Volume 49, Number 2 49th Spring North American Bridge Championships Daily Bulletin Saturday, April 1, 2006 Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Dave Smith TDs from Texas Meckstroth, Johnson Becker elected Check this space each day for profiles of Texas- lead Open Pairs based ACBL Tournament Directors that are working Jeff Meckstroth and Perry Johnson posted the to Hall of Fame here at the Dallas NABC. high score in the qualifying round of the Silodor If there’s one thing in life that really Michael Becker Open Pairs. Meckstroth and Johnson led the field motivates Doris Allen, it’s a challenge. of Boca Raton FL is of 314 pairs with a two-session total of 1291.82 Growing up in Palestine in east Texas, the newest member (988 average, 38 top), a performance of eight she faced the challenge of keeping up of the ACBL Bridge boards above average. with three older brothers. Later, she took Hall of Fame. In second with 1203.08 were George Jacobs on the responsibilities of running five beauty shops Becker, 62, received and Alfredo Versace. In last year’s event, Jacobs in her home town of Harlingen TX. Then there was more than half of the and Versace set a pairs record by posting a 78.23% the daunting task of learning to play bridge, whence votes cast by the score in the first qualifying session. came her career change to tournament director, approximately 300 In third place are local players Jeff Olson and along with a whole new set of hurdles to leap. Hall of Fame Derrell Childs. Allen is one of electors, surpassing 156 pairs have survived to today’s two-session a contingent of the 50% requirement final. Texas tournament for induction to the directors working prestigious body. the Spring NABC A WBF World in Dallas, and she The Goren Club Life Master, Becker was a member of the victorious squad in the 1983 . He is also an is known as one of It’s a Sunday afternoon in 1961, and the ACBL Grand Life Master with almost 12,000 the best. television is tuned to ABC. We know it’s time when and 10 NABC victories: five in the “It’s very we hear “Music to Play Bridge By” and we see Alex Vanderbilt Knockouts, four in the satisfying,” she Drier introducing this week’s segment of Knockouts and one in the von Zedtwitz Life Master says, “to go to a “Championship Bridge with Charles Goren.” Pairs. table where there’s The ACBL is producing a full season of the Becker joins his father, the late B. Jay Becker, an uproar and series in an exclusive gift set. The original 16-mm as a member of the Hall of Fame. The Beckers are leave with film has been transferred to DVD and is being the now the second father-son pair in the Hall — the everyone happy. I edited and packaged. love calming the waters.” first was Oswald and Jim Jacoby. That’s easier said than done in many cases, but A full report will follow the Hall of Fame Allen has never passed up an opportunity to test induction ceremony at the Summer NABC in herself. Chicago. After high school, she made her way to Dallas to attend the Marinello Beauty School. She married Cohen receives Bert Allen and moved with him to the Rio Grande Valley. In Harlingen, she started Curls & Things, her sportsmanship honor first beauty shop, then gradually expanded to four Ralph Cohen has others. She managed that challenge with “really been named the 2006 good help.” recipient of the In the early Nineties, Allen was working on a Sidney H. Lazard Jr. customer who mentioned that a woman named Sportsmanship Betty Rapp was going to start teaching bridge. Allen Award. The award went for the 10-part series. On the final day of the Goren talks with guests Chico Marx, John will be presented at class, Allen and a friend were drafted to fill out the Gerber, Ivan Erdos and Edith Freilich. the ACBL Bridge movement at the Harlingen Bridge Club. They came The table talk of the players is delightful, and Hall of Fame in last, but Allen was hooked. Goren’s overly dramatized commentary is a history banquet during the Five years later, the director at the bridge club lesson in bidding — though we find even then a Summer NABC in encouraged Allen to take the director’s test, opening frisky Arthur Glatt opening 1NT with a mere 15 Chicago. up more ways for her to find out that she could do points! Goren cautions his viewers that this may be Cohen, of something she never thought she could. She has tried only in the hands of an expert! Memphis TN, is an been a full-time TD since 2003. The segments also feature such legends as B.Jay ACBL Grand Life Last summer, the Professional Tournament Becker, Easley Blackwood, Dorothy Hayden Master with four NABC titles. Canadian by birth, Directors Association selected Allen as the recipient Truscott, Lew Mathe, Sonny Moyse, Helen Sobel Cohen has represented native country in of the Fred Friendly Award, named for the late TD and Sam Stayman. international play, placing fourth in the World Team Paul Stehly, whose nickname was Fred Friendly “Championship Bridge” is just one of the Olympiad in 1964. He is a WBF International because of the way he related to players. projects under way as we prepare for the ACBL’s Master. Tom Whitesides, ACBL’s field representative 75th Anniversary in 2012 and creation of the Cohen was ACBL executive director from for the area that includes Allen’s home town, say the American Museum. players relate to Allen as well as she does to them. You can support the program with a purchase of Continued on page 4 “Everyone loves Doris,” Whitesides said last a Goren Club for just $10. Contributions are Goodwill Message Continued on page 4 Continued on page 4 Today is Junior Day, the Purchase a Goren Club Pin day we salute and celebrate 11 a.m.—1 p.m. our younger players. Spring forward Encourage these players as Daily savings time begins Saturday & Sunday they are the future of the Sunday. Don’t forget to set your April 1-2 ACBL. clocks ahead one hour tonight. Outside Landmark Ballroom B Aileen Osofsky, Chairman National Goodwill Committee Page 2 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Saturday, April 1 Sunday, April 2 9:30 a.m. – Noon ACBL Educational Foundation meeting. Room: Baker. 9 a.m. – Noon Bridge Teachers and Bridge Cruises. Peg Cundiff, host of 10 a.m. – Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Jerry Helms. Helms, well-known more than 100 bridge cruises, will educate you on the ins teacher and Bridge Bulletin columnist, presents a fun bridge and outs of becoming a successful teacher/game director on lesson for intermediate and newer players. Room: a cruise ship. Fee: $25. Room: Moreno AB. Landmark D. 9:30 a.m. – of Governors Meeting. This meeting is open to all 10 a.m. – Noon ACBLscore Seminar for Beginners and Advanced Users. Noon members. Room: Landmark A–C. Join the ACBL staff for an informative seminar on the 10 a.m. – Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Marti Ronemus. Ronemus, ACBLscore program. Beginners only 10–11 a.m. Creative another one of ACBL’s well-known teachers and Bridge solutions for those who don’t know how to use (or believe Bulletin columnist, presents a fun bridge lesson for they can’t use) ACBLscore. Advanced users 11 a.m.–noon. intermediate and newer players. Room: Landmark D. Brief summary of new features with Q & A. Room: Moreno AB. Monday, April 3 10 a.m. – Noon ACBL Laws Commission meeting. Room: Pryor A. 9:30 – 11 a.m. How to Get Good Free Publicity. Join Jeff Crilley, Emmy- 10 a.m. – Noon ACBL Hall of Fame Committee meeting. Room: Pryor B. award winning TV reporter, as he shares the secrets of 10:30 a.m. – District 16 Goodwill Committee meeting. Room: Cotton getting covered in the news. Excellent program for club Noon Bowl. managers. Room: Pryor AB. Noon – 2 p.m. Bridge Plus+. 14 boards, no card fee. Room: Landmark D. 10 a.m. – Noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Newcomer Reception. New players are invited to attend. Room: Baker. Room: Landmark D. 11 a.m. – Noon Get Online with Bridge Base. Don’t miss this opportunity 5 – 6 p.m. Seminar: Handling Complaints at the Unit and District to meet with Fred Gitelman, creator of the ACBL’s Learn to Levels. Join ACBL Chief Administrative Officer Gary Play Bridge program. Get a guided tour of the Bridge Base Blaiss for a question and answer session on how to site and its outstanding teaching features. Room: Moreno effectively handle complaints at the unit and district levels. AB. Room: Sanger AB. 5 – 7 p.m. Goodwill Reception. Room: Pegasus. 5 – 6 p.m. USBF Junior Reception. A pizza party for Junior players will be held between sessions. Contact Charlotte Blaiss or the Daily Bulletin office for location. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Daily at 12:15 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. in Landmark Ballroom D. 6:45 p.m. Kitty Cooper, : Don’t Let the Opponents Play Two Saturday, April 1 of a Major 12:15 p.m. Harriette Buckman, R&R: Rights & Responsibilities Monday, April 3 6:45 p.m. Marti Ronemus, I Didn’t Want To Do It! 12:15 p.m. Mike Flader, Ruling the Game Sunday, April 2 6:45 p.m. Alan Mazer, Two Clubs or Not Two Clubs 12:15 p.m. Haig Tchamitch, Jacoby 2NT LATE NIGHT / ENTERTAINMENT Check out the following attractions after the evening session: April 2, Sunday April 1, Saturday Poker: No Limit Texas Hold’ em Tournament “The Not-So-Newlywed Game” $10 buy-in, cash prizes Hosted by Mike and Nancy Passell April 3, Monday Bob and Petra Hamman will be defending their title from the Karaoke / Magic Show Denver episode of this game.

Dining in the Hyatt Regency Dress Up Night Masterpoint disclaimer Antares Players are encouraged to Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are Revolving restaurant presents stellar New dress up for the evening subject to change because of score changes or American cuisine amid the stars. Located atop session Saturday, April 1. corrections. Reunion Tower. Reservations recommended. This is a regular feature of Therefore, the masterpoint awards as shown Lunch: Mon.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. all NABCs. are also subject to change. Dinner: Daily 6–10:30 p.m. Fall NABC schedule change Centennial Café The start time for the Senior Knockout at the On the second level, our bright and charming Fall NABC in Hawaii will be 1:30 and 8:00 pm. café Please note that this has been changed from the Breakfast: Mon.–Fri. 6 a.m.–1 p.m., Sat.–Sun. 6 times printed on the Hawaii schedule being a.m.–1 p.m. handed out at this tournament. Lunch: Offering soup/salad bar or Southwestern cuisine a la carte menu. Sample our heart-healthy Cuisine Naturelle selections. Mon.–Sun. 11:30 a.m.– 4 p.m. Dinner: 4–10 p.m.

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Coffee’s Post It’s the place for a quick meal. We have a variety of gourmet coffees, espresso, cappuccino and snacks. Lobby Level, open 24 hours. Daily Bulletin Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS IMP strategies By Bruce Greenspan It was in score is the same, each side receives algebra we first half a point. You probably won’t play learned the many board-a-match games until you theorem, gain more experience. Knockouts = IMP strategy Masterpoints. Games: bid the safest game. At You want to win matchpoints, you may get a markedly masterpoints, better score for playing in notrump play knockouts. instead of a major or in a major instead In the bracketed of a minor. IMP scoring, however, knockouts, you neutralizes the differences between are placed with these contracts. Your best strategy is to 16 teams of choose your best (longest) fit similar ability. If and bid the game that’s most likely to you make it make, even if it’s 5♣ instead of 3NT. through two rounds, there is a big payoff. At matchpoints, you would have to put If this is your first NABC, looking at the daily a gun to my head to play five of a schedule can be confusing. We have teams, pairs minor instead of 3NT (my partners and. . . what the heck is board-a-match? have done that for other reasons), but The scoring in these events is completely in teams, do it if it’s safer. different and so is the strategy. In pairs, for the If you’re not vulnerable, don’t most part, you receive one point for every pair stretch too far to bid a close game – the sitting your direction that you beat and one-half for odds favor bidding only those games every pair you tie. These are called matchpoints, you are reasonably sure will make. and at the end of the day, the pair with the most If you’re vulnerable, it pays to be a contract, even if it might cost you an overtrick or matchpoints wins. little more optimistic when you’re considering a two. An optimist sees the glass half full, a In Swiss teams and knockouts, the scoring thin game. The IMP odds (your potential gain if pessimist sees it half empty and a bridge player system is by IMPs (International Matchpoints). the contract makes) favor bidding any game that playing teams sees it cracked with water running Look at the bottom of the and you has even a 40% chance of making. out the bottom. Expect the worst and play safe to will see the IMP scale. Let’s say you bid 4♥ and Part scores: look for the safest part score. make the contract. If you lose by 1 IMP, don’t call make plus 420. Say the opponents at your Don’t worry about searching for a few extra points me. teammates’ table aren’t nearly as astute and end up by playing in notrump instead of a minor. Opening leads: be cautious about trying for a in 3♥, making four, for plus 170. When you : matchpoint players often make light swing with an unusual . In the long compare with your teammates, you will have plus overcalls, but at IMPs they should be solid. At the run, it’s usually best to make your normal lead. 250 for your side. You look at the IMP scale and one level, you should have a good suit, and at the Defense: be optimistic and fairly aggressive see that a difference of 250 is worth 6 IMPs. So two level a full opener and a good suit. when defending the opponents’ contracts. If there’s you give your team plus 6 IMPs. Each board is Competing and balancing: Don’t be too bold. a layout of the cards that will result in a set, choose compared in the same way. Unless you have a good suit and good hand, let the your leads and plays to cater to that possibility, In knockout teams, your score is by IMPs only. opponents play in their low-level contracts, even if it means you may give up an overtrick if If you are playing Swiss teams, at the end of especially if you’re vulnerable. you’re wrong. each match, the tournament director will convert Doubles: there’s little to gain and much to lose Tomorrow: Matchpoint strategy. your team’s IMP score to victory points (you can by making a penalty double of a close contract, The author, who lives in Danvers MA, is find the victory point scale on team scorecards). A especially a partscore. director of bridge services for World Winner board-a-match event is played somewhat like a The play Bridge (formerly ACBL Online). He is an ACBL- pairs game but each board is played as a match. If Overtricks: when you’re declarer, don’t risk accredited teacher and club manager. He is also you do better than the other pair on a board, you your contract trying to make an overtrick. Always former president of the Eastern Massachusetts get one point. If they do better, you get zero. If the choose the safest line of play to make your Bridge Association. Thinking Bridge find spades 4-3 and needs three dummy entries outside of the ♦A to set up the suit. West must start But I don’t have By Eddie Kantar immediately on spade establishment before drawing ♠ a partner! Dlr: South A 6 5 4 3 trump. The trump suit serves as the entries to the ♥ Don’t have a partner or teammates? No Vul: Both K J 3 spades! No point in establishing a long suit in ♦ problem! The Intermediate-Newcomer area has A7 6 dummy if you don’t have enough side suit entries to ♣ its own partnership desk, located just outside Q J dummy. And if you do have the entries and they are ♠ ♠ Landmark D. Plan to arrive an hour before the K Q 9 2 10 8 7 in the trump suit, don’t squander them by drawing ♥ ♥ game, fill out a request card and enjoy the 4 9 5 trumps prematurely. ♦ ♦ player they line you up with. K Q 10 5 J 9 2 Further play commentary: Given a normal 2- ♣ ♣ A9 8 7 K 10 4 3 2 1 trump division, dummy has three trump entries to ♠ J dummy providing West conserves the ♥2 to get to ♥ A Q 10 8 7 6 2 the ♥3 as the third dummy . The play should ♦ 8 4 3 follow these lines, West conserving the ♥2 until the ♣ 6 5 bitter end. ♦A, ♠A, spade ; heart to jack; spade West North East South ruff; heart to dummy; spade ruff high; ♥2 to the ♥ 3 ♥3 to discard a loser on the fifth spade. Bravo! ♥ Dbl 4 All Pass When setting up dummy’s long suit (no five- ♦ Opening lead: K. card suit in dummy should go unnoticed), and the Bidding commentary: Routine only side suit entries to dummy are in the trump Defensive commentary: South signals with suit, use the trump entries to coordinate the long suit ♦ the 9 at trick one to show the jack. establishment. Also, declarer should be very careful Play commentary: West starts with nine to conserve a low trump if it can possibly be used as Ann Mouzon, Richardson TX, and Callie tricks (or four losers) and needs to establish the a later dummy entry. Weller, Dallas are two of the staff members fifth spade in dummy for a 10th trick. West must who help run the Intermediate-Newcomer partnership desk. Page 4 Daily Bulletin

