Monday, March 24, 2014 Volume 57, Number 4 Daily Bulletin 57th Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley and Sue Munday And the Oscar goes to … Matthew McConaughey ... Cate Blanchett … Brad Pitt … Greg Humphreys? Sure enough, Humphreys – card player, Google guy and Bridge Winners’s chief geek – nabbed an Oscar last month for movie-making technical achievement. “We were completely surprised!” says Humphreys who, in 2004, co-wrote a text with Matt Pharr and Pat Hanrahan called “Physically Based Rendering.” Richard Coren and Bobby Levin celebrate their “This is the first win in the Platinum Pairs Academy Award of any kind ever given for a book,” says Humphreys. He extraordinary book that explains and shares the Levin and Coren romp in attempts to demystify his award-winning, technical technology.” mumbo jumbo: “Our book shows how to make According to Humphreys, the Sci/Tech awards Platinum Pairs pictures with computers that are photo-realistic. start with a self-nomination process. There were Bobby Levin and Richard Coren took control This involves a lot of gory mathematics to properly 11 nominations vying for the award the ‘Physically of the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs going into capture how cameras and the human eye work, Based Rendering” squad ultimately received. the second final session, and didn’t let up. Their how light interacts with matter and scatters around “Because we didn’t think we could ever win such a blistering 68% evening session left the closest between objects or through fog, why different thing, we would never self-nominate,” he says. contenders in the dust by nearly three boards. materials look the way they do … things like that.” “What actually happened was that as the The second final session was run barometer-style Kristin Bell (Veronica Mars), one of the selection committee was interviewing the 11 – with the running results posted at the end of every presenters at the Scientific and Technical Awards candidates, each one of them mentioned our book as round – through round seven, at which point Levin, ceremony held on Feb. 15 at the Beverly Hills Hotel, the foundation for their work. This got the selection of Las Vegas NV and Coren, who lives in Delray noted that the text is the foundation for the special committee to add us to the mix without any self Beach FL, were about a board ahead of the field. effects we see in movies. nomination.” Beginning with the eighth round, only the “Now, current renderers can simulate the full While Humphreys doubted they could win, results of the boards were posted – like a traveler. physical nature of light and how it bounces around in it didn’t hurt to be nominated by the selection continued on page 12 a room,” Bell said. “Wow! This is very complicated committee. and computationally intense! Luckily, we have this continued on page 5 Barts take lead in EBL president reflects on Silver Ribbon Pairs Boosted by a 72% game in the first qualifying appeals committee move session, Les and Gloria Bart of Bradenton FL will start today’s play in the Levintritt Silver Ribbon Pairs Three years after he took over as president of The change with a carryover lead of 44.3 on a 77 top. the European Bridge League, Yves Aubry oversaw was coming, he Their carryover score of 286.77 put them ahead a major change in the way the organization runs its said, because of Arnold Malasky of Longboat Key FL and Richard tournaments. more and Wegman of Bethesda MD. In third are Texans John At the 2013 European Open Bridge more appeals Zilic and Tom Peters. Championships in Ostend, Belgium, it was committees announced in the Daily Bulletin that there would be were agreeing no more appeals committees. with directors’ Today is photo day The committees were replaced by a process rulings. Now, called “review of ruling.” Should a player disagree he said, no ACBL has retained a professional photographer with a TD’s ruling, a reviewer could be requested one “wastes to update images for our publications and website. to go over the process by which the ruling was time on bad We are looking for you – Hall of Famers, NABC reached. If the reviewer finds that the process was appeals.” winners, tournament staff, Grand Life Masters, soon- not followed correctly, the director in charge is Aubry also to-be Grand Life Masters and Platinum Life Masters, empowered to make a change in the ruling. commented on Bulletin contributors, I/N speakers, etc. Aubry acknowledged that the change was a bold the increasing From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., the photographer will be move, but at this point it appears the new process has number of members of the EBL who attend ACBL’s located in the Sheraton Hotel, second floor in Pearl the support of most of the players. big tournaments. Room 3. Please try to look nice. Aubry is in Dallas to attend a meeting of the The EBL has 47 member countries. Those Questions? Email the Daily Bulletin folks at World Bridge Federation’s management committee. with larger memberships feel it necessary to play [email protected]. In a wide-ranging interview, he touched on several around the world to be tested by the best, Aubry points, including the decision to banish appeals said. ACBL’s big tournaments are an increasing committees. The system was in use at the World draw for EBL members, and many schedule their Team Championships in Bali, Indonesia. championships around the NABCs in North America. Goodwill Message “I was cautious at the beginning,” Aubry said, The Europeans have had enviable success at “because all players have rights, but the process has NABCs. Last summer, a young Polish squad won Today is Goodwill Day. Remember, it is nice to been well accepted by the players.” He said the key the Spingold Knockout Teams, and a young pair be important, but so much more important to be nice! element to the review process is “good directors and from Romania came in first in the Lebhar IMP Pairs Sandy DeMartino, Chair a good reviewer.” continued on page 9 Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee Page 2 Monday, March 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Monday, March 24 Tuesday, March 25 GOODWILL DAY 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing education 10 am-Noon Competition and Conventions Committee. (Sheraton Hotel, course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants Central Tower, Remington, 4th floor) must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. Sign 10 am-Noon Zero Tolerance workshop. The lively two–hour workshop, up at the door. (Sheraton Hotel, Central Tower, 4th floor, developed for club managers and directors, goes well beyond Remington) the Laws to address how to communicate with problem players. TD Dan Plato’s presentation incorporates real–life Wednesday, March 26 experience dealing with club players, the differences between 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A continuing club and tournament situations and suggestions for how to education course for club directors to increase their skills. be proactive. The goal is to make the club experience more Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both inviting for new members and more pleasurable for everyone days. (Sheraton Hotel, 4th floor, Remington) by encouraging and empowering directors and managers to deal with unacceptable behavior. (Sheraton Hotel, 2nd floor, Friday, March 28 Pearl 3) 11 pm-Midnight Women’s International Team Trials meeting. (Sheraton 5-7 pm Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Hotel, 4th floor, Remington) Committee members only. (Sheraton Hotel, 2nd floor, Austin 2&3) CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! (Conference Center, 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom) Wednesday, March 26 Monday, March 24 9:15 a.m. Phillip Alder Play the Right Card 9:15 a.m. Kevin Wilson Fitting Honors 6:45 p.m. Jeff Hand Play These Notrump Contracts 6:45 p.m. Ken Monzingo Aunt Lucy Thursday, March 27 Tuesday, March 25 9:15 a.m. Lisa Berkowitz Play to Trick One 9:15 a.m. Emily Harrell Mental Skills Training for Bridge 6:45 p.m. GS Jade Barrett The Power of Fits 6:45 p.m. George Jacobs Having More Fun at the Table ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY Late-night snacks served at 10:30 p.m. in the Grand Hall on the first floor Tuesday, March 26 of the Conference Center. Southern-fried chicken and slaw sandwich

Monday, March 25 Wednesday, March 27 Cupcakes Cheese cake lollipop

10K Knockout Teams Parking Use of the Bidding Box ­– Play starts today in the inaugural 0-10,000 Discounted parking is available for all bridge Knockout Teams. players: $15 a day if you self park, $20 a day valet. Alerts and Announcements The event is open only to players with fewer than If you are staying at the Sheraton, the cost will be When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires 10,000 masterpoints. It pays 10 percent platinum applied to your room charges. If you are not staying that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the to those placing in the overalls, and while it has a at the hotel, you must pick up a parking validation. same time. national rating, it does not serve as a Grand Life You can get your parking validation at the When making an Announcement, use the Master qualification. Information Desk on the third floor of the Conference Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the The 0-10,000 Swiss Teams, which debuted last Center. Alert strip at the same time. year, inspired the addition this event and of four more The Information Desk is open 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must such events to the ACBL tournament calendar: noon to 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or The 10K Pairs and the 0-10,000 Mixed Swiss Attention! You will not be able to pick up a Announcement has been made. Teams, which will be played at the Summer NABC. validation after the game, so think ahead. A second 10K Swiss, which will be played in the fall. Smoking Policy Check cashing and Smoking is not permitted in the playing area bridge bucks during any bridge playing event at an NBAC. This Wash your hands includes electronic smoking devices. This is the cold and flu season, so please be The check-cashing desk, located on the second floor considerate of your fellow players by washing of the conference center, will be open between noon your hands frequently and making use of the hand and 1 p.m. every day through Sunday, March 30. Vendor locations sanitizers provided for you in the playing area. There is a limit of $500 per day for check cashing. There are several vendors – books, jewelry and There are 15 of them. Note, however, that health Members must provide their ACBL number. other items – on the first floor of the Conference officials emphasize such devices are no substitute for Bridge bucks are available for purchase at the check- Center in the area where regional and national events thorough hand washing with soap and warm water. cashing desk. Visa, MasteCard and Discover can be are being played. used only to purchase bridge bucks. Daily Bulletin Monday, March 24, 2014 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS in 2NT (the five-card Director, please! club suit is good, but By Brent Manley the HCP aren’t there), probably going down First player: “I went to the lecture today.” at least one. You can Second player: “What did you learn?” see that in spades, First player: “We learned all about the Jacoby barring some unlucky Passover.” ruffs, you will lose two diamonds and Many years ago, I received a letter from a two aces for plus 140. member who expressed the view that the Jacoby Against 2NT, the transfer was one of the worst conventions ever opponents might take invented. five diamonds and My response did not please him. the two aces for two In my view, the Jacoby transfer is essential down. to any bidding system that includes 15-17 1NT So does the openers (or even Jacoby transfer variations, such solve this dilemma? was 16-18). Absolutely. Consider this With the hand: responding hand, you ♠ Q J 9 8 6 bid 2♥, a transfer to ♥ K 8 5 spades, and follow ♦ 6 3 with 2NT. Opener is ♣ Q J 4 weak in diamonds and Partner opens has two high honors in 1NT (15-17) and spades, so he will bid the next player 3♠, declining the game passes. If you are not playing transfers, your invitation and telling options are limited. partner he wants to You cannot bid 2♠. That is to play. You have play in a suit. enough to invite game. Suppose the You cannot bid 3♠. That is forcing to game. You responding hand is don’t have enough high-card strength to insist on something like this. game. ♠ Q J 9 8 6 You could try Stayman and hope to land on ♥ A K 8 opener’s hand, which often will contain holdings your feet, but that would require some discussion ♦ 6 3 such as A-Q, K-J, K-x, even Q-x. Think about it, if about follow-ups should partner deny possession of ♣Q 10 4 partner has ♥A 5 4 and you have ♥Q 2, an opening a four-card major. Now you can transfer to spades and jump to heart lead guarantees you two tricks in the suit no So you are left with the invitational bid of 2NT. 3NT. With a spade fit, partner will bid 4♠ and the matter who has the king. If the ♥Q 2 come down Now, suppose partner’s hand is correct contract will be reached. in dummy and the king is over the queen, you will ♠ A K 5 Add a spade to the responding hand and the almost surely take only one trick in the suit. ♥ Q J 5 bidding would go 1NT – 2♥; 2♠ – 4♠, showing The Jacoby transfer, the brainchild of the ♦ Q 8 enough HCP to be in game and at least six spades. legendary Oswald Jacoby, is one of the best ♣ K 8 7 6 3 That’s the part of transfers that facilitate conventions ever devised. The 1NT opener has no idea that you and he constructive bidding. The other part of it is that have an eight-card spade fit, so you will languish the opening leader will be playing into the 1NT

