge Center and to her family and friends. who looked forward to seeing them here in Phoenix Valley. Our membership represents a wide spectrum Four Sisters (& Darryl) Knockout are sorely disappointed. of bridge experience from newcomer through expert. By Marsha Helton Susan and Jim—all of your old friends from Bridge players thinking of Arizona for retirement Marsha Helton, of Sedona, AZ, and her three the Northeast and all of your new friends from the or a second home are invited to check out Sun Lakes. sisters; Linda Miller (Cincinnati OH), Mary Ann Southwest miss you. Our goal is to be “the Friendliest Club in the Valley,” Hudecki (Palm City FL) and Jane Cato Loughlin UthBuild Daylight Open Pairs and we provide a broad range of bridge lessons, (Greenwich CT) have found the game of bridge to By Sue Robinson coaching and partnership assistance in pursuit of that be a way to reconnect and travel together. They have Four character traits can build youth and change goal. been joined by spouses Darryl Helton and Jim Miller the fabric of our nation: compassion, sacrifice, “We Wanna Hold Your Hand” in Phoenix. teamwork and leadership. UthBuild builds these By Marsha Helton The Four Sisters are four of nine children born character assets in young people as they build a In 2008, attendance at the Sedona Bridge Center to a family doctor and his nurse wife in a small town home for a family. Students lead almost every area had declined to an average of 130 tables in the in Pennsylvania. After our father died at age 53 from of the project—they act as the building site boss, the months of November and December. Where the club diabetes, it was up to our mother to hold the family roof boss, the concrete boss, etc. We train them to once held five robust duplicate sessions a week, it together. Following her strong example of hard work lead both their peers and the adults on the work site, was frequently necessary to cancel the Tuesday and and sacrifice, the children helped each other and were working together to accomplish something far bigger Saturday games because there were not enough tables. all successful in working hard and obtaining college than they are. A group of concerned players (Mimi Esser, degrees. For $2,500 — less than the cost of a used golf cart Marsha and Darryl Helton, Marcia Stearns, Patricia We would like to dedicate this bridge game, The — we build a home for a family. Dodd and Ann Shaylor) formed a volunteer team to Four Sisters, to our mother, whom we admire, love Help us build youth by building for the poor. recruit new members and to teach bridge. and miss today, as we know she would be with us, UthBuild is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit. Further cheering us on as she always did. Daily Bulletin Monday, December 2, 2013 Page 19

BOBBY GOLDMAN MEMORIAL STRATIFIED OPEN EWF SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS NN OO EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL 64.38% 1 Ole Godefroy, Bellevue WA; Howard Epley, Kent WA 64.00% 2 1 David Johnson - John D Aguiar, Calgary AB 62.23% 2 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 62.77% 3 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Henri Farhi, Berkeley CA 59.38% 3 Linda Gordon - Robb Gordon, Sedona AZ 61.15% 4 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Paul Kushner, S Lake Tahoe CA 59.15% 4 Peter Knee, Canyon Country CA; Peter Benjamin, Culver City CA 60.85% 5 2 Julian Wachs - Elizabeth Wachs, Chapel Hill NC 55.77% 5 Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA; Donna Christensen, Laguna Beach CA 58.23% 6 Robin Hillyard, Carlisle MA; Paul Wacks, Peabody MA 55.62% 6 1 Elianor Kennie, Kentville NS; Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 56.08% 7 3 1 Ginger Bowes - Michael Bowes, McKinleyville CA 54.54% 7 2 1 Kornel Lazar, Vienna Austria Austria; Senta Lackner, Graz 8141 Austria 55.54% 8 Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC; Ann Labe, Carlsbad CA 54.08% 8 Randall Dougherty - Lynne Newman, San Diego CA 55.31% 9 James Weeks, Palm Desert CA; Neil Stern, Indio CA 53.31% 9 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Bill Ream, Burleson TX 53.08% 10 4 John Babb, Scottsdale AZ; Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY 52.54% 10 3 Carol Rynders - Jill Flader, Saint Paul MN 52.31% 11 5 Douglas Dorland, Palmer AK; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 52.15% 11 4 2 K Menzies - W Menzies, Oshawa ON 51.00% 12 6 Jean La Traverse - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 52.00% 12 Sandra Singleton - Wonnie Duncan, Anchorage AK 50.77% 2 Josepha Stevens - Lee Hausner, Los Angeles CA 50.08% 5 3 Lyn Legault - Larry Legault, Coe Hill ON 50.00% 3 Frederick Eriksen, Murray NE; Mark Rowe, Philomath OR 47.