Allen Teachers and club Continued from page 1 managers were honored at a reception Friday summer in reference to her award. “She is always night. Jay Baum, ACBL CEO and Harriet positive and upbeat.” Buckman, ACBL Allen is also highly competent and always eager President spoke. Shown to prove herself. A case in point occurred in late here are Julie 2001, when Whitesides, who lives in Dallas, was Greenberg, director of scheduled to run a sectional tournament in the ACBL Education Beaumont in far southeast Texas. Whitesides Department; Scott couldn’t make it because getting around by airplane Humphrey, teacher from was still difficult after the terrorist attacks. Austin TX; Carol Someone called Allen, who was nine hours Robertson, ACBL Club away in Harlingen. She and Bert jumped in their car and Member Services director; and Steve and drove to Beaumont, where Doris ran the Shirey, club manager tournament by herself. One of the tournament from Forth Worth TX. organizers wrote to ACBL Headquarters praising Allen for her willingness to intercede in the crisis — about something! He will be sorely missed as a and for her skill in managing the tournament on her Jim Robison player, a friend, and a presence.” own. Today’s Strati-Flighted Open Pairs are named Robison is survived by his wife, Carol Pincus, To Allen it was just another challenge met and in memory of Jim Robison who died last week. another world-class player with multiple NABC overcome. “I love people,” she said, “and I want to ACBL Grand Life titles. make them happy.” Master and World Champion Jim Robison Lights, Camera Goren Club died in his hometown of Bridge will be the subject of a new Continued from page 1 Las Vegas NV on Mar. documentary, with filming during this NABC. 27. Robison’s death Please extend your courtesy to producers Jason deposited in the ACBL Archive Fund, an account came from Todd Hampton and Jesse Kaufman and photography used exclusively for museum projects. Contributions complications suffered directors P.J. Ravel and Matt Simmons of are not tax-deductible. Other sponsorship from a serious stroke he Blackmont Productions, Toronto. opportunities are available. experienced in the fall of We make every effort to ensure that filming The ACBL archive contained just the second 2005. He was 63. does not disturb play. If you have any concerns, season of the series. If you have information about Robison was a please speak to a tournament director or contact the other seasons – or anecdotal information you professional bridge and Linda Granell, director of marketing, in the Daily would like to share – please contact Marketing poker player. His bridge titles included the 2004 Bulletin office in Cumberland BC on the level Director Linda Granell in the Daily Bulletin Office World Senior Cup (Istanbul), the North American below the lobby, or at 901-674-4688. or 901-674-4688; [email protected]. Swiss Teams (1979, 1990), the Board-a- If you expressly do not want to be filmed, we Goren Club Sponsors Match Teams (1984), the Open Pairs (1985) and the will try to avoid including you in the filming. Our thanks to Mike Becker, newly elected to the NABC+ IMP Pairs (1998). However, remember that these opportunities help ACBL Hall of Fame, for his contribution of $1000 He had five second-place finishes in national- promote our game. You also should be aware that toward the “Championship Bridge” DVD project. level contests, including the 2005 Vanderbilt your entry blank includes the statement: Mike’s father, B. Jay Becker, also a Hall of Fame Knockout Teams. Robison’s masterpoint total of “The submission of this entry member, is featured in two of the “Championship 17,218 placed him 78th on the list of all-time blank constitutes an agreement Bridge with Charles Goren” segments. masterpoint holders. binding on all players listed hereon: Thank you as well to contributors Len Harmon, Expert Allan Falk said, “Most people know Jim that this contest is governed by the who played on the show with Ivar Stakgold, and was a first rate cash game and video poker player rules, regulations and procedures of tournament director Peter Marcus. and an extraordinarily talented bridge player. Fewer the ACBL...” Among those rules and are aware that Jim was once on the verge of regulations is the following (adopted by Cohen becoming a professional golfer, after a collegiate the Board of Directors in 1983): “By career as a leading member of the then-dominant Continued from page 1 participating in any ACBL–sanctioned Ohio State University team that included Jack event, each contestant, 1984–86 and has served on the ACBL and WBF Nicklaus. official, or observer of any such bridge Laws Commissions. “Once you got to know Jim, which not contest agrees that said event, or The award was established by Sidney Lazard in infrequently required a certain level of portions thereof, may be filmed, honor of his son, Sidney Jr., who died in 1999 after pachydermatousness, he was amusing, witty, recorded or otherwise documented or a year-long battle with cancer at the age of 41. intelligent, charming, a brilliant raconteur, a boon publicized at the discretion of the Administrated by the ACBL Educational companion, a ferociously competitive partner, and sponsoring organizations.” Foundation, the award is limited to top players — yet he could be vexing, annoying (most often by those who have finished in the top four places in turning out to be entirely correct about some Cell phones major national contests. Lazard said that its object is contrary position) and amusingly insulting. But, Cell phones, audible pagers or any similar to “enhance sportsmanship among the top players,” achieving what the title character in the classic communication equipment may and to salute those that try, “to win with class and gangster film “Little Caesar” never could, Jim could not be operated or operable in dignity.” dish it out and take it as well, always with a laugh, the playing area during a Previous winners: whether on himself or someone else. Mike Passell session of play at NABCs 2001 Paul Soloway once remarked that if Jim could only learn to bid, except for health-related 2002 Rose Meltzer he’d easily be the best bridge player in the world, equipment or by permission of 2003 Larry Cohen which is a scary thought in a lot of ways. the director-in-charge of the 2004 Lynn Deas “Known among his friends as ‘Robo’ or ‘The tournament or event. 2005 Nick Nickell Robinator,’ Jim was fun to be around, at or away from the table, and he had a remarkable talent for Entries bringing out the best in people — usually because they were working extra hard to prove him wrong All North American championships with no upper masterpoint limitation $18 (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play in NABC+ events.) Other North American championships $16.50 (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play in these events.) Regional championships $15.50 for ACBL members, $17.50 for all others All other events $14.50 for ACBL members, $16.50 for all others. Daily Bulletin Page 5

From the bidding, it seemed likely that East had are forced to choose between being forced to lead Winkle, Winkle Little Star a 2=5=5=1 pattern, since with 3=5=4=1 she might into a tenace or unblocking one of its potential The stars of the , Flight A, have doubled instead of bidding 2♦ on the second winners. were District 18’s Gordon Campbell and Piotr round. On the last club, West was forced to part with a Klimowicz who won the contest that ended So Campbell played a spade to the king. If East diamond since a spade discard would allow declarer Thursday evening. On this deal from the second ducked with a putative A–x, she could later be to play a spade next, crashing the queen and jack. A qualifying session, the winners earned most of the endplayed in diamonds. spade was discarded from dummy. East was also matchpoints in the auction, and Campbell put the West won the trick with the ace, however, and under pressure, since a heart discard would allow icing on the cake as declarer by uncovering a rare exited with a diamond. Campbell played low from declarer to exit with a spade to the queen. East play — a winkle — to earn the maximum number of dummy and East won the queen. The heart would then be forced to lead a diamond from the tricks for his side. continuation was ruffed by declarer to leave this K–x into dummy’s A–J. East, therefore, had to ♠ Dlr: East 9 7 6 2 ending: discard the ♠Q on the last trump. ♥ Vul: None J 10 5 ♠ 9 7 Campbell then cashed the ♦A, stripping West of ♦ AJ 2 ♥ — his last card in that suit, and played a spade to ♣ J 9 8 ♦ AJ West’s jack. The last trick was declarer’s. ♠ ♠ AJ 8 5 Q 4 ♣ — Down one, but a terrific matchpoint score. ♥ ♥ 8 7 6 A K Q 4 2 ♠ J 8 ♠ Q ♦ ♦ 7 6 4 K Q 9 8 5 ♥ — ♥ 2 ♣ ♣ 10 6 5 3 ♦ 6 4 ♦ K 9 ♠ K 10 3 ♣ — ♣ — ♥ 9 3 ♠ 10 3 ♦ 10 3 ♥ — ♣ A K Q 7 4 2 ♦ 10 West North East South ♣ 7 Klimowicz Campbell Once West had shown up with ♠A, it was clear ♥ ♣ 1 2 that East had started with the doubleton queen; ♦ Pass Pass 2 Pass Campbell could visualize the entire layout. Although ♥ ♣ 2 3 All Pass it appears that he has two spade losers, the last The defense began with three rounds of hearts, trump forced the defense to abandon one of its Campbell ruffing high. He then played three rounds winners. This is the nature of a winkle: it’s a of trump ending in dummy, discovering that West specialized type of squeeze in which the defenders Second in the North American Pairs, Flight A, were began with three clubs, East one. Henry Lortz and Wayne Ohlrich of Seattle WA. Memoirs of an Interloper By Barry Rigal Everyone knows the old joke “How do you get the spade suit. Dlr: West ♠ J 9 4 to Carnegie Hall?” “Practice, constant practice!” Dlr: South ♠ AJ 8 5 Vul: Both ♥ K Q 10 5 Not everyone knows the easy way to play in the Vul: None ♥ 8 7 6 ♦ A4 North American Pairs at the NABC: arrive one ♦ 7 6 4 ♣ A7 4 3 minute before the evening session of the qualifier as ♣ 10 6 5 ♠ 2 ♠ K 10 6 3 a spectator and meet Mark Bartusek whose partner ♠ K 10 3 ♠ 9 7 6 2 ♥ A8 6 2 ♥ 9 did not turn up. ♥ 9 3 ♥ J 10 5 ♦ J 8 6 3 2 ♦ K Q 10 5 While we scored enough to advance to the ♦ 10 3 ♦ AJ 2 ♣ K 10 8 ♣ J 6 5 2 second day, we knew we were not eligible for the ♣ A K Q 7 4 2 ♣ J 9 8 ♠ A Q 8 7 5 final, so there was no pressure on us at all. Here are ♠ Q 4 ♥ J 7 4 3 some of the more interesting deals we encountered. ♥ A K Q 4 2 ♦ 9 7 Dlr: West ♠ J 2 ♦ K Q 9 8 5 ♣ Q 9 Vul: N-S ♥ 4 ♣ 3 North South ♦ A J 10 4 West North East South 1♣ 1♠ ♣ A K 8 7 6 5 1♥ 1NT 2♥ ♠ 4 ♠ A K Q 10 6 5 2♣ 2♥ 3♣ 3♦ 3♥ 4♥ ♥ A K Q 9 6 5 ♥ 10 2 4♣ Pass Pass 4♥ Pass ♦ K Q 5 2 ♦ 7 6 3 All Pass ♣ Q J ♣ 10 9 The defense started with two top clubs. Declarer obvious play (if East has short hearts) is to run the ♠ 9 8 7 3 ruffed, led a spade to the jack, played a diamond to ♠J, covered all round. Now declarer can simply ♥ J 8 7 3 the queen, then drew all the trumps. The ♠Q went draw trumps and run the ♠9 for 10 tricks. So is ♦ 9 8 to the king and ace, followed by a second diamond there a defense? Yes, but an unlikely one. ♣ 4 3 2 play. East followed impassively with the jack, but Consider an alternative defense — the tap. West This is a tough deal for East-West. With an declarer after due reflection put up the ♦K and had leads a diamond and declarer must it and win eight-card and a seven-card major fit, both featuring plus 450 for a 75% board. the next. He then advances the ♠J covered by the a near solid six-carder in one hand, which suit Notice the difference if West alertly flies with king and ace. South now leads the ♥J and another should you play in? Right, the seven-card fit. the ♠K at trick three, blocking the spade suit. heart and can't be stopped from using the ♣A as an 4♥ is almost sure to be defeated. 4♠ has 10 Declarer takes the ace and leads a diamond to entry after drawing trumps to run the ♠9. tricks. the king, but can't get back to dummy for a second What about this: after the diamond lead and The defense to 4♥ is fun, too. At the table, the diamond play. All he can do is duck a diamond. East continuation, when declarer plays the ♠J from North player defended the heart game by cashing wins the ♦J and pumps declarer with a third club. dummy, try ducking! Say declarer reverts to trumps, two top clubs to discover the position in that suit. Declarer ruffs and gives up another diamond - even leading the ♥K, ducked all round, and a heart to the Then he meanly shifted to spades, disrupting though West gets to pitch now, there is nothing the jack, also ducked. In this ending, West wins the declarer's entries to dummy. (He was helped by the defense can do since even if East had a fourth club, third heart and plays a diamond: fact that South had given suit preference for the the tap could be taken in dummy. Plus 420 would be ♠ 9 4 higher of the remaining suits — spades and average because quite a few pairs missed game with ♥ Q 10 diamonds — on the second high club.) the North-South cards At least East-West could be ♦ — Declarer had a choice of unattractive plays. proud they had done their best. ♣ A7 4 3 Though he could pitch one diamond loser on the And finally, there was this deal (see next ♠ — ♠ K 10 6 spades, the third round of spades would get ruffed - column): ♥ A8 ♥ — from the short trump holding to boot. But leading a North-South climbed to 4♥ after an ♦ J 8 6 ♦ Q 10 diamond after two rounds of spades was equally undisciplined auction: Playing New Minor Forcing ♣ K 10 8 ♣ J 6 5 ineffective. maybe North has just enough to stretch to 3♥(?). ♠ AQ 8 7 Minus 100 was worth only 5 matchpoints out of The final contract is unedifying but not without play ♥ 7 4 35 for East-West. (despite the 4-1 trump split) because of the spade ♦ — Coincidentally the next two deals (rotated for spots. ♣ Q 9 convenience) also featured entry-disrupting plays in On a trump lead to the king and East's 9, the Continued on page 6 Page 6 Daily Bulletin