♠ 7 Intermediate/Newcomer Thinking bridge ♥ Q 10 5 By Eddie Kantar ♦ K 7 5 masterpoint leaders ♣ K Q J 10 9 7 (through Sunday afternoon, March 23) Dlr: West ♠ 7 ♠ Q J 10 6 4 3 ♠ 8 2 1 8.11 Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON Vul: Both ♥ Q 10 5 ♥ 8 6 3 ♥ A K J 7 2 8.11 Scott Dunlop, Smiths Falls ON ♦ K 7 5 ♦ A J 8 ♦ 10 6 3 3 7.02 Carole Goldstein, Wyckoff NJ ♣ K Q J 10 9 7 ♣ 8 ♣ 6 4 3 2 4 7.02 Geri Raichel, Ft. Collins CO ♠ Q J 10 6 4 3 ♠ A K 9 5 5 6.47 Patsy Rainwater-Maddu, McKinney TX ♥ 8 6 3 ♥ 9 4 2 6 6.47 Connie Van Patter, McKinney TX ♦ A J 8 ♦ Q 9 4 2 7 5.73 Bennett Neiman, Austin TX ♣ 8 ♣ A 5 8 5.73 David Garman, Austin TX Points of interest (other than the fact that you 9 5.50 Jerry Frankel, Plano TX West North East South have a good partner): 10 5.35 Denys Slater Jr, Dallas TX 2♠ 3♣ Pass 3NT Aside from the ♣A inference, notice that 11 5.35 Jane Slater, Dallas TX All Pass declarer tries to steal a ninth trick early. If you run 12 5.04 Nancy Llewellyn, Ft. Smith AR As West, you lead the ♠Q. Partner plays the ♠2 the clubs first, they can signal each other, etc. 13 5.04 Jackie Khilling, Ft. Smith AR (discouraging) and declarer wins the king. At trick East discourages in spades with a low 14 4.92 Jack Schober, Dallas TX two, declarer tries a low diamond from hand. Plan doubleton. This is notrump, not a suit contract. 15 4.80 Anne Williams, Desoto TX your defense. When partner leads an honor against notrump and 16 4.80 Jeanne Wyatt, Dallas TX From the ♠2, discouraging, you can infer dummy has low cards, signal encouragement only 17 4.80 Anne Curry, Dallas TX that declarer has the ♠A. From the lead of a low if you have an honor as well. 18 4.80 Stacie Russell, Springtown TX diamond at trick two you can infer that declarer has Notice that declarer takes the first trick with the 19 4.80 Linda Neal, Grapevine TX the ♣A. If declarer didn’t have the ♣A, his first play ♠K holding the A-K. There are two reasons why 20 4.80 Gloria Schuford, Ft. Worth TX would have been a club to drive out the ace. this is the right play: (1) If declarer wins the first 21 4.70 Marcia Collins, Texarkana AR If declarer has the ♣A and the ♠A, he has eight trick with the ace, it is highly suspicious. If that 22 4.70 Tom Collins, Texarkana AR black-suit tricks and if he has the ♦Q (likely), you was declarer’s only stopper, why didn’t he hold up? 23 4.61 Vicki Funk-Koble, Bartlesville OK are letting declarer steal a ninth trick from right (2) If South wins the ace, East knows that South 24 4.61 David Koble, Bartlesville OK under your nose if you play low. You should rise has the king. If South wins the king, East cannot 25 4.40 Neil Lorenz, Alamo TX with the ♦A and shift to a heart. You are hoping, be sure whether partner has led from a sequence 26 3.90 Rick Margerison, Dallas TX praying that partner has the ♥A K J x. A good headed by the Q-J or from an A-Q-J combination. 27 3.90 Leah Margerison, Dallas TX partner will have those cards. The full deal: This could be crucial. continued on page 14 Page 4 Monday, March 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS Test your percentages 7.5 Tables By Barry Rigal A B C If you bid them up you’d better play them up. 2.54 1 1 Carmond Fitzgerald - Ron Botsko, Granbury TX 56.35% Dlr: West ♠ Q 8 7 1.91 2 2 Jay Winter, Highland IL; Jeffrey Brooks, Levittown PA 55.56% Vul: Both ♥ Q 9 8 7 4 1.43 3 3 Tom Collins - Marcia Collins, Texarkana AR 55.21% ♦ 7 1.07 4 Jack Schober - Nancy Young, Dallas TX 53.47% 1.47 5 4 1 John Johnson, Colleyville TX; Suzanne Snavely, Tyler TX 53.13% ♣ 9 8 5 3 1.10 2 Karen Cohen - Lacy Peterson, Dallas TX 52.38% ♠ A 10 9 5 ♠ J 4 0.83 3 Joseph Steiner - Rebecca Parks, Denison TX 50.40% ♥ J 3 ♥ A K 10 5 ♦ A J 9 ♦ K 6 5 3 SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER SWISS ♣ A K J 4 ♣ Q 10 6 16 Tables ♠ K 6 3 2 A B C ♥ 6 2 3.21 1/2 1/2 John Hartel - Jill Hartel, McKinney TX; Rick Margerison - Leah ♦ Q 10 8 4 2 Margerison, Dallas TX 57.00 ♣ 7 2 3.21 1/2 1/2 1 Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON; Geri Raichel, When West opened 1♣ and heard a 1♥ response, Fort Collins CO; Carole Goldstein, Wyckoff NJ 57.00 1.81 3/4 3/4 Sheryl Rokyta - Zane Sherrill - Jim Riffell, Frisco TX; Ginny he jumped to 2NT, then raised an invitational 4NT to Peterson, Vancouver WA 56.00 6NT, perhaps on the basis of his ♠10 9, and because 1.81 3/4 3/4 2 Elaine Lowenkron - Michael Lowenkron - Janice Trombello - Joseph he always overbids on days ending in Y. Trombello, Dallas TX 56.00 North found the devilish lead of the ♥9. Declarer 1.16 5 5 Ned Earle - Judith Earle - Barbara Chappell - Richard Chappell, won the ♥A and decided that any route to success Houston TX 48.00 would involve the diamond finesse, which is 1.27 3 Charlotte Ewing - Gail Davis, Baton Rouge LA; Brookie Walker, reasonable, I suppose. A diamond to the jack held, the Shreveport LA; Richard Golmon, Alexandria LA 42.00 ♦A brought the bad news. 0.84 4/5 Anne Williams, Desoto TX; Gloria Schuford, Fort Worth TX; Linda Now a club to the 10 allowed the ♠J to be run Neal, Grapevine TX; Stacie Russell, Springtown TX 36.00 to the queen. A spade back was necessary, but when 0.84 4/5 Tom O Grady - Pat O’Grady - Mary Ann Klein - Larry Klein, Denton TX 36.00 North exited in hearts, keeping up the deception, SIDE SERIES I declarer rose with the ♥K. Given that the second 10.5 Tables spade finesse must work, declarer now has a sure A B C thing. 3.19 1 1 1 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON; Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL 67.05% Run the clubs, then lead your remaining diamond 2.39 2 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 64.83% to the king. 2.27 3 2 H Hunt, Charlotte NC; Dave Kuschel, Minot ND 59.65% This is the position: 1.87 4 3 Warren Androus - Dee Androus, Avon CO 59.14% ♠ 8 7 1.28 5 4 Joyce Hunter, Glen Ellyn IL; Mary O’Neill, Lisle IL 58.29% ♥ Q 1.82 6 5 2 Jurgen Stielow, Austin TX; Donald Robinson, Boise ID 55.89% ♦ -- 1.37 6 3 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Kathi Marcus, Lake Oswego OR 54.89% 1.03 4 Leslie Conant - Eloise Meachum, Dallas TX 52.42% ♣ -- ♠ A 10 9 ♠ 4 SUNDAY MORNING BRIDGE+ ♥ -- ♥ 10 5.5 Tables ♦ -- ♦ 6 A B ♣ -- ♣ -- 1.38 1 Jesse Crane - Wayne Detmer, Woodbury MN 70.75% ♠ K 6 3 1.04 2 1 Carole Buffington, Richardson TX; Robert Palko, Georgetown TX 70.37% ♥ -- 0.78 3 Judi Mairs - Carol Murray, Dallas TX 59.72% ♦ Q 0.62 4 2 Sheryl Crocker - Tricia Ray, Dallas TX 59.45% ♣ -- 0.46 3 Carolyn Craig - Ginny Crowe, Frisco TX 46.13% South has four cards. Everyone else has three. On SIDE SERIES I the last club South had to let go of a spade and now a 28.00 Tables / Based on 13 Tables spade to the 10 lets West cash the ♠A and take the last 6.21 1/2 Joyce Cooper, Austin TX 132.55% trick with the ♠9. 6.21 1/2 Daniel Baker, Austin TX 132.55% 6.22 3/4 Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL 128.85% Getting around town 6.22 3/4 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON 128.85% 2.90 5/6 Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL 120.77% The DART Rail System is a quick, easy way to 2.90 5/6 Rich Newell, West Des Moines IA 120.77% scoot around Downtown Dallas. The Pearl/Arts District station – located just steps SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE SERIES outside the northeast corner of the Sheraton Hotel 14.0 Tables (across from Peet’s) – is on the Red and Blue lines. A B C The West End area of the city, located three stops 3.64 1 Joan Jackson, Dallas TX; Debra Sherman, San Diego CA 66.99% south, is a popular destination for diners and tourists. 3.19 2 1 Joyce Hunter, Glen Ellyn IL; Mary O’Neill, Lisle IL 62.34% There are user-friendly kiosks at every station 2.05 3 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 60.58% that can direct you (and take payment). The cost is 2.39 4 2 Lynn Belmer - Lonnette Nelson, Frisco TX 57.05% just $5 for an all-day pass; seniors 65 years and older 2.43 5 3 1 Jennifer Rao - Renee Levy, Dallas TX 56.41% 1.12 6 Jeff Aker - Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 55.93% enjoy discounted rates. 1.37 4 Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Bonnie Wilke, Aspen CO 54.17% Trains run every 15 to 20 minutes during the 1.01 5 David Pennington - Mary Adams, Temple TX 53.85% week, less frequently on weekends. There’s a map 1.82 6 2 Zach Garrison - Kristy Garrison, Spring TX 53.53% of the system in your NABC Schedule & Restaurant 1.37 3 Sandy Lansing, Mt. Vernon TX; Jean Huskey, Scroggins TX 52.56% Guide and at the Information Desk on the 3rd floor of 1.03 4 Gool Castleberry - Ersi Georgopoulou, Irving TX 51.92% the Conference Center. Visit dart.org for routes and schedules, or call 214–979–1111. Daily Bulletin Monday, March 24, 2014 Page 5

Humphreys continued from page 1 Runners up in the “After we were interviewed by the committee, 0-10,000 Swiss we waited for about six weeks.” The authors heard Teams: Kimberly first by email, then received a congratulatory packet Whipple, Kevin Dwyer, Tim Verbeek the next day with more information about the awards and Danny Molenaar. ceremony – “and the first of many admonishments Not pictured: Owen not to have our acceptance speech go too long!” Lien. The tux Humphreys wore was his own (he seemed miffed at the implication that it might have been rented). “I don’t get a lot of opportunities to wear it, so I was grateful to dust it off and happy that it still fit.” While the tux was conventional, the shiny, light-blue bowtie that sets him apart in a sea of black- tied award winners in the formal picture is not. “My kids weren’t able to attend the ceremony with me,” Humphreys explains, “so I offered to wear the bright blue bowtie to help them find me in the Declarer ruffed the ♠6 in his hand, cashed the big group picture – also because the bowtie has a The Baldwin North ♣Q, played a club to dummy’s ace and couped East’s character on it from their favorite TV show, My Little American Pairs – Part 3 trumps. Pony. That’s right – it’s a Rainbow Dash tie.” By Phillip Alder Plus 620 was worth 10.5 matchpoints out of 13. Apparently even the technical awards What would have happened if East had thrown a I watched most of the second final session and presentation has its red-carpet critics. “Some club at trick three? Declarer would have had to guess saw some interesting bidding and play on a relatively entertainment blogger wrote an article about the best the trump position, immediately finessing East for the quiet set. First, though, here is the second of two and worst dressed at the Sci/Tech Academy Awards, 10. quiz questions drawn from these deals. which is pretty ridiculous on its face,” he says. Here is the deal on which the question was based. With neither side vulnerable, you, West, hold: Neon Tommy blogged: “Recipient Greg Dlr: North ♠ K 7 ♠ Q 9 8 4 Humphreys attempted to make a statement with Vul: Both ♥ Q 7 6 ♥ 10 4 2 a baby blue bow tie, but the pale tie looked very ♦ A 5 2 ♦ 10 9 7 4 childish. This pop of color was surprisingly not ♣ J 10 8 7 5 ♣ Q 9 favorable.” ♠ Q 9 8 4 ♠ A J 3 2 The bidding goes: Humphreys didn’t bring home one of the iconic ♥ 10 4 2 ♥ A J 9 3 West North East South gold statues, but rather, a certificate. No matter. “I’m ♦ 10 9 7 4 ♦ J 8 Pass 1♣ (1) Pass definitely framing it and hanging it above my Ph.D.” ♣ Q 9 ♣ K 6 3 1♠ Pass 2♠ Pass ♠ 10 6 5 Visit BridgeWinners.com to see a video of Pass Dbl Redbl 3♦ ♥ K 8 5 Humphreys’s Academy Award acceptance speech. All Pass ♦ K Q 6 3 (1) Two or more clubs ♣ A 4 2 What would you lead? West North East South While you are thinking about your lead, consider Jacobs Vogel this deal. Pass 1♣ (1) Pass Dlr: East ♠ A K 6 1♠ Pass 2♠ Pass Vul: N-S ♥ A J 6 Pass Dbl Redbl 3♦ ♦ Q 9 All Pass ♣ A 9 8 6 3 (1) Two-plus clubs ♠ J 7 5 4 ♠ Q 10 3 2 George Jacobs found an excellent trump lead. ♥ 8 ♥ 10 4 3 2 A heart would also have been effective, but no one ♦ A K 8 7 6 4 ♦ J 5 would have found that. ♣ 7 2 ♣ K J 4 Declarer took East’s jack with his king and tried ♠ 9 8 a spade to the king. Claude Vogel won with his ace ♥ K Q 9 7 5 and returned his second trump, West playing his 10 ♦ 10 3 2 as a suit-preference signal for spades. ♣ Q 10 5 South won with dummy’s ace and ran the ♣J. West North East South West persisted with another trump. Hans Christian (“HC”) Graverson and Henrik Tuttle Heid Declarer won and tried a heart to the queen, but Caspersen from Denmark finished second in the Pass Pass East took the trick and put his partner on lead with a Lebhar IMP Pairs. 3♦ Dble Pass 4♥ spade. West drew South’s last trump (East discarded All Pass his ♠J), then cashed the ♠Q to give this position: Be Scent-sitive! West started with three rounds of diamonds. Bill ♠ -- Some people have an extreme sensitivity to Heid ruffed with dummy’s ♥A and East discarded a ♥ 7 6 fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL spade. After the second board of this set was passed ♦ -- clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that out, a kibitzer asked East what would have happened ♣ 10 8 prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The if he had discarded a club at trick three. What’s the ♠ 9 ♠ -- ACBL has not issued an official policy on the answer? ♥ 10 4 ♥ J 9 matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of Declarer cashed dummy’s ♥J, then played ♦ -- ♦ -- its members to refrain from using fragrances. another heart. After a lot of thought, South went up ♣ 9 ♣ K 6 Because duplicate bridge requires players to be with his king, realizing that he had the chance for a ♠ -- in close proximity to each other, individuals who trump coup if West discarded. ♥ K 8 suffer from fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid And when West did show out, declarer played a ♦ -- those who are wearing them. Among the commonly spade to dummy’s ace and led a low club. East went ♣ A 4 reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, in with his king and returned the spade queen. South On the last spade, East discarded the ♥9 and fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine won with dummy’s king to give this position: South was strip squeezed. When he threw the ♣4, sufferers) or breathing-related problems. For these ♠ 6 West exited with the ♣9 and took the last trick with individuals, the issue is much more serious than ♥ -- his ♥10. simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real health ♦ -- Were you counting? That was down four, giving problem. ♣ A 9 8 6 East-West all 13 matchpoints. Sweet. The ACBL asks everyone to give this issue the ♠ J 5 ♠ 10 consideration it deserves. Please, if you’re going to ♥ -- ♥ 10 2 play in a club or a tournament, don’t wear cologne, ♦ 7 4 ♦ -- Cash concessions perfume or scented lotions. ♣ 2 ♣ J 4 The cash concession stand is in the Grand Hall ♠ -- Masterpoint disclaimer on the first floor of the Conference Center (near the ♥ Q 9 7 Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are bookseller). ♦ -- subject to change because of score changes or ♣ Q 10 corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also subject to change. Page 6 Monday, March 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin Vanderbilt Knockout Teams The premier event of the Spring North American Championships is the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams. The history of the prestigious contest stretches back to 1928 when the man who invented contract bridge, Harold S. Vanderbilt, put the trophy bearing his name into play. The winners list is a who’s who of bridge, a parade of the titans of the game. As part of the ACBL’s ongoing archiving project, photos of some of the winners are included with this history.