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PP RR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Herman Louie - Ming Louie, Henderson NV 64.76% 1 David Rottmayer - William Rottmayer, Spokane WA 61.52% 2 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Leslie Strong, Santa Ynez CA 61.10% 2 Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan; Michal Klukowski, Wroclaw 59.75% 3 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 58.73% 3 1 Panette Talia, Campbell CA; Steve Hubbell, Mountain View CA 59.30% 4 James Tullis - Denise Zongas, Yarmouth Port MA 57.11% 4 2 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL 58.24% 5 Kit Humphrey, Berkeley CA; Cole Powell, Oakland CA 56.91% 5 Chantal Dube, Montreal QC; Frederic Pollack, Laval QC 56.43% 6 Allen Kane, Highlands Ranch CO; Cal Newlin Jr, Aurora CO 56.79% 6 Kay Beck, Noblesville IN; Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA 56.31% 7 1 David Taylor - John Aslin, Seattle WA 55.73% 7 Matt Chiwo Leung, Montebello CA; William Ng, Chatsworth CA 55.61% 8 James Ward, Champaign IL; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 54.58% 8 Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 55.26% 9 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 54.09% 9 Jules Schoenberg - Hazel Schoenberg, Plano TX 55.14% 10 Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA; Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA 54.06% 10 Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA 54.82% 11 Mary McCune - Marty McCune, Seattle WA 53.71% 11 3 1 Anant Rathi, San Diego CA; Sharon Weintrob, Wayne PA 54.80% 12 2 Jayendu Patel, Newton MA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 52.50% 12 Donald Faskow, Canonsburg PA; John Albright, Hollywood FL 53.77% 3 Richard Hanna, Laguna Woods CA; Lawrence Hanna, Huntington Bh CA 52.02% 4 Marguerite Cowles, Edina MN; Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI 53.62% 4 1 Charles Butler, Chicago IL; Ruth Nobler, Honolulu HI 50.41% 5 Al Peters, Tucson AZ; Mark Conner, Grantham NH 50.77% 5 Rita Bichara - Maan El Hachem, New York NY 50.21% 6 David Bryant, Ashland OR; Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 50.31% 6 Steve Burnham, Sparks NV; Patricia Wittmaack, Lincoln NE 48.61% 2 Darlene Meredith - Judy Armstrong, Vernon BC 44.52% 2 Susan Boyers, Oakland CA; Sherry Larsen Beville, San Leandro CA 45.98%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Patricia Teik Schadow, Minnetonka MN; Ginny Culp, Tucson AZ 60.12% 1 1 John Teshima, Trail Creek IN; Dennis Frazier, Surprise AZ 59.23% 2 Thomas Brown - Monty Gray, Seattle WA 58.63% 2 2 Margaret Rieder, Redmond WA; Beth De Groen, Vashon WA 55.95% 3 2 2 William Dalton, Dublin OH; Margaret Dalton, Saratoga CA 55.36% 3 3 Kathy Jensen, Sun City AZ; Carol Goodrich, Vancouver WA 52.38% 4 3 Beverly Wedel - John McReynolds, Bartlesville OK 53.27% 4 4 Willie Ann Ross - Stephen Ames, Scottsdale AZ 51.19% 4 Sharon Graves - Daniel Graves, Scottsdale AZ 49.40% 1 Anne Newman, Chandler AZ; Maria Davis, Sun Lakes AZ 49.40% 2 Lee Pollak - Stuart Pollak, San Francisco CA 47.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FFF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Margaret Whittaker - Gretchen Caiazzo, Chandler AZ 57.14% 1 1 1 Susan Cline, Gilbert AZ; Mary Murphy, Scottadale AZ 57.44% 2 2 Donald Cohn - Jon Rayden, Los Altos CA 56.25% 2 2 2 Howard Maves, Maricopa AZ; Sandy Jennings, Chandler AZ 55.65% 3 3 2 Carol Wilkinson, Thousand Palms CA; George Kalman, Phoenix AZ 55.36% 3 3 Richard Ritter, Laguna Niguel CA; James Vaughan, Irvine CA 55.06% 4 4 3 Becky Hamilton, Arizona City AZ; Iva Nelson, Wabasha MN 54.76% 4 4 Lorraine Allen, Scottsdale AZ; Susan Schulman, Fountain Hills AZ 54.17% 5 Bruce Pierce - Carla Pierce, Daphne AL 54.46% 5 5 Donna Carpenter - Stephen Carpenter, Conestogo ON 53.87%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 0-50 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Dave Nearman, Portland OR; Bonny Yamashita, Buckeye AZ 61.01% 1 1 1 Karon Chitwood, Surprisek AZ; Barbara Brue, Surprise AZ 73.21% 2 2 Mary Newstead, Phoenix AZ; Mardelle Mikus, Paradise Valley AZ 55.36% 2 2 2 Penny Keaton - Deborah Weiss, Scottsdale AZ 59.23% 3 3 Deborah Long - Kyle Long, Casa Grande AZ 52.98% 3 3 Murl Estes, Maitland FL; Bruce Yee, Paradise Valley AZ 58.63% 4 4 Carie Boucher, Centennial CO; Julieen Crane, Scottsdale AZ 52.08% 4 Julie Bosserman - Ginny Hampton, Scottsdale AZ 53.27%