Memoirs Continued from page 5 Ruling the Game law that covers this situation is 79C. It states that “an error in computing or tabulating the agreed- Declarer can still succeed. He ruffs the third upon score, whether made by a player or scorer, diamond in dummy, creating a trump trick for West, may be corrected until the expiration of the period but pitches a club loser from hand. Now he passes specified by the sponsoring organization. Unless the ♠ the 9 and has an answer for everything the defense sponsoring organization specifies a later time, this can do. correction period expires 30 minutes after the So declarer wins, right? No! There is a defense. official score has been made available for West must lead a diamond and declarer must duck it inspection.” (if he takes it and plays a spade, the defense has the As players, we have responsibility to inspect our entry to get a spade ruff, then can sit back and wait score when they have been posted to ensure that we for their club). East overtakes, and at trick two must have received the scores we earned in that session. shift to a club. When an error has been made, whether it is in our Declarer does best to put in the 9, covered by favor or against it, we must contact a director and the 10. If he declines to win this in dummy, the ensure that the score is corrected in a timely fashion. ♣ defense must revert to diamonds (the K exit is In most cases, the grace period for a correction is cute, but it doesn't work; declarer can eventually Disagreement as to the typically greater than 30 minutes. At the NABCs, maneuver a black-suit squeeze against East!). for example, you usually will have up until the start ♦ ♠ The A wins, then when declarer leads the J Number of Tricks Won of the next session of play in your event (unless the from the table, East ducks, and declarer's goose is There are several issues that arise when the error occurred in the last session of the last day of finally cooked. West wins the third round of trumps, sides involved dispute the number of tricks won by the tournament). gives up a ruff-and-discard, and now the entries to the declarer. These issues revolve around questions As you can see, this makes it important that you the North hand are not good enough to pick up the regarding how disputes are settled and the correct keep a private score. If there is a dispute, your spades. procedure to follow when there is an error in private score is one way of protecting your equity. tabulating the score. When you notice an error, contact a director and Convention card reminder Law 65 deals with the arrangement of tricks. It apprise him of the problem prior to the end of the states that at the end of each trick, the players turn correction period. If the error involves a director Each player must have an ACBL convention • the cards they played face down on the table. If a entering the wrong score in the machine, it is easy to card filled out and on the table. Please note that player’s side won the trick, he points the card he get a correction made. If a player has recorded the other types of convention cards, such as the WBF played at his partner. If the opponents won the trick, score incorrectly and his opponents have approved convention card or homemade cards that do not he points the card he played in their direction. Each the score as recorded, realizing later that it was not sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, player is responsible for arranging his played cards the score they agreed upon or if they realize later are not acceptable substitutes. in an orderly overlapping row in the sequence that they did not agree upon the right result, a • Each player is required to have a convention played so as to permit a review of the play after its change is still possible, but a little more card filled out legibly and on the table throughout completion, if necessary, to determine the number of complicated. When a correct score ticket has been a session. Both cards of a partnership must be tricks won by each side or the order in which the turned in and one of the pairs involved realizes that identical and include the first and last names of cards were played. A player who fails to follow they agreed upon the right number of tricks, the each member of the partnership. correct procedure as stated above or who other side must agree to the change in score before If a director determines that neither player has prematurely mixes his cards loses the right to claim it can be made. In some cases the director need not a substantially completed card, the partnership ownership of doubtful tricks or to claim a . grant an increase in score once the round in which may play only the Yellow Card I remember a player in my area who always the error occurred has ended. For example, if the and may use only standard carding. This arranged his cards into two piles, winners and score from a Swiss match is reversed by the director restriction may be lifted only at the beginning of a losers. If ever the day had come when he and his doing the scoring, and the team who won the match subsequent round after convention cards have opponents did not agree on the outcome of a hand, does not point out the error immediately in the been properly prepared and approved by the he would have lost all doubtful tricks. hopes of getting more favorable pairings, the director. Further, the partnership will receive a 1/6 So a good rule of thumb is not to disturb the director should not grant an increase in score in a board matchpoint penalty for each board played, order of your played cards until the result has been later round. He should correct the other team’s total, commencing with the next round and continuing agreed up by all four players. If agreement cannot but not the team that turns in the error belatedly. until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team games, be reached, a review of the tricks is then possible. This reflects the fact that the team captain’s penalties shall be at the discretion of the director. This also helps when there is a possibility of a responsibility is to make sure that his team’s score If the director determines the partnership has revoke by one of the players. If the tricks are in the has been recorded accurately. at least one substantially completed convention exact order that they were played, a review of the card but has not fully complied with ACBL trick in question is possible. Of course, in cases of a Parking regulations, the director may give warnings or possible revoke or a disagreement as to the number Hotel parking is valet only with a discounted assign such penalties as he deems to be of tricks won, the director should be called to price for ACBL members of up to $15 a day. appropriate under the circumstances. protect the rights of all concerned. Parking is available in the Reunion Arena lot The objective of these Even if we follow procedure to the letter, across East Reunion (ballroom side of the hotel). warnings and penalties disagreements may arise subsequently to a score The rate is $4 per entry on nonevent days ($10 on is the encouragement being recorded and/or posted. When that happens, event days.) Note that if you do not move your of full compliance with whether the error is on the part of the players in car, there is no additional charge per day. Parking ACBL regulations. agreeing on the result, or on the part of the score at Union Station is $5 per day. Parking in the “H” being recorded incorrectly either by a player or a lot is $4 per day. director, it is still possible to make a correction. The Daily Bulletin Page 7

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Jeff Meckstroth, Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein, Mike Passell - Eddie Wold, Las Vegas NV; Fulvio Fantoni - Play begins June 10 with the Mixed Pairs and Richard Pavlicek Jr., Brad Moss, Eric Greco, Kent Claudio Nunes, Rome Italy Mignocchi, Joel Wooldridge and John Kranyak. continues with a full slate of events, concluding Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Terje June 24. Besides the Mixed Pairs, there are the To enter, complete the application in the March Aa, Heimdal 7 Norway; Glenn Groetheim, Melhus Norway Rosenblum and McConnell teams (open and Bridge Bulletin and mail or fax to ACBL before vs March 31. You may also enter via e-mail: Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA; Geir women’s respectively), Senior Teams, Open, Helgemo, Trondheim Ca Norway; Tor Helness, Oslo Norway; Women’s, Senior and IMP pairs. [email protected]. Cezary Balicki, Wroclaw Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice 40- All events are transnational — teams or pairs 479 Poland may be made up of players from any countries. Defenders, TEXAS RANGERS KO BRACKET 2 There are no quotas or restrictions, but you must 2005 Spring NABC 16 Tables register for the tournament before May 8 through Marvin Deneroff, North Bergen NJ; Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton your national bridge organization. For players in Baldwin North American Pairs, Flight A: FL; Craig Robinson - Elaine Landow, Lansdale PA vs North America, that would be the ACBL or the David Yang, Nikolay Demirev Golder North American Pairs, Flight B: Pete James Bauer, Dallas TX; Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; Mike Canadian Bridge Federation. If you have questions, Miller, Temple TX; Carolyn Pinto - Billy Leeper, Fort Worth TX you may contact Ann Gudge, World Bridge Whipple, Jamie Radcliffe John Spessard, Dallas TX; Robert Klein, Rohnert Park CA; Stephen Federation liaison, at [email protected]. President’s Cup North American Pairs, Flight C: Jiang Chen, Nongyu Li Brauss, Saint Louis MO; Ann Roberts, Garland TX Verona is one of Italy’s top cities, famous vs internationally as the setting for Shakespeare’s I: Bob Morris, Eddie Wold Petra Hamman - Norman Beck, Dallas TX; Nancy Passell - Bryan Lebhar IMP Pairs: Blair Seidler, Kevin Wilson Storey, Plano TX; Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Tom Edwards, Grand Romeo and Juliet. Players who are interested in the Prairie TX rich culture and heritage of the area (Verona is only Whitehead Women’s Pairs: Gail Greenberg, 68 miles from Venice) will find much to enjoy. Laurie Vogel Harriette Buckman, Sarasota FL; Fred Buckman, Lincolnwood IL; The playing facility is a modern, air conditioned Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs: Bill Esberg, George Retek, Montreal QC; Jerry Fleming, Los Alamos NM vs convention center. Marla Chalkin Bean Red Ribbon Pairs: Yeong-Long Shiue, Joe Grue - Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Vincent Demuy, For travel arrangements and more information, Montreal-Nord QC; Gavin Wolpert, Thornhill ON visit www.worldbridgehouse.com David Margolin : John Kranyak, Laurie TEXAS RANGERS KO BRACKET 3 Kranyak 16 Tables King/Queen of Bridge John Boyer - Ellyn Plato, Hastings Hdsn NY; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise : James Cayne, Graduating from high school this year? If FL; Denis Murphy, Belleville ON Michael Seamon, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, vs you’re an ACBL member who plays and promotes Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein Sheryleen Grothus, San Antonio TX; Preston Morrow, Dallas TX; bridge, why not apply to become the 2006 King or Karen Snyder, Spicewood TX; Nancy Boothe, Houston TX Vanderbilt Knockout Teams: Richard Queen of Bridge? Schwartz, Michael Becker, Larry Cohen, David The winner was originally determined by total N Richard Nelson - Norinne Anderson Nelson, Tlay Mexico; Berkowitz, Massimo Lanzarotti, Andrea Buratti Michael Estep - Barbara Estep, Hurst TX masterpoints but recent winners have been cited for Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams: Hansa vs deportment, demeanor and sportsmanship at the William White - Melody Gann, Arlington TX; Jack Fitzgerald, Narasimhan, JoAnna Stansby, Debbie Rosenberg, bridge table and for extra-curricular bridge activities Grand Prairie TX; Joan Ehmann, Irving TX Irina Levitina, Sue Picus, Jill Levin such as teaching and directing. NABC 49er Pairs: Joan Dixon, Bernie Weiss TEXAS RANGERS KO BRACKET 4 The contest was established in 1973 by the late 16 Tables Mott-Smith Trophy: Eddie Wold Homer Shoop and the International Palace of Sports, Rosemary Dunn, Alamo TX; Ellen Dutcher, Denville NJ; Betty Cox, Randolph NJ; Judith Ortiz, San Antonio TX FRIDAY EVENING 100/200/300 PAIRS vs 13.0 Tables Jack Borenstein - Murray Berger - Kevin Podsiadlik, Dallas TX; Jim Clark, Double Oak TX; Ned Nolte, Fort Worth TX ABC 3.25 1 1 1 Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland Hill TX 63.26% C. Buddy Carls, Huntington Bh CA; Joseph Radvansky, 2.44 2 2 2 Martha Jacobson - Jeanne Keish, Arlington TX 62.88% Marblehead OH; Rudi Cataldi, Rolling Hills CA; Kenneth 1.83 3 3 3 Cathy Struck - Raymond Struck, Hattiesburg MS 58.52% McAllister, Pearland TX 1.37 4 4 Nita James, Kingwood TX; Carolyn Labouliere, Humble TX 57.39% vs Nancy Anderson - Mary Alice Giordano - Barbara Yates, Fort 1.03 5 5 Bobbi Hale, Fair Oaks Ranch TX; Jim Hale, Fair Oak Rancho TX 56.25% Worth TX; L Snyder, Richardson TX 0.90 6 6 4 Jim Bufkins - Marion Scott, Denton TX 55.49% 0.68 5 Margaret Callinan, Mill Valley CA; Vicki Quinn, Corte Madera CA 54.36% Daniel Sellers Jr - Christie Sellers, Mobile AL; Billie Hedberg, Montgomery AL; Carla Burke, Lillian AL FRIDAY EVENING INTERMEDIATE-NEWCOMER SWISS vs 12 Tables James Thomas, Hernando FL; Evelyn Kleinsasser, Alachua FL; Mary Petit, East Windsor CT; Sandra Wirtz, Clyde MI DEF 3.11 1 1 1 Suzie Herman - Nadine Barker - Joy McKenzie-Smith, Fort Worth TEXAS RANGERS KO BRACKET 5 TX; Pamela Gladysz, Ft Worth TX 101.00 16 Tables 2.33 2 2 Jeri Quinton - Ken Quinton - Cornelia Friedman, Ft Worth TX; Jon Downing, Solihull England; Ian Kidger, Port of Spain Trinidad Peggy Mc Clung, Fort Worth TX 83.00 & Tobago; Julian Wernick, Birmingham England; Christine Potter, 1.53 3/4 3/4 Gary Cox - Kay Cox, Georgetown TX; Marie Sarsten, Belle Haven Binghamton NY vs VA; Gunnar Sarsten, Bellehaven VA 81.00 Kerry Kappell, Woodside NY; Barbara Kimmel - Blair Brickman, 1.53 3/4 3/4 2 Dorothy Nance, Duncanville TX; Alma Johnson, Desoto TX; E. New York NY; David Morrow, Brooklyn NY Marie Hughes-Anders, Cedar Hills TX; Elvarie Menefee, Dallas TX 81.00 Loni Christensen - Bettie Reed, Dallas TX; Christel Gruber, D- 61440 Oberurse Germany; Joseph Silva, APO AE 1ST FRIDAY SENIOR PAIRS vs 33.5 Tables Eileen Smith - James McCommons - Judith Lotridge, Dallas TX; ABC William Jordan, Tuscaloosa AL 10.78 1/2 Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Tom Snouse, Felton CA 61.08% 10.78 1/2 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA 61.08% TEXAS RANGERS KO BRACKET 6 6.93 3 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 60.90% 16 Tables Larry King, Grass Valley CA; Sandra Hammer, Dorset VT; Herbert 5.20 4 Sue Henry - Sharon Haney, San Angelo TX 59.29% Warner - Marcia Warner, Montgomery TX 3.90 5 Jim Stokes, Grand Rapids MI; Bernie De Young, Miami FL 59.12% vs 2.92 6 Joan Vigdor - Charles Wolpert, Boynton Beach FL 58.19% Brady Allen - Joe Clark - Mark Lombard - Mark Hupert M D, 7.79 1 Ted Burns, Palm Desert CA; Gil Mahla, Hartwell GA 57.26% Dallas TX 5.84 2 Ray Adams, Turlock CA; Bill Schulthess, Sanford FL 57.02% Steven Conrad, Manhasset NY; H Nelson, Zelienople PA; Jadwiga 4.38 3 John Christopher - Dorothy Christopher, Milford MI 55.98% Polujan, Port Coquitlam BC; Robert Walters, White Rock BC 3.40 4 Chet Bahr - Bea Bahr, Rochester MN 55.91% vs 2.76 5 Connie Martin - Barry Martin, Dallas TX 54.95% Carl Brame, Tacoma WA; Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC; Alice 3.76 6 1 Guy Ross, Lte Switzerland NC; Katherine Trubey, Ltl Switzrlnd NC 54.67% Thomas, Langley BC; Peggy Johnson, Lake Oswego OR 2.82 2 Joyce Truitt - Jacque Waghorne, Gainesville TX 54.45% 2.12 3 Cissy Brown - Norma Edsel, Dallas TX 50.81% 1.59 4 Robert Griffin - Jane Woolley, Sun City West AZ 50.57% 1.93 5 Bob Johnson - Mary Johnson, Godfrey IL 50.21% Page 8 Daily Bulletin