The Vanderbilt Trophy The Vanderbilt Trophy for the Vanderbilt 2004 Vanderbilt champions Lorenzo Lauria, Knockout Teams was donated in 1928 by Harold S. Alfredo Versace, Giorgio Duboin, Ralph Katz, Vanderbilt, who won the event in 1932 and 1940. George Jacobs and Norberto Bocchi are The Vanderbilt was contested annually in New presented the Vanderbilt trophy by ACBL York --- as a separate championship --- until 1958 President Bruce Reeve. when it became part of the Spring North American Championships. Vanderbilt winners receive replicas of the trophy --- a practice initiated by Vanderbilt from the first running of the event and perpetuated by a $100,000 trust fund administered by ACBL under the terms of Vanderbilt’s will. On display at ACBL Headquarters in Horn Lake MS are the Vanderbilt Trophy, as well as replicas donated by the families of Caroline Taylor, who won the Vanderbilt in 1928, and Helen Sobel Smith, a Vanderbilt winner in 1944 and 1945. Previous winners: 1928 Ralph Richards, Gratz Scott, Edwin Wetzlar, Wilbur Whitehead tied with Abraham Brown, Mrs. Sidney Lovell, Caroline Taylor, Nils 2005 Vanderbilt champs: front, Larry Cohen, Wester Richard Schwartz, David Berkowitz; rear, Mike 1929 Michael Gottlieb, Lee Langdon, Jean Becker, Massimo Lanzarotti and Andrea Buratti. Mattheys, Harry Raffel 1930 Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson, Theodore Lightner, Waldemar von Zedtwitz 1931 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims 1932 Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims, Harold S. Sam Stayman Vanderbilt, Waldemar von Zedtwitz 1952 Ned Drucker, Irvin Kass, Sidney Mandell, 1933 Phil Abramsohn, Benjamin Feuer, Francis Milton Moss, Jesse Sloan Rendon, Sydney Rusinow 1953 Richard Kahn, Edgar Kaplan, Peter 1934 David Burnstine, Richard Frey, Michael Leventritt, William Lipton, Ruth Sherman Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken 1954 Kalman Apfel, Francis Begley, Ned Drucker, 1935 David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Sidney Mandell, Milton Moss Jacoby, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns 1955 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, 1936 Phil Abramsohn, Irving Epstein, Harry Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor 2006: ACBL President Harriette Buckman Fishbein, Fred Kaplan 1956 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, presents the Vanderbilt Trophy to Fred Chang, 1937 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor captain of the winning team. (From left) Jack Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns 1957 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Zhao, Chang, Fu Zhong, Gunnar Hallberg and 1938 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor Seymon Deutsch. Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns 1958 Harry Fishbein, Sam Fry Jr., Leonard 1939 Melville Alexander, Sigmund Dornbusch, Syl Harmon, Lee Hazen, Ivar Stakgold Gintell, Lee Hazen, Harry Raffel 1959 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, Norman Kay, 1940 Edward Hymes Jr., Charles Lochridge, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone Robert McPherran, Harold S. Vanderbilt, 1960 John Crawford, Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor, Waldemar von Zedtwitz Tobias Stone 1941 John Crawford, Myron Fuchs, Robert 1961 Charles Coon, Robert Jordan, Eric Murray, McPherran, Sherman Stearns Arthur Robinson 1942 Lester Bachner, Sigmund Dornbusch, Richard 1962 Larry Kolker, Carolyn Levitt, Jerry Levitt, Frey, Lee Hazen, Sam Stayman Garrett Nash, George de Runtz 1943 Harry Fagin, Harry Fishbein, Fred Kaplan, 1963 Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone Clifford Russell, William Seamon, Albert 1944 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Weiss 1964 Bob Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Don Krauss, 2007: ACBL President Sharon Fairchild, second Silodor, Helen Sobel from left, presents the Vanderbilt Trophy to the 1945 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Peter Leventritt, Lew Mathe, Howard winners of the event: Bjorn Fallenius, Antonio Silodor, Helen Sobel Schenken Sementa, Christal Henner-Welland, Roy Welland, 1946 John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby, George 1965 Philip Feldesman, John Fisher, James Jacoby, Adam Zmudzinski and Cezary Balicki. Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman Oswald Jacoby, Ira Rubin, Albert Weiss 1947 David Clarren, Harry Feinberg, Harry 1966 Philip Feldesman, Bob Hamman, Sami Fishbein, Larry Hirsch, Joseph Low Kehela, Lew Mathe, Ira Rubin 1948 Robert Appleyard, Jay T. Feigus, William 1967 James Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Lew Mathe, Lichtenstein, Harry Sonnenblick, Albert Bobby Nail, Ron Von der Porten, Lew Weiss Stansby 1949 Morrie Elis, Harry Fishbein, Lee Hazen, 1968 Bobby Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Larry Hirsch, Charles Lochridge Arthur Robinson, Bill Root, Alvin Roth 1950 John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard 1969 Gerald Hallee, Paul Soloway, John Swanson, Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Sam Stayman Richard Walsh 1951 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, 1970 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami Kehela, Daily Bulletin Monday, March 24, 2014 Page 7 Vanderbilt Knockout Teams 1988 Eddie Kantar, Alan Sontag, John Mohan, Roger Bates 1989 Ron Rubin, Michael Becker, Bart Bramley, Robert Levin, Lou Bluhm, Peter Weichsel 1990 Dan Morse, John Sutherlin, Michael Kamil, Ron Gerard, Tom Sanders, Bill Pollack 1991 Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield 1992 Andy Goodman, John Mohan, Roger Bates, John Schermer, Neil Chambers 1993 Howard Weinstein, Peter Nagy, Dan Morse, 2008: The 2008 Vanderbilt Knockout champions: John Sutherlin, Tom Sanders, Russ Arnold npc Piotr Walczak, Jerzy Skrzypczak, Boguslaw 1994 Seymon Deutsch, Gaylor Kasle, Michael Gierulski, Krzystof Martens and Krzystof Rosenberg, Zia Mahmood, Chip Martel, Lew Jassem. Stansby 1995 Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Michael Polowan, Marc Jacobus 1996 Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon Deutsch, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby 1997 Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman 1998 Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman 1999 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace 2000 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 2001 Andrei Gromov, Aleksander Petrunin, Cezary 2009: Vanderbilt winners with the official trophy: Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski seated, Steve Weinstein, Walid Elahmady and 2002 Reese Milner, Marc Jacobus, Sam Lev, John Tarek Sadek; standing, George Jacobs, Robert Mohan, Jacek Pszczola, Piotr Gawrys Levin and Ralph Katz. 2003 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 2004 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin Sidney Lazard, Eric Murray, George Rapee 2005 Richard Schwartz, Michael Becker, 1971 Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz, Massimo Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Lanzarotti, Andrea Buratti Bobby Wolff 2006 Fred Chang, Seymon Deutsch, Gunnar 1972 Steven Altman, Eugene Neiger, Thomas Hallberg, Jack Zhao, Fu Zhong Smith, Alan Sontag, Joel Stuart, Peter 2007 Christal Henner-Welland, Antonio Sementa, Weichsel Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Cezary 1973 Mark Blumenthal, Bobby Goldman, Bob Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski Hamman, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff 2008 Boguslaw Gierulski, Krzysztof Jassem, 1974 David Crossley, Robert Crossley, Eric 2010: Vanderbilt champs: front, Thomas Bessis, Krzysztof Martens, Jerzy Skrzypczak Kokish, Joey Silver Tor Helness, Geir Helgemo; rear, ACBL President 2009 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Bobby Levin, Rich DeMartino, Pierre Zimmermann, Franck 1975 Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, Steve Weinstein, Tarek Sadek, Walid Multon, Michel Bessis. John Mohan, George Rosenkranz Elhamady 1976 Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, 2010 Pierre Zimmerman, Michel Bessis, Thomas John Mohan, George Rosenkranz Bessis, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Franck 1977 Mike Becker, Mark Blumenthal, Fred Multon 2013 ACBL President Donald Mamula, second Hamilton, Mike Lawrence, Ron Rubin, John from left, presents the Vanderbilt Trophy to 2011 Martin Fleisher, Lew Stansby, Bobby Levin, Swanson Sabine Auken, captain of the winning team. Mike Kamil, Chip Martel, Steve Weinstein 1978 Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Auken’s teammates are Morten Bilde, Roy 2012 Les Amoils, Joe Grue, Darren Wolpert, Curtis Kantar, Billy Eisenberg, Mike Passell, Paul Welland and Dennis Bilde. Cheek, Soloway Ismael 1979 Lou Bluhm, Richard Freeman, Mark Lair, Del’Monte, Cliff Russell, Tom Sanders, Eddie Wold Thomas 1980 Russ Arnold, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Bessis Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell 2013 Sabine 1981 B. Jay Becker, Michael Becker, Edgar Auken, Roy Kaplan, Norman Kay, Ron Rubin Welland, 1982 James Jacoby, Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Passell, Morten Eric Rodwell, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Bilde, Wold Dennis 1983 Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Norman Kay, Bilde Edgar Kaplan 1984 Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender 1985 Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Ron Rubin, Mike Lawrence, Michael Becker, Peter Weichsel 1986 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek 1987 Peter Pender, Peter Boyd, Lew Stansby, Hugh Ross, Steve Robinson, Chip Martel Page 8 Monday, March 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET I SUNDAY STRATIFIED DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 5 Tables 29.0 Tables / Based on 41 Tables Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore, Singapore; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Fred Hamilton, Palm Desert CA A B C vs 17.85 1 Michael Kamil, Santa Clara CA; R Jay Becker, New York NY 63.96% John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ; Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Kasmer 13.39 2 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Peter Mosheim, Miami FL 60.88% Andreychuk, Yorkton SK; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA 10.04 3 1 James Olson - Ellen Olson, Charleston WV 60.73% 7.53 4 Michael Seamon - Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL 60.65% SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET II 5.95 5 Bob Simkins, Decatur GA; Denny Cahan, Roswell GA 60.54% 5 Tables Mitzi Foster Wesely - Michael Goldman - Julie O’Neill, Fort Worth 6.89 6 2 1 Christian Jolly - Andrew Cavalier, Huntsville AL 59.65% TX; Charlotte Krupp, Bedford TX 5.50 7 Joanne Behr, New Smyrna Bch FL; Martha Easter, Daytona Beach FL 59.54% vs 5.16 8 3 2 David Graham - Jill Graham, Boca Raton FL 58.27% Andy Villastrigo, San Antonio TX; Christophr Tsai - Liane Tsai, 3.87 9 4 Nancy Fellman, Dallas TX; John Pataki, Mesquite TX 58.00% Plano TX; Gool Castleberry, Irving TX 3.57 10 5 Eric Genheimer, Mustang OK; Ann Aliotta, Edmond OK 56.50% 2.98 11 Linda Green, Southaven MS; Madie Brice, Cordova TN 56.42% SUNDAY-MONDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET I 11 Tables 2.97 6 3 Kristie Tooley - Sally Lair, Canyon TX 55.54% Richard Kuti, Carteret NJ; William Epperson, Sarasota FL; Stephen 2.76 4 Deepak Dighe, W Bloomfield MI; Leif Bjorn Odden, 3750 Drangedal Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA Norway 55.50% vs 3.13 5 Jane Friedman, Prescott AZ; Robert Macneal, Prescott Valley AZ 54.77% Keith Meyer - Marci Meyer, Long Beach IN; Ken Cornelius - Mary 2.15 6 Bob Townley-Smith - Zach Townley-Smith, Lumberton TX 54.58% Cornelius, Portland OR

Mark Hanneman - Sue Hanneman, Plainfield IL; Virginia Swift - SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS Joseph Barbary, Midway AL 9.0 Tables vs A B C Ronald Orr, Falling Waters WV; Timothy Smith, Dallas TX; Daniel 2.68 1 1 Thomas Hughes - Mindy Kerber, Austin TX 61.90% Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch FL; James Milam, Idaho Falls ID 2.01 2 Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA; Jeanie Wolff, Scottsdale AZ 61.61% 1.51 3 Stephen Genheimer - Kristie Genheimer, Mustang OK 60.42% Electronic Device Policy 1.13 4 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 57.14% The electronic device policy at NABCs allows 1.43 5/6 2 1 Fred Seipp - Sharon Seagraves, Dallas TX 54.76% 0.94 5/6 Dorothy Anderson - Wally Anderson, Boxford MA 54.76% players to bring electronic devices such as cell 1.07 3 2 James Nixon - Judy Nixon, Flower Mound TX 53.57% phones into the playing area provided that such 0.80 4 Barbara Smith - Christine Skibell, Dallas TX 49.11% devices are turned off. Further, any such equipment must not be visible SUNDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS during the session 8.0 Tables The policy applies to all pairs, team members, A B C captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders, 1.89 1 1 1 Tarana Lizotte, Arlington TX; Cynthia Redden, Ft Worth TX 58.63% except those designated by the ACBL and are in force 1.42 2 Susan Smith, Grapevine TX; Sandy Beyer, Arlington TX 57.74% throughout any actual playing session or segment of 1.06 3 2 Patty Garvy - Deborah Bricker, Palm Beach FL 57.44% play. 0.80 4 3 Mary Steiner - Frances Schneider, Dallas TX 56.55% 0.60 5 Beverly Ginsburg - Leslie Levin, Dallas TX 53.57% A violation of the policy will result in an 0.62 4 2 Tricia Ray - Sheryl Crocker, Dallas TX 52.38% automatic disciplinary penalty of one full board (or 0.46 3 Nona Quinn, Geronimo OK; Maretta Toler, Lawton OK 51.19% 12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for the first offense. A second offense will result in disqualification from Slow Play the event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this Slow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful play, is discourteous to your opponents -- and to all other policy will be removed from the playing area for the competitors as well. Players and pairs who take more than their allotted time are subject to penalty. remainder of the session. In general, pairs who are rarely late will be warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or pay no attention to time limits will be penalized.

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SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER SWISS 18 Tables Aubry A B C continued from page 1 3.96 1 1 1 Anne Williams, Desoto TX; Gloria Schuford, Fort Worth TX; Linda at this tournament. The Monaco team led by Pierre Neal, Grapevine TX; Stacie Russell, Springtown TX 92.00 Zimmermann has won major ACBL teams events five 2.97 2 Josephine Basel, Dallas TX; Beth Castleberry, Richardson TX; times. Susan Young - Fran Hewitt, Shreveport LA 87.00 2.39 3 2 Geri Raichel, Fort Collins CO; Carole Goldstein, Wyckoff NJ; Before taking over as EBL president, Aubry was Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 78.00 president of the French Bridge Federation from 2006 1.79 4 3 2 Jeanne Wyatt - Anne Curry - Randy Patterson - Larica Taylor, to 2010 and EBL vice president from 1995 until his Dallas TX 75.00 election as president in 2010. 1.25 5 Judith Busby - Sheila Harrison, Houston TX; Tricia Adcock, Hot He said European federations, like the ACBL, Sprigs Vill AR; Charlene Gallaty, Bedford TX 74.00 face problems associated with an aging membership. 1.18 4/5 Barbara Chappell - Richard Chappell - Judith Earle - Ned Earle, The EBL, he said, promotes bridge in schools where Houston TX 73.00 possible and works to develop other programs for 1.18 4/5 3 Louella Josset - Selwyn Josset - Melanie Munnell, Dallas TX; attracting younger members. Cordelia Cottingim, Dalas TX 73.00 “Bridge has a big part in education programs,” he SUNDAY SENIOR SWISS said. “When it is well done it is accepted by school 36 Tables administrators.” Aubry said that promoting bridge on A B C the Internet has also proven fruitful. Some European 12.88 1 1 David Pearlman, Austin TX; Milton Neher, Richardson TX; Michael university championships are now played on the Bossert - Sara Bossert, Cypress TX 185.00 Internet, he said. 9.66 2 J Peter Tripp - Penny Lane - Mike Fithyan - Warner Solomon, Despite these efforts, Aubry said, the reality is Williston VT 174.00 that between ages 30 and 55, most people are busy 7.25 3 Carl McGill - George Finley - Virginia Noelke - Neal Perlman, with families and careers and cannot devote a lot of San Angelo TX 163.00 time to leisure pursuits, including bridge. 7.72 4 2 Edwin Katten, Cave Creek AZ; Carol Black, Grapevine TX; Cynthia There are some good signs, he said. For example, Bohnenblust, Euless TX; Barbara Franklin, Dallas TX 162.00 4.29 5 Gary Bernstein - Hayk Bosnakyan - Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don the new president of the Czech Bridge Federation Piafsky, Toronto ON 157.00 is just 28 years old. Many of the Eastern European 3.68 6 Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; David Foote, Oklahoma City OK; countries have seen noticeable growth in newcomers. Roy Baughman, Pantego TX; Charles Price, Sherman TX 152.00 The EBL recently hosted a conference in 5.79 7 3 Richard Morris - Katherine Morris, Portland OR; Lily Andre - Berlin for member nations, attracting 34 countries James Andre, Sugar Land TX 150.00 representing 95% of the EBL membership. The 4.34 8 4 Steven Lipson - Serl Zimmerman, Palm Desert CA; David Lodge - regular meetings are meant to facilitate exchanges Nance Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA 149.00 between the nations, with larger countries positioned 3.43 9 5 Catherine Miller - Hugh Miller, Spring TX; Becky Ellisor - to help smaller ones. Buddy Ellisor, Wimberley TX 141.00 There are challenges, Aubry acknowledged, “but 5.74 10/11 6/7 1 Fonse Ragland - Sally Lancaster - Penny Hawkins - Bruce Harbour, Dallas TX 136.00 I like that.” 2.76 10/11 6/7 Jay Bourne - Beverly Baumgartner, Ballwin MO; Mel Dodd - Jane The EBL president said he is excited about Dodd, Columbia MO 136.00 next year’s European Open Championships, set for 2.18 8/9 Carole Lee O’Connor - Terrence Rice - Kathy Sinkin-Amor - Beth Tromsø, Norway, from June 27 to July 11. He said Gale, San Antonio TX 133.00 the local organizing committee is excellent and 2.18 8/9 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Per Halvorsen, N - 5161 Laksev the venue – in the northern part of the country – is Norway; Linda Leaming, Rockford IL; Janet Cucurullo, spectacular. “In the summer, it is fantastic.” Newburyport MA 133.00 “It is a safe country, and easy to get to,” Aubry 4.31 2 Roger Flowers - Vera Aktansel, Norman OK; A. Josephine St said. From London, there is a daily, direct flight to Louis, Dunwoody GA; Evelyn Ellis, Atlanta GA 123.00 Tromsø. 3.23 3 James Simmons - Frances Simmons, Kingwood TX; June House - Donald House, Humble TX 122.00 As is the EBL’s custom in odd-numbered years, 2.42 4 John Montgomery, Tomball TX; George Mitchell, Douglas NB; Carol the championships are open to all comers, with no Lombardino, Spring TX; Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD 119.00 national quotas. All events are transnational, and 1.78 5/6 Chuck Moss - Jody Moss - David Wagner, Oklahoma City OK; Sandra there are side events for non-qualifiers from the main Leonard, Edmond OK 118.00 events. For more information about the tournament in 1.78 5/6 Tommie Anglemyer, Plano TX; Bonnie Arnold - Lyn Davis - Mike Tromsø, visit www.eurobridge.org Davis, Frisco TX 118.00 For more on the new EBL process for director NABC 0-10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS rulings, see page 11.