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Nancy Goulet Day Tuesday, December 3, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Susan Patricelli and Jim Cleary Tuesday-Thursday Morning 1st Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $16 $18 Bracketed Knockout Teams Four Amigos Sunday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 3rd Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $16 $18 Monday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $16 $18 Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18 Tuesday, December 3, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $15 Tuesday, December 3, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. UthBuild Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Hyatt 1st floor, Regency D $16 $18 Tuesday, December 3, 1 p.m. Holliday Family Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 2nd single session Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18 Tuesday, December 3, 1 & 7:30 p.m. KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Sheraton 3rd floor, Phoenix Ballroom C $20 -- Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions. BAZE SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS Final Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $20 – Screens: Second session at 8 p.m. MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Sheraton 3rd floor, Phoenix Ballroom D $17 -- Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions. Limited to players with fewer than 5000 masterpoints. Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18 2500+; 0-2500 Darryl Helton Gold Rush 750/300 Pairs 1-2 Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18 Gold points for 0-750. Clark Perkins Memorial Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $16 $18 Four Sisters Monday-Tuesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18 Tuesday, December 3, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $15 Tuesday, December 3, 7:30 p.m. We Wanna Hold Your Hand Strati-Flighted A/X & B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun B $15 $17 Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 4th single session Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18 Don & Joy MacIlraith Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $15 Tuesday, December 3, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500- 1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. *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. Page 20 Monday, December 2, 2013 Daily Bulletin Today’s Bridge Events Goodwill Day Sedona Bridge Center Day Monday, December 2, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Monday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Sheraton 2nd floor,Valley of the Sun E $16 $18 Four Amigos Sunday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 2nd Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $16 $18 Bob Willard Memorial Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 1st single session Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18 Monday, December 2, 10 a.m. Marsha & Darryl Helton 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17 Marsha & Darryl Helton 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $15 Monday, December 2, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Fountain Hills Duplicate Bridge Club Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Hyatt 1st floor, Regency D $16 $18 Monday, December 2, 10:30 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 1-2 F Sheraton 3rd floor, Phoenix Ballroom A $20 -- Monday, December 2, 1 p.m. Rollin Brewer Memorial Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 1st single session Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18 Monday, December 2, 1 & 7:30 p.m. MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Sheraton 3rd floor, Phoenix Ballroom C $20 -- MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Sheraton 3rd floor, Phoenix Ballroom D $20 -- BAZE SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS Semifinal Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $20 – Screens: Second session at 8 p.m. Doris Hoover Memorial Strati-Flighted A/X & B/C/D Pairs 1-2 Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18 Four Sisters Monday-Tuesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $16 $18 Severen Pedersen Monday Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun B $16 $18 Sunday-Monday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18 Monday, December 2, 3 p.m. Barbara Ballard 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17 Barbara Ballard 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $15 Monday, December 2, 7:30 p.m. Cass Johnson Memorial Strati-Flighted A/X & B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun B $15 $17 Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 2nd single session Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $16 $18 Don & Joy MacIlraith Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17 Beverly Attwood 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17 Beverly Attwood 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $15 Monday, December 2, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Sheraton 2nd floor, Foyer $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500- 1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. *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.