TEXAS RANGERS KO BRACKET 8 NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS - FLIGHT A (CORRECTED) 16 Tables 14.0 Tables Rita Callahan, Bristol RI; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Glenn 65.00 1 Gordon Campbell, Calgary AB; Piotr Klimowicz, Edmonton AB 415.00 Young, Alexandria VA; Michael Wolf, New York NY vs 48.75 2 Henry Lortz - Wayne Ohlrich, Seattle WA 401.28 Ann Tolle - Glen Tolle, Plano TX; Charles Morse - Nancy Morse, 36.56 3 David Yang, Chicago IL; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL 399.76 Mc Kinney TX 28.89 4 Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 399.42 26.00 5 Jay Korobow, Levittown PA; Martin De Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ 397.33 Ronald Neben, Fort Worth TX; Arthur Wikoff, Crowley TX; 23.64 6 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 393.81 Virginia Reinier, Joshua TX; Barbara Jones, Cleburne TX 21.67 7 Ed Schultz, Chesterfield MO; Mark Kessler, Springfield IL 390.79 vs Joan Slaughter - Patricia Rose - Joanna Kaspar - Carol Nicoud, 20.00 8 Michael Halvorsen, Champaign IL; Richard Blumenthal, Lincoln IL 383.16 Dallas TX 18.57 9 Chris Willenken, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 381.43 17.33 10 Gene Benedict - Robert Brandow, Toledo OH 375.33 TEXAS RANGERS KO BRACKET 9 16.25 11 Phil Clayton, West Covina CA; Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA 370.65 16 Tables 15.29 12 John Rayner, Oakville ON; Michael Roche, Don Mills ON 370.29 Sue Vaughan, Rockwall TX; Rebecca McCarter, Lake Kiowa TX; Sandra Hollon, Gainesville TX; Mary Earley, Fairview TX 14.44 13 Tom Oppenheimer, Ballwin MO; Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO 369.75 vs 13.68 14 Richard Mydloski, Taylor MI; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI 362.76 Jacqueline Fetzer - Donna Maddox - Sue Kimbrell - Darlene 13.00 15 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 362.08 Moody, Houston TX 12.38 16 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC 361.94 11.82 17 Shawn Quinn - Joe Quinn, Richmond TX 358.58 Bill Osborn - John McNeill, Frisco TX; Anthony Pellegrini, Plano 11.30 18 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Craig Gardner, Streamwood IL 352.94 TX; Richard McGill, N Richmond Hls TX vs 10.83 19 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD 346.15 Jeff Dater - Kevin Pheiffer - Tom Pearce, Dallas TX; Joseph Gill, 10.40 20 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 342.78 Richardson TX 10.00 21 Jeffrey Hand, Casselberry FL; David Kent, Lake Mary FL 342.60 9.63 22 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 341.91 TEXAS RANGERS KO BRACKET 10 9.29 23 Ira Herman - G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, New York NY 340.80 12 Tables 8.97 24 Hemant Lall - Justin Lall, Dallas TX 322.84 Larz Smith - Anne Smith, Colleyville TX; Linda Madding - Helen Nelson, Grand Prairie TX 8.67 25 Jonathan Weinstein, Evanston IL; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL 317.40 vs Jim Harp - Paul Taylor - Robert Scrimale - J Reagan Dixon, Dallas EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION PAIRS (CORRECTED) TX 88.0 Tables ABC Ronald Sears - Patricia Sears - Bob Marvin, Fort Worth TX; Nora Oliver, South Orleans MA 18.79 1 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 68.91% vs 12.33 2/3 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA 68.27% Mike Huiatt - Terry Bickerton - Janet Huiatt - Pamela Bickerton, 12.33 2/3 Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD; Mark Shaw, Laurel MD 68.27% Fair Oaks Ranch TX 7.93 4 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA 68.11% 5.95 5 Charlton Buckley, Glenbrook NV; Bruce Ferguson, Boise ID 67.47% TEXAS RANGERS KO BRACKET 11 4.46 6 Justina McKee, Fernwood MS; Annette Lee McHann, Brandon MS 65.06% 12 Tables Roger Ellingson - Connie Ellingson - Richard Chapman - Judy 3.34 7 Pat Cassidy, Arlington TX; Roy Baughman, Pantego TX 64.10% Chapman, Little Rock AR 2.92 8/9 Beverly Perry, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 62.98% vs 2.80 8/9 Jeri Berger, Marina Del Rey CA; John Kuharetz, New Milford NJ 62.98% Judy Mays - Ivanette Dennis, Richardson TX; Helen Skiles, Plano 8.27 1 Brady Allen - Mark Lombard, Dallas TX 58.17% TX; Margaret King, Dallas TX 6.20 2 1 D Russell Long, Houston TX; John Bedford, Spring TX 53.85% 4.65 3 2 Joe Cameron, Irving TX; G Brantz, Plano TX 53.69% James Goodwin, Temple TX; June Pruzon, Rosebud TX; O Maddox - Ronnie Gaines, Garland TX 3.49 4 David Glandorf, Houston TX; Mary Burnell, Kemah TX 52.88% vs 2.62 5 Matt Shuman - Stephen Shuman, Richardson TX 52.56% Michael Purkiss, Desoto TX; Carol Scott - Bill Strange, Fort Worth 1.96 6 Marsha Bernstein - Sanford Lobliner, Houston TX 51.92% TX; Tommie Bullard, Ft Worth TX 1.79 3/4 James Wueste, Austin TX; Harvey Browning, Georgetown TX 49.20% 1.79 3/4 Jill Rosen, Greenwich CT; Hope Furth, White Plains NY 49.20% TEXAS RANGERS KO BRACKET 12 12 Tables 1.15 5 Charles Gravenkemper, Seattle WA; Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI 48.40% Francine Hargrove - Ann Mc Dougal - Judith Fecel, Houston TX; 0.86 6 Patty Moncus, Boerne TX; Jeri Tribo, Fair Oaks Ranch TX 46.96% Karla Riddick, Conroe TX vs INTERNATION FUND PAIRS (THURSDAY AFTERNOON) Kenneth Bickelhaupt - Emily Ray - Ellen Heck - Callie Weller, 55.0 Tables Dallas TX ABC David Neuschwanger, Maumelle AR; Virginia Young - Luraette 15.17 1 Beverly Perry, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 68.91% Tucker - Jim Tucker, Little Rock AR 11.38 2 Jim Hall, Minneapolis MN; Paul Meerschaert, Tonka Bay MN 66.51% vs 8.53 3 Judy Kay-Wolff - Bobby Wolff, Las Vegas NV 65.54% Karen Franklin - William Franklin, Rowlett TX; Carol Rieger - Pat 6.40 4 Richard Spitalnick, Sunnyvale CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 63.30% Lewis, Rockwall TX 7.48 5/6 1 Joe Freeman, Flower Mound TX; Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center MA 61.86% 4.20 5/6 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Colby Vernay, Lacon IL 61.86% Restaurant/ 5.61 2 John Richards - Joanne Yeager, Orlando FL 59.78% 4.21 3 Cyrinda Forth - Kevin Bosley, Peterborough ON 57.53% Transportation 3.63 4 1 Jeff Dater - Steve Birnbaum, Dallas TX 56.41% 2.37 5 Scott Young, Dr TX; Martha Young, Dallas TX 52.72% Information 1.78 6 Sheila Wimer, Reno NV; Fred Hopper, Mesa AZ 52.24% There are many restaurants in the West End 2.72 2 Donnie McDowell, Paris TX; Christine Mock, Greenville TX 49.68% including Landry’s Seafood House, On the Border, 2.04 3 Todd Kaplan - Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL 48.88% Spaghetti Warehouse and The Butcher Shop. The 1.53 4 R. Scott Laing, Ohio City OH; Barbara McCormick, Polson MT 47.28% West End is a few minutes from the Hyatt on the 1.15 5 Scott Wansbrough, Dallas TX; Zachary Brescoll, Mansfield TX 46.79% DART light rail system. DART rail passes can be 1.07 6/7 Michael Hebbert - Andrew McColl, Pickering ON 46.47% purchased from the ticket vending machines on 0.76 6/7 Janet Deschenes, Kennebunkport ME; Rosamond Lownes, Needham MA 46.47% the platform at Union Station. Single-trip tickets are $1.25 and are valid for 90 minutes. Day passes are $2.50. Fares for seniors 65 and older are .50 for a single trip ticket and $1 for a day pass. Daily Bulletin Page 9

INTERNATIONAL FUND 299ER (THURSDAY AFTERNOON) EDUCATION FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 1 17.0 Tables 16 Tables ABC Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA; Mike Bandler, Alamo CA; Michael Katz, San Ramon CA; Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles 3.82 1 Boyan Ganchev, Norman OK; James Faw, Oklahoma City OK 60.80% CA; Nels Erickson, Sparks NV; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 3.06 2 1 Francine Hargrove, Houston TX; Karla Riddick, Conroe TX 60.23% vs 2.30 3 2 Donna McKay, Dallas TX; Israel Bar-Nir, Highland Vill TX 59.85% Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Ari Greenberg, Malibu CA; 2.02 4 3 1 Donna Jordan - David Sterner, Dallas TX 57.01% Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Michael White, Atlanta GA; Sylvia 1.21 5 James Lang, Corpus Christi TX; Marjorie Webb, Austin TX 55.87% Caley, Montreal QC 0.91 6 Ed Harris, Forest City NC; Ruth Ruyle, Roseville CA 55.68% G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; 1.33 4/5 2/3 Clifton Seago - Lissa Jensen, Wichita KS 53.22% Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Miguel 1.33 4/5 2/3 Nancy Strohmer - Hans Strohmer, Houston TX 53.22% Reygadas, Polanco Mexico 0.73 6 Juliana Stark - Gina Lancaster, Fort Worth TX 52.46% vs 1.07 4 Gail Heinonen - Julie Butterfield, Dallas TX 51.89% Gregory Roberts, Aiken SC; Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; 0.77 5 Barbara Blaine - Nancy Tracy, Little Rock AR 51.52% Walter Fontaine, North Providenc RI; Bob Ayers, Roswell GA EDUCATION FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 2 FRIDAY-SUNDAY AM SIDE GAME 16 Tables 13.0 Tables Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara McLendon, New York NY; ABC Mark Teaford, Kapaa HI; Yasuko Shrenzel, Kihei HI; John Barth, 3.49 1 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA 61.55% Santa Cruz CA 2.62 2 Paul Nason, Malden MA; Bud Biswas, Lexington MA 60.98% vs Alan Resser, Chicago IL; William Charowhas, Marble Falls TX; 1.96 3 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center MA 60.42% Edward Nield, Westchester IL; Rachel Chittaro, Kildeer IL 2.88 4 1 1 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rita Callahan, Bristol RI 57.20% 2.16 5 2 2 James Andre - Lily Andre, Rockville MD 56.82% Phyllis Fireman - Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Dorothy 1.08 6 Carl Brame, Tacoma WA; Mary Lou Webster, Jonesboro GA 56.25% Kelleher, Portland ME; Alan Walters, Naples FL 1.62 3 3 Marcia Warner - Herbert Warner, Montgomery TX 55.68% vs 1.22 4 Doris Rich - Johnie Imes, Lake Ozark MO 53.41% Burrell Humphreys - Joy Humphreys - Frances Cohen - Marilyn Hirschhorn, Wayne NJ 1.77 5 Geoffrey Cross, Fernandina FL; Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI 52.46% 1.32 4 Lucy Mazzaferro - Pat Ross, Jackson MS 50.38% Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Tommy Latham, White House TN; Joseph Collins, Ft Lauderdale FL; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS vs 15.5 Tables Martha Lackey, Mc Lean VA; La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Alexandria VA; David Schultz, Washington DC ABC vs 3.67 1 Bill Carson, Ltl Switzrlnd NC; B Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC 71.80% F. Marion Fletcher, Statesboro GA; Patricia Lacerva, Sumrall MS; 3.06 2 1 David Dickson - Laura Dickson, Austin TX 66.67% Daniel Sellers Jr - Christie Sellers, Mobile AL; Carla Burke, Lillian 2.06 3 Connie Matz, Boerne TX; Clifford Jensen, San Antonio TX 57.92% AL 2.30 4 2 1 Teri Carpenter, Albuquerque NM; John Daniels, Dallas TX 56.92% 1.72 5 3 2 Babette Barthomomew - Jo Shah, Baton Rouge LA 56.67% EDUCATION FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 3 14 Tables 1.27 6/7 Rhonda Huser - Phyllis Savell, Dallas TX 56.25% Madhusudan Patel, Houston TX; Dilip Udeshi, Bensalem PA; 1.29 6/7 4 Michael Sherman, Chattanooga TN; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA 56.25% Edward Wilson, Monsey NY; Paul Fagan, Suffern NY 1.20 5 3 Marcia Hansen, Plano TX; Hilda Lacher, Dallas TX 55.83% vs 1.00 6 Nita James, Kingwood TX; Carolyn Labouliere, Humble TX 54.33% Steven Conrad, Manhasset NY; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA; 0.90 4 Joan Choyce - Russ Choyce, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 54.17% Jadwiga Polujan, Port Coquitlam BC; Robert Walters, White Rock 0.68 5 Noelene Hardy, Chandler TX; Sylvia Glover, Athens TX 53.75% BC Richard Butrovich, Inola OK; Jeanne Lecker - Irwin Lecker, FRIDAY AFTERNOON 0 - 5 MP PAIRS Wilmington NC; Dorothy Derr, Muskogee OK 13.5 Tables vs 1.40 1 Wendy Spiziri - Leslie Conant, Dallas TX 62.03% John Taylor, Lago Vista TX; Sue Gerard, Mexico Mexico; Shirley 1.05 2 Pat Beattie, Devonport TX; Miriam Tobolowsky, Los Angeles CA 59.44% Henry - Carol Nelson, Austin TX 0.79 3 Irv Leichtle, Carrollton TX; John White, Denton TX 59.19% EDUCATION FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 4 0.59 4 Chuck Dollarhide - Patricia Dollarhide, Oklahoma City OK 58.33% 13 Tables 0.44 5 Orin Atkins - E Morrison, Dallas TX 58.16% Andrew McColl - Michael Hebbert, Pickering ON; Michael Wolf, 0.35 6 Marsha Holm, Plano TX; Marjorie Guinzy, Dallas TX 57.24% New York NY; Glenn Young, Alexandria VA vs FRIDAY AFTERNOON 20/50 PAIRS Mary Adams - Richard Cunningham - Jan Hart - David Pennington, 6.0 Tables Temple TX AB Robert Maul, Oklahoma City OK; Jerry Bowen, Dickinson TX; 1.68 1 1 Denise Twitty, Wylie TX; Mimi Lempert, Plano TX 64.63% Charlotte Coon, Deer Park TX; Marisa Grossi, Seabrook TX 1.26 2 2 Ruth Engle, Dallas TX; Martha Gehrig, Richardson TX 60.13% vs 0.95 3 Nelle Hixson - Ann Curry, Arlington TX 59.63% Jeffrey Nash - Dorothy Netson - Lois Jones, Topeka KS; Judy 0.71 4 Julian Kornfeld, Edmond OK; Lois Dempsey, Okc OK 56.00% Hildreth, Wamego KS 0.68 3 Sandra Fix, Oklahoma City OK; Linda Farris, Arlington TX 52.88% EDUCATION FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 5 16 Tables FRIDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS Lynda Swenson - Gary Swenson, Wichita Falls TX; Vicki Quinn, 21.5 Tables Corte Madera CA; Margaret Callinan, Mill Valley CA ABC vs 4.52 1 Ruth Bracken, Grapevine TX; Margaret Peterson, Grand Forks ND 68.10% Diane Washabaugh, Aledo TX; Mary Jo Long - Ann Couch - Carolyn Marks, Fort Worth TX 3.73 2 1 Ronald Mankoff - Alan Kahn, Dallas TX 62.80% 2.80 3 2 Nita James, Kingwood TX; Carolyn Labouliere, Humble TX 62.26% Ronald Sears - Patricia Sears - Peggy Mc Clung, Fort Worth TX; 2.62 4 3 1 Clifton Seago - Lissa Jensen, Wichita KS 59.52% Cornelia Friedman, Ft Worth TX 1.97 5 4 2 Marcia Hansen, Plano TX; Hilda Lacher, Dallas TX 59.23% vs 1.47 6 5 3 Otis Halliday - Marilyn Holmes, Georgetown TX 56.75% Randy Field, Overland Park KS; Bret Carrender, Blue Springs MO; 1.11 6 4 Lewis Crippen, Laredo TX; Diana Afflerbach, Corpus Christi TX 56.55% Ruth Kenney, Alamo CA; Patsy Ruth Williams, Danville CA 0.83 5 Marie Collins, Medford MA; John Lankin, Dallas TX 56.25% Roger Ellingson - Connie Ellingson - Richard Chapman - Judy 0.75 6 Ann Drees - Rosalie Herring, Dallas TX 55.01% Chapman, Little Rock AR vs FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE SERIES Robert Nagy - Karen Nagy, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Barbara Blaine - 13.0 Tables Nancy Tracy, Little Rock AR ABC vs Beverly Runyon - Lynda Shropshire, Ft Worth TX; Adele Hart - 3.49 1 Gail Wells, Plano TX; Michael Walrath, Keller TX 65.29% Ann Dunlap, Fort Worth TX 2.62 2 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 64.52% 2.88 3 1 E Hale - Daryl Fisher, Rolla MO 60.07% 1.51 4 Bruce Keidan - Gene Keidan, Pittsburgh PA 57.01% Notice to players 2.16 5 2 Patricia Banks, Los Angeles CA; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 56.18% Each player must have an ACBL convention 1.77 6 3 Helen Worsham - Randolph Worsham, Dallas TX 55.61% card filled out and on the table. Please note that 1.22 4 Jan Smola, Arlington MA; Robert Hampton, Blythewood SC 55.50% other types of convention cards, such as the WBF 2.28 5 1 Gabriella Bowling, Los Altos Hills CA; Lynn Nosse, Grafton OH 54.57% convention card or homemade cards that do not 1.71 2 Virginia Wynne, Nixon TX; Beula Mae Pearce, Karnes City TX 51.76% sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, 1.28 3 Adam Ruprecht, Austin TX; Bernie Weiss, New Orleans LA 50.32% are not acceptable substitutes. 0.96 4 Vi Ganeles - Joyce Schiff, Dallas TX 49.67% Page 10 Daily Bulletin