1 Richard Gabriel - Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL; Kay Beck, Noblesville IN; Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA NABC 0-10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS 2 Michael McNamara - Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Kelley Hwang - Eric Robinson, New York NY; Corey 20 Tables Krantz, Philadelphia PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ Richard Gabriel - Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL; Kay Beck, Noblesville 3 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Spencer Jones - Peggy Ware - Garth Yettick, Denver CO IN; Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA 4 Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; Charles Price, Sherman TX; David Foote, Oklahoma City OK; Stan Kohan, vs A J Stephani - Isaac Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Michael Gladfelter - Dallas TX; Marcus Poe, Crystal City MO Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 5 Gary Hann, Interlochen MI; David Anding, Poway CA; Wayne Chu, ; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA Michael McNamara - Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Kelley 6 Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA; David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Helene Hwang - Eric Robinson, New York NY; Corey Krantz, Philadelphia Bauman, Arlington VA PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 7 Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Terry Richardson, Austin TX; Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK; Terry Schleppegrell, vs Jared Boulds - Adair Karlin - Joan Merrill - Rita Smith, Tucson AZ Boulder City NV 8 Russ Jones - Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Tom Turgeon, Memphis TN Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Spencer Jones - Peggy Ware - Garth 9 Erli Zhou, Menlo Park CA; Zhou He, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN; Yettick, Denver CO Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA; Cao Yi - Wang Qian, People’s Republic of China vs 10 Don Dalpe, Baldwinsville NY; Tom Andrews, Utica NY; Steve Mackay, Markham ON; Michael Ranis, New York Julie Arbit, Rochester Hills MI; Christian Jolly - Andrew Cavalier, NY Huntsville AL; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI 11 Eric Hendrickson, Minneapolis MN; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Jonathan Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; Charles Price, Sherman TX; Cohen, Prior Lake MN David Foote, Oklahoma City OK; Stan Kohan, Dallas TX; Marcus 12 John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Poe, Crystal City MO Washington DC vs 13 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Stephanie Hamilton-Diesel - Michael Diesel, Saugus MA; Andrew Chesterton, Robert Guerard, Brossard QC; Jean Bellemarre - Jean-Luc Dubois - Marie Duval, Montreal QC Winchester MA 14 Dee Berg, Arlington TX; Jim Harp, Dallas TX; Kurt Brescoll - Janet Brescoll, Versailles KY Gary Hann, Interlochen MI; David Anding, Poway CA; Wayne Chu, 15 Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH; Peter Whipple, Mason OH; Barry Spector, Springfield VA; Randy Thompson, ; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Albuquerque NM Del Rey CA 16 Ann Morin, Park City UT; Bill Aeschbacher - Jim Flesher, Salt Lake City UT; Alene Wrobel, Farr West UT vs 17 Robert Guerard, Brossard QC; Jean Bellemarre - Jean-Luc Dubois - Marie Duval, Montreal QC John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 18 Julie Arbit, Rochester Hills MI; Christian Jolly - Andrew Cavalier, Huntsville AL; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield vs MI Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Stephanie Hamilton-Diesel - 19 Jared Boulds - Adair Karlin - Joan Merrill - Rita Smith, Tucson AZ Michael Diesel, Saugus MA; Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA 20 A J Stephani - Isaac Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH Page 10 Monday, March 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA; David Neuman, San Francisco CA; VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 1 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness, Monaco vs Eric Hendrickson, Minneapolis MN; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN; 2 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN IL; Eric Rodwell - Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL vs 3 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Dee Berg, Arlington TX; Jim Harp, Dallas TX; Kurt Brescoll - Janet Vegas NV Brescoll, Versailles KY 4 Marty Fleisher - Chris Willenken - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Michael Rosenberg, Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Terry Richardson, Austin TX; Tom Cupertino CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL Ottley, Anchorage AK; Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV 5 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; vs Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland Don Dalpe, Baldwinsville NY; Tom Andrews, Utica NY; Steve 6 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Mackay, Markham ON; Michael Ranis, New York NY Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL vs 7 Louk Verhees, Voorhou Netherlands; Ricco Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH; Peter Whipple, Mason OH; Barry Spector, Springfield VA; Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Dan Zagorin, Chicago IL Russ Jones - Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, 8 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Hernando MS; Tom Turgeon, Memphis TN Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland vs 9 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Johan Erli Zhou, Menlo Park CA; Zhou He, Shanghai People’s Republic of Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden China; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN; Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA; Cao Yi - Wang Qian, People’s Republic of China 10 Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt; Alex Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg vs Germany; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY Ann Morin, Park City UT; Bill Aeschbacher - Jim Flesher, Salt Lake 11 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Michal City UT; Alene Wrobel, Farr West UT Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 12 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Joe Grue - Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Thomas Bessis - Cedric Lorenzini, Paris The world’s against me! France; Brad Moss, Denver CO 13 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus - Curtis Cheek - Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Ishmael By Barry Rigal Delmonte, New South Wales Australia; Eddie Wold, Houston TX It hardly seems fair to write up one board 14 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk on which Ismael Del’Monte’s team lost IMPs Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 304G Netherlands in a regional knockout match, but it did feature 15 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Erik outstanding play by the Australian star, who was Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan Israel South on the following deal. 16 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL; Piotr Gawrys - Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Russ Dlr: North ♠ 9 5 Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; David Bakhshi, London England Vul: None ♥ A Q 8 5 2 17 Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Piotr Zak, Lodz Poland; Jerzy Zaremba, Chapel Hill NC; Jaroslaw Cieslak, Paradzice Poland; Dominik Filipowicz, Kalisz Poland ♦ A K 9 7 3 18 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Michael Kamil, Santa Clara CA; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman ♣ A Oaks CA; Dror Padon - Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel ♠ J 10 8 6 4 3 2 ♠ K Q 19 Warren Spector, Palm Bch FL; Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Sam Lev, New York ♥ J 7 3 ♥ 9 NY; Rosen Gunev, Sofia Bulgaria; Ivan Nanev, ♦ -- ♦ J 10 8 5 4 2 20 Chuancheng Ju - Zheng Jun Shi, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Ze Jun Zhuang, Shanghai People’s Republic ♣ J 8 3 ♣ K 10 7 4 of China; Hoajun Shi, Shang Hai People’s Republic of China ♠ A 7 21 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, ♥ K 10 6 4 Wejherowo Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland ♦ Q 6 22 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, ♣ Q 9 6 5 2 Omaha NE; Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 23 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, West North East South Johanneshov Sweden; Tom Hanlon - John Carroll, Dublin Ireland 1♣ (1) Pass 1♥ (2) 24 Justin Lall - Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Judith Bianco - Win Allegaert, New York 2♠ 3♥ 3♠ 4NT NY; Jim Krekorian, Pensacola FL Pass 5♦ (3) Pass 6♥ 25 Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li - Sheng Shan, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Patrick Huang, Taipei Taiwan; Yan All Pass Wang, Scarborough ON (1) Strong 26 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Morten Bilde, (2) 8-11 high-card points, any shape without Hovedgaard Denmark; Ron Rubin, Las Vegas NV; Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH length in spades 27 Okay Gur - Gokhan Yilmaz - Mustafa Cem Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; Nik Demirev, Arlington Hts IL (3) 0-3 key cards 28 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Jeff Aker led the ♠8, suit preference for Darnestown MD; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina 29 Janet De Botton - Nick Sandqvist - Tom Townsend - Thor Eric Hoftaniska, London England; Artur Malinowski, diamonds. Del’Monte won the ♠A and played a club Harrow United Kingdom; Thomas Charlsen, Bergen Norway to dummy’s ace, followed by a heart to the king, club 30 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm ruff, then the ♥A and ♥Q. On the second and third Beach G FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY round of trumps, East had to pitch first a diamond 31 Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New York then his spade. Now a diamond to the queen brought NY; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE the bad news. 32 Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Robert Lebi, Toronto A further club ruff achieved this ending: ON ♠ 9 33 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, ♥ -- Columbus OH; John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI ♦ A K 9 7 34 Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Bruce Rogoff, River Vale NJ ♣ -- 35 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Kevin Dwyer, Tampa FL; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Sartaj Hans, ♠ J 10 6 4 3 ♠ -- Artarmon Australia ♥ -- ♥ -- 36 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Boynton Beach FL; Anne Dawson, ♦ -- ♦ J 10 8 4 Delhi LA; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland ♣ -- ♣ K 37 Peter Grover, Aurora OH; Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Nick Fitzgibbon - Adam Mesbur, Dublin Ireland ♠ 7 38 Wen Wang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Wang Hongli - JingRong Ran - Qi Shen - Lihua Zhou, ♥ 10 People’s Republic of China; Yan Lu, Beijing People’s Republic of China ♦ 6 39 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL; Doug Doub, W ♣ Q 9 Hartford CT Del’Monte exited in spades. West won and 40 Ernesto d’Orsi - Joao Paulo Campos - Miguel Villas-Boas - Mauricio Figueiredo, Sao Paulo Brazil; Alejandro Bianchedi - Ernesto Muzzio, Buenos Aires Argentina returned a spade perforce, squeezing his partner in 41 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Chris Hamman, Dallas TX; Gabrielle Sherman, Santa Clara CA; David Gurvich, the minors! Brooklyn NY; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Tom Carmichael, Kennesaw GA So why did Del’Monte’s team lose IMPs? At the 42 Hans Graverson, Aalborg Denmark; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kare Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY; Henrik other table, North played 6♥ doubled on a diamond Caspersen, Aarhus Denmark lead. West got his ruff but declarer claimed 12 tricks 43 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Larry Robbins, Deerfield IL; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman in a canter. Oaks CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 44 Janet Macchi, Statham GA; Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Roger Lee, Arcadia CA; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; David Grainger, Roseville CA Notice to players 45 William Pollack - Rozanne Pollack - Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY Each player must have an ACBL convention 46 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam card filled out and on the table. Please note that Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Sylvie Willard - Benedicte Cronier, other types of convention cards, such as the WBF Paris France convention card or homemade cards that do not 47 Lidang Dong, Xian People’s Republic of China; Xiao Feng Zhang - Yu Wei Wu, Beijing People’s Republic of sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are China; Haitao Liu, People’s Republic of China not acceptable substitutes. Daily Bulletin Monday, March 24, 2014 Page 11

48 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Berend Van Den Bos, Zuid-Holland Netherlands; Joris Van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Richard Ritmeijer - Magdalena Ticha, Groningen Tough lead Netherlands By Barry Rigal 49 Steve Bloom - Betty Bloom, Duanesburg NY; Geoffrey Brod, Boca Raton FL; Pat McDevitt - Alan Applebaum, It’s hard to imagine not getting to 3NT this deal. Brookline MA; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT Dlr: South ♠ A 6 50 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Gerry Marshall, Las Varas Mexico; Gonzalo Vul: N-S ♥ 10 7 6 5 Herrera, Naucalpan Mexico; Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA; Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA ♦ 9 6 5 4 51 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Gene Saxe, Briarcliff NY ♣ A J 10 52 Ron Zambonini, Nepean ON; Michael Polowan, New York NY; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Shan Huang, ♠ Q J 7 4 ♠ 10 9 3 Toronto ON ♥ 9 8 ♥ A K Q 3 53 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Krishnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; Pritish Kushari - Debasish Ray, ♦ Q ♦ A K J 7 2 Kolkata India ♣ K 9 7 5 4 2 ♣ 3 54 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Sandip Datta - Bhabesh Saha - Kaustabh Nandi, Kolkata West Be India; ♠ K 8 5 2 Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata W Bengal India; Debabrata Majumder, West Bengal India ♥ J 4 2 55 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Karen McCallum, Exeter ♦ 10 8 3 NH; Suleyman Kolata - Ismail Kandemir, ♣ Q 8 6 56 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Josh Donn, Las Vegas NV; Typically, East shows the red suits and West Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan Poland; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland 57 Irving Litvack, Toronto ON; Ian Findlay - Ranald Davidson, North York ON; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY plays 3NT, leaving North in anguish on opening 58 Yanhong Wang, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Wen Hu - Ling Gan - Yan Huang - Yiting Li - LiXuan Li, lead. Let’s say he leads the ♥7. That happened at the People’s Republic of China table where I played. Declarer won the ♥Q, South 59 Tamas Szabo, Brookfield WI; William McFall, New Berlin WI; John Schwartz, Plano TX; Gerry McKim, encouraging, played a diamond to the queen, letting Garland TX North use his patented variety of Smith echo to 60 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego suggest a shift, then leads a spade from hand. CA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA To defeat the contract, South must win the first or 61 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; David Brower, Portland OR; Pam Stratton, Las Vegas NV; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel second spade and shift to the ♣Q: That’s “not gonna Valley CA happen.” 62 Namik Kokten - Tuna Aluf - Melten Ozumerzifon - Mehves Pisak, Instanbul Turkey; Nazan Kokten, Istanbul What happened at the table is that North hopped Turkey 63 Radu Nistor, Edison NJ; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Russia; Ahmed Yousry, Cairo Egypt; Ahmed Rabie, up with the ♠A to play another heart, forcing declarer Henderson NV to win and run his diamonds. 64 Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Junjie Hu - Yichao Chen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Yinghao Liu, Beijing ♠ 3 People’s Republic of China ♥ 10 6 65 Dima Nikolenkov, Trogen Switzerland; Stephan Magnusson, Lausanne Switzerland; Victor Chubukov - Eric ♦ -- Mayefsky, San Francisco CA ♣ A J 10 66 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Ovunc Yilmaz, Columbia SC; William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA; Ron Westwood, ♠ Q 7 ♠ 10 9 Ventura CA ♥ -- ♥ A 3 67 Aeron Ries, Bellingham WA; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Singapore; Aoife Machale, Dublin Ireland; Peter ♦ -- ♦ 2 Goodman, Ireland ♣ K 9 7 5 ♣ 3 68 Ray Grace, Sherwood Park AB; Garry Karst, Edmonton AB; Oleg Bekker - Viktor Berdnikov, Tucson AZ 69 Haibo Zhao, People’s Republic of China; Wangying Liu, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Warner Solomon, ♠ K 8 Totnes United Kingdom; Michael Fithyan, Southampton United Kingdom ♥ J 70 Hua Yang - Edward Wang - Yan Song, Plano TX; Hank Eng, San Antonio TX; Tiger King, Houston TX ♦ -- 71 Ed Freeman, Portland OR; Blair Young, Littleton CO; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA ♣ Q 8 6 72 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Michael Richey, Springfield VA; Merril Hirsh - Ronald Zucker, Washington DC The last diamond forces North to do something unpleasant. If his pitches his spade, he is endplayed NORMAN KAY PLATINUM PAIRS with the ♥A and another heart. If North throws a 14.0 Tables / Based on 54 Tables heart, declarer cashes two heart tricks. If North lets 200.00 1 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Richard Coren, Delray Beach FL 604.17 go of a club, declarer plays a spade, unblocking the 150.00 2 Cedric Lorenzini, Paris, France; Thomas Bessis, Paris, France 566.50 queen when South wins the king, and the way the 112.50 3 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 558.04 clubs lie declarer can’t go wrong, whatever he does. 92.31 4 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 556.62 85.71 5 Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 555.50 80.00 6 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY 546.94 The end of appeals 75.00 7 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 543.19 70.59 8 Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany 541.47 committees 66.67 9 David Bakhshi, London England; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI 537.78 This notice appeared in the Daily Bulletin at last 63.16 10 Sartaj Hans, Artarmon, Australia; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 534.05 year’s European Open Championships in Ostend, 60.00 11 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; John Hurd, New York NY 521.61 Belgium: 57.14 12 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 518.95 The European Bridge League is sufficiently 54.55 13 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Justin Lall, Las Vegas NV 515.70 confident with the process for producing rulings 52.17 14 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 515.62 50.00 15 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA 514.87 following infractions that it has decided that 48.00 16 Fulvio Fantoni, Monaco; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK 505.54 there will be no Appeals Committee in these 46.15 17 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 505.49 Championships. As a safeguard against the process 44.44 18 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 503.43 not being conducted properly, a Review of Ruling 42.86 19 Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 502.94 will be available. It is expected that players will 41.38 20 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 500.03 normally accept that a ruling that is provided is a fair 40.00 21 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 497.70 ruling which is arrived at after a proper process has 38.71 22 Marion Michielsen, Sweden; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Netherlands 495.65 taken place. 37.50 23 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 492.20 Any player who receives a ruling may ask for the 36.36 24 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 488.12 process that produced the ruling to be reviewed. The 35.29 25 Mustafa Cem Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 479.31 34.29 26 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 479.04 procedure for requesting a review is subject to the 33.33 27 Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY 473.17 same time limits that applied to Appeals previously. 32.43 28 James Cayne, New York NY; Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy 466.23 The request for a review of the process should be made to the TD who provided the ruling. The player SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE SERIES seeking a review is entitled to write a short statement 14.0 Tables setting out why and how they believe the process was A B C flawed. The Reviewer will examine the process that 3.64 1 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 67.49% resulted in the ruling to ensure that it was conducted 2.73 2 Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ; Gary Helman, Syosset NY 61.85% properly and that the ruling that was given was 3.19 3 1 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; David Neuman, San Francisco CA 60.96% within the bounds of reasonableness. If the Reviewer 2.39 4 2 1 Janis Koenig, Kingsland TX; Sharon Gassman, Burnet TX 57.51% 1.79 5 3 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Plsades CA 57.00% concludes that the process was not followed in a 1.71 6 4 2 Carolyn Sprague, Anchorage AK; Sheila Harrison, Houston TX 55.30% material way, the Chief TD will be asked to vary the 1.01 5 William Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Ann Morin, Park City UT 53.81% ruling 0.76 6 Kathy Swaine - Rand Pinsky, Valencia CA 53.01% accordingly. Any request for a review that is 1.28 3 John Hilbig, Bulverde TX; Dolores Reiley, San Antonio TX 51.50% without merit may lead to a sanction being imposed 0.96 4 Peter Huggler III, Seminole OK; Susan Boyle, Tulsa OK 50.00% in IMPs or VPs as appropriate. Page 12 Monday, March 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

SUNDAY SENIOR SWISS Platinum Pairs 36 Tables continued from page 1 A B C 12.88 1 1 David Pearlman, Austin TX; Milton Neher, Richardson TX; Michael Participants doing the math watched Levin and Coren Bossert - Sara Bossert, Cypress TX 185.00 continue to climb. So solid was their position that 9.66 2 J Peter Tripp - Penny Lane - Mike Fithyan - Warner Solomon, even the usually superstitious Levin was accepting Williston VT 174.00 congratulations before the final recap was posted. 7.25 3 Carl McGill - George Finley - Virginia Noelke - Neal Perlman, Finishing second were Thomas Bessis and Cedric San Angelo TX 163.00 Lorenzini of Paris, France, who called the top pair’s 7.72 4 2 Edwin Katten, Cave Creek AZ; Carol Black, Grapevine TX; Cynthia lead “insurmountable.” Bohnenblust, Euless TX; Barbara Franklin, Dallas TX 162.00 4.29 5 Gary Bernstein - Hayk Bosnakyan - Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Coren says he and Levin first played together Piafsky, Toronto ON 157.00 when he was 17 and Levin was 15. “He was so 3.68 6 Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; David Foote, Oklahoma City OK; good,” Coren said, “and he keeps getting better and Roy Baughman, Pantego TX; Charles Price, Sherman TX 152.00 better. Tonight, he conjured tricks from nowhere.” 5.79 7 3 Richard Morris - Katherine Morris, Portland OR; Lily Andre - Tournament directors strictly imposed slow- James Andre, Sugar Land TX 150.00 play penalties in the event. In the first final session 4.34 8 4 Steven Lipson - Serl Zimmerman, Palm Desert CA; David Lodge - alone, there were eight penalties assessed, at 3.25 Nance Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA 149.00 matchpoints each. Neither of the top two pairs were 3.43 9 5 Catherine Miller - Hugh Miller, Spring TX; Becky Ellisor - impacted. Third-place finishers Joel Wooldridge Buddy Ellisor, Wimberley TX 141.00 of Astoria NY and Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY, 5.74 10/11 6/7 1 Fonse Ragland - Sally Lancaster - Penny Hawkins - Bruce Harbour, Dallas TX 136.00 however, did incur at least one slow-play penalty 2.76 10/11 6/7 Jay Bourne - Beverly Baumgartner, Ballwin MO; Mel Dodd - Jane over the course of the event. Dodd, Columbia MO 136.00 2.18 8/9 Carole Lee O’Connor - Terrence Rice - Kathy Sinkin-Amor - Beth Gale, San Antonio TX 133.00 Throw winners, keep losers 2.18 8/9 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Per Halvorsen, N - 5161 Laksev By Dennis Goldston Norway; Linda Leaming, Rockford IL; Janet Cucurullo, Newburyport MA 133.00 This deal comes from the recent regional in 4.31 2 Roger Flowers - Vera Aktansel, Norman OK; A. Josephine St Albuquerque. Louis, Dunwoody GA; Evelyn Ellis, Atlanta GA 123.00 Dlr: West ♠ K J 4 2 3.23 3 James Simmons - Frances Simmons, Kingwood TX; June House - Vul: None ♥ Q J 10 3 Donald House, Humble TX 122.00 ♦ A 2.42 4 John Montgomery, Tomball TX; George Mitchell, Douglas NB; Carol ♣ A Q J 10 Lombardino, Spring TX; Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD 119.00 ♠ 6 ♠ A Q 5 3 1.78 5/6 Chuck Moss - Jody Moss - David Wagner, Oklahoma City OK; Sandra ♥ A K 8 7 ♥ 9 6 5 4 2 Leonard, Edmond OK 118.00 ♦ K Q J 7 6 4 ♦ 5 2 1.78 5/6 Tommie Anglemyer, Plano TX; Bonnie Arnold - Lyn Davis - Mike Davis, Frisco TX 118.00 ♣ 5 2 ♣ 6 4 ♠ 10 9 8 7 1ST SUNDAY A/X SWISS TEAMS ♥ — 74 Tables / Based on 137 Tables ♦ 10 9 8 3 A X ♣ K 9 8 7 3 32.23 1 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Ton Bakkeren, West North East South Oisterwijk Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De 1♦ Dbl 1♥ 1♠ Wijs, Doorn 304G Netherlands; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 189.00 4♥ 4♠ Dbl All Pass 24.17 2 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL 177.00 While any lead other than the ♥A or ♥K defeats 18.13 3 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Ron Schwartz, the contract, West not unreasonably chose to lead the Ramat-Gan 525 Israel; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel 174.00 ♥A. 19.60 4 1 Irving Litvack, Toronto ON; Ian Findlay - Ranald Davidson, North York 4♠ is now cold, but only if South can work out ON; Marc-Andre Fourcaudot, Montreal QC 173.00 the likely distribution. 10.74 5 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Cezary The heart suit is easy – East must have five hearts Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; Bart and West four. Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 166.00 Similarly, South can credit East with ♠A Q x x 9.21 6 Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Jo for his double. If he has all five spades, the contract is Smith, Abilene TX; Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX 165.00 hopeless. That leaves East with only four cards in the 8.06 7 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Steve minors. Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 158.00 Meanwhile, West’s jump to 4♥ must be based 6.49 8/10 Randall Rubinstein, Brooklyn NY; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA; John on shape, so South can picture West holding one Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE 156.00 spade, four hearts and six diamonds. If that is correct, 6.49 8/10 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard 8732 clubs must be 2–2 and South should plan the play Denmark; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 accordingly. Israel 156.00 South ruffs the heart lead in hand and leads a 6.49 8/10 Hans Graverson, Aalborg 9200 Denmark; Henrik Caspersen, Aarhus spade. East chose to duck – allowing South to hold Denmark; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY 156.00 the lead – but winning the trick does him no good. 5.37 11 Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Gary Gottlieb, Brooklyn NY; Jakob Now declarer crosses to dummy with a club Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI; Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 154.00 to the 10. The ♥Q is led from dummy, upon which 4.96 12 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus - Roger Bates - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Ishmael Delmonte, New South Wales Australia; South discards a club! West wins, and is forced to put Eddie Wold, Houston TX 151.00 South back in dummy. 4.60 13 Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; South now cashes the ♥J and ♥10, discarding two Patrick Huang, Taipei Taiwan; Shang Shan, ; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON 149.00 more clubs. Cashing the ♣A sets up a trump coup. 4.30 14 Scott Hiller, Eden Prairie MN; Anthony Barre, El Dorado Hills CA; Dummy leads the top club and East is helpless. South Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 148.00 loses just one heart and two spades. 4.03 15 Ahmed Hussein - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt; Richard Katz, N Versailles I wish I’d have found this line of play at the PA; Sam Lev, New York NY 146.00 table! 14.70 16 2 Jack Borenstein - Scott Nason - Florence Beaird, Dallas TX; Bob Scallan, Frisco TX 145.00 SUNDAY-MONDAY KNOCKOUTS BRACKET II 3.49 17/18 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC; Leo Bell, 15 Tables Long Beach CA; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Henrietta Morris, Arlington TX; Timothy Smith, Dallas TX; Ronald Netherlands; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 140.00 Orr, Falling Waters WV; Susan Eastman, Altamont NY 3.49 17/18 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, vs Delhi LA; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Boynton Beach FL; Apolinary Kowalski, James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Won Yang, Clermont FL; Jerry Marchant, Green Lake WI; Robert Webster, Ripon WI Warsaw 0 Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin 20-532 Poland 140.00 9.65 19/20 3/4 Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA; Shailesh Gupta, Alison Viejo CA; Daniel Lindsey Weinger, New York NY; Tim Verbeek, 3971Ma Netherlands; Neill, Portland OR; Jason Rotenberg, Ridgefield CT 139.00 Stefanie Scott, Plano TX; Kathleen Loeb, Lake Mary FL; Luz 9.65 19/20 3/4 Haibo Zhao, People’s Republic of China; Wangying Liu, Beijing Ortega, Melbourne FL People’s Republic of China; Brian Snell, Columbus OH; Lily Chew, vs Ottawa ON 139.00 Lorraine Jarboe - Daniel Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch FL; Beth Milam - James Milam, Idaho Falls ID 2.87 21/22 Dano De Falco, 35030 Rubano (P Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New York NY; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE 136.00 Daily Bulletin Monday, March 24, 2014 Page 13

6.53 21/22 5 Edward Yetter, Garland TX; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 136.00 Opportunities to shine 5.60 6 Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Terry Richardson, Austin TX; Tom Ottley, By Dick Wegman Anchorage AK; Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV 132.00 It was 11:10 in the evening. It was the last board of the 4.63 7/8 Dima Nikolenkov, 9043 Trogen Switzerland; Stephan Magnusson, 1010 qualifiers for the Lebhar IMP Pairs. Everyone was tired, Lausanne Switzerland; Victor Chubukov - Eric Mayefsky, San Francisco CA 127.00 but board 8 presented several opportunities to shine. 4.63 7/8 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Christopher Gibson, Dlr: North ♠ K 5 Beaverton OR; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR 127.00 3.92 9 Ray Grace, Sherwood Park AB; Garry Karst - Kaz Walewski - Andrew Vul: None ♥ J 10 8 Proczkowski, Edmonton AB 126.00 ♦ K 2 3.56 10 Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA; Max ♣ A Q 10 8 7 2 Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 122.00 ♠ 10 8 7 4 ♠ Q 9 6 3 3.27 11 Jonathan Ernest, Lindale TX; Rose Marie Cleveland - Sherry Greisen, ♥ Q 7 4 2 ♥ 3 Houston TX; Christian Stevens, Garland TX 121.00 ♦ Q 9 7 4 ♦ A J 10 8 7 3 3.02 12 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, ♣ 5 ♣ J 4 Menlo Park CA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 120.00 ♠ A J 2 ♥ A K 9 6 5 FIRST SUNDAY B/C/D SWISS ♦ 6 51 Tables / Based on 50 Tables B C D ♣ K 9 6 3 18.37 1 Robert Arnett - Nancy Reader - Sam Dodson, Houston TX; Thomas West North East South Racciatti, Minneapolis MN 197.00 1♣ 2♦ 2♥ 13.78 2 Christina Parker, Newton Centre MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton 4♦ 4♥ Pass 4NT MA; Christine Halkiotis, Wellesley Hills MA; Diogo Teixeira, Pass 5♦ Pass 5♥ Wellesley MA 171.00 All Pass 9.04 3/4 William Churchman, Pasadena TX; Mark Churchman - Donald The opening lead was a diamond, dummy’s king Shatilla, Saskatoon SK; Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY 157.00 losing to the ace, and a second diamond was ruffed 12.80 3/4 1 Rod Southworth - David Zwonitzer - Daniel Zwonitzer, Cheyenne by declarer. WY; Bill Carstens, Anthem AZ 157.00 First opportunity to shine. If the trumps are 9.60 5 2 1 Howard Huynh - Wayne Bahr - Will Anthony - Walter Langendorf, Lubbock TX 151.00 splitting 3-2, declarer can simply cash two high 5.25 6 Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX; Donald Varvel - trumps and run the clubs. But if trumps are 4-1, he Eleanor Sherwyn, Corpus Christi TX 150.00 will lose control. West will win the third round of 5.62 7/9 3/5 Donald Hixson - Virginia Hixson, Rapid City SD; Phil Merkel - hearts and pump declarer in diamonds. To safeguard Linda Thomas, Dallas TX 148.00 against this, declarer must take care to lose the 5.62 7/9 3/5 Terri O’Brien - Laura Delfeld - Jurgen Stielow, Austin TX; second round of trumps, allowing him to take the Donald Robinson, Boise ID 148.00 ruff in the dummy in the likely event that the defense 5.62 7/9 3/5 2 Chris Anderson - Chris Myers - Cathy Bruff - Carol Casey, continues diamonds after winning the ♥Q. Dallas TX 148.00 Declarer has two ways to make his safety play 3.97 10/11 6/7 3 Reid Fleming, Arlington MA; Blake Fleming, Calgary AB; on the second round of trumps. Each carries a small Stephanie Williams, Delta BC; Tyler Fleming, Richmond BC 145.00 3.43 10/11 6/7 Frank Durante, Addison TX; Nancy Latner - William Olds - Jerr risk. After winning the ♥A, he could lead a low heart Boschee, Dallas TX 145.00 toward the jack. The risk is if hearts are indeed 3-2, 2.84 12 8 Martin Deneroff - Valerie Deneroff, New York NY; Kathleen Adams and the clubs are 3-0, the defense might score the - Tod Pontius, Austin TX 144.00 setting trick with a club ruff. Alternatively, declarer 2.62 13 9 Lisa Rowland, Little Rock AR; Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; could cross to the dummy, via the spade king, and Charles Pierce - Wesley Albinger, New York NY 140.00 lead the ♥J and duck a heart to the West hand when 2.38 14/15 10/11 Judy Corey Edmiston - George Roach - Sudhir Shah, Dallas TX; East shows out. More about the risk that this entails Louise LeRoux, Lavon TX 137.00 in a moment. 2.38 14/15 10/11 Jorge Nischli - Claudia Tinajero, Mexico Mexico; Ninfa Sada - Second opportunity to shine. When the trump Patricia Schroeder, Mexico City Mexico 137.00 trick is offered to West, she needs to duck also! 2.97 4 Oleg Bekker - Viktor Berdnikov, Tucson AZ; Kenneth Gibson - Wendy Gibson, Stow OH 135.00 If West wins the ♥Q, South can handle any return, 2.35 5 Mike Peiffer, Colleyville TX; Finlay Higgins, Arlington TX; draw the remaining trump and claim. If, however, Gayle Orvis - Robert Orvis, Burleson TX 128.00 West ducks, that puts South and West to further tests 2.01 6 Burt Echtenkamp - Linda Echtenkamp, Boise ID; Valarie Remmers - . . . Dale Remmers, Plano TX 126.00 Third opportunity to shine. If West ducks the second trump trick, South will pull one more round 1ST SUNDAY STRATIFIED SIDE SWISS of trumps and start running clubs. West needs to 34 Tables hold off on the first three rounds of clubs. If declarer A B C proceeds with a fourth round of clubs, West ruffs in 5.84 1/2 Barbara Ferm - Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Ed Freeman, Portland with her ♥Q and continues diamonds. This will put OR; Blair Young, Littleton CO 106.00 5.84 1/2 Fleur Howard, Gates Mills OH; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; declarer back in his hand, with no way to avoid a Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 106.00 spade loser. 3.75 3 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Spencer Jones - Peggy Ware - Garth But hold on. South has one more way to counter Yettick, Denver CO 94.00 this thrust, if he is up to it. If West holds off on 2.81 4 Ze Jun Zhuang, Shanghai 200125 People’s Republic of China; ruffing until three rounds of clubs are played, declarer Hoajun Shi, Shang Hai People’s Republic of China; Zheng Jun Shi must abandon the club suit and take the spade finesse. - Chuancheng Ju - Dade Wang - Tong Jiang, Beijing People’s This works, and South brings home his contact. Republic of China 92.00 Note that South incurred this risk earlier in the play 2.11 5 John Lewis, Fort Lauderdale FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; when he crossed over to the ♠K to lead a trump Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 84.00 toward his hand. He could have avoided this risk by 1.58 6 Maria Weinberg, Poughkeepsie NY; Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA 83.00 leading a low heart from his hand after pulling one 5.16 1 Yu Wei Wu - Xiao Feng Zhang, Beijing People’s Republic of round of trumps, and saving the ♠K as a later entry China; Lidang Dong, Xian People’s Republic of China; Hai Tao to dummy. But that line of play would have exposed Liu, 100028 People’s Republic of China 81.00 declarer to the small risk of a club ruff if the hearts 3.87 2 Robert Guerard, Brossard QC; Jean Bellemarre - Jean-Luc Dubois were 3-2 and the clubs were 3-0. - Marie Duval, Montreal QC 80.00 All of this is a lot to ask on the last board of a 2.90 3 Tom Moore - Dorothy Moore, Keller TX; Betty McCauley, Oklahoma very long evening. What actually happened at the City OK; Colleen Bicket, Edmond OK 76.00 table? Declarer made his safety play by crossing to 3.19 4 1 Mark Shekter, Dallas TX; Margaret Raymond, Kingwood TX; Tessa the ♠K and ducking the second round of hearts. But Bodnar - Leslie Tramer, San Antonio TX 73.00 West erred by taking her ♥Q, so we never found out 1.63 5 Marifrances Watson - Nancy Jean Harris - Mary Bloodworth - Linda Cole, San Angelo TX 70.00 whether South would have been up to it in the end 1.22 6 Norman Dressler, Kingston PA; David Binney - William Fleming, game. Seattle WA; Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI 69.00 After all, it was 11:10 in the evening. 2.39 2 David Findley - Blythe Olshan Findley, Westchester IL; Catharine Gilmour, Charlotte NC; Josee Hammill, Toronto ON 63.00 1.79 3 Silvana Zangri, Syosset NY; Dominique Schneider, Old Brookville NY; Ruth Lessinger, Plainview NY; Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY 60.00 1.35 4 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC; Deepak Dighe, W Bloomfield MI; Leif Bjorn Odden, 3750 Drangedal Norway 59.00 Page 14 Monday, March 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