STRATIFIED SWISS TEAMS FIRST FRIDAY Adahl Tops 10,000 69 Tables Darwin ABC Afdahl, Virginia 11.25 1 1 Nancy Peterson, Euless TX; Neal Shores, Fort Worth TX; Sandra Beach VA, topped Marlin, Versailles KY; Janet Brescoll, Mansfield TX 110.00 the 10,000 8.44 2 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; masterpoint Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Magnus Lindkvist, Hoor Sweden 106.00 6.33 3 Happoldt Neuffer - Lucas Lebioda, Columbia SC; Wlodzinierz Wala plateau to advance - Andrzej Wilkosz, Krakow 103.00 to Platinum Life 6.03 4 2 1 Adam Ruprecht - Greg Schepens, Austin TX; Donna Jordan - David Master. Afdahl Sterner, Dallas TX 89.00 was an aviator in 3.56 5 Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell - James Cayne, New York NY; the U.S. Navy for Dano Defalco, Padova Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria 21 years where he Italy; Michael Seamon, Aventura FL 88.00 made 281 landings 2.67 6 Tomi Fitzgerald, Plano TX; Jon Richard Ware, New Braunfels TX; on seven different James La Fountain, Temple TX; Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 87.00 aircraft carriers. 4.52 7/8 3 F. Marion Fletcher, Statesboro GA; Patricia Lacerva, Sumrall He is now an MS; Peggy Pfeifer, Anchorage AK; Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC 86.00 1.75 7/8 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Barbara insurance broker Nist, Kent WA; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 86.00 and a bridge teacher. Afdahl has served as 2.97 4/5 Donald Flanigan - Donna Flanigan, Bettendorf IA; Robert Cheah - president both for District 6 and for the Mid- Ruby Cheah, Berkshire GU47 O England 80.00 Atlantic Bridge Conference. In addition to 2.97 4/5 Burt Kifer - Dorothy Bedford - Martha Landis, Arlington TX; numerous regional wins, he placed 5th in the 1987 Georgie Jaeger, Colleyville TX 80.00 North American Swiss Teams and 9th in the 1989 1.47 6/8 M. Aslam Ansari - Bob Scallan, Dallas TX; Joe Cameron, Irving Reisinger Teams. TX; Suresh Agrawal, Rowlett TX 78.00 1.47 6/8 Jeffrey Nash - Dorothy Netson - Lois Jones, Topeka KS; Judy Hildreth, Wamego KS 78.00 In Memoriam 1.47 6/8 Jack Moore - Virginia Moore, Colorado Spgs CO; George Cowart - Albert Benjamin Gayle Cowart, Richardson TX 78.00 Albert Benjamin, a Scottish player and club 2.96 2 Matt Shuman, Richardson TX; Jerry Carmichael, Wylie TX; Susan owner who had a major influence on bridge in Reiley - Robert Reiley, Great Falls MT 67.00 1.94 3/4 Todd Kaplan - Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Kathy Buford, Great Britain, has died at his home in Glasgow. Germantown TN; Sherry Thaxton, Memphis TN 57.00 He was 96. 1.94 3/4 Earl Hill, Surprise AZ; Dave Kuschel, Minot ND; Eugene Kuhlman, Benjamin wrote a daily bridge column for the Enumclaw WA; Sherman Layman, Sun City AZ 57.00 newspaper in his home town for 40 years and was 1.25 5 Betty Mayes - Marilyn Hansen - Rene Franco, Dallas TX; John the first in Scotland to make bridge his full-time Overstreet, Carrollton TX 56.00 profession, owning and running Glasgow’s Kenmure Bridge Club. In 1964, he was a member 1ST FRIDAY EVENING STRATIFIED PAIRS of the first Scottish team ever to win the Camrose 33.0 Tables Trophy, previously monopolized by England. ABC His adaptation of Britain’s most popular 25.57 1 William Hunter, Reading MA; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA 62.10% 19.18 2 Tobi Sokolow - David Sokolow, Austin TX 62.02% system, , to include weak two-bids in the 14.38 3 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL 59.54% majors, is still played throughout the country. 10.79 4 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 59.13% 8.09 5 Charles Price, Sherman TX; Merri-Jo Hillaker, Grand Prairie TX 58.97% Phil Brady 6.07 6 Marcia Hutchison, Dallas TX; Jan Galey, Baton Rouge LA 58.49% Phil Brady, a leading player on the East Coast, 3.98 7/8 Albert Lochli, San Antonio TX; Art D’Entremont, Regina Beach SK 56.89% died Jan. 20 in Philadelphia after a long illness. 3.98 7/8 Genevieve Hewitt - Richard Hewitt, New York NY 56.89% He was 58. Brady was a Platinum Life Master 7.97 9 1 1 James Flint, Zillah WA; Pam Lashelle, Round Rock TX 56.65% with nearly 12,000 masterpoints to his credit. He 5.98 2 Marcie Perlman - Neal Perlman, San Angelo TX 54.49% had been a member of the ACBL National 4.48 3 Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX; William Welsh, Bedford TX 54.01% Appeals Committee since 1983 and was a fixture 3.36 4 Walter Davis - Jon Neimand, Eugene OR 53.85% 3.53 5/6 2 Michael Sherman, Chattanooga TN; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA 52.40% at NABCs for many years. 2.52 5/6 Charles Lake - Joyce Lake, Richardson TX 52.40% 2.64 3 Bruce Burns, Lincoln NE; Diane Beyer, Orland Park IL 51.92% Doug Dang 2.18 4 J Hermanson, Midlothian TX; Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX 49.44% Doug Dang, of San Mateo CA, died in March 2.22 5 Jane Smith, Flatts Bermuda; Gertrude Barker, Warwick Bermuda 47.44% of cancer. He was 63. Dang, an attorney, was a Diamond Life 1ST FRIDAY EVENING SIDE GAME Master. He is survived by his wife, Gay, and two 28.0 Tables adult children. ABC Longtime partner Harvey Brody said, “Doug 5.76 1 Robert Hollow, Madoc ON; Kris Alladi, Phoenixville PA 62.82% was a good guy who did favors for a lot of people. 4.32 2 1 Patricia Banks, Los Angeles CA; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 61.38% 2.88 3/4 2/3 1 Jerry Brown - Norma Brown, Fort Worth TX 61.06% He played up to the day he died. As a player he 2.84 3/4 2/3 Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; James Deegan, Richardson TX 61.06% was stubborn and competitive, and Doug insisted 1.82 5 Shirley Stanton - Claudette Roush, Houston TX 58.33% on playing four-card majors and weak notrumps.” 2.24 6 4 E Hale - Daryl Fisher, Rolla MO 57.21% In the mid-Nineties, Dang represented a 2.16 5 2 Judy Corey Edmiston - George Roach, Dallas TX 56.57% club in San Francisco that had been 1.01 6 Jerry Bowen, Dickinson TX; Charlotte Coon, Deer Park TX 56.25% raided by the police due to erroneous reports of 1.77 3 Douglas Keller, San Francisco CA; Latricia McConnell, San Diego CA 55.45% high-stakes gambling. (“Penny-a-point games 1.22 4 Christine Mock, Greenville TX; Donnie McDowell, Paris TX 54.33% were the norm,” said Brody.) The players received 1.24 5 Sally Blewett, Beaumont TX; Patsy Pierce, Hardin TX 53.69% citations, but Dang persuaded the authorities to have all the charges dropped. FRIDAY EVENING 5/20/50 PAIRS 11.0 Tables ABC Jerry Levitt 2.21 1 Ted Verhagen - Tony Ferroni, Keswick VA 66.58% Previous national champion Jerry Levitt, of St. 1.66 2 Doyle Johnson - Carolyn Johnson, Little Rock AR 59.99% Louis MO, died in March. He was 88. 1.44 3/4 1/2 1/2 Chuck Dollarhide - Patricia Dollarhide, Oklahoma City OK 57.95% Levitt was the captain of the victorious 1.44 3/4 1/2 1/2 Bettye Behrens - C Byran Behrens, Duncanville TX 57.95% Vanderbilt team in 1962. He was also second in 0.70 5 Daniel Potkalesky - Bradley Etnyre, Sherman TX 56.97% the inaugural Grand National Knockout Teams 0.92 6 3 Porter Davis - Terri Davis, Oklahoma City OK 55.15% (1973) and tied for third in the Spingold Knockout 0.69 4 3 Mary Ann White - Dianna Nicolas, Arlington TX 54.46% Teams in Denver in 1972. 0.55 5 4 Gary Twitty, Wylie TX; Trung Luu, San Diego CA 54.01% Levitt was a columnist for the St. Louis Post- 0.31 5 Jenny Cannon, Atlanta GA; Phyllis Kuchta, Pearland TX 53.24% Dispatch for many years and the teacher of hundreds of students in the St. Louis area. Daily Bulletin Page 11

TOP QUALIFIERS IN SILODOR OPEN PAIRS Tournament Carryover Terminology 101 1 Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Perry Johnson, Bloomfield Hls MI 291.82 If you’re confused by the terms used to 2 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy 209.47 describe the different types of bridge events 3 Jeff Olson, Dallas TX; Derrell Childs, Garland TX 208.06 played at clubs and tournaments, you’re not 4 William Malesevich, Mayville WI; Sun-O Ho, Brookfield WI 191.51 alone. Here’s a list of common bridge events with 5 Hugh Hillaker, Grand Prairie TX; Kimmel Jones, Euless TX 187.33 explanations. 6 Roy Welland - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 186.20 Knockout Teams: an event in which a team 7 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Fred Chang, Flushing NY 183.37 (of four, five or six players – with four playing at 8 Robert Levin, Bronx NY; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 181.55 a time) plays another team. The losers are 9 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Alexander Kolesnik, Austin TX 175.76 eliminated or “knocked out” while the winners 10 William Cole - Beth Palmer, Silver Spring MD 169.97 play other winners until only one winning team 11 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 169.92 remains. 12 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Jan Martel, Davis CA 169.21 The length of a KO match may vary from a 13 Grzegorz Narkiewicz - Krzystof Buras, Poland 167.94 single session to a full day (the Vanderbilt and 14 John Kranyak, New York NY; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 167.15 Spingold) to a multi-day event (the Bermuda 15 Brad Moss, New York NY; Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA 161.51 Bowl). 16 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; JoAnna Stansby, Castro Valley CA 155.16 Bracketed Knockout Teams: a KO event in 17 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; David Bakhshi, London England 153.91 which teams are divided into groups – usually of 18 Charlton Buckley, Glenbrook NV; Bruce Ferguson, Boise ID 151.64 8, 16 or 32 teams – based on their masterpoint 19 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 150.23 holdings. The top group – Bracket I – and all other 20 Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 149.42 groups compete in a separate event with their own 21 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 148.82 set of winners. 22/23 Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN; Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC 147.41 Compact Knockout Teams: a shorter version 22/23 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Frederick Allenspach, Potomac MD 147.41 of Bracketed KO teams. 24 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Bill Rosenbaum, New York NY 146.70 Swiss Teams: an event in which a team (of 25 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 142.47 four, five or six players – with four playing at a 26 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL 139.50 time) plays other teams in seven-, eight- or nine- 27 Ross Rainwater, Vancouver WA; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 139.08 board matches. Team A sits North–South at Table 28 Amos Kaminski, New York NY; Yeshayahu Levit, Tel-Aviv Israel 138.95 1 and East–West at Table 2 while Team B sits 29 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund 2 Denmark; Daniella von Arnim, Hockenhe Germany 138.47 East–West at Table 1 and North–South at Table 2. 30 John Sutherlin - Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 134.06 The results are compared and scored by 31 Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjord Norway 128.36 International Match Points (IMPs). 32 Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 126.25 Pairings for the first round are random. 33 Christal Henner-Welland, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ 125.70 Pairings for succeeding rounds are determined by 34 Richard Burton - Beatrice Kemp, Dacula GA 124.84 a team’s win-loss record or Victory Point total. 35 Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; Gregory Roberts, Aiken SC 122.01 International Match Points (IMPs): the 36 David Yang, Chicago IL; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL 119.90 most common method of scoring Swiss Team matches. Scoring example: if Team A scores plus 37 Hugh Grosvenor, Ljubljana, Australia; Paul Marston, Australia 119.19 620 for bidding and making 4♠ on a particular 38 Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden; Grace Jeklin, Surrey BC 117.08 deal and Team B scores only plus 170 (they didn’t 39 Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA; Sharon Colson, Kirkland WA 115.74 bid the game), the difference is 450 – which 40 Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK; Thomas Roel, Mesa AZ 114.96 converts to 10 IMPs. The IMP chart is shown on 41 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White, Raleigh NC 114.92 the inside of your convention card. 42 Jassem Krzysztof - Martens Krzysztof, Puszczykowo Poland 114.40 Victory Points (VPs): a method of scoring 43 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA 112.85 Swiss Team matches. After the scores are 44 Phil Clayton, West Covina CA; Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA 112.33 compared and converted to IMPs, the IMP total is 45/46 Jaggy Shivdasani - Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY 112.14 converted to Victory Points. A team’s VP total 45/46 Russell Samuel, Glen Cove NY; Barry Samuel, Santa Cruz CA 112.14 may be used to determine its next opponents and 47 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 111.97 its final standing. 48 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 110.17 49 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 109.32 50 Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL; Kevin Bathurst, New York NY 108.48 Spring 2006 NABC 51 Jim Munday - Susan Munday, Camarillo CA 107.87 Committee Chairs 52 Ahmed Hussein - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 107.22 Chairman Gerrie Owen 53 Wayne Ohlrich - Henry Lortz, Seattle WA 105.96 54 David Siebert - Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 105.79 Caddies Tammy Knapp 55 Rita Ellington, Aventura FL; Martin Caley, Montreal QC 104.04 Entertainment Annette McCarty 56 Edward Groner - Carolyne Fox, Houston TX 103.68 Intermediate-Newcomer 57 Piotr Gawrys - Bartosz Chmurski, Warsaw Poland 103.14 Program Shay Ura 58 B Wayne Stuart III, Santa Cruz CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 102.27 Information Desk M.O. Crawford 59 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Steve Garner, Sarasota FL 101.62 Partnership Larue Stott 60 Berry Westra, Krimpen Rrndeny NL; Vincent Ramonnt, Alphen Aandsnrig NL 101.56 Pretournament Kitty Cox 61 Craig Gardner, Streamwood IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL 100.15 Publicity Marvin Migdol 62 Les Bart - Gloria Silverman Bart, Bradenton FL 97.33 Registration Hazel & Jules 63 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL 96.96 Schoenberg 64 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 94.62 Restaurant Guide Nancy Kelly 65 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Michael Penick, Dallas TX 93.80 Volunteers Pat Measley 66 , New Rochelle NY; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 88.43 Transportation Tarek Radjef 67 Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL 87.68 68 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 86.61 69 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Gene Freed, Los Angeles CA 86.48 70 Don Caton, Pensacola FL; Jim Barrow, Lake Charles LA 86.43 71 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Richard Mydloski, Taylor MI 84.63 72 Jaroslaw Piasecki, Buffalo Grove IL; Jacek Michalski, Chicago IL 84.52 73 Jim Linhart, Raleigh NC; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 84.50 74 Bas Dryver, Rotterdam NL; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdan Netherlands 83.82 75 Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Jan Assini, Aurora OH 82.96 76 Ulker Mutlu - Bernard Bernstein, Clearwater FL 82.09 77 Joseph Livezey, Paoli PA; Edie Dockray, Villanova PA 81.11 78 Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL 80.98 Page 12 Daily Bulletin