TOBY PASSEL MEMORIAL STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS Top I/N Leaders 31.0 Tables / Based on 43 Tables continued from page 3 A B C 18.55 1 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 61.46% 28 3.84 Karen Cohen, Dallas TX 13.91 2 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh 29 3.67 George Steele, Austin TX Voorhou Netherlands 61.03% 30 3.67 Richard McGaughy, Sugar Land TX 10.43 3 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 60.16% 31 3.59 Jill Hartel, McKinney TX 7.83 4 Ned Nolte, Arlington TX; Steve Brower, Summerfield FL 59.34% 32 3.59 John Hartel, McKinney TX 6.18 5 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON 59.27% 33 3.53 Saundra Dickinson, Kingwood TX 5.30 6 Alice Brown, Midlothian VA; En Xie, Saint Louis MO 59.10% 34 3.53 Barbara Abney, Kingwood TX 4.78 7 Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico; Adriana Salinas, Mexico 35 3.51 Jesse Crane, Woodbury MN Mexico 58.53% 4.12 8 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Ethan Stein, Irvington NY 58.00% 36 3.51 Wayne Detmer, Woodbury MN 3.71 9 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; David Walker, Salem VA 57.61% 37 3.40 Judy Nixon, Flower Mound TX 3.37 10 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 57.06% 38 3.39 Rebecca Elder, McKinney TX 7.65 11 1 Laurie Shapka - Robert Short, Red Deer AB 56.42% 39 3.39 Clint Pruett, McKinney TX 5.82 12 2 1 Wei Tian - Bin Shi, China People’s Republic of China 56.27% 40 3.35 Fran Hewitt, Shreveport LA 4.30 3 Shoichi Yoshihiro, Irvine CA; Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA 53.35% 41 3.35 Susan Young, Shreveport LA 3.47 4 2 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON; Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL 53.04% 42 3.35 Beth Castleberry, Richardson TX 2.55 5 James Breihan, Houston TX; Joe Yassi, Etobicoke ON 53.04% 43 3.35 Josephine Basel, Dallas TX 2.23 6 Mark Hatkoff, Rowlett TX; Kathy Bullock, Wylie TX 52.81% 44 3.27 Jim Riffell, Frisco TX 2.52 3 Carol Whitten, Abilene TX; Gretchen Schmeeckle, San Mateo CA 50.11% 45 3.27 Zane Sherrill, Frisco TX 2.02 4 Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland HLS TX 47.73% 1.48 5 Ross Driedger, London ON; Douglas Cote, Woodstock ON 44.81% 46 3.25 Wayne Tindall, San Juan TX 47 3.20 Martha Ward, Plano TX SUN EVENING 299ER SWISS 48 3.20 Linda Lindley, Dallas TX 10 Tables 49 3.15 Rodney Bond, Ft. Worth TX A B C 50 3.15 Virgina Bond, Ft. Worth TX 2.83 1 Glen Scroggins, Olympia WA; Kathleen Matsubara, Lacey WA; David 51 3.13 Sharon Seagraves, Dallas TX Langford, Tacoma WA; David Hopkins, Shelton WA 101.00 52 3.13 Fred Seipp, Dallas TX 2.53 2 1 Thomas Hughes - Mindy Kerber, Austin TX; Jeanie Wolff, 53 3.11 Marjorie Butler, Austin TX Scottsdale AZ; Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA 73.00 54 3.11 Rachell Jackson, Austin TX 1.90 3 2 Jeanette McDonald - Judy Nixon, Flower Mound TX; Barbara 55 2.91 Ginny Peterson, Vancouver WA Reeves, Lewisville TX; Jack Lavine, Denton TX 69.00 1.67 4 3 1 Mary Ellen Roy - Scott Phelps, New Orleans LA; Wayne Tindall, 56 2.91 Sheryl Rokyta, Frisco TX San Juan TX; Ralph Jarzembowski, San Diego CA 68.00 57 2.76 Melanie Munnell, Dallas TX 1.07 4 Jane Boozalis - John Caudill - Gail Wood, Houston TX; Jo Anne 58 2.75 Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH Knodel, Pearland TX 63.00 59 2.75 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH 60 2.75 Anita King, Sanbornton NH 61 2.75 Clifford King, Sanbornton NH Playing in an NABC+ pairs game? 62 2.74 Mary Lynn Genovesi, Fairview TX 63 2.68 Thomas Hughes, Austin TX Buy your entry early! 64 2.68 Mindy Kerber, Austin TX In an effort to speed up the start of all NABC+ pairs events – which require additional time for proper 65 2.65 Mary Ellen Little, Trophy Club TX seeding – the ACBL asks participants to please buy their entries at least 15 minutes before game time. This is continued on page 16 especially true if you expect to be a seeded pair.

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LEVINTRITT SILVER RIBBON QUALIFIERS 78.0 Tables Carryover Slow play: 1 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 286.77 2 Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 242.47 the curse of the game 3 John Zilic, Houston TX; Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX 237.47 Patty Johnson, Sebring FL, is a National 4 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Don Caton, Pensacola FL 233.21 Tournament Director and the Director-in-Charge for 5 Robert Bernstein, Albuquerque NM; Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX 218.65 all District 9 (Florida) tournaments. 6 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 206.55 An old tournament director friend of mine, John 7 Edward Groner, Houston TX; Victor Sitton, Sugar Land TX 203.93 “Spider” Harris, was famous for the saying: “Slow 8 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 203.07 play is the curse of the game.” Nothing is more 9 Mark Shaw, Columbia MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 202.78 frustrating for tournament directors than having to 10 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 189.12 herd players along like cattle when slow play isn’t 11 Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 189.06 12 Scott Levine, New York NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 183.41 actually the problem. 13 Steve Zolotow - Harold Lilie, Las Vegas NV 177.49 If you take a moment to think about it, most of 14 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD 172.27 your opponents do not take that long to bid or play 15 Phil Schwarz - Judy Schwarz, Lakeville MN 168.13 a deal -- yet before you know it, the round is being 16 Ted Gibbs, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 156.96 called and you are nowhere near finished with the last 17 Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 151.71 board. 18 Howard Engle, Highland Park IL; Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL 148.44 Here are some suggestions which, if followed, 19 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 148.05 would solve many of our problems. 20 Jack Bryant - Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO 147.51 First: do not post mortem between deals whether 21 James Stokes, Grand Rapids MI; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 144.42 22 Bud Marsh - Marianne Spanier, Scottsdale AZ 143.17 you are in a pair game or a Swiss team event. Finish 23 Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX; Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX 142.87 the round and then discuss hands if there is still 24 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 142.36 time. We, as directors, will not cut your time but I 25 Susan Picus, New York NY; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 141.04 think you will find yourselves under less pressure by 26 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 140.68 following this suggestion. Remember: we provide 27 Richard Bender - Jon Nance, Springfield MO 137.82 hand records in pair games so you don’t have to 28 Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 135.77 worry about forgetting a particular holding. 29 Michael Fleisher, Santa Clara CA; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 132.95 Second: if you are on opening lead, make your 30 Helen Hackner, Willowdale ON; David Horner, Carrollton TX 132.89 31 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 120.81 lead before recording the contract in your private 32 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 119.00 score. You will have plenty of time after leading to 33 Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 118.27 record the information and still see the entire first 34 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 117.07 trick. 35 Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 114.04 Third: unless you have a legitimate reason to 36 Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV; Bipin Patel, Oakland CA 112.24 leave the table, such as the restroom or a smoke 37 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 111.34 break, please remain at the table and visit with your 38 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 110.26 opponents. You might actually find this enjoyable 39 Bob Feller, Guilderland NY; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY 110.19 and a new way to make friends or future Swiss team 40 Kerri Sanborn - Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 109.30 41 Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 107.51 partnerships. 42 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 105.24 I wish we could make these suggestions into 43 Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA; Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA 102.68 rules enforceable by penalty, but none of us wants 44 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 100.13 a bridge event decided by the pair with the fewest 45 Jonathan Green, Kingston NY; Norman Rubin, Monticello NY 98.86 penalties. All I can do as a director is to ask the 46 Bob Wilkin, Highland Villag TX; Harry Elliott, Houston TX 98.37 cooperation and help of all players because I think 47 Brian Ellis - Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 96.40 not only you but everyone else will enjoy their 48 Brian Hingerty - Geo. Fred Williams III, Knoxville TN 95.15 tournaments more. 49 Melody Gann, Arlington TX; Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Fort Worth TX 92.30 50 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 92.11 Remember: those who enjoy a tournament 51 Steven Picus, Mequon WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI 91.25 will continue to play. Do your part to make bridge 52 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 88.50 enjoyable for yourself, your partner and your 53 Jay Baum, Vero Beach FL; Royce McCray, Caddo Mills TX 87.47 opponents -- you can’t play without them. 54 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richlnd Hls TX 85.83 55 Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA 85.27 56 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Don Stack, Overland Park KS 82.84 Monitoring 57 Gary Kessler, Springfield IL; Kimmel Jones, Euless TX 81.34 At this and future North American 58 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 81.23 Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ 59 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 80.42 events with visible, real-time cameras. The images 60 James Senter - Gale Senter, San Clemente CA 80.31 will be recorded and will be available for later official 61 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA 79.94 inspection and review. 62 Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL 79.24 By general monitoring of the session and 63 Sumner Steinfeldt, Laud by Sea FL; Hal Hindman, Vienna VA 78.17 participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of 64 Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL; Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA 75.59 65 Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 72.84 information that may be useful in determining facts 66 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 72.71 and settling issues arising from some types of ethical 67 Mary Oshlag - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 72.03 and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon 68 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 71.63 a director if a problem occurs at the table. 69 Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 71.12 This procedure is intended to assure everyone 70 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA 70.65 that the playing field is level and that misbehavior 71 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 69.38 will not be tolerated. 72 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 64.40 73 Cindy Bernstein, Matthews NC; Jim Gobert, New York NY 63.36 74 Si Dombu - Adis Dombu, Las Vegas NV 62.47 Email us 75 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 62.17 Got a hand you just have to share or a nice story? 76 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Subhash Gulati, Bloomfield MI 61.67 We’d love to see it. 77 Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Julia Bomalaski, Indialantic FL 59.73 78 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Norman Humer, Andover MA 59.04 The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: 79 Kay Joyce - Randy Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 58.29 [email protected]. You’ll also find it on 80 Roger Lord - Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 58.11 the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” between the 81 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 57.88 date and the editors’ names. 82 Marijan Word - Bobbye Goodman, Shreveport LA 56.70 This email address won’t be checked with any 83 George St Pierre, Columbus OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 56.64 regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please 84 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Mark Bennett, Honolulu HI 55.79 continue to use our office email addresses for non- 85 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 55.73 tournament–related correspondence. 86 Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Michael Hout, Plano TX 55.32 87 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA 55.18 88 Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; Donald Spaulding, Mount Kisco NY 54.66 89 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; Pat Crampsey, Oshawa ON 54.39 90 Carlos Munoz - Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 54.02 91 Ronald DeHarpporte, Edina MN; Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN 52.96 92 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA 52.92 93 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 52.56 94 Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Tom Clarke, Lake Charles LA 52.17 Page 16 Monday, March 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

95 Steven Gaynor - Jean Boettcher, Minneapolis MN 51.11 Top I/N Leaders 96 Jerry Jackson, Bensenville IL; Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL 49.93 continued from page 14 97 Phillip Grothus, Houston TX; Carolyne Fox, Manvel TX 49.27 98 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 47.38 66 2.65 Sandra Lovin, Grapevine TX 99 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Tom Edwards, Grand Prairie TX 46.72 67 2.56 Susan Smith, Grapevine TX 100 Dick Bruno, des Plaines IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL 45.89 68 2.54 Ron Botsko, Granbury TX 101 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 45.78 69 2.54 Carmond Fitzgerald, Granbury TX 102 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 45.51 70 2.48 Charlotte Ewing, Baton Rouge LA 103 Jim Russell, Bradenton FL; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 41.55 71 2.48 Gail Davis, Baton Rouge LA 104 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA 41.14 105 Janet Becker, Timonium MD; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 41.13 72 2.47 Jane Clark, Arlington TX 106 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Bch CA 41.06 73 2.47 Linda Pempsell, Arlington TX 107 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 40.86 74 2.40 Betty Woodward, Fairview TX 108 David Rock, Westfield MA; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 40.64 75 2.40 Dan Woodward, Fairview TX 109 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 39.83 76 2.34 Ned Earle, Houston TX 110 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 38.77 77 2.34 Richard Chappell, Houston TX 111 Larue Stott, Dallas TX; Gerrie Owen, Celina TX 36.43 78 2.34 Judith Earle, Houston TX 112 Mac Busby, San Diego CA; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 34.88 79 2.34 Barbara Chappell, Houston TX 113 Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON; Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 34.53 114 Bob Zeller, Kanata ON; Robert Bambrick, Ottawa ON 33.53 80 2.33 Jeanette McDonald, Flower Mound TX 115 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA 33.52 81 2.29 Janice Trombello, Dallas TX 116 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI 33.33 82 2.29 Michael Lowenkron, Dallas TX 117 Darcy Parker - James Parker, Hendersonville NC 32.58 83 2.29 Joseph Trombello, Dallas TX 118 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 31.80 84 2.29 Elaine Lowenkron, Dallas TX 119 Mike Giacaman, Saint Louis MO; Richard Haacke, Olivette MO 31.70 85 2.27 Robert Endter, Mansfield TX 120 Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 30.79 86 2.25 George Mitchell, Douglas NB 121 Debra Romero, Clarkson Vly MO; Susan Perez, Maryland Hts MO 29.41 87 2.22 Charlene Gallaty, Bedford TX 122 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 27.74 123 Louise Fontecchio, Nashville TN; Janet Appel, Estill Spgs TN 26.08 88 2.22 Tricia Adcock, Hot Springs Village AR 124 Dianna Gittelman - Betty Freedman, Houston TX 24.69 89 2.17 Barbara Smith, Dallas TX 125 Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON; J. Malcolm Lewis, Kent England 21.14 90 2.17 Christine Skibell, Dallas TX 126 Susan Duval, Irvington NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 20.08 91 2.01 Jeanie Wolff, Scottsdale AZ 127 Gen Geiger - Terry McHenry, Sarasota FL 19.06 92 2.01 Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA 128 Laurence Rivkin, Dunwoody GA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 18.96 93 2.01 Jo Ann Slaten, Colleyville TX 129 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 18.39 94 2.01 Paul March, Wake Village TX 130 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Nancy Lowry, Virginia Beach VA 18.12 95 2.00 Stephen Genheimer, Mustang OK 131 Fred Hamilton, Palm Desert CA; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 18.03 96 2.00 Kristie Genheimer, Mustang OK 132 Dave Adelman - David Johnson, Calgary AB 17.68 133 Abe Jakob, Ft Lauderdale FL; Kathy Logue, Davie FL 17.15 97 1.99 Genny Lemeshev, Dallas TX 134 Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 16.34 98 1.99 Yuri Lemeshev, Dallas TX 135 Robert Adams, Oklahoma City OK; Mike Aliotta, Edmond OK 14.08 99 1.96 Dorothy Anderson, Boxford MA 136 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 13.80 100 1.96 Wally Anderson, Boxford MA 137 Steve Smolen, San Francisco CA; Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI 12.10 138 John Spessard, Dallas TX; Bill Osborn, Frisco TX 11.64 SUNDAY-MONDAY KNOCKOUTS BRACKET III 139 Richard Higgins - Greg Frank, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 11.11 16 Tables 140 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 10.91 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH; Martin Gibler - Susan Stacy Vanstone, West Chester OH 141 Richard Vatter - Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 9.98 vs 142 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA 8.99 Kathy Bergman - Sue Gainer - Enid Bross - Doreen Marek, 143 Paul Janicki, Markham ON; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 7.77 Goodyear AZ 144 Rosanne Schabinger, Mt Prospect IL; Donald Weil, Glencoe IL 7.11 145 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 6.46 Paul Harris - Jerry Keeran, Rio Rancho NM; Tobey Roland, 146 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA 6.08 Baltimore MD; Claire Genser, Green Valley AZ vs 147 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 5.79 Martin Klein - Carol Klein, Valley Village CA; Elaine Moore - 148 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; William Wickham, Los Angeles CA 5.47 Thomas Shudic, Burbank CA 149 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Michael Murphy, Dallas TX 5.37 150 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 5.36 151 Stephen Apodaca, Santa Fe NM; Kenneth Eichenbaum, Columbus OH 4.61 Curious 152 Jack Weingold - Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL 3.65 Jeff Polisner is a keen observer – and a curious 153 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 2.53 person. The other day, he noticed a sign that 154 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 2.49 read, “Concessions.” So he went looking for the 155 Gary Neisler, N Richlnd Hls TX; Becky Koenigseder, Alvarado TX 0.61 companion sign – “Claims.” He hasn’t found it yet. 156 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 0.00 Daily Bulletin Monday, March 24, 2014 Page 17