Leaders in the 2006 Barry Crane Top 500 1. Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 611 83. Linda Smith, Hixson TN 148 165. Barbara Steffek, St Petersburg FL 118 2. Eddie Wold, Las Vegas NV 486 84. Betty Burt, N Myrtle Beach SC 148 166. Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 117 3. Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV 473 85. Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 148 167. Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV 117 4. Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL 464 86. William Koski, King City ON 148 168. Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 117 5. Geoff Hampson, Los Angeles CA 449 87. Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC 147 169. John Zilic, Houston TX 117 6. Curtis Cheek, Huntsville AL 448 88. Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 147 170. Vincent Golden, University Park FL 116 7. Cezary Balicki, Wroclaw, Poland 442 89. Sara Parks, Owensboro KY 146 171. Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC 116 8. Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland 442 90. Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 145 172. Claudia Feagin, Atlanta GA 116 9. Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA 404 91. Rich Regan, Lyman SC 145 173. Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 116 10. Joe Grue, New York NY 351 92. Bernard Bernstein, Clearwater FL 144 174. Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA 115 11. Bruce Ferguson, Boise ID 340 93. Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY 144 175. Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL 115 12. Dennis Dawson, Santa Fe NM 322 94. Ulker Mutlu, Clearwater FL 144 176. Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA 115 13. Tony Kasday, Puyallup WA 312 95. Bradley Bart, Burnaby BC 144 177. Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA 115 14. Reanette Frobouck, Pittsburgh PA 281 96. Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 143 178. Paul Wright Jr., Mt Pleasant SC 114 15. Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 279 97. Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD 143 179. Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC 114 16. Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL 268 98. Fred King, Falls Church VA 143 180. B Wayne Stuart III, Santa Cruz CA 113 17. Michael Seamon, Aventura FL 264 99. Miguel Reygadas, Polanco DF, Mexico 142 181. Paul Thurston, St Catharines ON 113 18. Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA 261 100. Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA 142 182. Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 113 19. Mark Lair, Canyon TX 251 101. Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 141 183. Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA 113 20. Roger Bates, Mesa AZ 245 102. Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 140 184. Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA 113 21. Jim Reiman, Mansfield OH 244 103. Gary Cohler, Miami FL 138 185. Judith Gartaganis, Calgary AB 113 22. Mary Chilcote, Delray Beach FL 244 104. Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA 137 186. Nicholas Gartaganis, Calgary AB 113 23. Brenda Keller, Boise ID 242 105. Louis Gangarosa, Augusta GA 137 187. Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 113 24. Michael Schreiber, Puyallup WA 227 106. Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 136 188. Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Powell OH 112 25. Robert Morris, Houston TX 226 107. Chris Compton, Dallas TX 136 189. Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 112 26. Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 224 108. Paul Lewis, Zionsville IN 136 190. Jeffrey Smith, Ottawa ON 112 27. Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA 221 109. Chuck Said, Nashville TN 135 191. John Richards, Orlando FL 112 28. Linda McGarry, Stuart FL 219 110. Ron Smith, Hixson TN 134 192. Joanne Yeager, Orlando FL 111 29. Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 219 111. Jeffrey Boak, Chapel Hill NC 133 193. Melanie Tucker, New York NY 111 30. Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 216 112. Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 133 194. Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC 111 31. Bruce Ohmann, Flagler Beach FL 213 113. John Kranyak, New York NY 133 195. Ken Barbour, Scottsdale AZ 111 32. G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA 213 114. Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 132 196. Todd Kaplan, New Port Richey FL 111 33. Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 210 115. Gloria Silverman Bart, Bradenton FL 132 197. Gerald McCully, New Westminster BC 110 34. Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 209 116. Les Bart, Bradenton FL 132 198. George Pisk, Manchaca TX 110 35. Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 209 117. Dean Robinson, Indianapolis IN 131 199. Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 110 36. Rob Meckstroth, Gainesville FL 205 118. Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA 131 200. Jack Feagin Jr., Atlanta GA 110 37. Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 201 119. Lawrence Lau, Westport CT 131 201. Shawn Quinn, Richmond TX 110 38. Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ 200 120. Edward Spear, Venice FL 130 202. Ed Bissell, State College PA 110 39. Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 200 121. Daniel Friedman, Orinda CA 129 203. John Onstott, New Orleans LA 110 40. Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 198 122. Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 129 204. Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 109 41. Allan Cokin, Wellington FL 195 123. Don Nemiro, Hollister CA 128 205. Peter Filandro, Wilmington DE 109 42. John Russell, North Barringto IL 194 124. Justin Lall, Dallas TX 128 206. Marie Filandro, Wilmington DE 109 43. Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 193 125. William Hunter, Reading MA 127 207. Michael Flanagan, Scottsdale AZ 108 44. Roger Clough, Culver City CA 191 126. Jeffrey Hand, Casselberry FL 127 208. Mark Jones, Albuquerque NM 108 45. Robert Dennard, Orlando FL 191 127. Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA 127 209. Michael Huston, Joplin MO 108 46. Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 188 128. Rhonda Foster, New Westminster BC 127 210. Sally Wheeler, Spring TX 108 47. Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 188 129. Vicki Laycock, San Francisco CA 127 211. Roy Baughman, Pantego TX 108 48. Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 186 130. Judith Bianco, New York NY 127 212. Linda Miller, Ormond Beach FL 108 49. Donald Stack, Overland Park KS 185 131. Diane Shannon, Saratoga CA 126 213. Dan Morse, Houston TX 107 50. Heather Peckett, Nepean ON 184 132. William Nelson, Bradenton FL 126 214. Michael Shuman, Pasadena CA 107 51. Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 184 133. Sandra Nelson, Bradenton FL 126 215. Deborah Drury, Vero Beach FL 107 52. Grant Baze, San Diego CA 181 134. Giles Belski, N Myrtle Bch SC 126 216. Donald Sache, Delta BC 107 53. Ellen Anten, Encino CA 180 135. Carol Fielder, Jackson MS 126 217. Martin Nathan, Atlanta GA 107 54. Harriette Buckman, Sarasota FL 178 136. Mark McLaughlin, Charleston SC 126 218. Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI 107 55. George Bloomer, Pittsboro NC 178 137. Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 126 219. Jo Ginsberg, San Francisco CA 107 56. John Jones, Hacienda Hgts CA 178 138. Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL 125 220. Allan Graves, Vancouver BC 107 57. Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC 177 139. Elizabeth Ivey, Clarksville TN 125 221. Buddy Hanby, Spring TX 107 58. Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 177 140. Pamela Nisbet, Cobourg ON 125 222. Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA 107 59. Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 176 141. Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 125 223. Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 106 60. Steven Cooper, Albuquerque NM 176 142. Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL 125 224. Stephen Goldstein, Santa Ana CA 106 61. Kitty Cooper, Albuquerque NM 176 143. Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON 125 225. Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 106 62. Gene Freed, Los Angeles CA 175 144. Paul Johnson III, Four Oaks NC 124 226. Yas Takeda, Hacienda Hgts CA 106 63. Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ 174 145. Tom Rutledge, Charleston SC 124 227. John Brady, Jacksonville FL 106 64. Paul Ivaska, Las Vegas NV 172 146. Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 124 228. John Zaluski, Ottawa ON 106 65. Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 170 147. Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI 124 229. Godfrey Chang, Honolulu HI 106 66. Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL 170 148. Jeff Overby, Key West FL 123 230. Tim Crank, Wheaton MD 106 67. Dean Cohler, Sarasota FL 166 149. Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY 123 231. Allan Rothenberg, W Hartford CT 105 68. Robert Lipsitz, Palm Harbor FL 165 150. Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI 123 232. Randy Joyce, Raleigh NC 105 69. G Gard Hays, Veradale WA 165 151. Darwin Afdahl, Virginia Beach VA 123 233. Jackie Jarigese, Vancouver WA 105 70. Russell Ekeblad, Providence RI 163 152. Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 123 234. Doug Hansford, Delta BC 105 71. Christopher Gennick, Owens X Rds AL 161 153. Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL 123 235. Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 105 72. Shannon Cappelletti, Aventura FL 158 154. Emory Whitaker, Macon GA 123 236. Lynn Jones, Timonium MD 105 73. Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC 158 155. Christopher Overpeck, Louisville KY 122 237. Piotr Klimowicz, Edmonton AB 105 74. Mike Sloan, Jeffersonville IN 157 156. Bill Perry, Tupelo MS 122 238. Evelyn Kleinsasser, Alachua FL 104 75. Rahn Smith, Brandon FL 156 157. Danny Miles, Toronto ON 122 239. Jeanne Linzel, Stafford TX 104 76. Vera Petty, Warwick, Bermuda 155 158. Alice Anderson, Tillsonburg ON 121 240. Barbara Heller, Decatur GA 104 77. Roman Smolski, Warwick, Bermuda 155 159. Kay Joyce, Raleigh NC 120 241. Larry Allen, Summerville SC 103 78. Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI 155 160. Martin Demko, Cary NC 120 242. Bob Todd, Winnipeg MB 103 79. Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT 154 161. Richard Brown, Easley SC 119 243. Karl Gohl, Oakbank MB 103 80. Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY 149 162. Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX 119 244. Larry Rich, Cumming GA 103 81. Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA 149 163. John Hassett, Kennesaw GA 119 245. Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL 103 82. Frank Cardillo, Fairfax VA 149 164. Michael Kassay, Sarasota FL 118 246. Herbert Fallin Jr., Alexandria VA 103 Daily Bulletin Page 13

SILODOR OPEN PAIRS - SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C EAST-WEST 1 Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Jan Assini, Aurora OH 588.50 1 Carolyn Sessler, Boca Raton FL; Anton Tsypkin, Sharon MA 600.00 2 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Gene Freed, Los Angeles CA 582.50 2 Robert Levin, Bronx NY; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 594.50 3 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; David Bakhshi, London England 581.00 3 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White, Raleigh NC 584.50 4 Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA; Mike Bandler, Alamo CA 579.00 4 Sartas Hans, Bondi NSW Australia; Anthony Nunn, Artarmon NSW Australia 574.50 5 Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; Niel Waletzky, Shaker Heights OH 577.00 5 Richard Burton - Beatrice Kemp, Dacula GA 562.50 6 Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 571.00 6 Leon Lyday, Clearwater FL; Ed Bissell, State College PA 560.50 7 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Alan Dankman, Sacramento CA 557.50 7 Phil Clayton, West Covina CA; Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA 556.00 8 Gunnar Hallberg, London England; Seymon Deutsch, Laredo TX 550.50 8 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 550.50 9 Steve Clark, Carlsbad CA; Sally Lieberman, Montrose AL 550.00 9 William Malesevich, Mayville WI; Sun-O Ho, Brookfield WI 548.50 10 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL 542.00 10 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund 2 Denmark; Daniella von Arnim, D-68766 Hockenhe Germany 548.00 11 Ulker Mutlu - Bernard Bernstein, Clearwater FL 539.50 11 Stanley Roth - Alvin Galland, New York NY 547.00 12 Steve Chen, Fremont CA; Clark Millikan, Martinez CA 535.50 12 Grant Baze, San Diego CA; Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA 527.50 13 Christal Henner-Welland, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ 531.50 13 Donna Compton, Dallas TX; Gigi Weinstein, Sarasota FL 526.00 14 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 530.00 14 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 523.00 15 Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 528.00 15 Pinhas Romik, Nes Zidna 74120 Israel; Adrian Schwartz, New York NY 520.50 16 Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL 524.50 16 Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA; Sharon Colson, Kirkland WA 508.50 17 Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjord Norway 524.00 17 Gail Carns - Mary Paulone Carns, Export PA 507.50 18 Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY; Warren Rosner, White Plains NY 517.50 18 Jim Munday - Susan Munday, Camarillo CA 507.00

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS D E EAST-WEST 1 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Frederick Allenspach, Potomac MD 633.08 1 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Fred Chang, Flushing NY 611.80 2 Edward Groner - Carolyne Fox, Houston TX 594.32 2 Hugh Grosvenor, 1000 Ljubljana, Australia; Paul Marston, Australia 1360 Australia 608.00 3 Berry Westra, Krimpen Rrndeny NL; Vincent Ramonnt, Alphen Aandsnrig NL 574.56 3 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Bill Rosenbaum, New York NY 598.88 4 Jaggy Shivdasani - Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY 570.76 4 Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; Gregory Roberts, Aiken SC 576.08 5 Brad Moss, New York NY; Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA 570.00 5 Jeff Olson, Dallas TX; Derrell Childs, Garland TX 567.72 6 Craig Gardner, Streamwood IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL 559.36 6 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, Spring TX 562.40 7 Les Bart - Gloria Silverman Bart, Bradenton FL 555.56 7 Miguel Reygadas - Nancy Lira, Polanco Mexico 555.56 8 Helen Hackner, Willowdale ON; David Horner, Carrollton TX 551.76 8 David Yang, Chicago IL; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL 554.80 9 Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA; Simon Kantor, Agawam MA 550.24 9 Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK; Thomas Roel, Mesa AZ 548.72 10 Joseph Livezey, Paoli PA; Edie Dockray, Villanova PA 529.72 10 David Siebert - Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 543.40 11 Mark Shaw, Laurel MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 525.16 11 Michael White, Atlanta GA; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 522.88

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H EAST-WEST 1 Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Perry Johnson, Bloomfield Hls MI 653.60 1 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Roberta Meadow, New York NY 617.12 2 Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Sheldon Margulis, Saint Louis MO 605.72 2 Hugh Hillaker, Grand Prairie TX; Kimmel Jones, Euless TX 598.88 3 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Alexander Kolesnik, Austin TX 601.92 3 Piotr Gawrys - Bartosz Chmurski, Warsaw 0 Poland 579.88 4 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 592.04 4 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Kanningat Krishnakumar, Chennai 6 India 573.04 5 Jassem Krzysztof - Martens Krzysztof, Puszczykowo Poland 554.04 5/6 Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; David Weisman, Englewood NJ 536.56 6 Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL 552.52 5/6 Bas Dryver, Rotterdam NL; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdan 30 Netherlands 536.56 7 Jeffrey Hand, Casselberry FL; David Kent, Lake Mary FL 547.96 7 Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 531.24 8 Rodney Wilton, Albuquerque NM; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 542.64 8 Ross Rainwater, Vancouver WA; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 530.48 9 Alan Lechner - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 526.68 9 Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL; Kevin Bathurst, New York NY 523.64 10 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 511.48 10 Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Raymond Ward, Portland OR 514.52 11 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; David Butler, Keswick VA 509.20 11 Patricia Livers, Chapel Hill NC; Catherine Cox, Dallas TX 512.24

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I J EAST-WEST 1 William Cole - Beth Palmer, Silver Spring MD 646.76 1 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy 621.68 2 Don Caton, Pensacola FL; Jim Barrow, Lake Charles LA 598.12 2 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Jan Martel, Davis CA 578.36 3 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Steve Garner, Sarasota FL 591.28 3/4 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Colby Vernay, Lacon IL 566.20 4 B Wayne Stuart III, Santa Cruz CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 588.24 3/4 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 566.20 5 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Michael Penick, Dallas TX 582.16 5 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 545.68 6 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 546.44 6 Ari Greenberg, Malibu CA; Walter Johnson, Columbus OH 544.92 7 Charlton Buckley, Glenbrook NV; Bruce Ferguson, Boise ID 540.36 7 Chris Willenken, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 543.40 8 Jim Linhart, Raleigh NC; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 538.08 8 Drew Casen - Teri Casen, Las Vegas NV 540.36 9 Irwin Klugler, Montclair NJ; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 527.44 9 Cristina Tita, Detroit MI; Stephannie Russo, New York NY 522.88 10 David Greenspoon, Medina WA; Janet Daling, Peoria AZ 525.16 10 Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Powell OH 522.12 11 Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY; Bruce Rogoff, Upper Grandview NY 516.04 11 Charlotte St Amant, Trenton ON; Richard Bender, Springfield MO 517.56

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L EAST-WEST 1 Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 595.69 1 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 632.32 2 Jay Korobow, Levittown PA; Martin De Bruin, Egg Harbor Twp NJ 571.12 2 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 624.72 3 Roy Welland - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 557.84 3 Frances Dickman, San Jose CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 575.32 4 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 547.90 4 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; JoAnna Stansby, Castro Valley CA 570.00 5 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY 541.88 5 Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 564.68 6 Grzegorz Narkiewicz - Krzystof Buras, Poland 533.61 6 John Kranyak, New York NY; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 553.28 7 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY 526.25 7 Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL; George Tornay Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL 549.48 8 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 521.94 8 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 526.68 9 Steve Birnbaum, Dallas TX; Christopher Shaw Jr, Carlinville IL 516.56 9 Mark Jones - Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 518.32 10 Walter Lee, Framingham MA; Andrew Stark, New York NY 510.29 10 Russell Samuel, Glen Cove NY; Barry Samuel, Santa Cruz CA 516.80 11 Tom Clarke, Lake Charles LA; Alan Le Bendig, Los Angeles CA 508.44 11 Gary Powell, Austin TX; Marilou Powell, Round Rock TX 513.00