LEVINTRITT SILVER RIBBON 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D EAST-WEST 1 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 66.14% 1 John Zilic, Houston TX; Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX 62.59% 2 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 61.99% 2 Sumner Steinfeldt, Laud by Sea FL; Hal Hindman, Vienna VA 59.46% 3 Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 60.14% 3 Susan Picus, New York NY; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 58.97% 4 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 59.28% 4 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 58.03% 5 Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 58.60% 5 Bob Wilkin, Highland Villag TX; Harry Elliott, Houston TX 57.43% 6 Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 58.56% 6 Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Tom Clarke, Lake Charles LA 57.20% 7 Melody Gann, Arlington TX; Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Fort Worth TX 57.69% 7 Kay Joyce - Randy Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 56.07% 8 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 56.26% 8 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 55.73% 9 Leigh Ives, Barrie ON; Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON 55.58% 9 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 55.54% 10 Mark Shaw, Columbia MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 55.09% 10 Cindy Bernstein, Matthews NC; Jim Gobert, New York NY 55.51% 11 Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV; Bipin Patel, Oakland CA 54.90% 11 Janet Becker, Timonium MD; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 54.86% 12 William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 54.45% 12 John Spessard, Dallas TX; Bill Osborn, Frisco TX 54.26% 13 Stephen Apodaca, Santa Fe NM; Kenneth Eichenbaum, Columbus OH 54.37% 13 Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 54.22% 14 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; William Wickham, Los Angeles CA 54.22% 14 Richard Vatter - Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 53.77% 15 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 54.19% 15 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 53.17% 16 Roger Lord - Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 53.96% 16/17 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI 53.09% 17 Kerri Sanborn - Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 53.85% 16/17 Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 53.09% 18 Richard Bender - Jon Nance, Springfield MO 53.13% 18 Jonathan Green, Kingston NY; Norman Rubin, Monticello NY 52.49% 19 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 52.71% 19 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 52.30% 20 Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL; Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA 52.49% 20 Eileen Smith - James McCommons, Dallas TX 52.07% 21 Brian Ellis - Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 52.30% 21 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 51.66% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F G H EAST-WEST 1 Steve Zolotow - Harold Lilie, Las Vegas NV 60.41% 1 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 64.48% 2 Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 59.16% 2 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 60.33% 3 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Don Caton, Pensacola FL 58.30% 3 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA 59.01% 4 Jack Bryant - Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO 57.35% 4 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Subhash Gulati, Bloomfield MI 58.52% 5 Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 57.24% 5 Bud Marsh - Marianne Spanier, Scottsdale AZ 58.18% 6 Helen Hackner, Willowdale ON; David Horner, Carrollton TX 56.90% 6 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richlnd Hls TX 57.58% 7 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 56.71% 7 Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX; Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX 56.94% 8 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA 56.33% 8 Hugh Hillaker, Grand Prairie TX; Michael Penick, Dallas TX 56.67% 9 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 56.11% 9 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 56.26% 10 Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Michael Hout, Plano TX 55.05% 10 Si Dombu - Adis Dombu, Las Vegas NV 55.92% 11 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 54.64% 11 David Rock, Westfield MA; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 55.43% 12 Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 54.60% 12 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 54.75% 13 Jack Weingold - Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL 54.49% 13 Robert Adams, Oklahoma City OK; Mike Aliotta, Edmond OK 54.11% 14 Dianna Gittelman - Betty Freedman, Houston TX 54.11% 14 Harold Farnsworth, Salt Lake City UT; Barbara Lundy, Park City UT 53.51% 15 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 53.77% 15 Mark Teich - Gretchen Teich, Bluffton SC 53.24% 16 Carole Miner, Rochester MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 53.58% 16 Steven Picus, Mequon WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI 53.02% 17 Mac Busby, San Diego CA; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 52.90% 17 Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA 52.79% 18 Bill Gottschall - Joseph Keim, Dayton OH 52.56% 18 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Nancy Lowry, Virginia Beach VA 52.34% 19 James Stokes, Grand Rapids MI; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 52.49% 19 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Mildred Breed, Austin TX 51.81% 20/21 John Collins, Toronto ON; Peter Petruzzellis, Ajax ON 51.81% 20 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 51.77% 20/21 Diane Olson, San Antonio TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX 51.81% 21 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Judith Gushner, Boca Raton FL 51.17% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I J K EAST-WEST 1 Edward Groner, Houston TX; Victor Sitton, Sugar Land TX 67.17% 1 Phil Schwarz - Judy Schwarz, Lakeville MN 66.94% 2 Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 64.42% 2 Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA; Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA 60.81% 3 Debra Romero, Clarkson Vly MO; Susan Perez, Maryland Hts MO 63.19% 3 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 59.43% 4 Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 62.50% 4 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 58.84% 5 Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL 62.41% 5 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 58.52% 6 Ted Gibbs, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 61.17% 6 Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; Donald Spaulding, Mount Kisco NY 58.06% 7 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 58.56% 7 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY 56.96% 8 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD 57.60% 8 Rosanne Schabinger, Mt Prospect IL; Donald Weil, Glencoe IL 56.55% 9 Jay Baum, Vero Beach FL; Royce McCray, Caddo Mills TX 55.54% 9 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Bch CA 55.40% 10/11 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 53.80% 10 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 55.13% 10/11 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; Pat Crampsey, Oshawa ON 53.80% 11 Robert Bernstein, Albuquerque NM; Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX 54.62% 12 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 53.16% 12 Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 53.94% 13 Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON; Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 52.93% 13 Larry Hayslip - Dabney Townsend Jr, Pooler GA 53.75% 14 Laurence Rivkin, Dunwoody GA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 52.84% 14 Michael Fleisher, Santa Clara CA; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 53.66% 15 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 52.70% 15 Mary Oshlag - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 53.43% 16 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA 52.01% 16 Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL; Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA 53.02% 17 Brian Hingerty - Geo. Fred Williams III, Knoxville TN 51.69% 17 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Don Stack, Overland Park KS 52.84% Page 18 Monday, March 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING STRATIFIED OPEN 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MM NN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh Voorhou Netherlands 62.08% 1 1 1 Wei Tian - Bin Shi, China People’s Republic of China 61.38% 2 1 Laurie Shapka - Robert Short, Red Deer AB 60.31% 2 Ned Nolte, Arlington TX; Steve Brower, Summerfield FL 60.99% 3 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 60.00% 3 Judy Zhu - Jack Snyder, Naperville IL 58.34% 4 Jodi Coren, Highland Beach FL; Michael White, Atlanta GA 58.77% 4 Joan Cremin, Paradise Valley AZ; Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ 57.96% 5 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 57.62% 5 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 57.42% 6 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; David Walker, Salem VA 57.38% 6 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 55.86% 7 Alice Brown, Midlothian VA; En Xie, Saint Louis MO 56.77% 7 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON 55.46% 8 Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL; Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL 56.23% 8 2 Benjamin Eisenberg - Susan Eisenberg, Boca Raton FL 54.06% 9 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Ethan Stein, Irvington NY 55.69% 9 W Lease, Houston TX; L Laird, Sugar Land TX 53.80% 10 Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA 55.62% 10 Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Daniel Williams, Henderson NV 53.57% 11 2 Mark Hatkoff, Rowlett TX; Kathy Bullock, Wylie TX 54.92% 11 3 David Scammell - Ken Eisner, Truro NS 53.45% 12 Danny Molenaar, 2592 Bz Netherlands; Kimberly Whipple, Boca Grande FL 53.69% 12 Walter Schafer Jr, Huntington Bch CA; Carmela Chiurazzi, Sunset Beach CA 53.38% 3 Eusebio Menezes, Cupertino CA; Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 53.23% 4 James Breihan, Houston TX; Joe Yassi, Etobicoke ON 53.15% 4 Aeron Ries, Bellingham WA; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Singapore 52.77% 5 Edward Hornung, San Bruno CA; Arlie Lamb, San Mateo CA 50.49% 5 Lotte Optekamp - Ann McDougal, Houston TX 50.62% 6 Shoichi Yoshihiro, Irvine CA; Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA 47.85% 6 1 Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland HLS TX 50.31% 2 Carol Whitten, Abilene TX; Gretchen Schmeeckle, San Mateo CA 46.88% 2 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON; Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL 48.00% 3 Kevin Broderick, Midlothian TX; Judy Noble, Dallas TX 44.68%

SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE SERIES NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 67.49% 1 Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ; Gary Helman, Syosset NY 61.85% 2 1 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; David Neuman, San Francisco CA 60.96% 2 1 1 Janis Koenig, Kingsland TX; Sharon Gassman, Burnet TX 57.51% 3 2 1 Carolyn Sprague, Anchorage AK; Sheila Harrison, Houston TX 55.30% 3 2 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Plsades CA 57.00% 4 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Sylvia Riewerts, Milwaukee OR 53.87% 4 Joe Scott, Rogers AR; Cole Spencer, Fayetteville AR 54.21% 5 3 William Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Ann Morin, Park City UT 53.81% 5 3 Marv Riedesel - Mary Johnson, Prior Lake MN 52.66% 6 4 Kathy Swaine - Rand Pinsky, Valencia CA 53.01% 6 Suresh Agrawal, Rowlett TX; Gail Wells, Dallas TX 52.47% 2 John Hilbig, Bulverde TX; Dolores Reiley, San Antonio TX 51.50% 4 2 Peter Huggler III, Seminole OK; Susan Boyle, Tulsa OK 50.00%

PLATINUM PAIRS SECTION L 1 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Richard Coren, Delray Beach FL 68.27% 2 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 62.85% 3 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA 57.77% 4 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY 57.12% 5 Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 56.73% 6 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 54.36% 7 David Bakhshi, London England; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI 54.02% 8 Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 53.43% 9 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 53.11% 10 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 52.49% 11 Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany 52.32%

SUNDAY STRATIFIED DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 1 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BBB DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Christian Jolly - Andrew Cavalier, Huntsville AL 68.62% 1 Joanne Behr, New Smyrna Bch FL; Martha Easter, Daytona Beach FL 65.08% 2 Tobi Sokolow - David Sokolow, Austin TX 61.23% 2 Michael Kamil, Santa Clara CA; R Jay Becker, New York NY 64.23% 3 2 Nancy Fellman, Dallas TX; John Pataki, Mesquite TX 60.62% 3 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Peter Mosheim, Miami FL 60.31% 4 Suresh Agrawal, Rowlett TX; Gail Wells, Dallas TX 60.15% 4 Joe Scott, Rogers AR; Cole Spencer, Fayetteville AR 57.92% 5 Linda Green, Southaven MS; Madie Brice, Cordova TN 58.77% 5 1 James Olson - Ellen Olson, Charleston WV 57.77% 6 Michael Seamon - Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL 57.77% 6 2 1 Deepak Dighe, W Bloomfield MI; Leif Bjorn Odden, 3750 Drangedal Norway 57.69% 7 Bob Simkins, Decatur GA; Denny Cahan, Roswell GA 56.92% 7 3 2 Jane Friedman, Prescott AZ; Robert Macneal, Prescott Valley AZ 57.62% 8 Mike Albert - Kathleen Owen, Omaha NE 54.31% 8 4 Karen Hout, Plano TX; Jane Doyle, Carrollton TX 56.92% 9 3 2 Sammie Borum - Fred Borum, Texarkana TX 52.38% 9 5 3 David Graham - Jill Graham, Boca Raton FL 56.69% 10 4 Marina Scott - J Jennings, Rogers AR 52.31% 10 6 J R Wiegmann, Lewisville TX; Peter Hudson, Coppell TX 54.00% 11 Audrius Mizeikis, Scottsdale AZ; Dwight Bender, London ON 52.08% 11 Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN; Magnus Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 52.62% 12 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 51.62% 12 7 4 Bob Townley-Smith - Zach Townley-Smith, Lumberton TX 52.46% 5 William Jenkins, Amarillo TX; Lillian Harris, Oakland CA 51.38% 8 N Tripode, Frisco TX; Marvin Migdol, Dallas TX 52.38% 6 3 Kristie Tooley - Sally Lair, Canyon TX 51.23% 9 Patti Stoner, Wayne MI; D Abraham, Windsor ON 51.62% 7 4 Erica Stempler, Beechhurst NY; Barbara Cooper, Neponsit NY 51.00% 8 Eric Genheimer, Mustang OK; Ann Aliotta, Edmond OK 50.62%

SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Carmond Fitzgerald - Ron Botsko, Granbury TX 56.35% 1 1 Tom Collins - Marcia Collins, Texarkana AR 55.21% 2 2 Jay Winter, Highland IL; Jeffrey Brooks, Levittown PA 55.56% 2 Jack Schober - Nancy Young, Dallas TX 53.47% 3 1 Karen Cohen - Lacy Peterson, Dallas TX 52.38% 3 2 1 John Johnson, Colleyville TX; Suzanne Snavely, Tyler TX 53.13% 2 Deborah D’Ambrogi - David Noteware, Dallas TX 50.35%

SUUNDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 64.83% 1 1 1 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON; Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL 67.05% 2 1 Warren Androus - Dee Androus, Avon CO 59.14% 2 2 H Hunt, Charlotte NC; Dave Kuschel, Minot ND 59.65% 3 2 1 Jurgen Stielow, Austin TX; Donald Robinson, Boise ID 55.89% 3 3 Joyce Hunter, Glen Ellyn IL; Mary O’Neill, Lisle IL 58.29% 4 3 2 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Kathi Marcus, Lake Oswego OR 54.89% 4 4 2 Rosemary Stielow, Austin TX; Donna Sinrud, Fairfax VA 52.21% 4 David Pennington - Mary Adams, Temple TX 53.51%

SUNDAY MORNING BRIDGE+ NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Carole Buffington, Richardson TX; Robert Palko, Georgetown TX 70.38% 1 Jesse Crane - Wayne Detmer, Woodbury MN 70.75% 2 Judi Mairs - Carol Murray, Dallas TX 59.73% 2 1 Sheryl Crocker - Tricia Ray, Dallas TX 59.45% 2 Carolyn Craig - Ginny Crowe, Frisco TX 46.13%