1ST FRIDAY EVENING STRATIFIED PAIRS 2ND OF 2 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 William Hunter, Reading MA; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA 68.27 1 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 61.86 2 1 1 Michael Sherman, Chattanooga TN; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA 62.18 2 Albert Lochli, San Antonio TX; Art D’Entremont, Regina Beach SK 61.38 3 Suzanne Jones, Boulder CO; Judy Randel, Albuquerque NM 56.41 3 1 1 James Flint, Zillah WA; Pam Lashelle, Round Rock TX 60.42 4 Suellen Solodar - John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 54.33 4 Craig Cordes - Carole Cordes, Baton Rouge LA 56.09 5 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Carole Weinstein, Acton MA 51.92 5 Marcia Hutchison, Dallas TX; Jan Galey, Baton Rouge LA 54.81 6 2 Marjorie Kidd, Plano TX; Roshen Hadulla, Santa Clarita CA 51.44 6/7 Shaleen Baze - Susan Davis, Marietta GA 52.56 3 Wendy Richardson - Jim Ball, Winnipeg MB 48.24 6/7 2 Walter Davis - Jon Neimand, Eugene OR 52.56 2 Jerry Essick, Kingman KS; R Segerlind, Dallas TX 47.92 3 2 Bruce Burns, Lincoln NE; Diane Beyer, Orland Park IL 48.40 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Tobi Sokolow - David Sokolow, Austin TX 66.99 1 Charles Price, Sherman TX; Merri-Jo Hillaker, Grand Prairie TX 57.37 2 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL 61.86 2 1 Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX; William Welsh, Bedford TX 55.77 3 Genevieve Hewitt - Richard Hewitt, New York NY 59.46 3 2 Charles Lake - Joyce Lake, Richardson TX 55.29 4/5 1 Marcie Perlman - Neal Perlman, San Angelo TX 54.01 4 3 C Kay Teal, Richland WA; Jerome St Amant, Trenton ON 54.97 4/5 Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO; Lois Stuart, West Chester PA 54.01 5 Kassie Munoz - Susan Kraner, White Plains NY 54.81 6 2 1 J Hermanson, Midlothian TX; Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX 51.44 6 4 Ram Hira, North Vancouver BC; Aaron Kastner, Murphy TX 53.04 7/8 3 Gene Thompson, Brenham TX; Dale Allen, Temple TX 50.00 7/8 Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA; Nancy Molesworth, Croton Hdsn NY 51.92 7/8 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL 50.00 7/8 Abbie Cole, New York NY; Sharon Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 51.92 4 2 Lawton Hutchison - George Richards, Austin TX 47.44 1 Jane Smith, Flatts Bermuda; Gertrude Barker, Warwick Bermuda 48.40 2 Eva Pharr Dawkins - Suzanne Hailstone, Dallas TX 45.83

1ST FRIDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 2ND OF 4 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Robert Hollow, Madoc ON; Kris Alladi, Phoenixville PA 62.82 1 1 E Hale - Daryl Fisher, Rolla MO 57.21 2 Shirley Stanton - Claudette Roush, Houston TX 58.33 2 Fredi Consolo - Shannon Cappelletti, Aventura FL 56.73 3 Sandra Gebhardt, Fleetwood PA; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 57.05 3 2 1 Judy Corey Edmiston - George Roach, Dallas TX 56.57 4 1 1 Douglas Keller, San Francisco CA; Latricia McConnell, San Diego CA 55.45 4 3 Jerry Bowen, Dickinson TX; Charlotte Coon, Deer Park TX 56.25 5 2 Jan Smola, Arlington MA; Toddy Glaser, Salem MA 54.81 5 Bob Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Valentin Kovachev, New York NY 54.33 6 3 Richard Dixon, Frontenac KS; Cleopatra Guastella, Red Bank NJ 53.85 6 4 Jules Schoenberg - Hazel Schoenberg, Plano TX 52.24 4 Jeannette Austin, Atlanta GA; Richard Gross, Cantonment FL 46.96 2 Philip Macfarlane, Parma OH; Lia Staaf, Rocky River OH 50.00 2/3 Gloria Fields - Emanuel McKinney, Fort Worth TX 43.59 2/3 Reddy Poondla, Grand Prairie TX; Roger Arockiam, Grapevine TX 43.59 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Patricia Banks, Los Angeles CA; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 61.38 1/2 1/2 1 Jerry Brown - Norma Brown, Fort Worth TX 61.06 2 Judie Belyea - Lachman Advani, Ottawa ON 55.77 1/2 1/2 Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; James Deegan, Richardson TX 61.06 3 Carolyn Jackson, Sugar Land TX; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 55.45 3 Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ; Eric Sieg, Norman OK 56.57 4 2 1 Sally Blewett, Beaumont TX; Patsy Pierce, Hardin TX 53.69 4 3 2 Christine Mock, Greenville TX; Donnie McDowell, Paris TX 54.33 5 3 Robert Donathan - Larry Davis, Austin TX 51.92 5 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 51.28 6 4 2 Connie Matz, Boerne TX; Clifford Jensen, San Antonio TX 51.76 6 Brenda Baker - Alta Peck, Tyler TX 50.64

FRIDAY EVENING 5/20/50 PRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Doyle Johnson - Carolyn Johnson, Little Rock AR 59.99 1 Ted Verhagen - Tony Ferroni, Keswick VA 66.58 2 1 Porter Davis - Terri Davis, Oklahoma City OK 55.15 2/3 1/2 1/2 Chuck Dollarhide - Patricia Dollarhide, Oklahoma City OK 57.95 3 2 1 Gary Twitty, Wylie TX; Trung Luu, San Diego CA 54.01 2/3 1/2 1/2 Bettye Behrens - C Byran Behrens, Duncanville TX 57.95 4 3 Denise Twitty, Wylie TX; Mimi Lempert, Plano TX 52.00 4 Daniel Potkalesky - Bradley Etnyre, Sherman TX 56.97 2 Keith Koets, Terrrell TX; Doak Sullivan, Dallas TX 51.87 3 3 Mary Ann White - Dianna Nicolas, Arlington TX 54.46 4 Jenny Cannon, Atlanta GA; Phyllis Kuchta, Pearland TX 53.24

FRIDAY EVENING 100/200/300 PRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Martha Jacobson - Jeanne Keish, Arlington TX 62.88 1 1 1 Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland Hill TX 63.26 2 2 Nita James, Kingwood TX; Carolyn Labouliere, Humble TX 57.39 2 2 2 Cathy Struck - Raymond Struck, Hattiesburg MS 58.52 3 3 2 Jim Bufkins - Marion Scott, Denton TX 55.49 3 3 Bobbi Hale, Fair Oaks Ranch TX; Jim Hale, Fair Oak Rancho TX 56.25 4 Ruth Bracken, Grapevine TX; Margaret Peterson, Grand Forks ND 53.60 4 4 3 Margaret Callinan, Mill Valley CA; Vicki Quinn, Corte Madera CA 54.36 5 4 3 Nancy Strohmer - Hans Strohmer, Houston TX 51.33 5 Daralynn Cameron, Carrollton TX; Julie Butterfield, Dallas TX 53.60 Page 14 Daily Bulletin

1ST FRIDAY SENIOR PAIRS - FRIDAY MORNING - 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Jim Stokes, Grand Rapids MI; Bernie De Young, Miami FL 62.25 1 Jan Ward, Vero Beach FL; Margaret Desmery, Fort Pierce FL 54.99 2 1 Chet Bahr - Bea Bahr, Rochester MN 54.84 2 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Rolf Paul, Needham MA 54.70 3 2 Linda McDaniel - Gladys Lawhon, Denton TX 51.50 3 1 John Christopher - Dorothy Christopher, Milford MI 54.06 4 3 1 Russ Long, Houston TX; John Bedford, Spring TX 51.00 4 2 Ray Adams, Turlock CA; Bill Schulthess, Sanford FL 53.56 5 Irene Finn - Robley Garrigan, Blair NE 50.21 5/6 3/4 Nelda Holland - Helen Bennett, Dallas TX 52.71 5/6 3/4 Helen Ann Hurst - Janet McCormack, Dallas TX 52.71 1 Robert Bergbower, Lake Kiowa TX; Joyce Baumgart, Gainesville TX 51.35 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Joan Vigdor - Charles Wolpert, Boynton Beach FL 66.74 1 Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Tom Snouse, Felton CA 60.61 2 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 59.33 2 1 1 Cissy Brown - Norma Edsel, Dallas TX 59.40 3 1 1 Joyce Truitt - Jacque Waghorne, Gainesville TX 58.62 3 2 Tina McKim, Garland TX; Grace Hunt, Dallas TX 54.49 4 2 Edwin Schmidt - Kathleen Schmidt, Sun Lakes AZ 51.28 4 3 Charlene McLean - Larry McLean, Wichita KS 53.70 3 Ira Nemazie - MaryAnn Hon, Irving TX 48.22 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KKK EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA 61.82 1 Sue Henry - Sharon Haney, San Angelo TX 60.68 2 1 Ted Burns, Palm Desert CA; Gil Mahla, Hartwell GA 58.55 2 Preston Carlisle, Ogdensburg NY; John Herrmann, Chattanooga TN 57.91 3 2 Tom Weeg - Heinz Gelles, Portland OR 57.62 3 1 Connie Martin - Barry Martin, Dallas TX 53.70 4 3 David Nurenberg, Dallas TX; Bernard Zions, Naples FL 56.62 4 Joan Ellison - Roy Ann Coleman, Tulsa OK 49.36 1 Guy Ross, Lte Switzerland NC; Katherine Trubey, Ltl Switzrlnd NC 54.27 2 1 Bob Johnson - Mary Johnson, Godfrey IL 47.22 3 Jere Hines, Houston TX; Bonnie Terrell, Kingwood TX 46.15 FRIDAY AFTERNOON 0 - 5 MP ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST 1 Wendy Spiziri - Leslie Conant, Dallas TX 62.03 1 Pat Beattie, Devonport TX; Miriam Tobolowsky, Los Angeles CA 59.44 2 Irv Leichtle, Carrollton TX; John White, Denton TX 59.19 2 Chuck Dollarhide - Patricia Dollarhide, Oklahoma City OK 58.33 3 Orin Atkins - E Morrison, Dallas TX 58.16 3 Marsha Holm, Plano TX; Marjorie Guinzy, Dallas TX 57.24 4 Beverly Strauss - Betsy Kleinman, Dallas TX 57.16 4 Barbara Sebastian, Dallas TX; Sue De’Ath, Frisco TX 56.60 5 Al Haskell, Dallas TX; Evelyn King, Rockwall TX 55.77 5 Jenny Cannon, Atlanta GA; Phyllis Kuchta, Pearland TX 53.93 6 Ellen Krane, Plano TX; Susan Bates, Dallas TX 52.59 6 Leslie Levin - Judy Yomack, Dallas TX 53.88

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 20/50 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST AB AB 1 1 Denise Twitty, Wylie TX; Mimi Lempert, Plano TX 64.63 1 1 Ruth Engle, Dallas TX; Martha Gehrig, Richardson TX 60.13 2 Nelle Hixson - Ann Curry, Arlington TX 59.63 2 Julian Kornfeld, Edmond OK; Lois Dempsey, Okc OK 56.00 2 Sandra Fix, Oklahoma City OK; Linda Farris, Arlington TX 52.88

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Clifton Seago - Lissa Jensen, Wichita KS 59.52 1 1 Ronald Mankoff - Alan Kahn, Dallas TX 62.80 2 2 Gina Lancaster - Juliana Stark, Fort Worth TX 54.76 2 2 1 Marcia Hansen, Plano TX; Hilda Lacher, Dallas TX 59.23 3 3 2 Charles Truby - Ann Truby, Stephenville TX 53.87 3 3 2 Lewis Crippen, Laredo TX; Diana Afflerbach, Corpus Christi TX 56.55 4 Marilyn Farris - Sarah Jones, Fort Worth TX 53.57 4 4 Marie Collins, Medford MA; John Lankin, Dallas TX 56.25 4 Barbara Martikan - Joyce Graf, Dallas TX 52.68 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Nita James, Kingwood TX; Carolyn Labouliere, Humble TX 62.26 1 Ruth Bracken, Grapevine TX; Margaret Peterson, Grand Forks ND 68.10 2 2 1 Otis Halliday - Marilyn Holmes, Georgetown TX 56.75 2 Susan Stell, Lewisville TX; Arthur Cannon Jr, Atlanta GA 53.07 3 Rhonda Huser - Phyllis Savell, Dallas TX 55.54 3 1 Donna McKay - David Greims, Dallas TX 52.51 4 3 2 Ann Drees - Rosalie Herring, Dallas TX 55.01 4 2 1 Vicky Renzulli, Irving TX; Erica Walker, Dallas TX 51.49 4 3 Donna Jordan - David Sterner, Dallas TX 54.52 3 2 Marion Scott - Jim Bufkins, Denton TX 49.87

FRIDAY OPEN PAIRS 1 OF 2 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Marcia Hutchison, Dallas TX; Jan Galey, Baton Rouge LA 62.18 1 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL 57.21 2 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 56.41 2 Tobi Sokolow - David Sokolow, Austin TX 57.05 3 1 1 Bruce Burns, Lincoln NE; Diane Beyer, Orland Park IL 55.45 3 1 Walter Davis - Jon Neimand, Eugene OR 55.13 4 Genevieve Hewitt - Richard Hewitt, New York NY 54.33 4 2 Marcie Perlman - Neal Perlman, San Angelo TX 54.97 5 Mary Orock, Fort Worth TX; Annette McCarty, Lewisville TX 53.85 5 Shaleen Baze - Susan Davis, Marietta GA 54.01 6 2 2 James Flint, Zillah WA; Pam Lashelle, Round Rock TX 52.88 6 3 Lucy Terrill - Carol Wilson, Houston TX 52.88 7 Albert Lochli, San Antonio TX; Art D’Entremont, Regina Beach SK 52.40 7 4 Gene Thompson, Brenham TX; Dale Allen, Temple TX 52.08 3 Mickey Tryon - Elizabeth McPherson, Arlington TX 46.79 1 Edith Sanders - Wanda Gordon, Sherman TX 47.60 2 J Hermanson, Midlothian TX; Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX 47.44 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Charles Price, Sherman TX; Merri-Jo Hillaker, Grand Prairie TX 60.58 1 Larry Rich - Nancy Hetsko, Cumming GA 61.54 2 Kassie Munoz - Susan Kraner, White Plains NY 57.85 2 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center MA 61.22 3 William Hunter, Reading MA; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA 55.93 3 Suzanne Lebendig - Samuel Haveson, Los Angeles CA 55.45 4 Abbie Cole, New York NY; Sharon Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 52.56 4 Suzanne Jones, Boulder CO; Judy Randel, Albuquerque NM 53.69 5 1 Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX; William Welsh, Bedford TX 52.24 5 1 Wendy Richardson - Jim Ball, Winnipeg MB 53.04 6 Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA; Nancy Molesworth, Croton Hdsn NY 51.92 6 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Carole Weinstein, Acton MA 52.72 2 Marjorie Kidd, Plano TX; Roshen Hadulla, Santa Clarita CA 51.12 2 Meg Andrews, San Francisco CA; Raelene Kirkbride, Tampa FL 50.80 3 Charles Lake - Joyce Lake, Richardson TX 49.52 3 1 Eva Pharr Dawkins - Suzanne Hailstone, Dallas TX 43.43 4 Ram Hira, North Vancouver BC; Aaron Kastner, Murphy TX 48.08 2 Michael Sherman, Chattanooga TN; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA 42.63 1 Jane Smith, Flatts Bermuda; Gertrude Barker, Warwick Bermuda 46.47

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE SERIES 1 OF 4 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 E Hale - Daryl Fisher, Rolla MO 60.07 1 Gail Wells, Plano TX; Michael Walrath, Keller TX 65.29 2 Bruce Keidan - Gene Keidan, Pittsburgh PA 57.01 2 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 64.52 3 2 Patricia Banks, Los Angeles CA; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 56.18 3 1 Helen Worsham - Randolph Worsham, Dallas TX 55.61 4 3 Jan Smola, Arlington MA; Robert Hampton, Blythewood SC 55.50 4 2 1 Adam Ruprecht, Austin TX; Bernie Weiss, New Orleans LA 50.32 5 1 Gabriella Bowling, Los Altos Hills CA; Lynn Nosse, Grafton OH 54.57 5 Owen Lien, Hickory NC; James Marsh Sternberg, West Palm Bch FL 50.20 2 Virginia Wynne, Nixon TX; Beula Mae Pearce, Karnes City TX 51.76 3 2 Vi Ganeles - Joyce Schiff, Dallas TX 49.67 4 Cordella Eubanks, Plano TX; Barbara Robinson, Dallas TX 49.08

1ST FRIDAY SENIOR PAIRS — 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Chet Bahr - Bea Bahr, Rochester MN 56.98 1 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 62.46 2 Jim Stokes, Grand Rapids MI; Bernie De Young, Miami FL 55.98 2 1 Nick France, Spring Valley NY; Shirley Matthews, Lindale TX 56.27 3 Carol Pielsticker - Angela Reed, Tulsa OK 54.27 3 2 Ted Burns, Palm Desert CA; Gil Mahla, Hartwell GA 55.98 4 Diana Holt, Palm Beach FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 53.42 4 3 1 Guy Ross, Lte Switzerland NC; Katherine Trubey, Ltl Switzrlnd NC 55.06 2 Janet Fisher, Plano TX; Elinor Fries, Coppell TX 52.21 3 Linda McDaniel - Gladys Lawhon, Denton TX 50.14 1 Robert Bergbower, Lake Kiowa TX; Joyce Baumgart, Gainesville TX 47.15 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Tom Snouse, Felton CA 61.54 1 1 Ray Adams, Turlock CA; Bill Schulthess, Sanford FL 60.47 2 1 Sidney Gordon - Ellen Gordon, Melrose Park PA 54.91 2 Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Sandy DeMartino, Riverside CT 60.40 3 Judy Fisher, Monte Sereno CA; Jeremy Siegel, Philadelphia PA 53.28 3 2 John Christopher - Dorothy Christopher, Milford MI 57.91 4 2 Tina McKim, Garland TX; Grace Hunt, Dallas TX 49.84 4/5 Flo Newlin - Cal Newlin, Aurora CO 56.62 5 Joan Vigdor - Charles Wolpert, Boynton Beach FL 49.64 4/5 Jean Blilie, Kerrville TX; LaNelle Strickland, New Braunfels TX 56.62 3 1 Houston Holmes - Bob Titus, Dallas TX 47.60 3/4 Helen Ann Hurst - Janet McCormack, Dallas TX 46.79 3/4 1 Bert Dempsey, Sherman TX; David Reynolds, Whitesboro TX 46.79 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KKK EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA 60.33 1 Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; Elvera Levine, Charlotte NC 55.63 2 Sue Henry - Sharon Haney, San Angelo TX 57.91 2 1 Diana Oppenlander, Wayne PA; Michael Sutterfield, The Colony TX 54.06 3 Joan Ellison - Roy Ann Coleman, Tulsa OK 56.62 3 2 Lynne Wood, Richardson TX; Frank Tao, Plano TX 53.49 4 1 Connie Martin - Barry Martin, Dallas TX 56.20 4 3 1 Joyce Truitt - Jacque Waghorne, Gainesville TX 50.28 2 1 Bob Johnson - Mary Johnson, Godfrey IL 53.21 3 John Glick, Hope IN; Rita Duncan, Somerset IN 52.92

FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS - FRIDAY MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KK EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Rhonda Huser - Phyllis Savell, Dallas TX 56.25 1 Bill Carson, Ltl Switzrlnd NC; B Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC 71.80 2 1 Nita James, Kingwood TX; Carolyn Labouliere, Humble TX 54.33 2 1 1 Teri Carpenter, Albuquerque NM; John Daniels, Dallas TX 56.92 3 Katye Kowierschke, Fort Worth TX; Diane Hoksbergen, Keller TX 52.42 3 2 Marie Sarsten, Belle Haven VA; Gunnar Sarsten, Bellehaven VA 49.80 2 1 Alex Weir - Anita Weir, Playa del Rey CA 52.25 3 Francine Hargrove, Houston TX; Karla Riddick, Conroe TX 49.60 2 David Neuschwanger, Maumelle AR; Virginia Young, Little Rock AR 49.33 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LL EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 David Dickson - Laura Dickson, Austin TX 66.67 1 1 1 Babette Barthomomew - Jo Shah, Baton Rouge LA 56.67 2 Connie Matz, Boerne TX; Clifford Jensen, San Antonio TX 57.92 2 2 Michael Sherman, Chattanooga TN; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA 56.25 3 2 1 Joan Choyce - Russ Choyce, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 54.17 3 3 2 Marcia Hansen, Plano TX; Hilda Lacher, Dallas TX 55.83 3 2 Noelene Hardy, Chandler TX; Sylvia Glover, Athens TX 53.75 Daily Bulletin Page 15

SILODOR OPEN PAIRS I - FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H EAST-WEST 1 Ross Rainwater, Vancouver WA; Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR 60.40 1 Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Perry Johnson, Bloomfield Hls MI 64.60 2 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy 59.83 2 Georgiana Gates - Daniel Suty, Houston TX 59.58 3 Wayne Ohlrich - Henry Lortz, Seattle WA 59.10 3 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 57.47 4 Hugh Hillaker, Grand Prairie TX; Kimmel Jones, Euless TX 58.74 4 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Alexander Kolesnik, Austin TX 57.17 5 Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL; Kevin Bathurst, New York NY 57.75 5 Jassem Krzysztof - Martens Krzysztof, Puszczykowo Poland 55.32 6 Jaroslaw Piasecki, Buffalo Grove IL; Jacek Michalski, Chicago IL 57.06 6 Pat Cassidy, Arlington TX; Roy Baughman, Pantego TX 54.09 7 Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Raymond Ward, Portland OR 55.61 7 Adam Wildavsky, Jackson Heights NY; Michael Polowan, New York NY 53.77 8 Thomas Simon, Yonkers NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 55.33 8 Karen McCallum, US; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 53.27 9 Bas Dryver, Rotterdam NL; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdan 30 Netherlands 53.76 9 Gordon Campbell, Calgary AB; Piotr Klimowicz, Edmonton AB 53.15 10 Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI; Michael D Alioto, Birmingham MI 53.69 10 Anita Cokins - Mildred Breed, Austin TX 52.92 11 Diane Shannon, Saratoga CA; Donald Rothschild, Sunnyvale CA 53.35 11 Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL 52.56 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I J EAST-WEST 1 Justin Lall - Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 61.23 1 John Fout, New York NY; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA 61.58 2 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 60.08 2 Charlton Buckley, Glenbrook NV; Bruce Ferguson, Boise ID 60.77 3 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy 58.85 3/4 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jim Looby, Burbank CA 56.54 4 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Jan Martel, Davis CA 58.84 3/4 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Howard Weinstein, Sarasota FL 56.54 5 Charlotte St Amant, Trenton ON; Richard Bender, Springfield MO 55.31 5 Jonathan Weinstein, Evanston IL; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 53.07 6 Mark Kessler, Springfield IL; Ed Schultz, Chesterfield MO 54.92 6 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; David Swarthout, Detroit MI 53.00 7 Weishu Wu, Plano TX; Qing Yang, Cupertino CA 54.54 7 David Greenspoon, Medina WA; Janet Daling, Peoria AZ 52.95 8 Jim Linhart, Raleigh NC; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 53.68 8 Brian Johnston, Toronto ON; Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA 52.94 9 Jane Segal, Villanova PA; Judy Kay-Wolff, Las Vegas NV 53.46 9 Alice Leicht - Marvin French, San Diego CA 52.23 10 Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Powell OH 50.77 10 William Cole - Beth Palmer, Silver Spring MD 52.00 11 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 50.46 11 Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY; Bruce Rogoff, Upper Grandview NY 51.62 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L EAST-WEST 1 John Kranyak, New York NY; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 61.15 1 Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN; Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC 63.77 2 Jim Krekorian - Jonathan Greenspan, New York NY 60.46 2 Grzegorz Narkiewicz - Krzystof Buras, Poland 63.23 3 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Richard Mydloski, Taylor MI 60.31 3 Roy Welland - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 62.77 4 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA 60.15 4 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 62.00 5 Russell Samuel, Glen Cove NY; Barry Samuel, Santa Cruz CA 58.85 5 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL 59.46 6 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; JoAnna Stansby, Castro Valley CA 58.15 6 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 58.31 7 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 57.54 7 Jennifer Ballantyne, Vancouver BC; Bradley Bart, Burnaby BC 56.23 8 Rachel Chittaro, Kildeer IL; Edward Nield, Westchester IL 56.85 8 Steven Huhman, Atlanta GA; John Erickson, Houston TX 55.38 9 Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 55.54 9 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 55.31 10 Alan Osofsky, New City NY; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 55.31 10 Serge Aronovich - Marianne Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 53.85 11 Betty Scull, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; James Davis, Somers Point NJ 54.85 11 Steven Lawrence - Frank Ayer, Calgary AB 50.62 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C EAST-WEST 1 William Malesevich, Mayville WI; Sun-O Ho, Brookfield WI 64.29 1 Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 61.78 2 Amos Kaminski, New York NY; Yeshayahu Levit, Tel-Aviv Israel 63.77 2 Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjord Norway 59.89 3 John Sutherlin - Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 63.09 3 Jim Munday - Susan Munday, Camarillo CA 59.37 4 Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA; Sharon Colson, Kirkland WA 60.08 4 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL 59.28 5 Ahmed Hussein - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 59.61 5 Rita Ellington, Aventura FL; Martin Caley, Montreal QC 59.01 6 Mark Bumgardner - Michael Dalton, Carrollton TX 59.33 6 Christal Henner-Welland, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ 58.84 7 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund 2 Denmark; Daniella von Arnim, D-68766 Hockenhe Germany 58.56 7 Judy Bramley - Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 58.34 8 Robert Levin, Bronx NY; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 58.55 8 Barry Turner, Richardson TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 58.06 9 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 57.86 9 David Berkowitz - Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 55.40 10 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; David Bakhshi, London England 56.90 10 Seth Cohen, Stamford CT; Bill St Clair Jr, Cypress TX 55.01 11 Richard Burton - Beatrice Kemp, Dacula GA 55.61 11 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 54.78 12 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 55.22 12 Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL 54.67 13 Phil Clayton, West Covina CA; Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA 54.90 13 Don Sulgrove - Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 53.66 14 Ulker Mutlu - Bernard Bernstein, Clearwater FL 53.27 14 Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY; Janet Robertson, Timonium MD 53.51 15 Pinhas Romik, Nes Zidna 74120 Israel; Adrian Schwartz, New York NY 53.02 15 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 53.08 16 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Richard Freeman, Atlanta GA 52.54 16 Stanley Roth - Alvin Galland, New York NY 51.97 17 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 52.41 17 Kenneth Stuckey, Arvada CO; Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO 51.53 18 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White, Raleigh NC 52.30 18 Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY; Warren Rosner, White Plains NY 51.22 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS D E EAST-WEST 1 Jeff Olson, Dallas TX; Derrell Childs, Garland TX 64.15 1 Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm 1124 Sweden; Grace Jeklin, Surrey BC 63.54 2 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Migry Zur Campanile, Tel Aviv Israel 57.38 2 Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Vivian Kilstrup, Denver CO 62.23 3 Jerome Tilles, San Antonio TX; Christoph Eick, Houston TX 57.15 3 Brad Moss, New York NY; Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA 58.85 4 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Fred Chang, Flushing NY 57.00 4 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA 56.23 5 Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK; Thomas Roel, Mesa AZ 55.92 5 Joseph Livezey, Paoli PA; Edie Dockray, Villanova PA 54.15 6 David Yang, Chicago IL; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL 55.85 6 Mark Shaw, Laurel MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 53.92 7 David Siebert - Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 55.46 7 Jaggy Shivdasani - Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY 53.38 8 Robert Schwartz, San Pedro CA; James Gordon, S Burlington VT 55.23 8 Les Bart - Gloria Silverman Bart, Bradenton FL 53.31 9 Michael White, Atlanta GA; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 54.46 9 Craig Gardner, Streamwood IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL 53.23 10 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; Geoff Hampson, Los Angeles CA 54.36 10 Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA; John Morris, Atlanta GA 52.46 11 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Bill Rosenbaum, New York NY 54.31 11 John Rayner, Oakville ON; Michael Roche, Don Mills ON 52.31

FRIDAY-SUNDAY AM SIDE GAME - FRIDAY MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA 61.55 1 Paul Nason, Malden MA; Bud Biswas, Lexington MA 60.98 2 1 1 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rita Callahan, Bristol RI 57.20 2 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center MA 60.42 3 2 2 James Andre - Lily Andre, Rockville MD 56.82 3 Carl Brame, Tacoma WA; Mary Lou Webster, Jonesboro GA 56.25 4 3 Marcia Warner - Herbert Warner, Montgomery TX 55.68 4 1 Geoffrey Cross, Fernandina FL; Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI 52.46 5 4 Doris Rich - Johnie Imes, Lake Ozark MO 53.41 5 2 1 Lucy Mazzaferro - Pat Ross, Jackson MS 50.38 3 Bill Perry, Tupelo MS; Carol Fielder, Jackson MS 50.19 4 2 Hallie Eads, Houston TX; Phil Brown, San Antonio TX 48.86 TOMORROW’S BRIDGE EVENTS Houston Day Sunday, April 2, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other ACBL Educational Foundation Bracketed KO Teams 4th Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Saturday–Sunday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 3–4 Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Friday–Sunday Morning Side Game Series I* 3rd single session Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Stratified 299er Pairs single Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $14.50 $16.50 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $14.50 $16.50 Sunday, April 2, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Stratified * 1–2 Reunion E $15.50 $17.50 Sunday, April 2, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Senior Swiss Teams* 1–2 Reunion B $15.50 $17.50 Sunday, April 2, 1 p.m. Sunday–Monday Side Game Series* 1st single session Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Landmark D $14.50 $16.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Landmark D $14.50 $16.50 0–20, 0–5 Pairs single Landmark D $14.50 $14.50 Sunday, April 2, 1 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Vanderbilt KO Teams Round 1 Landmark C $18 Entry for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams required by 8 p.m. Saturday, April 1. Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs 1–2 Q Landmark C $18 Prequalification required. 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions. Sunday–Monday Bracketed KO Teams II 1–2 Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Strati-Flighted Swiss Teams* Flight A/X 1–2 Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Flight B/C/D 1–2 Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Stratified Open Pairs* 1–2 Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Sunday, April 2, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Board–a–Match Teams* single Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $14.50 $16.50 Open to Swiss dropouts and new entries Sunday–Monday Side Game Series* 2nd single session Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Landmark D $14.50 $16.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Landmark D $14.50 $16.50 0–20, 0–5 Pairs single Landmark D $14.50 $14.50 Sunday, April 2, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Landmark D $12.00 per round

*Unless otherwise noted, StratiFlighted Open and StratiFlighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0–3000); separate from B/C/D (1000–2000, 500–1000, 0–500). Strata breaks for Stratified Open and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750–2000), C (0–750). **Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Page 16 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S BRIDGE EVENTS See page 2 for other events Junior Day, Dress-Up Night Saturday, April 1, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other ACBL Educational Foundation Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Saturday–Sunday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams I 1–2 Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Friday–Sunday Morning Side Game Series I* 2nd single session Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $14.50 $16.50

Saturday, April 1, 10 & 3 p.m. Stratified Senior Pairs* 1–2 Reunion B (Lobby Level) $15.50 $17.50

Saturday, April 1, 1 p.m. Bridge Plus+ single Landmark D (Lobby Level) Free! Free! 0–5 masterpoints,14 boards, no card fees Friday–Saturday Side Game Series* 3rd single session Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Landmark D (Lobby Level) $14.50 $16.50 0–20 & 0–5 Pairs single Landmark D (Lobby Level) $14.50 $14.50 Saturday, April 1, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Silodor Open Pairs I 1–2 F Landmark C (Lobby Level) $18 Jim Robison Memorial Strati-Flighted Open Pairs* Flight A/X 1–2 Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Flight B/C/D 1–2 Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Friday–Saturday Bracketed KO Teams I 3–4 Reunion E (Lobby Level) $15.50 $17.50 Compact Bracketed KO Teams I 1–2 Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50

Saturday, April 1, 7:30 p.m. Friday–Saturday Side Game Series* 4th single session Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $15.50 $17.50 Stratified Swiss Teams* single Marsalis Hall (Lower Level) $14.50 $16.50 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Landmark D (Lobby Level) $14.50 $16.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Landmark D (Lobby Level) $14.50 $16.50 0–20 & 0–5 Pairs single Landmark D (Lobby Level) $14.50 $14.50

Saturday, April 1, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Landmark D (Lobby Level) $12.00 per round

Note: Entry for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams required by 8 p.m. Saturday.

*Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted Open and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0–3000); separate from B/C/D (1000–2000, 500–1000, 0–500). Strata breaks for Stratified Open and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750–2000), C (0–750). **Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

Tomorrow’s schedule is on page 15.