PLATINUM PAIRS FIVE OF SIX SESSION SECTION L 1 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 62.41% 2 Cedric Lorenzini, Paris France; Thomas Bessis, Paris 75015 France 61.97% 3 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Richard Coren, Delray Beach FL 55.01% 4 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 54.71% 5 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 54.37% 6 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 53.97% 7 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; John Hurd, New York NY 53.71% 8 Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 53.38% 9 Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany 52.16% 10 Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 50.52% 11 Fulvio Fantoni, Monaco; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK 50.31%

TOBY PASSEL MEMORIAL AFTERNOON/EVENING STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MM NN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico; Adriana Salinas, Mexico Mexico 66.30% 1 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 65.31% 2 Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 63.31% 2 Alice Brown, Midlothian VA; En Xie, Saint Louis MO 61.44% 3 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON 63.08% 3 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 60.32% 4 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL 61.15% 4 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Ethan Stein, Irvington NY 60.31% 5 1 Shoichi Yoshihiro, Irvine CA; Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA 58.85% 5 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh Voorhou Netherlands 59.97% 6 Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Daniel Williams, Henderson NV 57.85% 6 1 1 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON; Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL 58.08% 7 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; David Walker, Salem VA 57.83% 7 Ned Nolte, Arlington TX; Steve Brower, Summerfield FL 57.68% 8/9 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 56.69% 8 Pat Cassidy, Arlington TX; Jerry Derby, Dallas TX 55.69% 8/9 2 Cameron Shunta - Renee Shunta, Grand Haven MI 56.69% 9 Namik Kokten, Instanbul Turkey; Nazan Kokten, Istanbul Turkey 55.08% 10/11 Darlene Shirey - Barbara Yates, Fort Worth TX 56.15% 10 2 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 52.69% 10/11 Jerry Gaer, Scottsdale AZ; Ed Lucas III, Tempe AZ 56.15% 11 Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL; Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL 52.62% 12 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 55.46% 12 3 Laurie Shapka - Robert Short, Red Deer AB 52.54% 3 1 Carol Whitten, Abilene TX; Gretchen Schmeeckle, San Mateo CA 53.33% 4 Aeron Ries, Bellingham WA; Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Singapore 51.15% 4 James Breihan, Houston TX; Joe Yassi, Etobicoke ON 52.92% 5 Mark Hatkoff, Rowlett TX; Kathy Bullock, Wylie TX 50.69% 5 2 Wei Tian - Bin Shi, China People’s Republic of China 51.15% 6 Mary Hinkle - Richard Hinkle, Brownsboro TX 50.59% 6 David Scammell - Ken Eisner, Truro NS 47.15% 2 Justine Thompson, Shawnee OK; Marshall Fite, Hobart OK 46.15% 3 Ross Driedger, London ON; Douglas Cote, Woodstock ON 45.92% 3 Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland HLS TX 45.15%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON SESSION, SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE SERIES NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Joan Jackson, Dallas TX; Debra Sherman, San Diego CA 66.99% 1 1 Joyce Hunter, Glen Ellyn IL; Mary O’Neill, Lisle IL 62.34% 2 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 60.58% 2 2 Lynn Belmer - Lonnette Nelson, Frisco TX 57.05% 3 1 1 Jennifer Rao - Renee Levy, Dallas TX 56.41% 3 Jeff Aker - Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 55.93% 4 2 Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Bonnie Wilke, Aspen CO 54.17% 4 3 1 Zach Garrison - Kristy Garrison, Spring TX 53.53% 5 3 David Pennington - Mary Adams, Temple TX 53.85% 5 4 2 Gool Castleberry - Ersi Georgopoulou, Irving TX 51.92% 6 4 2 Sandy Lansing, Mt Vernon TX; Jean Huskey, Scroggins TX 52.56% 6 Walter Pease, Anchorage AK; Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC 50.80%

SUNDAY STRATIFIED DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BBB DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Michael Kamil, Santa Clara CA; R Jay Becker, New York NY 63.54% 1 Madhusudan Patel, Houston TX; Scott Rappard, Dartmouth NS 64.38% 2 1 Eric Genheimer, Mustang OK; Ann Aliotta, Edmond OK 62.38% 2 Bob Simkins, Decatur GA; Denny Cahan, Roswell GA 64.15% 3 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Peter Mosheim, Miami FL 61.46% 3 1 James Olson - Ellen Olson, Charleston WV 63.69% 4 2 1 David Graham - Jill Graham, Boca Raton FL 59.85% 4 Michael Seamon - Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL 62.92% 5 Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 59.69% 5 2 1 Kristie Tooley - Sally Lair, Canyon TX 59.85% 6 3 2 Bob Townley-Smith - Zach Townley-Smith, Lumberton TX 56.69% 6 3 Marina Scott - J Jennings, Rogers AR 57.23% 7 4 Nancy Fellman, Dallas TX; John Pataki, Mesquite TX 55.38% 7 Linda Green, Southaven MS; Madie Brice, Cordova TN 54.08% 8 Joanne Behr, New Smyrna Bch FL; Martha Easter, Daytona Beach FL 53.85% 8 Nancy Stanton, Frisco TX; Beth Coker, Bryan TX 53.85% 9 5 3 Deepak Dighe, W Bloomfield MI; Leif Bjorn Odden, 3750 Drangedal Norway 53.31% 9 Mike Albert - Kathleen Owen, Omaha NE 52.69% 10 6 J R Wiegmann, Lewisville TX; Peter Hudson, Coppell TX 53.23% 10 4 Khalifa Ahmed, Wichita Falls TX; Sue Bailey, Stockport United Kingdom 52.08% 11 7 Eric Goff - Brett Leach, Austin TX 53.08% 11 5 2 Jane Friedman, Prescott AZ; Robert Macneal, Prescott Valley AZ 51.85% 12 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 51.00% 12 6 Anne Beaurivage - Jack Conway, Lincoln NE 50.85% 8 4 Christopher Hayes - Yvonne Hayes, Allen TX 47.54% 7 3 Christian Jolly - Andrew Cavalier, Huntsville AL 50.69% 8 Charles Collins, Shenandoah TX; Barbara Phillips, Spring TX 48.77% 4 Erica Stempler, Beechhurst NY; Barbara Cooper, Neponsit NY 47.92% Daily Bulletin Monday, March 24, 2014 Page 19

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events All events are played in the Conference Center unless otherwise noted. Tuesday, March 25, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Tuesday-Wednesday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 2nd single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Tuesday, March 25, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Tuesday, March 25, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Senior KO Teams 3-4 Sheraton Hotel, 2nd floor, Austin 2 & 3 $16 $20 Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 3rd floor, Houston Ballroom $16 $20 Tuesday, March 25, 1 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday Side Game Series 1st single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Tuesday, March 25, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 2 1st floor, Dallas Ballroom $20 ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS 1-2 Q 1st floor, Dallas Ballroom $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 2 1st floor, Dallas Ballroom $17 Continues until complete Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Tuesday, March 25, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Tuesday, March 25, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Side Swiss Teams single 1st floor, Grand Hall $15 $19 Tuesday-Thursday Side Game Series 2nd single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Tuesday, March 25, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (4000+, 0-4000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2500, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2500+), B (750-2500), C (0-750). *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA; Jeanie Wolff, Scottsdale AZ 61.61% 1 1 Thomas Hughes - Mindy Kerber, Austin TX 61.90% 2 Stephen Genheimer - Kristie Genheimer, Mustang OK 60.42% 2 Dorothy Anderson - Wally Anderson, Boxford MA 54.76% 3 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 57.14% 3 2 1 James Nixon - Judy Nixon, Flower Mound TX 53.57% 4 1 1 Fred Seipp - Sharon Seagraves, Dallas TX 54.76% 4 Jack Lavine, Denton TX; Barbara Reeves, Lewisville TX 51.49% 2 Dianna Durbin, Rowlett TX; Barbara Wood, Rockwall TX 46.73%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Susan Smith, Grapevine TX; Sandy Beyer, Arlington TX 57.74% 1 1 1 Tarana Lizotte, Arlington TX; Cynthia Redden, Ft Worth TX 58.63% 2 1 Patty Garvy - Deborah Bricker, Palm Beach FL 57.44% 2 2 Mary Steiner - Frances Schneider, Dallas TX 56.55% 3 Beverly Ginsburg - Leslie Levin, Dallas TX 53.57% 3 2 Tricia Ray - Sheryl Crocker, Dallas TX 52.38% 2 1 Lolly Pond, Carrollton TX; Andrya Halverson, Dallas TX 50.60%

LEVINTRITT SILVER RIBBON FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D EAST-WEST 1 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 72.15% 1 Scott Levine, New York NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 65.60% 2 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 66.33% 2 Mark Shaw, Columbia MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 64.38% 3 Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA 62.75% 3 Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 63.30% 4 John Zilic, Houston TX; Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX 60.35% 4 Richard Bender - Jon Nance, Springfield MO 59.83% 5 Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 57.91% 5 Nancy Spear - Jack Spear, Shawnee Mission KS 58.60% 6 Steven Gaynor - Jean Boettcher, Minneapolis MN 56.35% 6 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 57.73% 7 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 56.03% 7 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 56.88% 8 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Naples FL 55.98% 8 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Tom Edwards, Grand Prairie TX 56.70% 9 Fred Hamilton, Palm Desert CA; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 55.75% 9 Jonathan Green, Kingston NY; Norman Rubin, Monticello NY 56.57% 10 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 55.48% 10 Brian Ellis - Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 56.51% 11 Martin Robins - Charlene Predmest, Delray Beach FL 55.32% 11 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA 55.83% 12 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA 55.02% 12 Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV; Bipin Patel, Oakland CA 55.50% 13 Susan Picus, New York NY; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 54.31% 13 Mike Giacaman, Saint Louis MO; Richard Haacke, Olivette MO 54.44% 14 Don Kern, Bay Minette AL; James Partridge, Birmingham AL 53.93% 14 Gary Neisler, N Richlnd Hls TX; Becky Koenigseder, Alvarado TX 53.25% 15 Marijan Word - Bobbye Goodman, Shreveport LA 53.78% 15 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 52.85% 16 Larue Stott, Dallas TX; Gerrie Owen, Celina TX 53.18% 16 Richard Higgins - Greg Frank, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 52.49% 17 John Erickson - Ralda St Pierre, Houston TX 52.82% 17 Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 52.34% 18 Phillip Grothus, Houston TX; Carolyne Fox, Manvel TX 52.81% 18 Randy Corn, Kirkland WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA 52.23% 19 Bob Wilkin, Highland Villag TX; Harry Elliott, Houston TX 51.58% 19 Billy Leeper, Ft Worth TX; Mary Orock, Fort Worth TX 52.19% 20 Paul Janicki, Markham ON; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 51.52% 20 Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 52.09% 21 Bob Zeller, Kanata ON; Robert Bambrick, Ottawa ON 50.74% 21 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 51.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I J K QQ EAST-WEST 1 Robert Bernstein, Albuquerque NM; Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX 66.43% 1 George St Pierre, Columbus OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 60.87% 2 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 62.97% 2 Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON; J. Malcolm Lewis, Kent England 59.72% 3 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA 59.55% 3 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 59.62% 4 Michael Fleisher, Santa Clara CA; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 58.81% 4 Dave Adelman - David Johnson, Calgary AB 58.85% 5/6 Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Julia Bomalaski, Indialantic FL 57.06% 5 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD 58.81% 5/6 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 57.06% 6 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 57.80% 7 Brian Hingerty - Geo. Fred Williams III, Knoxville TN 56.99% 7 Gary Kessler, Springfield IL; Kimmel Jones, Euless TX 55.84% 8 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 56.54% 8 Bill Wittmann - Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Spgs CO 55.49% 9 Kerri Sanborn - Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL 56.26% 9 Steven Picus, Mequon WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI 55.28% 10 Jerry Jackson, Bensenville IL; Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL 56.12% 10 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Mark Bennett, Honolulu HI 54.79% 11 Bud Marsh - Marianne Spanier, Scottsdale AZ 55.31% 11 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 54.69% 12 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Don Stack, Overland Park KS 54.62% 12 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 54.55% 13 Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL; Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA 53.71% 13 Ted Gibbs, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 53.71% 14 Jim Russell, Bradenton FL; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 53.36% 14 Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 53.67% 15 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 53.18% 15 Mary Oshlag - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 52.94% 16 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 53.11% 16 Edward Groner, Houston TX; Victor Sitton, Sugar Land TX 52.41% 17 Ronald DeHarpporte, Edina MN; Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN 53.04% 17 Jay Baum, Vero Beach FL; Royce McCray, Caddo Mills TX 52.38% 18 Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Senta Lackner, Graz 8141 Austria 52.90% 18 Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 52.13% 19 Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 52.34% 19/20 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX 52.06% 20 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA 51.64% 19/20 Powhatan Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 52.06% 21 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 51.36% 21 Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 51.96% 22 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH 51.19% 22/24 Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 51.85% 22/24 Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 51.85% 22/24 James Lutz, Laguna Niguel CA; Brian King, Redding CA 51.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E G H EAST-WEST 1 Howard Engle, Highland Park IL; Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL 63.16% 1 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Don Caton, Pensacola FL 64.22% 2 James Stokes, Grand Rapids MI; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 61.13% 2 Bob Feller, Guilderland NY; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY 59.82% 3 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 60.12% 3 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 57.29% 4 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 59.51% 4 Jack Bryant - Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO 56.58% 5 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Michael Murphy, Dallas TX 57.09% 5 Steve Zolotow - Harold Lilie, Las Vegas NV 56.53% 6 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Norman Humer, Andover MA 56.58% 6 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 56.33% 7 Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX; Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX 56.53% 7 Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 55.52% 8 James Senter - Gale Senter, San Clemente CA 55.62% 8 Louise Fontecchio, Nashville TN; Janet Appel, Estill Spgs TN 55.16% 9 Helen Hackner, Willowdale ON; David Horner, Carrollton TX 55.57% 9 Carlos Munoz - Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 54.61% 10 Darcy Parker - James Parker, Hendersonville NC 54.91% 10 Dave Swarthout - Donna Swarthout, San Antonio TX 54.45% 11 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 54.25% 11 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 54.20% 12 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 53.74% 12 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 53.29% 13 Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; Rolf Paul, Needham MA 53.59% 13 Louis Sachar - Robert Donathan, Austin TX 53.24% 14 Dick Bruno, des Plaines IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL 53.04% 14 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA 53.14% 15 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 51.67% 15 Dale Dye - Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA 52.83% 16 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 51.01% 16/17 Larry Rich, Cumming GA; Bob Heller, Knoxville TN 52.33% 16/17 Reisha Berkowsky, Dix Hills NY; Gail Levy, Melville NY 52.33% Page 20 Monday, March 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin Today’s Bridge Events Goodwill Day All events are played in the Conference Center unless otherwise noted. Monday, March 24, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Monday-Wednesday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Sunday-Monday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 1st single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Monday, March 24, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Monday, March 24, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Senior KO Teams 1-2 Sheraton Hotel, 2nd floor, Austin 2 & 3 $16 $20 For players born before January 1, 1959 Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 3rd floor, Houston Ballroom $16 $20 Monday, March 24, 1 p.m. Sunday-Monday Side Game Series 3rd single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Monday, March 24, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 1st floor, Dallas Ballroom $20 Entry for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams required by 8 p.m. Sunday, March 23. Continues until complete. LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F 1st floor, Dallas Ballroom $20 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 $17 Entry required by 8 p.m. Sunday, March 23. Continues until complete. Monday Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Sunday-Monday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 (2500+; 0-2500) Gold Rush 750/300 Pairs 1-2 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750 Monday, March 24, 3 p.m. Stratified Side IMP Pairs single 3rd floor, Houston Ballroom $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Monday, March 24, 7:30 p.m. A/X Swiss Teams single 1st floor, Grand Hall $15 $19 B/C/D Swiss Teams single 1st floor, Grand Hall $15 $19 Sunday-Monday Side Game Series 4th single session 1st floor, Grand Hall $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $15 $15 Monday, March 24, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single 3rd floor, San Antonio Ballroom $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (4000+, 0-4000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2500, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2500+), B (750-2500), C (0-750). *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

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